Patents Represented by Attorney William L. Androlia

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  • Colored sanitary tissue paper and production method thereof
    Patent number: 7578903
    Abstract: The invention is directed to obtain a colored sanitary tissue paper giving a bright feeling in spite of modest color. The invention provides a colored sanitary tissue paper with a color difference between before and after dyeing of 15 or more in D value of Hunter's color difference formula defined in JIS Z 8730; D=(?L2+?a2+?b2)1/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Uehara, Minoru Iwasaki
  • Horn-holder pivot type bonding apparatus
    Patent number: 7578421
    Abstract: A horn-holder pivot type bonding apparatus including a horn holder for holding an ultrasonic horn, and a motor for driving the horn holder to pivot, with an imaginary pivot point of the horn holder being positionally fixed on a bonding surface. The motor is provided substantially in the center of the upper portion of the horn holder. The horn holder is formed with circular arc sections in the forward and rearward portions with respect to the imaginary pivot point; and a bonding head has, at portions corresponding to the circular arc sections of the horn holder, forward and rearward cams so that the cams are pivotable by supporting shafts. The forward and rearward cams have circular arc sections that contact the circular arc sections of the horn holder, the circular arc shape of the circular arc sections of the forward and rearward cams being centered on the supporting shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Shinkawa
    Inventor: Kohei Seyama
  • Retractable vehicle headrest
    Patent number: 7578559
    Abstract: A headrest including a base material having a front base member and a rear base member, a turn restricting bracket installed the front and rear base members and having an abutting portion and a protruding step, a center shaft attached to the turn restricting bracket, and a latching panel installed between the front and rear base members with one end thereof hinged to the rear base member, the latching panel being pulled by a spring. The headrest has forward and rearward use limitation positions: at forward use limitation position, when the headrest turns forward and a latching surface formed in the latching panel catches on the protruding step, a further forward turning of the headrest is restricted; and at the rearward use limitation position, when the headrest turns rearward and the abutting portion strikes the front base member, further rearward turning of the headrest is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Bizen Hatsujoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamane, Tokuzo Kobayashi, Akihiko Okamoto
  • Medical X-ray imaging apparatus and X-ray detector for using the same
    Patent number: 7577232
    Abstract: An X-ray detector for use in a medical X-ray imaging apparatus comprising a rotary means rotatable relative to an object to be examined, an X-ray generator provided at one side of the rotary means, and an X-ray detecting portion provided at the other side of the rotary means so as to face the X-ray generator. The X-ray detector is provided in the X-ray detecting portion or is detachably mounted in the X-ray detecting portion, the X-ray detector is provided with an imaging portion comprised of a plane electric imaging means extending in a two-dimensional direction used for X-ray CT and has an imaging portion positioning means for moving up and down the imaging portion in the X-ray detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Akifumi Tachibana, Masanobu Yoshida, Takahiro Yoshimura, Masakazu Suzuki
  • Bonding apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7576297
    Abstract: A bonding apparatus including a capillary 40 having a high-frequency coil 50 on its tip end portion and allowing a bonding wire 2 to pass therethrough, a position changing unit for changing the position of the tip of the bonding wire, a gas supply unit for supplying gas into the capillary, and a high-frequency power supply unit for supplying high-frequency power to the high-frequency coil. When the bonding wire is outside a plasma region 52 in the capillary, a microplasma generated in the plasma region is ejected out of the capillary and removes foreign matter or contaminants on the surface of a bonding subject. When the bonding wire is inside the plasma region, the material of the bonding wire is turned into fine particles, and a microplasma 303 containing sputtered fine particles is ejected from the capillary, allowing the material the same as the bonding wire to be deposited on the bonding subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Shinkawa
    Inventors: Kazuo Fujita, Toru Maeda
  • Diagnostic imaging apparatus
    Patent number: 7570984
    Abstract: A diagnostic imaging apparatus of hand piece type suitable for medical or dental use, comprising a main body held by operator's fingers, a luminous means for irradiating at least one of lights selected from excitation light, infrared light and ultraviolet light, and an imaging means provided in a forward portion of the main body. The imaging means comprises a solid-state image sensing device and an optical means for forming an optical image of a diagnosis object to be examined on the solid-state image sensing device and is so constructed as to output a predetermined diagnostic image information by receiving the light reflected from the diagnosis object and/or the fluorescence generated from the diagnosis object when irradiation of light from the luminous means to the diagnosis object is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Katsuda, Kenji Kino, Kazunari Matoba, Minoru Imazato
  • Method and apparatus for X-ray image correction
    Patent number: 7570734
    Abstract: In an X-ray computerized tomography scanner, a correction phantom embedding an X-ray absorbing object is put on or around a non-vertical rotary axis between an X-ray source and a two-dimensional X-ray detector, and two dimensional imaging data of the phantom is acquired. Then a locus of the X-ray absorbing material is determined in the two-dimensional imaging data, and based on the locus an ideal locus is obtained in the direction of the rotary axis. Next, a difference between the calculated position of the ideal locus and a measured position is determined in the direction of the rotary axis. The difference is used to correct deviation in the direction of the rotary axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignees: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation, Nihon University
    Inventors: Yoshinori Arai, Masakazu Suzuki
  • Vehicular lamp unit
    Patent number: 7566152
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp unit including a flat-surfaced light source module and a projection lens that projects the image of light emitted from the light source module to the front as an inverted image. The light source module is comprised of a substrate and a light-emitting diode element disposed on the substrate and is formed therein with a subwavelength grating that reduces the reflection of light; and the formation density of the subwavelength grating is varied from position to position so as to vary the distribution of light emission intensity in the inverted image projected to the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ishida
  • Wire bonding apparatus
    Patent number: 7565994
    Abstract: In an bonding apparatus, a piezoelectric element 4 being built into the vicinity of the capillary attachment portion of a bonding arm 1 so that the capillary 3 can be caused to vibrate in the axial direction of the bonding arm 1. The preparatory pressure application device that applies a preparatory pressure to the piezoelectric element 4 includes two wedge-form attachment bases 5 and 6 which are disposed to the rear of or behind the piezoelectric element 4, and a preparatory pressure bolt 7 which is screwed into the wedge-form attachment base 6 from the outside of the bonding arm 1; and a preparatory pressure is applied to the piezoelectric element 4 by the movement of the wedge-form attachment base 5 in the axial direction of the bonding arm 1 caused by the rotation of the preparatory pressure bolt 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Shinkawa
    Inventor: Yutaka Kondo
  • Fluid heater and fluid heating apparatus
    Patent number: 7565065
    Abstract: A fluid heater is configured by passing a cartridge heater H covered by a fluororesin, through a casing 1. The casing 1 has: a fluororesin-made case body 4 which incorporates the cartridge heater H; fluororesin-made lid bodies 5 which are attached to both ends of the case body involving sealing portions S, respectively; fluid supplying/discharging portions 31 which are formed in the lid bodies 5, and through which a fluid is introduced and discharged; and fluororesin-made union nuts 6 which are externally fitted to both ends of the case body 4 and screwed to the lid bodies 5. Sealing portions S formed between the case body 4 and the lid bodies 5 are closely contacted by fastening the union nuts 6 to the lid bodies 5. A lead-out portion 34 for the cartridge heater H is formed in at least one of the paired lid bodies 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Kato
  • System and method for image pattern printing on objects
    Patent number: 7561301
    Abstract: A printing system is designed to reduce the overall time and the cost required for printing patterns on objects such as musical instruments and prevents printed patterns from being partially extended or distorted. Image data representing prescribed patterns are processed in response to object form data representing the form of an object, wherein upon receipt of a user's print instruction, an RGB color inkjet printer ejects ink onto a prescribed surface of the object on the basis of the processed image data. Image data can be produced by picking up an image of another surface of the object, which is transferred onto the prescribed surface of the object, thus establishing a sense of unity in visual sensation therebetween. Alternatively, image data can be processed in correspondence with the selected surface of the object, so that the prescribed image is printed on the selected surface of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Osumi, Takashi Watanabe, Toshiyuki Yamamura, Satoshi Mine, Kaoru Nakajima, Naohisa Mori
  • Optical structure for eyes
    Patent number: 7549180
    Abstract: An optical structure for eye, for example, ski goggles, has an outer lens and an inner lens disposed in parallel. A peripheral sealing is provided between and along the entire circumferential edges and their surroundings between the lenses. Between the lenses is a room defined by the rear face of the outer lens and the front face of the inner lens and an inorganic film is provided on the rear face of the outer lens and/or the front face of the inner lens. The inorganic film is prevented from peeling of due to external factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Yamamoto Kogaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimio Matsumoto, Noriaki Atake
  • Mutual authentication system between user and system
    Patent number: 7552330
    Abstract: An effective means for system authentication by a user. A system is characterized by connecting an electronic apparatus on the system management side to a terminal on the user side via a communication line including the internet and, using system authentication information recorded on a recording medium included in the electronic apparatus on the system side and personal authentication information entered through a personal input operation on a user-operated terminal, for mutual authentication between the user and the electronic apparatus on the system management side that is accessed. In the mutual authentication system between the user and the system, two sets of authentication data are registered: one set is personal authentication data indicating the personal authentication information on the user and other set is server authentication date indicating the system authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Mnemonic Security Limited
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kokumai
  • String replacement assistance apparatus
    Patent number: 7547834
    Abstract: A string replacement assistance apparatus is used when the strings of a stringed instrument equipped with a tremolo unit are replaced. The tremolo unit makes a pivotal movement in arm-up and arm-down directions by an operation of a tremolo arm connected thereto. The string replacement assistance apparatus includes a base section which is to be put on the body of the stringed instrument and a holding section which is elongated from the base section and holds the tremolo arm to prevent the tremolo unit from the pivotal movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Minakuchi
  • Cutter knife
    Patent number: D596474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Zenten Bernhard Groten, S.L.
    Inventor: Bernard Groten
  • Surveillance television camera
    Patent number: D597117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Elmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yamane, Eiji Togawa, Tetsuro Kato
  • Water sports board
    Patent number: D597160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Inventor: Kohei Nakamura
  • Signal warning and displaying lamp
    Patent number: D598315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Patlite Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuya Miyatake
  • Globe for revolving warning light
    Patent number: D598316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Patlite Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi Kuwano
  • Revolving warning light
    Patent number: D598799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Patlite Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Shigematsu