Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Kato

Kazuhiro Kato 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).

  • Publication number: 20060287010
    Abstract: A clamshell-type mobile terminal for a wireless communication system includes a lower casing and an upper casing. The lower casing includes a keypad with input keys. The upper casing includes a display. The lower casing and the upper casing are connected by a hinge mechanism connecting the lower casing and the upper casing so that the lower casing and the upper casing can be folded onto each other. The lower casing is the casing part, which during operating the mobile terminal is in the palm of the hand of the user, whereby the upper casing is extending away from the hand of the user in an opened state of the mobile terminal and folded onto the lower casing in a closed state of the mobile terminal. The hinge mechanism is located and arranged so that in the opened state, the lower casing lies above the upper casing enabling an easy access to input keys located close to the hinge on the lower casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Joe Wada, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 7125041
    Abstract: An igniter includes: an igniter assembly including an igniter main body having an ignition portion adapted to be ignited by an ignition electric current; an igniter collar which accommodates the igniter main body; a cup body having an opening portion, the igniter assembly and the cup body being connected to each other, such that at least the ignition portion of the igniter main body is surrounded by the cup body; and a tubular crimp case that connects and fastens at least a part of an exterior surface of the igniter collar and at least a part of an exterior surface of the cup body from an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Shingo Oda, Hiroshi Harada, Ryohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 7072172
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element in which an anode lead protrudes from one end of an anode member. An anode lead frame is attached to the anode lead by welding. A contact resistance enlarging portion is formed on a junction face of the anode lead frame with the anode lead, the area over which the anode lead frame comes into contact with the anode lead being smaller than the portion other than the junction face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Kenichiro Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20060055237
    Abstract: A motion control apparatus for a vehicle can perform vehicle stability control. The apparatus determines that the vehicle is experiencing spin tendency when it detects a driver's specific operation that induces spin tendency and then detects a specific behavior representing spin tendency of the vehicle, and changes the conditions for initiating the vehicle stability control such that the control is initiated more easily. The specific operation may be an excessive steering operation in the turning direction or a load moving operation which increases the load acting on the front wheels. The specific behavior may be disagreement between behavior of steering angle and behavior of actual yaw rate of the vehicle. Accordingly, the occurrence of relatively slow spin tendency caused by the above “specific operation” can be detected with certainty. Further, upon detection of spin tendency, vehicle stability control is early initiated and executed, whereby stability of the vehicle is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Masahiko Taniguchi, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 6990899
    Abstract: A conveying route along which the leading edge side of a roll stencil sheet is conveyed to a stencil sheet clamp section of a printing drum is formed. Along the conveying route, arranged are: a writing head which forms a perforated image on the stencil sheet; a platen roller on which the writing head is brought into pressure contact and which conveys the stencil sheet; a stencil sheet cutter which cuts the stencil sheet; a stencil positioning sensor which detects a leading edge of the stencil sheet; and storage means for temporarily storing the stencil sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 6972943
    Abstract: An electronic component has a lead frame attached to an element with a conductive adhesive. The lead frame has one of a hole, cavity, cutout and groove filled with the adhesive. The lead frame may be provided with a plurality of grooves intersecting one another and divided into frame segments by the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electronic Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Masaaki Kido, Yasuko Suma
  • Publication number: 20050206161
    Abstract: A quick connector includes: a connector body having a retainer holding portion, a tube connecting portion to be press fitted into a tube, and a housing between the retainer holding portion and the tube connecting portion, the tube connecting portion being formed with a plurality of annular projections being axially spaced apart from each other; and a retainer which is held in an axially fixed state by the retainer holding portion. A portion of an outer surface of the tube connecting portion extending from the annular projection, which is closest to the housing, toward the housing is formed into a tapered surface whose diameter is gradually enlarged toward the housing, and a diameter of an annular projection side of the tapered surface is set to be larger than a diameter of the outer surface of the tube connecting portion between the annular projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Ogiso, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20050206145
    Abstract: A rupturable member in which the rupturing manner thereof can be controlled, and a gas generator using the rupturable member are provided. A fragile portion that ruptures preferentially and regulates the rupturing direction of the rupturable member is formed, the rupturable member being provided with a stress dispersion portion formed in a shape or structure to disperse stress when the rupturable member is ruptured, in the tip end of the fragile portion or forward for the rupturing direction of the fragile portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Shingo Oda, Hirotoshi Niwa, Yuji Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20050189753
    Abstract: The present invention provides a small gas generator which is capable of preventing a cup-like member or fragments thereof from being scattered, even when gas is discharged in the radial direction of the gas generator. The gas generator comprises a cup-like member having a cylindrical form with a bottom, which is integrated with an igniter assembly at a joining portion. The thickness of the joining portion is greater than the thickness of a side wall portion of the cup-like member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Shingo Oda, Hirotoshi Niwa, Yuji Kurihara, Mikio Yabuta
  • Publication number: 20050057889
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element in which an anode lead protrudes from one end of an anode member. An anode lead frame is attached to the anode lead by welding. A contact resistance enlarging portion is formed on a junction face of the anode lead frame with the anode lead, the area over which the anode lead frame comes into contact with the anode lead being smaller than the portion other than the junction face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KATO, Kenichiro MATSUZAKI
  • Patent number: 6858800
    Abstract: An electronic component comprises an upper half housing segment and a lower half housing segment. A lead frame to be bent downward toward the lower housing segment projects laterally from an upper end portion of the lower housing segment. Projecting from a side wall upper end portion of the lower housing segment is a rib piece in contact with the lower surface of base end portion of the lead frame and plastically deformable when subjected to a bending force to be applied to the base end portion when the lead frame is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electronic Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Kenichiro Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20050023895
    Abstract: This device is applied to a vehicle having a dual circuit brake conduit (so-called X-conduit) comprising a circuit for a front-right wheel and a rear-left wheel and a circuit for a front-left wheel and a rear-right wheel. This device obtains basic control volume Gb based upon a vehicle body speed and a road friction coefficient during an understeer restraining control or oversteer restraining control, and obtains yaw control volume Gd based upon a deviation between a target yaw rate and actual yaw rate. Then, it exerts braking force according to the basic control volume Gb respectively on two wheels of one circuit to which front wheel at the outer side of the turning direction and the rear wheel at the inner side of the turning direction belong, to thereby decelerate the vehicle, and further exerts braking force according to the yaw control volume Gd on either one wheel of the same circuit, thereby producing a yawing moment for making the turning state close to the target state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Toshio Yasutake, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20040251667
    Abstract: An igniter assembly having excellent moisture proof is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroshi Harada, Shingo Oda, Kazuhiro Kato, Gen Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20040245753
    Abstract: A gas generator which is inexpensive and easily assembled is provided. A cup body 20 loaded with a gas generating agent 24 and an igniter collar 14 holding an igniter main body 12 are connected and fastened in a way in which they are joined at a flange portion 20a and at an upper flat circumferential edge 15a, crimped by an upper end side 31 of a bent portion of a crimp case 30, and a lower flat circumferential edge 15b of a igniter collar 14 is crimped by a lower end side 32 of the bent portion of a crimp case 30. This is suitable as a gas generator for a pretensioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Shingo Oda, Hiroshi Harada, Ryohei Yamada
  • Publication number: 20040244649
    Abstract: A metal colloid luster color material having an unique appearance without using any organic color material that is deficient in weather resistance as the coloring component is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Ayako Iwakoshi, Toshikatsu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20040221752
    Abstract: A conveying route along which the leading edge side of a roll stencil sheet is conveyed to a stencil sheet clamp section of a printing drum is formed. Along the conveying route, arranged are: a writing head which forms a perforated image on the stencil sheet; a platen roller on which the writing head is brought into pressure contact and which conveys the stencil sheet; a stencil sheet cutter which cuts the stencil sheet; a stencil positioning sensor which detects a leading edge of the stencil sheet; and storage means for temporarily storing the stencil sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 6774173
    Abstract: This invention provides a clear paint composition for motorcars which contains 10-80% by weight of polyester resin containing units derived from alicyclic polybasic acid and/or alicyclic polyhydric alcohol, 5-50% by weight of polyisocyanate compound and 0-50% by weight of acrylic resin; and which forms coating having Universal Hardness (HU) of not more than 500 N/mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Kazuaki Kitazono, Yoshizumi Matsuno, Hiroshi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 6773819
    Abstract: This invention provides a paint composition for motorcars, which comprises a carboxyl-containing polyester resin which contains a unit or units derived from alicyclic polybasic acid (a) and/or alicyclic polyhydric alcohol (b), and a vinyl polymer having epoxy group(s) and hydroxyl group(s) within one molecule, and which is capable of forming cured coating having Universal Hardness (HU) not higher than 500 N/mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Kazuaki Kitazono, Yoshizumi Matsuno
  • Publication number: 20040113242
    Abstract: An electronic component has a lead frame attached to an element with a conductive adhesive. The lead frame has one of a hole, cavity, cutout and groove filled with the adhesive. The lead frame may be provided with a plurality of grooves intersecting one another and divided into frame segments by the grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Masaaki Kido, Yasuko Suma
  • Publication number: 20040094322
    Abstract: An electronic component comprises an upper half housing segment 70 and a lower half housing segment 71. A lead frame 9 to be bent downward toward the lower housing segment 71 projects laterally from an upper end portion of the lower housing segment 71. Projecting from a side wall upper end portion of the lower housing segment 71 is a rib piece 72 in contact with the lower surface of base end portion of the lead frame 9 and plastically deformable when subjected to a bending force to be applied to the base end portion when the lead frame 9 is bent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Kenichiro Matsuzaki