Patents by Inventor Akihiko Okamoto
Akihiko Okamoto 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).
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Patent number: 5787063Abstract: The present invention provides a disk drive unit which includes a body case having an opening portion for inserting a disk cartridge and for facilitating removal of the cartridge from the body case. A shutter mechanism having a shutter which is rotatably supported in the body case and is movable between an open position for inserting the cartridge and a closed position for preventing airborne debris from entering the interior of the body case. The shutter is normally in the closed position and is opened when a cartridge is inserted or ejected. A loading device is positioned within the body case and is configured to vertically move the cartridge so as to load the inserted cartridge onto a driving device. The loading device also selectively ejects the cartridge in an ejection movement. A driving device is provided to rotate a disk stored in the cartridge and is preferably fixed to the body case.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1995Date of Patent: July 28, 1998Assignee: Richoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Kanno, Akihiko Okamoto
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Patent number: 5670492Abstract: Provided are DC-89 derivatives represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein X represents Cl or Br, R represents hydrogen or COR.sup.1, and W represents ##STR2## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the present invention have excellent anti-tumor activity and are useful as anti-tumor agents.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1995Date of Patent: September 23, 1997Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyoshi Amishiro, Satoru Nagamura, Hiromitsu Saito, Eiji Kobayashi, Akihiko Okamoto, Katsushige Gomi
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Patent number: 5641780Abstract: DC-89 derivatives represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein X represents CL or Br; R represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, COR.sup.1 or S.sub.2 OR.sup.7 ; and Y represents ##STR2## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the present invention exhibit excellent anti-tumor activity and are useful as anti-tumor agents.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1995Date of Patent: June 24, 1997Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyoshi Amishiro, Satoru Nagamura, Hiromitsu Saito, Eiji Kobayashi, Akihiko Okamoto, Katsushige Gomi
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Patent number: 5557160Abstract: A high resistance epitaxial layer is formed on a substrate, and a resistance layer is formed for each emitter by injecting ions into the high resistance epitaxial layer via an aperture formed through a gate electrode. An emitter is provided on the resistance layer. Alternatively, ions are injected into a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type to provide a region of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate by using a gate electrode having an aperture as a mask. An emitter is provided on the region of the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1994Date of Patent: September 17, 1996Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Hideo Makishima, Akihiko Okamoto
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Patent number: 5351228Abstract: An optical disk drive unit has an opening portion formed in a body case to insert an optical disk cartridge having an optical disk therein into the body case and take the optical disk cartridge out of the body case; a driving device for receiving and rotating the optical disk; and a rotatable shutter for opening and closing the opening portion. A leg portion extends from a shutter body. A center of rotation of the leg portion is located on a side of the driving device disposed within the body case and away from the opening portion of the body case. No closing operation of the shutter body is influenced by mounting the optical disk cartridge into the body case. At least one face of the shutter may be constructed by an arc face having a shape approximately equal to the shape of an arc around the center of rotation. A projecting portion may be disposed outside the shutter.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1992Date of Patent: September 27, 1994Assignee: Ricoh Company Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Kanno, Akihiko Okamoto
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Patent number: 5301179Abstract: An optical disk drive unit comprising: a sealing enclosure which encloses from exterior the disk cartridge and an access mechanism for the recording medium in the disk cartridge; an input device for inputting an eject command signal; a pin for moving and arranging a cartridge eject device to a state for starting its function; a cam which is disengaged from the pin when the cartridge is unloaded and which is contacted from the pin to start the ejecting function when the cartridge is loaded so that by rotating the cam, the ejecting function can be conducted; a cam drive disposed outside of the enclosure; a linkage for connecting a shaft of the cam drive to the cam through a hole formed in the enclosure; and a controller for controlling the cam in such a way that upon receipt of the eject command signal from the input device, the cam drive is driven to rotate the cam until the cartridge is ejected, wherein through a hole 15 of the chassis 1 is inserted a shaft 81 of the cam 80, and a worm wheel 79 is connected tType: GrantFiled: May 28, 1992Date of Patent: April 5, 1994Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Akihiko Okamoto
