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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178857 | Method and apparatus for flattening solid surface A method for flattening a sample surface by irradiating the sample surface with a gas cluster ion beam, generates clusters of source gas in a cluster generating chamber, ionizes the generated clusters in an ionization chamber, accelerates the ionized cluster beam in... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8079941 | Exercising apparatus The present invention relates to an exercising apparatus including a rotatable ball, a handlebar, first and second clutches and a tension adjustor. The rotatable ball has an external surface. The handlebar passes through the ball and has two ends extending outwardly... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8069799 | Thread cutting device for a sewing machine A thread cutting device for a sewing machine with a hook rotatable in a vertical plane includes a drive motor, a fixed knife which has a working-side wall extending towards a thread fetching zone of the sewing machine to terminate at a first cutting edge, and a mova... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8052336 | Optical module In an optical module including a module main body 10, an optical device housed in the module main body 10, and an optical fiber 21 having an end placed in the module main body 10 and optically coupled to the optical device, the end of the... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050443 | Microphone and microphone mounting structure A microphone contains a capacitor in a capsule with a diaphragm serving as one of electrodes of the capacitor. The microphone is mounted on a mounting board when external terminals installed on an external surface of a circuit board which closes an opening of the ca... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043882 | Method of making microminiature moving device A microminiature moving device has disposed on a single-crystal silicon substrate movable elements such as a movable rod and a movable comb electrode that are displaceable in parallel to the substrate surface and stationary parts that are fixedly secured to the sing... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8004434 | RD converter and angle detecting apparatus An RD converter is disclosed that has a first multiplier multiplying a resolver signal S1 by an output of a SIN ROM; a second multiplier multiplying a resolver signal S2 by an output of a COS ROM; a subtractor subtracting an output of the first multipl... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004276 | Reference signal generation circuit, angle converter, and angle detection apparatus A reference signal generation circuit generates a reference signal used in synchronous detection for removing an excitation signal component in an angle calculation section that converts a detection angle θ obtained from two-phase resolver detection signals output ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7983014 | Disconnector and overvoltage protection device The disconnector of the present invention comprises: a current transformer that detects a current flowing through electric wires; a rectifying part that rectifies the current outputted from the current transformer; a charging part that charges the current outputted ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974430 | Microphone with dust-proof section In order to automate a microphone assembly process including a dust-proof treatment, an object of the present invention is to provide a dust-proof microphone having a configuration suitable for automated assembly. According to the present invention, a microph... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973583 | A/B-phase signal generator, RD converter and angle detection unit An A/B-phase signal generator wherein an up/down count unit 52C counts up by an up-count command or counts down by a down-count command at fixed intervals, an angle comparison unit 51 compares the count result ACNT of up/down count unit 52C with... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973373 | Microminiature moving device A microminiature moving device has disposed on a single-crystal silicon substrate movable elements such as a movable rod and a movable comb electrode that are displaceable in parallel to the substrate surface and stationary parts that are fixedly secured to the sing... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7942532 | Projecting device having a heat-dissipating mechanism A projecting device includes a casing, an optical engine, and a heat-dissipating mechanism. The casing includes a lower casing body and an upper casing body covering the lower casing body. The optical engine is disposed in the casing, and includes a light source mod... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7907743 | Electro-acoustic transducer An object of the present invention is to provide an electro-acoustic transducer having the effects of absorbing vibration and high-frequency noise, reducing the number of components, and preventing heat conduction at the same time. An electro-acoustic transducer acc... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7875226 | Method of making an armrest and the armrest made thereby A method of making an armrest that is mountable between adjacent left and right passenger seats includes: separately forming two receptacle parts by molding a prepreg in a first mold assembly, the receptacle parts being adapted to hold personal objects and each havi... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7859254 | Clock generation circuit, analog-digital angle converter using the same, and angle detection apparatus Two-phase resolver signals output from a rotation angle detector are squared by first and second squaring circuits. The squared signals are added by an adding circuit. The DC component of the output signal from the adding circuit is removed by a filter. The output s... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856765 | Seismic damper A seismic damper includes upper and lower brackets, and a link mechanism. The upper bracket is formed with an upper hole. The lower bracket is formed with lower and intermediate holes. The link mechanism includes a support link, and first, second, and third pivot jo... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7840364 | Short-circuit detection circuit, resolver-digital converter, and digital angle detection apparatus Potentials at both ends of an exciter coil to which an exciting signal is sent by a push-pull method are compared, and at least one of a short circuit to ground and a short circuit to a power supply of a signal line for the exciting signal is detected based on the d... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7818133 | Leak inspection method and leak inspector In a calibration mode, an equilibrium period after pressurized gas is sealed in a device under inspection and a reference tank is divided into two periods; pressure-difference changes ΔP1 and ΔP2 are measured when a first-half equilibrium period of d... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7805996 | Servo accelerometer In a servo accelerometer, a support rod is formed integrally with a pole piece bottom, which is disposed between a magnetic yoke and a magnet. The support rod is extended to penetrate to the outside through a through-hole formed in a closure plate portion of the mag... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805259 | Method for detecting an operation malfunction of a leakage inspector, and a leakage inspector having a function to detect an operation malfunction thereof A method for detecting an operation malfunction of a leakage inspector causes the leakage inspector to execute a calibration process and an inspection process. The calibration process seals air inside a first device serving as a reference device and measures changes... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797920 | Drive chain and tool device for assembling or disassembling the same A drive chain includes two end chain components and a connecting plate. Each of the end chain components has a pin hole and a connecting pin. The connecting pin includes a main segment inserted into the pin hole and having a diameter, an anchoring end segment axiall... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797886 | Seismic damper A seismic damper includes upper and lower brackets, and a link mechanism. The upper bracket is formed with an upper hole. The lower bracket is formed with lower and intermediate holes. The link mechanism includes a support link, and first, second, and third pivot jo... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7792399 | Optical device The present invention seeks to realize an optical device that is capable of preventing stray light from entering light input and output means such as optical fibers and that excels in return loss characteristics. The optical device has a free space at least having a... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7768431 | R/D converter and angle detecting apparatus A band elimination filter 35 that eliminates or reduces a low frequency noise superposed on resolver signals S1 and S2 is provided between a synchronous detection circuit 34 that performs synchronous detection by referring to an excitatio... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764481 | Overvoltage protective device and method of overvoltage protection Problems can be solved about reducing the maximum voltage, reducing the size and cost, and so on. According to the invention, three or more discharge units are connected in series between two conductors. Two or more clamping type overvoltage protective units (herein... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7696950 | Antenna with symmetrical first and second monopole radiating elements An antenna, which is operable in a digital video broadcasting for handhelds (DVB-H) frequency range, includes first and second monopole radiating elements and a feeding element. The first and second monopole radiating elements are symmetrical about an axis of symmet... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7687723 | Mounting substrate and microphone mounted thereon To provide a mounting substrate that requires a reduced amount of solder and reduces a thermal effect of solder on the interior of an electronic component, and a microphone to be mounted on the substrate. A mounting substrate according to the present invention inclu... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7686522 | Optical coupling component for use in an optical communication connector and an optical connector using such optical coupling component An optical coupling component for use in an optical communication connector is provided which comprises a pair of columnar sending side and receiving side optical functional sections and a joint section integrally molded with the optical functional sections and made... | 03/30/2010 |
| D611257 | Swing chair | 03/09/2010 |
| 7659652 | Electrostatic actuator with interdigitated electrode structure There is provided an electrostatic actuator with the interdigitated electrode structure comprising a movable rod 11 disposed in parallel with an alignment axis line Ox predetermined on a substrate; a movable interdigitated electrode 12 fixed on the bot... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7647939 | Water inlet device for a faucet A water inlet device for a faucet includes a valve seat, a connecting pipe, and a plurality of locking screws. The valve seat includes a surrounding wall having a plurality of protrusions, each of the protrusions being provided with a respective screw hole, a base w... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7644208 | Serial transmission system with a return signal generator from the farthest terminal to synchronize return signals/data from the farthest terminal with any specified intervening terminals A terminal of a plurality of terminals that is located at the farthest position from a host has a return signal generator section, the return signal generator section transmits a return signal at a timing when data transmitted from the host to the terminals arrives ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7634166 | Marker groove forming device Marker grooves of an optical fiber are formed by a marker groove forming device including at least, on a substrate, a fiber guide and optical fiber pressing springs formed on a side wall surface in the fiber guide. The optical fiber pressing springs include edges co... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7632157 | Electrical connector An electrical connector has a plurality of first contact pieces, each including a body portion, an arm portion extending from the body portion and a leg portion extending from the body portion, a plurality of second contact pieces, each including a body portion, an ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7628546 | Optical connector The object of the present invention is to suppress a decrease in the optical function of a sleeve by ensuring that a liquid chemical substance is not apt to remain on a peripheral surface of the sleeve even when the liquid chemical substance enters a connector. The ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7621676 | Optical connector An optical connector includes a receptacle body 40 having an engage hole 46 formed in a peripheral wall 45 of a chamber 44, a pigtail body 50 having a base body 51 contained in the chamber 44 and a locking protrusion ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7619546 | Asynchronous sample rate conversion using a digital simulation of an analog filter The sample rate of a digital signal is converted by a digital simulation of an analog filter. The simulation can update the states of complex poles in the analog filter at arbitrary times using different techniques. One technique updates the states at variable rates... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7617109 | Method for correcting metadata affecting the playback loudness and dynamic range of audio information A coded signal conveys encoded audio information and metadata that may be used to control the loudness and dynamic range of the audio information during its playback. If the values for these metadata parameters are set incorrectly, annoying fluctuations in loudness ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7613960 | Semiconductor device test apparatus and method There is provided a semiconductor test apparatus which uses a test processor to apply a test signal to a DUT having a semiconductor device within it to determine whether the memory is acceptable or not on the basis of a response signal, and uses a repair analysis co... | 11/03/2009 |
