Patents Represented by Law Firm Armstrong, Westerman, Hattori, McLeland and Naughton
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Patent number: 6374291Abstract: A communication terminal device of the present invention is provided with both facsimile communication function and electronic mail transmission/reception function. At the transmission side, scanned image data is coded by MH, MR method and the like, converted to text data, then edited according to electronic mail format for transmitting it as an electronic mail to computer network like internet. The transmission side also transmits by facsimile (by a circuit switching method) a transmission notification indicating transmission of the electronic mail and a signal indicating reception of the electronic mail. After receiving the signal requesting reception of the electronic mail, the receiving side receives the electronic mail from the computer network, converts it into image data and prints the image data out by facsimile.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1997Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masakazu Ishibashi, Hiroyuki Yasumoto
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Patent number: 6371807Abstract: A rear cover for use in waterproof connectors and a process for forming a resilient sealing member molded in one piece in the rear cover are provided. The rear cover, in which an electric wire is inserted through a base wall, has a hollow holder pattern on an outer surface of the base wall and a molded-in resilient sealing member containing: a holder formed in the holder pattern; a sealing body extended from the holder, which protrudes toward an inner side of the base wall and has a through hole for the electric wire to pass therethrough; and a plurality of sealing lips formed around the through hole, wherein a portion of periphery of the holder pattern is notched to form a hollow of injection inlet for molding the resilient sealing member in one piece in the rear cover. Thus, the rear cover according to the present invention improves a property of mold releasing and maintenance of a mold.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2000Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Takashi Takagishi, Hisashi Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 6371885Abstract: In a working vehicle, an electronic control regulating valve 121 controls a connection force in clutch mechanisms 35 and 36 in a transmission 30, and a input side revolution signal of the transmission, an output side revolution signal, a speed stage position signal and a pedal angle signal of an inching pedal 114 are inputted to control a slip in the transmission 30. Further, a pedal angle signal of an accelerator pedal 107 is inputted to cope with a hyper-slow mode. Furthermore, in an engine, a charged pressure is controlled in stages to carry out an appropriate power control suitable for a number of stages of the transmission 30.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2000Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Kobayashi, Hitoshi Takahashi, Kazuhito Nishimaki
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Patent number: 6368537Abstract: A laminated plate comprising a glass layer located in front and formed from a glass sheet and a resin layer located at the back of the glass layer and molded from a molten thermoplastic material spread at a low pressure over the glass layer, the glass layer and the resin layer being arranged in a laminated fashion. A method for producing the laminated plate wherein the glass sheet is first provided so as to be in close contact with the inner side of at least either one of dies used in a compression molding machine and then the dies are clamped for compression molding, with the molten resinous material to be supplied to a mold cavity being spread at a low pressure over the glass sheet, whereby the laminated plate comprising, in a laminated fashion, the glass layer composed of the glass sheet and the resin layer molded by spreading the molten resinous material at a low pressure can be formed.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1997Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Honda Engineering Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kan-ichi Sato, Masayuki Oishi, Satoshi Fujimoto, Makoto Nogawa, Tamio Furuya
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Patent number: 6362713Abstract: A chip inductor is made up of a coiled conducting wire and a magnetic member which is formed by sintering and in which the coiled conducting wire is embedded. Both end portions of the coiled conducting wire are exposed to both end surfaces of the magnetic member. External electrodes are formed with conducting thin films and are connected to respective end portions of the coiled conducting wire. An inorganic material is interposed in a clearance between winds of both end portions of the conducting wire and external surfaces of the magnetic member and a clearance between adjoining winds of the conducting wire.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1997Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Masuda, Kinya Iri, Kenichiro Nogi, Nobuo Mamada
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Patent number: 6359368Abstract: A surface acoustic wave reflector includes a piezoelectric substrate and a plurality of perturbation members arranged at a first period on the piezoelectric substrate. A plurality of free-surface regions where no perturbation members exist are formed in an arrangement of the perturbation members.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2000Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Jun Tsutsumi, Takashi Matsuda, Osamu Ikata, Yoshio Satoh
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Patent number: 6358180Abstract: An engine control system and method is disclosed, which reduces driver's feeling of unease relating to the operation of driving a vehicle which is idle-controlled so as to reduce the exhaust gas discharge, thereby improving the driving operability. The method comprising the steps of detecting a switch of the driving mode of the vehicle from a first normal driving range to a second normal driving range different from the first normal driving range; detecting whether the engine is currently in a stopped state due to an automatic stop operation; detecting whether a brake for stopping the vehicle is currently being operated; and automatically starting the engine if it is determined that the engine is currently in a stopped state due to the automatic stop operation, and that the driving mode has been switched to the second normal driving range, and that the brake is not currently being operated.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2000Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigetaka Kuroda, Atsushi Izumiura, Kazutomo Sawamura, Hideyuki Oki, Kan Nakaune, Takashi Kiyomiya
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Patent number: 6357598Abstract: A paper sheet manipulating apparatus and a paper sheet transaction apparatus for manipulating paper sheets such as bills has an inlet/outlet port allowing input and output of paper sheets and rotating between the paper sheets inlet position and the paper sheet feeding position; a separating device projected to the outlet port and drawn back to the draw-back position, distinguished, when projected, the paper sheets inputted to the inlet port and the paper sheets to be returned and accommodate the paper sheets into the outlet port; an accommodation section for accommodating the paper sheets; a temporary storing section for temporarily storing the paper sheets which should not be accommodated in the accommodation section or should not be exhausted and a plurality of cassettes for feeding and collecting the paper sheets in the accommodation section and for feeding and collecting the paper sheets in the outlet port, whereby few faults are generated and manipulations can be continued at a high speed for a long periType: GrantFiled: August 27, 1999Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Atsunori Kimura, Yoichi Ono, Hayato Minamishin, Yuji Tanaka, Seiichi Ohno, Hidekazu Hata, Hiroyuki Ueda, Isamu Esaki, Atsushi Uchida
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Patent number: 6356272Abstract: The present method represents a three-dimensional shape model by polygons according to a plurality of object images information picked up by rotating a real object for every arbitrary angle to assign texture information on each polygon from object image information having the largest projection area of the relevant polygon. In order to improve the color continuity between adjacent polygons, the object image information having correspondence between a polygon of interest and an adjacent polygon thereof is selected so as to be the object image information approximating the shooting position and the shooting direction. An alternative method divides an object image into a plurality of regions, obtains difference between an object image and a background image in region level, outputs a mean value of the absolute value of difference in the region level, and detects the region having the mean value of absolute values of difference equal to or greater than a threshold value as the object portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1999Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukinori Matsumoto, Hajime Terasaki, Kazuhide Sugimoto, Tsutomu Arakawa
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Patent number: 6354524Abstract: A self-propelling crushing machine comprises a machine body (2) provided with a travelling body (1); a hopper (4), a feeder (5), a selective feeder (6) and a crusher (3) which mounted to the machine body; a conveyer (7) disposed below the machine body; and a controlling device for independently controlling the feeder, the selective feeder, the crusher and the conveyer, wherein the feeder conveys a material to be crushed in the hopper to the selective feeder, the selective feeder selects the material to be crushed conveyed by the feeder so as to fall down soil, shingle and the like and convey large rock to the crusher, and the conveyer discharges the selected soil, shingle and the like and material pieces crushed by the crusher.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1999Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Tooru Nakayama, Teruo Nakahara, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Mitsunobu Yamada, Motoki Kurohara, Satoru Koyanagi, Katsuhiro Ikegami
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Patent number: 6356343Abstract: A mark for position detection formed on a substrate has a first pattern disposed near the center of the mark and having periodicity in a Y-axis direction, and second patterns respectively disposed near both sides of the first pattern in an X-axis direction and each having periodicity in the X-axis direction. The position of the first pattern is detected by aligning the detection center of a detecting optical system, that is, the minimal aberration point of the detecting optical system, with the center of the first pattern. The positions of the second patterns are detected at respective points symmetric with respect to the minimal aberration point, and the detected values for the positions of the second patterns are averaged. An apparatus for detecting the mark for position detection detects the first and second patterns by image processing when the mark is in a stationary state.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1999Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Naomasa Shiraishi, Nobutaka Magome
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Patent number: 6352598Abstract: A rare-earth alloy powder pressing apparatus comprises a die. The die includes a die main body. The die main body includes a through hole for formation of a cavity, and an auxiliary yoke. A rare-earth alloy powder is fed into the cavity. A correcting yoke is disposed near the die, on a side from which a compact is taken out, and an orienting magnetic field is applied. At this time, the correcting yoke is disposed on an upper side of the die if the compact is to be taken out from the upper side of the die whereas the correcting yoke is disposed on a lower side of the die if the compact is to be taken out from the lower side of the die, an inward side surface of the correcting yoke and an inward side surface of the auxiliary yoke are made flush with a plane vertical to a direction in which the orienting magnetic field is applied, and the correcting yoke is urged toward the die. Then, the rare-earth alloy powder is pressed by an upper punch and a lower punch to form a compact.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2000Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Assignee: Sumitomo Special Metals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hisamura, Tsutomu Harada, Shuichi Okuyama
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Patent number: 6352254Abstract: A paper sheet manipulating apparatus and a paper sheet transaction apparatus for manipulating paper sheets such as bills includes an inlet/outlet port allowing input and output of paper sheets and rotating between the paper sheets inlet position and the paper sheet feeding position; a separating means projected to the outlet port and drawn back to the draw-back position, distinguish, when projected, the paper sheets inputted to the inlet port and the paper sheets to be returned and accommodate the paper sheets into the outlet port; an accommodation section for accommodating the paper sheets; a temporary storing section for temporarily storing the paper sheets which should not be accommodated in the accommodation section or should not be exhausted and a plurality of cassettes for feeding and collecting the paper sheets in the accommodation section and for feeding and collecting the paper sheets in the outlet port, whereby a fault is little generated and manipulations can be continued at a high speed for a longType: GrantFiled: August 27, 1999Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Atsunori Kimura, Yoichi Ono, Hayato Minamishin, Yuji Tanaka, Seiichi Ohno, Hidekazu Hata, Hiroyuki Ueda, Isamu Esaki, Atsushi Uchida
