Patents by Inventor Kunihiko Watanabe

Kunihiko Watanabe 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: 20100130140
    Abstract: A mobile wireless device enables effective use of space in a case while reducing degradation of ah antenna gain and maintaining communication quality even if a plurality of antennas having different frequency bands are arranged close to one another. A magnetic antenna has a first switch unit, a second switch unit, and a concentrated constant circuit which are added to a wiring pattern at the side near to a main antenna, so that a first path and a second path can be selected. Under a predetermined condition, a CPU controls the first switch and the second switch to electrically connect a terminal (A1) to a terminal (B1) and electrically connect terminal (A2) to terminal (B2), thereby forming the first path; and electrically connect terminal (A1) to a terminal (C1) and electrically connect terminal (A2) to a terminal (C2), thereby forming the second path connected via the concentrated constant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Waku, Tadashi Koyama, Kunihiko Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Nishizono, Katsuji Morishita, Takeshi Iwanaga, Daisuke Togashi
  • Publication number: 20100126752
    Abstract: This invention provides a shield conductor having heat dissipation property and flexibility. The shield conductor comprises: multiple wires; a shielding layer enwrapping the outer circumference of the wires while having flexibility; a sleeve pipe having multiple first housing members that are arranged in a row in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the wires and separately house the wires enwrapped by the shielding layer; a connecting member having multiple second housing members that are connected with each first housing member in the sleeve pipe and separately house the wires enwrapped by the shielding layer, while having a third housing member that is communicated with each second housing member and collectively houses the wires enwrapped by the shielding layer, and a corrugated tube connected with the third housing member in the connecting member and collectively housing the wires enwrapped by the shielding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS ,LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kunihiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100122831
    Abstract: This invention provides a shield conductor having improved heat dissipation property. The present invention relates to a shield conductor comprising: a wire, a shielding layer for enwrapping the outer circumference of the wire, and a sleeve pipe for housing the wire and the shielding layer, wherein the outer circumference of the wire tightly adheres to the shielding layer, while the shielding layer tightly adheres to the inner circumference of the sleeve pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kunihiko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7700881
    Abstract: A shield conductor has a metal pipe and wires accommodated in the metal pipe. The metal pipe is stainless steel, and the stainless steel pipe is provided with a resin layer containing a magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunihiko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7700879
    Abstract: An improved shield connector and a method of making the same include an electric wire having a conductor with an insulation coating and a metallic pipe. The electric wire is positioned in the metallic pipe. A filler is located inside the pipe, between the electric wire and the pipe, and the filler has a heat conductivity higher than that of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunihiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100093390
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable wireless device that allows for a reduction in size of a body thereof through effective use of space inside the body by suppressing gain degradation of antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Waku, Tadeshi Koyama, Kunihiko Watanabe, Masato Harikae, Shin Takahashi, Daisuke Togashi, Yoshiaki Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20100093411
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of attaining further miniaturization and reducing the thickness of a portable wireless device with a built-in antenna. The cellular telephone device 1 according to the one embodiment of the present invention includes a case body 60 having a first case portion 62 which is arranged so as to cover the electronic components, along with being electrically conductive to the reference potential pattern, and a nonconductive second case portion 64 arranged to be continuous to the first case portion 62 along with being arranged in the outer periphery of the circuit substrate 70. In the portion that is arranged to be layered in the second case portion 64 in a flexible wiring substrate 50, an antenna element 66 is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Waku, Kunihiko Watanabe, Katsuji Morishita, Yasuhiro Abe, Junichi Kondo, Mitsuhiro Nishizono, Tadashi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20100085532
    Abstract: Even when a protective film, an insulation film or the like is present above a film to be corrected, only a defect of the film to be corrected which is arranged below such an upper-layer film is corrected without damaging the upper-layer film. In a display device forming a display region where a plurality of films including an insulation film, a semiconductor film and a conductive film are patterned in a given pattern and stacked on a substrate, at a point of time that at least one correction portion out of a correction portion which separates a short-circuit defect, a correction portion which connects an opening defect, a correction portion which removes a standard deviation defect, and a correction portion which separates a standard deviation defect of the pattern is corrected, at least one upper-layer film is present above a film to be corrected at the correction portion and the correction is applied to the film to be corrected while leaving the upper-layer film as it is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kiya, Kunihiko Watanabe, Toshikazu Horii, Takao Takano
  • Patent number: 7677430
    Abstract: A welded metal product includes a first metal plate having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface; and a second metal plate being cold-pressure welded with the second surface of the first metal plate by directly pressing the first metal plate with the die. The first surface has a recess portion which is deformed by directly pressing with a die. A hardness of the first metal plate is greater than a hardness of the second metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumiden Asahi Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Watanabe, Toshiaki Suzuki, Shiko Kodama
  • Publication number: 20100051314
