Patents by Inventor Abe

Abe 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).

  • Thermal transfer recording medium capable of multiple printing
    Patent number: 5130180
    Abstract: The improved thermal transfer recording medium capable of multiple printing has at least two heat-fusible colorant layers formed in superposition on a support and a heat-fusible colorless layer is provided between the heat-fusible colorant layers. This recording medium is capable of producing a sharp, ghost-free image through many cycles of printing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiro Koshizuka, Tatsuichi Maehashi, Takao Abe
  • Video camera having DC power source light
    Patent number: 5130741
    Abstract: A DC power source light which is mountable to and dismountable from a camera body of a video camera is supplied with power from a battery provided in said camera body so that said DC power source light is made compact and light in weight. Further, either said camera body or said DC power source light has a unit for preventing excess discharge of said battery and a unit for preventing excess current when the switch is turned on, thereby to protect said battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Nishigaki, Takeshi Kawarai, Seiko Nakasuna, Yuichi Kosukegawa, Kazuyoshi Yamada, Yuuhei Abe
  • Color image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 5130791
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus for processing a color image signal obtained by converting color image information on a document into an electric signal. In the apparatus, a marking color of a coloring material different from the color of the document is detected. When the color of the document adjoins to the marked region, at least a part of the color of the document is changed to the color of the marked region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori Abe
  • Metal gasket and method of producing the same
    Patent number: 5130203
    Abstract: A method of producing a metal gasket includes steps of alkaline cleaning a metal plate, coating a non-rinse chemical for chromate conversion of surfaces of the metal plate and drying to form chromate films, coating an adhesive on the chromate films and drying or baking the adhesive to form adhesive layers, and coating a rubber compound of a sheet-like or an amorphous mixed compound to a predetermined thickness on the adhesive layers and heating and vulcanizing the rubber compound to form rubber coated metal plate. A metal gasket manufactured in this manner has a high bonding power of the rubber layers to the metal plate to obtain an improved durability for long use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignees: Nippon Leakless Industry Co., Ltd., Sanshin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunehiko Abe, Hiroyuki Nakano, Kazuaki Shiotani, Yoshiharu Takada
  • Spectacle case
    Patent number: 5129509
    Abstract: A flexible porous inner web is mounted to a fluid impermeable outer web to define an entrance opening to receive a spectacle case, wherein the inner web includes an adhesive web including an adhesive forward face mounting a "U" shaped clip, and an adhesive rear face adhesively secured to the inner web, wherein the "U" shaped clip includes a junction and the outer web includes a slot, wherein the junction is aligned with the slot, with the inner web secured to the outer web. The case structure may further utilize the adhesive web formed with adhesive at a forward surface thereof and mounted to an interior surface of the outer web to secure the clip through the slot and the outer web without use of an inner liner. A modification of the invention includes the inner liner including an anhydrous dispensing tube contained therewithin for directing a water absorbing mixture from interiorly of the case structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Inventor: Abe Romolt
  • Detecting line segments and predetermined patterns in an optically scanned document
    Patent number: 5129012
    Abstract: Line segments in stored picture data derived from an optically scanned document are detected by detecting line elements in the picture data, determining if the length of a line element is greater than a threshold length l.sub.th, determining a connecting relationship of one line element of greater than threshold length to another line element of greater than threshold length, and identifying a line segment in accordance with the connecting relationship of the line elements. Predetermined patterns formed of the detected line segments are detected by sensing if two line segments adjoin each other, determining the adjoining relationship of those two line segments, and identifying the pattern which includes those two line segments as a function of their adjoining relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Keiko Abe
  • Method and apparatus for assembling vehicle body
    Patent number: 5127569
