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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8009144 | Portable terminal unit The opening and closing state detecting section to detect an opening and closing state of the first and the second housing is provided. In the case where an opening motion is conducted after a specific item is selected from the selecting screen, which is displayed o... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7929979 | Wireless communication method, wireless communication system, and mode switching method In a mobile terminal (10), a position information which is received by a position information detecting section (12) is transmitted to a base station. A determining section (34) in the base station determines whether or not the received position... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7891770 | Separate light-emitting ink cartridge A separate light-emitting ink cartridge including an ink container, an ink supply port, a shelf, a chip, a first joint portion, a second joint portion, a support component, and a light display portion is provided. The ink container and the shelf are independent work... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7865219 | Portable terminal A portable terminal has a first housing having at least a display unit, a second housing having at least a main input unit, and connected openably and closably to the first housing, and an auxiliary input unit arranged on a surface other than mutually facing surface... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7747287 | Mobile telephone A mobile telephone using the LCD for the display thereof wherein the address data bus connected to the CPU comprises two separate data buses; the one exclusively provided for the LCD, and the other one for the parts other than the LCD, and in the case of accesses ot... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742789 | Mobile telephone A mobile telephone using a LCD for the display thereof wherein the address data bus connected to the CPU comprises two separate data buses; the one exclusively provided for the LCD, and the other one for the parts other than the LCD, and in the case of accesses othe... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7593381 | Mobile communication terminal, and antenna array directivity-pattern-controlling method In a mobile communication terminal for performing wireless communication by receiving wireless signals according to CDMA communication system containing pilot signals by an antenna array containing a plurality of antenna elements (1-1 to 1-N), d... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7589785 | Flash unit, camera device, and mobile terminal A flash unit having a light emitting element, and a light condensing plate. The light condensing plate is provided with a surface on which a dimmed light-dispersing print is disposed near the light emitting element for equalizing intensity of the light emitted from ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7583309 | Imaging device package camera module and camera module producing method An IR cut-filter is fitted into a support portion within the optical-system containing portion of a ceramic board and a lens 11 is mounted in the ceramic board by screwing the lens. In an imaging-device containing portion, an imaging device with a ligh... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7526082 | Portable terminal and opening or closing method therefor A portable terminal has one casing with a display unit and a speaker coupled to another casing with an operation unit and a microphone. The casings connect via a coupling unit and are capable of opening or closing by means of the coupling unit. The face of the casin... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7483720 | Portable terminal with display A portable terminal includes a first housing having at least a display unit and a second housing having at least an input unit. The housings are openably and closably connected together so that the display unit is visible to the user in at least a closed state. The ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7418249 | Radio apparatus A demodulator demodulates a received signal. A decoder performs inverse-spread spectrum processing on a demodulated signal. The decoder calculates a CIR value and outputs it to a CPU and a predictor. The predictor derives a next CIR value of the next reception time ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409059 | Portable terminal unit To provide a superposition type portable terminal unit in which functions other than opening and closing functions are added to opening and closing operations thereby to improve the operating performance of the portable terminal unit. In a superposition type portabl... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7388616 | Attachment structure of camera module and portable terminal device An attachment structure of a camera module for attaching to a housing a camera module having an image capturing element portion mounted on a substrate and a lens portion provided on said image capturing element portion. The attachment structure includes an elastic m... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7373186 | Folding-type portable information device provided with image capturing function A folding-type portable information device 120 provided with an image capturing function including a first housing 104 and a second housing 106 rotatably connected via a connecting unit 108, an image capturing unit 110 being provid... | 05/13/2008 |
| D566758 | Ink container | 04/15/2008 |
| D562381 | Ink cartridge | 02/19/2008 |