    Abstract: A shield conductor W comprises: a plurality of wires 10, a heat transfer member 30 made of synthetic resin and formed so as to tightly attach to the outer circumference of the wires and moreover collectively enwrap the wires 10, and a metal pipe 20 assembled in a manner so as to tightly attach to the outer circumference of the heat transfer member 30. The heat generated in the wires 10 is transmitted from the outer circumference of the insulating coating 12 to the heat transfer member 30, then transmitted within the heat transfer member 30, and then transmitted from the outer circumferential surface of the heat transfer member 30 to the inner circumference of the pipe 20, and is finally released to the air from the outer circumference of the pipe 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Watanabe, Kazuyuki Nakagaki, Fujio Sonoda
  • Patent number: 7662596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing optically active IHOG, which can in turn be used for the production of monatin. The present invention further relates to a method for producing optically active monatin, and aldolase used for these methods. As such, the present invention enables the synthesis of 4-(Indole-3-ylmethyl)-4-hydroxy-2-oxoglutaric acid with high optical purity, which is useful as an intermediate in the synthesis of optically active monatin, from indole pyruvic acid and pyruvic acid (or oxaloacetic acid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Sugiyama, Kunihiko Watanabe, Kenichi Mori, Hiroyuki Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20090308632
    Abstract: A shielded conductor A comprising a shield pipe 10 made of metal; a flexible shield member 20 which is made of metal and is connected to an end portion of the shield pipe 10; and an electric wire 30 which is shielded by being inserted into the shield pipe 10 and the flexible shield member 20, wherein the shield pipe 10 and the flexible shield member 20 are formed of a metal having a standard electrode potential difference of 1.50 V or less between the shield pipe and the flexible shield member. Preferably, the shield pipe 10 is made of stainless steel, copper or a copper alloy. Preferably, the flexible shield member 20 is made of stainless steel, copper or a copper alloy. Preferably, this shielded conductor A is used in a power circuit of an electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventor: Kunihiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20090302320
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a display device where a semiconductor layer pattern formed between a pair of electrodes can be formed to a predetermined size, even in the case where the distance between the electrodes on top of a semiconductor layer pattern is relatively large in elements formed in accordance with a photoresist reflow technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKAHASHI, Shigeru Ohno, Kunihiko Watanabe, Junichi Uehara, Tsuyoshi Uchida, Yasuko Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20090294149
    Abstract: A shield conductor Wa comprises: a metallic pipe 20, a wire 10 to be inserted into the pipe 20, and a groove-like fitting member 22 provided in the pipe 20 as extending along the direction of axis of the wire 10, and at the same time, attached tightly to the circumference of the wire. With the inner surface of the groove-like fitting member 22 in the pipe 20 attached tightly to the circumference of the wire 10, the heat generated in the wire 10 is transmitted directly to the pipe 20, and then released to the air from the circumference of the pipe 20. This improves radiation performance of the shield conductor Wa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Watanabe, Hideo Miyaki, Katsutoshi Izawa
  • Publication number: 20090258398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Variovorax sp. which produces an acylase having an asymmetric hydrolysis activity on an N-acetyl ?-amino acid to selectively produce an R-?-amino acid, and a Burkholderia sp. which produces both an acylase having an asymmetric hydrolysis activity on an N-acetyl ?-amino acid to selectively produce an S-?-amino acid and an acylase having an asymmetric hydrolysis activity of an N-acetyl ?-amino acid to selectively produce an R-?-amino acid, and a process for the selective production of an S-, or R-?-amino acid using the above strains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakamatsu, Hisashi Kawasaki, Kunihiko Watanabe, Masakazu Nakazawa, Kunisuke Izawa
  • Publication number: 20090258403
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing optically active IHOG, which can in turn be used for the production of monatin. The present invention further relates to a method for producing optically active monatin, and aldolase used for these methods. As such, the present invention enables the synthesis of 4-(Indole-3-ylmethyl)-4-hydroxy-2-oxoglutaric acid with high optical purity, which is useful as an intermediate in the synthesis of optically active monatin, from indole pyruvic acid and pyruvic acid (or oxaloacetic acid).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu SUGIYAMA, Kunihiko Watanabe, Kenichi Mori, Hiroyuki Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20090229880
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention can include a conductor to be installed on a vehicle for high current use including a stranded copper wire connected to an end portion of a single-core aluminum cable, an intermediary conductor made of copper is connected to the stranded copper wire and an end face of a core of the single-core aluminum cable is cold welded connected to an end face of a welding shaft formed on the intermediary conductor having approximately a same diameter as the core of the single-core aluminum cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicants: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunihiko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7575910
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing L-fuculose and L-fucose which is suitable as an industrial method. L-Fuculose is synthesized from L-fucitol in the presence of a microorganism-derived protein having a dehydrogenase activity which results in production of L-fuculose from L-fucitol. The reaction system preferably contains NADH oxidase. L-Fuculose thus synthesized is then converted into L-fucose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Shunichi Suzuki, Kunihiko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7556947
    Abstract: A method for producing ?-hydroxy amino acid and its optically-active isomer is provided. The ?-hydroxy amino acid is produced by reacting a predetermined D-?-amino acid and 5,10-methylene tetrahydrofolic acid in the presence of an enzyme derived from a microorganism belonging to the genera Paracoccus, Aminobacter, or Ensifer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nozaki, Shinji Kuroda, Kunihiko Watanabe, Kenzo Yokozeki
  • Publication number: 20090167078
    Abstract: A vehicle conductor for use with an electric automobile can include a protection pipe including a wire in the protection pipe capable of supplying power, and a cooling pipe positioned proximate the wire in the protection pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicants: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunihiko Watanabe