Patents by Inventor Hideki Kato
Hideki Kato 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: 8597764Abstract: A ceramic composite includes a substrate and a ceramic coating. The substrate includes a carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite and has a surface on which a plurality of holes are provided. The ceramic coating is provided on the surface of the substrate and inside each of the plurality of holes.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Kato, Masahiro Yasuda
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Patent number: 8579323Abstract: A curtain air bag of a curtain airbag system includes a main chamber stored in a folded condition in a roof side portion that extends rearward from a front pillar, and a front auxiliary chamber formed integrally with the main chamber and stored in a folded condition in the roof side portion together with the main chamber. The main chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto in the event of a side impact of a vehicle and rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed like a curtain downwardly of the vehicle. The front auxiliary chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto at least in the event of rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed in front of the main chamber such that an upper portion of the front auxiliary chamber as seen in a side view overlaps the front pillar, and a lower portion thereof overlaps a front side door.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20130250151Abstract: In a solid-state imaging device, an amplification transistor amplifies a signal generated by a photoelectric conversion unit and outputs the amplified signal. An analog memory accumulates the amplified signal output from the amplification transistor. A select transistor electrically connects the analog memory to a vertical signal line and selects any one of a first state in which the amplified signal accumulated in the analog memory is output to the vertical signal line and a second state in which the analog memory is electrically disconnected from the vertical signal line. A differential amplification circuit includes a first input terminal connected to a reference voltage and a second input terminal connected to the vertical signal line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hideki Kato
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Patent number: 8531537Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a readout unit that reads still picture signals from first pixels among a plurality of pixels disposed on an imaging device and reads motion picture signals from second pixels among the plurality of pixels at predetermined frame cycles, and a readout control unit that controls the readout timings of the still picture signals based on the length of a still picture exposure period for accumulating the still picture signals and the length of a motion picture frame cycle period which is the period of the frame cycles.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Shunsuke Suzuki, Hideki Kato
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Patent number: 8411157Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel unit in which pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional manner, the pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, a charge holding unit, a transmission unit, and a first output unit and a second output unit; a second processing unit; and a control unit configured to control exposure of the pixels such that exposure periods for still images of all pixels constituting an area to be read are equal to one another, and control reading of the still image signal and reading of the moving image signal in units of fields, the all pixels constituting the area to be read being divided into a plurality of fields, in such a manner that the still image signal is to be read from both the first output unit and the second output unit in units of fields.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yuichi Gomi, Hideki Kato
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Patent number: 8399763Abstract: An electric wire including a core wire having element wires consisting of aluminum or aluminum alloy is provided, by which stable electrical connection between the core wire of the electric wire and the terminal fitting can be attained. The electric wire 1 includes: a core wire 3 including a plurality of element wires 5a, 5b, 5c bundled up, each element wire consisting of aluminum or aluminum alloy; and an electrically insulating coating 4 which coats the core wire 3. At least one element wire 5b, situated inside the element wires 5a situated on a most outer periphery of the core wire 3, is provided with an unevenness 14 on an outer surface of at least one element wire 5b. Concave parts 14a and convex parts 14b are arranged on the outer surface of at least one element wire 5b in a circumferential direction of at least one element wire 5b.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tsuneyuki Horiike, Hideki Kato, Takayuki Matsuno
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Publication number: 20130030666Abstract: An electronic control unit is provided with a braking device formed of a brake pedal which exerts braking force on a vehicle, a brake actuator, braking units and the like, a vehicle speed change rate setting device which sets a target vehicle speed change rate, and a vehicle speed control device which performs vehicle speed control to realize the target vehicle speed change rate by predetermined operation to the braking device performed by a driver. The vehicle speed change rate setting device sets a target vehicle speed change rate to accelerate the vehicle when the predetermined operation is performed while the vehicle stops, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hideki Kato
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Publication number: 20120303233Abstract: A parking and stopping control system includes a park maintaining device configured to maintain a parked state; a park maintaining control device configured to control the park maintaining device to maintain the parked state; a parking temporary determining device capable of making a temporary determination that there is a possibility an own vehicle will be parked; and an intention determining device configured to determine an intention of a driver, wherein when the temporary determination is made, the park maintaining control device controls the park maintaining device to execute a maintaining control of the parked state if an intention of the driver is an intention to park, and the park maintaining control device prohibits the maintaining control of the parked state if the intention of the driver is not the intention to park.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hideki Kato
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Publication number: 20120256402Abstract: A curtain airbag of a curtain airbag system includes a main chamber stored in a folded condition in a roof side portion that extends rearward from a front pillar, and a front auxiliary chamber formed integrally with the main chamber and stored in a folded condition in a roof header portion. The main chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto in the event of a side impact of a vehicle and rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed like a curtain downwardly of the vehicle. The front auxiliary chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto at least in the event of rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed in front of the main chamber such that a lower portion of the front auxiliary chamber as seen in a side view of the vehicle overlaps a front side door.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120256401Abstract: A curtain air bag of a curtain airbag system includes a main chamber stored in a folded condition in a roof side portion that extends rearward from a front pillar, and a front auxiliary chamber formed integrally with the main chamber and stored in a folded condition in the roof side portion together with the main chamber. The main chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto in the event of a side impact of a vehicle and rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed like a curtain downwardly of the vehicle. The front auxiliary chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto at least in the event of rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed in front of the main chamber such that an upper portion of the front auxiliary chamber as seen in a side view overlaps the front pillar, and a lower portion thereof overlaps a front side door.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120248751Abstract: A curtain air bag system includes a curtain air bag that is housed folded up in an upper edge portion of a door opening, and that includes a first deployment portion that deploys when a vehicle is collided with in a side collision as well as when the vehicle rolls over, and a second deployment portion that deploys at least when the vehicle rolls over, by receiving a supply of gas. The first deployment portion deploys in a cylindrical shape extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, above a belt line such that a rear end side of the first deployment portion overlaps with a center pillar when viewed from a side of the vehicle, and the second deployment portion deploys such that a lower end extends below the belt line, in a position not overlapping with the first deployment portion when viewed from the side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Patent number: 8257495Abstract: A crucible holding member includes a mesh body having an axis direction. The mesh body includes a hollow, an opening, and a plurality of strands. The hollow is provided inside the opening. The opening faces toward one end of the axis direction. The plurality of strands include a plurality of carbon fibers and are woven diagonally with respect to the axis direction to provide the hollow and the opening. The plurality of strands are folded inwardly or outwardly at an edge of the opening, thereby providing a two-layered portion along the edge of the opening. A matrix is filled between the plurality of carbon fibers of the mesh body.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Kato, Haruhide Shikano, Masahiro Yasuda
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Publication number: 20120200069Abstract: A curtain airbag apparatus is provided with a curtain airbag that is embedded, in a folded or rolled state, in an upper edge portion of at least one door opening and deploys into a form of a curtain, the curtain airbag having: a first deployment portion deploying downward by inflating with gas supplied from upon a side collision and rollover of the vehicle; a second deployment portion deploying downward by inflating with gas supplied at least upon a rollover of the vehicle, such that the second deployment portion is located in an area that does not overlap, as viewed laterally, an area in which the first deployment portion is located; and an internal pressure difference creator that makes an internal pressure of the second deployment portion higher than an internal pressure of the first deployment portion at least upon a rollover of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120182455Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel unit in which pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional manner, the pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, a charge holding unit, a transmission unit, and a first output unit and a second output unit; a second processing unit; and a control unit configured to control exposure of the pixels such that exposure periods for still images of all pixels constituting an area to be read are equal to one another, and control reading of the still image signal and reading of the moving image signal in units of fields, the all pixels constituting the area to be read being divided into a plurality of fields, in such a manner that the still image signal is to be read from both the first output unit and the second output unit in units of fields.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Gomi, Hideki Kato
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Publication number: 20120126517Abstract: A curtain air bag system includes a main deployment portion for an occupant seated in a front seat, that is housed folded up in an upper edge portion of an opening in a vehicle body, and inflates by receiving a supply of gas when the vehicle is in a side collision and when the vehicle rolls over, and deploys in a curtain shape downward with respect to the vehicle; an auxiliary deployment portion that inflates by receiving a supply of gas via a gas passage that is communicated with a portion of the auxiliary deployment portion in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and that deploys such that a lower end side, when viewed from a side, overlaps with a side door forward of the main deployment portion; and a connecting portion that connects a portion on an upper end side of the auxiliary deployment portion to a front pillar.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicants: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu, Yuuki Nakamura, Yutaka Nakajima
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Publication number: 20120128455Abstract: In a transport system, two drop prevention barriers and a drop prevention mechanism are provided along a periphery of a load port where a transported article has been placed. The drop prevention barriers and the drop prevention mechanism are arranged on three sides around the periphery of the load port and a remaining side is open along a first direction. The drop preventing mechanism includes a retaining member rotatably supported on a bracket. When a transported article moves along the first direction, the retaining member is pushed by a transport device such that it rotates from an initial position and retracts in an opposite direction from where a path is located. When the transported article has been loaded onto the load port, the retaining member returns to the initial position such that it is arranged slightly above the transported article.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: MURATEC AUTOMATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuo Tsubaki, Hideki Kato
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Publication number: 20120098240Abstract: A vehicle air bag system includes a side air bag that is housed folded up in a vehicle seat and that deploys between an occupant seated in the vehicle seat and a front side door by receiving a supply of gas when a side collision occurs, and a curtain air bag that is housed folded up in an upper edge portion of a door opening and that deploys in a curtain shape downward by receiving a supply of gas when a side collision and a rollover occur. The curtain air bag has a delay chamber that deploys later than a main chamber by receiving a supply of gas from the main chamber via a narrowed passage. The delay chamber deploys with a lower end side below a beltline and in an area that overlaps with a deployment area of a side air bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120057038Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a readout unit that reads still picture signals from first pixels among a plurality of pixels disposed on an imaging device and reads motion picture signals from second pixels among the plurality of pixels at predetermined frame cycles, and a readout control unit that controls the readout timings of the still picture signals based on the length of a still picture exposure period for accumulating the still picture signals and the length of a motion picture frame cycle period which is the period of the frame cycles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Suzuki, Hideki Kato
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Publication number: 20120034401Abstract: A C/C composite material molded body and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The C/C composite material molded body includes carbon fibers, and a carbonaceous matrix. The C/C composite material molded body has a shell-like structure, an outer surface of which is configured by a three-dimensional curved surface or a combination of a plurality of surfaces, and which is configured by a continuous structure having a uniform composition as a whole. A longitudinal direction of the carbon fibers is oriented along the outer surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Kato, Haruhide Shikano, Tomoyuki Ando
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Patent number: D662130Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuichi Kitazawa, Hidekatsu Miyasaka, Atsuhiko Matsuno, Hideki Kato
