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Patent JP-2017162817-A (JP)
Title: Energy storage system and method in which capacitor and battery are combined
Inventor: JEREMY COWPERTHWAITE
IPC: H01M50/253
Filed: 2017-03-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an energy storage system and method in which a capacitor and a battery are combined.SOLUTION: An energy storage device 400 includes a first device terminal 48, a second device terminal 49, a battery 30 connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a capacitor 20 connected in parallel with the battery. A rectifier 63 is connected between the first terminal and the capacitor, and configured to allow a substantially unidirectional current flow from the first terminal to the capacitor. A switch may be between the capacitor and the first terminal. A current limiter may be between the first terminal and the capacitor. A housing body may be included that has an integrated battery housing and capacitor housing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9
Patent JP-2017189095-A (JP)
Title: Stator structure and resolver
Inventor: MATSUURA MUTSUMI
IPC: H02K3/50
Filed: 2017-03-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stator structure and a resolver with improved reliability.SOLUTION: A stator structure comprises: a stator part having a stator core that includes a first main body part and a plurality of teeth parts extended to an inner periphery side of the first main body part and a coil that is structured by a winding wound around each tooth part through an insulator; a coil cover that covers the coil from an axial direction of the stator core; a terminal stage part that extends outwards in the radial direction of the stator core 5 from the insulator; a plurality of terminals which are provided to the terminal stage part and to which a terminal of a winding constructing the coil is connected; and a terminal stage cover part that is provided to the coil cover, and covers the terminal stage part. The terminal stage cover part includes a plurality of isolation members provided inside. Each of the plurality of terminals is housed in each of a plurality of spaces formed by the plurality of isolation members so as to be separated from each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2018154907-A (JP)
Title: Pretreatment method for molten iron
Inventor: NORITAKE TAKAFUMI
IPC: C21C1/02
Filed: 2017-03-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pretreatment method for molten iron that can suppress the amount of lime source to be used and perform a pretreatment efficiently.SOLUTION: In the pretreatment method for molten iron, a refining agent is added to molten iron 2 contained in a hot iron transport container (for example, a torpedo car 1) and subjected to a pretreatment by oxidation refining. The pretreatment method includes a first pretreatment step and a second pretreatment step. In the first pretreatment step, only an oxygen source is added to the molten iron 2 as a refining agent to desiliconize the molten iron 2. In the second pretreatment step, a slag-making agent having CaO and an oxygen source are added to the molten iron 2 as refining agents, after a cumulative amount Q corresponding to the oxygen gas of the oxygen source added in the first pretreatment step satisfies the expression (1), to dephosphorize the molten iron 2. In the first pretreatment step, at least a solid oxygen source containing iron oxide is used as the oxygen source, and the solid oxygen source is blown from an injection lance 3 immersed in the molten iron 2, to add the oxygen source to the molten iron 2. Q≥[Si]×16...(1)SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018161725-A (JP)
Title: Machine tool system and moving method
Inventor: WATANABE RIKIZO
IPC: B25J13/00
Filed: 2017-03-27
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a machine tool system which enables improvement of flexibility of movement of a processed object, and to provide a moving method.SOLUTION: A machine tool system (10) includes: a machine tool (12), which processes a processed object (W) by using a tool (22) attached to a spindle (20), and further includes multiple robots (14) which are installed in a process area (12a) of the machine tool (12), hold the processed object (W), and move the processed object (W) according to processing performed by the machine tool (12).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018165893-A (JP)
Title: Work support device, work support method, and work support program
Inventor: YOSHIDA HIROYUKI
IPC: G06Q50/04
Filed: 2017-03-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a work support device capable of grasping a cause for delay in work and obtaining information useful for enhancing the level of proficiency early.SOLUTION: A work support device comprises all work time calculating means and effective operation time calculating means. The all work time calculating means calculates all work time from the start of work to the end of work for a worker who works to perform a process. The effective operation time calculating means calculates time when the worker is operating effectively for progress of the process within all work time as effective operation time. The foregoing configuration allows dividing time of operating effectively for progress of a process and time spent for an ineffective operation within work time of a worker, and grasping a ratio of the times.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018169880-A (JP)
Title: Vehicle search system, license plate information accumulation device, and method
Inventor: HIGUCHI TAKEHIRO
IPC: G08G1/017
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To administer a vehicle search system having high search capability while observing positional information privacy.SOLUTION: A vehicle search system is configured to include a server system and a plurality of vehicles that are communicable with each other via a relay base station to search a vehicle having specific license plate information based on license plate information provided by the plurality of vehicles. Each of the plurality of vehicles further includes privacy protection means for, by storing a digest that is a bit logical sum of a bit string transformed from the license plate information, accumulating the license plate information recognized by recognition means to perform privacy protection processing to set a value of a bit position selected by a prescribed rule relative to the digest at 1, and transmits the digest after the privacy protection processing to the server system.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018168787-A (JP)
Title: Exhaust bypass device and supercharger
Inventor: YOSHIMI SOJI
IPC: F02B37/18
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: To secure good operation of a waste gate valve and enable reduction of abrasion in an operation part to improve reliability in an exhaust bypass device and a supercharger.SOLUTION: An exhaust bypass device is provided with: an actuator 31 which reciprocates a driving rod 41 in an axial direction; a support shaft 34 rotatably supported by a housing; a connection link 33 which is rotatably connected to a tip part of the driving rod 41 at one end part and is fixed to one axial end part of the support shaft 34 at the other end part; a waste gate valve 36 connected to the other axial end part in the support shaft 34; and a compression coil spring 61 serving as a friction resistance material which increases friction resistance of a rotary connection part between a connection rod 32 connected to the driving rod 41 and the connection link 33.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Patent JP-2018169559-A (JP)
Title: Galvano scanner
Inventor: OGATA KAZUNARI
IPC: G02B26/10
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve dimensional accuracy in a rotation limit mechanism for limiting a rotation angle of a rotation axis of a Galvano scanner within a predetermined angular range.SOLUTION: A Galvano scanner (1) in which a rotation axis (21) is rotated within a predetermined angular range, and light with which a mirror (3) fixed to the rotation axis is irradiated is reflected in a direction corresponding to the rotation angle of the rotation axis comprises: a protruding structure (11) fixed to the rotation axis, and configured to rotate with the rotation axis; an impact absorbing material (12) fixed to a position corresponding to a margin of the angular range in a plane on which the protruding structure rotates, and configured to prevent the protruding structure from rotating beyond the margin, and to absorb an impact when the protruding structure collides; and a positioning part (13) fixed to a position not in contact with the protruding structure, and provided with a reference surface (31) for positioning the impact absorbing material, therein a part of a surface on a side with which the protruding structure collides in the impact absorbing material is pressed against the reference surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Patent JP-2018172883-A (JP)
Title: Work machine periphery monitoring system
Inventor: KIYOTA YOSHINAGA
IPC: E02F9/24
Filed: 2017-03-31
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a work machine periphery monitoring system which can change performance of detecting an object to be monitored in accordance with situation.SOLUTION: The system comprises: a plurality of detecting portions detecting a predetermined object to be monitored in monitor areas that are different from each other in the periphery of a work machine; a performance changing portion changing each performance of detecting the object to be monitored of at least two detecting portions of the plurality of detecting portions. Alternatively, the system comprises: a detecting portion of the object to be monitored detecting the predetermined object to be monitored in the periphery of the work machine; and a performance changing portion changing performance of at least two performance items out of a plurality of performance items regarding detecting performance of the object to be monitored in the detecting portion of the object to be monitored.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7
Patent JP-2018174196-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method
Inventor: UEDA TAKEHIRO
IPC: H01L29/778
Filed: 2017-03-31
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve characteristics of a semiconductor device (high electron mobility transistor).SOLUTION: A semiconductor device of the present embodiment has a buffer layer, a channel layer, a barrier layer, a mesa-type cap layer, a source electrode SE formed at one side of the cap layer, a drain electrode DE formed at the other side of the cap layer and a gate electrode GE formed on the cap layer via a gate insulation film GI. The semiconductor device has an element isolation region ISO for partitioning an active region AC where the semiconductor device is provided; and the gate electrode GE extends from a surface of the active region AX to a surface of the element isolation region ISO; and the active region AC has a projection ACe projecting in an overlapping region with the gate electrode GE in a plan view in a direction toward the element isolation region ISO. As described above, by providing the projection ACe in the active region AC, a channel length of a parasitic transistor can be increased thereby to make it hard for the parasitic transistor PTr to be turned ON.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018171632-A (JP)
Title: Laser processing device and laser processing method
Inventor: HAYASHI HIROKAZU
IPC: B23K26/00
Filed: 2017-03-31
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laser processing device and a laser processing method which can reduce determination, a labor and a time to obtain a target processing shape when processing a workpiece with a laser beam guided from a liquid jet.SOLUTION: A laser processing device includes: a processing head 40 which irradiates a workpiece W with a laser beam L while guiding the laser beam L with a liquid jet J; processed shape measuring means 72 which measures a processed shape formed by the processing head 40; and a control section 30 (laser beam distribution adjusting means) which adjusts laser beam distribution in a liquid jet J on a laser beam irradiation surface of the workpiece W based on comparison of the processed shape measured by the processed shape measuring means 72 with a target processed shape.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018182459-A (JP)
Title: Imaging apparatus and control method thereof
Inventor: SAKAGUCHI TAKESHI
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2017-04-07
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus capable of improving accuracy of focus detection while maintaining photographing with an appropriate exposure amount.SOLUTION: An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, scanning means that performs first scanning for outputting a first signal based on a light flux having passed through a first region of an exit pupil of an imaging optical system from a first pixel from among the plurality of pixels and second scanning for outputting a second signal based on a light flux having passed through a second region which is a part of the first region from a second pixel from among the plurality of pixels, determination means that determines whether to set a second exposure time of the second pixel to be shorter than a first exposure time of the first pixel, and exposure time setting means that sets the first exposure time and the second exposure time on the basis of a result of determination by the determination means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017126088-A (JP)
Title: Cascaded Raman fiber laser system based on filter fiber
Inventor: DAVID J DIGIOVANNI
IPC: G02F1/35
Filed: 2017-04-13
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light generation and amplification system that uses both ionic and nonlinear gain for high-power cascaded Raman lasing.SOLUTION: A light generation and amplification system includes filter fiber that has a refractive index profile that suppresses unwanted Stokes orders at wavelengths longer than a target wavelength and that has normal dispersion over its operating wavelength. A nested series of reflectors is provided at an input end and an output end of the fiber, and configured to provide a nested series of Raman cavities, separated in the wavelength by approximately the respective Stokes shifts. A first cavity in the series provides laser oscillation due to a combination of ionic gain and feedback at a selected first wavelength, and provides Raman gain to light at a first Stokes shift of the first wavelength when the shift at the first wavelength has an energy exceeding a Raman scattering threshold. The Raman cavities provide a stepwise transition between the first wavelength and the target wavelength.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018175562-A (JP)
Title: Device for games
Inventor: HARUTA MASAHIKO
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2017-04-18
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for games capable of, with a simple configuration, appropriately making a notification of information of current advantageous state among them, even if a plurality of advantageous states having different periods of continuation is provided in a game machine.SOLUTION: In a display device for games, if a plurality of advantageous states (a first advantageous section and a second advantageous section) having different periods of continuation is provided, till a number of times of games in the advantageous section becomes a specific number of times (e.g., two (2) times) which is predetermined as a playable number of times in the first advantageous section having a relatively short continuation period, a display in a prescribed state is performed. If the specific number of times is exceeded, a display in a specific state is to be started.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 60
Patent JP-2018174877-A (JP)
Title: Balance for fishing
Inventor: ABE TOSHIAKI
IPC: A01K91/053
Filed: 2017-04-19
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To equalize power transfer between a stiff wire and an elastic wire, in the state where one end of the stiff wire and one end of the elastic wire are positioned on the same line.SOLUTION: A balance for fishing includes a stiff wire 1, an elastic wire 2 and connection members 31, 32. The connection members 31, 32 connect one end of the stiff wire 1 to one end of the elastic wire 2, in the state where a central line O1 of one end of the stiff wire 1 agrees with a central line O2 of one end of the elastic wire 2. As a result, one end of the stiff wire 1 and one end of the elastic wire 2 are positioned on the same line L, power transfer between the stiff wire 1 and the elastic wire 2 becomes equal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018186675-A (JP)
Title: Rotary electric machine control device
Inventor: OWATARI SHINYA
IPC: H02P9/30
Filed: 2017-04-27
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary electric machine control device which can correctly be initiated if a temporary decrease of a power voltage due to the drive of a starter.SOLUTION: A rotary electric machine control device 200 includes: a rotary electric machine ECU 24; a cutoff circuit 30 which forcibly cuts off a switch of an inverter 22 on the occurrence of an abnormality; and a storage device 60. The voltage of a lead acid battery 11 is individually input to the rotary electric machine ECU 24 and the cutoff circuit 30, which are individually reset as the voltage of the lead acid battery 11 decreases. After an ignition switch is switched on, the cutoff circuit 30 outputs an operation signal indicative of a normal operation. The storage device 60 stores the input history of each operation signal. At initiation processing, the rotary electric machine ECU 24 checks an operation signal input according to the operation signal input history stored in the storage device 60.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Patent JP-2018189250-A (JP)
Title: Electromagnetic wave-shielding material and microwave-oven heating adjustment material using the same
Inventor: KANEKO ERIKA
IPC: H05B6/64
Filed: 2017-04-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a microwave-oven heating adjustment material having an excellent gel physical strength property, an improved syneresis property, and an excellent shape retention property, and further, the material which, when simultaneously heating a plurality of different food materials that have been frozen or cooled in a microwave oven, can uniformly heat the food material in a microwave oven by placing closer to the food which needs to be less heated according to a temperature difference by a difference in a microwave absorptive property of each of the food materials.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a microwave-oven heating adjustment material having a gel physical strength property by using a specific aqueous gel, further a gel crosslinked by a crosslinking agent, such that a gel syneresis property is improved to obtain an excellent shape retention property.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018189783-A (JP)
Title: Optical fiber holding instrument
Inventor: AWAJI YOSHINARI
IPC: G02B6/46
Filed: 2017-05-01
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to easily insert and detach optical fiber to flexibly and stably hold it.SOLUTION: An optical fiber holding instrument 100 includes a plurality of units 10 for accommodating optical fiber. Respective units 10 include: a bottom surface section 11; and right and left side walls 12, 13 provided at right and left sides of the bottom surface section 11. The bottom surface section 11 of adjoining units 10 is joined via a joint section 20 so that an interval of each unit 10 can be bent. A gap 30 is formed between side walls 12, 13 of the adjoining units 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017193548-A (JP)
Title: Treatment of stroke using isolated placental cells
Inventor: ANDREW ZEITLIN
IPC: A61K35/12
Filed: 2017-05-08
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for treating an individual having a disruption in the flow of blood in or around the brain.SOLUTION: Provided herein are methods for the treatment of stroke comprising administering to a stroke victim placental stem cells, populations of cells comprising placental stem cells, and/or compositions comprising placental stem cells.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2018064083-A (JP)
Title: Field service bit line nor flash array
Inventor: O RITSUCHU
IPC: G11C16/10
Filed: 2017-05-09
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a field sub-bit line NOR (FSNOR) flash array and an operation method thereof.SOLUTION: A FSNOR flash array 400 is divided into multiple sectors 400i by selection transistors 46, 48 for connecting multiple even/odd sub-bit lines 41, 42 with a global main first metal bit lines Bn. In each FSNOR sector, two drain electrodes of a NOR element pair in adjoining rows form multiple even/odd sub-bit lines 41, 42 separated by multiple trench field oxide regions, and a common source electrode of multiple NOR element pairs in each row forms a diffusion common source line 43 connected with the first metal common source line via a metal contact. The FSNOR flash array 400 can enhance electrical separation of a selected NVM cell device and a not selected NVM cell device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Patent JP-2018189184-A (JP)
Title: Boot band and boot fixing structure
Inventor: SHIBATA TAKAAKI
IPC: F16D3/84
Filed: 2017-05-09
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a boot band that does not have any projection part at the outer peripheral surface thereof, can support such the case that a clearance to a vehicle is small and eliminates the need of a special tool, and to provide a boot fixing structure.SOLUTION: A boot band fixes a band fitting part to a boot attaching part by tightening the band fitting part of the boot from an outer diameter side. The boot band includes: an inner band constituted of a ring body fitted to the band fitting part of the boot from the outside thereof; and an outer band press-fitted along an axial direction of the inner band while being fitted to the band fitting part of the boot from the outside thereof to impart tightening force to the inner band.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017140619-A (JP)
Title: Method for treating used sanitary article
Inventor: WATANABE HARUTAKA
IPC: B29B17/00
Filed: 2017-05-11
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for treating used sanitary articles for reducing adverse effect on environment and capable of efficiently performing separation and recovery of material such as fiber or SAP.SOLUTION: A method for treating used sanitary articles includes at least a process for macerating the sanitary article to disperse the same in water and a process for separating and recovering fiber and SAP included in the sanitary article, and, in the process for macerating the sanitary article to disperse the same in water, a crosslinking agent and an acidic substance are added.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017208089-A (JP)
Title: Assembly design support device, computer program for tolerance setting, computer program for tolerance analysis, and assembly design support method
Inventor: KURIYAMA KOJI
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2017-05-12
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an assembly design support device which is excellent in operability and functionality, and which can be easily used by a designer, and which makes it possible for a third person to easily confirm the content of analysis.SOLUTION: In an assembly design support device 1, a CPU 14 comprises: first display means 21 for displaying a numerical value for design and an attribute key for instructing the collection of information related to a numerical value for design for each attribute; design numerical value selection reception means 22 for receiving the selection of the numerical value for design; attribute key selection reception means 23 for receiving the selection of the attribute key; second display means 24, 25 for displaying the information related to the numerical value for design in a table prior to analysis for each attribute; information writing instruction means 26 for instructing the batch writing of the information related to the numerical value for design in a tolerance analysis table for each attribute: and third display means 27 for displaying the information related to the numerical value for design in the tolerance analysis table.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1