Patents Represented by Attorney Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP
  • Patent number: 7150287
    Abstract: A safety valve comprises a main body, fixed body, meltable body, movable body, biasing member, movable plug and plug holding means. The fixed body has a small passageway communicating with the interior of a container, and an upper large passageway. The movable plug has a small portion fitting in the upper end of the small passageway of the fixed body, an intermediate portion providing a clearance therearound inside a lower end portion of the large passageway of the fixed body, and a large portion slidably fitting in an intermediate portion of the large passageway of the fixed body. The large rod portion of the movable plug has a passage extending from its upper end to its lower end, and the intermediate portion of the plug is provided with communication passageways having openings in its peripheral surface and communicating with the lower end of the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventors: Toshio Kita, Kunihiko Daido
  • Patent number: 7150085
    Abstract: A turret for use on a machine tool has a turret body, a swivel drum, an indexing actuator, a drive motor and a joint. While one of rotating tools on the turret is indexed to an indexed position, the joint directly connects the rotating tool to the drive shaft of the drive motor to rotate the rotating tool with the drive motor. The drive motor is fixed to the turret body and the drive motor has a housing supported on the turret body. The turret further comprises a liner whose thickness is adjustable disposed immediately behind the housing. The liner has the thickness thereof adjusted to adjust a position of the drive motor with respect to the turret body. The drive motor can be highly accurately assembled onto the turret body through an opening, of the turret body, which provides easy access to the turret body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruki Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 7150294
    Abstract: A fuel cell hose which is superior in flexibility (low-temperature flexing property) and in barrier properties against hydrogen gas or water, and causes no defects such as buckling or cracking when press-fitting of a connector. The hose comprises an inner layer 1 in contact with fluid and an outer layer 3 formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner layer, the inner layer being formed by a material (A) comprising a polyolefin resin and a styrene-isobutylene block copolymer and the outer layer being formed by a material (B) comprising a polyamide resin and a styrene-isobutylene block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Katayama, Koyo Murakami
  • Patent number: 7150167
    Abstract: A device for controlling a brushless motor including an inverter for supplying a.c. electric power to the motor, and a drive control circuit for controlling the inverter. The control circuit includes a load weight detecting circuit for detecting the load weight acting on the motor, a circuit for preparing a driving signal, and a circuit for preparing a PWM signal based on the driving signal. The driving signal preparing circuit derives from the load weight detected a phase reference value to give a phase difference of up to 90 degrees between the braking voltage to be applied to the motor and the current of the motor, and prepares the based on the phase reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Tomigashi, Shinya Yamamoto, Akira Okonogi
  • Patent number: 7151025
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device on a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region. This method beings by forming a transistor in the first region of said semiconductor substrate. This transistor includes a pair of impurity diffusion regions and a gate electrode. Then forming a first insulating film over the first and second regions with this first insulating film covering the transistor in the first region. Thereafter, patterning the first insulating film to selectively remove the first insulating film in the second region. Then forming a second insulating film over the first and second regions. Thereafter, forming at least one contact hole through the second and first insulating film. The contact hole reaches one of the impurity diffusion regions. Finally, forming a conductive layer in the contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Itabashi, Osamu Tsuboi, Yuji Yokoyama, Kenichi Inoue, Koichi Hashimoto, Wataru Futo
  • Patent number: 7150899
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a coating film on a plastic substrate which comprises: (1) coating the plastic substrate with an aqueous white primer (A) having a water content of 15 to 48 wt. % to form a coating film having an L* value of 80 or more, (2) heating the coating film of the primer (A) to adjust the water content of the film to 1 to 10 wt. % and the surface electrical resistivity value of the film to less than 109 ?/square, (3) electrostatically coating the coating film of the primer (A) with a thermosetting clear colored coating composition (B), (4) electrostatically coating the uncured coating film of the coating composition (B) with a thermosetting clear coating composition (C), and (5) baking the three-layer coating film to obtain a cured multilayer coating film having an N value of 8.5 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onoyama, Yasuyuki Kataoka, Shuichi Nakahara, Yoshizumi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 7150896
    Abstract: An aqueous resin composition used to form an undercoat layer of a thermosensitive recording medium, comprising a water-repellent filler (A) having a water-repellent surface, which is composed of at least one of an organosilicon compound and an organofluorine compound, and an aqueous solution or water dispersion of a film-forming resin (B), which contains the water-repellent filler (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori Tanaka, Masato Inoue, Eiji Satake
  • Patent number: 7148168
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw material composition for preparing a sintered body of aluminum titanate, the composition comprising (i) 100 parts by weight of a mixture comprising 40 to 50 mol % of TiO2 and 60 to 50 mol % of Al2O3, (ii) 1 to 10 parts by weight of an alkali feldspar represented by the formula: (NaxK1?x)AlSi3O8 (0?x?1), and (iii) 1 to 10 parts by weight of at least one Mg-containing component selected from the group consisting of a Mg-containing oxide with spinel structure, MgCO3 and MgO, and a process for preparing a sintered body of aluminum titanate comprising sintering a formed product prepared from the raw material composition at 1300 to 1700° C. According to the present invention, a sintered body of aluminum titanate having high mechanical strength and ability to be stably used at high temperatures, as well as its inherent properties of low coefficient of thermal expansion and high corrosion resistance, can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Ohcera Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Fukuda, Masahiro Fukuda, Masaaki Fukuda, Toshinobu Yoko, Masahide Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7147979
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image, comprising, a binder resin, a colorant, a charge control agent, and a parting agent, and wherein: a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of toner particles is 3 to 10 ?m; a ratio (Dv/Dp) of Dv to a number average particle diameter (Dp) is 1 to 1.3; an average circle degree is 0.93 to 0.995; and location parameter of island-shaped separate phase is 25 number % or more, wherein the location parameter is the percentage of such sectional photo image of toner particles where a maximum diameter of island-shaped separate phase is 1 ?m or more and an outermost portion of said island-shaped separate phase is present at the depth of 0.01 to 0.15 time of the particle diameter of each toner particle under the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroto Kidokoro
  • Patent number: 7146755
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process and machine used to automatically iron the edges of slash pockets, comprising an ironing station with a pair of ironing buffers one over the other and two pairs of threads used to support and keep the section of fabric folded correctly, it being held near a large window crossed by the threads and housing the two buffers, with one buffer over and one buffer under the ironing plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Inventor: Beniamino Scanzani
  • Patent number: 7147191
    Abstract: A display tilting apparatus includes a moving bracket that supports a display, a ratchet mechanism that controls pivoting of the moving bracket to a first direction, an anti-tilting mechanism that inhibits pivoting of the moving bracket to a second direction that is opposite of the first direction, and a fixed bracket that is pivotably connected to the moving bracket via a pivot axis. The anti-tilting mechanism includes a first anti-tilting member, and a second anti-tilting member that is mounted on the fixed bracket. The first anti-tilting member and the second anti-tilting member are mounted so as to make a physical contact to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Frontech Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ichikawa, Kenichi Miyazawa, Noboru Ishii, Takuma Yoshida, Satoshi Nishioka
  • Patent number: 7147250
    Abstract: To provide a counter weight capable of forming an attaching part to a vehicle frame with high precision, capable of improving attaching precision to this vehicle frame, and further, capable of decreasing a manufacture cost thereof. The counter weight includes a base made of cast iron having an attaching part, whereby the counter weight is attached to a vehicle frame; and a weight part made of a slab material having a block body made of a slab material; wherein the weight part made of the slab material is attached on the above-described base made of cast iron. The outer surface of the above-described weight part made of the slab material is coated with the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kubo, Masatoshi Kajiya, Morihiko Kawahashi
  • Patent number: 7147901
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to obtain a double-side ink jet recording sheet at least one side of which has gloss surface and in which scratches caused by rubbing of sheets hardly occur. According to the present invention, there is obtained a double-side ink jet recording sheet comprising a support provided with at least one ink-receiving layer on each of both sides, wherein at least one side has a gloss surface having a 75° specular glossiness of not less than 40% and the ink-receiving layer on the side opposite to the side having gloss surface contains organic particles having an average particle diameter of 2–40 ?m. The outermost layer of the side having the gloss surface is preferably formed by subjecting to pressure-contact specular finishing by cast-coating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Kunio Kasamatsu, Katsuhiko Kawasaki, Suguru Kashima
  • Patent number: 7147391
