Patents by Inventor Kenichi Yokota
Kenichi Yokota 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).
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Patent number: 10113292Abstract: In a control device, a pilot-operated first check valve connects a solenoid-operated first directional control valve to a lock side chamber of a lock cylinder installed in a quick coupler. A pilot-operated second check valve is connected to the lock cylinder unlock side chamber, a solenoid-operated second directional control valve connected between the second check valve and the first directional control valve. The first and second directional control valves are controlled by a controller with processed signals input from a mode selector switch, first sensor detecting a buck closing pilot pressure, and second sensor detecting a bucket closing working pressure.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Caterpillar SARLInventors: Kenichi Yokota, Shigeru Abe, Yuya Kanenawa, Yujiro Yukimura
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Publication number: 20170030047Abstract: In a control device, a pilot-operated first check valve connects a solenoid-operated first directional control valve to a lock side chamber of a lock cylinder installed in a quick coupler. A pilot-operated second check valve is connected to the lock cylinder unlock side chamber, a solenoid-operated second directional control valve connected between the second check valve and the first directional control valve. The first and second directional control valves are controlled by a controller with processed signals input from a mode selector switch, first sensor detecting a buck closing pilot pressure, and second sensor detecting a bucket closing working pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar SARLInventors: Kenichi Yokota, Shigeru Abe, Yuya Kanenawa, Yujiro Yukimura
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Publication number: 20160165688Abstract: A power supply topology is used in which a transistor is provided on the side of an output node of a rectifying circuit. An inductor is provided on the side of a reference node, a resistor is inserted between the transistor and the inductor, and one end of the resistor is coupled to a ground power supply voltage of a PFC circuit. The PFC circuit includes a square circuit which squares a result of multiplication of an input voltage detection signal and feedback information (output voltage of an error amplifier circuit). The PFC circuit drives on the transistor when a detection voltage developed at the resistor reaches zero, and drives off the transistor when the detection signal reaches an output signal of the square circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Ryosei MAKINO, Kenichi YOKOTA, Tomohiro TAZAWA
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Patent number: 9341640Abstract: A biosample autoanalyzer including: a sample supply unit having a plurality of biosamples; a first measuring unit fitted with a first optical measuring device; a sample transport capable of transporting the biosamples from the sample supply unit to the reaction cuvettes on the first measuring unit; a second measuring unit fitted with a second optical measuring device; a cuvette transfer device capable of transferring the reaction cuvettes to the second measuring unit; a reagent supply unit having reagents; and (7) a reagent transport device capable of transporting reaction reagents to the reaction cuvettes. The analyzer is operated wherein the reaction cuvettes on the second measuring unit are dispensed with the biosamples on the first measuring unit, subsequently transferred from the first measuring unit to the second measuring unit by the cuvette transfer device, such that different measurements are carried out by the first measuring unit and the second measuring unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI KAGAKU IATRON, INC.Inventors: Etsurou Shintani, Akira Goukura, Kenichi Yokota, Minoru Ogura
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Patent number: 9258859Abstract: A power supply topology is used in which a transistor is provided on the side of an output node of a rectifying circuit. An inductor is provided on the side of a reference node, a resistor is inserted between the transistor and the inductor, and one end of the resistor is coupled to a ground power supply voltage of a PFC circuit. The PFC circuit includes a square circuit which squares a result of multiplication of an input voltage detection signal and feedback information (output voltage of an error amplifier circuit). The PFC circuit drives on the transistor when a detection voltage developed at the resistor reaches zero, and drives off the transistor when the detection signal reaches an output signal of the square circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosei Makino, Kenichi Yokota, Tomohiro Tazawa
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Publication number: 20150230304Abstract: A power supply topology is used in which a transistor is provided on the side of an output node of a rectifying circuit. An inductor is provided on the side of a reference node, a resistor is inserted between the transistor and the inductor, and one end of the resistor is coupled to a ground power supply voltage of a PFC circuit. The PFC circuit includes a square circuit which squares a result of multiplication of an input voltage detection signal and feedback information (output voltage of an error amplifier circuit). The PFC circuit drives on the transistor when a detection voltage developed at the resistor reaches zero, and drives off the transistor when the detection signal reaches an output signal of the square circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Ryosei MAKINO, Kenichi YOKOTA, Tomohiro TAZAWA
