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Patent JP-2002372303-A (JP)
Title: Exhaust-heat recovery mechanism of fuel cell
Inventor: MATSUMOTO HIROMASA
IPC: F24D18/00
Filed: 2001-06-13
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exhaust-heat recovery mechanism of a fuel cell utilizing the heated effluent of the fuel cell (PEFC) effectively. SOLUTION: This mechanism is provided with a solid polymer type fuel cell (4) and a heated effluent line (6) through which the heated effluent from the fuel cell (4) flows, and the heated effluent line (6) is constituted in such a manner as to communicate with a heated effluent storage space (9) installed in a house (H) and functioning as a hot water storage tank (8).
Patent JP-2002325837-A (JP)
Title: Automatic blood dialyzer system
Inventor: KIM SUNG TAE
IPC: A61M1/14
Filed: 2001-06-14
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic blood dialyzer system by which processes from preparation to completion can be automated and safety is improved to rationalize medical care. SOLUTION: In this automatic blood dialyzer system, the blood circulation line has an artery side blood circulation circuit L1 and a vein side blood circulation circuit L2, the dialysate charging/discharging line has a dialysate charging line L4 and a dialysate discharging line L5, at least one of above blood circuits has a reversibly rotatable blood pump P1, the other circuit is connected to an overflow line L3 with a blood chamber and an opening/closing means, the charging line and the discharging line respectively have a first liquid feeding means P2 and a second liquid feeding means P3,  a third liquid feeding means P4 which has at least one bypass line of a first bypass line to connect the upstream side and the downstream side of the first liquid feeding means or a second bypass line to connect the upstream side and the downstream side of the second liquid feeding means and can feed the dialyzing liquid to the bypass line in both normal and reverse directions is equipped, and feeding rates of the third liquid feeding means and the blood pump can be mutually linked and adjusted.
Patent JP-2002370036-A (JP)
Title: Method for designing catalyst structure
Inventor: KIMOTO HIROYUKI
IPC: B01J37/00
Filed: 2001-06-14
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To estimate the optimum catalyst structure at a high efficiency by calculating the bonding strength of the entire system of a reaction component and the catalyst on the basis of quantum mechanics. SOLUTION: The method is a method for designing catalyst structure comprising virtual means of determining a virtual model that atom groups (A) with imagined catalyst surface are set close to a reaction component, means of calculating the bonding strength between the atom groups (A) and the reaction component (B) in the previously determined virtual model, and means of evaluating the adsorption and desorption capability of the reaction component (A) to the atom groups (A) based on the calculation means. Preferably, the method further comprises means of altering the virtual model by replacing some of the constituent elements (M) of the atom groups (A) with other element (Me) and means of evaluating the effect of the Me solid solution ratio, which is defined as Me/M after the replacement, on the adsorption and desorption capability.
Patent JP-2001358823-A (JP)
Title: Portable telephone set
Inventor: SHIMADA NOBUYASU
IPC: H04M1/2745
Filed: 2001-06-15
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone set, capable of enhancing the convenience of calling by storing a plurality of telephone numbers and information for discriminating the individual telephone numbers, corresponding to a single name considering that there is the problem that a plurality of telephone numbers cannot be stored which correspond to a single name in a conventional portable telephone set. SOLUTION: A memory 2 stores a plurality of telephone numbers and the information for discriminating the individual telephone numbers, corresponding to the name of an individual as phonebook data. A control part 3 retrieves telephone book data from the memory 2, in response to an instruction inputted from an operation part 6, successively displays the plurality of telephone numbers and the information for discriminating the telephone numbers stored corresponding to an instructed name, and originates a call in accordance with the instruction.
