Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Hara

Kazuhiro Hara 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: 7259196
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyamide resin composition having high mechanical properties and high heat resistance while achieving a satisfactory balance between various physical properties. A molded product made of this polyamide resin exhibits a lower warpage and excellent surface appearance. A method for producing the polyamide, resin composition is also provided. The present invention provides a polyamide resin composition containing a polyamide resin and swelling mica treated with a polyether compound having a bisphenol structure. The present invention also provides a method for making the polyamide resin composition including melt-mixing a polyamide resin with a polyether compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Suzuki, Kazuhiro Hara, Yoshitaka Ono, Atsushi Miyano, Tetsuo Mekata
  • Publication number: 20070157081
    Abstract: A browser, with a web page screen-reading function, displays a web page easy to read in synchronism with text screen-reading is possible. The browser determines whether lateral scroll during normal page displaying is occurred reduces, if occurred, the width of displayed component of the display page below the width of the display area and displays the component to be displayed within reduced area to reconstruct the layout of page. The browser, thus, conducts the reconstructed page displayed and vertical scroll so that the character string corresponding to the screen-read part aurally outputted can be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Tooru Osada, Masahide Yamazoe, Masahiro Shitashimo, Kazuya Satou, Masaaki Uchijima, Yoshiyuki Nagawasa, Masahiko Tachikawa
  • Publication number: 20070081264
    Abstract: An optical low pass filter includes: a plurality of optical elements formed by bonding together and an adhesion layer of adhesive that is installed at each of interfaces of the plurality of optical elements to be bonded. The transmitted wave aberration is ±1.5 ? or less (? representing incident wavelength).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HARA, Hiroyuki MUKAIYAMA, Takehiko UEHARA
  • Patent number: 7191857
    Abstract: A running motor for assisting an engine in driving a vehicle or singly driving the vehicle and an auxiliary unit motor for driving a compressor for an air conditioner are controlled by a common inverter via a changeover switch. According to this construction, the running motor and the auxiliary unit motor can be driven by the single inverter, and this can contribute to the reduction in the number of components, costs, space and weight, when compared with a case where inverters are provided to be used exclusively for the running motor and the auxiliary unit motor, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Oshida, Yusuke Tatara, Kazuhiro Hara, Osamu Saito
  • Publication number: 20070003321
    Abstract: A drive connection mechanism has a sliding unit which is fixed to a drive shaft extending through the photoconductive drum, a convex coupling gear which has three coupling members fixed slidably to splines formed in the periphery of the sliding unit, a compressing spring which energizes the coupling gar, and a concave coupling gear which is provided in the drum to receive and fit the convex coupling gear. When the convex coupling gear is pressed to the concave coupling gear, a force from the tapered surface to the inside acts on each coupling member. Then, the bevel gear of the convex coupling gear is stuck to the bevel gear of the concave coupling gear, the internal gears of the convex coupling gear is stuck to the splines of the drive shaft, and the centers of the drive shaft and photoconductive drum are aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Kenichiro Shishikura
  • Publication number: 20070003310
    Abstract: The present invention has been made to provide a technique by which a switch unit that is disposed on the side surface of an apparatus body and shuts off, at maintenance time, power supply to predetermined electric components provided in the apparatus does not interfere with pull-out operation of a predetermined unit configured to be capable of being withdrawn from the side surface of the apparatus body without sacrificing the miniaturization of the apparatus. An image forming apparatus comprising: a predetermined unit capable of being withdrawn from the side surface of the apparatus body; a switch unit that is provided on the side surface of the apparatus body and that shuts off power supply to predetermined electric components in the apparatus body at maintenance time; and a retreat mechanism that retreats the switch unit to a position that does not interfere with withdrawal operation of the predetermined unit when the predetermined unit needs to be withdrawn from the side surface of the apparatus body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Hara
  • Publication number: 20060262233
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal projector capable of enhancing heat radiation of light modulating means including a liquid crystal light valve, preventing dust or the like from being attached to the surface of the liquid crystal light valve, and making black matrixes formed between pixels in the liquid crystal light valve invisible. The liquid crystal projector includes a light source unit, colored-ray dividing means for dividing light emitted from the light source unit into three colored rays, light modulating means for serving to modulate the three colored rays on the basis of a given image signal and to emit the modulated rays which are predetermined linear polarized rays, colored-ray synthesizing means for synthesizing the modulated rays, and optical projection means for enlarging and projecting the synthesized rays synthesized by the colored-ray synthesizing means onto a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Takehiko Uehara, Kazuhiro Hara, Hiroyuki Mukaiyama
  • Patent number: 7130563
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing images of the invention improves the driving accuracy of an intermediate transfer belt and a photoreceptor drum and synchronizes variations in revolving speed of the intermediate transfer belt and the photoreceptor drum, thereby effectively holding down generation of jitter. In the apparatus for producing images, the intermediate transfer belt of the intermediate transfer unit and the photoreceptor drum are driven by a drive motor via single system reduction gear mechanism, and a belt drive gear for driving the intermediate transfer belt and a drum drive gear for driving the photoreceptor drum are meshed with each other. A drum drive shaft for driving the photoreceptor drum preferably includes the drum drive gear and a flywheel. The photoreceptor drum is set to the downstream side of a multi-speed reduction gear train which constitutes the single system reduction gear mechanism with respect to the intermediate transfer belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Hara
  • Publication number: 20060215266
    Abstract: An optical low-pass filter includes: two birefringent plates; a phase plate made of a polymer film and bonded between the two birefringent plates through an adhesive layer or a tacky layer; and a sealing portion provided over an entire periphery of an external periphery surface of the optical low-pass filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Takehiko Uehara, Kazuhiro Hara, Tadao Kojima
  • Publication number: 20060209220
    Abstract: An optical part is provided on a light emission side of a light modulating device. The light modulating device includes: a pair of substrates which are opposite to each other; liquid crystal which is injected between the substrates; pixel electrodes which are arranged in a matrix on one of the pair of substrates opposite to each other; and a black matrix that includes transmissive portions which are arranged on the other substrate so as to correspond to the pixel electrodes and lattice-shaped light shielding portions, each having sides substantially orthogonal to each other, which cover portions other than the pixel electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Takehiko Uehara, Hiroyuki Mukaiyama
  • Publication number: 20060212944
    Abstract: A signal processing circuit and apparatus is disclosed which can prevent illegal utilization of content data with a higher degree of certainty. A hardware module controls utilization of content data based on right information of the content data. A nonvolatile memory stores a first check value for checking the compatibility of an apparatus identifier transferred from an apparatus in which the hardware module is incorporated and a second check value for checking the compatibility of the right information of the content data. The hardware module checks the compatibility of the transferred apparatus identifier based on the apparatus identifier and the first check value, checks the compatibility of the right information in response to the right information and the second check value and controls the utilization of the content data based on the right information in response to results of the checks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Hiraku Inoue, Tsurayuki Oishi, Yuichi Ezura, Koji Yoshimura, Manabu Kimura
  • Publication number: 20060210312
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing images of the invention improves the driving accuracy of an intermediate transfer belt and a photoreceptor drum and synchronizes variations in revolving speed of the intermediate transfer belt and the photoreceptor drum, thereby effectively holding down generation of jitter. In the apparatus for producing images, the intermediate transfer belt of the intermediate transfer unit and the photoreceptor drum are driven by a drive motor via single system reduction gear mechanism, and a belt drive gear for driving the intermediate transfer belt and a drum drive gear for driving the photoreceptor drum are meshed with each other. A drum drive shaft for driving the photoreceptor drum preferably includes the drum drive gear and a flywheel. The photoreceptor drum is set to the downstream side of a multi-speed reduction gear train which constitutes the single system reduction gear mechanism with respect to the intermediate transfer belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Hara
  • Patent number: 7110392
    Abstract: A path control packet is sent from a router to a receiver. The receiver capsulates the received packet and transmits a capsulated IP packet to a feed via a ground line. The feed extracts the path control packet by decapsulation and transmits the packet to a router. At the same time, path control information is sent to a satellite line. The router processes the packet as if the path control information from the router reached via the satellite line. When a receiver receives a packet via the satellite line, it transmits the packet as a packet to a router. This router processes the packet as if the path control information from the router reached via the satellite line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, JSAT Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Fujii, Kazuhiro Hara, Hidetaka Izumiyama
  • Patent number: 7056963
    Abstract: This invention is related to a polyester resin composition comprising: a thermoplastic polyester resin and a polyether compound-treated layered material having layers respectively exfoliated by one another, which satisfies at least one of the conditions (i) to (v) given below: (i) That said polyether compound has a hydroxyl value of not more than 30 mg KOH/g; (ii) That said polyether compound has a cyclic hydrocarbon group: (iii) That said polyester resin composition comprises a phosphorus-containing compound; (iv) That said polyester resin composition comprises an epoxy-containing compound; (v) That said polyester resin composition is obtainable by melt-kneading the thermoplastic polyester resin and the polyether compound-treated layered material having layers respectively exfoliated by one another and then treating the mixture for increasing the molecular weight of the polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Suzuki, Kazuhiro Hara
  • Patent number: 7058487
