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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5842561 | Push-button switch with bridge section integrally connecting movable contact and fixed contact A push-button switch including a housing which is integrally molded with a first metal plate and a second metal plate. The first metal plate includes a fixed contact, and the second metal plate includes a main portion, a bridge section extending from the ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5806179 | Method for connecting a cable to a printed circuit board A cable header assembly for mounting a cable in an electronic device, the assembly including a connecting member fixedly connected to a plurality of wires of the cable such that the wires are maintained at a predetermined spacing. The connecting member in... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5805389 | Magnetoresistive head A magnetoresistive head comprising longitudinal bias layers composed of -Fe2 O3 provided under an magnetoresistive layer in close contact therewith, wherein an exchange anisotropic magnetic field is applied to the magnetoresis... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5796371 | Outdoor converter for receiving satellite broadcast An outdoor satellite broadcast receiving converter including a waveguide into which a broadcast electric wave enters and in which the broadcast electric wave travels in an axial direction as a first linearly polarized wave and a second linearly polarized ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5790015 | Security apparatus A security apparatus which automatically locks a door even though a door locking operation is not performed. A security controller drives a door lock device to automatically lock a door if the door is not locked even when a lapse of time exceeds a set tim... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5790020 | E.A.S. system with selective disabling An electronic article surveillance system includes a main apparatus; one or more relays connected to the main apparatus through cables; and one or more tags which are connected to the relays through cables. Each relay includes a resistance variation detec... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5781100 | Resistor substrate containing carbon fibers and having a smooth surface A resistor substrate in which a resistor layer having an electroconductive powder and carbon fibers dispersed in a heat resistant resin is molded into a substrate comprising a heat resistant thermosetting molding material, and the surface of the resistor ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5781181 | Apparatus and method for changing an operation mode of a coordinate input apparatus A coordinate detection system capable of displaying relevant coordinates when operated with only one fingertip or like coordinate designator even during a repeat operation of the latter with no complicated designator manipulations required. The system com... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778086 | Electronic device connection terminal An electronic device connection terminal including a holder, formed from an insulator, mounted on a metallic frame of the electronic device, and a metallic terminal embedded in the holder and having one end protruding from the holder inside of the frame, ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5773775 | Pressure actuated circuit breaker with frangible printed circuit board A pressure actuated breaker for cutting-off current flow in and from a battery in response to a relatively low internal pressure rise within the battery. The pressure cut-off sensor includes a box having an opening and being formed of an insulating materi... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5768067 | Magnetoresistive head using exchange anisotropic magnetic field with an antiferromagnetic layer A magnetoresistive head including a magnetoresistive film formed in a read-track region, and antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic films are formed on each end of the magnetoresistive film outside of the read-track region such that bias magnetization is app... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5764147 | Electronic article surveillance apparatus with an alarm An electronic surveillance apparatus with an alarm, including a signal transmitter for producing a transmission signal, a tag for generating an alarm when the transmission signal from the signal transmitter is received while the tag is in a warning operat... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5755986 | Soft-magnetic dielectric high-frequency composite material and method for making the same A high-frequency composite material, having soft magnetic and dielectric characteristics, comprising a soft magnetic alloy powder represented by the general composition Aa Mb Dc and a synthetic resin, wherein A represents ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5755938 | Single chamber for CVD and sputtering film manufacturing An apparatus which allows a first film to be formed on a substrate by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and a second film to be formed on the substrate by sputtering, wherein the processes are performed sequentially in the same deposition chamber without ex... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5754167 | Coordinate inputting device for a computer keyboard A coordinate inputting apparatus which facilitates minimization and a keyboard apparatus which facilitates minimization and is superior in operability are disclosed. A pointing device includes a base including a pedestal in the form of a flat plate and a ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5754022 | Optical pickup moving mechanism An optical pickup is provided with a limiting wall spaced a predetermined distance apart from a screw shaft to limit the separation of an interlocking projection away from the screw shaft, so that the interlocking projection cannot be disengaged from the ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5754166 | Coordinate input device A coordinate input device comprises a column-shaped body erected on a base, a plurality of sensors produced in a film form, a flexible cable for leading out sensor signals from the sensors, and a transparent heat-shrinkable tube. In this coordinate input ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5751487 | Multilayered filter films and method for making the same The present invention relates to multilayered filter films, and in particular, a multilayered filter film not having a substrate and a method for making the same. The method for making the multilayered filter film not having a substrate includes a step fo... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5751522 | Combined-type thin film magnetic head with inductive magnetic head having low-inductive core A combined-type thin film magnetic head in which a reproducing head portion including a magnetoresistive device and an inductive magnetic head are laminated. A coil support portion made of the same plated layer that forms an upper gap layer of the reprodu... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5751878 | Light-emitting module A light-emitting module has a laser diode (LD) held on an LD holder, and a lens contained in a lens barrel held on a lens holder. The LD holder and the lens holder are combined so that the optical axis of a laser beam emitted by the laser diode is aligned... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5750940 | Coordinate input tablet with notched film substrate A tablet that hardly causes the fluctuation in the sheet resistance on a film substrate despite the small size of the tablet. The edge of one side of the film substrate requiring a notch for connector insertion are provided with other notches having the s... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5748404 | Magnetic recording/reproducing device with chassis support structure A magnetic recording/reproducing device including a top cover having a plurality of leg portions 1e with cutouts that project from each side face of the top cover such that the location of a leg portion at one side face does not correspond to the location... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745204 | Liquid crystal color display device A liquid crystal color display device comprises a liquid crystal cell 3 having a liquid crystal layer with an angle of twist being within a range of 180° to 270° and a pair of electrode substrates intervening the liquid crystal layer therebetween, a twi... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5741373 | Fe based soft magnetic alloy, magnetic materials containing same, and magnetic apparatus using the magnetic materials An Fe-based soft magnetic alloy having a high saturated magnetic flux density and having a composition represented by formula (I) below: (Fe1-a Qa)b Bx Ty T'z (I) wherein Q represents at least... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5742582 | Disk medium and method of writing data onto the disk medium A invention relates to a disk medium and a method of writing data onto the disk medium. The disk medium is formatted in such a manner that: there are provided a plurality of track zones formed into segments of concentric circles separated from each other ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5742368 | Reflection liquid crystal display device A reflection liquid crystal display device which comprises a display substrate and a back substrate each having an electrode, and disposed in spaced opposition to each other; a liquid crystal layer which is provided between the display substrate and the b... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5742458 | Giant magnetoresistive material film which includes a free layer, a pinned layer and a coercive force increasing layer A giant magnetoresistive material film includes at least two ferromagnetic layers of a NiFe alloy or NiFeCo alloy, which are formed on a substrate through a nonmagnetic layer of Au, Ag, Cu or Cr, wherein magnetization of at lest one of the ferromagnetic l... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5739661 | Stepping motor driver A stepping motor driver drives, for example, a stepping motor incorporated into an optical recording/reproducing apparatus to move an optical pickup in the radial direction of an optical disk during a seek operation. A current measuring device measures a ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5740488 | Resist developing apparatus with selectable spray and drip nozzles The present invention provides a resist developing method and apparatus which achieves high in-plane uniformity and high reproducibility of resist pattern accuracy and low consumption of developer. The resist developing method sprays developer on a patter... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5736700 | Vehicle knob switch apparatus A vehicle knob switch apparatus including an operating lever, a cylindrical holder disposed at an end of the operating lever, a plurality of changeover switch portions accommodated in the interior of the holder, a first operating knob, mounted so as to be... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5736635 | Position sensor A position sensor for a throttle valve, the position sensor including a housing having a partition wall separating an attachment chamber and a sensor accommodating chamber, each of which include an outer opening. The partition wall defines a central openi... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735392 | Switching device A switching device which can be changed into a lock type switching device, or a non-lock type switching device with the least number of replacement components is disclosed. The switching device includes: first and second fixed contacts mounted in parallel... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735042 | Method of fabricating connector pin contact A pin contact of a connector and a method of fabricating the pin contact which enables a substantial decrease of manufacturing cost, and smooth installation of the pin connector without a change in the pitch of arrangement at the time of press-fitting int... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737158 | Magnetic head device with tape guide secondary portions molded onto tape guide primary portions of differing material A magnetic head device includes a magnetic head, a mount on which the magnetic head is provided, and first and second pairs of tape guides. The first tape guides are provided on the mount at positions approximately adjacent to and on opposite sides of the... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737107 | Information transmitting apparatus An information transmitting apparatus for efficiently transmitting input information coming from a plurality of transmitters wherein a receiver can determine the type of the transmitter from which the information was sent, the apparatus being produced at ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737335 | Communication system using time division multiplex signal transmission A multiplex communication system in which operational data is transmitted to a bus line at different frequencies according to the necessity of transmission. Further, transmitting and receiving nodes are identified without having to include address data wi... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5729439 | Printed wiring substrate A printed wiring substrate in which first and second parts are mounted in adjacent with each other on soldering lands formed on an insulative board and put to reflow soldering, wherein the width of the land on which at least one of the parts is soldered i... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5726077 | Method of producing an electro-optical device A method for producing an electo-optical device including only five photolithographic steps, including a first photolithographic step for forming a gate electrode and gate wiring, a second photolithographic step for forming a semiconductor portion above t... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5725915 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display having heat resistance, a sufficiently large pretilt angle, and capable of preventing generation of domains and improving the reliability thereof is disclosed. Each alignment layer has, on the surfaces thereof, roof-like concave a... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5725685 | Soft magnetic alloy thin film with nitrogen-based amorphous phase A soft magnetic alloy thin film includes a fine crystalline phase and an amorphous phase. The fine crystalline phase includes an average crystalline grain size of 10 nm or less in diameter and has body-centered cubic structure mainly composed of Fe. The a... | 03/10/1998 |
