Patents by Inventor Katsuhiko Okamoto
Katsuhiko Okamoto 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).
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Patent number: 8755092Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an array substrate in which a plurality of point light sources is mounted along the main scanning direction, a light guide member disposed on a surface of the array substrate that mounts the plurality of point light sources, and guiding light from the plurality of point light sources to the document surface, a frame for fixing the light guide member and the array substrate, a positioning unit that determines the positional relationship of the frame with the light guide member and the array substrate in a configuration in which the incident surface of the light guide member is in proximity to or in contact with the plurality of point light sources; and an image reading unit that uses reflected light when illuminating light from the plurality of point light sources through the light guide member onto the document surface to thereby read the document image.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Katsuhiko Okamoto
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Patent number: 8748034Abstract: The present invention provides a battery that includes: a lid plate provided with a terminal pull-out through hole and a baffling portion whose upper surface is configured in a projecting and/or recessed manner; an auxiliary terminal configured such that a lower portion thereof is connected to a metallic foil of a power generating element by being fitted into a battery container through the terminal pull-out through hole, and sealed and fixed to the lid plate by insulating and sealing members; a connecting conductor connected and fixed to an upper portion of the auxiliary terminal; and an external terminal having a bolt portion that projects upward from a base portion, the bolt portion being inserted through the terminal through hole of the connecting conductor from below, and the base portion being engaged with the baffling portion of the lid plate, thereby restricting rotation centering an axial line of the bolt portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Sasaki, Kazuhide Tozuka, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Masakazu Tsutsumi
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Publication number: 20140057135Abstract: An electric storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case housing the electrode assembly, a plastic member arranged at an outer surface of the case and including a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, an external terminal supported by the plastic member and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a sealing member arranged at the outer surface of the case, the sealing member including a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, and an auxiliary terminal supported by the sealing member, the auxiliary terminal extending from inside to outside the case, being electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and being electrically connected to the external terminal. The plastic member includes a material having a hardness greater than a hardness of the sealing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: KATSUHIKO OKAMOTO, SHINSUKE YOSHITAKE, JUN NAKAMURA, MASAKAZU TSUTSUMI, NOBUYUKI NAGANAWA
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Patent number: 8632912Abstract: The present invention provides a battery that includes: an auxiliary terminal configured such that a first tube is connected to a metallic foil of an electrode of a power generating element through a current collecting connector by being fitted into a battery container through a terminal pull-out through hole of a lid plate, and sealed and fixed to the lid plate by insulating and sealing members; a connecting conductor configured such that one end portion is connected and fixed to an upper portion of the auxiliary terminal, and provided with a terminal through hole on the other end portion; an external terminal having a bolt portion that projects upward from a base portion and inserted through the terminal through hole of the connecting conductor from below; and a baffling member fixed onto the lid plate and restricting rotation of the external terminal by engaging with the base portion of the external terminal.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiko Okamoto, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Takeshi Sasaki
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Patent number: 8598471Abstract: There is provided an electric storage device having a novel fastening structure of a plastic member which can reduce cost with a simple configuration. An electric storage device according to this invention includes an electrode assembly, a case housing the electrode assembly, a plastic member arranged at an outer surface of the case, the plastic member having a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, and an external terminal supported by the plastic member and electrically connected to the electrode assembly. The plastic member is a synthetic resin containing an inorganic fiber and is bonded to the outer surface of the case with the inorganic fiber exposed at the joining surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiko Okamoto, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Jun Nakamura, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Nobuyuki Naganawa
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Patent number: 8385781Abstract: The present invention provides an image reading device in which light guiding paths can be formed in a simple structure and adjustment of irradiation position of light irradiated onto the original is easy, including: a luminescence portion; a light guiding body including a first light incidence portion disposed on a luminescence portion side and a first light emission portion disposed on an original side; a first reflective surface connecting the first light incidence portion and the first light emission portion in the light guiding body; a light guiding space constitutive member including a second reflective surface facing the first reflective surface; a light guiding space formed between the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface, having a second light incidence portion disposed on an illumination portion side and a second light emission portion disposed on the original side; a mirror; an imaging lens; and a reading portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Kyocera Mita CorporationInventor: Katsuhiko Okamoto
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Patent number: 8325392Abstract: An image reading device is provided. The image reading device suppresses uneven intensity of light emitted on a subject, by disposing a diffusion plate between the subject and a plurality of luminescence portions, and an image forming device that includes this image reading device. The image reading device includes an illumination portion that irradiates light onto a subject. The illumination portion includes: a plurality of LED's disposed at predetermined intervals in a main scanning direction; and an elliptical diffuser plate that is disposed between the subject and the plurality of LED's and diffuses light emitted by the plurality of LED's in a higher diffusion rate in the main scanning direction than in a sub-scanning direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Hirotoshi Tagawa, Masahiro Higashitani, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Yasuyuki Horiguchi, Kei Ouchi, Sou Takahashi
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Publication number: 20120264008Abstract: The present invention provides a battery that includes: an auxiliary terminal configured such that a first tube is connected to a metallic foil of an electrode of a power generating element through a current collecting connector by being fitted into a battery container through a terminal pull-out through hole of a lid plate, and sealed and fixed to the lid plate by insulating and sealing members; a connecting conductor configured such that one end portion is connected and fixed to an upper portion of the auxiliary terminal, and provided with a terminal through hole on the other end portion; an external terminal having a bolt portion that projects upward from a base portion and inserted through the terminal through hole of the connecting conductor from below; and a baffling member fixed onto the lid plate and restricting rotation of the external terminal by engaging with the base portion of the external terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiko Okamoto, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Takeshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20120264007Abstract: The present invention provides a battery that includes: a lid plate provided with a terminal pull-out through hole and a baffling portion whose upper surface is configured in a projecting and/or recessed manner; an auxiliary terminal configured such that a lower portion thereof is connected to a metallic foil of a power generating element by being fitted into a battery container through the terminal pull-out through hole, and sealed and fixed to the lid plate by insulating and sealing members; a connecting conductor connected and fixed to an upper portion of the auxiliary terminal; and an external terminal having a bolt portion that projects upward from a base portion, the bolt portion being inserted through the terminal through hole of the connecting conductor from below, and the base portion being engaged with the baffling portion of the lid plate, thereby restricting rotation centering an axial line of the bolt portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Sasaki, Kazuhide Tozuka, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Masakazu Tsutsumi
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Publication number: 20120189908Abstract: An electric storage device is provided having a structure that can reliably produce the sealing effect between a case and a sealing member. The electric storage device of the present invention includes an electrode assembly; a case that includes a defining wall and houses the electrode assembly; a sealing member that is arranged on the defining wall; and a conductive member that is electrically connected to the electrode assembly, the conductive member being supported by the sealing member, wherein at least a portion of the defining wall where the sealing member is arranged is made of an aluminum-based metallic material; and the sealing member is made of a material that is softer than the material for the at least a portion of the defining wall where the sealing member is arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Tsutsumi, Hajime Kawamoto, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Takuma Tonari, Jun Nakamura, Kenji Kouno
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Publication number: 20120160558Abstract: There is provided an electric storage device having a novel fastening structure of a plastic member which can reduce cost with a simple configuration. An electric storage device according to this invention includes an electrode assembly, a case housing the electrode assembly, a plastic member arranged at an outer surface of the case, the plastic member having a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, and an external terminal supported by the plastic member and electrically connected to the electrode assembly. The plastic member is a synthetic resin containing an inorganic fiber and is bonded to the outer surface of the case with the inorganic fiber exposed at the joining surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiko OKAMOTO, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Jun Nakamura, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Nobuyuki Naganawa
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Patent number: 8194294Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing an image reading device that suppresses generation of a so-called edge shadow while suppressing uneven intensity of light emitted onto an original. A color copy machine 1 includes an illumination portion 347a that irradiates an original G with light. The illumination portion 347a includes a plurality of LEDs 501 disposed at predetermined intervals in a main scanning direction, an elliptical diffuser plate 507 that is disposed between the plurality of LEDs 501 and the original G and causes the light emitted by the plurality of LEDs 501 to diffuse, and a second reflection mirror 541B that reflects light, which is a portion of the light diffused by the elliptical diffuser plate 507 and not directly irradiated onto the original G, so as to irradiate the light onto the original G.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Kyocera Mita CorporationInventors: Hirotoshi Tagawa, Masahiro Higashitani, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Yasuyuki Horiguchi, Kei Ouchi, Sou Takahashi
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Publication number: 20120077077Abstract: Provided is a battery assembly that is lightweight while ensuring sufficient bonding strength that is required between frames, as well as a method of manufacturing the same. The battery assembly includes a plurality of cell units that are integrated together, each of the plurality of cell units including: a cell having a metal case; and a plastic frame that is integrally formed with an outer surface of the case, wherein the cell units are integrated together by having the frames of adjacent ones of the cell units joined together through surfaces thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Shinsuke Yoshitake, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Jun Nakamura, Takeshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20120052359Abstract: There is provided a battery assembly wherein assembly can be facilitated by reducing the number of components to be assembled, by integrally fixing resin plates (52, 62) on the inside of metal plates (51, 61) of end plates (5, 6). A laminated battery body (3) is constituted by adjacently arranging battery holders (2) made of resin forming cooling passages (4) between a plurality of batteries (1) and holding such batteries (1) on both sides between other batteries (1). The metal plates (51, 61) and resin plates (52, 62) that are integrally fixed on the inside of these metal plates are provided on the outside of the batteries (1) at both ends of the laminated battery body (3). Thus, the batteries (1) are held by the resin plates (52, 62), and the end plates (5, 6) are respectively arranged to form the cooling passages (4) between these batteries (1) and the metal plates (51, 61). The laminated battery body (3) is fixed in a clamped manner by fixing means clamping these end plates (5, 6).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Shinsuke Yoshitake, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Jun Nakamura, Takeshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20110228353Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an array substrate in which a plurality of point light sources is mounted along the main scanning direction, a light guide member disposed on a surface of the array substrate that mounts the plurality of point light sources, and guiding light from the plurality of point light sources to the document surface, a frame for fixing the light guide member and the array substrate, a positioning unit that determines the positional relationship of the frame with the light guide member and the array substrate in a configuration in which the incident surface of the light guide member is in proximity to or in contact with the plurality of point light sources; and an image reading unit that uses reflected light when illuminating light from the plurality of point light sources through the light guide member onto the document surface to thereby read the document image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATIONInventor: Katsuhiko Okamoto
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Publication number: 20110159356Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a battery in which current collecting connector 2 and 3 and groups 1d and 1e of metal foil of a power generating element 1 can be easily connected, respectively, and a method of manufacturing the same. First plate portions 2b and 3b which respective protruding ends of metal foil of the groups 1d and 1e of metal foil of the power generating element 1 come in contact with or close to and second plate portions 2c and 3c protruding from the first plate portions 2b and 3b toward the power generating element 1 and disposed only at one outer side portions of the groups 1d and 1e of metal foil are provided to the other portions of the current collecting connectors 2 and 3 of the invention and the groups 1d and 1e of metal foil are welded to the second plate portions 2c and 3c.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventors: Kazuhide Tozuka, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Yoshinori Tanaka, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Takeshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20100215404Abstract: The present invention provides an image reading device in which light guiding paths can be formed in a simple structure and adjustment of irradiation position of light irradiated onto the original is easy, including: a luminescence portion; a light guiding body including a first light incidence portion disposed on a luminescence portion side and a first light emission portion disposed on an original side; a first reflective surface connecting the first light incidence portion and the first light emission portion in the light guiding body; a light guiding space constitutive member including a second reflective surface facing the first reflective surface; a light guiding space formed between the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface, having a second light incidence portion disposed on an illumination portion side and a second light emission portion disposed on the original side; a mirror; an imaging lens; and a reading portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATIONInventor: Katsuhiko Okamoto
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Publication number: 20090290199Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing an image reading device that suppresses generation of a so-called edge shadow while suppressing uneven intensity of light emitted onto an original. A color copy machine 1 includes an illumination portion 347a that irradiates an original G with light. The illumination portion 347a includes a plurality of LEDs 501 disposed at predetermined intervals in a main scanning direction, an elliptical diffuser plate 507 that is disposed between the plurality of LEDs 501 and the original G and causes the light emitted by the plurality of LEDs 501 to diffuse, and a second reflection mirror 541B that reflects light, which is a portion of the light diffused by the elliptical diffuser plate 507 and not directly irradiated onto the original G, so as to irradiate the light onto the original G.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotoshi Tagawa, Masahiro Higashitani, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Yasuyuki Horiguchi, Kei Ouchi, Sou Takahashi
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Publication number: 20090244654Abstract: An image reading device is provided. The image reading device suppresses uneven intensity of light emitted on a subject, by disposing a diffusion plate between the subject and a plurality of luminescence portions, and an image forming device that includes this image reading device. The image reading device includes an illumination portion that irradiates light onto a subject. The illumination portion includes: a plurality of LED's disposed at predetermined intervals in a main scanning direction; and an elliptical diffuser plate that is disposed between the subject and the plurality of LED's and diffuses light emitted by the plurality of LED's in a higher diffusion rate in the main scanning direction than in a sub-scanning direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: Kyocera Mita CorporationInventors: Hirotoshi Tagawa, Masahiro Higashitani, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Yasuyuki Horiguchi, Kei Ouchi, Sou Takahashi
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Publication number: 20060116881Abstract: Portable-type communication terminal device easy to use by a user is provided. Determination unit determines, based on whether electronic mail received by a communication unit contains contents identification information, whether the electronic mail is contents electronic mail. When determining that the electronic mail is contents electronic mail, the determination unit outputs an activation signal to a speech synthesis unit and an image processing unit. Upon receiving the activation signal, the speech synthesis unit executes speech synthesis based on text contained in the electronic mail to output voice through a speaker. Upon receiving the activation signal, the image processing unit executes image processing based on face marks contained in the text of the electronic mail to change a face expression of a face image displayed by the image display unit according to voice output by a voice output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2005Publication date: June 1, 2006Inventors: Yohei Umezawa, Yoshio Nitta, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Hiroaki Hattori, Minako Miyamoto