| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7467026 |
Autonomously moving robot management system |
December 16, 2008 |
| An autonomous robot is controlled by the local robot information controller which is connected to a robot application network to which the transceiver to communicate with the autonomous robot is attached. The robot application network, a user LAN adaptive controller an information di |
| 7466532 |
Ignition circuit for squib |
December 16, 2008 |
| An ignition circuit for squib for igniting a squib which has a heat producing portion that includes an electrically conductive portion and a fuel portion, and transmits a heat produced by supplying electrical current to the electrically conductive portion to the fuel portion, the cir |
| 7466279 |
Communication device for small vehicles |
December 16, 2008 |
| A communication device for small vehicles includes a single communication device that transmits signals in all directions without being interfered with by a passenger. A communication range of an electromagnetic wave with high directivity, which is susceptible to environmental conditions |
| 7466137 |
Apparatus and method for measuring voltage of the fuel cell stack using a capacitor |
December 16, 2008 |
| An apparatus for measuring voltage is provided which measures output voltage between at least one pair of detecting terminals provided on an object under measurement. The apparatus for measuring voltage includes a first connecting terminal connected to one of the at least one pair of |
| 7466057 |
Claw pole motor stator |
December 16, 2008 |
| 2m sets (m being a natural number of 2 or more; and m=2 in embodiments) of teeth (31b to 34b) and 2m-1 slots (41, 42, 43) are disposed alternately in an axial direction; those of windings (36, 37, 38) accommodated in the slots (41, 42, 43), which are each accommodated in the slots (41, 4 |
| 7465329 |
Intake system |
December 16, 2008 |
| An intake system with an air cleaner case that is reduced in size with an enhancement in intake efficiency. A tubular tip end portion of a connecting tube provides a connection between the carburetor side and the air cleaner case with the tubular tip end portion being disposed in the |
| 7465202 |
Outboard motor steering control system |
December 16, 2008 |
| An outboard motor steering control system is configured to have both an electric steering mechanism (having an electric motor, steering angle sensor and electronic controller such as microcomputer) and a hydraulic steering mechanism (having a hydraulic cylinder and a hydraulic pump) |
| 7464789 |
Exhaust silencer for internal combustion engine |
December 16, 2008 |
| A high-performance exhaust silencer in which a shell wall includes a shell outer plate, a shell inner plate, and a damping material to be inserted therebetween. A space between the shell outer plate and shell inner plate of the exhaust silencer is narrowed and the shell outer plate and t |
| 7464538 |
Exhaust gas purifying apparatus |
December 16, 2008 |
| In an exhaust gas purifying technique in which discharge is utilized, the invention provides a technique in which purification efficiency can be enhanced while an increase in electric power consumption is suppressed. A discharge mode including a discharge period and an undischarged perio |
| 7463948 |
Robot control apparatus |
December 9, 2008 |
| A robot control apparatus allows a plurality of mobile robots to carry out tasks at a reduced or minimized cost as a whole with consideration given to costs derived from an encounter with an obstacle is provided. An action optimization controller provided in the robot control apparatus |
| 7462418 |
Accumulator cell assembly |
December 9, 2008 |
| An accumulator cell assembly made up of a plurality of accumulator cells connected in series. Each accumulator cell includes polarizing electrodes and a collector foil having a width of at least twice the width of the polarizing electrodes. The collector foil continues through adjacent |
| 7462226 |
Rustproofing composition |
December 9, 2008 |
| A rustproofing composition has superior properties satisfying rustproofing quality requirements and work quality requirements for parts around tires, parts with pockets, and plate-bonded parts, and having volatile organic solvent of not more than 10 mass %. A rustproofing composition |
| 7461890 |
Vehicle front body structure |
December 9, 2008 |
| A vehicle front body structure includes left and right diagonal connecting members extending diagonally between and connecting together the lower end portions of left and right legs and the front end portions of left and right upper members. Left and right horizontal connecting members, |
| 7461875 |
Injection-molded product and its use |
December 9, 2008 |
| An injection-molded product comprising separate-member-fixing hooks each connected to an edge of its body via a thin hinge, said injection-molded product being formed by injecting a molten resin into a die comprising a pair of die plates, and said hooks extending from the edge substantia |
| 7461733 |
Vehicle body transfer apparatus |
December 9, 2008 |
| A vehicle transfer apparatus (1), which transfers a vehicle body (M) in an up-and-down direction, is composed of a pair of stanchions (2), a lift-unit (3), a tire supporter (6) (7), a lift-unit driver (4), and a tire supporter driver (53). In this apparatus (1), a lift-unit (3) is pr |
| 7461716 |
Power unit supporting structure of scooter type vehicle |
December 9, 2008 |
| A power unit supporting structure for minimizing rotational vibration about the center of gravity of a power unit, and secondary vibration in the direction of a cylinder axis line of the power unit. The structure includes a link mechanism having a first frame side link swingably conn |
| 7461623 |
Outboard engine unit |
December 9, 2008 |
| An outboard engine unit has an intake manifold extending in a front-and-rear direction along one side of an engine block and comprised of a surge tank and a plurality of intake tubes communicating with the surge tank. Each of the intake tubes is arranged so as to be separated in a ve |
| 7461617 |
Engine-driven work machine |
December 9, 2008 |
| An engine-driven work machine is provided in which an engine/work machine unit (5) and an exhaust muffler (23) are housed in a box (30), the box (30) is provided with a cooling air passage (44) that passes the area around the engine/work machine unit (5) and the exhaust muffler (23), and |
| 7460687 |
Watermarking scheme for digital video |
December 2, 2008 |
| A pointing position detection device is provided which, along with enabling a human being to perform pointing operation in a natural manner, can perform detection at high accuracy. The device detects the presence of a human being from an image photographed by cameras and a position at |
| 7459656 |
Positioning jig device for vehicle body frame |
December 2, 2008 |
| In a welding station, one end of a positioning jig is held by a positioning robot, and the other end of the positioning jig is held by a positioning jig holder mechanism. The positioning robot is moved for positioning and fixing a vehicle body frame, which is fixed to the positioning |
| 7458867 |
Vertical fluid power transmission and outboard engine system |
December 2, 2008 |
| A vertical fluid power transmission includes: a vertical crankshaft of an engine; a vertical output shaft; and a vertical torque converter disposed between the crankshaft and the output shaft. An oil supply passage is connected to one end of the circulation circuit of the vertical torque |
| 7458824 |
Electric junction box including electric unit in plural shield case members |
December 2, 2008 |
| Providing an electric junction box, which can reduce a cost and the weight with maintaining shield effect, in the electric junction box including an electric unit and a shield case, a panel joint at a panel joining area of a conductive panel is formed with synthetic resin. The shield cas |
| 7458632 |
Vehicle body structure |
December 2, 2008 |
| A vehicle body structure includes a firewall having a board body made from an aluminum alloy. Steel left and right housing curved parts which may be readily press molded, and which constitute rear parts of left and right wheel housings, are attached to the left and right sides of the boa |
| 7458565 |
Vibration-proof apparatus for vehicle |
December 2, 2008 |
| A vehicle vibration-proof apparatus for supporting an engine and preventing transmission of vibrations from the engine includes an elastic member for connecting a first mounting member to be mounted to an engine with a second mounting member to be mounted to a vehicle body. The second |
| 7458445 |
Parking brake system |
December 2, 2008 |
| A parking brake system having a lock mechanism provided within a casing to the rear of a parking piston that provides a parking brake mode by forward movement of a lock mechanism in response to the action of a parking control fluid pressure. The lock mechanism responds to forward mov |
| 7458440 |
Vehicle exhaust system support structure |
December 2, 2008 |
| In a vehicle exhaust system support structure, an upstream side exhaust pipe connected to an engine is guided to an inlet of a muffler supported on a vehicle body, and a downstream side exhaust pipe coupled to an outlet of the muffler is disposed in the interior of a rear bumper. The |
| 7458359 |
Internal combustion engine having crankcase with stress-relieving wall structure |
December 2, 2008 |
| An internal combustion engine is provided with a crankcase partitioned into an upper section and a lower section. A fastening bolt is provided for fastening the upper and lower crankcase sections together in the vicinity of a crankshaft. A bolt hole is formed in the crankcase, and the |
| 7458281 |
Multi-axis force sensor chip and multi-axis force sensor using same |
December 2, 2008 |
| A multi-axis sensor chip provided by the invention includes a semiconductor substrate having an action part having an external force action area part and non-deforming area parts, a support part supporting the action part, and connecting parts connecting the action part to the suppor |
| 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 |
