Patents by Inventor Masaaki Itoh

Masaaki Itoh 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).

  • Patent number: 6349926
    Abstract: A liquid-sealed vibration insulator is comprised of a cylindrical elastic member integrally formed with an inner cylinder, first and second rings and an orifice ring located between the first and second rings. An outer cylinder is integrally connected to the elastic member through the first and second rings. A first liquid chamber is formed at a portion between the outer cylinder and the elastic member and between the first ring and the orifice ring, and a second liquid chamber is formed at a portion between the outer cylinder and the elastic member and between the orifice ring and the second ring. The first and second liquid chambers are fluidly communicated through an orifice passage defined by the orifice ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Kinugawa Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaaki Itoh
  • Patent number: 6233297
    Abstract: A destuff circuit using a complete secondary system DPLL enables a DPLL circuit applicable to PDH low speed signal interface unit of a transmission communication apparatus to be shared. A switching signal from a selector causes a primary random walk filter, a secondary random walk filter, and counter number of a Q counter to be changed, and also causes the rate length of a rate multiplier to be changed, thereby providing a required DPLL circuit for a respective PDH low speed signal interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: NEC Coporation
    Inventor: Masaaki Itoh
  • Patent number: 6050328
    Abstract: A heat exchanger composed by overlapping a plurality of heat exchanger units each of which is formed by inserting a plurality of fins over one or a plurality of heat transfer tubes. The fins are worked so that a pair of opposed fins of the overlapped heat exchanger units are brought into contact with each other at one or more points. This heat exchanger constitutes an air conditioner when the heat exchanger units are overlapped in a direction of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Shikazono, Toshio Hatada, Masaaki Itoh, Hideyuki Kimura, Sumiyoshi Takeda, Kensaku Oguni, Hiromu Yasuda, Minetoshi Izushi, Minoru Sato, Tatsuya Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 6018963
    Abstract: In a heat transfer tube for a zeotropic refrigerant mixture, the inner surface of the tube in which the zeotropic refrigerant mixture flows is formed with grooves having cross portions where the grooves intersect with each other, or the inner surface of the tube is formed with a plurality of independent projections. Thus, concentration boundary layers generated in the zeotropic refrigerant mixture are stirred to reduce the thickness of the concentration boundary layers, thereby decreasing the diffusion resistance and promoting the stirring effect. Consequently, there can be provided a heat transfer tube for a zeotropic refrigerant mixture which exhibits a high heat transfer performance, and a heat exchanger of a cross-fin tube type, a refrigerator and an air conditioner which include such heat transfer tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd, Hitachi Cable Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Itoh, Mari Uchida, Mitsuo Kudoh, Toshihiko Fukushima, Tadao Otani
  • Patent number: 5949106
    Abstract: A power FET for which it is difficult to generate oscillations dependent on the interval between adjacent pads. The power FET has a plurality of pads for first terminals, which are disposed on one side of a chip at unequal intervals, and a plurality of pads for second terminals, which are placed on the other side of the chip. Alternatively, or in addition, the plurality of pads for the second terminals may also be disposed at unequal intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Kai, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Masaaki Itoh, Koutarou Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5936053
    Abstract: A propylene polymer is excellent in rigidity, heat resistance, surface hardness, glossiness, transparency and impact resistance. A propylene copolymer (wherein the amount of monomer units derived from an .alpha.-olefin other than propylene is not more than 5% by mol) is excellent in transparency, rigidity, surface hardness, heat resistance, heat-sealing property, anti-blocking property, anti-bleedout property and impact strength. A propylene copolymer (wherein the amount of monomer units derived from an .alpha.-olefin other than propylene is not less than 5% by mol) is excellent in transparency, environmental aging property, and effective in improving heat-sealing property at low temperature and impact strength. A propylene elastomer is excellent in heat resistance, impact absorbing capacity, transparency, heat-sealing properties and anti-blocking properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Fukuoka, Takashi Tashiro, Koji Kawaai, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihisa Kiso, Akira Mizuno, Masaaki Kawasaki, Masaaki Itoh, Mikio Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 5886372
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device that is able to have the same Vp in all FETs formed on one chip.A semiconductor device of the present invention comprises a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region on a main surface; a first field effect transistor formed on the first region of the main surface, the first field effect transistor having first gates arranged in a plurality of rows and having a first total gate width, the first gates respectively establishing a first gate length and a first gate width; and a second field effect transistor formed on the second region of the main surface, the second field effect transistor having second gates arranged a plurality of rows and having a second total gate width smaller than the first total gate width, the second gates respectively establishing a second gate length substantially the same as the first gate length and a second gate width substantially the same as the first gate width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Kai, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Masaaki Itoh, Koutarou Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5841226
    Abstract: A deflection yoke is comprised of a separator for insulating horizontal and vertical deflection coils, the horizontal deflection coils of saddle type are provided within and top and bottom portion of the separator respectively, the separator has ribs for partly separating the top and bottom of horizontal deflection coils at their confronted portions, so that the confronted portions confront directly each other where the ribs are not present, thereby a magnetic field generated by the horizontal deflection coils is collected depending on a location and configuration of the ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hichiwa, Masahiko Nakagawa, Masayuki Shimada, Masaaki Itoh
  • Patent number: 5838099
    Abstract: This invention provides an improved deflection yoke of a self-convergence system for deflecting electron beams of a color CRT with in-line electron guns for emitting the electron beams, capable of preventing both a vertical misconvergence of R/B lines and a cross-misconvergence at a low cost. The deflection yoke includes at least a pair of saddle type horizontal deflection coils. Each of the saddle type horizontal coils has two main coil sections divided by a window at a center thereof, a front rim forming a front mouth, a rear rim forming a rear mouth and, at least, a first split-winding section nearby one of the front and rear rims. Further, a second split-winding section is provided in the respective two main coil sections in a rear half of the respective two main coil sections. The second split-winding section is divided into two parts, a first coil part positioned close to the window and a second coil part positioned remote from the window, by a small opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hichiwa, Masayuki Shimada, Masahiko Nakagawa, Masaaki Itoh
  • Patent number: 5806761
    Abstract: In a combination faucet device (10) according to the invention, a movable valve member (160) slidingly moves relative to a main casing (30) to change a mixing ratio of high-temperature water supplied from a hot water port (116) to low-temperature water supplied from a cold water port (106). The movable valve member (160) is pressed by a temperature sensitive spring (130) in a first direction while being pressed by a bias spring (150) in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The temperature sensitive spring (130) is exposed to a water mixture and varies its spring constant according to the temperature of the water mixture. The temperature sensitive spring (130) accordingly moves the movable valve member (160) in a direction for decreasing the ratio of the high-temperature water to a certain position where the spring force of the temperature sensitive spring (130) balances with the spring force of the bias spring (150), thus allowing a water mixture adjusted to a target temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Enoki, Osamu Tokunaga, Setsuo Ito, Masaaki Itoh, Hirofumi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 5803165
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, in which a plurality of fins formed on either an internal or an external face of a heat transfer tube, wherein each of the plurality of fins has a first portion including a fin top and a second portion including a fin root, and wherein the first portion has a ridgeline formed in a raised and recessed shape, or in a wave-like or corrugated shape, and the second portion has a substantially straight outline in a fin longitudinal direction in a cross section parallel to either the internal or the external face on which the plurality of fins are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Shikazono, Masaaki Itoh, Mari Uchida, Toshihiko Fukushima
  • Patent number: 5738275
    Abstract: In a combination faucet device (10) according to the invention, a movable valve member (160) slidingly moves relative to a main casing (30) to change a mixing ratio of high-temperature water supplied from a hot water port (116) to low-temperature water supplied from a cold water port (106). The movable valve member (160) is pressed by a temperature sensitive spring (130) in a first direction while being pressed by a bias spring (150) in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The temperature sensitive spring (130) is exposed to water mixture and varies its spring constant according to the temperature of the water mixture. The temperature sensitive spring (130) accordingly moves the movable valve member (160) in a direction for decreasing the ratio of the high-temperature water to a certain position where the spring force of the temperature sensitive spring (130) balances with the spring force of the bias spring (150), thus allowing water mixture adjusted to a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Enoki, Osamu Tokunaga, Setsuo Ito, Masaaki Itoh, Hirofumi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 5715286
    Abstract: A digital phase synchronous circuit includes a phase comparing circuit for outputting a count value according to the result of a phase comparison between an output signal and an externally input reference signal; a frequency regulating circuit for inputting an oscillation signal with a predetermined repetition frequency and controlling the repetition frequency according to the count value to output it as the output signal; and a controlling circuit for controlling the frequency regulating circuit to output the oscillation signal with the predetermined repetition frequency when the input of the reference signal breaks down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Itoh, Yoshinori Rokugo
  • Patent number: 5705584
    Abstract: The novel propylene homopolymer and copolymer produced by using a catalyst which is represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein M is a transition metal; R.sup.1 is a hydrocarbon group of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is an aryl group of 6 to 16 carbon atoms; X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 are each a halogen atom or the like; and Y is a divalent hydrocarbon group, a divalent silicon-containing group or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Fukuoka, Takashi Tashiro, Koji Kawaai, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihisa Kiso, Akira Mizuno, Masaaki Kawasaki, Masaaki Itoh, Mikio Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 5604774
    Abstract: Each of primary and secondary random-walk filters has longer and shorter time constants. A multi-valued phase comparator generates a start signal if a phase error generated when an abrupt frequency change occurs exceeds a given value. In response to the start signal, the primary and secondary random-walk filters are set to the shorter time constants. A timer is started by the start signal, and upon elapse of a predetermined period of time, sets the primary and secondary random-walk filters to the longer time constants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Rokugo, Masaaki Itoh
  • Patent number: 5542271
    Abstract: An air-conditioner of a heat pump type includes a refrigeration cycle including an interior heat exchanger, an exterior heat exchanger, a compressor, a four-way valve, and an expansion mechanism, and a non-azeotrope refrigerant composed of not less than two kinds of refrigerants is used as a working medium. A refrigerant path in each of the interior and exterior heat exchangers is divided into a group of first refrigerant passages located at a region where a proportion of the liquid-phase refrigerant is large and a group of second refrigerant passages located at a region where a proportion of the liquid-phase refrigerant is small. At least part of the group of first refrigerant passages of each of the interior and exterior heat exchangers is located at the windward side. Heat transfer tubes of the group of first refrigerant passages of each of the interior and exterior heat exchangers are smaller in flow-passage cross-sectional area than those of the corresponding group of second refrigerant passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mituo Kudoh, Toshihiko Fukushima, Masaaki Itoh, Mari Uchida, Hiroaki Matsushima, Hiroshi Kogure, Syoji Takaku
  • Patent number: 5360060
    Abstract: A fin-tube type heat exchanger has parallel heat transfer tubes and a stack of a plurality of plate fins mounted on the tubes. Heat exchange is conducted between a first fluid flowing through the tubes and a second fluid flowing through the stack across each of the fins. Each fin has flat tube-mounting portions spaced in the longitudinal direction of the fin and formed with tube-mounting holes and a louver section disposed between each adjacent pair of tube-mounting portions. The louver section has elongated slats extending longitudinally of the fin and having side edges each spaced from an adjacent side edge of an adjacent slat. The slats are classified into two groups in respect of the cross-sectional shape. The slats of one group have generally flat cross-sections to reduce the resistance of the fin to the flow of the second fluid through the stack and are disposed in planes offset from the plane of the tube-mounting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Tanaka, Toshio Hatada, Masaaki Itoh, Takao Senshu, Naoto Katsumata, Yoshihiko Mochizuki, Hirokiyo Terada, Minetoshi Izushi, Minoru Sato, Hiromi Tsuji, Makoto Nagai
  • Patent number: 5181392
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner and, in particular, an air conditioner which is capable of blowing out warm air in heating mode. In the air conditioner of this invention, the condenser is thermally separated into an air-upstream-side and an air-downstream-side heat exchanger, and the heat exchange capacity of the air-downstream-side heat exchanger is adjusted, so that, under preset operating conditions, the entire refrigerant in the air-downstream-side heat exchanger can be kept in the superheated-gas phase, thus making it possible to blow out warm air having a temperature higher than the condensation temperature. Further, the refrigerant temperature at the outlet of the air-downstream-side heat exchanger is measured by a temperature sensor, and the revolving speed of the compressor, the revolving speed of the fan, etc., is so controlled that the temperature measured is kept at a level higher than the condensation temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Itoh, Hiroaki Matsushima, Hiroshi Kogure, Mitsutaka Shizuya, Chie Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4687321
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mark detection apparatus for a microfilm having marks which are recorded adjacent to respective frames and are classified into a few groups with different sizes. The apparatus detects widths of the marks, determines a threshold level from detected widths of the marks and controls counting of the marks by size through the use of the threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaaki Itoh
  • Patent number: 4593756
    Abstract: A fin-and-tube type heat exchanger is disclosed in which the height of each raised, slotted louver from a fin base portion continuously changes in a direction crossing at right angles both the direction of the air flow and the direction of lamination of fins, and two or three kinds of such louver pairs, each consisting of louvers symmetric with each other with respect to the fin base portion, are arranged regularly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Itoh, Hiroshi Kogure, Kenji Iino, Izumi Ochiai, Yukio Kitayama, Masahiro Miyagi