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Patent JP-2003227155-A (JP)
Title: Faucet
Inventor: HATANAKA YOSHIO
IPC: E03C1/044
Filed: 2002-02-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water faucet easily usable by only inserting a connection plug at the implement side, to be newly attached, without installing a spouting changeover device in a conventional water faucet or without detaching a shower hose, when attaching an implement different from a metallic faucet like a steam generator.  <P>SOLUTION: In a water faucet having a faucet, a shower hose, and an opening/closing handle for spouting/stopping the shower and the shower hose respectively in order to achieve the above purposes, a third spout is provided in the water faucet body and an opening/closing handle to deliver water from the third spout and stop it is provided.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003228058-A (JP)
Title: Liquid crystal projector
Inventor: SHIAKI TAKUYA
IPC: H04N5/74
Filed: 2002-02-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain cooling effect on a polarizing plate substrate, used for a liquid crystal projector, by the use of a member with good heat conductivity, to improve the machinability, and to reduce the cost.  <P>SOLUTION: A crystal substrate of 0.3 to 1.0 mm in plate thickness on which a deflecting element is stuck is used as a polarizing plate substrate. By using the polarizing plate substrate of this constitution, plane precision is more easily obtained than using a sapphire substrate with high hardness while the same cooling effect with the use of a conventional sapphire substrate is held to lower the cost compared with the case when an expensive sapphire substrate is used.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2002329632-A (JP)
Title: Method for forming plane external coil structure, plane external coil structure, and device having the plane external structure
Inventor: FORK DAVID K
IPC: H01L27/08
Filed: 2002-02-06
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide several methods and structures for improving the yield in plane external micro device structure including springs and coils. SOLUTION: A first free end section 33 includes at least one slender tip, a second free end section 34 includes a tip having at least one structure for receiving at least one slender tip, the first free end section slants from the substrate for separation by a stress profile peculiar to the first elastic member, the second free end section inclines from the substrate for separation by the stress profile peculiar to the second elastic member, and the first free end section is connected to the second free end section for forming annular coil winding.
Patent JP-2003232047-A (JP)
Title: Earth retaining wall construction method and earth retaining wall block using the same
Inventor: OTSUKI TAKAYUKI
IPC: E02D29/02
Filed: 2002-02-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an earth retaining wall construction method by which natural ground can be protected and the earth retaining wall can be inexpensively constructed in a high efficiency without necessity of construction of a scaffold and blocks appropriate for the same.  <P>SOLUTION: A part of lower natural ground between upper stage block groups connected in the lateral direction of the upper part of the slope face is excavated to form an excavated slope face and an unexcavated natural ground. A part of the lower stage block groups and the upper stage block groups is vertically integrated. Next, an unexcavated natural ground left in the lateral direction of the lower stage block groups and in the lower aside of the upper stage block groups is excavated and formed. While a series of processes where other lower stage block groups are arranged and vertically and laterally integrated, is repeated in several times in the vertical and horizontal directions, the retaining wall is constructed downwards from above in the retaining wall construction method. A gap 11 for placing concrete having a concrete-placing opening 5 is formed above by the retaining wall construction method and a stay slab 8 obliquely formed in the front face via a beam 12, and a filling part 10 is formed at the back of the stay slab, in the retaining wall block.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003230518-A (JP)
Title: Steam blower
Inventor: NAKAMURA SHUNEI
IPC: A47L11/34
Filed: 2002-02-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove stains by steam while the removed stains are wiped off by a wiping sheet for improving usability.  <P>SOLUTION: A surface of a steam blowout portion 15 for blowing out steam generated at a vaporizing chamber 13 to the outside is provided with a replaceable wiping sheet 24 which enables steam permeation.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003237604-A (JP)
