Patents by Inventor Atsushi Kudo
Atsushi Kudo 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: 11073923Abstract: The disclosed apparatus reduces necessary electric power for moving a touch pad of an input device to a predetermined height and maintaining the touch pad at the height, the touch panel creating a sense of touch when operated. The input device includes: a contact member to be in contact with a contact body; a housing for supporting the contact member in a movable manner; and a drive device for moving the contact member with respect to the housing, wherein the drive device is equipped with a rotatable rotary body, first magnets disposed on the rotary body, and second magnets disposed on the contact member, and wherein the first magnets and the second magnets are arranged so as to be able to face each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Abe, Takeru Miki, Atsushi Kudo, Masakazu Takahashi
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Publication number: 20200209994Abstract: The disclosed apparatus reduces necessary electric power for moving a touch pad of an input device to a predetermined height and maintaining the touch pad at the height, the touch panel creating a sense of touch when operated. The input device includes: a contact member to be in contact with a contact body; a housing for supporting the contact member in a movable manner; and a drive device for moving the contact member with respect to the housing, wherein the drive device is equipped with a rotatable rotary body, first magnets disposed on the rotary body, and second magnets disposed on the contact member, and wherein the first magnets and the second magnets are arranged so as to be able to face each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2016Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Makoto ABE, Takeru MIKI, Atsushi KUDO, Masakazu TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 9728433Abstract: An attitude changing apparatus which can change an attitude of a component with certainty without damaging the component. The component has a rectangular parallelepiped shape where a pair of rectangular end surfaces opposite to each other are connected to each other by four side surfaces. The component is stored in a cavity which penetrates between main surfaces of a conveyance member, the conveyance member is moved relative to a base, and the component is made to pass through an engaging groove formed on a reference surface of the base.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Harada, Atsushi Kudo, Keiji Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20170108076Abstract: A fluid type power transmission device in which a torque transmission path for transmitting torque from a vehicular engine is provided with a dynamic damper mechanism formed by disposing a plurality of damper springs between an inertial rotating body and a rotation-transmitting member forming part of the torque transmission path. An elastic member always linked to one of the rotation-transmitting member and the inertial rotating body is added to the dynamic damper mechanism. Play occurs in a torque direction between the elastic member and the other of the rotation-transmitting member and the inertial rotating body at a time of low speed rotation, but the elastic member exhibits resilient force between the rotation-transmitting member and the inertial rotating body in response to deformation due to centrifugal force at a time of high speed rotation that is a predetermined rotational speed or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Kentaro WATANABE, Hiroya ABE, Atsushi KUDO, Tomoya OKAJI
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Publication number: 20170011943Abstract: An attitude changing apparatus which can change an attitude of a component with certainty without damaging the component. The component has a rectangular parallelepiped shape where a pair of rectangular end surfaces opposite to each other are connected to each other by four side surfaces. The component is stored in a cavity which penetrates between main surfaces of a conveyance member, the conveyance member is moved relative to a base, and the component is made to pass through an engaging groove formed on a reference surface of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi HARADA, Atsushi KUDO, Keiji MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 9209846Abstract: A radio communication circuit includes a transmitter that includes a modulator modulates a signal with a first modulation scheme and a power amplifier amplifies the signal modulated with the first modulation scheme and output the amplified signal and transmits the amplified signal, a receiver that includes a demodulator demodulates the signal output from the transmitter with a second modulation scheme that is different from the first modulation scheme, a pre-distortion compensator compensates occurred upon the amplification of the signal, of the signal input to the transmitter, based on the demodulated signal and a power controller controls supply of power to the receiver and the pre-distortion compensator and stop the supply of the power based on an average power level of the signal output from the transmitter and a peak-to-average power ratio that is a ratio of an instantaneous peak power level to the average power level.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Youji Nakata, Setsuya Nagaya, Kosei Nishimura, Masaaki Saitou, Mikio Hayashihara, Atsushi Kudo
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Patent number: 9130522Abstract: A first signal path has one or a plurality of coils arranged in series, the coils being connected to the output of a first amplifier. A second signal path has the same number of coils as the coils of the first signal path, the coils being arranged in series and connected to the output of a second amplifier. Coupling paths have capacitors and couple the first signal path and the second signal path at both ends of the corresponding coils on the first signal path and the second signal path. A SW controlling unit switches a switch to a contact when a signal is input from the first amplifier and switches the switch to a contact when a signal is input from the second amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kazushige Kishigami, Kenji Iwai, Atsushi Kudo, Nobuhide Hachiya, Masahiko Hirao
