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Patent JP-2003180399-A (JP)
Title: Method related to a-c repeat z-sequence upstream from aldose reductase gene
Inventor: FRYBURG DAVID ALBERT
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2002-09-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method related to an A-C repeat Z-sequence upstream from an aldose reductase gene.  <P>SOLUTION: This characterization method comprises determining the value of n of the (A-C)<SB>n</SB>repeat Z-sequence associated with each allele of the aldose reductase gene of a subject, and characterizing the subject as having the attribute of preferentially benefiting from the administration of an agent for prevention or treatment of a disease or pathological condition that is mediated by having at least one allele of the Z-sequence wherein the value of n is less than 24, with the proviso that the value of n of at least one allele of said subject is determined to be less than 24. The method of characterizing the subject corresponds to the polymorphic A-C repeat sequence located approximately 2.1 kb upstream from the aldose reductase gene. The method of prevention or treatment of the disease and the pathological condition is also provided.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004115043-A (JP)
Title: Carrying string
Inventor: KANEKO MICHIO
IPC: B65D63/10
Filed: 2002-09-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a carrying string which has a simple structure and is suitable for carrying a baggage, especially several folded corrugated boxes.  <P>SOLUTION: The carrying string is a circular support string 2 having respective double hook stoppers 4 on both ends. Desirably, parts of the support string 2 are tied together at a tying part 5 to form left and right ring parts 6, 7 that are symmetrical with respect to the tying part 5, and coupling strings 8 are attached in the middle between the center and the both ends of the circular string 2, respectively, to bridge respective gaps between opposite parts of the string 2.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004117665-A (JP)
Title: Functional multilayered film
Inventor: SOMENO YOSHIHIRO
IPC: G02F1/355
Filed: 2002-09-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a functional multilayered film wherein regularity can be incorporated to the arrangement of metal fine particles in the film thickness direction and dispersion density of the metal fine particles in a dielectric can be enhanced.  <P>SOLUTION: The functional film is formed by fixing the multiple metal fine particles 4 to a matrix 1 consisting of the dielectric. The matrix 1 is formed by laminating metal dispersed thin films 5 each consisting of a dielectric thin film 2 film-deposited in a prescribed thickness and the metal fine particles 4 dispersed and disposed on a film surface 3 of the dielectric thin film 2. Barrier films 6 consisting of a material having metal diffusion speed lower than that of the dielectric thin film 2 are film-deposited between the metal dispersion thin films 5.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003123984-A (JP)
Title: Organic light emitting device
Inventor: LIAO LYAN-SHEN
IPC: H01L51/50
Filed: 2002-09-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an organic light emitting device with high efficiency. SOLUTION: This organic light emitting device comprises, in order, (a) a substrate, (b) an anode, (c) a hole carrier layer containing a hole carrier organic compound, (d) an interface layer having a thickness within the range of 0.1 nm-5 nm, (e) a light emitting layer containing a light emitting organic compound, (f) an electron carrier layer containing an electron carrier organic compound, and (g) a cathode. The interface layer contains a compound showing an ionization potential higher than the organic compound of the hole carrier layer and an energy band gap equal to or larger than the organic compound of the light emitting layer.
Patent JP-2004113491-A (JP)
Title: Medical image information management system and medical image processing apparatus
Inventor: USUI TETSUYA
IPC: G16H10/60
Filed: 2002-09-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten the latency required for accessing another medical image processing apparatus and to improve operation efficiency, in a medical image information management system to which a plurality of medical image processing apparatuses are connected.  <P>SOLUTION: The medical image processing apparatus 30 is equipped with an image processing means 41a which applies image processing to image data obtained by reading a medical image recorded by photographing a diagnostic object, recording means 43 and 44 which record medical information comprising the information regarding the diagnostic image for medical treatment based on the image data subjected to the image processing in the image processing means and/or the information regarding the photographing of the diagnostic object, and an access control means 41c which accesses other medical image processing apparatuses in a plurality according to an instruction of an operator and reads out the medical information recorded in the recording means, while prohibiting the next access to the medical image processing apparatus not started among the other apparatuses, according to the instruction of the operator or automatically.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004125821-A (JP)
Title: Urethane blade member for electrophotographic image forming apparatus and its production method
Inventor: MORI HIROYUKI
IPC: B29L11/00
