Patents by Inventor Koichi Sugimoto
Koichi Sugimoto 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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Publication number: 20070147222Abstract: A code disk for a high-resolution encoder that can detect an absolute position and a method for manufacturing a mold to produce the code disk are provided. The code disk is formed by using transparent substrate. The code disk includes a plurality of tracks provided on the transparent substrate and an area provided between the plurality of tracks. Each surface of the plurality of tracks has a different pattern. A level of the area is different from that of the each surface of the plurality of tracks. The method for manufacturing the mold includes steps of processing a plurality of tracks with a flat surface on material; processing an area with a level different from that of each surface, between the plurality of tracks; forming different patterns on the each surface; plating the first material; and peeling plating from the first material to obtain a mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2007Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Masahiko Sakamoto, Koichi Sugimoto, Katsutoshi Kamakura, Masahiro Otani, Yasushi Kawashima, Isamu Higashioka, Masaru Imaizumi, Osamu Murakami
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Patent number: 7193962Abstract: A code disk for a high-resolution encoder that can detect an absolute position and a method for manufacturing a mold to produce the code disk are provided. The code disk is formed by using transparent substrate. The code disk includes a plurality of tracks provided on the transparent substrate and an area provided between the plurality of tracks. Each surface of the plurality of tracks has a different pattern. A level of the area is different from that of the each surface of the plurality of tracks. The method for manufacturing the mold includes steps of processing a plurality of tracks with a flat surface on material; processing an area with a level different from that of each surface, between the plurality of tracks; forming different patterns on the each surface; plating the first material; and peeling plating from the first material to obtain a mold.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiko Sakamoto, Koichi Sugimoto, Katsutoshi Kamakura, Masahiro Otani, Yasushi Kawashima, Isamu Higashioka, Masaru Imaizumi, Osamu Murakami
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Patent number: 7138982Abstract: The invention provides an information processing apparatus wherein playback of display data and playback of audio data relating to the display data are changed over in an associated relationship with each other in response to an open or closed state of a lid with respect to a housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2005Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Koichi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20060169367Abstract: The present invention provides a high strength steel used for spring steel that has excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance. The high strength steel which spring steel having excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance comprises 0.20 to 0.60% of C, 1.0 to 3.0% of Si, 1.0 to 3.5% of Mn, higher than 0% and not higher than 1.5% of Al, 0.15% or less P, 0.02% or less S, and balance of iron and inevitable impurities and the structure includes: 1% or more residual austenite; 80% or more in total of bainitic ferrite and martensite; and 10% or less (may be 0%) in total content of ferrite and pearlite in the proportion of area to the entire structure, and also the mean axis ratio (major axis/minor axis) of the residual austenite grains is 5 or higher and the steel tensile strength is 1860 MPa or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: August 3, 2006Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO(Kobe Steel, Ltd.), SHINSHU TLO CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumio Yuse, Kenji Saito, Shushi Ikeda, Koichi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20060169366Abstract: The present invention provides a high strength bolt that has excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance. The high strength bolt having excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance which bolt comprises 0.20 to 0.60% of C, 1.0 to 3.0% of Si, 1.0 to 3.5% of Mn, higher than 0% and not higher than 1.5% of Al, 0.15% or less P, 0.02% or less S, and balance of iron and inevitable impurities, and the structure includes: 1% or more residual austenite; 80% or more in total content of bainitic ferrite and martensite; and 10% or less (may be 0%) in total content of ferrite and pearlite in the proportion of area to the entire structure, and also the mean axis ratio (major axis/minor axis) of the residual austenite grains is 5 or higher and the bolt has tensile strength of 1180 MPa or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: August 3, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), SHINSHU TLO CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumio Yuse, Kenji Saito, Shushi Ikeda, Koichi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20060137769Abstract: The present invention provides a high strength thin steel sheet that has high hydrogen embrittlement resisting property and high workability. The high strength thin steel sheet having high hydrogen embrittlement resisting property has a metallurgical structure after stretch forming process to elongate 3% comprises: (i) 1% or more residual austenite; 80% or more in total of bainitic ferrite and martensite; and 9% or less (may be 0%) in total of ferrite and pearlite in terms of proportion of area to the entire structure, wherein the mean axis ratio (major axis/minor axis) of the residual austenite grains is 5 or higher, or (ii) 1% or more residual austenite in terms of proportion of area to the entire structure; mean axis ratio (major axis/minor axis) of the residual austenite grains is 5 or higher; mean length of minor axes of the residual austenite grains is 1 ?m or less; minimum distance between the residual austenite grains is 1 ?m or less; and the steel has tensile strength of 1180 MPa or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2005Publication date: June 29, 2006Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO(Kobe Steel, Ltd.), SHINSHU TLO CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumio Yuse, Shushi Ikeda, Yoichi Mukai, Hiroshi Akamizu, Junichiro Kinugasa, Kenji Saito, Koichi Sugimoto, Tomohiko Hojo
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Publication number: 20060137768Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a high strength thin steel sheet that has high hydrogen embrittlement resisting property. In order to achieve the above purpose, a high strength thin steel sheet having high hydrogen embrittlement resisting property comprises: C: 0.10 to 0.25%; Si: 1.0 to 3.0%; Mn: 1.0 to 3.5%; P: 0.15% or less; S: 0.02% or less; and Al: 1.5% or less (higher than 0%) in terms of percentage by weight, with balance of iron and inevitable impurities; and the metal structure comprises: residual austenite; 1% by area or more in proportion to the entire structure; bainitic ferrite and martensite: 80% or more in total; and ferrite and pearlite: 9% or less (may be 0%) in total, while the mean axis ratio (major axis/minor axis) of said residual austenite grains is 5 or higher, and the steel has tensile strength of 1180 MPa or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2005Publication date: June 29, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), SHINSHU TLO CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumio Yuse, Shushi Ikeda, Yoichi Mukai, Hiroshi Akamizu, Junichiro Kinugasa, Kenji Saito, Koichi Sugimoto, Tomohiko Hojo
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Publication number: 20060130937Abstract: The present invention provide a TRIP-type composite structure steel plate of the TPF steel type in which elongation and stretch flange formability at room temperature are improved by controlling the morphology of the second-phase structure. In a composite structure sheet steel comprising 0.02 to 0.12% C, 0.5 to 2.0% Si+Al and 1.0 to 2.0% Mn, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and comprising 80% or more polygonal ferrite (steel structure space factor) and 1 to 7% retained austenite, with the remainder being bainite and/or martensite, wherein the elongation and stretch flange formability of the composite sheet steel are improved by reducing the number of bulky, massive second phases with an aspect ratio of 1:3 or less and a mean grain size of 0.5 ?m or more in the second phase of this composite structure, which comprises retained austenite and martensite.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2005Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, SHINSHU TLO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shushi Ikeda, Koichi Sugimoto, Yoichi Mukai, Hiroshi Akamizu
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Patent number: 6985135Abstract: The invention provides an information processing apparatus wherein playback of display data and playback of audio data relating to the display data are changed over in an associated relationship with each other in response to an open or closed state of a lid with respect to a housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2005Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Koichi Sugimoto
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Patent number: 6975333Abstract: An information processing method and apparatus, wherein drawing information including at least one object that can be displayed, information pertinent to the size in the line direction and in the line feed direction of the object, and layout-related information are analyzed. Coordinate information pertinent to a display start position of the object in a drawing area is acquired based on a result of the analysis, the coordinate information pertinent to the display start position is converted based on the layout-related information acquired by the results of analysis, and the converted coordinate information pertinent to the display start position is converted into real drawing coordinate information on the drawing area.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2000Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Kanai, Koichi Sugimoto
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Patent number: 6972402Abstract: A photoelectric rotary encoder includes a light source that emits a light beam, a returning section that returns the emitted light beam to a direction opposite to an emitting direction of the beam, and a photodetector that is disposed on a substrate on which the light source is disposed and that detects the returned light beam via a disk having a detection pattern section. The photoelectric rotary encoder detects rotational displacement of the disk based on the detected returned light beam. In this photoelectric rotary encoder, an optical element that lets a stray beam component of the light beam from the light source escape via a side surface of the optical element, is disposed in front of the substrate on which the light source and the photodetector are disposed. The optical element covers the substrate and integrates the optical element and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoichi Ohmura, Toru Oka, Toshiro Nakashima, Hajime Nakajima, Hirokazu Sakuma, Takashi Okamuro, Masahiko Sakamoto, Koichi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20050247378Abstract: To provide a high-strength cold rolled steel sheet that has well-balanced tensile strength and elongation as well as well-balanced tensile strength and stretch-flangeability, and a plated steel sheet manufactured by plating the steel sheet. The high-strength cold rolled steel sheet contains: 0.10 to 0.28% of C, 1.0 to 2.0% of Si, 1.0 to 3.0% of Mn, and 0.03 to 0.10% of Nb in terms of % by mass, wherein the content of Al is controlled to 0.5 or less, the content of P is controlled to 0.15% or less, and the content of S is controlled to 0.02% or less, and wherein residual austenite accounts for 5 to 20%, bainitic ferrite accounts for 50% or more, and polygonal ferrite accounts for 30% or less (containing 0%), of the entire structure, and wherein a mean number of residual austenite blocks is 20 or more as determined when the random area (15 ?m×15 ??m) is observed by EBSP (electron back scatter diffraction pattern).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2005Publication date: November 10, 2005Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho(Kobe Steel, Ltd.), SHINSHU TLO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shushi Ikeda, Yoichi Mukai, Hiroshi Akamizu, Koichi Makii, Koichi Sugimoto, Shunichi Hashimoto, Kenji Saito
