Patents by Inventor Ikuo Nishida

Ikuo Nishida 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: 9881020
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a file document management server includes a controller and a memory. The memory stores expiration date information which indicates an expiration date of file documents which have been transmitted to a client device, and status information which indicates a storage state or a deletion state of the file documents of the client device to which the file documents have been transmitted. The controller changes the status information from a storage state to a deletion state when the expiration date passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ogura, Takao Ishida, Ikuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 9273323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for increasing the size of a plant seed and the content of fat store within the seed, and more specifically to a composition containing a gene encoding ABC transporter proteins for increasing the size of a plant seed and the content of fat store within the seed, and a method for increasing the size of a plant seed and the content of fat store within the seed comprising a step of introducing said gene and a promoter for overexpressing said gene to a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sangwoo Kim, Youngsook Lee, Ikuo Nishida, Yasuyo Yamaoka, Hirofumi Ono
  • Publication number: 20150227551
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a file document management server includes a controller and a memory. The memory stores expiration date information which indicates an expiration date of file documents which have been transmitted to a client device, and status information which indicates a storage state or a deletion state of the file documents of the client device to which the file documents have been transmitted. The controller changes the status information from a storage state to a deletion state when the expiration date passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiro OGURA, Takao ISHIDA, Ikuo NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 8893162
    Abstract: In an optical disc drive, a degradation of traveling performance of an optical pickup under hard acceleration or hard deceleration in a random access operation or the like results in a degradation of recording/reproducing performance. Groove structure is provided between two gears of a guide feed provided in an optical pickup, and the groove forms bending structure. Thus, the engagement state between a screw gear and the gears of the guide feed is stabilized. This makes it possible to prevent tooth jumping and step-out from occurring in the gears during the traveling of the optical pickup, achieving stable traveling. In consequence, the recoding/reproducing performance of the optical disc drive can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignees: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Tatsuya Yamasaki, Nozomu Harada, Sojiro Kirihara, Ikuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 8589960
    Abstract: A disc drive for suppressing warpage deformation of a disc tray generated as initial deformation during molding is provided. A supporting structure of a disc tray 4 provided to be inserted into and ejected from a drive housing 1? through a tray insertion/ejection opening 15 is provided with guide mechanisms 12a and 12b which slidably support a tray body 4a in the depth direction as viewed from the tray insertion/ejection opening 15 in an interior space of the drive housing 1?, and a protrusion 21 which is slidably contacted to an upper end of the guide mechanism 12a on a lower surface of a wing part 4b protruding from the tray body 4a on the side where a disc protrudes in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Seiji Hamaie, Ikuo Nishida, Koji Matsumoto, Hideyuki Nagamine
  • Publication number: 20130283481
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for increasing the size of a plant seed and the content of fat store within the seed, and more specifically to a composition containing a gene encoding ABC transporter proteins for increasing the size of a plant seed and the content of fat store within the seed, and a method for increasing the size of a plant seed and the content of fat store within the seed comprising a step of introducing said gene and a promoter for overexpressing said gene to a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sangwoo Kim, Youngsook Lee, Ikuo Nishida, Yasuyo Yamaoka, Hirofumi Ono
  • Patent number: 8499315
    Abstract: An optical disc drive including a conductive plate provided on a front surface of a disc tray. The conductive plate includes a structure of a hook portion at two places on the right and left and a structure of a pressure bar spring on the side end, in which the conductive plate is fixed using hook holes provided on the disc tray and the pressure bar spring presses and grounds a cabinet with the disc tray loaded in the inside of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Seiji Hamaie, Ikuo Nishida, Koji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8359607
    Abstract: From an optical disc drive, internal static electricity has to be discharged to the outside to prevent breakage of electric components such as laser diodes. A grounding spring has been used to discharge static electricity from a unit mechanism to the enclosure of the optical disc drive but it is necessary to improve the reliability of the drive in consideration of the dimensional accuracy and workability of the spring. Thus the free end of a grounding spring having a cantilever structure is shaped like an arc and an end of the grounding spring has a curved structure. This configuration improves the dimensional accuracy and workability of the spring, so that the performance of the optical disc drive can be more reliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Hideyuki Nagamine, Seiji Hamaie, Ikuo Nishida, Tatsuya Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20130007777
    Abstract: A disc drive for suppressing warpage deformation of a disc tray generated as initial deformation during molding is provided. A supporting structure of a disc tray 4 provided to be inserted into and ejected from a drive housing 1? through a tray insertion/ejection opening 15 is provided with guide mechanisms 12a and 12b which slidably support a tray body 4a in the depth direction as viewed from the tray insertion/ejection opening 15 in an interior space of the drive housing 1?, and a protrusion 21 which is slidably contacted to an upper end of the guide mechanism 12a on a lower surface of a wing part 4b protruding from the tray body 4a on the side where a disc protrudes in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC., HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki YAMAUCHI, Seiji HAMAIE, Ikuo NISHIDA, Koji MATSUMOTO, Hideyuki NAGAMINE
  • Patent number: 8332881
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus capable of reducing looseness vibrations resulting from a gap between a sub-guide shaft and a bearing is provided. According to an optical disc apparatus in the present invention, both ends of the sub-guide shaft are supported by being sandwiched between a pair of support parts formed in a chassis and a pair of pressing members mounted on the chassis. The support part is formed by bending a protruding portion both protruding in an inward direction of a hole from an edge of the hole of the chassis and extending along the direction perpendicular to the sub-guide shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Seiichi Katou, Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Ikuo Nishida, Youichi Narui
  • Patent number: 8220010
    Abstract: There is provided a disc drive by which the fluid loss of a disc is reduced and the electric power consumption of a spindle motor can be decreased. In the disc drive according to the present invention, a rotation load reducing member is provided between a top cover and the disc. The rotation load reducing member is movably supported by a clearance adjustment member. While the disc is rotating, the rotation load reducing member is moved in the direction approaching the disc. Thereby, the thickness of an air layer on the upper surface of the disc is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Mitsutaka Shizuya, Tatsumi Uchigiri, Hisahiro Miki, Ikuo Nishida, Shinya Tsubota
  • Publication number: 20120096479
    Abstract: An optical disc drive including a conductive plate provided on a front surface of a disc tray. The conductive plate includes a structure of a hook portion at two places on the right and left and a structure of a pressure bar spring on the side end, in which the conductive plate is fixed using hook holes provided on the disc tray and the pressure bar spring presses and grounds a cabinet with the disc tray loaded in the inside of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshiaki YAMAUCHI, Seiji Hamaie, Ikuo Nishida, Koji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8095945
    Abstract: An optical disc drive includes a rotation device that rotates an optical disc in a clockwise direction when an upper surface of the optical disc is viewed, a disc mounting portion for mounting of the optical disc thereon has a recess portion, and an optical pickup which irradiates a laser beam on a lower recording surface of the optical disc. The disc mounting portion includes a first penetrating opening portion therethrough that extends from a center area of the recess portion to a periphery of the recess portion. The disc mounting portion further includes a single second penetrating opening portion therethrough being provided at a rear of the disc mounting portion and periphery at an upstream side of the clockwise rotating direction with respect to a center line of the first penetrating opening portion extending from a front to the rear of the disc mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Isoshima, Yukinobu Abe, Takayuki Fujimoto, Ikuo Nishida, Masahiro Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20110258650
    Abstract: From an optical disc drive, internal static electricity has to be discharged to the outside to prevent breakage of electric components such as laser diodes. A grounding spring has been used to discharge static electricity from a unit mechanism to the enclosure of the optical disc drive but it is necessary to improve the reliability of the drive in consideration of the dimensional accuracy and workability of the spring. Thus the free end of a grounding spring having a cantilever structure is shaped like an arc and an end of the grounding spring has a curved structure. This configuration improves the dimensional accuracy and workability of the spring, so that the performance of the optical disc drive can be more reliable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshiaki YAMAUCHI, Hideyuki Nagamine, Seiji Hamaie, Ikuo Nishida, Tatsuya Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 8024747
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus including first to fourth disc guides. At the end of disc loading, the first one, in a fixed position, contacts a peripheral side face of the optical disc at a first point thereon to support the disc; the second one has a plane opposite to the peripheral side face which contacts the peripheral side face of the optical disc at a second point to support the disc while restrained from moving away from the side face; the third one contacts the peripheral side face of the optical disc at a third point to support the disc while biased by a spring; and the fourth one contacts the side face at a fourth point while biased by a spring to support the disc, and is restrained from moving against the resilience of the spring. The disc, supported by those disc guides, is chucked by a clamper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi Narui, Ikuo Nishida, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Hisahiro Miki
  • Publication number: 20110197210
    Abstract: An optical disc drive with low vibration and low noise without risk of damage to components and injury caused by ejection of the disc tray with the rotating optical disc from a housing is provided by simple structure. In a disc-tray scheme of the optical disc drive, a brake member attached to the inside of the housing is placed to be in contact with the optical disc sliding thereon when the disc tray is in a predetermined position except the disc recording/reproducing position and the disc loading/unloading position, and to be connected to the disc tray when the disc tray is in the disc recording/reproducing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Tatsuya YAMASAKI, Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Nozomu Harada, Sojiro Kirihara, Ikuo Nishida
  • Publication number: 20110197211
    Abstract: In an optical disc drive, a degradation of traveling performance of an optical pickup under hard acceleration or hard deceleration in a random access operation or the like results in a degradation of recording/reproducing performance. Groove structure is provided between two gears of a guide feed provided in an optical pickup, and the groove forms bending structure. Thus, the engagement state between a screw gear and the gears of the guide feed is stabilized. This makes it possible to prevent tooth jumping and step-out from occurring in the gears during the traveling of the optical pickup, achieving stable traveling. In consequence, the recoding/reproducing performance of the optical disc drive can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshiaki YAMAUCHI, Tatsuya Yamasaki, Nozomu Harada, Sojiro Kirihara, Ikuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 7996857
    Abstract: The invention makes it possible to carry out an emergency eject motion without attaching and detaching teeth between gears in a transmission system of a driving force of a loading motor, in an optical disc apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Ikuo Nishida, Hisahiro Miki
  • Patent number: 7945923
    Abstract: The invention provides a disc device capable of offering good SATA interface performance by optimizing the placement of the SATA connector relative to the control board, solving problems concerning noise or unnecessary radiation. A driver IC and DSP for executing main processing concerning disc recording or reproduction processing are installed in a main printed circuit board. A SATA connector having a power supply terminal and signal terminal is fixed to the main printed circuit board. The SATA connector is placed on the board opposite the DSP. Patterns each connecting the power supply terminal to the driver IC and connecting the signal terminal and DSP are formed on the board. The SATA connector and DSP are placed on the driver IC side relative to the central line of the board, the power supply terminal is placed on the driver IC side, and the signal terminal is placed on the DSP side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi Narui, Goshi Shiroishi, Ikuo Nishida, Kenji Watabe, Masahiro Matsuo
  • Patent number: 7937721
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus, comprising a tray 2, attached to be insertable within housings 9 and 10, and within the housings are included a disc motor 3, an optical pickup 4 and a moving mechanism thereof, and also a unit mechanism chassis 5 for moving the optical pickup thereon and a controller substrate 71 disposed below the unit mechanism chassis for controlling the optical pickup, and further, a wide-width flexible cable 8 for electrical connection between the controller substrate and the optical pickup, wherein the optical pickup mounts laser units 41, 42 and 43 including three (3) pieces of elements, each emitting a laser light different in the wavelength thereof, a penetrating portion 2b and a wall portion 2e are provided in a part of left bottom surface of the tray, while forming a cutoff portion 55 in a part of the chassis, thereby guiding the airflow generated accompanying with rotation of the optical disc onto the optical pickup, with certainty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Watabe, Ikuo Nishida, Yoichi Narui, Masahiro Matsuo, Takayuki Fujimoto