Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kanda

Masahiro Kanda 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: 5677066
    Abstract: A sealing part for connector waterproofing is disclosed, which comprises a vulcanized molding obtained from a composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polyorganosiloxane (1), from 5 to 100 parts by weight of a reinforcing silica powder filler (2), from 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of a hydrogensiloxane polymer (3) having two or more Si-H bonds per molecule, and from 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of t-butyl peroxy-3,5,5-trimethylhexanoate (4). The sealing part for connector waterproofing of the present invention is satisfactory in heat resistance, low-temperature resistance, and oil resistance and can be produced at low cost in a reduced molding time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Okazaki, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5668225
    Abstract: An oil-bleeding waterproof sealer for a connector comprising a vulcanized and molded article of a composition comprising: (A) 100 parts by weight of a diorganopolysiloxane green rubber containing at least two alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms per molecule thereof, (B) from 10 to 100 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler, (C) from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of an organohydrogenopolysiloxane having at least two hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms per molecule thereof, (D) from 1 to 30 parts by weight of a phenyl-containing diorganopolysiloxane having a viscosity of 1 to 3,000 cSt at 25.degree. C., and (E) a catalytic amount of a catalyst for hydrosilylation having a particle size of 0.01 to 20 .mu.m, which comprises a platinum catalyst and a non-silicone series thermoplastic resin having a glass transition point of 50.degree. to 200.degree. C., with the proportion of metallic platinum in the catalyst for hydrosilylation being 0.01 to 5% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Okazaki, Sinichi Kogure, Masahiro Kanda, Shiroh Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5631321
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sealing component for connector waterproofing having an excellent heat resistance, low-temperature resistance and oil resistance which can be economically produced in a reduced molding time. A novel sealing component for connector waterproofing is provided, which comprises a vulcanized composition comprising at least (a) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane represented by the following average composition formula (I), (b) from 5 to 500 parts by weight of a finely divided silica filler, (c) from 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a dialkyl peroxide or peroxy ketal which has a half-life of 1 hour at a temperature of from 130.degree. C. to 150.degree. C., (d) from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a silicon compound having two or more Si--H bonds per molecule, and (e) from 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of an organic peroxide represented by the following general formula (II):R.sup.1.sub.m SiO.sub.(4-m)/2 (I)wherein R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Okazaki, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5618880
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sealing component for connector waterproofing having an excellent heat resistance, low-temperature resistance and oil resistance which can be economically produced in a reduced molding time. A novel sealing component for connector waterproofing is provided, which comprises a vulcanized composition comprising at least (a) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane represented by the following average composition formula (I) containing at least two alkenyl groups per molecule and having a viscosity of at least 100,000 cs, (b) from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane represented by the following average composition formula (II) containing at least two hydrogen atoms directly bonded to silicon atom per molecule, (c) from 5 to 500 parts by weight of a finely divided silica filler, (d) the catalytic amount of a platinum catalyst, (e) from 0.005 to 5 parts by weight of a sulfide compound represented by the following general formula (III), and (f) from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Okazaki, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5609543
    Abstract: A clutch operational control apparatus (75) controls an engaging force of a starting clutch (5) which is provided in a power transmitting path including an automatic transmission (CVT). The control apparatus comprises an idling state detector of an engine, a vacuum pressure detector for detecting an actual intake vacuum pressure of the engine, a range judging unit for judging a shift position of a manual shift lever, a target intake vacuum pressure determining unit for determining a target intake vacuum pressure, and clutch engaging force control means for controlling the clutch engaging force. The target intake vacuum pressure determining unit determines the target intake vacuum pressure based on the actual intake vacuum pressure when it is judged that the shift position is in the non-driving range and further when it is detected that said engine is in the idling state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Aoki, Masahiro Kanda, Takahiro Matsuda, Keisuke Katsuta
  • Patent number: 5442000