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Publication number: 20150065061Abstract: A radio communication circuit includes a transmitter that includes a modulator modulates a signal with a first modulation scheme and a power amplifier amplifies the signal modulated with the first modulation scheme and output the amplified signal and transmits the amplified signal, a receiver that includes a demodulator demodulates the signal output from the transmitter with a second modulation scheme that is different from the first modulation scheme, a pre-distortion compensator compensates occurred upon the amplification of the signal, of the signal input to the transmitter, based on the demodulated signal and a power controller controls supply of power to the receiver and the pre-distortion compensator and stop the supply of the power based on an average power level of the signal output from the transmitter and a peak-to-average power ratio that is a ratio of an instantaneous peak power level to the average power level.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Youji NAKATA, Setsuya NAGAYA, Kosei NISHIMURA, Masaaki SAITOU, Mikio HAYASHIHARA, Atsushi KUDO
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Publication number: 20130316663Abstract: A first signal path has one or a plurality of coils arranged in series, the coils being connected to the output of a first amplifier. A second signal path has the same number of coils as the coils of the first signal path, the coils being arranged in series and connected to the output of a second amplifier. Coupling paths have capacitors and couple the first signal path and the second signal path at both ends of the corresponding coils on the first signal path and the second signal path. A SW controlling unit switches a switch to a contact when a signal is input from the first amplifier and switches the switch to a contact when a signal is input from the second amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: KAZUSHIGE KISHIGAMI, Kenji IWAI, ATSUSHI KUDO, NOBUHIDE HACHIYA, MASAHIKO HIRAO
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Patent number: 8480780Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a ceramic laminated body including columnar porous ceramic members and an adhesive layer combining the columnar porous ceramic members with one another. The columnar porous ceramic members each have a partition wall and through holes, the through holes extend in parallel with one another in a length direction of the columnar porous ceramic members, the partition wall separates the through holes and filters particulates in an exhaust gas, and the adhesive layer includes an inorganic binder, an inorganic fiber, inorganic particles and an inorganic balloon.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Kudo, Masafumi Kunieda
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Publication number: 20120186211Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a ceramic laminated body including columnar porous ceramic members and an adhesive layer combining the columnar porous ceramic members with one another. The columnar porous ceramic members each have a partition wall and through holes, the through holes extend in parallel with one another in a length direction of the columnar porous ceramic members, the partition wall separates the through holes and filters particulates in an exhaust gas, and the adhesive layer includes an inorganic binder, an inorganic fiber, inorganic particles and an inorganic balloon.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi KUDO, Masafumi KUNIEDA
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Patent number: 8128722Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases which makes it possible to alleviate a thermal stress generated due to occurrence of a local temperature change and which is less likely to generate cracks and superior in strength and durability, an adhesive that has a low thermal capacity and is capable of alleviating the thermal stress, a coating material that has a low thermal capacity with a superior heat insulating property and is capable of alleviating the thermal stress, and a manufacturing method of the honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases that can improve precision in the outside dimension, and reduce damages in the manufacturing processes.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Kudo, Masafumi Kunieda
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Patent number: 8029737Abstract: A honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases includes columnar porous ceramic members and an adhesive layer combing the ceramic members with one another. Each porous ceramic member has a partition wall and through holes. The through holes are extending in parallel in length direction of the ceramic members. The partition wall is separating the through holes and filters particulates in exhaust gas. The through holes include ones sealed at inlet side of the ceramic members and ones sealed at outlet side of the ceramic members such that the exhaust gas enters from the inlet side, passes through the partition wall and flows out from the outlet side. The adhesive layer has thermal expansion coefficient ?L. The ceramic members have thermal expansion coefficient ?F. The thermal expansion coefficient ?L of the adhesive layer and the thermal expansion coefficient ?F of the ceramic members satisfy relationship, 0.01<|?L??F|/?F<1.0.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2003Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Kudo, Masafumi Kunieda
