Patents Represented by Attorney Michael J. Foycik
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Patent number: 4730219Abstract: A method for recording an image by scanning a photosensitive recording medium with a light beam wherein a number of image region are designated on an original image and the image regions are electrically processed using certain image processing conditions which are different for each designated image region in said original image. The image processing conditions comprises different gradation, sharpness, magnification or halftone mode adjustments for each of the designated image regions or any combination of two or more of said image processing conditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1984Date of Patent: March 8, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Oshikoshi, Toshitaka Agano
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Patent number: 4729348Abstract: A cylinder head structure for a V-type engine comprising a pair of cylinder head members which are the same in shape and oriented in opposite directions and which are provided in each of the front and rear end wall portions with an opening. Camshafts are supported for rotation in the respective cylinder head members so that their respective one ends project outside through the openings on the same end of the engine. A cam pulley is mounted on the projecting portion of each cam shaft, and a transmission belt is provided for transmitting the driving force of the crankshaft to the cam pulley on each camshaft. A pair of first cover members are mounted on the end wall portions of the respective cylinder head members through which the camshafts project to form closed cross section spaces together with the corresponding cylinder head members for covering the transmission belt.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1987Date of Patent: March 8, 1988Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Okada, Koji Asanomi, Masahiro Choshi, Ryoji Abe
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Patent number: 4728583Abstract: A radiation image storage panel comprising a support and a phosphor layer provided thereon which comprises a binder and a stimulable phosphor dispersed therein, characterized in that said phosphor layer consists essentially of one part on the support side which contains the stimulable phosphor and the other part on the panel surface side which does not substantially contain the stimulable phosphor. Processes for the preparation of said radiation image storage panel are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1985Date of Patent: March 1, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Yamazaki, Akira Kitada, Kikuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 4728563Abstract: A magnetic recording medium in the form of tape such as an audio-tape or a video-tape comprising a flexible support and a magnetic recording layer provided on said support, said magnetic recording layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder, which is characterized in that said magnetic recording medium has dynamic modulus of not lower than 4.5.times.10.sup.10 dyne/cm.sup.2 in the longitudinal direction at 110.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1986Date of Patent: March 1, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Saito, Hiroshi Ogawa, Chiaki Mizuno, Yasuo Tamai
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Patent number: 4728798Abstract: In a radiation image storage panel comprising a support, a phosphor layer containing a stimulable phosphor and a binder, and a protective film superposed in this order, the improvement in which the thickness of the phosphor layer at the edge on at least two sides being opposite to each other is less than the mean thickness of the phosphor layer and the density of the stimulable phosphor at said edge is higher than the mean density of the stimulable phosphor in the phosphor layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1986Date of Patent: March 1, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Fukuda, Masamitu Nonomura, Satoshi Arakawa
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Patent number: 4728558Abstract: A magnetic recording medium such as an audio-tape or a video-tape comprising a flexible support and a magnetic recording layer provided on one surface of said support, which is characterized in that the total of the thickness of said magnetic recording layer (dM) and the thickness of said support (dB), namely dM plus dB, is not larger than 14 .mu.m; the ratio of the thickness of said magnetic recording layer (dM) to the thickness of said support (dB), namely dM/dB, is in the range of 0.6-1.0; and said magnetic recording medium has F-3 tensile strength in the range of 6.0-8.5 kg/mm.sup.2.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1986Date of Patent: March 1, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Ono, Yasuo Tamai, Chiaki Mizuno, Hiroshi Ogawa, Shinji Saito
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Patent number: 4728877Abstract: An electrochemical process and apparatus utilizing a positive and negative electrode. A current is periodically provided in a first direction between the electrodes through the electrolyte of the electrochemical process. The direction of the current is periodically reversed through the electrolyte to repolarize the electrodes, to at least decrease the electric double layer at the electrodes, and to exercise the electrolyte. The current is changed in response to voltage changes occuring across the electrodes caused by perturbations in the electrochemical process itself where the slope of the function representing the current change with respect to a voltage change caused by the perturbations is sufficiently large to enhance the repolarizing, the decreasing of the electric double layer and the exercizing of the electrolyte to thus effect improvement in the electrochemical process.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1986Date of Patent: March 1, 1988Assignee: Adaptive Instruments Corp.Inventor: Hugh P. Adamson
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Patent number: 4728116Abstract: A releasable foot binding for a snowboard includes a ring secured to a snowboard, a block rotatably mounted on the ring, and boot-engaging plugs at each end of the block.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1986Date of Patent: March 1, 1988Inventor: Kurt J. Hill
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Patent number: 4729002Abstract: A semiconductor device which is provided with a surface channel type or bulk channel type MIS FET. The MIS FET comprises at least a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a layer member formed in a predetermined pattern on the major surface of the substrate and having an insulating side surface; an insulating layer formed on the major surface of the substrate to extend from the insulating side surface in a direction opposite from the layer member; a conductive layer formed on the major surface of the insulating layer in contact with the insulating side surface of the layer member; and a first semiconductor region of a second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor substrate having a marginal edge corresponding to that of the conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1985Date of Patent: March 1, 1988Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 4726751Abstract: In a hot-runner plastic injection system, part of a resin passage connecting the nozzle of an injection molding machine and cavities of a mold adjacent to each of the cavities is formed of a tubular member of material which can be heated by high frequency induction heating. High frequency induction heating windings are wound around the tubular members and are connected to a high frequency power source in series with each other. There is provided a temperature controller for controlling the temperature of the tubular members by controlling the power to be supplied to the heating windings.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1985Date of Patent: February 23, 1988Assignee: Ju-Oh Trading Company, Ltd.Inventors: Itsuo Shibata, Tetsuo Uchida
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Patent number: 4727044Abstract: A method of manufacturing an insulated gate field effect transistor by forming a non-single crystalline semiconductor film of a first conductivity type on an insulating substrate where the semiconductor film includes hydrogen or fluoride, forming a gate insulating film on part of the semiconductor film to be the gate region, forming a gate electrode on the insulating film, inverting the conductivity type of the part of the conductor film to be the source and grain regions by ion doping of impurity corresponding to the second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type with the gate electrode functioning as a mask, and then exposing the non-single-crystalline semiconductor film to illumination with the gate electrode functioning as a mask to selectively crystallize the source and drain regions.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1986Date of Patent: February 23, 1988Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 4727554Abstract: A temperature controller includes a block-shaped heat sink in which a plurality of semiconductor devices to be controlled are mounted, a temperature sensor mounted in the heat sink, and a temperature controlling element mounted on the heat sink. The temperature sensor detects the temperature of the semiconductor devices through the heat sink, and the temperature controlling element responds to an output signal from the temperature sensor for controlling the temperature of the semiconductor devices through the heat sink so that the temperature will be substantially constant. Therefore, the semiconductor devices can be simultaneously controlled in temperature through the single temperature sensor and the single temperature controlling element.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1986Date of Patent: February 23, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideo Watanabe
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Patent number: 4726290Abstract: An endless printing band (1) consists preferably of rubber or synthetic rubber and in its production is cut from a hose-like blank by cuts extending along its edge. Said printing band (1) has in the one region of its outer side visually readable characters (3) and in an opposite region laterally inverted raised printable characters (5). In the region of the readable characters (3) on the inner side (11) of the printing band (1) inwardly projecting cams (6) are provided for the advance of the band while the inner side (7) of the region comprising the printable characters (5) is smooth.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1986Date of Patent: February 23, 1988Assignee: Esselte Meto International GmbHInventors: Heinrich Volk, Karl Harter
