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| 6923244 | Pouring apparatus for castings A pouring apparatus for castings uses separate systems for supplying billets and delivering the semi-molten material, making it possible to readily modify the discharge flows and pressure. A pouring apparatus for castings that comprises solid material supply means f... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6913811 | Photocatalytic colored member and method of manufacturing the same A photocatalytic colored member includes a laminate formed by laminating a plurality of thin-film layers of photocatalytic material and a plurality of thin-film layers of support material, with vacant layers formed such that they are open to the outside on the rear ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910317 | System for sealing ampoules with a sample housed therein, in dry fashion In an airtight chamber in an atmosphere under a desired degree of evacuation to be generated by use of a vacuum pump, there are provided an ampoule holder, which can hold at an upright position, a plurality of ampoules with an open upper portion faced upward, a stag... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6903484 | Fluidic pressure holder for electrical metal fiber and foil brushes and ancillary cables An electrical brush holder and ancillary cable for applying a mechanical force to an electrical brush and for establishing electrical contact between the electrical brush and a current conducting element. The brush holder includes a first wall fastened to the curren... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6887828 | Phillipsitic zeolite soil amendments An agricultural and horticultural plant growth zeolite-based composition containing a particular zeolitic (i.e., zeolite-containing) material, termed “Yenomite,” is disclosed. This composition exhibits a collection of outstanding advantageous properties in agric... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6881841 | Dibenzosuberanyl piperazine derivatives and drug-resistance overcoming agents containing the derivatives Dibenzosuberanyl piperazine derivatives represented by the following formula (I): wherein R represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, which may contain one or more heteroatom-containing substituent groups and may preferably cont... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6873164 | Method of measuring electron energy distribution in plasma region and apparatus for measuring the same A method of an electron energy distribution in a plasma region generated by high-frequency power. In the method, a heating probe is inserted into the plasma region and heated by a current flowing into the plasma region. A pulse voltage having a sufficient shorter pe... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6870889 | Communication breaking device and method thereof An inverted-code generator 41 inverts the PN code sequence into an inverted code sequence. The inverted code sequence is transmitted. The inverted code sequence, which is transmitted as a communication breaking wave, is formed into a code sequence in the form... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6869865 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device Activation of impurities is achieved without involving creation of a crystal defect or deformation by using phonon absorption. A laser beam (42) having a wavelength in a range of 16 to 17 μm is irradiated onto silicon, to cause phonon absorption. Before an e... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6868311 | Method and system for on-line dynamical screening of electric power system A system for on-line dynamic screening of contingencies comprising postulated disturbances which an electric power system may experience, the system comprising a dynamic contingency screening program for evaluating a plurality of contingencies with a plurality of co... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6859663 | Myoelectric-pattern classification method and apparatus A myoelectric pattern that is an action potential generated by a coordinated action of a plurality of muscles is measured by a group of surface electrodes on a skin surface, and a feature pattern is extracted from the measured myoelectric pattern. Redundant coding i... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6844739 | Maximum power point tracking method and device The output current value of a direct-current power source obtained by low-frequency, minute modulation of the input voltage of a switching converter is detected in a circuit having an amplification factor switching function that switches the amplification factor bet... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6844098 | Oxide-ion conductor and use thereof An oxide-ion conductor has the formula Ln1−xAxGa1−y−xB1YB2z oxide, wherein Ln is at least one element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm; A is at least one element selected from th... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6827823 | Nano-carbon and composite material or mixed material containing nano-carbon and metal fine particle and methods for producing and patterning the same Described herein is a method of preparing nano-carbon; a method of preparing an electron emitting source by supporting the soot; and an apparatus for preparing the same. A torch electrode 10 of an arc torch 1 as a first electrode is placed opposite to ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6796756 | Clamping system for high speeds A clamping system includes a clamping device that is coaxially located in a receiving section and that extends into the hollow shaft of one piece when two pieces are joined. The clamping system further includes two clamping bodies that can be displaced in opposite d... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6785973 | Measuring device comprising a movable measuring probe A measuring device including a moveable measuring probe and sensors coupled to the measuring probe for providing position data of the measuring probe. The measuring probe is coupled, by a cord or a wire, to a first sensor for measuring a length or change in length o... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6785574 | Myoelectric feature-pattern classification method and apparatus A feature-pattern extraction apparatus uses a logarithmic transformation processing to extract a feature pattern from a myoelectric pattern that is a muscle action potential. The extracted feature patterns are classified, and an output control signal is generated. B... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6783363 | Discolored teeth bleaching system A system for bleaching discolored teeth is provided, and this system has a function irradiating light emitted from a light-emitting section to the surface of teeth applied with a chemical agent including titanium dioxide and hydrogen peroxide, a irradiation energy o... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6780314 | Separation column for chromatography, medium for solid phase extraction and sample injection system for chromatography A separation column for chromatography or a medium for solid phase extraction, which comprises a hollow capillary and a collected body packed in the hollow capillary and serving as a stationary phase, the collected body comprising long fibers having an adsorbing abi... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6774843 | Method for acquiring azimuth information A method for acquiring azimuth information enables acquisition of azimuth information by receiving signals transmitted by GPS satellites using only a single antenna. The method includes steps of disposing a GPS planar antenna having a hemispherical beam with its bea... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6768087 | Small ion-decomposing melting furnace A magnetron for supplying a microwave and an ion burner are provided in an incinerator main body, and the microwave from the magnetron and ion flame from the ion burner are caused to resonate to create a high temperature state in the incinerator main body, whereby w... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6765098 | Fullerene derivatives A novel means for DNA compaction is provided. The object is accomplished by providing a fullerene derivative having 1 to 4 nitrogen-containing hydrophilic side chain(s) or its salt for DNA compaction. DNA compaction can be achieved effectively, and app... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6762553 | Substrate for light emitting device, light emitting device and process for production of light emitting device There is provided a substrate for a light emitting device which includes an electrically conductive and transparent film which is in contact with a surface of a low refractive index member of which refractive index is greater than 1 and not greater than 1.30. In a p... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6759024 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NANO-TUBE, NANO-TUBE MANUFACTURED THEREBY, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING NANO-TUBE, METHOD FOR PATTERNING NANO-TUBE, NANO-TUBE MATERIAL PATTERNED THEREBY, AND ELECTRON EMISSION SOURCE A method of instantaneously forming a surface of an arc-treated material mainly including graphite into nano-tubes due to arc discharge carried out using a unit like a welding arc torch or the like without necessarily requiring a processing container, resulting in t... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6748751 | Air cooling device and air cooling method An air cooling device includes at least one cooling unit which includes an oblique honeycomb having front, rear, upper, and lower openings and disposed so that air to be cooled is introduced into the front opening and cooled air is discharged from the rear opening, ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6747465 | Contractor, method for manufacturing the same, and probe card using the same There is disclosed a contactor which is used for testing electric characteristics of an object to be tested, the contactor comprising a contactor board, a plurality of conductive members formed through the contactor board, a plurality of beam members, and a contact ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6743925 | Nitroimidazole derivative and diagnostic imaging agent containing the same A nitroimidazole derivative represented by the following formula (1): [wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkanoyl group; and X represents a fluorine atom or an isotope thereof], and a diagnostic imaging ag... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6741340 | Optical axis adjustment method, and storage medium recorded with a program that executes said adjustment method A method is provided for adjusting the optical axis of a light transmission path that includes a plurality of optical components. The method uses an apparatus to sequentially adjust the optical axis of one or more of the optical components, using a probabilistic sea... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6737093 | Process for solidifying the surface of raw sausage emulsion by ultrasonic treatment The invention relates to a proceed for solidifying the surface of raw sausage emulsion using ultrasound treatment and/or an adhesion-minimizing microstructure on the sonotrode interior surface while it is being transported, with, in the course of a continuous proces... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6730178 | Coating method by intermetallic compound A metallic base material is covered with a coating layer of intermetallic compound, or a plurality of metallic base materials are welded to each other with an intermetallic compound, with reduced energy consumption within a short period of time. First metallic subst... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6718264 | Method for acquiring azimuth information A method for acquiring azimuth information is provided in which first and second planar patch antennas (11a, 11b) are disposed so that their sky coverage areas partially overlap to form a common area (2), thereby dividing the anten... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6713032 | Catalyst for removing carbon monoxide in hydrogen rich gas and production method therefor A catalyst for removing carbon monoxide (CO) in a hydrogen rich gas according to a water gas shift reaction is provided, which is characterized in that platinum and rhenium are supported on rutile titania as a support. This catalyst provides a high CO conversion at ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6707549 | Molecular sensor and raman spectroscopy process A molecular sensor comprising a sensor film containing a metal compound wherein Raman spectroscopic analysis is carried out utilizing the amplification of Raman light by the localized plasmons that fine particles resulting from reduction of the metal compound genera... | 03/16/2004 |
| 7540007 | Disk cartridge with shutter locking member Disclosed herein is a disk cartridge including a disk; a cartridge body in which the disk is rotatably accommodated, the cartridge body having a recording and/or reproducing window for exposing a part of the disk; a shutter mounted on the cartridge body so as to be ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7540003 | Optical pickup device, disk drive unit, and disk drive device The present invention is directed to an optical pick-up apparatus used for recording/reproduction of an optical disk, which comprises an optical pick-up (17) caused to undergo feed operation in the radial direction of optical disk (2), and for performi... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539925 | Transmission apparatus and method, reception apparatus and method, storage medium, and program A congestion/non-congestion determining unit determines whether or not a communications network is in a congestion state. An FEC (forward error correction) packet generator generates error correction packets containing error correction data for correcting error of s... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539901 | Data transmission management system, a mobile device and a server used therein A data transmission control system includes a server configured to store an application program having a data area in which transmission control information containing a threshold value used to detect abnormal data transmission is stored and to allow the application... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539877 | Data management apparatus, data management method and computer program Disclosed herein is a data management apparatus including, a management-data storage unit for storing management-object data, a management-data verification-value storage unit for storing a top value placed on the top of an n-branch data-management tree as a managem... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539858 | Packet encryption substituting device, method thereof, and program recording medium When a packet is received from a counterpart apparatus 3 connected to the Internet 2, it is determined by a decryption determination part 16 whether to decrypt or bypass the received packet by referring to a filter information storage part 15... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539751 | Media information distribution and recording system, and apparatus and program-recorded medium for the system A media information distribution and recording system for distributing media information from a central apparatus to terminal apparatus through a network and for recording the media information on a detachable recording medium in the terminal apparatus, wherein the ... | 05/26/2009 |
