Patents by Inventor Kouji Katou

Kouji Katou 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: 20190369371
    Abstract: A zoom lens of the present disclosure includes, in order from an object side toward an image plane side, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having positive or negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group having negative refractive power. Intervals between the respective lens groups are changed upon zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end. Focusing is performed by causing the second lens group and the fourth lens group to travel upon changing of a subject distance from infinity to proximity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Kouji KATOU, Hiromichi NOSE
  • Patent number: 10191254
    Abstract: A wide-angle lens includes a first lens group, an aperture stop, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group has positive refractive power. The second lens group has negative refractive power. The third lens group has positive refractive power. The first lens group, the aperture stop, the second lens group, and the third lens group are disposed in order from the object side toward image side. The first lens group includes a negative lens and at least one cemented lens, the negative lens being disposed on most-object side and has a convex surface facing the object side. The following conditional expression is satisfied, 0.5<f1/f<1.0??(1) where f1 is a focal distance of the first lens group in a condition that infinite is in focus, and f is a focal distance of a whole system in the condition that the infinite is in focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Katou, Kota Omiya, Hiroshi Koizumi, Naoki Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 10047533
    Abstract: A wire reel is detachably provided in a housing chamber of a binding machine body which binds a reinforcing bar. The wire reel includes a cylindrical hub portion which winds a wire, and a pair of parallel flanges overhanging outward from both external peripheral ends of the hub portions. A side wall inside the hub portion is formed of light-transmitting portions which allow the light from a transmissive photosensor provided in the binding machine body to be transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakagawa, Kouji Katou, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Yu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170293117
    Abstract: A wide-angle lens of the disclosure includes a first lens group, an aperture stop, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group has positive refractive power. The second lens group has negative refractive power. The third lens group has positive refractive power. The first lens group, the aperture stop, the second lens group, and the third lens group are disposed in order from the object side toward image side. Focusing is performed through causing the second lens group to travel toward the image side upon variation in subject distance from infinite to proximity. The first lens group includes a negative lens and at least one cemented lens, the negative lens being disposed on most-object side and has a convex surface facing the object side. The following conditional expression is satisfied, 0.5<f1/f<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: KOUJI KATOU, KOTA OMIYA, HIROSHI KOIZUMI, NAOKI MIYAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9718172
    Abstract: An electric tool (110) is provided with an output part (112) and a grip part (113). An elastic member (133) is provided between an outer wall surface (131a) of a trigger switch (130) and a housing inner wall surface (111a) of the grip part (113).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sakamaki, Kouji Katou
  • Publication number: 20170130472
    Abstract: A wire reel is detachably provided in a housing chamber of a binding machine body which binds a reinforcing bar. The wire reel includes a cylindrical hub portion which winds a wire, and a pair of parallel flanges overhanging outward from both external peripheral ends of the hub portions. A side wall inside the hub portion is formed of light-transmitting portions which allow the light from a transmissive photosensor provided in the binding machine body to be transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Yasushi NAKAGAWA, Kouji KATOU, Tsuyoshi KOBAYASHI, Yu YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9630802
    Abstract: A wire reel is detachably provided in a housing chamber of a binding machine body which binds a reinforcing bar. The wire reel includes a cylindrical hub portion which winds a wire, and a pair of parallel flanges overhanging outward from both external peripheral ends of the hub portions. A side wall inside the hub portion is formed of light-transmitting portions which allow the light from a transmissive photosensor provided in the binding machine body to be transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakagawa, Kouji Katou, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Yu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160298677
    Abstract: A cylindrical roller bearing includes an outer ring having, on an inner circumferential surface, an outer ring raceway and a pair of outer ring ribs which are provided on both sides of the outer ring raceway in an axial direction, an inner ring having, on an outer circumferential surface, an inner ring raceway and an inner ring rib which is provided on one side of the inner ring raceway in the axial direction, and a plurality of cylindrical rollers disposed between the outer ring raceway and the inner ring raceway. A radial height of the outer ring rib is greater than a radial height of the inner ring rib, and a radial clearance between the outer ring rib and the inner ring rib is set to be equal to or less than 2 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji KATOU, Susumu TANAKA, Tetsuya ASAMI, Kazuhiro UEMURA
  • Patent number: 9415970
    Abstract: A wire reel is detachably provided in a housing chamber of a binding machine body which binds a reinforcing bar. The wire reel includes a cylindrical hub portion which winds a wire, and a pair of parallel flanges overhanging outward from both external peripheral ends of the hub portions. A side wall inside the hub portion is formed of light-transmitting portions which allow the light from a transmissive photosensor provided in the binding machine body to be transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakagawa, Kouji Katou, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Yu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8964096
    Abstract: An imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1) and is configured by disposing a first lens group that has a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group that has a positive refractive power in order from an object side to an image side. The first and second lens groups are moved from the image side to the object side in a state in which a gap between the lens groups is constant on an optical axis when a subject distance changes from infinity to approach, and the second lens group is configured by at least two negative lenses and at least three positive lenses. 0.01<f2/f1<0.23??(1) where, f1: focal length of the first lens group when focused on an object at infinity f2: focal length of the second lens group when focused on an object at infinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Katou, Yumiko Uehara
  • Patent number: 8953093
    Abstract: There is provided An imaging lens including a first lens group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power that are configured to be arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side. Focus is achieved by fixing the first lens group in an optical axis direction and moving the second lens group from the image side to the object side when a subject distance is changed from infinity to proximity. The first lens group includes an object-side lens group having a negative refractive power and an image-side lens group having a positive refractive power that are configured to be arranged sequentially from the object side to the image side. In an air space of the first lens group, an air space between the object-side lens group and the image-side lens group is set to be maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Katou, Yumiko Uehara, Motoyuki Otake
