Patents by Inventor Akinori Maeda
Akinori Maeda 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: 11953853Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a drive source, an object configured to be driven by the drive source, and a drive transmission mechanism including a driving member, a driven member, an intermediate member, an urging member, and an actuating portion. The intermediate member is configured to move in an axial direction. The intermediate member includes a shaft portion extending in the axial direction, and a positioning portion configured to determine a position of the driven member in a direction orthogonal to the axis. The shaft portion includes a receiving portion configured to receive a force. The receiving portion is positioned inward of the positioning portion in a radial direction of rotation of the intermediate member.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Watanabe, Osamu Sasaoka, Akinori Yokota, Masafumi Maeda
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Publication number: 20240068470Abstract: An electric compressor includes: a compression part; an electric motor; an inverter; a housing including a plurality of housing forming members made of metal; a seal member that has an insulation property and is provided between the housing forming members adjacent to each other; and a potential equalization member that is made of metal and is in contact with both the adjacent housing forming members to equalize potentials of the adjacent housing forming members. The adjacent housing forming members include mating surfaces, respectively. An insertion hole is formed in one of the mating surfaces of the adjacent housing forming members, at a position in which the seal member is not provided. The potential equalization member includes an insertion portion inserted into the insertion hole, and a contact portion that is a plate portion extending in a gap between the mating surfaces and is in contact with both the mating surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Ken NAMIKI, Takuro Yamashita, Takumi Maeda, Akinori Tanabe, Takafumi Konishi, Takahiro Suzuki, Yoshitaka Saito
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Patent number: 7271783Abstract: A back substrate has a plurality of electron emission elements. A display substrate comprises an optically transparent substrate disposed opposite to the back substrate; an accelerating electrode formed on the inner face of the optically transparent substrate for accelerating electron beams emitted from the electron emission elements; and luminescent materials excited by the electron beams to emit light toward the outer face of the optically transparent substrate. A frame member supports the back substrate and display substrate on their peripheries. A vacuum chamber is defined by the back substrate, display substrate, and frame member. A conductor electrically connected to the accelerating electrode is drawn out to the outside of the vacuum chamber. A high voltage connector for supplying an accelerating voltage to the conductor is removably connected to the conductor.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2003Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshie Kodera, Tetsu Ohishi, Nobuo Masuoka, Akinori Maeda, Junichi Ikoma, Hidenao Kubota
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Patent number: 7212339Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple configuration for bonding a lenticular lens sheet, a front sheet, and light diffusion layers together to reduce cost. To accomplish the above purpose, the present invention comprises: a lenticular lens sheet (20); a front sheet (30); a first adhesive layer (35) for bonding the lenticular lens sheet (20) and the front sheet (30) together, the first adhesive layer (35) being disposed between the lenticular lens sheet (20) and a light incident side of the front sheet (30); an AR film (40); and a second adhesive layer (36) for bonding the front sheet (30) and the AR film (40) together, the second adhesive layer (36) being disposed between a light exit side of the front sheet (30) and the AR film (40); wherein light diffusion materials are spread in the first and second adhesive layers to add a light diffusion function to the layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Koji Hirata, Akinori Maeda, Nobuo Masuoka
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Publication number: 20070069629Abstract: An image display device and its manufacture method are provided which are excellent in mass production at low cost and in reliability with a good quality of an assembled panel main body. In a thin type image display device having electrodes and an envelope accommodating components including the electrodes for displaying an image by electrons emitted from the electrodes, conductive adhesive of a low surface resistance is coated on the inner surface of the envelope or on the surfaces of the components accommodated in the envelope. The conductive adhesive has a surface resistance of 1×1010 ?/? or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsu Ohishi, Yoshie Kodera, Atsuo Ohsawa, Akinori Maeda
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Patent number: 7095169Abstract: A flat panel display device capable of reducing charging of phosphors and disposing spacers easily and accurately. The flat panel display device has a rear substrate including an insulating substrate provided with many cold cathode elements for emitting electrons, a display substrate including a light-transmissive substrate disposed to face the rear substrate, and phosphors disposed on the light-transmissive substrate for generating light when excited by electron beams from the cold cathode elements, and a peripheral frame member. Provided on the light-transmissive substrate is a metal sheet perforated with plural fine holes arranged in a matrix configuration and having the phosphors disposed therewithin to form a light-emissive region.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsu Ohishi, Masakazu Sagawa, Yoshie Kodera, Motoyuki Miyata, Akinori Maeda