Filed: 2002-09-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a urethane blade member for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus which effectively prevents occurrences of burrs on the surface of a holder, and its effective production method.  <P>SOLUTION: In a metal holder 14 in which a blade 12 made of polyurethane rubber is integrally formed by a casting operation using a polyurethane material, a coating layer 20 of a curing catalyst for the urethane rubber material is formed on the surface of part of the blade 12 which includes at least a portion 19 adjacent to an integrally formed portion 18.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004128725-A (JP)
Title: Solid-state imaging apparatus and image signal processing circuit
Inventor: NISHIDA KAZUTO
IPC: H04N5/365
Filed: 2002-09-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid-state imaging apparatus adopting a method of dividing image areas and reading a pixel signal from each division area that suppresses production of a border line at joined parts.  <P>SOLUTION: The solid-state imaging apparatus having pixel areas 21 divided into a plurality and means 22, 23 for reading a pixel signal from each of the pixel areas 21, includes: a noise detection means 30 for detecting an amplitude value of a noise in the image signal for the every divided pixel are; a correction value calculation circuit 31 for calculating a correction value to correct the image signal in a way that the noise amplitude values of the noise detected by the means 30 are close to each other in the respective pixel division areas; an image compositing circuit 25 for compositing the images of the pixel division areas; a contour emphasis signal generating circuit 28 for generating a contour emphasis signal to emphasize a contour of the pixel areas on the basis of the composed image signal by the circuit 25; and a means 27 for generating a luminance signal subjected to contour emphasis by a luminance signal obtained on the basis of the composing image signal by the image compositing circuit 25 and by a contour emphasis signal resulting from the contour emphasis signal corrected by the correction value.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004122903-A (JP)
Title: Bumper device for vehicle
Inventor: YOSHIZAWA RYOZO
IPC: B60R19/36
Filed: 2002-10-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bumper device for a vehicle capable of sufficiently securing a crushable zone and effectively absorbing impact with excellent space efficiency.  <P>SOLUTION: In this bumper device of the vehicle, an actuator 34 is constituted of a long-sized cylinder 61 arranged along a longitudinal direction of a bumper beam 41, a pair of left and right pistons 62 and 63 arranged on the cylinder 61 and having mutually opposite operating directions, a pair of left and right sliders 64 and 65 moving along a longitudinal direction of the cylinder 61 by interlocking with the pistons 62 and 63, a pair of left and right swing arms 52 and 53 each of which has one end connected to the sliders 64 and 65 and the other end swingably connected to a vehicle body side, and a pair of left and right oblong hole shaped engagement parts 44 and 45 formed on the bumper beam 41 to connect the bumper beam 41 to the pair of left and right sliders 64 and 65, while allowing sliding of the pair of the left and right sliders 64 and 65. By this constitution, the bumper device for the vehicle can be made to have a structure with little depth to improve space efficiency of the vehicle.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004125647-A (JP)
Title: Coriolis mass flowmeter
Inventor: OSAWA NORIKAZU
IPC: G01F1/84
Filed: 2002-10-03
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Coriolis mass flowmeter having an exciter providing stable steady-state vibration without being affected by thermal deformation even if it arises in a vibration tube.  <P>SOLUTION: In this Coriolis mass flowmeter, a measured fluid flows through the vibration tube and the vibration tube is deformed and vibrated by Coriolis force generated by the flow of the measured fluid and by the angular vibration of the vibration tube. This mass flowmeter is characterized by having the vibration tube and the exciter. The vibration tube makes a simple harmonic oscillation on a circumferential line at prescribed distances from respective points on a reference axis, the reference axis being a straight line connecting an upstream side fixed end to a downstream side fixed end while keeping the shape of a point-symmetrical curve having three inflection points centering around the midpoint of the upstream side and downstream side fixed ends. The exciter is provided at the midpoint to apply a turning force around the reference axis or a turning force around the tube axis of the vibration tube to the vibration tube.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004128325-A (JP)
Title: Supporting jig
Inventor: NIIMI YASUYUKI
IPC: H01L21/027
Filed: 2002-10-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a supporting jig by which exposure or inspection of a large-scaled glass substrate for liquid crystal can be executed without a complicated device.  <P>SOLUTION: The surface of a blackened ceramics base material is covered with a transparent film to reduce the reflectivity of light. In the supporting jig for exposure or that for inspection having such a structure, the transparent film is formed of a resin film containing an enamel or a conductive substance, and the surface of the transparent film above the ceramics base material such as glass or the like is roughened. As a result, irregular reflection can be greatly prevented.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004134426-A (JP)
Title: Bonding apparatus of electronic part and bonding tool
Inventor: TAKAHASHI SEIJI
IPC: H01L21/60
