Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Ito

Masatoshi Ito 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: 7181833
    Abstract: The invention provides a mounting method capable of coping with high density mounting, narrower pitch mounting, cavity mounting and the like. In this method, displacement amounts of a chip that is picked up from a wafer by a pick-up nozzle to be held by the pick-up nozzle, with respect to a reference attitude, are obtained, and when the chip is delivered to a mounting nozzle for actually mounting the chip onto a substrate, the displacement amounts are corrected while taking the displacement amounts into consideration, so that the mounting nozzle always holds the chip in a fixed attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Mizuno, Tomomi Asakura, Masatoshi Ito, Masaaki Kaneko, Toshinobu Miyagoshi
  • Patent number: 7168515
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle drive system including (a) an engine, (b) an electric motor, (c) a planetary gear device having a first rotary element connected to the engine, a second rotary element connected to the electric motor and connected through a first clutch to an output member connected to vehicle drive wheel, and a third rotary element connected through a second clutch to the output member, (d) a forward motor drive control device for engaging the first clutch and releasing the second clutch to thereby establish a forward motor drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in a forward direction by the electric motor, (e) a forward-engine-drive control device for engaging at least the second clutch to establish an engine-drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in the forward direction by the engine, and (f) a second-clutch control device operable upon switching of a vehicle drive mode from the forward motor drive mode to the forward engine drive mode, for engaging the second clutch only after the engine speed has
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Hidehiro Oba, Hiroatsu Endo, Kazumi Hoshiya
  • Patent number: 7165638
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle drive system including (a) an engine, (b) an electric motor, (c) a planetary gear device having a first rotary element connected to the engine, a second rotary element connected to the electric motor and connected through a first clutch to an output member connected to vehicle drive wheel, and a third rotary element connected through a second clutch to the output member, (d) a forward-motor-drive control device for engaging the first clutch and releasing the second clutch to thereby establish a forward motor drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in a forward direction by the electric motor, (e) a forward-engine-drive control device for engaging at least the second clutch to establish an engine-drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in the forward direction by the engine, and (f) a second-clutch control device operable upon switching of a vehicle drive mode from the forward motor drive mode to the forward engine drive mode, for engaging the second clutch only after the engine speed has
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Hidehiro Oba, Hiroatsu Endo, Kazumi Hoshiya
  • Patent number: 7137924
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle, in which an engine is connected to a first motor generator and to an output shaft through a power distributing mechanism, in which a second motor generator is connected to the output shaft through a transmission wherein a torque capacity is varied in accordance with an oil pressure, and which has an electric oil pump for generating an oil pressure to set a torque capacity, comprising: a trouble detecting means for detecting a trouble of the electric oil pump; and an internal combustion engine starting means for starting the internal combustion engine in case the trouble is detected by the trouble detecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Tatsuya Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20060214627
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus includes an electrical apparatus main body and a battery pack. The electrical apparatus main body has a load, a manipulation switch, a power receiving electrode, a main body control unit for controlling the electric power supplied from the power receiving electrode in response to a manipulation of the manipulation switch, a signal generation unit for generating an on-manipulation signal if the manipulation switch is switched on, and a main body signal electrode for outputting the on-manipulation signal. The battery pack has a battery, a power supplying electrode, a battery control unit for controlling the electric power supplied from the battery to the power supplying electrode, a battery signal electrode for receiving the on-manipulation signal, and a power supplying unit for starting a power supply from the battery to the battery control unit when the battery signal electrode receives the on-manipulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Toshiharu Ohashi, Akira Kawai
  • Publication number: 20060214642
    Abstract: A charging device for use in charging plural types of secondary batteries includes a power source unit for supplying a charging current to an object secondary battery, a battery type signal receiving unit for receiving a battery type signal, a battery temperature signal receiving unit for receiving a battery temperature signal, a blowing unit for blowing an air to the secondary battery, a storage unit for storing reference judging temperatures for determination of charging-incongruent temperatures of the plural types of secondary batteries, in a matching relationship with the types of the secondary batteries, and a control unit. The control unit allows the blowing unit to perform a blowing operation, if the temperature of the secondary battery exceeds a reference judging temperature, and to stop the blowing operation, if otherwise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miyazaki, Toshiharu Ohashi, Masatoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 7086483
