Patents by Inventor Kaoru Uchiyama

Kaoru Uchiyama 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: 6795165
    Abstract: A photographic lens and test chart provide for a method of inspecting and adjusting the focus of the lens. The test chart is obliquely inclined relative to a plane perpendicular to the viewing axis of the photographic lens. Test photographs are taken of the test chart under low magnification and high magnifications the test photographs enabling the photographic lens to be adjusted for proper focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20040177684
    Abstract: The output characteristics of the sensing device or the control quantity of the sensing element can be adjusted by extracting an adjusting terminal in addition to a power source terminal, a ground terminal, an output terminal and the like outside a housing containing and protecting an electronic circuit. Further, by arranging the adjusting terminal inside a connector housing containing terminals such as the power source terminal, the ground terminal, the output terminal and the like, it is possible to prevent contact of foreign objects to the adjusting terminal and to water-proof the terminals for preventing corrosion since an associated connector is attached to the connector when the sensing device is actually used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd..
    Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Kaoru Uchiyama, Hitoshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20040125582
    Abstract: A device for controlling a vehicle 8 comprising a housing 3, a rectangular printed circuit board 4 which is fixed to the inside of the housing and has a control circuit thereon, and plugs 1a and 1b provided along one side of the rectangular printed circuit board 4 to transfer signals between the inside and the outside of said housing 3; wherein the plugs 1a and 1b respectively contain plug pins and the plug pins 2 are electrically connected to the printed circuit board 4 via bonding wires 5 inside the housing 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicants: HITACHI, LTD., HITACHI CAR ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Asano, Yasuo Akutsu, Shuji Eguchi, Kunito Nakatsuru, Kaoru Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 6725715
    Abstract: The output characteristics of the sensing device or the control quantity of the sensing element can be adjusted by extracting an adjusting terminal in addition to a power source terminal, a ground terminal, an output terminal and the like outside a housing containing and protecting an electronic circuit. Further, by arranging the adjusting terminal inside a connector housing containing terminals such as the power source terminal, the ground terminal, the output terminal and the like, it is possible to prevent contact of foreign objects to the adjusting terminal and to water-proof the terminals for preventing corrosion since an associated connector is attached to the connector when the sensing device is actually used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Kaoru Uchiyama, Hitoshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20040025584
    Abstract: A heating resistor type air flow rate measuring apparatus is provided with a couple of heating resistors placed at the positions where those resistors may interfere thermally each other with respect to an air flow, and a couple of driving circuits for driving those heating resistors. The air flow rate signal is obtained by calculating the difference between the output signals of a couple of heating resistors in terms of heat radiation rate effected by an air flow, and adding the difference value onto the output signal of one of heating resistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuo Akamatsu, Shinya Igarashi, Izumi Watanabe, Kaoru Uchiyama, Tadashi Isono
  • Publication number: 20030209067
    Abstract: The output characteristics of the sensing device or the control quantity of the sensing element can be adjusted by extracting an adjusting terminal in addition to a power source terminal, a ground terminal, an output terminal and the like outside a housing containing and protecting an electronic circuit. Further, by arranging the adjusting terminal inside a connector housing containing terminals such as the power source terminal, the ground terminal, the output terminal and the like, it is possible to prevent contact of foreign objects to the adjusting terminal and to water-proof the terminals for preventing corrosion since an associated connector is attached to the connector when the sensing device is actually used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicants: HITACHI, LTD., HITACHI CAR ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Kaoru Uchiyama, Hitoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6598472
    Abstract: The output characteristics of the sensing device or the control quantity of the sensing element can be adjusted by extracting an adjusting terminal in addition to a power source terminal, a ground terminal, an output terminal and the like outside a housing containing and protecting an electronic circuit. Further, by arranging the adjusting terminal inside a connector housing containing terminals such as the power source terminal, the ground terminal, the output terminal and the like, it is possible to prevent contact of foreign objects to the adjusting terminal and to water-proof the terminals for preventing corrosion since an associated connector is attached to the connector when the sensing device is actually used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Kaoru Uchiyama, Hitoshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20030084718
    Abstract: The output characteristics of the sensing device or the control quantity of the sensing element can be adjusted by extracting an adjusting terminal in addition to a power source terminal, a ground terminal, an output terminal and the like outside a housing containing and protecting an electronic circuit. Further, by arranging the adjusting terminal inside a connector housing containing terminals such as the power source terminal, the ground terminal, the output terminal and the like, it is possible to prevent contact of foreign objects to the adjusting terminal and to water-proof the terminals for preventing corrosion since an associated connector is attached to the connector when the sensing device is actually used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: HITACHI LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Kaoru Uchiyama, Hitoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6541364
    Abstract: A mask 11 has a plurality of holes formed at positions corresponding to positions of a plurality of electrode portions 10a on one surface of an object to be processed 10 to mount thereon conductive particles 13, and the plurality of holes are opposite to the plurality of electrode portions 10a formed on the object to be processed. A table 12 has a plurality of holes 12a for sucking the object to be processed 10 from the other surface of the object to be processed 10, and for sucking the particles 13 through the plurality of holes 11a in the mask 11 so that the particles 13 may be mounted on the electrode portions 10a formed on the object to be processed 10. A hopper 14 contains therein the plurality of conductive particles 13, prevents the plurality of conductive particles 13 from adhering to each other, and has a slit portion 17 for dropping the plurality of conductive particles 13 by the self-weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Mukuno, Jun Matsui, Kaoru Uchiyama, Takayuki Itsuji, Kunio Kondo
  • Patent number: 6510735
    Abstract: The output characteristics of the sensing device or the control quantity of the sensing element can be adjusted by extracting an adjusting terminal in addition to a power source terminal, a ground terminal, an output terminal and the like outside a housing containing and protecting an electronic circuit. Further, by arranging the adjusting terminal inside a connector housing containing terminals such as the power source terminal, the ground terminal, the output terminal and the like, it is possible to prevent contact of foreign objects to the adjusting terminal and to water-proof the terminals for preventing corrosion since an associated connector is attached to the connector when the sensing device is actually used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Kaoru Uchiyama, Hitoshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20020197488
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to enhance the reliability of the electrical connection of a silver-based conductor film on the surface of a glass ceramic board. In order to achieve the object, according to the present invention, by the use of a conductor paste containing a silver particle having a specific surface area of 0.3 m2/g to 3.0 m2/g and no glass, printing is carried out on a glass ceramic board and the conductor paste is fired at a firing temperature having a difference of ±50° C. from a softening temperature of amorphous borosilicate glass contained in the glass ceramic. Consequently, a silver-based conductor film having high reliability of the electrical connection is formed on the ceramic board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Hirayoshi Tanei, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Masato Kirigaya, Yasuo Akutsu, Kaoru Uchiyama, Hiroshi Soma, Hiroatsu Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20020131029
    Abstract: To detect a deviation of an object focal plane of a printing lens from a reference focal plane that is perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens, a focusing chart with a test pattern thereon is held inclined to the reference focal plane with a center of the test pattern aligned with the reference focal plane, and test prints are made from the focusing chart through the printing lens while setting the printing lens at different printing magnifications. The test pattern consists of a plurality of lines extending in parallel to a transverse direction to the inclined direction of the focusing chart, and being spaced equally from each other in the inclined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kaoru Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 6435023
    Abstract: A heating resistor type air flow rate measuring apparatus is provided with a couple of heating resistors placed at the positions where those resistors may each interfere thermally with respect to an air flow, and a couple of driving circuits for driving those heating resistors. The air flow rate signal is obtained by calculating the difference between the output signals of a couple of heating resistors in terms of heat radiation rate effected by an air flow, and adding the difference value onto the output signal of one of the heating resistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chihiro Kobayashi, Masuo Akamatsu, Shinya Igarashi, Izumi Watanabe, Kaoru Uchiyama, Tadashi Isono
  • Patent number: 6427668
    Abstract: The thermal-type airflow meter comprises airflow meter body 86 and measuring part 87. Both of the frame 31 of the housing 3 accommodating therein the electronic circuit 6 and the subpassage member 4 having the heating resistor 1 etc. positioned within a subpassage of air are arranged on the metallic base 5. Further, the frame 31, the subpassage member 4, the metallic base 5 and the cover 9 are adhered to respectively different member more than one. The connector 32 of the housing 3, the frame 31 and the subpassage member 4 are formed in a flat shape to form the measuring module 87. The measuring module 87 is inserted through the insertion hole 83 to locate the heating resistor 1 within the main air passage 81, and the fixing flange 36 of the housing 3 is fixedly attached to the airflow meter body 86.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Akira Takasago, Masayuki Kozawa, Kaoru Uchiyama, Mitsukuni Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20020058406
    Abstract: A mask 11 has a plurality of holes formed at positions corresponding to positions of a plurality of electrode portions 10a on one surface of an object to be processed 10 to mount thereon conductive particles 13, and the plurality of holes are opposite to the plurality of electrode portions 10a formed on the object to be processed. A table 12 has a plurality of holes 12a for sucking the object to be processed 10 from the other surface of the object to be processed 10, and for sucking the particles 13 through the plurality of holes 11a in the mask 11 so that the particles 13 may be mounted on the electrode portions 10a formed on the object to be processed 10. A hopper 14 contains therein the plurality of conductive particles 13, prevents the plurality of conductive particles 13 from adhering to each other, and has a slit portion 17 for dropping the plurality of conductive particles 13 by the self-weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Hideki Mukuno, Jun Matsui, Kaoru Uchiyama, Takayuki Itsuji, Kunio Kondo
  • Publication number: 20020056318
    Abstract: A heating resistor type air flow rate measuring apparatus is provided with a couple of heating resistors placed at the positions where those resistors may interfere thermally each other with respect to an air flow, and a couple of driving circuits for driving those heating resistors. The air flow rate signal is obtained by calculating the difference between the output signals of a couple of heating resistors in terms of heat radiation rate effected by an air flow, and adding the difference value onto the output signal of one of heating resistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chihiro Kobayashi, Masuo Akamatsu, Shinya Igarashi, Izumi Watanabe, Kaoru Uchiyama, Tadashi Isono
  • Patent number: 6344790
    Abstract: Corrosion resistant material is used for lead wires of the thermistor, and an exposed portion of electrodes of the thermistor and a portion surrounding a weld portion of the lead wires are coated with corrosion resistant material. Since the lead wires themselves are made of corrosion resistant material, no corrosion occurs in the welding portion and a cut working portion. Further, the lead wires and the exposed portion of the electrodes are coated with corrosion resistant material. Thereby an electronic device having extremely high corrosion resistivity and hence high durability and reliability is produced, with the result that the electronic device can be used for a long period without corrosion under the heavily corrosive environment, such as sulfur dioxide gas atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ochi, Masahiro Hirama, Hiroshi Tomoto, Atsushi Miyazaki, Takayuki Saito, Kaoru Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20010027683
    Abstract: The output characteristics of the sensing device or the control quantity of the sensing element can be adjusted by extracting an adjusting terminal in addition to a power source terminal, a ground terminal, an output terminal and the like outside a housing containing and protecting an electronic circuit. Further, by arranging the adjusting terminal inside a connector housing containing terminals such as the power source terminal, the ground terminal, the output terminal and the like, it is possible to prevent contact of foreign objects to the adjusting terminal and to water-proof the terminals for preventing corrosion since an associated connector is attached to the connector when the sensing device is actually used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Kaoru Uchiyama, Hitoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6182639
    Abstract: A thermal-type airflow meter comprises an airflow meter body and a measuring part. Both of the frame of a housing which accommodates the electronic circuit, and a sub-passage member which has the heating resistor positioned within a sub-passage, are arranged on a metallic base. Further, the frame, the sub-passage member, the metallic base and the cover are each fixedly attached to at least two respective different members. A connector of the housing, the frame and the sub-passage member are formed in a flat shape to form the measuring module. The measuring module is inserted through an insertion hole to locate the heating resistor within the main air passage, and the fixing flange of the housing is fixedly attached to the airflow meter body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Akira Takasago, Masayuki Kozawa, Kaoru Uchiyama, Mitsukuni Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 6070462
    Abstract: The output characteristics of the sensing device or the control quantity of the sensing element can be adjusted by extracting or leading an adjusting terminal in addition to a power source terminal, a ground terminal, an output terminal and the like outside a housing containing and protecting an electronic circuit. Further, by arranging the adjusting terminal inside a connector housing containing terminals such as the power source terminal, the ground terminal, the output terminal and the like, contact of foreign objects with the adjusting terminal is prevented and the terminals are waterproofed for preventing corrosion since an associated connector is attached to the connector when the sensing device is actually used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Igarashi, Kaoru Uchiyama, Hitoshi Ishikawa