Patents by Inventor Masaki Yamashita

Masaki 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).

  • Patent number: 8963472
    Abstract: An apparatus, comprises three driver FETs coupled at their sources; note-driver circuit; a first sense FET coupled to the sources of the three driver FETs; a current mirror having the first sense FET and a mirror FET; wherein the first sense FET is coupled to the mirror FET; a first transconductance amplifier coupled to the first sense FET; a second amplifier coupled to the current mirror, and an output of the first transconductance amplifier is an input to the second amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Daijiro Otani, Nakoyuki Tsuruoka, Masaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20140265966
    Abstract: To provide a disk drive capable of inhibiting the occurrence of acoustic noise caused by a voltage pulse when the head is retracted using a speed control method using voltage obtained by rectifying a back electromotive force after the power source has been cut off from the rotation of a spindle motor. Retraction control circuit is used to control the on and off modes of transistors in accordance with the speed of VCM. The voltage across VCM becomes a voltage that can be regulated with VCM voltage control circuit. At this time, voltage is supplied to the terminals based on the voltage of ISO5V that is the rectified voltage of the back electromotive force of the spindle motor and the pulsating voltage is synchronized and produced at both terminals. As a result, the potential difference across VCM is such that the pulsating voltage is negated and acoustic noise is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Masaki Yamashita, Chisako Asaoka, Nobuhiko Wasa
  • Patent number: 8791657
    Abstract: To provide a disk drive capable of inhibiting the occurrence of acoustic noise caused by a voltage pulse when the head is retracted using a speed control method using voltage obtained by rectifying a back electromotive force after the power source has been cut off from the rotation of a spindle motor. Retraction control circuit is used to control the on and off modes of transistors in accordance with the speed of VCM. The voltage across VCM becomes a voltage that can be regulated with VCM voltage control circuit. At this time, voltage is supplied to the terminals based on the voltage of ISO5V that is the rectified voltage of the back electromotive force of the spindle motor and the pulsating voltage is synchronized and produced at both terminals. As a result, the potential difference across VCM is such that the pulsating voltage is negated and acoustic noise is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Masaki Yamashita, Chisako Asaoka, Nobuhiko Wasa
  • Patent number: 8781793
    Abstract: The light emission analyzing device includes: a first light intensity calculation unit that performs polynomial approximation on a spectroscopic spectrum indicating a light intensity for each wavelength in a container as measured by a spectrometer so as to calculate the light intensity; a second light intensity calculation unit that subtracts, for each wavelength, the light intensity calculated by the first light intensity calculation unit from the light intensity indicated by the spectroscopic spectrum measured by the spectrometer so as to calculate a light intensity corresponding to a bright-line spectrum of a molecule; and a ratio calculation unit that calculates, by using the light intensity calculated by the second light intensity calculation unit, a ratio between (a) a peak value of a molecular spectrum of a first molecule and (b) a peak value of a molecular spectrum of a second molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: CREV Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Yamashita, Hiromi Mizukawa
  • Publication number: 20140107980
    Abstract: The light emission analyzing device includes: a first light intensity calculation unit that performs polynomial approximation on a spectroscopic spectrum indicating a light intensity for each wavelength in a container as measured by a spectrometer so as to calculate the light intensity; a second light intensity calculation unit that subtracts, for each wavelength, the light intensity calculated by the first light intensity calculation unit from the light intensity indicated by the spectroscopic spectrum measured by the spectrometer so as to calculate a light intensity corresponding to a bright-line spectrum of a molecule; and a ratio calculation unit that calculates, by using the light intensity calculated by the second light intensity calculation unit, a ratio between (a) a peak value of a molecular spectrum of a first molecule and (b) a peak value of a molecular spectrum of a second molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Masaki Yamashita, Hiromi Mizukawa
  • Patent number: 8678071
    Abstract: A lightweight metal mold having a necessary rigidity is realized. Firstly, an original pattern of an evaporative pattern is formed by machining an evaporative material block. The original pattern includes a three-dimensional mesh structure including a plurality of bar-shaped parts and connecting points that connect ends of the bar-shaped parts and are distributed in a three-dimensional space, and a plurality of block parts having fixed relative positional relationship by being fixed to the three-dimensional mesh structure. Then, at least a portion of at least one or more of the bar-shaped parts composing the original pattern is removed, and replaced with a tube member. Then, a full-mold casting is performed by using the evaporative pattern having the replaced tube member. Positional relationship of the block parts in which surfaces, etc. necessary for the metal mold are formed is fixed by the three-dimensional mesh structure, and the necessary rigidity is secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotake Sueta, Kiyoshi Kameyama, Atsushi Takemoto, Tatsuya Watarai, Hitoshi Akimoto, Masaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20140055107
