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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7863990 | Oscillation circuit, test apparatus and electronic device Provided is an oscillation circuit for generating an oscillation signal synchronized with a supplied reference clock, including: a voltage control oscillation section that, when triggered by each edge of the reference clock, stops oscillation of the oscillation sign... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7863410 | Sintering ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene Methods of producing ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene compositions of highly beneficial sintering characteristics are disclosed herein. Some embodiments provide for adding small amounts of a co-monomer to the polyethylene to improve various characteristics, i... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862730 | Systems and methods for separating hydrocarbons from water A system for separating hydrocarbons from water, the system including an inlet for receiving a fluid, the fluid including a water phase and a hydrocarbon phase, and a separation tank having a first partition and a second partition, wherein the first partition is con... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862634 | Polycrystalline composites reinforced with elongated nanostructures A sintered polycrystalline composite for cutting tools that includes a plurality of diamond or cubic boron nitride particles; a plurality of nanotube materials; and a refractory or binder material is disclosed. Methods of forming such polycrystalline composites that... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861802 | Flexible directional drilling apparatus and method A bottom hole assembly to directionally drill a subterranean formation includes a drill bit, a stabilizer assembly located proximate to and behind the drill bit, a drilling assembly comprising a drive mechanism and a directional mechanism, and a flex member. Optiona... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861771 | Rod pump stuffing box A stuffing box for sealing around a polished rod in a well including a cylindrical connector for receiving the polished rod, a packing member having top and lateral surfaces and wherein the packing member is concentrically disposed around the polished rod, a body co... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861507 | High-strength prestressing strand, method for manufacturing the same, and concrete construction using the same In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a high-strength prestressing strand having a seven-wire structure in which one core wire and six outer wires are stranded. An external diameter of the strand is from 15.0 mm to 16.1 mm, a total cross-sectional area of... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860620 | Inspection apparatus An inspection apparatus includes a discrimination function determination unit which determines whether or not a discrimination function forms an area including a discrimination sample. The discrimination function is used in non-parametric one-class discrimination. T... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860372 | Television receiver integrated with recording and reproducing device A television receiver includes: a video decoder that converts a composite signal into a digital signal; a video encoder that converts a reproduced data or the digital signal to output a Y/C signal; a monitor; a detecting unit that detects the reception of broadcast ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7859288 | Test apparatus and test method for testing a device based on quiescent current Provided is A test apparatus that tests a device under test, including a power supply section that supplies power to a power supply terminal of the device under test; a power supply control section that controls the power supply section to output the power at a plur... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7858880 | Conductive terminal welding method and conductive terminal structure The invention provides a welding method by resistance welding capable of adequately increasing a welding strength between two conductive terminals each made of copper, and a conductive terminal structure obtained by the method. A first conductive terminal made of a ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7858200 | Adhesive film and use thereof Disclosed in an adhesive film which enables to obtain a flexible metal clad laminate which is suppressed in dimensional change when produced by heat roll lamination. Such an adhesive film comprises a heat-resistant layer containing a highly heat resistant polyimide ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857538 | Filler extruding container for coating The outer face of a distal end part having a discharge opening 1c at the distal end of an applicator 100 is a sloped face 1a, so that skin or another surface to be coated can be coated favorably, and when a moving body 6 adv... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857362 | Lock for two-notch locking bolt comprising a single switch A lock for an opening panel. The lock includes a rotary bolt with first and second locking notches, a strike which can be engaged in the bolt in order to lock the opening panel, a retaining pawl including at least one tooth which co-operates with the locking notches... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856858 | Safe gear box for electrical steering column lock A steering lock for locking the steering spindle of a motor vehicle steering system including a blocking element that pivots along a longitudinal axis from a locking to an unlocking position using an electromechanical drive and is maintained in the unlocking positio... | 12/28/2010 |
| D629823 | Video camera with memory card recorder | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856557 | Authentication of data in a digital transmission system A method of authentication of data to be sent in a digital transmission system, the data being organized in a series of at least three files, involving generating a first authentication value for at least one first file, storing said first authentication value in a ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7856172 | Jiggle measuring system and jiggle measuring method A camera shake measurement system includes a display unit for sequentially displaying a plurality of distinguishable test patterns, a first storage unit for storing as a template each of the plurality of test patterns to be displayed, a second storage unit for stori... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853069 | Stereoscopic image regenerating apparatus, stereoscopic image regenerating method, and stereoscopic image regenerating program There is provided a three-dimensional image reconstructing apparatus for reconstructing a three-dimensional image of an object. The three-dimensional image reconstructing apparatus includes an image-capturing section that captures a plurality of transmission-type im... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853051 | Recognizing apparatus and method, recording media, and program The present invention enables a user's movement indicating his or her intention to be recognized easily and accurately. On the basis of image data taken by a camera 13, a face direction detecting section 14 senses the direction of a user's face and a l... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853048 | Pupil color correction device and program An iris color correction apparatus has a skin color identification section which identifies the skin color of a photographed person in an inputted image, a skin correction color calculation section which obtains a skin correction color that is an iris color of said ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852191 | Sensor and manufacturing method thereof A plate member 101 having flexible portions; plate members 102 to 104 having openings corresponding to the flexible portions of the plate member 101; a plate member 201 having flexible portions; and plate members 202 to 2... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852122 | Transmission circuit for transmitting a differential signal having pulse time larger than a predetermined minimum pulse time and CMOS semiconductor device A transmission circuit, which transmits a differential signal having pulse time larger than a predetermined minimum pulse time, includes: a driving unit for feeding the differential signal as a potential difference between two transmission lines; a driven unit for o... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7851714 | Switch A switch which can prevent detraction of insulation of fixed contacts and facilitate design, manufacturing and assembling works and can be miniaturized is disclosed. In a power window switch, an earth fixed contact 6e is provided at the center and a ma... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850211 | Wedge thread connections having a clearance gap volume A wedge-threaded tubular connection includes a pin member and a box member, wherein each of the pin and box members include an engaged thread area, and a clearance gap volume formed between corresponding roots and crests of the pin and box members and arranged along... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7849583 | Microphone manufacturing method A microphone manufacturing method that includes forming an etching protective film on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, opening an etching window through the etching protective film, and forming a sacrifice layer in the etching window and also on an upper face... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844828 | Method to secure the execution of a program against attacks by radiation or other A method for verifying execution of a program, wherein the program comprises a first code portion and a second code portion. The method includes entering the first code portion, where the first code portion includes a first plurality of instructions, executing the f... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844426 | Methods for designing fixed cutter bits and bits made using such methods In one aspect, the invention provides a method for modeling the dynamic performance of a fixed cutter bit drilling earth formations. In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a drill bit and an earth formation to be represented as drilled, simulating the bit ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844020 | Transmission system, transmitter, receiver, and transmission method There is provided a transmission system in which a data sequence is transmitted. The transmission system includes a transmitter that generates a transmission signal by converting pieces of data included in the data sequence into data waveforms each of which has (i) ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842119 | Solidification product of dust generated during steel making and method for production thereof A solidified product (B) is produced by charging a dust (11) generated in a steel making process and containing iron and an oxide thereof as a principal component into a mold (7) and by subjecting it to a pressure molding. A raw material charged to the... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841649 | Vehicle body structure A vehicle body structure includes a cross member extending across a lateral direction of a vehicle, wherein the cross member is coupled to a vehicle body component and a reinforcing member installed to the cross member wherein the reinforcing member is spaced apart ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840906 | Unit and method for managing the display of a current portion of a document on a screen A display control unit that is used to display a current portion of a document on a screen when an interactive or scrollable page of said document requires a larger display area than that of the screen. The display control unit includes a unit which is connected to ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839508 | Surface plasmon resonance sensor and sensor chip A sensor chip has a metal layer formed on a surface of a substrate, where a plurality of microscopic concave part is formed in a measurement region of the surface of the metal layer. When light of linear polarization is irradiated onto the measurement region, local ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837368 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp includes a plurality of light sources; a lamp chamber for housing the plurality of light sources; and a bounding member for bounding the plurality of light sources in the lamp chamber. The bounding member includes a sheet-like material integrally fo... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835241 | Optical disc playback apparatus An optical disc playback apparatus with which collision of a lens and an optical disc is avoided is provided. Processes executed by a microcomputer of the optical disc playback apparatus when a disc is played back include: the step of outputting a signal for perform... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834651 | Power supply circuit Provided is a power supply circuit that supplies an electronic device with a supply power, including a voltage control section that outputs a control voltage that tracks an input voltage with a prescribed frequency characteristic and applies a voltage corresponding ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834639 | Jitter injection circuit, pattern generator, test apparatus, and electronic device Provided is a jitter injection circuit that generates a jittery signal including jitter, including a plurality of delay circuits that receive a supplied reference signal in parallel and that each delay the received reference signal by a preset delay amount and a sig... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834607 | Voltage generator with current limiting and semiconductor testing device A voltage generator with current limiting generates a voltage to be fed to a load of which load current is limited. The voltage generator includes an operational amplifier; an output resistance connected between an output terminal of the operational amplifier and a ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831419 | PDC drill bit with cutter design optimized with dynamic centerline analysis having an angular separation in imbalance forces of 180 degrees for maximum time A method for designing a fixed cutter drill bit, includes simulating the fixed cutter drill bit drilling in an earth formation, determining radial and circumferential components of imbalance forces on the drill bit and a Beta angle between the radial and circumferen... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829903 | Light emitting apparatus A light emitting apparatus includes a semiconductor light emitting element mounted on a circuit board; a lighting circuit part mounted on the circuit board; and a cover which covers the semiconductor light emitting element and the lighting circuit part. The lighting... | 11/09/2010 |
