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Patent JP-2004123336-A (JP)
Title: Conveyor chain
Inventor: SHIBAYAMA KATSUTOSHI
IPC: B65G17/08
Filed: 2002-10-03
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved conveyor chain for carrying carried objects, if having a high gravity center, at a high speed without causing fall-down in a curved carriage section.  <P>SOLUTION: The conveyor chain comprises a plurality of links 10 arranged in lines. Each of the links has a top plate 11 with a flat upper face 12 and a hinge portion 13 provided on the top plate connected to a hinge portion of the front link and to a hinge portion of the rear link via pins. Edges 19, 24 of the top plate and the hinge portion adjacent to the links located at the front and rear sides are formed as curved faces. An inclination to the edges, formed by a plane 31 including a tangent line and the upper face of the top plate, is gradually smaller as tending from the center axis of the link in the direction of its arrangement to the side face of the link.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003133429-A (JP)
Title: Thin film multilayer high q transformer formed in semiconductor substrate
Inventor: CHAUDHRY SAMIR
IPC: H01L27/04
Filed: 2002-10-04
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thin film multilayer high Q transformer. SOLUTION: To form an outer transformer winding, a plurality of parallel first level metal runners are formed in a first insulating layer overlying the semiconductor substrate. A plurality of vertical conductive vias are formed in third and fourth insulating layers and in electrical connection with each end of the first level metal runners. A fourth insulting layer is disposed over the third insulating layer, and additional vertical conductive vias and a fourth level metal runner are formed therein. Thus, the fourth level metal runners and the intervening vertical conductive vias connect each of the first level metal runners to form a continuously conductive structure having a generally helical shape. The inner winding of the transformer is similarly formed.  A plurality of parallel second level metal runners are formed within the second insulating layer, and a plurality of conductive vias and third level metal runners are formed within the third insulating layer to interconnect the plurality of second level metal runners, forming a continuously conductive structure having a generally helical shape and disposed partially within the outer transformer winding.
Patent JP-2004129426-A (JP)
Title: Permanent magnet motor
Inventor: IWAKIRI MITSURU
IPC: H02K21/14
Filed: 2002-10-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a permanent magnet motor, in which a cylindrical permanent magnet fits surely and is fixed to a rotor body for a long period of time, regardless of the unevenness of the application of an adhesive and the deterioration of the adhesive, and the separation of the surface treatment of the permanent magnet.  <P>SOLUTION: The permanent magnet motor, in which the cylindrical permanent magnet 3 is fit and fixed to the rotor body 1 comprises the cylindrical permanent magnet 3 formed with a groove 7, that axially extends to at least both ends of the internal peripheral surface 4 of the magnet; protrusions 6a, 6b engaged with the groove 7 of the external peripheral surface; and fixing rings 5a, 5b, that are fit and mounted to the rotor body 1. The fixing rings 5a, 5b are fit and fixed to the rotor body 1, and the protrusions 6a, 6b of the fixing rings 5a, 5b are engaged with the groove 7 of the internal peripheral face 4, thus making the permanent magnet 3 fit and fixed to the rotor body 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004125707-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor device inspector, mother board therefor, and method for inspecting semiconductor device
Inventor: ITAGAKI TAKAO
IPC: G01R31/28
Filed: 2002-10-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor device inspector having a simple system and a reduced cost and solving a problem of connecting a mother board and a tester by moving a multiplexer from the tester to the mother board and thus greatly reducing the number of wires.  <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of P channels FET 2 is arranged in a matrix 1 having a plurality of columns and rows. A plurality of N channels FET 4 is arranged in a matrix 3 having a plurality of columns and rows. In one channel, the P channels FET2 and the N channels FET3 are connected such that a drain is commonly used by the matrices 1 and 3 being superimposed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004092356-A (JP)
Title: Check valve
Inventor: ODAWARA TSUTOMU
IPC: E03F5/10
