Patents by Inventor Masanori Yoshihara
Masanori Yoshihara 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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Publication number: 20090086320Abstract: A protective film for polarizing plate comprising k layers (k is an integer of 2 or more) of thermoplastic resin layer laminated, wherein a refractive index ni(380) at a wavelength of 380 nm and a refractive index ni(780) at a wavelength of 780 nm in the i th thermoplastic resin layer as well as a refractive index ni+1(380) at a wavelength of 380 nm and a refractive index ni+1(780) at a wavelength of 780 nm in the i+1 th thermoplastic resin layer have a relationship in ?ni(380)?ni+1(380)|?|ni(780)?ni+1(780)??0.02 (where, i is an integer of 1 to k?1). A polarizing plate is obtained by bonding the protective film for the polarizing plate and a polarizer. And a liquid crystal display comprising the polarizing plate and a liquid crystal panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2006Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Yoshihara, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Kohei Arakawa
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Publication number: 20080316404Abstract: A vertical alignment (VA) mode liquid crystal display unit having at least one biaxial optical anisotropic substance sheet and a liquid crystal cell between a light emission side polarizing polarizer and a light incident side polarizer, wherein (1) nx>ny>nz is satisfied (nx and ny: in-plane principal refractive indexes of the entire biaxial optical anisotropy, and nz: a principal refractive index in the thickness direction), (2) the low refractive index layer comprises an aerogel with a refractive index of up to 1.7, and (3) a multilayered body consisting of the total biaxial optical anisotropic substance sheet and the liquid crystal cell satisfies the formula: |R40?R0|?35 nm where R0: a retardation as measured without imposition of voltage when light with wavelength of 550 nm impinges vertically, and R40: a retardation as measured without imposition of voltage when light with wavelength of 550 nm impinges at an inclination angle of 40 degrees from the normal to the direction of the principal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicants: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Zeon CorporationInventors: Takeyuki Yamaki, Hiroshi Yokogawa, Akira Tsujimoto, Ryozo Fukuzaki, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Masanori Yoshihara, Kohei Arakawa
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Patent number: 7448635Abstract: A recreational vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a pair of left and right arms attached to the vehicle frame and extending from the left and right sides of the vehicle frame, a pair of left and right ground contacting parts respectively attached to the pair of left and right arms, and a stabilizer bar for correcting a torsion on the pair of left and right ground contacting parts. The stabilizer bar is provided with a support member capable of changing a position at which the stabilizer bar is supported.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanori Yoshihara, Kiyoteru Suzuki
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Patent number: 7422083Abstract: A snowmobile includes a vehicle body frame, an arm connected to the vehicle body frame, and a knuckle connecting the arm and a ski. The knuckle includes a frame and a connection member connecting the arm and the knuckle and the knuckle is arranged inside of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanori Yoshihara, Kiyoteru Suzuki
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Patent number: 7413810Abstract: A protective film for polarizing plates comprises an antireflection layer (reflectance?0.5% at 550 nm) having high refractivity layers and low refractivity layers alternately laminated on a thermoplastic film (photoelastic coefficient?9.0×10?12 Pa?1, saturated water absorption<0.05% by weight) and has 0.3 or smaller standard deviation of S, which is obtained by obtaining a reflectance R(?) at a wavelength ? while ? is increased from 380 to 780 nm by an increment ?? of 1 nm, calculating S: S = ? ? = 380 780 ? ? ? ? ? · R ? ( ? ) ( 1 ) and calculating the standard deviation at 10 points randomly selected within 100 cm2 on the surface of the film. When the film is disposed on the surface of the visual side of a display device such as a liquid crystal display device, the film prevents reflection and suppresses fluctuation in distributions of luminance and color difference due to the uniform spectral reflectance within the surface of the film.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2004Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Zeon CorporationInventors: Yasumasa Yoshitomi, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Masanori Yoshihara
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Publication number: 20080094326Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of an in-plane switching mode comprises a pair of polarizing plates which are constituted with a polarizing plate at the output side comprising a polarizer at the output side and a polarizing plate at the incident side comprising a polarizer at the incident side having a transmission axis approximately perpendicular to a transmission axis of the polarizer at the output side and two or more sheets of optically anisotropic members and liquid crystal cells disposed between the pair of polarizing plates. In the optically anisotropic member, the sum of the major in-plane refractive indices is twice the sum of the major refractive index in the direction of thickness or smaller. The ratio of retardation of light incident at an angle inclined by 40 degrees with respect to the normal toward the major axis (R40) to the retardation of light incident perpendicularly (R0) is 0.90˜1.10. The device comprises a low refractive index layer which has a refractive index of 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2005Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD., ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeyuki Yamaki, Hiroshi Yokogawa, Akira Tsujimoto, Ryozo Fukuzaki, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Masanori Yoshihara, Kohei Arakawa
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Publication number: 20080095999Abstract: A protective film for polarizing plate having a substrate film of a resin material and, laminated on at least one surface thereof directly or via another layer, an antireflection layer, characterized in that the substrate film has a photoelastic coefficient of less than 9×10?12 Pa?1 and a saturated water-absorbing percentage of less than 0.05%, and the resin material constituting the substrate film exhibits a warpage percentage of 1% or less when the film having an average thickness of 50 ?m and a dimension of 100 mm×100 mm is allowed to stand at 60° C. and a humidity of 95% for 500 hours is below 1%; a method for preparing the protective film for polarizing plate; a polarizing plate with antireflection function comprising the protective film and a polarizing plate laminated thereon; and an optical article having the polarizing plate with antireflection function.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2004Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventors: Masanori Yoshihara, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Yasumasa Yoshitomi
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Publication number: 20080075895Abstract: An optical multilayer film for a liquid crystal display comprising a hard coat layer and a low refractive index layer comprising aerogel, which layers are laminated, in this order, directly or with another intervening layer on one surface of a substrate film comprising a transparent resin, wherein the refractive index nH of the hard coat layer and the refractive index nL of the low refractive index layer satisfy the following three formulae [1], [2] and [3], nL?1.37??Formula [1] nH?1.53??Formula [2] (nH)1/2?0.2<nL<(nH)1/2+0.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD., ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeyuki Yamaki, Hiroshi Yokogawa, Akira Tsujimoto, Ryozo Fukuzaki, Atsushi Sone, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Masanori Yoshihara, Kohei Arakawa
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Patent number: 7318494Abstract: A vehicle comprises a frame and a slide rail disposed below the frame for guiding a drive track along a road surface. An arm has a first portion pivotally coupled to the frame at a frame pivot location and a second portion pivotally coupled to the slide rail at a rail pivot location. Vertical movement of the slide rail causes a length of the arm between the frame pivot location and the rail pivot location to extend or contract. The vehicle suspension system becomes increasingly stiffer as the deflection of the slide rail increases, to contribute to a more comfortable ride and to reduce the risk of bottoming-out.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kubota Takahiko, Masanori Yoshihara
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Patent number: 7278506Abstract: A vehicle comprises a frame and a slide rail pivotally coupled to the frame. A spring member urges the slide rail in a direction away from the frame. The spring member has a first portion mounted to the frame and a second portion supported on the slide rail at a first spring support position in a first configuration. A spring support is coupled to the vehicle at a second spring support position and is arranged to engage the spring member upon deflection of the slide rail in a second configuration. The vehicle suspension system becomes increasingly stiffer as the deflection of the slide rail increases, to contribute to a more comfortable ride and to reduce the risk of bottoming-out.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masanori Yoshihara
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Publication number: 20070193799Abstract: A snowmobile includes a vehicle body frame, an arm connected to the vehicle body frame, and a knuckle connecting the arm and a ski. The knuckle includes a frame and a connection member connecting the arm and the knuckle and the knuckle is arranged inside of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2006Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Masanori Yoshihara, Kiyoteru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20070175686Abstract: A snowmobile includes a vehicle frame, a track belt to which driving force is transferred from an engine mounted on the vehicle frame, a guide rail guiding the track belt, a frontal connecting member rotatably connected to the vehicle frame and the guide rail in a front portion of the snowmobile, a rear connecting member rotatably connected to the vehicle frame and the guide rail in a rear portion of the snowmobile, a first link member rotatably connected to the frontal connecting member, and a second link member rotatably connected to the first link member and the guide rail, and a shock absorber rotatably connected to the first link member or the second link member via a first connecting member. The first connecting member is provided above a second connecting member connecting the guide rail and the second link member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2006Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventor: Masanori Yoshihara
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Publication number: 20070176388Abstract: A recreational vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a pair of left and right arms attached to the vehicle frame and extending from the left and right sides of the vehicle frame, a pair of left and right ground contacting parts respectively attached to the pair of left and right arms, and a stabilizer bar for correcting a torsion on the pair of left and right ground contacting parts. The stabilizer bar is provided with a support member capable of changing a position at which the stabilizer bar is supported.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2006Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Masanori Yoshihara, Kiyoteru Suzuki
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Patent number: 7148627Abstract: A magnetron is configured so that an antenna lead 17 connected to a desired position of an anode segment 2 passes through a magnetic pole piece 7 and a metal cylinder 8 so as not to make contact therewith and is connected to the output portion of the magnetron, and so that the electrical length L1 of this antenna lead 17 between the opening end of a third harmonic restraint choke 15 and the connection portion of the anode segment 2 is 1/2 of the wavelength (?) of the third harmonic, thereby restraining the third harmonic and the side bands of the third harmonic.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2003Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Ishii, Etsuo Saitou, Masanori Yoshihara, Toshiyuki Tsukada, Hideki Ohguri
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Publication number: 20060210767Abstract: A protective film for polarizing plates comprises an antireflection layer (reflectance?0.5% at 550 nm) having high refractivity layers and low refractivity layers alternately laminated on a thermoplastic film (photoelastic coefficient?9.0×10?12 Pa?1, saturated water absorption<0.05% by weight) and has 0.3 or smaller standard deviation of S, which is obtained by obtaining a reflectance R(?) at a wavelength ? while ? is increased from 380 to 780 nm by an increment ?? of 1 nm, calculating S: S = ? ? = 380 780 ? ? ? ? ? ? · R ? ( ? ) ( 1 ) and calculating the standard deviation at 10 points randomly selected within 100 cm2 on the surface of the film. When the film is disposed on the surface of the visual side of a display device such as a liquid crystal display device, the film prevents reflection and suppresses fluctuation in distributions of luminance and color difference due to the uniform spectral reflectance within the surface of the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2004Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Yasumasa Yoshitomi, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Masanori Yoshihara
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Patent number: 7053556Abstract: In a magnetron 41, when a radius of a flat portion 45b of a pole piece 45 is Rp, a radius of the inner circumference of a large-diameter equalizing ring 51 is Rs2, Rp?Rs2, a radius of the outer circumference of a small-diameter equalizing ring is Rs1, a radius of a circle inscribed in a leading edge of an anode vane is Ra, and a minimum length between the pole pieces in the axial direction is Lg, the values of Ra, Rs1, Rs2, and Lg are set such that the following Expressions 1 and 2 are established: 1.85Ra?(Rs1+Rs2)/2?1.96Ra, and[Expression 1] 2.84Ra?Lg?3.0Ra.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2005Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Yoshihara, Hiroshi Ochiai, Etsuo Saitou, Hideki Ohguri
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Patent number: 7040438Abstract: A vehicle comprises a frame, a slide rail, and front and rear arms pivotally coupled to the frame and the slide rail. Front and rear shock absorbers are interposed between the slide rail and the frame. A linkage system is coupled with the slide rail, the front arm, and at least one shock absorber. The vehicle suspension system becomes increasingly stiffer as the deflection of the slide rail increases, to contribute to a more comfortable ride and to reduce the risk of bottoming-out.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masanori Yoshihara
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Patent number: 6989634Abstract: A magnetron cathode assembly which realizes stopping of turn of an external terminal inserted into a stem insulator without increasing a manufacturing cost. A leading end of a base end axial portion of an external terminal has a non-circular section by providing a flat surface in at least one position on its peripheral surface, and a straight stop edge that fits to the flat surface thereby to carry out stopping of turn of the external terminal is provided for a terminal fitting hole of a sealing metal plate into which the leading end of this external terminal is fitted.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2003Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Etsuo Saitou, Takeshi Ishii, Masanori Yoshihara, Hideki Ohguri, Toshiyuki Tsukada
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Publication number: 20050174061Abstract: In a magnetron 41, when a radius of a flat portion 45b of a pole piece 45 is Rp, a radius of the inner circumference of a large-diameter equalizing ring 51 is Rs2, Rp?Rs2, a radius of the outer circumference of a small-diameter equalizing ring is Rs1, a radius of a circle inscribed in a leading edge of an anode vane is Ra, and a minimum length between the pole pieces in the axial direction is Lg, the values of Ra, Rs1, Rs2, and Lg are set such that the following Expressions 1 and 2 are established: 1.85Ra?(Rs1+Rs2)/2?1.96Ra,??[Expression 1] and 2.84Ra?Lg?3.0Ra.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2005Publication date: August 11, 2005Inventors: Masanori Yoshihara, Hiroshi Ochiai, Etsuo Saitou, Hideki Ohguri
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Publication number: 20050062427Abstract: A magnetron cathode assembly which realizes stopping of turn of an external terminal inserted into a stem insulator without increasing a manufacturing cost. A leading end of a base end axial portion of an external terminal has a non-circular section by providing a flat surface in at least one position on its peripheral surface, and a straight stop edge that fits to the flat surface thereby to carry out stopping of turn of the external terminal is provided for a terminal fitting hole of a sealing metal plate into which the leading end of this external terminal is fitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2003Publication date: March 24, 2005Inventors: Etsuo Saitou, Takeshi Ishii, Masanori Yoshihara, Hideki Ohguri, Toshiyuki Tsukada