Patents Represented by Attorney Arent Fox LLC.
  • Patent number: 7932819
    Abstract: A first meter cluster panel and a second meter cluster panel are disposed on an instrument panel of a vehicle such that the first meter cluster panel and the second meter cluster panel have respective centers of display disposed substantially coaxially with each other. The first meter cluster panel is disposed near a boundary line at a position deeper than that of the second meter cluster panel as viewed by a driver who is directing his or her line of sight from an eye range in the forward direction of the vehicle. The first meter cluster panel displays information that is visually recognized outside of a steering wheel. The second meter cluster panel displays information that is visually recognized inside the steering wheel when the driver directs his or her line of sight from the eye range in the forward direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Arie, Kazuhiro Hasunuma, Naoki Wada, Masahide Kobayashi, Hidetoshi Kabayama, Makoto Koike
  • Patent number: 7909729
    Abstract: A control unit for an electric oil pump of the present invention includes: a one-way valve that permits circulation of operating fluid from the electric oil pump to the friction engagement device and blocks circulation in the opposite direction; an accumulator that is connected to a fluid supply path joining the one-way valve to the friction engagement device and accumulates hydraulic pressure required for operating the friction engagement device; a hydraulic pressure measuring device that measures hydraulic pressure inside the fluid supply path; a vehicle speed measuring device that measures a vehicle speed of the vehicle; and a pressure setting device that sets a first predetermined pressure based on the vehicle speed measured by the vehicle speed measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Tanaka, Ryo Nishikawa, Hisayoshi Arai
  • Patent number: 7768182
    Abstract: An optical filter 17 is attached to the display screen surface of a flat display panel 3 of a flat display apparatus. The optical filter 17 is constituted of a lamination of an electromagnetic-wave blocking sheet 17A, an infrared-radiation absorbing and color-tone correcting sheet 17B and an ambient light antireflective sheet 17C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiharu Oishi, Akihiko Horita, Ryusuke Fukushima
  • Patent number: 7237053
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a clock switching circuit for switching between asynchronous first clock and second clock when connecting or disconnecting an interface cable having a hot-plug function. The clock switching circuit includes a first group of flip-flops for receiving an interface disconnection signal that corresponds to disconnection and connection of the interface cable in response to the first clock, and a second group of flip-flops for receiving the interface disconnection signal in response to the second clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masato Mitsuhashi, Yoshiyuki Shirai
  • Patent number: 7221574
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device has a memory cell (501, 502) storing data; bit lines (BL1, BL2) connected to the memory cell, allowing therethrough data input or output to or from the memory cell; a sense amplifier (506a) connected to said bit lines, amplifying data on the bit lines; and a switching transistor (505a) connecting or disconnecting the bit line connected to the memory cell to or from the bit line connected to the sense amplifier. The switching transistor operates differently in a first memory cell access operation and in a second memory cell access operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Tomita, Toshiya Uchida
  • Patent number: 7217194
    Abstract: A constant velocity universal joint includes an outer joint member has three track grooves extending axially in an inner circumference portion thereof with a roller guide surface extending axially on each side of the respective track grooves; a tripod member has three trunnions protruding in the radial direction; and a roller mechanism is mounted in each of the trunnions of the tripod member. The roller mechanism is capable of swinging and oscillating freely with respect to the trunnions, and has a roller guided along the roller guide surface in the direction parallel to the axis line of the outer joint member. An outer peripheral surface of the roller, which is made by ground-finishing, is in contact with the roller guide surface, and has a surface roughness of 0.35 Ra or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Goto, Hiroshi Murakami, Masahide Miyata, Mikio Tomiyama
  • Patent number: 7212453
    Abstract: Regular data inputted/outputted to/from external terminals is read/written to/from a regular cell array, and parity data is read/written from/to a parity cell array. Since the parity data is generated by a parity generation circuit, it is difficult to write a desired pattern to the parity cell array. The regular data and the parity data are exchanged with each other by a switch circuit, so that the regular data can be written to the parity cell array and the parity data can be written to the regular cell array. This enables the write of desired data to the parity cell array. A test of the parity data can be easily conducted. In particular, a leakage test or the like between memory cells can be easily conducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akira Kikutake, Yasuhiro Onishi, Kuninori Kawabata, Junichi Sasaki, Toshiya Miyo
  • Patent number: 6738287
    Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory core circuit which is nonvolatile and stores multi-values therein by setting different thresholds to memory cells, and a control circuit which controls data writing into the memory core circuit, wherein the control circuit programs first memory cells to be at one of the thresholds by setting the one of the thresholds not only to the first memory cells but also to second memory cells that are subsequently to be programmed to any one of the thresholds higher than the one of the thresholds, the control circuit successively performing programming in an ascending order of the thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Masaru Yano
  • Patent number: D548139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Seung Lee, Keisuke Asai
  • Patent number: D550926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventor: JoAnne Risko
  • Patent number: D551426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Inventors: Saeed Saud Ahmed, Angel Hernandez, Emine Unlu
  • Patent number: D556426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Dale Slesser, Robert Baron, John M. Kaiser, Ray Green
  • Patent number: D556427
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: John M. Kaiser, Robert F. Baron, Jacqueline Kramer, Dale R. Slesser, Karen R. Martin
  • Patent number: D556497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Daryl Harris, Robert Curtis
  • Patent number: D556498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Daryl Harris, Robert Curtis
  • Patent number: D561426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hugo Eitler, Bert van Dijk, Jan Arts, Tineke Leijdens, Nathalie Matysiak
  • Patent number: D563076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Lauren Brooking, Sue Wilson, Phil Jenkins, Rob Wheatcroft
  • Patent number: D565827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Lauren Brooking, Sue Wilson, Phil Jenkins, Rob Wheatcroft