Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Takemoto

Hiroshi Takemoto 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).

  • Patent number: 6435241
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for adhering a part and a part support with the intermediary of intermediate members are disclosed. The method and apparatus are capable of assembling the part and part support while easily and accurately maintaining the intermediate members in a positional relation for adhesion relative to the part and part support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Morii, Shigeru Fujita, Hiroshi Takemoto, Shinobu Kanatani, Syunichi Imanari
  • Publication number: 20020076725
    Abstract: A human T cell clone recognizing an antigen expressed by a synovial cell of a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient in HLA-DR-restricted manner is disclosed, which clone is very useful in exploring the pathogenesis of RA and developing a method for treating and preventing RA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: TOMOKO TOYOSAKI-MAEDA, RYUJI SUZUKI, YUJI TSURUTA, HIROSHI TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20020037206
    Abstract: A fastener has a head for retaining a vehicle component and a leg to be fitted into a mounting hole of a panel. The leg has a plurality of resilient engaging walls extending in the axis directLon with a plurality of vertical slits interposed therebetween. Upper ends of the walls are connected to the head and lower ends of the walls are connected to one another. Each upper end connected to the head is provided with a lateral cut. The presence of the cut makes the wall to easily flex inwardly when the leg is inserted into the mounting hole of the panel, enabling the insertion of the leg with smaller force, resulting in significant improvement in workability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: PIOLAX INC.
    Inventors: Shigeo Okada, Kazunori Machida, Hiroshi Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20020018306
    Abstract: Providing a fining structure for parts of optical element by which fiing of parts of optical element with high accuracy can be achieved aer positional adjustment in axes with an arrangement the positional adjustment in axes of parts of optical element is easily achieved before the fixingg of the pars of optical element. The fing structure comprises lens 3 having an edge surface which is a side surface surrounding a light beam passing surface; an intermediate holding member 5 having a first attaching surface 5a which is facing to the side surface and having a second attaching surface 5b which has a different angle from said first attaching surface 5a; and a housing 2 having an attaching surface 2c which is faciag to the second attaching surface 5b; the housing 2 and the lens 3 which has been adjusted the positional relation to the housing 2 are adhered and hfxed through the intermediate holding member 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Andoh, Yoshihiro Morii, Hiroshi Takemoto, Nobuaki Ono, Toshio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6335742
    Abstract: A processor-based display processing apparatus, method and user interface allows for easy understanding of the contents of respective files by present a portion of the respective files as a graphics image along with other associated attributes of the respective files. A computer readable recording medium with a program recorded therein is provided for enabling a computer to function as the apparatus and perform the method. In the display processing apparatus, when an operator selects a folder from a folder display area on a browser screen, a processor controls the selected folder to be identified and displayed, and graphics images of image files contained in the selected folder are displayed in a predetermined display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20010054479
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for fixing a part and a part support for mounting the part by use of adhesive via an intermediate member are disclosed. The adhesive is implemented by photocuring adhesive while the intermediate member is formed of a material transparent for light. The intermediate member is free from coloring and deformation when illuminated by light for curing the adhesive. The adhesive is prevented from dropping or turning round to other portions during assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takemoto, Shinobu Kanatani, Yoshihiro Morii, Shigeru Fujita
  • Publication number: 20010020508
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for adhering a part and a part support with the intermediary of intermediate members are disclosed. The method and apparatus are capable of assembling the part and part support while easily and accurately maintaining the intermediate members in a positional relation for adhesion relative to the part and part support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Moril, Shigeru Fujita, Hiroshi Takemoto, Shinobu Kanatani, Syunichi Imanari
  • Publication number: 20010011578
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for fixing a part and a part support for mounting the part by use of adhesive via an intermediate member are disclosed. The adhesive is implemented by photocuring adhesive while the intermediate member is formed of a material transparent for light. The intermediate member is free from coloring and deformation when illuminated by light for curing the adhesive. The adhesive is prevented from dropping or turning round to other portions during assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takemoto, Shinobu Kanatani, Yoshihiro Morii, Shigeru Fujita
  • Publication number: 20010011577
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for fixing a part and a part support for mounting the part by use of adhesive via an intermediate member are disclosed. The adhesive is implemented by photocuring adhesive while the intermediate member is formed of a material transparent for light. The intermediate member is free from coloring and deformation when illuminated by light for curing the adhesive. The adhesive is prevented from dropping or turning round to other portions during assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takemoto, Shinobu Kanatani, Yoshihiro Morii, Shigeru Fujita
  • Patent number: 6224709
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for fixing a part and a part support for mounting the part by use of adhesive via an intermediate member are disclosed. The adhesive is implemented by photocuring adhesive while the intermediate member is formed of a material transparent for light. The intermediate member is free from coloring and deformation when illuminated by light for curing the adhesive. The adhesive is prevented from dropping or turning round to other portions during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takemoto, Shinobu Kanatani, Yoshihiro Morii, Shigeru Fujita
  • Patent number: 6217684
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for adhering a part and a part support with the intermediary of intermediate members are disclosed. The method and apparatus are capable of assembling the part and part support while easily and accurately maintaining the intermediate members in a positional relation for adhesion relative to the part and part support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Morii, Shigeru Fujita, Hiroshi Takemoto, Shinobu Kanatani, Syunichi Imanari
  • Patent number: 6000784