Filed: 2002-08-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary check valve utilizing buoyancy to solve the problem that the commercialized valve cannot be used, because reverse flow from the public sewer pipe is caused by natural flow and use of check valve in case of force-feed with a pump has a problem of holding back filthy water, whereas waterproof plate using buoyancy which requires no monitoring system or switch for opening/closing is commercialized, under the situation where water intrusion to a building, etc., under heavy rain and the damage caused by reverse flow from the public sewer pipe seems to increase year by year, and various articles are developed for water proof plate for gateways.  <P>SOLUTION: Check valve is composed of a rotary cover and a buoy across a rotary shaft utilizing the principle of lever. The check valve utilizing buoyancy is installed in the last tank connected with the public sewer pipe. Filthy water, filth and others are held back in the case of natural flow which might cause trouble.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004134501-A (JP)
Title: Light emitting device and its manufacturing method
Inventor: TAMAMURA KOJI
IPC: H01S5/22
Filed: 2002-10-09
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light emitting device which has superior element characteristics and a refractive index distribution which is given through a method different from a conventional one of fabricating a photonics crystal.  <P>SOLUTION: This GaN semiconductor laser element 30 is equipped with a refractive index distribution structure which is formed of holes 52 that are laid out in a one-dimensional periodic arrangement and provided to the lower part of a p-type clad layer 46 located by a ridge 50. The holes 52 get gradually larger in diameter and deeper as they are located closer to the ridge 50. The refractive index distribution by the holes 52, which possess different dimensions and are laid out in a one-dimensional periodic arrangement, is formed outside a light emitting region. The GaN semiconductor laser element 30 has a low threshold current because the refractive index distribution by the holes 52 which possess different dimensions and are laid out in a one-dimensional periodic arrangement is formed outside a light emitting region, so that the intensity distribution of a laser beam or NFP can be controlled.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004135217-A (JP)
Title: Image forming device
Inventor: YONENAGA KOTARO
IPC: H04N1/48
Filed: 2002-10-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the quality of an image formed, by enabling application of automatic density adjustment (background removal), even if the operation of an automatic collar selecting (ACS) mode is carried out in a full color copy.  <P>SOLUTION: In a system which sets up a processing mode chosen among a full color, a black and white, and an ACS modes alternatively, a background removal function is applied for each mode. In the full color and the ACS modes, density transform processing (ADS) is used in digital processing for generating a CMY edition image data (S14). In the black and white mode, AE processing is applied to follow and change the reference voltage of a transformer, which conducts A/D conversion of an analog output from a manuscript-reading image sensor, according to the background of a manuscript. According to this arrangement, density transform inhibited conventionally at the ACS mode can be applied, and the background (printed on the gummed side) can be removed effectively.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004140424-A (JP)
Title: Imaging apparatus
Inventor: UCHIDA AKIHIRO
IPC: H04N5/3728
Filed: 2002-10-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To check the deterioration of the image quality due to smear in a digital camera without increasing the apparatus cost.  <P>SOLUTION: An imaging system comprises a CCD element 10 having parallel longitudinal charge transfer lines 11 and a transversal charge transfer line, a CCD element 20 having parallel transversal charge transfer lines 21 and a longitudinal charge transfer line, and an optical system for branching a light flux from an object to make the CCD elements 10, 20 form identical optical images showing the object, respectively. An object is photographed to obtain image data from either the CCD element 10 or 20 using the imaging system. A smear appearing on an image shown by the image data is corrected using image data obtained from the other CCD element.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004138679-A (JP)
Title: Wide-angle lens, and video magnification projection system, video projector, rear projector, and multivision system using the same
Inventor: KIMURA SHUNSUKE
IPC: G02B13/24
