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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090132143 | Parking Support Control Apparatus and Parking Support Control System An initial value θ0 of a vehicle deflection angle θ and an initial value L0 of a distance L are set, a normalized coefficient R is determined from the ratio of the vehicle deflection angle θ or the distance L to the initial value θ0 or the initi... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090130491 | Magneto-resistive element for a magneto-resistive device and methof of manufacturing thereof A magnetoresistive element (MR element) for reading a change in a magnetic field of a magnetic recording medium includes first and second electrode layers for providing a sensing current, which are perpendicular to an air bearing surface (ABS) facing the magnetic record... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090129035 | Electronic control apparatus In an electronic control apparatus, a connector mounted on a circuit board accommodated in a casing body constructed with top and bottom casings is partially exposed outside the casing body to be mated with an external connector. A sealant is interposed between the top ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128129 | Current sensor having magnetic gap In a current sensor having a magnetic gap, a main body is divided into a first case segment having a terminal and a second case segment. An opening is formed in the main body. A magnetic sensor element is mounted on an element mounting portion arranged on a surface of t... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090127624 | Semiconductor device having soi substrate and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes: a SOI substrate including a support layer, a first insulation film and a SOI layer; a first circuit; a second circuit; and a trench separation element. The SOI substrate further includes a first region and a second region. The first regi... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090125177 | Driving assistance apparatus A driving assistance apparatus that performs accurate driving assistance in accordance with actual road environment is provided. An electronic control unit (ECU) acquires shape information and vehicular swept path information about a subject vehicle and a nearby vehicle... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090124953 | Adhesive skin patch sheet A adhesive skin patch sheet comprises a support, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release sheet laminated in that order, the release sheet is divided by a cut line into a small first release sheet and a large second release sheet, the cut line is formed so as t... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090124060 | Method for manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor apparatus A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor apparatus is disclosed. According to the method, an element structure is formed on a front surface side of a semiconductor substrate. A rear surface of the semiconductor substrate is grinded or polished in a dir... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122376 | Optical Information Recorder (Reflection Holographic Memory Device) A holographic memory in which a disk recording medium having a mechanism for operating an optical pick-up system is used, signal and reference light beams are so coaxially directed as to be opposed, the polarization planes of the signal with each other on the disk recor... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122294 | LASER RADAR APPARATUS THAT MEASURES DIRECTION AND DISTANCE OF AN OBJECT There is provided a laser radar apparatus including laser beam generating means, photo detecting means, a mirror assembly, light deflecting means, and rotation driving means. The laser beam generating means emits a laser beam having an axis thereof. The photo detecting ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121776 | Bus switch and electronic switch A bus switch for connecting and disconnecting a bus connection provided by a pair of buses includes a first switching element and a second switching element. The first switching element is coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal of a high-potential side... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121290 | Semiconductor device with high-breakdown-voltage transistor A semiconductor device includes a high-breakdown-voltage transistor having a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer has an element portion and a wiring portion. The element portion has a first wiring on a front side of the semiconductor layer and a backside electr... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119016 | Vehicular present position detection apparatus and program storage medium There is a need for improving the accuracy of estimating a gain error for an angular velocity sensor. An error estimation section and a correction section are provided as well as a gyroscope that detects an angular velocity of a vehicle. The error estimation section ass... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117361 | Masking Tape A masking tape 1, which is a masking tape 1 for a long part, comprises a base material 11 and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer 12, such that the tearing resistance of the base material 11 in the width direction is 220 mN/15 mm or mo... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117026 | Method for manufacturing carbon nano-tube A method for manufacturing a carbon nano-tube by a chemical vapor deposition includes: introducing a carbon source gas into a reaction chamber; growing the carbon nano-tube by using a catalyser; and maintaining a pressure of the carbon source gas in the reaction chamber... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116142 | Disk device In a disk device, an arm for supporting a head includes upper and lower plates that are located parallel to a surface of a magnetic disk. The lower plate has a linear expansion coefficient greater than that of the upper plate. The upper and lower plates are provided wit... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115659 | Receiver device for satellite positioning system A receiver device has a plurality of signal reception processing circuits, which processes GPS positioning signals of different carrier wave frequencies received by an antenna. In the receiver device, the positioning signals are converted into intermediate frequency sig... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115272 | Electric motor A closer is configured into a generally cylindrical shape and is provided to a rotatable shaft of an electric motor to rotate integrally with the rotatable shaft relative to a housing. The closer is at least partially received in an opening of a bearing receiver of the ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114985 | Semiconductor apparatus and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor apparatus is disclosed. The semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate that has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The semiconductor apparatus further includes multiple double-sided electrode elements each having... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114974 | Semiconductor device including a plurality of memory cells and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of bit lines, and a plurality of source lines. The memory cells are located in the semiconductor substrate. Each of the memory cells includes a trench provided in the sem... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114969 | Silicon carbide semiconductor device and related manufacturing method An SiC semiconductor device and a related manufacturing method are disclosed having a structure provided with a p+-type deep layer formed in a depth equal to or greater than that of a trench to cause a depletion layer between at a PN junction between the p 05/07/2009 | |