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Patent number: 6352489Abstract: The engine control system for a hybrid vehicle, according to the present invention, having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor as driving force sources, comprises: a clutch, provided between the engine and a transmission system, for disabling and enabling driving force transmission between the engine and the transmission system; clutch disengagement detector for detecting engagement/disengagement of the clutch; engine speed detector for detecting an engine speed; and fuel cutter for permitting stopping and restarting of the engine in accordance with at least a result of detection by the clutch disengagement detector among predetermined drive conditions, and cutting fuel supply to the engine when the vehicle decelerates, a fuel-supply restart engine speed at which fuel supply is resumed being set in the fuel cutter.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2000Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigetaka Kuroda, Kazutomo Sawamura, Yoichi Iwata, Keisuke Uchida, Yasuo Nakamoto
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Patent number: 6350801Abstract: To provide a filler-containing PTFE granular powder, which has a large apparent density, a small average particle size, a narrow particle size distribution, a superior powder flowability and a small electrostatic charge, and gives a molded product having a superior tensile strength and elongation, a lower surface roughness and a high whiteness, and a process for preparing the same. The granular powder is prepared by forming a PTFE powder and a filler into an aqueous slurry by using an organic liquid forming liquid-liquid interface with water and a nonionic surfactant having a hydrophobic segment and a hydrophilic segment, and then granulating in combination of stirring and deagglomerating.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1999Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Michio Asano, Masamichi Sukegawa
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Patent number: 6349882Abstract: A controlling device for a hydraulically operated cooling fan capable of obtaining optimum cooling efficiency by continuously controlling a rotational frequency of the cooling fan according to a cooling water temperature, a hydraulic oil temperature, and an engine speed is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Ikuo Kita, Toshikazu Okada, Atsushi Uemura, Shigeru Yamamoto, Tomohiro Nakagawa
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Patent number: 6349656Abstract: A containment tray for a hazardous material spill pallet for storage of hazardous material containing drums. The tray provides a raised support surface for the drums and a chamber for containing spilled or leaking material from the stored drums. Access for pallet lifting member is provided from all four directions of the pallet. The containment trays are nestable for stacking and peripheral edges are reinforced for more solid support when in use and when stacked. Multiple channels along the peripheral edge are provided for attachment of auxiliary devices such as a ramp for ease of placing and removing drums.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2001Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Eagle Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Donald J. Mitchell
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Patent number: 6350844Abstract: A polyimide film having sufficiently excellent characteristics such as a sufficiently high elastic modulus, a low water absorption, a small coefficient of moisture-absorption expansion, a small coefficient of linear expansion and a high dimensional stability; and various electric/electronic equipment bases with the use of the polyimide film. A polyimide film having a tensile elastic modulus of 700 kg/mm2 or less and a coefficient of moisture-absorption expansion of 20 ppm or less and containing a specific repeating unit as an essential repeating unit is synthesized. Then various electric/electronic equipment bases such as a laminate for flexible print connection boards are produced by using the polyimide film.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1999Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Ono, Kiyokazu Akahori, Hidehito Nishimura
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Patent number: 6351600Abstract: An electronic image recording apparatus is a digital still camera, for example. If a camera mode is set by using a mode selecting button, an image signal from an imager is compressed and recorded into a flash memory. Then, if a sound button is depressed, during a constant time period, a sound signal to the image data is compressed and written into the memory. At this time, an address of an area in which the sound data is recorded is written in an image data area. If a continuous reproducing mode is set by the mode selecting button, a CPU reads first image data from the memory, and expands the image data and writes into a VRAM. Therefore, the first image data is displayed on an attached liquid crystal monitor. The CPU determines whether or not the recording address of the sound data is written in the image data area. When the address is recorded, a first sound data is read from the memory according to the address, and the first sound data is expanded and outputted on a speaker and etc.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1998Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideshi Oeda, Masahiro Shioji, Hideki Toyoda, Masaru Higashide
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Patent number: PP12421Abstract: Disclosed is an apple tree having a strong vigor, rounded and serrate leaves, exhibiting excellent resistance to Alternaria blotch, bearing a medium size fruit maturing mid-season and having high productivity with little early fruit drop and preharvest fruit drop. The fruit has a rounded shape with good appearance, having solid, deep red colored skin and having relatively good storage quality, which is slightly inferior to the seed parent. The flesh of the fruit is yellowish white, juicy and firm, and further, has a moderate sweetness, weak sourness and an aroma, thereby providing a good sweet-sour balance, and an excellent eating quality.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1999Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: National Institute of Fruit Tree Science Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and FisheriesInventors: Yoshio Yoshida, Shichiro Tsuchiya, Junichi Soejima, Tadayuki Haniuda, Tetsuro Sanada, Yoshiki Kashimura, Tetsuo Masuda, Hideo Bessho, Sadao Komori, Yuji Ito, Kazuyuki Abe, Nobuhiro Kotoda, Hidenori Kato