    Abstract: In a flexible manufacturing system for assembling various types of vehicle bodies, there is employed a work piece carrier on which a work piece positioning device is mounted. The work piece positioning device has a plurality of position changeable work piece holders which are grouped into a plurality of groups each having its own power input device. When the carrier comes to a type switching stage together with the work piece positioning device, a power source installed in the type switching stage is brought into connection with the power input device of one of the groups thereby to changing the positions of the corresponding work piece holders. Then, the power source is brought into connection with the other power input device of the other group to change the positions of the corresponding work piece holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company Limited
    Inventors: Yoshitada Sekine, Tatsuo Miyauchi, Kazuyoshi Abe, Tohru Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Ono
  • Method of forming color images
    Patent number: 5128238
    Abstract: A method for producing color images comprising developing a negative silver halide color photographic materials and an internal latent-image type direct positive silver halide color photogaphic material, with the same developer having a pH of 9.0 to 11.5, said direct positive photographic material containing at least one compound represented by formula (N-I) as nucleating agent and at least one compound represented by (I) or (II) as magenta coupler, thereby ensuring high color reproducibility to both photographic materials: ##STR1## wherein the symbols and substituents of said formulae are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Nakazyo, Shinji Ueda, Akira Abe, Noriyuki Inoue
  • Process for improving the coefficient of traction and traction drive fluid
    Patent number: 5126065
    Abstract: A process for improving the coefficient of traction at high temperatures in a traction drive, and a tranction drive fluid for use therein. This traction drive fluid comprises the hydrogenated product of a dimer, a trimer or a tetramer of norbornanes and/or norbornenes, and exhibits excellent traction performance over a wide temperature range from low temperature to high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsubouchi, Kazuaki Abe, Hitoshi Hata
  • Arrangement and method of ascertaining memory addresses which have been accessed during program execution
    Patent number: 5126972
    Abstract: Addresses of a main memory, which have been accessed by a central processing unit, are ascertained during the execution of a program stored in the main memory. A decoder is provided for receiving a predetermined number of lower n bits of main memory address bits and generates an output consisting of 2.sup.n bits (n is a positive integer). A memory includes a plurality of binary cells which correspond to memory cells of the main memory on a one by one basis. A logic circuit receives first and second data. The first data is the output of the decoder and the second data is one cell data retrieved from the memory. The logic circuit implements logical sum on the first and second data and superimposes the output thereof on the memory cell from which the second data has been derived. After the execution of the program is terminated, the contents of the memory are dumped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Fumihiro Abe
  • Absorbent article
    Patent number: 5126201
    Abstract: An absorbent article using, as a surface material (or a liquid-permeable top sheet), a nonwoven fabric is disclosed, the nonwoven fabric containing at least 10% by weight of a conjugate fiber comprising first and second parts differing from each other, wherein the second part covers at least a part of the first part, at least the first part contains an inorganic component in a proportion higher than that contained in the second part, and the content of the inorganic component in the first part is at least 1.5% by weight based on the weight of the first part. The nonwoven fabric has excellent cutting properties while retaining satisfactory strength, absorbency and touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Shiba, Norihiro Abe, Takatoshi Kobayashi
  • Outlet device for coin payout hoppers
    Patent number: 5125493
    Abstract: The outlet device is used for guiding a coin discharged from a coin payout hopper through an escalator upwardly. The outlet device comprises an outlet chute having a curved coin guiding passage for upwardly guiding coins pushed in a lower inlet in the horizontal direction towards an upper outlet in the vertical direction. The outlet chute is composed of a back plate, a pair of outside and inside edge plates, and an elastically deformable inside front plate of elastomer material such as rubber covering only the inside edge plate positioned in the inner side in relation to a center of curvature of the curved coin guiding passage, the elastically deformable inside front plate having an extension protruding beyond the inner coin guiding edge face of the inside edge plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Abe
  • Color processor with diagnosis of fault condition by comparing density levels
    Patent number: 5126856
    Abstract: A color image processor for scanning a color image, includes an irradiation light for irradiating the color image with a light, a color separator for separating the reflected light from the irradiated color image into plural element color lights, plural bar-shaped photoelectric transformer for transforming each of the element color lights into an electrical image signal, a converter for converting the electrical image signal to a digital image signal, a memory in which the digital image signal is stored, and a determiner for determining whether a scanner, such as the irradiation light and the photoelectric transformer is functioning properly according to a density level recognized from the digital image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori Abe
  • Optically active compound, process for producing same and liquid crystal composition containing same
    Patent number: 5126071
    Abstract: An optically active functional compound represented by the following formula (1) is disclosed: ##STR1## wherein R denotes an alkyl group having 1-14 carbon atoms; --X-- denotes ##STR2## Y denotes a single bond, ##STR3## or --O--; n=0, 1 or 2; and C* denotes an asymmetric carbon atom. The compound of the formula (1) may be produced through an optically active compound of the following formula (2) or (3): ##STR4## The compounds of the above formulas (1)-(3) are all characterized by a trifluoromethyl group providing a large spontaneous polarization attached to an asymmetric carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nohira, Masanao Kamei, Hideki Kanazawa, Tetsuya Abe, Yoko Yamada, Yuko Etoh
  • Semiconductor integrated circuit device operated with an applied voltage lower than required by its clock oscillator
    Patent number: 5126695
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprises a first oscillator circuit driven by a first voltage for generating a first clock signal employed as the internal system clock signal for an internal circuit in the integrated circuit device and a second oscillator circuit driven by a second voltage lower than said first voltage for generating a second clock signal. A voltage boost circuit generates a stepped up voltage based on the second clock signal, which stepped up voltage is higher than the first voltage and is supplied to the first oscillator circuit and the internal circuit as their circuit source voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Sachiyuki Abe
  • Wiring pattern of semiconductor integrated circuit device
    Patent number: 5126819
    Abstract: As shown in FIG. 4, a wiring pattern of a semiconductor integrated circuit device of the present invention comprises a wiring portion extending from a connection hole and a connection portion located on the connection hole and having a matching allowance with respect to said connection hole on said wiring portion side being formed wider than a predetermined matching allowance by a predetermined width with which a required yield of successful matching can be assured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masahiro Abe, Yasukazu Mase, Tomie Yamamoto
  • Optical coupler ultizing prisms
    Patent number: 5125053
    Abstract: An optical coupler is disclosed which couples a signal beam and a pumping beam having proximate wavelengths to each other. The optical coupler includes a first prism having an included angle of 45 degrees, and a triangular prism having an apex angle of 22.5 degrees and adhered to a face of the first prism on which an optical wavelength multiplexing film is formed. The signal beam and the pumping beam multiplexed by the optical coupled is introduced into an Er doped fiber, in which the signal beam is amplified directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Abe, Norihisa Naganuma, Hisashi Takamatsu
  • Electrical connector with terminal retaining member
    Patent number: 5123866
    Abstract: An electrical connector wherein terminals are secured inside terminal receiving chambers by virtue of a retaining member. The retaining member has elongated retaining protrusions that enter the terminal receiving chambers so as to operatively engage with and secure a position of the terminals. The terminal retaining protrusions enter the terminal receiving chambers through holes formed on the sides thereof so as to allow the retaining member to be essentially accommodating within the lengthwise dimension of the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Sakai Yagi, Masanori Tsuji, Kimihiro Abe, Satoshi Yamada
  • Insulated-gate type integrated circuit
    Patent number: 5124763
    Abstract: A P-well region is provided in a semiconductor substrate of N-type. A P-channel MOSFET is arranged in the N-type substrate while an N-channel MOSFET is arranged in the P-well region. The drain regions of the respective MOSFETs consist of high concentration impurity diffused regions and low concentration impurity diffused regions arranged about the respective high concentration impurity diffused regions. Also, a drain electrode is provided to cover the entire of the high and low concentration impurity diffused regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tsutomu Takahasi, Takeshi Suyama, Satoshi Suzuki, Isao Abe, Akihiro Sueda
  • Vortex blower
    Patent number: D327316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Yoshidomi, Takeshi Abe, Eiichi Ito, Masayuki Fujio, Kazuo Kobayashi, Kengo Hasegawa, Yukio Chihara