Patents Represented by Attorney Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP
  • Patent number: 7185417
    Abstract: A method for shaping an ABS of a magnetic head slider including a step of holding at least one row bar with a plurality of aligned thin-film magnetic head elements by adhering a first surface of the at least one row bar to an adhesive or UV tape capable of passing a laser beam there through, the first surface being opposite an ABS of the at least one row bar, a step of shaping the ABS of the at least one row bar in a convex shape by radiating a laser beam to the first surface of the at least one row bar through the adhesive or UV tape, a step of cutting the at least one row bar into individual magnetic head sliders, and a step of then, removing the magnetic head sliders from the adhesive or UV tape after weakening adhesion properties of the adhesive or UV tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Sae Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Fukuroi
  • Patent number: 7185750
    Abstract: A coin distinguishing method capable of concurrently picking up the images of the surface and the side of a coin by using two light sources, downsizing a device, and providing high-accuracy coin distinguishing. The side of a coin (C) falling through a coin passage (101) in an advancing direction is irradiated with a first light (105) from a flash shooting first light source (104), and the outer periphery portion of the surface of the coin (C) is irradiated with a second light (107) from a flash shooting second light source (106). Then, a fist reflection light (108) reflected off the side of the coin (C) and a second reflection light (109) reflected off the outer periphery portion of the coin (C) are input to an image sensor (110) to concurrently obtain the images of the side and the surface of the coin (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux
    Inventors: Masanori Sugata, Tomokuni Takeda
  • Patent number: 7182926
    Abstract: A process for economically separating and recovering valuable metal components, with few kinds of chemicals being used, with no waste water that causes environmental pollution being discharged, and also perfectly no by-products being formed by means of simple steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Y. K. YSK Technosystem
    Inventor: Toshiaki Akahoshi
  • Patent number: 7183299
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tetrazoyloxime derivative which is less likely to cause chemical injury to useful plants and is also superior in chemical efficacy to a conventional hetero ring-substituted oxime derivative. A tetrazoyloxime derivative represented by the general formula (1): X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cyano group, a methanesulfonyl group, a nitro group, a trifluoromethyl group, or an aryl group; A represents a 1-alkyltetrazoyl-5-yl group or a 5-alkyltetrazoyl-1-yl group; and Het represents a pyridyl group having a substituent or a thiazoyl group having a substituent, and a plant disease controlling agent containing the same as an active ingredient are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Kobori, Hitoshi Kondo, Hiroyuki Tsuboi, Kumiko Akiba, Akihiro Koiso, Tsuneyuki Otaguro, Hidetoshi Nakayama, Hiroyuki Hamano, Akira Ohno, Toru Asada
  • Patent number: 7183117
    Abstract: A supply apparatus for preparing a mixed chemical solution of a predetermined mixing ratio at a low cost and for supplying the mixed chemical solution stably. The supply apparatus includes a measuring apparatus located on an intermediate portion of a flow channel through which the chemical solution flows upward for measuring properties of the mixed chemical solution. In the lower portion of the measuring apparatus, disposed is a nozzle for spouting the chemical solution upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masataka Fukuizumi, Hiroshi Osuda, Toru Matoba, Takeshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7181794
    Abstract: A fire retardant pillow top mattress has a base which is covered by a fire barrier material. A ticking covers the fire barrier material. Sheets of these combined materials are formed into a top, a bottom and sidewalls for the mattress. In a pillow top mattress, the pillow top and the gusset between the mattress and the pillow top are formed in a like manner. The intersecting planar surfaces are mated between a flame-retardant treated edge binding tape. The mated surfaces are sewn with a flame retardant thread and the mattress, pillow top and gusset are encapsulated with fire retardant components. The edges of the sidewalls and the mattress cover are serge stitched with a flame retardant thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Inventor: Vincent Diaz
  • Patent number: 7183347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dip molding, a composition for dip molding, and a method for producing a dip molding. The dip molding is molded from a conjugated diene based rubber latex, crosslinked by a water-soluble multivalent metal salt, and contains substantially none of any of a sulfur-containing vulcanizing agent, a vulcanization accelerator for the vulcanizing agent, and zinc oxide. The dip molding has very few pinholes, has good feel, and has sufficient strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanori Ota, Toshihiro Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 7183647
    Abstract: In a wiring substrate of the present invention in which a bump of an electronic parts is bonded to a connection pad of a wiring pattern provided on an insulating film by an ultrasonic flip-chip packaging, a via hole into which a via post acting as a strut to support the connection pad upon the ultrasonic flip-chip packaging is filled is arranged in the insulating film under the connection pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Murayama, Masahiro Sunohara
  • Patent number: 7184245
    Abstract: A head slider provided with at least one head element, to be fixed to an actuator for precisely positioning the at least one head element, including adhering sections to be adhered to the actuator, and recesses for receiving an adhesive. At least one of the recesses is positioned at each of the adhering sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamon Kasajima, Masashi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 7183659
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a plurality of circuit elements and a plurality of wires connecting the circuit elements, includes an orthogonal wire having a first minimum wire width which is formed on a first wiring layer and extends horizontally or vertically; a diagonal wire having a second minimum wire width which is substantially equal to the first minimum wire width, formed on a second wiring layer which differs from the first wiring layer and extending in a diagonal direction in relation to the orthogonal wire; and a via having a size which is no greater than the first or second wire width, formed at point at which the orthogonal wire and diagonal wire overlap so as to connect the orthogonal wire and diagonal wire, wherein one of the diagonal wire and orthogonal wire includes an enlarged wire width region in the position at which the via is formed, the wire width of the enlarged wire width region being enlarged beyond the first or second minimum wire width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Masato Suga
  • Patent number: 7183762
    Abstract: A DC current is supplied to the write coil of a GMR head 1 equipped with a completed HGA (Head Gimbal Assembly). The element part of the GMR head 1 is thereby thermally deformed. Thus deformed, the element part protrudes, abutting on a rotating laser-bump disk 2, above which the HGA is floating. When the element part abuts on the disk 2, a magnetic field (2470 gauss) that extends in a direction opposite to the magnetization direction of the fixed layer of the GMR head 1 is applied to the top of a core slider 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Kenrou Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7182130
    Abstract: The sample temperature regulator is provided with a heating block (3) having a sample container holder (6) and a temperature-controllable heater (7) and with a cooling block (4) having a cooling mechanism (11). These two blocks are combined with each other through a connecting plate (15) made of a material having a thermal conductivity lower than those of these blocks. This constitution can reduce heat transfer between the heating block and the cooling block and allows them to have wide temperature regulating ranges, as well as increased heating capacity and cooling capacity, respectively. Further, this constitution makes the structure of the temperature regulator simple and compact, so that the regulator has increased durability and can be offered at a low price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Eyela-Chino Inc.
