baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2004531341-A (JP)
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2002-06-27
Abstract: A method is provided for assessing urinary function including removably coupling a first test module to a portable control device, selecting from a plurality of different tests a first test to assess urinary function, the selection being made based on first module identification information obtained by the control device from the test module, and performing the first test. The method may also include one or more of the steps of inserting an insert member coupled to the first test module at least partially into a patient's urinary tract, infusing fluid through the insert member into the urinary tract, and measuring pressure within the urinary tract as fluid is infused therein. The method may further include uncoupling the first test module from the portable control device, coupling a second test module to the portable control device, selecting a second test to assess urinary function based on second module identification information obtained by the control device from the second test module, and performing the second test.
Patent JP-2004534586-A (JP)
IPC: B63C9/02
Filed: 2002-07-10
Abstract: A configurable, adjustable inflatable device including one or more inflatable bladders (42) and a shape-defining membrane (44) that combines with the inflatable bladders (42) such that an overall shape of the configurable inflatable device is at least partially controlled by the shape-defining membrane, and wherein the overall shape of the configurable inflatable device is substantially different from an inflated shape of inflatable bladders alone. The configurable adjustable inflatable device may include a covering layer (66) that may partially or completely surround the inflatable bladders and may attach to the membrane (44) or the inflatable bladders (66). The level of inflation of the inflatable bladders (66) may also be controlled, further adding to the adjustability of the inflatable device.
Patent JP-2004535341-A (JP)
Title: 中央ノブ付き通気用ディスク
IPC: A61J9/04
Filed: 2002-05-16
Abstract: 【解決手段】通気用ディスクを容器の一端に配置させる部材をここに示す。この部材は、実質的にはほぼ単独に、通気用ディスクを容器の一端の固定位置に配置させるために、通気用ディスクから延びた少なくとも1つの突出部を有している。この少なくとも1つの突出部は、通気用ディスクの中央部に位置し、通気用ディスクの中心点から延びた1つの突出部になり得る。この突出部は、通気用ディスクを掴んだり取り扱ったりすることを容易にするような、矩形と楕円形と円筒形のような形状を含む幾何学的な形状を採りうる。 【選択図】図１
Patent JP-2005509411-A (JP)
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2002-08-19
Abstract: The present invention provides novel synthetic oligonucleotide sequences (hereinafter sequence) of 3 to 9 bases in length comprising one or more non-DNA bases wherein the bases are nebularine, hypoxanthine, or uracil, or combinations of nebularine, hypoxanthine and uracil bases. These sequences optionally further comprise one or more guanine bases or one or more thymine bases, or combinations thereof. The present invention also provides methods of using these compositions to induce responses in cells, and to treat diseases and conditions characterized by undesired cellular proliferation such as autoimmune disease, lymphoproliferative disease, inflammation or cancer.
Patent JP-2005501616-A (JP)
IPC: A61M39/16
Filed: 2002-09-02
Abstract: A coupling for a medical fluid delivery system for administering liquids to a patient includes male and female members, the female member (1) having an inwardly tapering socket (3) for receiving a complimentary tubular spigot (17) of the male member and having a liquid escape vent (9) for escape of liquid supplied from an incorrect or an incorrectly coupled male member. A collar (18) of the male member is threadedly engageable with a hub (2) of the female member for securing the members against disengagement, and the female member has a sleeve (5) with a pawl (6) which cooperates with ratchet teetch (20) on the collar to lock the collar against answering, the pawl being disengageable by squeezing the sleeve (5). The sleeve (5) has openings (8) to permit treatment of the hub and sleeve interior for destroying bacteria. The male member may be provided at the forward end of a syringe (34). The male and female members have in their gripping regions similar external profiles defined by radial wings (14, 25, 39) to provide a clear tactile indication that the correct parts are being used together.