Title: Steering device for vehicle
Inventor: OGAWA KENJI
IPC: B62D119/00
Filed: 2002-02-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such a problem that more energy is consumed in a conventional steering device than that in power steering device.  <P>SOLUTION: This device is provided with a target wheel steering angle producing means 13, which produces a target wheel steering angle based on the detected steering wheel angle, a wheel angle controlling means 14, which controls the wheel steering angles of wheels 7a and 7b so that the detected wheel steering angle and the target wheel angle conform to each other, a target reactive force producing means 15, which produces target reactive force based on the steering wheel angle, a first reactive force controlling means 16, which controls the reactive force generated in the steering wheel 1 by driving a control mechanism 8 so that reactive force torque and the target reactive force conform to each other, a second reactive force torque controlling means 17, which compensates the output of the means 14 so that reactive force torque and the target reactive force conform to each other, a reactive force control limiting means 18, which limits the output of the means 16 based on the limited value, and a limit range setting means 19, which sets the limited value. As a result, this constitution can reduce energy consumption.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003242956-A (JP)
Title: Battery module
Inventor: AKIMOTO TAKESHI
IPC: H01M2/10
Filed: 2002-02-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a battery module not necessitating special EMI countermeasure or heat radiation countermeasure even for a device necessitating an EMI countermeasure and having a severe restriction on the size and mass, of which, productivity is not damaged.  <P>SOLUTION: Ten pieces of battery cells 1 having a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal respectively are arranged in two columns and five rows so that the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal locate next to each other, and cells 1 are connected by using seven kinds of bus bars 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, laminated between the terminals, having different height and shape from each other.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003243738-A (JP)
Title: Stacked piezoelectric element
Inventor: IWASE AKIO
IPC: H01L41/083
Filed: 2002-02-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stacked piezoelectric element in which contact condition between an external electrode and an exposed end face of an internal electrode layer exhibits excellent electric conductivity and durability.  <P>SOLUTION: The stacked piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric stack 10 in which piezoelectric layers 15 are each interposed between the internal electrode layers 11, 12 so as to form alternately stacked layers. The internal electrode layers 11, 12 each has the exposed end faces at side faces 101, 102, respectively, of the piezoelectric stack 10. The side faces 101, 102 are provided with the external electrodes 13, 14, respectively, and also with recesses 103, 104, respectively. The external electrodes 13, 14 are provided with contact portions 135, 145, respectively. The exposed end faces of the internal electrode layers 11, 12 and the contact portions 135, 145 of the external electrodes 13, 14 are electrically conducted in the recesses 103, 104, respectively.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003241795-A (JP)
Title: Method and system for information acquisition using speech input
Inventor: ANDOU HARU
IPC: G10L15/00
Filed: 2002-02-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user interface, using speech information, which can accurately transmit contents to be vocally inputted to a user and recognizes the vocally inputted contents with high precision.  <P>SOLUTION: A command that the user desires is represented as a fixed form sentence, a fixed form part in the fixed form sentence is read aloud, and at the same time, a slot part is represented with an acoustic sound or speech. The user inputs a speech to be inputted for the slot part.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003239691-A (JP)
Title: Tunnel structure and method for building tunnel
Inventor: MORI TAKAYUKI
IPC: E21D9/01
