Patents by Inventor Kenji Honda

Kenji Honda 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: 20090274567
    Abstract: A an infusion tube misfitting detection device for an infusion pump, which can be implemented at a low cost while maintaining safety. When a door unit is to be closed with respect to a pump body in a misloaded state of an infusion tube, a mislead detection inner door is pressed by the infusion tube to operate on a handle lock part provided to a handle. Accordingly, a claw portion of the handle lock part is pushed up, so that the door unit cannot be locked with the pump body 10 by inserting the claw portion into a rectangular through-hole 11c of a base plate. Therefore, the misloaded state can be identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi KASAI, Kenji HONDA
  • Publication number: 20090159973
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second MOSFETs corresponding to at least first power source voltage and second power source voltage lower than the first power source voltage, and non-silicide regions formed in drain portions of the first and second MOSFETs and having no silicide formed therein. The first MOSFET includes first diffusion layers formed in source/drain portions, a second diffusion layer formed below a gate portion and formed shallower than the first diffusion layer and a third diffusion layer formed with the same depth as the second diffusion layer in the non-silicide region, and the second MOSFET includes fourth diffusion layers formed in source/drain portions, a fifth diffusion layer formed below a gate portion and formed shallower than the fourth diffusion layer and a sixth diffusion layer formed shallower than the fourth diffusion layer and deeper than the fifth diffusion layer in the non-silicide region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takayuki Hiraoka, Kuniaki Utsumi, Tsutomu Kojima, Kenji Honda
  • Patent number: 7520833
    Abstract: In a vehicular driving force distribution system, an oil pump which produces a hydraulic pressure for operating a torque distribution mechanism is driven, via gears and a rotating shaft, by the rotation of a differential case of a differential device. Therefore, regardless of the rotational condition of right and left wheels, namely, even if one of the right and left wheels stops, the oil pump is driven by the driving force of the rotating differential case, thereby reliably operating the torque distribution mechanism. Also, a pump unit for housing the oil pump is supported on a partition wall that separates the differential device from the torque distribution mechanism, thereby easily supporting the oil pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Honda, Yoshihito Kurizuka
  • Publication number: 20080259680
    Abstract: A novel nonvolatile memory element, which can be manufactured by a simple and high yield process by using an organic material and has a high on/off ratio, and a method for manufacturing such nonvolatile memory element. A switching layer (14) made of an electrical insulating radical polymer is provided between an anode layer (12) and a cathode layer (16). Further, a hole injection transport layer (13) is provided between the switching layer (14) and the anode layer (12), and an electron injection transport layer (15), between the switching layer (14) and the cathode layer (16). An intermediate layer is provided between the switching layer and the adjacent layer. The radical polymer is preferably nitroxide radical polymer. The switching layer (14), the hole injection transport layer (13) and the electron injection transport layer (15) are formed by being stacked by a wet process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Waseda University
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishide, Kenji Honda, Yasunori Yonekuta, Takashi Kurata, Shigemoto Abe
  • Patent number: 7429227
    Abstract: In a vehicular driving force distribution system, a left or right torque distribution clutch is selectively engaged to lock a carrier member or a sun gear of a planetary gear mechanism, whereby torque can be distributed between left and right wheels. Also, if a differential limitation clutch is engaged to control relative rotation of the sun gear and the carrier member of the planetary gear mechanism, the planetary gear mechanism enters a locked state, so that the left and right wheels are integrated to perform differential limitation. By the arrangement of merely providing the differential limitation clutch, the differential limitation can be performed by simple control and moreover the control response is improved, as compared with the case where differential limitation is performed by controlling engagement forces of the left and right torque distribution clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Honda, Yasuji Shibahata, Jun Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20080227802
    Abstract: A medicament for suppressing development of tolerance to analgesic effect induced by administration of a narcotic analgesic such as morphine, which comprises an antagonist of the vasopressin receptor 1b as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Gozoh Tsujimoto, Yukio Takano, Kenji Honda, Akito Tanoue
  • Patent number: 7405560
    Abstract: A GMR angle sensor for vehicles includes a GMR element in which the element resistance is changed in response to an external magnetic field, lead conductors connected to either end of the GMR element, and a protective layer that seals the GMR element and the lead conductors, wherein the protective layer has a laminated structure including an oxidation-resistant inorganic film that ensures that the GMR element and the lead conductors are sufficiently insulated and a silicone-based organic film laminated on the inorganic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Shimizu, Ichiro Tokunaga, Kenji Honda
  • Patent number: 7402552
    Abstract: A non-corrosive cleaning composition for removing residues from a substrate. The composition comprises: (a) water; (b) at least one hydroxylammonium compound; (c) at least one basic compound, preferably selected from the group consisting of amines and quaternary ammonium hydroxides; (d) at least one organic carboxylic acid; and (e) optionally, a polyhydric compound. The pH of the composition is preferably between about 2 to about 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Honda, Michelle Elderkin, Vincent Leon
  • Publication number: 20080106820
    Abstract: In a magnetic head structure that forms a medium facing surface of a head element unit by polishing processing, a height monitor that is exposed in the vicinity of the head element unit during the polishing processing to index the height of the head element unit is provided in a planar rectangular shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Daigo Aoki, Kenji Honda
  • Patent number: 7365949
    Abstract: A CPP giant magnetoresistive head includes a lower shield layer; an upper shield layer; and a giant magnetoresistive element (GMR) between the lower shield layer and the upper shield layer. The GMR includes a nonmagnetic material layer; a pinned magnetic layer; and a free magnetic layer. The pinned layer and the free layer are laminated with the nonmagnetic layer provided therebetween. A current flows perpendicularly to a film plane of the GMR, the pinned magnetic layer extends in the height direction longer than in a track-width direction and includes a first portion in the GMR. The first portion is disposed above or below the nonmagnetic layer and the free layer. A second portion is behind the nonmagnetic layer and the free layer in the height direction. The first and second portions are in the same plane. The width of the pinned layer in the track-width direction in the first portion is greater than that in the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Hayakawa, Yoshihiro Nishiyama, Digo Aoki, Masamichi Saito, Naohiro Ishibashi, Kenji Honda
  • Publication number: 20080076616
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is provided with a first transmission passage for transmitting driving force of an engine to driving wheels and a second transmission passage for transmitting driving force of a driving motor to the driving wheels, and driven by selectively using or in combination of the first transmission passage and the second transmission passage. The hybrid vehicle includes: a first input gear for inputting the driving force of the engine; a second input gear for inputting the driving force of the driving motor; and an idle gear meshed with the first input gear and the second input gear, and transmitting at least one of the driving force of the engine and the driving force of the driving motor toward the driving wheels. The driving force to be input from at least one of the first input gear and the second input gear is transmitted to the driving wheels via the idle gear and the final differential gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Teruhisa Kidokoro, Kenji Honda, Naohisa Morishita
  • Publication number: 20080006467
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid vehicle including a first transmission path that transmits a traction of an engine to driving wheels and a second transmission path that transmits a traction of a motor to the driving wheels, and the hybrid vehicle runs by alternatively selecting either the first or second transmission path or in combination thereof. The first transmission path has a first reduction gear ratio that is defined to be smaller than a reduction gear ratio at which a maximum vehicle speed can be achieved by the traction of the engine alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Naohisa Morishita, Toshiyuki Yumoto, Kazuyuki Iwata, Kenji Honda, Junji Urano
  • Publication number: 20070164734
    Abstract: A GMR angle sensor for vehicles includes a GMR element in which the element resistance is changed in response to an external magnetic field, lead conductors connected to either end of the GMR element, and a protective layer that seals the GMR element and the lead conductors, wherein the protective layer has a laminated structure including an oxidation-resistant inorganic film that ensures that the GMR element and the lead conductors are sufficiently insulated and a silicone-based organic film laminated on the inorganic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Shimizu, Ichiro Tokunaga, Kenji Honda
  • Publication number: 20070115595
    Abstract: a CCP-type thin-film magnetic head and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The CCP-type thin-film magnetic head includes a thin-film magnetic head element formed between the upper shield layer and the lower shield layer, and a side fill gap layer securing the insulating property, which is formed from both end faces of the thin-film magnetic head element, wherein a top surface of the lower shield layer is formed in a non-flat surface having a convex portion disposed at a center in a track width direction and a concave portion disposed at both sides in a track width direction of the convex portion, the thin-film magnetic head element is formed on the convex portion, and an buried gap layer contacting the side fill gap layer is formed in the concave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Honda, Naohiro Ishibashi, Daigo Aoki, Yasuo Hayakawa, Yoshihiro Nishiyama, Toshihiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7176536
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element-isolating region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a real element region formed in the semiconductor substrate and outside the element-isolating region and having a metal silicide layer formed on the surface thereof, and a dummy element region formed in the semiconductor substrate and outside the element-isolating region and having a metal silicide layer formed on the surface thereof. The ratio of the sum of pattern areas of the real element region and dummy element region occupied in a 1 ?m-square range of interest including the element region is 25% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisato Oyamatsu, Kenji Honda
  • Publication number: 20070021264
    Abstract: In a vehicular driving force distribution system, a left or right torque distribution clutch is selectively engaged to lock a carrier member or a sun gear of a planetary gear mechanism, whereby torque can be distributed between left and right wheels. Also, if a differential limitation clutch is engaged to control relative rotation of the sun gear and the carrier member of the planetary gear mechanism, the planetary gear mechanism enters a locked state, so that the left and right wheels are integrated to perform differential limitation. By the arrangement of merely providing the differential limitation clutch, the differential limitation can be performed by simple control and moreover the control response is improved, as compared with the case where differential limitation is performed by controlling engagement forces of the left and right torque distribution clutches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Honda, Yasuji Shibahata, Jun Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20070021262
    Abstract: In a vehicular driving force distribution system, an oil pump which produces a hydraulic pressure for operating a torque distribution mechanism is driven, via gears and a rotating shaft, by the rotation of a differential case of a differential device. Therefore, regardless of the rotational condition of right and left wheels, namely, even if one of the right and left wheels stops, the oil pump is driven by the driving force of the rotating differential case, thereby reliably operating the torque distribution mechanism. Also, a pump unit for housing the oil pump is supported on a partition wall that separates the differential device from the torque distribution mechanism, thereby easily supporting the oil pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Honda, Yoshihito Kurizuka
  • Publication number: 20060291097
    Abstract: A magnetic sensing element including a laminate and a bias layer is provided. A first reactive-ion-etching (RIE) stop layer is disposed on a free magnetic layer. Second RIE stop layers are disposed on bias layers. The first and second RIE stop layers function as stop layers when layers on the first and second RIE stop layers are removed by reactive ion etching in a production process. Reactive ion etching is completed when the first RIE stop layer and the second RIE stop layers are exposed, the first and second RIE stop layers being disposed at almost the same height. Also provided is a process for producing the magnetic sensing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Honda, Naohiro Ishibashi, Daigo Aoki, Yasuo Hayakawa, Yoshihiro Nishiyama, Toshihiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060279882
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetic detecting element and a method of manufacturing the same. An intermediate layer and a corrosion preventing layer are laminated on a free magnetic layer. The corrosion preventing layer prevents the free magnetic layer from corroding due to reactive ion etching. Therefore, a laminator can be correspondingly formed in a predetermined shape, and the free magnetic layer can be prevented from corroding. As a result, it is possible to manufacture a magnetic detecting element having excellent reproduction output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Kenji Honda, Naohiro Ishibashi, Yasuo Hayakawa, Yoshihiro Nishiyama, Daigo Aoki, Toshihiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7102858
    Abstract: A thin-film electrode layer having a superior electromigration resistance is disclosed. The thin-film electrode layer includes a first base layer composed of ?-Ta, a main conductive layer composed of Au, and a protective layer. The protective layer is a composite of a Cr sublayer and an ?-Ta sublayer. A thin-film magnetic head having the thin-film electrode layers and a method for forming electrodes in the thin-film magnetic head are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Jun Takahashi, Yuko Kawasaki, Kenji Honda, Naohiro Ishibashi, Eiji Umetsu