Patents by Inventor Kota Kitamura

Kota Kitamura 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: 20180218667
    Abstract: A display driver includes: a receiver configured to receive image data of each line of a display panel from an external device; a line latch circuit having a line latch configured to latch the image data of each line received by the receiver in response to a strobe signal; a driving circuit section which drives the display panel in response to the image data latched by the line latch; and a timing controller configured to generate the strobe signal. The receiver is configured to detect occurrence of transmission error in data transmission about each line. The timing controller is configured to generate the strobe signal in response to a detection result of the occurrence of transmission error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAZUMI, Hirokazu HATAYAMA, Prashant SHAMARAO, Kota KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170358961
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes: a stator core having a cylindrical yoke portion and a teeth portion having a shape protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the yoke portion; and a rotor that is disposed inside the stator core, spaced apart from the teeth portion, and uses a center axis of the yoke portion as an axis of rotation. The yoke portion includes, on its outer circumferential surface, a notch portion at a position on the back side of the teeth portion. The notch portion has a circumferential width smaller than a circumferential width of the teeth portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Kota KITAMURA, Hidenori SHIMIZU, Atsushi TAKEYAMA, Motoharu MUTO, Hiroyuki TSUBAKIMOTO, Koichi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170353085
    Abstract: A motor includes: a stator; a rotor axially aligned with the stator; a circuit board; and a heat dissipating plate. The stator includes: an iron core including teeth; an insulator covering one end surface, in the axial direction, of the iron core; and a coil wound around the teeth. The insulator includes an electrically insulating material having a lower rate of heat transfer than a material included in the iron core. The heat dissipating plate is attached to the insulator in a state in which the heat dissipating plate is in contact with the insulator without being in contact with the iron core, and the circuit board is attached to the heat dissipating plate in a state in which the circuit board is in contact with the heat dissipating plate without being in contact with the iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Kota KITAMURA, Hidenori SHIMIZU, Atsushi TAKEYAMA, Motoharu MUTO, Daiju KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20170264159
    Abstract: An inner-rotor-type motor is configured such that a projecting portion is formed on an inner circumferential surface of a housing, a recess portion is formed on an outer circumferential surface of a stator, the stator is positioned with respect to the housing by the recess portion and the projecting portion being fitted to each other, the stator is configured by an annular insulator having an attachment surface being brought into close contact with a core end surface at one axial end of a stator core, a sensor substrate is attached to the insulator so as to be capable of detecting a rotation angle of a rotor, the recess portion of the stator is configured by a cutout portion being formed in an area that is a part of an outer circumferential surface of the insulator and includes a portion that is brought into close contact with the core end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Kota KITAMURA, Hiroyuki TSUBAKIMOTO, Ryohei OISHI
  • Patent number: 9607566
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel having gate lines and source lines, a GIP circuit which drives the gate lines and a source driver IC3 which drives the source lines. The source driver IC3 includes a gate control signal generator which generates gate control signals SOUT1-SOUTn which control the GIP circuit. The gate control signal generator is configured so that it is possible to control the waveforms of the gate control signals SOUT1-SOUTn in software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS JAPAN GK
    Inventors: Satoshi Saito, Kota Kitamura, Hajime Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20150253926
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a touch panel controller. The touch panel controller has electrodes which are used for periodically capturing signals arising on electrodes of a touch panel having the electrodes extending X and Y directions and arranged at predetermined intervals, and which are divided into groups in units of more than one electrode; and a detection circuit for each group. The touch panel controller performs a touch detection scan and a noise detection scan; in the touch detection scan, each detection circuit accepts input of signals from the electrodes sequentially selected according to a time-division method to produce detection data in the corresponding group; and in the noise detection scan, each detection circuit accepts input of signals from the electrodes all selected in the corresponding group to produce detection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Shigeru OTA, Takashi UEHARA, Kota KITAMURA, Takahiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140333608
