Patents by Inventor Satoshi Hirano
Satoshi Hirano 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: 20080128472Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a friction stir welding tool which enables friction stir welding of a wide range of materials, from low-melting temperature metallic materials including aluminum to high-melting temperature metallic materials including steel. An entire friction stir welding tool or a tool tip including a pin is made of Mo alloy having a dual phase microstructure of Mo and intermetallic compound Mo5SiB2. It is desirable that the Mo alloy be composed of 6.0 to 10.0 mol % of Si, 10.0 to 20.0 mol % of B, and 20 to 60% of Mo-phase volume content. This Mo alloy tool has excellent high-temperature strength and wear-resistance properties and hardly deform and wear when used for the welding of steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: Seung Hwan Park, Satoshi Hirano, Yutaka Sato, Kyosuke Yoshimi, Hiroyuki Kokawa
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Publication number: 20080110443Abstract: An upstream portion of an intake passage is positioned upstream of a supercharger. An intermediate portion is positioned between the supercharger and a throttle valve. A downstream portion is positioned downstream of the throttle valve. A blow-by gas processing apparatus has a first breather passage, a second breather passage, and an introduction passage. The first breather passage connects an interior of the engine with the downstream portion. The second breather passage has a pump that pressure feeds gas from the interior of the engine to the intake passage. The introduction passage connects at least one of the upstream portion and the intermediate portion with the interior of the engine. Accordingly, the interior of the engine is efficiently ventilated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi Hirano
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Publication number: 20080083399Abstract: An intake passage has an upstream portion in an upstream side of a supercharger, an intermediate portion between a supercharger and a throttle valve, and a downstream portion in a downstream side of the throttle valve. A first breather passage connects an interior of an engine with the downstream portion. A second breather passage connects the interior of the engine with the upstream portion. Introduction passages communicate the upstream portion with the interior of the engine at a non-supercharging time, and connect at least one of the intermediate portion and the downstream portion with the interior of the engine at a supercharging time. Thus, the interior of the engine is efficiently ventilated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2007Publication date: April 10, 2008Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Hirano, Naoya Okada, Jun Ikeda
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Publication number: 20080034252Abstract: A memory management method for managing a non-volatile memory into which writing is performed in units of blocks includes the steps of assigning a plurality of blocks of the non-volatile memory to a management area formed of at least one block for storing management information, to a code area formed of a plurality of blocks into which program code is written, to a substitution area formed of a plurality of blocks for substituting for a defective block, and to an interference area formed of at least one block; storing at least correspondence information between the blocks of the substitution area and a defective block of a substitution target as management information within the management area; and using the block of the substitution area in place of the defective block on the basis of the correspondence information when the defective block is to be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.Inventors: Katsumi Aoyagi, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Yoshinori Motoyama, Satoshi Hirano, Toshihisa Sanbommatsu, Toru Hayami, Tadashi Kamohara, Kazutoshi Nagatani
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Patent number: 7277075Abstract: In an RGBW-type liquid crystal display device, luminance is improved by the addition of W sub-pixels while an image is displayed without any change in chromaticity of halftones. Digital corrected values of red, green and blue are obtained by adding a predetermined digital value for driving a W sub-pixel to each of RGB digital values which correspond respectively to pixels of an acquired image. A converting calculation is effected on the digital corrected values such that the ratio of these digital corrected values for red, green and blue is made equal to the ratio of the red, green and blue digital values corresponding to the pixels of said acquired image. The RGBW sub-pixels are driven with the converted values and the predetermined digital value of driving W sub-pixel to thereby display an image.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2000Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: TPO Hong Kong Holding LimitedInventors: Satoshi Hirano, Masaru Yasui, Takeo Kamiya, deceased, Akira Kumiya, legal representative
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Publication number: 20070181637Abstract: A problem of FSW spot-welding is that a bonding strength tends to be low, since an area of metallic bonding is limited to the neighborhood of a pin portion of the welding tool. In order to solve the problem, after a tool (1) is inserted into a member (4) to be welded, a rotation shaft of the welding tool is tilted around a predetermined point (13) as a fulcrum, and the tip portion of the welding tool (1) is swung to enlarge a plastic flow area caused by rotation of the tool. As a result, the welding strength can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2005Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Hirano, Kinya Aota, Masahisa Inagaki, Kazutaka Okamoto, Tomio Odakura
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Publication number: 20070181649Abstract: The invention provides a friction stir welding method of forming a weld portion having an excellent fatigue property in the case of welding a weld material by using a friction stir welding method. The invention provides a friction stir welding method structured such as to insert a tool provided in such a manner that a pin-shaped probe protrudes to an end surface of a columnar member to a weld material in a state of being rotated, and move the tool in a state of being rotated, thereby welding two or more weld materials in accordance with a friction stirring, in which a cavity portion is provided in a part of a weld portion of the weld material, a member is formed in the cavity portion, and the weld material is welded by the friction stirring. In accordance with the invention, since an unwelded portion is not formed near the cavity portion, a notch effect is reduced, and it is possible to form the weld member which is excellent in the fatigue property.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: Seung Hwan Park, Satoshi Hirano
