Patents by Inventor Akira Matsuura
Akira Matsuura 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: 7915998Abstract: A main control portion of a vehicle has an LF transmission antenna for transmitting a search signal. The LF transmission antenna has five antennas respectively provided on door knobs of the vehicle. A smart key receives the search signals transmitted from respective antennas constituting the LF transmission antenna, and then measures a filed strength of the received search signal. The smart key transmits field strength information representing the measured field strength to the main control portion. The main control portion calculates relative position information of the vehicle to the smart key, based on the field strength information. On the basis of the relative position information, the main control portion controls the door of the vehicle to be locked or unlocked.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2006Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Manabu Matsubara, Hirofumi Takasuka, Akira Matsuura
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Patent number: 7895908Abstract: The present invention related to a load detecting apparatus which comprises a hollow cylindrical strain body (11) provided with, on an outer peripheral surface or an inner peripheral surface thereof, at least one strain detecting element (16, 18, 19, 20); a first member (21) fixed to an one axial end of the strain body to close an opening, and a second member (24) fixed to an other axial end of the strain body. One of the second member and the first member receives a load in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the strain body, so that a shearing force is applied to the strain body.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignees: Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noboru Fujiwara, Akira Matsuura
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Patent number: 7836774Abstract: It is aimed to provide a strain detector having a fewer number of mounting parts and high operation efficiency and usability. The strain detector is provided with a cylindrical strain generator to be strained upon receiving a load, a resistor element which is arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the strain generator and whose resistance varies depending on the amount of strain, a signal processing circuit connected with the resistor element and screw portions arranged above and below the strain generator to sandwich the strain generator. The strain generator and the screw portions are integrated.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takaaki Ogawa, Yasunobu Kobayashi, Yasunori Matsukawa, Toshirou Otobe, Katsuhiko Omoto, Noriyuki Jitousho, Akira Matsuura
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Patent number: 7610129Abstract: A remote vehicle starter allows a user to start an engine of a vehicle remotely. The starter includes a parameter-signal generating unit, a receiving unit, an engine starting unit and a controller. The parameter-signal generating unit generates a vehicle-parameter signal on a basis of a power source. The receiving unit receives an instruction for starting the engine. The engine starting unit starts the engine when receives the instruction for starting the engine from the receiving unit and receiving the vehicle-parameter signal satisfying a starting permission condition from the parameter-signal generating unit. The controller controls an engine starting by the engine starting unit, in accordance with a power source voltage value of the power source.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Akira Matsuura, Minoru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 7599764Abstract: A vehicle remote starting apparatus includes a control device that starts an engine when the control device has set a registration flag and the control device receives an engine starting signal from an external device, which is apart from the vehicle remote starting apparatus. When the vehicle remote starting apparatus is mounted on a vehicle, the control device executes registration process for setting the registration flag, which allows the control device to start the engine when the control device receives the engine starting signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Akira Matsuura, Masaki Koike
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Patent number: 7520175Abstract: A fixing member is composed of an upper washer and a lower washer; and a sensor substrate is sandwiched and held by the upper and lower washers. A strain-detecting element is disposed on the sensor substrate. A strain sensor as configured above is fixed onto a measurement target via the fixing member. Accordingly, the strain sensor does not generate an output signal when no external force is applied, demonstrating stable characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2004Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yasunori Matsukawa, Toshiharu Motofusa, Yasunobu Kobayashi, Akira Matsuura
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Publication number: 20090049930Abstract: It is aimed to provide a strain detector having a fewer number of mounting parts and high operation efficiency and usability. The strain detector is provided with a cylindrical strain generator to be strained upon receiving a load, a resistor element which is arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the strain generator and whose resistance varies depending on the amount of strain, a signal processing circuit connected with the resistor element and screw portions arranged above and below the strain generator to sandwich the strain generator. The strain generator and the screw portions are integrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2006Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Takaaki Ogawa, Yasunobu Kobayashi, Yasunori Matsukawa, Toshirou Otobe, Katsuhiko Omoto, Noriyuki Jitousho, Akira Matsuura
