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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6887430 | Apparatus for immune analysis A total reflection cell has a total reflection prism on at least one surface thereof. A mixed solution containing a gold colloid labelled antibody which is adsorbed on a gold colloid is stored in the total reflection cell, and a sample solution containing an antigen... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6184737 | Signal transmission with reduced ringing of signals A signal-transmission system includes signal-transmission lines connected to a terminal voltage via terminal resistances, open-drain-type transistors outputting signals to the signal-transmission lines, branch lines stemming from the signal-transmission l... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6114668 | Heater-containing grip for vehicles A heater-installed grip for a vehicle includes substantially semi-cylindrical inner pieces (331, 332) of a synthetic resin which have a planar heater (34L, 34R ; 174L, 174R ; 184) wound aro... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6115592 | Filter device and dual-band radio system in which the filter device is used A filter device includes at least two filter elements provided in a package, each of the filter elements passing only signals within a predetermined frequency band, the predetermined frequency bands of the filter elements having center frequencies which a... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6107032 | Method for the direct, exponential amplification and sequencing of DNA molecules and its application A method is described for the direct, exponential amplification and sequencing ("DEXAS") of a DNA molecule from a complex mixture of nucleic acids, wherein truncated DNA molecules as well as DNA molecules of full length are synthesized simultaneously and ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6098435 | Method and system for determining bending order adapted for use in bending machine A bending order which provides a highest possible bending accuracy is determined. First a bending order generating section generates a plurality of bending orders possible for bending operation. Then, whether the bend angle of each bend can be measured in... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6080768 | Derivatives of 2-amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene active on the cardiovascular system Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein the variables are as defined in the specification. These compounds are useful in the treatment of arterial hypertension and heart failure, of renal insufficiency, of peripheral arteriopathies and of cerebrov... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6078514 | Semiconductor device and semiconductor system for high-speed data transfer A semiconductor system includes at least one logic chip and at least one memory chip arranged such that one side of the at least one memory chip faces one side of the at least one logic chip. The semiconductor system further includes first input/output no... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6072819 | Semiconductor light-emitting device and method of fabricating the same A structure consisting of a substrate and a gallium nitride based compound semiconductor formed on the substrate includes a light-emitting layer forming portion consisting at least of a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type (an n-type cladding ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6067104 | Thermal print head, method of manufacturing the same and method of adjusting heat generation thereof A polycrystalline layer is formed on a surface of a substrate and metal electrode layers are formed thereon to be opposed to each other. The polycrystalline silicon layer includes an exposed region exposed from the metal electrode layers, and this exposed... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6064097 | Wiring layers for a semiconductor integrated circuit device A semiconductor integrated circuit device has macrocells composed of CMOS transistors. In a first wiring layer of the macrocells, a power source line coupled to the sources of P-channel MOS transistors and a ground line coupled to the sources of N-channel... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6052314 | EEPROM device An EEPROM device has an array of memory cells composed of nonvolatile data-storage elements that allow electrical writing and erasing of data. The array of memory cells is provided with an area for storing data representing the length of writing time for ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6050880 | Surface grinding device and method of surface grinding a thin-plate workpiece A surface grinding method for a thin-plate workpiece is provided including the steps of (a) roughly surface grinding a first surface of a thin-plate workpiece using a thin-plate workpiece surface grinding device to create a reference plane having no sori ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6050186 | Adjustable supply rate dampening mechanism for planographic printing plates For moistening a water roller in contact with a planographic printing plate on a plate cylinder in an offset printing press, a sprayer produces a more or less flat spray of dampening water. Baffles are positioned in front of the sprayer to define an apert... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6052326 | Chain-latch circuit achieving stable operations A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a circuit including a plurality of memory blocks connected in series and operating in synchronism with a clock signal, the circuit holding data in each of the memory blocks during a data-hold state and holding t... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6049493 | Semiconductor memory device having a precharge device During a precharging period, first a bit line is precharged to a first potential and a sense amplifier is precharged to a second potential. Then, the bit line and the sense amplifier are connected together thorough a bit line transfer gate, and the precha... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6045976 | Optical exposure method An optical exposure method in photolithography applied for precise processing when semiconductor devices are produced. A pattern on a photomask is projected and exposed on a register on a base plate with an exposure device including a deformation illumina... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6043675 | Logic circuit utilizing capacitive coupling, an AD converter and a DA converter According to the present invention, various logic circuits, AD converters, DA converters and counter circuits can be constituted with a small number of transistors by employing a capacitive coupling circuit. An analog/digital converter comprises: an input... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6040807 | Three-dimensional display A three-dimensional display comprising a flat light source, a vertical striped filter having slits transmitting light from the light source and barriers screening the light from the light source alternately formed therein for partially transmitting the li... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6040414 | Coatings for coils Use of crosslinked polymers for coil coating based on perfluoropolyethereal polymers, comprising as repeating units sequences of one or more oxyfluoroalkylenic units such as --CF2 CF2 O--, --CR4 R5 CF2 | 03/21/2000 |