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Patent number: 9041314Abstract: A power supply topology is used in which a transistor is provided on the side of an output node of a rectifying circuit. An inductor is provided on the side of a reference node, a resistor is inserted between the transistor and the inductor, and one end of the resistor is coupled to a ground power supply voltage of a PFC circuit. The PFC circuit includes a square circuit which squares a result of multiplication of an input voltage detection signal and feedback information (output voltage of an error amplifier circuit). The PFC circuit drives on the transistor when a detection voltage developed at the resistor reaches zero, and drives off the transistor when the detection signal reaches an output signal of the square circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosei Makino, Kenichi Yokota, Tomohiro Tazawa
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Publication number: 20140239831Abstract: A power supply topology is used in which a transistor is provided on the side of an output node of a rectifying circuit. An inductor is provided on the side of a reference node, a resistor is inserted between the transistor and the inductor, and one end of the resistor is coupled to a ground power supply voltage of a PFC circuit. The PFC circuit includes a square circuit which squares a result of multiplication of an input voltage detection signal and feedback information (output voltage of an error amplifier circuit). The PFC circuit drives on the transistor when a detection voltage developed at the resistor reaches zero, and drives off the transistor when the detection signal reaches an output signal of the square circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosei MAKINO, Kenichi YOKOTA, Tomohiro TAZAWA
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Patent number: 8754590Abstract: A power supply topology is used in which a transistor is provided on the side of an output node of a rectifying circuit. An inductor is provided on the side of a reference node, a resistor is inserted between the transistor and the inductor, and one end of the resistor is coupled to a ground power supply voltage of a PFC circuit. The PFC circuit includes a square circuit which squares a result of multiplication of an input voltage detection signal and feedback information (output voltage of an error amplifier circuit). The PFC circuit drives on the transistor when a detection voltage developed at the resistor reaches zero, and drives off the transistor when the detection signal reaches an output signal of the square circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Ryosei Makino, Kenichi Yokota, Tomohiro Tazawa
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Publication number: 20110292704Abstract: A power supply topology is used in which a transistor is provided on the side of an output node of a rectifying circuit. An inductor is provided on the side of a reference node, a resistor is inserted between the transistor and the inductor, and one end of the resistor is coupled to a ground power supply voltage of a PFC circuit. The PFC circuit includes a square circuit which squares a result of multiplication of an input voltage detection signal and feedback information (output voltage of an error amplifier circuit). The PFC circuit drives on the transistor when a detection voltage developed at the resistor reaches zero, and drives off the transistor when the detection signal reaches an output signal of the square circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosei MAKINO, Kenichi YOKOTA, Tomohiro TAZAWA
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Patent number: 7800354Abstract: A switching power supply capable of correcting a power factor without using a shunt resistor is provided. The switching power supply includes a rectifier for rectifying an AC power supply, boosting means including a power MOSFET for boosting an output of the rectifier, a smoothing capacitor for smoothing an output of the boosting means, voltage-dividing resistors for detecting a voltage between main terminals of the power MOSFET, a switch for selecting only the voltage by which the power MOSFET is in on-state from voltages detected by the voltage-dividing resistors, an amplifier for amplifying the voltage selected by the switch and outputting the same as a current corresponding value of a current flowing in the power MOSFET, voltage-dividing resistors for detecting the output voltage, and driving means which form a pulse signal based on the current corresponding value and the output voltage for driving the power MOSFET by the pulse signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Akihiko Kanouda, Kenichi Yokota
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Publication number: 20080318323Abstract: A biosample multiple autoanalyzer characterized by including: (1) a sample supply unit having a plurality of biosamples; (2) a first measuring unit fitted with a first optical measuring means capable of detachably holding, in a mutually independent fashion, a plurality of reaction cuvettes independent from each other; (3) a sample transport means capable of transporting the biosamples from the sample supply unit to the reaction cuvettes on the first measuring unit; (4) a second measuring unit fitted with a second optical measuring means capable of detachably holding, in a mutually independent fashion, a plurality of reaction cuvettes independent from each other; (5) a cuvette transfer means capable of transferring the reaction cuvettes on the first measuring unit to the second measuring unit; (6) a reagent supply unit having reagents for use in measuring by the first measuring unit and measuring by the second measuring unit; and (7) a reagent transport means capable of transporting reaction reagents, in a mutType: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2006Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: MITSUBISHI KAGAKU IATRON, INC.Inventors: Etsurou Shintani, Akira Goukura, Kenichi Yokota, Minoru Ogura
