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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181553 | Position control mechanism for bicycle control device A position control mechanism is provided for a bicycle control device that has a shifting unit. The position control mechanism has an operating member that is configured to operate a positioning member that moves through two of a plurality of predetermined shift pos... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180537 | Engine control apparatus An engine control apparatus controls an engine rotational speed to a target rotational speed by using a detected input side transmission rotational speed of a manual transmission as the target rotational speed upon detecting a clutch pedal depression amount during s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180372 | Positioning system, terminal apparatus, control method of terminal apparatus The terminal apparatus has: base station and terminal error information generating means for generating base station and terminal error information indicating a rate of the base station and terminal frequency difference with respect to the official frequency; geosta... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177670 | Bicycle sprocket A bicycle sprocket is provided with a sprocket body and a chain engagement structure. The chain engagement structure includes sprocket teeth defining chain rollers receiving troughs. At least two consecutive ones of the troughs include a driven-side surface and a no... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177251 | Bicycle seatpost assembly A bicycle seatpost assembly is provided with a pair of telescopically tubes, a floating piston, a valve unit and a flow control part. One end of the second tube is open such that one end of the first tube is telescopically disposed in the second tube. The floating p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177003 | Fuel cell electric vehicle A fuel cell electric vehicle includes a driving motor for driving a pair of wheels, a fuel cell for generating electricity used in the driving motor with the fuel cell being disposed above the driving motor, and supply/discharge manifolds. The supply/discharge manif... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659636 | Battery pack adapter | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175136 | Noise cancellation method, receiver circuit, and electronic instrument A noise cancellation method includes: inputting an interference wave signal detected near a receiver section, and changing the phase and the amplitude of the input signal to generate a cancellation signal that cancels the input signal; performing correlation calcula... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174456 | Control system and method for reducing directional error of antenna with biaxial gimbal structure An antenna pointing control apparatus and method that reduce a pointing error of an antenna having a two-axis gimbal structure. An antenna installed on a ship hull is controlled to point toward a satellite by an antenna pointing control apparatus having a two-axis m... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174440 | Positioning method, program thereof, and positioning device A positioning method includes (a) executing a cumulative addition for either one of the polarities on each of an I Q components of0 a received positioning signal, which is spread-modulated with a spread code reversed in polarity by navigation data, (b) calculating s... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173223 | Method for discharging liquid material, method for manufacturing color filter, and method for manufacturing organic EL element A method for discharging a liquid material includes performing a scan by moving a discharge target having a film formation area and a plurality of nozzles forming a nozzle row, and discharging a liquid material containing a functional material from the nozzles onto ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170846 | Computation method of mechanical material constant of composite material and volume fraction of material component in composite material, and recording medium In a method of computing the overall material constant of a composite material, a virtual composite material is defined as the one that a first material component is dispersed in a form of inner spherical particles in a matrix phase and each of the inner spherical p... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170586 | Moving body communication system, moving body terminal, information providing apparatus, and information transmission method A moving body terminal is basically provided with a position information acquiring section, a receiving section and a control section. The position information acquiring section is configured to acquire position information indicating a current position of the movin... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169855 | Ultrasonic sensor unit and electronic device An ultrasonic sensor unit includes an ultrasonic transmission sensor array having a plurality of ultrasonic transmission sensors configured and arranged to transmit ultrasonic waves, and an ultrasonic reception sensor array having a plurality of ultrasonic reception... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169131 | Fluorescent material and light-emitting device A lamp includes a light-emitting body that converts electric energy into light energy and a translucent glass covering the light-emitting body, wherein a phosphor layer is provided on at least inner or outer surface of the translucent glass. The phosphor layer inclu... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168336 | Fuel cell housing structure A fuel cell housing structure includes a fuel cell, an electrically insulated housing and a vent gas port. The electrically insulated housing contains the fuel cell. The housing is arranged to provide a space within the housing surrounding the fuel cell. The vent ga... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167728 | Damper disk assembly and flywheel assembly To accomplish a superior characteristic for absorbing and damping torsional vibrations in a damper disk assembly and a flywheel assembly. A damper disk assembly includes a pair of plates 11 and 12, a flange 20, coil springs 16 and 17 | 05/01/2012 |
