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Patent JP-2004159377-A (JP)
Title: Electromagnetic actuator and shutter device
Inventor: SEKO KATSUYA
IPC: H02K5/22
Filed: 2002-11-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electromagnetic actuator capable of minimizing the thickness in the orthogonal direction to a traveling direction of a movable element and facilitating the control of a clearance between the movable element and a coil.  <P>SOLUTION: A coil 6 consisting of a housing 5 and an air-cored coil is mounted on the front surface of a fixed yoke 2 and, on the housing 5, a movable member 9 is rotatably mounted through a shaft 10. The movable member 9 is fixed with a permanent magnet 11 to constitute the movable element 15. The permanent magnet 11 is made to face an end face 6a of the coil 6 at a prescribed clearance. At the initial position of the movable element 15, a short side 11a at the upper portion of the permanent magnet 11 and a notched portion 3 of the fixed yoke 2 are almost kept parallel by a magnetic balance between the permanent magnet 11 and the fixed yoke 2.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004154219-A (JP)
Title: Dishwasher
Inventor: SHINJI YOSHIKAZU
IPC: A47L15/50
Filed: 2002-11-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dishwasher wherein the taking in and out of dishes is facilitated by increasing a pulling out amount for the taking in and out of a washing tub from the dish washer body by sliding rails.  <P>SOLUTION: For an internal tub 34 provided in the washing tub 32, a taper angle is formed in such a manner that the opening area may increase toward the top. Then, the sliding rails 33 are attached in such a manner that the washing tub 32 can be pulled out to a location wherein the upper part or the lower part of the rear wall of the internal tub 34, or the rear end part of a dish housing area of a dish basket 36 is located on the forward side from the front end of the dish washer main body 31, a kitchen cabinet 40 or a counter top 61.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004155273-A (JP)
Title: Method and system of detecting tire burst
Inventor: KODAMA TATSUNORI
IPC: B60C19/00
Filed: 2002-11-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To assuredly and easily detect a predictor of a burst for a tire mounted on a vehicle during driving.  <P>SOLUTION: A burst is predicted from changes in neighborhood noise of a rotating tire 3. The neighborhood noise of the tire 3 is collected from driving noise of the tire 3 mounted on an actual vehicle and the result of the burst prediction is informed to the driver of a vehicle 2. Further, for changes in neighborhood noise of the tire 3, the noise is collected when it is generated because of a loose portion formed between components of the tire 3.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004154057-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing acidic oil-in-water emulsion
Inventor: MIYATANI TSUKASA
IPC: A23L27/60
Filed: 2002-11-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for efficiently producing a stably viscous acidic oil-in-water emulsion without causing any phase transition.  <P>SOLUTION: The method for producing the acidic oil-in-water emulsion comprises stirring a water phase and a oil phase each containing an acidic substance together with an emulsifier in an emulsifying machine, measuring current loaded on the emulsifying machine by using a load current ammeter provided on the emulsifying machine, and detecting the emulsified condition through observing change in the load current so as to control stirring power.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004162925-A (JP)
Title: Heat medium supply header
Inventor: KUSAKA ATSUSHI
IPC: F24D3/10
Filed: 2002-11-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat medium supply header allowing easy connection of a pipe to a header body and easy removal of the pipe from the header body to an underfloor space.  <P>SOLUTION: The heat medium supply header has the header body 34 for branching and recovering a heat medium, in which the first and second connection pipes 56, 58 are placed on one side surface of the header body 34 and the third and fourth connection pipes 60, 62 are placed on the other side surface. The first connection pipe 56 is communicated with the third connection pipe 60 through an outward passage 44, and the second connection pipe 58 is communicated with the fourth connection pipe 62 through a backward passage 46. Further, the fifth connection pipe 66 communicated with the outward passage 44 and the sixth connection pipe 68 communicated with the backward passage 46 are placed on the bottom surface of the header body 34.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004165772-A (JP)
Title: Video signal transmission apparatus
Inventor: YOSHIDA TADAHIRO
IPC: G09G5/00
Filed: 2002-11-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video signal transmission apparatus capable of displaying correct video data, even when a skew is generated in the data between channels.  <P>SOLUTION: Each channel is provided with a path for outputting the received data without delay, and a path for delaying the data synchronously with a video clock. A transmitter side adds a video guard band signal to the data immediately before starting a valid video area, and transmits the data. A receiver side detects the video guard band signal of each of the channels by using a video guard band detector 4, synchronizes all the channels with a channel having the largest output delay so that the video guard band signals of all the channels can be synchronized, and selects the output delay of each of the channels to output a video signal.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004165289-A (JP)
Title: Active matrix substrate, manufacturing method therefor and display device
Inventor: DAITO TORU
IPC: G02F1/1368
Filed: 2002-11-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture an active matrix substrate with a high yield by preventing a hillock and maintaining satisfactory step coverage.  <P>SOLUTION: The gate wiring 22 and/or a gate electrode 21 is made a tapered shape having a structure where a first layer including a metal except aluminum, a second layer including aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a third layer including a metal except aluminum are sequentially laminated, and polymer 6 including carbon and fluorine is formed on a side. The hillock from a tapered sidewall of the gate wiring 22 and/or the gate electrode 21 can be prevented. Thus, leakage with an upper semiconductor layer 41 can be prevented. Since the gate wiring 22 and/or the gate electrode 21 can maintain good step coverage, disconnection of the source electrode 61a and the drain electrode 61b can be prevented. Consequently, the substrate can be manufactured with a high yield and a rise of manufacture cost can be suppressed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004165989-A (JP)
Title: Portable telephone set with function to read product id of electric appliance
Inventor: TAKESADA MUTSUHARU
IPC: H04M1/247
Filed: 2002-11-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optimum portable telephone set with a function to read a product ID of an electric appliance especially in order to manage product ID information on a purchased electric appliance product with an ID chip.  <P>SOLUTION: The portable telephone set 1 with a function to read the product ID of the electric appliance has an ID chip reading part 10C, an editing part 10D, a display part 10A, a communication control part 10E, an operating part 10B, a database 10I with a memo pad, and a power source control part 10N. The ID chip reading part 10C reads the product ID information from the ID chip 3 of the electric appliance 2 with the ID chip. The editing part 10D edits the product ID information on the electric appliance 2 with the ID chip which the editing part 10D has read from the ID chip 3. The database 10I with the memo pad stores the product ID information on the electric appliance 2 with the ID chip which has been edited.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004163299-A (JP)
Title: Optical constant measurement method and optical constant measurement device
Inventor: ISHIKAWA AKIYUKI
IPC: G01N21/27
Filed: 2002-11-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical constant measurement method and an optical constant measurement device, which simply and precisely measure the optical constant of a transmissive optical medium, independently of the state of the optical medium.  <P>SOLUTION: Two (or more) samples having different thicknesses, formed of the optical medium to be measured, are prepared, and respective spectral transmittances T<SB>1</SB><SP>exp</SP>(λ) and T<SB>2</SB><SP>exp</SP>(λ) of the two samples are measured, using a general-purpose spectral transmittance measurement instrument. Calculated values T<SB>1</SB><SP>cal</SP>(λ) and T<SB>2</SB><SP>cal</SP>(λ) of respective transmittances of the two samples obtained by a theoretical expression are compared with the measured spectral transmittances T<SB>1</SB><SP>exp</SP>(λ) and T<SB>2</SB><SP>exp</SP>(λ), and the refractive index n and the attenuation coefficient k of the optical medium are derived so that the differences therebetween are sufficiently small.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004165062-A (JP)
Title: Humidifier for fuel cell and its heating method
Inventor: KUSANO YOSHIO
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2002-11-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a humidifier for a fuel cell and a heating method for the humidifying for improving heat exchange for proper heating.  <P>SOLUTION: This humidifier 3 is constructed of an anode humidifier 25 having a plurality of hollow fiber membrane modules 14 and 15, which move water between a supply gas fed to the fuel cell 2 and an off-gas discharged from the fuel cell for humidifying the supply gas, and a cathode humidifier 26 having a plurality of hollow fiber membrane modules 11, 12, and 13. The humidifier is provided with a pair of heads 6 and 7 holding both ends of the hollow fiber membrane module, connection members 8 and 9 connecting the heads 6 and 7 respectively, and a hot water riser 18 heating an outlet and an inlet for the supply gas in the heads 6 and 7.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004162876-A (JP)
Title: Clutch control system
Inventor: YASUTOMI TOSHIO
IPC: F16D25/08
Filed: 2002-11-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clutch control system capable of realizing delicate clutch operation when starting and stopping by automatic operation.  <P>SOLUTION: A pair of pinions 26 having different gear pitch are meshed with each rack part 25 of a piston shaft 23 having a first piston 22, respectively. Each pinion 26 is connected with an electric motor 27 to rotate and drive it individually. A hydraulic fluid pressure feeding mechanism 33 in which a third piston 31 advances by a second piston 29 advancing by oil pressure in a second pressure chamber 28 communicating with a first pressure chamber 24 to push hydraulic fluid out of a third pressure chamber 32 is provided to constitute an actuator 20. The third pressure chamber 32 and a clutch connection and disconnection means are mutually connected by a flow passage. The electric motor 27 of each pinion 26 is selectively and electronically controlled by a controller.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004168829-A (JP)
Title: Epoxy resin composition and vacuum equipment using the same
Inventor: HAMAO SATOKAZU
IPC: C08L71/02
Filed: 2002-11-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an epoxy resin composition which has a small gas-releasing rate in a vacuum atmosphere, and to provide a vacuum equipment using the same.  <P>SOLUTION: This epoxy resin composition is characterized in that at least a vacuum atmosphere-contacting surface is formed from a composition prepared by adding a thermoplastic resin to a mixture of a catalyst or a curing agent with an epoxy resin having two or more epoxy groups in the chemical structure. A reactive epoxy resin having one or more epoxy groups in the chemical structure is preferably contained as a diluent. The epoxy resin composition is used on the surface of vacuum equipment contacting with vacuum atmosphere. The epoxy resin composition may be applied by a coating method such as a coating method, a two layer casting method, a gel coating method, a powder coating method or a prepreg adhering method.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004166916-A (JP)
Title: Ultrasonic endoscopic equipment
Inventor: ADACHI SHIYOUKI
IPC: A61B1/04
Filed: 2002-11-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide ultrasonic endoscopic equipment improving handling workability.  <P>SOLUTION: This ultrasonic endoscopic equipment 1 is provided with an ultrasonic vibrator 14, an imaging element 15, an ultrasonic endoscope 2, an ultrasonic observation device 4 generating a signal for driving the ultrasonic vibrator 14 and generating a video signal, an endoscopic observation device 5 generating a signal for driving the imaging element 15 and generating the video signal and an electric cable 6. The ultrasonic endoscope 2 is provided with an electric connector 34 and the electric connector 34 is integrally provided with a vibrator connecting part 32 and an imaging element connecting part 33 in an endoscope connector 30. One part of the electric cable 6 is provided with a cable connector 61 which is integrally provided with an ultrasonic connecting part 68 and an endoscope connection part 69 contacting with the vibrator connecting part 32 and the imaging element connection part 33, respectively, when connected to the electric connector 34, and the other part is provided with an endoscopic device connector 67 and an ultrasonic device connector 66 branched in the midst of a single signal transmission cable 62 and connected to the endoscopic observation device 5 and the ultrasonic observation device 4, respectively.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004167434-A (JP)
Title: Piping cleaning device and piping cleaning method
Inventor: FURUKAWA KIMINORI
IPC: F28G3/04
Filed: 2002-11-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and a method permitting uniform, effective, efficient and economical cleaning, polishing or substrate treatment of the inner wall of piping of a complicated shape without affecting the piping.  <P>SOLUTION: Instead of conventional piping cleaning devices for cleaning the inner wall of piping, the device has an impeller having a moving blade capable of rotating on a specified axial center, a guide member arranged on the rear end side of the axial center, a freely flexible connecting member connecting a site of the impeller on the rear end side of the axial center with the front end of the guide member and a string member connected with the rear end of the guide member at its tip and extending in the rear direction. The device is designed so that the moving blade is rotated on the axial center by the fluid flowing through the piping when the impeller is put within a piping.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004172059-A (JP)
Title: Lever switch for vehicle
Inventor: KINOSHITA SHIGENORI
IPC: H01H21/00
Filed: 2002-11-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lever switch for a vehicle, which reduces a processing cost by enabling an assembly relatively low in precision and can improve workability when assembled, while being miniaturized in whole.  <P>SOLUTION: In the lever switch for the vehicle including an operation lever 3 installed oscillatably with respect to an oscillating axis formed on a lever switch body (a lower switch body 1 and an upper switch body 2) and a transmitting member selectively performing contact and separation between a movable contact point 6a and a fixed contact point 11 according to an oscillating movement of the operation lever 3, the transmitting member is composed of a cam member 4 which is turnably arranged on a turning shaft 9 and on which a plurality of cam surfaces 4a performing the contact and the separation between the movable contact point 6a and the fixed contact point 11 are formed, and is assembled in a state where a projection 4b of the cam member 4 is in contact with a periphery surface 3b of the operation lever 3 while energized.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004178364-A (JP)
Title: Character input device, terminal device and character input control method
Inventor: SAKAI RYUTARO
IPC: H03M11/12
Filed: 2002-11-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to easily change the character size by a relatively easy key operation.  <P>SOLUTION: In a portable terminal, characters are switched one after another by intermittenty depressing the same character key (a) to (d). The character size is automatically changed by long depression of the character key along with elapse of such continuous depression time (d) to (g). When key depression is stopped, the character size is defined as the relevant character size of the input character. Until a determinate operation such as conversion or selection of a character string is performed, the current character size is maintained for subsequent input characters (h) to (j). If the determinate operation such as conversion or selection of a character string is performed, the relevant character size is reflected on the converted or selected character string, and the size of the subsequent input characters is returned to a default size (k). The character size may be reflected on a word in the converted or selected character string, not on the entire converted or selected character string.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003194622-A (JP)