Patent JP-2005502250-A (JP)
Title: 相互結合されたパッチに最適パッチアンテナ励振を与えるシステム及び方法
IPC: H01Q13/08
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: アンテナアレイ(２０)(例えば、マイクロストリップパッチアンテナ)が、アレイ(２０)内の放射素子(２８)間における相互結合(２２)効果の特定の感受性を利用する方法で動作する。放射素子(２８)(例えば、マイクロストリップパッチ)に印加され、それによって、例えば、指定方向における放射ビームの指向、ビームの操作、放射ビームの整形及び／または指定方向におけるアンテナ糊得の最適化を含む特定の所望の放射特性を達成する最適差動モード電圧(Ｖ １ 、Ｖ ２ または最適差動モード電流を決定するために、各種の差動モード励振スキームが提供される。
Patent JP-2005533730-A (JP)
Title: 被着体に、接着、被覆、着色物質のフィルムを付着するための携帯型装置
IPC: B65H35/07
Filed: 2002-07-17
Abstract: 本発明は、被着体（８）に接着、被覆、又は着色物質などのフィルムを転写するための携帯型装置（１）に関し、該装置が、フィルム供給部を収容するハウジング（２）と、前記付着部材（４）の付着先端（４ｂ）が、前記前部において横断方向に実行する動作モード中に、前記供給部（９）から前記被着体（８）に面する前記付着部材（４）の前記下部長手側（１１ａ）に延びる前記フィルム（Ｆ）を伴う、該ハウジング（２）から長手方向に突出し、相互の相対的な動作可能な２つの付着部材部からなる付着部材（４）とを有する。該携帯型装置の動作性を向上するため、該相対的な動作が付着部材部に一体的な部分として設けられる動作停止部（Ａ，Ｂ）によって限定される。
Patent JP-2005508336-A (JP)
Title: キナーゼ阻害物質としての３−（アリールアミノ）メチレン−１，３−ジヒドロ−２ｈ−インドール−２−オン類
IPC: A61P19/02
Filed: 2002-09-27
Abstract: 本発明は、異常細胞増殖を調整し、調節しおよび／または阻害するためにチロシンキナーゼシグナル伝達を調節することができる有機分子に関連するものである。
Patent JP-2005512059-A (JP)
Title: Ｓ１００ｂの測定による敗血症の診断方法
IPC: G01N33/543
Filed: 2002-11-27
Abstract: 敗血症および敗血症様全身性感染症の早期鑑別診断および検出、予後および重篤度の評価および治療に伴う経過の評価のための方法であって、敗血症を患った、または敗血症の疑いがある患者の生物学的流体におけるパラメータＳ１００Ｂを測定し、かつ、敗血症の存在、予想される経過、重篤度、および／または治療のための開始された処置の成功に関する結論を前記パラメータの存在および／または量から導くことを特徴とする方法に関する。
Patent JP-2005512795-A (JP)
Title: バラスト混入フロキュレーション−デカンテーション処理によって水を浄化する方法
IPC: C02F1/56
Filed: 2002-12-19
Abstract: 本発明は水処理方法に関する。この方法は、凝結処理された水をフロキュレーション区域に導入させてバラストの存在下においてそのバラストの周囲に微小フロックを凝集させるステップと、混合物をデカンテーション区域に導入させるステップと、処理された水をオーバフロー側に分離してスラッジとバラストの混合物をアンダーフロー側に分離するステップと、混合物の少なくとも一部をスラッジ／バラスと分離システムに移送するステップと、分離システムに導入されたバラストとスラッジの一部をフロキュレーション区域内またはその上流側に還流させるステップを備えている。この方法はさらに、混合物をスラッジ／バラスト分離システムに移送するステップと、混合物を所定のバラスト濃度になるように調整するステップと、分離システムからスラッジを含まずにバラストを抽出するステップを含み、スラッジ／バラスト分離システムに流入する流量の２０％よりも多い部分をスラッジ／バラスト分離システムの少なくとも一部を通過させた後にフロキュレーション区域内またはその上流側に還流させ、バラストは６０μｍよりも大きい有効径を有し、処理システムから抽出されるスラッジは５ｇ／Ｌよりも高い濃度を有していることを特徴とする。
Patent JP-2005520273-A (JP)
Title: フレキシブル回路用液晶ポリマー
IPC: H05K3/38
Filed: 2003-03-04
Abstract: 処理される液晶ポリマー基板を提供して、５０℃〜１２０℃の温度でアルカリ金属水酸化物と可溶化剤とを含む水溶液を適用することにより液晶ポリマー基板をエッチングする工程を含む金属シード液晶ポリマーを提供する方法。被着剤金属層は、無電解金属めっきか、金属の真空蒸着のいずれかを用いてエッチングされた液晶ポリマー基板に蒸着させてもよい。無電解金属めっきを用いるときは、錫（ＩＩ）溶液を液晶ポリマーに適用した後、パラジウム（ＩＩ）溶液を適用することによって、金属シード液晶ポリマーが得られる。エッチング溶液を用いて、スルーホールと関連形状ボイドを有し、ハードディスクドライブ用フレクシャに適用される液晶ポリマー基板の表面調製用の液晶ポリマーフィルムを含むフレキシブル回路を形成してもよい。
Patent JP-2005520958-A (JP)
Title: 可動なバリアー用のドアオペレータおよびその使用方法
IPC: E05B49/00
Filed: 2003-03-03
Abstract: 【解決手段】更新可能な送信機がバリアーの位置を制御するために、オペレータと共に使用される。オペレータは、受信した無線周波数送信と記憶された連続番号とを比較する制御器を含み、その制御器は、無線周波数送信が記憶された連続番号のいずれかひとつと一致するときバリアーを移動させることができる。送信機は、エンコーダを支承するハウジングを含む。機能ボタンがハウジングに支承され、ここでボタンの作動は標準的方法以外で、新規な連続番号を発生させ、連続番号は制御器により突き止められ、更新可能な送信機は無線周波数送信を放出することにより、バリアーを動かすことができる。
Patent JP-2005530727-A (JP)
Title: 一種の抗リュウマチ製剤およびその製造方法
IPC: A61K36/81
Filed: 2002-04-09
Abstract: 本発明は一種の抗リュウマチ製剤及びその製造方法を公開する。当該製剤は昆明山海棠、淫羊カク、枸杞子および莵糸子を原薬とする。本発明に係る製剤は治療効果が顕著であること、毒・副作用が低いこと、および服用に便利であることを特徴とする。
Patent JP-2005195967-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus and method
Inventor: KOYAMA HAJIME
IPC: G03G9/08
Filed: 2004-01-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus which realizes higher sharpness, less energy and smaller size by improving the fixing efficiency of a toner to transfer paper and the separability of the transfer paper after fixing and making the torque of a fixing device lower.  <P>SOLUTION: The arithmetic mean roughness Ra of the surface of a heat fixing member 100 of the fixing device 8 on the contact surface side of a recording medium, the mean ruggedness height Rc, the mean spacing S of the peaks of the local areas, the volume average grain size Rt of the toner 104, and the shortest diameter Dmin of pixels have the relationships of Ra<Rc, 0.1Rt≤Rc≤Rt and S≤Dmin and the heat fixing member 100 has projections 102 on its front layer and the periphery thereof is a compressive elastic layer 103 composed of a foaming material.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004301320-A (JP)
Title: Reed valve or reed valve assembly
Inventor: INUI HIROSHIGE
IPC: F01N3/32
Filed: 2004-01-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reed valve or a reed valve assembly having a structure endurable against excessive pressure even in a thin reed of the plate thickness, and having high follow-up performance.  <P>SOLUTION: This reed valve 20 has a plate-like support base board 21 for forming a valve hole 22 penetrating in the plate thickness direction in a central part, and the plate-like flexible reed 24 for covering the valve hole 22 on one surface of this support base board 21, and arranged by fixing longitudinal directional one end. The support base board 21 comprises a rib 27 for dividing the inside of the valve hole 22 into two spaces 22a and 22b by extending along the longitudinal directional center line in the valve hole 22. A surface opposed to the reed 24 in this rib 27 is positioned on the substantially same plane as a surface of the support base board 21 attached with the reed 24 or in the valve hole 22, and is constituted so as to approach the reed 24.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005201706-A (JP)
Title: Jig for testing electrostatic discharge
Inventor: ISHIKAWA MASAHIRO
IPC: G01R31/12
Filed: 2004-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel jig for testing electrostatic discharge which achieves the shortening of the lead time by applying the static electricity simultaneously to a plurality of printed circuit boards at one test.  <P>SOLUTION: In the testing of the electrostatic discharge for printed wiring boards 2 with electronic components 3 mounted thereon, the static electricity is applied simultaneously to a plurality of printed wiring boards at one test by using the jig for testing arranged as follows: A static electricity application point P is set at one corner of an electroconductive plate 5 provided as a base for carrying a test object and a plurality of printed board support devices 6 adapted to support the printed wiring boards upright at at positions apart by the equal distance from the static electricity application point is disposed radially being scattered while a gun holder 7 is so arranged as to set a static electricity generation gun 4 being positioned at the static electricity application point. The printed wiring boards are mounted being erected on the respective support devices one at a time in the direction of making the wire pattern 2a contact the electroconductive plate conductively. In such a manner, the static electricity is discharged to the static electricity application point from the static electricity generation gun to be applied to the plurality of printed wiring boards carried on the plate through the electroconductive plate at a stroke.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005198539-A (JP)
Title: Temperature controller
Inventor: MIYAHARA SEIICHIRO
IPC: C12M1/00
Filed: 2004-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a temperature controller which can precisely control the temperature of microorganisms or cells.  <P>SOLUTION: This temperature controller comprises cells 2 for storing microorganisms or cells, a heater 1 and a cooler 7. The heater 1 is disposed around the cells 2, and heats the cells 2. The cooler 7 has a cooling fan 71, a cooling fin 72, an aluminum conductive block 73, a Peltier element 74, a heat-radiating fin 75, and a heat-radiating fin 76. Air 701 is given to the cooling fin 72 through the cooling fan 71. Since heat is transferred from the air 701 to the cooling fin 72, the air 701 is cooled in the cooling fin 72. The cooled air 702 is sent into the cells 2 to cool the cells 2. Temperature in the cells 2 is controlled by controlling the movements of the heater 1 and the cooler 7.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005203036-A (JP)
Title: Magnetic card writer and magnetic card writing method
Inventor: TERAJIMA TOSHIKATSU
IPC: B42D15/10
