Patents by Inventor Akira Kikuchi

Akira Kikuchi 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: 20080204937
    Abstract: This magnetic recording medium comprising at least a non-magnetic underlayer on a non-magnetic substrate, a first recording magnetic layer on the non-magnetic underlayer, a second recording magnetic layer on the first recording magnetic layer, and a third recording magnetic layer on the second recording magnetic layer. The first recording magnetic layer, the second recording magnetic layer and the third recording magnetic layer are made of a CoCrPtB alloy. The second recording magnetic layer has a smaller Cr content and a greater B content than the first recording magnetic layer, and the third recording magnetic layer has a smaller Cr content and a greater B content than the first recording magnetic layer and a smaller Pt content than the second recording magnetic layer. The magnetic recording medium according to the present invention can obtain high output medium characteristic with low noise and excellent written performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Fujitsu limited
    Inventors: Yuuki Yoshida, Jun Taguchi, Kazuhisa Shida, Noriyuki Asakura, Akira Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20080179122
    Abstract: An electric motor control system including a generator, an AC motor, a power converter for driving the AC motor using a DC output voltage of the generator, and an electric motor controller for controlling the power converter. The electric motor controller controls the power converter by predicting a change in the DC voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Naoshi SUGAWARA, Tetsuhiro Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Kiyofuji, Keizo Shimada, Akira Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Imaie
  • Publication number: 20080131736
    Abstract: A longitudinal magnetic recording medium includes, in order from a nonmagnetic substrate, a primary coat layer that contains Cr, an intermediate layer, a magnetic layer as a recording layer made of CoCr alloy, and a protective layer, the intermediate layer including a RuCr intermediate layer made of a RuCr alloy that contains 10 to 50 at % of Cr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Shida, Yuki Yoshida, Jun Taguchi, Noriyuki Asakura, Akira Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7368187
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium which is thermally stable and produces low media noise. By providing a plurality of intermediate layers made of a CoCr alloy of which saturation magnetic flux densities are controlled within a predetermined range, the magnetic recording medium simultaneously realizes both a high S/Nm and thermal stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Chiaki Okuyama, Akira Kikuchi, Takashi Gouke
  • Publication number: 20080096054
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate having a surface where a texture is formed along a recording direction; a first underlayer formed on the surface of the substrate and made of Cr or CrMn; a second underlayer formed on the first underlayer and made of CrMn; a third underlayer formed on the second underlayer and made of Cr—X1 alloy wherein X1 includes a material selected from the group consisting of Mo, Ti, W, V, Ta, and Nb; and a recording layer formed on the third underlayer and made of a ferromagnetic material whose main ingredient is Co; wherein content of Mn of the second underlayer is greater than content of Mn of the first underlayer if the first underlayer is made of CrMn; and a total of film thicknesses of the first underlayer and the second underlayer is in a range between 2 nm and 7 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Jun Taguchi, Yuki Yoshida, Kazuhisa Shida, Noriyuki Asakura, Akira Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20080081218
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer of a chromium alloy formed on the substrate, a ferromagnetic layer formed on the underlayer, a spacer layer formed on the ferromagnetic layer, and a recording layer of a cobalt-chromium alloy formed on the spacer layer. The spacer layer is formed with a ruthenium-cobalt-based alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Shida, Yuki Yoshida, Jun Taguchi, Noriyuki Asakura, Akira Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20080051635
    Abstract: A capsule-type medical apparatus holds a drug such that a drug release such as dissolution can be realized under the same condition as in a case where the drug is delivered to an interior of a living body by itself, and realizes confirmation on whether the drug delivered to the interior of the living body is actually released to a site in the living body or not. The capsule-type medical apparatus includes a capsule-like casing which is formed in a suitable size for insertion into the living body, a net-like drug holding unit which houses a drug in a releasable manner with respect to a site in the living body, and an imaging unit which captures an image covering the drug held in the drug holding unit and a surrounding area of the drug. The imaging unit 4 captures an image as drug-source information indicating a release condition of the drug with respect to the site in the living body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Tanaka, Hironao Kawano, Akira Kikuchi, Hirofumi Tsuboi, Ryoji Sato, Hironobu Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20080001558
    Abstract: In an electrically driven vehicle having a controller, the vehicle has a steering angle sensor for outputting a detected value of a steering angle of the vehicle, the controller includes a first torque order pattern along which a torque order for a first electric motor is determined and a second torque order pattern along which a torque order for a second electric motor is determined, and the first and second torque order pattern are modified on the basis of the detected value of the steering angle so that the torque order determined along the second torque order pattern is greater than the torque order determined along the first torque order pattern under the identical velocity when the vehicle turns to the left, and the torque order determined along the first torque order pattern is greater than the torque order determined along the second torque order pattern under the identical velocity when the vehicle turns to the right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Akira Kikuchi, Takashi Ikimi, Keizo Shimada, Naoshi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20070275269
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is disclosed that includes a substrate; and an underlayer, a first magnetic layer, a non-magnetic coupling layer, a second magnetic layer, a third magnetic layer, a non-magnetic separation layer, and a fourth magnetic layer stacked in this order on the substrate. The first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer are antiferromagnetically exchange-coupled, and the second magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer are ferromagnetically exchange-coupled. The third magnetic layer has an anisotropic magnetic field smaller than the anisotropic magnetic field of the second magnetic layer, and has a saturation magnetization greater than the saturation magnetization of the second magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Hideaki Takahoshi, Atsushi Endo, Reiko Murao, Shinya Sato, Akira Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20070262583