Title: Sample changer for scale
Inventor: WEBER RENE
IPC: G01G21/28
Filed: 2002-11-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize correct measurement by preventing the flow of air to keep temperature constant in transferring an object to be measured (sample) for mounting or removing it on/from a measuring plate.  <P>SOLUTION: This sample changer for scale 1 having the measuring plate has at least two sample carriers 3 separated from each other. Each sample carrier is so structured as to receive at least one measured object and to transfer the measured object to the measuring plate. Each draft shield member 4 with at least a part thereof formed of a transparent material is disposed above each sample carrier 3 and closes the side part and the upper part of a sample space.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004183015-A (JP)
Title: Metal surface treating agent, metal surface treating method and surface treated metallic material
Inventor: TANAKA KAZUYA
IPC: B32B15/08
Filed: 2002-11-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a metal surface treating agent which does not contain chromium and is used for imparting excellent corrosion resistance, alkali resistance and interlayer adhesion to a metallic material, and to provide a metal surface treating method and a surface treated metallic material.  <P>SOLUTION: This metal surface treating agent is composed of a vanadium compound (A), a metallic compound (B) containing metals selected from cobalt, nickel, zinc, magnesium, aluminum, calcium, strontium, barium and lithium, and optionally, a metallic compound (C) containing metals selected from zirconium, titanium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese and cerium. The surface treating method and the surface treated metallic material are also described.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004185361-A (JP)
Title: Electronic money circulation method
Inventor: MOROI TARO
IPC: G06Q20/06
Filed: 2002-12-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic money circulation method and an electronic money circulation system, allowing circulation of high-convenience electronic money by converting an ID on the basis of use information.  <P>SOLUTION: In this electronic money circulation method and electronic money circulation system, when circulating the electronic money comprising the ID correlated to a prescribed money amount or the like, the use information, information about a payee, and the ID are received, the ID is converted into a different ID according to the use information, the different ID is registered into a database, the used ID is deleted, and the electronic money comprising the ID after the conversion is issued to the payee.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004186535-A (JP)
Title: Method for inspecting interlayer connection via hole, and multilayer interconnection wiring board
Inventor: YANAKA ASAAKI
IPC: H01L23/12
Filed: 2002-12-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for immediately inspecting an interlayer connection via hole for connection reliability in a multilayer interconnection board for mounting a semiconductor element.  <P>SOLUTION: The method is for inspecting a via hole, formed inside a multilayer interconnection wiring board, for bonding strength. A trench is formed to surround a via hole which is the object of inspection for the isolation of the via hole from its surroundings. The land electrode 7 on the surface whereto the via hole is connected and an electrode bonding strength testing probe pin 8 are bonded to each other, the probe pin 8 is moved away from the land electrode 7, and the load produced during this process is measured. In this way, the bonding strength of the via hole is inspected.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004180634-A (JP)
Title: Weed puller
Inventor: NAGATA SHIGEO
IPC: A01B39/18
Filed: 2002-12-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a weed puller enabling sure extraction of weeds grown on the ground.  <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of weed-pulling pins 6 are protruded from the circumference 3b of a drum 3 rotatably supported on the puller body of the weed puller and rotated with a drive part. The pin 6 is bent in the rotating direction R of the drum 3 in the weed pulling work and fixed to the drum 3. In the weed pulling work, the drum is rotated in the direction R, the ground is deeply dug with the pin 6 to pull the weed from the root and draw the pulled weed from the ground by hooking the weed with the bent pin 6.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004192663-A (JP)
Title: Optical pickup
Inventor: KOBAYASHI SHIYOUHEI
IPC: G11B7/125
Filed: 2002-12-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical pickup capable of surely correcting a spherical aberration.  <P>SOLUTION: The optical pickup 100 is provided with a light source 12 which emits optical beams, a separation beam splitter 16 which is used to direct the light beams from the light source 12 to an optical disk 80 and separates the returning light beams of the disk 80 from an optical path of the light beams that are directed to the disk 80, an objective lens 18 which converges the light beams onto the disk 80 and an optical detecting section which is used to detect at least focus error signals based on the optical beams returned from the disk 80. Furthermore, the optical pickup 100 has a spherical aberration correcting device 40 which corrects the spherical aberration of the optical beams being converged onto the disk 80, an amplitude detecting circuit 52 which detects the amplitudes of the signals detected by a focus error signal detecting circuit 32 in the optical detecting section and a driving circuit 54 which drives the device 40 based on the information detected by the circuit 52.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI