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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D637859 | Beverage maker | 05/17/2011 |
| D637786 | Confection | 05/17/2011 |
| 7536591 | Transparent checkpointing and process migration in a distributed system A distributed system for creating a checkpoint for a plurality of processes running on the distributed system. The distributed system includes a plurality of compute nodes with an operating system executing on each compute node. A checkpoint library resides at the u... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7536039 | Information processing device An information processing device including a personal authentication function by reading a fingerprint. The device has a detection structure having an improved detection function. The information processing device (mobile telephone device 2) has a fingerprint... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535494 | MOS type image pickup device capable of taking full picture at one time In a shooting operation of a digital camera including a MOS-type solid-state image pickup device to produce a still picture, a predetermined electronic shutter operation is interrupted to conduct a reset operation for all photoelectric converter elements at a time, ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534323 | Use for the oleo-repellent paper sizing of carboxylic perfluoropolyethers Use for the oleo-repellent paper sizing of carboxylic perfluoropolyethers of formula T-O—Rf-T (I) wherein T=—CF2—COOH or —CF2CF2—COOH and Rf is a (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene cha... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533687 | Capacity control valve An operating rod is subjected to a surface hardening heat treatment without a post finishing process which enhances a responsiveness of the operating rod by preventing powders from being attracted to a sliding surface of the operating rod. The capacitive control val... | 05/19/2009 |
| D592377 | Confection | 05/19/2009 |
| 7532996 | Semiconductor integrated circuit A temperature detector sets the level of a temperature detecting signal to a level indicating a high temperature state, detecting that the chip temperature is higher than a first boundary temperature. The temperature detector sets the level of thereof to a level ind... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532071 | Operational amplifier circuit A level shifter unit outputting a level shifted signal generated by level shifting of output signals of the first and second differential amplifier circuits, and an output circuit including complementary output transistors series being coupled between the high poten... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531991 | Output voltage regulator for engine-driven generator An output voltage regulator for an engine-driven generator that can satisfactory suppress fluctuation in output voltage, even when an output waveform of the generator is distorted. An engine revolution period that represents a period of output voltage is detected by... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530868 | Vertical power unit and outboard engine system A vertical power unit includes an input shaft and an output shaft which have axes in the vertical direction and are vertically arranged to each other; and a torque converter between the input shaft and the output shaft. The output shaft includes an upper output shaf... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530587 | Vehicle suspension system A vehicle suspension system connects a swing member to a vehicle body. The vehicle suspension system includes a bump stopper, which is provided on one of the swing member and the vehicle body and includes an axis, a substantially cylindrical tip end which abuts an a... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530508 | Fuel injection valve In a fuel injection valve, a fuel guide member facing the valve hole is connected to an injector plate, and an annular diffusion chamber is formed between a valve seat member and the injector plate. A pair of first notches, a pair of second notches, and a plurality ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530284 | Multiplate clutch outer part A multiplate clutch outer part is formed by pressing a steel plate. The multiplate clutch outer part includes: an end wall portion; and a cylindrical portion having its one end formed continuously with the outer peripheral end of the end wall portion, and opened at ... | 05/12/2009 |
| D591927 | Chocolate bar | 05/12/2009 |
| 7528954 | Method of adjusting optical imaging system, positional deviation detecting mark, method of detecting positional deviation, method of detecting position, position detecting device and mark identifying device A method of adjusting optical imaging system is provided to finely adjust arrangement of optical elements with sensitivity. Illumination light with a predetermined wavelength band is irradiated to an adjustment mark including first marks disposed at a first pitch an... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528748 | Serial data receiving circuit and serial data receiving method A serial data receiving circuit and a serial data receiving method are provided which are capable of performing interconversion on bit sequences of data bit groups, between LSB first and MSB first, in serial data transmitted serially in successive data bit groups. C... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528522 | Surface acoustic wave device, package for the device, and method of fabricating the device A surface acoustic wave device includes a package having a cavity, a SAW chip housed in the cavity, a resin sealing the cavity, and a metal thin film provided on the resin. ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527030 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that is startable by a motor driven by electric power supplied by an electric storage device, includes: a starting mode selection device for selecting either a first mode or a second mode as starting mode of the ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527029 | Controller for plant using PWM algorithm A controller for a plant that can compensate for non-linear property and reduce oscillation of output of a controlled object even when the controlled object has high non-linear property is provided. The present invention provides a controller for a plant that uses P... | 05/05/2009 |