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Patent number: 4725871Abstract: A semiconductor device which is provided with a surface channel type or bulk channel type MIS FET. The MIS FET comprises at least a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a layer member formed in a predetermined pattern on the major surface of the substrate and having an insulating side surface; an insulating layer formed on the major surface of the substrate to extend from the insulating side surface in a direction opposite from the layer member; a conductive layer formed on the major surface of the insulating layer in contact with the insulating side surface of the layer member; and a first semiconductor region of a second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor substrate having a marginal edge corresponding to that of the conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1985Date of Patent: February 16, 1988Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 4725558Abstract: An improved semiconductor defects curing method and apparatus are disclosed which is free from current leakage due to pin-holes or other defects. Also an improved method for processing a semiconductor device is shown. According to the invention, the gaps or holes in the semiconductor layer produced in the fabrication process are filled with insulator in advance of deposition of electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1986Date of Patent: February 16, 1988Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kunio Suzuki, Mikio Kinka, Takeshi Fukada, Masayoshi Abe, Ippei Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Shibata, Masato Susukida, Susumu Nagayama, Kaoru Koyanagi
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Patent number: 4725345Abstract: A method of forming diamond-like carbon layer which is advantageously adaptable as a coating layer on acoustic diaphragms. In the method, carbon vaporized out of solid carbon source is deposited onto the surface of the diaphragm as the coating layer in the atmosphere of catalystic gas, for instance, H.sub.2 +Ar or H.sub.2 of about 10.sup.-4 Torr. The deposited carbon layer on the surface of the diaphragm is an amorphous carbon of inclusion of hybridized orbital SP.sup.2 bond and hybridized orbital SP.sup.3 bond and crystalline carbon particles of hybridized orbital SP.sup.3 bond dispersed in the amorphous carbon, or an amorphous carbon of inclusion of hybridized orbital SP.sup.2 bond and hybridized orbital SP.sup.3 bond.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1986Date of Patent: February 16, 1988Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha KenwoodInventors: Masakatsu Sakamoto, Shuhei Ohta, Shiro Iwakura, Kaoru Yamazaki, Yoichi Yaguchi, Hiroaki Toshima, Tsugio Sato
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Patent number: 4724159Abstract: An improved deposition method for conductive layer is shown. Adverse effects of conductive deposited material on a wall of a reaction chamber is overcome by provision of a multi-chambered system. One chamber is devoted to a resonance space in which process gas is excited by ECR. Another chamber is devoted to a reaction space in which productive gas is decomposed to proceed the deposition.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 1986Date of Patent: February 9, 1988Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 4723356Abstract: A weighty object mounting system comprises tact-transporting means for transporting a transportable object so as to have the same stop temporarily at each working stations, position detecting means for detecting a stop position of the transportable object stopped at one of the stations, a lifter provided in a mounting station and including a mounting portion provided for supporting a weighty object placed thereon and arranged to be movable forward and backward, right and left, and up and down in relation to the transportable object in the mounting station and a driving portion for moving the mounting portion so as to cause the weighty object to engage with the transportable object and to be automatically mounted to the same, and control means operative to supply the driving portion with control commands which direct the driving portion to cause the mounting portion to have each of predetermined movements at a predetermined timing, and operative also to calculate a misalignment between the transportable objectType: GrantFiled: September 24, 1986Date of Patent: February 9, 1988Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shunji Sakamoto, Tuyoshi Watanabe, Shigeo Okamizu
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Patent number: 4724156Abstract: In manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, a flow of iron vapor is formed in a nitrogen atmosphere and iron vapor particles in the flow of iron vapor are deposited on a non-magnetic substrate together with nitrogen particles to form an iron nitride film thereon. Before deposition on the non-magnetic substrate, the nitrogen particles are ionized by an ion beam generating means and the iron vapor particles are ionized by a high-frequency discharge.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1986Date of Patent: February 9, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Arai, Tadashi Yasunaga, Ryuji Shirahata
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Patent number: 4724058Abstract: Method and apparatus for arc evaporating a large target having a surface area of at least about 20 square inches, including a device for confining the arc to the target surface and a magnetic field source for establishing at least one magnetic field in a predetermined direction over the target surface to thus direct the cathode spot of the arc in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field and accordingly effect substantially uniform evaporation of the target by the arc where the magnetic field may be either pulsed or continuous.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1984Date of Patent: February 9, 1988Assignee: Vac-Tec Systems, Inc.Inventor: Charles F. Morrison, Jr.