Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Wakabayashi

Hiroyuki Wakabayashi 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).

  • Patent number: 7006355
    Abstract: An electronic control unit 31 for mounting on a vehicle include a control portion 32 and a power portion 33 which are separate from each other, and are combined together. A control board 40 is mounted on a control connector-incorporating casing 34, having control connectors 35 and 36 formed integrally thereon, thereby forming the control portion 32. Connection terminals 41 on the control board 40 are soldered to connector connection terminals 37 and 38, embedded in the casing 34, and connection terminals 42 on the control board 40 are soldered to relay connection terminals 39 embedded in the casing 34. Power parts 57 and 58 are mounted on a power connector-incorporating casing 54, having power connectors 55 and 56 formed integrally thereon, and further a heatsink is mounted on the casing 54, thereby forming the power portion 33. An intermediate layer 51 can be provided between the control portion 32 and the power portion 33. Parts can be mounted on the intermediate layer 51.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Takashi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20060011040
    Abstract: A sheet-trimming apparatus having a blade-driving mechanism which presses a trimming blade against the sheet in a oblique direction to the sheet surface for trimming the sheet and a receiving-member driving mechanism which shifts a blade-receiving member receiving the trimming blade in the direction cross to the direction of the trimming blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Masaaki Uchiyama, Toshio Shida, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Masato Hattori, Kenji Kawatsu
  • Publication number: 20050274252
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus which has a trimming apparatus for trimming an edge of sheets to make booklets, wherein the trimming apparatus has an inserting means for insertion of sheets into trimming process section of the trimming apparatus, an edge sustaining member and an edge holding member for pinching the vicinity of the edge of the sheet during the trimming process and a shifting means to make the opening size variable for receiving sheets by changing the relative position between the edge holding member and the edge sustaining member and a controller for controlling the shifting means to change the opening size between the edge holding member and the edge sustaining member according to the number of the sheets to be trimmed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Toshio Shida, Masaaki Uchiyama, Masato Hattori, Norishige Kato, Kenji Kawatsu
  • Publication number: 20050249715
    Abstract: An interleukin-6 suppressive agent comprising lactoperoxidase as an active ingredient is used as a pharmaceutical preparation or the like for prevention and/or therapy of a disease caused by production of interleukin-6, such as thrombocytosis, myeloma, Castleman syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, or influenza-virus infectious disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Kimiyasu Shiraki, Masahiko Kurokawa, Yoshitaka Tamura, Koji Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Kouichirou Shin
  • Publication number: 20050230895
    Abstract: A finisher for finishing a booklet having a bundle of center-folded sheets, includes: a detector for detecting an end on a side of a folded portion of the booklet: a moving device for conveying the booklet by movement thereof; a controller for controlling the movement of the moving device; and a cutting device for cutting an edge on a side opposite to the end of the booklet, which has been conveyed by the moving device to a cutting position. The controller controls the movement of the moving device from a position where the detector has detected the end of the folded portion to the cutting position so that a size of a booklet after being cut is kept constant for each of sheet sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Kenji Kawatsu, Toshio Shida, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Masaaki Uchiyama, Masato Hattori
  • Patent number: 6929256
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus integrally having a sheet post-processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a center folding unit for creasing, a stack unit which has an angular shape, and a pushing unit which pushes up the paper sheets stacked on said stack means. The apparatus also includes a first convey unit for conveying a creased paper sheet or the like and stacking paper sheets or the like on the stack unit. The apparatus further includes a convey assistance unit provided near a top portion the stack unit and a saddle stitching unit for forming a predetermined number of paper sheets or the like stacked into a booklet. In addition, the apparatus also includes a second convey unit for conveying the saddle-stitched booklet in a two-folded state, a cutting unit for performing a cutting process, and a discharging unit for discharging the two-folded booklet outside the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kawatsu, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Kohji Yoshie
  • Publication number: 20050147487
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus post-processing a booklet having a bundle of center-folded sheets. The apparatus comprises a trimming apparatus trimming an edge portion of the booklet, a skew-correcting device correcting a skew of the booklet, a pressing device flattening the booklet by pressing, and a transferring device conveying the booklet into a trimming process opening section of the trimming apparatus by transferring the pressing device. And the booklet the skew of which is corrected by the skew-correcting device is pressed by the pressing device and the booklet is conveyed into the trimming process opening section by the transferring device while the booklet is pressed by the pressing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Toshio Shida, Masaaki Uchiyama, Masato Hattori, Kenji Kawatsu
  • Publication number: 20050073082
    Abstract: A post processing apparatus for processing image-recorded sheets, having: a transporting unit for transporting a booklet comprising a plurality of image-recorded sheets; a trimming section for trimming the booklet; and an oscillating mechanism for oscillating the transporting unit to change a transporting plane angle of the transporting unit; wherein, the oscillating mechanism oscillates the transporting unit to arrange a first transporting plane angle at the time when the transporting unit receives the booklet and a second transporting plane angle at the time when the transporting unit conveys the booklet to the trimming section different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Toshio Shida, Masaaki Uchiyama, Masato Hattori, Kenji Kawatsu
  • Publication number: 20050062208
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a post processing apparatus to load a center-folded sheet on a loading member and unload the paper sheets when a number of sheet reaches a predetermined number without damages with sheets. A Post-processing apparatus having a center folding member for making a center folded sheet by forming a folded line on a paper sheet, on which image is formed, a loading member for loading a member of center folded sheets by supporting a valley side of the center folded sheets, a supporting member for supporting a folded part or an adjacent folded part of a valley side of the center folded sheets loaded on the loading member, and a driving-means for moving the center folded sheets loaded on the loading member by moving the supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Toshio Shida, Masaaki Uchiyama, Masato Hattori, Kenji Kawatsu
  • Publication number: 20050020425
    Abstract: To avoid displacement of the fold formed on a sheet and misalignment between sheets when a fold is formed on a bundle of sheets stacked one on top of another, a sheet folding apparatus, for forming a plurality of folds on the sheet on which an image is formed, includes a first folding section and a second folding section. The first folding section has a first folding roller, a second folding roller in contact with the first roller, and a first folding plate member for inserting the first fold of the sheet between the first and second folding rollers. The second folding section has the second folding roller, a third folding roller in contact with the second folding roller provided downstream from the first folding roller in the sheet feeding direction, and a second folding plate member for inserting the second fold of the sheet between the second and third folding rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Kenji Kawatsu, Toshio Shida, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Masaaki Uchiyama, Masato Hattori
  • Publication number: 20040192822
    Abstract: A thin injection molded article is composed of a composite resin material of organic clay 2 dispersed in a polymer 1. The polymer comprises a blend of polyphenylene oxide and a butadiene-styrene copolymer. The relationship between the maximum flow length L of the composite resin material in the thin injection molded article and the average thickness t of the thin injection molded articles satisfies the inequality: L/t≧70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Junji Shirai, Isamu Inai, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Kazutoyo Osuka, Makoto Kato, Arimitsu Usuki
  • Publication number: 20040143395
    Abstract: An ice thickness/drifting velocity observation of sea ice by using an ice thickness measurement sonar and a current meter moored into the sea and a sea ice observation by a high-resolution airborne SAR are synchronously performed, a correlation between a draft profile of sea ice passing over the sonar and an SAR backscattering coefficient profile is calculated, and an ice draft of desired sea ice is calculated from the relational expression and an SAR backscattering coefficient. As the SAR backscattering coefficient, a backscattering coefficient of L-band HV polarization may be used. A backscattering coefficient of X-band VV polarization is preferably used as the SAR backscattering coefficient to detect thin ice having a thickness of not more than approximately 10 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuoka, Seiho Uratsuka, Makoto Satake, Tatsuharu Kobayashi, Akitsugu Nadai, Toshihiko Umehara, Hideo Maeno, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Yasushi Fukamachi, Fumihiko Nishio
  • Patent number: 6765051
    Abstract: A phenol resin composition for forming pulleys used in motor vehicles is disclosed. The composition comprises 35 to 45 wt % of resol, 35 to 45 wt % of glass fiber, 5 to 15 wt % of one or more inorganic powders selected from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, clay, and wallastonite, and 1 to 3 wt % of polyvinyl butyral. The phenol resin pulley for motor vehicles is almost free from swelling or shell cracking on the surface at a high temperature of 250° C. or more and exhibits high mechanical strength and superior thermal shock resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignees: Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited, DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemi Yazawa, Etsuji Oono, Hideki Oka, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Kazuo Kato
  • Patent number: 6730010
    Abstract: A sheet folding method has the first introduction process to introduce a sheet between the first rotary folding body and the first rotary pressure-contact body, and between the second rotary folding body and the second rotary pressure-contact body, respectively; the first folding process in which, under the condition that the first and second rotary folding bodies are in contact with the first and second rotary pressure-contact bodies, respectively, and rotated in the reversal direction to each other, thereby the conveying force of reversal directions to each other is acted and the sheet is bent and a fold is formed, and the fold of the sheet is conveyed between the first and second rotary folding bodies thereby the sheet is folded; the second introduction process to introduce the sheet folded by the first folding process using the similar structure to the first introduction process; and the second folding process using the similar steps to the first folding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Mikihiro Yamakawa, Toshio Shida, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Tsuyoshi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20040071529