Filed: 2004-01-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetic card writer capable of erasing a magnetizing pattern of a magnetic medium of the magnetic card without using an erase head and also capable of appropriately erasing the magnetizing pattern of the magnetic medium positioned in small space even if the small space is formed between magnetizing elements of a magnetic head, and to provide a magnetic card writing method.  <P>SOLUTION: This magnetic card writer is characterized in that the magnetizing pattern recorded on the magnetic medium 16b is erased by controlling the magnetic head 38 so as to output a magnetism to the magnetic medium 16b from the magnetic head 38 by changing over N-poles and S-poles with a specified period in the state in which the magnetic card 16, and the magnetic head 38 capable of outputting the magnetism to the magnetic medium 16a which is arranged on the magnetic card 16 and in which the specified magnetizing pattern is recordable, are relatively moved.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005202221-A (JP)
Title: Display device
Inventor: SASAKI TAKASHI
IPC: H04N3/10
Filed: 2004-01-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device made compact and excellent in portability, realizing high visibility and having wide field.  <P>SOLUTION: A light projection surface comprising a 1st field area equivalent to a center area and a 2nd field area equivalent to a circumferential area is scanned with 1st and 2nd light beams in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to display a synthetic image. The 1st and the 2nd light beams are turned from 1st and 2nd two-dimensional scanners. In the 1st and the 2nd two-dimensional scanners, the corresponding light beam is deflected in a 1st direction to perform scanning in a 1st optical scanning part and is condensed in a 2nd scanning part, and the deflected light beam is deflected in a 2nd direction to perform scanning in the 2nd scanning part.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005210376-A (JP)
Title: Image forming device and its control method
Inventor: TAMARU ATSUSHI
IPC: B42D15/10
Filed: 2004-01-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select the combination of the background and the latent image of a forgery, for suppressing ground tint, in which the density of the background and that of the latent image of the forgery suppressing ground tint are in conformity with each other, by eliminating subjectivity of a person when the forgery suppressing ground tint is generated.  <P>SOLUTION: A table of measurement data in a measurement data holding part is referred to at a pattern generator. The combinations of the background and the latent image which have been decided that each density of the background and the latent image is close to each other, to the extent of being hardly perceivable by a human, are extracted. Next, when a receiving means receives the density sought for the ground tint inputted by the user, the combination has the density closest to the desirable density for the ground tint desired by the user, and is extracted from among the extracted combinations.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005206760-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing polyester resin
Inventor: FUJITA YUICHI
IPC: D01F6/62
Filed: 2004-01-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a polyester resin suitable for producing a cationic dye-dyeable polyester fiber having excellent handling feel and false-twisting property without deteriorating the strength of the fiber even containing a component derived from waste polyester at a high ratio.  <P>SOLUTION: The polyester resin is produced by depolymerizing waste polyester by adding 10-60 pts. mass of ethylene glycol to 100 pts. mass of the waste polyester, mixing the depolymerized product with an ethylene terephthalate oligomer in a manner to obtain a polyester resin containing ≥10 mass% component derived from the waste polyester in the polyester resin, adding an alkali metal salt in an amount of 1×10<SP>-3</SP>to 6×10<SP>-3</SP>mol% based on the acid component of the polyester resin, adding 0.5-8 mol% component containing a sulfonic acid salt group and carrying out the melt-polymerization of the components.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005216951-A (JP)
Title: Stratified anti-ferroelectric, capacitor and memory and manufacturing methods for these
Inventor: HAYASHI SHINICHIRO
IPC: H01L21/8246
Filed: 2004-01-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a multi-valued memory maintaining excellent polarization-fatigue characteristics and a memory using polarization characteristics and capacitive characteristics having a gentle temperature coefficient.  <P>SOLUTION: A capacitor has stratified anti-ferroelectric containing a metallic oxide composed of a pyrochlore type oxide having a formula A<SB>2</SB>B<SB>2</SB>O<SB>7</SB>as a capacitive film and an interface-layer oxide having a formula Me<SB>2</SB>O<SB>3</SB>. Here, A in the formula A<SB>2</SB>B<SB>2</SB>O<SB>7</SB>represents an A-site atom selected from a metal group composed of Ba, Bi, Sr, Pb, Ca, K, Na and La. B in the formula A<SB>2</SB>B<SB>2</SB>O<SB>7</SB>represents a B-site atom selected from a metal group composed of Ti, Zr, Ta, Hf, Mo, W and Nb. Me in the formula Me<SB>2</SB>O<SB>3</SB>represents the atom of the interface-layer oxide selected from a metal group composed of Bi, Sc, Y, La, Sb, Cr and Tl.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005212559-A (JP)
Title: Electric power steering device
Inventor: SEGAWA TORU
IPC: B62D5/04
Filed: 2004-01-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce preload force, suppress friction, and keep good steering performance at the time of steering of a steering wheel, while effectively suppressing gear noise by increasing the preload force when a worm wheel rotates and oscillates by oscillation transmitted from a tire.  <P>SOLUTION: A preload mechanism provided in the vicinity of an opposite motor side bearing 10 comprises an energizing member 13 fitted in a worm shaft 3, a ring-shaped elastic body 14 such as rubber integrally molded on the energizing member 13, and a metallic ring 15 covering the elastic body 14. The elastic body 14 changes its rigidity so that the rigidity is improved correspondingly when a frequency input in the worm shaft 3 becomes high, and so that the rigidity is lowered correspondingly when the frequency input in the worn shaft 3 becomes low.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005215270-A (JP)
Title: Optical switch
Inventor: KONDO MITSUKAZU
IPC: B81B5/00
Filed: 2004-01-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical switch which has a higher reliability as compared with a conventional mechanical type optical switch and is compact and inexpensive.  <P>SOLUTION: The optical switch is provided with a U-shaped magnet core which has two side piece parts and is wound by a coil, a pole contact piece 2 which can be opposite to each of the two side piece parts, is supported in a rocking capable manner and is magnetically soft, an electromagnetic driving system 1 including a permanent magnet which is so arranged to apply a magnetic flux upon the U-shaped magnet core and the pole contact piece, a glass plate 3 which has mutually approximately orthogonal two reflection surfaces 322 and 323 that are optical path changing means and is directly fixed to the pole contact piece 2, an incident side optical fiber 14 for making light incident to the optical path changing means and emitting side optical fibers 15 and 16 which are used to combine the light beams that are optical path changed by the optical path changing means.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005215282-A (JP)
Title: Method for transferring fine rugged pattern and duplicate plate obtained thereby
Inventor: KISHIMOTO YASUSHI
IPC: G02B5/18