    Abstract: There is provided a display driver IC including an image memory which stores display data supplied from a host processor, a timing controller which reads the display data from the image memory and drives a connected display panel, and an internal clock oscillation circuit which supplies an internal clock to the timing controller. An oscillation frequency of the internal clock oscillation circuit is calibrated on the basis of an external clock supplied from an external device. An operation of the host processor which supplies the external clock can be suspended, thereby reducing power consumption of a display apparatus as a whole. Therefore, an expensive oscillation vibrator is not necessary, and thus it is possible to minimize an increase in a cost of the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Renesas SP Drivers Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke Okairi, Kota Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20140313115
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel having gate lines and source lines, a GIP circuit which drives the gate lines and a source driver IC3 which drives the source lines. The source driver IC3 includes a gate control signal generator which generates gate control signals SOUT1-SOUTn which control the GIP circuit. The gate control signal generator is configured so that it is possible to control the waveforms of the gate control signals SOUT1-SOUTn in software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Renesas SP Drivers Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Saito, Kota Kitamura, Hajime Tanabe
  • Patent number: 8445141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfonic acid group-containing polymer excellent in ion conductivity and durability, a method for producing the same, a resin composition containing the sulfonic acid group-containing polymer, a polymer electrolyte membrane, a polymer electrolyte membrane/electrode assembly, and a fuel cell. The sulfonic acid group-containing polymer of the present invention, in a first embodiment, includes a constituent represented by the following chemical formula 1: wherein X represents hydrogen or a monovalent cation species; Y represents a sulfone group or a ketone group; and n represents an arbitrary integer not less than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kota Kitamura, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yamashita, Kousuke Sasai
  • Patent number: 8216727
    Abstract: A proton exchange membrane is obtained which can give an excellent power generation characteristic when the membrane is applied to, in particular, a fuel cell wherein high-concentration methanol is used as a fuel. In the aromatic hydrocarbon based proton exchange membrane of the invention, the ion exchange capacity is set into the range of 0.6 to 1.3 meq/g. Moreover, the area swelling rate for a 30% by mass methanol aqueous solution at 40° C. is set into the range of 2 to 30%. Preferably, a sulfonic acid group is bonded to an aromatic ring of the aromatic hydrocarbon based polymer contained in the aromatic hydrocarbon based proton exchange film. Preferably, the aromatic hydrocarbon based polymer is a polyarylene ether based polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Kota Kitamura
  • Patent number: 8187734
    Abstract: A proton-conducting polymer composition which contains an aromatic hydrocarbon type of proton-conducting polymer in an amount of 1 to 30 mass %, wherein a component of said proton-conducting polymer having a molecular weight in the range of 2,000 to 230,000 in terms of polyethylene glycol accounts for 10 mass % or more of the total amount of said proton-conducting polymer; a method for preparing the proton-conducting polymer composition, a catalyst ink comprising the proton-conducting polymer composition and a fuel cell including the catalyst ink. The above proton-conducting polymer composition can well exploit the performance capability of a catalyst of a fuel cell, especially when it is allowed to be present with the electrode of a fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Kota Kitamura, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120052411
    Abstract: A proton exchange membrane is obtained which can give an excellent power generation characteristic when the membrane is applied to, in particular, a fuel cell wherein high-concentration methanol is used as a fuel. In the aromatic hydrocarbon based proton exchange membrane of the invention, the ion exchange capacity is set into the range of 0.6 to 1.3 meq/g. Moreover, the area swelling rate for a 30% by mass methanol aqueous solution at 40° C. is set into the range of 2 to 30%. Preferably, a sulfonic acid group is bonded to an aromatic ring of the aromatic hydrocarbon based polymer contained in the aromatic hydrocarbon based proton exchange film. Preferably, the aromatic hydrocarbon based polymer is a polyarylene ether based polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Masahiro YAMASHITA, Yoshimitsu SAKAGUCHI, Kota KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20100320843
    Abstract: A power reception coil unit includes a power reception coil configured to be magnetically coupled to a power supply coil during a power transmission and a magnetic plate made of a magnetic material having electrical conductivity. The power reception coil is a planar coil. The magnetic plate has its surface opposed to the power reception coil and is parallel to the power reception coil. The magnetic plate is provided with a plurality of slits in the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kota Kitamura, Masayuki Suzuki, Hidekazu Yabuuchi
  • Publication number: 20100277004