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus integrally having a sheet post-processing apparatus comprises a center folding unit for creasing, on a convey path for conveying image-bearing paper sheets or the like one by one in a predetermined direction, the paper sheet or the like in a direction perpendicular to the convey direction of the paper sheets, a stack unit which has an angular shape and on which a paper sheet of the like is stacked, a first convey unit for conveying a paper sheet or the like, in an open state, on which a crease is produced by the center folding unit, and stacking a predetermined number of paper sheets or the like on the stack unit for every operation, a convey assistance unit provided near a top portion the stack unit, a saddle stitching unit for forming a predetermined number of paper sheets or the like stacked on the stack unit into a booklet (sheet bundle) by binding the paper sheets or the like at the crease, a second convey unit for conveying the saddle-stitched booklet in a two-folded state, a
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Kenji Kawatsu, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Kohji Yoshie
  • Patent number: 6719283
    Abstract: A sheet puncher includes; a reversal conveying section having a displaceable stopping member by which a sheet is stopped at a predetermined position, and punching device; a conveying-in and conveying-out section having a conveying-in device and conveying-out device by which the sheet is conveyed from a main conveying path into the reversal conveying section, and the sheet is conveyed out from reversal conveying section to the main conveying path, wherein the sheet is conveyed into the reversal conveying section by the conveying-in device, and after the sheet is stopped at a predetermined position by the stopping member, the sheet is punched by the punch device, and the conveying direction is reversed by the stopping member and the sheet is carried from the reversal conveying section by the conveying-out device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tsuchiya, Toshio Shida, Mikihiro Yamakawa, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 6666443
    Abstract: In a sheet finisher having a stacker for sheets conveyed from an image forming apparatus and a stapler for stacked sheets, the sheet finisher further has a conveying timing adjustment section arranged upstream of the stacker including: a conveying-in section for a sheet from the image forming apparatus; a conveying-out section separately provided from the conveying-in section; and a reversal conveying section for reversing a conveying direction of the sheet conveyed in one direction from the conveying-in section and for conveying-out from the conveying-out section. A controller controls the reversal conveying section such that at least a second bundle or a bundle after the second bundle of sheet bundles to be stapled by the stapler, in which a plurality of sheets having at least a top sheet and a succeeding sheet to the top sheet are overlapped each other, is conveyed-out from the reversal conveying section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Shida, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Tsuyoshi Tsuchiya, Mikihiro Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20030134962
    Abstract: A phenol resin composition for forming pulleys used in motor vehicles is disclosed. The composition comprises 35 to 45 wt % of resol, 35 to 45 wt % of glass fiber, 5 to 15 wt % of one or more inorganic powders selected from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, clay, and wallastonite, and 1 to 3 wt % of polyvinyl butyral. The phenol resin pulley for motor vehicles is almost free from swelling or shell cracking on the surface at a high temperature of 250° C. or more and exhibits high mechanical strength and superior thermal shock resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hidemi Yazawa, Etsuji Oono, Hideki Oka, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Kazuo Kato
  • Publication number: 20030122645
    Abstract: A stick-type ignition coil have a central core, a cylindrical member, primary spool, primary coil, secondary spool, secondary coil, outer core and a resin insulator. The two longitudinal end corners and faces of the core are covered by respective buffer members. The inner circumferential corners of the outer core is supported by ring members. Some of the members disposed radially inside and other members disposed radially outside of the inside members are held slidably to each other in the ignition coil. The spools are made of resin containing a rubber in excess of 5 weight percent and reinforcing materials. The resin insulator contains a flexible material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoyo Oosuka, Keisuke Kawano, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Akimitsu Sugiura, Tomonori Ishikawa, Naruhiko Inayoshi, Masahiko Aoyama, Tomonari Chiba, Katsuhisa Kato
  • Patent number: 6575446
    Abstract: An apparatus for finishing sheets is provided with a sheet conveyor to convey a sheet in a predetermined sheet conveyance direction on a sheet conveyance path; and a stapling device to conduct an edge stapling processing to put staple pins into an edge portion of sheets and a center stapling processing to put staple pins at a central portion of sheets, the stapling device having a plurality of staplers arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, each of the plurality of staplers constructed in a two-divided piece structure including a driving mechanism provided one side of the sheet conveyance passage so as to put the staple pins into the sheets and a receiving mechanism provided the other side of the sheet conveyance passage so as to clinch the staple pins, and at least one of the plurality of staplers movable in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Masato Hattori, Teruhiko Toyoizumi, Masaru Ohtsuka, Tetsuhiro Kodera, Kohji Yoshie