Patents by Inventor Koji Yamada

Koji Yamada 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).

  • PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110149329
    Abstract: When a user enters control information for controlling a printing device, the information is stored in a user information storage unit. All combinations of items of the control information capable of being set by the user and values of items incapable of being set by the user, these having been selected so as to be the optimum values for the combinations, are stored as preset values in a combined information storage unit. An information storage unit compares a value in the user information storage unit with a value in the combined information storage unit. If a combination for which agreement is achieved is found in the combined information storage unit, this value is stored in a printing information storage unit and transmitted to the printing device. Thus, an optimum value can be selected and sent to the printing device even with regard to an item incapable of being selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro MORO, Koji YAMADA
  • Lighting apparatus for high-pressure discharge lamp and projector
    Publication number: 20110128508
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for a high-pressure discharge lamp that has an electric discharge container made of quartz glass, and containing a pair of counter electrodes and a power supply unit that supplies AC current to the high-pressure discharge lamp. The power supply unit has a stationary power lighting mode and a modulated power lighting mode that supplies current having power less than power in the stationary power lighting mode. The modulated power lighting mode supplies a rectangular AC current having a first term and a second term. A mean high-frequency current value supplied to a first electrode is greater than a mean current value supplied to a second electrode in the first term. A current is supplied to the second electrode for a term longer than the half-cycle period in the second term, the current being lower than the mean high-frequency current value supplied to the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Yamada, Takanori Samejima, Takashi Yamashita
  • DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSOR
    Publication number: 20110131349
    Abstract: One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Nishimoto, Takuichiro Nakazawa, Koji Yamada, Toshihiro Hattori
  • Spirochromanone derivatives as acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACC) inhibitors
    Patent number: 7935712
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of a formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, useful as a therapeutic agent for various ACC-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Takeru Yamakawa, Hideki Jona, Kenji Niiyama, Koji Yamada, Tomoharu Iino, Mitsuru Ohkubo, Hideaki Imamura, Jun Shibata, Jun Kusunoki, Lihu Yang
  • Porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 7909178
    Abstract: A porous membrane, made of polyvinylidene fluoride which is excellent in fractionating capability, permeating capability and physical strength and suitable for use in water treatment such as water purification, preparation of drinking water, preparation of water for industrial use and wastewater treatment, and which can be manufactured inexpensively and easily. The porous membrane has one surface formed with round or oval micropores and the opposite surface formed with substantially slit shaped micropores. The round or oval micropores have an average ratio between the major axis and the minor axis, which is within the range of 1:1 to 5:1, and the substantially slit shaped micropores have an average ratio between the major axis and the minor axis, which is not smaller than 5:1 and the particle cutoff of the membrane is not smaller than 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Arata Ishiodori, Kensaku Komatsu, Koji Yamada
  • High pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus and projector
    Publication number: 20110063584
    Abstract: A discharge lamp lighting apparatus comprises a discharge lamp and a power supply the discharge lamp can be switched between a steady power lighting mode, which drives the discharge lamp by an alternating current in which first and second polarities are repeated by turns, and a low power lighting mode, which drives the discharge lamp at 50% or less of the alternating current of the steady power lighting mode, and the alternating current comprises a first time unit, which has a time width t1, and second time unit, which has a time width t2, that are repeated by turns to drive the discharge lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: USHIO DENIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuji Hirao, Masaaki Uehara, Atsushi Imamura, Koji Yamada, Hirohisa Iwabayashi
  • TOOL HOLDER FIXING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20110038680
    Abstract: A tool holder fixing structure is arranged to fix a tool holder for holding a tool attached with a throwaway tip to a tool-holder holding part of a machine tool so that a foreign-matter receiving clearance is provided between the tool holder and the tool-holder holding part. The foreign-matter receiving clearance is defined in a range of +30° to ?30° from a cutting-edge position of the throwaway tip assumed as an original point and in a range of 150° to 210° from the original point, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FUJI SEIKO LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Yamada, Toshitaka Kamikubo, Kiyotaka Shiga, Yoshihito Yamaguchi
  • APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20110001279
    Abstract: A method for recovering platinum group elements comprises charging into a closed electric furnace and melting, together with flux components and a reducing agent, a platinum group element-containing substance to be processed and a copper source material containing copper oxide, sinking molten metal of primarily metallic copper below a molten slag layer of primarily oxides, and enriching the platinum group elements in the molten metal sunk below, and is characterized in that molten slag whose copper content has decreased to 3.0 wt % or less is discharged from the electric furnace and that the copper source material charged into the electric furnace is a granular copper source material of a grain diameter of not less than 0.1 mm and not greater than 10 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicants: DOWA METALS & MINING CO., LTD., TANAKA KINKINZOKU KOGYO K.K., KOSAKA SMELTING & REFINING CO., LTD., NIPPON PGM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamada, Masahiko OGINO, Nobuyasu EZAWA, Hiroshi INOUE
  • Media processor
    Patent number: 7857574
    Abstract: A media stacker is adapted to accommodate plate-shaped media in a stacked manner. A sensor with which the media stacker is provided is operable to detect a height of the stacked media accommodated in the media stacker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kawasaki, Hideki Kawakami, Koji Yamada
  • Method of forming a metal oxide film and microwave power source device used for the above method
    Patent number: 7847209
    Abstract: A method of forming a metal oxide film by the plasma CVD method and which includes reacting chiefly an organometal by a glow discharge in a low output region and, then, reacting the organometal with an oxidizing gas by the glow discharge in a high-output region to form a metal oxide film on the surface of a plastic substrate via an organic layer. This method forms a thin film having excellent adhesiveness, softness and flexibility on the surface of a plastic substrate relying on the plasma CVD method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunehisa Namiki, Toshihide Ieki, Hideo Kurashima, Hajime Inagaki, Akira Kobayashi, Koji Yamada
  • CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS COMPRISING PARTICLES OF METAL CARBIDES DISPERSED THEREIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100292069
    Abstract: This invention provides carbon composite materials, which comprise metal carbide particles, at least the particle surfaces or the entirety of which are metal carbides, synthesized in situ from a metal source, i.e., at least one member selected from the group comprising metal particles, metal oxide particles, and composite metal oxide particles, and a carbon source, i.e., a thermosetting resin, dispersed in a carbon, carbon fiber, or carbon/carbon fiber matrix, and contain no free metal particles. This invention also provides a method for producing such composite carbon materials, which enables the production of carbon composite materials having a high coefficient of friction, high thermostability, and abrasion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Shigeru Ichikawa, Sumio Kamiya, Koji Yamada, Hironori Sasaki
  • THIAZOLE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20100280023
    Abstract: It is intended to provide an adenosine A2A receptor antagonist containing as an active ingredient a thiazole derivative represented by the general formula (I) [in the formula, R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted five-membered aromatic heterocyclic group containing at least one oxygen atom, R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, —COR6 (in the formula, R6 represents a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group or the like) or the like, R3 represents the general formula (II), —NHCOR (in the formula, R7 represents —NR8R9 or the like) or the like], or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamori Sugawara, Takao Nakajima, Koji Yamada, Yoshisuke Nakasato, Noriaki Uesaka
  • Coaxial two-wheeled inverted pendulum type moving vehicle
    Patent number: 7823676
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in connection with a coaxial two-wheeled inverted pendulum type moving vehicle, a technique which allows sudden braking without making a vehicle body to tilt significantly backward. The coaxial two-wheeled inverted pendulum type moving vehicle of the present invention comprises a pair of wheels, a chassis for supporting the pair of wheels coaxially and rotatably, wheel actuators for rotating the wheels with respect to the chassis, a vehicle body supported by the chassis, and an inverted pendulum control unit for controlling the wheel actuators so as to maintain the balanced state of the chassis. In this moving vehicle, the vehicle body is shiftable supported by the chassis in a manner that the vehicle body may shift in a direction parallel to the moving direction of the moving vehicle with respect to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Yamada, Masaaki Yamaoka, Toshio Fuwa, Mitsuo Koide
  • Method and apparatus for recovering platinum group elements
    Patent number: 7815706
    Abstract: A method for recovering platinum group elements comprises charging into a closed electric furnace and melting, together with flux components and a reducing agent, a platinum group element-containing substance to be processed and a copper source material containing copper oxide, sinking molten metal of primarily metallic copper below a molten slag layer of primarily oxides, and enriching the platinum group elements in the molten metal sunk below, and is characterized in that molten slag whose copper content has decreased to 3.0 wt % or less is discharged from the electric furnace and that the copper source material charged into the electric furnace is a granular copper source material of a grain diameter of not less than 0.1 mm and not greater than 10 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignees: Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd., Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., Kosaka Smelting & Refining Co., Ltd., Nippon PGM Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Yamada, Masahiko Ogino, Nobuyasu Ezawa, Hiroshi Inoue
  • Semiconductor optical communication module and manufacturing method thereof
    Publication number: 20100254665
    Abstract: A semiconductor optical communication module includes a semiconductor chip mounted on a chip carrier and a lens assembly having an end parallel to and facing the front edge of the chip carrier. The semiconductor chip has a front facet oriented at an acute angle to the front edge of the chip carrier. An optical waveguide in the semiconductor chip transmits an optical signal that propagates on an optical axis extending from the front facet of the semiconductor chip to the end of the lens assembly. The optical axis is orthogonal to the end of the lens assembly and the front edge of the chip carrier. The angled mounting of the semiconductor chip on the chip carrier allows the lens assembly to be placed close to the edge of the chip carrier, and to be moved for optical axis adjustment without striking the chip carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munechika Kubota, Koji Yamada, Keizou Takemasa, Tomonori Shimamura, Satoshi Sasaki, Xiang Yu, Kouyu Moriya, Takashi Sugiyama
  • HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100253236
    Abstract: In order to maintain a stable arc and avoid wear of the projections of electrode tip ends even if the lamp is lighted with a lamp power of at most 70% of the nominal electric power, a high pressure discharge lamp light source device is provided comprised of a high pressure discharge lamp having a discharge vessel made from quartz glass and a pair of electrodes arranged oppositely to each other with a spacing of at most 2.0 mm, each electrode having a projection formed at a tip end thereof, and mercury of at least 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji YAMADA
  • FUEL CELL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100233583
    Abstract: A fuel cell system of the present invention includes a fixing unit that fixes or releases hydrazine; a releasing liquid supplying unit that supplies a water-based releasing liquid for releasing hydrazine fixed in the fixing unit to the fixing unit; a fuel cell to which hydrazine released in the fixing unit is supplied as fuel; a sensing unit for detecting an amount of hydrazine supplied to the fuel cell; and a detection unit that detects an amount of hydrazine fixed in the fixing unit based on a predetermined theoretical hydrazine supply amount to the fuel cell and a hydrazine supply amount detected by the sensing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Asazawa, Koji Yamada, Hirohisa Tanaka
  • Label peeling mechanism and label printer
    Patent number: 7779885
    Abstract: A label peeling mechanism for a label printer comprising a web-bending guide having a convex curved surface for bending a continuous web having labels affixed to the web; an upstream web pressure guide disposed downstream of a said print head in the label printer and having a plurality of ribs disposed upstream in the web transportation direction from the convex curved surface of the web-bending guide opposite an upstream guide surface of the web-bending guide for contacting the web before peeling the labels from the web and a downstream web pressure guide disposed downstream in the web transportation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Takami, Koji Yamada
  • NOVEL SWEETENER HAVING SUCROSE-LIKE TASTE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100204346
    Abstract: Problem: To develop a method for producing a novel sweetener containing glucose, fructose, and psicose, which is produced from glucose liquid sugar using an isomerase and an epimerase; use of the novel sweetener as a food or drink material; and a novel sweetener capable of preventing obesity caused by the intake thereof. Means of Resolution: An isomerase and an epimerase are allowed to act on glucose liquid sugar produced in a glucose liquid sugar production plant to thereby produce D-psicose, thereby providing a novel sweetener (product) that maintains the degree and quality of sweetness of a glucose-fructose mixed solution and never causes obesity, a method for producing the same, and use of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicants: MATSUTANI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NAT'L UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY, RARE SUGAR PRODUCTION TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABS., KABUSHIKI KAISHA HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Okuma, Koji Yamada, Koji Tsukuda, Tetsuo Iida, Hiroshi Oga, Ken Izumori, Yoshio Tsujisaka, Tsuyoshi Shimonishi, Takako Yamada, Iwao Okamoto
  • LEAD FRAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100187666
    Abstract: A lead frame includes a welding portion to be welded to other lead frame, and a frame, wherein the welding portion has an island portion provided like an island, and a plurality of connection members which connect the island portion and the frame with each other; and one connection member is provided so that a straight line which connects a connection point of the island portion and one connection member, and a connection point of one connection member and the frame, inclines away from a portion of the outer circumference (edge, for example) of the island portion where the connection member is connected, and also from a portion of the inner circumference (edge, for example) of the frame where the connection member is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji YAMADA