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Patent JP-2018003708-A (JP)
Title: Spring device and storage device
Inventor: IKETANI MASANORI
IPC: F02M55/02
Filed: 2016-07-04
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spring device and a storage device for a fuel supply device in which a specified load region set in a specified range in view of a variation in load in respect to an amount of displacement between the two members.SOLUTION: A spring device 10 is set between two members 12, 14 that are displaced to each other. The spring device 10 comprises a displacement converting member 16 and a coil spring 18. The displacement converting member 16 has a link base 20 displaced in a relative displacement direction between the two members 12, 14; and two link arms 22 that are radially extended from the link base 20 toward relative displacement directions of the two members 12, 14 and displaced in such a way that they can be opened or closed in a direction where they are crossed in a displacement direction through displacement toward the displacement direction of the link base 20. The coil spring 18 has a resiliency that it is extended or retracted in an opening or closing direction of the two link arms 22.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018002571-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing artificial graphite sheet and product made therefrom
Inventor: KE PIN-YU
IPC: C01B32/205
Filed: 2016-07-08
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing an artificial graphite sheet, and a product made therefrom.SOLUTION: Provided is a method for producing an artificial graphite sheet where a PI (polyimide) film is used as the stock and is subjected to a decomposition step, a first temperature rising step and a second temperature rising step so as to be worked into an artificial graphite sheet to increase its lubricity and hardness, to accelerate its thermal conduction, to uniformly increase temperature,and to improve its flatness, further, a hole making step is combined to form a porous structure on the artificial graphite sheet, to increase the thermal diffusion area and air permeability of the artificial graphite sheet, and to improve its production yield and flatness.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018009290-A (JP)
Title: Joint member
Inventor: WATANABE MINORU
IPC: E04B1/68
Filed: 2016-07-11
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a joint member having versatility to be used with a flat joint, a corner joint and a depth-direction joint, enabling fitting work to be performed readily and promptly.SOLUTION: The joint member 1 covers an edge part of a sheet 4 and a joint with the edge part of the sheet 4, the sheet being like a decorative sheet bonded on a substrate surface 6a of a wall, a ceiling and the like inside a building. The joint member 1 includes a lower member 2 having a band plate-like side piece part 21 interposed between the substrate surface 6a and the sheet 4, and an upper member 3 having an engaging part 31a engaged with an engaged part 25 protruded on the lower member 2. The side piece part 21 includes cutting means 23 provided in a longitudinal direction of the lower member 2, for cutting the side piece part so as to make a protruded width dimension L of the side piece part shorter.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Patent JP-2018007764-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: TSUZUKI TAKAHIRO
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2016-07-12
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of checking whether or not a generator ratio and a continuous winning combination ratio are fitted in prescribed ranges.SOLUTION: A game machine: transfers a game state to an RBB state on the basis of winning of the RBB; transfers the game state to a CBB state on the basis of winning of the CBB; stores a total number of putout tokens as the total number of tokens put out by the game machine and a total number of generator putout tokens as a total number of tokens put out by the game machine in the RBB state or the CBB state as a game state during actuation of the generator; calculates a generator ratio on the basis of the total number of putout tokens and the total number of generator putout tokens; and causes a ratio display device 327 to display a numerical value of the calculated generator ratio.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 17
Patent JP-2017023724-A (JP)
Title: Fastening tape with flexibility in longitudinal direction and associated method
Inventor: REN ZHIYU
IPC: A44B18/00
Filed: 2016-07-12
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To disclose fastening tapes with increased flexibility in the longitudinal direction to make the tapes easier to bend and/or twist, in which the fastening tape also has increased flexibility in the lateral direction, and also to disclose methods of making of such tapes, in which the fastening tape with improved flexibility may better conform to the shape of the surface on which it is placed, including trenches with rounded or curved surfaces, to help reduce the intrusion of foam.SOLUTION: A fastening tape 100 includes a plurality of fasteners 118, a support, and magnetic materials 128A, 128B positioned on the support. The support defines a plurality of plateaus and a plurality of valleys. The magnetic material is positioned on at least a portion of one of the plurality of plateaus or the plurality of valleys of the support such that a height of the magnetic material varies in a longitudinal direction 112. Because the height of the magnetic material varies, the fastening tape is more flexible in the longitudinal direction. In some cases, the fastening tape is also flexible in the lateral direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018010134-A (JP)
Title: Image formation apparatus
Inventor: OMURA NAOKA
IPC: G03G15/00
Filed: 2016-07-13
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image formation apparatus which can improve the throughput by reducing the formation interval between the second and third toner images.SOLUTION: An image formation apparatus 500 includes: an intermediate transfer belt 104; a plurality of photoreceptor drums 102; an image formation unit which forms toner images on the photoreceptor drums; a primary transfer unit which transfers the toner images formed on the photoreceptor drums to the intermediate transfer belt 104; a manual insertion tray 130; a conveyance path 131 which feeds sheets P loaded on the manual insertion tray; a secondary transfer unit Te which transfers the toner images transferred to the intermediate transfer belt 104 to the sheets P; a registration sensor 120 which detects the sheet size; and a CPU 401 which sets the formation interval between the plurality of toner images formed on the intermediate transfer belt 104. The CPU 401 sets the toner image formation interval so as to start the formation operation of the toner image to be transferred to the second sheet after the size of the first sheet fed from the manual insertion tray 130 is detected at the time of forming the plurality of toner images.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2018019483-A (JP)
Title: Vehicle distance-to-empty calculation system and distance-to-empty calculation method
Inventor: KATANODA TOMOYA
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2016-07-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve distance-to-empty calculation accuracy in a vehicle distance-to-empty calculation system.SOLUTION: A vehicle distance-to-empty calculation system comprises: a traveling history database 340 that stores data D1 including a power consumption history of a vehicle 1 (target vehicle) and stores data D2 including power consumption histories of a plurality of vehicles 2 (other vehicles) other than the vehicle 1; and an arithmetic device 100 for calculating a distance to empty of the vehicle 1 by using at least either of the data D1, D2. The arithmetic device 100 is configured to make it possible to set a ratio of using the data D1 and data D2 according to operation by the vehicle 1's user in calculating the distance to empty of the vehicle 1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018019219-A (JP)
Title: Image formation apparatus and image formation system
Inventor: SHIGEE YUKI
IPC: G06T3/40
Filed: 2016-07-27
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image formation apparatus capable of enlarging and printing a character image not through a user's operation.SOLUTION: An image formation apparatus 1 comprises an image forming part 5, an image data input part 2, and a control part 10. The image data input part 2 inputs original image data including a same-size character string consisting of a plurality of characters of the same size. The control part 10 extracts a character string area including the same-size character string from the original image. The control part 10 acquires a maximum stroke count among stroke counts that a plurality of characters included in the character string area have respectively. The control part 10 determines an optimum size by referring to user's sight information and the maximum stroke count. When the character size of the plurality of characters included in the character string area is smaller than the optimum size, the control part 10 changes the character size of the plurality of characters included in the character string area to the optimum size and generates image data on an image having been processed. The image forming part 5 forms the image having been processed on a sheet.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018016373-A (JP)
Title: Packaging box
Inventor: OIDA TETSUO
IPC: B65D5/50
Filed: 2016-07-29
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaging box which securely holds the contents and enables a high buffering effect.SOLUTION: The packaging box is made of one box-body forming piece, including: mutually linked side faces 14, 16, 18 and 20; and a gluing piece 22 linked to the side face 14 and glued to the side face 20 to form a cylindrical body. An inner side of the cylindrical body has a partitioning piece 50 to hold the contents. The partitioning piece 50 is provided with a pair of holding pieces 52 and 60 which are spaced apart respectively from the pair of side faces 16 and 18, respectively along the rear faces of the side faces 16 and 18 that are opposed to each other in an assembled state. Between the holding pieces 52 and 60 are provided with a pair of side support portions 64 and 84 which hold side peripheral surfaces of the contents on the surfaces, and a plurality of bottom support portions 68 and 88 which are located below the side support portions 64 and 84 to hold the bottom of the contents at their end. The distance between the plurality of bottom support portions 68 and 88 is shorter than the distance between the pair of side support portions 64 and 84.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018015494-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: ICHIHARA TAKAAKI
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2016-07-29
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of suppressing a decrease in interest in a game.SOLUTION: A game machine includes: performance control means for performing control regarding a performance; and operation means capable of receiving operation by a player. The operation means is controlled by the performance control means so as to change from a normal state to a specific state in satisfaction of a specific operation performance condition. The performance control means includes abnormality-occurrence-time determination means for performing determination control capable of determining, from the outside, that operation of the operation means is receivable in satisfaction of a specific operation performance condition after occurrence of abnormality regardless of a situation in which it is unclear whether the state is a specific state caused by satisfaction of the specific operation performance condition in occurrence of abnormality in which the operation means becomes a specific state regardless of non-satisfaction of the specific operation performance condition.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 60
Patent JP-2016185417-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: MOMOSE TOMOYA
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2016-08-01
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of enhancing presentation property by arranging cases where specific history contents among histories of special games may be displayed and may not be displayed.SOLUTION: It is possible to display, when a time shortening big win game is being performed, histories of special games, including the number of times of big win games and information of the number of acquired game balls related to the big win games, which have been performed from the time when a probability variation big win game was performed and a game was controlled in a probability variation game state till a time shortening big win game is performed. It is possible to display the number of special game history icons corresponding to the number of times of probability variation big wins having been performed from the time when the game was controlled in the probability variation game state while the game is being controlled in the probability variation game state. Despite the number of times of special games that has been performed from the time when a probability variation big win game was performed and a game was controlled in the probability variation game state till a time shortening big win game is finished, a content suggesting an end of a prescribed mode corresponding to the probability variation game state is displayed. On the other hand, according to display states of the special game history icons, there are cases where among the histories of the special games the performance number of times of the probability variation games may be displayed and may not be displayed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 27
Patent JP-2016194529-A (JP)
Title: Functionalized chromophoric polymer dots and bioconjugates thereof
Inventor: DANIEL T CHIU
IPC: C12M1/00
Filed: 2016-08-01
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide functionalized chromophoric polymer dots and bioconjugates thereof.SOLUTION: The present invention provides, among other aspects, functionalized chromophoric polymer dots comprising a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic cap, and bioconjugates thereof. Also provided are improved methods for preparing functionalized chromophoric polymer dots. Methods for in vivo imaging and molecular labeling are also disclosed. In one aspect, the present invention provides a functionalized chromophoric polymer dot having a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic cap. In one embodiment, a functionalized Pdot comprises a chromophoric polymer, and an amphiphilic molecule having a hydrophobic moiety and a hydrophilic moiety attached to a reactive functional group, where the chromophoric polymer is embedded within the hydrophobic core of the Pdot and a portion of the amphiphilic molecule is embedded within the core of the Pdot, while the reactive functional group is located in the hydrophilic cap. In a preferred embodiment, the chromophoric polymer is a semiconducting polymer.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017019806-A (JP)
Title: Method and composition for treating hiv-related diarrhea
Inventor: WILLIAM FORBES
IPC: A61P31/18
Filed: 2016-08-02
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine for treating HIV-related diarrhea having low drug-drug interaction, low influence to drug metabolism, low possibility of abuse.SOLUTION: A method for treating HIV-related diarrhea or Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART)-related diarrhea in an HIV-positive subject includes: administering crofelemer at approximately 250 mg to approximately 1000 mg per day; administering it at approximately 250 mg per day; administering it at approximately 500 mg per day; administering it at approximately 1000 mg per day; administering it approximately 125 mg twice a day; and administering it approximately 250 mg twice a day; or administering it approximately 500 mg twice a day to a subject who needs it.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018019904-A (JP)
Title: Shape retaining pad
Inventor: HIGUCHI HIROO
IPC: A47C27/00
Filed: 2016-08-03
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shape retaining pad that is easily deformed to a shape of a part by its contact with each part of a body, and can retain its deformed state even without using special tools and devices.SOLUTION: For a pad in which a number of foamed beads are filled into a bag body having gas barrier properties, a valve is provided so as to retain a deformed shape for a fixed time after a load is removed since the shape of the outside of the bag body is deformed to a shape in which the load is applied accordingly when the load is applied to the bag body and air inside the bag body is removed, and the valve is composed of a number of pin holes penetrating inside and outside the bag body.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2018025725-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: NAGASHIMA SATORU
IPC: G03G21/00
Filed: 2016-08-12
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus of an electrophotographic system that directly transfers images from photoreceptors to a recording sheet, and reduce the time required for removal of toner to reduce a user's waiting time without increasing the size of the apparatus.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus comprises a CPU that controls a toner removal operation, and the CPU determines an operating time t1 for carrying out the toner removal operation on the basis of the interval between sheets from when the rear end of a first sheet passes through a predetermined transfer position until when the leading end of a second sheet conveyed subsequent to the first sheet reaches the predetermined transfer position (S105, S106), and carries out the toner removal operation for the operating time t1 after the rear end of the first sheet passes through the predetermined transfer position (S109, S110).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2016190501-A (JP)
Title: Liquid spray device
Inventor: SUZUKI SHIGEKI
IPC: B41J2/165
Filed: 2016-08-17
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid spray device that can reduce abrasion speed caused by wiping nozzle surfaces of a liquid spray head.SOLUTION: A wiping device that wipes a nozzle surface 39 of a liquid spray head 22 wipes individually recessed nozzle peripheral regions 37 which are exposed to openings 36a of head covers 36 of nozzle surfaces 39 with each rubber wiper 59 of a first cleaning portion (figures (b) and (c)); and then wipes whole nozzle surfaces 39 with cloth wipers 61 of a second cleaning portion (figures (c) and (d)), when pressing rollers 67 constituting the cloth wipers 61 press parts corresponding to protruding surfaces 40 of the cloth sheets 50. This prevents the cloth wipers 61 from contacting strongly the nozzle peripheral regions 37.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10
Patent JP-2016191550-A (JP)
Title: Method of adjusting drying of web in dryer by convection heat transfer and radiation heat transfer
Inventor: ZAGAR STEVEN J
IPC: F26B3/30
Filed: 2016-08-18
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air flow to regulate an air selection temperature to be higher than the wet bulb temperature in a dryer by approximately 54-180°C (30-100°F).SOLUTION: A channel assembly includes a sliding adjustment element 27 to enable adjustment of an infrared emitter cooling air flow. The sliding adjustment element 27 has adjustment slots 27a to allow the element 27 to slide to a position relative to a reflector 21 and a supporting channel 20 such that an aperture 22 open area is reduced from a fully concentric alignment position thereof.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8A
Patent JP-2018032095-A (JP)
Title: Identification information management server, identification information management system, and management method of identification information
Inventor: TANI NORITERU
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2016-08-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an identification information management server capable of efficiently linking a user ID of a portable terminal allotted to the same person with a client ID of a point card used at a shop.SOLUTION: An information management system issues a coupon to a client visiting a shop, and this coupon is stored in an identification information management server in association with a coupon ID of the coupon issuing a user ID of a portable terminal carried by the client. Information relating to the coupon displayed on the portable terminal of the client is displayed with an input code which is a part of the coupon ID. When a target article of the coupon is purchased, the input code and a client ID of a point card used at the shop are inputted to a register terminal. These pieces of the information are transmitted to the identification management server via a sales management server together with a shop ID of the shop. The identification management server restores the coupon ID using the input code and the shop ID, and specifies the user ID stored in association with the same coup ID as the identification information of the same person as the received client ID.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018031894-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: UOHASHI YUKI
IPC: G03G21/16
Filed: 2016-08-24
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that can lock a conveying unit to an apparatus body with a returning force of an urging member without applying a force from the outside.SOLUTION: An apparatus body 2 and a conveying unit comprise an image carrier and a transfer member, respectively, which are brought into pressure contact with each other when the conveying unit is rotated to a conveyance path forming position. A peak position of a reaction force received by the transfer member from the image carrier is provided to be on the near side of the conveyance path forming position. The apparatus body 2 is provided with a boss 61, and the conveying unit is provided with a hook member 47 that is engaged with the boss 61 and an urging member 48 that urges the hook member 47. The hook member 47 is brought into contact with the boss 61 in the course of rotation of the conveying unit and rotated in a direction against an urging force of the urging member 48, and subsequently engaged with the boss 61 with a returning force of the urging member 48. The returning force of the urging member 48 is maintained until the conveying unit is rotated to the peak position of the reaction force.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Patent JP-2018037207-A (JP)
Title: Arrangement structure of battery pack
Inventor: SAKAI TAKASHI
IPC: B60L11/18
Filed: 2016-08-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an arrangement structure of a battery pack capable of ensuring both workability and safety of maintenance sufficiently.SOLUTION: An arrangement structure 1 of a battery pack includes: a frame 2 defining a housing space S and having an opening 3 becoming an insertion/extraction port of a battery pack 11; and a vehicle side harness 4 hanging from above the battery pack 11 in the housing space S. The battery pack 11 includes: an enclosure 12 housing a battery module 13; a relay 32 placed on a circuit connecting the battery module 13 and a first output terminal 23; a battery side harness 22 extending outward from the enclosure 12; connectors 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B placed at positions seen from the opening 3, and connecting the vehicle side harness 4 and the battery side harness 22; and a control ECU33 for turning the relay 32 OFF when the connectors 8A, 8B are not connected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1