Filed: 2002-02-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tunnel structure resulting in no fatal damage even when a ground generates a large deformation and a method for building a tunnel.  <P>SOLUTION: In a widening range 17, the cross section of the tunnel 3 is widened, and high-toughness FRC shotcrete 11 is installed on a wall surface. The inside of high-toughness FRC shotcrete 11 is filled with a material having rigidity lower than the ground 1 and a shear-deformation reducing layer 13 is formed, and high-toughness FRC lining concrete 15 is mounted inside the shear-deformation reducing layer 13.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003243509-A (JP)
Title: Method of designing semiconductor integrated circuit, and semiconductor integrated circuit designing program
Inventor: SAKANAKA YASUHIDE
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2002-02-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technology for designing semiconductor integrated circuits which is capable of reducing the number of designing processes while at the same time preventing malfunctions of designed semiconductor integrated circuits.  <P>SOLUTION: A method of designing semiconductor integrated circuits comprises steps of (a) determining a layout of a semiconductor integrated circuit, (b) calculating characteristic values of the semiconductor integrated circuit, (c) determining margins of the characteristics based on the layout, and (d) based on the calculated values and the margins of the characteristics, detecting errors of the layout. In this method of designing a semiconductor integrated circuit, the margins of the characteristics are optimized by determining the margins according to the layout of the semiconductor integrated circuit, resulting in preventing an increase in the number of designing processes due to overmargins.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003241393-A (JP)
Title: Lens sheet and method of manufacturing the same
Inventor: TOKORO YASUTO
IPC: B29L11/00
Filed: 2002-02-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lens sheet which holds superior contactness even after a long time has elapsed, is free of an image defect of a liquid crystal display device due to peeling on the interface between a light-transmissive base material and a lens made of active-energy-ray setting resin, and makes it possible to obtain an image of high quality.  <P>SOLUTION: The lens sheet which has a lens part formed of many lens units of the active-energy-ray setting resin on at least one surface of the light- transmissive base material is characterized in that the double bond remaining rate of the active-energy-ray setting resin constituting the lens part is 1 to 25%.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003248052-A (JP)
Title: Radar signal processing apparatus
Inventor: USUI RYUSABURO
IPC: G01S13/89
Filed: 2002-02-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a radar signal processing apparatus, eliminating blur and smear of an image by reducing a phase correction amount calculating error due to fluctuations of a detected reference point frequency.  <P>SOLUTION: A point group on a trajectory, detected by an amplitude maximum detecting circuit 10, undergoes a coordinate conversion by a coordinate conversion circuit 14 to be projected onto a point on a parameter space, after undergoing a coordinate conversion. In a linear component extracting circuit 15, the projected point is extracted on the parameter space. The point extracted by the linear component extracting circuit 15 is reversely projected onto the original coordinate space through a reverse coordinate conversion by a reverse coordinate converting circuit 16, enabling determination of a linear component included in the trajectory prior to the coordinate conversion.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003241121-A (JP)
Title: Optical switch
Inventor: NAKAYAMA HIROMITSU
IPC: B81B5/00
Filed: 2002-02-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical switch which can be made multichannel and small-sized.  <P>SOLUTION: The optical switch 10 which has a plurality of couples of incidence and projection optical systems forming optical paths by projecting a parallel beam 15 or making it incidence is constituted by arranging incidence and projection optical systems 16 to 19 and 20 to 23 around an optical switching area 14 and providing reflecting plates 30A to 30D and 31A to 31D movable at right angles of a plane containing optical axes at intersection parts 26 to 29 of respective optical paths (a) to (d) of the optical switching area 14 and the optical path is switched according as the reflecting plates 30A to 30D and 31A to 31D move out of the intersection parts 26 to 29 of the optical paths or into the intersection parts 26 to 29.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003246285-A (JP)
