Patents by Inventor Hashimoto

Hashimoto 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).

  • Composite material, display device using the same and process of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 5731861
    Abstract: A composite material includes a cholesteric liquid crystal; a polymer which is distributed in phase-separated domains and provides an effective form-retention property for the composite material; and an additional material which is dissolved in the cholesteric liquid crystal and maintains a cholesteric phase of the liquid crystal and bistability of a focal conic state and a planar state of the liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Hatano, Kiyofumi Hashimoto, Nobuyuki Kobayashi
  • Vehicle rear seat device
    Patent number: 5730496
    Abstract: A vehicle rear seat device, which enables an increase in a floor surface area of a rear portion of a vehicle, includes: a seat cushion provided so as to be rotatable approximately 180 degrees toward a front of the vehicle; a seat back which is forwardly-collapsible; and a rotating mechanism which rotates the seat cushion and at which a center of rotation of the seat cushion is set at a height which is approximately one-half of a height of the seat cushion at a front end surface of the seat cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazunori Hashimoto
  • Automatic bolt driving apparatus for driving bolts to secure elongated concrete molding frame segments
    Patent number: 5730034
    Abstract: A movable automatic bolt driving apparatus sequentially drives a plurality of bolts positioned substantially in line on flanges of elongated concrete molding frame segments for producing columnar concrete products. The apparatus has a vertically movable bolt driver unit and an air-cylinder unit. When the bolt driver unit drives a bolt in a state that the socket and the bolt are non-concentrically engaged with each other, the air-cylinder unit causes to properly reposition the bolt driver unit. At least a part of the bolt driver unit, which is normally disposed vertically, is pivotable with a horizontal pivotal axis orthogonal to the moving direction of the apparatus. The apparatus also has a flange follower for guiding the bolt driver unit. At least a part of the flange follower, which includes a roller having a vertical rotating axis, is pivotable about a vertical rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: K.K. Joban Engineering
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hashimoto, Ichiro Honma, Nobuhiko Nishiwaki
  • Vehicle route guidance apparatus for reseaching for a route when vehicle goes out of route
    Patent number: 5729217
    Abstract: A route guidance section compares the current position provided by a current position determination section and the route provided by a route calculation section for detecting an off-route condition. When the off-route condition is detected, a re-searching key as well as the route and current place is displayed on a display section. When the re-searching key is touched, a search is again made for a new route from the current position to the destination. Then, route guidance is again started in response to the re-searching result. When the re-searching key is not touched, the route and current place continue to be displayed while the vehicle carrying the apparatus travles off route, thereby efficiently preventing the apparatus from executing unnecessary re-searching when the driver drives the vehicle off route on purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Ito, Akimasa Nanba, Kiyohide Katoh, Shinichi Katoh, Koji Hashimoto
  • Polylactic acid-based resin composition and use therefor
    Patent number: 5728761
    Abstract: The polylactic acid-based resin composition includes (a) (i) 100 parts by weight of a poly-L-lactic acid; or (ii) 100 parts by weight of a poly-DL-lactic acid comprising L-lactic acid and D-lactic acid as its constituting units; and (b) 5 to 120 parts by weight of at least one of low-molecular lactic acid derivatives. The molded product is produced by the steps of 1) melt-kneading (a) one of the above components (i) or (ii) and the component (b); and 2) subjecting the melt-kneaded product obtained in step 1) to an injection molding, to give a desired molded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Kuyama, Masaaki Oota, Akara Hashimoto, Kenji Takeda
  • Access analysis method and system in parallel data base system
    Patent number: 5729736
    Abstract: A method and a system for analyzing the operation of a parallel data system are disclosed. The history information of the access executed by a specific processor that has received a request for access to a plurality of data bases connected to a plurality of processors, the ID of the specific processor and the accessed data amount are collected and stored in a memory. The history information is compared with the time assumed from a predetermined time specified for the access to a unit amount of data in data bases, deciding whether the former is reasonable or longer than the latter. The transfer history information for the processor that has transferred an access request to the specific processor executing the access is compared with a predetermined transfer time specified for a unit amount of data, deciding whether the transfer time between the two processors is longer than an assumed transfer time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Gomi, Kazutoshi Amano, Tomohiro Sakaue, Hiroyuki Shinozaki, Masahiko Hashimoto, Takafumi Nogami, Shigehiro Hatakeyama, Takenori Iwato
  • Electronic part including a thin body of molding resin
    Patent number: 5729437
    Abstract: A leadless package type electronic part, the cost and the size of which can be reduced and which exhibits excellent reliability, and an electronic part material for manufacturing the electronic parts. The electronic part of a leadless package type includes a rectangular substrate having a plurality of external electrodes in the periphery thereof, an element part placed on the surface of the substrate while being electrically connected to the external electrodes, and molding resin for molding the element part onto the surface of the substrate, wherein the surface of the molding resin is formed to be flat, and each side surface of the molding resin is flush, or aligned, with a respective side surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Hydroxylapatite base porous beads filler for organism and method of producing the same
