Patents Assigned to MEC
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Patent number: 6108160Abstract: In an autostop mechanism in a tape recorder equipped with an urging member, a sliding member and a shut-off cam gear, the urging member is located on a bottom surface of a chassis and is formed by a wire spring member. The wire spring member has a proximal end portion shaped like a polygon slightly smaller than a diameter of a shaft of a take-up reel so as to provide urging force when fitted over the shaft of the take-up reel, a distal end extending toward the sliding member, and a midway portion bent at a predetermined angle to form a bent portion abutting against the sliding member in such a way that the urging force of the wire spring member and an action of the distal end of the wire spring member press the sliding member toward a center of the shut-off cam gear cam gear by regardless of the rotational direction of the take-up reel.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1998Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: MEC. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaichi Shimbo, Yoshio Anzai
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Patent number: 6106899Abstract: A method for bonding a resin which has a high glass transition temperature but low affinity to copper surfaces with a copper surface with sufficient adhesive strength. The method comprises coating the copper surfaces with an aqueous solution containing at least 0.05% of aminotetrazole or an aminotetrazole derivative, or an aqueous solution containing at least 0.05% of aminotetrazole or an aminotetrazole derivative and at least 0.1% of aminotriazole or an aminotriazole derivative.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1998Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: MEC Company LimitedInventors: Toshiko Nakagawa, Ryo Ogushi
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Patent number: 6089488Abstract: A lock mechanism for the clutch of a reel base of a tape recorder, which comprises a fast forward gear to be simultaneously engageable with or disengageable from a pair of upper and lower reel gears of the reel base equipped with a clutch function in accordance with the action of a head mount plate movable together with the reel base in such a manner that the fast forward gear is disengaged from the two reel gears of the reel base according to the forward movement of the head mount plate in a recording/reproducing mode, thus enabling the clutch function of the reel base, and the fast forward gear is simultaneously engaged with the two reel gears of the reel base according to the backward movement of the head mount plate in a fast forward mode or rewinding mode, thus locking the clutch function to disable the clutch.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1999Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Assignee: MEC Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaichi Shimbo, Yoshio Anzai
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Patent number: 6036035Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for extending and storing a jib of a crane which make it possible to simplify the operation of changing a wire rope. The apparatus includes an end sheave (23), which is detachably attached to the front lower end of a boom (3); a rotating device, (80) for rotating a rotary bracket (30); and a link (123), which vertically rotatably connects the end sheave (23) and the front upper portion of the boom (3) and positions the end sheave (23) above and in front of the boom (3) when the rotary bracket (30) is rotated in the forward direction of the boom (3).Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 1998Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu MEC Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyoshi Asano, Takeshi Hasegawa, Masayuki Mukaino
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Patent number: 6029478Abstract: A device for tensioning knitted fabrics in knitting machines, particularly in large-diameter circular machines device comprises a plurality of tensioning rollers which are arranged side by side so as to contact substantially all the transverse extension of the fabric, said rollers being arranged below the needle work area of the machine. Each tensioning roller cooperates with a contrast roller which acts on the face of the fabric that is opposite to the face that makes contact with the tensioning rollers and is orientated so that its axis is parallel to the axis of the corresponding tensioning roller. There are actuators for actuating the tensioning rollers so that they rotate about their respective axes in order to apply traction to the fabric being formed. The actuators comprise, for each tensioning roller, a motor which can be actuated independently or in correlation with the actuation of the motors that actuate the other tensioning rollers.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1998Date of Patent: February 29, 2000Assignee: MEC-MOR S.r.l.Inventor: Vincenzo Panuccio
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Patent number: 5992721Abstract: A rodless cylinder rope tensioning apparatus maintains tension in an endless rope system operable for threading a web in a paper-making apparatus and includes at least one rodless cylinder having at least one yoke sheave attached to the internal piston in the rodless cylinder. A rope is stretched around an entry guide roller and the yoke sheave and is stretched by operation of the rodless cylinder, which selectively causes the piston to relocate the yoke sheave along the length of the rodless cylinder and apply a selected degree of tension to the rope. In a preferred embodiment a pair of entry guide rollers is provided in a frame containing a pair of parallel rodless cylinders, each having a yoke sheave independently movable along the respective rodless cylinder by operation of the corresponding rodless cylinder piston, to effect tensioning of a pair of ropes in the paper-making apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1998Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: MEC Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Michael E. Craft, Douglas M. Craft, Paul E. Mayfield
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Patent number: 5965036Abstract: A microetching composition for copper or copper alloys comprising, (a) an oxidizing agent which can oxidize the copper or copper alloy, (b) a polymer compound which contains polyamine chains or a cationic group or both in the amount of 0.000001 to 1.0% by weight, and (c) water. The composition can produce surfaces of copper or copper alloy exhibiting excellent adhesion to resins such as prepregs and resists, and superior solderability. The composition can be adaptable to the manufacture of printed wiring boards with highly integrated fine line patterns.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1997Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: MEC Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiro Maki, Toshiko Nakagawa, Yasushi Yamada, Takashi Haruta, Maki Arimura
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Patent number: 5937685Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for forming the linear springs. In the apparatus three or more forming tools are arranged radially about the center of the quill for guiding the linear material are rotated within a predetermined angle about the centerline of the quill and are simultaneously advanced in the extension direction of the centerline of the quill perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the centerline of the quill of the quill and collided against the linear material fed from the tip end portion of the quill to thereby always perform the formation of the linear spring, the apparatus being suitable for embodying this method is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: MEC Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeji Matsuoka, Hiroshi Okubo
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Patent number: 5885476Abstract: A microetching composition for copper or copper alloys comprising, (a) nitric acid or sulfuric acid, or both, (b) ferric nitrate or ferric sulfate, or both, (c) at least one component selected from a group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids, salts of unsaturated carboxylic acid, and anhydrides of unsaturated carboxylic acid, and (d) water. The composition can produce a copper or copper alloy surface exhibiting excellent adhesion to resins such as prepregs and resists and superior solderability. The composition is suitable for the manufacture of printed wiring boards with highly integrated fine line patterns.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: MEC Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoong-koo Hong, Toshiko Nakagawa
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Patent number: 5823370Abstract: The present invention relates to a movable range indicating apparatus, for a mobile crane vehicle, which can easily display a movable range of a telescopic boom end and secure safety of a crane operation. To this end, the apparatus comprises a boom length detecting means (1), a boom angle detecting means (2), a turning position detecting means (3), a load detecting means (4), an operating condition inputting means (5), a display section (9) for indicating in rectangular coordinates, and a control section (8) for performing calculation or storage, and indicates by superimposition an image of a rated operating radius (23) and an image of an end position (24) of the telescopic boom on the display section. In addition, a target point (41) of the telescopic boom end can be indicated by superimposition.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1997Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Mec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masamichi Ueda
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Patent number: 5819388Abstract: The invention concerns the creation of a prototype workpiece or production equipment.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1996Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: MEC Maschinenbau Entwicklung Consulting GmbHInventor: Thomas Salm
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Patent number: 5807493Abstract: A microetching composition for copper or copper alloys comprising, (a) a cupric ion source, (b) an organic acid with an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 5 or less, (c) a halide ion source, and (d) water. The composition can produce surfaces of copper or copper alloy exhibiting excellent adhesion to resins such as prepregs and resists and superior solderability. The composition can be very adaptable to the manufacture of printed wiring boards with highly integrated fine line patterns.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1996Date of Patent: September 15, 1998Assignee: MEC Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiro Maki, Toshiko Nakagawa, Yasushi Yamada, Takashi Haruta, Maki Arimura
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Patent number: 5798900Abstract: A pause mechanism for a cassette tape recorder having a drive mechanism for accomplishing modes, such as a record mode, a playback mode, a fast forward mode and a fast rewind mode, and a switch for enabling or disabling the modes, comprises a lever for setting the switch on or off. The lever is designed to have a double-lever structure in such a manner that when a pause lever is operated in each of the modes, the switch can be set on or off without operating each mode lever.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1997Date of Patent: August 25, 1998Assignee: MEC Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takaichi Shimbo
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Patent number: 5788830Abstract: A process for electroplating a surface comprising copper and an insulating material, comprising: applying specific carbon particles or a palladium compound to this surface, microetching the copper to remove the specific carbon particles or the palladium compound, and providing electroplating. The process is characterized by using an aqueous solution comprising 5 to 60 wt % of sulfuric acid, 3 to 35 wt % of hydrogen peroxide, 0.01 to 10 wt % of a phosphonic group-containing amine or a salt thereof, and, optionally, 0.1 to 10 wt % of an amine other than the phosphonic group-containing amine, as a microetching agent. This process can ensure highly reliable electroplating to inner walls of printing wiring board through-holes.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1996Date of Patent: August 4, 1998Assignee: MEC Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Toshio Tanimura, Minoru Outani
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Patent number: 5769251Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling the operation of a reach tower crane, in which a horizontal boom can safely and securely be operated or stored by one operator in the cab, and in which even if sensors are out of order, the stability of the crane can be secured. The system has a plurality of sensors for detecting a condition of an actuator (6) actuating an apparatus to operate or store a horizontal boom (5), a controller (36) for sending a control signal based on signals from the sensors, and hydraulic apparatuses for controlling various actuators in accordance with the control signal. Further, an operation lever and an operation switch are used to extend or store the horizontal boom (5).Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1996Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Mec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Wada, Takeshi Ushioda, Shinichi Ohta, Hiroyuki Sawabe
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Patent number: 5711440Abstract: The present invention relates to a suspension load and tipping moment calculating apparatus for a mobile crane which can calculate a suspension load and a tipping moment with high accuracy and use an excessive load prevention load while ensuring safety. For this reason, the apparatus is provided with sensors (50, 48, 46) for detecting a boom length, a boom angle, and an axle weight of a boom derricking cylinder (26) on a second boom (28) side, and is equipped with a controller (38) for calculating a suspension load (Wa) suspended from the second boom (28) based on signals from these sensors. In addition, for calculating a tipping moment, a boom length sensor (44) and a boom angle sensor (42) on a first boom (24) side are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1996Date of Patent: January 27, 1998Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Mec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Minoru Wada
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Patent number: 5706676Abstract: A pneumatic thread feeder in knitting machines or the like having at least one tube in which a passage is provided having an outlet to be directed towards the needle work region of a knitting machine; injection means for injecting air through the tube; means for actuating the injection means; and abutments that form a path for the approach of the thread to the inlet of the tube. The tube is served by a thread takeup element that is arc-shaped and is pivoted to a supporting structure about an axis located on the concave side of the body of the takeup element. The takeup element has, proximate to one of its ends, a passage for the thread, and is arranged so as to move transversely with respect to a portion of the path for the approach of the thread to the tube when it is turned about the axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1996Date of Patent: January 13, 1998Assignee: MEC-MOR S.p.A.Inventor: Severino Ossensi
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Patent number: 5700389Abstract: An etching solution for copper or copper alloys comprising, (a) sulfuric acid, (b) a persulfate, (c) at least one compound selected from imidazole, imidazole derivatives, pyridine derivatives, triazine, and triazine derivatives, and (d) water. The etching solution exhibits a high etching speed and does not oxidize the copper surfaces after etching.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1995Date of Patent: December 23, 1997Assignee: MEC Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshiko Nakagawa
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Patent number: 5693214Abstract: An apparatus for separating an aqueous colloidal solution into water and agglomerate of colloidal particles by applying a high frequency voltage to the aqueous colloidal solution comprises a tank accommodating the aqueous colloidal solution, and at least one pair of electrodes disposed in the tank. The electrodes is configured such that lines of electric force are locally concentrated when the voltage is applied to said solution.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1996Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, MEC International Corp.Inventors: Naoki Abe, Fumio Kawahara, Takao Ohara
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Patent number: 5665243Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique of removing metal contained in a solution through chelation, which makes it possible to preclude undesired aggregation and permit effective aggregation through an aggregating process. A surface active agent containing a hydrophobic group, a hydrophilic group and a chelating group is added to the solution to be processed, and subsequently an aggregating process is carried out. The chelating group chelates metal, the hydrophilic group prevents undesired aggregation, and the hydrophobic group is effectively aggregated in the aggregating process. Various uses are possible by selecting the charge of ligand.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1996Date of Patent: September 9, 1997Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, MEC International Corporation, Heijiro OjimaInventors: Naoki Abe, Koji Mizuno, Masayuki Sumiyoshi, Katsuya Murakami, Kojiro Murayama, Koichi Sugiura, Fumio Kawahara, Mitsuru Tomoto, Heijiro Ojima