| 6040341 | Compounds and their compositions having anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic activities Compounds and their compositions, of general formula: A--X1 --NO2 are used as medicaments wherein: A=R(COX)t t=0 or 1; X=O and the remaining substituents are defined in the specification.... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6037773 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus has a gantry including various coils such as a static field coil and gradient field coils, a top board for supporting an examinee and moving the examinee into and out of an opening of the gantry, and an approximately... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6037813 | Semiconductor device capable of selecting operation mode based on clock frequency A semiconductor device which operates in synchronism with a first clock externally provided. The semiconductor device includes a clock-generation circuit generating a second clock which maintains a predetermined phase relation with the first clock, a chec... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6036919 | Diagnostic test carrier with multilayer field The present invention concerns a diagnostic test carrier for the determination of an analyte from whole blood with the aid of a reagent system contained in the carrier which includes a colour forming reagent with a test field which has a sample applicatio... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6035344 | Data transfer apparatus which outputs data based upon a control signal A data processor is provided with a data input mode and a data output mode. The data input mode is set by an external signal. A serial data supplied from an external apparatus to a data input register has a signal to specify the start of the operation at ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6034657 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel includes a front substrate; a plurality of row electrodes provided on an inner surface of the front substrate; a dielectric layer provided on the inner surface of the front substrate so as to cover the row electrodes; a rear substra... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6033335 | Planetary gear mechanism A ring gear support member is supported radially immovably on the outer circumference of an input shaft through a ball bearing. A brake hub of a reverse brake, as supported by the ring gear support member, is made movable in the circumferential direction ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6029641 | Air-fuel ratio control system for internal combustion engines An air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine includes an air-fuel ratio sensor arranged in the exhaust system of the engine. An ECU determines activation of the air-fuel ratio sensor and carries out feedback control of the air-fuel r... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6029540 | Power output system for an outboard engine A flange portion formed on an inner periphery of a flywheel is facet-fitted to an end of a crankshaft. A spline piece is facet-fitted to an inner peripheral surface of the flywheel. The flange portion of the flywheel and a flange portion of the spline pie... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6027587 | Strain-induced transformation to ultrafine microstructure in steel Steel with ultrafine grains is produced by altering the transformation from one which normally proceeds with grain boundary nucleation followed by intragranular nucleation at deformation bands and other defects, to one which induces a substantially instan... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6026708 | System for outputting power from a crankshaft A flange portion formed on an inner periphery of a flywheel is fitted to an end of a crankshaft. A spline piece is fitted to an inner peripheral surface of the flywheel. The flange portion of the flywheel and a flange portion of the spline piece are commo... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6028079 | Condensed-indan derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof A condensed-indan derivative represented by formula (1) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein ring A represents an optionally substituted benzene ring or naphthalene ring, or a benzene ring having a lower alkylenedioxy group, ring B repr... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6026034 | Bit line reset circuit of memory Switching transistors 20, 22, 22P, 21, 23 and 23P and a portion of control circuit for transistors 20 and 21 constitutes a bit line reset circuit on memory cell side. In reading `H` from the memory cell connected to a bit line BLC or *BLC, the both bit li... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6025973 | Construction for attaching a disk in a disk drive A compact card type disk drive includes a housing (21) for accommodating a disk for storing data, a disk drive for rotating the disk, a head assembly for writing and reading data to and from the disk and an electronic circuit including at least an interfa... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6025818 | Method for correcting pixel data in a self-luminous display panel driving system In a self-luminous display panel driving system, one field of a composite video signal is divided into N sub-fields, luminance of each pixel is set by a pixel data. The pixel data comprises N bits corresponding to the number of the sub-field. A present pi... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6023571 | System for filtering events occurred within a predetermined period of time A system for filtering events which have occurred within a predetermined period of time includes a first generation unit for generating association rules between the events (parameters) which simultaneously occur within the predetermined period of time, a... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6022398 | Adsorption separation and purification apparatus and process for high purity isobutane production A high purity isobutane adsorption separation and purification apparatus is provided including a pressure regulator which regulates the pressure of an isobutane-containing gas; the at least one adsorption bed packed with zeolite 5A and carbon molecular si... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6021651 | Flat knitting machine having a yarn feeding system Plural carrier rails are arranged radially relative to a trick gap, and yarn carriers are made to run on the rails. In the yarn carrier, a feeder rod is mounted on a yarn rod guide so that the the rod can slide up and down. The feeder rod is pushed up by ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6021650 | Method of knitting tubular fabrics In a broadening course, a yarn feeder of which front and back agree with the front and back of a fabric is used as a preceding yarn feeder, and a yarn feeder of which front and back are reverse is used as the succeeding yarn feeder, (a) the preceding firs... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6023401 | Abnormality detecting device for exhaust secondary air supplying system In an exhaust secondary air supply system including an electric air pump and a flow rate control valve disposed in an air supply passage connected to an exhaust passage of an engine, the electric air pump is first driven after the start of the engine, and... | 02/08/2000 |