    Abstract: An electric tool having the capability of achieving a high working efficiency is provided. This tool comprises an output shaft rotated by reversible motor, a rotational-direction switch for switching a rotational direction of the output shaft in either forward or reverse direction, first memory for storing a plurality of operation modes of the output shaft with respect to one of the forward and reverse directions, operation-mode switch for selecting one from the operation modes, second memory for temporarily storing an operation mode selected by the operation-mode switch in a use of the electric tool at the one of the forward and reverse directions; and a controller for automatically setting the electric tool in the operation mode stored in the second memory in the next use of the electric tool at the one of the forward and reverse directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Arimura, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Masatoshi Ito, Yukihiko Okamura, Kenji Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20060090940
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle drive system including (a) an engine, (b) an electric motor, (c) a planetary gear device having a first rotary element connected to the engine, a second rotary element connected to the electric motor and connected through a first clutch to an output member connected to vehicle drive wheel, and a third rotary element connected through a second clutch to the output member, (d) a forward motor drive control device for engaging the first clutch and releasing the second clutch to thereby establish a forward motor drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in a forward direction by the electric motor, (e) a forward-engine-drive control device for engaging at least the second clutch to establish an engine-drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in the forward direction by the engine, and (f) a second-clutch control device operable upon switching of a vehicle drive mode from the forward motor drive mode to the forward engine drive mode, for engaging the second clutch only after the engine speed has
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Hidehiro Oba, Hiroatsu Endo, Kazumi Hoshiya
  • Publication number: 20060086545
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle drive system including (a) an engine, (b) an electric motor, (c) a planetary gear device having a first rotary element connected to the engine, a second rotary element connected to the electric motor and connected through a first clutch to an output member connected to vehicle drive wheel, and a third rotary element connected through a second clutch to the output member, (d) a forward-motor-drive control device for engaging the first clutch and releasing the second clutch to thereby establish a forward motor drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in a forward direction by the electric motor, (e) a forward-engine-drive control device for engaging at least the second clutch to establish an engine-drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in the forward direction by the engine, and (f) a second-clutch control device operable upon switching of a vehicle drive mode from the forward motor drive mode to the forward engine drive mode, for engaging the second clutch only after the engine speed has
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Hidehiro Oba, Hiroatsu Endo, Kazumi Hoshiya
  • Patent number: 6994177
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle drive system including (a) an engine, (b) an electric motor, (c) a planetary gear device having a first rotary element connected to the engine, a second rotary element connected to the electric motor and connected through a first clutch to an output member connected to vehicle drive wheel, and a third rotary element connected through a second clutch to the output member, (d) a forward-motor-drive control device for engaging the first clutch and releasing the second clutch to thereby establish a forward motor drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in a forward direction by the electric motor, (e) a forward-engine-drive control device for engaging at least the second clutch to establish an engine-drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in the forward direction by the engine, and (f) a second-clutch control device operable upon switching of a vehicle drive mode from the forward motor drive mode to the forward engine drive mode, for engaging the second clutch only after the engine speed has
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Hidehiro Oba, Hiroatsu Endo, Kazumi Hoshiya
  • Patent number: 6963519
    Abstract: A disc device comprising a transfer unit operable to provide a transferring force to a disc inserted from the outside to transfer the disc into a storage area in the device, a sensor unit for detecting the position of the inserted disc, and a control unit for controlling a operational speed of the transfer unit. The control unit controls the operational speed of the transfer unit in the disc loading direction at a low-speed until the disc inserted from the outside reaches the transfer unit. The control unit then adjusts the operational speed of the transfer unit in the disc loading direction from a low-speed to a high-speed when the sensor unit detects that the disc is inserted into the position in which a transferring force from the transfer unit is given to the disc, or after a predetermined period of time has elapsed. Accordingly, the disc device reduces operation noise and resistance when the disc is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Otsuki, Masatoshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20050241143
    Abstract: Provided is a mounting apparatus which enables high levels of both maintenance/improvement of product quality and reduction of product cost by reliably preventing accidental contact of a mounting part with a mounting target part while enhancing the productivity. In S1, a contact detection start position Hs0 is set. In S2, a chip holding tool chucks an electronic part. In S3, S4, the tool is moved to a transfer position A, and then the tool is lowered to the Hs0 from the transfer position A. In S5, after the tool is lowered to the Hs0, the lowering speed is changed to a contact detection speed. In S6, it is determined whether or not the electronic part has come into contact with a substrate. If the result of the determination is YES, in S7, the lowering of the tool is stopped. In S8, the actual contact position Hc is measured. In S9, the next contact detection start position Hs1 is set, and Hs1 is set to Hs0 (Hs0-Hs1) so that the later steps reflect this setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Toru Mizuno, Masatoshi Ito, Masaaki Kaneko, Hiroshi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6931717
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus capable of coping with high density mounting, narrower pitch mounting, cavity mounting and the like. In the apparatus, displacement amounts of a chip that is picked up from a wafer by a pick-up nozzle to be held by the pick-up nozzle, with respect to a reference attitude, are obtained, and when the chip is delivered to a mounting nozzle for actually mounting the chip onto a substrate, the displacement amounts are corrected while taking the displacement amounts into consideration, so that the mounting nozzle always holds the chip in a fixed attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Mizuno, Tomomi Asakura, Masatoshi Ito, Masaaki Kaneko, Toshinobu Miyagoshi
  • Publication number: 20050169765
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle, in which an engine is connected to a first motor generator and to an output shaft through a power distributing mechanism (12), in which a second motor generator is connected to the output shaft through a transmission (6) wherein a torque capacity is varied in accordance with an oil pressure, and which has an electric oil pump (OPM) for generating an oil pressure, comprising: an oil pressure judging means for judging whether or not the oil pressure established by operating OPM is raised higher than a preset value; an electric oil pump output lowering device for lowering an output of OPM in case the oil pressure judging device judges that the oil pressure is raised higher than the preset value; and a cranking device for carrying out a cranking of E/G by the first motor generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Tatsuya Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20050170929
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle, in which an engine is connected to a first motor generator and to an output shaft through a power distributing mechanism, in which a second motor generator is connected to the output shaft through a transmission wherein a torque capacity is varied in accordance with an oil pressure, and which has an electric oil pump for generating an oil pressure to set a torque capacity, comprising: a trouble detecting means for detecting a trouble of the electric oil pump; and an internal combustion engine starting means for starting the internal combustion engine in case the trouble is detected by the trouble detecting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Tatsuya Ozeki
  • Patent number: 6907613
    Abstract: A disk device has a driving unit supported by elastic members. In a standby state, locking of the driving unit by a lock member is disengaged, so that the driving unit is elastically supported by dampers and a coil spring. This reduces the time of restriction by pins, thereby preventing damage to the pins. The lock member is operated at the time of receiving a disk, thereby locking the driving unit. Thus, the driving unit does not need to be locked in the casing for prolonged periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Nobuyuki Niiya, Osamu Watanabe, Satoshi Haga
  • Publication number: 20050097728
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object to realize both of the higher accuracy of the detection of contact between a mounting part and a part to be mounted and an improvement in the stability of the detection at a high level. For this purpose, the present invention is comprised of a contact start detecting member designed to move in operative association with moving means for moving at least one of the mounting part and the part to be mounted toward the other until the mounting part and the part to be mounted contact with each other, and on the other hand, when the mounting part and the part to be mounted have contacted with each other, to have its operative association with the moving means released in response to the action of the contact pressure thereof and be movable independently of the moving means, and contact start detecting means for detecting the movement of the contact start detecting member to thereby detect the start of contact between the mounting part and the part to be mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Toshinobu Miyagoshi, Akihiko Miura, Hiroshi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20050082098
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle drive system including (a) an engine, (b) an electric motor, (c) a planetary gear device having a first rotary element connected to the engine, a second rotary element connected to the electric motor and connected through a first clutch to an output member connected to vehicle drive wheel, and a third rotary element connected through a second clutch to the output member, (d) a forward-motor-drive control device for engaging the first clutch and releasing the second clutch to thereby establish a forward motor drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in a forward direction by the electric motor, (e) a forward-engine-drive control device for engaging at least the second clutch to establish an engine-drive mode in which the vehicle is driven in the forward direction by the engine, and (f) a second-clutch control device operable upon switching of a vehicle drive mode from the forward motor drive mode to the forward engine drive mode, for engaging the second clutch only after the engine speed has
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ito, Hidehiro Oba, Hiroatsu Endo, Kazumi Hoshiya
  • Publication number: 20050076498
    Abstract: The invention provides a mounting method capable of coping with high density mounting, narrower pitch mounting, cavity mounting and the like. In this method, displacement amounts of a chip that is picked up from a wafer by a pick-up nozzle to be held by the pick-up nozzle, with respect to a reference attitude, are obtained, and when the chip is delivered to a mounting nozzle for actually mounting the chip onto a substrate, the displacement amounts are corrected while taking the displacement amounts into consideration, so that the mounting nozzle always holds the chip in a fixed attitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Mizuno, Tomomi Asakura, Masatoshi Ito, Masaaki Kaneko, Toshinobu Miyagoshi
  • Publication number: 20050076497
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus capable of coping with high density mounting, narrower pitch mounting, cavity mounting and the like. In the apparatus, displacement amounts of a chip that is picked up from a wafer by a pick-up nozzle to be held by the pick-up nozzle, with respect to a reference attitude, are obtained, and when the chip is delivered to a mounting nozzle for actually mounting the chip onto a substrate, the displacement amounts are corrected while taking the displacement amounts into consideration, so that the mounting nozzle always holds the chip in a fixed attitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Mizuno, Tomomi Asakura, Masatoshi Ito, Masaaki Kaneko, Toshinobu Miyagoshi