Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yoshioka

Hiroshi Yoshioka 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: 6307310
    Abstract: A color cathode ray tube comprising a perforated molded mask curved inward in the middle between its two opposite sides and having round corners, and a support frame curved outward in the middle between its two opposite sides and having round corners, wherein the corners of mask are respectively brought into contact with the corners of the mask and the frame. Therefore, the alignment accuracy between a shadow mask assembly and phosphor film and the magnetic shielding of the color cathode ray tube can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mutsumi Maehara, Tsuyoshi Iwata, Hiroshi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 6286254
    Abstract: A water-retaining support for a plant exhibiting a water-retaining ability comparable to that of a polyacrylic acid-type hydrogel without inhibition of root origination or root elongation. The water-retaining support for a plant includes a hydrogel-forming polymer having a calcium ion absorption of less than 50 mg per 1 g of its dry weight and having a water absorption magnification in ion-exchange water (at 25° C.) of 100 or more. When the water-retaining support is used, a plant may be supplied with sufficient water without suffering from a deficiency of calcium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Mebiol Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Obonai, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Yuichi Mori
  • Patent number: 6283731
    Abstract: A fuel supplying apparatus for a vehicle for supplying fuel including an in-tank type fuel pump 7 provided in a sub-tank 5 inside a main tank 1 and a tubular fuel holding case 21 surrounding a suction filter portion 20 of this fuel pump 7 and having an opening portion 21B which is open in an opposite direction to a forwardly moving direction of the vehicle, so as to supply fuel 2 to outside the main tank 1 through a delivery pipe 16 by means of the fuel pump 7. The fuel 2 can be supplied to an engine even during the quick braking of the vehicle when the amount of fuel 2 is small without increasing the number of component parts of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 6283704
    Abstract: A circumferential flow liquid pump having formed in the vicinity of an impeller 4 an inner circumferential portion of a pump flow path 7 an air vent passage 31 having an opening with a step from a bottom portion 10 of the pump flow path 7 and extending in the radially inward direction and a through hole 32 for connecting the air vent passage 31 and the exterior of the pump casing assembly 1 together, having a sufficiently large cross-sectional area as compared to the air vent passage 31 and a cross-sectional configuration of a partial annular ring shape extending along the pump flow path 7. The through hole may be a plurality of passages 33 disposed within the region of the partial annular ring shape or al passage 34 directly connected to the pump flow path 7 without having the air vent passage 31 interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 6212089
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a semiconductor memory device, in which peripheral circuits are arranged in a cross area of a semiconductor chip composed of the longitudinal center portions and the transverse center portions, and in which memory arrays are arranged in the four regions which are divided by the cross area. Thanks to this structure in which the peripheral circuits are arranged at the center portion of the chip, the longest signal transmission paths can be shortened to about one half of the chip size to speed up the DRAM which is intended to have a large storage capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Kazuyuki Miyazawa, Manabu Tsunozaki, Kazuyoshi Oshima, Takashi Yamazaki, Yuji Sakai, Jiro Sawada, Yasunori Yamaguchi, Tetsurou Matsumoto, Shinji Udo, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Hirokazu Saito, Mitsuhiro Takano, Makoto Morino, Sinichi Miyatake, Eiji Miyamoto, Yasuhiro Kasama, Akira Endo, Ryoichi Hori, Jun Etoh, Masashi Horiguchi, Shinichi Ikenaga, Atsushi Kumata
  • Patent number: 6166484
    Abstract: A deflection yoke for a CRT including a horizontal deflection coil having an axial length in an axial direction of the CRT in an installed position that is not less than 60 mm and not more than 80 mm, a vertical deflection coil having an axial length in an axial direction that ranges from 45 mm to 65 mm, and a core having an axial length in the axial direction that ranges from 25 mm to 45 mm. The subject deflection yoke prevents deterioration in horizontal and vertical deflection sensitivity in CRTs having a neck diameter that is greater than 22 mm and less than 26 mm with a deflection angle that ranges from 95 to 110 degrees. In an alternate embodiment a deflection yoke for a CRT including a horizontal deflection coil, a vertical deflection coil disposed outside of the horizontal deflection coil, and a core disposed outside of the vertical deflection coil wherein in an installed position of the yoke, an inner surface of the deflection yoke is circumscribed around a circle having a diameter of 56.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Okuyama, Kouji Fukuyama, Soichi Sakurai, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Masao Obara, Misao Ikeda, Takeshi Chiba
  • Patent number: 6160744
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a semiconductor memory device, in which peripheral circuits are arranged in a cross area of a semiconductor chip composed of the longitudinal center portions and the transverse center portions, and in which memory arrays are arranged in the four regions which are divided by the cross area. Thanks to this structure in which the peripheral circuits are arranged at the center portion of the chip, the longest signal transmission paths can be shortened to about one half of the chip size to speed up the DRAM which is intended to have a large storage capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi VSLI Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Kazuyuki Miyazawa, Manabu Tsunozaki, Kazuyoshi Oshima, Takashi Yamazaki, Yuji Sakai, Jiro Sawada, Yasunori Yamaguchi, Tetsurou Matsumoto, Shinji Udo, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Hirokazu Saito, Mitsuhiro Takano, Makoto Morino, Sinichi Miyatake, Eiji Miyamoto, Yasuhiro Kasama, Akira Endo, Ryoichi Hori, Jun Etoh, Masashi Horiguchi, Shinichi Ikenaga, Atsushi Kumata
