Patents by Inventor Kaoru Hasegawa

Kaoru Hasegawa 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: 8573349
    Abstract: In order to decrease the number of handling components of a parking brake unit without increasing a length of a wheel base, there is provided a forklift including a main input shaft which is rotationally driven by a hydraulic motor, a differential input shaft which rotates by the rotation of the main input shaft, and a differential mechanism which is provided between the differential input shaft and a front axle, the forklift being configured to run by transmitting power of the hydraulic motor to the front axle through the main input shaft, the differential input shaft, and the differential mechanism, wherein an idle shaft is disposed so as to be parallel to the differential input shaft, a power transmission mechanism obtained by meshing gears and is interposed between the differential input shaft and the idle shaft, and then a parking brake unit is provided in the idle shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirashita, Shinichi Naito, Tsutomu Komatsu, Yuuichi Fukata, Hitoshi Miyamoto, Kaoru Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20130146384
    Abstract: In order to decrease the number of handling components of a parking brake unit without increasing a length of a wheel base, there is provided a forklift including a main input shaft which is rotationally driven by a hydraulic motor, a differential input shaft which rotates by the rotation of the main input shaft, and a differential mechanism which is provided between the differential input shaft and a front axle, the forklift being configured to run by transmitting power of the hydraulic motor to the front axle through the main input shaft, the differential input shaft, and the differential mechanism, wherein an idle shaft is disposed so as to be parallel to the differential input shaft, a power transmission mechanism obtained by meshing gears and is interposed between the differential input shaft and the idle shaft, and then a parking brake unit is provided in the idle shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirashita, Shinichi Naito, Tsutomu Komatsu, Yuuichi Fukata, Hitoshi Miyamoto, Kaoru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6948247
    Abstract: A cylindrical roller bearing or needle roller bearing for use with a rolling raceway surface is subjected to a carbonitriding treatment to produce a layer containing 30 to 80% retained austenite in the vicinity of its surface that contacts a carburized layer of a rolling raceway surface of a roller bearing. The amount of retained austenite of the surface layer of the roller bearing is increased by about 30%. The surface layer is then heat treated to apply a residual compression stress. The surface then receives surface finishing to produce micro concavo-convex portions in a random direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kodama, Kaoru Hasegawa, Nobuaki Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 6580476
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display unit in which external vibration or impact is prevented from being applied directly to a housing member through mounting screws for fixing the liquid crystal display unit to an outer casing, so that the display quality of the display image displayed on a liquid crystal display device is improved. In a liquid crystal display unit having a backlight unit, mounting members having threaded holes into which mounting screws for fixing the liquid crystal display unit to an outer casing are screwed are provided between a side wall of a housing member of the backlight unit and a side wall of a frame member. Each of the mounting members is constituted by a first side and a second side. The first side has threaded holes and extends along the side wall of the housing member. The second side is fixed to the housing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6499577
    Abstract: Hydraulic pressure is controlled, which has such advantages that a generation of peak pressure (shoot pressure) can be lowered, mis-operation due to biting of particles can be reduced, or the cost thereof can be reduced. First, a large amount inflow command current is supplied to a proportional solenoid from a time point t1 to a time point t2. Consequentially, pilot pressure rises in a pilot pressure receiving chamber, so that a pressure control valve allows a large amount of hydraulic fluid to flow in a clutch or brake cylinder. At this time, potential detected by a pressure switch becomes zero level. Next, at the time point t2, a filling command small current is supplied to the proportional solenoid, thereby decreasing the amount of hydraulic fluid, which flows from an input port to an output port. This state is maintained from the time point t2 to a time point t3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kitamoto, Kaoru Hasegawa, Kenjiro Shimada
  • Publication number: 20020121021
    Abstract: A cylindrical roller bearing or needle roller bearing for use with a rolling raceway surface is subjected to a carbonitriding treatment to produce a layer containing 30 to 80% retained austenite in the vicinity of its surface that contacts a carburized layer of a rolling raceway surface of a roller bearing. The amount of retained austenite of the surface layer of the roller bearing is increased by about 30%. The surface layer is then heat treated to apply a residual compression stress. The surface then receives surface finishing to produce micro concavo-convex portions in a random direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Osamu Kodama, Kaoru Hasegawa, Nobuaki Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 6411359
    Abstract: A frame area of a liquid crystal display device is reduced by improving the layouts of extraction lines DTM of drain wiring of a TFT liquid crystal display device, a driving IC of the TFT liquid crystal display device and a flexible board FPC2 for a drain driving circuit of the TFT liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Kobayashi, Kaoru Hasegawa, Katsuhiko Yarita, Yoshio Toriyama
  • Patent number: 6411353
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display element having a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of upper and lower substrates, a flexible circuit board disposed around a periphery of the liquid crystal display element, an illuminating light source having a line light source, a light guide and a reflector and disposed behind the liquid crystal display element, a metal upper case having a sidewall bent back and a display window, a resin lower case for housing the illuminating light source. The upper and lower cases are clamped by crimping plural nails formed in the sidewall of the upper case at an outer surface of the lower case after stacking the liquid crystal display element, the flexible circuit board and the illuminating light source between the upper and lower cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Yarita, Kaoru Hasegawa, Kengo Kobayashi, Yoshio Toriyama
  • Publication number: 20020021382
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display unit in which external vibration or impact is prevented from being applied directly to a housing member through mounting screws for fixing the liquid crystal display unit to an outer casing, so that the display quality of the display image displayed on a liquid crystal display device is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20020008425
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling hydraulic pressure are provided, which has such advantages that a generation of peak pressure (shoot pressure ) can be lowered, mis-operation due to biting of particles can be reduced, or the cost thereof can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kitamoto, Kaoru Hasegawa, Kenjiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 6170567
    Abstract: An oil cooler 11 comprises oil channel members 2A arranged one above another in parallel at a spacing and each composed of a pair of plates 20A, each of the plates 20A having a hole 21 at each of opposite ends thereof and a channel portion 22 between the end holes 21, the pair of plates 20A being joined with recessed surfaces of their channel portions 22 opposed to each other to form the oil channel member 2A; and annular header members 4A each interposed between each pair of adjacent oil channel members 2A at each of opposite lateral ends of the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Showa Aluminum Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakada, Toshiaki Muramatsu, Kaoru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6172661
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel in which pixels are arranged in rows and columns. Each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode, and a thin-film transistor having a gate electrode and a drain electrode. Gate signal lines arranged in the rows are connected to the gate electrodes of the thin-film transistors. Drain signal lines arranged in the columns are connected to the drain electrodes of the thin-film transistors. The liquid crystal display device further includes a gate drive circuit for driving the gate signal lines, and a drain drive circuit for driving the drain signal lines. The drain drive circuit receives a plurality of grey-scale reference voltages from an external circuit, interpolates a plurality of intermediate voltages between each pair of adjacent ones of the grey-scale reference voltages, selects voltages from the grey-scale reference voltages and the intermediate voltages, and applies the selected voltages to the drain signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Imajo, Hironori Kondo, Kaoru Hasegawa, Youichi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 5946062
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a data processing device, which can have their frame portions reduced in area to reduce the size and weight by extracting the terminals of video signals to only one side of a liquid crystal display panel and by arranging a video signal line driving circuit substrate to be connected with the terminals, only at one side of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hasegawa, Yoshio Toriyama, Naoto Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Yarita, Hironori Kondo, Masahiko Suzuki, Yoshihiro Imajo
  • Patent number: 5877736
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a drain drive circuit for driving drain signal lines of a liquid crystal display panel. The drain drive circuit receives a plurality of grey-scale reference voltages from an external circuit, interpolates a plurality of intermediate voltages between each pair of adjacent ones of the grey-scale reference voltages, selects voltages from the grey-scale reference voltages and the intermediate voltages, and applies the selected voltages to the drain signal lines. V0 is a grey-scale reference voltage corresponding to a minimum grey-scale level, Vm is a grey-scale reference voltage corresponding to a maximum grey-scale level, and Vi is a grey-scale reference voltage that is nearest to a voltage level (Vm+V0)/2. A number of intermediate voltages interpolated between V(i-1) and Vi is greater than both a number of intermediate voltages interpolated between V0 and V1, and a number of intermediate voltages interpolated between V(m-1) and Vm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Imajo, Hironori Kondo, Kaoru Hasegawa, Youichi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 5815224
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a data processing device, which can have their frame portions reduced in area to reduce the size and weight by extracting the terminals of video signals to only one side of a liquid crystal display panel and by arranging a video signal line driving circuit substrate to be connected with the terminals, only at one side of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hasegawa, Yoshio Toriyama, Naoto Kobayashi, katsuhiko Yarita, Hironori Kondo, Masahiko Suzuki, Yoshihiro Imajo
  • Patent number: 5805249
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a data processing device, which can have their frame portions reduced in area to reduce the size and weight by extracting the terminals of video signals to only one side of a liquid crystal display panel and by arranging a video signal line driving circuit substrate to be connected with the terminals, only at one side of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hasegawa, Yoshio Toriyama, Naoto Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Yarita, Hironori Kondo, Masahiko Suzuki, Yoshihiro Imajo
  • Patent number: RE40130
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a data processing device, which can have their frame portions reduced in area to reduce the size and weight by extracting the terminals of video signals to only one side of a liquid crystal display panel and by arranging a video signal line driving circuit substrate to be connected with the terminals, only at one side of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hasegawa, Yoshio Toriyama, Naoto Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Yarita, Hironori Kondo, Masahiko Suzuki, Yoshihiro Imajo
  • Patent number: RE38516
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a data processing device, which can have their frame portions reduced in area to reduce the size and weight by extracting the terminals of video signals to only one side of a liquid crystal display panel and by arranging a video signal line driving circuit substrate to be connected with the terminals, only at one side of the display panel. A liquid crystal display includes upper and lower casings for holding a liquid crystal display panel and substrates. The casings are provided with at least one of fixing pawls and recesses for receiving the fixing pawls so as to enable the connection of the casings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hasegawa, Yoshio Toriyama, Naoto Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Yarita, Hironori Kondo, Masahiko Suzuki, Yoshihiro Imajo
  • Patent number: RE41305
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a data processing device, which can have their frame portions reduced in area to reduce the size and weight by extracting the terminals of video signals to only one side of a liquid crystal display panel and by arranging a video signal line driving circuit substrate to be connected with the terminals, only at one side of the display panel. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a light guide plate, a fluorescent tube, and a lamp reflector. First and second lamp cables of different length are connected to the fluorescent tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hasegawa, Yoshio Toriyama, Naoto Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Yarita, Hironori Kondo, Masahiko Suzuki, Yoshihiro Imajo
  • Patent number: RE41306
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a data processing device, which can have their frame portions reduced in area to reduce the size and weight by extracting the terminals of video signals to only one side of a liquid crystal display panel and by arranging a video signal line driving circuit substrate to be connected with the terminals, only at one side of the display panel. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a light guide plate, a fluorescent tube, and a lamp reflector. First and second lamp cables of different length are connected to the fluorescent tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hasegawa, Yoshio Toriyama, Naoto Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Yarita, Hironori Kondo, Masahiko Suzuki, Yoshihiro Imajo