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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7948354 | Surface-mount negative-characteristic thermistor A surface-mount negative-characteristic thermistor includes a ceramic body composed of a semiconductor ceramic material including at least one of Mn, Ni, and Ti; external electrodes disposed on surfaces of the ceramic body; and plating films disposed on surfaces of ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946824 | Electric axial flow fan In an axial flow fan, a line extending from a center axis and passing a corner where a following edge and a radially outer edge of a blade of an impeller meet is arranged forwardly in a rotational direction from an another corner where a leading edge of the blade an... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946769 | Bearing mechanism, spindle motor and data storage medium drive apparatus A bearing mechanism includes a shaft, a bearing portion, and a cover closing a bottom end of the bearing portion. The bearing portion and the cover are preferably connected to one another by laser welding. A surface of a welded portion formed by the laser welding in... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946279 | Straddle type vehicle having breather device A motorcycle (1) includes an OHC engine (13) and a fuel tank (22) closely above the engine (13). The engine (13) includes a crankcase (17), a cylinder block (18), a cylinder head (19), a cylinder head cover ( | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944329 | Acoustic wave filter device with branched ground wiring sandwiching the IDT area An acoustic wave filter device has a balance-unbalance conversion function and has an increased out-of-band attenuation. The acoustic wave filter device includes a 5-IDT-type longitudinally coupled resonator-type acoustic wave filter unit including IDTs that are con... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944128 | Electronic component An electronic component includes an electronic component body, first and second outer electrodes, and first and second inner electrodes. The first outer electrode includes a first conductive layer that does not include silver and a second conductive layer that is de... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940439 | Method for generating a micromechanical structure In a method for manufacturing a micromechanical structure, first a two-dimensional structure is formed in a substrate. The two-dimensional structure is deflected from the substrate plane by action of force and fixed in the deflected state. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940366 | Display device including substrates bonded together through an adhesive A display device is provided with a sealing member for sealing a liquid crystal layer between a flexible first substrate and a second substrate, a mounting region provided in a portion of the first substrate outside a display area in which the liquid crystal layer i... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940147 | Balanced acoustic wave filter device and composite filter In an acoustic wave filter device, first and second acoustic wave filter elements are connected in parallel to an unbalance terminal. Of first to third IDTs, the second and third IDTs are connected to a first balance terminal. Of fourth to sixth IDTs, the fifth and ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940146 | Boundary acoustic wave element, boundary acoustic wave device, and manufacturing methods for the same A boundary acoustic wave element includes an IDT electrode arranged at the interface between a piezoelectric substance and a dielectric layer, a heat dissipation film is arranged on the outer side surface of the dielectric layer or on the outer side surface of a sou... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939985 | Motor and method for manufacturing rotor unit of the motor In a rotor unit of a motor, field magnets are inserted into respective magnet holding holes of a rotor core. End plates are arranged on the upper and lower end surfaces of the rotor core to cover the magnets holding holes. Each of the end plates preferably has three... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939976 | Hybrid type rotary electric machine A hybrid type stepper motor preferably includes a two-phase eight-main-pole stator and a rotor defined by two rotor units each having a pair of rotor magnetic poles with a permanent magnet interposed therebetween. Each rotor magnetic pole has fine teeth at a regular... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939134 | Method for gumming a lithographic printing plate A method for gumming a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of a) providing a lithographic printing plate including a lithographic image consisting of printing areas and non-printing areas, and b) jetting a gum solution with an inkjet printer to produce a ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938915 | Rare earth alloy binderless magnet and method for manufacture thereof A method for producing a rare-earth alloy based binderless magnet according to the present invention includes the steps of: (A) providing a rapidly solidified rare-earth alloy magnetic powder; and (B) compressing and compacting the rapidly solidified rare-earth allo... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938749 | Control system and vehicle A motorcycle includes a transmission, an ECU, an engine and a transmission operating mechanism. The engine has a crank. The transmission operating mechanism includes a shift pedal and a load sensor. The load sensor detects an operation of the shift pedal by a driver... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938704 | Outboard motor and hook assembly used for outboard motor A hook assembly is arranged to engage with an engaged member to fix a first housing to a second housing of an outboard motor. The hook assembly includes a rotation shaft, a hook member, a lever, and a weight. The rotation shaft is rotatably mounted on the first hous... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938703 | Watercraft propulsion system and operating method A watercraft propulsion system has a control lever for giving instructions regarding the operating mode as well as the amount of output power from a source of driving force, and a controller for setting a propeller driving mode according to the instruction given by ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938702 | Boat propulsion system and boat including the same A boat propulsion system includes a shift mechanism arranged to change a shift position among forward, neutral, and reverse. A shift position detection mechanism is connected to a control lever with a wire. The shift position detection mechanism has a detected membe... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938701 | Watercraft including plural outboard motors and control thereof There is provided a watercraft in which a controlling state before a start-up changes less easily and an operating state of a remote controller and a remote controller lever for operating the watercraft propulsion unit is easily kept stable, although at least one of... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938100 | Variable valve device for engine A variable valve device, which is capable of controlling a fuel injection amount or the like if a control shaft sensor has a failure, uses a brushless DC motor to rotate the control shaft, detects the rotation angle of the motor using its magnetic pole sensors, and ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938036 | Straddle-type vehicle A motorcycle in which the clutch on-off operation and the gear-shift operation of the transmission are automated that can be driven when the actuator fails without complication of the structure and upsizing of the power unit. A crankcase of a power unit accommodates... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937824 | Method for manufacturing nonreciprocal circuit device and method for manufacturing composite electronic component A method for manufacturing a nonreciprocal circuit device in which a ferrite-magnet device including ferrite having first and second center electrodes arranged to intersect and be electrically insulated from each other and a pair of permanent magnets fixed to both p... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936554 | Monolithic ceramic capacitor In a monolithic ceramic capacitor, the size of end surfaces of a capacitor body in a two-dimensional surface in which ceramic layers extend is greater than the size of side surfaces in the two-dimensional surface in which the ceramic layers extend. External terminal... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936479 | Image processing method for reducing imaging artifacts An image processing method includes a step of converting halftoned pixels of an image to be printed represented at a first lower tonal resolution into pixels represented at a second higher tonal resolution. Image processing is used on the pixels having a higher tona... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935427 | Magnesium alloy part and production method thereof A magnesium alloy part includes a part body composed of a magnesium alloy containing aluminum; a paint film at least partially covering the part body; and a magnesium fluoride layer provided immediately under the paint film. The magnesium alloy has an aluminum conte... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934964 | Outboard motor In an outboard motor, a lower casing is located below an upper casing, and an engine with a vertically-arranged crankshaft is mounted above the upper casing. The rotation of the crankshaft is transmitted to a drive shaft pivotally supported in the upper casing, has ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933113 | Multilayer electronic component and method for manufacturing multilayer electronic component A method for manufacturing a laminated ceramic capacitor includes a step of preparing a laminate which has a first principal surface, a second principal surface, a first end surface, a second end surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface and which inc... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932803 | Wire-wound type coil and winding method therefor A common-mode choke coil includes a magnetic core, external electrodes, first and second wires, and a magnetic top. The magnetic core includes a winding core section and first and second flange sections. The external electrodes are provided on the first and second f... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932730 | System for inspecting electromagnetic coupling modules and radio IC devices and method for manufacturing electromagnetic coupling modules and radio IC devices using the system A system for inspecting an electromagnetic coupling module includes a radio IC chip and a feeder circuit board on which the radio IC chip is mounted, the feeder circuit board includes a feeder circuit including an inductance element. This inspecting system measures ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932177 | Field-effect transistor A field-effect transistor is provided, which includes an organic thin film and which can realize a low threshold voltage while a stable, high field-effect mobility is ensured at the same time. In a field-effect transistor provided with a gate electrode, a source ele... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931513 | Marine propulsion system A marine propulsion system includes an outboard motor including an engine, a propeller, a shift position switching mechanism, an oil pump, valves, and an ECU. The shift position switching mechanism includes hydraulic clutches arranged to change the connection state ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931511 | Boat propulsion system A boat propulsion system includes a gear shift mechanism arranged to transmit a driving force generated by an engine to first and second propellers at one of at least a low speed reduction ratio and a high speed reduction ratio, and a control section arranged to per... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931383 | Illumination device, display device and television receiver An illumination device is provided on a backside of a display panel so as to irradiate a display panel with light, the illumination device including a plurality of rod-like light sources arranged in a planar configuration such that they do not cross each other, and ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931206 | Wireless IC device A wireless IC device includes a radiation plate, a feeding circuit substrate on which a feeding circuit including a resonant circuit including an inductance element is provided, the feeding circuit being electromagnetically coupled to the radiation plate, and a wire... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931120 | Exhaust device and vehicle with exhaust device An exhaust device for a vehicle, such as a scooter type motorcycle, comprises an exhaust pipe and a muffler. A first end portion of the exhaust pipe is connectable to an engine of the vehicle. The muffler includes an outer wall defining an internal space of the muff... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931106 | All terrain vehicle All terrain vehicle including front wheels, rear wheels, vehicle body frame, first roof supports, second roof supports, roof members, seat, front panel, front gear case, front suspensions, vehicle body cover, radiator, and head light units. The vehicle body frame in... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931014 | Kickback preventing circuit for engine An ignition control circuit and method of operation provides a very simple but highly effective prevention of engine reverse rotation upon starting by prohibiting ignition when a reverse rotation situation arises. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931010 | Fuel supply system for boat and outboard motor A fuel supply system for a boat prevents deterioration in engine startability and includes a vapor separator tank arranged to contain fuel at an inner fuel level “P” at a predetermined height, an injector arranged to supply fuel to an engine, and a high-pressure... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930987 | Electric steering device for watercraft and control method of electric steering device An electric steering device includes a steering retaining device arranged to retain a steering angle against an external steering force applied from outside of a watercraft to an outboard motor main body. A reverse input shutoff clutch, for example, is preferably us... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930986 | Watercraft steering device and watercraft A steering wheel, operable by an operator, can be electrically connected to an electric motor to provide an actuation signal corresponding to the amount of a steering wheel operation to the electric motor, a reaction motor for applying a reaction to the steering whe... | 04/26/2011 |
