Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Uchida

Hitoshi Uchida 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).

  • Publication number: 20060047048
    Abstract: A graft copolymer composition capable of producing a molded product retaining a satisfactory appearance over a long period of time and having abrasion resistance, scratching resistance and bending resistance. The graft copolymer composition contains a graft copolymer as the main component and a lubricant including a fatty acid amide or an alkylene oxide derivative. The graft copolymer includes an olefin polymer segment (a) and a vinyl polymer segment (b). Particles of one segment are dispersed in the other one segment. The diameter of the particles is 0.001 to 10 ?m. The vinyl polymer segment (b) is formed from a polar vinyl monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Motoyuki Sugiura, Hitoshi Uchida, Masumi Takamura, Michihisa Yamada
  • Publication number: 20050261436
    Abstract: A graft copolymer having a structure in which a vinyl copolymer segment formed from a vinyl monomer having an acid is suspended in a molecular chain of a polyolefin resin segment via a ?-substituted propylene group is obtained, by reaction of polyolefin resin having ?-substituted propenyl group as a pendant and a vinyl monomer having an acid, and further a graft copolymer composition containing the same and a molded product thereof are obtained. The obtained graft copolymer, the composition containing the same and the molded product thereof are excellent in adhesive property to a polar material and scratch resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masumi Takamura, Hitoshi Uchida, Yoshiki Yamamoto, Motoyuki Sugiura
  • Patent number: 6935774
    Abstract: A wristwatch case (11) and a method of manufacturing the case, the wristwatch case comprising a wristwatch case body (1) made of titanium or stainless steel and a crown pipe (3) fixed to each other, wherein a stem hole (2) corresponding to the crown pipe (3) is formed in the wristwatch case body (1), a small diameter part is formed in the crown pipe (3), and a small diameter part corresponding to the a small diameter part of the crown pipe is formed in the stem hole (2), the method comprising the step of fitting the crown pipe (3) into the stem hole (2) in the wristwatch case body (1) to form a solid phase diffusion joining part at a portion where the small diameter parts thereof are fitted closely to each other, and to form a brazed connection part at a portion other than that where the small diameter parts are fitted closely to each other, whereby a watch external part having excellent corrosion resistance and waterproof and a large number of design variations can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Fujii, Junji Satoh, Hitoshi Uchida, Norio Hashimoto, Ryo Fujita
  • Publication number: 20050186713
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for easily making a barrier for preventing overflow of interlayer insulating resin in a cable-fitted multi-layer FPC that uses bumps for connecting the layers, and a barrier having a structure that can easily be made. In a method for manufacturing a multi-layer flexible printed circuit board comprising a circuit section, a cable section that is connected to the circuit section, the circuit section having a multi-layer structure of insulating resin arranged between multiple layers of metal foil, a barrier, that stops the insulating resin from overflowing, has a two-row configuration and is formed on a metal foil that constitutes an outermost conductive layer in the multi-layer flexible printed circuit board, and the metal foil and the insulating resin are laminated to form the multi-layer flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Fumio Akama, Ryoichi Yoshimura, Hideaki Tanaka, Hitoshi Uchida, Koji Okano
  • Patent number: 6920692
    Abstract: One wristwatch case, wherein a pipe is fixedly connected thereto and a connection interface between the wristwatch case and the pipe is not present substantially; the method of fixing the wristwatch, comprising the steps of providing a through-hole in the wristwatch case, press fitting the pipe of 0 mm or larger in press fitting tolerance (pipe outer diameter—through-hole diameter) between the through-hole and the pipe, and heating the wristwatch case after the press fitting step; the other wristwatch case, wherein a pipe is fixedly connected thereto through a diffusion layer; the method of fixing the pipe of the wristwatch case, comprising the steps of forming a through-hole in the wristwatch case, press fitting the pipe of 0 mm or larger in press fitting tolerance (outer diameter of pipe having a metal film formed on the surface thereof—diameter of through-hole) between the through-hole and the pipe having a metal film formed on the surface thereof, and heating the wristwatch case in vacuum or reducing gas
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Kouji Fujii, Junji Satoh
  • Publication number: 20040233795
    Abstract: A wristwatch case (11) and a method of manufacturing the case, the wristwatch case comprising a wristwatch case body (1) made of titan or stainless steel and a crown pipe (3) fixed to each other, wherein a stem hole (2) corresponding to the crown pipe (3) is formed in the wristwatch case body (1), a small diameter part is formed in the crown pipe (3), and a small diameter part corresponding to the a small diameter part of the crown pipe is formed in the stem hole (2), the method comprising the step of fitting the crown pipe (3) into the stem hole (2) in the wristwatch case body (1) to form a solid phase diffusion joining part at a portion where the small diameter parts thereof are fitted closely to each other, and to form a brazed connection part at a portion other than that where the small diameter parts are fitted closely to each other, whereby a watch external part having excellent corrosion resistance and waterproof and a large number of design variations can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kouji Fujii, Junji Satoh, Hitoshi Uchida, Norio Hashimoto, Ryo Fujita