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Publication number: 20060087733Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple configuration for bonding a lenticular lens sheet, a front sheet, and light diffusion layers together to reduce cost. To accomplish the above purpose, the present invention comprises: a lenticular lens sheet (20); a front sheet (30); a first adhesive layer (35) for bonding the lenticular lens sheet (20) and the front sheet (30) together, the first adhesive layer (35) being disposed between the lenticular lens sheet (20) and a light incident side of the front sheet (30); an AR film (40); and a second adhesive layer (36) for bonding the front sheet (30) and the AR film (40) together, the second adhesive layer (36) being disposed between a light exit side of the front sheet (30) and the AR film (40); wherein light diffusion materials are spread in the first and second adhesive layers to add a light diffusion function to the layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2005Publication date: April 27, 2006Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Koji Hirata, Akinori Maeda, Nobuo Masuoka
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Publication number: 20060077626Abstract: The present invention provides a flat image display device having a support frame that is compatible with a large flat image display device and has a high bonding strength. The invention relates to a flat image display device including: a display substrate; a back substrate disposed opposite the display substrate with a specified clearance therebetween; and a frame glass disposed around the back substrate and the display substrate, for supporting the substrates with the specified clearance therebetween. The invention is characterized in that the frame glass includes frame glasses whose ends each have at least two steps and the stepped ends are in engagement with each other and bonded together.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Inventors: Nobuo Masuoka, Yoshie Kodera, Tetsu Ohishi, Masakazu Sagawa, Akinori Maeda
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Patent number: 7009766Abstract: An purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple configuration for bonding a lenticular lens sheet, a front sheet, and light diffusion layers together to reduce cost. To accomplish the above purpose, the present invention comprises: a lenticular lens sheet (20); a front sheet (30); a first adhesive layer (35) for bonding the lenticular lens sheet (20) and the front sheet (30) together, the first adhesive layer (35) being disposed between the lenticular lens sheet (20) and a light incident side of the front sheet (30); an AR film (40); and a second adhesive layer (36) for bonding the front sheet (30) and the AR film (40) together, the second adhesive layer (36) being disposed between a light exit side of the front sheet (30) and the AR film (40); wherein light diffusion materials are spread in the first and second adhesive layers to add a light diffusion function to the layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2004Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Koji Hirata, Akinori Maeda, Nobuo Masuoka
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Publication number: 20050189866Abstract: A flat panel display apparatus includes a rear substrate in which a number of cold cathode devices for emitting electrons are formed on an insulative substrate; a display substrate in which phosphors are arranged in a matrix shape on a translucent substrate; supporting members which are arranged between the rear substrate and the display substrate and maintain intervals between them; and frame members, in which a space surrounded by the rear substrate, the display substrate, and the frame members is set to a vacuum atmosphere. It then becomes possible to provide an apparatus in which there is no remarkable change between a scanning line resistance value in the scanning line direction in a portion with spacers and that in a portion without a spacer, a luminance variation can be reduced, and the apparatus has a conduction connection structure of the spacers and the scanning lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Applicant: Hitachi Ltd.Inventors: Yoshie Kodera, Tetsu Ohishi, Toshimitsu Watanabe, Mutsumi Suzuki, Masakazu Sagawa, Akinori Maeda
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Publication number: 20040257651Abstract: An purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple configuration for bonding a lenticular lens sheet, a front sheet, and light diffusion layers together to reduce cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Koji Hirata, Akinori Maeda, Nobuo Masuoka
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Publication number: 20040233137Abstract: A back substrate has a plurality of electron emission elements. A display substrate comprises an optically transparent substrate disposed opposite to the back substrate; an accelerating electrode formed on the inner face of the optically transparent substrate for accelerating electron beams emitted from the electron emission elements; and luminescent materials excited by the electron beams to emit light toward the outer face of the optically transparent substrate. A frame member supports the back substrate and display substrate on their peripheries. A vacuum chamber is defined by the back substrate, display substrate, and frame member. A conductor electrically connected to the accelerating electrode is drawn out to the outside of the vacuum chamber. A high voltage connector for supplying an accelerating voltage to the conductor is removably connected to the conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshie Kodera, Tetsu Ohishi, Nobuo Masuoka, Akinori Maeda, Junichi Ikoma, Hidenao Kubota
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Publication number: 20040174114Abstract: There is disclosed a flat panel display device capable of reducing charging of phosphors and disposing spacers easily and accurately. The flat panel display device has a rear substrate 1 including an insulating substrate 10 provided with many cold cathode elements 19 for emitting electrons, a display substrate 101 including a light-transmissive substrate 110 disposed to face the rear substrate 1, and phosphors 111 disposed on the light-transmissive substrate for generating light when excited by electron beams from the cold cathode elements 19, and a peripheral frame member 116. A space enclosed by the rear substrate 1, the display substrate 101 and the peripheral frame member 116 is made vacuum tight. Provided on the light-transmissive substrate 110 is a metal sheet 120 perforated with plural fine holes 122 arranged in a matrix configuration and having the phosphors 111 disposed therewithin to form a light-emissive region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2003Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Tetsu Ohishi, Masakazu Sagawa, Yoshie Kodera, Motoyuki Miyata, Akinori Maeda
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Publication number: 20040104655Abstract: The device comprises a first substrate with a plurality of electron emitters arranged in a matrix, a second substrate arranged in opposed relation to the first substrate and having a phosphor pattern formed on the surface thereof nearer to the first substrate for emitting light by receiving the electron beam from the electron emitters and a metal thin film for accelerating the electron beam, and a plurality of spacers arranged between the first and second substrates. The spacers each include first sheet-form support members and second sheet-form support members extending in a direction at right angles to the first sheet-form support members. The first sheet-form support members and the second sheet-form support members are coupled or combined with each other to form spaces with a rectangular section parallel to the first or second substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Inventors: Yoshie Kodera, Masakazu Sagawa, Mutsumi Suzuki, Motoyuki Miyata, Toshiaki Kusunoki, Akinori Maeda, Hidenao Kubota
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Publication number: 20040027312Abstract: Hands-free operation is a prerequisite in wearable PCs; a problem in such PCs is that intuitive input or direct input such as pen input or touch panel input is impossible, so that a comfortable input operation cannot be performed. In order to solve this problem, the portable information device of the present invention comprises a portable main body part, and an HMD which is connected to this main body part, and which is mounted on the head. Furthermore, the abovementioned main body part comprises an input display part which displays to the outside image information consisting of a smaller amount of data than the image information displayed on the abovementioned HMD, and which inputs operating information from the outside on a displayed screen, an output part which outputs information to the abovementioned HMD, and a control part which controls the image information that is displayed on the abovementioned HMD on the basis of the operating information that is input in the abovementioned input display part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: Norio Owada, Osamu Ebina, Akinori Maeda, Masumi Moritani, Ichiro Ote, Yoshinobu Ohinata, Akihiro Yoshida, Taichi Koriyama, Kimihiko Adachi
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Patent number: 5355134Abstract: The present invention provides a digital to analog converter circuit comprising a digital to analog converter portion for accepting digital inputs indicative of a signal level and for producing an analog output indicative of a difference in signal level between one digital input and a previous digital input. An integrator is coupled to the digital to analog converter portion for integrating the analog output thereby producing a substantially smooth waveform. The digital to analog converter portion may comprise a plurality of current source type digital to analog converters having a common output terminal and the integrator may comprise an integrating capacitor. In such an embodiment the output from the common output terminal is indicative of a signal level difference determined by at least two of the digital inputs.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1991Date of Patent: October 11, 1994Assignee: Hewlett-Packard CompanyInventors: Nobuyuki Kasuga, Akinori Maeda
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Patent number: 4661791Abstract: A reed switch with high insulation for a very low current measurement system is provided. The reed switch is embodied by coating over its glass-made surface with fluoroplastics materials in order to reduce the leakage current on the surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1985Date of Patent: April 28, 1987Assignee: Hewlett-Packard CompanyInventors: Tomio Wakasugi, Akinori Maeda
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Patent number: 4068187Abstract: An audio- or low-frequency power amplifier comprises a pair of output transistors which are opposite in a conduction type to each other and connected in a complementary push-pull circuit configuration in which an impedance element is connected between the bases of the paired output transistors whose bases are adapted to be applied with an input signal while the output signal of the amplifier is derived from the coupled emitters of the output transistors. The amplifier further includes a current stabilizer transistor having a base-emitter junction across which a fixed bias voltage is applied and a collector, the current from which is supplied to the impedance element thereby to provide a bias voltage for the paired output transistors. A first resistor is connected between the emitter of the current stabilizer transistor and one electrode or pole of a first d.c. power source while a second resistor is connected between the emitter of the current stabilizer transistor and the other pole of the d.c.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1977Date of Patent: January 10, 1978Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Nobutaka Amada, Tohru Sampei, Akinori Maeda