Patents by Inventor Masao Ono
Masao Ono 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: 20170069247Abstract: The liquid crystal drive apparatus controls application of a first or second voltage to each pixel of a liquid crystal element in respective sub-frame periods in one frame period to cause that pixel to form a tone. The sub-frame period where the first voltage is applied to the pixel is referred to as an ON period, the sub-frame period where the second voltage is applied to the pixel is referred to as an OFF period. The sub-frame period corresponding to the ON and OFF periods respectively for first and second pixels of two mutually adjacent pixels is referred to as an ON/OFF adjacent period. The apparatus provides, when causing the first and second pixels to form tones adjacent to each other, a plurality of the ON/OFF adjacent periods each being 1.0 ms or less separately from each other in the one frame period.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Masayuki Abe, Masao Ono
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Publication number: 20170069248Abstract: The liquid crystal drive apparatus controls application of a first or second voltage to each pixel of a liquid crystal element in respective multiple sub-frame periods included in one frame period to cause that pixel to form a tone. The sub-frame period where the first voltage is applied to the pixel is referred to as an ON period, and the sub-frame period where the second voltage is applied to the pixel is referred to as an OFF period. The apparatus provide, when causing the pixel to form the tone using the ON period, multiple ON period sets separately from each other in the one frame period. Each ON period set includes one or more ON periods. The apparatus sets a temporal interval between temporal centers of the respective ON period sets to 60% or less of the one frame period or to 5.0 ms or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Masayuki Abe, Masao Ono
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Patent number: 8258914Abstract: A touch panel includes a first transparent electrode substrate, a second transparent electrode substrate, a first bonding layer, a first transparent substrate, and a second bonding layer. The first transparent electrode substrate includes a first wiring pattern, a first surface, a second surface, and a first path. The second transparent electrode substrate includes a second wiring pattern, a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second path. The second path causes the third surface and the fourth surface to communicate with each other. The first bonding layer includes a first peripheral area, an opening area, and a third path. The first bonding layer bonds the first transparent electrode substrate and the second transparent electrode substrate to each other. The first transparent substrate is opposed to the second surface. The second bonding layer includes a first opening portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2010Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Masao Ono, Takao Murooka
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Patent number: 8128731Abstract: A method for separating and enriching isotopes in an efficient and low-cost manner from a condensation-system (liquid or/and solid) material including two or more different isotopes by taking advantage of the sedimentation of atoms through an acceleration field by ultra-high speed rotation. The condensation-system material is placed in a sedimentation tank which is then housed in a supercentrifuge. The supercentrifuge in its rotor is rotation driven by an ultra-high speed rotation power source, and an acceleration field of energy of 100000 G to 1500000 G, i.e., about 100 to 800 m/s in terms of peripheral velocity, is applied to the above condensed (liquid or/and solid) material under such a temperature that is specified by an isotope material to be enriched. In this case, a difference in centrifugal force applied is provided between the isotopes in the condensed (liquid or/and solid) material comprising the at least two isotopes.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignees: National University Corporation Kumamoto University, Maruwa Electronic Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Mashimo, Masao Ono, Xinsheng Huang, Yusuke Iguchi, Satoru Okayasu, Hiroshi Yasuoka, Koji Shibasaki, Masanori Sueyoshi
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Publication number: 20110128114Abstract: A touch panel includes a first transparent electrode substrate, a second transparent electrode substrate, a first bonding layer, a first transparent substrate, and a second bonding layer. The first transparent electrode substrate includes a first wiring pattern, a first surface, a second surface, and a first path. The second transparent electrode substrate includes a second wiring pattern, a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second path. The second path causes the third surface and the fourth surface to communicate with each other. The first bonding layer includes a first peripheral area, an opening area, and a third path. The first bonding layer bonds the first transparent electrode substrate and the second transparent electrode substrate to each other. The first transparent substrate is opposed to the second surface. The second bonding layer includes a first opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Masao Ono, Takao Murooka
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Publication number: 20090272265Abstract: This invention provides a method for separating and enriching isotopes in an efficient and low-cost manner from a condensation-system (liquid or/and solid) material comprising two or more different isotopes by taking advantage of the sedimentation of atoms through an acceleration field by ultra-high speed rotation. A condensation-system (liquid or/and solid) material (5) comprising the two or more isotopes is placed in a sedimentation tank (for example, 2) which is then housed in a supercentrifuge. The supercentrifuge in its rotor is rotation driven by an ultra-high speed rotation power source, and an acceleration field of energy of 100000 G to 1500000 G, i.e., about 100 to 800 m/s in terms of peripheral velocity, is applied to the above condensed (liquid or/and solid) material under such a temperature that is specified by an isotope material to be enriched.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2007Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY, MARUWA ELECTRONIC INC.Inventors: Tsutomu Mashimo, Masao Ono, Xinsheng Huang, Yusuke Iguchi, Satoru Okayasu, Hiroshi Yasuoka, Koji Shibasaki, Masanori Sueyoshi
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Patent number: 7544898Abstract: Providing a method for manufacturing a multilayer wiring board and a touch panel, which does not cause decreasing of yields, reliabilities and productivities even though the materials of each board to be stacked are different, and which manufactures the multilayer wiring board and the touch panel at low cost with high productivities. A multilayer wired board constituting at least part of a electrical circuit board in which a plurality of wired boards are stacked so as to face their wired surfaces each other, wherein: electrical connection parts between the multilayer wired boards are connected through an elastic conductive material part adhered to one of the wired boards; and at least part of a peripheral edge portion of the elastic conductive material part is adhered by a double-sided adhesive material part to seal the plurality of multilayer wired boards.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2003Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomio Hirano, Masao Ono, Nobuyuki Oikawa
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Patent number: 7479319Abstract: A glass substrate excellent in strength properties and a glass cutting method are provided. When a glass substrate having predetermined size is to be formed by cutting a glass plate, any crack or chip is not generated on a cut face. Therefore, a pulverized powder is prevented from being generated from this portion. A glass substrate is obtained by cutting at least with laser light radiation so that a surface roughness of cut side faces and of the glass substrate are 50 nm or less and a depth of laser marks and on the cut side faces are 0.06 mm or more.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2003Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomio Hirano, Nobuyuki Oikawa, Makio Onodera, Masao Ono, Hideki Sato, Yukihiro Onodera
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Patent number: 7282620Abstract: The present invention provides an experimental model animal which does not develop anaphylaxis, a type I allergy, can specifically induce Arthus reaction, a type III allergy, is not affected by type I allergy and evaluates type III allergy inflammation individually, and a method of screening a reaction accelerating or inhibitory substance in a type III allergy reaction through Fc?RIII by using said experimental model animal. In order to eliminate Fc?RIIB that demonstrates suppressive action to response through Fr?RIII, a mouse wherein the deletion mutation of both molecules of Lyn and Fc?RIIB are homozygotic (Lyn?IIB?) was generated by mating Lyn knockout mouse (Lyn?/?) and Fc?RIIB knockout mouse (Fc?RIIB?/?), and was used to measure and evaluate the deficiency of Fc?RIII function in systemic passive anaphylaxis and the reduction of Fc?RIII function in a bone marrow-derived mast cell, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2001Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Toshiyuki Takai, Masao Ono, Takae Yuasa, Takeshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 6820503Abstract: An object of the present invention is to achieve more high-speed rotation of a rotor to which a test object is stored, extending the duration of high-speed rotation, and temperature control of a rotor at the time of high-speed rotation. A high-speed rotation testing apparatus of the present invention comprises: a rotor having a hollow for a test object, to which a predetermined test object is stored; a spindle connected to the rotor; a torque applying device for applying a predetermined torque to the spindle, and a casing for sealing the rotor. The casing comprises a decompressing device and a holder for holding the spindle. The holder has a bushing for supporting the spindle and a bushing supporting member for supporting the bushing by inserting thereto. By forming the inner diameter of at least one of the bushing supporting member larger than the outer diameter of the bushing, the bushing supporting member supports the bushing to be rotatable.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignees: Maruwa Electronic Inc.Inventors: Masanori Sueyoshi, Akira Tezuka, Koji Shibasaki, Xinsheng Huang, Toyotaka Osakabe, Masao Ono, Tsutomu Mashimo
