Patents Represented by Attorney Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP
  • Patent number: 7158368
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for fabricating a solid electrolytic capacitor of the chip type which process includes the steps of plating a fabrication frame comprising an anode terminal member and a cathode terminal member projecting from a pair of side frame members respectively so as to be opposed to each other, the anode terminal member being stepped so as to provide a lower portion toward the cathode terminal member, a hole extending vertically and being formed in each of the anode terminal member and a higher portion of the cathode terminal member, joining an anode lead of a capacitor element to an upper surface of the cathode terminal member and a bottom surface of the capacitor element to an upper surface of the lower portion of the cathode terminal member, forming a packaging resin portion around the capacitor element without permitting resin to ingress into the holes, and cutting the anode and cathode terminal members along vertical planes extending through the respective holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electronic Components Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eizo Fujii, Hideki Ishida
  • Patent number: 7155795
    Abstract: A surgical blade package facilitates the mounting of a surgical blade on to the forwardly-projecting cleat on a scalpel handle; and following use in the O.R., the surgical blade package facilitates stripping the used blade off the scalpel for disposal in a sharps container. The cleat is inserted beneath the rear end portion of the blade, and between the blade and the bottom wall of the blade package; and forward and upward movement of the scalpel snaps the blade on to the scalpel in a continuous movement. The opposite procedure is used to demount the used blade from the scalpel and encase it in the original blade package for disposal in a sharps container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Inventors: Michael R. Abidin, Steven P. Lehmbeck, Paul Varga
  • Patent number: 7157731
    Abstract: In a logic area, impurities are doped into the gate electrode and the source/drain diffusion regions of a MIS transistor. Thereafter in a memory cell area, word lines are patterned, source/drain regions are formed, and contact holes are formed. Side wall spacers of the MIS transistor in the logic area are made of silicon oxide. A semiconductor device of logic-memory can be manufactured by a reduced number of manufacture processes while the transistor characteristics are stabilized and the fine patterns in the memory cell are ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Toshio Taniguchi, Taiji Ema, Toru Anezaki
  • Patent number: 7156962
    Abstract: There are provided an electrode for electrolysis which takes into consideration safety to human bodies and environmental pollution upon disposal of the electrode, produces ozone with high efficiency and has excellent durability, a production process of the electrode, and an active oxygen producing device using the electrode. In an electrode 5 for electrolysis which has an electrode catalyst at least on the surface and produces ozone or active oxygen in for-treatment water by electrolysis, the electrode catalyst contains a dielectric which constitutes more than 70% of the surface area of the electrode catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohito Koizumi, Naoki Hiro, Tsuyoshi Rakuma, Katsuhiko Mushiake, Masahiro Iseki, Hiroyuki Umezawa, Yurika Koizumi, Yasuhito Kondo
  • Patent number: 7157756
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor includes a channel layer that is formed on a predetermined semiconductor layer and has an impurity concentration varying from a low value to a high value, and a source region and a drain region each having a bottom face above the predetermined semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Quantum Devices Limited
    Inventors: Norihiko Ui, Kazutaka Inoue, Kazuo Nambu
  • Patent number: 7153041
    Abstract: An optical connector with a shutter which minimizes the accommodating space for the shutter of inward opening type. The shutter opening inward in accordance with the insertion of the plug is provided near the inlet of the plug inserting hole of the case. A shutter biasing spring holding the shutter in the closed position is a torsion coil spring including a pair of arms projecting in two directions from the coil part. The shutter biasing spring is arranged so that the coil part faces towards the hole back side between the back surface of the shutter and the inner wall surface of the case. When the shutter opens and lies along the inner wall surface, both arms are sandwiched between the shutter and the inner wall surface of the case, and the coil part is positioned outside between the shutter and the inner wall surface of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Mine, Hiroshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 7152527
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method in which when both of two-stage type and impression cylinder connecting type sheet-fed perfecting multi-color printing presses are manufactured, there is no need for a manufacture of extra parts or an extra stock, and also the replacement and servicing of parts are easy in the event of a failure of a printing unit or the sheet-fed perfecting multi-color printing press. For this purpose, modules for the printing unit for the sheet-fed perfecting multi-color printing press, each of which consists of a combination of at least two elements of a group consisting of an intermediate cylinder, impression cylinder, blanket cylinder, plate cylinder, inking mechanism, and water supply mechanism are manufactured, and the modules are used to manufacture the two-stage type and impression cylinder connecting type sheet-fed perfecting multi-color printing presses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutada Dejima, Shinichi Fujimoto, Shinya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7155685
