Patents by Inventor Kazuhito Shimomura

Kazuhito Shimomura 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: 11393500
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk, a head, and a controller that sets at least a set of a first target position and a second target position to be matched, among a plurality of the first target positions respectively corresponding to a plurality of first tracks in a case where writing on the first tracks is performed to the first region of the disk in a radial direction of the disk under a first recording mode, and a plurality of the second target positions respectively corresponding to a plurality of second tracks in a case where writing on the second tracks is performed to the first region in the radial direction under a second recording mode different from the first recording mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Kashiwagi, Bunpei Ishiguro, Kazuhito Shimomura
  • Patent number: 10777227
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, the magnetic disk device includes a disk medium and a control circuit. The disk medium includes a first region including a first track. The control circuit controls a write operation of first data to the first track, executes error correction coding of the first data during the write operation. The control circuit makes first determination on whether the written first data is protected by an error correction code. The control circuit sets a second track in a location adjacent to the first track in accordance with a result of the first determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuto Kashiwagi, Kazuhito Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20200090699
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, the magnetic disk device includes a disk medium and a control circuit. The disk medium includes a first region including a first track. The control circuit controls a write operation of first data to the first track, executes error correction coding of the first data during the write operation. The control circuit makes first determination on whether the written first data is protected by an error correction code. The control circuit sets a second track in a location adjacent to the first track in accordance with a result of the first determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuto Kashiwagi, Kazuhito Shimomura
  • Patent number: 10520185
    Abstract: A device housing having a hollow portion including a gas intake pipe projectingly provided to an outer periphery of an instrument body, having a heater built therein and attached to the instrument body. In the hollow portion, a heating wall formed by a bulge extending from the outer end side to the inner end side in the axial direction of the intake pipe and the heater for heating are internally provided. Between the heating wall and a gas intake pipe, and between the heating wall and an inner wall of the housing, inner and outer gas flow paths are formed a liquefied gas introduction side opening is provided at an outer end side of the outer gas flow path, and the outer end side of the inner gas flow path is communicated with a gas intake opening of the tip of the gas intake pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Sato, Kazuhito Shimomura
  • Patent number: 10443482
    Abstract: A thermostat valve has a cylindrical valve housing formed as a single integrated unit out of synthetic resin material, having an annular body and a frame attached to one end of the annular body by a plurality of legs, a disk-shaped valve stem disposed in another end of the valve housing and movable along an axial direction, a spring seat that holds an opposite end of spring means away from the valve stem and locked and held in place by hooks at tips of locking arms extending from the valve housing, and a thermo-element fixedly mounted to an element guide provided in the frame of the valve housing that moves the valve stem in a valve opening direction in response to fluid temperature. An annular step having a top portion of predetermined width is formed adjacent to the rim of the opening in the one end of the valve housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhito Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20170074155
    Abstract: A thermostat valve has a cylindrical valve housing formed as a single integrated unit out of synthetic resin material, having an annular body and a frame attached to one end of the annular body by a plurality of legs, a disk-shaped valve stem disposed in another end of the valve housing and movable along an axial direction, a spring seat that holds an opposite end of spring means away from the valve stem and locked and held in place by hooks at tips of locking arms extending from the valve housing, and a thermo-element fixedly mounted to an element guide provided in the frame of the valve housing that moves the valve stem in a valve opening direction in response to fluid temperature. An annular step having a top portion of predetermined width is formed adjacent to the rim of the opening in the one end of the valve housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhito SHIMOMURA
  • Publication number: 20160201901
    Abstract: [Problem] To enable to heat and atomize liquefied gas even at low temperatures by increasing a flow path length and a transit time to be heated by a heater, and by spending time and efficiently heat the liquefied gas. [Solution] A device housing having a hollow portion including a gas intake pipe projectingly provided to an outer periphery of an instrument body such that liquefied gas is taken in from an outer end, having the heater built therein and attached to the instrument body. In the hollow portion of the device housing, a heating wall formed by a bulge extending from the outer end side to the inner end side in the axial direction of the intake pipe and the heater for heating are internally provided. Between the heating wall and the gas intake pipe, and between the heating wall and the inner wall of the housing, inner and outer gas flow paths are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Nippon Thermostat Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Sato, Kazuhito Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20140211599
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for information processing executed in an information processing apparatus processing recording data, including, dividing the recording data into a plurality of recording data blocks, recording management information on corresponding first management areas in n storage media, the n storage media comprising a first storage medium to an nth storage medium, wherein n comprises an integer equal to or larger than 2, and recording the recording data blocks on corresponding second management areas of the n storage media by a controller configured to control the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Sumio Kuroda, Kazuhito Shimomura, Kenichiro Suzuki, Yuji Sakai, Hideaki Ohsawa, Kouichi Ogi
  • Patent number: 8760983
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information recording apparatus includes a divider, a generator, and a recorder. The divider is configured to divide recording data into a plurality of recording data blocks for each predetermined recording unit. The generator is configured to set, as a first block set, n recording data blocks recorded in corresponding areas in file system management areas of n, first to nth (n: integer, n?2) storages, and generate first parity data from the n recording data blocks forming the first block set. The recorder is configured to record the n recording data blocks forming the first block set and the first parity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichiro Suzuki, Kazuhito Shimomura, Yuji Sakai, Sumio Kuroda, Kouichi Ogi
  • Publication number: 20140075461
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medium processing method includes first reading, second reading, and determining. The first reading is configured to read first medium identification information and cassette identification information which are stored in a first medium contained in a cassette. The second reading is configured to read cassette information from the cassette. The determining is configured to determine a cassette contained medium formed of the cassette and the medium as authentic, when the cassette information includes the first medium identification information and the cassette identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Sumio Kuroda, Kazuhito Shimomura, Yuji Sakai, Kenichiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140068641
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the cassette is provided with an outer shell, a plurality of trays, a shutter, and a lock mechanism. The outer shell has an upper wall and a lower wall each including a square shape and a circular shape, a side wall between edges of the square shapes, and an opening portion between edges of the circular shapes. A tray is an annular shape having a concave portion in which an optical disk is placed. The shutter is a semicircular shape, includes a gear on an outer peripheral wall and a plurality of shelves to support each of the trays on an inner peripheral wall, and rotates from a first position for closing an opening portion to a second position for opening the opening portion. The lock mechanism locks the shutter in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Sumio Kuroda, Kazuhito Shimomura, Yuji Sakai, Kenichiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140043949
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information recording apparatus includes a divider, a generator, and a recorder. The divider is configured to divide recording data into a plurality of recording data blocks for each predetermined recording unit. The generator is configured to set, as a first block set, n recording data blocks recorded in corresponding areas in file system management areas of n, first to nth (n: integer, n?2) storages, and generate first parity data from the n recording data blocks forming the first block set. The recorder is configured to record the n recording data blocks forming the first block set and the first parity data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichiro Suzuki, Kazuhito Shimomura, Yuji Sakai, Sumio Kuroda, Kouichi Ogi
  • Publication number: 20130125149
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data processing apparatus has a magazine, an optical disc drive, a transport mechanism, and an inner shell. The magazine stores a plurality of optical discs. The optical disc drive has an insertion portion to be closed with a tray for holding an optical disc. The transport mechanism transports the optical disc between the magazine and the optical disc drive. The inner shell includes a mounting portion for holding the magazine and a seal mechanism for closing a path communicating exterior and interior. The inner shell isolates at least the loading slot, the insertion portion and the transport mechanism from the exterior while the magazine is inserted in the mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhito Shimomura, Yuji Sakai
  • Publication number: 20130124585
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a file processing apparatus includes a file group generator, a divided file generator, and a recorder. The file group generator is configured to generate a file group formed by a plurality of first processing target files each having a size less than a threshold size of processing target files. The divided file generator is configured to generate first divided files by dividing the file group, and to generate second divided files by dividing a second processing target file having a size not less than the threshold size of the processing target files. The recorder is configured to record the first and second divided files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichiro SUZUKI, Kazuhito Shimomura, Yuji Sakai, Atsushi Fukushima, Masaaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8300341
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording device based on shingled-write recording method comprises a magnetic storage medium, a recording head, and an actuator. The magnetic storage medium comprises dot rows wherein a phase shift is between adjacent rows. The recording head covers a predetermined number of dot rows of the magnetic storage medium and comprises an edge at one of the dot rows. The actuator configured to move a recording head by an amount equivalent to a dot row after recording is performed on one of the dot rows by the recording head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akihiro Itakura, Masatoshi Sakurai, Kazuhito Shimomura
  • Patent number: 8233230
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk drive has a magnetic disk and a magnetic head having a spin-torque oscillator. The disk drive further has a head amplifier IC configured to supply a write signal and a drive signal to the magnetic head. The write signal corresponds to write data. The drive signal is supplied to generate a high-frequency magnetic field. The head amplifier IC continuously supplies a drive signal of normal level to the spin-torque oscillator, and supplies a drive signal of high level higher than the normal level, only for a prescribed time after the polarity inversion of the write signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koji Yano, Kazuhito Shimomura, Akihiko Takeo, Masayuki Takagishi, Kenichiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110317302
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk storage apparatus includes a read module, a measuring module, and a compensating module. The read module is configured to read first and second signals recorded on a disk, from which to measure the flying height of a head. The measuring module is configured to calculate the flying height of the head from the first and second measurement signals read by the read module. The compensating module is configured to use the data representing the flying height representing error resulting from superparamagnetic effect, thereby compensating for the flying height measured by the measuring module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuji SAKAI, Kazuhito SHIMOMURA, Masahide KANEGAE
  • Publication number: 20110317306
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic recording medium which includes a plurality of magnetic dot rows in which there is a phase shift between adjacent dot rows, and dots are arranged in a zigzag manner in a predetermined number of dot rows which are simultaneously read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akihiro Itakura, Masatoshi Sakurai, Kazuhito Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20110255189
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of detecting contact of a magnetic head with a magnetic disk by changing the dynamic flying height of the magnetic head in a magnetic disk drive is disclosed. The method can detect a change in the rotational speed of the magnetic disk. The method can detect the contact of the magnetic head with the magnetic disk based on the detected change in the rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Motomichi SHIBANO, Kazuto Kashiwagi, Kazuhito Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20110222186
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording device based on shingled-write recording method comprises a magnetic storage medium, a recording head, and an actuator. The magnetic storage medium comprises dot rows wherein a phase shift is between adjacent rows. The recording head covers a predetermined number of dot rows of the magnetic storage medium and comprises an edge at one of the dot rows. The actuator configured to move a recording head by an amount equivalent to a dot row after recording is performed on one of the dot rows by the recording head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akihiro Itakura, Masatoshi Sakurai, Kazuhito Shimomura