Filed: 2002-10-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wide-angle lens which has small distortion, a small chromatic aberration, and small variation in performance against variation in projection distance although the lens has long back focus.  <P>SOLUTION: The lens has a 1st lens group 11 with negative refracting power, a 2nd lens group 12, and a 3rd lens group 13 with positive refracting power in sequence from long conjugate distance, and the 2nd lens group 12 has less refracting power than the 1st lens group 11 and 3rd lens group 12; when the power is varied from a long distance to a long distance, the 1st lens group 11, 2nd lens group 12, and 3rd lens group 13 move along the optical axis, the air gap between the 1st lens group 11 and 2nd lens group 12 decreases, and the air gap between the 2nd lens group 12 and 3rd lens group 13 increases. An aperture diaphragm 16 is positioned between the 2nd lens group 12 and 3rd lens group 13 and 4<bf/f<6 is satisfied, where bf is the air-converted back focus of the wide-angle lens corresponding to an infinite distance and (f) is the focal length of the wide-angle lens.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004137992-A (JP)
Title: Control device for hybrid vehicle and method of the same
Inventor: KOTANI TAKESHI
IPC: B60L50/16
Filed: 2002-10-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve to prevent occurrence of surge in the event that a throttle valve is quickly closed by restraining increase in components.  <P>SOLUTION: The device is provided with an engine including a supercharger and MG1, MG2 which are capable of generating braking power on wheels by regeneratively operating by means of driving force from wheel side. The engine and the MG1, MG2 calculate respective sharing power and thus, the device controls the engine and the MG1, MG2 based on the calculated result. It restrains closing speed of the throttle valve 186 when it is required to control the throttle valve to the closing side and simultaneously increases amount of regeneration by the MG2. Therefore, it can make up capacity lowered amount of engine brake which generates by restraining closing speed of the throttle valve, by increase in the braking power on the wheels by enlarging amount of regeneration by the MG2.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004144127-A (JP)
Title: Reduction gear
Inventor: MORIKAWA KUNIHIKO
IPC: F16H1/28
Filed: 2002-10-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the assembling performance of a reduction gear.  <P>SOLUTION: The reduction gear comprises a sun roller 2 formed coaxially with an input shaft, a planetary roller 3a to be in contact with the outer peripheral face of the sun roller for transmitting the rotation of the input shaft, a planetary pinion gear 3b formed coaxially with the planetary roller, a ring gear 5 non-rotatably fixed to the planetary pinion gear in engagement therewith, and a carrier 8 rotatably supporting the planetary pinion gear and joined to an output shaft.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004150310-A (JP)
Title: Exhaust device of internal combustion engine
Inventor: ISHIKAWA HIDEKAZU
IPC: F01N3/24
Filed: 2002-10-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve engine output and purifying performance of an exhaust purifying device in an exhaust device equipped with the exhaust purifying device midway along an exhaust pipe.  <P>SOLUTION: The exhaust device E of an internal combustion engine is provided with the exhaust purifying device 3 having a catalyst 30 installed between a first exhaust pipe 1 and a second exhaust pipe 2, and arranged in an exhaust muffler 4. The exhaust purifying device 3 has an outlet 34 forming an outlet passage 36 through which exhaust gas after purification flows out. The outlet 34 has a tapered pipe 39 forming a convergent part. A leakage hole 7 for flowing out a part of the exhaust gas flowing through the outlet 34 is provided at an upstream side 39c of the tapered pipe 39.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004149631-A (JP)
Title: Hard coat film
Inventor: SHIYOJI SATORU
IPC: C08J7/046
Filed: 2002-10-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prepare a hard coat film which excels in mar resistance, reduces shrinkage on curing and resistance to wet heat curing, and does not cause an optical interference fringe.  <P>SOLUTION: This hard coat film is obtained by coating a coating liquid comprising a hard coat layer-forming component composed of (A) a compound obtained by bonding an organic compound having a polymerizable unsaturated group to silica fine particles, (B) a (meth) acrylate having an alicylic structure, and (C) a compound containing two or more polymerizable unsaturated groups and one or more aryl groups in the molecule on at least one surface of a base film and effecting curing by ionizing radiation to form a hard coat layer, and the hard coat layer contains 20-60 wt% silica, and the refractive index of the hard coat is ≥1.53.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004150726-A (JP)
Title: Hood inner surface and oil groove structure in exhaust hood of stainless steel
Inventor: JINNO AKIRA
IPC: F24F7/06
Filed: 2002-10-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide sanitary hood inner surface and oil groove structure in an exhaust hood of stainless steel to replace a conventional exhaust hood to make oil or water drops hard to drop under the exhaust hood, make it easy to be cleaned, and make it easy to be recognized as cleaned by changing the form of an inner surface of the exhaust hood or an oil groove in the exhaust hood.  <P>SOLUTION: In this hood inner surface and oil groove structure in the exhaust hood of stainless steel, the inner surface Z of a hood main body 1 is formed round. Cross sectional form of the oil groove 2 positioned at a lower part of the hood main body 1 is formed round. A raised part X of the oil groove 2 positioned at a lower part of the hood main body is inclined diagonally forward. The inner surface of the hood main body is formed round. The oil groove positioned at a lower part of the hood main body is provided with a gradient Y in one direction.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004153764-A (JP)
Title: Meta-data production apparatus and search apparatus
Inventor: SHIMOTASHIRO MASAFUMI
IPC: G10L15/06
Filed: 2002-11-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for producing and searching meta-data by reproducing produced video/audio contents to confirm information to be defined as the meta-data and inputting the information to a computer or the like with a voice input to produce the meta-data.  <P>SOLUTION: The production apparatus for the meta-data associated with contents is provided with: an input means for inputting an audio signal of a contents management keyword extracted from a scenario produced in accordance with produced contents or from the contents to make the audio signal into data; an audio recognizing means for recognizing the keyword from audio signal data which are made by the input means; and a file processing means for storing the keyword outputted form the audio recognizing means in a meta-data file together with a time code indicating a temporal position with an image signal contained in the contents.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004158938-A (JP)
Title: Imaging apparatus
Inventor: ASADA RYOJI
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2002-11-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus which converts 24p-image signals in a progressive scan system at a frame frequency of 24 Hz into 60i-signals in an interlace scan system at a field frequency of 60 Hz as a standard television system in a 2:3 pull-down process, and does not generate a transverse stripe, etc. over a screen center to reduce image quality deterioration.  <P>SOLUTION: If the output timing of a 24p-image signal from an imaging unit 2 does not agree with the phase of a 60i-vertical synchronizing signal, a delay unit 8 delays the image signal by a time taken for scanning the 60i-signal over a (1/2) field and inputs the delayed signal in a memory 3 to write the 24p-image signal in the memory 3 synchronously with the 60i-vertical synchronizing signal.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004157747-A (JP)
Title: Point management method and point management program
Inventor: YUASA KOICHI
IPC: G06Q20/00
Filed: 2002-11-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a point management method and a point management program for allowing more effective use of given points.  <P>SOLUTION: A point management center 20 stores the number of points and the expiration date of the points in a member information storage part 22 for each user. A management computer 21 receives a request for point presentation from a presenter member to a presentee member and confirms the expiration date of the points of the presenter member. If the points of the presenter member does not expire, designation of the number of giving points is received when it is determined that the given points designated by the presenter member can be given on the basis of the number of points held by the presenter member. The management computer 21 subtracts the number of given points from the number of points of the presenter member stored in the member information storage part 22 and adds the number of given points to the number of points of the presentee member.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004159217-A (JP)
Title: Tdd switching signal creation method, and creation circuit
Inventor: ITO YOSHIKUNI
IPC: H04L5/16
Filed: 2002-11-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a TDD (Time Division Duplex) switching signal creation circuit which can output a TDD switching signal with accurate time duration width even if property changes on installing conditions because properties of the composing elements are bad.  <P>SOLUTION: The TDD switching signal sent from an IDU (In Door Unit) 10 of a 1st unit is demodulated by an ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying) detection circuit 31 of an ODU (Out Door Unit) 20 of a 2nd unit. Logical circuits of shift registers 32, 33, a NOT circuit 34, and a NAND circuit 35, detect completion of rise of the demodulated TDD switching signal. A counter 36 counts clocks of a standard oscillator 38 from time of detecting completion of the rise. A count value comparator 37 makes the time detecting the completion of the rise as a switching point to an operation mode, and makes a time the count value of the counter reaches a number of counts given beforehand as a switching point to another operation mode.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004157457-A (JP)
