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Patent JP-2008042962-A (JP)
Title: Capacitor-charging apparatus
Inventor: MITSUI KATSUSHI
IPC: H02M3/28
Filed: 2006-08-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a capacitor-charging apparatus of simple circuitry which does not require two independent circuits for detecting both the average current level and the peak current that flow to the primary side of a transformer.  <P>SOLUTION: A current is induced in the secondary winding of a transformer 7 by turning a DC current applied to the primary winding thereof on/off through a switching element 3, that current is smoothed and rectified and then supplied to a capacitor (not shown), thus charging the capacitor. In such a capacitor-charging apparatus, the DC current is generated by a power factor improving circuit 6, on/off control of the switching element 3 is performed at a PWM control section 11, and a current transformer, having the primary connected in series with the primary winding of the transformer 7 and the secondary connected with a CT circuit detection circuit section 1, is provided. The CT circuit detecting circuit section 1 extracts a voltage proportional to the average current flowing through the primary winding of the transformer 7, and a voltage proportional to the peak current flowing through the primary winding of the transformer 7.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008040568-A (JP)
Title: Controller for vehicle
Inventor: YOSHIMURA FUMIO
IPC: G07C5/02
Filed: 2006-08-02
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for a vehicle for preventing a cumulative use time from being altered after factory shipping.  <P>SOLUTION: This controller of a vehicle is provided with a hour meter for displaying a cumulative use time of a rice-planter from shipping from the manufacturing factory, and the recording time of the hour meter is stored in the non-volatile memory of a controller 170. When exchanging the controller 170 due to the failure of the rice-planter, the hour meter may be reset, and any failure may occur in maintenance. On the other hand, when an hour meter value is made variable, the hour meter may be abused. Then, the value of the hour member is made variable by an external tool only when a new controller 170 is installed, and the new controller 170 is decided depending on whether or not the hour meter value is zero or approximate zero. Only when replacing the controller 170, the hour meter can be replaced so that such a failure is eliminated that the hour meter is reset or abused.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008041856-A (JP)
Title: Dry etching method
Inventor: MATSUMOTO SEIJI
IPC: H01L21/3065
Filed: 2006-08-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dry etching method which permits stable formation of a low-resistance contact structure.  <P>SOLUTION: An interlayer insulation film is selectively etched by plasma of a gas containing a fluorocarbon gas to form a through-hole. Then, a plasma treatment by plasma of an oxygen gas is conducted on a substrate having the through-hole, in the state of the substrate being applied with a bias. The oxygen plasma treatment is followed by a plasma treatment on the substrate having the through-hole by plasma of an oxygen gas in the state of the application of the bias to the substrate being suspended.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008040746-A (JP)
Title: Self-service photograph printing apparatus
Inventor: NAKAKUBO MASAHIRO
IPC: G06Q20/06
Filed: 2006-08-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To discount the price of print processing when using electronic money for the payment of the price of the print processing and selecting processing of performing charging to the electronic money.  <P>SOLUTION: The self-service photo printing apparatus is provided with a print processing part for acquiring image data recorded in a medium Ma, acquiring order data based on input by a customer and performing the print processing and a charging management part 20 for settling the price of the print processing by cash or a card. In the case that a customer selects to settle the price of the print processing with the electronic money and perform charging to the electronic money together with the settlement, the charging management part 20 discounts the price of the print processing and performs the processing of charging a money amount to which the money amount of the discount is added to the electronic money.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008038516-A (JP)
Title: Stairway-type gently sloping revetment bank and execution method therefor
Inventor: YUKIMOTO TAKUO
IPC: E02B3/14
Filed: 2006-08-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a walker from entering into a dangerous part where algae is attached, so as to assure safety without impairing scenery.  <P>SOLUTION: The gently sloping revetment bank 2, wherein a plurality of revetment blocks 1 are constructed in the form of stairs, is divided into a dangerous part R1, which is slippery and easy to get hurt, and a path R2 for walking. Fake rocks 4 of a predetermined height for landscape molding are integrally and permanently fixed on the border line or on the revetment blocks 1 corresponding to the dangerous part R1 where necessary, while, if desired, a lighting device 12 of a solar-power generation type is installed on the landscape-molding fake rocks 4 or the like, so that walkers may not enter into the dangerous part R1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008039673-A (JP)
Title: Magnetic encoder system
Inventor: OTO MOTOMICHI
IPC: G01D5/18
Filed: 2006-08-09
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetic encoder system which can reduce degradation in angle measurement accuracy by the rotation axis direction displacement of a rotor and detect a rotation angle with high precision.  <P>SOLUTION: The reference 12 indicates a disc-shaped permanent magnet which is fixed to a rotor shaft 11 so that it shares a rotation axis with the rotor shaft 11, has a predetermined magnet width, and is magnetized unidirectionally in parallel with the perpendicular direction to the shaft of the rotor 11. The reference 13 indicates a ring-shaped stator which is provided on the outer periphery of the permanent magnet 12 and is made of a soft magnetic material 13. The reference 14 indicates four magnetic-field detection elements mounted to the stator 13 which face the outer periphery of the permanent magnet 12 through a gap 20 and are arranged with a mutual phase difference of 90 degrees by mechanical angle. The surface of the stator 13 facing the gap 20 is formed in an arc shape. The gap length in the rotation axis direction of the end part is formed smaller than that of the central part.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008018210-A (JP)
Title: Balloon kite
Inventor: OISHI MASATO
IPC: A63H27/08
Filed: 2006-07-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a balloon kite formed by filling a cylindrical balloon made of rubber or aluminum foil with gas lighter than air, for example, helium gas and mounting it on the upper part of the kite.  <P>SOLUTION: This balloon kite is characterized in filling the cylindrical balloon made of rubber or aluminum foil with the gas lighter than the air, for example, helium gas and mounting it on the upper part of the kite.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008043586-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: NAKAMURA TOKUHIDE
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2006-08-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give retentiveness to make time for distributive decision longer and the element of surprise at the distributive result to balls coming in the prize-winning device and raises entertainment of game players, in a game machine which is equipped with a plurality of winning openings having different grant conditions for game values, respectively, in a prize-winning device prepared in a game area.  <P>SOLUTION: A central prize-winning device 30 includes: a left-side fringe opening 32, a left-side winning opening 33, a central winning opening 34, a right-side winning opening 35 and a right-side fringe opening 36, wherein approaching game balls P are distributed to a left-side falling opening 44 or a right-side falling opening 45 by a crane 40 in upper space 30a. The game balls P dropped into the lower space 30b are hit by a pinholder-type disc 53 which can freely rotate and flipped up and fall rotating with the disc 53 while being involved in pins 52 and impellers 81. Then, the element of surprise is given to the movement of the balls P as well as an improvement in durability of entertainment through the two distributions.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008045067-A (JP)
Title: Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, adhesive layer, method for producing the same, and optical member with adhesive
Inventor: MOROISHI YUTAKA
IPC: C09J175/04
Filed: 2006-08-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for an optical member, exhibiting excellent adhesive characteristics after crosslinking treatment, and having excellent reparability/recyclability.  <P>SOLUTION: The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for the optical member contains (A) a (meth)acrylic polymer containing 60-99.9 wt.% (meth)acrylic monomer represented by general formula: CH<SB>2</SB>=C(R<SB>1</SB>)COOR<SB>2</SB>, 0.05-3 wt.% hydroxy group-containing monomer and 0.05-7 wt.% carboxy group-containing monomer as a base polymer, and further contains 0.02-2 pts.wt. peroxide and 0.02-2 pts.wt. isocyanate-based crosslinking agent based on 100 pts.wt. base polymer.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007061608-A (JP)
Title: Snowboard binding apparatus, and method for preparing the same
Inventor: DOYLE CHRISTOPHER
IPC: A43B5/04
Filed: 2006-08-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a binding or boot strap that allows a snowboard rider to easily, rapidly and effectively tighten or loosen the strap around his/her boot.  <P>SOLUTION: The strap includes a boot-engaging strap that engages with an engagement strap engaging to the boot or binding. An arrangement for facilitating tightening/loosening two strap pieces is also provided so that a rider can put his/her foot in and take out of the boot, or to fasten the boot to or loosen it from the snowboard binding. The arrangement includes a tightening element and the rider can tighten the strap by pulling the tightening element and by moving the strap piece. The tightening element has a mechanical advantage by which a force applied to the tightening element results in a greater force applied to the strap. After fastening strap, a retraction device is used to take up an excessive part of the tightening element. A hook and a catch arrangement are used to separate the strap from the boots or the binding.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008053539-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor optical element
Inventor: HASHIMOTO JUNICHI
IPC: H01S5/227
Filed: 2006-08-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor laser of an embedded hetero structure capable of confining a current without using a pn junction.  <P>SOLUTION: In a semiconductor optical element 11, a first conductivity type clad layer 13 is provided on a principal surface 15a of a GaAs substrate 15. A light emitting area 17 is provided between the first conductivity type clad layer 13 and a second conductivity type clad area 19. A current block area 21 is provided on the GaAs substrate 13, and a semiconductor mesa 23 is embedded. The semiconductor mesa 23 includes the light emitting area 17 provided on the GaAs substrate 13. The semiconductor mesa 23 includes, in addition to the light emitting area 17, a mesa portion 19a of the second conductivity type clad area 19. The current block area 21 is composed of an undoped group III-V semiconductor. The undoped group III-V semiconductor is grown at the temperature of ≤600°C. Resistivity of the undoped group III-V semiconductor has a value of ≥10<SP>5</SP>Ωcm up to an application voltage of 5 V.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008053133-A (JP)
Title: Packing material for battery
Inventor: YOKOTA KAZUHIKO
IPC: H01M2/02
Filed: 2006-08-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packing material for a battery which has an excellent shock resistance and piercing resistance and moldability.  <P>SOLUTION: The packing material for a battery includes a lamination at least in order of a base material layer 6, a metallic foil layer 7 at least one side of which is provided a chemical treated layer 7a and a heat-welding resin layer 8. The metallic foil layer is made of aluminum foil of 30% or less of an elongation at break, and the base material layer is made of polymer film of a breaking strength of 130 N/15 mm or more and an elongation at break 30% or more and 200% or less.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008053158-A (JP)
Title: Fuel cell system
Inventor: HIRAKATA SHUJI
IPC: H01M8/06
Filed: 2006-08-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To miniaturize a fuel cell system capable of sensing a leak of hydrogen downstream of a fuel cell.  <P>SOLUTION: A fuel offgas treating device of the fuel cell using fuel gas to which a water-soluble odorant is added is equipped with a dissolved solution storing part 500 storing a water-containing odorant dissolved solution; a diluent gas induction port 502 for inducing diluent gas for diluting fuel offgas; a fuel offgas induction port 514 for inducing the fuel offgas; a mixed offgas deriving port 504 for deriving the mixed offgas of the diluent gas and the fuel offgas. The dissolved solution storing part 500 has a diluting space 522 for diluting the fuel offgas by discharging the fuel offgas in the diluent gas. The fuel offgas induction port 514 is installed under the surface of the odorant dissolved solution stored in the dissolved solution storing part 500, and the diluent gas induction port 502 and the mixed offgas deriving port 504 are installed so as to form an opening to the diluting space 522.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008055515-A (JP)
Title: Workpiece transfer apparatus
Inventor: ICHIHASHI KAORU
IPC: B22D31/00
Filed: 2006-08-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a work transfer apparatus clamping a workpiece with a workpiece clamp at the tip of a lifting/lowering drive bar in a finishing process of a cast product (workpiece), and executing replacement work such as taking out a machined workpiece and disposing an unmachined workpiece.  <P>SOLUTION: This transfer apparatus A for replacing workpieces molded by casting is provided with a traveling carriage 3, and a workpiece gripping hand 4 retained to the carriage 3; the gripping hand 4 is a vertical multi-joint mechanism type (two-spindle link); this apparatus has two hands independently, one hand 4 takes out the machined workpiece 1, the traveling carriage 3 is moved, and the unmachined workpiece 1 gripped with the other hand 4 is machined, thereby transferring the workpiece 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008059311-A (JP)
Title: Intruder detection system
Inventor: YAMAMOTO HIROYA
IPC: G08B25/04
Filed: 2006-08-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To identify an intruder in an entrance of a building, as to whether the intruder is a suspicious person or not, and to conduct proper alarm processing.  <P>SOLUTION: This intruder detection system 1 is provided with an intercomm device 2 and a human body detector 3. The intercomm device 2 comprises an intercomm sub-device 11 installed in the vicinity of a plot of the building, and an intercomm main device 12 installed indoors of the building. The human body detector 3 is connected to the intercomm main device 12, detects a human body in the vicinity of the entrance of the building to determine abnormality, and includes a human body detecting part 3b and a signal processing determination means 3d. The signal processing determination means 3d detects a call from the intercomm sub-device 11 to the intercomm main device 12, and a response of the intercomm main device 12 with respect to the call, and determines the abnormality when the human body detecting part 3b detects the human body within a time interval until a prescribed time lapses without detecting the response, after the call is detected.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008058685-A (JP)
Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
Inventor: MATSUMOTO DAISUKE
IPC: G03G15/20
Filed: 2006-08-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extend the service life of a capacitor while the power can be supplied to an auxiliary heat generating body at an appropriate timing without impairing a function as an auxiliary power unit.  <P>SOLUTION: The fixing device includes: a pair of fixing rollers, one of which incorporates a main heat generating body and the auxiliary heat generating body, facing each other in parallel while bringing the circumferential surfaces thereof in tight contact with each other; a main power unit for supplying power to the main heat generating body; the auxiliary power unit equipped with the freely chargeable/dischargeable capacitor, for supplying power from the capacitor to the auxiliary heat generating body; and a controller for controlling the charge/discharge of the capacitor of the auxiliary power unit. As a prescribed time (t2 to t3) passes after the device becomes an idling state (t2), the controller shifts to a power saving mode (t3), as the device becomes the idling state (t2), and also, as the device shifts to the power saving mode (t3), the controller controls the auxiliary power unit to charge the capacitor with such power (charging power) that makes a time required to fully charge the capacitor equal to the prescribed time (t2 to t3).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008059705-A (JP)
Title: Cpp (current perpendicular to plane) magnetic head and its manufacturing method, head suspension assembly, and magnetic recording device
Inventor: NAGAI HIROSHI
IPC: H01L43/08
Filed: 2006-08-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetic head in which impedance between substrates grounded through an element part, a bleed resistance electric terminal, and an upper and lower shield common electrode can be adjusted easily, and its manufacturing method, a head suspension assembly, and a magnetic recording device.  <P>SOLUTION: In the magnetic head in which a CPP magneto-resistance effect element, a pair of electrodes 9, 10, a pair of first conduction lines 11, 12 connecting electrically the pair of electrodes and a detecting circuit device, and a pair of second conduction lines 13 for discharging static electricity by connecting electrically the pair of first conduction lines and a substrate 15 are arranged and constituted, a grounded electric shield layer 16 is arranged between the first or the second conduction line and the substrate 15, capacitance between them is adjusted, impedance between substrates grounded through the element part 1, the bleed resistance electric terminal 16, and the upper and lower magnetic shield common electrodes 9, 10 can be balanced at plus/minus terminals.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008066343-A (JP)
Title: Film formation condition setting method, photoelectric converter and manufacturing method thereof, manufacturing apparatus, and inspection method
Inventor: KUREYA MASAYUKI
IPC: H01L31/04
Filed: 2006-09-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably manufacture a photoelectric converter having a high conversion efficiency.  <P>SOLUTION: The film formation conditions of a microcrystalline silicon photoelectric conversion layer 4 in a photoelectric conversion device are set, based on a Raman peak ratio in a Raman spectrum at the side of a substrate 1 in a microcrystalline silicon layer 4, and a Raman peak ratio in the Raman spectrum at a side opposite to the substrate 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008067334-A (JP)
Title: Information processor, method and program
Inventor: MURAMATSU YASUHIRO
IPC: H04N5/91
Filed: 2006-09-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain information to which a motion image is related even after the motion image is deleted when there is the information.  <P>SOLUTION: When it is judged that there is a folder related to the motion image to be deleted, positions of scene change of the motion image are detected. Still images are generated by the detected positions of scene change. The still images are recorded in the folder instead of the motion image to be deleted. The image processor is applicable to a device which creates an electronic album.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008070273-A (JP)
Title: Apparatus and method for detecting surface defect
Inventor: KAMATA TERUMI
IPC: G01B11/30
Filed: 2006-09-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To identify surface defects such as very small irregularities and protrusions and defects involving surface concentration changes of objects to be inspected by a simple constitution.  <P>SOLUTION: Two illuminating means 2a and 2b irradiate approximately parallel line beams having different optical characteristics to a surface of an object to be inspected 4, and two imaging means 3a and 3b distinguishably receive reflected light having different optical characteristics of the illuminating means 2a and 2b. The amount of displacement between actual imaging locations of the imaging means 3a and 3b and assumed imaging locations, imaging conditions previously set for detecting defects, is computed on the basis of luminosity changes in signals from the imaging means 3a and 3b to shorten reading intervals when the imaging means 3a images lines in the surface of the object to be inspected 4 projected by the illuminating means 2a and 2b and inexpensively implement corrections of locational displacements of the imaging means 3a and 3b by a simple constitution.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007156424-A (JP)
Title: Conductive endless belt
Inventor: SUZUKI TAKAHIRO
IPC: C08K5/16
Filed: 2006-09-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conductive endless belt, which has superior durability in addition to various required performance of belts, such as elastic modulus or charging characteristic, and also which can satisfy the required performance, even regarding point of glossiness or set resistance properties without causing problems of image shift or the like; and to provide an image forming apparatus that uses the same.  <P>SOLUTION: The endless belt has a tandem system for transfer and conveyance; wherein a recording medium held by electrostatic chuck is circulated and driven by a driving member, which is conveyed to four kinds of imaging elements, and each toner image is sequentially transferred to the recording medium. The endless belt has a multilayer structure, comprising at least a base layer and an outermost layer starting from the inside, which is formed by coextrusion. The base layer has a thermoplastic elastomer as the main component with crystal melting point of 210°C or higher, and the outermost layer contains a thermoplastic resin as the main component.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008077853-A (JP)
Title: Fuel cell system
Inventor: ASO SHINJI
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2006-09-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system capable of easily determining a dry condition of a fuel cell.  <P>SOLUTION: A vapor-liquid separator 24 is installed at an oxygen electrode side exhaust piping 18 of the fuel cell 10. A water level sensor 26 to detect a water level of water stored in the vapor-liquid separator 24 is installed at the vapor-liquid separator 24. Based on the water level of the vapor-liquid separator 24 detected by the water level sensor 26, an ECU 30 determines whether the fuel cell 10 is drier than the prescribed dry condition.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT