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).

  • Publication number: 20080158783
    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: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei GOTO, Kazuhiro KATO, Yoshikazu HIRATA, Yuji MIYACHI
  • Publication number: 20080009994
    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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Masahiko Taniguchi, Masanobu Fukami
  • Patent number: 7283352
    Abstract: A portion of an anode lead frame 3 of a solid electrolytic capacitor 1 is bent to form a protruding portion 4 that protrudes toward an anode lead 20. The protruding portion 4 includes a first horizontal portion 41 positioned higher than and substantially parallel to the anode lead 20, a second horizontal portion 40 contacting the anode lead 20, a sloping portion 42 linking the inner end of the first horizontal portion 41 with the outer end of the second horizontal portion 40, and an auxiliary bent portion 43 bent upward from the inner end of the second horizontal portion 40 and substantially symmetrical with the sloping portion 42. A contact surface 46 of the second horizontal portion 40 with the anode lead 20 is formed flat, and a surface 47 of the second horizontal portion 40 on the opposite side to the contact surface 46 is formed with a rounded curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Precision Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiko Matsuoka, Kazuhiro Kato, Kunio Shibata, Yoshiyuki Fushimi
  • Publication number: 20070200339
    Abstract: There is provided a resin tube-equipped quick connector capable of connecting a fuel-transporting resin tube to a mating pipe without hindrance even if the resin tube has a small diameter. The quick connector 16 is constructed such that it includes a connector body 18 having a press-fitting portion 28, and a retainer 20. On the other hand, a press-fit undergoing portion 10A of the resin tube 10 into which the press-fitting portion 28 is to be press-fitted is beforehand expanded in tube diameter prior to the press-fitting, and the press-fitting portion 28 is press-fitted into the expanded press-fit undergoing portion 10A in a withdrawal-preventing condition to provide the quick connector 16 equipped with the resin tube 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuichi Yagisawa, Yasuaki Nagai, Kazuhiro Kato, Hirokazu Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20070171599
    Abstract: A portion of an anode lead frame 3 of a solid electrolytic capacitor 1 is bent to form a protruding portion 4 that protrudes toward an anode lead 20. The protruding portion 4 includes a first horizontal portion 41 positioned higher than and substantially parallel to the anode lead 20, a second horizontal portion 40 contacting the anode lead 20, a sloping portion 42 linking the inner end of the first horizontal portion 41 with the outer end of the second horizontal portion 40, and an auxiliary bent portion 43 bent upward from the inner end of the second horizontal portion 40 and substantially symmetrical with the sloping portion 42. A contact surface 46 of the second horizontal portion 40 with the anode lead 20 is formed flat, and a surface 47 of the second horizontal portion 40 on the opposite side to the contact surface 46 is formed with a rounded curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA PRECISION ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko Matsuoka, Kazuhiro Kato, Kunio Shibata, Yoshiyuki Fushimi
  • Patent number: 7216942
    Abstract: This device is applied to a vehicle having a dual circuit brake conduit (so-called X-conduit) comprising a circuit for a front-right wheel and a rear-left wheel and a circuit for a front-left wheel and a rear-right wheel. This device obtains basic control volume Gb based upon a vehicle body speed and a road friction coefficient during an understeer restraining control or oversteer restraining control, and obtains yaw control volume Gd based upon a deviation between a target yaw rate and actual yaw rate. Then, it exerts braking force according to the basic control volume Gb respectively on two wheels of one circuit to which front wheel at the outer side of the turning direction and the rear wheel at the inner side of the turning direction belong, to thereby decelerate the vehicle, and further exerts braking force according to the yaw control volume Gd on either one wheel of the same circuit, thereby producing a yawing moment for making the turning state close to the target state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yasutake, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20070050107
    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: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Hirohisa Tanaka, Yoshimasa Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20060287010
    Abstract: A clamshell-type mobile terminal for a wireless communication system includes a lower casing and an upper casing. The lower casing includes a keypad with input keys. The upper casing includes a display. The lower casing and the upper casing are connected by a hinge mechanism connecting the lower casing and the upper casing so that the lower casing and the upper casing can be folded onto each other. The lower casing is the casing part, which during operating the mobile terminal is in the palm of the hand of the user, whereby the upper casing is extending away from the hand of the user in an opened state of the mobile terminal and folded onto the lower casing in a closed state of the mobile terminal. The hinge mechanism is located and arranged so that in the opened state, the lower casing lies above the upper casing enabling an easy access to input keys located close to the hinge on the lower casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Joe Wada, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 7125041
    Abstract: An igniter includes: an igniter assembly including an igniter main body having an ignition portion adapted to be ignited by an ignition electric current; an igniter collar which accommodates the igniter main body; a cup body having an opening portion, the igniter assembly and the cup body being connected to each other, such that at least the ignition portion of the igniter main body is surrounded by the cup body; and a tubular crimp case that connects and fastens at least a part of an exterior surface of the igniter collar and at least a part of an exterior surface of the cup body from an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Shingo Oda, Hiroshi Harada, Ryohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 7072172
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element in which an anode lead protrudes from one end of an anode member. An anode lead frame is attached to the anode lead by welding. A contact resistance enlarging portion is formed on a junction face of the anode lead frame with the anode lead, the area over which the anode lead frame comes into contact with the anode lead being smaller than the portion other than the junction face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Kenichiro Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20060055237
    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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Masahiko Taniguchi, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 6990899
    Abstract: A conveying route along which the leading edge side of a roll stencil sheet is conveyed to a stencil sheet clamp section of a printing drum is formed. Along the conveying route, arranged are: a writing head which forms a perforated image on the stencil sheet; a platen roller on which the writing head is brought into pressure contact and which conveys the stencil sheet; a stencil sheet cutter which cuts the stencil sheet; a stencil positioning sensor which detects a leading edge of the stencil sheet; and storage means for temporarily storing the stencil sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 6972943
    Abstract: An electronic component has a lead frame attached to an element with a conductive adhesive. The lead frame has one of a hole, cavity, cutout and groove filled with the adhesive. The lead frame may be provided with a plurality of grooves intersecting one another and divided into frame segments by the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electronic Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Masaaki Kido, Yasuko Suma
  • Publication number: 20050206161
    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: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Ogiso, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20050206145
    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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Shingo Oda, Hirotoshi Niwa, Yuji Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20050189753
    Abstract: The present invention provides a small gas generator which is capable of preventing a cup-like member or fragments thereof from being scattered, even when gas is discharged in the radial direction of the gas generator. The gas generator comprises a cup-like member having a cylindrical form with a bottom, which is integrated with an igniter assembly at a joining portion. The thickness of the joining portion is greater than the thickness of a side wall portion of the cup-like member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Shingo Oda, Hirotoshi Niwa, Yuji Kurihara, Mikio Yabuta
  • Publication number: 20050057889
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element in which an anode lead protrudes from one end of an anode member. An anode lead frame is attached to the anode lead by welding. A contact resistance enlarging portion is formed on a junction face of the anode lead frame with the anode lead, the area over which the anode lead frame comes into contact with the anode lead being smaller than the portion other than the junction face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KATO, Kenichiro MATSUZAKI
  • Patent number: 6858800
    Abstract: An electronic component comprises an upper half housing segment and a lower half housing segment. A lead frame to be bent downward toward the lower housing segment projects laterally from an upper end portion of the lower housing segment. Projecting from a side wall upper end portion of the lower housing segment is a rib piece in contact with the lower surface of base end portion of the lead frame and plastically deformable when subjected to a bending force to be applied to the base end portion when the lead frame is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electronic Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Kenichiro Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20050023895
    Abstract: This device is applied to a vehicle having a dual circuit brake conduit (so-called X-conduit) comprising a circuit for a front-right wheel and a rear-left wheel and a circuit for a front-left wheel and a rear-right wheel. This device obtains basic control volume Gb based upon a vehicle body speed and a road friction coefficient during an understeer restraining control or oversteer restraining control, and obtains yaw control volume Gd based upon a deviation between a target yaw rate and actual yaw rate. Then, it exerts braking force according to the basic control volume Gb respectively on two wheels of one circuit to which front wheel at the outer side of the turning direction and the rear wheel at the inner side of the turning direction belong, to thereby decelerate the vehicle, and further exerts braking force according to the yaw control volume Gd on either one wheel of the same circuit, thereby producing a yawing moment for making the turning state close to the target state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Toshio Yasutake, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20040251667
    Abstract: An igniter assembly having excellent moisture proof is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroshi Harada, Shingo Oda, Kazuhiro Kato, Gen Kinoshita