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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6884647 | Method for roughening semiconductor surface In order to provide a method for easily roughening a surface of a semiconductor constituting an LED, a first material 18 and a second material 20 having a property that they are nonuniformly mixed when thermally treated are deposited on a semiconductor... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6861270 | Method for manufacturing gallium nitride compound semiconductor and light emitting element A method for manufacturing a GaN compound semiconductor which can improve light emitting efficiency even when dislocations are present. An n type AlGaN layer, a undoped AlGaN layer, and a p type AlGaN layer are laminated on a substrate to obtain a double hetero stru... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6980506 | Pickup apparatus for disk player having a frame for supporting a half-mirror A pickup apparatus 1 is directed to an apparatus for optically reading-out information on a disk 3 arranged in a disk player, and comprises a pickup 11, an LD 13, a half mirror 15, a photo detector 17, and a pickup frame ... | 12/27/2005 |
| D512895 | Lever handle for fittings | 12/20/2005 |
| 6948821 | Mirror for reflecting electromagnetic radiation as well as illumination and imaging method employing the same A mirror arrangement for reflecting electromagnetic radiation has a mirror body with a mirror side disposed towards the radiation to be reflected and at least one extension sensor located at the mirror body for detecting a deformation state of the mirror body. The m... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942307 | Stopper apparatus for slide rail Lock plate portions are formed in a front end portion of a flat plate portion of a first rail. A stopper member is mounted on a flat plate portion of a second rail. A lock hole and elastic strips are provided on a sloping plate portion of the stopper member. The loc... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6932475 | Device for measuring aberration refraction of the eye An instrument for measuring aberration refraction of an eye is provided, having: a lens system defining an instrument optical axis and an alignment device for aligning the visual axis of the eye with the instrument optical axis. A light source (1) produces a ... | 08/23/2005 |
| D508233 | Light emitting diode | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922122 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay is simple in construction, can prevent entry of dust, etc. into an interior thereof, enables confirmation of operation, and is provided an operating lever that can be maintained in an operating state. A coil block and a contact switching mec... | 07/26/2005 |
| D507782 | Light emitting diode | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920141 | Techniques for improving virtual channel management and maintenance in a network environment The invention is directed to a flexible method of allocating groups of virtual circuits in a network as a virtual circuit bunch. A virtual circuit bunch of arbitrary number can be set up with the ease of setting up a single virtual circuit. A single virtual circuit ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915698 | Pressure sensor, and its manufacturing method A small-sized pressure sensor having smaller numbers of parts and assembling steps, a simple structure, a high assembly precision, and little dispersion in the operation characteristics, and a method for manufacturing the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor compris... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6914340 | Handheld generator The invention concerns a handheld power generator for generating electrical power for a consumer device, the generator comprising a main casing housing an input gear for driving an alternator via at least one intermediate gear so as to provide a step-up drive ratio ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6912779 | Method of manufacturing flexible wiring board In the present invention, a reference conductive layer and a first surface conductive layer are respectively provided on a surface and a back face of a first base film. The first base film includes a first via hole penetrating the first surface conductive layer. Aft... | 07/05/2005 |
| D506811 | Constant flow apparatus | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910983 | Power transfer apparatus of four-wheel drive vehicle and device for controlling torque A power transfer apparatus 1 of a four-wheel drive vehicle includes, a clutch, an inversion detector, and controller. The clutch generates an engagement force that effects a driving force output from an engine to wheels of the vehicle via a transmission. The ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6912554 | Method and apparatus for garbage collection using advanced marking techniques and restricted barrier to protect the data A method for deleting data, a data deleting apparatus and a recording medium involve a process for deleting unnecessary data generated during the processing of a main program which is created using programming languages which create data dynamically, wherein revisio... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909203 | I/O interface anti-resonance passband shunting technique A method and apparatus for regulating resonance in a computer system I/O interface is provided. A shunting impedance/resistance is arranged across a power supply of the I/O interface. The shunting impedance/resistance is controlled by circuitry that is arranged to d... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908705 | Thin-walled battery for portable electronic equipment The present invention provides a thin battery, comprising a metal case, a battery core formed by laminating and wrapping an anode, a septum and a cathode, an anode conductive terminal and a cathode conductive terminal, characterized in that: said metal case is made ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905794 | Air-hydrogen battery An air-hydrogen battery with high energy density and satisfactory cycle characteristics is provided. The air-hydrogen battery includes: a positive electrode made of an air electrode; a negative electrode provided with a hydrogen-absorbing alloy; and a cation-... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6906533 | TV remote control unit with body fat measurement function When measuring body fat through use of a TV remote control unit, the body of a person to be subjected to body fat measurement is brought into contact with current application electrodes and voltage measurement electrodes, which are subjected to application of a sinu... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6903637 | Connecting member, a micro-switch, a method for manufacturing a connecting member, and a method for manufacturing a micro-switch The micro-switch couples electrically a first terminal to a second terminal. The micro-switch includes: a first supporting member where the first terminal is provided; a moving unit where the second terminal corresponding to the first terminal is provided; a driving... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902547 | Medical needle A needle comprising a hollow shaft having opposed distal and proximal ends, the hollow shaft having a lumen extending from the proximal end of the shaft and terminating at an opening on a top of and proximal to the distal end of the needle shaft. A cutting surface i... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6904522 | Method and apparatus for secure communication of information between a plurality of digital audiovisual devices The present invention relates to a method of providing secure communication of information between at least a first and second digital audiovisual device (30, 52) and characterized in that the first device (30) communicates to the second device (52 | 06/07/2005 |
| 6900830 | CRT display device with improved resistance to spot bun A CRT display device includes an on-screen display circuit for producing a display signal displayed on-screen on a CRT and superposing said produced display signal on a video signal; a brightness restraining circuit for suppressing the brightness of CRT in a range b... | 05/31/2005 |
| D505613 | Hook for small article | 05/31/2005 |
| D505661 | Light emitting diode | 05/31/2005 |
| 6899556 | Electrical connection system An electrical connection system includes (1) a jack holding a pair of pins, (2) a plug holding a pair of electrical terminals respectively engaging with the above pins, (3) a shorting clip provided in the above jack for electrically shorting out the pins each other,... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6897905 | Television with built-in DVD device In a configuration in which a cabinet is formed by an insulating material, there are provided a filter substrate 3 for electrically connecting a DVD device 1 to a television circuit substrate 5 and a shielding case 2 for covering the DVD device ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6897563 | Current crowding reduction technique using selective current injection A technique for reducing current crowding on a bump using selective current injection is provided. The technique allows a bump to more uniformly inject current around the bump from vias on a metal layer, where the vias are concentrated on outer regions of the metal ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6895561 | Power modeling methodology for a pipelined processor A method for modeling the power behavior of a pipelined processor has been developed. The method uses a power model integrated into a cycle accurate simulator. To create the power model, design blocks of the processor are divided into sub-blocks. Power modeling equa... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6895524 | Circuit reduction technique for improving clock net analysis performance A method for reducing a transistor circuit netlist for clock network timing verification is provided. Further, a simulation tool that reduces a transistor circuit netlist such that nonlinear circuit properties are preserved is provided. Further, a computer system th... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894746 | Apparatus and method for reflecting light into a specified plane area Unit reflection areas (13) each consisting of one or plural recesses and projections (17) are formed on the surface of a reflection plate (11). Light incident into the reflection plate (11) and reflected by respective unit reflection area... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894507 | Capacitance type sensor A capacitance element electrode is formed on a first surface of FPC, and a displacement electrode is formed on a second surface of the FPC. The FPC is folded at its connecting portion in such a manner that the first surface and the second surface are opposite to eac... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6893294 | Transceiver cage A transceiver cage to accommodate a transceiver module. The transceiver cage includes a housing having a top plate, a bottom plate, a back plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate. There is an opening at a front of the housing for the insertion of the tran... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894301 | Method and apparatus for testing circuit using light emission A method and apparatus for testing a circuit by detecting light emission from the circuit. The circuit tester of the present invention includes a signal source, a photodetector, and a judging unit. The signal source supplies an input signal, which is a test pattern,... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6891804 | Method and apparatus for desirable network components The present invention provides a method and apparatus for desirable network components. One embodiment selects connection components for use in network components, where the most desirable components are selected from a set of components associated with a plurality ... | 05/10/2005 |
| D504871 | Transceiver cage | 05/10/2005 |
| 6888787 | Optical information processor and optical element An optical disk device has an aperture of an objective lens in an incoming path of a beam from a semiconductor laser to an optical disk formed larger than an aperture in a return path from the optical disk or an aperture is varied in recording and in reproduction. T... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6888581 | Digital broadcast receiver and control method thereof In a digital broadcast receiver 10, an MPU 26 has a configuration for detecting the number of subchannels and the numbers of the subchannels which a received main channel has from control data received and switching to a subchannel with the minimum num... | 05/03/2005 |
