Patents by Inventor Norio Matsumoto

Norio Matsumoto 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: 7674418
    Abstract: A method for forming a hollow FRP article by internal pressure molding includes positioning a FRP prepreg on a periphery of an airtight internal-pressure holding tube, inserting a composite body including the internal-pressure holding tube and the prepreg into a vacuum chamber containing a forming die, evacuating the vacuum chamber in an isolation state where the composite body and the forming die do not contact each other, and clamping the forming die to bring the forming die and the composite body into contact with each other and heating the forming die with an application of pressure to an inside of the internal-pressure holding tube after completion of the evacuating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Fujikura Rubber Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Matsumoto, Akiyasu Higuchi, Masaki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20090305811
    Abstract: It is object of the present invention to provide a golf club shaft superior in accuracy, minimizing a displacement between thermosetting resin layers, capable of obtaining a feeling close to the feeling of a steel shaft, and superior in stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Norio Matsumoto, Masaki Wakabayashi, Hideaki Sanekata
  • Patent number: 7585231
    Abstract: It is object of the present invention to provide a golf club shaft superior in accuracy, minimizing a displacement between thermosetting resin layers, capable of obtaining a feeling close to the feeling of a steel shaft, and superior in stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Fujikura Rubber Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Matsumoto, Masaki Wakabayashi, Hideaki Sanekata
  • Patent number: 7291517
    Abstract: Using a dry film resist that is a photosensitive resin, a resin mask layer is formed around electrodes on a substrate. A solder precipitating composition is applied on the substrate, and this solder precipitating composition is heated to precipitate solder on the surface of the electrodes. Subsequently, in removing the resin mask layer, at least one selected from glycol ethers and aminoalcohols is used. Thereby, the resin mask layer is removed after heating process. This makes it possible to easily remove the heat-processed resin mask layer in a short period of time without damaging solder resist and solder bumps on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurai, Kimihiro Abe, Norio Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20070072697
    Abstract: It is object of the present invention to provide a golf club shaft superior in accuracy, minimizing a displacement between thermosetting resin layers, capable of obtaining a feeling close to the feeling of a steel shaft, and superior in stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Norio Matsumoto, Masaki Wakabayashi, Hideaki Sanekata
  • Patent number: 7172518
    Abstract: It is object of the present invention to provide a golf club shaft superior in accuracy, minimizing a displacement between thermosetting resin layers, capable of obtaining a feeling close to the feeling of a steel shaft, and superior in stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Fujikura Rubber Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Matsumoto, Masaki Wakabayashi, Hideaki Sanekata
  • Patent number: 7085671
    Abstract: An abnormality detection apparatus of an engine temperature adjusting thermostat is provided which is capable of accurately grasping the state of an amount of heat generated by an engine to prevent misdetection of abnormality in the thermostat for improved reliabilty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Fujimoto, Norio Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20060110907
    Abstract: Using a dry film resist that is a photosensitive resin, a resin mask layer is formed around electrodes on a substrate. A solder precipitating composition is applied on the substrate, and this solder precipitating composition is heated to precipitate solder on the surface of the electrodes. Subsequently, in removing the resin mask layer, at least one selected from glycol ethers and aminoalcohols is used. Thereby, the resin mask layer is removed after heating process. This makes it possible to easily remove the heat-processed resin mask layer in a short period of time without damaging solder resist and solder bumps on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurai, Kimihiro Abe, Norio Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7039984
    Abstract: This invention provides a handle for a tooth cleaning member convenient for use in which the angle of the tooth cleaning member can be easily adjusted for cleaning teeth only by controlling the force for grasping the grip part. The handle comprises a support portion made of an elastic material, and a pressed portion shorter than the support portion. When the pressed portion is pressed against the support portion, the support portion is transformed to increase its curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Johnson and Johnson
    Inventors: Takayuki Watanabe, Norio Matsumoto, Akinori Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7025691
    Abstract: In a putter shaft having a tip end and a butt end, a curvature of the putter shaft is represented by a curvature curve of the putter shaft which increases monotonously from the tip end to the butt end. The curvature curve is defined as a curve showing variation of the curvature in a longitudinal axis direction of the putter shaft in a state where a load acts on the tip end to deform the putter shaft with the putter shaft being fixed at the butt end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Fujikura Rubber Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Matsumoto, Tetsuto Minowa
  • Publication number: 20050020375
    Abstract: In a putter shaft having a tip end and a butt end, a curvature of the putter shaft is represented by a curvature curve of the putter shaft which increases monotonously from the tip end to the butt end. The curvature curve is defined as a curve showing variation of the curvature in a longitudinal axis direction of the putter shaft in a state where a load acts on the tip end to deform the putter shaft with the putter shaft being fixed at the butt end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: Fujikura Rubber Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Matsumoto, Tetsuto Minowa
  • Publication number: 20050009621
    Abstract: It is object of the present invention to provide a golf club shaft superior in accuracy, minimizing a displacement between thermosetting resin layers, capable of obtaining a feeling close to the feeling of a steel shaft, and superior in stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Norio Matsumoto, Masaki Wakabayashi, Hideaki Sanekata
  • Patent number: 6814845
    Abstract: Improved biosensors are provided having excellent selectivity and stability properties, together with methods of preparing the biosensors. A preferred biosensor includes an electrode (12) having enzyme (16) deposited thereon together with a layer of electropolymerized polymer (18) intermingled with the enzyme (16); a crosslinked silane film (20) is applied over the polymer layer (18), and a final coating (22) of polyurethane is formed over the film (20). In preparative procedures, the enzyme (16) is electrodeposited using an aqueous enzyme solution containing a nonionic surfactant at a concentration level preferably in excess of the critical micelle concentration of the surfactant. In the case of a glucose sensor, the polymer layer (18) is preferably polyphenol, while the silane film is crosslinked (3-aminopropyl) trimethoxysilane. The preferred biosensors have greatly enhanced selectivity stabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: University of Kansas
    Inventors: George S. Wilson, Xiaohong Chen, Norio Matsumoto, Yibai Hu
  • Publication number: 20040188882
    Abstract: A method for forming a hollow FRP article by internal pressure molding includes positioning a FRP prepreg on a periphery of an airtight internal-pressure holding tube, inserting a composite body including the internal-pressure holding tube and the prepreg into a vacuum chamber containing a forming die, evacuating the vacuum chamber in an isolation state where the composite body and the forming die do not contact each other, and clamping the forming die to bring the forming die and the composite body into contact with each other and heating the forming die with an application of pressure to an inside of the internal-pressure holding tube after completion of the evacuating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Fujikura Rubber Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Matsumoto, Akiyasu Higuchi, Masaki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 6782874
    Abstract: Provided is a more reliable abnormality detecting apparatus for a fuel evaporative emission control system, including: a canister provided to a purge passage; a purge control valve; a control unit for opening/closing the purge valve depending on an operation state; a unit detecting an air intake pipe pressure; a unit detecting an atmospheric pressure; a unit detecting at least one of a fuel temperature, a tank internal temperature, and an outside air temperature; a unit detecting a fuel tank pressure; a unit adjusting a purge amount depending on the air intake pipe pressure, when an abnormality decision enabling condition is valid; a unit detecting abnormality based on the fuel tank pressure, when abnormality decision enabling condition is valid; an abnormality decision enabling condition detecting unit for determining that the abnormality decision enabling condition is invalid when at least one of the fuel temperature, the tank internal temperature, and the outside air temperature is greater than its compari
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norio Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6725842
    Abstract: A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine, includes a rotational speed sensor for detecting rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, intake air quantity sensor for detecting an air quantity taken into the internal combustion engine, atmospheric pressure sensor for detecting atmospheric pressure, and an engine control unit for estimating an inlet pipe pressure of the internal combustion engine from the detected rotational speed and intake air quantity, computing a fuel injection quantity fuel pressure correction coefficient according to a difference between the estimated inlet pipe pressure and the detected atmospheric pressure, and correcting a fuel injection quantity based on the computed fuel injection quantity fuel pressure correction coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norio Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6725149
    Abstract: There are provided, various sensors for detecting the operating state of the internal combustion engine; a rotational speed sensor, an air flow sensor, a throttle sensor, an intake air pressure sensor of an internal combustion engine; a storage where the charging efficiency corresponding to the rotational speed and throttle travel in the standard atmospheric condition is previously stored and set as a two-dimensional map, for outputting the stored and set value corresponding to the rotational speed and the throttle travel; and a CPU correcting the atmospheric pressure relational value including the atmospheric pressure calculated based on information of the intake air amount, rotational speed, charging efficiency, and throttle travel of the internal combustion engine by using the atmospheric pressure relational value including the atmospheric pressure calculated based on information of the rotational speed, throttle travel, and intake tube pressure of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuichi Wada, Koji Nishimoto, Norio Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20030211908
    Abstract: A racket includes a frame portion and a string which is threaded through the frame portion to be interlaced so as to form a first set of parallel string paths, a second set of parallel string paths, and a third set of parallel string paths. The string is threaded through the frame portion via the first, second and third sets of parallel string paths so that the string forms an approximately planar racket face. The first, second and third sets of parallel string paths intersect each other by an angle of approximately 120 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: Fujikura Rubber Ltd
    Inventor: Norio Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6636000
    Abstract: A plasma display device has a pair of substrates having electrodes and terminals provided at ends of the electrodes. Driving circuits supply a driving voltage to the electrodes via flexible printed circuit boards to emit light. Connectors are detachably attached to the substrate. The connector includes a housing and terminal members disposed in the housing, with the terminal member having a U-shaped cross-sectional shape, so that a first portion as one leg of the “U” contacts the terminal of the electrode and a second portion as another leg of the “U” contacts the conductor of the flexible connecting member. The terminals of the electrodes are arranged in a staggered manner at the end of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited
    Inventors: Fumitaka Asami, Tadao Miyasaka, Kazuyuki Harada, Masatoshi Hira, Norio Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6615154
    Abstract: An abnormality detection apparatus of an engine temperature adjusting thermostat is provided which is capable of accurately grasping the state of an amount of heat generated by an engine to prevent misdetection of abnormality in the thermostat for improved reliabilty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Fujimoto, Norio Matsumoto