    Inventor: Yuta Ohki
  • Patent number: 7180387
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna duplexer comprising a package having a plurality of ceramic layers superposed, and a transmitting filter and a receiving filter which are mounted on a surface of the package. A phase-matching strip line is formed on a surface of one ceramic layer. The package has grounding layers formed respectively on surfaces of upper and lower ceramic layers with the phase-matching strip line interposed therebetween. A plurality of via holes are formed around the phase-matching strip line for connecting the two grounding layers to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hongo, Natsuyo Nagano, Takashi Ogura, Hideki Ito, Toshio Tanuma
  • Patent number: 7179068
    Abstract: A cooling space in an inverter case is disposed at a position opposed to a stationary scroll of a scroll compressor. A refrigerant having low temperature is allowed to flow in and out between the cooling space and the stationary scroll through a seal, thereby cooling an inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Makino, Nobuaki Ogawa, Yukihiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7178637
    Abstract: The invention provides an elevator apparatus comprising a cage 1 disposed inside a path of upward or downward movement vertically movably, a counterweight 2 vertically movable with the upward or downward movement of the cage 1, and a lift drive mechanism for driving the cage 1 upward or downward. The drive mechanism comprises a sheave 42 disposed inside the path, ropes 3 extending along a route around the sheave 42, and a drive device 5 in engagement with the ropes 3. The drive device 5 comprises a belt transmission provided alongside the ropes 3 and revolvingly movable along the rope extension route, a mechanism for pressing a belt surface of the belt transmission into contact with the ropes 3, and a drive motor for driving the belt transmission. The cage can be driven upward or downward without using any traction sheave, while the cage can be reduced in weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Asano, Yosuke Goda, Kenichi Yamamoto, Mamoru Harada
  • Patent number: 7180478
    Abstract: There is provided a stereoscopic video display that enables a viewer to recognize a more real stereoscopic video. A light source device 2 comprises a backlight 21 and a pinhole array plate 22. A liquid crystal display panel driver 5 feeds a pixel driving signal to a liquid crystal display panel 3, to form a pixel region 3a composed of a plurality of pixels respectively corresponding to pinholes 22a. Each of the pixels composing the pixel region 3a controls an amount of light transmission with respect to a light beam in each direction from the corresponding pinhole 22a. Consequently, the intensity of the light beam in each direction is reproduced. Lines respectively connecting the centers of the pinholes 22a and the centers of the pixel regions 3a are not parallel to one another, and are so set as to cross at one point of a position corresponding to the standard distance between the video display panel 3 and a viewer Z.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goro Hamagishi, Ken Mashitani, Masutaka Inoue, Masahiro Higashino
  • Patent number: 7180312
    Abstract: A probe card that is manufactured inexpensively. The probe card includes a base plate, a flexible substrate, and a contact probe. The contact probe is a flexible substrate formed from polyimide resin. The contact probe has a plurality of parallel wires. Each wire has a distal end that functions as a contact. The contact probe is produced by cutting a general purpose substrate having a plurality of parallel wires formed at a predetermined pitch. The number of the parallel wires is equal to the number of pads of an LSI chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Arisaka, Kunihiro Itagaki, Shigenobu Ishihara, Tomohiro Giga, Naoyoshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7180728
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor using a conductive polymer compound as a solid electrolyte includes an anode body, a dielectric oxide coating formed on a surface of the anode body, a first conductive polymer compound layer formed on a portion of the dielectric oxide coating, a silane coupling agent treatment layer formed at least on a portion of the dielectric oxide coating on which the first conductive polymer compound layer is not formed, and a second conductive polymer compound layer formed on the first conductive polymer compound layer and the silane coupling agent treatment layer. With this, a solid electrolytic capacitor having a high capacitance, a low ESR and high reliability and a method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D537035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: IMV Corporation
    Inventor: Shintarou Tomoe
  • Patent number: D537415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventor: Takayuki Nagata