Patents by Inventor Kazuo Goto

Kazuo Goto 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: 11513270
    Abstract: An optical body including: a first optical layer which has a surface having a convex profile in which a plurality of one-directionally extending elongated convex portions are one-dimensionally aligned in one direction; an inorganic layer disposed on the surface of the first optical layer on a side having the convex profile and a second optical layer disposed on a side of the inorganic layer so that the convex profile is embedded; wherein the convex profile meets at least one of the following (1) to (4): (1) a height varies in an extending direction in each of the elongated convex portions, (2) a ridge portion meanders in a direction perpendicular to both the extending direction and a height direction of the convex portion in each of the elongated convex portions, (3) heights of the elongated convex portions adjacent to each other are different from each other, and (4) a triangular prism-shaped convex portion and an elongated convex portion having a curved surface are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Ohta, Tsutomu Nagahama, Shigehisa Ohkawara, Tatsuya Harimara, Katsuhiro Doi, Kazuhiko Noda, Akihiro Shibata, Kazuo Goto, Yasuyuki Kudo
  • Publication number: 20200241186
    Abstract: An optical body including: a first optical layer which has a surface having a convex profile in which a plurality of one-directionally extending elongated convex portions are one-dimensionally aligned in one direction; an inorganic layer disposed on the surface of the first optical layer on a side having the convex profile and a second optical layer disposed on a side of the inorganic layer so that the convex profile is embedded; wherein the convex profile meets at least one of the following (1) to (4): (1) a height varies in an extending direction in each of the elongated convex portions, (2) a ridge portion meanders in a direction perpendicular to both the extending direction and a height direction of the convex portion in each of the elongated convex portions, (3) heights of the elongated convex portions adjacent to each other are different from each other, and (4) a triangular prism-shaped convex portion and an elongated convex portion having a curved surface are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Eiji OHTA, Tsutomu NAGAHAMA, Shigehisa OHKAWARA, Tatsuya HARIMARA, Katsuhiro DOI, Kazuhiko NODA, Akihiro SHIBATA, Kazuo GOTO, Yasuyuki KUDO
  • Patent number: 10477694
    Abstract: A wiring board manufacturing method and a wiring board in which a pattern can be simply and easily formed even when using a coating composition having a high surface tension are provided. The method includes a transferring step of bringing a resin composition containing a first compound inducing a low surface free energy and a second compound inducing a surface free energy which is higher than that of the first compound into contact with a master on which a desired surface free energy difference pattern is formed and curing the resin composition to form a base material to which the surface free energy difference pattern is transferred; and a conductor pattern forming step of applying a conductive coating composition onto a pattern transfer surface of the base material to form a conductor pattern, the base material having a pattern of a high surface free energy region and a low surface free energy region, and the high surface free energy region having a surface free energy of more than 62 mJ/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makiya Ito, Ryosuke Endo, Kazuo Goto
  • Publication number: 20190159345
    Abstract: A wiring board manufacturing method and a wiring board in which a pattern can be simply and easily formed even when using a coating composition having a high surface tension are provided. The method includes a transferring step of bringing a resin composition containing a first compound inducing a low surface free energy and a second compound inducing a surface free energy which is higher than that of the first compound into contact with a master on which a desired surface free energy difference pattern is formed and curing the resin composition to form a base material to which the surface free energy difference pattern is transferred; and a conductor pattern forming step of applying a conductive coating composition onto a pattern transfer surface of the base material to form a conductor pattern, the base material having a pattern of a high surface free energy region and a low surface free energy region, and the high surface free energy region having a surface free energy of more than 62 mJ/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: DEXERIALS CORPORATION, DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makiya ITO, Ryosuke ENDO, Kazuo GOTO
  • Patent number: 9302611
    Abstract: In a vehicle lamp control device, a control unit is configured to a) hold a road surface angle reference value and a vehicle posture angle reference value in a volatile manner, b) generate an optical axis adjusting signal using a vehicle posture angle in response to variation in a total angle during the stop of the vehicle, c) avoid generating or outputting the optical axis adjusting signal or output an optical axis holding signal, and hold a road surface angle as a new reference value, in response to variation in the total angle during travelling of the vehicle. The control unit, in response to receiving the turn-off signal of the switch, d-1) writes at least the road surface angle reference value in the storage unit or continues to execute the step (c) while delaying the step (d-1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yamazaki, Yusuke Kasaba, Kazuo Goto
  • Patent number: 9050927
    Abstract: There is provided a control device for controlling a vehicle lamp. The device includes: a receiver configured to receive an output value from an inclination sensor; and a controller configured to control an optical axis of the vehicle lamp based on a vehicle attitude angle that is an inclination angle of the vehicle with respect to a road surface. The controller is configured to control the optical axis in a first optical axis control mode or a second optical axis mode, wherein an optical axis angle of the optical axis is adjusted in accordance with the vehicle attitude angle in the first optical axis mode, and the second optical axis control mode is different from the first optical axis control mode. The controller controls the optical axis in the second optical axis control mode, when the vehicle attitude angle is not included in a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kasaba, Masashi Yamazaki, Kazuo Goto, Atsushi Toda
  • Publication number: 20150142275
    Abstract: In a vehicle lamp control device, a control unit is configured to: a) hold a road surface angle reference value and a vehicle posture angle reference value in a volatile manner; b) generate an optical axis adjusting signal using a vehicle posture angle in response to variation in a total angle during the stop of the vehicle; c) avoid generating or outputting the optical axis adjusting signal or output an optical axis holding signal, and hold a road surface angle as a new reference value, in response to variation in the total angle during travelling of the vehicle; and d) in response to receiving the turn-off signal of the switch, d-1) write at least the road surface angle reference value in the storage unit or continue to execute the step (c) while delaying the step (d-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Masashi Yamazaki, Yusuke Kasaba, Kazuo Goto
  • Patent number: 8972226
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for analyzing growth of void of resin in a porous material which comprising the steps of inputting data of the shape of a porous material filled with a resin material, and dividing the shape of the porous material into three-dimensional solid elements; inputting physical properties of the porous material, and boundary conditions including a pressure that is applied to the porous material; obtaining a resin-density distribution in the porous material through fluid analysis using a database obtained by experimentally measuring in advance a temporal change in a volume of gas generated from the resin material and porous material during heating, changes in a compressive force and compressive displacement respectively occurring when the porous material impregnated with the resin is compressed, and a change in a flow resistance of the resin; and comprehensively grasping production, growth, and distribution of voids deriving from gas generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakatsuchi, Tsutomu Kono, Keiji Suzuki, Mitsuru Onoda, Kazuo Goto, Yasuaki Kageyama, Takahiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20140327250
    Abstract: A door lock apparatus is provided, which includes a door trim provided on a vehicle interior side of a door, which is capable of being opened and closed with respect to a vehicle body; a door lock body provided on the door to lock and unlock the door; a lock cover which covers a projecting portion, of the door lock body, which projects from the door trim; and a fixer which fixes the lock cover and the door trim to each other. By fixing the lock cover to the door trim using the fixer, the position accuracy between the door trim and the door lock body is improved and the stability of the door trim is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Goto, Yoshiki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8858046
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle lamp is provided with a reception section (228L1, 228R1), a control section (228, 228L, 228R) and a transmission section (228L3, 228R3). The reception section (228L1, 228R1) receives a tilt angle of a vehicle relative to a horizontal plane from a tilt detection device (316). The control section (228, 228L, 228R) corrects the tilt angle obtained from the tilt detection device (316) based on correction information obtained from a first pre-recorded reference acceleration vector information (S1) of the vehicle being in a first state and a second pre-recorded reference acceleration vector information (S2) of the vehicle being in a second state different from the first state only in a pitch angle, and also determines an optical axis position of the vehicle lamp. The transmission section (228L3, 228R3) transmits the determined optical axis position to an optical axis adjustment section (236).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Yamazaki, Kazuo Goto, Toshikazu Tomono
  • Patent number: 8820986
    Abstract: There is provided a control device for controlling a vehicle lamp provided in a vehicle. The device includes: a receiver configured to receive an inclination angle of the vehicle with respect to a horizontal plane from an inclination detector; a controller configured to: i) generate a first control signal instructing the vehicle lamp to adjust an optical axis of the vehicle lamp in response to a change of the inclination angle, when the vehicle has already stopped; and ii) generate a second control signal instructing the vehicle lamp to maintain the optical axis of the vehicle lamp, when the vehicle is traveling on a road surface; and a transmitter configured to transmit the first control signal or the second control signal to an optical axis adjuster provided in the vehicle lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Yamazaki, Kazuo Goto, Toshikazu Tomono
  • Publication number: 20140156150
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicular lamp includes: a reference information retaining portion configured to retain reference information indicative of a positional relationship of an acceleration sensor axis, a vehicle axis, and a road surface, wherein the reference information is obtained in a predetermined initialization process; a correction ratio generating portion configured to, after the initialization process, calculate an acceleration ratio of an amount of change in a longitudinal acceleration to an amount of change in vertical acceleration of the vehicle while traveling, and derive a correction ratio for correcting a positional relationship of the road surface and at least one of the acceleration sensor axis and the vehicle axis in the reference information, using the obtained acceleration ratio; and a control portion configured to output a signal for adjusting an optical axis position of the vehicular lamp, using the acceleration ratio, the reference information, and the correction ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke KASABA, Masashi YAMAZAKI, Kazuo GOTO, Atsushi TODA
  • Publication number: 20130308326
    Abstract: There is provided a control device for controlling a vehicle lamp. The device includes: a receiver configured to receive an output value from an inclination sensor; and a controller configured to control an optical axis of the vehicle lamp based on a vehicle attitude angle that is an inclination angle of the vehicle with respect to a road surface. The controller is configured to control the optical axis in a first optical axis control mode or a second optical axis mode, wherein an optical axis angle of the optical axis is adjusted in accordance with the vehicle attitude angle in the first optical axis mode, and the second optical axis control mode is different from the first optical axis control mode. The controller controls the optical axis in the second optical axis control mode, when the vehicle attitude angle is not included in a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke KASABA, Masashi YAMAZAKI, Kazuo GOTO, Atsushi TODA