    Abstract: This invention has an object to a planar coil, a contactless electric power transmission device using the same. This planar coil is configured to suppress an eddy current developed between adjacent turns of wire for minimizing adverse effects on ambient electrical appliances resulting from heat generation. The planar coil 1 in the present invention is formed of spiral shaped wire 7 coated with thinned insulative film, in which adjacent turns of the wire 7 are spaced in radial direction at such a predetermined interval to suppress an eddy current. This planar coil 1 is preferably employed as a power transmission coil or power receiving coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Masayuki Suzuki, Kentaro Kobayashi, Hiroyasu Kitamura, Kota Kitamura, Hidekazu Yabuuchi, Hideki Tamura
  • Patent number: 7754844
    Abstract: A polyarylene ether-based compound according to the present invention includes polymer components represented in general formula (1) and general formula (2): wherein Ar indicates a divalent aromatic group, Y indicates a sulfone group or a ketone group, X indicates H or a monovalent cation species, and Ar? indicates a divalent aromatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Kota Kitamura, Shigenori Nagahara, Masahiro Yamashita, Junko Nakao
  • Patent number: 7649025
    Abstract: A composite ion exchange membrane having a high swelling resistance and being superior in mechanical strength and ion conductivity can be provided by means of an composite ion exchange membrane including an ion exchange resin composition and a support membrane having a continuous pore penetrating the support membrane, wherein the support membrane is one which accepts the ion exchange resin composition within the pore, and wherein the ion exchange resin composition is one which contains an ion exchange resin containing, as a main component, an aromatic polyether and/or its derivative, the aromatic polyether being obtained by mixing a compound having a specific structure, an aromatic dihalogenated compound and a bisphenol compound with a carbonate and/or a bicarbonate of an alkali metal and polymerizing the mixture in an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kota Kitamura, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Shigenori Nagahara, Shiro Hamamoto, Naohiko Takimoto, Hideki Sugihara, Satoshi Takase, Tooru Kitagawa, Miyako Noshiro
  • Publication number: 20090269643
    Abstract: A proton-conducting polymer composition which contains an aromatic hydrocarbon type of proton-conducting polymer in an amount of 1 to 30 mass %, wherein a component of said proton-conducting polymer having a molecular weight in the range of 2,000 to 230,000 in terms of polyethylene glycol accounts for 10 mass % or more of the total amount of said proton-conducting polymer; a method for preparing the proton-conducting polymer composition, a catalyst ink comprising the proton-conducting polymer composition and a fuel cell including the catalyst ink. The above proton-conducting polymer composition can well exploit the performance capability of a catalyst of a fuel cell, especially when it is allowed to be present with the electrode of a fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Kota Kitamura, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 7537852
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite ion exchange membrane which has high mechanical strength and is suitable for use as a solid polymer electrolyte membrane excellent in ionic conductivity and a method for its production. The invention is achieved by a composite ion exchange membrane including a composite layer comprising a support membrane with continuous voids formed of polybenzazole polymer, the support membrane being impregnated with ion exchange resin, and surface layers formed of ion exchange resin free of support membranes, the surface layers being formed on both surfaces of the composite layer so as to sandwich the composite layer therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shiro Hamamoto, Satoshi Takase, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Shigenori Nagahara, Kota Kitamura, Junko Nakao, Kousuke Sasai
  • Publication number: 20090075147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfonic acid group-containing polymer excellent in ion conductivity and durability, a method for producing the same, a resin composition containing the sulfonic acid group-containing polymer, a polymer electrolyte membrane, a polymer electrolyte membrane/electrode assembly, and a fuel cell. The sulfonic acid group-containing polymer of the present invention, in a first embodiment, includes a constituent represented by the following chemical formula 1: wherein X represents hydrogen or a monovalent cation species; Y represents a sulfone group or a ketone group; and n represents an arbitrary integer not less than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Kota Kitamura, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yamashita, Kousuke Sasai
  • Publication number: 20080063917
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly wherein a hydrocarbon-based solid polymer electrolyte membrane is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes. In this electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly, the glass transition temperature of the electrolyte membrane in a dry state is not less than 160° C. and the maximum moisture content of the electrolyte membrane is 10-120%. By using such a hydrocarbon-based solid polymer electrolyte membrane, there can be obtained an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly which is excellent in reliability and durability. Also disclosed are a fuel cell using such an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly and a method for producing such an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Satoshi Takase, Kota Kitamura