| 20090114947 | Semiconductor device and inverter circiut having the same A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulated gate transistor formed to the semiconductor substrate, a diode formed to the semiconductor substrate, and a control transistor formed to the semiconductor substrate. A first current terminal of the ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114685 | Ladle for Molten Metal Delivery To provide a pressure-tapping type molten metal-transferring ladle that is safe and has excellent workability, and is capable of reliably introducing a pressurizing gas. The molten metal-transferring ladle including a ladle body having a st... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114160 | Barrier for poultry trough A barrier for poultry troughs has a ridge bracket, two shutters and a holding device. The ridge bracket has two surfaces, a mounting edge and a connecting edge. The shutters are respectively mounted on the surfaces of the ridge bracket. The holding device is connected s... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113773 | Pattern Display Implement And Container With Screen Part A plurality of patterns 40a through 40e comprising a plurality of plotting lines 41a to 41e of a predetermined width drawn parallel to each other at predetermined intervals and drawn inclined with respect to the ax... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090112468 | Method and apparatus for displaying map and vehicular navigation system A bird's-eye view map is drawn to have two horizontal divisions which divide the display window into three display window sections. The top display window section displays an image of a bird's-eye view in which a mountain range in the distant-range view is drawn using a... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090112458 | Navigation system and method for navigating route to destination A navigation system includes: an information center; a navigation device of a vehicle communicating with the information center; a communication unit transmitting information of a destination to the information center; a center side transmission unit searching positiona... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109588 | Load driver with wire break detection circuit A load driver includes a transistor coupled in series with a load, a control circuit for controlling the transistor, and a wire break detection circuit. The wire break detection circuit includes a current detection device and a wire break detection device. The current d... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109482 | Image processing device and method of the same An image processing device comprises an operation module configured to input designation settings of a designated transmission destination of image data, an approved transmission destination information storage sector configured to store approved transmission destinatio... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109059 | Weather information notification apparatus and program storage medium In a vehicular navigation system, a control circuit acquires weather information and displays (i) a map containing a present position and (ii) weather information relative to a position outside a display range of the map, among the acquired weather information.... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090108747 | Organic electroluminescent display and method of making the same An organic EL display includes an organic material, a gas barrier layer on the member, and an organic EL unit on the gas barrier layer. The gas barrier layer comprises AlxTiyOz, wherein Al represents aluminum, Ti represents titanium, O represents oxygen, x represents th... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090108600 | Chopsticks An object of the present invention is to provide chopsticks that are hard to roll, can be aligned easily in a pair on a table, and are hard to damage through repeated use by teeth marks and so on, and in which heat is not easily conducted to the handle portion when used... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090108299 | High electron mobility transistor semiconductor device having field mitigating plate and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor device includes a T-gate disposed between drain and source regions and above a barrier layer to form a Schottky contact to the channel layer. A first inactive field mitigating plate is disposed above a portion of the T-gate and a second active field plat... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090108288 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate that includes a plurality of section having different thicknesses. The sections include a first section having a first thickness and a second section having a second thickness, the second section is the thinnest ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090108132 | Seating Apparatus A seating apparatus, in particular, an aircraft seating apparatus, includes a seating component (10) and at least one fastener (14). The fastener (14) has at least one latch (16, 18, 20, 22), which is adapted to fix the seating component (... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090108112 | Powder Based Granules Disintegrating and Sizing Device, and Powder Based Granules Disintegrating and Sizing Method A powder based granules disintegrating and sizing device, includes: a drive shaft that is inserted horizontally in the casing main body; a plurality of circular plates that are fixedly supported at intervals by the drive shaft; and a stator, the plate surface of the cir... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090107394 | Device for manufacturing sic single crystal and method for the same A device for manufacturing a SiC single crystal includes: a raw material gas introduction pipe; a raw material gas heat chamber having a raw material gas supply passage for heating the gas in the passage; a reaction chamber having a second sidewall, an inner surface of ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090107243 | Ultrasonic sensor having transmission device and reception device of ultrasonic wave An ultrasonic sensor for detecting an object includes: a substrate; a transmission device for transmitting an ultrasonic wave; a plurality of reception devices for receiving the ultrasonic wave; and a circuit for processing received ultrasonic waves, which are received ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090106572 | Microcomputer system A sub-microcomputer having a sub-CPU and a power supply control section that controls the power supply to a main microcomputer is disposed in addition to the main microcomputer having a main CPU. A sub-clock section that supplies a sub-clock signal having a lower freque... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090105701 | Biological Tissue Bonding Device and Biological Tissue Bonding Medical Instrument A device 1a for bonding adherends T1 and T2, as a device for bonding biological tissue to biological tissue or a biological tissue bonding material, comprises: a clamping part 2a for clamping the adherends T1 and T2 | 04/23/2009 |
