Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kanamaru
Masahiro Kanamaru 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).
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Patent number: 11789345Abstract: A camera and a bracket are configured to form: a snap-fit joint mechanism that establishes a snap-fit joint therebetween; a pressing mechanism that performs pressing, by way of a snap-fit claw, in a direction in which an interval between a mounting face and an opposite face is increased; and a holding mechanism that holds the interval between the opposite face and the mounting face against that pressing; wherein, on the snap-fit claw, a sub engagement face is created which has an inclination with respect to an insertion direction that is less than that of a main engagement face and serves to convert a part of a force at the pressing to a force in the insertion direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Oba, Masahiro Kanamaru
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Patent number: 11531399Abstract: A touch panel including an operation surface on which touch operation is to be performed; a voice coil actuator to apply vibrating force to the operation surface in response to the touch operation; and a main body chassis supporting the touch panel via a spring are included, and the voice coil actuator includes: a magnetic circuit unit provided on the main body chassis and including a magnetic gap; a coil unit provided on a rear surface of the touch panel and including a coil provided in the magnetic gap; and a fit unit to align a center position of the coil unit and a center position of the magnetic circuit unit and with each other by fitting the coil unit and the magnetic circuit unit and to each other when the coil unit is pushed toward the magnetic circuit unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Kanamaru, Fuqiang Han
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Publication number: 20220121091Abstract: A camera and a bracket are configured to form: a snap-fit joint mechanism that establishes a snap-fit joint therebetween; a pressing mechanism that performs pressing, by way of a snap-fit claw, in a direction in which an interval between a mounting face and an opposite face is increased; and a holding mechanism that holds the interval between the opposite face and the mounting face against that pressing; wherein, on the snap-fit claw, a sub engagement face is created which has an inclination with respect to an insertion direction that is less than that of a main engagement face and serves to convert a part of a force at the pressing to a force in the insertion direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tetsuya OBA, Masahiro KANAMARU
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Publication number: 20220066559Abstract: A touch panel including an operation surface on which touch operation is to be performed; a voice coil actuator to apply vibrating force to the operation surface in response to the touch operation; and a main body chassis supporting the touch panel via a spring are included, and the voice coil actuator includes: a magnetic circuit unit provided on the main body chassis and including a magnetic gap; a coil unit provided on a rear surface of the touch panel and including a coil provided in the magnetic gap; and a fit unit to align a center position of the coil unit and a center position of the magnetic circuit unit and with each other by fitting the coil unit and the magnetic circuit unit and to each other when the coil unit is pushed toward the magnetic circuit unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masahiro KANAMARU, Fuqiang HAN
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Publication number: 20220066558Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a touch panel including an operation surface on which touch operation is to be performed; and a voice coil actuator for applying vibrating force to the operation surface in response to the touch operation, in which the voice coil actuator includes: a magnetic circuit unit including an outer peripheral surface of a yoke to be abutted by a guide pin inserted from the rear side with respect to the touch panel so that the guide pin is along the outer peripheral surface, and a magnetic gap formed in an annular shape on the radially inner side with respect to the outer peripheral surface; and a coil unit provided on the rear surface of the touch panel so that a coil having a cylindrical shape is provided in the magnetic gap, and having an outer peripheral shape matching the end shape of the guide pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro KANAMARU, Fuqiang HAN
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Patent number: 11204261Abstract: To provide a rotational position detecting device in which a rotational position detection error caused by variation in distance between a sensor magnet and a magnetic sensor is reduced, the rotational position detecting device includes a sensor magnet (30) configured to generate a magnetic flux; a holder (34), which is configured to hold the sensor magnet, and has a pressure-contact portion (340) to be fixed to a shaft (40) of a motor (1); and a magnetic sensor (32) configured to detect the magnetic flux generated by the sensor magnet, the magnetic sensor being directly or indirectly fixed to the motor, and being arranged away from the sensor magnet in an axial direction of the shaft, the shaft having an abutment portion (403, 405) configured to receive a distal end portion (341) of the pressure-contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shusuke Hori, Yosuke Yui, Yu Kawano, Masahiro Kanamaru
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Publication number: 20190265070Abstract: To provide a rotational position detecting device in which a rotational position detection error caused by variation in distance between a sensor magnet and a magnetic sensor is reduced, the rotational position detecting device includes a sensor magnet (30) configured to generate a magnetic flux; a holder (34), which is configured to hold the sensor magnet, and has a pressure-contact portion (340) to be fixed to a shaft (40) of a motor (1); and a magnetic sensor (32) configured to detect the magnetic flux generated by the sensor magnet, the magnetic sensor being directly or indirectly fixed to the motor, and being arranged away from the sensor magnet in an axial direction of the shaft, the shaft having an abutment portion (403, 405, 5) configured to receive a distal end portion (341) of the pressure-contact portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2016Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shusuke HORI, Yosuke YUI, Yu KAWANO, Masahiro KANAMARU
