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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940160 | Lock controller of working machine, and working machine The convenience of use of a method for locking a working machine without locking actuation by a human being is improved. A lock control device (80) of a working machine (1) includes: a stop operation detection means (186) which detects that a pr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940090 | Zero-crossing detecting device and image forming device A zero-crossing detecting device that detects a zero-crossing point of AC voltage, the device has a full-wave rectifier that rectifies the AC voltage and outputs a full-wave rectified voltage, a charger that is charged at a predetermined charging voltage by applicat... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939180 | Resin product A resin product (e.g., a millimeter-wave radar device cover) comprises a plate-like resin substrate, a base film formed on the resin substrate, and a metallic gloss film having a discontinuous structure formed on the base film, a top coat, a block coat, or the like ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937218 | Navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus provides a route guidance that selectively displays guidance information of a navigation route when the navigation route branches from a branch point. That is, for example, when the navigation route goes through two branch points in a series a... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935293 | Injection molding method and injection molding apparatus An injection molding apparatus includes a forming mold provided with a gas inlet through which a gas is introduced into an area between a rear molding surface in a cavity and a resin material inside the cavity. A plurality of the gas inlets is provided along a passa... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934750 | Airbag An airbag includes on an area of a circumferential wall encircling mounting holes a reinforced area that has a laminated structure of base cloths, i.e. a body cloth and a plurality of reinforcing cloths overlaid on the body cloth. Each of the base cloths has an adhe... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934514 | Fuel cutoff valve A fuel cutoff valve comprises a casing having a seal portion disposed facing a connecting passage and projecting in annular configuration towards a valve chamber; and a float mechanism having a float which rises and falls due to increasing and decreasing buoyancy ac... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934050 | Microcomputer for flash memory rewriting A microcomputer and method are provided capable of restarting a rewrite program without the need for changing a mode using an external terminal when rewriting nonvolatile memory fails. A CPU of a microcomputer executes a rewrite program to clear FLASH status 0 of fl... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933735 | Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit having a test circuit for collecting test data at any time based on interaction with an external source is provided. A communication circuit receives a data frame that is transferred to a data buffer. Data portions are transferred ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933699 | Automatic control apparatus An automatic control system stores information of an executed automatic control in a memory, and lists records of automatic controls that are cancellable based on an instruction from a user of the automatic control system. When the user selects the record of the exe... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932553 | Semiconductor device including a plurality of cells A semiconductor device includes an insulated gate transistor and a resistor. The insulated gate transistor includes a plurality of first cells for supplying electric current to a load and a second cell for detecting an electric current that flows in the first cells.... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932132 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes: a casing, a board and a semiconductor chip. The chip includes: an element part; a heat sink bonded to the element part; an insulating layer located on the... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931502 | Card edge connector and method for assembling the same A card edge connector for electrically coupling between contact electrodes on an electric circuit board and harnesses includes: a housing with a board insertion opening; harness terminals coupling with the harnesses; and junction terminals coupling between contact e... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931454 | Pump device A bearing is located with movement of an outer race in the longitudinal direction of a drive shaft being restricted, and the drive shaft is fixed to an inner race with the press fit, so that, it is possible to prevent the drive shaft from escaping. In addition, the ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931295 | Garnish A garnish includes a garnish body which covers a folded air bag and a locking portion which is inserted to be locked in a mounting hole in a mounting base on a vehicle body. The locking portion holds the garnish body which is pressed by the air bag when the air bag ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931294 | Side airbag apparatus A side airbag apparatus 23 includes an airbag 27 and a guide member 30, which guides inflation and deployment of the airbag 27. The airbag 27 is fixed to a right side wall 24a of a seat frame 24. A part of the ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931065 | Printed circuit board manufacturing equipment In a printed circuit board manufacturing equipment, a pressing die includes a first pressing part, a second pressing part, and a frame part. A buffer member is disposed between a first surface of a laminated body and the first pressing part. The second pressing part... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930943 | Differential pressure sensor In order to reduce hysteresis and other noise components included in the output signal characteristic of a differential pressure sensor, an elastic reaction member which operates together with a diaphragm provided in a chamber of the differential pressure sensor inc... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636937 | Safety razor handle | 04/26/2011 |
| D636767 | Mobile telephone button | 04/26/2011 |
| D636766 | Mobile telephone button | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928628 | Electric motor having terminal connectable with external connector In a terminal of an electric motor, a branch projects from a terminal connection on a side opposite from an extension. A projecting end side of the branch extends in an installation direction of the terminal, which is a direction for installing the terminal to a hou... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928470 | Semiconductor device having super junction MOS transistor and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device having a super junction MOS transistor includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first semiconductor layer on the substrate; a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer; a channel forming region on a first surface portion of the... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928222 | Porphyrin compound, process for producing porphyrin compound, three-dimensional optical recording material, and three-dimensional optical recording medium Compounds described herein are suitable for use in three-dimensional optical recording materials, etc. The compounds each have a structure that allows pi-electron conjugation to be achieved by linking a porphyrin ring and a perinaphthothioindigo ring to each other w... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926838 | Side impact protection airbag system A side impact protection airbag system includes an inflator, a retainer and an airbag. An interior space of the airbag is divided into a pelvis portion protecting chamber and a chest portion protecting chamber by a dividing part. A gas ejecting part of the inflator ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926782 | Fluid pressure control device A solenoid of a solenoid valve is fixed to a body in direct contact with the body in which a fluid channel is formed. A board is fixed to the solenoid in direct contact with the solenoid. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926506 | Tank flow path structure The fuel cutoff valve has a connection conduit that connects the connection hole to the approximately round shaped cross section tube passage. With the connection conduit, the connection hole and the flow path area are almost the same, and this comprises a curved pa... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926185 | Scissors with comb A pair of scissors with comb comprises a first blade having an edge, a second blade openably and closably supported together with the first blade and having an edge and a comb member attached to the first blade. The comb member is provided with a plurality of comb t... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925433 | Method, system and device for monitoring vehicle usage A vehicle tracking device (101), method and/or system are provided. The device (101) includes a location interface (117), for receiving a location signal indicating a current location when operably connected to a GPS antenna; a sensor interface ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925402 | Vehicle air bag control system A vehicle air bag control system includes an impact detector for detecting impact on a vehicle and for outputting an impact detection signal, an air bag deployment determination unit for outputting a deployment command when the impact detection signal is more than a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924304 | Light-emitting element array, drive controlling device, recording head, and image forming device A light-emitting element array includes: a resistor connected at a first end to a driving unit; and a plurality of light-emitting elements, each of the plurality of light-emitting elements including a three-terminal switching element having a first terminal, a secon... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923872 | Armature and motor In an armature of a motor, each of windings is wound around at least two of a plurality of tooth portions of a core to form at least two wound parts of the winding. A crossover of each winding, which connects between corresponding two of the at least two wound parts... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922611 | Power transmission system A power transmission system including an integrally molded hub and elastic member, where stress is inhibited from concentrating at the gate marks remaining after integral molding. In a pulley driven by a belt, a plastic pulley side relief section 1a pr... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918962 | Method of manufacturing rotation detector having encapsulated biasing magnet and magnetic sensor A rotation detector includes a semiconductor chip, a nonmagnetic case body, a biasing permanent magnet and a nonmagnetic cap fixed to the case body, wherein the case body has a joint surface, and the cap has an inside surface in contact with the joint surface. A met... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917017 | Motor drive apparatus and method If a PWM duty instruction D1 determined by a duty calculation circuit exceeds an upper limit value, a duty signal processing circuit in a motor drive apparatus divides a switching current supply period in each of the phases into a first current supply period ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916169 | Face image capture apparatus A face image capture apparatus for a vehicle repeatedly performs an output of a difference image to an image ECU. When the number of times of outputs reaches a predetermined number of times, a bright face image from which an influence of disturbance light is not rem... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915792 | Elastomer actuator An actuator includes a spirally rolled cylindrical sheet body. The sheet body is formed by attaching an electrode on each side of a dielectric elastomer layer. When a voltage is applied to the electrodes, the sheet body is contracted along the direction of its thick... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915729 | Load driving semiconductor apparatus A load driving semiconductor apparatus includes: a driving transistor, which operates based on an input voltage from an external circuit; a power semiconductor device controlling power supply to a load in such a manner that the power semiconductor device supplies el... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915705 | SiC semiconductor device having outer periphery structure A SiC semiconductor device includes: a SiC substrate; a SiC drift layer on the substrate having an impurity concentration lower than the substrate; a semiconductor element in a cell region of the drift layer; an outer periphery structure including a RESURF layer in ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915671 | Semiconductor device having super junction structure A semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate having a (110)-oriented surface, a PN column layer disposed on the (110)-oriented surface, a channel-forming layer disposed on the PN column layer, a plurality of source regions disposed at a surface portion of the... | 03/29/2011 |