  • Publication number: 20040089850
    Abstract: A brazing filler metal is composed of gold, silver, copper, and an additive element including at least one kind of element out of aluminum, bismuth, gallium, germanium, indium, antimony, silicon, tin, lead, tellurium, and thallium, as main constituents thereof, wherein a total composition ratio of the additive element is in a range of more than 1 wt. % to less than 36 wt. %, and a composition ratio of the gold is less than 80 wt. %, and a composition ratio of the silver is less than 42 wt. %, so that the brazing filler metal joins metals for use as members of which decorativeness in external appearance is required, such as stainless steel and so on, at a low temperature which does not cause the crystal structure thereof to be coarsened, while securing excellent corrosion resistance and sufficient joining strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Citizen Watch Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Junji Satou
  • Publication number: 20020185863
    Abstract: In the first aspect of the invention, there is provided a wristwatch case having a pipe joined and fixed thereto, the wristwatch case and the pipe having substantially no junction interface A method of fixing a pipe to a wristwatch case for obtaining this structure comprises the steps of providing a wristwatch case with a through-hole; press fitting a pipe exhibiting a through-hole/pipe press-fit overlap width (namely, outside diameter of the pipe minus diameter of the through-hole) of greater than 0 mm in the through-hole; and heating the wristwatch case after the press fitting. In the second aspect of the invention, there is provided a wristwatch case having a pipe, the wristwatch case and the pipe joined and fixed to each other through a diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Kouji Fujii, Junji Satoh
  • Publication number: 20020170633
    Abstract: A brazing filler metal is composed of palladium, metal having homogeneous solubility with the palladium, and phosphorus as main constituents thereof, with addition of platinum and nickel as the metal having homogeneous solubility with the Pd, wherein a composition ratio of phosphorus falls within a range of about 3 to about 17 wt. %, a composition ratio of platinum falls within a range of about 5 to about 85 wt. %, and a composition ratio of nickel falls within a range of about 5 to about 32 wt. %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Yoshitsugu Shibuya
  • Patent number: 6099224
    Abstract: A paper supplying apparatus has a rotatable member around a horizontal axis, a pair of clamp plates supported by this rotatable member mutually parallel and in face-to-face relationship for clamping a book block in between, and guide plates each attached to an associated one of these clamp plates, extending downward from the clamp plates to a lower edge part of the book block when the book block is held vertically. Such a paper supplying apparatus can be removably connected to a book binding machine by attaching a guide rail to an outer wall of the book binding machine and a runner to the paper supplying apparatus. The runner is slidably engageable with the guide rail, allowing the paper supplying apparatus to move along the guide rail selectably towards or away from the book binding machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Horizon International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Yoshinari Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 6026321
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring potential variations in the human body, comprising: a pair of conductors, an attachment patch for attaching the conductors to the measurement sites; an amplifier that amplifies, as AC signals, the potential variations input from the conductors through connecting wires, a transmitter that transmits the amplified signals, a battery that supplies electric power to the amplifier and transmitter, a voltage-divider circuit that divides the voltage applied from the battery, and a compensator circuit that applies a voltage so divided to the amplifier as a reference voltage and, concurrently, rejects DC components input to the conductors, using the divided voltage as a reference voltage. Hence is provided a compact apparatus for measuring body signals such as myoelectric potentials, without restricting the movements of the test subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Miyata, Noriyoshi Matsuo, Hitoshi Uchida, Naomi Sawada, Yutaka Tomita
  • Patent number: 6019560
    Abstract: A paper supplying apparatus has a rotatable member around a horizontal axis, a pair of clamp plates supported by this rotatable member mutually parallel and in face-to-face relationship for clamping a book block in between, and guide plates each attached to an associated one of these clamp plates, extending downward from the clamp plates to a lower edge part of the book block when the book block is held vertically. Such a paper supplying apparatus can be removably connected to a book binding machine by attaching a guide rail to an outer wall of the book binding machine and a runner to the paper supplying apparatus. The runner is slidably engageable with the guide rail, allowing the paper supplying apparatus to move along the guide rail selectably towards or away from the book binding machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Horizon International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Yoshinari Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 5908886
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for restoring a water-soluble quenching medium being used, of which the cooling characteristics have been deteriorated during use, to its original condition to have nearly the original cooling characteristics which the fresh medium has before use, and a water-soluble quenching medium thus restored to its original condition to have nearly the original cooling characteristics thereof. The method comprises adding to a quenching bath being used an aqueous solution comprising a water-soluble polymer (B) that has a larger weight average molecular weight than that of the water-soluble polymer (A) existing in the fresh water-soluble quenching medium to be in the fresh bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Eiichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5766505
    Abstract: The invention provides a water-soluble quenching medium suitably usable for quenching of metal, which can prevent quenching cracks and quenching ununiformity while having good hardenability. The medium comprises (A) a polyalkylene glycol having a weight average molecular weight of from 10,000 to 100,000 and/or its derivative, (B) a glycol ether having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 smaller, and optionally (C) an alkylene glycol having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or smaller, (D) an alkali metal carboxylate, and (E) an organic amine compound having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Kanamori, Hitoshi Uchida, Eiichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5442247
    Abstract: In an outer-rotor type spindle motor: a front-end portion of a spindle (4) forming a stationary member passes through a central portion of a hub plate (7c) (onto which a disk (11) is loaded) of a rotor yoke (6) forming a rotating member; and, the front-end portion having been passed through the central portion of the hub plate (7a) of the rotor yoke (6) forms a head portion (4c) which is formed into a semispherical shape having been obliquely cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Minebea Kabushiki-Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuzuru Suzuki, Sakae Fujitani, Masaaki Inagaki, Hitoshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 5376186
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat treating oil composition which comprises a base oil adjusted to have a total sulfur content of 3 to 1000 ppm comprising (A) at least one base oil selected from a mineral oil and a synthetic oil each having a sulfur content of not more than 300 ppm and (C) at least one member selected from a sulfur and a sulfur compound, and (B) at least one additive selected from an alkaline earth metal salt of sulfonic acid, that of a phenol, alkenyl succinic acid derivatives, fatty acid or its derivatives and phenol-based and amine-based antioxidants.The above-mentioned heat treating oil composition is suitable for quenching under a condition of a high oil temperature, and realizes a treated metal product having a excellent brightness and little distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Saburo Koyama, Eiichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5336955
    Abstract: In an outer-rotor type spindle motor: a front-end portion of a spindle (4) forming a stationary member passes through a central portion of a hub plate (7c) (onto which a disk (11) is loaded) of a rotor yoke (6) forming a rotating member; and, the front-end portion having been passed through the central portion of the hub plate (7a) of the rotor yoke (6) forms a head portion (4c) which is formed into a semispherical shape having been obliquely cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Minebea Kabushiki-Kaisha (Minebea Co., Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yuzuru Suzuki, Sakae Fujitani, Masaaki Inagaki, Hitoshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 5259285
    Abstract: A three side trimmer is provided with a trimming table having a base, a first cutting stick fixed on the base opposed to a front edge trimming cutter in order to receive the knife edge of the front edge trimming cutter and, a table structure including a pair of elemental plates movable on the base along a direction parallel to the length of the first cutting stick. The first elemental plate of the table structure is provided with a second cutting stick arranged perpendicular to the first cutting stick in order to receive the knife edge of a top edge trimming cutter. The second elemental plate of the table structure is provided with a third cutting stick arranged perpendicular to the first cutting stick in order to receive the knife edge of a foot edge trimming cutter. The three side trimmer makes it possible to trim the three sides of the binding objects of different sizes without exchanging the trimming tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 5250122
    Abstract: There is disclosed a heat treating oil composition which comprises (A) at least one base oil selected from a mineral oil and a synthetic oil each having a sulfur content of not more than 300 ppm and (B) at least one member selected from alkaline earth metal salts of salicylic acid. There is also disclosed a heat treating oil composition which comprises (I) a base oil having a sulfur content of 3 to 1000 ppm consisting of said (A) component and (C) at lease one member selected from a sulfur and a sulfur compound, along with (II) various additives for quenching.This heat treating oil composition is suitable for quenching under the condition of a high oil temperature and capable of obtaining a treated metal excellent in brightness and having a minimized distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Saburo Koyama, Eiichi Nakamura