Patents by Inventor Masahiko Kawakami

Masahiko Kawakami 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: 10570934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluidic cylinder. This fluidic cylinder is configured in such a manner that a piston unit is received in an axially displaceable manner within a cylinder tube formed in a rectangular cross-sectional shape. The piston unit has: a base body having the front end of a piston rod staked thereto; a wear ring having the base body received therein and having a magnet incorporated therein; and piston packing adjacent to the wear ring. The piston unit is integrally held at one end of the piston rod. The wear ring and the piston packing are formed in a rectangular cross-sectional shape corresponding to the rectangular cross-sectional shape of the cylinder tube and are provided rotatable relative to the piston rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Kudo, Yasunaga Suzuki, Shinichiro Nemoto, Jun Yamada, Eiko Miyasato, Yuu Mizutani, Ken Tamura, Masahiko Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20170298931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluidic cylinder. This fluidic cylinder is configured in such a manner that a piston unit is received in an axially displaceable manner within a cylinder tube formed in a rectangular cross-sectional shape. The piston unit has: a base body having the front end of a piston rod staked thereto; a wear ring having the base body received therein and having a magnet incorporated therein; and piston packing adjacent to the wear ring. The piston unit is integrally held at one end of the piston rod. The wear ring and the piston packing are formed in a rectangular cross-sectional shape corresponding to the rectangular cross-sectional shape of the cylinder tube and are provided rotatable relative to the piston rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki KUDO, Yasunaga SUZAKI, Shinichiro NEMOTO, Jun YAMADA, Eiko MIYASATO, Yuu MIZUTANI, Ken TAMURA, Masahiko KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 6525667
    Abstract: Panel units (24a to 24d) continuing an operation indicating panel (20) each have a rectangular surface S with length and width each being substantially an integral multiple of a predetermined reference size (L). The panel units (24a and 24d) are placed so that their surfaces S may be adjacent to one another. A whole surface (AS) consisting of the surfaces S of all the panel units (24a to 24d) is formed in a rectangular shape with length and width each being substantially an integral multiple of the predetermined reference size (L). The arrangement and the like of the panel units (24a to 24d) can be easily changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: IDEC Izumi Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Fujita, Yoshitaka Tsuji, Tatsunobu Nakai, Yoshihide Nakano, Yosio Sekino, Masaaki Fujii, Toshiyuki Kasama, Takao Hosorogi, Masao Dohi, Shinichi Ishino, Shigoto Ogino, Tomonori Nishiki, Takehiko Tajika, Masahiko Kawakami, Yuuhei Sugai
  • Patent number: 6437774
    Abstract: In a display and input device (CP) displaying information on a display (DP) and performing changing of the information and communication through switch operating means (CSW1), the switch operating means (CSW1) are arranged on the left and right edges of the display (DP), opaque members among members forming the switch operating means (CSW1) are arranged outside the screen of the display (DP), and only transparent members are arranged on the display (DP). Thus, a switch operation can be performed while recognizing functions of the switch operating means (CSW1) and the switch operating means (CSW1) having the stroke feeling and click feeling of a mechanical switch so that an operating environment having excellent operability and implementing reliable input can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Idec Izumi Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Tsuji, Masahiko Kawakami, Tomonori Nishiki, Toshihiro Fujita, Akito Okamoto, Hiromasa Hasegawa, Hongguang Li, Shigeto Ogino
  • Patent number: 6231687
    Abstract: A phosphating solution that contains from 3 to 30 g/l of zinc ions, from 0.1 to 20 g/l of ferrous ions, from 5 to 60 g/l of phosphate ions, from 5 to 60 g/l of nitrate ions, and a source of hydroxylamine in a concentration corresponding stoichiometrically to from 0.5 to 4 g/l of hydroxylamine and in which there is a weight ratio of zinc to phosphate that is from 0.1:1 to 1:1 deposits on steel to be cold worked a phosphate conversion coating suitable as a lubricant carrier. This phosphating solution, which may optionally contain one or more of calcium, nickel, cobalt, and copper cations and simple and complex fluorine-containing anions, makes it possible to lower the temperature of the treatment solution, reduce the amount of sludge, improve the quality of the coating film, and allow single-liquid type replenishment to be used. Preferably the surface to be phosphated is immersed in the phosphating solution, maintained at a temperature of 35 to 80° C., for 2 to 20 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kobayashi, Masahiko Kawakami
  • Patent number: 6179934
    Abstract: An aqueous zinc phosphate conversion coating that contains 5 to 50 g/L of phosphate ions, 0.2 to 10 g/L of zinc ions, and 0.5 to 4.0 g/L as hydroxylamine of a hydroxylamine source, and also: (1) contains 0.01 to 5.0 g/L polycarboxylic acid or salt thereof and/or starch phosphate; or (2) has a zinc ions/phosphate ions weight ratio below 0.27 and a zinc ions concentration of at least 2.0 g/L forms high quality zinc phosphating coatings on metal surfaces even if the surfaces have not been previously conditioned by contact with a dispersion of colloidal titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Kawakami, Naoyuki Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Oyama
  • Patent number: 6118435
    Abstract: A display unit with touch panel includes a press detection switch for detecting a press on a touch panel at a pressure exceeding a predetermined level so as to output a press detection signal, a driving-signal generating circuit responding to the press detection signal to generate a driving signal, a driving portion actuated by the driving signal to drive the touch panel into displacement thereby providing an operator with a tactile feedback, and an AND circuit for outputting an AND signal upon receipt of both of a coincidence detection signal from a coincidence detecting circuit and the press detection signal from the press detecting switch, and a gate circuit for inhibiting a passage of the operated-position signal from the operated-position detecting circuit when the AND signal from the AND circuit is not supplied and permitting the passage of the operated-position signal when the AND signal from the AND circuit is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Idec Izumi Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Fujita, Akito Okamoto, Takuya Shioji, Keisuke Inaoka, Tomonori Nishiki, Masahiko Kawakami
  • Patent number: D805559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Kudo, Shinichiro Nemoto, Yuu Mizutani, Eiko Miyasato, Masahiko Kawakami, Ken Tamura
  • Patent number: D805560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Kudo, Shinichiro Nemoto, Yuu Mizutani, Eiko Miyasato, Masahiko Kawakami, Ken Tamura
  • Patent number: D819700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Kudo, Masahiko Kawakami, Yuu Mizutani, Shinichiro Nemoto, Eiko Miyasato
  • Patent number: D820321
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Kudo, Masahiko Kawakami, Yuu Mizutani, Shinichiro Nemoto, Eiko Miyasato
  • Patent number: D888769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuu Mizutani, Masahiko Kawakami, Sho Aso, Shinichiro Nemoto, Masayuki Kudo, Kengo Monden
  • Patent number: D888770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuu Mizutani, Masahiko Kawakami, Sho Aso, Shinichiro Nemoto, Masayuki Kudo, Kengo Monden