Filed: 2004-01-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an extremely accurate method for transferring a fine rugged pattern by which stripe structure along the line of scanning is not formed inside photoset resin after photosetting resin is photoset, whereby a duplicate plate is prevented from being observed iridescent or white, and the photoset resin has high transparency, and also to provide the duplicate plate.  <P>SOLUTION: The method for transferring the fine rugged pattern includes a stage to successively photosetting the photosetting resin, wherein scanning is repeatedly performed on a 1st scanning axis with a light beam and simultaneously on a 2nd scanning axis orthogonal to the 1st scanning axis, and the movement of the 2nd scanning axis is set to be equal to or under the radius of the light beam per one cycle of scanning of the 1st scanning axis, and the same spot is scanned by the 2nd scanning axis several times within a desired range.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005213390-A (JP)
Title: Oil ink
Inventor: OKABE EIICHI
IPC: C09D11/00
Filed: 2004-01-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oil ink yielding bleed-free, clear handwritings with high fastness including scratch resistance and water resistance.  <P>SOLUTION: The oil ink comprises 2-20 wt.% of a liposoluble dye, 1-15 wt.% of a liposoluble resin, 0.1-2.0 wt.% of a straight-chain block copolymer with dimethylpolysiloxanes and polyalkylene oxides alternately repeatedly bound to each other, and essentially 50-90 wt.% of a solvent based on ethyl alcohol and/or a propylene glycol monoalkyl ether.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005221096-A (JP)
Title: Air conditioner and refrigerant flow noise reducing member
Inventor: SUZUKI KAZUTAKA
IPC: F25B41/00
Filed: 2004-02-03
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air conditioner, having an effect of always reducing refrigerant flow noise generated from an indoor unit of an air conditioner even if the flow rate of refrigerant varies with the operating condition.  <P>SOLUTION: In this air conditioner, liquid refrigerant flows through the lower flow splitting part of the flow splitting part, gas refrigerant flows through the upper flow splitting part thereof, and liquid and gas are stably mixed at the flow confluence part. Thus, the liquid-gas density distribution in the flow direction before the inflow of the flow splitting pipe is canceled so that at the flow confluence part, the flow is made uniform in the density distribution. Accordingly, in a heat exchanger in the indoor unit, pressure fluctuation received when the refrigerant flows in is decreased to reduce refrigerant flow noise.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005221670-A (JP)
Title: Optical connector
Inventor: KANBE YOSHIAKI
IPC: G02B6/10
Filed: 2004-02-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical connector which reduces optical loss at an end face of a plastic optical fiber while dispensing with processing to make the end face of the plastic optical fiber into a mirror surface.  <P>SOLUTION: The optical connector is provided with a ferrule 1 which is used to hold a primary coated optical fiber 101 that is to be inserted into a holding hole 2 and a translucent plate 3 which is used to close the opening of the distal end side of the ferrule 1. A connecting section 4 is arranged at the distal end portion of the holding hole 2. The connecting section 4 is made of a gelled material having a refractive index equivalent to the refractive index of the primary coated optical fiber 101 and is used to optically connect the translucent plate 3 to the optical fiber 101. When the primary coated optical fiber 101 is inserted into the holding hole 2 of the ferrule 1, the connecting section 4 is deformed and comes in close contact with the end face of the primary coated optical fiber 101 and the surface of the translucent plate 3. Thus, even though the end face of the primary coated optical fiber 101 is left as an original rough surface, the translucent plate 3 and the primary coated optical fiber 101 are connected through the connecting section 4 with low optical loss.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI