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| 20090132188 | Battery charge/discharge current detection apparatus The battery charge/discharge current detection apparatus has a power supply circuit powered by a battery mounted on a vehicle and configured to detect a charge/discharge current of the battery by use of a current detecting resistor connected between a negative terminal ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090130987 | Probe signalling A measurement probe 1 for a machine tool has a housing 4/5 incorporating a window 6 which allows the optical transmission or receipt of signals from/to infrared transmitters 12 or receivers 13. To obviate the need to mount the transmit... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090130594 | Resist Underlayer Coating Forming Composition for Forming Photo-Crosslinking Cured Resist Underlayer Coating There is provided an underlayer coating that is used as an underlayer of photoresists in lithography process of the manufacture of semiconductor devices and that has a high dry etching rate in comparison to the photoresists, does not intermix with the photoresists, and ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090129683 | Object Recognition Apparatus,Computer Readable Medium Storing Object Recognition Program, and Image Retrieval Service Providing Method An object recognition apparatus includes an image input unit capturing image data, an object dictionary unit storing conditions to specify a type of an object, and a processor collating the image data with the conditions and specifying the type of the object imaged in t... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128936 | OPTICAL MULTILAYER FILTER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS An optical multilayer filter having an inorganic thin film composed of a plurality of layers on a substrate includes a fluorinated organic silicon compound film formed on a surface of the inorganic thin film, a low-density formation section forming a part of the inorgan... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128727 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE A liquid crystal display device is provided that includes a plurality of pixels that forms a display unit. Each of the pixels includes at least a pair of substrates that is arranged opposite each other with a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween; and a common elec... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128318 | Vehicle Deceleration Controller An object of the present invention is to reliably carry out warning braking in a situation where the warning braking is needed and a crew can recognize the warning braking, and prevent the crew from feeling an unnatural sensation due to the warning braking in a situatio... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128087 | Power supply apparatus using fuel cell An power supply apparatus includes an adaptor provided with an identification mechanism to identify the type of a secondary cell, the adaptor detachably accommodating the secondary cell; and a charger main body provided with a fuel cell to generate electric power, a cha... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090127970 | Stator core element, production apparatus, and production method A stator core is composed of two compacts of compressed powder magnetic cores joined in the axial direction. A yoke portion includes projections projecting axially outward from end surfaces in the axial direction of a tooth. The length in the axial direction of the toot... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090127596 | PHOTOMASK, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE A photomask includes a light-blocking section that blocks light and also includes a light intensity difference section that controls the intensity of light. The light-blocking section is disposed between the light intensity difference section and a light-transmissive re... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090127131 | Scale Making Method Apparatus and method for making a metrological scale by electrochemical machining of a scale substrate using a tool having at least one feature. The method has the steps of passing an electrolyte solution between the tool and the scale substrate and forming an electrica... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090126609 | Template for use in circular sewing A template for circular sewing is used for repeatedly sewing a single pattern into a circular arrangement with use of a sewing machine equipped with a circular sewing device. The template includes a transparent sheet member having a center point, a plurality of arc-shap... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090126316 | NAIL POLISH FILM WITH OPTICAL EFFECT The present invention provides a flexible article with an optical, relief, and/or olfactory effect for making up and/or caring for the nails, comprising:
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| 20090126267 | Device for Production of Seedlings From Seeds A device (1) for production of seedlings from seeds comprises a drum (3), with perforated walling, rotatable about the drum axis (4), disposed substantially horizontally, borne in a housing (2). In this drum (3) seeds are able to be fi... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090126235 | Method and device for excavating submerged stratum An excavation technique for a stratum capable of excavating a submerged stratum such as a layer containing an underground resource by using laser irradiation in liquid is provided. In this technique, a laser beam transmitted through laser transmission means 20 is... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090119132 | Dynamic System and Method for Automated Checking and Transmitting of Damage Reports and Damage Claims The present invention relates to a dynamic system and a corresponding method for automated checking and transmitting of damage reports and damage claims in multi-level damage coverage systems. The dynamic system comprises decentralized, cellular capturing units with ass... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090119058 | Displacement Speed Measurement Method The measurement method of the displacement speed of a moving element with respect to a fixed element is performed by means of an optic measuring device comprising a first reference sensor and a plurality of distinct second measurement sensors substantially aligned along... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090119005 | Navigation control device, navigation equipment, server and destination setting system A navigation control device, which is mounted in navigation equipment searching for a route and sets a destination from plural pieces of position information forwarded, includes: accepting portion accepting the plural pieces of position information forwarded from the mo... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090118990 | Internal Combustion Engine System and Misfire Determining Method for Internal Combustion Engine An influence component N30m of every 30 degrees in a 30 degree rotation speed N30 base as time required for 30 degree rotation of a crankshaft is calculated by using a frequency characteristic of an influence given to a rotation fluctuation of a cra... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090118987 | Air-fuel ratio control apparatus An air-fuel ratio control apparatus is applied to an internal combustion engine including a variable lift mechanism which changes a lift amount of an intake valve. An oxygen sensor, which outputs a signal indicating an oxygen concentration in exhaust gas, is provided do... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090118974 | Fuel Injection Control Apparatus And Fuel Injection Control Method Of Internal Combustion Engine A fuel injection control apparatus of an internal combustion engine is provided with a fuel injection valve that injects fuel directly into a combustion chamber and a controller. When the engine is cold started (i.e., YES in step S10), a first fuel injection is p... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090118855 | Control Method for a Substrate Processing Apparatus A substrate processing apparatus is reduced in communication cost and alleviated of the restriction on control site when the maintenance worker staying distant monitors in real-time a status change thereof. The centralized control apparatus... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090118625 | Method for Measuring Flow Rate and Head of Centrifugal Pump, Apparatus Thereof, and Apparatus for Evaluating Circulatory State of Pulsating Cardiovascular System In centrifugal pumps 10, 30, 60, 70, and 80 having a rotating centrifugal impeller 14, the flow rate and head of the pumps are estimated on the basis of transverse force applied to the centrifugal impeller 14 during rotation of the centrifuga... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090118457 | Resorcinol-based mannich base The invention relates to Mannich bases that can be produced from resorcinol, formaldehyde, and triethylenetetramine and/or tetraethylenepentamine. Also disclosed are a method for the production thereof and the use thereof as hardeners for amine-reactive compounds. The i... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090118125 | Water Dispersible Agricultural Chemical Granules and Method of Producing the Same A water dispersible agricultural chemical granule having good productivity and dispersion stability in water and a method of producing the same are provided. A water dispersible agricultural chemical granule produced by spray drying after wet pulverization of a suspensi... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090118050 | Reduction Gear Transmission and Manufacturing Method Thereof A reduction gear transmission is realized in which the total speed reduction ratio is adjusted to a desired value without making any changes to a rotation direction changing gear mechanism or a speed reduction unit. The rotation direction c... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117758 | Electrical junction box An electrical junction box comprising a casing body including a bottom wall and a side wall extending upward from the bottom wall; a circuit board contained in the casing body; a connector housing disposed in a cutout section in the side wall and adapted to be coupled t... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117714 | Method of producing semiconductor device, and substrate processing apparatus Disclosed is a method of producing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of carrying a substrate with an insulating film formed on its surface into a processing chamber; processing the substrate to form silicon grains on the insulating film formed on the surface ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117706 | Manufacturing Method of SOI Wafer and SOI Wafer Manufactured by This Method There is provided a method of manufacturing an SOI wafer by an ion implantation delamination method, comprising at least: forming an oxide film on a surface of at least one of a base wafer and a bond wafer functioning as an SOI layer; implanting at least one of a hydrog... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117687 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same, circuit board, and electronic instrument A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device forms a penetrating hole in a substrate so that the penetrating hole extends from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate being opposite to the first surface. An internal wall surface of the ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117575 | Detection Probe Acting by Molecular Recognition The present invention relates to a detection probe acting by molecular recognition of a target sequence, comprising successively in the 5′-3′ direction:
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| 20090117493 | Anti-Reflective Coating Forming Composition Containing Reaction Product of Isocyanuric Acid Compound with Benzoic Acid Compound There is provided anti-reflective coating forming composition containing a reaction product of an isocyanuric acid compound having two or three 2,3-epoxypropyl groups with a benzoic acid compound. The anti-reflective coating obtained from the composition has a high prev... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117378 | OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING OPTICAL ADHESIVE LAYER AND POLARIZER An optical element includes a polarizer having oriented vinylene segments; a substrate; and an adhesive layer disposed between the polarizer and the substrate, the adhesive layer comprising aliphatic urethane(meth)acrylate oligomer, (meth)acryl monomer, silane, and cros... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117352 | Component fabrication Component fabrication and in particular fabrication by deposition processes for large components is made more convenient by initially depositing a masking deposition layer 2 upon a thin substrate 1 such that subsequently shaped metal deposition techniques ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117261 | LIQUID COATING METHOD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL DEVICE Droplets of a liquid are ejected through a plurality of nozzles to a plurality of coating regions on a substrate based on nozzle information including the ejection amount of a droplet of the liquid ejected through each nozzle. According to arrangement information for di... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117160 | Compositions for Making up Keratinous Materials The present invention relates to a kit comprising:
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| 20090117029 | Production method of barium titanate A production method of barium titanate according to the present invention comprises steps of preparing powder mixture of barium carbonate powder and titanium oxide powder and firing the powder mixture. The temperature of the powder mixture is raised to firing temperatur... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117005 | Unit Cuvette for Analyzing a Biological Fluid, Automatic Device for In Vitro Analysis The bottom of the cuvette comprises a curved raceway placed so as to guide the oscillating movement of a ball inserted into the cuvette. In addition, the cuvette comprises means of attachment, in two perpendicular directions, to adjacent unit cuvettes. The cuvettes can ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116923 | Router A router is provided, which includes a main body with a pair of coupling hollows, and a base having a pair of guide shafts standing on. Each of the pair of coupling hollows has an opening facing downward through which a corresponding guide shaft is inserted. A linear ba... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116655 | Adaptive filter calculation method and sound field generating device For an inverse system including an adaptive filter having an inverse characteristic of a reproduction sound field characteristic and arranged in series with a stage previous to an output stage of the reproduction sound field characteristic, and an auxiliary filter for u... | 05/07/2009 |