Patent JP-2002369792-A (JP)
Title: Spiral groove processing device for channel tube of endoscope
Inventor: YOKOTA ATSUTOSHI
IPC: A61B1/00
Filed: 2001-06-15
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spiral groove processing device for the channel tube of an endoscope capable of shortening a heating time, capable of determining a molding condition and facilitating the control of temperature to reduce the depth irregularity of a spiral groove. SOLUTION: A table 11, which is provided with a wire material feeder 7 of a wire material 6 and a tube pressing support member 13 having a tube pressing roller 14 for preventing the bending of a tube 2 attached thereto, is provided to a processing device, which rotates the tube 2 around the center axis thereof to wind the wire material 6 around the outer peripheral surface of the tube 6 to form the spiral groove, in a freely movable manner along the center axis of the tube 2 held by a chuck 2 and a centering fixture 5. A cylindrical heater 10 is provided to the table 11 through a heater arm 8 and the tube 2 is inserted into the heater 10 to equally heat the whole cuter periphery of the tube 2 immediately before the spiral groove is formed.
Patent JP-2002374434-A (JP)
Title: Foldable portable equipment with camera
Inventor: HAGIMORI HITOSHI
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2001-06-15
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide foldable portable equipment with a small-sized camera, which enables an operator to move the small-sized camera stored in a hinge part to a specified photographic direction without directly operating the small- sized camera in foldable portable equipment which has superior display panel visibility and superior key operability. SOLUTION: The foldable portable equipment is equipped with a 1st housing which has a display part, a 2nd housing which has an operation part, and the hinge part which connects the 1st and 2nd housings rotatably to each other and has the camera built in the hinge part. The camera has a photographic window for taking incident light almost at right angles to the hinge axis of the hinge part and the photographic window of the camera rotates on the hinge axis as the 1st and 2nd housings are put in mutual rotary motion.
Patent JP-2002336549-A (JP)
Title: Roulette game device, recording medium and program
Inventor: HENMI HARUHIKO
IPC: A63F13/45
Filed: 2001-05-17
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide techniques capable of maintaining users' interests over a long period without complicating the structure and rule of a roulette game device. SOLUTION: The stop of an index 32 which is displayed while being moved along an identification display 31 displayed in a display means is received, and the result of lottery is determined from the identification display 31 at the position where the index 32 was stopped, and the identification display 31 is changed. By changing the identification display 31, a bonus is distributed when identification displays of the same kind reach a predetermined percentage of the number of all the identification displays.
Patent JP-2003008101-A (JP)
Title: Tunneling magnetoresistive effect element and bearing detecting system using the same
Inventor: KO TAIKO
IPC: H01L43/08
Filed: 2001-06-20
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a TMR element having a small size, a light weight, and high sensitivity. SOLUTION: Since this TMR element is manufactured fundamentally by using a thin film technology, etc., the size and weight of the element can be reduced. In addition, the sensitivity of the element to magnetic fields is improved as a sensor by rationalizing the film thickness of a first spin polarized layer 4 to become the smaller one of a value smaller than the film thickness of a tunnel layer 5 and <2 nm, so that both a low coercive force and TMR ratio may coexist. The first spin polarized layer 4 is laminated upon a magnetic field detection assisting soft magnetic layer 3 and has a stronger coercive force and higher spin polarizing ratio than the soft magnetic layer 5 has.
Patent JP-2003003605-A (JP)
Title: Fiber-reinforced concrete member
Inventor: WATANABE TAKAKI
IPC: B28B23/02
Filed: 2001-06-20
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fiber-reinforced concrete member being easily executed and being capable of obtaining high strength. SOLUTION: In the fiber-reinforced concrete member in which reinforcements are buried as axial reinforcing materials, polyacetal fiber bundles in which a plurality of polyacetal monofilaments having a tensile elastic modulus from 20 Gpa to 150 Gpa and a means outside diameter from 0.4 mm to 100 mm are collected are buried in the concrete member as a reinforcing material in the direction orthogonal to the axial reinforcing materials.
Patent JP-2003008943-A (JP)
Title: Operation console for video changeover device
Inventor: YOSHIDA HIROYASU
IPC: H04N5/222
Filed: 2001-06-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operation console for a video changeover device that can select a video signal being a broadcast source without relying on an operator. SOLUTION: The operation console of this invention is provided with a 1st switch group A comprising single switches for switching video signals and with a 2nd switch group B displayed on a display device as a visualized switch group for video image switching, which are placed on an operation face of the same operation console and conduct near the same video image switching operations.