| D591591 | Container | 05/05/2009 |
| D591590 | Container | 05/05/2009 |
| D591479 | Pet treat | 05/05/2009 |
| D591478 | Pet treat | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526690 | Semiconductor device-testing apparatus A semiconductor device-testing apparatus which is capable of testing semiconductor devices simultaneously by a simple construction. A plurality of latch circuits latch output signals outputted from a plurality of DUTs having the same test signal “test” inputted ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525590 | Camera apparatus with exposure correction based on movement of the object A camera apparatus includes an imaging device and a unit for detecting information relating to the movement of an object on the basis of an output of the imaging device. An exposure correction device is provided for making exposure correction on the basis of the det... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522021 | Surface acoustic wave apparatus A surface acoustic wave apparatus has a configuration by which the spurious of the higher-order transverse modes is suppressed and a SAW excitation intensity distribution is not changed in the propagation direction. The surface acoustic wave apparatus has at least o... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521349 | Fundamental cell, semiconductor integrated circuit device, wiring method and wiring apparatus The present invention provides a fundamental cell, semiconductor integrated circuit device, wiring method and wiring apparatus for designing a layout of a functional circuit block or a semiconductor integrated circuit device using the fundamental cells, with a highe... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520514 | Body frame structure A front subframe 42 is formed of an aluminum alloy into a frame that is formed substantially into a shape of parallel crosses or into a rectangular shape and is made up of left and right front joint portions 64, 64 and left and right rear joint portion... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520449 | Electromagnetic fuel injection valve In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve in which a coil assembly is housed within a solenoid housing, an inlet tube is provided coaxially and integrally so as to be connected to the rear end of a fixed core, and the solenoid housing and at least a front part of t... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520270 | Pump module for fuel tank A pump module to be disposed within a fuel tank is provided. The pump module includes a chamber, a fuel pump disposed within the chamber and a lid for member telescopically movably supporting the chamber via a telescopic means. An outside diameter of at least an upp... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520255 | Control for an engine having a variable valve-driving unit A control for avoiding interference between a valve and a piston of an engine is provided. The engine has a variable lift mechanism that is capable of changing a lift amount of the valve and a variable phase mechanism that is capable of changing a phase of the valve... | 04/21/2009 |
| D590836 | Portion of a display panel with a computer-generated icon | 04/21/2009 |
| 7517299 | Transmission control system A transmission TM comprises a metal V-belt mechanism 20, which is provided between an engine ENG and driving wheels DRW and transmits a rotational driving force from the engine ENG toward the driving wheels DRW with a speed change, and a forward/reverse switc... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516730 | Fuel pump control system for cylinder cut-off internal combustion engine In a fuel pump control system for an internal combustion engine whose operation is switched between cut-off-cylinder operating mode during which some of the cylinders are non-operative and full-cylinder operating mode during which all of the cylinders are operative ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516489 | Anti-virus protection at a network gateway A method of preventing the infection of a computer network 1 by a computer virus, where that virus can be spread by e-mail traffic. The method comprises installing at an e-mail gateway 7 of the network an anti-virus application 12, which applica... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515656 | Clock recovery circuit and data receiving circuit A clock recovery circuit has a boundary detection circuit detecting a boundary in an input signal in accordance with a first signal, and performs recovery of a clock by controlling the timing of the first signal in accordance with the detected boundary. The clock re... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515017 | Surface acoustic wave device utilizing a terminal routing pattern A surface acoustic wave device having a surface acoustic wave filter having a comb-shaped electrode pattern formed on a piezoelectric element, electrode terminals for inputting and outputting of the surface acoustic wave filter are connected with corresponding elect... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514788 | Structure of mounting electronic component The structure of mounting an electronic component on a circuit board is capable of securely flip-chip-bonding the electronic component having bumps, whose separations are very short, to the circuit board without displacement. The structure of mounting an electronic ... | 04/07/2009 |
