Patents by Inventor Koji Shibata
Koji Shibata 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: 7140674Abstract: A vehicle body frame structure capable of realizing the connection to a side body in the form of structural connection. The vehicle body frame structure includes a side body whose skeleton is formed by a body panel that forms a side face of the vehicle body and a reinforcement member that is formed into a shape extending along the inside of the body panel and joined to the body panel, a front frame member that forms a front body disposed to form a shape extending from the side body to the front of the vehicle body, and an outer frame member joined to the front frame member from side of the vehicle body and secured to the reinforcement member by means of bolts extending through the body panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2004Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinsuke Miyoshi, Takashi Yakata, Takayuki Yatabe, Takashi Kikuchi, Keishi Goto, Koji Shibata
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Patent number: 6935351Abstract: A cleaning method for CVD apparatus wherein by-products such as SiO2 and Si3N4 adhered to and deposited on surfaces of the inner wall, electrodes and other parts of a reaction chamber at the stage of film formation can be removed efficiently. Furthermore, the amount of cleaning gas discharged is so small that the influence on environment such as global warming is little and cost reduction can be also attained. After the film formation on a base material surface by the use of CVD apparatus, a fluorinated cleaning gas containing a fluorcompound is converted to plasma by means of a remote plasma generator, and the cleaning gas having been converted to plasma is introduced into a reaction chamber so that any by-products adhered to inner parts of the reaction chamber is removed.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2002Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignees: Anelva Corporation, Ulvac, Inc., Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sony Corporation, Daikin Industries, Ltd., Tokyo Electron Limited, NEC Electronics Corporation, Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Koji Shibata, Naoto Tsuji, Hitoshi Murata, Etsuo Wani, Yoshihide Kosano
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Patent number: 6935578Abstract: A fuel swirling means 15 for giving a swirling force at the upper stream of the valve sheet 7 to the fuel passing through the surrounding area of the valve body 13 and a nozzle 16 injecting a swirling fuel are provided. A fuel spray 47 injected out from the injection port 17 of the nozzle 16 is so formed that the orientation of the fuel spray is deflected in a definite direction on the basis of the longitudinal axis C of the fuel injection valve body, the reachable distance L1 of the fuel spray at the deflected side is longer and the reachable distance L2 of the fuel spray at another side opposite to the deflected side is shorter.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Shibata, Yasuo Namaizawa, Atsushi Sekine, Yuichi Sasaki, Tohru Ishikawa
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Patent number: 6926327Abstract: A side member and bumper beam attaching structure has a side member adapted to retain the strength of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction thereof, a bracket attached to the side member from a front or rear of the vehicle body, and a bumper beam attached to the bracket from the front or rear of the vehicle body. The side member has a closed cross-sectioned end portion at either a front end or a rear end of the vehicle body. The bracket is fitted into an inside of the closed cross-sectioned end portion for fixation to the side member.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Koji Shibata
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Publication number: 20050046237Abstract: A vehicle body frame structure capable of realizing the connection to a side body in the form of structural connection. The vehicle body frame structure includes a side body whose skeleton is formed by a body panel that forms a side face of the vehicle body and a reinforcement member that is formed into a shape extending along the inside of the body panel and joined to the body panel, a front frame member that forms a front body disposed to form a shape extending from the side body to the front of the vehicle body, and an outer frame member joined to the front frame member from side of the vehicle body and secured to the reinforcement member by means of bolts extending through the body panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2004Publication date: March 3, 2005Inventors: Shinsuke Miyoshi, Takashi Yakata, Takayuki Yatabe, Takashi Kikuchi, Keishi Goto, Koji Shibata
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Publication number: 20040195864Abstract: A side member and bumper beam attaching structure has a side member adapted to retain the strength of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction thereof, a bracket attached to the side member from a front or rear of the vehicle body, and a bumper beam attached to the bracket from the front or rear of the vehicle body. The side member has a closed cross-sectioned end portion at either a front end or a rear end of the vehicle body. The bracket is fitted into an inside of the closed cross-sectioned end portion for fixation to the side member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2003Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventor: Koji Shibata
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Publication number: 20030186646Abstract: An image data processing circuit reduces the visual unnatural impression given to a viewer even when a received image data time series is missed. An image data output provided by mixing a static image reading mode and a dynamic image reading mode is generated by freely adjusting the value of an image data address read from an image data memory once accumulating the received image data time series and reading timing at a receiving error occurrence time and its restoring time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: Pioneer CorporationInventors: Koji Shibata, Akinori Tokoi
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Patent number: 6592175Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a front side member disposed at a side of an engine compartment at a front of the vehicle body. The front side member extends in a longitudinal direction and has a rear part thereof extending to a fire wall and a lower surface of a floor panel. The total height of the front side member is increased by drawing sheet metal to form a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing members having substantially hat shaped cross-sections by and vertically stacking the members. This enlarges the total height of the front side member improves the rigidity of the front side member to prevent the deformation of the fire wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Koji Shibata
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Publication number: 20030079757Abstract: A cleaning method for CVD apparatus wherein by-products such as SiO2 and Si3N4 adhered to and deposited on surfaces of the inner wall, electrodes and other parts of a reaction chamber at the stage of film formation can be removed efficiently. Furthermore, the amount of cleaning gas discharged is so small that the influence on environment such as global warming is little and cost reduction can be also attained. After the film formation on a base material surface by the use of CVD apparatus, a fluorinated cleaning gas containing a fluorcompound is converted to plasma by means of a remote plasma generator, and the cleaning gas having been converted to plasma is introduced into a reaction chamber so that any by-products adhered to inner parts of the reaction chamber is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: Koji Shibata, Naoto Tsuji, Hitoshi Murata, Etsuo Wani, Yoshihide Kosano
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Patent number: 6544654Abstract: A thick-film resistor contains RuO2 and an SiO2—B2O3—K2O glass having a composition of 60 wt %≦SiO2≦85 wt %, 15 wt %≦B2O3≦40 wt %, 0.1 wt %≦K2O≦10 wt %, and impurity ≦3 wt %. A ceramic circuit board includes a thick-film resistor printed on it, the thick-film resistor containing RuO2 and an SiO2—B2O3—K2O glass having the above composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2000Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Sumitomo Metal (SMI) Electronics Devices, Inc.Inventors: Masashi Fukaya, Koji Shibata, Chiaki Higuchi, Yoshinobu Watanabe
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Patent number: 6544904Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, which prevents a polyimide film from coming unstuck from a film to be subjected to isotropic etching, and further prevents deposits adhered to respective side faces of the films from coming off, during a heat treatment for imidizing the polyimide film. Isotropic etching is performed on a silicon nitride film 4 using, as a mask, a polyimide film 5 having a predetermined pattern formed therein. Next, a heat treatment is carried out to imidize the polyimide film 5 prior to performing anisotropic etching on a silicon oxide film 3. During the heat treatment for imidizing the polyimide film 5, since deposits, which are to be generated by anisotropic etching, are not yet adhered to the respective side faces of the films, the polyimide film 5 does not come unstuck from the silicon nitride film 4. Further, the deposits which are adhered to the respective side face of the films after the heat treatment will not come off.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignees: Ryoden Semiconductor System Engineering Corporation, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuuki Kamiura, Hiroshi Tobimatsu, Kouji Oda, Mahito Sawada, Koji Shibata, Hiroyuki Kawata
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Publication number: 20030045254Abstract: A broadcast receiver which detects the reception status of radio waves from other stations without deteriorating the reception status of a currently-receiving station, in digital broadcasting where consecutive time series data is transmitted. The amount of time-based interleave applied to the currently-receiving data is determined so that the reception status of the radio waves from other stations is detected while the reception of the currently-receiving broadcast station is interrupted within the extent where missing data can be recovered by such interleave and error correction processing on demodulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2001Publication date: March 6, 2003Inventor: Koji Shibata
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Publication number: 20020163226Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a front side member disposed at a side of an engine compartment at a front of the vehicle body. The front side member extends in a longitudinal direction and has a rear part thereof extending to a fire wall and a lower surface of a floor panel. The total height of the front side member is increased by drawing sheet metal to form a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing members having substantially hat shaped cross-sections by and vertically stacking the members. This enlarges the total height of the front side member improves the rigidity of the front side member to prevent the deformation of the fire wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2002Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventor: Koji Shibata
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Patent number: 6356302Abstract: An S/N ratio measuring method of a video signal which is suitable for the formation of an IC and can precisely detect a fluctuation of an S/N ratio of a video signal at high response speed while suppressing the total cost and a system based on this method. In operation, a composite video signal is received, a noise density in a predetermined period of the composite video signal is detected, and an S/N ratio of a video signal included in the composite video signal is recognized basis on the detected noise density. The S/N ratio measuring system has a demodulator for demodulating the composite video signal from the reception signal and a counter for counting noises which are generated in a predetermined period of time of the composite video signal and recognizes the S/N ratio of the video signal included in the composite video signal based on a count value obtained.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventors: Yasuo Kawakami, Koji Shibata, Yutaka Miyahara, Tadao Nuka
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Publication number: 20020026318Abstract: A voice synthesization method for only vocalizing character information that an audience wants to hear, when the audience receives character information transmitted via digital broadcasting. The method recognizes tags and character information contents included in character information transmitted via the digital broadcasting, and compares them with predetermined tags and character information which the audience set beforehand. The method determines whether the character information transmitted via the digital broadcasting should undergo voice synthesis, on the basis of comparison result.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Inventors: Koji Shibata, Shinichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 6194841Abstract: A discharge lamp lighting device in which dim control can be performed for a discharge lamp continuously and stably in a wide range, and which is simple in circuit configuration and low in price. The discharge lamp lighting device comprises: an inverter (IV) for turning on/off switching elements (Q2, Q3) by an oscillation output signal of an IV control integrated circuit (IC2) to thereby invert a voltage of a DC power supply (E) into high-frequency electric power, a discharge lamp (LA) capable of being lighted by the high-frequency electric power from the inverter (IV), a feedback circuit (FB) having delay time T (unit: second) expressed by 1/f≦T≦1/10,000 when the frequency of the high-frequency electric power is f, the feedback circuit (FB) including a reference value setting means (R15) for setting a reference value, the feedback circuit outputting a voltage for controlling the IV control integrated circuit (IC2) to make the high-frequency electric power equal to the reference value.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1999Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Electric Lighting CorporationInventors: Osamu Takahashi, Kazuhiko Tsugita, Isamu Ogawa, Tetuya Kobayashi, Isao Masatika, Tadashi Maeda, Koji Shibata, Kenji Hamazaki, Hiroaki Nishikawa
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Patent number: 6092743Abstract: A fuel swirling means 15 for giving a swirling force at the upper stream of the valve sheet 7 to the fuel passing through the surrounding area of the valve body 13 and a nozzle 16 injecting a swirling fuel are provided. A fuel spray 47 injected out from the injection port 17 of the nozzle 16 is so formed that the orientation of the fuel spray is deflected in a definite direction on the basis of the longitudinal axis C of the fuel injection valve body, the reachable distance L1 of the fuel spray at the deflected side is longer and the reachable distance L2 of the fuel spray at another side opposite to the deflected side is shorter.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1998Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Shibata, Yasuo Namaizawa, Atsushi Sekine, Yuichi Sasaki, Tohru Ishikawa
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Patent number: 5952793Abstract: A current flowing through a discharge lamp 4 is detected by a current detecting circuit 5, and the detected current is outputted as a lamp current signal A to a feedback control circuit 7 where a difference between the lamp current signal A and the dimming control signal B is obtained and amplified, and then a simplified signal D is outputted to an adder 12 which adds the amplified signal D to the dimming control signal B to constitute a control signal E. The control signal is fed back to a high frequency power supply 2. When a comparing circuit 15 detects that the light level of the dimming control signal B with respect to the full light becomes higher than or equal to 40% to 60%, the feedback circuit is disconnected by operating a switch 13 provided between an error amplifying circuit 9 and an adder 12 to stop the feedback control.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1997Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Lighting Fixture Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro Nishi, Satoshi Nagai, Kentaro Eguchi, Takeshi Arai, Jun Bunya, Kazutaka Shimizu, Koji Shibata, Isamu Ogawa
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Discharge lamp igniting apparatus for performing a feedback control of a discharge lamp and the like
Patent number: 5910713Abstract: A current flowing through a discharge lamp 4 is detected by a current detecting circuit 5, and the detected current is outputted as a lamp current signal A to a feedback control circuit 7 where a difference between the lamp current signal A and the dimming control signal B is obtained and amplified, and then a amplified signal D is outputted to an adder 12 which adds the amplified signal D to the dimming control signal B to constitute a control signal E. The control signal is fed back to a high frequency power supply 2. When a comparing circuit 15 detects that the light level of the dimming control signal B with respect to the full light becomes higher than or equal to 40% to 60%, the feedback circuit is disconnected by operating a switch 13 provided between an error amplifying circuit 9 and an adder 12 to stop the feedback control.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1998Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Lighting Fixture Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro Nishi, Satoshi Nagai, Kentaro Eguchi, Takeshi Arai, Jun Bunya, Kazutaka Shimizu, Koji Shibata, Isamu Ogawa -
Patent number: 5814366Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a multilayered ceramic substrate, a capacitor layer is formed on a green sheet of a low temperature co-firable ceramic by means of printing. The green sheet with the capacitor layer and a plurality of other green sheets are laminated together into a substrate laminate. Two release green sheets of alumina system each unsintered below 1,000.degree. C. are further laminated to the top and the bottom of the substrate laminate respectively. The obtained laminate is fired at a temperature ranging between 800.degree. and 1,000.degree. C. under pressure ranging between 2 and 20 kgf/cm.sup.2. The release green sheets adherent to the side surfaces of the substrate are removed after the firing. Subsequently, a wiring pattern is printed on the substrate, which is then fired at a temperature ranging between 800.degree. and 1,000.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1996Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Assignees: Sumitomo Metal Electronics Devices Inc., Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Junzo Fukuta, Koji Shibata, Nozomi Tanifuji, Masaya Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Yamade, Hidenori Kataura