| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7457101 |
Electric double layer capacitor |
November 25, 2008 |
| An electric double layer capacitor suppresses gas generation by decomposition of the electrolyte solution in the capacitor and has a superior performance maintaining ratio. In the electric double layer capacitor including activated carbon polarized electrodes and nonaqueous electroly |
| 7455922 |
Energy utilization apparatus and energy utilization method |
November 25, 2008 |
| An energy utilization apparatus includes: an endothermic reaction device for performing dehydrogenation endothermic reaction of an organic compound; a compression device for pressurizing a first gas containing hydrogen and a dehydrogenated organic compound, and a non-reacted organic |
| 7455722 |
Ion irradiated electrolyte membrane, anode, and/or cathode |
November 25, 2008 |
| Solid oxide fuel cells selectively transport oxygen ions through an electrolyte membrane. The maximum oxygen ion transport rate limits the power density of the fuel cell. By ion irradiating the electrolyte membrane and/or the cathode, the oxygen adsorption, dissociation, and incorpor |
| 7455343 |
Passenger's weight measurement device for vehicle seat and attachment structure for load sensor |
November 25, 2008 |
| There is disclosed a passenger's weight measurement device for a vehicle seat, capable of suppressing generation of an initial load. The passenger's weight measurement device includes an upper rail disposed to be movable back and forth on a lower rail fixed to a vehicle floor; a load |
| 7455341 |
Automotive container holding apparatus |
November 25, 2008 |
| An automotive container holding apparatus having a holding portion (51) which holds a bottom (Ca) of a drink container (C), and erect wall portions (61, 62, 64) which are provided at sides of the holding portion (51) in such a manner as to face sides Cb(Cb) of the container (C), wher |
| 7455326 |
Connection tube for fuel tank |
November 25, 2008 |
| A joint part includes a connection part weldable on the tank and a tube part including an inner circumferential face. An inner tube is fitted inside and in contact with the inner circumferential face. The tube and the inner tube include materials having different swelling rates when |
| 7455142 |
Scaling of side-to-side torque bias to improve cornering in a programmable four wheel drive syst |
November 25, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a method for improving cornering performance. From a given vehicle speed and lateral acceleration, in instances of a decrease in drive torque, individual wheel torque is shifted from inside wheels to outside wheels to increase vehicle yaw forces and cou |
| 7455052 |
Fuel supply device |
November 25, 2008 |
| To incorporate a fuel pump inside a fuel tank having a complicated shape with a small width. A motorcycle may be an offroad model with a fuel tank having a complicated shape with a small width. The fuel pump includes a base plate which is fixed to a plate fitted on the upper surface of t |
| 7455047 |
Control unit for an internal combustion engine |
November 25, 2008 |
| An engine control unit includes pressure detector provided in a combustion chamber of the engine. A motoring pressure of the engine is estimated. A combustion starting time is detected when the difference between an internal pressure detected by the pressure detector and the pressure |
| 7455016 |
Expandable writing panel for a vehicle console |
November 25, 2008 |
| The present invention is directed to an expandable writing panel system for a vehicle, the system including a writing panel and a support leg wherein the support leg upper edge is hingedly attached to the writing panel. The expandable writing panel system also includes writing panel |
| 7454992 |
Vehicular manual transmission control apparatus |
November 25, 2008 |
| Vehicular manual transmission control apparatus is of the type in which two or more selectable shift positions of a shift lever (13) can be varied on the basis of a travel control state (e.g., position of the shift lever) of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a guide section (variou |
| 7454905 |
Clutch mechanism of hydrostatic continuously variable transmission |
November 25, 2008 |
| A clutch mechanism for a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission has a hydraulic circuit including a high pressure oil path for feeding working oil from a hydraulic pump to a hydraulic motor and a low pressure oil path for feeding working oil from the hydraulic motor to the hy |
| 7453374 |
Travel safety apparatus for vehicle |
November 18, 2008 |
| A travel safety apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first object detector having a first detection area defined by a first detection angle; a second object detector having a second detection area defined by a second detection angle; a motion state determination unit; a collision dete |
| 7452451 |
Electrode plate and electrolysis apparatus for electrolyis, electrode plate unit, and method for |
November 18, 2008 |
| An electrode plate for electrolysis is composed of a plate-form porous ceramic body for electrolyzing a hydrogen-comprising-compound solution, and a conductive portion provided at a part of the ceramic body, wherein particles for composing the ceramic body are comprised of any of fluorid |
| 7452256 |
Machine provided with internal combustion engine and generator |
November 18, 2008 |
| An outboard motor S includes an internal combustion engine E having a crankshaft 7, and an alternator G having a shaft 81 and a housing 82. The engine E and the generator G are disposed in an engine compartment 15 with the crankshaft 7 of the engine E and the shaft 81 of the alternator |
| 7452250 |
Outboard motor steering control system |
November 18, 2008 |
| An outboard motor steering control system operates at starting of the engine to compare the output of the steering wheel angle sensor which indicates the turned angle of the steering wheel and the output of the rotation angle sensor which indicates the rotation angle of the swivel sh |
| 7451857 |
Seat mount structure for saddle ride type vehicle |
November 18, 2008 |
| A brake caliper support structure and a brake caliper structure for a saddle-ride type all terrain vehicle can attain a reduction in size and weight of a disc brake and can scrape off mud and snow accumulated within a wheel. A distance from a point which represents the center of a front |
| 7451854 |
Exhaust flow rate control valve |
November 18, 2008 |
| An exhaust flow rate control valve includes an on-off valve which is switched between a closed state in which a flow passage area of an exhaust pipe is decreased, and an opened state in which the flow passage area is increased. A notch is formed in the on-off valve, and a recess is f |
| 7451754 |
Control system for internal combustion engine |
November 18, 2008 |
| A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of enhancing the accuracy of fuel control and ignition timing control even when there is a possibility that the reliability of a calculated intake air amount lowers, and enables reduction of manufacturing costs. An ECU |
| 7451745 |
Fuel tank for motorcycle |
November 18, 2008 |
| A fuel tank is provided for a motorcycle having a main body part and a downward swelling part that is opened upward and attached to a bottom part of the fuel tank. The inside of the downward swelling part is connected to the inside of the main body part, thereabove. A fuel pump is pr |
| 7451739 |
Ignition timing control system and method for internal combustion engine, and engine control uni |
November 18, 2008 |
| An ignition timing control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of reducing the capacity of a memory that stores data used in controlling ignition timing, thereby reducing manufacturing costs. An ignition timing control system that controls ignition timing of an |
| 7451042 |
Bandwidth and memory conserving methods for a vehicle navigation system |
November 11, 2008 |
| The present invention is directed specifically to methods for reducing the bandwidth requirements for broadcasting traffic information to a vehicle navigation system. The traffic information broadcast to the system using the bandwidth conserving methods of the present invention generally |
| 7450736 |
Monocular tracking of 3D human motion with a coordinated mixture of factor analyzers |
November 11, 2008 |
| Disclosed is a method and system for efficiently and accurately tracking three-dimensional (3D) human motion from a two-dimensional (2D) video sequence, even when self-occlusion, motion blur and large limb movements occur. In an offline learning stage, 3D motion capture data is acquired |
| 7449997 |
Auto light system |
November 11, 2008 |
| An auto light system allows the driver to control the head light beam direction and range, via a light control device. A manual light operating device for operating the light manually is operated in response to an output signal from the light control device. A display device displays |
| 7449734 |
Junction semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same |
November 11, 2008 |
| A junction semiconductor device having a drain region including a low-resistance layer of a first conductive type formed on one surface of a semiconductor crystal, a source region including a low-resistance layer of a first conductive type formed on the other surface of the semicondu |
| 7449132 |
Proton conductive composition and proton conductive membrane |
November 11, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a proton conductive membrane having capabilities of self-generating water and maintaining water, excellent ion conductivity and excellent effect of inhibiting crossover and usable for solid polymer electrolyte type fuel cells and also provides a proton |
| 7449036 |
Fuel gas manufacturing apparatus and method of operating same |
November 11, 2008 |
| A residual gas supply means includes a residual gas passage connected to a PSA mechanism and a heater, and a branch passage having opposite ends connected to the residual gas passage and branched from the residual gas passage. The residual gas passage has an opening-adjustable valve havi |
| 7448781 |
External mirror having indicator light |
November 11, 2008 |
| An external mirror includes an indicator light and a case with a protruding portion whose outer face is arranged more outside than an outer face of the indicator light. Even when the external mirror hits or bumps against an obstacle, the protruding portion is the first and likely onl |
| 7448673 |
Subframe structure of vehicle |
November 11, 2008 |
| In a subframe structure at a lower front portion of a vehicle, the subframe structure includes a load input portion arranged between a front end of a side frame and a bumper beam, a load introducing portion extending rearwardly downward from the load input portion, and a body portion |
| 7448664 |
Seat mount structure for saddle ride vehicle |
November 11, 2008 |
| A seat mount structure for a saddle ride vehicle having seat brackets provided on a vehicle body frame, includes hooks on a bottom plate of a seat, and locking the hooks to the seat brackets to thereby mount the seat to the vehicle body frame. The structure also includes front-side c |
| 7448642 |
Impact absorbing airbag inflator |
November 11, 2008 |
| An impact absorbing airbag module is disclosed. The module includes a chassis that holds an inflator, and is connected to a mounting system. The chassis includes a forward side wall, a first lateral side wall, a second lateral side wall, and a rear side wall. One of the side walls in |
| 7448461 |
Cowl structure of vehicle |
November 11, 2008 |
| To provide a cowl structure for a vehicle for improving the appearance of the vehicle without increasing the weight of the vehicle and also for enhancing the operational stability. In a cowl structure for a vehicle which includes a front cowl for covering a front portion of a vehicle |
| 7448369 |
Method for controlling a fuel injector |
November 11, 2008 |
| A method of controlling a fuel injector is disclosed. Multiple airflow rate regimes are associated with different fuel injection control methods. In one example, a low airflow rate regime is associated with a speed density control method and a high airflow rate regime is associated w |
