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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D529283 | Wallet/coin purse with threaded screwcap closure | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114765 | Automobile hood An automobile hood has a skin and a frame reinforcing it. At least part of a space defined between the skin and the frame is packed with a foamed metal which breaks down continuously upon receiving an external force. Its continuous breakdown absorbs a substantially ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115213 | Ferromagnetic ZnO-type compound including transition metallic element and method for adjusting ferromagnetic characteristics thereof The ZnO-type compound contains at least one metal selected from a group of transition elements consisting of V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Rh and Ru. Ferromagnetic characteristics are adjusted by adjusting densities of these transition elements, by varying combinations of two ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115783 | PFPEs having at least an alkylether end group and respective preparation process Perfluoropolyethers having structural formula R1O—(CF2O)n—(CF2CF2O)mR2 (I) wherein: R1 is —CH3 or —C2H5 | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116254 | Complex type sigma-delta analog to digital conversion unit and receiver There is provided a complex type sigma-delta analog to digital conversion unit that includes: a first subtractor; a first filter; a first analog to digital converter; a first digital to analog converter; a first sign controller; a second subtractor; a second filter;... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116258 | A/D converter, D/A converter and voltage source A reference voltage generating circuit generates a reference voltage Vref. An A/D converting circuit compares an analog input voltage Vin with the reference voltage Vref to convert the analog input voltage Vin to a digital output value Dout. A measured value storing... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116604 | Semiconductor memory device and method for selecting multiple word lines in a semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device that reduces the time for conducting a multiple word line selection test and operates stably. The semiconductor memory device includes memory cell blocks, row decoders, sense amps, block control circuits, and sense amp drive circuits. E... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117394 | Built-in self-test circuit A built-in self-test (BIST) circuit is configured to divide data output bits of a RAM macro into a plurality of groups each consisting of 2 bits, and provide a 1-bit comparator of a signature analyzer for each group to share one 1-bit comparator by respective two da... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116146 | Digital DLL device, digital DLL control method, and digital DLL control program A digital DLL device is provided which can reduce an error with respect to a target delay amount. The device provides a delay to an input clock signal so as to equally divide a clock cycle T thereof into N parts, and includes first variable delay sections and second... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116744 | Clock recovery circuit and receiver circuit for improving the error rate of signal reproduction A clock recovery circuit has a boundary detection/discrimination circuit to detect and discriminate a boundary in an input signal in accordance with a first signal. The clock recovery circuit performs clock recovery by controlling the timing of the first signal in a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114052 | Semiconductor memory device, a sector-address conversion circuit, an address-conversion method, and operation method of the semiconductor memory device The present invention aims at providing a semiconductor memory device that can be operational in a desired boot block mode, regardless of the original boot block type of the device, by facilitating rewriting of the memory device. A sector address from an outside sou... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113457 | Information reproducing system having means for preventing a breakdown thereof caused by abnormal conditions An information recording medium reproducing system has an insertion opening, a recording medium storing portion and a medium carrying device. Photodetectors are provided for detecting passing of the recording medium and for producing a passing signal when the medium... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113047 | Clock generator and its control method To present a clock generator capable of spreading the spectrum of oscillation frequency by simple control in a small additional circuit, and its control method. A phase locked loop circuit is provided from a frequency phase comparator 11, an output clock sign... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113027 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device A semiconductor integrated circuit device has a boosted-voltage power-supply circuit generating a boosted voltage, an internal circuit being driven with the boosted voltage, and a control circuit controlling the internal circuit by receiving the boosted voltage. The... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113005 | Current mirror circuit The present invention provides a current mirror circuit of which consistency (ratio) of the input current and output current is more improved. This current mirror circuit comprises input side and output side bi-polar transistors of which bases are commonly connected... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112462 | Self-light-emitting apparatus and semiconductor device used in the apparatus The present invention relates to a semiconductor device formed in a self-light-emitting apparatus having a substrate and a plurality of self-light-emitting elements formed on the substrate, the semiconductor device being used to drive one of the self-light-emitting ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113357 | Semiconductor device and a disk drive apparatus employing such a semiconductor device When a circuit that is likely to cause noise is enabled, a control circuit turns on a switch so that an inverter will be formed by one P-channel MOSFET and two parallel-connected N-channel MOSFETs. This helps enhance the current capacity of the inverter on its N-cha... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113544 | Motion detecting device In a motion detecting device, with respect to a target pixel for which detection of motion is going to be performed, the threshold value to be used by comparator circuits 9 and 10 is varied based on the difference of image data between two pixels verti... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113441 | Semiconductor memory A refresh signal is output in response to a refresh request generated at predetermined cycles, and a refresh operation is performed. The refresh operation ends when a conflict occurs between an access request and the refresh request. Consequently, an access operatio... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111880 | Outside handle assembly of automobile An outside handle assembly for an automobile is constructed to have a handle body 3 connected to a handle base 2 secured to an automobile panel 1, and a connecting lever 7 swingably connected to the handle body 3 and driven vertica... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111506 | Malfunction detecting system of engine cooling apparatus In a malfunction detecting system of an engine cooling apparatus constituted as a radiator having a thermostat opening/closing an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe, a temperature sensor is installed at the radiator to detect a temperature of the coolant flowing through ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7114025 | Semiconductor memory having test function for refresh operation A semiconductor memory includes a refresh timer and an arbiter for determining the order of precedence between an access operation and a refresh operation, in order to automatically perform refresh operations inside the memory. A detecting circuit operates in a test... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7114031 | Structure and method of cache memory data update The present invention relates to a structure and a method of data update in a cache memory inside a local processor, which uses the feature of cache control. A buffer block of a header buffer is mapped to a memory space at several different address sectors addressed... | 09/26/2006 |
| D529066 | Frame for eyeglasses | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110740 | Mixer circuit, receiver circuit, and frequency comparison circuit A mixer circuit contains a first terminal and a second terminal to which a first differential input signal is applied, and an active element switching a short-circuit between the first terminal and the second terminal. By driving the active element by a second diffe... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110031 | State image pickup apparatus having pixel shift layout A color shooting solid state image pickup apparatus is composed by using a solid state image pickup device having a number of color pixels disposed in a plurality of rows and columns in a pixel shift layout with distributing at least one color-type color pixels in a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110600 | Document identifying device and method The invention relates to a document discriminating apparatus and a discriminating method for use in processing documents at financial institutions. A characteristic portion inherent in an optional format is cut out from image data read from a document in the optiona... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110793 | Wireless base station for reducing interference from a control signal emitted by another wireless base station A signal processing unit 50 in a wireless base station forms an omnidirectional pattern to intermittently transmit a control signal, forms an antenna array pattern to receive a control signal from a mobile station, and further transmits a link channel allocat... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108833 | Sample tab A sample tab for retaining a sample during spectroscopic analysis includes a base plate, a sample well, and a cover plate. The sample well may vary in size to accommodate different sample volumes, and the base of the sample well may be positioned above or below the ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107868 | Transmission operating apparatus for vehicle A transmission operating apparatus A mainly includes: a forward/backward direction sensor 3 which detects positions of a shift lever 1 manipulated by the driver; an operation mode selecting switch 7 which selects one of two operation modes to be... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109775 | Delay circuit having reduced power supply voltage dependency A delay circuit includes: an input signal line (IN) through which an input signal is inputted; a capacitor (106) charged with and discharging electric charge; a first switch (101) connected to the input signal line and operating according to the input ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107776 | Air conditioning system for vehicle An air conditioning system includes a primary or engine-driven compressor that is driven by a primary driving source or engine, and a secondary or motor-driven compressor that is driven by a secondary driving source or motor. The air conditioning system increases in... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109903 | Digital-analog converter circuit Provided is a digital-analog converter circuit that enables, for example, securing an improved accurate analog signal voltage and preventing increase in the circuit size. A first node of each individual unit is connected to a middle node of a one-order higher unit t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106108 | Semiconductor integrated circuit and evaluation method of wiring in the same An input circuit writes an expected value to one end of an evaluation wiring. A latch circuit latches a logic level of the other end of the evaluation wiring. A first switch circuit connects an output of the input circuit to the input of the latch circuit. A second ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104283 | Normally open hydraulic control valve A normally open hydraulic control valve includes: a linear solenoid unit; a spool driven by an output force of the linear solenoid unit to move forward; a valve body in which the spool is fitted; and a return spring for biasing the spool in a retreating direction. T... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104258 | General-purpose engine A general-purpose engine includes a canister which adsorbs fuel vapor that has evaporated within a fuel tank. The fuel vapor is desorbed from the canister and guided to an intake system communicating with an engine main body. The engine main body includes a crankcas... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104122 | Method of adjusting straight ahead traveling capability of vehicle This invention is intended to enable performing a vehicle straight-line performance adjustment operation surely in a short time without the need of operator's skill. An actually moving state of a vehicle completed with an alignment adjustment is reproduced after the... | 09/12/2006 |
| D528055 | Meter panel of two-wheeled motor vehicles | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107504 | Test apparatus for semiconductor device A test apparatus for a semiconductor device, which improves the reliability of an operational test on target devices on a wafer using BOST (Built Out Self Test) and BIST (Built In Self Test). The test apparatus includes an external test unit, the BIST circuit formed... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104058 | Vehicle braking system In a vehicle braking system, a backup piston pushes a master piston directly from behind when hydraulic pressure of a boosted hydraulic pressure chamber decreases. The backup piston has a piston body which is slidably fitted in a casing, and a pusher which is slidab... | 09/12/2006 |
