| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7625519 |
Method for manufacturing biomedical porous article |
December 1, 2009 |
| The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a biomedical porous article wherein communicability between the pores in the porous article is ensured and a desired porosity can be easily obtained, the method comprising a plate-like thread cluster formation step in which a |
| 7624631 |
Leaf spring load measuring device and program |
December 1, 2009 |
| A leaf spring load measuring device of the present invention comprises a weighing mechanism, a measuring mechanism, a metering mechanism, and a control mechanism. The weighing mechanism applies a load heavier than a working load to a leaf spring, thereby bending the leaf spring in its |
| 7624610 |
Thin plate formation method, thin plate and suspension correction apparatus, and correction meth |
December 1, 2009 |
| Laser beam irradiation areas are provided in a load curve portion and an angle adjustment portion of a suspension. The laser beam irradiation areas are oriented in a direction in which the suspension is to be bent. A laser beam having a predetermined length and a predetermined shape is |
| 7614835 |
Simple fastening device |
November 10, 2009 |
| A simple fastening device has a structure where a lock piece is forced by a spring to engage with an axial member in a case 1. When the axial member 6 is inserted into the case, the lock piece is moved away from the axial member by a releasing member. The lock piece is connected to the |
| 7604269 |
Impact absorbing device |
October 20, 2009 |
| An impact absorbing device includes an attachment component having one-or-more holes, an impact absorption pipe which absorbs external impacts and arranged so that it can slide axially and coaxially within the attachment component, one-or-more movable resistance bodies arranged so th |
| 7595962 |
Head suspension having rigid part rail diminished at longitudinal curve |
September 29, 2009 |
| The head suspension includes a base plate turned around a spindle, a load beam, and a flexure. The load beam includes the rigid part, a resilient part, and a head. A base end of the rigid part is attached to the resilient part, which is supported with the base plate. The head is for |
| 7590239 |
Object identifying medium using multi-layer thin-film |
September 15, 2009 |
| A discrimination medium for objects by which counterfeiting can be prevented, authenticity of the article can be easily and reliably determined, and the production cost can be reduced is provided. In the discrimination medium, the support body 31 and the pattern 20 appear to be the s |
| 7588290 |
Vehicle-seat covering system |
September 15, 2009 |
| The invention provides a simple mechanism whereby the material of a seat-cover assembly of the side section of the front of a vehicle seat stretches so as to snugly fit the shape of the seat's seat-pad assembly, thereby covering the seat so that it has a good appearance. A material-p |
| 7586714 |
Head suspension with rails and support extensions |
September 8, 2009 |
| A head suspension includes an arm turned around a spindle, the load beam, and a flexure. The load beam includes a rigid part, a resilient part, and a head. The rigid part has a body and a joint. The joint is connected to a first end of the resilient part that is supported with the arm. T |
| 7578750 |
Golf shaft, golf club, and production method for golf shaft |
August 25, 2009 |
| A golf shaft includes: a hollow tubular structure; and a gradient structure in which an amount of retained austenite is increased from an approximate center in a thickness direction of the hollow tubular structure to a surface of the hollow tubular structure. |
| 7578558 |
Seat lock device |
August 25, 2009 |
| A seat lock device for fixing a rotatable seat back of a rear seat to a vehicle body includes: a striker which is disposed in the vehicle body; a lock mechanism which includes a base plate which is mounted to a seat back frame inside the seat back and has an engagement groove engaging |
| 7569116 |
Co-Cr-Mo-based alloy and production method therefor |
August 4, 2009 |
| A Co--Cr--Mo-based alloy includes: 63 mass %.ltoreq.Co<68 mass %; 15 mass %.ltoreq.Cr<26 mass %; 10 mass %.ltoreq.Mo<19 mass %; and the balance of inevitable impurities, wherein the total amount of Cr and Mo is from 32 mass % to 37%. The mass magnetic susceptibility of the alloy |
| 7560171 |
Composite material member and method for producing the same |
July 14, 2009 |
| A composite material member is made of a light metal, and strength and durability in a joined part between constituent materials of the composite material member are improved, and production cost is decreased. The composite material member of the present invention contains a main mat |
| 7558024 |
Load/unload-type head suspension and method of processing the same |
July 7, 2009 |
| A load/unload-type head suspension is capable of suppressing frictional coefficient variations. The head suspension has a head and a tab that is slid and guided along a ramp block in a read/write apparatus, to move the head away from a hard disk to a retract position. The tab is provided |
| 7549340 |
Apparatus for measuring vibration characteristic of head gimbal assembly |
June 23, 2009 |
| An apparatus surely measures the vibration characteristic of a head gimbal assembly and has a wide range of resonance frequencies to be set, the apparatus has a first laser Doppler vibrometer to detect a vibration velocity of a shaker, a second laser Doppler vibrometer to detect a vi |
| 7549197 |
Boot band |
June 23, 2009 |
| A boot-band is configured to be surely fastened around a member and to be clamped, via a one-step operation, without any portion of the band body buckling during fastening. The boot-band includes a pressure-reduction arrangement that is formed in an outer-layer portion in such a manner |
| 7523987 |
Vehicle seat |
April 28, 2009 |
| A vehicle seat comprises a head rest tilt mechanism which supports a head rest, a pressure receiving member contained in a seat back, and a speed increasing unit. The pressure receiving member moves rearward when it is pushed by the body of an occupant. The speed increasing unit has a ba |
| 7508513 |
Measuring apparatus and measuring method |
March 24, 2009 |
| A measuring apparatus and a measuring method are provided, with which an accurate length measurement and position checking are achieved using a simple structure. The measuring apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a first and a second parallel prisms which cap |
| 7503980 |
Substrate supporting apparatus |
March 17, 2009 |
| A substrate supporting apparatus includes a plate member of an aluminum alloy having a flat upper surface, bottomed pits formed in the plate member, and spacer members held in the pits, individually. The spacer members are sapphire spheres. The diameter of each spacer member is a lit |
| 7486481 |
Disc drive suspension including a load beam that has an insular region at which a laser weld is |
February 3, 2009 |
| In a disc drive suspension having a load beam and a flexure lapped on the load beam, the load beam and the flexure are fixed to each other by a laser weld. The load beam has an insular region including the laser weld of the load beam and a partially etched portion formed around the insul |
| 7484798 |
Car seat |
February 3, 2009 |
| There is provided a car seat, including a seat body having a seat back and a headrest having a pair of legs for connecting the headrest to the seat back at the upper side; a load detecting section provided in the seat back, including a movable portion that moves in a predetermined direct |
| 7470149 |
Conductive-contact holder and conductive-contact unit |
December 30, 2008 |
| A conductive-contact holder accommodates at least a signal conductive-contact that is a conductive contact for performing input and output of a signal for a predetermined circuit configuration and a ground conductive-contact that is a conductive contact for supplying a ground potenti |
| 7459922 |
Microcontactor probe assembly having a plunger and electric probe unit using the same |
December 2, 2008 |
| A microcontactor probe has an insulator (6, 7) formed with a support hole (8, 9) having an open end and a close end, a lead conductor (11) exposed inside the support hole (8, 9) at the close end, and a resilient conductive assembly (2, 3, 4) fitted in the support hole (8, 9) and kept |
| 7458356 |
Spring apparatus and valve train of internal combustion engine using the same |
December 2, 2008 |
| A bellows unit and a compression coil spring are located in series with each other between a first member and a second member. The bellows unit has an inner bellows, an outer bellows, and first and second end members. A sealed space is defined in the bellows unit. A compressed gas is sea |
| 7438235 |
Non-contact information medium and communication system using non-contact information medium |
October 21, 2008 |
| A noncontact information medium includes a coil formed by a conductor, a capacitor that forms a resonance circuit together with the coil, an IC chip that controls information transmitted to and received from a reader-writer. The coil has a cutoff part formed by cutting off at least a |
| 7404717 |
Contactor |
July 29, 2008 |
| A uniform contact resistance is obtained by a contact spring (2) having a leg portion (2b), a body portion (2c) and a tightly twisted neck portion (2a); a holder (6) having a reception hole (7) from which the leg portion (2b) and the neck portion (2a) are allowed to project and the body |
| 7399372 |
Method for manufacturing metallic bellows |
July 15, 2008 |
| A metallic bellows, composed of precipitation hardening stainless steel, includes ridge portions and valley portions formed alternately and continuously, an average grain size of 10 to 15 .mu.m, and compressive residual stress of not less than 500 MPa provided to at least surfaces of |
| 7391546 |
Discrimination medium and discrimination method using the same |
June 24, 2008 |
| A discrimination medium 10a includes a first double layered body 101 having a right-handed circular polarization polymer cholesteric liquid crystal layer 11 and a left-handed circular polarization polymer cholesteric liquid crystal layer 12 which are stacked. The right-handed circula |
| 7390583 |
Sprayed coating and production method for the same |
June 24, 2008 |
| A sprayed coating is proposed in which a problem of a condition of oxygen defect which cannot be solved by conventional densification of the sprayed coating is solved, whereby excellent electrical insulation and corrosion resistance can be simultaneously obtained. A sprayed coating f |
| 7388627 |
Discrimination medium and article to be discriminated |
June 17, 2008 |
| A breakable seal can be discriminated more easily than the conventional one. The discrimination medium 100 has a cholesteric liquid crystal layer 104, a substrate layer 105, an adhesive layer 102, and a partial peeling layer 103. The discrimination medium 100 has an adhesion strength X.s |
| 7388036 |
Flexible polyurethane foam, process for its production, and seat for automobile employing it |
June 17, 2008 |
| A novel flexible polyurethane foam having good vibration characteristics and being excellent in occupant posture stability, is provided.A flexible polyurethane foam obtainable by reacting a high molecular weight polyoxyalkylene polyol or a polymer-dispersed polyol containing fine pol |
| 7377292 |
Vehicular brake system component |
May 27, 2008 |
| A vehicular brake system component is used in a brake system of a vehicle. The brake system component includes a sealable bonded component having a metal member and an elastic rubber member bonded to each other and located so as to touch a brake fluid. |
| 7374245 |
Vehicular seat |
May 20, 2008 |
| A vehicular seat has a seat cushion supported on a floor portion of a vehicle body panel, a seat back divided into a seat back upper and a seat back lower and controlled to be reclined, a seat back upper frame supporting the seat back upper and fixed to a rear portion of the vehicle |
| 7372001 |
Ceramics heater |
May 13, 2008 |
| A ceramics heater comprises a circular heater plate formed of aluminum nitride and a metal foil heater wire formed of a high-melting metal and having a thickness of 100 .mu.m to 175 .mu.m. The heater wire is embedded in the heater plate. The heater wire has an inside portion located near |
| 7359158 |
Suspension of disc drive |
April 15, 2008 |
| A suspension for disc drive has a base portion including a base plate, a load beam, a pair of hinge members, a wired flexure, etc. The wired flexure has a metal base and a wiring portion on the metal base. The hinge members are fixed overlapping the rear end portion of the load beam |
| 7346976 |
Method for manufacturing a suspension for disc drive |
March 25, 2008 |
| The method for manufacturing a suspension for disc drive includes a process for manufacturing a semi-finished suspension product integrally including a base plate, a rigid body portion of a load beam, and a pair of connecting portions connecting the base plate and the rigid body port |
| 7341275 |
Seat with a side airbag |
March 11, 2008 |
| A seat 10 with a side airbag has front and side reinforcement fabrics 21a and 21b covering a front and a side of an airbag unit 22, respectively. These reinforcement fabrics are joined to each other so as to be deployed at an inflating position of an airbag 20 by virtue of an inflating f |
| 7328916 |
Knee protection system |
February 12, 2008 |
| In a knee protection system according to the present invention, a knee protection panel is driven from a standby position surrounded by an interior member to the vehicle rear side to a knee-protecting position in front of the knees of an occupant by a drive mechanism when the vehicle |
| 7325571 |
Pressure container and pressure accumulating/buffer apparatus |
February 5, 2008 |
| A pressure container has a steel pipe and an end plate that is formed with a joint portion by allowing its tapered surface to touch a tapered surface of an opening end of the steel pipe so as to block the opening end. The steel pipe has a flange portion which can be cut at the opening |
| 7292411 |
Disk head suspension arm having comb receiving portion |
November 6, 2007 |
| A head suspension for a disk drive includes a base (5) to be attached to a carriage, a load beam (3) having a rigid part (9) and a resilient part (11) supported by the base, to apply load on a data read/write head (19) arranged at a front end of the rigid part, a flexure (7) attached to |
| 7284794 |
Vehicle seat |
October 23, 2007 |
| A seat back comprises a support bracket in which a stay of a head rest is inserted, a guide bracket for supporting a rear surface of a vertically intermediate portion of the support bracket on the seat back frame, a head rest tilt mechanism, and a pressure receiving member which moves |
| 7284308 |
Method for manufacturing a leaf spring |
October 23, 2007 |
| Leaf springs have improved durability in spite of using inexpensive spring steel such as SUP9 and SUP11 as materials. While a spring main body, made of the spring steel in which Brinell hardness is under 555 HBW and not less than 388 HBW (corresponding to a diameter of under 2.70 mm of |
| 7265962 |
Electrostatic chuck and production method therefor |
September 4, 2007 |
| The present invention provides an electrostatic chuck comprising a substrate, a dielectric layer formed by thermal spraying on an upper face of the substrate, an internal electrode embedded in the dielectric layer, a feeder terminal portion extending from a lower face of the substrate to |
| 7246491 |
Actuator |
July 24, 2007 |
| An actuator includes a hollow cylinder which has a first portion and a second portion. The inner diameter of the first portion is larger than that of the second portion. A piston is inserted in the cylinder. The actuator has a gas generator which supplies a gas into the cylinder to m |
| 7241346 |
Apparatus for vapor deposition |
July 10, 2007 |
| A stage has a plate, a first seal surface, a stem, a second seal surface, a cover, a conductor and a flow path. A heater is embedded in the plate. A terminal for supplying power to the heater is exposed at one surface of the plate. The first seal surface is provided on the plate, shaped |
| 7239158 |
Holder for conductive contact |
July 3, 2007 |
| A holder supported by an arm comprises a metallic reinforcing member and a plastic holder hole forming member filled in an opening formed in the reinforcing member. Holder holes are formed in the holder hole forming member, and a coil spring and electroconductive needle members are i |
| 7234769 |
Vehicle seat |
June 26, 2007 |
| When a vehicle is rear-ended and a seated user moves rearward in reaction to the rear-end collision, a load movement of a lumbar part of the seated user is sufficiently transmitted from a pressure plate of operating force generating means to an operating force generating mechanism, regar |
| 7226211 |
Shaft for fluid dynamic bearing, fluid dynamic bearing device, and method of manufacturing the s |
June 5, 2007 |
| In a method of manufacturing a shaft for the fluid dynamic bearing device, the shaft is formed with a plurality of grooves arranged in and around the external circumference, the surface of the grooves and external circumference with uniform roughness, and machined marks on the surface |
| 7224555 |
Disc drive suspension |
May 29, 2007 |
| A disc drive suspension has a base portion including a baseplate and a plate member, a load beam, a pair of hinge members, and a flexure with conductors. The flexure passes through a gap between the hinge members and ranges over the load beam and the base portion. A thin-walled portion |
| 7215068 |
Piezoelectric actuator head suspension unit employing piezoelectric actuator, and magnetic disk |
May 8, 2007 |
| A piezoelectric element of a piezoelectric actuator is clamped by two electrodes, each of which has a conductive layer on a insulating layer. At least a connection terminal is formed by extending the conductive layer outside the insulating layer. |
