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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184862 | Vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus Provided is an apparatus capable of, even when an object is moving, measuring the position of the object at a high accuracy. A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus (10) calculates the change rate (Rate(t)) of the size of an object region between two times s... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184299 | Reduce size semiconductor ring laser gyroscope including a sensor coil made of a multilayer wound optical fiber A semiconductor ring laser gyroscope includes: a semiconductor laser for emitting two lights from both end surfaces thereof; an optical fiber ring through which the two lights propagate in the respective opposite directions, which, in association with the semiconduc... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181685 | Vehicle wheel A vehicle wheel includes: a disk and a rim having a well portion and fixed to the disk for supporting a tire for the vehicle; and an additional air chamber member secured to an outer circumferential surface of the well portion in a tire air chamber defined between t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181614 | Internal combustion engine and vehicle incorporating same An internal combustion engine includes a main enlarged member extended towards a camshaft for forming reed valve chambers. The main enlarged member is integrally provided on a head cover of the engine at a location at which reed valves for controlling supply of seco... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181549 | Steering apparatus An electric power steering apparatus 10 has an electric motor 46 for supplying an auxiliary force to a steering force inputted from a steering wheel 16, and transmits the steering force including the auxiliary force to a steered road-wheel 14... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180499 | Power supply system In a power supply system (10) having a cogeneration unit (12) equipped with an internal combustion engine (12a) and a generator (12b) to generate power to be supplied to a power destination and hot water to be supplied to a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180100 | Plane detector and detecting method A rotation matrix and a translation vector between a basic camera and a reference camera are read out from a parameter storage section. At a projection conversion matrix calculating section, a projection conversion matrix capable of overlapping the road plane area i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178459 | Corrosion-resistant member and method of manufacturing same A corrosion-resistant member includes a ceramic member containing yttrium oxide as a main component, containing cerium element, and obtained by firing under a nonoxidizing atmosphere. The corrosion-resistant member that has high corrosion-resistant characteristics a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177171 | Piping installation structure for vehicle There is provided a piping installation structure for a vehicle which is installed under a floor of a vehicle body and configured to support and fix a long part including at least piping, the piping installation structure including: a clamp member for supporting and... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177070 | Air sieving method and apparatus An air sieving apparatus capable of sieving particles in a particle size range below 50 μm includes a cylindrical screening case defining an internal space and provided with a screen dividing the internal space into an upper space and a lower space. Powdered materi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176792 | Inspection system and inspecting method An inspection system for inspecting a processing accuracy of a work piece is provided. The inspection system includes a supporting mechanism which supports the work piece in a same posture as a posture in which the work piece is assembled to a body; a load reproduct... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175773 | Electric power steering system with failure detection In an electric power steering system (10) for use in a vehicle incorporated with a vehicle behavior control system (30), a failure detecting unit (12) detects a failure of the electric power steering system according to the steering torque and a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175331 | Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, method, and program A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, method, and program capable of reducing a possibility of overlap between a detection object and a background object in a standard image when detecting objects around the vehicle from images obtained by a plurality of imag... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174578 | Vehicle periphery monitoring device A vehicle periphery monitoring device is operable to recognize with high accuracy whether or not an object is a designated quadruped animal. According to the vehicle periphery monitoring device, for determining whether or not a first object region and a second objec... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172341 | Vehicular anti-lock control system A vehicular anti-lock control system includes: a ground load calculation section for detecting or estimating a ground load of a wheel; a road surface friction coefficient calculation section for detecting or estimating a road surface friction coefficient; and a refe... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171598 | Dual port cleaning and extraction apparatus An apparatus for cleaning and extracting water from carpet, comprising a vacuum head including a vacuum chamber configured to be connected to a vacuum source and two downward facing elongate vacuum ports extending downwardly from the vacuum chamber and an elongate s... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171576 | Jetted bathtub A jetted bathtub includes: a bathtub; a suction port opening in a wall of the bathtub and allowing water stored in the bathtub to be sucked therein; a pressurizer configured to suck water from the suction port, and pressurize and discharge the water; and a jet nozzl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169092 | Cogeneration system In a cogeneration system having a generator adapted to be connectable to an AC power feed line between a commercial power network and an electrical load, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator such that exhaust heat of the engine is supplied to a th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168245 | Method for producing coral powder A coral is washed with purified water or tap water, and a crushed coral is heat-treated. Proteins and other organic matter are incorporated between calcium molecules in the coral skeleton, and the organic matter is decomposed and released as volatile components. In ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167968 | Air cleaner housing and intake system for an engine, and vehicle incorporating same In a vehicle having an air cleaner for cleaning incoming intake air supplied to an engine, a stepped surface is formed on at least one of a plurality of walls of an air cleaner housing. The stepped surface is formed on an upper wall of the air cleaner housing, such ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167604 | Fluid spring and molding apparatus A fluid spring is provided with a sleeve, a first chamber configured to accommodate a fluid and formed in the sleeve, a hollow piston rod, a second chamber configured to accommodate the fluid and formed in the hollow piston rod, and a communicating passage configure... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167467 | Rear lamp assembly for a saddle-type vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same A saddle-type vehicle is provided with a rear cowl for covering a rear portion of a body frame, while having an opening capable of being closed with a rider's seat. The vehicle also includes a rear lamp assembly including a tail lamp bulb and a pair of turn signal b... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167382 | Brake system for a motorcycle, and motorcycle incorporating same A brake system for a motorcycle includes a pressure-regulating unit interposed between a fluid pressure-generating unit and a wheel brake. The operation of a pressure-regulating unit is controlled by a control unit on based on a value detected by an operating amount... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167070 | Battery temperature regulating system and method for an electric vehicle, battery housing box for an electric vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same A battery housing structure, in an electric vehicle, is operable to regulate a temperature of a battery disposed between front and rear wheels of the vehicle. The battery housing structure includes a main housing body for receiving the battery, inlet and outlet port... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166933 | Power unit for small-sized vehicle A power unit for a small-sized vehicle that includes a valve operating system equipped with a hydraulic valve operation mode change mechanism capable of changing the operational mode of an engine valve, and a clutch device disposed between a crankshaft and a shift m... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166737 | Walk-behind lawnmower height adjusting mechanism A walk-behind lawnmower having a height adjusting mechanism for adjusting the height of a housing above the ground. The height adjusting mechanism includes: a front wheel supporting member and a rear wheel supporting member that are attached to the housing so as to ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163335 | Particle cluster, composite structure formation method, and formation system A particle cluster for an aerosol deposition method, the particle cluster includes: an assembly packed with a plurality of fine particles including brittle material fine particles, the particle clusters having a spatula angle of 46.2° or less. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162385 | Load transmission body for vehicle A load transmission body for a vehicle, which transmits an impact load to a floor of the vehicle body, includes: a pair of side walls fixed to the floor of the vehicle body and extending in a vehicle front-back direction; a front reinforcing wall having a closed cro... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162092 | Friction drive vehicle In a frictional drive vehicle, a load acting on the vehicle such as the weight of a rider is converted into a force that urges two frictionally engaging parts (3L, 3R, 25) toward each other. Thereby, the contact pressure between the two friction... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162015 | Pneumatic tire having asymmetrical tread pattern Provided is a pneumatic tire capable of improving the drainage performance while favorably maintaining the uneven wear resistance. The pneumatic tire of the present invention is a pneumatic tire having a tread portion provided with at least three main grooves extend... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161927 | Valve system for overhead-camshaft-type internal combustion engine, and engine incorporating same A valve system of an overhead-camshaft-type internal combustion engine includes a cam holder fastened to a cylinder head having a combustion chamber formed therein. The cam holder supports a camshaft, and is disposed above the combustion chamber. The cam holder incl... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158050 | Process for producing pneumatic tire A green tire (G) is formed by stacking a tire component such as a carcass layer (13) on a film (12) which is made of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition and which is disposed on the entire outer circumferential surface of a c... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154594 | Mobile peripheral monitor A standard camera picks up a standard image, and a reference camera picks up a reference image. A flat area is extracted from the standard image and the reference image. An edge image is created by extracting the edges and feature points from the standard image and ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152229 | Sunroof apparatus A sunroof apparatus for opening or closing an opening formed on a fixed roof of an automobile includes: a movable front panel and a movable rear panel both provided in the fixed roof; a panel frame made of engineering plastic and attached around one of the panels; a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152222 | Routing structure of operating cable of vehicle comprising power slide door A routing structure of an operating cable of a vehicle comprising a power slide door, comprises: a retractor of a seatbelt device placed between a vehicle body panel and an interior material covering an inner side of a vehicle body panel facing an interior of a vehi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152221 | Vehicle slide door structure Vehicle slide door structure includes a lower slide rail (42) provided on a slide door (21), and a link mechanism (81) provided between a vehicle body (11) and the slide rail (42). The link mechanism (81) is pivotably connec... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151521 | Vehicle door structure Vehicle door structure includes: a door body openably and closably mounted to a vehicle body; a door sash provided on the door body and including a vertical sash section extending in a vertical direction of the door body, and an upper sash section formed continuousl... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150082 | Waterproof hearing aid There is provided a waterproof hearing aid capable of being worn without caring about the entry of sweat or water even at the time of sweating or bathing. The waterproof hearing aid has a first waterproof film stretchingly provided at the sound inlet of a microphone... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148975 | Pickup coil for sensing rotary speed of engine, the coil including adjustable weight member A pickup coil includes a sensing unit having an iron core, a permanent magnet magnetically coupled to a rear end position of the iron core, and a coil for sensing a change of magnetic flux occurring in the iron core; and a supporting frame member. The sensing unit i... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146698 | Motorcycle including brake-by-wire system with flexibly supported pressure-generating unit In a brake system for a motorcycle in which the operation of a pressure-regulating unit interposed between fluid pressure-generating unit and a wheel brake so as to regulate an output fluid pressure of the fluid pressure-generating unit and to apply the regulated fl... | 04/03/2012 |
