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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D550448 | Rucksack | 09/11/2007 |
| 6630241 | Rubber-steel cord composite and pneumatic tire for passenger cars A rubber-steel cord composite comprising a steel cord having, in a planar image of the steel cord formed by X-rays passing through the steel cord, a fraction R of the total area occupied by filaments of from 0.45 or more to 0.95 or less in an arbitrarily ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6462282 | Circuit board for mounting bare chip A circuit board for mounting a bare chip in the form of a flip chip. A metallic foil for protecting circuits in a state insulated therefrom is arranged in an area where the bare chip is located.... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6358600 | Sheet for protecting paint film A sheet for protecting a paint film which does not deteriorate or discolor the paint film even when the sheet is adhered to protect the paint film under the condition containing acidic rainwater or detergent and can maintain the adhered state over an exte... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6348152 | Medical material containing fluorinated polysulfone having excellent antithrombotic activity A medical material composed of a poly(alkyl aryl ether)sulfone copolymer (A) and a thermoplastic polymer (B), such as cellulose triacetate, and being used in contact with the blood, wherein the concentration of the copolymer (A) is at least 40% by weight ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6340540 | Hologram recording sheet holographic optical element using said sheet and its production process The hologram recording sheet according to the invention is made up of a base film and hologram sensitive materials sensitive to different wavelength regions formed therein in a desired pattern, or a film and at least two hologram recording sensitive mater... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6330096 | Light-beam scanning type image reader The number of pixels in a horizontal scanning direction and the number of pixels in a vertical scanning direction are computed by use of a calibration sheet. The cycle of a first clock pulse which is generated by a first clock generation section is comput... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6329042 | Fluororesin coating compositon and coated article obtained using the same A fluororesin coating composition comprising a dispersing medium and fluororesin particles dispersed therein, the dispersing medium mainly comprising a surfactant, and a coated article obtained using the coating composition.... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6328857 | Method for forming coating on substrate and sputtering apparatus used for the method Sputtering method and apparatus for forming a coating on both sides of a flat substrate or on the entire surface of a bulky substrate without involving rotation of the substrate. At least one pair of sputtering cathodes each having a target attached there... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6326636 | Radiation image read-out method and apparatus Stimulating rays produced by a line light source are linearly irradiated onto an area of a stimulable phosphor sheet, on which a radiation image has been stored, the stimulating rays causing the sheet to emit light in proportion to an amount of energy sto... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324861 | Self-cooling package for beverage A self-cooling package for beverages that includes a cooling device internal to the package and connection to a pumping device external to the package. The internal cooling device is by a cavity filled with a coolant that evaporates under the effect of a ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6317851 | Memory test circuit and a semiconductor integrated circuit into which the memory test circuit is incorporated A memory test circuit in which time required for a memory test is reduced is disclosed. A memory test circuit according to the present invention is provided with stripe data generating means for generating stripe data composed of plural bits based upon a ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6317510 | Blackening processing method and apparatus Information representing a template, which has an irradiation field shape determined by a collimation plate used in an operation for recording a radiation image to be processed, is stored. An irradiation field on the radiation image is defined in accordan... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6313885 | DTV receiver with baseband equalization filters for QAM signal and for VSB signal which employ common elements During the reception of VSB DTV signal, the channel equalizer for a QAM/VSB DTV signal receiver the equalizer is operated to equalize only the real sample stream of VSB symbol code, rather than being operated as a complex equalizer. During the reception o... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6313477 | Method of and apparatus for reading radiation images and correcting shading and/or fading of the images In a two-side radiation image reading method wherein a stimulable phosphor sheet storing a radiation image is scanned by stimulating rays and light emitted from the front and back sides of the sheet is photoelectrically detected by photoelectric reading m... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6312841 | Substrate for information recording medium and method of producing it, and information recording medium comprising the substrate To produce a substrate for information recording media, a substrate consisting essentially of glass for information recording media is subjected to treatment for retarding the extract of the glass component from the substrate by contacting it with a molte... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6310780 | Surface mount assembly for electronic components A plurality of indentations 21, 22, and 23 are formed in one major surface of a printed board 1. A plurality of electrode pads 41, 42, 43, and 44 are provided on the one major surface and the bottom of the indentations. A plurality of solder portions 91, ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6310118 | Coloring material composition A colorant composition capable of giving a coating film excellent in heat resistance and weather resistance which not only can have a single clear color, such as, blue, green, yellow, or the like, and be used for forgery prevention based on discrimination... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6309735 | Subject plate for recording holograms, hologram-making method, and hologram-recorded article The invention provides a hologram-recording subject plate comprising a block and a variety of subjects fixedly contained therein, which ensures easy, stable yet continuous recording of a multiplicity of identical holograms or different holograms reconstru... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6308726 | Valve insertion method and cutting tool A valve insertion method without stopping passage of fluid, wherein, first, a part of an already-installed pipe is enclosed air-tightly with a valve casing, a milling type cutting tool which has cutting edges on a free end surface and an outer circumferen... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6295079 | Scanning optical unit A scanning optical unit is provided which can prevent flare reflection of a laser beam at an end portion of a reflecting mirror which is provided outside an exposure region and which is for detecting a time of starting of exposure by the laser beam. In th... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6293832 | Female metal terminal A female metal terminal body (3) of a box-shape has a bottom plate (4) and an insertion port (2) which is formed in one end portion of the metal terminal body (3), and through which a male metal terminal is insertable into the metal terminal body (3). A r... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6291763 | Photoelectric conversion device and photo cell A photoelectric conversion device comprising an electrically conductive substrate, a photosensitive semiconductor layer, a charge transporting layer, and a counter electrode (preferably a counter electrode having a porous electron-conducting layer), where... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289029 | Solid state laser A solid state laser includes a solid state laser crystal, a pumping source for pumping the laser crystal, a resonator, an enclosed casing which is filled with gas and in which the resonator is contained, and a temperature controller which keeps the resona... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6285695 | Semiconductor laser A semiconductor laser includes a first clad layer having one of p-type conductivity and n-type conductivity, a first optical waveguide layer, a first barrier layer of GaAs1-y2 Py2, a quantum-well active layer of Inx3 Ga | 09/04/2001 |
| 6279537 | Air fuel ratio control apparatus for an internal combustion engine In order to improve estimation accuracy of estimating the value of the NOx exhaust concentration, the air fuel ratio control apparatus is adapted to estimate the NOx exhaust concentration from at least either one of a value depending on the air fuel ratio... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6278477 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having a colorimeter for measuring density or color of an image, and capable of carrying out calibration with high accuracy. In the image forming apparatus, a test image, and a first reference line and a second reference line fo... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6277487 | Fluoropolymer coating composition and coated article The present invention provides a fluoropolymer coating composition which is capable of coating thick and forming a coating film being excellent in abrasion resistance, corrosion resistance and non-sticking property, and provides a coated article obtained ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276260 | Connecting-rod/piston unit for small reciprocating machines and a motor-driven compressor or a similar reciprocating machine comprising the unit A gudgeon pin (14) is held in engagement with a bearing seat situated inside a piston (16) by retaining means in the form of a pincer element (30) with a base portion (32) fixed to the end wall (20) of the piston (16) and with two pairs of resilient jaws ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6275670 | Liquid electrophotographic printer having exhaust device A liquid electrophotographic printer having topping corona devices for charging a photosensitive belt, a laser scanner for forming an electrostatic latent image on the charged photosensitive belt, and a development unit for developing the electrostatic la... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6274817 | Arrangement in conductor track An arrangement in a conductor track, the conductor track having a connection groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the track for connecting devices to the conductor track by way of an adapter, current conductors arranged in the connection groo... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6274663 | Compound resin composition A compound resin composition in which an intercalated compound, in which an onium salt of an aminoalcohol derivative is inserted into the layers of a swellable stratified compound and the interlayer distance is 10~25 Å as measured by x-ray diffraction, i... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6273687 | Micromachined pump apparatus A micromachined pump apparatus 1 includes a substrate 2 having upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of lengthwise arranged apertures 2A-2E, each of which has an upper surface opening and a lower surface opening. A plurality of diaphragms 6A-6E close t... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6272155 | Fiber bundle and laser apparatus using the fiber bundle of manufacturing the same In a fiber bundle (100) in which one ends of a plurality of optical fibers including cores (111a-111p), respectively, are bundled as a bundled position, the fiber bundle includes in the bundled portion a clad (112a-112p) having a refractive index less tha... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6271167 | Catalyst for olefin polymerization and method for preparing polyolefins Disclosed are a catalyst for polymerizing olefins containing a solid catalyst component containing titanium, magnesium and halogen as essential components (component (A)); an organic aluminum compound (component (B)); and a silane compound (component (C))... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6270268 | Keyboard apparatus A key base side pivot point on one side of a pantograph is supported on a key base and a key top height adjusting mechanism that has a holder that supports the other key base side pivot point and a reciprocating link that links swingably to this holder is... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6267373 | Bearing structure for rotatable shaft A bearing structure has first and second support members in which first and second stepped small-diameter portions of drive and nip rollers are rotatably mounted by bearings. The first and second support members are disposed in respective first and second... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268614 | Electrostatic recording member, electrostatic latent image recording apparatus, and electrostatic latent image read-out apparatus An electrostatic recording member on which radiation image information is recorded as an electrostatic latent image includes the following layers superposed one on another in this order: a first conductive layer which transmits recording radiations such a... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6269247 | Method of spatial location of a mobile station in a cell of a communication network and corresponding base station, mobile station and signaling packet In a method for spatially locating a mobile station in a cell of a mobile radio network, the cell being of the type controlled by a base station with an omnidirectional antenna and divided into a plurality of angular sectors centered on the base station, ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6263834 | Sanitary device for the deposition of domestic animals excrements Comprises a bowl provided with a porous bed of a granular material (1), and means of emptying (3), which can be connected to the pipes of a drain installation; water irrigation device, disincrustant and/or disinfectant to dilute and wash away the stools a... | 07/24/2001 |