Patents by Inventor Akio Ogawa

Akio Ogawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20020132955
    Abstract: A curing agent composition for an epoxy resin which comprises (B) a reaction product obtained from (a) a monoamine compound comprising an amine compound represented by formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: Asahi Denka Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Ogawa, Manabu Abe
  • Patent number: 6451931
    Abstract: A curing agent composition for an epoxy resin which comprises (B) a reaction product obtained from (a) an amine compound represented by formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, of R1 and R2 are connected together to form an alkylene group which may contain an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom; and n represents 1 to 6, (b) a polyamine compound comprising a dicarboxylic acid dihydrazide, (c) an organic polyisocyanate, and, optionally; (d) an epoxy compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Asahi Denki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Ogawa, Manabu Abe
  • Publication number: 20020077044
    Abstract: An apparatus for lapping a workpiece including a plurality of magnetic heads supported by a tool is disclosed. The lapping apparatus comprises a rotary-lapping table having an abrasive surface, and a lapping device assembly provided so as to be movable with respect to the abrasive surface of the lapping table. The lapping device assembly includes a device provided at a lower portion of the lapping device assembly for supporting the tool and a device for respectively applying predetermined loads to a plurality of load applying portions of the tool. The load applying portions of the tool is disposed along the longitudinal direction of the tool. The load-applying device applies the loads from a plurality of different directions to at least one of the load applying portions of the tool so that the tool is deformed into a predetermined shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shindo, Akio Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20020072298
    Abstract: In the polishing work for forming a crown shape on a ceramic bar bearing a plurality of conversion units for the magnetic heads, the present invention is to provide a well-controlled satisfactory shape by pressing the ceramic bar, provided with plural grooves perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and on a surface opposed to the polished plane, to a substantially concave polishing plane through an elastic member principally composed of rubber, then measuring the magneto resistivity of an element provided in the conversion unit of the magnetic head, and adjusting the pressure at the crown forming operation by a closed loop control based on the result of such measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Abe, Akio Ogawa, Tsugihiro Hasebe, Hiroshi Shindou, Osamu Fukuroi
  • Publication number: 20010055933
    Abstract: To provide an apparatus that may impart a complicated bend deformation to an object to be machined such as a ceramic bar elongated in one direction or the like, and may reduce the non-uniformity in machining amount of the object to be machined upon the machining work of the object to be machined, specifically a correcting mechanism for deforming the object to be machined together with a jig holding the object to be machined is provided in a machining apparatus. The correcting mechanism includes a base, a plurality of levers provided at first ends with pins, a shaft fixed to the base for rotatably supporting the levers, and a plurality of correcting drive means coupled to second ends of said levers for pivoting the levers to the shaft to thereby pivoting the pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shindou, Masahiro Sasaki, Akio Ogawa, Tetsuo Abe, Masaki Kouzu, Masao Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20010018315
    Abstract: When electric elements are formed on a ceramic bar or the like, the positional displacement of the respective elements occurs due to a division exposing process or the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a device and a method which unify the non-polished portion of the respective elements by conducting polishing while a complicated deformation or the like is given to the ceramic bar. To achieve this object, the ceramic bar or like is held by using a jig, and a plurality of loads are applied to portions of the jig where the ceramic bar or the like is held, to thereby deform the ceramic bar or the like and polish the element in that state. In this situation the load applied points are disposed so as to avoid the boundaries of the division exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shindou, Masahiro Sasaki, Akio Ogawa, Tetsuo Abe, Masaki Kouzu, Masao Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6217425
    Abstract: An apparatus for lapping a workpiece including a plurality of magnetic heads supported by a tool is disclosed. The lapping apparatus comprises a rotary lapping table, a lapping head attachment frame, an adjuster ring resiliently supported by the frame, a lapping head attached to the adjuster ring, a tilting assembly attached to the lapping head, and an up and down movable back plate pivotally attached to the lapping head. The apparatus further comprises first actuators or cylinders for correcting balance by applying forces on right and left sides of the pivotal point of the back plate, and second actuators or cylinders for correcting bow of the workpiece by applying operating forces on a plurality of predetermined locations of the tool so that the moving directions of movable parts of the second actuator means are substantially parallel with the directions of the operating forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shindou, Tetsuo Abe, Akio Ogawa, Tsugihiro Hasebe
  • Patent number: 5558841
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a washing water supply tank for supplying washing water to an endoscope placed on a washing and sterilizing bath and a sensor for determining whether or not the water supply tank needs washing or sterilizing. Further, in addition, the water supply tank is also washed and sterilized. A lamp and buzzer inform the user of a result of whether or not the water supply system needs washing and sterilizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikihiko Nakagawa, Daisaku Negoro, Nobuyuki Nakanishi, Akio Ogawa, Manabu Yajima, Toshihara Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 5441848
    Abstract: In an optical recording medium comprising an organic dye base recording layer and a reflective layer on a resin substrate having a groove of 1,100 to 2,300 .ANG. deep formed in one surface thereof, signals are written by directing recording light to the recording layer within the groove from the back side of the substrate at a relative linear velocity of at least 3.6 m/s whereby record marks are formed in the recording layer as a result of partial decomposition of the dye while deforming the groove bottom surface. The deformation of the groove bottom surface is minimized to less than 18% of the groove depth. The medium requires a short time for recording and offers reduced jitter on reproduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Aoi, Atsuko Motai, Akio Ogawa
  • Patent number: 5419939
    Abstract: An optical recording disk includes a dye base recording layer, an intermediate layer, and a reflective layer on a substrate in the described order. The reflective layer is composed of one or more metal elements, for example, copper alloy, and the intermediate layer contains a compound of the one metal element or a compound of at least one of the metal elements, for example copper oxide. The intermediate layer minimizes undesirable interactions between the recording and reflective layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Arioka, Toshiki Aoi, Akio Ogawa, Hideki Dohi
  • Patent number: 5251356
    Abstract: A device for cleaning pipe passages of medical devices comprises a brush having an elongated rod portion and a brush portion, a mechanism for holding and rotating the brush, a mechanism for reciprocating the brush in the pipe passage along the longitudinal axis of the brush, and a unit for controlling the rotation of the brush as well as the reciprocation of the brush in the longitudinal direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Oaki, Hisao Yabe, Hideo Ito, Koji Koda, Akio Ogawa, Daisaku Negoro, Manabu Yajima, Yoshihiro Iida, Ichiro Nakamura, Akira Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5208088
    Abstract: An optical recording medium capable of reproduction in accordance with the CD standard is provided. The medium includes a reflective thin film of Ag or similar element, an intermediate thin film of Zn or similar element, and a low-melting thin film of Te or similar element wherein light irradiation causes the reflective thin film element and the low-melting thin film element to diffuse into each other to form an alloy or compound of reduced reflectivity. It is possible to determine through simulation a combination of atoms of the respective thin films which form a cluster having HOMO where electrons in the reflective thin film atoms and electrons in the low-melting thin film atoms do not form a hybrid orbital and LUMO where electrons in the reflective thin film atoms and electrons in the low-melting thin film atoms form a hybrid orbital.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Tominaga, Hiroyuki Arioka, Akio Ogawa
  • Patent number: 5075411
    Abstract: A curable epoxy resin composition comprises (I) an epoxy resin and (II) a curing agent. It may comprise (III) another curing agent. It is preferable for it to comprise 25 to 95 wt.% of (I) and 5 to 45 wt.% of (II).1 an epoxy resin (I) represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group selected from among a hydrogen atom, a methyl group and an ethyl group, R represents a group selected from among a hydrogen atom and alkyl groups, and n represents a number of 0 to 1.6, and2 a curing agent comprising a polyamine reaction composition (II) obtained by reacting 1 mol of a phenol (II-1) having at least one unsubstituted reactive site in the aromatic nucleus with at least 1 mol of an aliphatic polyamine (II-2) and at least 1 mol of a carbonyl compound (II-3) having at least one carbonyl group in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Tsuchiya Mfg. Co., Ltd., Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K., A.C.R. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Ogawa, Yukio Ohsaki, Takeichiro Takehara, Tadashi Ashida, Seiichiro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 4977201
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyvinyl chloride plastisol composition characterized by containing a specified epoxy resin, a blocked isocyanate and, if necessary, a latent curing agent for an epoxy resin as tackifiers. This plastisol composition is excellent in storage stability and can strongly adhere to various metals and various undercoate of metals (such as electro-deposit) by baking even at a relatively low temperature to give a coating which is free from blowing and exhibits excellent adhesion after the immersion in hot water or the heating. Therefore, the composition is useful as a body sealer or undercoat for an automotive body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignees: Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K., A,C,R. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Ogawa, Masahiko Shimada, Kazuhiko Ando
  • Patent number: 4724478
    Abstract: A cable television system includes security means. A security sensor is provided a subscriber's house and when it generates an emergency signal a transmission path is formed by non-active elements from the security sensor to a trunk cable. An external control unit has a checking function of a power supplying state to the security sensor. The external control unit can communicate with a central station with respect to power source conditions of subscribers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akinori Masuko, Akio Ogawa, Yasuhiro Muramatsu, Hideki Hirosawa, Robert M. Rast, W. Sherwood Campbell
  • Patent number: D331547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Nittan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Ogawa, Kazuyuki Goto