| 7297439 | Battery A battery including a battery cell provided with an electrode terminal protruding from a side, a circuit board attached along sides of the battery cell, and a resin mould section which partially covers the circuit board and the battery cell, thereby integrating them... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296932 | Fluid dynamic bearing having an acute-angled shaft recess A fluid dynamic bearing assembly including a shaft and a bearing sleeve. A bearing gap is formed between the shaft and the bearing sleeve and is filled with a lubricating fluid. A capillary seal is formed at one end of the bearing sleeve, and a recess is formed in t... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7266328 | Image forming apparatus having a cleaning mechanism An image forming apparatus having a cleaning mechanism for cleaning paper powder or toner pressed and remaining on the surface of the circumference of an endless belt is provided. The cleaning mechanism includes a rotational shaft part that is detachably and rotatab... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256586 | Method and device for measuring the repeatable and non-repeatable runout of rotating components of a spindle motor The method and a device to measure the repeatable and non-repeatable runouts of a rotating component of a spindle motor with the aid of at least one probe measuring changes in the distance between the probe and the rotating component depending on the angle of rotati... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249893 | Rolling bearing and rod end bearing A rolling bearing and a rod end bearing are provided with a tilt mechanism and a rotary mechanism that are mutually independent. The tilt mechanism has a non-lubricated type spherical sliding bearing structure. The rotary mechanism has a rolling bearing structure wh... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7226212 | Shield and sealing method for a hydrodynamic bearing A hydrodynamic bearing system, having a bearing sleeve and a shaft inserted into an inner cylindrical bore of the bearing sleeve. A bearing gap is formed between the shaft and the bearing sleeve, the bearing gap being filled with a lubricating oil. A shield encloses... | 06/05/2007 |
| D543502 | Solar panel | 05/29/2007 |
| D543501 | Solar panel | 05/29/2007 |
| 7159296 | Coil-winding machine stator installation jig A stator stack and stator jig assembly provide a consistent amount of slack in stator coil wires without increasing the complexity of coil-winding machines or adding production steps, and prevent crossing of the stator coil wires in the slack areas. A stator stack h... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162193 | Image forming apparatus having a multi-layered intermediate transfer belt An image forming apparatus having a belt supporting frame for supporting an intermediate transfer belt is provided. The intermediate transfer belt is a multi-layered structure composed of at least an elastic layer on a substrate layer. When a percentage difference o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144161 | Hydrodynamic bearing system for a rotary bearing of spindle motors A hydrodynamic bearing system, particularly for the rotary bearing of spindle motors to power hard disk drives. The bearing system includes a bearing sleeve, a shaft accommodated in an opening in the bearing sleeve and at least one radial bearing section provided be... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136262 | Pivot assembly preloaded by laser welding for hard disk drive use A pivot assembly for use in a hard disk drive, in which ball bearings are placed at both ends of a shaft, and a spacer is disposed between outer rings of the ball bearings. The spacer is fixed to the outer rings by laser welding. ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131770 | Hydro fill controlling shield and sleeve for a hydrodynamic bearing A hydrodynamic bearing system, having a bearing sleeve and a shaft inserted into an inner cylindrical bore of the bearing sleeve. A bearing gap is formed between the shaft and the bearing sleeve, the bearing gap being filled with a lubricating oil. A shield encloses... | 11/07/2006 |
| D531723 | Disposal bag used in surgical procedures | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125169 | Hydrodynamic pivot bearing The present invention provides a bearing comprised of a hydrodynamic bearing and a pivot bearing, which can be used with a spindle motor. It also provides a spindle motor utilizing a hydrodynamic bearing and a pivot bearing. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118460 | Finishing method for stepping motor stator stack and rotor stack A stepping motor stator stack and rotor stack finishing method whereby the burrs remaining on the small tooth surfaces of the stacks can be eliminated and prevented from lodging in the spaces between laminations of a plurality of stacked steel plates, without causin... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7097360 | Hydrodynamic bearing for a spindle motor A hydrodynamic bearing for use in a spindle motor, having a shaft, a bearing sleeve encompassing the shaft with a small radial space, and a skewback at one end face of the bearing sleeve which is fixedly connected to the bearing sleeve. The shaft features a thrust p... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093344 | Slack-forming mechanism for stator coil A slack-forming mechanism for stator coils that is able to impart slack of appropriate size to the stator coil without imposing an excessively heavy burden on the coiling machine. The slack-forming mechanism includes a coiling machine attachment jig having a protrud... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083385 | Axial flow fan motor An axial flow fan motor having an impeller molded integrally with a shaft from a synthetic resin. The shaft is easily assembled with a bearing arrangement by being brought into tight contact with the inner ring of the bearing arrangement and is reliably fixed theret... | 08/01/2006 |
| D524727 | Solar panel | 07/11/2006 |
| 7030330 | Keyboard spill-proofing mechanism This keyboard spill-proofing mechanism reduces and prevents damage to the electronic circuitry in keyboard that would normally occur due to inadvertent spillages of liquids, such as water, coffee or soda, onto the keyboard. This keyboard spill-proofing mechanism fea... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7019767 | Image forming apparatus When intending gradational representation of each of the dots composing the image by changing the amount of light emission of each of the dots composing an image by changing the amount of light emission of said light emitting diode, the magnitude of each of the dots... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7001073 | Hydrodynamic bearing for a spindle motor Hydrodynamic bearing for use in a spindle motor includes a shaft, a bearing sleeve encompassing the shaft with a small radial clearance, a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves formed on at least one of an outer surface of the shaft and an inner surf... | 02/21/2006 |