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator system can regulate the rotational velocity of the wind turbine within an operation range even when the wind velocity suddenly changes and can perform continuous operation of the wind turbine. The wind turbine generator system includes a generator connected to the shaft of the wind turbine and a converter connected to the generator. When the rotational velocity of the wind turbine is within a predetermined range, power outputted from the generator is controlled so as to follow the instruction concerning the generator output given from the wind turbine to the converter. When the rotational velocity of the wind turbine is out of the predetermined range, the power outputted from the generator is controlled without following the instruction concerning generator output given from the wind turbine to the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Akira KIKUCHI, Masaya Ichinose, Motoo Futami, Mitsugu Matsutake, Kouichi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20070260175
    Abstract: There is provided an assisting table capable of horizontally holding a subject and holding an angle at which a head of a subject is supported in an inclined state, and an assisting instrument, which includes a containing portion for containing a fluid to introduce a capsule medical device into a body cavity, capable of ejecting a capsule medical device with the fluid from the containing portion by detachably attaching the capsule medical device at a distal end opening portion of the containing portion and by changing a shape of the containing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Hidetake Segawa, Takeshi Yokoi, Akira Kikuchi, Hironobu Takizawa, Akio Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20070222288
    Abstract: An electric drive vehicle having an induction motor for braking or driving wheels, a motor controller for controlling the induction motor, and mechanical brakes for braking the wheels, wherein while the vehicle is in halt in a state that the mechanical breaks are not operating, the motor controller applies DC voltage or AC voltage in a frequency range of ?1 Hz to +1 Hz to the stator of the induction motor to make the induction motor generate torque for stopping the vehicle and maintain the vehicle in a halt state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Akira Kikuchi, Takashi Ikimi, Keizo Shimada, Naoshi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20070225552
    Abstract: There is provided an assisting table capable of horizontally holding a subject and holding an angle at which a head of a subject is supported in an inclined state, and an assisting instrument, which includes a containing portion for containing a fluid to introduce a capsule medical device into a body cavity, capable of ejecting a capsule medical device with the fluid from the containing portion by detachably attaching the capsule medical device at a distal end opening portion of the containing portion and by changing a shape of the containing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetake Segawa, Takeshi Yokoi, Akira Kikuchi, Hironobu Takizawa, Akio Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 7273666
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium and a magnetic recording medium driving apparatus are disclosed. By providing a plurality of intermediate layers made of a CoCr alloy of which saturation magnetic flux densities are controlled within a predetermined range, the magnetic recording medium, and the magnetic recording medium driving apparatus, realize a high S/Nm and thermal stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akiko Handa, Kazuhisa Shida, Noriyuki Asakura, Akira Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7268443
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator system can regulate the rotational velocity of the wind turbine within an operation range even when the wind velocity suddenly changes and can perform continuous operation of the wind turbine. The wind turbine generator system includes a generator connected to the shaft of the wind turbine and a converter connected to the generator. When the rotational velocity of the wind turbine is within a predetermined range, power outputted from the generator is controlled so as to follow the instruction concerning the generator output given from the wind turbine to the converter. When the rotational velocity of the wind turbine is out of the predetermined range, the power outputted from the generator is controlled without following the instruction concerning generator output given from the wind turbine to the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kikuchi, Masaya Ichinose, Motoo Futami, Mitsugu Matsutake, Kouichi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 7145403
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a static magnetic field applying structure for use in an atomic oscillator in which plural sets of magnetic field generating means are provided with spacing interposed among them, and a resonance cell is disposed in a space between the magnetic field generating means. The object of the present invention is to realize the static magnetic field applying structure which can be small-sized and produced at a low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsuura, Akira Kikuchi, Ken Atsumi
  • Patent number: 7144366
    Abstract: A capsule medical apparatus for medical actions such as examination and treatment in the body detects by a sensor or the like whether it is just being evacuated from the body or it has already been evacuated. Upon detecting the capsule medical apparatus is positioned in the large intestine or it has already been evacuated, the capsule medical apparatus notifies such information in association with the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hironobu Takizawa, Takeshi Yokoi, Akira Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7145262
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator system is equipped with a three phase generator connected to a shaft of a windmill, a converter connected to a stator of the generator, and an inverter connected to the converter and also to an electric power system. The system extracts a torsional vibration component of the shafting between the windmill and generator from the detected rotation speed of the generator, regulates the active component of the current command to the converter according to the vibration component, and controls so as to minimize the rotation speed variation of the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kikuchi, Motoo Futami, Yasuhiro Imazu, Yoshio Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20060214429
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator system is equipped with a three phase generator connected to a shaft of a windmill, a converter connected to a stator of the generator, and an inverter connected to the converter and also to an electric power system. The system extracts a torsional vibration component of the shafting between the windmill and generator from the detected rotation speed of the generator, regulates the active component of the current command to the converter according to the vibration component, and controls so as to minimize the rotation speed variation of the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Akira Kikuchi, Motoo Futami, Yasuhiro Imazu, Yoshio Eguchi
  • Patent number: 7095132
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to minimize the torsional vibration caused on the shafting of the wind turbine genarator system so as to operate the windmill stably. A wind turbine genarator system according to the present invention, equipped with a synchronous generator connected to the shaft of a windmill, converter connected to the stator of the synchronous generator, and inverter connected to the converter and also to an electric power system, extracts the torsional vibration component of the shafting between the windmill and synchronous generator from the detected rotation speed of the synchronous generator, regulates the active component of the current command to the converter according to the vibration component, and controls so as to minimize the rotation speed variation of the synchronous generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kikuchi, Motoo Futami, Yasuhiro Imazu, Yoshio Eguchi