Patents by Inventor Masayuki Kondo

Masayuki Kondo 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: 20180008981
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel target analysis chip and analysis method for directly detecting a target such as a microRNA without performing PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicants: ARKRAY, Inc., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Akira Murakami, Akio Kobori, Asako Yamayoshi, Yuichiro Noda, Masayuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 9546768
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp includes a lamp unit including a light source and being disposed inside a lamp outer casing, an actuator including a drive shaft and being detachable from a certain portion, a joint including a coupling portion and being detachable from the lamp unit, the coupling portion being coupled to the drive shaft in a state in which the joint is attached to the lamp unit. The lamp unit includes a plurality of unit configuration portions including the light source. The lamp unit is formed with a communication space which opens at least downward. At least one of the unit configuration portions can be removed at least downward through the communication space in a state in which the actuator has been detached from the certain portion and the joint has been detached from the lamp unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Teppei Muramatsu, Masayuki Kondo, Shigeru Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20150176795
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp includes a lamp unit including a light source and being disposed inside a lamp outer casing, an actuator including a drive shaft and being detachable from a certain portion, a joint including a coupling portion and being detachable from the lamp unit, the coupling portion being coupled to the drive shaft in a state in which the joint is attached to the lamp unit. The lamp unit includes a plurality of unit configuration portions including the light source. The lamp unit is formed with a communication space which opens at least downward. At least one of the unit configuration portions can be removed at least downward through the communication space in a state in which the actuator has been detached from the certain portion and the joint has been detached from the lamp unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Teppei Muramatsu, Masayuki Kondo, Shigeru Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 8930084
    Abstract: It is provided a subsystem for seat weight detection, the configuration of which enables improved assemblability and economization of space in layout. A seat weight detecting subsystem is provided for each seat 7 mounted inside a vehicle. Each seat weight detecting subsystem 4 includes weight detection sensors 8 which are installed in a seat 7, and a power supplying member 9 which is connected to the weight detecting sensors 8, a power supply 5, an ECU 3 and the like. The power supplying member 9 is provided with an FPC 10 and a seat side ECU functional portion 11 that is integratedly attached to the FPC 10. The seat-side ECU functional portion 11 includes sensor connecting sections 13, a signal receiving section 14, a data generating section 15, and a data outputting section 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Yamamoto, Masayuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 8416521
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording and reproduction device includes a head; a heater configured to heat the head by electric power supplied; a detector provided with a resistive element and configured to detect a contact between the head and a magnetic recording medium by detecting a change in resistance of the resistive element associated with the contact between the head and the magnetic recording medium; and a flying height controller configured to control a flying height of the head from the magnetic recording medium by supplying electric power to the heater to thermally deform the head and to bring the deformed head into contact with the magnetic recording medium so as to determine reference power supplied when the head is in contact with the magnetic recording medium and by supplying electric power to the heater based on the reference power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Masayuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 8324341
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent serving as oxidant and dopant in which it does not generate precipitates in a state of an alcohol solution for a certain period of time and the oxidizing power is not too strong. By using the same, the present invention provides a conductive polymer having a high conductivity and heat resistance. By using the same, the present invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor reliable under a high temperature condition. The present invention provides an agent serving as oxidant and dopant for conductive polymer production, the agent serving as oxidant and dopant comprising: a ferric salt of acids comprising a benzene sulfonic acid derivative represented by formula (1) and sulfuric acid. “R” represents an alkyl or alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1 to 4. More than 90 mole % of the benzene sulfonic acid derivative have R at the para position with respect to the SO3H group. Sulfuric acid is contained at 0.05 to 1.5 mass % in the acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Tayca Corporation
    Inventors: Ryousuke Sugihara, Masayuki Kondo, Yuhei Tsurumoto
  • Publication number: 20120002319