  • Patent number: 8852726
    Abstract: A photosensitive polymer composition includes (a) a polyamide having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I): wherein U represents a tetravalent organic group, V represents a bivalent organic group and p is an integer representing a number of the repeating unit; (b) a compound which generates an acid upon receiving light; and (c) a compound represented by the following general formula (II): wherein m and n are each independently integer of 1 or 2, Rs are each independently hydrogen, alkyl group or acyl group, and R1 and R2 each independently represents fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Dupont Microsystems Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ooe, Hiroshi Komatsu, Yoshiko Tsumaru, Dai Kawasaki, Kouji Katou, Takumi Ueno
  • Publication number: 20140092271
    Abstract: An imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1) and is configured by disposing a first lens group that has a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group that has a positive refractive power in order from an object side to an image side. The first and second lens groups are moved from the image side to the object side in a state in which a gap between the lens groups is constant on an optical axis when a subject distance changes from infinity to approach, and the second lens group is configured by at least two negative lenses and at least three positive lenses. 0.01<f2/f1<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Katou, Yumiko Uehara
  • Publication number: 20140091171
    Abstract: A wire reel is detachably provided in a housing chamber of a binding machine body which binds a reinforcing bar. The wire reel includes a cylindrical hub portion which winds a wire, and a pair of parallel flanges overhanging outward from both external peripheral ends of the hub portions. A side wall inside the hub portion is formed of light-transmitting portions which allow the light from a transmissive photosensor provided in the binding machine body to be transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi NAKAGAWA, Kouji Katou, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Yu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140071331
    Abstract: There is provided An imaging lens including a first lens group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power that are configured to be arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side. Focus is achieved by fixing the first lens group in an optical axis direction and moving the second lens group from the image side to the object side when a subject distance is changed from infinity to proximity. The first lens group includes an object-side lens group having a negative refractive power and an image-side lens group having a positive refractive power that are configured to be arranged sequentially from the object side to the image side. In an air space of the first lens group, an air space between the object-side lens group and the image-side lens group is set to be maximum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Katou, Yumiko Uehara, Motoyuki Otake
  • Publication number: 20140053075
    Abstract: Disclosed is a content supplying apparatus or the like which can supply information, to be needed by a user quickly, even if a browsing environment of a portal site is different. A content supplying apparatus 1 calculates a first priority P1 based on first terminal information 101, indicating information on a configuration of a terminal which accesses a portal site; by referring to priority information 4 obtained by associating a portlet included in the portal site, a priority range indicating a range to which the first priority P1 can be applied, and a display range in the portlet, based on any portlet and the calculated first priority P1, acquires information indicating the display range associated with the any portlet and the calculated first priority P1; and supplies the terminal with the any portlet and the acquired information indicating the display range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: KOUJI KATOU
  • Patent number: 8378600
    Abstract: An electric power tool “A” operates a working part 5 by repeating rotation of a motor 4 in a normal direction and in a reverse direction one or more times. The motor 4 includes a brushless motor. Sensors H for detecting a position of a rotor 15 are provided on the motor 4 so as to be advanced by an electrical angle of 30°±?° from an intermediate position between respective stator teeth 16 in a direction of the normal rotation of the rotor 15. A control part 20 for controlling the rotation of the motor 4 controls a driving signal of the motor 4 based on the results of detection by the sensors H. Moreover, the control part 20 selects a detection signal of the sensors H so that relation between the rotor 15 and the detection signal of the sensors H is equivalent in either of the normal rotation and the reverse rotation of the rotor 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Katou, Kazuya Takeuchi, Ichiro Kusakari, Osamu Itagaki, Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20120263920
    Abstract: A photosensitive polymer composition includes (a) a polyamide having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I): wherein U represents a tetravalent organic group, V represents a bivalent organic group and p is an integer representing a number of the repeating unit; (b) a compound which generates an acid upon receiving light; and (c) a compound represented by the following general formula (II): wherein m and n are each independently integer of 1 or 2, Rs are each independently hydrogen, alkyl group or acyl group, and R1 and R2 each independently represents fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Masayuki Ooe, Hiroshi Komatsu, Yoshiko Tsumaru, Dai Kawasaki, Kouji Katou, Takumi Ueno
  • Patent number: 8272452
    Abstract: A hammering tool includes, within its tool main body, a piston which reciprocates by using a motor as its drive force, a hammering member which carries out its hammering operation in linking with the reciprocating motion of the piston, and an intermediate member which transmits a hammering force of the hammering member to a top end tool mounted on the top end of the tool main body. The tool main body further includes a measuring device which measures a hammering state of the hammering member and a control device which controls the number of rotations of the motor. The control device, according to measurement results of the measuring device, determines the limit number of times of hammering where the hammering member becomes unable to follow the reciprocating motion of the piston, and thus controls the number of rotations of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Katou, Terufumi Hamano, Yoshitaka Otsuka, Akira Teranishi, Kazuya Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 8231959
    Abstract: A photosensitive polymer composition includes (a) a polyamide having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I): wherein U represents a tetravalent organic group, V represents a bivalent organic group and p is an integer representing a number of the repeating unit; (b) a compound which generates an acid upon receiving light; and (c) a compound represented by the following general formula (II): wherein m and n are each independently integer of 1 or 2, Rs are each independently hydrogen, alkyl group or acyl group, and R1 and R2 each independently represents fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Dupont Microsystems Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ooe, Hiroshi Komatsu, Yoshiko Tsumaru, Dai Kawasaki, Kouji Katou, Takumi Ueno