Patents by Inventor Masao Nakada

Masao Nakada 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: 7444163
    Abstract: A mobile digital device comprises a ten-key pad being comprised of a key mat 21 on which ten-key buttons 21a-21c with respective projections 21aa-21cc on the under surfaces thereof are laid out and a key circuit board on which respective contacts 22a-22c corresponding to the projections are laid out, an electrostatic capacity sensing pad 30 for sensing an electrostatic capacity change to detect a touched region and having through holes to be inserted the projections corresponding thereto and being provided with between the key mat 21 and the key circuit board 22, and a controller for selecting a function corresponded to a feature of the touched region detected by the electrostatic capacity sensing pad and executing the selected function. Owing to such constructions, a desired function can be selected by way of finger touching to the mobile digital device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takeshi Ban, Atsushi Furukawa, Akiko Inami, Yachiyo Itou, Takashi Sugiyama, Noriyoshi Usui, Masao Nakada
  • Publication number: 20070119100
    Abstract: A control apparatus drives a motor to move a window glass to an opening end locking position beyond a preset stop position and thereby to forcefully stop the window glass at the opening end locking position when the control apparatus senses that an operational switch is continuously operated by a user for a predetermined time period or longer to perform the opening operation of the window glass based on an operational command signal outputted from the operational switch. The control apparatus then resets the preset stop position based on an actual stop position of the window glass at the opening end locking position in a preset stop position resetting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Nakada, Daisuke Mukai, Hiroyuki Furukoshi
  • Publication number: 20060038789
    Abstract: A mobile digital device comprises a ten-key pad being comprised of a key mat 21 on which ten-key buttons 21a-21c with respective projections 21aa-21cc on the under surfaces thereof are laid out and a key circuit board on which respective contacts 22a-22c corresponding to the projections are laid out, an electrostatic capacity sensing pad 30 for sensing an electrostatic capacity change to detect a touched region and having through holes to be inserted the projections corresponding thereto and being provided with between the key mat 21 and the key circuit board 22, and a controller for selecting a function corresponded to a feature of the touched region detected by the electrostatic capacity sensing pad and executing the selected function. Owing to such constructions, a desired function can be selected by way of finger touching to the mobile digital device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takeshi Ban, Atsushi Furulawa, Akiko Inami, Yachiyo Itou, Takashi Sugiyama, Noriyoshi Usui, Masao Nakada
  • Patent number: 6163100
    Abstract: A microcomputer outputs a driving frequency signal to an oscillator circuit and the oscillator circuit oscillates at a driving frequency designated by the microcomputer. A switching control circuit outputs switching signals to an A-phase amplifier circuit and to a B-phase amplifier circuit at a predetermined timing. The A-phase amplifier circuit and the B-phase amplifier circuit each convert a DC voltage supplied by a voltage control circuit to an AC voltage and supply the same to two piezoelectric bodies of an ultrasonic motor. Due to the AC voltage being supplied to each of the two piezoelectric bodies, the ultrasonic motor is driven. At the start time of driving the ultrasonic motor, by gradually increasing the voltage level of the DC voltage outputted from the voltage control circuit and also gradually increasing the voltage level of a driving voltage to be supplied to the piezoelectric body of the ultrasonic motor, a stator and a rotor of the ultrasonic motor are gradually separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Morizaki, Hiroyuki Furukoshi, Masao Nakada, Kazutomo Kakegawa