Patents by Inventor Masahiro Yamashita

Masahiro Yamashita 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: 20090258741
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a pulley 1 and a hub 2 having an inner hub 21, a rubber damper 22 and an outer hub 23. A hub side engagement portion 24 formed of an elastic material and arranged at either one, or both, of an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the outer hub engages with a pulley side engagement portion 12, which is arranged at a position corresponding to the outer hub, of the pulley in a concavo-convex fitting to thereby constitute a torque transmission structure between the hub and the pulley. The hub side engagement portion and the pulley side engagement portion have a concavo-convex outer shape and mesh with each other. A ring-like dust invasion prevention portion 28 covers a front surface of said concavo-convex fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiyasu Nosaka, Yasuo Tabuchi, Motohiko Ueda, Yoshiki Tada, Hiroshi Nagae, Masahiro Yamashita, Kouji Kida, Mitsuhiro Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20090186728
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a pulley 1 having a belt attached thereto to transmit the rotating drive force, a hub 2 which connects the pulley to a rotating shaft of a driven device, a bearing 7 which rotatably supports the pulley, and a sleeve ring 5 which is fitted and secured to the pulley and attaches the bearing to the pulley to prevent it relatively moving. The sleeve ring is provided, on its first end opposite to the driven device, with a bent portion 5b against which the bearing abuts to restrict further movement of the bearing. An annular retainer 6 is provided on the portion of the bearing adjacent to the drive device. The bearing is secured to the sleeve ring through the annular retainer by calking a second end 5a of the sleeve ring opposite to the first end. The sleeve ring is provided with a projection 5f which projects in the axial direction from the rear surface of the pulley and a casing 9 is provided with an annular groove 9c which at least partly receives therein the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiyasu Nosaka, Hiroshi Nagae, Masahiro Yamashita, Yasuo Tabuchi, Yoshiki Tada, Mitsuhiro Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20090075147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfonic acid group-containing polymer excellent in ion conductivity and durability, a method for producing the same, a resin composition containing the sulfonic acid group-containing polymer, a polymer electrolyte membrane, a polymer electrolyte membrane/electrode assembly, and a fuel cell. The sulfonic acid group-containing polymer of the present invention, in a first embodiment, includes a constituent represented by the following chemical formula 1: wherein X represents hydrogen or a monovalent cation species; Y represents a sulfone group or a ketone group; and n represents an arbitrary integer not less than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Kota Kitamura, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yamashita, Kousuke Sasai
  • Publication number: 20090071937
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fluid ejecting head that includes a nozzle formation process in which a nozzle is formed in a nozzle substrate. The nozzle has a first concave portion and a smaller, corresponding second concave portion. The fluid ejecting head is assembled by combining the nozzle substrate, a cavity substrate, and an electrode substrate. As part of the method of manufacturing, an oxide-film etching process is performed in such a manner that a sidewall portion of a concave formed in an oxide film on the surface of a nozzle substrate has an inclined portion that has an angle of inclination that is obtained through isotropic etching and further that the depth-directional distance of the inclined portion is set at a value that is larger than that of the depth-directional distance of the oxide film that is etched in a subsequent oxide-film etching process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7449533
    Abstract: The metallocene compound according to the invention and the olefin polymerization catalyst containing the compound are intended to produce a catalyst capable of preparing an isotactic polymer with a high polymerization activity. The metallocene compound contains a substituted cyclopentadienyl group and a (substituted) fluorenyl group and has a structure wherein these groups are bridged by a hydrocarbon group or the like. The process for preparing a metallocene compound according to the invention is intended to selectively prepare a specific metallocene compound so as not to produce an isomer, and in this process an intermediate product is synthesized by a specific method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Kawai, Masahiro Yamashita, Yasushi Tohi, Nobuo Kawahara, Kenji Michiue, Hiromu Kaneyoshi, Ryoji Mori
  • Patent number: 7426152
    Abstract: A technology capable of improving the yield by the trimming of internal properties of a semiconductor device is provided. A semiconductor device is provided with an internal voltage step-down circuit and an internal voltage step-up circuit whose property values (internal voltage and others) are variable, a fuse circuit unit, a JTAG function unit 304 which inputs and retains signals from outside, a control circuit which perform logical operation based on an output signal of the fuse circuit unit and an output signal of the JTAG function unit, and the property values of the internal voltage step-down circuit and the internal voltage step-up circuit are controlled based on a result of the logical operation by the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Takashi Uehara, Mamoru Takaku, Hiroaki Nambu
  • Publication number: 20080063917