    Abstract: In a control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle which is able to travel under the driving force from at least one of an internal-combustion engine E and a drive motor connected to the internal-combustion engine, when an FI/AT/MGECU and a MOTECU execute motor damping which generates a torque for suppressing the torque vibration of the internal-combustion engine, in the motor M, the MOTECU corrects a motor torque calculating battery terminal current value obtained by multiplying an input-output current ABAT of the battery, by an offset value corresponding to the motor damping, and executes zero power control based on the corrected motor torque calculating battery current value. As a result, the input and output power of the power storage unit are accurately balanced and overcharge or overdischarge of the battery based on the input-output current ABAT of the battery including errors due to the damping control or the motor torque calculating battery current value, is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Masanobu Asakawa
  • Publication number: 20060058424
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyamide resin composition having high mechanical properties and high heat resistance while achieving a satisfactory balance between various physical properties. A molded product made of this polyamide resin exhibits a lower warpage and excellent surface appearance. A method for producing the polyamide, resin composition is also provided. The present invention provides a polyamide resin composition containing a polyamide resin and swelling mica treated with a polyether compound having a bisphenol structure. The present invention also provides a method for making the polyamide resin composition including melt-mixing a polyamide resin with a polyether compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Noriyuki Suzuki, Kazuhiro Hara, Yoshitaka Ono, Atsushi Miyano, Tetsuo Mekata
  • Patent number: 6970473
    Abstract: To allow bi-directional communication by using a bridge type feed and to reduce a load on equipment such as a receiver connected to a UDL network, a communication apparatus for carrying out communication on the Internet using an uni-directional communication line comprises an interface (5b) for receiving IP datagram to be transmitted to the communication line at the side for transmitting data to the communication line, and an interface (12) for realizing a virtual communication route from the receiving side to the transmitting side on the communication line, for carrying out bi-directional communication as UDLR. Moreover, the apparatus determines a destination of a packet inputted to the feed through a predetermined interface, then determines which network the packet should be transferred to in accordance with the determined destination of the packet, and then transfers the packet through a predetermined interface only when transfer is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Noboru Fujii
  • Patent number: 6966803
    Abstract: In a control device of a hybrid vehicle provided with an engine and a propulsion motor, at least one of which is used for driving the hybrid vehicle and a high voltage battery which power is charged and discharged by driving or regeneration operation of a propulsion motor, the control device comprises a throttle opening control device which controls an opening of a throttle depending on an accelerator pedal operating amount, and when the current driving speed of the vehicle at zero, and either the temperature of the high voltage battery is lower than a specified value, or the internal resistance of the high voltage battery is greater than a specified value, or an increase in a rotation speed of the propulsion motor or the rotation speed of the engine 3 is greater than a specified value, or a change amount of the input/output power voltage of the high voltage battery is greater than a specified value, or a change amount of the accelerator pedal operating amount is greater than a specified value, delays the res
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Manabu Niki, Kohei Hanada, Koichiro Takemasa
  • Patent number: 6943460
    Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle comprising an engine and a motor as power sources, the control device including: a battery device sending energy to and receiving energy from the motor, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the battery device; a control section which is adapted to execute a warming control operation for the battery device when the temperature of the battery device is low; and a determination section for determining whether a cylinder deactivation operation is permitted for the engine depending on the running state of the engine. The control section executes a vibration control operation for the engine by operating the motor so as to reduce vibration of the engine when it is determined by the determination section that the partial cylinder deactivation operation is permitted for the engine, and to perform the warming control operation for the battery device by executing a vibration control operation for the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teruo Wakashiro, Kohei Hanada, Takahiro Yonekura, Makoto Kishida, Tomohiro Nishi, Kazuhiro Hara
  • Publication number: 20050174996
    Abstract: To allow bi-directional communication by using a bridge type feed and to reduce a load on equipment such as a receiver connected to a UDL network, a communication apparatus for carrying out communication on the Internet using an uni-directional communication line comprises an interface (5b) for receiving IP datagram to be transmitted to the communication line at the side for transmitting data to the communication line, and an interface (12) for realizing a virtual communication route from the receiving side to the transmitting side on the communication line, for carrying out bi-directional communication as UDLR. Moreover, the apparatus determines a destination of a packet inputted to the feed through predetermined interface, then determines which network the packet should be transferred to in accordance with the determined destination of the packet, and then transfers the packet through a predetermined interface only when transfer is necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hara, Noboru Fujii