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Patent JP-2009216834-A (JP)
Title: Optical fiber cable
Inventor: OSATO TAKESHI
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 2008-03-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent degradation in transmission loss characteristics by bending, or the like, of an optical fiber cable and to improve workability of intermediate post-branching.  <P>SOLUTION: The optical fiber cable comprises a slot core 7 having a single groove 5 for storing optical fibers 3 inside and a sheath 9 covering the circumference of the slot core 7, wherein the sheath 9 has a thick portion 13 in the opening 11 side of the groove 5, where the sheath has a relatively larger thickness than at a portion in the opposite side of the opening 11. If the direction of a line connecting the center of the sheath and the center of the opening 11 is set as a Y axis, in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sheath, at least one linear material 17, 19 is disposed on the Y axis, in each of the inner portion of the slot core 7 and the thick portion 13 so as to render the Y axis as a neutral line for bending of the cable, and the optical fibers 3 in the groove 5 are arranged, at a position substantially coinciding with the Y axis. A longitudinal tape 21, having a width that covers the opening 11 but does not cover the whole circumference of the slot core 7 is applied in the longitudinal direction, and the cable has a fixed portion 23, where the sheath 9 is partially fixed to the slot core 7 in an area which is not covered with the longitudinal tape 21.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008228304-A (JP)
Title: Class d amplifier device
Inventor: KIRCHMEIER THOMAS
IPC: H03F3/217
Filed: 2008-03-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an amplifier device suitable for operation at high frequencies.  <P>SOLUTION: A high-frequency class D amplifier device (10) for operation at supply voltages of at least 100V and at output power of at least 1 kW includes a half-bridge formed from two switching elements (11, 12) connected in series, in particular, from MOSFETs, the half-bridge comprising two supply voltage terminals (18, 19), and an output connection (24) between the switching elements (11, 12). A bypass capacitor (20) is provided in parallel with a serial circuit of the switching elements (11, 12), and a current path is through the switching elements (11, 12) and the bypass capacitor (20), where the current path has a length of 10 cm or less.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009218353-A (JP)
Title: Surface-mounting electronic component and mounting structure thereof
Inventor: KOMATSU TAKASHI
IPC: H01G4/12
Filed: 2008-03-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a surface-mounting electronic component for preventing an element body from being cracked easily by relaxing stress to the element body.  <P>SOLUTION: A surface-mounting capacitor 1 comprises a dielectric element body 10 and external electrodes 16A, 16B. The external electrode 16A comprises: fired electrode layers 18A<SB>1</SB>-18A<SB>5</SB>; a resin electrode layer; a first plated layer; and a second plated layer. The fired electrode layer 18A<SB>1</SB>is formed on a main surface 10a so that the fired electrode layer 18A<SB>1</SB>is not on edge sections E1-E4. The fired electrode layers 18A<SB>2</SB>-18A<SB>5</SB>are provided closer to the main surface 10a in sides 10c so that they are not on the edge sections E1-E4. Therefore, each of the fired electrode layers 18A<SB>2</SB>-18A<SB>5</SB>is separated from the fired electrode layer 18A<SB>1</SB>in the edge sections E1-E4.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009218505-A (JP)
Title: Unload chamber, and method for operating the same
Inventor: MIYOSHI AKIRA
IPC: H01L21/677
Filed: 2008-03-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an unload chamber capable of reducing positional deviations of a plurality of substrates loaded on a conveying tray, and to provide a method for operating the unload chamber.  <P>SOLUTION: The unload chamber 3 capable of carrying the conveying tray T on which a plurality of substrates W are loaded in a two-dimensional array in a pressure-reduced state and capable of increasing pressure in the inside of the chamber, includes a gas blowoff device 15 for increasing pressure from the pressure-reduced state. The gas blowoff device 15 includes a plurality of gas blowoff ports 18 arranged two-dimensionally so as to be respectively opposed to the plurality of substrates W. Thereby, a virtual holding mechanism can be formed by an air current of gas blowoff from the gas blowoff ports 18 and the conveying tray T, and the positional deviations of respective substrates W can be reduced. By reducing positional deviations, stability in facilities when taking out the substrates W in a downstream process can be also improved.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009190715-A (JP)
Title: Meeting rudder steering device
Inventor: TATENO YOSHIO
IPC: B63H25/02
Filed: 2008-02-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steering device stabilizing the course by a predicted meeting rudder.  <P>SOLUTION: An auxiliary steering lever 4 constituted by extending a steering lever (or steering wheel) is mounted to reduce steering action force, and an extendable bar 5 having a rotating fulcrum is mounted to a portion in the vicinity of a front end of the auxiliary steering lever 4. A support point 7 for grounding a hull etc. in the other end part of the extendable bar 5 is moved, and a meeting rudder angle is adjusted and set. A shock cord 6 is drawn from a portion in the vicinity of the front end of the auxiliary steering lever 4 to the abeam broadside and is fixed. By comprehensive action of the tension and a screw propeller, floating of steering is suppressed, so as to obtain a stable course.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009224594-A (JP)
Title: Silicon epitaxial wafer and method for manufacturing the same
Inventor: ARAI TAKESHI
IPC: H01L21/683
Filed: 2008-03-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a silicon epitaxial wafer and its manufacturing method capable of reducing dust in a device manufacturing process.  <P>SOLUTION: There is provided the method of manufacturing a silicon epitaxial wafer by growing an epitaxial layer by placing a silicon substrate on a susceptor. The method includes at least a step of forming a silicon oxide film 4 entirely on the rear surface of the silicon substrate W; a step of removing the silicon oxide film 4 formed at least on an edge section 3 of the silicon substrate W; and a step of placing the silicon substrate W on the susceptor 16 with the silicon oxide film 4 in between. While the silicon substrate W is held by the susceptor 16 via the silicon oxide film 4, an epitaxial layer 5 is grown on the silicon substrate.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009220455-A (JP)
Title: Liquid discharge head and image forming apparatus
Inventor: ABE SHUYA
IPC: B41J2/055
Filed: 2008-03-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such a problem that the shape of the surface between adjacent vibrating plates including wiring cannot be made flat, while suppressing curving of the vibrating plate in a fixed part.  <P>SOLUTION: A fixed electrode layer 12 forming a fixed electrode 12a, a sacrificial layer 14 forming a gap 14b and a variable electrode layer 23 forming a variable electrode 23a are stacked in this order. The sacrificial layer 14 between the fixed electrode 12a and the variable electrode 23a is removed by etching, to form the gap 14b, the end part (fixed part) 20a in the nozzle arrangement direction of the vibrating plate 20 is provided on the fixed electrode layer 12 and between the adjacent vibrating plates 20, the fixed electrode layer 12 does not exist and a wiring layer 53b made of a material whose resistivity is lower than that of the fixed electrode layer 12 is formed and is connected to the variable electrode layer 23.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009223154-A (JP)
Title: Structure regularly arranged on substrate in two-dimensional manner and method for forming the structure
Inventor: SASAKI NAOTO
IPC: G02B1/11
Filed: 2008-03-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming structures regularly arranged on a substrate in a two-dimensional manner without using a high-precision/high-performance/expensive processing device and without requiring a fine and complicated processing step.  <P>SOLUTION: The method forms structures arranged on a substrate in a two-dimensional manner by forming a single layer by arranging spherical particles on the surface of the substrate so as to fill the surface with the spherical particles most densely using self-organization of the spherical bodies, and performing etching processing using the single layer formed of the spherical particles as an etching mask.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009225263-A (JP)
Title: Method and apparatus for outputting advertisement onto printed matter
Inventor: OTAKE ATSUSHI
IPC: H04N1/387
Filed: 2008-03-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of outputting an advertisement relevant to a document.  <P>SOLUTION: An advertisement associated with information contained in characters or images of an original is combined in a blank area of the original and output to be presented to a user of a document, thereby providing an opportunity for a user to be more strongly interested in the advertisement, and providing an opportunity for an advertiser to efficiently output the advertisement to be presented with a user, who may be more interested in the advertisement, as a target. The document is generated in which a position to insert the advertisement associated with characters or images contained in the original is adjusted and disposed in the vicinity of the associated characters or images, thereby providing the opportunity for a user, who utilizes the document, to be easily interested in the advertisement, and so that advertising revenue reduces costs of or makes free pay copy services or the like.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009220520-A (JP)
Title: Liquid discharge apparatus and wiping method
Inventor: INOUE HIROSHI
IPC: B41J2/165
Filed: 2008-03-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress scattering of cleaning liquid from a rotating wiping body even when the wiping body is rotated to wipe a nozzle surface.  <P>SOLUTION: The cleaning liquid is recovered from the wiping body 32 with a pump 34 after the wiping body 32 applied the cleaning liquid to the nozzle surface 14 before the wiping body 32 wipes the nozzle surface 14. This can prevent scattering of the cleaning liquid because the wiping body 32 can be rotated to wipe the nozzle surface 14 in the state where almost no cleaning liquid is present in the wiping body 32.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009219823-A (JP)
Title: Forceps plug for endoscope
Inventor: YAMANE KENJI
IPC: A61B1/00
Filed: 2008-03-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a forceps plug for an endoscope which surely provides a prescribed diameter of an opening when a pathway is opened, allows insertion of a large-scaled device, and surely close the opening when the pathway is closed.  <P>SOLUTION: In constitution of a forceps plug 30, a flexible tube 32 is installed in a supporting chassis 31 which includes an elastic member attached to a ferrule 25 attached to an instrument-leading section 22. A coil 34 is coiled around the outer circumference of the flexible tube 32. A rotational operating member 33 is rotatably fitted to the upper end of the supporting chassis 31. The coil 34 has a length corresponding to several pitches at rough pitch intervals, and both ends of the coil are bent in such a way that they are straight and linked with the rotational operating member 33 and the supporting chassis 31. When the rotational operating member 33 is rotated, the coil 34 is wound and tightened and a communicating path 32a is closed in such a way that the flexible tube 32 may overlap in a helical manner.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009228139-A (JP)
Title: Foamed wallpaper and method for producing the same
Inventor: ASAI KAZUKO
IPC: B32B5/20
Filed: 2008-03-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foamed wallpaper capable of maintaining stainproof properties over a long period by suppressing cracks of a surface protective coating causing the reduction of the stain resistance.  <P>SOLUTION: The foamed wallpaper is constituted of at least a base material, a foamed resin layer and the surface protective coating, wherein the surface protective coating is formed of at least two or more kinds of waxes. The method for producing the foamed wallpaper includes a step for forming a lower foamable resin composition layer containing at least two or more kinds of the waxes on the base material, a step for forming an upper foamable resin composition layer on the lower foamable resin composition layer, and a step for forming a foamed resin layer by foaming the lower foamable resin layer and the upper foamable resin layer and simultaneously forming the surface protective coating by allowing two or more kinds of the waxes to bleed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009226620-A (JP)
Title: Nozzle inspection device, liquid discharge apparatus, and nozzle inspection method
Inventor: YOSHIDA YUJI
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2008-03-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more enhance nozzle inspection accuracy in a nozzle inspection device, a liquid discharge apparatus and a nozzle inspection method.  <P>SOLUTION: A potential difference is made between the nozzle plate 27 of a print head 24 and a cap 41. Among electrodes 52a to 52d disposed so as to be insulated from one another in the four inspection areas 42a to 42d provided in the cap 41, a differential amplifier circuit 55a is connected to the two adjacent electrodes 52a and 52b, and a differential amplifier circuit 55b is connected to the two adjacent electrodes 52c and 52d. In addition, voltage detection circuits 56a and 56b are connected to the output sides of the differential amplifier circuits 55a and 55b. When a nozzle is inspected, the print head 24 is controlled so that an ink drop is discharged into a cap 41 from the nozzle 23. Among the electrodes 52a to 52d, a difference between a voltage signal from the electrode from which an ink drop was discharged and a voltage signal from an electrode from which an ink drop was not discharged is acquired. Then, the acquired voltage signal Vout and a threshold Vref is compared, thereby determining whether an ink drop is normally discharged from the nozzle 23.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009228928-A (JP)