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly wherein a hydrocarbon-based solid polymer electrolyte membrane is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes. In this electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly, the glass transition temperature of the electrolyte membrane in a dry state is not less than 160° C. and the maximum moisture content of the electrolyte membrane is 10-120%. By using such a hydrocarbon-based solid polymer electrolyte membrane, there can be obtained an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly which is excellent in reliability and durability. Also disclosed are a fuel cell using such an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly and a method for producing such an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Satoshi Takase, Kota Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20070274139
    Abstract: A technology capable of improving the yield by the trimming of internal properties of a semiconductor device is provided. A semiconductor device is provided with an internal voltage step-down circuit and an internal voltage step-up circuit whose property values (internal voltage and others) are variable, a fuse circuit unit, a JTAG function unit 304 which inputs and retains signals from outside, a control circuit which perform logical operation based on an output signal of the fuse circuit unit and an output signal of the JTAG function unit, and the property values of the internal voltage step-down circuit and the internal voltage step-up circuit are controlled based on a result of the logical operation by the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Takashi Uehara, Mamoru Takaku, Hiroaki Nambu
  • Patent number: 7291838
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus comprising: a terahertz wave generation device which generates a terahertz wave; a terahertz wave irradiation device which irradiates an object to be inspected with the terahertz wave; and a scattering intensity detection device which cuts a rectilinear wave of the terahertz wave which has passed through the object to be inspected and which detects an intensity of a scattered wave, and a scattered material such as powder or foam contained in an envelope, a capsule, a container or the like is detected in a non-destructive manner without unsealing the envelope or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignees: Riken, S-I Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kodo Kawase, Takayuki Shibuya, Yuichi Ogawa, Masahiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7269086
    Abstract: A technology capable of improving the yield by the trimming of internal properties of a semiconductor device is provided. A semiconductor device is provided with an internal voltage step-down circuit and an internal voltage step-up circuit whose property values (internal voltage and others) are variable, a fuse circuit unit, a JTAG function unit 304 which inputs and retains signals from outside, a control circuit which perform logical operation based on an output signal of the fuse circuit unit and an output signal of the JTAG function unit, and the property values of the internal voltage step-down circuit and the internal voltage step-up circuit are controlled based on a result of the logical operation by the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Takashi Uehara, Mamoru Takaku, Hiroaki Nambu
  • Publication number: 20070207361
    Abstract: A proton exchange membrane is obtained which can give an excellent power generation characteristic when the membrane is applied to, in particular, a fuel cell wherein high-concentration methanol is used as a fuel. In the aromatic hydrocarbon based proton exchange membrane of the invention, the ion exchange capacity is set into the range of 0.6 to 1.3 meq/g. Moreover, the area swelling rate for a 30% by mass methanol aqueous solution at 40° C. is set into the range of 2 to 30%. Preferably, a sulfonic acid group is bonded to an aromatic ring of the aromatic hydrocarbon based polymer contained in the aromatic hydrocarbon based proton exchange film. Preferably, the aromatic hydrocarbon based polymer is a polyarylene ether based polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventor: Masahiro YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20070009085
    Abstract: In an enclosure inspection apparatus 11, when a sealed letter 2 is inputted into a sealed letter loading station A, visual inspecting means 27 and X-ray inspecting means 33 determine thickness of the sealed letter and whether an enclosure in the sealed letter is a predetermined suspected object. The sealed letter not less than a predetermined thickness is rejected in first sorting station D, and the sealed letter which is not thicker than the predetermined thickness and in which the suspected object is not detected is conveyed as it is to second sorting station G. As for the sealed letter which is not thicker than the predetermined thickness and in which the suspected object is detected, after the suspected object in the sealed letter is positioned in a positioning station E, a suspected object inspecting station F determines whether the above-described suspected object is a predetermined object, such as an explosive or a narcotic drug, using a terahertz wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Chiko Otani, Yoshiaki Sasaki, Gosei Okazaki, Kazunori Ninomiya, Masahiro Yamashita, Kengo Takahashi, Atsushi Takasuka, Toru Kitaguchi
  • Publication number: 20060221727
    Abstract: A technology capable of improving the yield by the trimming of internal properties of a semiconductor device is provided. A semiconductor device is provided with an internal voltage step-down circuit and an internal voltage step-up circuit whose property values (internal voltage and others) are variable, a fuse circuit unit, a JTAG function unit 304 which inputs and retains signals from outside, a control circuit which perform logical operation based on an output signal of the fuse circuit unit and an output signal of the JTAG function unit, and the property values of the internal voltage step-down circuit and the internal voltage step-up circuit are controlled based on a result of the logical operation by the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Takashi Uehara, Mamoru Takaku, Hiroaki Nambu
  • Publication number: 20060194914
    Abstract: An automobile part comprising a polypropylene resin composition, the polypropylene resin composition comprising a propylene homopolymer (A1), an elastomer (B) and an inorganic filler (C) in specified proportions. The polypropylene homopolymer (A1) exhibits an MFR (230° C.) of 20 to 300 g/10 min, a ratio of position irregular units derived from 2,1-insertion or 1,3-insertion of propylene monomer relative to all propylene structural units, determined from a 13C-NMR spectrum, each of 0.05% or less, and an Mw/Mn, determined by GPC, of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Kawai, Masahiro Yamashita, Yasushi Tohi, Keita Itakura, Ikunori Sakai, Mikio Hashimoto, Takeshi Minoda, Masamichi Naito, Toru Takaoka, Nobuo Kawahara, Hiromu Kaneyoshi
  • Publication number: 20060178241
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a pulley 1 having a belt attached thereto to transmit the rotating drive force, a hub 2 which connects the pulley to a rotating shaft of a driven device, a bearing 7 which rotatably supports the pulley, and a sleeve ring 5 which is fitted and secured to the pulley and attaches the bearing to the pulley to prevent it relatively moving. The sleeve ring is provided, on its first end opposite to the driven device, with a bent portion 5b against which the bearing abuts to restrict further movement of the bearing. An annular retainer 6 is provided on the portion of the bearing adjacent to the drive device. The bearing is secured to the sleeve ring through the annular retainer by calking a second end 5a of the sleeve ring opposite to the first end. The sleeve ring is provided with a projection 5f which projects in the axial direction from the rear surface of the pulley and a casing 9 is provided with an annular groove 9c which at least partly receives therein the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiyasu Nosaka, Hiroshi Nagae, Masahiro Yamashita, Yasuo Tabuchi, Yoshiki Tada, Mitsuhiro Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20060166048
    Abstract: A polyarylene ether-based compound according to the present invention includes polymer components represented in general formula (1) and general formula (2): wherein Ar indicates a divalent aromatic group, Y indicates a sulfone group or a ketone group, X indicates H or a monovalent cation species, and Ar? indicates a divalent aromatic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Kota Kitamura, Shigenori Nagahara, Masahiro Yamashita, Junko Nakao
  • Patent number: 7081493
    Abstract: An automobile part comprising a polypropylene resin composition, the polypropylene resin composition comprising a propylene homopolymer (A1), an elastomer (B) and an inorganic filler (C), or comprising a propylene block copolymer (A2) and an inorganic filler (C) optionally together with an elastomer (B), in specified proportions. The propylene homopolymer (A1), or the propylene homopolymer segment of the propylene block copolymer (A2) exhibits an MFR (230-C) of 20 to 300 g/10 min, a ratio of position irregular units derived from 2,1-insertion or 1,3-insertion of propylene monomer relative to all propylene structural units, determined from a 13C-NMR spectrum, each of 0.2% or less, and an Mw/Mn, determined by GPC, of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Kawai, Masahiro Yamashita, Yasushi Tohi, Keita Itakura, Ikunori Sakai, Mikio Hashimoto, Takeshi Minoda, Masamichi Naito, Toru Takaoka, Nobuo Kawahara, Hiromu Kaneyoshi
  • Patent number: 7069305
    Abstract: In the data transfer method between a couple of computer nodes in the related art, an overhead for the waiting between programs to conduct the data transfer is considerably large. In the present invention, a first program to transmit data stores the data to the main storage area in the desired time interval. A second program to receive data refers to the above area using RDMA in the desired time interval. Otherwise, the second program to receive data refers to the main storage in the desired time interval. A first program to transmit data stores data to above area using RDMA in the desired time interval. Moreover, in order to detect the passing between the write and read operations, an identifier is provided to each record and the access sequence of the identifier and record is inverted in the read and write operations. Or, an identifier and an error checking code are added to each record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Serizawa, Hirofumi Nagasuka, Taketoshi Sakuraba, Kenta Ninose, Masahiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20060084541
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a pulley 1 and a hub 2 having an inner hub 21, a rubber damper 22 and an outer hub 23. A hub side engagement portion 24 formed of an elastic material and arranged either one, or both, of inner peripheral surface and outer peripheral surface of the outer hub engages with a pulley side engagement portion 12, arranged at a position corresponding to the outer hub, of the pulley in concavo-convex fitting to thereby constitute a torque transmission structure between the hub and the pulley. The hub side engagement portion and the pulley side engagement portion have a concavo-convex outer shape and mesh with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Michiyasu Nosaka, Yasuo Tabuchi, Motohiko Ueda, Yoshiki Tada, Hiroshi Nagae, Masahiro Yamashita, Kouji Kida, Mitsuhiro Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20060043298
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus comprising: a terahertz wave generation device which generates a terahertz wave; a terahertz wave irradiation device which irradiates an object to be inspected with the terahertz wave; and a scattering intensity detection device which cuts a rectilinear wave of the terahertz wave which has passed through the object to be inspected and which detects an intensity of a scattered wave, and a scattered material such as powder or foam contained in an envelope, a capsule, a container or the like is detected in a non-destructive manner without unsealing the envelope or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicants: RIKEN, S.I SEIKO CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kodo Kawase, Takayuki Shibuya, Yuichi Ogawa, Masahiro Yamashita