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Patent number: 7489050Abstract: A remote start-up control apparatus which takes in a key code outputted on the basis of insertion of a key cylinder of an ignition key, and which is mounted on a vehicle which was equipped with an immobilizer unit for enabling a start-up of an engine, in case that it was judged that the taken-in key code is in conformity with a predetermined key code, and which carries out start-up control of an engine in response to an instruction of a portable transmitter, has a unit for supplying a key code which has been stored in an EEPROM to the immobilizer, when it received a start-up instruction of the engine according to a remote operation, and a unit for prohibiting supply of the key code, in case that there occurred vehicle theft.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2004Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Akira Matsuura, Minoru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 7489915Abstract: A squelch circuit and a communication apparatus used with the same that are able to generate a squelch signal even if a squelch period is short and an operation of a squelch detecting circuit is insufficient, the circuit having: a squelch detecting circuit detecting the existence of a signal on a communication line in response to a transmission signal or a received signal and generating a first squelch signal; and a squelch control circuit generating a squelch mask signal in response to the first squelch signal and a transmission control signal and generating a second squelch signal based on the squelch mask signal and the control signal. The first squelch signal is controlled by the transmission signal to generate the second squelch signal in which the lacked portion of the first squelch signal is temporally restructured.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2005Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tadaoki Yamamoto, Akira Matsuura, Koji Takayama
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Patent number: 7481123Abstract: A load and load direction detecting apparatus is so constructed that a shear force acts on a cylindrical strain body when a load W is applied from a displacing member to a case member in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the strain body. Thus, the strain body deforms readily. Consequently, detecting sensitivity of the value of load W is improved, which is calculated by a first differential amplifier (load value calculating unit) based on an output voltage output from a first bridge. A direction (?W) of the load W is calculated by a load direction calculator (load direction calculating unit) based on an output voltage output from a second bridge, and the output voltage output from the first bridge.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2007Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignees: Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd., Panasonic CorporationInventors: Noboru Fujiwara, Akira Matsuura
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Publication number: 20090015281Abstract: The method is a method for positioning a three-layered rectangular frame-like anisotropic conductive connector in order to inspect the electrical properties of an object for inspection. The positioning is carried out in the following manner. The three-layered anisotropic conductive sheet is composed of a first anisotropic conductive sheet, a center substrate and a second anisotropic conductive sheet. Markings and through-holes are formed on the center substrate, and semi-transparent protrusions and through-holes are formed on each of the first anisotropic conductive sheet and the second anisotropic conductive sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicants: JSR CORPORATION, TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Mutsuhiko Yoshioka, Akira Matsuura, Masaya Naoi, Takashi Amemiya, Syuichi Tsukada, Tomohisa Hoshino
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Publication number: 20080318767Abstract: A phosphazene-supported catalyst in which a support is bonded to a group represented by the general formula (1): wherein n, Zn?, a, b, c, d, R, R1 and D are all defined. The phosphazene-supported catalyst is highly effective to catalyze various organic reactions, and further has no reduction of activity even after recovery and reuse of the catalyst, thus it being economically advantageous. In addition, the polymerization of cyclic monomers, substitution of substituents, carbon-carbon bond forming reactions and the like can be conducted with extremely high efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2005Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Naritoshi Yoshimura, Shinji Kiyono, Kazumi Mizutani, Isao Hara, Takaomi Hayashi, Tadahito Nobori, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Miyuki Konno, Yoshihisa Inoue, Akira Matsuura, Tuneyuki Ohkubo
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Publication number: 20080250874Abstract: A load and load direction detecting apparatus is so constructed that a shear force acts on a cylindrical strain body when a load W is applied from a displacing member to a case member in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the strain body. Thus, the strain body deforms readily. Consequently, detecting sensitivity of the value of load W is improved, which is calculated by a first differential amplifier (load value calculating unit) based on an output voltage output from a first bridge. A direction (?W) of the load W is calculated by a load direction calculator (load direction calculating unit) based on an output voltage output from a second bridge, and the output voltage output from the first bridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventors: Noboru Fujiwara, Akira Matsuura
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Publication number: 20080229841Abstract: A fixing member is composed of an upper washer and a lower washer; and a sensor substrate is sandwiched and held with these upper and lower washers. A strain-detecting element is disposed on the sensor substrate. A strain sensor as configured above is fixed onto a measurement target via the fixing member. Accordingly, the strain sensor does not generate an output signal when no external force is applied, demonstrating stable characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2004Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Yasunori Matsukawa, Toshiharu Motofusa, Yasunobu Kobayashi, Akira Matsuura
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Publication number: 20080195273Abstract: A state judgment unit (21) of an on-vehicle terminal (20) judges whether the vehicle is in operation by using outputs of the operation state of a mobile terminal (10), a key insert switch (32), an ignition switch (33), and a courtesy switch (34). A theft detection unit (22) includes a diagnosis processing unit (22a) and a monitoring processing unit (22b). When the vehicle is in operation, the diagnosis processing unit (22a) executes diagnosis of a human body sensor (41), a vibration sensor (42), and a microphone (43). When the vehicle is not in operation state, the monitoring processing unit (22b) monitors presence/absence of theft action by using the outputs of the human body sensor (41), the vibration sensor (42), and the microphone (43).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2005Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Akira Matsuura, Minoru Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20080060452Abstract: The present invention related to a load detecting apparatus which comprises a hollow cylindrical strain body (11) provided with, on an outer peripheral surface or an inner peripheral surface thereof, at least one strain detecting element (16, 18, 19, 20); a first member (21) fixed to an one axial end of the strain body to close an opening, and a second member (24) fixed to an other axial end of the strain body. One of the second member and the first member receives a load in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the strain detecting body, so that a shearing force is applied to the strain body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2006Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventors: Noboru Fujiwara, Akira Matsuura
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Patent number: 7279298Abstract: A novel enzyme which has an activity to release side chain carboxyl groups and ammonia from a protein by acting upon side chain amido groups in the protein. This invention relates to a method for the production of an enzyme, which comprises culturing in a medium a strain that belongs to a bacterium classified into Cytophagales or Actinomycetes and has the ability to produce an enzyme having a property to deamidate amido groups in protein, thereby effecting production of said enzyme, and subsequently collecting said enzyme from the culture mixture. It also relates to a method for the modification of protein making use of a novel enzyme which directly acts upon amido groups in protein as well as to an enzyme which has a property to deamidate amido groups in protein and a gene which encodes said enzyme.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Amano Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Yamaguchi, Akira Matsuura
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Patent number: 7268408Abstract: A wiring board which can realize a small and thin passive component such as solid condenser, resistor, coil, transistor or so on is provided. A wiring board which forms an electronic component by mounting a passive element, comprising an insulating board provided with an opening having predetermined pattern, a wiring formed with predetermined pattern on said insulating board, and an external terminal filled to said opening, connected with said wiring by said filling, and exposed to a bottom of said insulating board where said wiring is formed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2003Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Hitachi Cable Ltd.Inventors: Akira Chinda, Akira Matsuura, Takayuki Yoshiwa, Mamoru Mita, Takashi Kageyama, Katsutoshi Taga
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Publication number: 20070162191Abstract: A main control portion of a vehicle has an LF transmission antenna for transmitting a search signal. The LF transmission antenna has five antennas respectively provided on door knobs of the vehicle. A smart key receives the search signals transmitted from respective antennas constituting the LF transmission antenna, and then measures a filed strength of the received search signal. The smart key transmits field strength information representing the measured field strength to the main control portion. The main control portion calculates relative position information of the vehicle to the smart key, based on the field strength information. On the basis of the relative position information, the main control portion controls the door of the vehicle to be locked or unlocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2006Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Manabu Matsubara, Hirofumi Takasuka, Akira Matsuura
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Publication number: 20070109093Abstract: A main control portion of a vehicle has an LF transmission antenna for transmitting a search signal. The LF transmission antenna has five antennas respectively provided on door knobs of the vehicle. A smart key receives the search signals transmitted from respective antennas constituting the LF transmission antenna, and then measures a filed strength of the received search signal. The smart key transmits field strength information representing the measured field strength to the main control portion. The main control portion calculates relative position information of the vehicle to the smart key, based on the field strength information. On the basis of the relative position information, the main control portion controls the door of the vehicle to be locked or unlocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Manabu Matsubara, Hirofumi Takasuka, Akira Matsuura