    Patent number: 5728395
    Abstract: A hydroxylapatite base porous beads filler for use in cure of an injured or diseased part of bone of an organism. The porous filler is comprised of fired hydroxylapatite base beads each of which is formed with many pores. Each pore of the bead has a diameter of 1 to 100 .mu.m and a length larger than the diameter. Each bead has a porosity of 10 to 50% and a diameter of 0.02 to 20 mm. The pores of the bead may be filled with a solution containing a pharmaceutical in order to promote the cure of the injured or diseased part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventors: Torao Ohtsuka, Makoto Fukaya, Hideo Tagai, Takayuri Kato, Shinpei Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Sawai, Tomokazu Hattori, Shigeo Niwa
  • Display apparatus which is capable of displaying evaluation data with respect to colors
    Patent number: 5729699
    Abstract: A display system comprising a display and a memory for storing a plurality of evaluation data relating to a plurality of types of clothing and accessories. Each type of clothing and accessory has a respective plurality of colors. The display is controlled to display the plurality of types of clothing, a plurality of types of accessories to be carried, and the respective plurality of colors of each of the types of clothing and accessories. A designating device is provided for designating particular combinations of clothing and/or accessories. When a first article of clothing of a designated color is combined with a second article of clothing and its designated color, an evaluation of this combination is performed based on the stored plurality of evaluation data, and the resulting evaluation is displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kayoko Hashimoto, Yukihiro Nakano, Kyoko Lin, Susumu Onodera
  • Method for making and then removing a molded article of rigid polyurethane foam from a mold
    Patent number: 5728333
    Abstract: A molded article of rigid polyurethane foam is manufactured by using a mold of separable upper and lower mold sections mated to define a cavity therebetween. A film of polypropylene which is previously vacuum formed in conformity to the mold cavity is closely set within the cavity and secured to the lower mold section outside the cavity. A rigid polyurethane foam-forming raw material is introduced into the cavity and on the film and caused to foam and expand in place to mold an article of rigid polyurethane foam. Thereafter, the molded article is lifted together with the film from the mold cavity by a pneumatic pressure or ejector pin. The molded article is stripped from the film to remove only the molded article from the mold without taking the entire film out of the mold. The once lifted film is returned to the original shape by vacuum suction for replacing the film in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichiro Tabata, Yoichi Nabeshima, Taikyu Fujita, Kazufumi Yokoyama, Torao Hashimoto
  • Karman vortex flow meter
    Patent number: 5728946
    Abstract: In a Karman vortex flow meter, a first space section is provided between a detection section and an inflow opening, and a second space section is provided between the detection section and an outflow opening. The first space and the second space have cross-sectional areas larger than a cross-sectional area of the detection passage. Accordingly, a disorder of a fluid coming in the inflow opening of the detection passage and pulsation components coming from the outflow opening are reduced by the first and second spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shu Sasaki, Sakae Kiguchi, Toru Hashimoto, Shoji Hashimoto, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Surface mount connector
    Patent number: 5727957
    Abstract: An electrical connector 10 has electrical contacts 30a, 30b arranged in cavities 40a, 40b of a housing 50. Electrical contacts 30a, 30b include contact sections 31 and termination sections 32a, 32b having plate sections 36 oriented perpendicular to a surface of the contact sections 31 and soldering termination members 37. When electrical contacts 30a, 30b are placed in the housing 50, a rear portion 34 of the contact section 31 can be bent due to the fact that cut-outs 47a, 47b corresponding to the rear portion 34 are provided in the inside walls of cavities 40a, 40b, thus allowing for elastic deformation of the rear portion 34. In addition, plate sections 36 have lugs 38 accommodated in grooves 55 formed in the housing 50. Because of resilience of the rear sections 34, the lugs 38 engage against bottom surfaces 56 of the grooves 55, thus determining the position of the soldering termination members 37.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Yoshitsugu Fujiura
  • Filter for in-tank fuel pump
    Patent number: 5728292
    Abstract: A filter is provided for use with an in-tank fuel pump for an internal combustion engine. The filter is disposed within a fuel tank and includes a main filtration chamber connected to an inlet of the fuel pump and a return fuel chamber connected to the engine for introducing thereto return fuel from the engine. The main filtration chamber has an upper side peripheral wall formed from a meshed filter medium. The return fuel chamber is connected to the main filtration chamber in such a manner that the upper side peripheral wall of the main filtration chamber serves as a partition wall between the main filtration chamber and the return fuel chamber. In one embodiment, the return fuel chamber has a peripheral wall formed from sheet or plate impermeable to fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Hashimoto, Yuichi Fujinuma
  • Air plasma arc cutter