    Abstract: A structure and a method for mounting an ink jet head assembly to an ink jet printer are disclosed. The assembly includes a plurality of ink jet heads each being filled with ink of particular color. Intermediate members are positioned between each head and a head holder. The intermediate members are fixed to the head by adhesive and also fixed to the head holder by the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takemoto, Yoshihiro Morii, Seiji Hoshino, Shigeru Fujita
  • Patent number: 6002187
    Abstract: A bicycle electricity generator is provided including an annular stator and an annular rotor, both of which are coaxially mounted on a bicycle wheel axle in a position between a bicycle wheel hub and a fork, wherein the stator is fixed either on the wheel axle or on the fork; the rotor is fixed in connection with the bicycle wheel hub, the rotor's rotating center being coincident with the rotating center of the bicycle wheel; a rotating force transmitting member made of a resilient material for transmitting a rotating force from the hub to the rotor is provided in a position between the rotor and the hub so as to form frictional engagement with both the rotor and the hub, wherein either an auxiliary transmitting structure is provided for auxiliarily transmitting a rotating force from the bicycle wheel hub to the rotor and wherein one portion of the auxiliary transmitting structure is fixedly secured with respect to the rotor and another portion of the auxiliary transmitting member is fixedly secured with resp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Pioneer Precision Machinery Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Ohkura, Hiroyasu Yamada, Hiroshi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 5864437
    Abstract: A mounting method and a mounting structure for the solid-state image pickup element in the image reading-out apparatus aiming at assembling the element with high precision and eliminating positional deviation occurring thereafter. The mounting structure comprises a solid-state image pickup element fixing member having a focusing lens fixed thereon, a basic board having the element mounted thereon, and a solid-state image pickup element supporting member from which the basic board can be detached. Between the fixing member and the supporting member are provided connecting portions, and the supporting member is bonded to the fixing member by filling the gap between the connecting portions with the adhesive agent. The connecting portions are constructed with the projection part provided on the fixing member and the hole part provided on the supporting member or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 5862088
    Abstract: In a memory testing apparatus wherein a plurality of function tests are continuously carried out for a semiconductor memory and a decision as to whether or not a failure relieving analysis of the memory should be performed is rendered upon completion of each function test, a failure cell counter 15 is provided at the rear stage of a failure analysis memory 13. When a failure memory cell is detected in a memory under test MUT in each function test, the number of failure cells of the memory under test is counted by the failure cell counter. A main controller controls operations of the memory testing apparatus ST such that a failure relieving analysis of the memory under test is performed only when the number of failure memory cells detected in the function test performed this time is greater than the number of failure memory cells detected in the preceding function test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takemoto, Eiichi Sekine
  • Patent number: 5715099
    Abstract: A mounting method and a mounting structure for the solid-state image pickup element in the image reading-out apparatus aiming at assembling the element with high precision and eliminating positional deviation occurring thereafter. The mounting structure comprises a solid-state image pickup element fixing member having a focusing lens fixed thereon, a basic board having the element mounted thereon, and a solid-state image pickup element supporting member from which the basic board can be detached. Between the fixing member and the supporting member are provided connecting portions, and the supporting member is bonded to the fixing member by filling the gap between the connecting portions with the adhesive agent. The connecting portions are constructed with the projection part provided on the fixing member and the hole part provided on the supporting member or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 5341170
    Abstract: An auto focusing device includes an image pickup device for photographing a subject and for outputting a video signal of the photographed subject, a digitizing device for digitizing the video signal from the image pickup device, an orthogonal transformation device for orthogonally transforming the digitized video signal to each frequency component so as to adjust a focusing point of the image pickup device on the basis of each of the frequency components, and a grouping device for arranging together the frequency components having a similar characteristic as one group to make a plurality of groups of focusing information data so that the focusing point of the image pickup device is adjusted on the basis of the focusing information data of the plurality of groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 5291356
    Abstract: A disk storage device includes a head part for writing data to a storage disk inserted into the device and for reading data from the disk, an eject member which is operated when a disk cartridge containing the disk is ejected, a turntable for rotating and driving the disk thereon to perform data recording and reproducing with the head part, a holder for holding the disk cartridge containing the disk, the holder placing the disk at a read/write position on the turntable when the disk cartridge is inserted, a slider which is disconnected from a latch lever when the disk cartridge is inserted and is moved in a direction parallel to the direction of insertion of the disk cartridge so as to place the disk at the read/write position on the turntable, and a movement mechanism for moving the holder and the disk cartridge from the read/write position of the turntable to an insertion position in response to a movement of the slider in the direction opposite to the first direction when the eject member is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Matsumoto, Yoshio Hirose, Yoshiaki Sakai, Hiroshi Takemoto, Takashi Watanabe, Katsuhiko Noda
  • Patent number: 5210564
    Abstract: An automatic focusing device has an A/D converter for converting a supplied video signal to a digital signal; an orthogonal converter for converting a video signal transmitted from the A/D converter to a signal indicative of a frequency component region; and a control section for producing a control signal for performing a focusing operation based on information of the frequency component transmitted from the orthogonal converter. The orthogonal converter performs a discrete cosine transformation with respect to the digitally converted video signal. The orthogonal converter transmits low to high frequency components from the digitally converted video signal. The control section transmits the control signal for performing a focusing operation based on an arbitrary component of the frequency components transmitted from the orthogonal converter. A circuit for performing the focusing operation may be constructed on the basis of a plurality of frequency components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takemoto
  • Patent number: D344270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Matsumoto, Hiroshi Takemoto, Yoshiaki Sakai