Patents Represented by Attorney Yokoi & Co., U.S.A., Inc.

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  • Voltage for LCD
    Patent number: 7638905
    Abstract: A circuit that can avoid drops in power supply and heat generation and save on manufacturing costs with no need of external controls are configured such that: a switching transformer has a terminal that produces an output of 22V at power-on and an output of 8V during standby and a terminal that produces an output of 10V at power-on and an output of 3V during standby; the output of 22V or 8V is lowered to 5V by a regulator IC1 and applied (input) to a regulator IC2; an input of 10V or 3V is produced at the regulator IC2; at power-on, the regulator IC2 lowers 10V to 3.3V and supplies the lowered 3.3V to the inverter circuit 10f; and during standby, a regulator IC lowers 8V to 3.3V and supplies the lowered 3.3V to the inverter circuit 10f.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Miyamoto
  • Playback apparatus
    Patent number: 7639572
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disc playback apparatus with a built-in disc drive which performs hand-close process. The control unit 60 has the A/D input port P which is given the voltage of the terminal of the loading motor 78, after voltage reduction by the dividing resistors R1 and R2. It acquires the voltage applied to the A/D input port P at intervals of 20 ms if the disc tray 10 is in its completely ejected state and compares the acquired voltage with a predefined threshold value. If the acquired voltage is lower than the predefined threshold value, it clears the count, and if the acquired voltage is higher than the predefined value, it increments the count. If the count over 5, the control unit 60 delivers control signals to the driver circuit 88, thereby driving the loading motor to retract the disc tray 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takao Mizuno
  • Display apparatus and metal mold structure
    Patent number: 7614868
    Abstract: A first metal mold has a convex portion; a second metal mold has a concave portion; the surfaces of both metal molds facing each other have a predetermined clearance between them when the top of the convex portion is in contact with the bottom of the concave portion; the concave portion includes an opening side area defined by a wall facing the convex portion with a predetermined clearance kept when the convex portion is accommodated and a shoulder continuing from the wall, toward the rough center of the concave portion, to the side of the convex portion, and a bottom area in an area drilled down from the opening surrounded by the shoulder, defined by the wall that contacts the side of the top located within a predetermined distance from the top of the convex portion when the convex portion is accommodated, and the bottom that contacts the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto Maruta
  • Switch mounting mechanism in fluid pressure device
    Patent number: 7613014
    Abstract: The present invention provides a switch mounting mechanism that can be adopted with ease in conjunction with a compact fluid pressure device. A space (31), to be used to absorb elastic deformation of a holding arm (33) occurring as a switch holder (24) is inserted through a groove opening (22A) of a switch mounting groove (22), is formed. A clearance (32) to be used as a buffer for the holding arm (33) is formed between the switch mounting groove (22) and a detection switch (21). As a result, the switch holder (24) can be inserted to assume the same position as the detection switch (21) inside the switch mounting groove (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Shioto Tokumoto
  • Method for fabricating a semiconductor device and semiconductor device
    Patent number: 7612381
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a translucent portion; forming a covering layer comprised of one or more metals on the translucent portion by vapor deposition; providing kinetic energy to the covering layer for forming a periodic mask; forming a periodic structure on the translucent portion by using the periodic mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Meijo University
    Inventors: Satoshi Kamiyama, Hiroshi Amano, Motoaki Iwaya, Isamu Akasaki, Hideki Kasugai
  • Flow measurement device
    Patent number: 7610816
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a flow measurement device that includes: a wave guide tube type resonant cavity; a penetrating space that penetrates the resonant cavity; a duct support part that is made of a dielectric substance and is in the resonant cavity and surrounds an outside of the penetrating space; a transmitting antenna that transmits a microwave in a direction along a longitudinal axial direction of the resonant cavity to provide a standing wave or a traveling wave of the microwave, with the microwave transmitted in a space that is outside of duct support part and inside of the resonant cavity; and a receiving antenna that receives the standing wave or the traveling wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: OHM Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadao Okazaki
  • Flow switch
    Patent number: D603341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawakami, Tsukasa Yamamoto, Junya Abe
  • Ionizer
    Patent number: D605278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Orihara, Takayuki Toshida, Akira Tadano
  • Ionizer
    Patent number: D605279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Orihara, Takayuki Toshida, Akira Tadano
  • Flow switch
    Patent number: D606164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawakami, Tsukasa Yamamoto, Junya Abe
  • Manifold for flow switches
    Patent number: D606165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Shogo Kurisaki
  • Flow switch
    Patent number: D606166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Ken Gunji
  • Electromagnetic valve
    Patent number: D606168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Miyazoe
  • Fluid pressure cylinder
    Patent number: D606629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Shioto Tokumoto
  • Fan unit for ionizer
    Patent number: D606645
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Orihara, Takayuki Toshida, Akira Tadano
  • Detection switch
    Patent number: D607419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Shogo Kurisaki
  • Electromagnetic valve
    Patent number: D607539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Takumi Matsumoto
  • Electromagnetic valve
    Patent number: D607540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Takumi Matsumoto
  • Detection switch
    Patent number: D607850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Shogo Kurisaki
  • Socket for pipe joint
    Patent number: D608424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Katsuta, Masayuki Okitsu