Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047321 | STORAGE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD The computer system having a storage subsystem for storing data in a logical storage extent created in a physical storage device constituted of a physical storage medium, a host computer for reading/writing data from/to the logical storage extent via a network, and a ma... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047288 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL A service providing server transmits service information to a wireless communication terminal via a wireless base station. The service information includes AP identification information of AP software necessary to execute each of a plurality of wireless services, and a ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046243 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR EMULSIFICATION A multi-parallel processing emulsification machine excellent in ease of priming and cleaning the interior of flow paths, capable of also coping with a liquid that precipitates is provided. A component through which a continuous phase to be the solvent of emulsion flows ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045688 | CABLE CONNECTION GUIDING METHOD AND APARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING METHOD THEREOF A cable connection guiding method includes the steps of extracting conductor identification information being used to identify a conductor from a RFID tag connected to the conductor of a cable, and indicating a terminal indicating device associated with an obtained term... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045567 | Method for producing entrapping immobilization pellets, apparatus for producing the same, and entrapping immobilization pellets It is possible to eliminate fluctuation in the pellet strength of the entrapping immobilization pellets according to production lots, and constantly and stably produce the entrapping immobilization pellets having high pellet strength regardless of the production lots. A... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045353 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a layer of a mixture containing graphite powder and an organic binder on a current collector, wherein a diffraction intensity ratio (002)/(110) measured by X-ray diffractometry of the layer of a mixture is 50... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044142 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCING METHOD An optical disc apparatus includes a light source for emitting laser light, a light source drive unit for driving said light source, an optical element for splitting the laser light into a plurality of light fluxes, an optical element drive unit for controlling the opti... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043943 | MICROWAVE ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND MICROWAVE ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS With respect to microwave assisted magnetic recording, high-density information recording is performed by forming a favorable write magnetic domain on a recording medium. The recording medium is placed in a magnetically resonant state by generating a microwave, and info... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043942 | MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISC DRIVE The invention provides a magnetic head slider and a magnetic disc drive which can position at a high precision and in a simple manner. A magnetic head slider (4) includes a recording and reproducing element (20) writing and reading data, a heat generating ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043743 | Manufacturing method of liquid crystal display device and substrate for liquid crystal display device A manufacturing method by which a plurality of liquid crystal cells are obtained from mother substrates includes a step of, before applying a sealing material, forming a columnar member disposed in a direction crossing a side of a second mother substrate, wherein the co... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043550 | Liquid Crystal Display Device With Influences of Offset Voltages Reduced A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first register, a second register, a gray scale voltage generator which outputs a plurality of gray scale voltages, a decoder which selects a gray scale voltage, and an amplifier including a first transistor, a second transi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043544 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Provided is an image display device, in which light emission period control signals are applied to a plurality of pixels holding voltages based on grayscale values, to emit from light emitting elements. During a horizontal synchronizing period, an active period of each ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043313 | POWER DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER AND TANK THEREFOR Disclosed is a power distribution transformer having a body of the transformer, the body consisting of a coil and an iron core; a tank containing the body of the transformer and an insulation substance which fills an inner space of the tank; and an upper lid of the tank... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042675 | Display device and manufacturing method thereof An etching resist including first and second portions, the first portion being thicker than the second portion, is formed on a metallic layer. Through the etching resist, a semiconductor layer and the metallic layer are patterned by etching so as to form a wiring from t... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041968 | IGNITION CHARGE The invention relates to a lead- and barium-free ignition charge which does not contain any oxidant, and its use.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041665 | Miter Saw A miter saw which prevents deterioration in perpendicularity of a cutting blade to the upper surface of a base part when slide of a pipe is regulated by pressing a pipe. In a miter saw, a pair of pipes support a cutting part, on one end side. On the other end side, the ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041568 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVAL OF DRIED FURS FROM A PELTING BOARD An apparatus (2) for removal of dried furs from pelting boards (8) upon which the fur during the drying process has been fixed. The apparatus removes furs from the pelting boards (8) in an upright position that are successively supplied in upright p... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040934 | STORAGE APPARATUS HAVING VIRTUAL-TO-ACTUAL DEVICE ADDRESSING SCHEME A storage apparatus includes a storage unit and a controller, wherein control of inputting/outputting data from/to a device provided in said storage unit is executed in accordance with a request received by said storage apparatus. An actual device of the storage apparat... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040827 | STREAM DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS A user specifies a group by a user-defined query. An input order is assured among data of a same group. By outputting data belonging to a same group from the same node, an order inputted for a necessary portion is assured. By outputting data belonging to different group... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040659 | TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SAME A transportation planning system comprises a first transportation mode and a second transportation mode having a longer transportation time than the first transportation mode. The transportation planning system determines a first transportation amount transported by the... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040187 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS The invention was made to simplify the operation relating to the detection of an absolute pressure applied to a test body by an ultrasonic probe and thereby to enhance usability. The fact that an elastic coupler has been attached to the ultrasonic wave transmitter/recei... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040186 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS The present invention is made to accurately detect an absolute pressure even when a contact property between an elastic coupler and a body surface of an object is poor. An elastic coupler 20 is formed by an elastic material with flexibility to have two layers at ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040185 | REFERENCE DEFORMABLE BODY, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD A reference deformable body the type of which can be identified, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus enabling identification of the type of the reference deformable body, and an ultrasonic diagnostic method are provided. The ultrasonic diagn... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039475 | POLISHING AGENT AND METHOD FOR POLISHING SUBSTRATE USING THE POLSHING AGENT Disclosed is a polishing agent comprising: water; tetravalent metal hydroxide particles; and an additive, wherein the additive contains at least one of a cationic polymer and a cationic polysaccharide. The present invention can provide a polishing agent which is capable... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039177 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel cell temperature sensor for measuring the internal temperature of the fuel cell, a voltage sensor for measuring the power generation voltage of the fuel cell, a current sensor for measuring the current flowing from... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039113 | WINDOW PANE WITH SINTERED CONDUCTIVE CERAMIC. The present invention provides a window glass with conductive ceramic fired body which is capable of not only ensuring a good conductivity of the fired body but also exhibiting an improved appearance on both an interior side and an exterior side of a vehicle when the wi... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038901 | Method for Gentle Mechanical Generation of Finely Dispersed Micro-/Nano-Emulsions with Narrow Particle Size Distribution and Device for Carrying Out Said Method This invention relates to a method for the mechanically protective production of finely dispersed micro-/nanoemulsions with narrow droplet size distribution, whereby drops are produced on the surface of a membrane or of a filter fabric, and the drops are detached from t... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038253 | TRANSPORT CONTROL SERVER, TRANSPORT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND BACKUP PATH SETTING METHOD A transport control server (TCS) identifies a backup path B switched over to from an active path A due to a path change or a fault, based on information in a path change notification or a fault notification. The TCS identifies a backup path C affected by the switchover ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038249 | TIMING ADJUSTMENT METHOD, RECEIVING STATION, AND TRANSMITTING STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A discontinuous change in a transmission timing in a time domain, which is caused by a transmission timing adjustment processing of an OFDMA uplink or the like, brings about a discontinuous rotation of a signal phase in a frequency domain, resulting in reduced communica... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038235 | Thermally Assisted Magnetic Recording Head And Magnetic Recording Apparatus A thermally assisted magnetic recording head includes a flying slider, a magnetic field generation device mounted on the flying slider, a first waveguide disposed near the magnetic field generation device for guiding incident light from a top surface of the flying slide... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037469 | Electromagnet Device and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Device An electromagnet device which generates magnetic field in the direction perpendicular to the inserting direction of an inspection subject is reduced in size and weight by removing unnecessary arrangement as much as possible. A magnetic resonance imaging device is also p... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037450 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE In order to reduce parasitic inductance of a main circuit in a power supply circuit, a non-insulated DC-DC converter is provided including a circuit in which a power MOS•FET for a high-side switch and a power MOS•FET for a low-side switch are connected in series. In... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037449 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE A non-insulated DC-DC converter has a power MOS-FET for a highside switch and a power MOS-FET for a lowside switch. In the non-insulated DC-DC converter, the power MOS-FET for the highside switch and the power MOS-FET for the lowside switch, driver circuits that control... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036600 | THERMAL TRIGGERING MECHANISM HAVING A GLASS AMPOULE FOR AEROSOL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS The invention relates to a method for thermally initiated triggering of an aerosol fire extinguisher having a strike pin (6) acted upon by an inner spring (7) and locked in the stand-by state, and after thermal initiation, the lock is removed and the strik... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036097 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING POWER, IN PARTICULAR ELECTRICAL POWER, WITH A GAS TURBINE AND A ROTARY REGENERATIVE HEAT EXCHANGER The present invention relates to a system for producing power, notably electrical power, comprising a gas turbine (10) with at least one compressor (12; 12a, 12b) having at least one compression stage, at least one expansion turbine (<... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035075 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMERS A customer-dedicated energy management apparatus includes an air-conditioner partial-road characteristics identification unit for creating air-conditioning partial-road characteristics by using air-conditioning operation achievement data in the past, an intra-room heat-... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034196 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHANNEL CONNECTION AND CONTROL STATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A mobile communication system can predict a temporary access concentration to a particular wireless base station, select an appropriate wireless base station and assign down channels for each mobile terminal. In respective wireless base stations, switching scheduling to... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034017 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A memory cell of an SRAM has two drive MISFETs and two vertical MISFETs. The p channel vertical MISFETs are formed above the n channel drive MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs respectively mainly include a laminate formed of a lower semiconductor layer, intermediate semicond... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033814 | Trisectional Arch Wire An orthodontic arch wire has a generally parabolic shape and includes a curved anterior segment and a pair of posterior segments connected to and extending from respective ends of the curved anterior segment. The curved anterior segment has a circular cross-section and ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033754 | NONAQUEOUS LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY A nonaqueous lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode capable of intercalating and releasing lithium ions and a separator. The negative electrode includes a collector and a negative electrode mixture layer formed on the collector.... | 02/10/2011 |