    Patent number: 5726416
    Abstract: An air plasma arc cutter includes spaced apart front and rear panels. A partition wall has its opposed two edges coupled to the front and rear panels to divide the space therebetween into upper and lower regions. An AC-to-DC voltage converter is disposed in the upper region and converts an AC voltage to a DC voltage to be applied between a torch electrode of a torch of the cutter and a workpiece. An air compressor supplies compressed air around the torch electrode and is disposed in the lower region. The air compressor has a threaded bolt which extends through the partition wall from the lower into upper regions. A nut is screwed onto the bolt in the upper region to thereby secure the air compressor to the partition wall. Shock absorbing members are disposed between the nut and the partition wall and between the air compressor and the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Sansha Electric Manufacturing Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masao Katooka, Toshihide Tokuda, Takashi Hashimoto, Kunio Karino
  • Brazing method
    Patent number: 5725682
    Abstract: Brazing alloys used in a method of brazing at least two steel components into an integral part during a carburizing treatment followed by a quenching treatment are disclosed. These alloys should be in a liquid phase during the carburizing process in which the steel components with a brazing alloy placed therebetween are carburized at a temperature of approximately 930.degree. C., and in a solid phase at a temperature of approximately 850.degree. C. attained immediately before the quenching treatment. A Cu--Mn brazing alloy containing at least from 55 to 80 weight % of copper and from 20 to 45 weight % of manganese or a Cu--Mn--Ni brazing alloy containing at least from 20 to 45 weight % of manganese and from 0 to 15 weight % of nickel are suitable for the simultaneous brazing and carburizing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Hashimoto
  • Detecting apparatus and measuring method of warm object
    Patent number: 5726449
    Abstract: A warm object detector that includes an infrared object detector and an ultrasonic object detector. A thermal image signal processor obtains thermal object information representative of a warm object in an area by processing signals from the infrared object detector. An ultrasonic processor obtains ultrasonic object information representative of an object in an area by processing signals generated by the ultrasonic object detector. Then a new object determining device determines the presence of a new object in the area by comparing ultrasonic object information supplied from the ultrasonic image signal processor at a prior time with ultrasonic object information being currently supplied by the ultrasonic image signal processor. The new object determining device provides output information representative of a determined new object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yoshiike, Kazuhiko Hashimoto, Katsuya Morinaka
  • Magnetoresistance effect element
    Patent number: 5725963
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a magnetoresistance effect element which has a film with a spin valve structure or an artificial lattice film having good soft magnetic characteristics, and which can be applied to a high-sensitivity magnetic head. The present invention provides a magnetoresistance effect element including a stacked film formed on a substrate by sequentially stacking a ferromagnetic film containing as its main constituents at least one elements selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, and Ni, a nonmagnetic film, and the ferromagnetic film, wherein the two ferromagnetic films are not coupled with each other, and the closest packed plane of each ferromagnetic film is oriented in a direction perpendicular to the film surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iwasaki, Yuichi Ohsawa, Reiko Kondoh, Susumu Hashimoto, Atsuhito Sawabe, Yuzo Kamiguchi, Masashi Sahashi
  • Part state detecting device for mounter
    Patent number: 5724722
    Abstract: A component handling device that is adapted to provide determination of a component picked up by a pickup device by different recognition methods depending upon the size of the component picked up. One recognition method employs a light source and a receptor and is carried by the mounting head. The other device includes a fixed camera and the light source is carried either by the mounting head and/or fixed relative to the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Yamaha Matsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Hashimoto
  • Device for generating high voltage
    Patent number: 5726522
    Abstract: A piezoelectric high voltage device has a high voltage lead line and a fixed container fixedly maintained without using an adhesive agent. A connecting portion between the lead line and a terminal plate is fixed by filling an adhesive agent thereupon. Kinetic energy caused by the hitting of a hammer can be changed into electric energy without any loss by use of Polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignees: Japan Smoking Articles Corporate Association, Ceratic Coporation
    Inventor: Takehiro Hashimoto
  • Process for image formation using liquid developer
    Patent number: 5723250
    Abstract: A liquid developer for electrophotography is disclosed, which comprises a carrier, a charge director contained in the carrier, and toner particles dispersed in the carrier and having a volume-average particle diameter of from 0.5 .mu.m to 5 .mu.m, wherein the toner particles comprises a thermoplastic resin substantially insloluble in the carrier at a temperature used for development, a colorant dispersed in the resin, and a charge control agent. A process for producing the liquid developer, and a process for forming an image are also disclosed. Thereby, a liquid developer for electrophotography having good toner electrification characteristics and satisfactory charge stability is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Matsuoka, Takako Kobayashi, Ken Hashimoto