Patents Represented by Law Firm Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack
  • Patent number: 6920481
    Abstract: In a communications terminal 3, a CPU 32 retrieves start-up data 112 from a server 1 using a Web browser 311, which is stored in a storage device 31. The CPU 32 performs data authentication with respect to authentication type data 1123 included in the start-up data 112. Then, when the authentication is succeeded, the CPU 32 follows the authentication type data 1123 so as to determine which authentication mode is to be used for authenticating the application data. In this manner, the authentication mode for authenticating the application data can be easily changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Inami, Masashige Mizuyama, Atsunobu Kato
  • Patent number: 6919026
    Abstract: A semipermeable membrane support includes, a non-woven fabric including main fiber and binder fiber, both of which are formed of synthetic resin fine fiber, the non-woven fabric being manufactured by heating and pressing after paper making, wherein the semipermeable membrane support has a ratio of a tensile strength in a paper feeding direction to that in a width direction of 2:1 to 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignees: Awa Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd., Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Hama, Yoshifumi Kusaka, Akihiro Okubo
  • Patent number: 6918158
    Abstract: A hinge (2) is used for furniture having a frame (3) and with a door wing (1) secured to the frame (3). The hinge (2) has a bedplate (5) to be fitted to the frame (3), which bedplate carries a hinge arm (7), and a joint-adjustment screw (24). The hinge arm (7) is provided directly on the bedplate (5), the bedplate (5) and the hinge arm (7) being connected to each other by a common axle (22). Furthermore, the hinge arm (7) is able to be tilted relative to the bedplate (5) by the joint-adjustment screw (24), which is held in the hinge arm (7). The hinge arm (7) is able to be moved in the direction of the depth of the item of furniture by means of an eccentric (37) or a spiral disk (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Herbert Isele
  • Patent number: 6918165
    Abstract: A multi-layer capacitor is highly downsized and increased in capacity. A method for manufacturing the multi-layer capacitor includes, in the same vacuum chamber, forming a dielectric layer, treating a surface of the dielectric layer, forming a pattern in a metal electrode, forming the metal electrode on the dielectric layer, and treating a surface of the metal electrode. In this method, etching of the dielectric layer flattens a recessed part generated by an electrical insulation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Arai, Yuichiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 6918989
    Abstract: In a manufacturing apparatus of printed wiring board an aperture of a nozzle pipe located in a central position is larger than that at both sides, or the aperture of the piping to the nozzle pipe in the central position is larger than that of the piping at both sides. The mutual interval is narrower with the central nozzle pipes. The interval of the individual nozzle pipes is variable, and is also variable in the vertical direction. A pressure-proof flexible tube is provided between each nozzle pipe and the pump, and the interval of the individual nozzle pipes is variable, and is also variable in the vertical direction. Further, the spray pressure, oscillating angle, and oscillating speed can be set individually in each nozzle pipe, and such setting can be automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutomo Higa
  • Patent number: 6917003
    Abstract: A switch is used to detect opening/closing of a car door or the like in a vehicle, and the switch can be provided with a nice operation feeling and stable performance. Thin corrugated sections are provided on a cover that covers a switching-element, connection points of lead wires and lower portions of a housing of the switch. The switch performs a nice operation feeling with quick response, as upon pushing the cap, the corrugated sections of the cover expand outward to prevent air in the switch from being compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigetaka Dozono, Manabu Shiroshita, Hiroyuki Kosaka
  • Patent number: 6917514
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a valve metal sheet having a porous portion on one side of the sheet, a dielectric layer formed on the porous portion, a solid electrolyte layer formed on the dielectric layer, a collector layer formed on the solid electrolyte layer, a through-hole electrode connected to the collector layer and penetrating the valve metal sheet to be exposed to the other side of the sheet, and an electrode terminal insulated from the through-hole electrode and connected to the valve metal sheet. The capacitor further includes an insulating portion penetrating the valve metal sheet and a penetration electrode penetrating the insulating portion. The solid electrolytic capacitor has a large capacitance and an excellent radio frequency response, and can be easily mounted on a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Mido, Tatsuo Fujii, Katsumasa Miki, Suzushi Kimura
  • Patent number: 6917571
