Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Katou

Hitoshi Katou 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: 10679886
    Abstract: A workpiece treating method includes a step (1) of forming a stack including a support, a temporary fixing material and a workpiece wherein the material includes a layer containing a polymer (A) in a range of not less than 50 mass %, the polymer (A) including a structural unit represented by the formula (A1), and the workpiece is held on the material; a step (2) of processing the workpiece and/or transporting the stack; and a step (3) of applying a shear force to the material to thereby separate the workpiece from the support. R1 is a divalent organic group including at least one aromatic ring, each of two oxygen atoms bonded to R1 in (A1) is bonded to the aromatic ring, and, when R1 includes two or more aromatic rings, each of the two oxygen atoms is bonded to any one of the aromatic rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Hitoshi Katou, Hiroki Ishikawa, Noriko Kitahama, Hirofumi Sasaki, Hikaru Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20190157128
    Abstract: A workpiece treating method includes a step (1) of forming a stack including a support, a temporary fixing material and a workpiece wherein the material includes a layer containing a polymer (A) in a range of not less than 50 mass %, the polymer (A) including a structural unit represented by the formula (A1), and the workpiece is held on the material; a step (2) of processing the workpiece and/or transporting the stack; and a step (3) of applying a shear force to the material to thereby separate the workpiece from the support. R1 is a divalent organic group including at least one aromatic ring, each of two oxygen atoms bonded to R1 in (A1) is bonded to the aromatic ring, and, when R1 includes two or more aromatic rings, each of the two oxygen atoms is bonded to any one of the aromatic rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ISHII, Hitoshi KATOU, Hiroki ISHIKAWA, Noriko KITAHAMA, Hirofumi SASAKI, Hikaru MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20100174103
    Abstract: A silicon-containing film-forming material includes at least one organosilane compound shown by the following general formula (1). wherein R1 to R6 individually represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a vinyl group, a phenyl group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an acetoxy group, a phenoxy group, or an alkoxy group, provided that at least one of R1 to R6 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an acetoxy group, a phenoxy group, or an alkoxy group, and n represents an integer from 0 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Nakagawa, Youhei Nobe, Hitoshi Katou, Kenji Ishizuki, Terukazu Kokubo
  • Patent number: 7626109
    Abstract: In an electronic musical instrument 100, CPU confirms a pitch range of music stored in a music memory, and generates a keyboard image as large as possible for display based on marks M1 and M2 on a keyboard and the confirmed pitch range, and sends and displays the generated keyboard image on a television receiver 200, whereby a user is allowed to easily learn a relative relationship between a key position on a keyboard and a key position designated by performance guide in the keyboard image. The marks M1 and M2 are provided on the keyboard for indicating key positions corresponding respectively to reference pitches C4 and C5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Katou
  • Publication number: 20070089590
    Abstract: In an electronic musical instrument 100, CPU confirms a pitch range of music stored in a music memory, and generates a keyboard image as large as possible for display based on marks M1 and M2 on a keyboard and the confirmed pitch range, and sends and displays the generated keyboard image on a television receiver 200, whereby a user is allowed to easily learn a relative relationship between a key position on a keyboard and a key position designated by performance guide in the keyboard image. The marks M1 and M2 are provided on the keyboard for indicating key positions corresponding respectively to reference pitches C4 and C5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventor: Hitoshi Katou
  • Patent number: 6926352
    Abstract: A vehicle body 10 includes right and left floor frames 16 and right and left side sills 13, all extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, are disposed in parallel with each other, and right and left front side frames 11 extend forward from front ends of the right and left floor frames 16. Rear end sections 75 are butted to the side sills 13 such that the rear end sections approach the side sills 13, and are joined to the side sills 13 at longitudinal midpoints of the side sills 13. A cross member 22 spans across the right and left side sills 13 at positions forward of the joint sections and in the vicinity of the joint sections. A joint section 85 at the side sill 13, the floor frame 16, and the cross member 22 is formed into a substantially triangular shape in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Gotou, Shigeto Yasuhara, Hitoshi Katou
  • Publication number: 20050082877
    Abstract: A vehicle body 10 includes right and left floor frames 16 and right and left side sills 13, all extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, are disposed in parallel with each other, and right and left front side frames 11 extend forward from front ends of the right and left floor frames 16. Rear end sections 75 are butted to the side sills 13 such that the rear end sections approach the side sills 13, and are joined to the side sills 13 at longitudinal midpoints of the side sills 13. A cross member 22 spans across the right and left side sills 13 at positions forward of the joint sections and in the vicinity of the joint sections. A joint section 85 at the side sill 13, the floor frame 16, and the cross member 22 is formed into a substantially triangular shape in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Gotou, Shigeto Yasuhara, Hitoshi Katou
  • Publication number: 20050083809
    Abstract: CPU 16 and a memory controller 15 increment a writing address from a starting address every time when data is written into a shock memory 14, and increment a reproducing address from a starting address, thereby writing data read out by a pickup 12 to the writing address in the shock memory 14. Further, CPU 16 and the memory controller 15 suspend operation for reading out data from the shock memory 14 until the writing address reaches an accumulation judging address, and start the operation for reading out data from the reproducing address of the shock memory 14 when the writing address has reached the accumulation judging address. Even if a pickup for reading data from a recording medium such as CD is in a transient state from a stop state or from a fast forward state to a reproducing state, generation of a disconnected sound is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Katou
  • Patent number: 6158721
    Abstract: A small flow of a water with a high carbon dioxide content (normally a carbon-dioxide-saturated water) is produced using hollow-fiber membranes, and is uniformly mixed with a large flow of untreated water with constant proportions. Since the hollow-fiber membrane module has a reserve capacity for adding carbon dioxide to the water, the resistivity of the mixed water is maintained at a constant level by maintaining constant proportions of the small and large flows, even if the total flow rate fluctuates due to fluctuations in the rate of water used in a subsequent process. Accordingly, no automated control device is particularly necessary in order to maintain the resistivity at a constant level. Therefore, a compact and simple apparatus can be produced which can operate at a low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Katou, Kazunari Sakai, Toshio Kambe, Kazumi Oi
  • Patent number: 5001960
    Abstract: An input waveform signal representing, for example, a string oscillation is input to a pitch extraction circuit. The pitch extraction circuit extracts a pitch frequency from the input waveform signal, and this pitch frequency is input to a RAM connected to a CPU. On the other hand, LFO data from an LFO is input to a RAM. The CPU detects the amount of variation of the pitch frequency based on the pitch frequency and coverts the amount of variation of the pitch frequency in accordance with a predetermined conversion function. Thereafter the converted value is added to the LFO data to form musical sound control data for imparting a tremolo effect or a vibrato effect. The musical sound production circuit thereby imparts the above effect to the musical sound to be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Katou
  • Patent number: 4923208
    Abstract: A baby carriage usable as a shopping carrier is disclosed which comprises a seat portion in which an infant may be seated, an article receiving body which has at an upper end a wide opening area and which is slidably mounted on a lower surface of the seat portion. The article receiving body is adapted to move from a position below the lower surface of the seat portion to a position at the rear of the lower surface of the seat portion when necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Combi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Takahashi, Hitoshi Katou
  • Patent number: 4846521
    Abstract: A foot cover for a baby buggy capable of positively protecting the feet and legs of a baby place in a reclining position from the wind. A front cover is attached to a lower plate portion. A core wire runs along the periphery of the front cover. Ends of the core wire are pivotally connected to foot cover holders placed around the front legs of the buggy. The foot cover holders have integral grippers into which side portions of the core wire are fit to hold the foot cover in its raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Combi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Takahashi, Hitoshi Katou, Tomihiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 4597470
    Abstract: A car speaker system which can be used to radiate sound either inside the vehicle in normal driving use or outside the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. A plurality of speaker units are mounted in a closed cabinet and the cabinet is swingably mounted along one side thereof in a casing. In a first swinging position of the cabinet, the speaker mounting surface of the cabinet is flush with the ceiling panel and the speakers radiate sound downwards into the passenger compartment of the vehicle, while in a second swinging position of the cabinet, the speaker mounting surface is perpendicular to the ceiling panel and the speakers face rearwards to radiate sound to the exterior through an open hatchback door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignees: Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunori Takagi, Hiroshi Soma, Yoshiaki Miyata, Yasuki Motozawa, Hitoshi Katou
  • Patent number: D308656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Combi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Takahashi, Hitoshi Katou, Masatoshi Doi, Tomihiro Kaneko