    Abstract: A current driver is coupled to an inductor; a digital control for regulation of the current driver turns the current driver on or off coupled to the current driver; a comparator output coupled to the input of the digital control for regulation of the driver with inputs to compare a voltage of the inductor to a target voltage, a digital control for selection of one of a set of peaks and valleys of allowable current levels of the current driver, the digital control for selection of one of a set of peaks and valleys coupled to the output of the comparator and an input of the current driver, the digital control for the peak/valley current to monitor the duration of each high and low output state of the comparator output to determine the selection of one of the set of peak and valley of allowable current levels for the current driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tsuruoka, Daijiro Otani, Keita Ikai, Masaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20140001994
    Abstract: To provide a disk drive capable of inhibiting the occurrence of acoustic noise caused by a voltage pulse when the head is retracted using a speed control method using voltage obtained by rectifying a back electromotive force after the power source has been cut off from the rotation of a spindle motor. Retraction control circuit is used to control the on and off modes of transistors in accordance with the speed of VCM. The voltage across VCM becomes a voltage that can be regulated with VCM voltage control circuit. At this time, voltage is supplied to the terminals based on the voltage of ISO5V that is the rectified voltage of the back electromotive force of the spindle motor and the pulsating voltage is synchronized and produced at both terminals. As a result, the potential difference across VCM is such that the pulsating voltage is negated and acoustic noise is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Masaki Yamashita, Chisako Asaoka, Nobuhiko Wasa
  • Publication number: 20130295316
    Abstract: A lightweight metal mold having a necessary rigidity is realized. Firstly, an original pattern of an evaporative pattern is formed by machining an evaporative material block. The original pattern includes a three-dimensional mesh structure including a plurality of bar-shaped parts and connecting points that connect ends of the bar-shaped parts and are distributed in a three-dimensional space, and a plurality of block parts having fixed relative positional relationship by being fixed to the three-dimensional mesh structure. Then, at least a portion of at least one or more of the bar-shaped parts composing the original pattern is removed, and replaced with a tube member. Then, a full-mold casting is performed by using the evaporative pattern having the replaced tube member. Positional relationship of the block parts in which surfaces, etc. necessary for the metal mold are formed is fixed by the three-dimensional mesh structure, and the necessary rigidity is secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotake Sueta, Kiyoshi Kameyama, Atsushi Takemoto, Tatsuya Watarai, Hitoshi Akimoto, Masaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20130278199
    Abstract: An apparatus, comprises three driver FETs coupled at their sources; note-driver circuit; a first sense FET coupled to the sources of the three driver FETs; a current mirror having the first sense FET and a mirror FET; wherein the first sense FET is coupled to the mirror FET; a first transconductance amplifier coupled to the first sense FET; a second amplifier coupled to the current mirror, and an output of the first transconductance amplifier is an input to the second amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Daijiro Otani, Nakoyuki Tsuruoka, Masaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8497641
    Abstract: To provide a disk drive capable of inhibiting the occurrence of acoustic noise caused by a voltage pulse when the head is retracted using a speed control method using voltage obtained by rectifying a back electromotive force after the power source has been cut off from the rotation of a spindle motor. Retraction control circuit is used to control the on and off modes of transistors in accordance with the speed of VCM. The voltage across VCM becomes a voltage that can be regulated with VCM voltage control circuit. At this time, voltage is supplied to the terminals based on the voltage of ISO5V that is the rectified voltage of the back electromotive force of the spindle motor and the pulsating voltage is synchronized and produced at both terminals. As a result, the potential difference across VCM is such that the pulsating voltage is negated and acoustic noise is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Masaki Yamashita, Chisako Ota, Nobuhiko Wasa
  • Patent number: 8267729
    Abstract: A socket contact is configured to receive a part of a mating contact. The socket contact comprises a spring portion, a spring support portion and a lance. The spring portion is brought into contact with the mating contact when the socket contact receives the part of the mating contact. The spring support portion supports the spring portion. The lance is provided on the spring support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Masaki Yamashita, Kazuhito Hisamatsu, Yosuke Honda
  • Patent number: 8228629
    Abstract: The objective of this invention is to provide a motor control device, and a disk drive device using the same, in which during emergency operation it is possible to supply necessary power to the motor while limiting enlargement of the circuit area. During the retraction operation, control is performed to alternate between a short-circuit mode in which each terminal U, V, W of the spindle motor M1 is short-circuited to the terminal ICOM, and a rectifying mode in which the back electromotive force of the spindle motor M1 is rectifies and output to the power supply line ISO3V, VGND while the input of power from the power supply line ISO3V, VGND to the spindle motor M1 is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Masaki Yamashita, Chisako Ota
  • Patent number: 8177571
    Abstract: A connector has a housing, an insertion slot into which a connection target is inserted, an actuator and a contact. The actuator has a pusher. The actuator is held on the housing so as to be turnable between an open position and a close position. The actuator allows the connection target to be inserted into the insertion slot when the actuator is positioned at the open position. The pusher pushes the inserted connection target when the actuator is positioned at the close position. The contact is held by the housing. The contact includes a spring section and a supported section supported by the spring section. The supported section includes a press section and a contacting section. The press section presses the pusher against the inserted connection target and receives, from the pusher, a reaction force directed away from the connection target when the actuator is located at the close position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yokoo, Nobukazu Kato, Masaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8025516
    Abstract: A plate-like connection target is inserted into a connector along a first direction. The connector has a first metal member having a first metal abutment portion, a second metal member having a second metal abutment portion, and an actuator operable to push the second metal abutment portion toward the first metal abutment portion for holding the plate-like connection target between the first metal abutment portion and the second metal abutment portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a state in which the plate-like connection target has been inserted in the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yokoo, Masaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7902778
    Abstract: A disk drive system including retract logic for control of the voice coil motor in a retract operation, in which the voice coil motor positions the read/write head actuator arm in a safe place in a loss-of-power event, is disclosed. The retract logic includes circuitry for controlling the application of power to the voice coil motor from an external capacitor, so that a constant voltage is maintained across the voice coil motor. Current from the capacitor is directed to an internal variable resistor that conducts a selected current, in parallel with the current applied to the voice coil motor. The voltage developed across the variable resistor is applied to one input of a control amplifier, which receives the voltage across the voice coil motor at another input; the control amplifier in turn controls the gate of a low side transistor. The transistor passes current to the extent that the voltage across the voice coil motor corresponds to that developed across the variable resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Masaki Yamashita, Chisako Ota
  • Publication number: 20110028018
    Abstract: A connector has a housing, an insertion slot into which a connection target is inserted, an actuator and a contact. The actuator has a pusher. The actuator is held on the housing so as to be turnable between an open position and a close position. The actuator allows the connection target to be inserted into the insertion slot when the actuator is positioned at the open position. The pusher pushes the inserted connection target when the actuator is positioned at the close position. The contact is held by the housing. The contact includes a spring section and a supported section supported by the spring section. The supported section includes a press section and a contacting section. The press section presses the pusher against the inserted connection target and receives, from the pusher, a reaction force directed away from the connection target when the actuator is located at the close position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yokoo, Nobukazu Kato, Masaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7872004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula [I] wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition, an anti-HIV agent and an HIV integrase inhibitor containing such compound. The compound of the present invention has an HIV integrase inhibitory activity, and is useful as an anti-HIV agent, or as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of AIDS. In addition, by the combined use with other anti-HIV agents such as a protease inhibitor, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor and the like, it can be a more effective anti-HIV agent. Because it shows integrase-specific high inhibitory activity, the compound can be a pharmaceutical agent safe on human body, which causes only a fewer side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Motohide Satoh, Hisateru Aramaki, Masaki Yamashita, Masafumi Inoue, Hiroshi Kawakami, Hisashi Shinkai, Hiroshi Nakamura, Yuji Matsuzaki, Shuichi Wamaki
  • Publication number: 20100315738
    Abstract: The objective of this invention is to provide a motor control device, and a disk drive device using the same, in which during emergency operation it is possible to supply necessary power to the motor while limiting enlargement of the circuit area. During the retraction operation, control is performed to alternate between a short-circuit mode in which each terminal U, V, W of the spindle motor Ml is short-circuited to the terminal ICOM, and a rectifying mode in which the back electromotive force of the spindle motor M1 is rectifies and output to the power supply line ISO3V, VGND while the input of power from the power supply line ISO3V, VGND to the spindle motor M1 is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Masaki Yamashita, Chisako Ota
  • Patent number: D725597
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Masaki Yamashita