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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7821348 | Crystal oscillator for surface mounting A crystal oscillator includes an oscillator circuit, a main body, a first switching circuit, a second switching circuit, and a voltage detecting circuit. The oscillator circuit includes an IC chip including an output circuit and a function circuit. The crystal eleme... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7811717 | Electrically conductive member for solid oxide fuel-stack Disclosed is an electrically conductive member for electrically connecting a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells in series and/or parallel to assemble a fuel-cell stack. The electrically conductive member according to the present invention comprises a metal sheet ha... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810603 | Compact swing arm structure for a shaft-driven vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same A swing arm structure, in a shaft-driven vehicle, is configured and arranged compactly to minimize the size and weight thereof. A drive shaft of the vehicle is housed in a right arm portion of a swing arm. A front end of the drive shaft is connected to a powertrain ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7799719 | Ceramic member and corrosion-resisting member A ceramic member having a high density, small grain diameter, and excellent plasma resistance is provided. The ceramic member is constituted of a fine structure composed of fine grains, which is a ceramic member comprising an yttria as a main component and obtained ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7798507 | Vehicle suspension apparatus A vehicle suspension apparatus 10 includes a plurality of arms 14, 27 to 29 respectively extending from the side of a vehicle body, and a knuckle 13 swingably supported on the leading ends of these arms 14, 27 to 29 for swin... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794026 | Vehicle braking apparatus and related control method A vehicle braking apparatus is capable of suppressing time lag at the time of activating an ABS, reliably detecting wheel slippage at a wheel even on a low μ road surface, and performing a brake operation to stop the vehicle without causing stroke variations in a b... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793754 | Electric steering system for rapidly increasing damper gain after steering speed exceeds a specific value An electric steering system includes a device for measuring a steering input into a steering system; a device for measuring a steering speed; a section for computing a target current based on the steering input; and a control section for applying a steering power to... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7789600 | Tip dresser A tip dresser 1 dresses electrode tips 4, 5. The tip dresser 1 is rotated around a rotation axis and includes a holder 2 configured to be rotated around a rotation axis and to have concave tapers 2c, 2d, which ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7783411 | Method of controlling fuel injection and ignition of an internal combustion engine, using monitored intake pressure An engine control method, based on engine intake pressure, is operable to shorten a period from a start of cranking until a sequential fuel injection control is determined. Provisional and final stroke determinations are made for a plurality of cylinders from a synt... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7780226 | Vehicular roof structure In a vehicular roof structure, a roof panel has a downwardly-bent roof panel flange formed on an inner edge portion thereof around the peripheral edge of a sunroof opening. Stiffener is disposed inwardly of the roof panel and having a stiffener flange that is welded... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7780181 | Rear portion structure of a vehicle body for a saddle-type vehicle A rear portion structure of a vehicle body for a saddle-type vehicle includes a pair of left and right rear frames provided rearwardly of a main frame section of the vehicle body, and pillion steps attached to the left and right rear frames through respective stays,... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779727 | Power unit case configured to house both an engine and a transmission, and power unit including same A power unit case for a power unit, including an internal combustion engine and a transmission, makes it possible to enhance the lubrication of a desired meshing portion of a group of transmission gears, while reducing the size of the engine. In the power unit case,... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7774867 | Airbag jacket for a vehicle rider An airbag jacket, to be fitted in a rider jacket, includes an airbag body configured to fill with gas from an inflator operatively connected with the airbag body. The airbag body includes a flat front piece, a flat back piece substantially identical to the flat fron... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7765969 | Vertical internal combustion engine provided with belt-drive transmission mechanism A vertical internal combustion engine E has a crankshaft 18 enclosed in a crank chamber 20, a belt-drive transmission mechanism 50 held in a belt chamber 63 and including a rubber belt 53 for transmitting power of the crankshaft | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760484 | Electrostatic chuck The present invention provides an electrostatic chuck, which has high plasma resistance and high capability of cooling a material to be clamped. As for the basic structure of the electrostatic chuck, an insulating film is formed on a surface of a metal plate by flam... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758075 | Supporting structure for fuel tank and automobile assembling method A supporting structure for a fuel tank in a vehicle includes a suspension arm fixing structure provided under the floor of a vehicle body and having a statically sufficient rigidity, the fuel tank being located so as to partially overlap the suspension arm fixing st... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7755760 | Particle counter for measuring floating particles which can effectively reduce false counts A particle counter for measuring the number of floating particles contained in a sample to determine the particle concentration therein includes: a memory section for storing a relational expression between the direct current level output from a photoelectric conver... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7754648 | Photocatalytic hydrophilifiable material A composite material includes a substrate and a self-cleanable hydrophilic surface layer. The surface layer includes a plurality of components: a first component having a photocatalyst which functions as a catalyst upon exposure to light; a second component having o... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7753031 | Fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine and engine incorporating same A fuel injection system includes a fuel piping for supplying fuel to plural injectors of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, and a connection member for attaching the fuel piping to a vehicle. The fuel piping is divided into plural resin supply pipe members... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752936 | Automatic transmission assembly for a vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same An automatic transmission assembly having a transmission unit including a plurality of gear pairs, a shift drum, a pair of clutches; and a controller. The controller performs a preliminary upshifting action in advance for angularly moving the shift drum depending on... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752923 | Magnetostrictive torque sensor A magnetostrictive torque sensor for detecting a torque includes an operating shaft, magnetically insulating layers, and magnetostrictive films. The operating shaft is adapted to be applied with an external torque. The magnetically insulating layers are formed of a ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748649 | Water discharging apparatus It is an object to provide a novel water discharging apparatus capable of rapidly enhancing an outer appearance and a cleaning property and enjoying a plurality of water discharging configurations. In order to achieve the object, the water discharging apparat... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7744503 | Enigne-driven work machine An engine-driven work machine having a target engine speed selection unit and a control unit. The target engine speed selection unit selects and specifies an arbitrary target engine speed from among a plurality of target engine speeds that is set in stepwise fashion... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7740324 | Drainable vehicle wheel and vehicle incorporating same A drainable vehicle wheel having a hub, a plurality of spokes extending radially from the hub and a rim having tips ends of the spokes connected thereto. Each of the plurality of spokes has a hollow portion and a plurality of water-discharge hole formed therein. The... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7740301 | Fuel lid for a vehicle There is provided a fuel lid including a case that is fixed to a body open of a vehicle body for fueling and is connected with a fuel pipe; and a lid that is turnably attached to the case so as to open or close a case open formed on the case for fueling. The lid inc... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7740278 | Steering gearbox mounting structure A steering gearbox mounting structure having an intermediate bracket mounts a steering gearbox for steering wheels of a vehicle on a subframe of the vehicle. The intermediate bracket has a breakable portion which breaks when a force greater than a predetermined forc... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736731 | Composite structure and method for forming the same A composite structure forming method comprises the steps of first pre-treating brittle material fine particles to impart an internal strain to the brittle material fine particles, secondly causing the brittle material fine particles in which the internal strain has ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7735857 | Curtain-type airbag apparatus and airbag module This curtain-type airbag apparatus is provided with: an airbag which is arranged along a top edge of a vehicle body and develops in a curtain-shape manner along an inside of a window; and an inner cover which covers a vehicle interior side of the airbag. The inner c... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7731281 | Vehicle seat An impact absorbing plate 31 is disposed between a front part 31z of the impact absorbing plate 31 and a vehicle body 11 so that a rupture generating part 44 ruptured by impact is extended in the front and rear direction of ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7731269 | Door lining for a vehicle door An armrest formed in a door lining of an automotive door lining includes an upper wall fitted with a power window switch, a lower wall provided with an opening permitting access to a lower part of the switch and a detachable lid fitted on the opening. Thus, the open... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728718 | Lighting system for vehicle and vehicle incorporating same The lighting system having a plurality of winker lamps disposed on front and rear portions of a vehicle body, a winker switch, and a lighting control circuit which performs changeover function allowing the winker lamps at a front portion of the vehicle body to lit a... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7726692 | Steering handle and steering system In a steering handle grasped and rotated by both hands of a driver, an axis of a steering shaft included in the steering handle is inclined so as to be higher in level in a forward direction of a vehicle body, and a left grip grasped by a left hand and a right grip ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7726439 | Apparatus for steering a vehicle An apparatus for steering a vehicle includes a hand steering device, a road wheel steering device, a steering motor and a connection device. The hand steering device is a device which a driver of the vehicle manipulates for steering road wheels. The road wheel steer... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7726429 | Fuel cell vehicle having support frame which couples side frames in width direction of vehicle A fuel cell vehicle includes: a motor chamber provided in a front part of the vehicle; side frames extending on right and left sides of the vehicle in a front-to-back direction of the vehicle; a fuel cell; a motor for driving the vehicle, wherein the motor is driven... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7726280 | Intake charge-regulating apparatus for an internal combustion engine, and engine incorporating same An intake charge regulating apparatus for an engine includes a throttle body having a throttle bore formed therein for communicating with an intake port, and a throttle valve for controlling flow through the throttle bore. A throttle-driving mechanism includes an el... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7726255 | Display device for vehicle The present invention provides a display device for a vehicle that includes a speed display unit that displays a vehicle speed on a speed scale; and a supply-rate display unit that displays a supply rate that is a fuel supply amount per a give time on a supply-rate ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722223 | Line lighting device and image reading device A structure of a line lighting device permits a rod-like light guide to be attached to a case without rubbing against the case. An end portion of the rod-like light guide provided with a pin is inserted into an opening in a case main body and pushed down, thus makin... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7721708 | Control system for general-purpose engine In a system for controlling a general-purpose air-cooled internal combustion engine having two cylinders each equipped with a throttle valve and a fuel injector, and a cooling fan that selectively directs air onto the cylinders, a throttle driver selectively drives ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7721705 | Throttle management apparatus for an internal combustion engine, and engine incorporating same A throttle management apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided which allows the response of the engine to an operator's request to be improved while allowing the output characteristic of the engine to be controlled arbitrarily. The throttle management... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7721614 | Gear transmission including improved shifter engaging structure, and vehicle including same A gear transmission permits an increased flexibility in the layout of shift gears and reduces the axial size of the transmission by providing an engaging portion on a specific one of the shift gears. The gear transmission includes a main shaft having drive gears, a ... | 05/25/2010 |