  • Patent number: 6135730
    Abstract: The provision of an electric fuel pump in which the rotational frictional resistance between the pump casing and the impeller is made small to prevent the decrease of the motor rotational number and the increase of the current consumption and in which the discharge efficiency is improved. In a pump casing 17 supporting the impeller 1 by the sliding surface 3a of the pump base 3 and the sliding surface 16a of the pump cover 16 and at the inner circumference side of the pump chamber 4 in the vicinity of the side 6a opposing to the pump chamber outlet 6 of the sliding surface 16a of the pump cover 16, the provision is made of an abutment relief portion 16b having a gap larger than said small gap, and a stepped side wall 16c defined at an end portion 19 downstream of the side of said abutment relief portion 16b opposing to said pump chamber outlet 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 6065452
    Abstract: A vehicular fuel supply apparatus in which a sub-tank 21 that is inserted into and attached to the bottom wall opening 1b of the fuel tank 1 has integrally formed therein by molding a fuel chamber 24, support cavities 7c, 22c, 23c and a fuel flow paths 27 and 29, and a fuel pump 7, a fuel filter 22 and a pressure regulator 23 are accommodated and supported within the respective support cavities. The fuel chamber 24 is substantially closed against a rush flow of the fuel except for the air vent hole 24b and the fuel inlet port 24a through which the fuel flows at a predetermined flow rate per time, and has formed in the wall surface of the fuel pump support cavity 7c a groove 38 for accommodating and supporting a power supply line 11. Parts for assembling the components or elements of the apparatus are not necessary and the weight and the parts number is decreased, resulting in an easy assembly and a small cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 6049500
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a semiconductor memory device, in which peripheral circuits are arranged in a cross area of a semiconductor chip composed of the longitudinal center portions and the transverse center portions, and in which memory arrays are arranged in the four regions which are divided by the cross area. Thanks to this structure in which the peripheral circuits are arranged at the center portion of the chip, the longest signal transmission paths can be shortened to about one half of the chip size to speed up the DRAM which is intended to have a large storage capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Kazuyuki Miyazawa, Manabu Tsunozaki, Kazuyoshi Oshima, Takashi Yamazaki, Yuji Sakai, Jiro Sawada, Yasunori Yamaguchi, Tetsurou Matsumoto, Shinji Udo, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Hirokazu Saito, Mitsuhiro Takano, Makoto Morino, Sinichi Miyatake, Eiji Miyamoto, Yasuhiro Kasama, Akira Endo, Ryoichi Hori, Jun Etoh, Masashi Horiguchi, Shinichi Ikenaga, Atsushi Kumata
  • Patent number: 6034555
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a switch unit for controlling the supply of a power source voltage to a signal amplification circuit for receiving an input signal, and a control unit for selectively turning ON and OFF the switch unit in accordance with the amplitude or frequency of the input signal. By the constitution, it is possible to provide an input circuit or an output circuit capable of being applied to an input/output interface adapted for a small amplitude operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masao Taguchi, Satoshi Eto, Yoshihiro Takemae, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Makoto Koga
  • Patent number: 5988213
    Abstract: A vehicular fuel supplying apparatus comprising an in-tank type fuel pump mounted within the fuel tank from an opening in a bottom wall of a fuel tank. A fuel flowing out prevention valve 21 is connected between a discharge port 7a of a fuel pump 7 and a vehicle body side pipe 16 to an engine. A valve 25 seating on a seal surface and having a coil spring 28 is disposed within the fuel flowing out prevention valve 21 to provide a valve function, the valve opening pressure of the fuel flowing out prevention valve 21 from the side of the fuel pump is set to be greater than a total maximum value of a fuel head pressure inside of the fuel tank and an internal pressure of the fuel tank and is set smaller than a fuel discharge pressure at the fuel pump 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5907214
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube display device including unnecessary radiating magnetic field reducer which improves the ability to reduce an unnecessary radiating magnetic field, especially, generated by a vertical deflection coil. A pair of coil is disposed in opposing relationship on the opposite sides of the ferrite core along an X-axis or in the horizontal direction of the deflection yoke so as to be in contact with an open side end of the ferrite core. Each coil has a shape curved with a predetermined radius of curvature conforming to the shape of the outer peripheral surface of the ferrite core. The ferrite core acts as a magnetic material for the coils which reduces the unnecessary radiating magnetic fields to increase the coil inductances to thereby produce a large extremely low frequency magnetic field (ELMF) reducing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Yukimatsu, Soichi Sakurai, Hiroshi Jitsukata, Yoshio Satoh, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Masao Obara
  • Patent number: 5854508
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a semiconductor memory device, in which peripheral circuits are arranged in a cross area of a semiconductor chip composed of the longitudinal center portions and the transverse center portions, and in which memory arrays are arranged in the four regions which are divided by the cross area. Thanks to this structure in which the peripheral circuits are arranged at the center portion of the chip, the longest signal transmission paths can be shortened to about one half of the chip size to speed up the DRAM which is intended to have a large storage capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi VLSI Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Kazuyuki Miyazawa, Manabu Tsunozaki, Kazuyoshi Oshima, Takashi Yamazaki, Yuji Sakai, Jiro Sawada, Yasunori Yamaguchi, Tetsurou Matsumoto, Shinji Udo, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Hirokazu Saito, Mitsuhiro Takano, Makoto Morino, Sinichi Miyatake, Eiji Miyamoto, Yasuhiro Kasama, Akira Endo, Ryoichi Hori, Jun Etoh, Masashi Horiguchi, Shinichi Ikenaga, Atsushi Kumata
  • Patent number: 5846458
    Abstract: Agents for inhibiting adsorption of proteins on the liposome surface and liposomes which are agglutination-free by binding said inhibiting agent on the surface are disclosed. The above-mentioned inhibiting agents comprise a hydrophobic moiety and a hydrophilic macromolecular chain moiety. Adsorption of plasma proteins on the liposomes is inhibited due to the hydrophilic moiety exposed on the liposome surface with a result that agglutination of the liposomes in plasma is prevented. Therefore, there is no danger of embolism in blood vessels inhibiting blood flow when the liposomes are introduced into the living body. Accordingly, the liposomes are especially highly useful as artificial erythrocytes for which a large dose of liposomes is needed for administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshioka, Hiroshi Goto
  • Patent number: 5828167
    Abstract: A color cathode ray tube includes a three beam inline electron gun; a deflection device for performing deflection and self-convergence; a static beam convergence device having permanent magnets for generating a magnetic field adjustable to converge three electron beams at a central portion of a phosphor screen; and a dynamic convergence device having coreless electromagnetic coils for generating a magnetic field adjustable to converge three electron beams at peripheral portions of the phosphor screen. The dynamic beam convergence device includes a spiral coil conductor formed on a non-magnetic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Jitsukata, Soichi Sakurai, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Yoshio Sato, Hiroshi Sasaki, Hidetsuyo Baba
  • Patent number: 5814933
    Abstract: A color cathode ray tube includes a front panel having a phosphor screen deposited on its interior surface. A contour of the interior surface is configured such that a radius Rx of a surface curvature of sections parallel to a horizontal axis and a radius Ry of a surface curvature of sections parallel to a vertical axis of the front panel are substantially constant, respectively, within a screen area of the phosphor screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Iwata, Mutsumi Maehara, Hiroshi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5762047
    Abstract: A fuel supplying apparatus comprising a fuel tank, a fuel pump, a pressure regulator and a fuel filter disposed in a fuel line connected between the fuel pump and the pressure regulator for filtering the fuel supplied from the fuel pump. The pressure regulator has an inlet port through which the pressure within the fuel tank is introduced into the diaphragm chamber of the pressure regulator is disposed between a fuel surface level and the ceiling of the fuel tank. The excess fuel discharge port is disposed in the vicinity of and in a facing relationship to a wall surface, which may be provided with a shock absorbing member, of a fuel pump mounting bracket, a sub-tank, pressure regulator holder or a barrier. The fuel filter has a hollow cylindrical configuration and the fuel pump together with a mounting bracket for supporting the fuel pump is housed within the hollow cylindrical fuel filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshioka, Shigeki Kanamaru
  • Patent number: 5689157
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube display unit provided with a high voltage transformer for supplying high voltage to an anode of a cathode-ray tube, a deflection yoke having a horizontal deflection coil and a vertical deflection coil, and an interior conductive coating formed on the inside of a glass vessel of the cathode-ray tube, in which there is provided an electrode in the conductive coating form formed on an external wall face of a glass vessel at a funnel portion being electrically separated from an exterior graphite coating formed on an external surface of the cathode-ray tube and connected to ground, and a circuit for applying reverse pulse voltage V.sub.1 that satisfies (V.sub.0 .times.C.sub.0)>(V.sub.1 .times.C.sub.1) to the electrode in the conductive coating form is included. Where, it is assumed that flyback pulse voltage supplied to the deflection yoke means is V.sub.0, reverse pulse voltage having a polarity reverse to that of voltage generated in the interior conductive coating is V.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Jitsukata, Katsuyuki Kawakami, Soichi Sakurai, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Yoshio Satoh
  • Patent number: 5676971
    Abstract: Agents for inhibiting adsorption of proteins on the liposome surface and liposomes which are agglutination-free by binding said inhibiting agent on the surface are disclosed. The above-mentioned inhibiting agents comprise a hydrophobic moiety and a hydrophilic macromolecular chain moiety. Adsorption of plasma proteins on the liposomes is inhibited due to the hydrophilic moiety exposed on the liposome surface with a result that agglutination of the liposomes in plasma is prevented. Therefore, there is no danger of embolism in blood vessels inhibiting blood flow when the liposomes are introduced into the living body. Accordingly, the liposomes are especially highly useful as artificial erythrocytes for which a large dose of liposomes is needed for administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshioka, Hiroshi Goto