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming device comprising a first roller mechanism for sending out printing paper from a paper feed tray accommodating the printing paper therein, a second roller mechanism for transporting the printing paper to a printing start position where formation of an image on the paper is started, and a power supply mechanism for giving power to the first roller mechanism and the second roller mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Matsushima, Hiromasa Yamagishi, Shuji Sakai
  • Patent number: 7147443
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric compressor capable of enhancing the mountability with respect to a vehicle without increasing the compressor in size when the electric compressor and a motor-driving circuit which drives a motor of the electric compressor are integrally formed together. A suction chamber 61 which is in communication with a fixed panel suction port 16 provided in a fixed scroll 11 from a suction port 8 provided in a sub-casing 102, and a discharge chamber 62 which is in communication with a communication passage 63 from a fixed panel discharge port 31 provided in the fixed scroll 11 are disposed on the same plane in a radial direction of a compressor, and the motor-driving circuit 101 is disposed in an axial direction of the compressor so that an IPM 105 which is a heat generating part of the circuit substrate 103 can be brought into tight contact with the suction chamber 61.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Ogawa, Masahiko Makino, Yukihiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7146863
    Abstract: In a torsion angle measuring method and device for a magnetic-disk suspension, a datum surface of the suspension is fixed to a fixture under pressure, the fixture being provided with a smooth criterion surface having known torsion angles set for the suspension datum surface. A roll angle and a pitch angle of a slider loading surface of the suspension to the datum surface when the suspension is fixed to the fixture are measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Toshikazu Furui
  • Patent number: 7147328
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus including: an apparatus main body having an illumination system for illuminating an eye to be examined and an observation system for observing an image of the eye to be examined which is illuminated by the illumination system; a photographing device for taking a light flux from the eye to be examined from an optical path of the observation system, photographing the image of the eye to be examined and recording the image; a storage unit for storing a photographing condition related to the apparatus main body and a photographing processing condition related to the photographing device for each of plural kinds of photographing processing modes in photographing and storing the eye to be examined; a designating unit for designating a photographing processing mode for the eye to be examined; and a setting unit for reading out a photographing condition related to the apparatus main body and a photographing processing condition related to the photographing device for a corres
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Yuichi Sugino, Tomoyoshi Abe, Takanori Takeda, Taisaku Kogawa
  • Patent number: 7148181
    Abstract: An aqueous resin composition used to form an undercoat layer of a thermosensitive recording medium, comprising a water-repellent filler (A) having a water-repellent surface, which is composed of at least one of an organosilicon compound and an organofluorine compound, and an aqueous solution or water dispersion of a film-forming resin (B), which contains the water-repellent filler (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori Tanaka, Masato Inoue, Eiji Satake
  • Patent number: 7143507
    Abstract: A magnetic field generator comprises a pair of plate yokes connected by a column yoke. The pair of plate yokes has a pair of opposed surfaces each provided with a permanent magnet including a plurality of neodymium magnets. In a method in which the neodymium magnets are demagnetized and adhesive is ground, the magnetic field generator is heated to 200° C.˜350° C. After the neodymium magnets are demagnetized, the adhesive is removed and the neodymium magnets are removed and collected from the magnetic field generator. In a method in which the adhesive is carbonized, the magnetic field generator is heated to 350° C.˜1000° C. After carbonizing the adhesive, the neodymium magnets are removed and collected. Surfaces of the collected neodymium magnets are polished and the neodymium magnets are reused. Further, the collected neodymium magnets are re-aged and reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Neomax Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Aoki, Shigeo Hashimoto
  • Patent number: RE39423
    Abstract: A curing composition comprising (1) a fluorine-containing curing monomer containing a fluorinated alkyl group having not less than 6 carbon atoms, (2) a fluorine-containing curing monomer containing a fluorinated alkyl group having not more than 5 carbon atoms, and (3) a polyfunctional curing monomer, the weight ratio of said fluorine-containing curing monomer (1) to said fluorine-containing curing monomer (2) ranging from 75/25 to 99/1. The composition is coated on an optical fiber base and cured by active energy rays to provide a core/clad optical fiber excellent in transparency, mechanical strength, environmental resistance, and optical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaki Hashimoto, Jun Shirakami, Masayuki Kamei