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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080214412 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING AND/OR ANALYZING BIOCHEMICAL REACTION CARRIERS The present invention relates to arrays of biochemical and/or biofunctional elements such as nucleic acids (oligonucleotides, for example) or other biomolecules on a carrier surface and methods of producing such arrays using photoactivation of predetermined areas for sy... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20060220479 | Hybrid vehicle driving system A holding frame is configured to include a substantially annular frame main body made of an electromagnetic shielding material in which a resolver stator is installed, a flange portion on which bolt mounting holes are provided in such a manner as to face to communicate ... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060033435 | Plasma display panel and method of driving thereof A display device for displaying images, having a plurality of cells formed by barrier ribs, and a front substrate with a dielectric material layer, such that the dielectric material layer includes a portion with thickness set larger than that of the surrounding dielectr... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20060012354 | Step-down circuit Even when, for example, electric charge is injected into the output transistor due to external factor such as a noise from the outside, to prevent the step-down voltage from rising, the step-down circuit is comprised of an N channel type output transistor which controls... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20050248516 | Driving apparatus and method for light emitting diode display The present invention provides a driving apparatus, method and system for a light emitting device, suitable for use in an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display, which has an adjustable reference voltage, so as to compensate for degradation in brigh... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050210344 | Non-volatile memory evaluating method and non-volatile memory The present method generates a greater number of hot holes than those generated by normal write/erase operations, thereby making it possible to evaluate an operation of a non-volatile memory with respect to hot holes. The present method performs a write operation to the... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050202299 | Polymer electrolyte and proton conductive membrane A solid polymer electrolyte includes a polymer having a sulfonic group and shows high proton conductivity in a wide range of temperatures and humidities and is excellent in hot water resistance and chemical stability. A proton conductive membrane is composed of the ele... | 09/15/2005 |
| 20050153125 | High temperature oxidation resistant carbonaceous molding and manufacturing method thereof A high temperature oxidation resistant carbonaceous molding having a parent material containing carbon, a metallic carbide containing layer which is formed such that a metal is diffused to a surface of the parent material and metal carbide is formed thereon and having c... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050130434 | Method of surface pretreatment before selective epitaxial growth A method of surface pretreatment before selective epitaxial growth is provided. A semiconductor substrate having metal-oxide-semiconductor devices formed thereon is provided, and a lightly dry etching process with a carbon-free plasma source is performed to remove a por... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050130024 | Proton conductive composition and proton conductive membrane The invention provides a proton conductive membrane which, even when reduced in thickness, does not allow penetration of an electrode to prevent a short circuit between electrodes and which permits sufficient generating performance. A proton conductive composition capab... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050110588 | Oscillator An oscillator includes a transistor having a collector receiving a power supply voltage, a first capacitor connected between a base and an emitter of the transistor, a second capacitor connected between the first capacitor and ground, a resistor connected between the co... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050106469 | Proton conductive composition and proton conductive membrane A proton conductive membrane exhibiting superior proton conductivity even at high temperatures of 100° C. or above, and a proton conductive composition capable of forming the membrane are provided. The invention also provides a proton conductive membrane showing excell... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050099098 | Surface acoustic wave device, package for the device, and method of fabricating the device A surface acoustic wave device includes a surface acoustic wave chip having a piezoelectric substrate on which comb-like electrodes and electrode pads are formed, a package housing the surface acoustic wave chip, and electrode patterns provided on a bottom surface of th... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050101115 | Formation method of SiGe HBT A method for forming a SiGe HBT, which combines a SEG and Non-SEG growth, is disclosed. The SiGe base layer is deposited by a Non-SEG method. Then, the first-emitter layer is developed directly upon the SiGe base layer that has a good interface quality between the base-... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102451 | Programmable wireless receiver A programmable wireless receiver capable of expanding the number of peripherals by using software and command programmers. It also supports peripherals of various computer systems. In addition, the receiver dynamically changes and/or expand the system peripherals accord... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050087972 | Apparatus for controlling vehicle body rigidity A vehicle body rigidity control apparatus is equipped with a U-shape member substantially becoming a U-shape, a base member for supporting both ends of the U-shape member, and a constraint element for constraining a deformation of the U-shape member in a substantially o... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050088896 | Apparatus and method for memory access of sharing buses An apparatus and a method for memory access of sharing the address and the data buses used in multi-media player, comprising at least one SDRAM, storing the large data and as a buffer in high speed; at least one flash memory, storing the programs, the user's defaults an... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050088011 | Apparatus for controlling stiffness of a vehicle body An apparatus for controlling stiffness of a vehicle body includes a slide member, a base member, a deformable member and an actuator. The slide member is disposed parallel to a direction of impact force acting on a first end of the slide member. The base member, which i... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050082768 | Seal device Primary objective of the present invention is to effect a seal against assembly clearances formed between components which admit flows of high temperature fluids or are subjected to vibrations. The seal device is comprised of a supporting member which has a first seal p... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050085340 | Hydraulic controller of power transmission device A hydraulic controller of a power transmission device is equipped with a transmission for changing a rotation speed of motor power input from a motor and outputting the motor power; a forward/backward change-over mechanism provided between an input shaft, where the moto... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050080536 | Continuously variable transmission control apparatus A theoretical torque transmitted through a belt is calculated, and a first guaranteed torque is calculated by adding a marginal torque to the theoretical torque. In step S101, the theoretical torque is multiplied by a safety factor, calculating a second guarantee... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050067270 | Switch with a thermoprotection A safety switch, in particular for thermal protection of an electrical apparatus, comprises a container inside which means for activation of said switch is housed, said means comprising a command key and a pair of contact carriers, that are movable and fixed respectivel... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050070164 | Connecting structure for electric cells A connecting bus bar 12 is formed from a negative opposing section 27 which is smaller in thickness than a closed end of a bottomed cylinder 13, partially has a negative weld plate section 27a to be welded to the closed end of a bottom... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050064260 | Membrane-electrode structure for solid polymer fuel cell Disclosed is a membrane-electrode structure for a solid polymer fuel cell comprising a pair of electrode catalyst layers and a polyeletrolyte membrane sandwiched between the electrode catalyst layers, wherein the electrode catalyst layers contain polyarylene having a s... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050057003 | Seal device Primary objective of the present invention is to provide a seal device wherein the seal surfaces of the device are always brought into close contact against the side walls of the mounting slot regardless of fluid conditions. The seal device has two seal portions located... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050058787 | Filling structure A filling structure 10 is a structure in which a filling material 12 having a higher impact energy absorbing performance is inserted into the inner part of a hollow member 11, and the filling material 12 so inserted is fixed to the hollow member 11 with an adhesive laye... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050051169 | Changeover valve and dual air supply breathing apparatus A dual air supply breathing apparatus that allows a user to quickly and easily switch between two or more sources of air or compressed gas, such as filtered air from a Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) and compressed air from a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051860 | Solid state image pickup device A solid state image pickup device includes: a semiconductor substrate defining light receiving areas; pixels formed in the light receiving areas, each pixel including a high and a low sensitivity photoelectric conversion element; a light shielding film formed above the ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050045975 | Solid state imaging device with inner lens and manufacture thereof A semiconductor structure is formed which has photosensors, vertical CCDs, a horizontal CCD and a light shielding film. A first insulating layer made of additive-containing silicon oxide is formed on the semiconductor structure. It is reflowed and upward and downward co... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050046113 | Sheet brush seal A primary technical goal of the present invention is to improve seal performance of a brush seal and to provide flexibility for preventing wear of the brush seal due to friction. The sheet brush seal disk comprises a first halved brush seal disk and a mating second halv... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050042949 | Water-cooled vertical engine, outboard motor equipped with water-cooled vertical engine, and outboard motor A water-cooled vertical engine is provided with an exhaust guide cooling water jacket and an exhaust manifold cooling water jacket formed in an engine compartment exhaust passage, a cylinder block cooling water jacket formed in a cylinder block, and a cylinder head cool... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050013645 | Waterproof keyboard A waterproof keyboard is provided, which has keys, scissor frames, elastic layer bodies, a membrane circuit board, a support plate and a bottom plate, wherein the bottom board is disposed with a plurality of stamped nodes, which are corresponded by apertures disposed on... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050011499 | System and method for vaporized fuel processing An atmosphere-vented valve (a pressure relief section) is opened in a predetermined amount so as to reduce an inside pressure of a canister to a predetermined negative pressure (S14) while preventing an inside pressure in a fuel tank from becoming an excessively ... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050012345 | Outside handle assembly of automobile An outside handle assembly for an automobile is constructed to have a handle body 3 connected to a handle base 2 secured to an automobile panel 1, and a connecting lever 7 swingably connected to the handle body 3 and driven vertically ... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050011862 | Method and apparatus for dry-etching half-tone phase-shift films, half-tone phase-shift photomasks and method for the preparation thereof, and semiconductor circuits and method for the fabrication thereof A dry-etching method comprises the step of dry-etching a metal thin film as a chromium-containing half-tone phase-shift film, wherein the method is characterized by using, as an etching gas, a mixed gas including (a) a reactive ion etching gas, which contains an oxygen-... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050012317 | Apparatus for controlling rigidity of vehicle body An apparatus for controlling the rigidity of vehicle body according to the present invention comprises a controller for controlling a buckling form, which controls the buckling form by adding to a member to be inputted to a collision load a lateral force in the directio... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050006997 | Cover panel unit for refrigerator A cover panel unit for a refrigerator is provided in which a replacement of a door panel covering the front of the refrigerator is easily conducted. A cover panel unit 1 has an outer side panel 2a and an inner side panel 3a for coverin... | 01/13/2005 |
