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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183191 | Grease composition A grease composition containing a lubricant base oil, diurea compounds represented by the following general formulas (1) to (3), and at least one species selected from the group consisting of paraffin oxides and phosphorus compounds; wherein respective contents of t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179501 | Liquid crystal display device having an elliptical polarizer with first and second anisotropic layers An elliptical polarizer is provided having excellent viewing angle improving effects. The elliptical polarizer includes a polarizer, a first optical anisotropic layer, and a second optical anisotropic layer, laminated in this order. The first optical anisotropic lay... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178062 | Reforming apparatus for fuel cell In a reforming apparatus, for use in a fuel cell, for reforming a raw fuel into a hydrogen-rich reformed gas, a reformer generates the reformed gas from the raw fuel. A shift reactor reduces carbon monoxide contained in the reformed gas through a shift reaction. A s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173582 | Oil composition for use in trace oil supply cutting/grinding work This invention provides an oil composition for cutting and grinding by minimum quantity lubrication system, characterized by comprising an ester oil with a kinematic viscosity of 0.5-20 mm2/s at 100° C., and an ester-based polymer with a kinematic viscos... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8152377 | Low-friction sliding mechanism A low-friction sliding mechanism includes first and second sliding members having respective sliding surfaces slidable relative to each other and a lubricant applied to the sliding surfaces of the first and second sliding members. At least the sliding surface of the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8137766 | Homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film, optical film comprising the same, and image display device A homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film is provided with a liquid crystalline substance containing a side chain liquid crystalline compound having an oxetanyl group, as a constituent, aligned homeotropically on an alignment substrate while being in a liquid crys... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8105990 | Lube base oil, lubricating oil composition for internal combustion engine, and lubricating oil composition for drive transmission device The lubricating base oil of the invention satisfies at least one of conditions (a) or (b) below. The lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine according to the invention comprises the lubricating base oil of the invention, an ashless antioxidant ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101132 | Mixing apparatus To provide a mixing device capable of effectively mixing stock oil with a catalyst, while increasing the amount of throughput, the relations of 8.0≧Q×(W/D)/(u1+u2), Q=300 to 2000 [kg/m2s], W/D=0.2 to 0.5, u1=5 to 300 [m/s], and u | 01/24/2012 |
| 8093178 | Catalyst for reducing carbon monoxide concentration Disclosed in a catalyst which enables to reduce the carbon monoxide concentration in a product gas to 5 ppm by volume or less when carbon monoxide in a raw material gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide is selectively oxidized. The catalyst comprises a support... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083965 | Refrigerating machine oil The refrigerating machine oil of the present invention contains a mineral oil whose nitrogen content is not more than 50 ppm by mass and whose percent in aromatic ring structures (% CA) is from 5 to 25. With the refrigerating machine oil of the present in... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083824 | Gas-solid separator A gas-solid separator has: an inner cylinder 10 having a closed lower end 11 and an opened upper end 1, and extending in a vertical direction; and an outer cylinder 2 that coaxially covers the inner cylinder 10 from the outside and... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8071518 | Low ash engine oil composition The present invention provides a low ash engine oil composition which, despite the low ash content, has engine detergency which enables the composition to pass severe detergency tests for diesel engine oils. The engine oil composition contains 0.6 percent by mass or... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070846 | Method of designing gas-solid separator A method for operating a gas-solid separator that has: an inner cylinder 10 having a closed lower end 11 and an opened upper end 1, and extending in a vertical direction; an outer cylinder 2 that coaxially covers the inner cylinder 10 | 12/06/2011 |
| 8058217 | Metal working fluid The oil for metal working according to the invention is an oil for metal working comprising a triester of fatty acids and glycerin, wherein the content of oleic acid in the fatty acids is 40-98% by mass based on the total amount of the fatty acids. The oil for metal... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045131 | Transmissive liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a transparent liquid crystal display device which is less in display characteristics and viewing angle dependency and can provide bright images and high contrasts. The transparent liquid crystal display device comprises at least: a bac... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043989 | Desulfurization system for hydrocarbon fuel A system is provided for desulfurizing a hydrocarbon fuel containing a light amount of methanol and a slight amount of water. The desulfurization system uses a Y-type zeolite-based desulfurizing agent containing at least copper arranged upstream of the system and an... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038742 | Fuel for homogeneous charge compression ignition engine The present invention provides a fuel for homogeneous charge compression ignition engines, which can achieve a stable homogeneous charge compression ignition at a higher output. The fuel satisfies the following requirements (1), (2), (3), and (4): (1) c... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8030255 | Lubricating oil composition The present invention provides lubricating oil compositions having excellent anti-wear properties and anti-fatigue properties as well as excellent low temperature fluidity, particularly suitable for automatic transmissions and/or continuously variable transmissions,... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026199 | Lubricating oil composition The present invention provide a lubricating oil composition suitable for internal combustion engines, which composition is excellent in thermal/oxidation stability and can inhibit the increases of the viscosity and acid number even in the presence of NOx and can be ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8018552 | Transmissive liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a transmissive liquid crystal display device which is less in display characteristics fluctuations, bright in display images, high in contrast and less in viewing angle dependency and comprises a backlight, a polarizer, a second optica... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8017724 | Method for producing sulfonic acid group-containing carbonaceous material, solid acid catalyst, method for producing alkylation reaction product, and method for producing olefin polymer The method for producing a sulfonic acid group-containing carbonaceous material of the present invention comprises the step of carbonizing and sulfonating a polymer having a structural unit derived from resorcinol by heating in an inert gas atmosphere to obtain a su... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013130 | Carbon-based solid acid, catalyst comprising the solid acid, and reaction using the solid acid as catalyst A carbon-based solid acid which has high activity and high thermal stability and is useful as an acid catalyst for various reactions such as hydration of olefins. The carbon-based solid acid for use as a catalyst is obtained by carbonization and sulfonation o... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7998543 | Dioxetane compound, cationically polymerizable composition, optical film, and liquid crystal display device A novel dioxetane compound is provided having a cationically polymerizable oxetane group, which compound is excellent in compatibility with a liquid crystalline compound and a non-liquid crystalline compound. An optical film is also provided with excellent liquid cr... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993619 | Raw oil composition for carbon material for electric double layer capacitor electrode The present invention provides a raw oil composition for manufacturing a carbon material for electric double layer capacitor electrodes, characterized in that the raw oil composition comprises 25 wt % or more of a saturated component and 16 wt % or less of an asphal... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993543 | Refrigerating machine oil for carbon dioxide refrigerant The base oil for the refrigerating machine oil used with a carbon dioxide refrigerant of the invention is characterized by comprising a complete ester of a fatty acid in which the proportion of C14-C22 branched fatty acid is 40-100% by mole and a polyhydric alcohol.... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988756 | Gas-solid separator A gas-solid separator has: an inner cylinder 10 having a closed lower end 11 and an opened upper end 1, and extending in a vertical direction; and an outer cylinder 2 that coaxially covers the inner cylinder 10 from the outside and... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7977131 | Method for manufacturing nano-array electrode and photoelectric conversion device using same The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a nano-array electrode with a controlled nano-structure by filling a compound having an electron-accepting structure or an electron donating structure into the fine pores of an anodic-oxide porous alumina film... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7968502 | System having DLC contact surfaces, method of lubricating the system, and lubricant for the system The present invention relates to a lubricant for lubricating relatively movable, facing contact surfaces at least one of which is coated with DLC, a method of lubricating DLC contact surfaces with this lubricant, and a system having DLC contact surfaces. The lubrica... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7964173 | Feedstock composition and raw coke for electricity storage carbon material and needle coke The present invention provides feedstock compositions for use of the production of an activated carbon for electric double layer capacitor electrodes or the production of needle coke, comprising a first heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 300° C. or higher, ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959888 | Raw coke for electricity storage carbon material and needle coke The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice consta... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959824 | Refrigerating machine oil composition The refrigerating machine oil composition of the invention is characterized by comprising a prescribed base oil, a phosphorus-based extreme pressure agent and an oil agent. The refrigerating machine oil composition of the invention having this construction exhibits ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7951756 | System having DLC contact surfaces, method of lubricating the system, and lubricant for the system The present invention relates to a system wherein a pair of relatively movable, facing DLC contact surfaces at least one of which is coated with a DLC film, are further lowered in friction, and the low friction property is stably maintained. The present invention al... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7914593 | Fuel composition The present invention provides a fuel composition capable of suppressing reduction of fuel consumption, maintaining the excellent exhaust gas properties of a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic oil. The fuel composition comprises a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic oil and a petroleu... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911570 | Liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device comprising at least: a backlight; a polarizer; a first optically anisotropic layer with a retardation of 210 to 300 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; a second optically anisotropic layer with a retardation o... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7898620 | Transmissive liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a transmissive liquid crystal display device which is less in variation in displaying characteristics, bright in displaying image, high in contrast and less in viewing angle dependency. The liquid crystal display comprises at least a s... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7871966 | Lubricating oil composition The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition, which is capable to maintain sufficient low-friction (i.e. fuel saving performance) even when the lubricating oil is contaminated with soot and metal abrasion powder, which is excellent in durability with... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7868111 | Method for producing α-olefin polymer The present invention provides a method for producing α-olefin polymer, comprising polymerizing α-olefins in the presence of a halogen atom-containing acid catalyst by use of an aliphatic hydrocarbon having 3-12 carbon atoms, which contains 5 to 95 mass % of α-ol... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867957 | Lubricating oil composition The lubricating oil composition of the invention comprises a lubricating base oil with a urea adduct value of no greater than 4% by mass and a viscosity index of 100 or higher, an ashless friction modifier at 0.01-10% by mass and a phosphorus-containing anti-wear ag... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7838709 | Lubricating base oil and lubricating oil composition The invention provides a lubricating base oil with a saturated component content of 90% by mass or greater, a proportion of cyclic saturated components of no greater than 40% by mass of the saturated components, a viscosity index of 110 or greater, an aniline point ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7838472 | Oil composition for cutting and grinding by minimal quantity lubrication system An oil composition for cutting and grinding by minimal quantity lubrication system and for sliding surface according to the present invention comprises an ester and a sulfur compound and/or a phosphorus compound. ... | 11/23/2010 |
