Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Kato

Kazuhiro Kato 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: 7883333
    Abstract: A valve gate of an injection valve includes a center pin whose end portion is exposed to a cavity, a valve main body accommodating the center pin, a valve tip surrounding an outer circumferential portion of the end portion of the center pin and fixed at an inner circumferential portion of the valve main body, a sleeve pin provided so as to be slidable along the center pin, a reservoir portion formed between the valve main body and the sleeve pin and accommodating a molten resin, and a heater surrounding the reservoir portion, wherein the sleeve pin is displaceable between a position where an opened state is established and a position where a closed state is established, and an end portion of the heater facing the cavity is positioned closer to the cavity than an end portion of the reservoir portion facing the cavity when the closed state is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reiko Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Tanigaki, Kazuhiro Kato, Takehiro Sato, Hiroshi Nakayama, Toshihiro Chihara
  • Patent number: 7869190
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention has: a capacitor element (30) having an anode terminal (31) protruding; a resin sheath (6) that covers the capacitor element (30); an anode lead frame (1) having an anode-side terminal surface (10) that is connected to a tip section of the anode terminal (31) of the capacitor element (30) and exposed from the resin sheath (6); and a cathode lead frame (2). The anode lead frame (1) includes, in a portion thereof embedded in the resin sheath (6), a spaced frame section (13) that extends along the anode terminal (31) at a distance from the anode terminal (31) and a bonding frame section (11) that protrudes from a center portion of the spaced frame section (13) to the anode terminal (31) and is bonded to the anode terminal (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiko Matsuoka, Kazuhiro Kato, Hiroyuki Okuda, Koso Ishihara
  • Patent number: 7840324
    Abstract: An object is to simplify the structure of electric wirings, and to facilitate installation. A vehicular motion quantity sensor and a steering angle sensor are installed in the same casing or mechanically connected directly with the casing. Therefore, it is possible to put together electrical wiring harnesses for transmitting the detection signals from the vehicular motion quantity sensor and the steering angle sensor to an ECU. Moreover, since all of the sensors can be located in the same compartment, the structure of the electrical wiring harnesses can be simplified and can be installed more easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Masahiko Taniguchi, Masanobu Fukami
  • Publication number: 20100285853
    Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus includes a first housing provided with a display, a second housing provided with a keyboard, and a slide holding mechanism including a rail unit provided in the first housing and including rail parts extending in a sliding direction, arm members, rotation-slide connection members which include rotation shafts separated from each other in the sliding direction and which connect one end portions of the arm members to the rail parts, and rotation connection members which include rotation shafts separated from each other in the sliding direction and which connect the other end portions of the arm members to the second housing. The slide holding mechanism holds the housings such that the housings are slidable between a closed state in which the housings substantially entirely overlap and an open state in which the display unit and the keyboard are positioned on substantially the same plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Isao Endo, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20100265688
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a first case including a display section, a second case including a keyboard, and a slide holding mechanism which, when the first case slides with respect to the second case in the opening direction from a closed state wherein the first case is substantially fully superimposed on the second case, partially exposes the keyboard and brings the cases into an open state wherein the first case inclines with respect to the second case. The mechanism includes a slide pin including guide shaft insertion holes, a guide shaft inserted in the holes, a biasing member having one end connected to the slide pin and the other end connected to the second case, an arm member having one end connected to the slide pin and the other end connected to the first case, and a guide plate provided to the second case and including a guide hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Isao Endo, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20100267429
    Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus includes a first cabinet; a second cabinet; a slide holding mechanism for holding a first cabinet and a second cabinet slidable during a shift from an closed state to an open state; a keyboard held within the second cabinet, the keyboard being disposed movable in slide directions of the first cabinet and the second cabinet; a hook disposed at a retraction side end; a keyboard lock member including a projection and a notch engaged with the hook; and a sliding groove that is disposed in the first cabinet in the slide direction of the first cabinet to slide the projection. The keyboard is held within the second cabinet when the first cabinet and the second cabinet are placed in the closed state or the keyboard ejects from the second cabinet when the first cabinet and the second cabinet are placed in the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Isao Endo, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20100182736
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor excellent in reliability, particularly in ESR property. In a solid electrolytic capacitor having a solid electrolyte layer, the solid electrolyte layer has a conductive polymer layer formed by a chemical polymerization method or an electrolytic polymerization method, using a polymerization liquid containing at least a monomer and a dopant-introducing agent. The dopant-introducing agent contains a dopant-introducing agent containing at least alkylammonium ions as a cationic component. The dopant-introducing agent in the polymerization liquid may further contain a dopant-introducing agent containing at least metal ions as a cationic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Miyachi, Kohei Goto, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 7742281
    Abstract: The present invention is a solid electrolytic capacitor having a dielectric coating film, a solid electrolytic layer, and a cathode lead-out layer on a peripheral surface of an anode body in this order, in which the solid electrolytic layer is equipped with at least a first electrolytically polymerized layer and a second electrolytically polymerized layer formed by electrolytic polymerization of the same monomer, and the first electrolytically polymerized layer and the second electrolytically polymerized layer contain a different dopant. With this configuration, a solid electrolytic capacitor is provided that is superior in an ESR characteristic and also superior in heat resistance without deteriorating leakage current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Goto, Kazuhiro Kato, Yoshikazu Hirata, Yuji Miyachi
  • Patent number: 7734388
    Abstract: A wheel-speed-sensor-anomaly detection apparatus detects anomaly of wheel speed sensors of a vehicle. When a difference between the minimum wheel speed among detected wheel speeds and the smallest value among the remaining wheel speeds is greater than a predetermined threshold value, in principle, a wheel speed sensor of the wheel corresponding to the minimum wheel speed is determined to be anomalous. Meanwhile, when a wheel having a lowered tire air pressure (air-pressure-lowered wheel) is present and a road surface on which the vehicle is currently traveling is a low-? road surface, the operation of detecting anomaly of the wheel speed sensors is prohibited. This operation reliably prevents erroneous detection of anomaly of the wheel speed sensor of the air-pressure-lowered wheel, which erroneous detection would otherwise occur due to the locking tendency of the air-pressure-lowered wheel occurring because of decreased tire air pressure, in particular, on a low-? road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Tanaka, Yoshimasa Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20100103591
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor comprises a capacitor element from which an anode lead projects forward and having a surface on which a cathode layer is formed, an exterior resin covering the capacitor element, and anode and cathode terminals including, respectively, an anode and cathode terminal surfaces which are exposed from a bottom surface of the exterior resin. The anode terminal is formed from one metal plate, and comprises a terminal part forming the anode terminal surface, a folded part folded back at a side edge of the terminal part and arranged over a top surface of the terminal part, and an upright part bent vertically to the top surface of the terminal part at a front edge or a rear edge of a tip end part of the folded part. A tip end part of the anode lead is electrically connected to a tip end of the upright part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eizo Fujii, Kazuhiro Kato, Hiroya Nishimoto, Shoji Umeda, Koji Tezuka
  • Patent number: 7676944
    Abstract: A shape inspection device is adapted for a curved resin hose having a hose body including a bent portion. The shape inspection device has a first fixing portion for fixing one longitudinal end portion of the curved resin hose, a second fixing portion for fixing the other longitudinal end portion of the curved resin hose, and an inspecting portion between the first and the second fixing portions. The inspecting portion has an inspecting and verifying arrangement along a pathway of the hose body of the curved resin hose as designed. The inspecting and verifying arrangement has verifying members disposed outside the pathway and spaced from the pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20100055227
    Abstract: A valve gate of an injection valve includes a center pin whose end portion is exposed to a cavity, a valve main body accommodating the center pin, a valve tip surrounding an outer circumferential portion of the end portion of the center pin and fixed at an inner circumferential portion of the valve main body, a sleeve pin provided so as to be slidable along the center pin, a reservoir portion formed between the valve main body and the sleeve pin and accommodating a molten resin, and a heater surrounding the reservoir portion, wherein the sleeve pin is displaceable between a position where an opened state is-established and a position where a closed state is established, and an end portion of the heater facing the cavity is positioned closer to the cavity than an end portion of the reservoir portion facing the cavity when the closed state is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Reiko WATANABE, Tsuyoshi Tanigaki, Kazuhiro Kato, Takehiro Sato, Hiroshi Nakayama, Toshihiro Chihara
  • Patent number: 7607688
    Abstract: A rupturable member in which the rupturing manner thereof can be controlled, and a gas generator using the rupturable member are provided. A fragile portion that ruptures preferentially and regulates the rupturing direction of the rupturable member is formed, the rupturable member being provided with a stress dispersion portion formed in a shape or structure to disperse stress when the rupturable member is ruptured, in the tip end of the fragile portion or forward for the rupturing direction of the fragile portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Shingo Oda, Hirotoshi Niwa, Yuji Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20090122470
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention has: a capacitor element (30) having an anode terminal (31) protruding; a resin sheath (6) that covers the capacitor element (30); an anode lead frame (1) having an anode-side terminal surface (10) that is connected to a tip section of the anode terminal (31) of the capacitor element (30) and exposed from the resin sheath (6); and a cathode lead frame (2). The anode lead frame (1) includes, in a portion thereof embedded in the resin sheath (6), a spaced frame section (13) that extends along the anode terminal (31) at a distance from the anode terminal (31) and a bonding frame section (11) that protrudes from a center portion of the spaced frame section (13) to the anode terminal (31) and is bonded to the anode terminal (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko Matsuoka, Kazuhiro Kato, Hiroyuki Okuda, Koso Ishihara
  • Patent number: 7513577
    Abstract: A motion control apparatus for a vehicle can perform vehicle stability control. The apparatus determines that the vehicle is experiencing spin tendency when it detects a driver's specific operation that induces spin tendency and then detects a specific behavior representing spin tendency of the vehicle, and changes the conditions for initiating the vehicle stability control such that the control is initiated more easily. The specific operation may be an excessive steering operation in the turning direction or a load moving operation which increases the load acting on the front wheels. The specific behavior may be disagreement between behavior of steering angle and behavior of actual yaw rate of the vehicle. Accordingly, the occurrence of relatively slow spin tendency caused by the above “specific operation” can be detected with certainty. Further, upon detection of spin tendency, vehicle stability control is early initiated and executed, whereby stability of the vehicle is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Taniguchi, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20080300765
    Abstract: It is predicted whether a spin amount is tending to diverge and a vehicle is tending to become unstable, or the spin amount is tending to converge and the vehicle is tending to become stable. When the convergent tendency is predicted, a correction to reduce the spin amount is performed. As a result, the performance of a braking force control can be made difficult when the spin amount is tending to converge. Thus, it is possible to prevent an anti-spin control from being performed when there is actually no need to perform the anti-spin control, such as when the vehicle posture is correcting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20080292328
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is, in an image-forming machine equipped with plural paper feeders that feed paper to a drum unit at different paper feed speeds due to the difference in the shapes of paper traveling routes, to control the image-forming machine so as to select a paper feeder suitable for the condition of printing-speed-priority. A stencil printing machine has three paper feeders; a paper feed table, a first tray, and a second tray. The maximum allowable printing speeds to a drum unit of the three paper feeders: differ from each other in accordance with the difference in the shapes of traveling routes; increase in the order of the paper feed table, the first tray, and then the second tray; and are stored as data. When a user carries out printing at the setting of speed-priority, a control unit of the machine and a paper feeder selection device select the paper feeder of the highest maximum allowable image-forming speed and carry out the printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 7434845
    Abstract: A quick connector includes: a connector body having a retainer holding portion, a tube connecting portion to be press fitted into a tube, and a housing between the retainer holding portion and the tube connecting portion, the tube connecting portion being formed with a plurality of annular projections being axially spaced apart from each other; and a retainer which is held in an axially fixed state by the retainer holding portion. A portion of an outer surface of the tube connecting portion extending from the annular projection, which is closest to the housing, toward the housing is formed into a tapered surface whose diameter is gradually enlarged toward the housing, and a diameter of an annular projection side of the tapered surface is set to be larger than a diameter of the outer surface of the tube connecting portion between the annular projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries
    Inventors: Jun Ogiso, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20080202596
    Abstract: An air bleeding pipe joint has a pair of connection pipe portions, a branch pipe portion having an air bleeding hole in an inside thereof, a plug body, and an elastic annular sealing member providing an air-tight seal between a female fitting surface of the branch pipe portion and a male fitting surface of the plug body. The plug body is removably mounted to the branch pipe portion in threaded engagement therewith such that a seating surface of the plug body seats on a seated surface of the branch pipe portion. An air discharge path is provided on an upper end of the branch pipe portion and/or the plug body with respect to a sealing position at which the sealing member is disposed for discharging outwardly an air that leaks upwardly through the sealing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Akihiko Takahashi, Masahisa Isaji
  • Publication number: 20080201974
    Abstract: A shape inspection device is adapted for a curved resin hose having a hose body including a bent portion. The shape inspection device has a first fixing portion for fixing one longitudinal end portion of the curved resin hose, a second fixing portion for fixing the other longitudinal end portion of the curved resin hose, and an inspecting portion between the first and the second fixing portions. The inspecting portion has an inspecting and verifying arrangement along a pathway of the hose body of the curved resin hose as designed. The inspecting and verifying arrangement has verifying members disposed outside the pathway and spaced from the pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Tokai Rubber Industries, ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kato