| D658464 | Portable power tool | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164513 | Present position locating method An evaluation point E of a present position candidate corresponding to each satellite set is calculated based on an a priori residual (APR) (APR value), a PDOP value, and the number of satellites of the target satellite set according to E=k1·f1(APR)+k... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164043 | Optical module with fiber holding ferrule An optical module is configured such that it is not susceptible to fine particulate matter when an optical fiber is inserted into a fiber insertion hole thereof. The optical module is also configured to prevent any reduction in the optical coupling efficiency and de... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162759 | Network game system, network game program, network game apparatus, and network game control method A player can be prevented from successively using an object that affects the outcome of a match in a network competition game executed among a plurality of clients via a network. An object is selected at the end of a match event of competition game by a client on th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162354 | Twistable hydraulic brake hose unit A twistable hydraulic hose joint basically has a hydraulic hose, an O-ring and a fixing bolt. The hydraulic hose includes a connectable end, a distal end, a center passageway extending between the connectable and distal ends, and an abutment part extending radially ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162191 | Bicycle battery holder A bicycle battery holder for retaining a battery is basically provided with a bracket member, an engaging member and a lever member. The engaging member is movably mounted to the bracket member and configured to selectively retain the battery to the bracket. The lev... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161841 | Cable operating mechanism A cable operating mechanism basically has a fixed member, a wire take-up member, an operating lever and a movement transmission arrangement. The wire takeup member is rotatably mounted with respect to the fixed member in first and second rotational directions with t... | 04/24/2012 |
| D658023 | Portable electric sander | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157303 | Vehicle end structure A vehicle end structure mainly includes a vehicle bumper fascia and a grille assembly. The vehicle bumper fascia includes a sill portion and a receiving member extending from the sill portion. The receiving member defines a channel with an opening extending in a for... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155894 | X-ray inspection apparatus An X-ray inspection apparatus includes a storage device, a setting device, a determining device, a calculating device and a display control device. The setting device is configured to set a hypothetical reference value that is different from an actual reference valu... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155883 | Current position information reporting system, information center apparatus, and method thereof An information center apparatus has a communication section, a motion information calculating section, a communication delay time calculating section, a communication cycle waiting time calculating section, an error estimating section and a correcting section. The c... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155875 | Method of determining appropriateness of satellite orbit modeling, method of providing long-term predicted orbit data, and device for determining appropriateness of satellite orbit modeling A method of determining the appropriateness of satellite orbit modeling is provided. The method includes calculating values of parameters, that the predetermined model has, on the basis of predicted position data including a first predicted position at a first point... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155171 | Multipath signal judging method, program, and multipath signal judging device A multipath signal judging method includes: performing correlation calculation for I and Q components for a reception signal as a positioning signal modulated in a spread code and a replica code; judging code phase based on the correlation calculation; calculating a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154453 | Positioning method, program thereof, and positioning device A positioning method includes: executing a first correlation accumulation process on a received signal, a positioning signal spread-modulated with a spread code, and a replica code of the spread code while shifting a phase of the replica code in a first phase search... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154447 | Position calculating method and position calculating device A position calculating method includes: determining a positioning satellite used for position calculation on the basis of at least reliability of satellite orbits in a prediction target period corresponding to a position calculation point, the reliability of satelli... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152087 | Handle arm mounting structure for fishing reel A handle arm mounting structure for a fishing reel includes a fastening section and a washer member. The fastening section has a first non-circular hole configured to engage non-rotatably with a non-circular section of a handle shaft. The washer member has a circula... | 04/10/2012 |
| D657444 | Blood reservoir | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147336 | Competitive game system, method, apparatus and program which can be played via network A competitive game method which can be executed via a network is achieved irrespective of the type of the game. Terminal devices receive personal data from a center server, and respectively determine whether it will become a master terminal device in an initial game... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147331 | Video game program, video game device, and video game method A video game player can control the movement of a moving object in a video game during a moving object dispatch operation by a character, thereby allowing the video game player to experience nervousness and a sense of realism when causing the character to dispatch t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146346 | NOtrapping catalytic converter diagnostic apparatus A NOx trapping catalytic converter diagnostic apparatus basically has a particulate matter accumulation estimating component, a particulate matter accumulation detecting component and a deterioration determining component. The particulate matter accumulation estimat... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145385 | Vehicle driving control apparatus and vehicle driving control method A vehicle driving control apparatus is provided with an obstacle detecting device, a future position estimating device, an obstacle avoidance control device, and a lane change intent detecting device. The obstacle detecting device detects an existence of an obstacle... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144033 | Vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus and image displaying method A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus includes an image capturing device, a display device and an image processing device. The image capturing device is configured and arranged to capture a first original image of a region rearward of a vehicle and a second origi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142312 | Bicycle rear derailleur A bicycle component (e.g., a rear derailleur) is basically provided with a base member and an axle. The axle includes a base supporting part supporting the base member for pivoting about a center axis of the axle and a base attaching part projecting outwardly of the... | 03/27/2012 |