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Patent number: 5070494Abstract: An optical pickup device for optically reproducing an information recorded on a recording medium of a magneto-optical disc or a write-only-read-many optical disc, includes a semiconductor laser, an objective lens for converging the laser light emitted by the laser on the recording medium, a photo-detector for detecting a light reflected from the recording medium, a beam splitter for leading the emitted light from the laser to the objective lens and for leading said light reflected by the recording medium to the photodetector, a first phase plate disposed between the beam splitter and the objective lens, a second phase plate disposed between the beam splitter and the photo-detector, and a rotator for rotate the first phase plate in such a manner than the beam splitter forbids to transmit the light reflected by the recording medium into the laser in a case where the recording medium is said write-only-read-many optical disc, and that the beam splitter allows to transmit the light reflected by the recording mediType: GrantFiled: April 3, 1989Date of Patent: December 3, 1991Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masami Emoto, Masanobu Nishimiya, Akihiko Okamoto
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Patent number: 4948751Abstract: A method of selective epitaxial growth includes a step of selectively forming an insulator film on a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate and a step of evaporating a starting material containing a Group III element in vacuum in the presence of a Group V element to grow epitaxially a III-V compound semiconductor selectively on the semiconductor substrate under the condition where the partial pressure of the Group III element just above the semiconductor substrate is greater than the equilibrium vapor pressure of the Group III element contained in the III-V compound semiconductor existing on the semiconductor substrate and is smaller than the equilibrium vapor pressure of the Group III element contained in the III-V compound semiconductor existing on the insulator film.When InAs is grown epitaxially and selectively on a GaAs substrate, the GaAs substrate is kept at 500.degree. to 650.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1988Date of Patent: August 14, 1990Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Akihiko Okamoto, Keiichi Ohata
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Patent number: 4764917Abstract: A front loading disk player comprising a housing provided with a slot into which a disk to be played is inserted, a playback unit installed in said housing and a disk carrier mechanism for carrying said disk to a playback position. The disk carrier mechanism includes a disk loader. The playback unit comprises a carriage for supporting an optical pickup, a driving mechanism for driving the carriage, a turntable and a support member for supporting the carriage, the driving mechanism and the turntable. The support member is secured to the housing through a vibration-damping mechanism. A locking unit is provided for locking the support member to the housing when the disk is not played.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1986Date of Patent: August 16, 1988Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventors: Masanori Sugihara, Kazuo Kobayashi, Akihiko Okamoto, Atsushi Kurosawa, Hideki Okii
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Patent number: 4700338Abstract: An automatic disc player including a housing having an elongated slot through which a disc is to be inserted into the housing, disc playback means accommodated within the housing, disc carrier means operative to convey the disc toward a predetermined position along a predetermined path within the housing after the disc is inserted through the slot in the housing, the disc carrier mechanism having a surface portion on which the a disc is to be placed, and alignment operative to move the disc correctly to the predetermined position after the disc is conveyed toward the predetermined position by the disc carrier means, wherein the alignment comprises a pair of position holding device disposed on both sides of the aforesaid predetermined path and engageable with an edge portion of the disc concurrently at at least two locations on a plane substantially parallel with the above mentioned surface portion of the disc carrier, and biasing device urging the locations to move toward the edge portion of the disc while thType: GrantFiled: April 11, 1985Date of Patent: October 13, 1987Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventors: Masanori Sugihara, Atsushi Kurosawa, Akihiko Okamoto, Akira Bessho, Kouji Shimoda, Kenji Okuda, Haruo Kama, Kazuo Kobayashi
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Patent number: 4695996Abstract: An automatic disc player including a housing having an elongated slot through which a disc is to be inserted, playback means accommodated within the housing and including a turntable to carry a disc during playback operation, disc carrier means to convey the disc toward a predetermined position with respect to the turntable after the disc is inserted through the slot in the housing, and disc clamp means to move the disc correctly to the predetermined position after the disc is conveyed toward the predetermined position by the disc carrier means, wherein the disc clamp means comprises a support member movable between a release position remoter from the turntable and a disc clamp position closer to the turntable, and a disc clamping member which is rotatably supported on the support member through an elliptical opening formed in the support member and which is cooperative with the turntable for having a disc clamped between the turntable and the disc clamping member when the support member is in the disc clampType: GrantFiled: April 11, 1985Date of Patent: September 22, 1987Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventors: Masanori Sugihara, Atsushi Kurosawa, Akihiko Okamoto, Kouji Shimoda, Toshiyuki Kimoto, Tomomitsu Kouno