Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7515779 | Optical semiconductor device An optical semiconductor device has a heater, an optical waveguide layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The heater is provided on a first semiconductor region and has more than one heater segment coupled or separated to each other. The optical waveguide ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515735 | Image recognition system and image recognition program An image recognizing device for recognizing the motion of a player on the basis of a content containing a sport in which players play in zones demarcated with an obstacle such as a net, including a video information acquiring section for acquiring video information ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515360 | Lens barrel and lens barrel system A lens barrel comprises a first frame member having a plurality of cam grooves, a second frame member having a first cam follower and a second cam follower fitted to the plurality of cam grooves, respectively, and an external contact member projecting externally fro... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515146 | Drive device and drive method of light emitting display panel The ripple component superimposed on the drive power source Va applied to the source electrode of a light emission drive transistor Tr2 is extracted by a ripple component extraction circuit 14, and the ripple component is supplied to one input terminal... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515020 | Electric circuit device Electric circuit device comprises electric element and two conductive plates. The electric element includes two anode electrodes and two cathode electrodes and has relatively low impedance in a frequency range between 1×10−5 to 10 GHz. The one conductive plate ha... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514792 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof After an interlayer insulation film (1) and a CMP stopper film are formed, wiring trenches are formed. Next, after a barrier metal film (4) and a Cu film (5) are buried in the wiring trenches, the Cu film (5) and the barrier metal film ( | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514675 | Mass spectrometer The present invention provides a single set of mass spectrometer capable of selectively performing the following two modes of analyses according to the purpose of analysis: the first mass spectrometry mode in which the analysis can be repeated at short intervals of ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514486 | Vibration damping rubber composition A vibration damping rubber composition having an excellent vibration damping performance includes the following (A) to (C) as essential components: (A) a diene-based rubber; (B) a vulcanizing agent of a bismaleimide compound represented by ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514376 | Manufacture of semiconductor device having nitridized insulating film A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed which enables to suppress decrease in the mobility in a channel region by suppressing piercing of boron through a gate insulation film which boron is ion-implanted into a gate electrode. The method for m... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514316 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A p-well (12) is formed on a surface of an Si substrate (11) and element isolation insulating films (13) are formed. Next, a thin SiO2 film (14a) is formed on the whole surface, and an oxide film containing a rare earth ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514202 | Thermal acid generator, resist undercoat material and patterning process A thermal acid generator of generating an acid on heating above 100° C. has formula: CF3CH(OCOR)CF2SO3−(R1)4N+ wherein R is alkyl or aryl, R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, oxoa... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514139 | Polyol component for polyurethane formation comprising anionic diol and composition The present invention provides a polyol component for polyurethane formation comprising an anionic diol (A1); and an anionic diol composition comprising said diol (A1), another active hydrogen atom-containing compound (A2), and/or a compounding ingredient (A3) selec... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513981 | Manufacturing apparatus of semiconductor device A load lock chamber (12) is connected in a front stage of a film forming chamber (11) through a damper and the like. A pipe to which a N2 gas and aeriform or fog-like H2O are supplied is connected to the load lock chamber (12 | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513650 | Light source device and display device A light source device includes a discharge tube, a reflector for reflecting a light radiated from the discharge tube, and support members for supporting the discharge tube to the reflector. The support member or the discharge tube is formed of a heat insulating stru... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513649 | Light source device and display device A light source device includes a discharge tube, a reflector for reflecting a light radiated from the discharge tube, and support members for supporting the discharge tube to the reflector. The support member or the discharge tube is formed of a heat insulating stru... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513626 | Light source device and projection video display device having the same A light source device (18) includes a light source (1) constructed by a light emitter (1a) surrounded by a reflector (2); and a supporting member (20) for holding the reflector (2), and passages of cooling air are for... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513176 | Flywheel device for prime mover A flywheel device for a prime mover, which enables stable transmission of torque from a prime mover to a driven shaft, and can be formed compact in size. A first flywheel is provided on the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. A second flywheel has a frictio... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513061 | Sludge dehydrating processor for converting sludge including organic substance into resources of low water content There has been achieved a sludge dehydrating processor with less mechanical operation and with satisfactory dehydrating efficiency and heating efficiency. In order to process and convert sludge including an organic substance into solid fertilizer, a heating treatmen... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512994 | Shirts having neck size adjusting function A second buttonhole 6 is provided on a front cloth 3a of an inner fold of a neckband 3 of a dress shirt 1. A left end of a rubber tape 8 is stitched on a rear cloth 3b. A left end of a padding 7a ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7511424 | Light emitting device with excellent heat resistance and light resistance A light emitting device is provided, including a light emitting element, a package comprised at least partially of metal on which said light emitting element is mounted, and a resin layer coated on said light emitting element. The light emitting element is eutectic ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511394 | Rotational electric machine stator and manufacturing method therefor A rotational electric machine stator has a rectangular wire that includes a lead wire covered with an insulation coating, terminals that is connected to the rectangular wire by thermal fusing, and convex portions provided on the terminals so as to protrude from the ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511331 | Semiconductor device having side wall spacers A semiconductor device is provided which has insulating film side wall spacers having a barrier function. The semiconductor device comprises: a gate oxide film and a gate electrode formed on and above a semiconductor substrate; source/drain regions formed in the sem... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511102 | Polymer and liquid gasket for In-Place forming A liquid sealing agent used for automobile parts, electric parts, various kinds of machine parts and the like exhibits good oil resistance, heat resistance, adhesiveness and flexibility. A vinyl polymer has at least one crosslinkable silyl group and can yield a cure... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510820 | Resist undercoat-forming material and patterning process In the lithographic multilayer resist process, a material comprising a copolymer of a hydroxy-containing vinylnaphthalene with hydroxy-free olefins is useful in forming a resist undercoat. The undercoat-forming material has a high transparency and optimum values of ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510292 | Liquid container There are disclosed a cap or lid for a container which has a light emitter that generates zestful reflected light enabling recognition of a content even in a dark place, a container to which a light emitter is attached to generate zestful reflected light, a base mem... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510103 | Device for delivering fixed quantity of liquid To deliver a liquid at high speed and with high accuracy. A device for delivering a fixed quantity of liquid, comprising a pump section for metering the delivered liquid to provide a desired amount consisting of a plunger chamber formed in a cylinder block, and a pl... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509822 | Article of clothing with effects of back pain exercise An article of clothing has a main body formed of high-tightness, main-body knitting fabric made of power net. The article of clothing includes front and back support pieces disposed around the waist and having no elasticity in a longitudinal direction thereof. The f... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7405921 | Layer capacitor element and production process as well as electronic device In one aspect of the invention, a thin layer capacitor element has a capacitor with a dielectric layer made of a metal oxide and a protective insulating layer made of a resin material, and a barrier layer made of a non-conductive inorganic material is provided betwe... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7508958 | IC card access control method for biometrics authentication, biometrics authentication method, and biometrics authentication device A biometrics authentication device uses biometrics information to perform individual authentication, and securely registers biometrics information for an authorized agent other than the principal. Within an IC card, registered biometrics information of a principal i... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508957 | Method of registration of authorized agent information for a biometrics authentication device, authentication method for a biometrics authentication device, and biometrics authentication device A biometrics authentication device uses biometrics information for individual authentication, and securely registers biometrics information for an authorized agent other than the principal. Biometrics information for the principal, registered in an IC card, is verif... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508692 | Semiconductor memory device and semiconductor device group A semiconductor device includes a first CMOS inverter, a second CMOS inverter, a first transfer transistor and a second transfer transistor wherein the first and second transfer transistors are formed respectively in first and second device regions defined on a semi... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508414 | Transmitted-picture quality monitoring apparatus Picture quality characteristic amounts are extracted with a picture quality characteristic amount extractor and are transmitted to a central monitoring room to monitor a transmitted-picture quality. The picture quality characteristic amount extractor includes a pixe... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508102 | Brushless motor having a circuit board having a central hole and escape holes In a brushless motor of the present invention, by disposing an electronic circuit board and a rotary magnet close to each other, detection precision of a magnetic pole of a Hall IC is enhanced, and a motor can be reduced in thickness. The electronic circuit board | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507659 | Fabrication process of a semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device has forming an opening defined by an inner wall surface in an insulation film, covering said inner wall surface with a Cu—Mn alloy layer, depositing a first Cu layer over said Cu—Mn alloy layer without exposing sai... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507487 | Solid polymer fuel cell with reactant air humidified by a processed water tank A water tank 21 for stocking processed water used for cooling of a solid polymer type fuel cell 6, etc., cooling water supply means for supplying the processed water to the fuel cell 6 reactant air supplying means for supplying the reactant air ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507428 | Natural red pigment and food product and food material containing the pigment The present inventors found that a natural red pigment can be obtained from hemoglobin and myoglobin whose metalloporphyrin moiety is zinc protoporphyrin, and made meat products, whale meat products, fish meat products and fish paste products that were colored with ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507351 | Method for purifying electroluminescent material, electroluminescent material and electroluminescent device Objects of the present invention are to provide a purification process that enables Pd to be removed effectively, and to provide an electroluminescent material and an electroluminescent device obtained by employing the process. The present invention relates to a pro... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507290 | Flux assisted solid phase epitaxy A flux assisted solid phase epitaxy that can make a thin film having a crystalline perfection comparable with that of a bulk crystal and at a reduced cost is provided in which an amorphous film of a mixture of an objective substance to be grown epitaxially and a flu... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507289 | Electroconductive 12CaO—7Al2O3 and compound of same type, and method for preparation thereof In a solid solution system of Al2O3 and CAO or SrO, it has been difficult to obtain a material having a high electrical conductivity (>10−4 S·cm−) at room temperature. A compound is provided in which electrons ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507129 | Marine propulsion machine having drive shaft An outboard motor S has: a first drive shaft 31 interlocked with an internal combustion engine, a second drive shaft 32 interlocked with the first drive gear 31, an output gear mechanism 50 driven by the second drive shaft 32, a pr... | 03/24/2009 |
