Patents by Inventor Shuji Kato

Shuji Kato 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: 20130203308
    Abstract: A vessel propulsion apparatus includes a first exhaust passage including an upward guiding portion that guides exhaust generated by an engine upward, a second exhaust passage disposed at a downstream side relative to the first exhaust passage, and a communication passage communicating the first exhaust passage and the second exhaust passage with each other. The communication passage includes a first upstream end opening at the first exhaust passage and a second downstream end disposed below the first upstream end and opening at the second exhaust passage. Further, the communication passage includes an expanded portion disposed at a height in between the first upstream end and the second downstream end and being more expanded than the first upstream end and the second downstream end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuji KATO, Satoshi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8499934
    Abstract: There is provided a package structure for packing a flat display unit which improves workability in taking a flat display unit out of a packing box. A lower cushioning material which supports a display portion of the flat display unit from below has a manual insertion portion so that the display portion can be held at a portion close to a lifting person's body when the display portion is taken out of a lower part of the packing box. A reinforcing rib is provided on a front side of the lower cushioning material to prevent damage to the lower cushioning material due to a reduction in strength. To prevent the lower cushioning material from being taken out together with the display portion when the display portion is taken out, a recess is provided in the lower cushioning material so that the recess is caught on a bending portion in the lower part when the display portion is taken out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Tanaka, Yutaka Yamada, Shuji Kato
  • Patent number: 8089565
    Abstract: A digital signal receiver comprises a signal separating section (11), a clock signal generating section (12), a video data processing section (14), an audio data processing section (15), and a control section (17). The clock signal generating section (12) generates an operation clock signal (105) for the signal separating section (11), the video data processing section (14), and the audio data processing section (15). The control section (17) pauses the signal separating section (11), the video data processing section (14), and the audio data processing section (15) until receiving a clock stability signal (108) indicating that the operation clock signal (105) is stable, the clock stability signal (108) being generated by the clock signal generating section (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Takahashi, Ryogo Yanagisawa, Shuji Kato, Shinichi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20110210024
    Abstract: There is provided a package structure for packing a flat display unit which improves workability in taking a flat display unit out of a packing box. A lower cushioning material which supports a display portion of the flat display unit from below has a manual insertion portion so that the display portion can be held at a portion close to a lifting person's body when the display portion is taken out of a lower part of the packing box. A reinforcing rib is provided on a front side of the lower cushioning material to prevent damage to the lower cushioning material due to a reduction in strength. To prevent the lower cushioning material from being taken out together with the display portion when the display portion is taken out, a recess is provided in the lower cushioning material so that the recess is caught on a bending portion in the lower part when the display portion is taken out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Teppei TANAKA, Yutaka Yamada, Shuji Kato
  • Patent number: 7760766
    Abstract: An audio information detector extracts frequency information on audio data from a packet called an ASP in the HDMI standard and outputs the extracted frequency information to a frequency divider as audio information. The frequency divider determines a frequency division ratio based on the audio information, divides the frequency of a PLL clock signal output from an analog PLL circuit by the frequency division ratio and outputs the resultant signal as a comparison clock signal. The analog PLL circuit performs feedback control such that the comparison clock signal and a reference clock signal are synchronized with each other, and generates an audio clock signal obtained by performing frequency multiplication or division on the reference clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Takahashi, Shuji Kato
  • Patent number: 7607944
    Abstract: To provide a multi-pole coaxial connector that can be made more compact. More specifically, to provide a multi-pole coaxial connector in which a pitch between members is reduced to reduce a connecting body in size. In a multi-pole coaxial connector in which when a housing block and a receptacle are coupled to each other, a signal post and a signal contact are brought into conduction, a ground contact and a ground case are brought into conduction, an internal conductor and a signal SMD terminal are brought into conduction, and an external conductor and a ground SMD terminal are brought into conduction, and a cross section of the ground contact is formed into substantially U-shape in which adjacent ground contact side is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosuke Yoshioka, Narutoshi Hoshino, Shuji Kato, Hirohisa Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20080227334
