Patents by Inventor Makoto Okamoto

Makoto Okamoto 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: 20110020213
    Abstract: An object is to provide a novel anatase titanium oxide having especially high photocatalytic activity as a photocatalyst useful as a material for environmental clean-up, such as removal of toxic substances, deodorization and decomposition of malodorous substances, prevention of fouling and sterilization, and a method of producing such an anatase titanium oxide. There is provided a titanium oxide having a reflectance of 80% or lower with respect to light having a wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm. There is also provided a method of producing an anatase titanium oxide, comprising creating pulsed plasma by an electric current of lower than 5 amperes between titanium electrodes in water to oxidize a titanium. Preferably, the titanium oxide has a percentage weight loss of 1.0% or lower when heated at a temperature within the range of 400° C. to 800° C., and has the anatase structure or the anatase and rutile structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORP KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY, KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Mashimo, Omurzak Uulu Emil, Sulaimankulova Saadat, Makoto Okamoto, Hideharu Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20100320426
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for the stable production of a high-purity Group II-VI compound semiconductor on an industrial scale, and also a hexagonal crystal of Group II-VI compound semiconductor in which a metal can be doped easily. Another object of the invention is to provide a method of producing a Group II-VI compound semiconductor phosphor. The objects are achieved by a method of producing a Group II-VI compound semiconductor comprising generating a pulsed electrical discharge plasma between metallic electrodes in sulfur to produce a Group II-VI compound semiconductor; a method of producing a Group II-VI compound semiconductor phosphor using a pulsed electrical discharge plasma; and a hexagonal crystal of Group II-VI compound semiconductor composed of a plurality of twin crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicants: National University Corp. Kumamoto University, KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Mashimo, Omurzak Uulu Emil, Makoto Okamoto, Hideharu Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20100202086
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a spindle assembly including a spindle motor configured to rotate a disk, and a clamp ring configured to fix the disk to the spindle motor, and a slider with a head configured to read/write data on/from the disk, and configured to fly over a surface of the rotating disk. The slider includes a trailing edge on a floating surface of the slider opposed to the disk, and the trailing edge is an end part through which an airflow exits. The spindle assembly and the slider are configured to satisfy a relationship of 0.95f?F?1.05f at a temperature of 23° C., where f is an anti-resonance frequency of the trailing edge, and F is a resonance frequency of the spindle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7661215
    Abstract: A structure for mounting a marking plate is disclosed hereinafter as follows. A stem of a marking plate is inserted through a plate, and a spring member is provided at the tip end of the stem. Elastic portions of the spring member are elastically deformed so that a projection of each elastic portion is in elastic contact with the back surface of the plate. Accordingly, the engagement of the engaging portions of the marking plate side and the plate side and the engagement of the lock pawls and the engaging recesses are maintained by the elastic force of the elastic portions, thereby maintaining the mounted condition of the marking plate. When the marking plate is pulled away from the front surface of the plate in the mounted condition, the elastic portions are further elastically deformed to allow the disengagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7603100
    Abstract: A high-frequency wireless communication device is provided that is capable of enlarging the range of communication by enhancing reception sensitivity while avoiding mutual interference. The device comprises an antenna filter and a direct detection type reception mechanism connected to the antenna filter. A crystal filter is used as the antenna filter. A crystal chip constituting the crystal filter and an IC chip into which the reception mechanism is integrated are housed in a single modular container to configure a high-frequency wireless module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Makoto Okamoto, Tsutomu Yamakawa, Minoru Fukuda, Kozo Ono, Nobuo Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 7531121
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for simultaneously forming a surface texturing pattern (embossed pattern) on the surface of an FRP product when manufacturing the FRP product by hot-pressing a prepreg material. A prepreg material 2 is a woven sheet formed by weaving a weft 10 and a warp 20 which is impregnated with thermosetting resin 40. A release film laminate 100 formed by sandwiching an adhesive film 130 between release films 110 and 120 is placed on a surface to be provided with surface texturing, before subjecting the same to hot-pressing. The softening temperature of the adhesive film 130 is close to the curing temperature of the thermosetting resin 40, so as to allow the thermosetting resin 40 to be pushed into the space between hard FRP fibers during hot-pressing and to form the surface texturing pattern on the surface of the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Jamco Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunehiko Nakano, Makoto Okamoto, Shuntaro Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20080277071
    Abstract: The invention provides a means for molding a prepreg material with a curved surface formed by impregnating carbon fiber or glass fiber with thermosetting resin. A prepreg sheet 100 is shaped into an L-shape, and an L-shape preformed channel member 120 is molded via a hot press unit 210 and a cold press unit 220. The curing rate of the perform is 30 to 60%. The preform 120 is molded into a curved member having a radius of curvature R1 in a secondary molding apparatus 300, which is then cut to form channel members 30. The curing rate thereof is 60 to 80%. Then, these channel members 30 used as reinforcements of a plate member are completely cured in an autoclave to form the molded product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: JAMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Okamoto, Shuntaro Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20080231985
    Abstract: A magnetic head structure is disclosed which can avoid the problem of side erasing regardless of whether the skew angle is assigned to the positive side or negative side while ensuring write magnetic field intensity. The magnetic head includes at least two main magnetic poles having a single taper shape as a plane shape of a tip thereof opposite to a recording medium and axially symmetrically disposed with respect to a longitudinal direction of a slider, a return yoke for returning a write magnetic field generated by the main magnetic poles, and thin-film coils assigned to each of the main magnetic poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Makoto Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7419372
    Abstract: In a continuous molding apparatus equipped with a long core 10 having a curvature disposed on a plane, a release film supplied from a lower release film feeder 20 is sent onto the core 10, and prepreg sheets supplied from a prepreg sheet feeder 30 are laminated thereon and preformed. A release film supplied from a release film feeder 40 is disposed on top of the laminated body, before the body is sent into a hot press 50. A puller 60 moves the laminated body without loading tension thereto. The laminated body enters a postcure device 70 in which thermosetting of the material is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Jamco Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kasai, Makoto Okamoto, Shuntaro Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 7277249
    Abstract: It is judged whether an inclination of a spindle is out of a predetermined range, and a position of a head is controlled so as to compensate for the inclination upon detection that the inclination of the spindle is out of the range. The position of the head is controlled based on a phase correction quantity, based on an amplitude correction quantity, using a repeat control method, or using a compression filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Makoto Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20070131838
    Abstract: A structure for mounting a marking plate is disclosed hereinafter as follows. A stem of a marking plate is inserted through a plate, and a spring member is provided at the tip end of the stem. Elastic portions of the spring member are elastically deformed so that a projection of each elastic portion is in elastic contact with the back surface of the plate. Accordingly, the engagement of the engaging portions of the marking plate side and the plate side and the engagement of the lock pawls and the engaging recesses are maintained by the elastic force of the elastic portions, thereby maintaining the mounted condition of the marking plate. When the marking plate is pulled away from the front surface of the plate in the mounted condition, the elastic portions are further elastically deformed to allow the disengagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 7204286
    Abstract: An apparatus 1 for continuously forming an FRP square pipe comprises a long core 10 for laminating prepreg sheets, and to this core 10 are fed prepreg sheets from prepreg laminating devices 20, 30, 40 and 50 with a release film interposed between the core, so as to be laminated into square pipe form. The core 10 has an outer diameter size smaller than the inner diameter size of the square pipe to be formed. The outer circumference of the square pipe is wrapped with a tape-like film fed from a tape-like release film wrapping device 200 in spiral fashion, and the work is heated and pressed in a hot press 100. The work is then subjected to additional heating in a postcure furnace 110 to form the FRP square pipe. The square pipe is intermittently pulled by a puller 130 disposed downstream of a clamp 120. The pipe is then cut to predetermined lengths by a cutter not shown to be completed as a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Jamco Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kasai, Makoto Okamoto, Shuntaro Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 7186361
    Abstract: In a continuous molding apparatus equipped with a long core 10 having a curvature disposed on a plane, a release film supplied from a lower release film feeder 20 is sent onto the core 10, and prepreg sheets supplied from a prepreg sheet feeder 30 are laminated thereon and preformed. A release film supplied from a release film feeder 40 is disposed on top of the laminated body, before the body is sent into a hot press 50. A puller 60 moves the laminated body without loading tension thereto. The laminated body enters a postcure device 70 in which thermosetting of the material is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Jamco Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kasai, Makoto Okamoto, Shuntaro Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20060083806
    Abstract: In a continuous molding apparatus equipped with a long core 10 having a curvature disposed on a plane, a release film supplied from a lower release film feeder 20 is sent onto the core 10, and prepreg sheets supplied from a prepreg sheet feeder 30 are laminated thereon and preformed. A release film supplied from a release film feeder 40 is disposed on top of the laminated body, before the body is sent into a hot press 50. A puller 60 moves the laminated body without loading tension thereto. The laminated body enters a postcure device 70 in which thermosetting of the material is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: JAMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kasai, Makoto Okamoto, Shuntaro Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20060063489
    Abstract: A high-frequency wireless communication device is provided that is capable of enlarging the range of communication by enhancing reception sensitivity while avoiding mutual interference. The device comprises an antenna filter and a direct detection type reception mechanism connected to the antenna filter. A crystal filter is used as the antenna filter. A crystal chip constituting the crystal filter and an IC chip into which the reception mechanism is integrated are housed in a single modular container to configure a high-frequency wireless module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Makoto Okamoto, Tsutomu Yamakawa, Minoru Fukuda, Kozo Ono, Nobuo Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20050199336
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for simultaneously forming a surface texturing pattern (embossed pattern) on the surface of an FRP product when manufacturing the FRP product by hot-pressing a prepreg material. A prepreg material 2 is a woven sheet formed by weaving a weft 10 and a warp 20 which is impregnated with thermosetting resin 40. A release film laminate 100 formed by sandwiching an adhesive film 130 between release films 110 and 120 is placed on a surface to be provided with surface texturing, before subjecting the same to hot-pressing. The softening temperature of the adhesive film 130 is close to the curing temperature of the thermosetting resin 40, so as to allow the thermosetting resin 40 to be pushed into the space between hard FRP fibers during hot-pressing and to form the surface texturing pattern on the surface of the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: JAMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsunehiko Nakano, Makoto Okamoto, Shuntaro Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20050140045
    Abstract: The invention provides a means for molding a prepreg material with a curved surface formed by impregnating carbon fiber or glass fiber with thermosetting resin. A prepreg sheet 100 is shaped into an L-shape, and an L-shape preformed channel member 120 is molded via a hot press unit 210 and a cold press unit 220. The curing rate of the perform is 30 to 60%. The preform 120 is molded into a curved member having a radius of curvature R1 in a secondary molding apparatus 300, which is then cut to form channel members 30. The curing rate thereof is 60 to 80%. Then, these channel members 30 used as reinforcements of a plate member are completely cured in an autoclave to form the molded product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: JAMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Okamoto, Shuntaro Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20050126714
    Abstract: An apparatus 1 for continuously forming an FRP square pipe comprises a long core 10 for laminating prepreg sheets, and to this core 10 are fed prepreg sheets from prepreg laminating devices 20, 30, 40 and 50 with a release film interposed between the core, so as to be laminated into square pipe form. The core 10 has an outer diameter size smaller than the inner diameter size of the square pipe to be formed. The outer circumference of the square pipe is wrapped with a tape-like film fed from a tape-like release film wrapping device 200 in spiral fashion, and the work is heated and pressed in a hot press 100. The work is then subjected to additional heating in a postcure furnace 110 to form the FRP square pipe. The square pipe is intermittently pulled by a puller 130 disposed downstream of a clamp 120. The pipe is then cut to predetermined lengths by a cutter not shown to be completed as a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: JAMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kasai, Makoto Okamoto, Shuntaro Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20050029707
    Abstract: In a continuous molding apparatus equipped with a long core 10 having a curvature disposed on a plane, a release film supplied from a lower release film feeder 20 is sent onto the core 10, and prepreg sheets supplied from a prepreg sheet feeder 30 are laminated thereon and preformed. A release film supplied from a release film feeder 40 is disposed on top of the laminated body, before the body is sent into a hot press 50. A puller 60 moves the laminated body without loading tension thereto. The laminated body enters a postcure device 70 in which thermosetting of the material is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: JAMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kasai, Makoto Okamoto, Shuntaro Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20040114267
    Abstract: It is judged whether an inclination of a spindle is out of a predetermined range, and a position of a head is controlled so as to compensate for the inclination upon detection that the inclination of the spindle is out of the range. The position of the head is controlled based on a phase correction quantity, based on an amplitude correction quantity, using a repeat control method, or using a compression filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Makoto Okamoto