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method, an apparatus and a program having high optimization precision and capable of obtaining an answer required by a designer in a short time by combining optimization between individual transistors and optimization as the entire circuit, or by appropriately combining judgment of an operation region, an analysis of the operation region and a SWEEP sensitivity analysis when the optimization is carried out. An optimizing designing apparatus of an integrated circuit for designing a circuit, comprises operation region judging means for adjusting an operation region (linear region, saturation region) of the circuit, operation region analysis means for displaying liner characteristics (Ids-Vgs characteristics) of the circuit and saturation characteristics (Ids-Vds characteristics) of the circuit, and SWEEP sensitivity analysis means for displaying variation in output characteristics of the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignees: Sipec Corporation, Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Mori, Takashi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7154710
    Abstract: A magnetic head slider comprises a slider body comprising a base portion made of an altic material and an element-forming portion, made of alumina, having formed thereon magnetic conversion elements. Slider-flying rails protruding beyond the surface of the slider body are provided. A first protection film is formed on the surface of the slider body to cover a boundary between the element-forming portion and the base portion to thereby prevent a lubricant of a magnetic disk from depositing on the boundary between the base portion and the element-forming portion. Second protection films are formed on the surfaces of the slider-flying rails to protect the magnetic conversion elements from being corroded and damaged. Further, when pneumatic bearings are provided on the slider-flying rails, third protection films are formed on the surfaces of the pneumatic bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Kasamatsu, Susumu Yoshida, Takayuki Musashi
  • Patent number: 7153511
    Abstract: The present invention provides an avian recombinant herpesvirus modified by the presence of the cDNA encoding, the VP2 of the Delaware Variant E strain of IBDV, a subtype of IBDV serotype 1 strains. The present invention further provides an avian recombinant herpesvirus comprised of the VP2 gene of which the backbone virus is a Marek's disease vaccine strain, such as herpesvirus of turkeys. A poultry vaccine including the avian herpes recombinant virus described in the present invention can induce in chickens protective immunity against a variety of different subtypes of IBDV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Sato, Yoshinari Tsuzaki, Motoyuki Esaki, Kristi M. Dorsey
  • Patent number: 7152987
    Abstract: An instrument for a vehicle, by which an instrument board thereof can be seen as well at night as in the daytime is provided. In the instrument, an illuminating panel 50 including a prism sheet 50a transforms light from an LED 50b into planar light illumination for the instrument board 40, the prism sheet 50a on which prisms arranged in a sawtooth shape to form a prism alley P at a vehicle driver side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Furuya, Takanori Watanabe, Ichiro Kataoka
  • Patent number: 7153627
    Abstract: A negative-working CTP plate which is superior in resolution and printing resistance of the image area of a press plate is provided, which is obtained by forming a latent image on a heat-sensitive layer in a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a substrate having a hydrophilic surface and a heat-sensitive layer made of an alkali-soluble polymer formed on the surface of the substrate, using heat generated upon irradiation with laser light, and developing the heat-sensitive layer using an alkaline developing solution. In the heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a substrate having a hydrophilic surface, and a heat-sensitive layer made of an alkali-soluble polymer formed on the surface of the substrate, an advancing contact angle (?f1) of the surface of the heat-sensitive layer with water at 25° C. is within a range from 70° to 110°, a receding contact angle (?b2) of the surface of the heat-sensitive layer with water at 25° C. after heating at 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Watanabe, Naohito Saito, Hisatomo Yonehara, Yasuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7152882
    Abstract: The invention provides a mobile carriage which is adapted to shift the center of gravity efficiently by utilizing the weight of wheel rotating means, power source means and control means to thereby increase the weight of a weight portion and reduce the increase in the weight of the entire carriage, the carriage comprising a base frame, a front wheel and a rear wheel which are disposed under the base frame, wheel rotating means coupled to the front wheel and the rear wheel for rotatingly driving the wheels, power source means for the wheel rotating means, center-of-gravity shifting means having a weight portion disposed above the base frame and a mechanism for moving the weight portion relative to the base frame to shift the position of the center of gravity of the base frame by moving the weight portion by the moving mechanism, and control means for controlling the wheel rotating means and the moving mechanism, the carriage being characterized in that at least one of the wheel rotating means, the power source
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Tokumaru, Kazushige Kakutani, Atsushi Oda, Seiji Murakami, Naoto Tojo
  • Patent number: 7153592
    Abstract: In an organic EL element, an organic EL layer is interposed between anodes and cathodes formed on a substrate. Each of the cathodes is made of a first conductive film that comes into contact with the organic EL layer and a second conductive film that constitutes a laminated structure together with the first conductive film. The first conductive film contains any one of an alkaline metal and an alkaline earth metal. The second conductive film contains any one of at least one type metal selected from a group consisting of Ru (ruthenium), Rh (rhodium), Ir (iridium), Os (osmium) and Re (rhenium) and its oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Kota Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 7153150
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a waterproof grommet structure which can be taken apart into its constituent pieces, i.e., a grommet, a connector, a terminal, etc., even after filled with waterproofing agent, to allow its maintenance to be performed. A waterproofing agent tank 2c is isolated from a hollow portion 2b which is consecutively arranged with a connector rib 2a, to form a separate compartment. The waterproofing agent tank 2c comprises an inlet 2d formed as an aperture thereon and configured to feed waterproofing agent therethrough; a first through-hole 2e penetrating between the inside of the tank 2c and the hollow portion 2b to form a link therebetween; and a second through-hole 2f penetrating between the inside of the tank 2c and an external environment to form a link therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Sumito Atsumi, Kei Sato
  • Patent number: 7152629
    Abstract: Line interconnecting means 50 comprises lower channel blocks 51 each having a line interconnecting channel 54 and arranged in an upper stage of lines B1, B2, B3 to be interconnected, at the same position with respect to the direction of the lines, and a plurality of upper channel blocks 57 each arranged on an upper side of the lower channel blocks 51 of adjacent lines interconnected and each having a transverse channel 58a extending orthogonal to the lines and downward channel 58b extending from the transverse channel 58a and communicating with the respective line interconnecting channels 54 of the lower channel blocks 51. Each of the lower channel blocks 51 is removably fastened to a coupling member in a lower stage with screws from above, and the upper channel blocks 57 are removably fastened to the lower channel blocks 51 with screws from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventors: Ichiro Tokuda, Kenji Tsubota, Michio Yamaji, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 7154521
    Abstract: A thermal printer detachably connected to a portable type terminal equipment. The printer has a printer cover including upper and lower covers hinged together. A printer head is arranged in the body of the portable type terminal equipment, and a platen is arranged in the upper cover. The platen is usually held in the upper cover but can be released from it when undesirable force is applied to it. Therefore, a straight line connecting the platen shaft to the hinge shaft is generally parallel to the bottom surface of the portable type terminal equipment and the printer head is generally perpendicular to the straight line, so that a pressure applied by the printer head to the platen is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Frontech Limited
    Inventor: Yuji Shimoda
  • Patent number: 7150388
    Abstract: A method of bonding and a bonding apparatus for a semiconductor chip uses ultrasonic vibration but can improve the bonds between electrode terminals of a semiconductor chip and a substrate. In a method of bonding a semiconductor chip that places electrode terminals of the semiconductor chip and electrode terminals of a substrate in contact and applies ultrasonic vibration to the semiconductor chip to bond the electrode terminals of the semiconductor chip and the substrate together, the ultrasonic vibration is compressional waves that are transmitted to the semiconductor chip and is set so that a half-wavelength of the ultrasonic vibration is a length given by multiplying a gap between adjacent electrode terminals in a direction of the compressional waves by a reciprocal of a natural number, and maximum amplitude points are located at positions of the respective electrode terminals of the semiconductor chip and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Takayoshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7150640
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a lever type connector to assure unlocking of a lever locking portion at a small size connector. The lever type connector has a cover having electric wire holder ribs at a rear surface of the cover. The electric wire holder ribs are disposed at a base portion of the lever locking portion and protrude downwardly from the rear surface of the cover so as to abut the electric wires. The electric wire holder ribs extend laterally to the electric wires and have a enough height to prevent the electric wires from interfering with a clearance, which allows the lever locking portion to move into the clearance. The clearance assured by the electric wire holder ribs ensures unlocking of the lever locking portion even when the electric wires occupy a large space in the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Fukui, Keisuke Nagao, Teruo Yokota
  • Patent number: 7151224
    Abstract: A wiring harness is arranged along a curved flection-regulating wall in a protector of a continuous electric power-supplying device. A flat spring is disposed along the flection-regulating wall. A spring holder is fixed to the flat spring. The wiring harness is fixed to the spring holder. Sliding projections for sliding on the flection-regulating wall are disposed on the spring holder. The sliding projections are ribs arranged in a longitudinal direction of the flection-regulating wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Kogure, Hironori Ochiai