    Abstract: To provide a multi-pole coaxial connector that can be made more compact. More specifically, to provide a multi-pole coaxial connector in which a pitch between members is reduced to reduce a connecting body in size. In a multi-pole coaxial connector in which when a housing block and a receptacle are coupled to each other, a signal post and a signal contact are brought into conduction, a ground contact and a ground case are brought into conduction, an internal conductor and a signal SMD terminal are brought into conduction, and an external conductor and a ground SMD terminal are brought into conduction, and a cross section of the ground contact is formed into substantially U-shape in which adjacent ground contact side is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke YOSHIOKA, Narutoshi HOSHINO, Shuji KATO, Hirohisa TANAKA
  • Patent number: 7404646
    Abstract: A projection lens apparatus includes a plurality of lenses, for enlarging and projecting, onto a screen, an original image displayed on an image generation source. The plurality of lenses are arranged, beginning with the lens nearest the screen, as first to sixth lens groups. The fourth lens group includes one meniscus lens that has a positive refracting power and has a concave lens surface directed toward the screen. The concave lens surface of the meniscus lens included in the fourth group lens has a curvature in the vicinity of an outer portion of the concave lens surface that is smaller than a curvature in a predetermined area of the concave lens surface defined between a light axis of the concave lens surface of the meniscus lens and the smaller curvature of the concave lens surface in the vicinity of the outer portion of the concave lens surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuriko Inadachi, Shuji Kato, Hidehiro Ikeda, Naoyuki Ogura, Koji Hirata
  • Publication number: 20080136970
    Abstract: A digital signal receiver comprises a signal separating section (11), a clock signal generating section (12), a video data processing section (14), an audio data processing section (15), and a control section (17). The clock signal generating section (12) generates an operation clock signal (105) for the signal separating section (11), the video data processing section (14), and the audio data processing section (15). The control section (17) pauses the signal separating section (11), the video data processing section (14), and the audio data processing section (15) until receiving a clock stability signal (108) indicating that the operation clock signal (105) is stable, the clock stability signal (108) being generated by the clock signal generating section (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO.,
    Inventors: Satoshi Takahashi, Ryogo Yanagisawa, Shuji Kato, Shinichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7365907
    Abstract: A compact rear projection image display apparatus in which the projection distance in a projection optical system is substantially reduced and no reflection mirror is used, thereby eliminating a major cause of image trapezoidal distortion. The rear projection image display apparatus has a projection lens system which includes a first lens group with positive refractive power and a second lens group which further enlarges an image enlarged by the first lens group. The projection lens system enlarges and projects an image displayed on an image display device, on a transmission screen. No reflection mirror is provided between the second lens group and the transmission screen and the image enlarged by the second lens group is directly projected on the transmission screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Ikeda, Koji Hirata, Shuji Kato, Masahiro Yamamoto, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Publication number: 20080084642
    Abstract: A semiconductor power conversion apparatus capable of protecting an IGBT from an overvoltage by supplying a sufficient gate current to the gate of the IGBT. The IGBT is protected from the overvoltage by connecting clamping elements connected in series between a collector of the IGBT and the gate thereof, and by connecting a resistor to each of different junction points between the clamping elements connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Shuji Kato, Toshihiko Matsuda, Takashi Ikimi, Hiroshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 7347566
    Abstract: An inexpensive projection lens unit in a rear projection type image display system, having a short focal distance (wide angle of viewing field), high focus and high contrast, and as well, including a power lens made of a glass material having a high refractive index in a range from 1.63 to 1.70 and an Abbe's number of not less than 50 with an optimized incident and emergent configuration in order to satisfactorily correct aberration with a enhanced focusing performance even with a shortened focal distance. Further, the power lens having a high refractive index can exhibit a high power, and accordingly, can carry out satisfactory aberration correction by optimizing the aspheric degree of a plastic lens even though the length of back focus is increased for enhancing the contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Ikeda, Shuji Kato, Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura
  • Patent number: 7342724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rear projection type image display device comprising projection lenses (2, 3) for projecting an image displayed on an image display element onto a transmission type screen (6) on a larger scale, an optical path turn-back mirror (7) for turning back halfway a light beam projected from the projection lenses, and a drive circuit for displaying an image on the image display element, that are fixedly housed within a housing (5). When a diagonal size of the transmission type screen (6), the depth of the housing (5), and the length from a lower end of the screen (6) to a lower end of the housing (5), are assumed to be SS (inch), D (inch), and L (inch), respectively, the following conditions are satisfied: SS>40, D?SS/3.0, L?SS/10.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Shuji Kato, Hidehiro Ikeda, Masahiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7244030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rear projection type image display device comprising projection lenses (2, 3) for projecting an image displayed on an image display element onto a transmission type screen (6) on a larger scale, an optical path turn-back mirror (7) for turning back halfway a light beam projected from the projection lenses, and a drive circuit for displaying an image on the image display element, that are fixedly housed within a housing (5). When a diagonal size of the transmission type screen (6), the depth of the housing (5), and the length from a lower end of the screen (6) to a lower end of the housing (5), are assumed to be SS (inch), D (inch), and L (inch), respectively, the following conditions are satisfied: SS >40, D?SS/3.0, L?SS/10.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Shuji Kato, Hidehiro Ikeda, Masahiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070139622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rear projection type image display device comprising projection lenses (2, 3) for projecting an image displayed on an image display element onto a transmission type screen (6) on a larger scale, an optical path turn-back mirror (7) for turning back halfway a light beam projected from the projection lenses, and a drive circuit for displaying an image on the image display element, that are fixedly housed within a housing (5). When a diagonal size of the transmission type screen (6), the depth of the housing (5), and the length from a lower end of the screen (6) to a lower end of the housing (5), are assumed to be SS (inch), D (inch), and L (inch), respectively, the following conditions are satisfied: SS>40, D?SS/3.0, L?SS/10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: HITACHI LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Shuji Kato, Hidehiro Ikeda, Masahiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070109666
    Abstract: An inexpensive projection lens unit in a rear projection type image display system, having a short focal distance (wide angle of viewing field), high focus and high contrast, and as well, including a power lens made of a glass material having a high refractive index in a range from 1.63 to 1.70 and an Abbe's number of not less than 50 with an optimized incident and emergent configuration in order to satisfactorily correct aberration with a enhanced focusing performance even with a shortened focal distance. Further, the power lens having a high refractive index can exhibit a high power, and accordingly, can carry out satisfactory aberration correction by optimizing the aspheric degree of a plastic lens even though the length of back focus is increased for enhancing the contrast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Ikeda, Shuji Kato, Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura
  • Patent number: 7210797
    Abstract: In a projection type image display apparatus, a projector optical unit for projecting an image onto a screen while magnifying a size of the image to be projected with respect to an original size of the image displayed by an image forming element, has a group of lenses for magnifying the size of the image with respect to the original size thereof, and an optical path extending from the image forming element to the screen to transmit the image along the optical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Shuji Kato, Masahiko Yatsu, Tsutomu Nakashima, Hidehiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7172292
    Abstract: An inexpensive projection lens unit in a rear projection type image display system, having a short focal distance (wide angle of viewing field), high focus and high contrast, and as well, including a power lens made of a glass material having a high refractive index in a range from 1.63 to 1.70 and an Abbe's number of not less than 50 with an optimized incident and emergent configuration in order to satisfactorily correct aberration with a enhanced focusing performance even with a shortened focal distance. Further, the power lens having a high refractive index can exhibit a high power, and accordingly, can carry out satisfactory aberration correction by optimizing the aspheric degree of a plastic lens even though the length of back focus is increased for enhancing the contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Ikeda, Shuji Kato, Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura
  • Publication number: 20070005163
    Abstract: An audio information detector extracts frequency information on audio data from a packet called an ASP in the HDMI standard and outputs the extracted frequency information to a frequency divider as audio information. The frequency divider determines a frequency division ratio based on the audio information, divides the frequency of a PLL clock signal output from an analog PLL circuit by the frequency division ratio and outputs the resultant signal as a comparison clock signal. The analog PLL circuit performs feedback control such that the comparison clock signal and a reference clock signal are synchronized with each other, and generates an audio clock signal obtained by performing frequency multiplication or division on the reference clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Satoshi Takahashi, Shuji Kato
  • Publication number: 20050259228
    Abstract: For a projection lens apparatus having a six-group structure that enlarges and projects an image displayed on a projection tube, an appropriate distance is maintained between a power lens and an aspherical lens group that is located near a power lens on the image generation source side, and physical interference with the power lens is eliminated, so that productivity is increased while a cost reduction is achieved. A meniscus lens that has a concave face directed toward a screen and has a refracting power is employed as an aberration correction lens (fourth group lens 4) that is located near the power lens (third group lens 3) on the image generation source side. Further, the lens surface of the meniscus lens on the screen side has an aspherical shape, so that a curvature is increased from the light axis to a predetermined point located between the light axis and the outer edge, and is reduced from the predetermined point to the outer edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Yuriko Inadachi, Shuji Kato, Hidehiro Ikeda, Naoyuki Ogura, Koji Hirata