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Publication number: 20080290846Abstract: A switching power supply capable of correcting a power factor without using a shunt resistor is provided. The switching power supply includes a rectifier for rectifying an AC power supply, boosting means including a power MOSFET for boosting an output of the rectifier, a smoothing capacitor for smoothing an output of the boosting means, voltage-dividing resistors for detecting a voltage between main terminals of the power MOSFET, a switch for selecting only the voltage by which the power MOSFET is in on-state from voltages detected by the voltage-dividing resistors, an amplifier for amplifying the voltage selected by the switch and outputting the same as a current corresponding value of a current flowing in the power MOSFET, voltage-dividing resistors for detecting the output voltage, and driving means which form a pulse signal based on the current corresponding value and the output voltage for driving the power MOSFET by the pulse signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Akihiko Kanouda, Kenichi Yokota
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Patent number: 7442293Abstract: Oil adsorbent layers 4 and packed layers 5 are alternately laminated inside a treatment vessel 2, the oil adsorbent layers 4 comprise ten laminated flat sheets 4a composed of polypropylene, and gelled aluminum hydroxide 15 is evenly applied over the surface of each of these sheets 4a on the laminated side. These flat sheets 4a are lipophilic and hydrophobic.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Jyonan Electric Industrial Corporation LimitedInventor: Kenichi Yokota
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Publication number: 20060157397Abstract: Oil adsorbent layers 4 and packed layers 5 are alternately laminated inside a treatment vessel 2, the oil adsorbent layers 4 comprise ten laminated flat sheets 4a composed of polypropylene, and gelled aluminum hydroxide 15 is evenly applied over the surface of each of these sheets 4a on the laminated side. These flat sheets 4a are lipophilic and hydrophobic.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2005Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventor: Kenichi Yokota
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Publication number: 20050173095Abstract: The air conditioner capacitor is arranged at the front side of the oil cooler or the radiator against the flow of the cooling air, thereby carrying out maintenance of the oil cooler and/or the radiator at the rear side without removing the air conditioner capacitor arranged at the front side, thus improving maintenance. The turbocharger cooler 11 is structured to change the postures so as to swing up and down between the cooling posture in which the turbocharger cooler 11 is arranged in parallel with the radiator 8 and an open posture in which the turbocharger cooler 11 is arranged such that the front side of the radiator 8 is exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2003Publication date: August 11, 2005Applicant: SHIN CATERPILLAR MITSUBISHI LTDInventors: Kouhei Fujita, Kenichi Yokota, Kyoko Yamada, Shigeru Kojima, Atsushi Yamakawa, Takao Masayasu, Takahiro Okudaira, Masafumi Iguchi
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Patent number: 6357454Abstract: The dregs or other deposits in a beer pipe 10 are washed out by introducing strong alkaline electrolyzed water produced by an electrolyzed functional water generator 1, in which an outlet 71 is connected to the beer pipe 10 as shown in FIG. 2. In the next step, referring to FIG. 3, strong acidic electrolyzed water produced by the water generator 1 is introduced into the beer pipe 10 for exterminating bacteria/microorganisms inside the beer pipe 10. An electrolyte solution containing dissolved electrolytes such as sodium chloride (NaCl) is electrolyzed in the water generator 1. The thus strong alkaline electrolysed water contains a trace of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and hydroxide ions (OH−), which exhibit a soap-like action and dissolve beer dregs (proteins). The strong acidic electrolyzed water contains hypochlorous acid (HClO), whose bactericidal effect kills all bacteria/microorganisms.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1999Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: Jyonan Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Yokota, Masayoshi Matsushima
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Patent number: 4888208Abstract: There is provided a method of producing a ceramic substrate for printed circuits wherein at least the surface of the side to be circuit-printed is subjected to a roughening treatment with one of the following compounds:(1) substances containing sulfur trioxide and(2) substances which, upon decomposition, generate sulfur trioxide.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1987Date of Patent: December 19, 1989Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Maeda, Ryu Yoneda, Kenichi Yokota, Hideo Miyake
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Patent number: 4490498Abstract: A resinous composition having an increased flame retardance is disclosed, which comprises (A) 10 to 60% by weight of a mixture comprising 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin, 20 to 60 parts by weight of a halogenated organic flame-retardant agent, 7 to 30 parts by weight of antimony trioxide and 10 to 40 parts by weight of zinc borate hydrate, and (B) 90 to 40% by weight of a magnetic body powder. The compositions are endowed with surprising glowing combustion resistance as well as superior flame combustion resistance.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1983Date of Patent: December 25, 1984Assignee: Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Yokota, Shigeo Nishita, Takashi Sakauchi
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Patent number: D269682Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1980Date of Patent: July 12, 1983Assignee: Swift Instruments, Inc.Inventor: Kenichi Yokota