Patents by Inventor Masaru Akiyama

Masaru Akiyama 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: 7127229
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a cellular phone to be used for emergency reports that performs GPS positioning by means of remote control from an emergency report center, and transmits positional information to the emergency report center. The emergency report cellular phone according to the present invention is constituted such that when an emergency report switch thereof is depressed, a call request is made to the emergency report center. The emergency report center transmits a response signal with the result that a call link is formed between the emergency report cellular phone and the emergency report center. Following completion of the telephone call, the emergency report center transmits a position recalculation command message, by means of a DTMF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Baba, Teruhide Kunimitsu, Kenji Sekine, Mikio Iwakuni, Katsuhiro Miyamoto, Toshiaki Yuasa, Toshihiro Takahashi, Norio Abe, Shuji Konishi, Tadashi Kogure, Jun Yoshida, Katsuya Kaneda, Isao Ohki, Masaru Akiyama, Masato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7121723
    Abstract: A linear guide apparatus is provided with two (upper and lower) tracks of rolling element race tracks formed on a guide rail and of rolling element race tracks formed on a slider main body so as to oppose the rolling element race tracks on the respective sides, i.e., four tracks of race tracks in total. A recess is provided below the lower rolling element race track on the slider main body and the end cap fixed to an end face of the slider main body is provided with a projection that engages with the recess so as to determine a position of the end cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Xu Wei, Masaru Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20060201202
    Abstract: Mist of titanium element-containing liquid particles is adhered to the surface of a glass substrate having a surface compressive stress of at most 10 MPa so as to coat the surface of the glass substrate with the liquid. Next, the liquid-coated surface is heated up to a maximum temperature of from 550 to 700° C. and then cooled under a specific condition, thereby making the resulting glass sheet have a surface compressive stress of from 20 to 250 MPa. The process gives a glass sheet coated with a titanium oxide thin film having a photocatalytic function. The resulting titanium oxide thin filmhad good adhesiveness andabrasion resistance. Since its surface has a micro-roughness, the glass sheet has neither interference color nor interference fringes and has good transparency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Takeshi Yuuki, Masaru Akiyama, Keizo Masada
  • Patent number: 7090400
    Abstract: A separator for use in a linear guide having a guide rail, a slider disposed on the guide rail so as to move relatively each other, and a plurality of roller-shaped rolling elements incorporated in the slider, the separator has a separator main body having, on both sides in a front and rear direction thereof, recessed surface sections which contact circumferential sections of the rolling elements; and at least a pair of arm sections provided parallel to each other on both sides of the separator main body while being oriented in the same direction, wherein a length of the arm section is equal or shorter than a distance between centers of two adjacent rolling elements with the separator main body sandwiched therebetween, with respect to a lateral direction of the separator main-body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichiro Kato, Masaru Akiyama
  • Patent number: 7018101
    Abstract: The top portion of a material for a rail of a linear guide is formed in a convex shape. In this convex shape, portions protruding to the side of a top surface are removed beforehand by rolling raceway grooves in side portions of a member of rectangular section, the top surface of which is flat. A rail made from this material by rolling raceway grooves in side portions have a flat top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Kawashima, Hidenori Kawai, Masaru Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20060029305
    Abstract: A slider has a slider main body which has a circulation sleeve whose inner portion forms a rolling element passage by being inserted into a hole penetrating in an axial direction, an end cap which has an outer peripheral track face of a direction changing passage in a curved shape for communicating a load track between two rolling element rolling grooves and the rolling element passage, and is fixed to an axial end portion of the slider main body, and an inner peripheral track member which has an inner peripheral track face of the direction changing passage, and is fitted to the end cap. An end portion of the circulation sleeve is provided with a plurality of positioning projected portions, and the end cap and the inner peripheral track member are provided with recess portions fitted with the positioning projected portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Masaru Akiyama, Nobuhide Kurachi, Jun Matsumoto, Toshio Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20050281497
    Abstract: A linear guide bearing apparatus 1 includes a guide rail 2 and a slider 4 riding over the guide rail 2 movably relative thereto, the slider 4 includes a slider main body 8 and end caps 10 respectively joined to both end faces in an axial direction of the slider main body 8, and the end cap 10 includes an end cap main body 44 formed with a middle guide face 54 and an outer peripheral guide face 56 of an inner side direction change path 50 as well as an inner peripheral guide face 62 and a middle guide face 64 of an outer side direction change path 60, a return guide 46 formed with an inner peripheral guide face 52 of the inner side direction change path 50, and a lid member 48 formed with an outer peripheral guide face 66 of the outer side direction change path 60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Masaru Akiyama, Toshiaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050274410
    Abstract: Provided is a process of producing a solar battery module 1 including plural solar battery cells 4 sealed by a resin 5 between a transparent panel 2 of the light reception surface side and a back face panel 3, which is characterized by arranging plural solar battery cells 4 at a prescribed interval and mutually connecting them to each other by a conductor 8; arranging a first sealing resin sheet 12 substantially covering the entire surface of the transparent panel 2 of the light reception surface side between the transparent panel 2 of the light reception surface side and the solar battery cells 4; arranging a second sealing resin sheet 10 substantially covering the entire surface of the back face panel 3 between the back face panel 3 and the solar battery cells 4; arranging sealing resin sheet pieces 18, 19 which are thicker than the solar battery cells 4 at a space 9 between the solar battery cells 4 so as to be sandwiched by the first sealing resin sheet 12 and the second sealing resin sheet 10; dischargin
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Applicant: NAKAJMA GLASS CO., INC
    Inventors: Takeshi Yuuki, Masaru Akiyama, Keizo Masada
  • Patent number: 6957488
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing a rail of a linear guide is described. The process includes preparing a material for a rail wherein the material has a surface formed in a convex shap and two side surface. The method includes a rolling process of forming raceway grooves in the side surfaces of the material and a process for making a mounting hole after the rolling process in such a manner that the mounting hole opens to at least either surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Kawashima, Hidenori Kawai, Masaru Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20050115096
    Abstract: Rolling element holding members have two holding window for holding rolling elements in rolling element running channels formed between both track faces of a rail and a slider. Further, the rolling element holding members are held between two end caps fixed opposite end surfaces of the slider by engagement of four retaining grooves formed on the end caps and opposite end portions of the rolling element holding members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichiro Kato, Nobuhide Kurachi, Masaru Akiyama
  • Patent number: 6848326
    Abstract: The linear guide apparatus includes a guide rail 3 including a rolling body rolling groove 8 and a friction apply unit 6 assembled to the guide rail 3. The friction apply unit 6 includes a unit main body 15, a brake member 16, an oil pressure cylinder 17 and a plate spring 32. The brake member 16 is disposed so as to face the side surface 3a of the guide rail 3 and can be contacted with the other portions of the side surface 3a than the rolling body rolling groove 8 thereof. The oil pressure cylinder 17 includes a piston member 20 which is structured to be driven in a positive direction to thereby press the brake member 16 against the side surface 3a of the guide rail 3 and also the piston member 20 can be driven in the opposite direction to thereby remove the pressure of the brake member 16 from the side surface 3a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Akiyama, Soichiro Kato, Shinya Nakamura, Shiroji Yabe
  • Publication number: 20040261268
    Abstract: The top portion of a material for a rail of a linear guide is formed in a convex shape. In this convex shape, portions protruding to the side of a top surface are removed beforehand by rolling raceway grooves in side portions of a member of rectangular section, the top surface of which is flat. A rail made from this material by rolling raceway grooves in side portions have a flat top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: NSK LTD
    Inventors: Kunio Kawashima, Hidenori Kawai, Masaru Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20040202389
    Abstract: A linear guide apparatus is provided with two (upper and lower) tracks of rolling element race tracks formed on a guide rail and of rolling element race tracks formed on a slider main body so as to oppose the rolling element race tracks on the respective sides, i.e., four tracks of race tracks in total. A recess is provided below the lower rolling element race track on the slider main body and the end cap fixed to an end face of the slider main body is provided with a projection that engages with the recess so as to determine a position of the end cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Xu Wei, Masaru Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20040190801
