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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5576637 | XOR CMOS logic gate An exclusive OR circuit includes a first series circuit in which a source of a first pMIS transistor is connected to a positive-voltage power supply line. A drain of the first pMIS transistor is connected to a drain of a first nMIS transistor via a second... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5574219 | Piezoelectric vibrator A piezoelectric vibrator 12 used for a vibrating gyroscope 10 includes a vibrating body 14 having, for example, regular triangular prism shape. Piezoelectric elements 14a, 14b and 14c are formed respectively on three side faces of the vibrating body 14. S... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5573338 | Automatic paper feeder and frame structure of document input device An automatic paper feeder of a document input device includes a pick roller 20, separator pads 68 that come into contact with the pick roller 20, a first pair of pick springs 58, and a second pick spring 60. The first pick springs 58 are disposed on the u... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5574304 | Superluminescent diode with offset current injection regions A superluminescent diode includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. A lower cladding layer of the first conductivity type is provided on the semiconductor substrate. An active layer is provided on the lower cladding layer. An upper c... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5570609 | Industrial robot provided with means for setting reference positions for respective axes An articulated industrial robot provided with a reference position setting means which includes two positioning contact parts 22 and 24, and the reference position setting means is provided for each joint 16 of a robot unit 10 in such a manner that the po... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570725 | Weaving method and reed used with 1/F fluctuations A weaving method and reed where the method is practiced with the reed having spacings between dents of 1/f fluctuations resulting in a woven fabric which has a warp density of 1/f fluctuations. The spacings are established by winding yarn having a 1/f flu... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5571960 | Throttle valve opening degree sensor The present invention provides a throttle valve opening degree sensor for detecting the opening degree of a throttle valve used for an internal combustion engine wherein a rotor shaft capable of interlocking with a throttle valve has a cylindrical coverin... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5572463 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory with pre-read means A semiconductor memory having address buffer means, memory cell means, word line selection means, bit line selection means, an output buffer, first address generation means connected to the address buffer means, for providing and address for specifying a ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570187 | Weld-position detector provided with an optical axis adjustment means and used with a robot welding machine A weld-position detector, attached to an automatic welding machine such as a welding robot, having three independently produced indispensable units, i.e., a laser-beam projecting unit for projecting a detection laser-beam, a scanning unit for directing th... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5569847 | Air-fuel ratio estimator for internal combustion engine An air-fuel ratio estimator for estimating air-fuel ratio of an air and fuel mixture supplied to an internal combustion engine from an output of an air-fuel ratio sensor. In the estimator, detection response lag time of said air-fuel ratio sensor is appro... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5568799 | Fuel injection control system for internal combustion engines A fuel injection control system for an internal combustion engine calculates an amount of fuel to be injected in a manner carrying out fuel transfer delay-dependent correction based on a delay of transfer of fuel injected from the time the fuel is injecte... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5569969 | Vibrator and vibratory gyroscope using the same The vibrator includes for example, a triangular prism shaped vibrating body. On each of three side faces of the vibrating body, piezoelectric elements are formed respectively. The vibrating body makes bending vibration by giving a driving signal to one or... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5566386 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having a status register and test method for the same An object of the present invention is to provided a semiconductor device that permits easy and efficient testing. A semiconductor device which is characterized in that the power supply for an output circuit is selectable between a normal power supply and ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5561386 | Chip tester with improvements in handling efficiency and measurement precision A chip tester comprises a stage which is attached to an end of an arm and on which a chip is disposed, a reversing mechanism which rotates the arm from a first position to a second position and reverses a surface of the stage so as to look from upward to ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5559803 | Communication system using a bidirectional tree structure network A communication system includes a bidirectional tree network having a base end and a plurality of terminating ends, a central apparatus connected to the base end, a plurality of terminating equipment connected respectively to the terminating ends, and a p... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5559612 | Image reading device with black and white platen The image reading device including a light source for irradiating an original, an image sensor for reading information on the original to produce an image, and a platen adapted to contact the original at the reading station. The platen includes a first, b... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5559479 | Voltage control oscillator variable capacitance diode biasing circuit A voltage control oscillator which has an oscillator circuit comprising at least an inductive resonator, active element, and variable capacitance diode and externally applies a direct current control voltage to the variable capacitance diode through a bia... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5559364 | Leadframe A low-cost leadframe in which leads are stably and securely retained. The leadframe is provided with a lead retaining section for securely retaining internal leads together. Such a lead retaining section is molded from the same thermosetting resin as used... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5558076 | Fuel metering control system for internal combustion engine A fuel metering control system for an internal combustion engine, having a feedback loop. In the system, the quantity of fuel injection (Tim) to be supplied to the engine (plant) is determined outside of the feedback loop. A first feedback correction coef... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5558075 | Fuel metering control system for internal combustion engine A fuel metering control system for an internal combustion engine, having a feedback loop. In the system, the quantity of fuel injection (Tim) to be supplied to the engine (plant) is determined outside of the feedback loop. A first feedback correction coef... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5559702 | Antilock brake control method for four-wheel drive vehicle An antilock brake control method for a four-wheel drive vehicle including calculating an estimated vehicle speed on the basis of a wheel speed of a wheel and a value obtained by adding an offset value to an output from a longitudinal acceleration/decelera... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5556461 | Method for producing a silicon single crystal by a float-zone method A method of producing a silicon single crystal by the floating-zone method, comprising the steps of: providing a polysilicon rod having an average grain length of 10 to 1000 μm; heating a portion of the polysilicon rod to form a molten zone while applyin... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5556034 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve is provided which produces good atomization of fuel and increases the accuracy of the distribution rate of the fuel to a pair of diverging injection holes, even when the amount of assist air is decreased. The fuel injection valve in... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5555167 | Power supply apparatus with a power-saving function A power supply apparatus with power-saving function used in an information processing system includes: a main power supply unit having the conversion unit converting an input voltage to a first output voltage and outputting the first output voltage to the... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5554060 | Outboard engine structure An outboard engine structure is provided including an engine mounted in an upper portion of the structure, wherein an exhaust gas from the engine is passed through an exhaust passage located vertically within an engine body case, into a lower portion of t... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5553949 | Rolling contact bearing A slight clearance S1 is formed between the inner surface of the outer ring 2b and the outer surface of the cage 2d. The size of this slight clearance S1 is such that it causes concomitant rotation of the cage 2d associated with the rotation of the outer ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5553948 | Static pressure gas bearing spindle assembly A static pressure gas bearing spindle assembly which can prevent any dust contained in the compressed air used to support the spindle from sticking to the workpiece placed on the work-support table. The housing has a sleeve mounting hole in which are moun... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5553586 | Engine and outboard engine structure A plurality of cylinders are defined in a single cylinder block, and a single cylinder head common to the cylinders is mounted on the cylinder block. Exhaust passages are provided in the cylinder head at a location corresponding to an inner side and centr... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5553581 | Control system for internal-combustion engine Disclosed is a control device for internal-combustion engine which is capable of detecting an abnormality in accelerator pedal angle sensors throughout a range of accelerator pedal angles and continuing operation even when an abnormality is detected. It i... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555023 | Signal processing circuit for video camera which prevents a false aperture signal from being generated A signal processing circuit is utilized in a video camera which includes a CCD having pixels arranged in a dot-matrix fashion and color filters of R, G and B arranged in a mosaic fashion, and an output signal from the CCD is converted into a digital signa... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5551814 | Crankshaft milling machine control system Processing accuracy varying with thermal displacement of a machine body is automatically, rapidly adjusted. There is provided a temperature detector for detecting temperature in the vicinity of a bearing for an inner-tooth milling cutter. Based on the tem... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5551638 | Valve member for fuel injection nozzles An injector nozzle for a fuel injected internal combustion engine having a selectively openable nozzle for the delivery of fuel to the engine combustion chamber, the nozzle comprising a port having an internal annular surface and a valve member having an ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5550733 | Velocity control method for preventing oscillations in crane A method for removing the oscillation and reducing the position error of a load carried by an industrial crane comprising: a non-oscillation control algorithm which provides the trolley and load system with sufficient damping in order to remove the oscill... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5550850 | Apparatus and method for precisely wavelength-tuning single longitudinal mode tunable laser beams by utilizing wedge prism An apparatus and a method for precisely wavelength-tuning single longitudinal mode tunable laser beams by utilizing a wedge prism are disclosed in which, instead of a tuning mirror, a prism is rotated, so that a single longitudinal mode can be maintained ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5546218 | Drive circuit of a simiconductor optical modulator A circuit for driving a semiconductor optical modulator which has a first semiconductor layer having a first conduction type, a second semiconductor layer having a second conduction type, and a modulation active layer sandwiched with the first and second ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5544629 | Intake system in v-shaped engine An intake system for use in a V-shaped engine includes an intake manifold which is disposed in a valley defined between a pair of cylinders, disposed in a substantially V-shaped arrangement, and which includes a pair of intake pipe assemblies having a plu... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5545914 | Semiconductor device having zener diodes with temperature stability between base and collector regions A plurality of Zener diodes are connected between two electrodes of a transistor as the protector of the transistor to obtain a predetermined breakdown voltage. Each Zener diode has a breakdown of 5 V whose temperature coefficient is substantially zero.... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5545050 | IC socket Disclosed is an IC socket for use in testing IC packages, comprising a socket body having a plurality of Y-shaped contact pieces so arranged as to permit them to contact the lead conductors of an IC packages to be tested and a lid which is spring-biased s... | 08/13/1996 |