| 7448355 |
Integrated power unit including split crankcase with reinforced fastening arrangement, and vehic |
November 11, 2008 |
| An integrated power unit for a small vehicle is configured to permit a compact engine design in a power unit having a crankcase that is split into upper and lower portions. The power unit includes a crankshaft supported by the crankcase and oriented transverse to the running directio |
| 7448251 |
Method for preparing a motor vehicle for a crash test |
November 11, 2008 |
| A method for preparing a motor vehicle for a crash test is disclosed. The method subjects the motor vehicle to a sequence of different tests and provides a system of staged modifications that can be made to help the motor vehicle pass the current test without invalidating test results |
| 7445866 |
Fuel cell stack |
November 4, 2008 |
| A fuel cell stack includes a stack body, an end separator, a terminal plate, an insulating plate, and an end plate provided at one end of the stack body in a stacking direction. The insulating plate has a recess for accommodating the terminal plate. Further, the insulating plate has a |
| 7445865 |
Fuel cell |
November 4, 2008 |
| A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, and first and second separators. A first insulating bushing is attached to a first positioning hole of a first separator, and a second insulating bushing is attached to a second positioning hole of the second separator. An inner wall of |
| 7445836 |
Molded product of fiber reinforced composite material and method |
November 4, 2008 |
| A molded product of fiber reinforced composite material is provided, which includes a substantially flat portion and a shaping portion that is molded to be more complex in shape than the flat portion. The substantially flat portion has a first parent material and a reinforcing materi |
| 7445242 |
Vehicle steering system |
November 4, 2008 |
| A vehicle steering system includes a sound absorbing material made of sponge and attached to an elastic joint which connects a second steering shaft extending from a steering wheel and a third steering shaft extending from a steering gear box to each other. The sound absorbing materi |
| 7445239 |
Folded airbag and airbag device |
November 4, 2008 |
| An airbag, airbag device and method provides a folded airbag that inflates leftward or rightward first and then inflates to a fully deployed shape. An airbag is folded along vertical folding lines into a band-shaped folded body that extends vertically, and the band-shaped folded body is |
| 7445235 |
Air bag device |
November 4, 2008 |
| To prevent an air bag from being operated by mere inclination when the vehicle body does not fall down, that is, at the time of handling during a banking operation or the like. An air bag and a removal detecting part for detecting a rider removal from a vehicle body are incorporated in a |
| 7445202 |
Shield assembly for a vehicle suspension |
November 4, 2008 |
| A shield assembly for a vehicle suspension. The shield assembly comprises a first shield portion attached to a lower arm of the suspension and a second shield portion attached to a lower spring seat of the suspension and at least partially surrounding the first shield portion. The first |
| 7445071 |
Electronic throttle control and cruise control for handle bar type vehicle |
November 4, 2008 |
| A saddle type vehicle is provided in which a valve shaft for a throttle valve is rotatably supported on an air intake path forming body, and a valve shaft actuator is connected to an end of the valve shaft in such a way that the rotational movement of the valve shaft is fed back to the |
| 7444999 |
Control system and method for internal combustion engine |
November 4, 2008 |
| A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of positively preventing a misfire or knocking during a compression ignition combustion mode by switching from the compression ignition combustion mode to a spark ignition combustion mode in appropriate timing. The |
| 7444984 |
Control system for internal combustion engine |
November 4, 2008 |
| A control system for an internal combustion engine having at least one fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine, and an exhaust gas recirculation mechanism for recirculating a portion of exhaust gases from the engine to the combustion chamber. The |
| 7444966 |
Valve moving device for engine |
November 4, 2008 |
| An engine valve operating system is provided that includes a variable valve lift mechanism in which, when there is a possibility that the rotational speed of the engine might increase beyond an allowed rotational speed due to a downshift error in a manual transmission, etc., the amou |
| 7444754 |
Wheel alignment apparatus and method for all-terrain vehicles |
November 4, 2008 |
| An apparatus and method for aligning the wheels of an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The apparatus includes a wheel alignment fixture and a wheel position indicator adapted for releasable attachment to an all-terrain vehicle. The wheel alignment fixture and the wheel position indicator c |
| 7443087 |
Polymer actuator |
October 28, 2008 |
| A polymer actuator comprising a conductive powder compact comprising a conductive polymer and a dopant, an ion donor, a work electrode, and a counter electrode, whereby it contracts or extends when voltage is applied between the work electrode and the counter electrode. |
| 7442758 |
Polymer compound for use in electrode material, electrode using the same and nonaqueous solution |
October 28, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a polymer compound for an electrode material permitting operation at low temperatures and attainment of large capacities, an electrode using the polymer compound, and a nonaqueous solution battery involving the electrode as the positive electrode thereo |
| 7442463 |
Fuel cell |
October 28, 2008 |
| A fuel cell includes an electrolyte electrode assembly and a pair of separators sandwiching the electrolyte electrode assembly. Each of the separators is a single plate, and includes a plurality of circular disks. First protrusions and second protrusions are provided on both surfaces of |