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording and reproduction device includes a head; a heater configured to heat the head by electric power supplied; a detector provided with a resistive element and configured to detect a contact between the head and a magnetic recording medium by detecting a change in resistance of the resistive element associated with the contact between the head and the magnetic recording medium; and a flying height controller configured to control a flying height of the head from the magnetic recording medium by supplying electric power to the heater to thermally deform the head and to bring the deformed head into contact with the magnetic recording medium so as to determine reference power supplied when the head is in contact with the magnetic recording medium and by supplying electric power to the heater based on the reference power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Masayuki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20110301782
    Abstract: It is provided a subsystem for seat weight detection, the configuration of which enables improved assemblability and economization of space in layout. A seat weight detecting subsystem is provided for each seat 7 mounted inside a vehicle. Each seat weight detecting subsystem 4 includes weight detection sensors 8 which are installed in a seat 7, and a power supplying member 9 which is connected to the weight detecting sensors 8, a power supply 5, an ECU 3 and the like. The power supplying member 9 is provided with an FPC 10 and a seat side ECU functional portion 11 that is integratedly attached to the FPC 10. The seat-side ECU functional portion 11 includes sensor connecting sections 13, a signal receiving section 14, a data generating section 15, and a data outputting section 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Yamamoto, Masayuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 8008757
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resinous hollow package that includes a moisture-proof island that is a planar structure disposed below a semiconductor element mounting surface of the resinous hollow package, the semiconductor element mounting surface having an area of 200 mm2 or more and the maximum wave height of a wave curve of 35 ?m or less. The resinous hollow package of the invention has an excellent moisture resistance due to the moisture-proof island included therein. Further, since the flatness of the semiconductor element mounting surface is excellent, decrease in the amount of light in a peripheral portion of an image can be suppressed in a digital single-lens reflex camera or the like with a large solid-state image sensor, even when a wide angle lens is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Suzuki, Masayuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 7785426
    Abstract: A welded joint of a tempered martensitic heat resisting steel includes a fine-grained heat affected zone of weldment of a heat resisting steel having a tempered martensite structure which exhibits a creep strength of 90% or more of the creep strength of the base metal thereof. The welded joint is inhibited in the formation of the fine-grained HAZ exhibiting a significantly reduced creep strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: National Institute for Materials Science, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tabuchi, Hirokazu Okada, Masayuki Kondo, Susumu Tsukamoto, Fujio Abe
  • Publication number: 20100085686
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent serving as oxidant and dopant in which it does not generate precipitates in a state of an alcohol solution for a certain period of time and the oxidizing power is not too strong. By using the same, the present invention provides a conductive polymer having a high conductivity and heat resistance. By using the same, the present invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor reliable under a high temperature condition. The present invention provides an agent serving as oxidant and dopant for conductive polymer production, the agent serving as oxidant and dopant comprising: a ferric salt of acids comprising a benzene sulfonic acid derivative represented by formula (1) and sulfuric acid. “R” represents an alkyl or alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1 to 4. More than 90 mole % of the benzene sulfonic acid derivative have R at the para position with respect to the SO3H group. Sulfuric acid is contained at 0.05 to 1.5 mass % in the acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: TAYCA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryousuke Sugihara, Masayuki Kondo, Yuhei Tsurumoto
  • Publication number: 20090237826
    Abstract: A data storage apparatus includes: a medium for storing data including sectors, each of the sectors including a synchronization mark indicating the data start position in each of the sectors; a memory for storing types of synchronization marks stored in the sectors; and a processor for executing a process including receiving a write request, reading out a synchronization mark type from the memory, overwriting data, a new synchronization mark into the sector, and the new synchronization mark into the memory, receiving a read request, reading out the synchronization mark and the data from one of the sectors, reading out the type of the synchronization mark from the memory, and determining whether correct data is read out from the sector by matching the type of the synchronization mark between read out from the sector and read out from the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masayuki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20090061554
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resinous hollow package that includes a moisture-proof island that is a planar structure disposed below a semiconductor element mounting surface of the resinous hollow package, the semiconductor element mounting surface having an area of 200 mm2 or more and the maximum wave height of a wave curve of 35 ?m or less. The resinous hollow package of the invention has an excellent moisture resistance due to the moisture-proof island included therein. Further, since the flatness of the semiconductor element mounting surface is excellent, decrease in the amount of light in a peripheral portion of an image can be suppressed in a digital single-lens reflex camera or the like with a large solid-state image sensor, even when a wide angle lens is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Suzuki, Masayuki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20080082859
    Abstract: There is provided a storage apparatus capable of relieving an error region and a control apparatus thereof. A storage apparatus connectable to a host includes a host interface section 20 that notifies the host that data cannot be read out in the case where there is an error sector from which data cannot be read out by a read retry operation and acquires an instruction from the host; an MPU 12 that performs adjustment of a read parameter which is a parameter for data reading when the host interface section 20 acquires the error sector recovery instruction from the host; and a read channel 16 that uses a parameter that has been adjusted by the MPU 12 to read out data from the error sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Masayuki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20060237103
    Abstract: A welded joint of a tempered martensitic heat resisting steel, characterized in that the fine-grained heat affected zone of weldment of a heat resisting steel having a tempered martensite structure exhibits a creep strength of 90% or more of the creep strength of the base metal thereof. The welded joint is inhibited in the formation of the fine-grained HAZ exhibiting a significantly reduced creep strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Masaaki Tabuchi, Hirokazu Okada, Masayuki Kondo, Susumu Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 7050265
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rotary head drum unit including a cylindrical drum surface and a magnetic head for recording/reproducing a signal to/from a magnetic tape running along the drum surface. The magnetic head has a tape sliding surface adapted to come into sliding contact with the magnetic tape. The tape sliding surface of the magnetic head is positioned at a level lower than the height of the magnetic tape flying above the drum surface. The magnetic tape is brought into contact with the tape sliding surface by negative pressure. With this configuration, an increase in contact pressure of the magnetic tape sliding on the tape sliding surface of the magnetic head can be prevented and the contact pressure can be uniformed to thereby prevent a reduction and variations in magnetic recording or reproduction output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kondo, Tadashi Ozue
  • Patent number: 6935551
    Abstract: Intersected portions (C) of coated electric wires 20 and (21) are sandwiched and pressurized between a horn-side chip (11) and an anvil-side chip (12) (sandwiching step). Ultrasonic vibration force determined by a first vibration condition is applied to the horn-side chip (11) to melt insulators (20a) and (21a) of the coated electric wires (20) and (21) (insulator-melting step). A time point when conductors (20b) and (21b) of the coated electric wires (20) and (21) come into contact with each other is automatically detected by the melting of the insulators (20a) and (21a) (conductor contact-detecting step). After the conductors came into contact with each other, ultrasonic vibration force determined by a second vibration condition is applied to the horn-side chip (11), thereby bonding the conductors (20b) and (21b) to each other (conductor-bonding step).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 6906263
    Abstract: It is a crossing-wire fixing structure 1 that comprises a first wire 12 and a second wire 13, which each have a conductor 10 covered with an insulating coating 11 and which are arranged in such a way as to cross each other, and that also comprises a crossing portion 14, in which the insulating coatings 11 melt and solidify so that the conductors 10 of the first wire 12 and the second wire 13 are in contact with each other, a soft material 15 adapted to cover the first wire 12 and the second wire 13 around the crossing portion 14, a protective film 16 adapted to support the soft material 15 by interposing the first wire 12 and the second wire 13 in a radial direction thereof. The crossing portion 14 is fixed to a predetermined mounting face 17 through the protective film 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20040232208
    Abstract: Intersected portions (C) of coated electric wires 20 and (21) are sandwiched and pressurized between a horn-side chip (11) and an anvil-side chip (12) (sandwiching step). Ultrasonic vibration force determined by a first vibration condition is applied to the horn-side chip (11) to melt insulators (20a) and (21a) of the coated electric wires (20) and (21) (insulator-melting step). A time point when conductors (20b) and (21b) of the coated electric wires (20) and (21) come into contact with each other is automatically detected by the melting of the insulators (20a) and (21a) (conductor contact-detecting step). After the conductors came into contact with each other, ultrasonic vibration force determined by a second vibration condition is applied to the horn-side chip (11), thereby bonding the conductors (20b) and (21b) to each other (conductor-bonding step).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventor: Masayuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 6818072
    Abstract: A heat resistant steel can be produced at a low cost and has an excellent high temperature strength. A high-strength heat-resistant steel is provided which comprises carbon in an amount of 0.06 to 0.15% by weight, silicon in an amount of 1.5% by weight or less, manganese in an amount of 1.5% by weight or less, vanadium in an amount of 0.05 to 0.3% by weight, chromium in an amount of 0.8% by weight or less, molybdenum in an amount of 0.8% by weight or less, at least one selected from niobium, titanium, tantalum, hafnium, and zirconium in an amount of 0.01 to 0.2% by weight, nitrogen in an amount of 20 to 200 ppm, and the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, and the high-strength heat-resistant steel comprising a bainite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kondo, Nobuhiko Nishimura, Masashi Ozaki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Akira Shiibashi