Title: Speech presentation system
Inventor: SAITO HIROSHI
IPC: G10L13/00
Filed: 2002-11-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a speech presentation system which permits easy grasping of the meaning of a sentence in restarting after speech output of the sentence is interrupted by temporary stop during such output.  <P>SOLUTION: The speech presentation is provided with a text speech conversion section 12, a speech output information storage section 13, a speech synthesis section 16, a speech device 17, a speech output control section 15 and an operation unit 14. In the section 12, the text information is processed by every sentence and identifiers indicating sentence numbers are attached to the sentence tops to convert to read out information. The section 15 successively delivers the read out information from the section 13 to the section 16, detects the identifiers at the sentence tops of the read out information and reads the sentence numbers in outputting the information as the speech. The operator operates the operation unit 14 and the control section 15 reads the sentences of the sentence number under the presentation of the speeches thus far from the section 13 during the temporary stop and restarts the speech output from the sentence tops in the cancellation of the temporary stop in succession to the temporary stop.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004161788-A (JP)
Title: Styrenic resin foam and its manufacturing method
Inventor: GOTO MASAOKI
IPC: C08K3/02
Filed: 2002-11-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a styrenic resin foam which enhances environmental adaptability without using a halogen flame-retardant and excels in flame retardance, and its manufacturing method.  <P>SOLUTION: The styrenic resin foam is obtained by subjecting a styrenic resin to extrusion foaming, and contains ammonium sulfate as the flame-retardant, and its manufacturing method is disclosed. The obtained styrenic resin foam excels in flame retadance and environmental adaptability, and furthermore can meet various properties such as flame retardance, expansion ratio, and heat insulating properties while acquiring better environmental adaptability by using a saturated hydrocarbon such as propane and butane as a nonhalogen blowing agent.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004165221-A (JP)
Title: Thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same
Inventor: AKIMOTO KENGO
IPC: H01L21/322
Filed: 2002-11-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thin film transistor which does not give influence on a thermally fragile substrate.  <P>SOLUTION: In the manufacturing method, a rapid thermal annealing (RTA, local heating) is conducted only to desired spots using a lamp (typically, a halogen lamp) for heat treatment. In addition, the rapid thermal annealing is conducted after a metal layer or an amorphous semiconductor which absorbs heat is provided on the substrate. Accordingly, a semiconductor and a gate insulation film of the thin film transistor are heated up to about 700°C, but the heating temperature of the substrate rises to about 400°C, protecting the substrate from damage. In addition, two treatments of a heat treatment to the gate insulation film and an activation process of an impurity element added to the semiconductor and a gettering process of a metal element added to the semiconductor are simultaneously conducted using the RTA. Since the RTA can be conducted within a short period of time, improvement in the productivity can be expected.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004159739-A (JP)
Title: Method and apparatus for image processing
Inventor: SEKIGUCHI JUNKO
IPC: H04N1/387
Filed: 2002-11-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for obtaining an image having an appropriate mark and an apparatus for obtaining the image having the appropriate mark.  <P>SOLUTION: When a part agreed with prescribed conditions is marked and displayed, display/non-display of the mark is made selectable 211 and 213. The conditions for marking are also selectable from a plurality of conditions 201. In a medical image displayed as digital data, the part which is agreed with the prescribed conditions, for example, a part suggestive of the lesion is marked and displayed by image processing using a computer, and the like, to support a diagnosis.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO