Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka Tanaka
Kiyotaka Tanaka 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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Publication number: 20240103414Abstract: A fixing unit or device that can be used in an image forming apparatus includes a first heater element that is formed of a material that increases in electrical resistance with increases in temperature. A controller of the fixing unit is configured to vary a duty ratio of electric power applied to the first heater element during a start-up operation in which the temperature of the first heater element is raised to a target operating temperature. By varying the duty ratio during the start-up operation, changes in the resistance of the first heater element with the heating can be compensated. For example, the duty ratio can be increased during the course of the start-up to achieve the target operating temperature faster.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Kiyotaka MURAKAMI, Kazuhiko KIKUCHI, Sasuke ENDO, Masaya TANAKA, Ryota SAEKI, Kousei MIYASHITA, Ryosuke KOJIMA, Yohei DOI, Yuki KAWASHIMA, Eiji SHINOHARA
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Publication number: 20240055388Abstract: A bump-forming device (1) includes a bonding tool (15) and a bonding controller (10). The bonding controller is configured to execute a crimping step (S14), a delivery step (S15), a pressing step (S16), and a cutting step (S17), and of the trajectories of the bonding tool (15), at least the trajectory in the delivery step (S15) is determined on the basis of a first parameter relating to a wire (w) and a second parameter relating to the shape of the bonding tool (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventor: Kiyotaka TANAKA
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Patent number: 10982592Abstract: Each of recesses in outer circumferential surfaces of rotors includes: a leading-side area extending forward from a longitudinal center of an associated one of the outer circumferential surfaces in a rotation direction of the rotor, and a trailing-side area continuous with the leading-side area, and extending rearward from the longitudinal center in the rotation direction. From the longitudinal center of the associated one of the outer circumferential surfaces in the rotation direction, forward extension of the leading-side area is longer than rearward extension of the trailing-side area. The leading-side area has a larger volume than the trailing-side area.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyotaka Tanaka, Ryo Itonaka, Shinichiro Maeda, Shingo Karikawa, Hiromi Yoshioka
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Publication number: 20200025063Abstract: Each of recesses in outer circumferential surfaces of rotors includes: a leading-side area extending forward from a longitudinal center of an associated one of the outer circumferential surfaces in a rotation direction of the rotor, and a trailing-side area continuous with the leading-side area, and extending rearward from the longitudinal center in the rotation direction. From the longitudinal center of the associated one of the outer circumferential surfaces in the rotation direction, forward extension of the leading-side area is longer than rearward extension of the trailing-side area. The leading-side area has a larger volume than the trailing-side area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyotaka TANAKA, Ryo ITONAKA, Shinichiro MAEDA, Shingo KARIKAWA, Hiromi YOSHIOKA
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Patent number: 9970364Abstract: A vehicle includes a generator, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, a catalytic device, and a controller for controlling the operation of the internal combustion engine. At a start of the internal combustion engine to allow the generator to start generating electricity, the controller, until the catalytic device reaches an activated state, operates the internal combustion engine in a warm-up mode such that the driving force of the internal combustion engine for driving the generator is below a value at which electricity is generated, and the controller, after the catalytic device reaches the activated state, operates the internal combustion engine in an electricity generating operating mode such that the driving force of the internal combustion engine is enhanced to the value at which electricity is generated to allow the generator to generate a predetermined quantity of electricity.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Yokoyama, Kiyotaka Tanaka, Hiromi Yoshioka, Yasutaka Sakura
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Patent number: 9729206Abstract: A power transmission device has: a power transmission unit configured to perform wireless power transmission; a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication within a range wider than a power transmission possible range of the power transmission unit; and a power transmission control circuit configured to control power of wireless power transmission of the power transmission unit, wherein the power transmission control circuit controls the power of wireless power transmission of the power transmission unit according to a number of power reception devices for which the communication unit received a response indicating that power reception is performed from power reception devices receiving power equal to or more than a threshold when the power transmission unit performs power transmission by first power, and a number of power reception devices for which the communication unit received a response indicating that power reception is performed from power reception devices receiving power equal toType: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Akiyoshi Uchida, Seiichi Kamon, Kiyotaka Tanaka, Masunari Tamesue
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Publication number: 20170074176Abstract: A vehicle includes a generator, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, a catalytic device, and a controller for controlling the operation of the internal combustion engine. At a start of the internal combustion engine to allow the generator to start generating electricity, the controller, until the catalytic device reaches an activated state, operates the internal combustion engine in a warm-up mode such that the driving force of the internal combustion engine for driving the generator is below a value at which electricity is generated, and the controller, after the catalytic device reaches the activated state, operates the internal combustion engine in an electricity generating operating mode such that the driving force of the internal combustion engine is enhanced to the value at which electricity is generated to allow the generator to generate a predetermined quantity of electricity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya YOKOYAMA, Kiyotaka TANAKA, Hiromi YOSHIOKA, Yasutaka SAKURA
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Patent number: 9115583Abstract: A compressor includes a housing including a case and a front head attached to the case, a compressor body contained in the housing, and an intake chamber provided in the front head between the compressor body and the front head. A lower part of the front head forming the intake chamber is positioned further away from the case than an upper part of the front head to increase a capacity of the intake chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATIONInventors: Keigo Usui, Kiyotaka Tanaka
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Publication number: 20150028673Abstract: A power transmission device has: a power transmission unit configured to perform wireless power transmission; a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication within a range wider than a power transmission possible range of the power transmission unit; and a power transmission control circuit configured to control power of wireless power transmission of the power transmission unit, wherein the power transmission control circuit controls the power of wireless power transmission of the power transmission unit according to a number of power reception devices for which the communication unit received a response indicating that power reception is performed from power reception devices receiving power equal to or more than a threshold when the power transmission unit performs power transmission by first power, and a number of power reception devices for which the communication unit received a response indicating that power reception is performed from power reception devices receiving power equal toType: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Akiyoshi Uchida, Seiichi KAMON, Kiyotaka TANAKA, Masunari TAMESUE
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Patent number: 8396584Abstract: A library apparatus includes a robot in operation that performs transfer between the record medium storage shelf and the input-output device, a robot on standby that stands by at a predetermined position as a reserve of the robot in operation; and a control device that controls operations of two of the robot in operation and the robot on standby. The information record medium has a bar code for identification. The robot in operation and the robot on standby individually include a read unit which has an imaging device to optically read the bar code of the information record medium. The robot on standby further includes an air spray unit which blows air to the imaging device of the robot in operation which moves relatively to a predetermined position and attitude.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Kiyotaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 8254054Abstract: A library apparatus includes: a housing, a record medium storage shelf that stores information record media having a barcode for identification; an input-output device in which the information record medium is loaded and which inputs and outputs information to and from the loaded information record medium; a robot that transfers the information record medium between the record medium storage shelf and the input-output device; and a controller that controls operation of the robot; a read unit that is detachably attached to the robot and reads the barcode of the information record medium; and a read unit storage that stores the read unit detached from the robot.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Kiyotaka Tanaka
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Publication number: 20120156072Abstract: A compressor includes a housing (10) including a case (11) and a front head (12) attached to the case, a compressor body (60) contained in the housing, and an intake chamber (34) provided in the front head between the compressor body and the front head. A part of the front head (12) forming the intake chamber (34) is extended to increase a capacity of the intake chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Keigo Usui, Kiyotaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 8055381Abstract: A storage media library device includes a media drive unit which writes and reads information on storage media, a media storage unit which stores the storage media, a robot which transports the storage media between the media drive unit and the media storage unit, a robot control unit which controls the storage media transport operation of the robot, and a vibration detection unit which detects occurrence of vibrations. The robot control unit is controlled by a library control unit, wherein if occurrence of vibrations is detected by the vibration detection unit during the robot transports the storage media, the robot control unit causes the robot to stop the storage media transport operation, and when subsidence of the vibrations is detected within a predefined time period preset in a storage media transport command and monitored by the library control unit, the robot control unit causes the robot to resume.