Title: Bicycle stand
Inventor: OHASHI SATORU
IPC: B62H5/00
Filed: 2002-02-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive bicycle stand equipped with a locking means capable of simultaneously locking a stand and a key.  <P>SOLUTION: A lock arm 9 interlocked with an existing lock lever 5 is provided at the stand of bicycle for shopping in general use or the like to enable the simultaneous locking of the stand and the key for theft prevention. The operation of the lock arm 9 is performed when the hitting part 13a of a hitting member which is integrally provided with the lock lever 5 hits the tip end 9b of the lock arm 9. By kicking off the tip end of the lock lever 5 to move it forward, the hitting member 13 hits the tip end of the lock arm 9 to spring up an arm part 9a and to enter between spokes of a rear wheel, keeping the rear wheel out of rotation. By inserting the keys into through holes 13b of the tip end 9b and the hitting member lastly, the operation of stand lock and key lock is concurrently completed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003247180-A (JP)
Title: Transfer printing method by inkjet system
Inventor: ICHIKAWA HIROYASU
IPC: D06P5/00
Filed: 2002-02-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for obtaining an image formed on the surface of a fiber product such as fabric by transfer printing by inkjet printing in excellent reproductivity so as to form a desired image.  <P>SOLUTION: The transfer printing method for forming a prescribed image on a fabric by the inkjet printing method comprises forming a trial image on a carrier, transferring the trial image on the fabric to obtain the difference of chromaticity of the trial image transferred on the fabric from the trial image on the carrier, forming the image applied to the real production on the carrier at least by using an ink-jetting amount increased or decreased from the ink- jetting amount at the trial image formation, and transferring the formed image to the fabric.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2002339959-A (JP)
Title: Manufacturing method for rolling bearing unit for drive wheel, and drive unit for wheel
Inventor: ISHIKAWA HIROO
IPC: F16C19/18
Filed: 2002-02-27
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent deformation of a spline hole opened at a center part of a hub 4c when plastically deforming a cylindrical part 37 formed in an inner end part of the hub 4c so as to hold an inner end face of an inner ring 5 externally fitted to the inner end part of the hub 4c. SOLUTION: When a large force is applied to the cylindrical part 37 by a caulking tool 43 so as to plastically deform the cylindrical part 37, a holding tool 41 is inserted in the spline hole 13. This holding tool 41 prevent the inner end part of the spline hole 13 from being deformed inwardly in the radial direction.
Patent JP-2003252220-A (JP)
Title: Power steering device
Inventor: WADA YOSHISADA
IPC: B62D5/083
Filed: 2002-02-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To assure accurate valve performance of a control valve without increasing manufacturing accuracies of a valve rotor and a valve sleeve in a power steering device.  <P>SOLUTION: This power steering device comprises a control valve 20 for controlling the supply and discharge of hydraulic oil to and from a power cylinder for assisting a steering force by the relative rotations of the valve rotor 21a and the valve sleeve 22a in a housing (a housing body 51, a housing cap 52) according to a steer torque. The power steering device also comprises a variable mechanism 30 (balls 31 as rolling elements, and a retainer 32 holding the balls rollingly and movably a specified amount in circumferential direction) capable of increasing the relative rotational speed of the valve rotor 21a and the valve sleeve 22a within a set range.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2002316942-A (JP)
Title: Method for separating and purifying lactoferrin receptor protein from bacterium and method for preparing vaccine containing the same
Inventor: ANTHONY BERNARD SCHRYVERS
IPC: C07K19/00
Filed: 2002-02-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vaccine against bacterial pathogen by using lactoferrin receptor protein. SOLUTION: This method for separating and purifying lactoferrin receptor protein from a bacterial pathogen, and the vaccine containing the purified lactoferrin receptor protein and/or their derivatives are provided. The lactoferrin receptor participates in a mechanism for obtaining iron essential for causing the growth, life or infection of the bacterial pathogen. The vaccine is a new vaccine utilizing the mechanism.
Patent JP-2003253977-A (JP)
Title: Structure of blind device and window frame
Inventor: OISHI MAMORU
IPC: E06B9/264
Filed: 2002-03-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure of a blind device and a window frame capable of opening/closing an opening in the blind without opening/closing a shoji and being easily installed without additional works to a building frame.  <P>SOLUTION: The blind device 1 provided with a blind 5 formed of a plurality of slats 4 parallelly arranged in a vertical direction between a pair of stiles 2, 3, a freely foldable link structure 7 arranged in the stiles 2, 3 to support respective longitudinal ends 6 of the slats 4, a tilt structure 10 connected to the link structure 7 to tilt respective slats 4 through the link structure 7, and a link lifting structure 9 lifting the upper end of the link structure 7 connected to respective stiles 2, 3 through the a terminal end structure 8 at the lower end and positioning the blind 5 in a closing position.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003261593-A (JP)
Title: Enzyme-treated isoquercitrin composition
Inventor: YUMOTO TAKASHI
IPC: A23L5/41
Filed: 2002-03-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an enzyme-treated isoquercitrin composition comprising isoquercitrin and the isoquercitrin-corresponding amount of -glucosyl isoquercitrin in a range of 30/70 to 2/98 (weight ratio).  <P>SOLUTION: This enzyme-treated isoquercitrin composition comprises isoquercitrin and the isoquercitrin-corresponding amount of α-glucosyl isoquercitrin in a range of 30/70 to 2/98 (weight ratio). This enzyme-treated isoquercitrin composition is obtained by treating the isoquercitrin with a glycosyltransferase in the presence of dextrin and, if necessary, then purifying the enzyme reaction product with chromatography using an adsorbing resin. The method for preventing the oxidation of a food comprises adding the enzyme-treated isoquercitrin composition to the food. The method for preventing the fading of a coloring matter comprises adding the enzyme-treated isoquercitrin composition to the coloring matter.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2002371494-A (JP)
Title: Sanitary paper
Inventor: ITO HIROSHI
IPC: A61F13/53
Filed: 2002-03-11
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sanitary paper made of thin papers uniformly excellent in sanitary aspects prepared by incorporating a dried matter of tea extract residual waste fluid and/or a dried matter of an extract of used tea leaves. SOLUTION: The sanitary paper is formed with thin papers containing a dried matter of one or more kinds of tea extract residual waste fluids, or a dried matter of one or more kinds of extracts of used tea leaves, or a mixture of two or more kinds of the dried matters. Due to the effect of the dried matter of tea extract residual waste fluid and/or the dried matter of extract of used tea leaves, the sanitary paper can suppress the growth of bacteria, and it can keep a sanitary state for a long time.
Patent JP-2003265705-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: TSUMUNO YUSUKE
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2002-03-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of converging discharge rate of the game machine to a desired value irrespective of technical skill of a player.  <P>SOLUTION: When proper stop operation cannot be performed and it is impossible for a reel to stop a pattern corresponding to internal winning role, the number corresponding to the internal winning role is integrated, and an advantageous situation occurs when the integrated value reaches a predetermined value.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2002336223-A (JP)
Title: Image processor, image processing system, image processing method, program, and record medium
Inventor: INOUE HITOSHI
IPC: G06T3/00
Filed: 2002-03-13
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processor, etc., capable of precisely extracting a pixel value of a boundary between a prescribed region and the other regions in a target picture. SOLUTION: An extraction means 120 extracts the pixel value of the boundary pixel value between the prescribed region and the other regions of the target picture by approximating the prescribed region (region of a direct line part, or a part where a radiation is directly incident on an image sensor without intervening a subject) in a histogram of the target picture (radiation picture, etc.), by a polygonal line comprising two straight lines.
Patent JP-2003270109-A (JP)
Title: Detector and method for detecting semi-conductor wafer of low strength, and production system semi-conductor wafer of low strength
Inventor: MATSUI YOSHIKAZU
IPC: H01L21/66
Filed: 2002-03-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably detect a semi-conductor wafer having strength of reference strength or less.  <P>SOLUTION: Corner parts 1a, 1b on one diagonal line in the polycrystaline semi-conductor wafer 1 of a substantial quadrangle are supported with fixed support pins 8A, 8B from an under face side of the polycrystaline semi-conductor wafer 1, and corner parts 1c, 1d on the other diagonal line in the polycrystaline semi-conductor wafer 1 are supported with movable support pins 11A, 11B from the under face side of the polycrystaline semi-conductor wafer 1. A load is applied to the corner parts 1c, 1d on the other diagonal line in the polycrystaline semi-conductor wafer 1 from an upper face side of the polycrystaline semi-conductor wafer 1. A substantially uniform load is applied over the whole of the polycrystaline semi-conductor wafer 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO