Patents Assigned to Japan
  • DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140239304
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a semiconductor including a first channel region, a second channel region, a source region, a drain region, a first region located between the source region and the first channel region, a second region formed between the first channel region and the second channel region, and a third region located between the drain region and the second channel region, wherein the second region has a length of 5 ?m or more, which is greater than a length of each of the first region and the third region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Seiichi URAMOTO
  • DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140240650
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate on which a thin film transistor is formed and which is divided into a display area and a non-display area outside thereof, a second substrate arranged to face an upper surface of the first substrate, a light-shielding film provided in an area between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a circuit provided on an upper surface of the second substrate and in an area facing the display area. The second substrate includes a terminal part of the circuit, which is provided on the upper surface of the second substrate and in an area facing the non-display area. The terminal part is connected with a circuit driving substrate, which drives the circuit, through an anisotropic conductive film covering the terminal part. The light-shielding film is provided to avoid at least part of an area facing the terminal part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Munenori MOTOOKA
  • PUMP PROBE MEASURING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140240710
    Abstract: A pump probe measuring device (1) comprises: an ultrashort optical pulse laser generator (2) for generating a first ultrashort optical pulse train which is a pump light (3a), second and third ultrashort optical pulse trains (3b), (3c) which are probe lights; an optical shutter unit (6) to which the second and the third ultrashort pulse trains (3b), (3c) are introduced; and a detecting unit (20) including an irradiation optical system (8) for directing the pump light (3a), the first probe light (3b) and the second probe light (3c) to a sample (7), a sensor (11) for detecting a probe signal from the sample (7), and a phase-sensitive detecting means (12) connected to the sensor (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hidemi Shigekawa, Osamu Takeuchi
  • MACHINE LEARNING APPARATUS AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140244553
    Abstract: A machine learning apparatus includes an analytical information storage unit that stores therein two or more pieces of analytical information each associating input/output information used for machine learning with time-point information indicating a time point of the input/output information, an analysis-object-set specifying unit that specifies an analysis object set containing a unit-period input-output set being a set of pieces of the input/output information corresponding to pieces of the time-point information indicating the time point in a unit period and an amount of the pieces of the input/output information of the set being dependent on a period between the time point of the unit periods and a specific time point, and a machine learning unit that performs machine learning by using the pieces of the input/output information contained in the analysis object set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro SEGA, Shingo HOSHINO, Koji TSUKAMOTO
  • DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140240961
    Abstract: A hook portion projecting outward is provided on a side plate portion of an upper case. An upper case includes a support surface that supports a display surface of a display panel. A lower case includes a sidewall that faces an outer circumferential side of the side plate portion. The sidewall has an opening into which the hook portion is inserted. The hook portion is inserted in the opening in a state in which no load is applied in a plane parallel to the support surface, and is elastically deformable toward center of the support surface up to a position not overlapping the opening when a portion inserted in the opening is pressed from outside of the support surface toward the center of the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi TSUBAKI, Satoru YAMAGUCHI
  • CYLINDER HEAD COVER OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140238331
    Abstract: A resin-made molded cylinder head cover, which is light in weight and relatively thin particularly at a flange part thereof comprises a cover part that is rectangular in shape and has a plurality of plug holes aligned in a longitudinally extending center area of the cover part; a flange part that is integral with and extends around a periphery of the cover part, so that the cylinder head cover is shaped like a rectangular shallow dish; and thicker elongate bead portions that are integral with the cover part and extend respectively along laterally opposed sides of the longitudinally extending center area, each bead portion being thicker than a general area of the cover part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu SAITO, Masanori SUTO, Satoshi ARAKAWA
  • OPTICAL CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20140241671
    Abstract: There is provided an optical connector configured to receive a plurality of MT ferrules attached to terminal ends of multi-fiber cables. The optical connector includes a housing through which multiple receiving holes receiving the MT ferrules are bored. The receiving holes are arranged in the direction of the long side of front end faces of the MT ferrules. A pair of holding elements is provided in each of the receiving holes. The pair of holding elements is positioned at both ends in the direction in which the receiving holes are arranged and protrude to a side at which the MT ferrules are inserted. Both ends of a rear end flange of each of the MT ferrules placed in the receiving holes are held by the pair of holding elements. The optical connector enables easy setting-in of MT ferrules and reduction in size of optical connectors can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuichi KOREEDA, Naoki KATAGIYAMA, Kohji NAKAGAWA, Rika NOMURA
  • METHOD OF INHIBITING NON-SPECIFIC BINDING IN STEP OF DETECTING SUBSTANCE IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE, AND AGENT FOR USE IN THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20140242620
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of inhibiting non-specific binding in a step of detecting a substance in a biological sample. The invention provides a method of inhibiting non-specific binding in a step of detecting a substance in a biological sample, the method comprising: bringing a biotin-binding protein monomer not substantially having biotin-binding ability into contact with the biological sample, wherein in the step of detecting, a substance capable of specifically binding to the substance to be detected is immobilized to a carrier through binding between biotin and the biotin-binding protein before or after binding of the substance to be detected to the substance capable of specifically binding to the substance to be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Takakura, Naomi Oka
  • Stator Member and Vacuum Pump
    Publication number: 20140241872
    Abstract: To provide a stator member that facilitates thermal radiation from a surface thereof and thermal conduction to an adjacent member, and a vacuum pump that contains the stator member. For the purpose of enhancing heat dissipation of a rotor portion, surface treatment removal processing is performed on a predetermined section of a thread groove spacer in order to efficiently release heat of the thread groove spacer toward a base and a stator blade spacer. More specifically, the surface treatment removal processing removes the surface treatment of the base and a section where the stator blade spacer comes into contact with the thread groove spacer. This surface treatment removal processing is executed simultaneously with finishing processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: EDWARDS JAPAN LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sakaguchi, Satoshi Okudera
  • PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF CETP INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140243414
    Abstract: The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor and a water-insoluble concentration-enhancing additive, which exhibit improved bioavailability. The invention also provides methods of treating cardiovascular disorders comprising the administration of the pharmaceutical compositions comprising a CETP inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshifumi Uemoto
  • SILVER-CONTAINING ALLOY PLATING BATH AND METHOD FOR ELECTROLYTIC PLATING USING SAME
    Publication number: 20140238866
    Abstract: A silver-containing alloy electrolytic plating bath that can produce silver-containing alloy plated products having excellent resistance to oxidation suitable for electronic members, decoration members, and dental members, is described, along with a method for electrolytic plating using the same. The silver-containing alloy plated products have excellent resistance to oxidation and can be manufactured by using the plating bath that contains (a) a silver compound containing 99.9% to 46% by mass of silver on the basis of the total metal mass therein, (b) a gadolinium compound containing 0.1% to 54% by mass of gadolinium on the basis of the total metal mass therein, (c) at least one kind of complexing agent, and (d) a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: M-TECH JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji DEWAKI, Teru MATSUURA, Shinji DEWAKI
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DISTRIBUTION FROM AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20140240147
    Abstract: When distribution material is distributed over a target site on a ground surface from an aircraft, a distribution supporting apparatus offers support information to a pilot dropping the distribution material to efficiently distribute the distribution material. The distribution supporting apparatus includes: an input section to which information items on at least an aircraft velocity, an aircraft altitude, and a wind velocity are input; a computation section configured to compute a location at which the distribution material dropped from the aircraft arrives on the ground surface and a density distribution of the distribution material on the ground surface based on the information items input to the input section; and a display control section configured to display, on a display, the support information relating to the location and density distribution computed by the computation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd., Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
    Inventors: Yushi GODA, Tsubasa YAMADA, Masatoshi ARIMOTO, Shinji TAGAWA, Taiki NAKAIE, Jun ADACHI, Takeshi ITO, Koji MURAOKA, Kohei FUNABIKI, Yuichi MATSUO
  • PACKAGE OF SMOKING ARTICLES WITH A SLIDING OPENING AND A HINGED LID
    Publication number: 20140238877
    Abstract: A package (1) of tobacco articles, having: an inner container (3), which houses a group (2) of tobacco articles, has an open top end (5), and has a lid (6) hinged to close the open top end (5), an outer container (4) housing the inner container (3) to allow the inner container (3) to slide with respect to the outer container (4) between a closed configuration and an open configuration, and a sealing flap (22) hinged to a top edge of a front wall (17) of the outer container (4) and movable between a work position, in which the sealing flap (22) is perpendicular to the front wall (17) of the outer container (4) and located beneath a top wall (12) of the lid (6) of the inner container (3), and a rest position, in which the sealing flap (22) is parallel to the front wall (17) of the outer container (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Luca PETRUCCI, Michele SQUARZONI
  • ADHESIVE FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20140242757
    Abstract: An adhesive composition for a pre-applied underfill sealant comprising: (a) a radical polymerizable monomer having one or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of vinyl group, maleimide group, acryloyl group, methacryloyl group and allyl group, (b) a polymer having a polar group, (c) a filler, and (d) a thermal radical initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH, HENKEL JAPAN LIMITED
    Inventors: Sugiura Yoko, Horiguchi Yusuke, Mieko Sano, Gina Hoang
  • Fe-based shape memory alloy and its production method
    Patent number: 8815027
    Abstract: An Fe-based shape memory alloy comprising 25-42 atomic % of Mn, 12-18 atomic % of Al, and 5-12 atomic % of Ni, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and an Fe-based shape memory alloy comprising 25-42 atomic % of Mn, 12-18 atomic % of Al, and 5-12 atomic % of Ni, as well as 15 atomic % or less in total of at least one selected from the group consisting of 0.1-5 atomic % of Si, 0.1-5 atomic % of Ti, 0.1-5 atomic % of V, 0.1-5 atomic % of Cr, 0.1-5 atomic % of Co, 0.1-5 atomic % of Cu, 0.1-5 atomic % of Mo, 0.1-5 atomic % of W, 0.001-1 atomic % of B and 0.001-1 atomic % of C, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kiyohito Ishida, Ryosuke Kainuma, Ikuo Ohnuma, Toshihiro Omori, Keisuke Ando
  • Data transfer circuit and flat display device
    Patent number: 8817055
    Abstract: The present invention is a data transfer circuit applicable to a liquid crystal display apparatus with a drive circuit formed integrally, for example, on an insulation substrate, and configured such that only an inverted output of a latch result of a first latch section (41) or only a non-inverted output thereof is data-transferred to a second latch section (42) and, at least during a period of data transfer to the second latch section (42), a power supply voltage of the first latch section (41) is raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Yoshiharu Nakajima
  • USB connector
    Patent number: 8814583
    Abstract: A USB connector comprises a special USB plug and a USB receptacle mateable with the special USB plug. The special USB plug has a plug ground contact and a plug contact portion as a part of the plug ground contact. The USB receptacle has a plurality of contacts including a ground contact, a detector and a holding member. Each of the contacts has a contact point. Especially the ground contacts has the contact point configured to be brought into contact with the plug ground contact while the detector has a detecting portion configured to be brought into contact with the plug contact portion. The holding member has a plate portion formed with a principal surface. The holding member holds the contacts so that the contact points project from the principal surface of the plate portion while holding the detector so that the detecting portion projects from the principal surface of the plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Takeharu Naito
  • Mosfet package
    Patent number: 8816411
    Abstract: A semiconductor device featuring a semiconductor chip including a MOSFET and having a first main surface and a second, opposing main surface, a source electrode pad and a gate electrode pad over the first main surface, a drain electrode over the second main surface, a source external terminal and a gate external terminal, each having a first main surface electrically connected to the source electrode pad and gate electrode pad of the chip, respectively, and a drain external terminal having a first main surface and a second, opposing main surface and being electrically connected to the second main surface of the chip, each of the source, gate and drain external terminals having second main surfaces thereof in a same plane, and, in a plan view of the external terminals, the gate external terminal has a portion located between the source and drain external terminals in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kajiwara, Masahiro Koizumi, Toshiak Morita, Kazuya Takahashi, Munehisa Kishimoto, Shigeru Ishii, Toshinori Hirashima, Yasushi Takahashi, Toshiyuki Hata, Hiroshi Sato, Keiichi Ookawa
  • Position detection apparatus, display apparatus and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 8816973
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a position detection apparatus including: a sensor section having a plurality of detection electrodes laid out on a detection surface; a select section configured to select one or more detection electrodes from the detection electrodes; an oscillation section having an oscillation frequency determined by a capacitance generated in the one or more detection electrodes selected by the select section; a conversion section configured to output an output signal representing the frequency of an oscillation signal generated by the oscillation section; and a control section configured to change the frequency of the oscillation signal generated by the oscillation section in accordance with the output signal output by the conversion section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Method for manufacturing disk drive device
    Patent number: 8813345
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a disk drive device includes (a) assembling a sub assembly by assembling a bearing unit and a rotating body to a fixed body in a clean room, the rotating body being supported by the bearing unit in a freely rotatable manner to the fixed body, (b) cleaning the sub assembly by spraying a mixture of a cleaning liquid and a first gas to at least either one of the fixed body and the rotating body; and (c) enclosing the sub assembly using an enclosing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nishihara, Hirofumi Kajiwara