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Kiyotaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 7941773Abstract: A simulation system for performing simulation of an operation of a circuit including a particular signal substituting section for making, in the simulation, an output signal of a first flipflop or an input signal of a second flipflop be a particular signal indicating neither high level nor low level during a period which is 1 cycle shorter than a specified clock cycle number of a multicycle path which has been specified in advance; and an output section for outputting information corresponding to whether or not a signal at an output terminal of the second flipflop or at part of the circuit located in a subsequent stage of the output terminal of the second flipflop, which has been specified in advance, is made to be the particular signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Kiyotaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 7817522Abstract: There is provided an optical disc recording apparatus containing a small-area circuit that is adaptable to both of the formats of DVD-R/RW and +RW/+R standards. The apparatus is provided with a circuit (106) for converting a 32T-cycle binarized wobble signal based on the +RW/+R standard into a 186T-cycle binarized wobble signal based on the DVD-R/RW standard, and the converted 186T-cycle binarized wobble signal is selected with a selector (108) during +RW/+R recording while the 186T-cycle binarized wobble signal is selected during DVD-R/RW recording, whereby subsequent PLL circuits are shared to reduce the circuit scale.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2004Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kiyotaka Tanaka, Hironori Deguchi
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Publication number: 20100142090Abstract: A library apparatus includes: a housing, a record medium storage shelf that stores information record media having a barcode for identification; an input-output device in which the information record medium is loaded and which inputs and outputs information to and from the loaded information record medium; a robot that transfers the information record medium between the record medium storage shelf and the input-output device; and a controller that controls operation of the robot; a read unit that is detachably attached to the robot and reads the barcode of the information record medium; and a read unit storage that stores the read unit detached from the robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Kiyotaka Tanaka
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Publication number: 20100129183Abstract: A library apparatus includes a robot in operation that performs transfer between the record medium storage shelf and the input-output device, a robot on standby that stands by at a predetermined position as a reserve of the robot in operation; and a control device that controls operations of two of the robot in operation and the robot on standby. The information record medium has a bar code for identification. The robot in operation and the robot on standby individually include a read unit which has an imaging device to optically read the bar code of the information record medium. The robot on standby further includes an air spray unit which blows air to the imaging device of the robot in operation which moves relatively to a predetermined position and attitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2010Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Kiyotaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 7636278Abstract: An information recording system for recording information on an optical disc using a reference clock signal generated based on a push-pull signal including a wobble frequency component, the system includes an amplitude obtaining unit for obtaining an amplitude value of the push-pull signal, a threshold calculation unit for calculating a displacement threshold of the push-pull signal based on the amplitude value obtained by the amplitude obtaining unit, and a noise reduction unit for generating a corrected push-pull signal by correcting the push-pull signal such that a displacement exceeding the displacement threshold is reduced. The reference clock signal is generated based on the corrected push-pull signal generated by the noise reduction unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tomoaki Okumura, Tsuyoshi Hiraki, Kouichi Komawaki, Kiyotaka Tanaka, Kazumasa Tarutani
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Publication number: 20090308848Abstract: A soft alloy layer forming apparatus (10) includes a base metal support part (20) rotationally supporting a base metal (40) with a center axis (42) of an inner periphery of the base metal (40) being a rotation axis, and an arc generating unit (30) movable in a direction of the rotation axis of the inner periphery of the base metal (40), fixed at a predetermined distance from the inner peripheral face (41) of the base metal (40), and generating an arc (31) between itself and the base metal (40). While rotating the base metal (40) and maintaining the distance constant between the arc generating unit (30) and the inner peripheral face (41) of the base metal (40), a soft alloy member (50) is melted by the arc generating unit (30) to form a soft alloy layer (15) on the inner peripheral face (41) of the base metal (40).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yutaka ISHIWATA, Kazuo AOYAMA, Nobuaki ENDOU, Kiyotaka TANAKA, Hitoshi KATAYAMA
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Publication number: 20090282376Abstract: An extraction section extracts, in simulation of an operation of a circuit when it is assumed that a delay does not occur in a combination logic circuit, based on circuit information indicating a circuit configuration of the circuit including a first flipflop and a second flipflop to which an output signal of the first flipflop is input without passing any other flipflop therebetween, a pair of a first timing at which an output signal of the first flipflop is changed and a second timing at which an output signal of the second flipflop is changed due to the change of the output signal of the first flipflop, a pair of a first timing at which an output signal of the first flipflop is changed and a second timing at which an input signal of the second flipflop is changed due to the change of the output signal of the first flipflop, or a pair of a first timing at which an input signal of the second flipflop is changed and a second timing at which an output signal of the second flipflop is changed due to the changeType: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2007Publication date: November 12, 2009Inventor: Kiyotaka Tanaka