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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6011573 | Manufacturing apparatus for thermal transfer recording medium and renewing apparatus of thermal transfer recording medium In a renewing apparatus, a thermal transfer recording medium is made to be used plural times by simple configuration although such a recording medium must be thrown away in the prior art, and the running cost in the printing can be significantly reduced. ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5828520 | Magnetic head-mounted to a tip portion of a carriage via adhesive in an adhesive filling groove The present invention relates to a head transferring mechanism of a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus which transfers a magnetic head. In the head transferring mechanism 17 in which a hold case 19 is hinge-connected to a rear end portion of a carri... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5785761 | Fine particles dispersing apparatus A fine particle dispersing apparatus including a cylindrical body, a funnel nozzle provided at the bottom of the cylindrical body, and a valve having a clearance forming member forming a clearance with the inner wall of the funnel nozzle which is larger t... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5738532 | 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... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5737465 | Module for optical communication A module for optical communication which is capable of securely preventing reflection even if there are variations in the urging force of a ferrule and also of protecting an antireflection member from damage. A holding stopper for holding an antireflectio... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737138 | Optical waveguide device and method of making the same The present invention relates to an optical waveguide device, particularly a structure for positioning end faces of an optical waveguide and end faces of optical fibers with respect to each other, as well as a method of realizing such a structure. V groov... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5719728 | Mode changeover apparatus for a tape player with over-stroke correction mechanism A mode changeover apparatus which can turn a mode changeover gear in a returning direction without the shortage of a turning force in the returning direction in the event of occurrence of over-stroking of a head base, prevent a magnetic head from moving t... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5714934 | Self-checking cable type E.A.S. system An E.A.S. system capable of immediately making a decision on a broken condition of a tag 2 itself or its connection cable 8 or a non-connected condition of the connection cable 8 to a repeating device 1 at start-up of the system. The system comprises the ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5712598 | Driving apparatus for electrostatic converting means A driving circuit and a Self-oscillating circuit incorporating a piezoelectric oscillator having one terminal connected to ground. In the driving circuit, an alternating driving power is supplied to a first terminal of the piezoelectric oscillator, and th... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5708335 | On-car motor driving apparatus and self-diagnosing and selective driving mechanisms for the same An on-car motor driving apparatus is equipped with a motor for moving a moving unit such as a window of a motor car, a motor driving controller which controls the revolution, stop, and rotational direction of the motor, and a current measuring and compari... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5708320 | Vibratory gyroscope A vibratory gyroscope including an elongated vibrator having a central (neutral) axis (Y-axis), a drive unit for deforming the first direction such that the vibrator vibrates in a first (X) direction, an added mass attached to the vibrator at a position o... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5708418 | Optical reading system An optical reading system including a warning sound for preventing theft of a portable optical reading apparatus (scanner). A timer is activated when movement of the scanner is detected by a movement detection device mounted on the scanner, indicating tha... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5705960 | Balanced-to-unbalanced converting circuit A balanced-to-unbalanced converting circuit in which balanced-to-unbalanced converters are formed by a stripline in such a manner as to include a copper foil pattern which is formed on an inner or surface printed circuit layer of a multi-layer substrate a... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5705290 | Secondary cell safety device including pressure release mechanism and current cutoff mechanism Disclosed is a safety device of a secondary cell, which comprises a lid having an opening section and directly or indirectly fixed for closing a cell case; a pressure receiving means covering the opening section and having flexibility to displace with an ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5705907 | Drive control system for servo motor A drive control system for supplying a drive voltage to a DC servo motor. The drive control system includes a position detector for detecting a rotational position of the DC servo motor, and a controller which switches the drive mode of the DC servo motor... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5703840 | Magnetic head and magneto-optical recording device An E-shaped core is composed of a main core and side cores which are combined into one piece. A coil is wound around a bobbin which is inserted in the main core. A plate-shaped auxiliary core is connected to a sliding member. Connecting the E-shaped core ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5702260 | Rotary connector A rotary connector including a first housing rotatably connected to a second housing and forming an annular space therebetween, and a flexible cable wound within the annular spacing. According to a first aspect, the conductors of the flexible cable associ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5701187 | Portable input apparatus A portable input apparatus used in conjunction with a controllable information processing apparatus which comprises a light receiving element receiving a base light emitted from a light emitting section of the controllable information processing apparatus... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5701001 | Optical bar code reading apparatus with signal processing circuit for eliminating regular reflection condition An optical reading apparatus (bar code reader) including a plurality of light emitting elements, each light emitting element emitting light in different directions onto an information recording surface which has a linear recording (bar code pattern) print... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699508 | Keyboard testing methods and apparatus An IBM PC compatible keyboard is provided which, on power-up, does not access the keyboard LEDs until receiving a command from the host computer. When the keyboard controller performs a Basic Assurance Test (BAT) on power-up before receiving a host comman... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5696652 | Magnetic head device using an adhesive having both photosetting and thermosetting properties, and method for producing same A magnetic head device whose slider and supporting plate are bonded and affixed together by the use of an adhesive having both photosetting and thermosetting properties. The slider has mounted thereto a magnetic detection section. It is preferable to appl... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5694275 | Magnetoresistive magnetic head In a magnetoresistive magnetic head having a laminate composed of a magnetoresistive (MR) layer showing the magnetoresistive effect, a SHUNT layer as a non-magnetic layer and a soft adjacent layer (SAL) for applying a transverse bias magnetic field to the... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5692913 | PC card A PC card wherein a housing of a socket connector is provided with a guide boss and a stopper protruding on the circuit board side, and with a cutout for fitting the guide boss in the circuit board. In this cutout the guide boss is fitted to position the ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5693920 | Two-stage movement seesaw switch apparatus A two-stage movement seesaw switch apparatus of the light irradiation type which is compact and superior in operation feeling. The two-stage movement seesaw switch includes a pair of operation plates disposed immediately below a manually operable knob. Tw... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5691968 | Optical disk unit An optical disk unit wherein a disk rotating speed is automatically adjusted for reading optical information from various optical disk types, each optical disk type requiring a different rotating speed. The optical disk unit moves an optical head to a tra... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5691595 | Vibratory gyroscope A vibratory gyroscope including a planar elastic vibrator having vibrator piezoelectric material layers formed on both the front and back sides. The vibrator includes a base portion and three parallel elastic pieces extending from the base portion such th... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5690436 | Thermal printer A thermal printer that performs thermal printing by employing a commonly-used thermo-sensitive recording sheet. In the thermal printing, a thermal head starts heating the recording sheet from the back side of a base that covers a recording surface in orde... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5691864 | Magnetoresistive head As an antiferromagnetic layer achieving exchange anisotropic coupling with a ferromagnetic layer, any Mn alloy of Ru-Mn, Rh-Mn, Ir-Mn, Pd-Mn, and Pt-Mn alloys is used. The content of each element is 10 to 45 atomic % for Ru, 10 to 40 atomic % for Rh, 10 t... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5688380 | Method of producing giant magnetoresistive material film and magnetic head 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... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5688060 | Thermal transfer printer A thermal transfer printer in which when a printing head is soiled, the debris on the printing head can be removed automatically. The printing head movable to and from a platen is mounted on a carriage capable of being reciprocated along the platen, and a... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5689237 | Antitheft security tag and electronic article surveillance security system An antitheft security tag is used in combination with an article surveillance security system. The antitheft security tag comprises a tagging part to be tagged to an article, formed by looping a two-core cable having two insulated copper wires or the like... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5687302 | Method of transferring recording data to recording device A method of transferring recording data to a recording device for preventing the slowdown of effective recording speed by determining beforehand the available memory capacity of an input device and by transferring the recording data in an optimum manner t... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5687044 | Magnetoresistive head with micro-crystallite shielding layer An MR head includes a soft magnetic (SAL) layer, a nonmagnetic (SHUNT) layer, and a magnetoresistive (MR) layer, which are formed on top of each other, with shielding layers being formed on the upper and lower sides of these layers. The shielding layers, ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5683259 | Rotary connector A rotary connector including a structure for connecting a flat cable to a lead block. The lead block includes a plurality of parallel joint conductors extending through a resin member. A pair of holding arms extend perpendicularly from the resin member. A... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5683258 | Pc card connector A PC card connector has an injection mechanism which is improved so as to make it possible to push a PC card in a substantially straightforward direction, in which the PC card is withdrawn, without converting rotary motion into linear motion. The PC card ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5683260 | Rotary connector A rotary connector including a first housing rotatably connected to a second housing and forming an annular space therebetween, and a flexible cable wound within the annular spacing. According to a first aspect, the conductors of the flexible cable associ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5682282 | Head feeding device including a screw shaft provided with a pair of grooves with one groove being provided with a lubricant A head feeding device includes a screw shaft having a thread groove formed with a predetermined pitch, a driver for turning the screw shaft, a head guided in the axial direction of the screw shaft by a shaft bearing sliding on a surface of the screw shaft... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5682253 | Dot printer with recording head and scanner mounted on same carriage and operation controlled based on marker identification on manuscript This invention provides a dot printer which reads a manuscript and prints on a recording medium automatically only by placing a manuscript and a recording medium. A thermal head and an image scanner are provided facing to a platen, a feeding mechanism for... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5681487 | Method of removing photoresist film The present invention provides a method of removing a photoresist film, which exhibits the high ability to remove photoresist and excellent safety and handling properties such as workability, In the removing method, the photoresist film is removed by chem... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5682278 | Disk chucking device A chucking device for receiving and rotating a magnetic disk, the magnetic disk having a centrally-located drive spindle receiving hole and an off-center alignment hole. The chucking device includes a turntable, a drive spindle centrally-located on the tu... | 10/28/1997 |
