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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7443406 | Tandem image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes image-forming process cartridges arranged in tandem; a color-information acquiring unit configured to acquire color information representing a color of an image to be formed by each of the image-forming process cartridges; an imag... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7180513 | Semiconductor circuits for driving current-driven display and display In a semiconductor circuit of a current output type, when display is performed by plural semiconductor circuit in one display panel, luminance unevenness for each block with a different semiconductor circuit occurs due to fluctuation in the semiconductor circuits. I... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7134991 | Annular centrifugal extractor with embedded stirring rotor An annular centrifugal extractor with an immersed agitation rotor. The liquid-liquid centrifugal extractor including an emulsion chamber and a settling chamber, aligned because of the addition of a section of axis to the rotor, which allows flow and operation to be ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7108874 | Process for treating fresh fish The present invention provides a process for treating living fish having an improved meat quality or an elongated period of tasting time, or providing internal organs having an improved quality. According to the present invention, living fish are kept alive in an aq... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094480 | Magnetic field sensor using magnetoresistance and method for making same The invention relates to magnetic field sensors in which magnetoresistance is used as the physical phenomenon for detecting and measuring the magnetic field. It consists in producing a stack comprising a first ferromagnetic layer (101), an insulating layer ( | 08/22/2006 |
| 7080724 | Start control device for vehicle A start control device is provided for a vehicle that is subjected to neutral control for releasing a coupling element of an automatic transmission when the vehicle is stopped with predetermined conditions satisfied while the automatic transmission is in a forward d... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7074972 | Secondary C-Csurfactant alcohols The invention relates to secondary C10 to C18 surfactant alcohols of the general formula (I), wherein R represents methyl or ethyl and R′ represents a linear or branched alkyl group with 6–13 C atoms, excepting 5-ethyl-2-nonanol and 6-ethyl... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7038250 | Semiconductor device suited for a high frequency amplifier According to the present invention, there is a provided a semiconductor device having, a collector contact layer made of an n-type GaAs layer; a first collector layer formed on the collector contact layer and made of an n-type GaAs layer; a second collector layer fo... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7013119 | Radio communication apparatus and its reception timing estimating method A radio communication apparatus includes a low-rate clock oscillator for generating a low-rate clock signal used for reception timing estimation; a frequency deviation measuring duration controller for determining a deviation measuring duration of measuring a freque... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001705 | Positively photosensitive resin composition and method of pattern formation The present invention provides a positive photosensitive resin composition which can be developed with a tetramethylammonium hydroxide aqueous solution with a usual concentration, has high sensitivity and excellent resolution, and is excellent in heat resistance, pl... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6921881 | Ceramic joint body A ceramic joint body including a ceramic substrate and a ceramic body such as a cylindrical body firmly bonded to each other and excellent in corrosion resistance in the ceramic substrate for use for a semiconductor product producing/examining the step. The ceramic ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6886415 | Tactile sensor and gripping robot using the same Disclosed is a tactile sensor which includes: a disk-shaped first strain generating section; plate-shaped second to fifth strain generating sections each provided as an extension of the first strain generating section extended from one of four substantially equiangu... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6879005 | High withstand voltage semiconductor device A high withstand voltage semiconductor device, comprises: a substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on an upper surface of the substrate, a lateral semiconductor device formed in a surface region of the semiconductor layer and having a first principal electrode in i... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6844021 | Oil or fat composition The oil or fat composition of the invention contains a monoacylglycerol and/or a diacylglycerol in a total amount of 5-100 wt. % and which exhibits an index of stability against oxidation (induction time as measured through a Rancimat test conducted at 100° C.) of ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6839559 | Retransmission control method and the apparatus A retransmission control method is provided. In the method, all base stations perform error judgment for a signal sent from a mobile station 1. Then, first and second base stations send results of error judgment to a third base station which is a communicatio... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6733238 | Axial-flow turbine having stepped portion formed in axial-flow turbine passage There is provided an axial-flow turbine comprising an exhaust chamber; a turbine including multiple stage rotor blades, said multiple stage rotor blade including terminal stage rotor blades; an annular diffuser located between the turbine and the exhaust chamber; an... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6671457 | Information recording medium, method for recording information, and method for reproduction information An information recording medium includes a first area (DA2) for storing picture data for forming a plurality of pictures, a second area (DA21) which is included in the first area and stores control data of the picture data, and a third area (INFO1) which ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6638755 | Simple culture medium and method for preparation thereof A simple culture medium produced by impregnating a fibrous water-absorbent sheet with a suspension formed by suspending in an alcohol (a) an adhesive (0.01-0.4 wt. %) which is soluble in both water and alcohol, (b) a gelling agent which is soluble in wate... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6624248 | Polymeric diphosphine ligands for homogeneously soluble hydrogenation catalysts, process for the production thereof and use Molecular weight-enlarged, homogeneously soluble ligands are provided that are especially useful for hydrogenation catalysts, wherein the ligands contain homochiral active centers of bis(3,4-diarylphosphinyl)pyrrolidines, and their use in producing c... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6584277 | Digital video recording/playback system with entry point processing function This invention allows the user to insert an entry point (bookmark) at an arbitrary recording position of video data, audio data, and the like as if he or she placed a bookmark between pages of a book. Information RTR_VMG that manages recorded objects incl... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6579581 | Polymer blend having good low-temperature impact strength A molding which comprises the following components: (I) from 60 to 96.5 parts by weight of polyamide; (II) from 3 to 39.5 parts by weight of an impact-modifying component which contains anhydride groups, (III) from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a copolymer which con... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6552611 | Differential amplifier and filter circuit using the same A differential amplifier is constructed in such a manner that the sources of a first and a second MOS transistor and the drain of a third MOS transistor are connected to each other, these MOS transistors being of the same conductivity type, the other end ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6380960 | Color image forming apparatus with position compensation A full-color image forming apparatus, in which an image formed by plural electrophotographic processing portions arranged along a conveying belt is superposedly transferred in order onto a recording medium conveyed by the conveying belt, and thereby the c... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6353779 | Method for managing communication modes for an aircraft The present invention relates to the management, on board an aircraft, of the aeronautical digital telecommunications networks ACARS and ATN. It covers a method for automatic choice of the transmission sub-network of the ACARS or ATN networks which is mos... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6313233 | Curable resin composition cured products A curable resin composition comprising (A) a hydrolyzate or a partial condensate of an organosilane compound, or both; (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyamic acids having a hydrolyzable silyl group or carboxylic acid anhy... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6300307 | Softening active substance for textiles and textiles-softening compositions containing it Substances for the preparation of textile softening compositions comprising salts of oligomeric amine esters obtained by the reaction of triethanolamine, fatty acids and dicarboxylic acids in defined ratios, optionally followed by quaternization. Textile ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6291300 | Manufacturing method of semiconductor devices An element isolation method of a semiconductor device comprises the steps of forming an oxide film on a semiconductor substrate; forming a nitride film on the oxide film; forming an isolation trench on the semiconductor device, the isolation trench being ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6266501 | Image-forming apparatus having a seal for a developer and a method for detecting a removal of the seal An image-forming apparatus includes an image-bearing device that holds an electrostatic latent image and a toner image thereon, and a developer container that contains and agitates a developer having at least a toner. The image-forming apparatus also incl... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6210809 | Contact material The contact material of the present invention comprises: an anti-arcing constituent consisting of at least one TiC, V and VC of which the content is 30~70 volume % and whose mean particle (grain) size is 0.1~9 μm; C whose content is 0.005~0.5 weight % wi... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6193794 | Goniochromatic luster pigments based on multiply coated iron oxide platelets The iron oxide platelets comprise at least one layer packet comprising A) a colorless coating having a refractive index nࣘ1.8, and B) a colorless coating having a refractive index nࣙ2.0.... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6191327 | Method for producing dichloropentafluoropropanes The present invention relates to a simple method for producing 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (R225ca) and 1,3-dichloro-1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (R225cb) in good yield and at high selectivity by reacting tetrafluoroethylene (C2 F... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6153326 | Silicone resin-metal composite A silicone resin-metal composite comprising a thin metal plate and a silicone resin layer formed on at least one side of the thin metal plate by injection molding, wherein a silicone resin layer has a thickness of from 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm and a hardness wit... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6122892 | Ventilated honeycomb cell sandwich panel and ventilation process for such a panel A cell panel for thermal ventilation including a first wall having raised portions which define openings; a second wall; partition walls connected to the first and second walls and that define cells. The openings in the first wall are located upstream of ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6094805 | Method for manufacturing magnetic head A method for manufacturing a magnetic head which includes the steps of overlaying a resist sheet which is provided with an organic resist film on a supporting body on the air bearing surface of the magnetic head; transferring the organic resist film on to... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6063125 | Suspension/alignment for prosthetic limbs A prosthetic limb suspension system includes a socket part having a cavity into which a residual limb may be introduced, a distal adaptor secured at a distal end of the socket part, and an air valve mounted to the distal adaptor and communicating with the... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5909610 | Toner container enclosed in a protective armoring member A toner cartridge (1000) that is attached to a development unit of an image forming apparatus in order to supply toner to the development unit comprises a toner bottle (100) containing toner, a lid member (200) fitted on a toner outlet (114d) of the toner... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5905016 | Resist pattern forming method and resist material A polymer having a unit expressed as "--CH2 CHR--" as well as a substituent capable of being decomposed by acid is employed as a base resin for a resist material. The resist material is further mixed with an acid generator. A resist pattern obt... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5799888 | Jaw crusher A jaw crusher in which in adjusting an outlet gap, manual releasing and applying operations for a tension force of a tension rod are not necessary, and repair of rough of a contact surface between a toggle block and a wedge and frequency of replacement th... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5734809 | Controller for a photocopier providing the ability to transfer data to a replacement controller through communication channels used to control sections of the photocopier A control apparatus for a copier capable of transferring data from a non-volatile memory thereof to a computer or similar external data processing equipment, allowing the data in the memory to be rewritten from the outside, and in the event of replacement... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5693683 | Expandable styrene resin beads and process for producing the same An expandable styrene resin bead containing voids therein, wherein the number of the voids present in the area from the surface of the bead to a depth of 0.1 mm along the radial direction is not more than 100 per mm2 as counted on a cross secti... | 12/02/1997 |