    Abstract: A separator for use in a linear guide having a guide rail, a slider disposed on the guide rail so as to move relatively each other, and a plurality of roller-shaped rolling elements incorporated in the slider, the separator has a separator main body having, on both sides in a front and rear direction thereof, recessed surface sections which contact circumferential sections of the rolling elements; and at least a pair of arm sections provided parallel to each other on both sides of the separator main body while being oriented in the same direction, wherein a length of the arm section is equal or shorter than a distance between centers of two adjacent rolling elements with the separator main body sandwiched therebetween, with respect to a lateral direction of the separator main-body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Soichiro Kato, Masaru Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20040120616
    Abstract: In the case that raceway grooves of a guide rail and a slider are formed by rolling, supposing that Dg is the depth of each of the raceway grooves formed by the rolling, and Dw is a diameter of the rolling element, a ball diameter ratio (Dg/Dw), which is a value obtained by dividing the groove depth Dg by a diameter Dw of the rolling element, is set to range from 0.26 to 0.45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20030188593
    Abstract: The linear guide apparatus includes a guide rail 3 including a rolling body rolling groove 8 and a friction apply unit 6 assembled to the guide rail 3. The friction apply unit 6 includes a unit main body 15, a brake member 16, an oil pressure cylinder 17 and a plate spring 32. The brake member 16 is disposed so as to face the side surface 3a of the guide rail 3 and can be contacted with the other portions of the side surface 3a than the rolling body rolling groove 8 thereof. The oil pressure cylinder 17 includes a piston member 20 which is structured to be driven in a positive direction to thereby press the brake member 16 against the side surface 3a of the guide rail 3 and also the piston member 20 can be driven in the opposite direction to thereby remove the pressure of the brake member 16 from the side surface 3a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Akiyama, Soichiro Kato, Shinya Nakamura, Shiroji Yabe
  • Publication number: 20030123761
    Abstract: The top portion of a material for a rail of a linear guide is formed in a convex shape. In this convex shape, portions protruding to the side of a top surface are removed beforehand by rolling raceway grooves in side portions of a member of rectangular section, the top surface of which is flat. A rail made from this material by rolling raceway grooves in side portions have a flat top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Kawashima, Hidenori Kawai, Masaru Akiyama
  • Patent number: 6561049
    Abstract: The linear guide apparatus includes a guide rail 3 including a rolling body rolling groove 8 and a friction apply unit 6 assembled to the guide rail 3. The friction apply unit 6 includes a unit main body 15, a brake member 16, an oil pressure cylinder 17 and a plate spring 32. The brake member 16 is disposed so as to face the side surface 3a of the guide rail 3 and can be contacted with the other portions of the side surface 3a than the rolling body rolling groove 8 thereof. The oil pressure cylinder 17 includes a piston member 20 which is structured to be driven in a positive direction to thereby press the brake member 16 against the side surface 3a of the guide rail 3 and also the piston member 20 can be driven in the opposite direction to thereby remove the pressure of the brake member 16 from the side surface 3a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Akiyama, Soichiro Kato, Shinya Nakamura, Shiroji Yabe
  • Publication number: 20030062227
    Abstract: A friction applying apparatus and a linear guide apparatus having the same, according to the present invention can uniformly contact allover contacting faces of sliding members to the contacted members so as to reduce abrasion in the sliding members and the contacted members, and may maintain appropriate frictional force and precision. In the friction applying apparatus forcing the sliding members moving along guide rails for generating friction, the sliding member is made of a material having elastic modulus being 5000 MPa or less and Vickers hardness being 400 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Soichiro Kato, Masaru Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20030050039
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a cellular phone to be used for emergency reports that performs GPS positioning by means of remote control from an emergency report center, and transmits positional information to the emergency report center. The emergency report cellular phone according to the present invention is constituted such that when an emergency report switch thereof is depressed, a call request is made to the emergency report center. The emergency report center transmits a response signal with the result that a call link is formed between the emergency report cellular phone and the emergency report center. Following completion of the telephone call, the emergency report center transmits a position recalculation command message, by means of a DTMF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Baba, Teruhide Kunimitsu, Kenji Sekine, Mikio Iwakuni, Katsuhiro Miyamoto, Toshiaki Yuasa, Toshihiro Takahashi, Norio Abe, Shuji Konishi, Tadashi Kogure, Jun Yoshida, Katsuya Kaneda, Isao Ohki, Masaru Akiyama, Masato Suzuki