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Patent number: 9728215Abstract: A magnetic disk apparatus of one of the embodiments stores read position dependency information on read signal quality of a data region at a first track and measures the read signal quality at a predetermined radial position in a second data region of a second track different from the first track. A positioning error of the second data region is determined based on the read position dependency information and the read signal quality at the predetermined radial position. Data is recorded in a recording target data region in a shingled recording so as to prevent data written in the second data region from being overwritten by data in a recording target data region adjacent to the second data region by using the determined positioning error.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masahiro Kanamaru, Kazuto Kashiwagi, Takeyori Hara
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Publication number: 20160217815Abstract: A magnetic disk apparatus of one of the embodiments stores read position dependency information on read signal quality of a data region at a first track and measures the read signal quality at a predetermined radial position in a second data region of a second track different from the first track. A positioning error of the second data region is determined based on the read position dependency information and the read signal quality at the predetermined radial position. Data is recorded in a recording target data region in a shingled recording so as to prevent data written in the second data region from being overwritten by data in a recording target data region adjacent to the second data region by using the determined positioning error.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Masahiro Kanamaru, Kazuto Kashiwagi, Takeyori Hara
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Patent number: 9226417Abstract: A lock mechanism includes: a lock arm provided in a cantilever manner on an inner wall of a part compartment of a box body of an electric connection box; and a lock projection provided to the lock arm on its surface facing a part housed in the part compartment. The lock arm can be divided in a longitudinal direction into: a base end region fixed to the inner wall; upper end region located in the free end which interferes with the part and receives a pressing force for unlocking operation; and a middle region located within a predetermined distance range between the base and upper end region. The flexural rigidity of the base and upper end region is set larger than that of the middle region by providing ribs on the base and upper end region and providing no ribs on the middle region.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Makoto Nakayama, Masahiro Kanamaru
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Publication number: 20150294690Abstract: A magnetic disk apparatus of one of the embodiments stores read position dependency information on read signal quality of a data region at a first track and measures the read signal quality at a predetermined radial position in a second data region of a second track different from the first track. A positioning error of the second data region is determined based on the read position dependency information and the read signal quality at the predetermined radial position. Data is recorded in a recording target data region in a singled recording so as to prevent data written in the second data region from being overwritten by data in a recording target data region adjacent to the second data region by using the determined positioning error.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Masahiro Kanamaru, Kazuto Kashiwagi, Takeyori Hara
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Patent number: 9105277Abstract: According to one embodiment, an equalizer is configured to obtain a noise included in a first correction signal by using a noise component of a first track and a noise interference component from a second track. The equalizer is configured to correct the first correction signal by using the obtained noise. The equalizer is configured to equalize the corrected first correction signal. The noise component of the first track is calculated based on a noise component of the first track at a first timing and a noise component of the first track at a second timing earlier than the first timing. The noise interference component from the second track is calculated based on a noise interference component from the second track at the first timing and a noise interference component from the second track at the second timing. The decoder is configured to decode the equalized first correction signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kohsuke Harada, Akihiro Yamazaki, Nobuhiro Maeto, Kazuto Kashiwagi, Naoki Tagami, Masahiro Kanamaru, Tomokazu Okubo
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Patent number: 9064522Abstract: A stamper of an embodiment includes: a base portion having a main surface; and a plurality of guides arranged on the main surface in mutually different first and second directions and serving as references of arrangement of a plurality of self-assembled dots. A distance between the guides in a third direction is within a range of an integer m1 ±0.05 times of a pitch of the plural self-assembled dots. The third direction corresponds to a third vector obtained by combining a first vector corresponding to the arrangement of the guides in the first direction and a second vector corresponding to the arrangement of the guides in the second direction. A distance between the plural guides in the first direction falls out of a range of an integer m2 ±0.15 times of the pitch of the plural self-assembled dots.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masahiro Kanamaru, Yoshiyuki Kamata, Ryosuke Yamamoto, Takeshi Okino, Akira Kikitsu, Katsuya Sugawara, Yasuaki Ootera, Tomoyuki Maeda
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Patent number: 8989525Abstract: According to an embodiment, a light deflecting element includes a dielectric body, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The second electrode is configured to sandwich the dielectric body with the first electrode so as to apply a voltage to the dielectric body. The second electrode includes orthogonal portions that are substantially orthogonal to an incident direction of a light beam passing through the dielectric body, parallel portions that are substantially parallel to the incident direction of the light beam. The orthogonal portions and the parallel portions are formed in an alternate manner on the light beam incident side of the dielectric body. The second electrode includes a linear sloping portion that slopes in a direction toward intersection with the incident direction of the light beam. The orthogonal portions, the parallel portions, and the linear sloping portion are formed integrally.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yuuzo Kamiguchi, Katsuya Sugawara, Masahiro Kanamaru, Keiichiro Yusu, Masatoshi Sakurai
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Publication number: 20140374380Abstract: A stamper of an embodiment includes: a base portion having a main surface; and a plurality of guides arranged on the main surface in mutually different first and second directions and serving as references of arrangement of a plurality of self-assembled dots. A distance between the guides in a third direction is within a range of an integer m1±0.05 times of a pitch of the plural self-assembled dots. The third direction corresponds to a third vector obtained by combining a first vector corresponding to the arrangement of the guides in the first direction and a second vector corresponding to the arrangement of the guides in the second direction. A distance between the plural guides in the first direction falls out of a range of an integer m2±0.15 times of the pitch of the plural self-assembled dots.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masahiro KANAMARU, Yoshiyuki KAMATA, Ryosuke YAMAMOTO, Takeshi OKINO, Akira KIKITSU, Katsuya SUGAWARA, Yasuaki OOTERA, Tomoyuki MAEDA
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Patent number: 8896959Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk apparatus includes a magnetic disk having a plurality of tracks, each of the plurality of tracks having a plurality of servo areas and a plurality of data areas, the plurality of servo areas and the plurality of data areas being alternately arranged respectively, a magnetic head, and a processor. When a plurality of positioning errors related to one servo area are present in the first track, the processor updates the positioning error of the one servo area with a positioning error closest to a second track that is next to the first track. The processor writes data in the second track by a shingled write recording system by using the updated positioning error.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuto Kashiwagi, Takeyori Hara, Takayuki Kawabe, Masahiro Kanamaru, Takuji Matsuzawa
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Patent number: 8820573Abstract: As monitor 1 held by casing 3 is upwardly pushed, clamp 2 is rectilinearly moved toward push latch 4 in cooperation with rotation of the monitor 1, the monitor 1 is rotatable by claw section 2a disengaged from locking hole 1b, and a striker holding section 4a engages with striker 2b to be forced into the main body of the latch 4 to be in engagement locked position. As the opened monitor 1 is upwardly pushed, the clamp 2 is rectilinearly moved toward the latch 4 in cooperation with the rotation of the monitor 1, the holding section 4a placed in the locked position with the striker 2b is forced into the main body of the latch 4 to be in engagement-lock releasing position, and the released section 2a is urged and moved by spring 5 to lock the hole 1b to hold the monitor 1 in closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Tsuzuki, Masahiro Kanamaru, Jiro Yoshizawa
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Publication number: 20140106065Abstract: A method for manufacturing a patterned medium of an embodiment includes forming a perpendicular magnetic recording layer on a substrate, forming a mask on the perpendicular magnetic recording layer, milling the perpendicular magnetic recording layer, and depositing a protective layer on the perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The perpendicular magnetic recording layer includes a first element selected from Fe and Co and a second element selected from Pt and Pd, and has a hard magnetic alloy material having an L10 or L11 structure. A temperature of the substrate during the milling is higher than or equal to 250° C. and lower than or equal to 500° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventors: Tomoyuki MAEDA, Hiroyuki HIEDA, Masahiro KANAMARU, Katsuya SUGAWARA
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Publication number: 20130258452Abstract: According to an embodiment, a light deflecting element includes a dielectric body, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. Each of the second electrode and third electrode is configured to sandwich the dielectric body with the first electrode. The second electrode includes an electrode having a side that lies substantially orthogonal to an incident direction of a light beam, a side that is substantially parallel to the incident direction, and a side that intersects with the incident direction. The third electrode includes an electrode having a side that is aligned with the second electrode, a side that is substantially parallel to an incident direction of the light beam, and a side that intersects with the light beam, and that slopes in an opposite to that of the side of the second electrode that intersects with the light beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: Yuuzo KAMIGUCHI, Masahiro Kanamaru, Katsuya Sugawara, Keiichiro Yusu, Masatoshi Sakurai
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Publication number: 20130259417Abstract: According to an embodiment, a light deflecting element includes a dielectric body, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The second electrode is configured to sandwich the dielectric body with the first electrode so as to apply a voltage to the dielectric body. The second electrode includes orthogonal portions that are substantially orthogonal to an incident direction of a light beam passing through the dielectric body, parallel portions that are substantially parallel to the incident direction of the light beam. The orthogonal portions and the parallel portions are formed in an alternate manner on the light beam incident side of the dielectric body. The second electrode includes a linear sloping portion that slopes in a direction toward intersection with the incident direction of the light beam. The orthogonal portions, the parallel portions, and the linear sloping portion are formed integrally.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: Yuuzo Kamiguchi, Katsuya Sugawara, Masahiro Kanamaru, Keiichiro Yusu, Masatoshi Sakurai