Title: Air conditioner
Inventor: KASAHARA SHINICHI
IPC: F25B47/02
Filed: 2008-03-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure indoor comfort by preventing a wasteful defrosting operation by estimating the amount of frost attached to an outdoor heat exchanger during a heating operation by a simple method, in an air conditioner comprising a plurality of indoor units.  <P>SOLUTION: Two indoor units 12, 13 are connected to one outdoor unit 11, and a defrosting operation is performed to melt the frost attached to the outdoor heat exchanger 33 during the heating operation. In the defrosting operation, a high-pressure refrigerant discharged from a compressor 31 is supplied to the outdoor heat exchanger 33. In the heating operation, a defrosting operation control section of a controller 60 calculates a capacity index value indicating a capacity of the outdoor heat exchanger 33 by using an evaporation temperature of the refrigerant in the outdoor heat exchanger 33 and a measured value of an outside air temperature sensor 58. The defrosting operation control section determines that the attachment of frost in the outdoor heat exchanger 33 is increased, and starts the defrosting operation, when the capacity index value is lowered during the heating operation.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008263186-A (JP)
Title: Halogen-free amorphous carbon mask etching having high selectivity to photoresist
Inventor: KIM JONG MUN
IPC: G03F7/40
Filed: 2008-03-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To define a feature in a multi-layer masking stack including an amorphous carbon layer using a halogen-free plasma etching process in one embodiment of the present invention.  <P>SOLUTION: In a particular embodiment, oxygen (O<SB>2</SB>), nitrogen (N<SB>2</SB>), and carbon monoxide (CO) are utilized to etch the amorphous carbon layer to form a mask capable of producing sub-100 nm features on a substrate film having a reduced line edge roughness value. In another embodiment, the present invention performs O<SB>2</SB>plasma pretreatment prior to halogen-free amorphous carbon etching to form an oxidized silicon region on a patterned photoresist layer to increase the selectivity of amorphous carbon etching relative to a patterned photoresist layer containing unoxidized silicon.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008235905-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor device and its manufacturing method
Inventor: KUWABARA HIDEAKI
IPC: H01L21/20
Filed: 2008-03-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem of a semiconductor device that in order to make a progress in microfabrication of a pitch of respective display pixels accompanying further high-definition (enlargement in number of pixels) and miniaturization in future, a plurality of elements are formed in a limited area and the area occupied by the elements is reduced and integrated.  <P>SOLUTION: The semiconductor device has a first transistor and a second transistor on the same substrate. The first transistor has a first semiconductor film with crystal structure, a first insulating film, a second semiconductor film with crystal structure, a second insulating film, and a first gate electrode, where the first insulating film, the second semiconductor film, the second insulating film, and the first gate electrode are laminated on the first semiconductor film in order. The second transistor has a third semiconductor film with crystal structure, a first insulating film, a third insulating film, and a second gate electrode, where the first insulating film, the third insulating film, and the second gate electrode are laminated on the third semiconductor film in order. The second insulating film and the third insulating film are made of the same material.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009230979-A (JP)
Title: Cleaning method of fuel cell
Inventor: TAKEHIRO NAOKI
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2008-03-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning method of a fuel cell in which platinum deposited in an electrolyte membrane can be cleaned and removed, and in which improvement of durability of the fuel cell is possible.  <P>SOLUTION: The cleaning method of the fuel cell includes a membrane-electrode assembly equipped with: the electrolyte membrane; an anode electrode which is installed on one surface of the electrolyte membrane and contains at least platinum particles; and a cathode electrode which is installed on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane and contains at least platinum particles, wherein the method further includes: a step of removing platinum chain ion in which in the existence of an oxidizer, while making a potential V<SB>Pt</SB>of platinum deposited in the electrolyte membrane 0.75 V≤V<SB>Pt</SB>≤1.2 V (vs. SHE), by impregnating chloride ion solution containing chloride ion supplying material in the electrolyte membrane, the platinum is rendered into platinic chloride complex ions, and eluted and removed from the electrolyte membrane; and a cleaning process in which the chloride ions are cleaned and removed from the electrolyte membrane.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009230352-A (JP)
Title: Storage capacity extension method and storage system using the method
Inventor: SHIGA KENTA
IPC: G06F12/00
Filed: 2008-03-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the following problem: when additionally providing a disk drive to a RAID group in each RAID, additionally provided capacity cannot be used until relocation of data ends.  <P>SOLUTION: In this storage system, respective real areas of the plurality of disk drives included in the storage system include management units. When a controller of the storage system receives a request for writing in an unused virtual area, the controller allocates the real area of a plurality of first disk drives to the virtual area, distributedly stores the data in the plurality of management units of the allocated real area. When the controller receives a request to additionally provide a second disk drive, the controller distributedly stores the data stored in the plurality of management units of the plurality of first disk drives in the plurality of management units of the plurality of first disk drives and the second disk drive. When the controller receives the request for writing of the data in the unused virtual area, the controller allocates the real areas of the plurality of first disk drives and the second disk drive.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009227182-A (JP)
Title: Steering device
Inventor: INOUE KOJI
IPC: B62D1/19
Filed: 2008-03-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steeling device with a tilting lock mechanism for surely preventing the movement of a column toward the upward tilting side during secondary collision.  <P>SOLUTION: When great impact produces outer force toward the upward tilting side during secondary collision to further rotate a driving eccentric cam 31 and a driven eccentric cam in the direction of a solid-line arrowmark 355, a sawtooth-shaped uneven portion 314 is further bitten into an end face 231b of an upper vehicle body mounting bracket 23 on the rear side of a vehicle body. When the driving eccentric cam 31 and the driven eccentric cam are further rotated in the direction of the solid-line arrowmark 355, a stopper 316 is bitten into an end face 231b of the upper vehicle body mounting bracket 23 on the rear side of the vehicle body. Thus, the rotation of the driving eccentric cam 31 and the driven eccentric cam is stopped to surely prevent the movement of a column clamping member in the tilting direction.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009228887-A (JP)
Title: Gas supply system
Inventor: ISHIDA YOSHIHIRO
IPC: H01L21/02
Filed: 2008-03-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gas supply system capable of eliminating mixing-in of an impurity caused by installation-removal operation of a pipe part, and capable of safely maintaining-managing a filling vessel of high purity gas by quick operation with a simple constitution.  <P>SOLUTION: This gas supply system includes: a joining part So with a vessel valve 1a as a part of the pipe part L, having a connecting part S between a purge gas flow passage Ls and the pipe part L; a first bypass flow passage B1 arranged in the middle between the joining part So and the vessel valve 1a; and a second bypass flow passage B2 arranged in the middle between the connecting part S and a process device 2.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009234926-A (JP)
Title: Adrenal gland hypertrophy inhibitor and feedstuff composition or therapeutic composition containing the same
Inventor: ISHIDA KINJI
IPC: A61K36/752
Filed: 2008-03-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a raw material excellent in an effect of inhibiting the hypertrophy of adrenal gland accompanying the reduction of function of secretory system caused by psychological stress burden, and a feedstuff composition or a therapeutic composition inhibiting the hypertrophy of the adrenal gland caused by the psychological stress burden due to high density breeding, and excellent in safety.  <P>SOLUTION: This adrenal gland hypertrophy inhibitor containing naringin and/or narirutin which is a flavone compound contained much in citruses or their processed materials (preferably, the fruit rind or squeezed debris of unshiu mandarin orange) is incorporated into the feedstuff composition of animals, fishes or shellfishes. and the therapeutic composition such as an orally administering agent, a skin preparation for external use, etc.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT