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Patent JP-2004183583-A (JP)
Title: Exhaust pipe structure for engine
Inventor: KIKUCHI HIROYUKI
IPC: F01N13/10
Filed: 2002-12-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide exhaust pipe structure for an engine reduced in number of parts and welding portions to reduce cost.  <P>SOLUTION: The structure is provided with: first and second manifolds 2, 3 joined respectively to rear end portions of pairs of exhaust pipes 1A to 1D; and a third manifold 4 joined to rear end portions 2d, 3d of the first and second manifolds 2, 3. The first and second manifolds 2, 3 respectively have front end portions 2c, 3c including pairs of inlet ports 2a, 3a to which the rear end potions of the exhaust pipes 1A to 1D are inserted, and rear end portions 2d, 3d including an outlet port 2b and an outlet port 3b. The third manifold 4 has a front end portion 4c including a pair of inlet ports 4a to which the first and second manifolds 2, 3 are inserted, and a rear end portion 4d including an outlet port 4b. The first, second, and third manifolds 2, 3, 4 are press-worked articles made from a single pipe material.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004193730-A (JP)
Title: Method of managing defective pixel data of image pickup element, and image pickup device
Inventor: IKEDA KOICHI
IPC: H04N5/335
Filed: 2002-12-09
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a method of managing defective pixel data of an image pickup element which is capable of reducing the number of manufacturing processes of a digital camera concerning the management of defective pixel data of an image pickup element.  <P>SOLUTION: This method has a defective pixel detecting process of detecting defective pixels of an image pickup element to obtain defective pixel data, and a storing process of storing the defective pixel data into a non-volatile storage means attached to the image pickup element.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003159820-A (JP)
Title: Ink-jet recording apparatus
Inventor: SHIRAISHI HAJIME
IPC: B41J2/01
Filed: 2002-12-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To miniaturize a cartridge of an ink-jet recording apparatus, and to extend the cartridge design freedom.  <P>SOLUTION: Head parts 21, 31, comprises ink ejection opening groups 23, 33 for ejecting an ink. Cartridges 2, 3 comprising the head parts 21, 31 and ink storage parts 22, 32 for storing an ink, are placed on a carriage 1. A control circuit part 14 connected electrically with the head parts 21, 31, is placed also on the carriage 1. Since the cartridge and the control circuit part of the ink-jet recording apparatus are separated, the cartridge can be provided in a small configuration so that the cartridge and the carriage can be miniaturized. The control circuit part, which has been abandoned at the time of replacement of the cartridge, can be used semipermanently so that the cartridge cost can be cut back.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004187869-A (JP)
Title: Pachinko machine
Inventor: SAITO MASAYUKI
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2002-12-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a shot game ball smoothly run along an outer rail.  <P>SOLUTION: In the pachinko machine 1, the base point of the outer rail 12 is not a fixed point, so that the impact caused by the shot game ball can be relaxed as the outer rail 12 is pushed out. The base point section of the outer rail 12 is structured so that the vibration is inhibited by a vibration control member. Accordingly, the impact caused by the shot game ball is absorbed without letting the game ball, shot from a shooting device 11, vigorously bounce back from the outer rail 12, and the game ball can be smoothly guided to the trajectory along the outer rail 12.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004193345-A (JP)
Title: Translocation vacuum equipment, vacuum equipment, and vacuum treatment system
Inventor: ODAGI HIDEYUKI
IPC: B65G49/07
Filed: 2002-12-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide translocation vacuum equipment which is capable of automating the operation when coupling translocation vacuum equipment and free from imperfect operations due to imperfect setting of a power supply plug.  <P>SOLUTION: The translocation vacuum equipment 7 is provided with a vacuum tank main body 12 which is constituted to be capable of sealing and translocation. A loading/unloading port 38 for taking a substrate 13 accommodated in a substrate housing cassette 14 is formed in the main body 12. Elevating mechanism 25 for moving the cassette 14 up and down is arranged in the main body 12, and driven by a first running gear 25a which is driven by a first detachable electromagnet 26 outside the equipment. A partition bulb 30 for opening and closing the port 38 of the main body 12 is installed and driven by a second running gear 34 which is driven by a second detachable electromagnet 28 existing outside the equipment.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004192990-A (JP)
Title: Expanded lattice body for battery, and battery and lead-acid battery using it
Inventor: YUKI MASAYOSHI
IPC: H01M4/74
Filed: 2002-12-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lattice body for a battery capable of restraining deformation of a strand and dropout of an active material by restraining strength degradation of a side part of the lattice body without having a frame bone, of restraining extension of the lattice body generated particularly in the lattice body of a positive electrode, and of restraining life degradation of the battery caused by them, in an expanded lattice body for a battery; and to provide a battery using it.  <P>SOLUTION: The expanded lattice body is provided with expanded meshes each composed by forming slits on a conductor sheet in a zigzag form, and by expanding the slits. The expanded lattice body is provided with a first expanded mesh and a second expanded mesh, and is characterized by forming a first non-slit part continuing in the slit formation direction between the first expanded mesh and the second expanded mesh.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004193003-A (JP)
Title: Charge control device and portable terminal apparatus
Inventor: NAGAOKA TAKAMITSU
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2002-12-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an objective and exact battery life to be always determined, independently of the temperature during battery charge.  <P>SOLUTION: A lifetime of a battery 111 is calculated, by utilizing the property that charging time necessary for charging an expired battery up to a measure of capacity becomes shorter than the charging time for a new battery without degradation. In such a case, ambient temperature causes errors in the calculation of the battery lifetime. Therefore, the charging time, from the charge start to the charge end for the battery is measured by a control section 109 and a clock circuit section 106, the ambient temperature of the battery 111 is measured by a battery ambient temperature measurement section 104 from the charge start to the charge end, and the lifetime of the battery 111 is calculated, on the basis of battery temperature data and the charging time measured by the control section 109 and a calculation section 108, to display the remaining lifetime of the battery as a percentage or the like on a display section 110.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004190410-A (JP)
Title: Sound absorbing material
Inventor: NAKANO HARUO
IPC: E04B5/43
Filed: 2002-12-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sound absorbing material with excellent vibration-proof effects, sound insulation effects and water resistance.  <P>SOLUTION: This sound absorbing material is obtained by performing the following processes: plate-like expanded polystyrene, which is molded by being expanded up to 100-170 times, is compressed in such a manner that a thickness reaches 5-20% at room temperature; after that, the thickness is restored up to 40-80% by removing a compressive load; and the plate-like expanded polystyrene is sliced so that the thickness can be set at 3-15 mm. The sound absorbing material, which can be rolled up, is stuck on a building flooring material, so that a building soundproof material with excellent soundproof performance can be obtained.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004192530-A (JP)
Title: Gas alarm
Inventor: MOCHIZUKI KAZU
IPC: G01N27/04
Filed: 2002-12-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gas alarm capable of reducing the excessive influence by an inspection gas.  <P>SOLUTION: This gas alarm 10 reports an alarm of abnormal gas concentration when the gas concentration detected by a gas sensor 12 is a predetermined alarm concentration or more. This gas alarm comprises an operation mode control means 16 for switchingly controlling a general operation mode and an inspection operation mode. In the general operation mode, the means 16 reports the alarm of abnormal gas concentration when the detected gas concentration is a general operation mode alarm concentration or more. In the inspection operation mode, the means 16 reports the alarm of abnormal gas concentration when the detected gas concentration is an inspection operation mode alarm concentration set lower than the general operation mode alarm concentration.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004197125-A (JP)
Title: Magnetic ribbon superior in soft magnetic characteristic and manufacturing method therefor
Inventor: SAKAMOTO HIROAKI
IPC: H01F1/153
Filed: 2002-12-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetic ribbon which can have the width of magnetic domains subdivided so as to reduce the iron loss of a magnetic body, and have the width of the magnetic domains not only narrowed but also the width itself controlled, by using a magnetic mutual action between magnetic bodies, of which the method has not been seen in a conventional method of subdividing the magnetic domains.  <P>SOLUTION: The magnetic ribbon has a structure having a magnetic body of a secondary phase formed adjacent on at least one side of the surface of the magnetic ribbon that is a principal phase, wherein at least one direction among directions of easily magnetizable axes in the magnetic body of the above secondary phase is parallel to the normal direction against the surface of the magnetic ribbon that is the principal phase. In addition, the magnetic ribbon superior in soft magnetic characteristics is characterized in that the magnetic ribbon which is the above principal phase is a ribbon of an Fe-based amorphous alloy, and the magnetic body of the above secondary phase is mainly constituted by an oxide magnetic material and/or a metallic magnetic material.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004198012-A (JP)
Title: Water heater
Inventor: WAKIYAMA KENJI
IPC: F24H1/14
Filed: 2002-12-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water heater improved in durability without receiving an influence of the structure of an exhaust chamber and allowing to effectively use a heat transmission area of a heat exchanger.  <P>SOLUTION: This water heater has a burner for supplying the heat, a combustion chamber having an exhaust opening part for feeding the combustion gas burned by the burner to the exhaust chamber, the heat exchanger arranged in the combustion chamber and formed of pipe arrangement and the fin structure, and the exhaust chamber for taking the combustion gas, which is passed through the heat exchanger and fed from the exhaust opening part, through an exhaust chamber inlet part to discharge it outside through a discharge opening. In this water heater, the exhaust chamber inlet part of the exhaust chamber is provided so that a part thereof is overlapped with the exhaust opening part of the combustion chamber in relation to a vertical projecting surface from the top surface of the water heater, or the center parts of the exhaust opening part of the combustion chamber and an intake opening part of the exhaust chamber are displaced from each other so that the exhaust chamber inlet part of the exhaust chamber is not included inside the exhaust opening part of the combustion chamber, and a rectifying means for rectifying the combustion gas is provided between the combustion chamber and the exhaust chamber.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003249443-A (JP)
Title: Stage apparatus, stage position-controlling method, exposure method and projection aligner, and device- manufacturing method
Inventor: WAKAMOTO SHINJI
IPC: H01L21/68
Filed: 2002-12-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the position controllability of a stage without increasing the manufacturing costs of an apparatus.  <P>SOLUTION: When there are a plurality of wafer stages (WST1, WST2) in a first specific region SA1 and second specific regions (SA2a, SA2b), positions in respective stages are measured by interferometers (40X<SB>1</SB>to 40Y<SB>3</SB>), and the positions in respective stages are measured by linear encoders (ENC1, ENC2) within a specific range containing a fixed region where respective stages exist in a section for moving among respective regions and at the same time the positions cannot be measured by the interferometers. More specifically, the interferometers are used together with the encoders without, for example increasing the number of length-measuring beams in the interferometer and lengthening a reflection surface that is illuminated with the length-measuring beams, thus continuously measuring the positions in the movement region of respective stages, and hence improving the position controllability of the stages without increasing the manufacturing costs of an apparatus.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004197432-A (JP)
Title: Roof material made of metal sheet
Inventor: SEKI HISAO
IPC: E04D3/367
Filed: 2002-12-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved roof material made of a metal sheet for surely draining at a flashing piece and effectively preventing the leakage of water even when rainwater is spread to the flashing strip due to a heavily bad weather.  <P>SOLUTION: A first roof material 1 is provided with an inserting projecting piece 6 at one side end and a connecting part 7 at the other side end. A second roof material 2 includes a connecting part 10 provided at one side end and the flashing piece 5 provided at the other side end, wherein the connecting part 10 and the flashing strip 5 constitute an insert recess 12, a plurality of strips of flashing projecting parts 13 are formed on the flashing piece 5, and the trailing end thereof is bent upward to form a water return part 14. An intermediate roof material 3 is provided with connecting parts 17, 18 at both side ends to be joined corresponding to the connecting parts 7, 10 respectively provided on the other side end and one side end of the first and second roof materials 1, 2. The first roof material, the second roof material 2 and the intermediate roof material 3 are joined to one another to constitute the roof material A made of metal sheets.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003202410-A (JP)
Title: Microlens array
Inventor: BORDER JOHN
IPC: G02B27/62
Filed: 2002-12-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a microlens array equipped with fiducial marks on the surface opposite to the micro lens side surface.  <P>SOLUTION: The microlens array has a plurality of microlens supportedly arranged on a 1st surface of a transparent medium. At least two optical features are formed on a 2nd surface opposite the 1st surface. The fiducial marks are formed on the 2nd surface by a beam of collimated light directed onto the optical features and focused onto the 2nd surface. The fiducial marks enable precise alignment of the microlenses in the microlens array.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004204362-A (JP)
Title: Chenille yarn and fabric
Inventor: KONAKA SHINICHIRO
IPC: D02G3/42
Filed: 2002-12-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chenille yarn affording a chenille woven fabric having high added value unobtainable by a printing technique.  <P>SOLUTION: Design information of a pattern drawn on the surface of a chenille woven fabric is integrated into the chenille yarn by causing a partial change in any at least one point of refractive index of a fiber polymer constituting a floral yarn, composition and material of the fiber polymer, gloss of fibers, dyeability of the fibers, hygroscopicity of the fibers, water repellency of the fibers, oil repellency of the fibers, coefficient of friction of the fibers, crimp ratio of the fibers, stretch ratio of the fibers, shrinkage percentage of the fibers, fineness of the fibers, cross-sectional shape of the fibers, number of single filaments constituting the floral yarn, thickness of the single filaments constituting the floral yarn, number of twists of the floral yarn, thickness of the floral yarn, protruding length of a floral yarn piece from the floral yarn, a woven or a knit texture structure of the floral yarn engaging with the floral yarn piece and number of floral yarn piece (engaging density) based on unit length of the chenille yarn in the longitudinal direction of the chenille yarn.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003245330-A (JP)
Title: Tray
Inventor: OGAWA TAKASHI
IPC: A61L2/06
Filed: 2002-12-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tray which houses an endoscope to prevent the persistent bend of a slender and soft insertion tube of the endoscope completely otherwise which bend is caused by heat during the autoclave sterilization.  <P>SOLUTION: When the endoscope 1 undergoes the autoclave sterilization after the use thereof, the endoscope is housed into the endoscope tray 35 before placed into an autoclave sterilizer to keep the insertion tube 2 of the endoscope 1 straight. This prevents the persistent bend of the insertion tube otherwise caused by heat during the autoclave sterilization.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004203993-A (JP)
Title: Resin composition and sheet
Inventor: ODA MINORU
IPC: B65D73/02
Filed: 2002-12-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composition having a low surface gloss using a polycarbonate resin and a sheet obtained using the same.  <P>SOLUTION: The resin composition comprises 100 pts. wt. of a polycarbonate resin, and incorporated therewith, at least 5 pts. wt. but at most 50 pts. wt. of carbon black, and at least 2 pts. wt. but at most 40 pts. wt. of a vulcanized conjugated diene polymer rubber. The sheet is obtained using the same. In one of the preferable embodiments, the sheet comprises the resin composition as a skin layer on at least one surface of a substrate layer comprised of a thermoplastic resin. Preferably, the skin layer has a surface resistivity of 10<SP>2</SP>-10<SP>10</SP>Ω and a surface gloss of at most 30%. The sheet is suitably employed as a packaging container for an electronic part, particularly as an embossed carrier tape or a vacuum-formed tray.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004204978-A (JP)
Title: Hinge device
Inventor: KATO HIDEO
IPC: H05K5/02
Filed: 2002-12-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hinge device having strengthened automatic opening force from a prescribed opening angle, weakened closing force, and small opening force from a closed state to the prescribed opening angle.  <P>SOLUTION: The hinge device is to connect a first member and a second member openable and closable. The hinge device is composed of a shaft having a flange part on one end part, a case body rotatably provided while being locked by one end part of the shaft allowing the shaft to be inserted in a central part in an axial direction, a spring guide provided in one end part side of the case body being prevented from rotating by the shaft, a fixed cam having a rotation-stopping means outside and a cam part on one end face fixed to a free end side of the shaft outside the case body, a slider cam having the cam part on a side facing the cam part of the fixed cam, allowing the shaft to be slidably inserted in the central part in the axial direction, being prevented from rotating by the case body, and an elastic means elastically provided between the slider cam and a spring mounting member while being wound around the shaft.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004211115-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing copper pipe
Inventor: NAKAI MANABU
IPC: C22F1/08
Filed: 2002-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a copper pipe by which a small diameter copper pipe having an outer diameter of ≤ 10 mmϕ produced by applying a cold-working of a large reducing area ratio of ≥ 99% to an extruded blank pipe hardly causes crack when the pipe is further subjected to pipe-expanding work or pipe-shrinking work having a large expanding ratio or shrinking ratio.  <P>SOLUTION: When producing the small diameter copper pipe of an outer diameter of ≤ 10 mmϕ which is used after being subjected to the pipe-expanding work or the pipe-shrinking work, on the way of the cold-working, an intermediate annealing of the copper pipe is performed and the copper pipe is tempered with the intermediate annealing, in the range of O to 1/8H in quality symbol of JIS and also, the area reducing ratio of the copper pipe in the cold-working to a finish annealing after the intermediate annealing, is made to be 10-95% to the extruded blank pipe.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004210319-A (JP)
Title: Packaging member for sale of originally designed stamp
Inventor: SAKAMOTO MASANORI
IPC: B65D77/00
Filed: 2002-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dedicated packaging member for sale, which stimulates collecting desire of a purchaser, and which is suitable for display and sale at a store etc. in the issuance of a stamp with an originally designed stamp surface.  <P>SOLUTION: This packaging member for the sale of the originally designed stamp 1 is a packaging member 3 for housing at least one originally designed stamp 1 and displaying it so as to sell it at the store; a stamp storage part 4 is formed in a sheet material 2 with a strength high enough to prevent the easy folding of the housed originally-designed stamp 1; and the packaging member 3 is made at least partially opaque so as to disable the observation of an inside from the outside. The stamp 1 is wrapped with the packaging member 3.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004210722-A (JP)
Title: Composition for oral cavity
Inventor: KATO KAZUHIKO
IPC: A61K8/73
Filed: 2002-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a composition for oral cavity having good feelings upon use and capable of improving peculiar taste derived from glycerol and a silica compound when the composition for oral cavity containing an organic acid and/or an inorganic acid and a fluorine ion-supplying compound and having high dental bleaching effect is further formulated with glycerol and the silica compound.  <P>SOLUTION: This composition for oral cavity comprises the organic acid and/or the inorganic acid, the fluorine ion-supplying compound, glycerol and the silica compound and further trehalose. Owing to the composition for oral cavity, a light-scattering layer is formed on a tooth enamel layer when the composition for oral cavity is applied to teeth.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI