Patents by Inventor Yoshinao Kobayashi

Yoshinao Kobayashi 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: 7082720
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus for a vehicle slide door, including a cable installed between a vehicle body and a slide door and a cable guide for guiding the cable. The cable guide includes a plurality of link members interconnected into a linear configuration. The cable guide includes a first section and a second section. The first section is capable of being bent in a predetermined direction from a generally linear condition. The second section is capable of being bent in an opposite direction opposite to the predetermined direction from a generally linear condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kobayashi, Shigeru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20060110961
    Abstract: A mounting fitting (3, 5) is made of a metallic plate material, wherein a first mounting panel (7, 14) to be mounted on a casing (1) is defined on one surface, and a second mounting panel (8, 16) to be mounted on an inner panel (2) is defined on the opposite surface. A reinforcing edge (12, 18) is formed by bending at a peripheral edge portion of the mounting fitting (3, 5) such that an edge end thereof faces in the same direction. The reinforcing edge (12, 18) is continuous along the longitudinal direction thereof without any cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Kida, Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060061293
    Abstract: A display unit has an organic light emitting diode (OLED) 21 provided in correspondence with each of pixels and capable of emitting light by itself, a drive transistor 22 for driving the OLED 21, a twig transistor 23 which is formed so as to have a portion of an electrode of the drive transistor 22 independently formed, and which is used to detect a threshold voltage (Vth) of the drive transistor 22, a compensating capacitor 28 in which the threshold voltage (Vth) detected by the twig transistor 23 is written, a signal capacitor 27 in which a signal voltage to be supplied to the drive transistor 22 is written, a first transistor 24 provided between a data line and the signal capacitor 27, a second transistor 25 provided between the signal capacitor 27 and the compensating capacitor 28, and a third transistor 26 provided between a gate electrode and another electrode of the twig transistor 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kobayashi, Takatoshi Tsujimura, Shinya Ono
  • Patent number: 7001858
    Abstract: Glass fiber which substantially has the following composition as represented by mol percentage and has a glass transition temperature higher than 300° C. and lower than 400° C.: Li2O+Na2O+K2O: 5 to 35%, P2O5: 20 to 27%, SO3: 3 to 20%, ZnO: 10 to 55%, MgO: 0 to 20%, ZnO+MgO: 10 to 55%, Al2O3: 1 to 5%, and B2O3: 8 to 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignees: Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Asahi Fiber Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideki Nakagawa, Yoshiro Niino, Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6996967
    Abstract: When a cable support structure according to the present invention is applied to a slide door in a vehicle, a first support member (20) and a second support member (30) support one end portion and another end portion in a cable guide (1) in a state capable of swinging them in a vertical direction approximately perpendicular to a sliding direction (Q) of a slide door (SD). Accordingly, even in the case where an attitude angle of the slide door (SD) with respect to the vertical direction is changed in correspondence to the slide movement, or a vertical position is changed, it is possible to prevent an unreasonable force from being applied to the cable guide (1) on the basis of the above-described attitude or position change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6988120
    Abstract: A squaring multiplier for a floating-point number comprises: a pseudo carry generator for generating pseudo information concerning a carry equivalent to predetermined bits for the calculation of a target variable; an MSB look ahead circuit for employing the variable to perform a look ahead operation and establish the location of the MSB (Most Significant Bit) in the calculation results; and combinational circuits for performing the rounding off process and the calculation of the variables by using information concerning a carry, which is generated by the pseudo carry generator and based on the location of the MSB determined by the MSB look ahead circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kobayashi, Ken Namura, Kenya Katoh
  • Publication number: 20060007074
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a light emitting element that emits light depending on an injected electric current; a driver that includes at least a first terminal and a second terminal, and controls the light emitting element based on a potential difference, applied between the first terminal and the second terminal, of a level higher than a predetermined threshold; a storage capacitor that serves to retain a potential on the first terminal of the driver; and a controller that changes the potential on the first terminal via the storage capacitor at writing of electric data current corresponding to a display in a black level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicants: Kyocera Corporation, Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060001621
    Abstract: A driver for driving a display panel having a light emitting element includes a plurality of control pads, each of which is electrically connected to a control line of the display panel; and a plurality of power source pads, each of which is electrically connected to a power source line of the display panel and is larger in area than the control pad. The control pads and the power source pads are arranged in line and an order of arrangement of the control pads and the power source pads is symmetrical with respect to a direction of pad arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicants: Kyocera Corporation, Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Yoshinao Kobayashi, Kohichi Miwa
  • Publication number: 20050280616
    Abstract: A display device includes a driver circuit that controls so that an electric charge accumulation and a voltage detection/supply start simultaneously for a pixel circuit in a first row in the matrix and a pixel circuit in a second row in a matrix and adjacent to the pixel circuit in the first row in one direction along a column, and that controls so that the electric charge accumulation and the voltage detection/supply end simultaneously for the pixel circuit in the first row and a pixel circuit in a third row and adjacent to the pixel circuit in the first row in another direction along the column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicants: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp., Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Kohichi Miwa, Shinya Ono, Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050269960
    Abstract: A display includes an electric current controlled light-emitting device that emits light with a luminance depending on an electric current flowing therethrough. The display also includes a transistor that has a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, and controls the electric current based on a data voltage between one of the source and drain electrodes and the gate electrode; and a controller that controls a gate-to-source voltage and a gate-to-drain voltage of the transistor based on a change in the luminance of the electric current controlled light-emitting device while maintaining the transistor element in a saturation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Koichi Miwa, Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6943501