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Publication number: 20040086688Abstract: A glass substrate excellent in strength properties and a glass cutting method are provided. When a glass substrate having predetermined size is to be formed by cutting a glass plate, any crack or chip is not generated on a cut face. Therefore, a pulverized powder is prevented from being generated from this portion. A glass substrate is obtained by cutting at least with laser light radiation so that a surface roughness of cut side faces and of the glass substrate are 50 nm or less and a depth of laser marks and on the cut side faces are 0.06 mm or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2003Publication date: May 6, 2004Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomio Hirano, Nobuyuki Oikawa, Makio Onodera, Masao Ono, Hideki Sato, Yukihiro Onodera
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Publication number: 20040074671Abstract: Providing a method for manufacturing a multilayer wiring board and a touch panel, which does not cause decreasing of yields, reliabilities and productivities even though the materials of each board to be stacked are different, and which manufactures the multilayer wiring board and the touch panel at low cost with high productivities. A multilayer wired board constituting at least part of a electrical circuit board in which a plurality of wired boards are stacked so as to face their wired surfaces each other, wherein: electrical connection parts between the multilayer wired boards are connected through an elastic conductive material part adhered to one of the wired boards; and at least part of a peripheral edge portion of the elastic conductive material part is adhered by a double-sided adhesive material part to seal the plurality of multilayer wired boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomio Hirano, Masao Ono, Nobuyuki Oikawa
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Publication number: 20030182667Abstract: The present invention provides an experimental model animal which does not develop anaphylaxis, a type I allergy, can specifically induce Arthus reaction, a type III allergy, is not affected by type I allergy and evaluates type III allergy inflammation individually, and a method of screening a reaction accelerating or inhibitory substance in a type III allergy reaction through Fc&ggr;RIII by using said experimental model animal. In order to eliminate Fc&ggr;RIIB that demonstrates suppressive action to response through Fr&ggr;RIII, a mouse wherein the deletion mutation of both molecules of Lyn and Fc&ggr;RIIB are homozygotic (Lyn−IIB−) was generated by mating Lyn knockout mouse (Lyn−/−) and Fc&ggr;RIIB knockout mouse (Fc&ggr;RIIB−/−), and was used to measure and evaluate the deficiency of Fc&ggr;RIII function in systemic passive anaphylaxis and the reduction of Fc&ggr;RIII function in a bone marrow-derived mast cell, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2003Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Toshiyuki Takai, Masao Ono, Takae Yuasa, Takeshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 6624610Abstract: An electric motor cycle 1 carrying batteries (12) wherein the batteries (12) and a charger (13) are integrated into one body, and the integrated body of batteries and charger is removably mounted on a vehicle body (2). The batteries (12) and the charger (13) are further integrated with a remaining capacity meter (14) into one body, and the integrated body of batteries, charger and remaining capacity meter is removably mounted on the vehicle body. And, a battery-monitoring CPU for protecting the batteries (12) serves to control the charger. A signal line from the remaining capacity meter (14) and a signal line provided on the vehicle body are connected via a connector, and a display of the remaining capacity meter is provided near a speed meter display.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2001Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Tokyo R & D Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masao Ono, Shigemi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20030062304Abstract: An object of the present invention is to achieve more high-speed rotation of a rotor to which a test object is stored, extending the duration of high-speed rotation, and temperature control of a rotor at the time of high-speed rotation. A high-speed rotation testing apparatus of the present invention comprises: a rotor having a hollow for a test object, to which a predetermined test object is stored; a spindle connected to the rotor; a torque applying device for applying a predetermined torque to the spindle, and a casing for sealing the rotor. The casing comprises a decompressing device and a holder for holding the spindle. The holder has a bushing for supporting the spindle and a bushing supporting member for supporting the bushing by inserting thereto. By forming the inner diameter of at least one of the bushing supporting member larger than the outer diameter of the bushing, the bushing supporting member supports the bushing to be rotatable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2002Publication date: April 3, 2003Applicant: Tsutomu MASHIMOInventors: Masanori Sueyoshi, Akira Tezuka, Koji Shibasaki, Xinsheng Huang, Toyotaka Osakabe, Masao Ono, Tsutomu Mashimo
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Patent number: 6295487Abstract: A hybrid vehicle (1) including an internal combustion engine and electric motors and selectively uses them as a running drive source according to a running state. When one of wheels (5) driven by an engine (7) skids to rotate excessively, a motor (13) connected to that wheel is caused to make a regenerative operation to remedy the skid of the wheel, and running traction made insufficient due to the skid is compensated by driving another wheel (4) by a motor (12) of another wheel by using electric energy recovered by the regenerative operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2000Date of Patent: September 25, 2001Assignee: Tokyo R & D Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masao Ono, Nobuhito Ohnuma, Jun Morimoto, Hiroko Yoshikawa, Akifumi Kurita, Osamu Watanabe
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Patent number: 6107761Abstract: A drive for an electric vehicle includes by forming a drive unit 8 having a transmission by combining a single propelling motor 7 with the transmission, respectively interconnecting the drive unit 8 with propelling wheels to be a drive wheel, and separately controlling the drive units 8. Besides, traveling speed detecting means are provided on the respective drive units 8, 8, and the respective drive units are simultaneously controlled according to a revolution signal from one of the traveling speed detecting means. A method for controlling an electric vehicle by separately controlling the drive units 8, 8, making the output torque of the motor zero or minimum during the gear change, and producing again the output torque of the motor after completing the gear change.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1997Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo R&D Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Seto, Akihito Uetake, Tatsuya Shimoda, Masao Ono, Masatoshi Fukuda, Satoshi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 5853058Abstract: An electric power apparatus and a power transmitting apparatus of an electric vehicle are each constructed as a unit structure to improve the overall range and reliability of the electric vehicle. In the electric vehicle including, as a power system, a battery power supply, a motor, and a controller for controlling rotation of the motor, an electric power unit comprises a plurality of storage cells making up the battery power supply, a case housing the storage cells, a motor driving circuit and a charger both mounted on the case, a plate substrate covering the storage cells, and sockets for connecting respective terminals of the storage cells, the motor driving circuit and the charger.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1997Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo R&D Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-ichi Endo, Issei Yamakoshi, Masao Ono, Tamotsu Fukazawa
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Patent number: 5827148Abstract: In an electric vehicle provided with an electric motor (M), a motor drive circuit (17) and a control circuit section (15) for outputting an operation command to the motor drive circuit, a variable speed drive unit for electric vehicles has a transmission apparatus (20) which engages or disengages a drive shaft (7a) which receives the drive force from a propelling motor and a driven shaft (5a) which is interconnected with propelling wheels by an electromagnetic engagement clutch (30), the transmission apparatus has the electromagnetic clutch comprised of a first clutch (22) interconnected with the drive shaft, a second clutch (25) having a rotational speed different from the first clutch, and an output side clutch (21) interconnected with the driven shaft; and the output side clutch and the first clutch or the second clutch are alternatively connected to selectively change the motor output.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1997Date of Patent: October 27, 1998Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo R & D Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Seto, Akihito Uetake, Tatsuya Shimoda, Masao Ono, Masatoshi Fukuda, Satoshi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 5765671Abstract: An electric power apparatus and a power transmitting apparatus of an electric vehicle are each constructed as a unit structure to improve the overall range and reliability of the electric vehicle. In the electric vehicle including, as a power system, a battery power supply, a motor, and a controller for controlling rotation of the motor, an electric power unit comprises a plurality of storage cells making up the battery power supply, a case housing the storage cells, a motor driving circuit and a charger both mounted on the case, a plate substrate covering the storage cells, and sockets for connecting respective terminals of the storage cells, the motor driving circuit and the charger.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1995Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ken-ichi Endo, Issei Yamakoshi, Masao Ono, Tamotsu Fukazawa