    Abstract: A connector comprising a housing comprising a polybutylene terephthalate resin composition comprising:(A) 100 parts by weight of a polybutylene terephthalate resin having an intrinsic viscosity of from 1.10 to 1.30 dl/g as measured in o-chlorophenol at 25.degree. C.;(B) from 40 to 60 parts by weight of a copolymer of acrylonitrile and styrene;(C) from 10 to 20 parts by weight of a graft copolymer comprising:(C1) from 65 to 75% by weight of copolymer comprising from 75 to 85% by weight of ethylene and from 25 to 15% by weight of glycidyl methacrylate, and(C2) from 25 to 35% by weight of a copolymer of acrylonitrile and styrene;(D) from 0.05 to 0.5 part by weight of a hindered phenol compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## (E) from 0.05 to 0.5 part by weight of a thioether compound represented by the following formula (II):(R.sub.3 SR.sub.4 COOCH.sub.2).sub.m C(CH.sub.2 OH).sub.4-m (II)wherein the variables are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kato, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5424104
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition comprising(A) an aromatic polyamide comprisingdicarboxylic acid units comprising 50-100 mol % of units derived from terephthalic acid, and 0-50 mol % of units derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid other than terephthalic acid and/or an aliphatic-dicarboxylic acid having 4-20 carbon atoms, anddiamine units derived from an aliphatic diamine and/or an alicyclic diamine,said aromatic polyamide having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.5-3.0 dl/g as measured in conc. sulfuric acid at 30.degree. C. and a melting point of higher than 300.degree. C.,(B) a graft modified .alpha.-olefin polymer, and/or a graft modified aromatic vinyl hydrocarbon/conjugated diene copolymer or hydrogenated product thereof, and(C) an aliphatic polyamide,wherein said thermoplastic resin composition comprises 10-80 parts by weight of the graft modified .alpha.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Amimoto, Fumitoshi Ikejiri, Sanehiro Yamamoto, Akinori Toyota, Katunari Nishimura, Masahiro Kanda, Tetsuo Kato
  • Patent number: 5393583
    Abstract: A connector comprising a housing comprising a resin composition comprising (A) from 30 to 90% by weight of an aromatic polyester, (B) from 5 to 40% by weight of a modified polyolefin, and (C) from 5 to 30% by weight of a polyglutarimide having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkaryl group, or an aralkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kato, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5336540
    Abstract: A connector comprising a housing comprising a resin composition comprising:(A) from 50 to 95 parts by weight of a semi-aromatic polyamide comprising (A1) an adipate of hexamethylenediamine and (A2) a terephthalate of hexamethylenediamine, where the weight ratio of the adipate of hexamethylenediamine (A1) to the terephthalate of hexamethylenediamine (A2) is from 80/20 to 50/50; and(B) from 5 to 50 parts by weight of a modified polyolefin comprising (B1) a polyolefin copolymer comprising (B11) propylene and (B12) ethylene where the molar ratio of propylene (B11) to ethylene (B12) is from 90/10 to 99/1, the polyolefin copolymer (B1) being graft-modified with (B2) from 0.05 to 5 parts by weight of an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid, an anhydride thereof, or a derivative thereof per 100 parts by weight of the polyolefin copolymer (B1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kato, Masahiro Kanda, Tatsuo Tsumiyama, Satoru Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 5334039
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector housing and a method of manufacturing the waterproof connector housing. The waterproof connector housing according to the present invention includes: an engagement frame for receiving a mating connector at a front portion thereof; a ring-like primer layer formed on a wall of at least an engagement face of the engagement frame; and addition-reaction fluid silicone rubber formed on the ring-like primer layer, wherein the addition-reaction fluid silicone rubber is combined with the primer layer by vulcanizing the fluid silicone rubber such that a ring-like packing is integrally formed with the connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Yazaki Corp.
    Inventor: Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5326807
    Abstract: A connector comprising a housing comprising a resin composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a 4,6-nylon resin, (B) from 80 to 120 parts by weight of a polyphenylene ether resin modified with an unsaturated organic acid compound, and (C) from 0.1 to 0.4 part by weight of a copper halide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kato, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5306754
    Abstract: The resin composition of the invention comprises as resin components specific aromatic polyamide (A), a specific graft-modified polymer (B), an aliphatic polyamide (C), and plural antioxidants comprising a hindered phenol type antioxidant (D) having a molecular weight of not less than 500 and a TGA 10% weight loss temperature of not lower than 300.degree. C. and a sulfur type antioxidant (E) having a molecular weight of not less than 600 and a TGA 10% weight loss temperature of not lower than 280.degree. C. The connector of the invention has housing formed from the above-mentioned resin composition. The resin composition of the invention shows excellent heat resistance. The connector of the invention is lightweight and is excellent in heat resistance, water resistance and chemical resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignees: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd., Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Sanehiro Yamamoto, Kazuto Sugiyama, Akinori Toyota, Yoshikatsu Amimoto, Fumitoshi Ikejiri, Tetsuo Kato, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5262751
    Abstract: A fuse includes a meltable and conductive metal element mainly containing Cu and having a blowout portion, and a low-melting-point metal chip fixed at the blowout portion. The low-melting-point metal chip comprises a Sn-Cu alloy. Preferably, the low-melting-point metal chip comprises an alloy containing 0.5 to 3.5% by weight of Cu and all the residual content of Sn. Also preferably, the low-melting-point metal chip comprises an alloy containing 0.5 to 3.5% by weight of Cu, 1.0 to 6.0% by weight of Sb and all the residual content of Sn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiharu Kudo, Masahiro Kanda, Mitsuhiko Totsuka
  • Patent number: 5210116
    Abstract: Provided herein is a resin composite material containing graphite fiber which has good electrical conductivity and changes only a little in electrical resistance after processing. These desired properties are achieved by incorporating a synthetic resin matrix with a specific type of graphite fiber. The graphite fiber has a structure characterized by that the hexagonal network planes of carbon atoms are oriented substantially parallel to the fiber axis and like the annual ring. It is produced by bringing a hydrocarbon compound into contact, at a high temperature, with a metallic catalyst in the form of ultrafine particles to yield carbon fiber grown in the gas phase, and subsequently graphitizing thus obtained carbon fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Setsujiro Hashimoto, Kiyoshi Yagi, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5183439
    Abstract: A belt-type continuously variable transmission for use with a motor vehicle engine has a hydraulic actuator for effecting at least one of speed ratio control and clutch control. The belt-type continuously variable transmission is controlled by a control system including a solenoid-operated control valve for generating a controlling hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the hydraulic actuator, a hydraulic pressure generator for generating a hydraulic pressure corresponding to the rotational speed of the engine, a directional control valve for selectively connecting the solenoid-operated control valve and the hydraulic pressure generating means to the hydraulic actuator, and a solenoid-operated on-off valve for controlling the directional control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yumoto, Kouhei Ohsono, Masahiro Kanda, Takahiro Matsuda
  • Patent number: 5137708
    Abstract: The method of producing bromine-processed graphite fibers, comprises graphitizing gas phase grown carbon fibers by bringing ultrafine particles of metal catalyst and a hydrocarbon compound suspended in a high temperature zone into contact with each other, to obtain graphite fibers having such a crystal structure that carbon hexagonal network face is substantially in parallel with the axes of fibers and is oriented coaxially, and then bringing the thus obtained graphite fibers and bromine at a temperature lower than 60.degree. C. In this case, the interplanar spacing or the lengths of the repeat distance along the c axis direction in the crystals vary with a plurality of values within a range from 10 to 40 .ANG..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Setsujiro Hashimoto, Kiyoshi Yagi, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 4970488
    Abstract: A high voltage cable having a wound conductor made by winding a metallic wire around a ferrite rubber covered reinforcing core, in which the ferrite rubber layer is additionally provided with conductive particles or fibers in order to improve noise suppression characteristics in the 30-200 MHz frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki Horiike, Toshio Inada, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 4880389
    Abstract: An ignition plug connector and the method for manufacturing the connector, in which a metallic terminal is provided to receive one end portion of a high tension cord and securely hold the end portion by crimping, and the metallic terminal and the end portion of the high tension cord are covered by an insulating rubber cap formed through molding.In addition, the exposed conducting member extending from the end portion of the cord contacts with the inner surface of the metallic terminal, over which part of the rubber cap is provided to form a wall integral with the rubber cap so as to eliminate air gaps from near the exposed conducting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigehiko Mochizuki, Masahiro Kanda, Yoshinori Serizawa
  • Patent number: 4855119
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide whisker comprising heating a reaction zone to a temperature in the range of 1,000.degree. C. to 1,200.degree.; supplying a reducing or inactive gas and a sulfur-containing organic siloxane compound; thermally decomposing in vapor phase to react silicon and carbon contained in the sulfur-containing organic siloxane compound by a gaseous phase reaction and recovering a silicon carbide whisker, characterized in that the sulfur promotes the reaction between the silicon and the carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Minamikata, Toshiaki Kanno, Masahiro Kanda, Hitoshi Ushijima
  • Patent number: 4837282
    Abstract: A polyolefin rubber composition consisting essentially of 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin rubber polymer, 10 to 100 parts by weight of a mono-olefin monomer, 1 to 20 parts by weight of a polyolefin polyfunctional monomer, and 0.1 to 15 parts by weight of an organic peroxide, wherein these components are blended and subjected to heat treatment to form a denaturated polyolefin rubber.The mechanical and electrical characteristics of this denaturated polyolefin rubber do not deteriorate even after long-time subjection to heat treatment, and this material finds application as a rubber for thermally resistant electrical products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yagi, Toshiaki Kanno, Masahiro Kanda, Izumi Nomura