    Abstract: A common line is eliminated, and one terminal of the capacitor, which has been heretofore connected to the common line, is connected to the scan line of another display cell adjacent to the display cell having the capacitor. A scan line driving circuit supplies to respective scan lines a stepped pulse formed of a voltage V1 and a voltage V2 sufficiently larger than the voltage V1. A data line driving circuit supplies to the respective data lines a voltage not smaller than the voltage V1 and not larger than a voltage V3 (but smaller than the voltage V2) as a data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignees: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp., Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kobayashi, Shinya Ono
  • Patent number: 6916062
    Abstract: A cable guide (1) has a plurality of tubular links (11) consecutively connected to one another for pivoting about substantially parallel axes. At least some of the cables to be inserted into a cable guide (1) are flat cables (5) placed one over another so that the width of the flat cables (5) is parallel to the pivotal axes of the links (11) of the cable guide (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Suzuki, Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050062310
    Abstract: Bases (10) for guiding a movable end (37) of a conductor path (30) have a cross section along a direction normal to a parallel direction to guide rails (12) that is constant over the entire length. Thus, the bases (10) can be obtained by cutting an elongated raw material to a specified length in conformity with a vehicle type, thereby enabling a cost reduction. Further, since the bases (10) are symmetrical with a moving path of the movable end (37) located therebetween, it is sufficient to prepare only one kind of elongated raw material. In this respect as well, costs can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Kida, Shigeru Suzuki, Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050057193
    Abstract: A method for testing an OLED substrate comprises: the first step of obtaining a first current value passing through a switching element group connected to a selection signal line; the second step of obtaining a second current value passing through a switching element group connected to a data signal line; and the third step of operating a current passing through each switching element including an OLED element from the current value for each pulse signal obtained by each of the steps 1 and 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050017930
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a current-controlled light emitting diode emitting light with brightness corresponding to a current flowing therethrough; a wiring structure electrically connected to the current-controlled light emitting diode; and a potential controller controlling a potential of the wiring structure. The image display apparatus also includes a potential change assisting unit controlling electric conductivity between the potential controller and the wiring structure, to change a potential of the wiring structure after a light emitting phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kobayashi, Shinya Ono
  • Publication number: 20040250525
    Abstract: When a cable support structure according to the present invention is applied to a slide door in a vehicle, a first support member (20) and a second support member (30) support one end portion and another end portion in a cable guide (1) in a state capable of swinging them in a vertical direction approximately perpendicular to a sliding direction (Q) of a slide door (SD). Accordingly, even in the case where an attitude angle of the slide door (SD) with respect to the vertical direction is changed in correspondence to the slide movement, or a vertical position is changed, it is possible to prevent an unreasonable force from being applied to the cable guide (1) on the basis of the above-described attitude or position change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Minato-ku, Japan
    Inventor: Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20040252089
    Abstract: An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes a data line that supplies a voltage determined based on emission brightness, a first switching unit that controls writing of the voltage supplied from the data line, a driver element that controls a current flowing through a current-controlled light emitting element, an organic electro-luminescence element that emits light of brightness corresponding to current applied, a reference-voltage writing unit that supplies a predetermined reference voltage, and a threshold-voltage detecting unit that detects a threshold voltage of the driver element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Takatoshi Tsujimura, Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20040246212
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a current-controlled light emitting; a transistor which controls a first current flowing through the current-controlled light emitting diode, based on a first voltage applied between the gate and the source of the transistor at a light emitting phase; a capacitor arranged between the gate and the source. The image display apparatus also includes a current determining unit which controls a second current flowing between the source and the drain, based on a third voltage applied thereto at the writing phase. The second voltage is written in the capacitor at a writing phase and depends on the second current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kobayashi, Shinya Ono
  • Publication number: 20040239596
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a driver element that is supplied with a potential from a data line. The driver element controls a value of current passing through an electric light emitting element. Upon obtaining a threshold voltage, a conductive member connected to the electric light emitting element is made to be a floating state to cause the driver element to become on-state, variations in the potential of the conductive member caused by charges passing through the driver element to flow into the conductive member are detected by a threshold voltage detector to obtain the threshold voltage of the driver element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Yoshinao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6796834
    Abstract: A wire harness-wiring sliding part has a sliding part (12) and a rail member (11) on which the sliding part (12) is mounted. The rail member (11) has a pair of opposing guide rail portions (11b) longitudinally disposed opposing each other at a predetermined distance. The sliding part (12) has a holding portion (12a), on both its sides, which hold edges of the opposing guide rail portions (11b). The sliding part (12) is longitudinally slidable on the guide rail portions (11b). A wire harness (14), extending from a vehicle body, is wired from a vehicle body provided with the rail member (11) to a sliding door provided with the sliding part (12). A felt material (13) is installed on an inner surface (12b) of each of the holding portions (12a) of the sliding part (12) in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the rail member (11). The felt material fills a gap between the inner surface (12b) and a peripheral surface of an end portion of the guide rail portion (11b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Suzuki, Yoshinao Kobayashi