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Publication number: 20070163120Abstract: The present invention is a cooling plate including a groove, which becomes a passage of a coolant, inside a body, wherein one or more fins are provided inside the groove, wherein the groove is covered with a lid having width larger than the groove, wherein the lid is joined to the body by friction stir welding, and wherein a weld bead formed by: the joining is outside the passage, and the weld bead formed by the joining is formed within the body and further, is characterized by a manufacturing method of a cooling plate that has a first groove, which becomes a passage of a coolant, and a second groove, which has width larger than the first groove and receives a lid on the first groove, inside a body, receives the lid on the second groove, and is joined to the body, the manufacturing method of a cooling plate wherein, while the lid and the body are joined together by the friction stir welding owing to insertion of a-rotation tool having a shoulder and a pin, the joining is performed so that a weld bead formed bType: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2007Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.Inventors: Kazutaka OKAMOTO, Masayuki DOI, Hisanori OKAMURA, Yasuhisa AONO, Manabu KAGAWA, Satoshi HIRANO, Kinya AOTA
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Patent number: 7236206Abstract: A video signal interpolation can adapt an image of input video signal to voluntary aspect ratios widely. The invention also allows a display device to uniformly line-sequential scan and uses at least two line-memories (LM1, LM2) which are applied with an input digital video signal and controls writing and reading for these line-memories to generate a video signal subjected to vertical interpolation from a reading output of the line-memories. In the control, any one of the line-memories are circularly selected, and a sample sequence of the input digital video signal is sequentially written into the selected line-memory at its sample rate while sequentially reading out samples of the written sequence at a constant rate which is higher than the sample rate and which is according to a desired ratio of interpolation (vertical expansion ratio), wherein, when one of the line-memories is in writing operation, the other one of the line-memories is repeatedly read out.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2000Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Inventors: Masaru Yasui, Satoshi Hirano, Akira Kamiya, legal representative, Takeo Kamiya, deceased
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Patent number: 7233066Abstract: A method of producing a multilayer wiring substrate is disclosed. The multilayer wiring substrate is free from a core substrate and includes a build up layer which includes an insulator layer and a wiring layer. One of a first main surface and a second main surface of the build up layer is formed with a metal supporting frame body. The method includes the steps of: forming a first insulator layer on a first main surface of a metal supporting plate, where the first insulator layer is included in the insulator layer and becomes a first resist layer which is positioned on the first main surface's side of the build up layer, and forming a first metal pad layer in a given position on a first main surface of the first insulator layer, where the first metal pad layer is included in the wiring layer and becomes a metal pad layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2006Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: NEC Electronics CorporationInventors: Keiichiro Kata, Hirokazu Honda, Kazuhiro Baba, Tadanori Shimoto, Katsumi Kikuchi, Rokuro Kambe, Satoshi Hirano, Shinya Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20060189125Abstract: A method of producing a multilayer wiring substrate is disclosed. The multilayer wiring substrate is free from a core substrate and includes a build up layer which includes an insulator layer and a wiring layer. One of a first main surface and a second main surface of the build up layer is formed with a metal supporting frame body. The method includes the steps of: forming a first insulator layer on a first main surface of a metal supporting plate, where the first insulator layer is included in the insulator layer and becomes a first resist layer which is positioned on the first main surface's side of the build up layer, and forming a first metal pad layer in a given position on a first main surface of the first insulator layer, where the first metal pad layer is included in the wiring layer and becomes a metal pad layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2006Publication date: August 24, 2006Inventors: Keiichiro Kata, Hirokazu Honda, Kazuhiro Baba, Tadanori Shimoto, Katsumi Kikuchi, Rokuro Kambe, Satoshi Hirano, Shinya Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20060138197Abstract: A friction stirring-welding method capable of increasing the welding strength of a lap joint. A welding tool (1) comprises a small diameter projected part (2) at the tip of a shoulder (3). The welding tool is press-fitted to the upper plate (4) of the lap joint while being rotated. By a friction stirring action, an upper plate side welding boundary surface (6) plastically flows, a surface oxidation film on a lapped surface is peeled off, and the boundary surface is activated to provide an excellent welding part. Also, since the welding tool is formed in a shape having the small diameter semispherical projected part (2) at the tip thereof, the thickness (12) of an upper plate welding part is increased, and a lap joint part with high welding strength can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2004Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Kinya Aota, Masahisa Inagaki, Satoshi Hirano, Kazutaka Okamoto
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Patent number: 7060604Abstract: A method of producing a multilayer wiring substrate is disclosed. The multilayer wiring substrate is free from a core substrate and includes a build up layer which includes an insulator layer and a wiring layer. One of a first main surface and a second main surface of the build up layer is formed with a metal supporting frame body. The method includes the steps of: forming a first insulator layer on a first main surface of a metal supporting plate, where the first insulator layer is included in the insulator layer and becomes a first resist layer which is positioned on the first main surface's side of the build up layer, and forming a first metal pad layer in a given position on a first main surface of the first insulator layer, where the first metal pad layer is included in the wiring layer and becomes a metal pad layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2003Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignees: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., NEC Electronics CorporationInventors: Keiichiro Kata, Hirokazu Honda, Kazuhiro Baba, Tadanori Shimoto, Katsumi Kikuchi, Rokuro Kambe, Satoshi Hirano, Shinya Miyamoto
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Patent number: 7058292Abstract: A method of controlling the input and output of heat to and from a heat-storing material. The method includes the step of externally supplying thermal energy to the heat-storing material capable of being supercooled and filled into a plurality of small containers together with a phase-segregation preventive agent by use of a structure for supplying heat, whereby the heat-storing material is melted. The method also includes the steps of maintaining the heat-storing material in the supercooled state after the emission of sensible heat, and releasing the supercooled state of the heat-storing material by use of a structure for releasing the supercooled state of the heat-storing material, when the release of the stored heat energy is required, whereby the heat at the melting point is generated.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventor: Satoshi Hirano
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Publication number: 20060096748Abstract: The present invention is a cooling plate including a groove, which becomes a passage of a coolant, inside a body, wherein one or more fins are provided inside the groove, wherein the groove is covered with a lid having width larger than the groove, wherein the lid is joined to the body by friction stir welding, and wherein a weld bead formed by: the joining is outside the passage, and the weld bead formed by the joining is formed within the body and further, is characterized by a manufacturing method of a cooling plate that has a first groove, which becomes a passage of a coolant, and a second groove, which has width larger than the first groove and receives a lid on the first groove, inside a body, receives the lid on the second groove, and is joined to the body, the manufacturing method of a cooling plate wherein, while the lid and the body are joined together by the friction stir welding owing to insertion of a-rotation tool having a shoulder and a pin, the joining is performed so that a weld bead formed bType: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Cable Ltd.Inventors: Kazutaka Okamoto, Masayuki Doi, Hisanori Okamura, Yasuhisa Aono, Manabu Kagawa, Satoshi Hirano, Kinya Aota
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Patent number: 6954191Abstract: This invention relates to an RGBW-typed LCD wherein a proper luminous image can be displayed according to a predetermined calculation with a decoder where some predetermined calculation formulas are embedded. Further, not only RGBW image display but also RGW image display can be used by a predetermined controlling signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2000Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Satoshi Hirano, Masaru Yasui, Akihiko Miyazaki, Shuji Hagino, Takeo Kamiya
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Patent number: 6877549Abstract: A heat storage device comprises a heat storage tank 2 charged with a heat storage material 1 for storing the heat supplied from the outside, and a heat exchanger 3 for executing an injection and an extraction of heat between the inside of the storage tank 2 and the outside by the heat exchange between the heat storage material and a heat transfer medium. The heat exchanger 3 is disposed so as to execute a heat exchange between the central portion 2a in the heat storage tank 2 and the outside, and suppresses the natural convection of the heat storage material 1 of the outer portion 2b by, for example, dispersing a liquid-absorbent material 5 in the outer portion 2b surrounding the central portion in the heat storage tank 2, whereby reduces the influence of external environment on the central portion 2a in the heat storage tank, thereby suppressing the heat loss toward the outside.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2001Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science and TechnologyInventor: Satoshi Hirano
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Patent number: 6874672Abstract: In a frictional stirring weld apparatus for bonding elements with a rotary tool, a head is movable with respect to the elements to position and orient the rotary tool so that a pin of the rotary tool is aligned along a boundary between first surfaces and a shoulder of the rotary tool faces to second surfaces extending radially outward from the first surfaces, and to generate a relative movement between the rotary tool and the elements along the second surfaces, and a compensating member is capable of holding thereon the rotary tool, at least partially rotatable on the rotational axis with respect to the head to rotate the rotary tool, and supported on the head movably along the rotational axis with respect to the head so that a positional relationship between the rotary tool and a combination of the elements is adjustable in a direction parallel to the rotational axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kazutaka Okamoto, Satoshi Hirano, Masahisa Inagaki, Tomio Odakura
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Patent number: 6843405Abstract: Different metallic materials are joined in such a manner that friction heat generated by friction between a rotating probe made of a hard material and one of the metallic materials having a lower mechanical strength or a lower melting point than the other to effect plastic flow of the one material and the probe is inserted into a pit formed in a joint zone of the other material to fill the pit with the plastic flow material.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2003Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kazutaka Okamoto, Satoshi Hirano, Masahisa Inagaki, Yasuhisa Aono
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Publication number: 20040208495Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-storage type heater which has a function of compensating a time lag between the generation and emission of heat, and comprises means for supplying heat to a heat-storing material 1 capable of being supercooled, the heat-storing material 1 being filled into a plurality of small containers 2, means 3 for releasing the supercooled state of the heat-storing material, and a thermal radiation surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Nat'l Inst. of Advanced Industrial Sci. and Tech.Inventor: Satoshi Hirano