Patent JP-2003008086-A (JP)
Title: Composite oxide and thermoelectric converter using the same
Inventor: MIZUTANI MAKOTO
IPC: H01L35/22
Filed: 2001-06-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composite oxide having good electrical conductivity, a high thermoelectromotive force and excellent stability, and to provide a thermoelectric converter using the same. SOLUTION: The composite oxide represented by (Lp A1-p )(Coz Niq B1-z-q )x Oy of formula (1) and (Lp A1-p )(Coz Niq Cur B1-z-q-r )x Oy of formula (2) of an element composition, [wherein (x) is 0.5<=x<=1.5, (y) is 2<=y<=4, (p) is 0<=p<=1, (z) is 0<z<1, (q) is 0<q<1, 0<=1-z-q<1, (r) is 0<r<1, 0<=1-z-q-r<1, L is a lanthanoid, (a) is an element of one or more types selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Cr and Mg and B is an element of one or more types selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe and Zn]. This composite oxide is used as an n-type thermoelectric conversion material 2, and the thermoelectric converter 1 can be manufactured.
Patent JP-2003003490-A (JP)
Title: Joint for reinforcements of building foundation
Inventor: IZUHARA TAKAO
IPC: E02D27/08
Filed: 2001-06-25
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a joint for reinforcements of a building foundation, which can absorb variations in pitch between vertical reinforcements of a rise reinforcement, prevents tilting of the rise reinforcement, and correctly sets upper and lower locations of the same. SOLUTION: The joint for the reinforcements of the building foundation is comprised of a stirrup mounting portion 2 and a vertical reinforcement mounting portion 3. The stirrup mounting portion 2 is shaped like the C letter in cross section and can be mounted on a stirrup 14 of a horizontal reinforcement 13. The vertical reinforcement mounting portion 3 is arranged adjacently onto a rear portion of the stirrup mounting portion 2, and has an oblong hole 3a which allows insertion therein of a lower portion of the vertical reinforcement 16 of the rise reinforcement 15. Further, a long diameter direction of the oblong hole 3a is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the stirrup mounting portion 2.  The hole 3a formed in the vertical reinforcement mounting portion is rendered oblong, and therefore variations in pitch between the vertical reinforcements 16 of the rise reinforcement 15, and pitch between the stirrups 14 of the horizontal reinforcement 13 can be absorbed to an extent of the length of an oblong.
Patent JP-2003006242-A (JP)
Title: Product data management system, program to run the system, recording medium recorded with the program, and product data management method
Inventor: SAKAKIBARA MASAHIRO
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2001-06-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a product data management system which can improve the readability of product composition by facilitating the access to the display data. SOLUTION: CAD data prepared to exhibit composition of a product into a CAD plan and data for indication to indicate names of composition of the product are managed in a tree shaped hierarchical structure. In the tree shaped hierarchy, the data for indication are arranged in a higher hierarchical layer than that for the CAD data and used for indication.
Patent JP-2003000625-A (JP)
Title: Correcting method for skeleton
Inventor: KOSAKA KATSUMI
IPC: A61F5/042
Filed: 2001-06-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a correcting method for a skeleton without help of a care-taken, capable of being carried out by oneself with a simple tool, obtaining the effect of the application immediately or in an early stage without any pain. SOLUTION: The correcting method for a backbone comprises placing the sole of a patient against a fixed wall, laying a patient on the back, fitting a stopper to the waist of the patient from the lower direction, and kicking the fixed wall with the legs of the patient. Alternatively, the correcting method for skull comprises placing the patient bone of the patient against the fixed wall, making a jaw of the patient lie horizontal, fitting the stopper to the neck of the patient from the lower direction, and pressing the fixed wall with the upper limbs of the patient. Further, the stopper is used in a heated and humidified sate in the correcting method for the backbone and the skul.