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Publication number: 20050184960Abstract: The invention provides an information processing apparatus wherein playback of display data and playback of audio data relating to the display data are changed over in an associated relationship with each other in response to an open or closed state of a lid with respect to a housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2005Publication date: August 25, 2005Inventor: Koichi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20050184961Abstract: The invention provides an information processing apparatus wherein playback of display data and playback of audio data relating to the display data are changed over in an associated relationship with each other in response to an open or closed state of a lid with respect to a housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2005Publication date: August 25, 2005Inventor: Koichi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20050184982Abstract: The invention provides an information processing apparatus wherein playback of display data and playback of audio data relating to the display data are changed over in an associated relationship with each other in response to an open or closed state of a lid with respect to a housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2005Publication date: August 25, 2005Inventor: Koichi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20050161134Abstract: To provide a high strength and low yield ratio cold rolled steel sheet having high elongation property and high flange drawing property, or a plated steel sheet made by plating the same. The high strength and low yield ratio cold rolled steel sheet or the plated steel sheet made by plating the same has such a constitution as 0.10 to 0.25% of C, 1.0 to 2.0% of Si and 1.5 to 3.0% of Mn, are contained in terms of weight percentage, while other elements are controlled such as Al within 0.2%, P within 0.15% and S within 0.02%, with residual austenite occupying at least 5%, bainitic ferrite occupying at least 60% (preferably 80% or more), and polygonal ferrite within 20% (containing 0%), so that a tensile strength is 980 MPa or higher, while an elongation (El in %), a flange drawing property (? in %), a tensile strength (TS in MPa) and a yield strength (YP in MPa) satisfy the following inequality (1): [(El×?×TS)/YP]?645.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Applicants: SHINSHU TLO CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHOInventors: Shushi Ikeda, Hiroshi Akamizu, Koichi Makii, Yoichi Mukai, Koichi Sugimoto
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Patent number: 6919652Abstract: A network apparatus is provided, which allows another network apparatus to recognize the disconnection with reliability, if a power supply to the network apparatus is interrupted. A control unit operating with a first power supply outputs a first signal, which is level-converted and supplied as a second signal to an intermediate potential supply unit operating with a second power supply. In the intermediate potential supply unit, a switch receives a reset signal as a switch signal and outputs, when the power supply is interrupted, a ground potential to a driver instead of the second signal. As a result, an intermediate potential supplied to a cable is forcibly set to the ground potential.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2002Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Takahashi, Takashi Hirata, Hironori Akamatsu, Yoshihide Komatsu, Koichi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20050150580Abstract: The present invention provides an ultra-high strength steel sheet having excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance, which includes: 0.06 to 0.6% of C; 0.5 to 3% of Si+Al; 0.5 to 3% of Mn; 0.15% or lower of P; and 0.02% or lower of S in terms of mass percentage, and also includes 3% or higher of residual austenite structure, 30% or higher of bainitic ferrite structure, and preferably 50% or lower of polygonal ferrite in terms of an areal ratio to the entire structure, wherein a mean grain size of bainite blocks is smaller than 20 ?m as determined by comparing observations of the same region of the bainitic ferrite structure by EBSP (electron back scatter diffraction pattern) and SEM.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2005Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho(Kobe Steel, Ltd.), SHINSHU TLO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Akamizu, Shushi Ikeda, Koichi Makii, Yoichi Mukai, Koichi Sugimoto
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Patent number: 6897850Abstract: An information processing apparatus wherein playback of display data and playback of audio data relating to the display data are changed over in an associated relationship with each other in response to an open or closed state of a lid mounted on a housing, includes the portable housing having an image display section provided thereon, the lid mounted for opening and closing motion on the housing for covering the display section, a lid opening/closing detection section for detecting opening or closing of the lid with respect to the housing, a display control section for displaying display data on the image display section, an audio playback section for playing back audio data relating to the display data, and a control section for controlling the audio playback section so as to play back, when opening or closing of the lid is detected by the opening/closing detection section, the audio data relating to the display data displayed when the opening or closing of the lid is detected by the lid opening/closing detType: GrantFiled: June 20, 2001Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Koichi Sugimoto
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High tensile strength steel sheet excellent in processibility and process for manufacturing the same
Publication number: 20050081966Abstract: A high tensile strength steel sheet excellent in processibility which can satisfy a strength, a total elongation, and stretch-flanging property (hole enlarging rate) at a further high level and comprises a matrix microstructure of tempered martensite or tempered bainite and, if necessary, ferrite, and a second phase of retained austenite, wherein (1) the steel comprising C: 0.10 to 0.6 mass %, Si: 1.0 mass % or smaller, Mu: 1.0 to 3 mass %, Al: 0.3 to 2.0 mass %, P: 0.02 mass % or smaller, S: 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2004Publication date: April 21, 2005Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, Shinshu UniversityInventors: Takahiro Kashima, Koichi Sugimoto