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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7898360 | Surface acoustic wave filter and surface acoustic wave duplexer A surface acoustic wave filter which includes a first terminal at the input side, a second terminal at the output side, a plurality of resonators electrically connected between the first and the second terminals, and a piezoelectric substrate provided on the upper s... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7860160 | Video encoding device The present invention provides a video encoding device in which a capacity of a binary data storing unit is small, a size of the video encoding device is small, a video signal can be processed in real time, and reduction in quality of images generated from the event... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7858114 | Percutaneous absorption preparations of antidementia drugs Disclosed is a percutaneous absorption preparation which enables the stable administration of an antidementia drug over a long period of time. More particularly, the percutaneous absorption preparation of the antidementia drug which is used as a plaster on skin comp... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844390 | Method of operating an engine upon occurrence of abnormal combustion and operation control apparatus therefor A method and apparatus for operating an engine with a plurality of cylinders, which are capable of appropriately controlling the engine after the cutoff of fuel into a cylinder having heavy knock, without at once stopping the engine upon the detection of the heavy k... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7439266 | Malononitrile compound and use thereof The present invention relates to a novel malononitrile compound represented by the formula (A): wherein, R1 represents C1 to C6 alkyl that may be substituted with halogen, C2 to C6 alkenyl that may be substituted with halogen, etc; R2 represent... | 10/21/2008 |
| D560542 | Artificial gemstone, natural gemstone ornamental object made of glass | 01/29/2008 |
| 7187841 | Reproducing system A reproducing system having a simultaneous recording and reproducing means that is functionally more sophisticated. This sophisticated recording and reproducing means can perform recording and reproducing of received data more properly even when the power is turned ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185886 | Sheet delivery device of a sheet-fed press A sheet delivery device for a sheet-fed press which is arranged to avoid the crushing of sheets, comprises a shutter device having a shutter bar unit that is movable between an operation position and a stand-by position. In the operation position the shutter bar uni... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176829 | Microwave sensor In one embodiment of a microwave sensor, when a “low” plants countermeasure is conducted, if an alert has been generated 5 times or more within 1 minute, an object decision move distance is changed to be longer and a “high” plants countermeasure is conducted... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170358 | Voltage controlled oscillator, and PLL circuit and wireless communication apparatus using the same A voltage controlled oscillator comprises a parallel resonance circuit including an inductor circuit, a variable capacitance circuit, and a high-frequency switch circuit, a negative resistance circuit and a frequency control section, and a frequency tuning sensitivi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167591 | Image encoding method and image decoding method The present invention provides an image coding method and an image decoding method by which an image can be restored correctly even if part of memory management information is lost by a transmission channel error, a candidate of a reference image that can be referre... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7098273 | Resin composition An object of the present invention is to improve the compatibility of the resin composition comprising the PAI resin and the PAS resin so as to provide a resin composition which is excellent in flowability when molten, strength, tenacity and heat resistance. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091528 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device is provided having an improved breakdown voltage on high power output, the semiconductor device comprising a n-type GaAs subcollector layer, a n-type GaAs intermediate collector layer formed between a collector layer and the subcollector layer... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086513 | Rotation transmission device A rotation transmission device includes an input member, an outer ring mounted around the input member, a two-way clutch and an electromagnetic clutch for selectively engaging and disengaging the two-way clutch, both clutches being mounted between the input member a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080684 | Mold temperature control unit A mold temperature control unit with which piping connection for supply and drain of cooling water in unit setup can be extremely simply made. In a mold temperature control unit 1 which unit body 2 comprises a plurality of cooling water systems perform... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7063598 | Substrate delivery mechanism A substrate delivery mechanism comprises a top ring, a substrate loader for loading a substrate, and a pusher mechanism, wherein the substrate loader comprises a top ring guide and the pusher mechanism comprises a top ring guide lifting table, in which the top ring ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059875 | Ground metal fitting and ground structure for jacks of electronic devices To provide a ground structure for electronic devices, capable of being fixed to an electronic device and improving a shielding effect thereof even when a cylindrical portion of a jack is fitted in a resin panel, and even when intervals of jacks are small, a ground m... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7034634 | Surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator, SAW filter and SAW antenna duplexer using the SAW resonator A SAW resonator includes an IDT electrode formed on a piezoelectric substrate and reflector electrodes disposed on both sides of the IDT electrode. The IDT electrode includes first finger-electrodes, second finger-electrodes and strip-line electrodes. The first and ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7019435 | Surface acoustic wave device In a SAW device containing two or more longitudinal mode coupling type SAW elements connected in parallel, each SAW element includes at least three comb shaped electrode pairs and a reflector electrode provided at both sides of the comb shaped electrodes. One part o... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020813 | On chip debugging method of microcontrollers A microcontroller includes an external interface terminal group, a data transmit/receive section, and a DMA controller comprised of an address register for storing therein an address of a hardware serving as an object to be accessed by DMA, registers for executing r... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6985426 | Method and apparatus for recording optical information including dummy data, and optical disk having such data recorded thereon A method of recording data optically to an optical disk having a plurality of sectors, in which each sector has a region to be recorded with data, the data is recorded in units of blocks, and the block includes a predetermined number of sectors and is a data unit in... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6941637 | Method of manufacturing a motor comprising a rare earth thick film magnet The method of manufacturing rare earth thick film magnet comprising a step of forming an alloy layer of 30-100 μm thick having a general formula RXBYTMZ on a substrate by a physical deposition process, and a step of heat-treating th... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6909180 | Semiconductor device, mounting circuit board, method of producing the same, and method of producing mounting structure using the same The invention is intended for providing a semiconductor package structure which prevents degradation in characteristics of a semiconductor device, and breakage of interconnections, when the semiconductor device is packaged on a circuit substrate. In the package stru... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6831178 | Process for preparation of sulfonamide derivatives and crystals thereof A process for the preparation of a compound of the formula (I′): which comprises reacting in a solvent a compound of the formula (III): wherein X is halogen, ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6617675 | Semiconductor device and semiconductor device assembly A semiconductor device assembly and a semiconductor device are provided which both can ensure reliability after a mounting process. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element equipped with bumps on an electrode patterned surface thereof for... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6608413 | Motor shaft caulked within groove of eccentric load There is provided a vibrator which is integrally coupled to a rotating shaft of a motor. A groove portion in which the rotating shaft is fitted is formed in an eccentric load portion, and side walls extending from the eccentric load portion and forming bo... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6465512 | Leukemic cell growth inhibiting method Disclosed is a method for growth inhibition of human leukemic cells or therapeutic treatment method of a leukemic patient by using a medicament of which the effective ingredient is a methylsulfinylalkyl isothiocyanate such as 4-(methylsulfinyl)butyl isoth... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6456664 | Motion image encoder Each of consecutively transmitted frames representing motion images is composed of a given number of blocks. A SAD cumulative value representing an image variation history is derived per block. Blocks to be refreshed, i.e. to be intraframe-coded, are sele... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6416384 | Method and apparatus for polishing A polishing apparatus can improve the uniformity of thickness within a workpiece or reduce thickness variation between serially polished workpieces. The polishing apparatus comprises a polishing unit having a polishing tool for providing a polishing surfa... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6414183 | Method for handling waste oil The present invention provides a method for stabilizing waste oil which is taken of each chemical apparatus of the manufacturing line of (meth)acryl acid and/or ester thereof, and treating the waste oil such as draining it out of the production apparatus,... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6381962 | Method and apparatus for generating electric power by combusting wastes Exhaust gas is generated when various waste products are combusted. The generated exhaust gas is introduced into a heat exchanger to heat an intermediate gas such as air by heat exchange. The heated intermediate gas is then used to heat superheated steam,... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6347646 | Flexible hose A flexible hose having a sufficient strength while ensuring the air permeability is provided. In a hose formed by winding a soft resin tape helically such that leading tape end brim portions and trailing end brim portions extending in the hose longitudina... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6328526 | Gas turbine starting method Gas turbine starting method is improved to start operation with bleed valves being first throttled, then fully opened on the way and then fully closed at 90% speed, thereby fluid unstableness phenomenon is suppressed and starter motor power is reduced. Wh... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6298666 | Heat recovery system and power generation system In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650° C. at a filtration... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6297905 | Portable screen assembly A portable screen assembly includes a spring-biased roll rotatably mounted to a lower casing, and a screen rotatably mounted at one end thereof to a top bar. The screen is set to a desired height by adjusting a repulsive force for a descent of the screen,... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6292673 | Radio signal transmitter A signal including an RF signal and a code division multiple access signal is transmitted so that, in relation to both of the RF signal and the code division multiple access signal, a receiving end can obtain a signal having sufficiently larger power as c... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6251206 | Method for opening and resin-impregnation to produce continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin composite material An opening and resin-impregnation apparatus is used for impregnating a reinforcing fiber bundle (2) with a molten resin. The fiber bundle (2) is subjected to opening by bringing it into contact with opening pins (4). An auxiliary pin (5) is positioned wit... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6202452 | Washing machine A motor drives, via a hollow dryer shaft, a basket doubling as a washing basket and a spin-dryer basket. The motor rotating speed is reduced by a speed reduction mechanism, thereby driving an agitator disposed in the basket via a washing shaft that is axi... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6203462 | Sprocket A sprocket 1 includes a wavy region 2. The wavy region is formed at least at the outer periphery of the sprocket and extends in an undulating fashion along the circumference of the sprocket. The wavy region has a plurality of convex joint portions 3. A pl... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6191524 | Piezoelectric vibrators A piezoelectric vibrator using thickness mode as the primary vibration and having a cross section of a bevel or convex configuration is provided which is superior in mechanical strength, easy to steadily mount, and has a small dispersion of characteristic... | 02/20/2001 |