Patent JP-2003006961-A (JP)
Title: Recording/reproducing device
Inventor: TAKI RYOJI
IPC: G11B15/68
Filed: 2001-06-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a basic unit capable of interconnecting the added units of outer casings, and to smoothly convey a tape cassette in the added unit to a drive by the conveying mechanism of the basic unit. SOLUTION: In the case where one or more added units 3, and 4 are connected to the basic unit 2, when a conveying mechanism is located in the basic unit 2, the control circuit part of the basic unit 2 controls the position and the operation of the conveying mechanism based on position reference points 80, and 82 in the basic unit 2. When the conveying mechanism is located in the added units 3 and 4, the control part controls the position and the operation of the conveying mechanism based on position reference points 80 and 82 in the added units 3 and 4.
Patent JP-2003010436-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: TAKEMOTO TAKATOSHI
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2001-06-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which is made highly attractive to arouse sufficient thrilling and excitements for players by harmonizing game methods between different types of conventions machine to present utterly novel game methods. SOLUTION: Balls entering a starter slot inlet 20 win any of starter slots 21A to 21C via paths branched in three. When the first starter slot 21A is won, variable display is executed with the variable display device 310. When the second starter slot 21B is won, the varying operation of the variable scoring device 150 is executed. When the third starter slot 21C is won, the variable display of the second variable display device 320 is executed.
Patent JP-2003015578-A (JP)
Title: System for transmitting image signal
Inventor: KASAMATSU HIDEKI
IPC: H04N7/173
Filed: 2001-07-03
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image signal transmission system, capable of avoiding inputting an analog signal and a digital signal by 'dual link' transmission at the same time from an image transmitting side device to an image-receiving side device. SOLUTION: This image-transmitting side device is provided with a decision means of deciding whether both digital image data and analog image data are sent to the image receiving side device and also whether or not the operation mode of digital image data transmission is a dual link mode, and a means of switching the operation mode of the digital image data transmission to a single link mode in the case both the digital image data, and the analog image data are sent to the image receiving side device and also, in the case the operation mode of digital image data transmission is dual link mode.
Patent JP-2003014800-A (JP)
Title: Electric field sensing device
Inventor: TOBA YOSHIKAZU
IPC: G01R29/08
Filed: 2001-07-05
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric field sensing device which can be manufactured easily and at low cost by the use of low-cost components, and has a compensating function for a polarized state. SOLUTION: In this electric field sensing device, an optical signal from a light source 14 is transmitted to an optical modulator 12, after its polarization plane is rotation-adjusted by a polarization plane rotator 16. Moreover, the quantity of rotation of the polarization plane by the rotator 16 is controlled by a controller 17, so that the intensity of an optical signal which is caused to enter a photoelectric converter (O/E) 15, or the output DC component of an electric signal obtained by the photoelectric converter (O/E) 15 always becomes maximum.  Since a sensitivity change in the optical modulator 12 is not influenced as a result, even if the light source 14 and the optical modulator 12 are united to each other by a single mode optical fiber 13a with the rotator 16 between, the whole device having a polarization state compensating function becomes able to be manufactured easily and at low cost by the use of low-cost components.
Patent JP-2002070273-A (JP)
Title: Sunshade
Inventor: DIECKMANN MARTIN
IPC: E04F10/06
Filed: 2001-07-05
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable maximum assembly in advance at the factory, of a sunshade provided with basically triangle-shaped shading canvas that can be rolled up onto a canvas shaft, in order to enable swift and easy installation on site and, in addition, to provide reliable movements as its feature. SOLUTION: A canvas shaft 2 is energized in the rolled up direction by a twisted spring 3 installed inside a casing 1 together with the canvas shaft 2, and the canvas shaft 2 is energized in the pulled down direction by an electric motor 4 installed in the same casing 1. A guide rail 8 is installed on one end of the casing 1 and a spacer rail 17 is installed on the other end of the casing 1, and at the free range of that outer end they are connectable to each other, or to the window frame. A deviation roller 10 is installed on the joint between the spacer rail 17 and the guide rail 8, and a rope 11 and other elements are fixed onto the end part 21 of the triangle canvas. The rope is being changed its direction through the deviation roller 10 and guided toward a rope reel 12 of the motor 4 along the guide rail 8.
Patent JP-2003021798-A (JP)
Title: Mems element, glv device and laser display
Inventor: IKEDA KOICHI
IPC: H01S3/10
Filed: 2001-07-06
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an MEMS element having a membrane of such a constitution that it is not damaged in etching to remove a sacrificial layer when silicon, such as polysilicon and amorphous silicon, is used as the sacrificial layer. SOLUTION: This MEMS element 30 is constituted as an optical modulation element constituting a GVL device and has the same constitution as the constitution of the conventional MEMS element except that the structure of a bridge member 34 of the membrane 32 is different. The membrane 32 comprises the bridge member 34 which has an SiO2 film 36 of 20 nm in film thickness as a lower layer and is laminated with an SiN film 38 of, for example, 100 nm in film thickness thereon and a membrane side electrode 14 commonly used as a light reflection surface consisting of an Al film of 100 nm in film thickness formed on the bridge member 34. The SiO2 film 36 may be an SiO2 film formed by thermally oxidizing the sacrificial layer consisting of the polysilicon or an SiO2 film deposited by a CVD process or PVD process.
Patent JP-2003021717-A (JP)
Title: Optical retardation plate and method for manufacturing the same
Inventor: ARAKAWA KOHEI
IPC: G02B5/30
Filed: 2001-07-06
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical retardation plate with no appearance of a visually observable color irregularity or the like, with no generation of any environmental issue or the like and efficiently mass-producible and a method for efficiently manufacturing the same. SOLUTION: The optical retardation plate is produced by stretching a molding obtained with an extrusion molding method, has >=50 nm retardation (Re) value and has depths of recessing parts of die lines formed on the surface satisfying an inequality (Δd/d)<=(1/Re). In the inequality Δd represents the depth (μm) of the recessing part of the die line formed on the surface, d represents the thickness (μm) of the optical retardation plate and Re represents the retardation value (nm) of the optical retardation plate.  The method for manufacturing the optical retardation plate with >=50 nm retardation (Re) value is characterized by carrying out an extrusion step to obtain the molding with the extrusion molding method by continuously detecting the depths of the recessing parts formed on the surface and making the inequality be satisfied and a stretching step to stretch the molding.
Patent JP-2002363135-A (JP)
Title: Method for removing impurity in ethyl lactate
Inventor: SAOTOME MICHIHIKO
IPC: C07C67/60
Filed: 2001-06-05
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain high-purity ethyl, lactate through lowering the acidity and UV absorbance within 270-400 nm wavelength in ethyl lactate produced by fermentation method. SOLUTION: The objective method for removing impurities in ethyl lactate comprises the following process: ethyl lactate produced by fermantation method is previously charged with a carbodiimide to lower the acidity of the ethyl lactate, the ethyl lactate thus lowered in acidity is then distilled and purified while reacting UV-absorbing impurities therein in the presence of an aniline derivative at the bottom of the distillation column; alternatively, the ethyl lactate produced by the fermentation method is distilled and purified while reacting UV-absorbing impurities therein in the presence of the aniline derivative at the bottom of the distillation column.
Patent JP-2002365480-A (JP)
Title: Optical fiber connecting method and auxiliary tool for the method in inserting optical glass fiber into split sleeve
Inventor: MIYAZAKI TOSHIYUKI
IPC: G02B6/38
Filed: 2001-06-04
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce cost by connecting optical fibers without using a ferrule. SOLUTION: Outer coating members 6, 6 at the end of optical fiber cords 1, 1 to be connected are removed, with the optical glass fibers 4, 4 exposed at a prescribed length. Into a split sleeve 7 with a slit 8 provided over the entire length in the axial direction, optical glass fibers 4, 4 are inserted from both ends of the sleeve in the axial direction. Then, in a state where the end faces of the optical glass fibers 4, 4 are abutted on each other by means of the split sleeve 7, the sleeve is fixedly clamped.
Patent JP-2002344326-A (JP)
Title: Method for compressing data by synthetic index and method for restoring compressed data completely
Inventor: NAKAMURA TOGO
IPC: H03M7/40
Filed: 2001-06-06
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance compression by applying a simple operation to an information source. SOLUTION: The index of information source symbol having a known frequency of appearance is set with a maximum value and a threshold value and the index sequence of input symbol is converted into a smaller index sequence before compressing by entropy encoding, e.g. Huffman encoding.