  • Patent number: 8543363
    Abstract: The present method aims at preventing breakdown by selecting conditions for preventing the occurrence of voids via analysis. According to the present method, a database related to the time variation of amount of generated gas or number of moles when a solid member is heated is experimentally formulated in advance, and the amount of generated gas from the member and the specific heat ratio of gases are entered for analysis in order to predict via analysis the generation of voids within the resin material when the solid member is heated, to thereby select conditions for preventing voids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kono, Hiroki Nakatsuchi, Keiji Suzuki, Mitsuru Onoda, Kazuo Goto, Yasuaki Kageyama, Hiroaki Kojima, Kenji Ikeda, Hisashi Morooka
  • Patent number: 8393085
    Abstract: Controlling a deflection of an irradiation direction of a vehicle lamp based on a detected steering angle includes calculating a target angle of the irradiation direction of the vehicle lamp based on the steering angle and calculating a difference angle between the target angle and a current deflection angle of the irradiation direction of the vehicle lamp. A new deflection angle is calculated and includes setting the new deflection angle to the target angle if the difference angle is equal to or smaller than a given limit angle, and setting the new deflection angle to an angle obtained by adding or subtracting the limit angle to or from the current deflection angle if the difference angle is larger than the given limit angle. Deflection of the irradiation direction of the lamp is controlled based on the deflection angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Yamazaki, Kazuo Goto
  • Publication number: 20120095731
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for analyzing growth of void of resin in a porous material which comprising the steps of inputting data of the shape of a porous material filled with a resin material, and dividing the shape of the porous material into three-dimensional solid elements; inputting physical properties of the porous material, and boundary conditions including a pressure that is applied to the porous material; obtaining a resin-density distribution in the porous material through fluid analysis using a database obtained by experimentally measuring in advance a temporal change in a volume of gas generated from the resin material and porous material during heating, changes in a compressive force and compressive displacement respectively occurring when the porous material impregnated with the resin is compressed, and a change in a flow resistance of the resin; and comprehensively grasping production, growth, and distribution of voids deriving from gas generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Hiroki NAKATSUCHI, Tsutomu Kono, Keiji Suzuki, Mitsuru Onoda, Kazuo Goto, Yasuaki Kageyama, Takahiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20120002430
    Abstract: There is provided a control device for controlling a vehicle lamp provided in a vehicle. The device includes: a receiver configured to receive an inclination angle of the vehicle with respect to a horizontal plane from an inclination detector; a controller configured to: i) generate a first control signal instructing the vehicle lamp to adjust an optical axis of the vehicle lamp in response to a change of the inclination angle, when the vehicle has already stopped; and ii) generate a second control signal instructing the vehicle lamp to maintain the optical axis of the vehicle lamp, when the vehicle is traveling on a road surface; and a transmitter configured to transmit the first control signal or the second control signal to an optical axis adjuster provided in the vehicle lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi YAMAZAKI, Kazuo GOTO, Toshikazu TOMONO
  • Publication number: 20110317439
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle lamp is provided with a reception section (228L1, 228R1), a control section (228, 228L, 228R) and a transmission section (228L3, 228R3). The reception section (228L1, 228R1) receives a tilt angle of a vehicle relative to a horizontal plane from a tilt detection device (316). The control section (228, 228L, 228R) corrects the tilt angle obtained from the tilt detection device (316) based on correction information obtained from a pre-recorded first reference tilt angle (S1) of the vehicle in a first state and a pre-recorded second reference tilt angle (S2) of the vehicle in a second state different from the first state only in a pitch angle, and also determines an optical axis position of the vehicle lamp. The transmission section (228L3, 228R3) transmits the determined optical axis position to an optical axis adjustment section (236).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi YAMAZAKI, Kazuo GOTO, Toshikazu TOMONO
  • Publication number: 20110112812
    Abstract: The present method aims at preventing breakdown by selecting conditions for preventing the occurrence of voids via analysis. According to the present method, a database related to the time variation of amount of generated gas or number of moles when a solid member is heated is experimentally formulated in advance, and the amount of generated gas from the member and the specific heat ratio of gases are entered for analysis in order to predict via analysis the generation of voids within the resin material when the solid member is heated, to thereby select conditions for preventing voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Tsutomu KONO, Hiroki Nakatsuchi, Keiji Suzuki, Mitsuru Onoda, Kazuo Goto, Yasuaki Kageyama, Hiroaki Kojima, Kenji Ikeda, Hisashi Morooka
  • Publication number: 20100251547
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heat transport device includes injecting a working fluid that transports heat by a phase change into a casing through an injection opening of the casing under reduced pressure, sealing an injection path by caulking under the reduced pressure, the injection path being provided in the casing into which the working fluid is injected and causing the injection opening and an action area in which the phase change of the working fluid occurs to communicate with each other, contacting a peripheral area of the injection opening of the casing with an inner surface of the injection path by caulking the peripheral area, the peripheral area including the injection opening, and sealing the injection opening by welding a part of the casing contacted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yajima, Kazuo Goto, Keitaro Yamashita, Kazuya Sakamoto