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Patent number: 7785695Abstract: A pillar-shaped honeycomb structured body comprises large-capacity through holes and small-capacity through holes, a first partition wall between two adjacent large-capacity through holes, a second partition wall between a large-capacity through holes and a small-capacity through holes adjacent to each other. Each of the plurality of large-capacity through holes and small-capacity through holes extends from a first end face to a second end face. An aperture rate ? (%) is a ratio between the sum of the area of the large-capacity through holes at the second end face and the area of the second end face. The difference in the thickness of the first partition wall and the second partition wall is ? (mm). The relationship between ? and ? satisfies the following inequalities (1) and (2): 0.0022?+0.0329???0.0071?+0.2553 (1), and about 35???about 60(2).Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Atsushi Kudo
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Patent number: 7556782Abstract: A honeycomb structured body of the present invention is a pillar-shaped honeycomb structured body comprising a large number of through holes that are longitudinally placed in parallel with one another with a partition wall therebetween, wherein the large number of through holes include a group of large-capacity through holes being sealed at one of end portions so that the sum of areas on a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is made relatively larger, and a group of small-capacity through holes being sealed at the other end portion so that the sum of areas on the cross section is made relatively smaller, and the partition wall that separates the adjacent through holes constituting the group of large-capacity through holes is provided with a selective catalyst supporting portion used for selectively supporting a catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Atsushi Kudo
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Patent number: 7510588Abstract: A ceramic filter including a ceramic block having a honeycomb structure. The ceramic block has one or more filter units which is a porous ceramic sintered body. The filter units are joined to each other by a sealing material layer. The ceramic block has different porosities, different pore size, different strengths, different lengths, different catalysts or different amounts of catalysts at different portions of the ceramic block.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Kudo
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Patent number: 7504359Abstract: A honeycomb structural body comprises one or plural pillar-shaped porous ceramic members in which many through-holes are arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction through partition walls and either one end portions of these through-holes are sealed. The partition wall forming the structural body has a surface roughness of not less than 10 ?m as a maximum roughness Rz defined in JIS B0601-2001 and an average pore size of 5-100 ?m in a pore distribution measured by a mercury pressure method, and satisfies the following relationship: A?90?B/20 or A?100?B/20 when a ratio pores having a pore size of 0.9-1.1 times the average pore size to total pore volume is A (%) and a thickness of the partition wall is B (?m), and there is proposed an effective honeycomb structural body having excellent pressure loss and catching efficiency and a high catalyst reactivity.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazutake Ogyu, Kazushige Ohno, Atsushi Kudo
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Publication number: 20080241015Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases which makes it possible to alleviate a thermal stress generated due to occurrence of a local temperature change and which is less likely to generate cracks and superior in strength and durability, an adhesive that has a low thermal capacity and is capable of alleviating the thermal stress, a coating material that has a low thermal capacity with a superior heat insulating property and is capable of alleviating the thermal stress, and a manufacturing method of the honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases that can improve precision in the outside dimension, and reduce damages in the manufacturing processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi KUDO, Masafumi Kunieda
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Publication number: 20080161423Abstract: It is intended to provide an organ function maintaining or ameliorating solution, which is effective for suppressing the depression of an organ provided for transplantation and an organ preservation method using the organ function maintaining or ameliorating solution. The present invention relates to an organ function maintaining or ameliorating solution for maintaining or ameliorating the functions of an organ provided for organ transplantation, comprising a pharmacologically active substance comprising glycyrrhizic acid, glycyrrhetinic acid or a pharmacologically acceptable salt or derivative thereof in an organ preservation solution. The present invention also relates to a method of preserving an organ for organ transplantation comprising perfusing the organ function maintaining or ameliorating solution to the organ isolated from the donor to cause ischemia and immersing the organ in the organ function maintaining or ameliorating solution during the time until the organ is transplanted into a recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Atsushi Kudo, Shigeki Arii, Kenjiro Wake, Isao Sakano
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Patent number: 7387657Abstract: A honeycomb structural body is constituted with a ceramic block comprising a plurality of through-holes arranged in a longitudinal direction and separated from each other through partition walls, either end portions of which through-holes being sealed. The ceramic block constituting the honeycomb structural body is made of a composite material consisting of ceramic particles and crystalline silicon and having an excellent thermal conductivity, so that the honeycomb structural body is excellent in the thermal diffusibility but also excellent in the resistance to thermal shock because the storing of thermal stress is less and no crack is caused even if a temperature distribution is caused at a relatively low temperature or cool-heat cycle is repeated over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Kunieda, Atsushi Kudo