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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110045195 | RESIST SOLUTION SUPPLY APPARATUS, RESIST SOLUTION SUPPLY METHOD, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM A resist solution supply apparatus of the present invention includes: a resist solution supply source storing a resist solution therein; a supply tube for supplying the resist solution from the resist solution supply source to a coating nozzle; a filter provided in the ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044107 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device has a drawing wiring drawn out from one end of a gate electrode and connected to a terminal, and has another drawing wiring drawn out from the other end of the gate electrode and connected to a terminal. Lengths of the two drawi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044009 | Semiconductor device An electric device includes: a first electric element; a second electric element capable of flowing large current therethrough so that heat is generated in the second electric element; a heat sink; and a first wiring board and a second wiring board, which are disposed o... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043200 | Current sensing device and manufacturing method of the same A current sensing device and a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. The current sensing device includes: a core having a gap; and a magnetic sensor inserted in the gap. The core includes a first core member and a second core member each made of a grain-orient... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042812 | Electronic device and method of manufacturing the same An electronic device includes a power element on a first substrate and an electronic component on a second substrate. The first and second substrates are stacked so that the power element and the electronic component can be located between the first and second substrate... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042741 | Semiconductor device having semiconductor chip and metal plate and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a first protection film for covering a first metal wiring. A second protection film is disposed on the first protection film, which is covered with a solder layer. Even if a crack is generated in the second protection film before the sold... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041605 | Angular rate sensor An angular rate sensor comprises a piezoelectric film having a first and a second surfaces forming an x-y plane and utilizes a perturbation mass coherently vibrating elastic acoustic waves on which a Coriolis force acts when the angular rate sensor undergoes a rotary mo... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041604 | Angular rate sensor An angular rate sensor comprises a piezoelectric film having a first and a second surfaces forming an x-y plane and utilizes a perturbation mass coherently vibrating elastic acoustic waves on which a Coriolis force acts when the angular rate sensor undergoes a rotary mo... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040459 | WORKING VEHICLE, CONTROL DEVICE FOR WORKING VEHICLE, AND HYDRAULIC OIL AMOUNT CONTROL METHOD FOR WORKING VEHICLE An object of the present invention is to prevent an unnecessary large amount of hydraulic oil from being supplied to a cylinder when a working vehicle capable of performing both a loading operation and a digging operation is performing the digging operation. 02/17/2011 | |
| 20110039065 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet (1) comprising a base material (11) and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (12), and having formed therein a plurality of through-holes (2) passing through one face to the other face thereof. T... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035100 | Information presentation device An information presentation device includes: a directional information obtaining element for obtaining directional information based on a signal from an enhancement device for safety or comfort of a passenger of a vehicle; an information presentation controller for gene... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035099 | Display control device, display control method and computer program product for the same In a display control device, a direction of a light source in a region around a self-vehicle is estimated, and whether the direction of the light source coincides with a display arrangement direction which indicates an arrangement direction of a display portion as viewe... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034031 | Manufacturing method of semiconductor device including etching step A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes: irradiating a laser beam on a single crystal silicon substrate, and scanning the laser beam on the substrate so that a portion of the substrate is poly crystallized, wherein at least a part of a poly crystallize... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033975 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element having first and second surfaces, wherein the semiconductor element includes at least one electrode, which is disposed on one of the first and second surfaces; and first and second metallic layers, wherein the fir... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033298 | OUTDRIVE UNIT FOR BOATS An object of the present invention is to provide an outdrive unit that allows space to be saved in the positioning of a hydraulic circuit for trolling, and enables easy maintenance of the hydraulic circuit for trolling. The invention provides an outdrive unit mounted ou... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032374 | Image correction apparatus and method and method of making transformation map for the same An image correction apparatus, an image correction method and a transformation map making method are disclosed. The apparatus includes an imaging device, a memory section, a corrected image creation section and a display device. The imaging device has an optical axis in... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032110 | Electric power amount information output device and system In an electric power amount information output device for a vehicle, a control section checks whether a remaining electric power amount of a battery of a motor-driven vehicle at a departure point is less than a total electric power amount required for the vehicle to tra... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031929 | Electric supply controller, electric supply system and method for controlling electric supply to charger and vehicle Chargers are connectable with vehicles. An electric supply controller controls a switching circuit to connect an electric power supply line to one of the chargers. A storage unit of the electric supply controller associates information on a priority to each of the vehic... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031922 | ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE, AND ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN DEVICE An electric motor drive device has an inverter adjusting the voltage applied to an AC electric motor so as to drive the AC electric motor, a capacitor which is charged by a current supplied from a DC power supply supplying DC voltage between a neutral point at which a p... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031837 | MAGNETIC COUPLING DEVICE A reduced-size magnetic coupling device includes a first magnet group having a plurality of first magnets arranged on an interaction surface at equal intervals in the direction of the circumference about the rotation axis; a second magnet group having a plurality of sec... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031809 | WIRING METHOD AND WIRING SYSTEM FOR STRUCTURES A unitized wiring portion (wiring unit) has a hard pipe member, a wire provided in the pipe member, and outside wiring connectors connected at each end of the wire. A plurality of wiring units are prepared in advance wherein wiring units are divided into multiple groups... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029281 | Link travel time calculation device and method for calculating link travel time interval A link travel time calculation device includes: a collection element for collecting a travel position and a transit time in each vehicle; and a link travel time calculation element. The calculation element calculates a total travel time interval of all sections based on... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029199 | STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND STEERING CONTROL METHOD FOR WORKING VEHICLE A stationary steering operation determination means determines whether or not stationary steering operation is being performed repeatedly at a determination cycle period that is set to be longer than a cycle period at which a certain signal is detected. And a stationary... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025568 | SUBSTITUTE ANTENNA A base from which a monopole antenna has been detached is covered by a synthetic-resin cover with an antenna wire inserted into an antenna insertion portion, and electrical connection to inner wiring is ensured by a connecting lead. Subsequently, a two-sided adhesive ta... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024588 | Fuel tank unit The fuel tank unit includes a fuel cutoff valve fastened to a support body. The support body and the casing of the fuel cutoff valve are made of first and second resin materials having different rates of fuel swelling. The fuel cutoff valve is fastened to the support bo... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024250 | Shock absorbing member The present invention provides a shock absorbing member which includes a pair of opposing plates and a plurality of resin tubes internally filled with a viscous body. Both end surfaces of the resin tubes are closed by the pair of the plates. The each resin tube is dispo... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022556 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS MODEL (ANP) WITH FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE ANP MODEL BETWEEN SUB-NETWORKS A computer-implemented system is provided for an analytic network process (ANP) control structure with feedback throughout the ANP control structure. The computer-implemented system includes an ANP control structure storage unit that stores an ANP control structure with... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022284 | Acceleration control device In a cruise assist ECU, when a vehicle drive state is changed from a running state to a state immediately before vehicle stop or from a stop state to a state immediately after vehicle start, a feedback torque gain compensation part changes a feedback torque gain to a se... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022256 | Door control and charge control for plug-in charge type vehicle In a vehicle door control system, when a mobile terminal accepts door lock manipulation and a vehicle door control apparatus receives a door lock signal from the mobile terminal, the vehicle door control apparatus determines that a door should be locked and, at time of ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021080 | Card edge connector and method of manufacturing the same A card edge connector for electrically connecting harnesses to contact electrodes that are located in different positions on a surface of an electronic substrate in an insertion direction includes a housing, harness terminals, and relay terminals. The housing defines a ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021078 | Card edge connector and method for assembling the same A card edge connector for electrically coupling between contact electrodes on an electric circuit board and harnesses includes: a housing with a board insertion opening; harness terminals coupling with the harnesses; and junction terminals coupling between contact elect... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019246 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE An image processing device includes an image data acquiring part that acquires the first and second image data, an edge characteristic extraction part that extracts first edges and second edges forming the shapes of the rectangular regions contained in the first and sec... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019202 | Fabry-perot interferometer and manufacturing method of the same A Fabry-Perot interferometer and a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. The Fabry-Perot interferometer includes a first mirror structure and a second mirror structure opposed to each other with a gap therebetween. A first mirror and a first electrode of the f... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019199 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL MODULATOR HAVING HIGH-PRECISION MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS Problem An object is to provide a method for evaluating characteristics of individual Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometers in an optical modulator which includes a plurality of MZ interferometers. Means for Solving Problems The method comprise... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018763 | Positioning apparatus, positioning method, and program product A GPS receiver outputs pseudo distances each containing a clock bias error. A clock bias and a reception position are calculated based on each of the outputted pseudo distances. A clock drift is calculated based on clock biases at past n points or Doppler information ou... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018701 | Traffic light passing support system, in-vehicle apparatus for the same, and method for the same An in-vehicle arithmetic unit calculates a required time, which is needed for a vehicle to arrive at a traffic light when the vehicle maintains a present speed, according to a speed of the vehicle, a present position of the vehicle, and information on the traffic light.... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017320 | Fuel Cutoff valve A fuel cutoff valve includes a first float mechanism housed in a first valve chamber of a casing, and a second float mechanism housed in a second valve chamber. During fueling operations, when an intake opening becomes blocked by fuel, the second float mechanism closes ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017253 | Thermionic converter A thermionic converter includes an emitter electrode and a collector electrode. The emitter electrode includes a P-type diamond semiconductor layer doped with a P-type impurity. The emitter electrode is configured to emit a thermion from the P-type diamond semiconductor... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110012330 | Side airbag apparatus An airbag 40 is partitioned into a shoulder protecting portion 57 and a lower region protecting portion 56 by a partition portion 45. The shoulder protecting portion 57 is inflated in a space that is beside the shoulder PS of an occupa... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011226 | METHOD FOR EXPOSING RESIN-COATED METAL PIPE A method of exposing a metal pipe that is resin-coated by which part of the resin coating layer can be easily removed to expose the metal pipe. Blade tips are advanced into a resin coating layer in a region of the circumferential surface of a pipe with a predetermined s... | 01/20/2011 |