Filed: 2002-10-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bonding apparatus of an electronic component which can stably bond at a low cost by a stably vibrating and to provide a bonding tool.  <P>SOLUTION: The bonding tool 14 for bonding an electronic component by loading and vibrating has a through hole 15b in a vertical direction perpendicular to the length direction at a position corresponding to an antinode of a standing wave vibration of a horn 15 of a lateral length having a vibrator 17 mounted at an end of one side. When a pressing element 30 is detachably mounted in the hole 15b, a bolt 18 is inserted into a through hole 30e of the element 30 via a clamping hole 15d provided in the length direction of the horn 15. The bolt 18 is clamped in the threaded hole provided at the horn 15 to clamp the element 30 by the clamping force of a vibration transmitting direction. Thus, stable vibration transmitting characteristics can be obtained by a simple structure.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004132220-A (JP)
Title: Dc-dc converter
Inventor: SUGIMOTO TAKASHI
IPC: H02M3/335
Filed: 2002-10-09
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a stable output regardless of fluctuation in power supply voltage, and ensure reliability of an element.  <P>SOLUTION: In this DC-DC converter, a primary coil current of a step-up transformer 1 supplied from a power supply device is intermitted by a power MOS-FET 2, and charging of a capacitor for ignition is performed through a rectifier diode by a secondary coil voltage of the step-up transformer 1 boosted by a flyback voltage of a coil. The DC-DC converter comprises: a current detection circuit 5 for detecting a drain current of the power MOS-FET 2; and control circuits (6, 7) which turn OFF the power MOS-FET 2 at a predetermined period of time and thereafter turn ON again the power MOS-FET 2 when the drain current detected by the current detection circuit 5 exceeds a predetermined threshold.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004134262-A (JP)
Title: Combined power generation system
Inventor: KUDOME OSAO
IPC: H01M8/06
Filed: 2002-10-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a combined power generation system operable without causing a problem in operations of an air compressor and a gas turbine even when used for a large-scale power generation facility or the like.  <P>SOLUTION: This combined power generation system 10 is composed of a fuel cell module 11 for providing power by reacting a fuel gas 1 with air 2; a fuel gas compression/supply unit 12 and a fuel gas preheater 13 for supplying the fuel gas 1 to the module 11; the air compressor 14 and an air preheater 15 for supplying the air 2 to the module 11; and a combustor 16 for burning a part of the air 2 and the fuel gas 1 discharged from the module 11. The system is also equipped with a gas turbine 18 and a generator 19 for operating the air compressor 14 with the fuel gas 5 from the combustor 16 and for generating power; and an air circulation blower 22, a heat exchanger 23, an oxygen separator 21a, and an oxygen compression supply unit 21b for cooling the rest of the air 2 discharged from the module 11, and for supplying it into the module 11 again by adding air 2a.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004097736-A (JP)
Title: Sole stimulation tool
Inventor: KURASAWA AKIRA
IPC: A61H39/04
Filed: 2002-09-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tool which stimulates the sole effectively for health promotion by walking on a pored pad.  <P>SOLUTION: The sole stimulation tool is configured by opening pores (2) of a suitable diameter on a hard and thick pad (1). Conventionally, there are a stepping appliance dividing a green bamboo in half, a synthetic resin semicylindrical appliance with big and small projections buried therein, sandals with small projections, and the like, but their weak points are eliminated by this sole stimulation tool.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004137180-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing carboxylate
Inventor: INAGAKI TAKAHIRO
IPC: B01J38/64
Filed: 2002-10-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide (1) a method for producing a carboxylate, comprising reacting one or more alcohols with oxygen in the presence of a noble metal-carried catalyst, by which the temporal deterioration of the noble metal-carried catalyst can be depressed, and to provide (2) a method for recycling the temporally deteriorated noble metal-carried catalyst used in the production method.  <P>SOLUTION: (1) This method for producing the carboxylate, comprising reacting one or more alcohols with oxygen, is characterized by making a basic compound to coexist in the reaction system, when at least the alcohol is reacted with the oxygen. (2) The method for recycling the temporally deteriorated noble metal-carried catalyst is characterized by washing with a basic compound-containing solution the noble metal-carried catalyst used in the method for producing the carboxylate, comprising reacting the one or more alcohols with the oxygen in the presence of the noble metal-carried catalyst.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004137538-A (JP)
Title: Austenitic stainless steel strip and method for manufacturing the same
Inventor: HATANO MASAHARU
IPC: C21D9/46
Filed: 2002-10-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hot rolled annealed and pickled steel strip which is free of uneven brightness, a cold rolled, annealed and pickled steel strip, and an austenitic stainless steel strip by which the annealed and pickled steel strips can be surely obtained and a method for manufacturing the same.  <P>SOLUTION: The ten point average roughness Rz at the boundary between the matrix and oxide scale of the austenitic hot rolled steel strip is 3 to 30 μm and the surface layer section of the matrix is a Cr depletion layer. The hot rolled annealed and pickled steel strip consisting of a hot rolled steel strip as material is ≤1 μm in the variation ΔRz in the ten point average roughness Rz in the transverse direction of the steel strip and the cold rolled, annealed and pickled steel strip is ≤20 in the variation Δ Gs in the glossiness Gs (60°) when the steel strip is subjected to glossiness measurement in the transverse direction of the steel strip. The steel strips can be surely manufactured by applying spray water to the steel strip surfaces exceeding 950°C during finish rolling after rough rolling in hot rolling a continuously cast slab by heating the slab in such a manner that the slab surface temperature is held within the range from 1,200 to 1,270°C after conditioning of the slab and thereafter by coiling the steel strip at a temperature exceeding 780°C.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004140641-A (JP)
Title: Image communication device and image storage system
Inventor: TAKEDA SADAO
IPC: H04W88/18
Filed: 2002-10-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image communication device which can automatically store an image photographed by an imaging means, an image communication device that a user can use without paying attention to the remaining capacity of an image storage memory (free of data loss due to an accident on a server), and an image storage system which can collect and safely manage image information at one place.  <P>SOLUTION: The imaging means 101, an image storage means 102 of storing an image acquired by the imaging means 101, and a wired or wireless communication means 103 of following a procedure for automatically uploading an image to an image storage server when the imaging means 101 photographs the image, are included.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003178931-A (JP)
Title: Thin-film capacitor and foil therefor
Inventor: CARLEN MARTIN
IPC: H01G4/005
Filed: 2002-10-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a capacitor for high voltage that has self-curing property without releasing very high energy even during breakdown, and that can operate without any loss even when AC current is used.  <P>SOLUTION: This capacitor is wound by at least one sheet of foil (1) provided with a supporting foil (3) used as a dielectric and at least one sheet of conductor layer (4). It is provided with an internal series circuit. The conductor layer (4) covered on the dielectric or the conductor layer is divided in a plurality of areas (4.1 and 4.2), comprising the internal series circuit. The areas (4.1 and 4.2) are correlatively arranged, or they are connected with each other in some case so that a number of unit capacitors connected in series may be formed. The capacitor is superior because a current passage structural body is formed on the areas.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004140298-A (JP)
Title: Epitaxial wafer for light-emitting diode, and light emitting diode
Inventor: SUGAWARA TEPPEI
IPC: H01L33/30
Filed: 2002-10-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably supply a epitaxial wafers for light-emitting diode and light-emitting diodes which have luminous intensities higher than those of conventional ones.  <P>SOLUTION: The epitaxial wafer for light-emitting diode has a double heterostructure, wherein a p-type GaAlAs clad layer 3, a p-type GaAlAs active layer 2, and an n-type GaAlAs clad layer 1 are formed successively on a p-type GaAs substrate 4. In this epitaxial wafer having the double heterostructure, the ratio of the carrier concentration C2 of the p-type GaAs substrate 4 to the carrier concentration C1 of the p-type GaAlAs clad layer 3 is so determined as to have the relation 25≤ C2/C1≤ 70. Preferably the ratio is determined to have the relation 30≤ C2/C1≤ 55.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004141993-A (JP)
Title: Electromagnetic chuck
Inventor: TOKUGAWA YOSHITADA
IPC: B23Q3/15
Filed: 2002-10-23
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electromagnetic chuck wherein the thickness of a work-piece is directly measured on the electromagnetic chuck by making use of a micrometer, and the close contact of the work-piece is easily released.  <P>SOLUTION: A releasing groove 67 is arranged in a part of the region of the electromagnetic chuck 6 to which the bottom face of the work-piece placed on the holding face 64 of the electromagnetic chuck 6, and a measuring groove 68, which is wider than the releasing groove 67, is also provided in the holding face on the front face side of the electromagnetic chuck 6. The fixed end of an external micrometer is inserted into the measuring groove 68 to measure the thickness of the work-piece by rotating the movable screw of the external micrometer. The close contact with the holding face 64 of the electromagnetic chuck is released by pushing the bottom face of the work-piece upward by inserting the work-piece pushing up tool between the releasing groove 67 and the bottom face of the work-piece and pushing it upward.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003224491-A (JP)
Title: High-frequency switching component
Inventor: MUTO HIDEKI
IPC: H01P1/213
Filed: 2002-10-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-frequency switching component for which countermeasures against noises, including electrostatic surge, are taken while preventing increase in a mounting area.  <P>SOLUTION: Inductors L1, L2 and L3 for eliminating noises are inserted in between signal lines and ground terminals of an antenna terminal, a transmission circuit terminal and a reception circuit terminal respectively. These inductors L1-L3 are provided by line electrodes, provided inside a multi-layer circuit board 2 whis is provided in the high-frequency switching component. These line electrodes are provided on an insulating layer 5, which is different from insulating layers 6-9 on which transmission lines SL1, SL2 and capacitor electrodes 15, 17-19, 23-25 are respectively mounted.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO