Patents by Inventor Akinobu Sano
Akinobu Sano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7815359Abstract: A transparent resin plate includes a plurality of slits formed intermittently and located along the border line between a housing frame portion and a light conductor plate portion, the slits includes either or both of respective first optical path converting portions and a second optical path converting portion, and flap portions of a reflector are inserted at least in the first optical path converting portions. Also, the second optical path converting portion of the plurality of slits is arranged to meet at least part of optical paths of hypothetical optical paths which are emitted forward from a light source in the forward direction, reach directly the housing frame portion and which do not cross the first optical path converting portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Shimura, Motoji Egawa, Akinobu Sano
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Patent number: 7758230Abstract: A spread illuminating apparatus includes an LED, a transparent resin plate and a light reflecting sheet, wherein the transparent resin plate includes slits adapted to have inserted therein flap portions of the light reflecting sheet, and wherein an adhesive tape with flexibility is placed along at least one flap portion of the light reflecting sheet so as to cover at least one slit of the transparent resin plate, whereby the light reflecting sheet is prevented from warping or undulating in spite of difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the materials of the transparent resin plate and the light reflecting sheet, and also whereby light emitted from the LED and traveling in the transparent resin plate is totally reflected by the flap portions and therefore prevented from leaking from the outer side surfaces of the transparent resin plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoyuki Terada, Motoji Egawa, Akinobu Sano
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Patent number: 7726868Abstract: A spread illuminating apparatus of side light type includes a transparent resin plate integrally composed of a light conductor plate portion and a housing frame portion, a light reflecting sheet, and a light source, wherein an opening for housing the light source is provided at a side portion of the transparent resin plate, slits are provided along a boundary between the light conductor plate portion and the housing frame portion, and wherein a gate for injecting resin into a molding die cavity for the transparent resin plate is positioned outside the boundary of the light conductor plate portion and the housing frame portion and is positioned also between the opening and one of slits which are provided toward the side portion of the transparent resin plate having the opening and which are located clear of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoyuki Terada, Motoji Egawa, Akinobu Sano
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Publication number: 20090040785Abstract: A transparent resin plate includes a plurality of slits formed intermittently and located along the border line between a housing frame portion and a light conductor plate portion, the slits includes either or both of respective first optical path converting portions and a second optical path converting portion, and flap portions of a reflector are inserted at least in the first optical path converting portions. Also, the second optical path converting portion of the plurality of slits is arranged to meet at least part of optical paths of hypothetical optical paths which are emitted forward from a light source in the forward direction, reach directly the housing frame portion and which do not cross the first optical path converting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Shimura, Motoji Egawa, Akinobu Sano
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Publication number: 20080316772Abstract: A spread illuminating apparatus of side light type includes a transparent resin plate integrally composed of a light conductor plate portion and a housing frame portion, a light reflecting sheet, and a light source, wherein an opening for housing the light source is provided at a side portion of the transparent resin plate, slits are provided along a boundary between the light conductor plate portion and the housing frame portion, and wherein a gate for injecting resin into a molding die cavity for the transparent resin plate is positioned outside the boundary of the light conductor plate portion and the housing frame portion and is positioned also between the opening and one of slits which are provided toward the side portion of the transparent resin plate having the opening and which are located clear of the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Terada, Motoji Egawa, Akinobu Sano
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Publication number: 20080316769Abstract: A spread illuminating apparatus includes an LED, a transparent resin plate and a light reflecting sheet, wherein the transparent resin plate includes slits adapted to have inserted therein flap portions of the light reflecting sheet, and wherein an adhesive tape with flexibility is placed along at least one flap portion of the light reflecting sheet so as to cover at least one slit of the transparent resin plate, whereby the light reflecting sheet is prevented from warping or undulating in spite of difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the materials of the transparent resin plate and the light reflecting sheet, and also whereby light emitted from the LED and traveling in the transparent resin plate is totally reflected by the flap portions and therefore prevented from leaking from the outer side surfaces of the transparent resin plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Terada, Motoji Egawa, Akinobu Sano
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Patent number: 6553648Abstract: A method of manufacturing magnetic head slider including a ferrite core having read/write gap and a housing formed on non-magnetic material having a rail on a surface opposite to a magnetic recording medium. The ferrite core and the housing are bonded to each other. A core bond bar constituted by a continuation at least two cores and a stick-shaped for the housing are bonded to each other ten fine machined. After the fine machining, the bar is cut into individual magnetic head sliders.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1997Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naomi Kaeriyama, Akinobu Sano
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Patent number: 6542333Abstract: The second inner wall 30b and the fourth inner wall 30d of the hole 5 of the slider 4 comprises the second and the fourth projections 31b and 31d, and the first inner wall 30a is not provided with a projection and is inclined to the vertical surface 50 at an angle &thgr;. The raising portions of the second projection 31b and the fourth projection 31d is made in the radius curvature portion 51. Since, at the time of insertion of the front core 8 into the hole 5, side portion 8e of the front core 8 abuts to the first inner wall 30a at one line, the front core 8 is positioned precisely by the pushing force of the front core 8 in the A direction, and by application of a provisional adhesive to near B portion and near fourth projection 31d.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2000Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akinobu Sano, Masayuki Iwakura
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Patent number: 6278581Abstract: A floating magnetic head comprising a substantially rectangular slider made of a non-magnetic substance and having leading and trailing ends. The slider is provided with a groove which gradually increases in depth along one side of the slider extending toward the trailing end and has an opening at the trailing end. The slider has rails mounted on a surface of the slider that is opposite to a magnetic recording medium to produce a floating force. A magnetic head core is bonded to one side of the slider. The core has a read/write gap, first and second legs, an inclined face opposite to the bonding surface, and a track width on the surface opposite to the magnetic recording medium. The second leg is located at the trailing end of the slider without protruding from the trailing end.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1995Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoji Egawa, Kazutoshi Takayanagi, Akio Takayama, Tetsuji Fujita, Akinobu Sano
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Publication number: 20010001894Abstract: Manufacturing method of a magnetic head slider comprising a ferrite core having read/write gap and a housing of non-magnetic material having a rail on a surface opposite to a magnetic recording medium, the ferrite core and the housing being bonded to each other, a core bond bar constituted by continuation of two or more cores and a stick for the housing are bonded to each other and fine machining is applied thereto, and then the magnetic head slider is separated into individual sliders.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 1997Publication date: May 31, 2001Inventors: NAOMI KAERIYAMA, AKINOBU SANO
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Patent number: 6008967Abstract: A magnetic head slider including two housing portions made of non-magnetic material, each portion having a rail on a surface thereof to face a magnetic recording medium and generate a floating force. One of the housing portions houses a core part, and the other housing portion houses a coil part. A magnetic core is disposed in the housing, i.e., A gap of the core part for reading/writing is positioned nearly flush with an upper surface of each rail.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1997Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naomi Kaeriyama, Akinobu Sano
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Patent number: 5943762Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hybrid type magnetic head slider using a thin film coil in which a number of cores can be manufactured in the sane condition, and improvement and uniformity in yield and performance can be expected. A conductor pattern forming a plurality of thin film coils (2b) and a magnetic material (magnetic cores 2a) passing in the thin film coils are formed on a nonmagnetic base (1) by means of spattering or the like, and grooves (15) for bonding a plurality of ferrite made head cores (13) are formed on a different nonmagnetic base (14). The ferrite made head cores, which are bonded by glass thin films with a fixed gap, are bonded after polished into the outer dimension fitted to the grooves.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1997Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Assignee: Minebea Co., LtdInventor: Akinobu Sano
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Patent number: 5901017Abstract: The pattern of wiring 11 itself has an elasticity. That is, the pattern of wiring 11 as an electric signal exchanging means functions also as a load giving means. Accordingly, comparing the case where the electric signal exchanging means and the load giving means are separated, the number of the parts can be reduced. And, since the process of assembling conventional every part can be reduced, deletion of the number of processes can be carried out.In addition, a snapping of a wire during assembling is avoided and prevented a product from being deteriorated.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akinobu Sano, Kuniyuki Takao, Kozo Bun
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Patent number: 5548459Abstract: A floating magnetic head including a spacer, made from a nonmagnetic substance and which is equal or longer than a head core, is interposed between a slider made from a magnetic substance and the head core. In an alternative embodiment, a part of the slider is made from a nonmagnetic substance and the head core is secured thereon, and coils are wound in opposite senses around core legs of the head core. The present invention shields a noise of an external magnetic field with the slider and improves a recording performance because the slider is isolated magnetically and a magnetic resistance of the slider becomes smaller than that of the head core.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1995Date of Patent: August 20, 1996Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoji Egawa, Tetsuji Fujita, Akinobu Sano, Kazutoshi Takayanagi
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Patent number: 5546251Abstract: A floating magnetic head comprising a slider and a head core integral with the slider. The slider is made of a nonmagnetic material such as barium titanate or calcium titanate. The slider has rails on its surface opposite to a magnetic recording medium to produce a floating force. The head core has a read/write gap. The head core is equipped with a winding. The core is disposed on the outside of the slider and has a tapering thickness.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 1995Date of Patent: August 13, 1996Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoji Egawa, Kazutoshi Takayanagi, Akio Takayama, Tetsuji Fujita, Akinobu Sano
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Patent number: 5323283Abstract: There is disclosed a wearproof floating magnetic head slider adapted for a lap top computer. The magnetic head utilizes the contact/start & stop system. A protective film of a high hardness is formed at least on parts of the sliding surface of the slider. The protective film is made of SiO.sub.2, ZrO.sub.2 - Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, or MgO-SiO.sub.2.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1993Date of Patent: June 21, 1994Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akinobu Sano
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Patent number: 5267113Abstract: There is disclosed a magnetic head which can be used for various magnetic disk drives and easily and economically fabricated. The head comprises a magnetic core consisting of a ferrite. The core is composed of two parts bonded together with a glass. A gap, a magnetic metal film, and an intermediate film are formed between the two parts of the core. The intermediate film is formed of the same glass as said glass by sputtering and has a thickness between 30 and 150 .ANG.. The metal film has a thickness between 1 and 10 .mu.m. The glass consists mainly of SiO.sub.2, for example.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1991Date of Patent: November 30, 1993Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Matsushita, Akinobu Sano, Shigeyuki Adachi, Toshizo Watanabe