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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6991737 | Filtering method A filtering method including the steps of preparing a water purifying apparatus 1 with a cell structure 2 having units for constituting cell structure 4, and a cap portion 3, and making raw water flow into cells 10 from one end, an... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6549392 | Method for reducing particles from an electrostatic chuck and an equipment for manufacturing a semiconductor A method for reducing particles from an electrostatic chuck, wherein the difference between a wafer temperature before absorbing and a wafer maximum temperature after absorbing is 50° C. or below when the wafer is absorbed onto the electrostatic chuck.... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6545413 | Metal halide lamp A fill material 201 enclosed in an arc tube 201 with an inner diameter of 10.8 mm includes ScI3, argon, and mercury. A distance between electrodes 202 is set at 2.2 mm, and a distance between the inner wall of the arc tube 201 and the electrode... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6498428 | Organic electroluminescent element and method for manufacturing same An organic electroluminescent element which is highly precise and minute, uniform in light emission, free from cross talk, resistant to external pressure, and further excellent in sealing properties and a equipped, between a lower electrode 3 and a counte... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6492886 | Laminated filter, duplexer, and mobile communication apparatus using the same A laminated filter comprising a plurality of resonator electrodes, an inter-resonator coupling capacitor electrode for coupling adjacent resonators, and two input/output coupling capacitor electrodes for coupling input/output terminals and the resonator e... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6480784 | Method and apparatus for applying decimation processing to vehicle position data based upon data accuracy estimation A method and apparatus for use with a mobile body navigation system are provided for reducing an amount of position data, expressing successive positions along a route that has been traversed by a mobile body, which are recorded by a data recording sectio... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6476942 | Process for producing original hologram film In order to prevent decrease in diffraction efficiency that is brought about when the diffraction peak wavelength shifts due to, for example, the shrinkage of a volume-hologram-recording photosensitive material layer 1, the present invention provides an o... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6472818 | Light bulb Providing a light bulb having a long life by preventing filament coil breakage. A glass bulb (1) has a sealing portion (4) at one end thereof and contains a filament coil (5). The filament coil (5) is suspended between lead-in wires (7, 8) extended extern... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6471836 | Sputtering apparatus During sputtering for use in thin film deposition, anomalous discharge is prevented from generating between a target and a backing plate, and a target presser. In the target presser also serving as an earth shield and a deposition preventing plate, an ins... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6470050 | Image coding apparatus and its motion vector detection method The present invention provides an image coding apparatus and its motion vector detection method, which can reduce a system cost also when the throughput of image data is increased. The image coding apparatus of the present invention comprises a search ran... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6469427 | Lamp having improved electrical connection The present invention provides an inexpensive low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp having enhanced productivity. The low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp comprises an arc tube, a holder for holding the arc tube, a lighting circuit held on the op... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6466430 | Capacitor A capacitor comprising a porous metal sheet, part of which forms an electrode section, an organic dielectrics formed on a metal surface, a solid electrolyte layer formed on the organic dielectrics, an electrode layer formed on the solid electrolyte layer,... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6465726 | Protective sheet for solar battery module, method of fabricating the same and solar battery module A protective sheet for a solar battery module comprises a weather-resistant sheet (1) of, for example, a fluorocarbon resin, and a deposited inorganic oxide thin film (2) formed on one of the surfaces of the weather-resistant sheet (1). A surface-treated ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6464444 | Apparatus for peeling off chips using a plurality of first and second protrusions A chip peeling apparatus has a plurality of protrusions which include first protrusions and second protrusions lower than the first protrusions. A vacuum pump communicates through holes with grooves defined between adjacent ones of the protrusions. A UV s... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6466837 | Parts installation method and parts mounting method and mounter A parts mounter including a unit for supplying a part, circuit board supporting means for fastening a circuit board when mounting a part, parts mounting means including a mechanism loaded with a suction nozzle and for vertically moving the suction nozzle ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6457397 | Loading device for a shell in the cannon chamber of a weapon fitted with a screw breech The invention relates to a loading device for a shell in the cannon chamber of a weapon fitted with a screw breech incorporating a receiving tray onto which the shell is positioned, enabling it to be brought from a set up position to a loading position in... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6459588 | Noncontact IC card and fabrication method thereof A noncontact IC card is provided with a card substrate 11, an IC chip 12 disposed on the card substrate 11, and a antenna circuit 13 formed on the card substrate 11 and having a pair of antenna terminals 13a and 13b, where one antenna terminal 13a is conn... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6455099 | Method and device for applying sealant to IC having bumps A method and a device for applying a sealant to an IC having bumps, which can solve a cobwebbing problem when a dispense nozzle is raised after the sealant has been applied and implement a productivity improvement; specifically, a method and a device for ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6456968 | Subband encoding and decoding system A band splitting section a01 splits an encoder input signal s00, entered into a subband encoding apparatus, into k band components. The band splitting section a01 outputs a subband signal s01 for each of n ( | 09/24/2002 |
| 6452653 | Reflector, method of fabricating the same, reflective display device comprising reflector, and method of fabricating the same A reflector comprises a substrate provided with a plurality of projecting and depressed structures which are groups of columnar portions each serving as a basic unit and composed of a plurality of minute columnar portions, which are separate from each oth... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6452558 | Antenna apparatus and a portable wireless communication apparatus A microstrip antenna (MSA) above a ground plane, having a size corresponding to an operation frequency, at a junction point thereof, electrically connected to one end of a monopole antenna having a size corresponding to the operation frequency to operate ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6452468 | Set of electrical units for controlling power units The present invention relates to a set of electrical units for controlling power units, comprising a contactor breaker (CD) with a plurality of current-breaking poles actuated by a solenoid (E) and by a control and slipping mechanism (D, S) on the one han... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6450099 | Device to fasten a sealing base onto an ammunition case and base adapted to this fastening device A joining device for a sealing base, notably for a large calibre munition having a combustible case, device in which the case carries or is fitted with a cup having a central opening, said device being characterised in that support means are fastened to t... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6450079 | Device for affixing a muzzle brake to a weapon barrel A weapon barrel muzzle brake (5) with elements for fixing the muzzle brake to a weapon barrel (4) having a forward muzzle end face with external coupling threading (9) in the external surface of the forward end of the barrel, and an externally cylindrical... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6450207 | Circumferential-weld reinforcing device The invention relates to a device reinforcing circumferential welds 8 which join two contiguous pipes 6 and 7 in order to increase the fatigue life of said welds by reducing mechanical stresses in them when being subjected to periodic bending. The device ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6447626 | Method for producing joined body of ALN substrates and joining agent used for the joining A novel method for joining aluminum nitride-series substrates to each other is provided in the substantial absence of an intervening third layer at the joining interface between the substrates. In the method, the aluminum nitride-series substrates are joi... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6448698 | Laminated piezoelectric transformer A laminated piezoelectric transformer according to the present invention comprises (a) a laminated body formed by laminating a plurality of ceramic layers and a plurality of internal electrodes and (b) a plurality of external electrodes electrically conne... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6447842 | Process for producing a corrosion-resistant member A corrosion-resistant member includes a substrate made of a ceramic material and having a diameter of at least 200 mm, and a film of chemically vapor deposited silicon carbide having a thickness of not less than 0.5 mm and covering at least such a portion... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6445504 | Light diffusing film and use thereof A light diffusing film is provided which can be easily and stably produced and possesses excellent light diffusing properties, and, especially when used in combination with a prism sheet, can improve the luminance of light from a light source. A light dif... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6441717 | PTC thermister chip A chip polymer PTC thermistor for surface mount assembly having a superior long-term connection reliability between side electrode and main and sub electrodes. The thermister comprises; a rectangular parallelepiped conductive polymer(11) having PTC proper... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6441537 | Piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator having at least one piezoelectric/electrostrictive film A piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator including a ceramic substrate, and at least one piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator unit formed on at least a portion of at least one surface of the substrate, each piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator unit... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6438821 | PTC thermistor and method for manufacturing the same The present invention aims to provide a PTC thermister which uses a conductive polymer having a positive temperature coefficient and has a high withstand voltage and high reliability and in which no failure in electrical connection occurs in side electrod... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6441397 | Evaluation of semiconductor chargeup damage and apparatus therefor To provide a method for evaluating chargeup damage caused in the practical fabrication process. Evaluation is carried out based on the electric current flowing between the source and the drain of a MOS transistor of a semiconductor element (1--1) having a... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6437514 | AC plasma display device An AC plasma display device allows the display quality improved, to perform a write operation reliably and reduce a write operation period by reducing discharge delay at the write operation. Pairs of scan electrode and sustain electrode are arranged on a ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6437952 | Earth protection device sensitive to arc currents, trip device and circuit breaker comprising such a device An earth protection device having an input for receiving a first signal representative of an earth fault current, a first signal processing module, and a module for processing protection functions connected to the first signal processing module. The devic... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434957 | Operation control method for air conditioning system and air conditioning system It is an object of the present invention to provide an operation control method of an air-conditioning apparatus and an air-conditioning apparatus that prevent a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses from simultaneously restarting upon their automatic... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6431004 | Pressure sensitive sensor terminal processing method Support members are provided on the terminal portions of a sensor main body. In this state, a seal portion is formed by molding, and the seal portion seals the terminal portions of the sensor main body. During molding, external pressure acts on a housing.... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6431725 | Bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp A less costly bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp with improved assembly efficiency is provided which prevents the impairment of product quality due to the change in color of a holder or the slipping off of a fluorescent tube from the holder decreased in resin s... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428406 | Soft polishing disc with holes and method of manufacturing the same A soft polishing disc with holes is composed of an abrasive member, which is obtained by radially disposing abrasive pieces each composed of a sand paper having abrasive grains coated on a soft base cloth while partially stacking the abrasive pieces and b... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6429914 | Polymer dispersion type liquid crystal display panel and its manufacturing method The polymer dispersion type liquid crystal display panel comprises a pair of substrates 10, 11, a polymer dispersion type liquid crystal layer 12 comprising a liquid crystal 18 and a liquid crystalline polymer 17, a driving electrode 7 and an opposite ele... | 08/06/2002 |
