Patents by Inventor Katsushi Yamaguchi

Katsushi Yamaguchi 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: 7257880
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method for easily and reliably neutralizing charge in an assembly process for an actuator head suspension assembly used in a magnetic disk device. In one embodiment, a head suspension assembly includes a wire trace that includes a laminated structure of a metal layer, a first dielectric layer, a conductor layer, and a second dielectric layer. The conductor layer includes an exposed portion exposed from the second dielectric layer. The suspension assembly also includes a head/slider supported by the metal layer. An actuator assembly includes an actuator arm and a flexible printed circuit board. The exposed portion of the conductor layer is immersed in a charge neutralizing solvent. The head suspension assembly is mounted to the actuator arm. A terminal of the wire trace is connected to a terminal of the flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Shu, Hiroaki Uchiyama, Tadashi Nozawa, Katsushi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7048373
    Abstract: To manufacture rimless eyeglasses without soldering the parts and to make the assembling easy, a bridge and two joint pieces are provided by cutting or punching a piece of metal sheet into a required flat shape. The bridge comprises a crossbar having two pin-like extensions, two press-fitting extensions and two leg extensions integrally connected to the opposite ends of the crossbar. The pin-like extensions have saw-tooth indentations formed on their surfaces, and the leg extensions end with hooks for fixedly holding nose pads. Each joint piece has a pin-like extension with saw-tooth indentations formed on its surface and a press-fitting extension. Each lens has a through hole and a notch made on either side. Each through hole has a flanged sleeve press-fitted therein, and the pin-like extensions of the bridge and joint pieces are inserted into the flanged sleeves in the through holes of the lenses, and the press-fitting extensions of the bridge and joint pieces are inserted into the notches of the lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Inada Project Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jitsuko Yamaguchi, Katsushi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050275793
    Abstract: To manufacture a rimless eyeglasses without soldering the parts easily and make the assembling easy, a bridge and two joint pieces are provided by cutting or punching a piece of metal sheet into a required flat shape. The bridge comprises a crossbar having two pin-like extensions, two press-fitting extensions and two leg extensions integrally connected to the opposite ends of the crossbar. The pin-like extensions have saw-tooth indentations formed on their surfaces, and the leg extensions end with hooks for fixedly holding nose pads. Each joint piece has a pin-like extension with saw-tooth indentations formed on its surface and a press-fitting extension. Each lens has a through hole and a notch made on either side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Jitsuko Yamaguchi, Katsushi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050188531
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method for easily and reliably neutralizing charge in an assembly process for an actuator head suspension assembly used in a magnetic disk device. In one embodiment, a head suspension assembly includes a wire trace that includes a laminated structure of a metal layer, a first dielectric layer, a conductor layer, and a second dielectric layer. The conductor layer includes an exposed portion exposed from the second dielectric layer. The suspension assembly also includes a head/slider supported by the metal layer. An actuator assembly includes an actuator arm and a flexible printed circuit board. The exposed portion of the conductor layer is immersed in a charge neutralizing solvent. The head suspension assembly is mounted to the actuator arm. A terminal of the wire trace is connected to a terminal of the flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Shu, Hiroaki Uchiyama, Tadashi Nozawa, Katsushi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6618236
    Abstract: A magnetic head handling glove capable of preventing the buildup of static charges and electric charge leakage and capable of withstanding use in clean rooms is described. In the magnetic head handling glove 1 of the present invention, the outer surface alone or both the outer surface and inner surface of a conductive glove 2 are coated with dissipative material 3,4. This results in coating of the conductive glove with materials useable in clean rooms and may suppress possible contamination that can result when a conventional conductive glove, lacking in such coating of dissipative material, is used directly in a clean room. Besides this, the conductive glove 2 is configured to be grounded directly with wire 5. In this way, even an operator prone to the buildup of static charges can be sufficiently prevented from building up static electrical charges and electric charge leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kazushi Tsuwako, Yasuhiro Sasao, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6275028
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, the initialization for orienting the magnetized directions of the free layers of GMR heads (mounted on the diagonally shaded surface of sliders 14) by an external magnetic field is again executed also for the opposite direction, thereby to increase the yield of the GMR heads. Further, it is determined whether the magnetized direction of the pinned layer of GMR heads can be once reversed to the opposite direction, thereby to select damaged GMR heads at an early stage. Then, by performing a reset while performing a quasi-static test for seeing the read back response of the GMR head after restoring the magnetized direction of the pinned layer to a positive rotation, a safe and efficient reset is executed. The reset can be executed not only by applying only a pulse, but also while providing an external magnetic field in the pinning direction, or only by giving a high magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Matsui, Tatsuya Endo, Hiroaki Suzuki, Kenji Kuroki, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Hideo Asano
  • Patent number: 5089765
    Abstract: A battery charger capable of keeping the effective value of the charging current constant regardless of the supply voltage. The effective value of the charging current is measured by the shunt resistance connected in series with the battery, and the conduction angle of the charging current is controlled according to the measured effective value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Ryobi Limited
    Inventor: Katsushi Yamaguchi