    Abstract: At spin-up of an optical disk 3, gain adjustment and offset adjustment are performed on a servo error signal to obtain a first gain adjustment value and a first offset adjustment value. Based on the first gain adjustment value, a CPU 11 obtains a second gain adjustment value and a second offset adjustment value at data writing on the optical disk 3, and stores them in storage 7. When the reading state of the optical disk 3 shifts to the writing operation, the CPU 11 controls a laser power switching circuit 12 to change the output from an optical pickup 1 and, simultaneously, reads the second offset adjustment value and gain adjustment value stored in the storage 7 and sets them in an offset adjustment unit 5 and a gain adjustment unit 8, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunimasa Kusumoto, Mitsuteru Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 6916233
    Abstract: A polishing and cleaning compound device is provided which polishes and cleans a work piece in series, wherein cleaning is started while the polishing is being terminated. Thus, the polishing and cleaning compound device includes a polishing device unit having a pair of cylindrical polishing tools which vertically grip and hold a work piece transported from a container in which a plurality of thin disc-shaped work pieces are installed, the cylindrical polishing tools being rotated so as to pull the work piece up and polish the work piece as the work piece is rotated by rollers for rotation; and a cleaning device unit which is a circular shaped transporting mechanism and in which a plurality of holding devices hold the work pieces polished in the polishing device unit and move to a specific position in turn to clean the work piece. The polishing process is carried out by supplying abrasive and a cleaning process is carried out by supplying washing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: TSC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshio Nagashima
  • Patent number: 6917650
    Abstract: An image motion detecting circuit and an image motion detecting method of the present invention can accurately detect motion of such an image sequence that different still pictures are connected with each other. Inter-frame difference absolute values of an inputted image signal during a predetermined frame period are held by plural registers 105. Then, the maximum value is extracted from the inter-frame difference absolute values which are held by the plural registers 105, and the extracted maximum value is subtracted from the sum of the inter-frame difference absolute values during the predetermined frame period, thereby detecting the motion of the whole image sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Shibata
  • Patent number: 6916118
    Abstract: A compact rolling bearing with a rotation sensor is proposed which has a shortened axial length of a housing for mounting the rotation sensor. The rolling bearing comprises a rotating bearing ring and a fixed bearing ring, and the rotation sensor comprises a rotating element mounted to the rotating bearing ring and a detecting element mounted on the fixed bearing ring so as to oppose the rotating element, and an electric circuit board. The electric circuit board has a flexibility. With this arrangement, it is possible to mount the electric circuit board in a curved state in a limited space on a peripheral wall of the sensor housing, and thus to shorten the axial length of the sensor housing. This provides a compact rolling bearing with the rotation sensor. Another embodiment has a magnetic encoder, the binder for which is heat-resistant nitrile rubber, fluorine rubber or silicone rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 6916998
    Abstract: A weight measuring device comprising a base fixed to an object, a strain detection substrate fixed to the base, a fitting pin fixed to the strain detection substrate, an arm rotatably attached to the base by a support pin, and a leaf spring with one end fixed to the arm and the other end supported by the fitting pin. The weight measuring device further comprises a second arm with one end receiving the load of the object to be measured and the other end fixed to the arm through a link pin. By the configuration of the present invention, the load applied to the strain detection substrate is reduced, and a weight measuring device improved in detecting resolution is obtained. Furthermore, the weight measuring device of the present invention is unitized, and the weight measuring device can be easily built into various equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Saito, Shusaku Kawasaki, Shigehiro Yoshiuchi, Tsuyoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6916004
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve for opening and closing a fluid flow passage by operating a plunger under a magnetic force of a solenoid. The valve comprises a valve head provided at one of opposite ends of the plunger, and a fixed valve seat including an orifice providing a fluid flow passage. The valve head is adapted to abut against the valve seat to close the orifice. A spring resiliently presses the valve head in a direction for abutment of the valve head against the valve seat to close the orifice. Either one of the valve head and the valve seat is formed from a metallic material and the other is formed from a non-metallic material having a greater hardness than the metallic material. It is preferred that the metallic material be a highly corrosion-resistant metal alloy containing Ni in a high amount ratio, and the non-metallic material be of a ceramic type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: MKS Japan Inc.
    Inventor: Isao Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6915555
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a loudspeaker comprises: continuously forming diaphragm portions and alignment portions on a band resin film; positioning one of a frame and a protector at an upper die or lower die; aligning other alignment portions formed on the frame, the protector, or the upper or lower die having the film disposed thereon, with the alignment portion formed on the film; bonding the frame and the resin film that is to form the diaphragm; and cutting a diaphragm out of the resin film. A position of bonding the diaphragm to the frame or the protector can be easily determined by aligning the alignment portion formed on the band resin film with another alignment portion provided on the frame, the protector, or the lower or upper die on which the frame or protector is disposed. Further, a conventionally-indispensable ring can be eliminated to reduce a number of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Ajiki
  • Patent number: 6916806
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) having a binding activity to the cannabinoid type 2 receptor: wherein R1 is optionally substituted heterocyclic group or the like; R2 and R2 each is independently hydrogen or the like; m is an integer of 0 to 2; A is optionally substituted aromatic carbocyclic group or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kai, Takami Murashi, Minoru Tomida
  • Patent number: 6916288
    Abstract: The method for the skin analysis is capable of deciding condition of the skin of the customer objectively and accurately. There are obtained analysis data of the skin of the customer based on a plurality of the skin analysis techniques such as the skin analysis according to diagnostic process with an interview, analysis of the skin according to replica of the skin using impression agent, information analysis within keratin by keratin checker, melanin information analysis by melanin checker, flesh color analysis based on flesh color sheet. There is classified conditions of the skin of the customer in every plural categories based on the analysis data of this skin, and then the condition of the skin of the customer is made to analyze in accordance with classification obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Inventor: Yasutaka Nakata
  • Patent number: 6916641
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a D-phenyllactic acid dehydrogenase. Another objective of the present invention is to provide a gene which encodes the D-phenyllactic acid dehydrogenase. A D-phenyllactic acid dehydrogenase according to the present invention is a protein comprising an amino acid sequence of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or a modified amino acid sequence of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 that has one or more modifications selected from a substitution, a deletion, an addition and an insertion and has D-phenyllactic acid dehydrogenase activity. A D-phenyllactic acid dehydrogenase gene according to the present invention comprises a nucleotide sequence which encodes the D-phenyllactic acid dehydrogenase, for example the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Miyamoto, Naomi Sumida, Naoki Midoh, Takeshi Murakami, Rainer Zocher, Horst Kleinkauf
  • Patent number: 6915667
    Abstract: A composite needle of a knitting machine, comprises: a needle body having at a tip end a hook; a slider formed by superposing two blades, wherein the composite needle of the knitting machine is formed such that a blade groove provided in the needle body supports the blades of the slider when the needle body and the slider can separately slide in forward and backward directions; and a dust-collecting plate that is seperately formed from the needle body and that extends, when viewed from a side, from the blade groove of the needle body in an upward direction and to a hook side of the needle such that the dust-collecting plate is provided at a tip end of the slider proximate to the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Morita, Toshinori Nakamori
  • Patent number: 6918077
    Abstract: A data transmission apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving transmitted packets; a priority decision unit; a retransmission packet storage unit; a retransmission instruction receiving unit for receiving a retransmission request from a terminal at the receiving end; a retransmission decision unit; a transmission queue management unit; and a transmission unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Fukushima, Seiji Horii, Tatsuya Ohnishi, Makoto Hagai, Yoshinori Matsui, Akihiro Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 6918130
    Abstract: An optical disk drive according to the present invention includes, a drive base (10); a traverse base (20) having a turntable (5), a first motor (3) for turntable drive, an optical pickup (6) and a drive mechanism thereof; and an intermediate base (80) disposed between the two bases, so as to swing vertically relative to the drive base and support the traverse base through an elastic body. A drive power transfer path switching mechanism is provided for switching the path through which drive power from a second motor 4 can be driven in forward and reverse directions to supply drive power to the loading drive mechanism and a pickup drive mechanism, so as to make it possible to perform a disk loading operation, a disk rotating operation and a pickup driving operation by 2 motors, and to make it possible to achieve both absorbing vibration from outside and suppressing vibration generated by the rotating operation of the turntable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Ariyoshi, Yosuke Noda, Michinori Hashizume, Kiyoshi Ishioka