Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a hook and loop fastener which includes: (i) a plurality of hook components, which are fixed in place on both lateral sides of a rear side of the disposable diaper, and (ii) a hook receiving component that is fixed in place at a belly side of the disposable diaper. The hook components are engageable with the hook receiving component to form a fixing member for putting the disposable diaper on a user. The hook receiving component includes a base material section having a target that is visible from a front surface side of the hook receiving component, and a plurality of loops which are fixed in place on a surface of the base material section. Each of the loops is formed of a non-crimp treated continuous filament yarn that is straight or slowly curved.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2002
Date of Patent:
August 3, 2010
Assignees:
Daio Paper Corporation, Daio Paper Converting Co., Ltd.
Abstract: Disclosed is a high frequency wave tuner module including a circuit board having an approximately rectangular shape, which is made of ceramic material and a shield cover to shield an interfering wave by covering a circuit part mounted on a board surface of the circuit board, and a position of the shield cover in a height direction with respect to the board surface is determined by fixing the shield cover to the board surface at four corner positions of the circuit board, and a position of the shield cover in a board surface direction with respect to the circuit board is determined by engaging at least two side walls of the shield cover which extend in a thickness direction of the circuit board, with end surfaces of the circuit board, which correspond to the two side walls.
Abstract: Apparatus for treating a fracture of a bone of a subject including an intramedullary (IM) elongate member insertable into a medullary canal of a first part of the bone of the subject, and having a proximal head defining at least one hole therethrough. A sleeve includes an engagement mechanism and is arranged to engage one of the at least one hole when the sleeve is within that hole. This engagement restricts rotational and longitudinal movement between the sleeve and the elongate member after the sleeve is engaged with that hole. A screw or pin is movably arranged inside the sleeve for securing a second part of the bone to the first part of the bone, i.e., the part into which the elongate member is inserted.
Abstract: To provide a projector apparatus capable of giving attention stably and clearly to a specific area within an image projected and displayed on a screen, and to provide a display output method and display output program of the apparatus. For that purpose, the projector apparatus for projecting and displaying an image on a screen comprises an input section which accepts an indication of a specific area within the projected and displayed image; and an image processor that subjects a specific area and/or an other area within the image to image processing for emphasizing the specific area, the other area being an area other than the specific area in the image.
Abstract: A chemical reactor includes a first reaction section which has a first flow path and causes a first reaction in the first flow path. A heating section heats the first reaction section. A second reaction section has a second flow path and causes a second reaction in the second flow path by heat of the heating section transmitted via the first reaction section.
Abstract: Provided are a steel having excellent rolling contact fatigue life and the manufacturing method thereof. The steel consists essentially of 0.7 to 1.1% C, 0.2 to 2.0% Si, 0.4 to 2.5% Mn, 1.6 to 4.0% Cr, 0.1% or more and less than 0.5% Mo, 0.010 to 0.050% Al, bymass, and balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, is treated by quenching and tempering, has residual cementite grain sizes ranging from 0.05 to 1.5 ?m, and has prior-austenite grain sizes of 30 ?m or smaller. When the steel is used to bearing steel, the bearing life extends even under service in more severe environments.
Abstract: A method for controlling a flow of molten steel in a slab continuous casting machine including controlling a molten steel flow velocity on a molten steel bath surface to a predetermined flow velocity by applying a shifting magnetic field; controlling the molten steel flow velocity on the molten steel bath surface from an inclusion-adherence critical flow velocity or more to a mold-powder entrainment critical flow velocity or less by applying a shifting magnetic field; and controlling the molten steel flow velocity on the molten steel bath surface from the inclusion-adherence critical flow velocity or more to the mold-powder entrainment critical flow velocity or less by applying a shifting magnetic field.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 16, 2009
Date of Patent:
July 27, 2010
Assignee:
JFE Steel Corporation
Inventors:
Jun Kubota, Seishl Mizuoka, Tsuneo Kondo
Abstract: A display screen of a liquid crystal display is divided into a main area and three sub-areas arranged vertically on the right thereof. A through image is displayed on the main area. On the respective sub-areas, composition images are displayed indicating different compositions and object regions different from each other. When any of the images is selected, the selection triggers the generation and recording of an image having composition similar to the selected composition image. When any of the composition images is selected, the selected composition image is enlarged and displayed on the main area.
Abstract: A suspension for a disc drive has a load beam, a flexure, a slider, etc. A tongue portion and a pair of outrigger portions are formed on the flexure. Slits are formed between the outrigger portions and opposite side edges of the tongue portion. The tongue portion and the outrigger portions are connected by connecting portions. Limiter members are formed on the load beam. Each limiter member has a bent portion, which is inserted in its corresponding slit, and an extending portion. The extending portion faces its corresponding connecting portion. A trace member is electrically connected to the slider. The trace member passes outside the limiter members and extends along the outrigger portions.
Abstract: The light beam 5a emitted from a light source Pa is formed into a parallel light beam 6a upon entering the substrate 1 as a result of the effect of lens strips 2a. The parallel light beam 6a reaches the end surface on the emission side of the substrate 1, and is there subjected to the effect of lens strips 3a so that this light beam is focused at a focal position Qa (focal point) on the rear side of the lens strips 3a. Similarly, the light beam 5b emitted from a light source Pb is subjected to the effect of lens strips 2b and is formed into a parallel light beam 6b inside the substrate 1; this light beam is then further subjected to the effect of lens strips 3b, and is therefore focused at a focal point Qb located in a position that is separated from the surface of the substrate 1 by a distance of f.
Abstract: An image transmission apparatus, which is capable of transmitting image data via a network and via a public line, including an image data input section capable of inputting the image data in a color mode and in a monochrome mode; a destination designation section for receiving a destination designation of broadcast transmission; a determination section for determining whether a destination, which is incapable of receiving the image data transmitted via the network, is included in destinations having been received by the destination designation section; and a transmission control section which allows the image data input section to input the image data relating to the broadcast transmission in a monochrome mode, and transmits the image data to each destination of the broadcast transmission, when the determining section determines that the destination incapable of receiving the image data transmitted via the network is included.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 24, 2006
Date of Patent:
July 27, 2010
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
Abstract: In this invention, a drum around which an insertion portion is wound is integrally housed in a carrying case, and a cylinder for supplying a fluid to a hydropneumatic actuator and a solenoid valve unit for controlling the application of a hydropneumatic pressure are housed in the carrying case or drum. In addition, a joystick for operating the controlled variables of the solenoid valve unit can be housed in the carrying case.
Abstract: When a first DMA unit and a second DMA unit transfer image data in a memory to be divided into units composed of a plurality of lines, a transfer number of lines for an enlargement section is controlled for each unit on the basis of a magnification of an image which has been set. Even if any magnification is set, the number of output lines of a second reduction section can always be made coincident with a number of lines specified in a JPEG encoder. In addition, there is no need for providing an additional circuit configuration such as a buffer memory in the second reduction section in order to match number of lines each other.
Abstract: A digital camera shoots a document plural times from different directions to obtain a plurality of images. An image processing device included in the digital camera corrects the keystone distortion of each image to generate an image which seems as if the document were shot from in front of it. The image processing device synthesizes the images by addition-averaging the pixel values of each pixel in the plurality of corrected images. Even if captured images are illuminated by glare from a light because a document made of glossy paper is shot, the influence of the glare is reduced by addition-averaging the pixel values of each pixel in the plurality of images.
Abstract: A reactor device includes a reactor including at least one reacting unit supplied with a reactant to cause a reaction, a terminal portion provided at the reacting unit, and an electrically conductive member comprising an electrically conductive material and connected to the terminal portion, a space which extends between the terminal portion and an end face of the reactor, wherein the electrically conductive member is routed to outside the reactor through the space from the terminal portion to the end face of the reactor, and the electrically conductive member is fixed to the reactor at the end face.
Abstract: A headrest inclining apparatus for moving a headrest forward by a pressure generated when a passenger moves backward relative to a seat back, in which an energizing device is provided in a support bracket, and the upper part of the support bracket is always energized backward relative to a vehicle. The support bracket is always moved along a fixed path, and is not caught by other parts or devices when moving back into the holder. The support bracket is smoothly and securely returned into the holder.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2009
Date of Patent:
July 20, 2010
Assignees:
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Abstract: A printing apparatus has an apparatus body including a platen roller, a thermal head, a storage in which a ribbon cartridge is stored exchangeably through an opening, and a cover of the apparatus body that covers the opening so as to be opened and closed. A gap is secured between an edge portion of the cover provided for the apparatus body in a state in which the cover is fitted onto the apparatus body to close the apparatus body and an edge portion of the opening of the storage. The gap is a slot for inserting an optical disk in its upright position to the apparatus body.
Abstract: A projection display apparatus has a light source for emitting a white spotlight, a color wheel on which a plurality of transmission areas having different light transmission characteristics are arranged in the circumferential direction, a modulation unit which modulates the spotlight based on image data in a mixed-color period in which, along with the rotation of the color wheel, the spotlight from the light source passes through the color wheel at the boundary between a first transmission area and a second transmission area adjoining each other and having different transmission characteristics, and a timing change unit which changes the timing at which image data based on which the spotlight is modulated is switched to another one.
Abstract: A position detecting device includes an optical position detecting element and a position information portion which are disposed so as to be opposed to each other. One of the optical position detecting element and the position information portion is mounted on the movable portion while the other thereof is mounted on an internal wall of a cabinet. The position information portion has a pattern where a signal level produced by the optical position detecting element changes in a continuous manner when the movable portion moves in a predetermined direction. The position detecting device carries out position detection of the movable portion in accordance with the signal level.