Patents by Inventor Satoshi Kubota

Satoshi Kubota 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: 20110094813
    Abstract: In an all terrain vehicle, an engine unit is at least partially disposed under a seat. An exhaust pipe includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The first portion is connected to a rear surface of the engine unit, and extends rearward therefrom. The second portion is connected to the first portion, and has a U-shaped configuration. The third portion is connected to the second portion, and extends forward therefrom. A muffler is connected to the exhaust pipe. The muffler is arranged such that the first portion and the third portion at least partially overlap with an area located between two tangent lines of the muffler. The tangent lines of the muffler are perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a tangent line shared by the first portion and the third portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Hiroyuki FUJIMOTO, Hikaru MORIYA, Satoshi KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 7926862
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a front seat, provided to the rear, in the forward/back direction of the vehicle, of a front panel, and having a seat cushion portion, a backrest portion that is provided integrally with the seat cushion portion, and a headrest portion that is provided integrally with the backrest portion, wherein at least the backrest portion and the headrest portion are fabricated independently for the left and the right, and wherein the left and right headrest portions are fabricated so that the widths thereof, in the direction of width of the vehicle, are narrower than the widths of, in the direction of width of the vehicle, of the left and right backrest portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignees: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America
    Inventors: Craig Smith, Takashi Yamamura, Satoshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20110044539
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a document receiving unit that receives a document containing at least one page, wherein positions of document components of a page of the at least one page are fixed within the page; a page dividing unit that divides the document received by the document receiving unit into at least one page; a page heading determining unit that determines a heading of a page of the at least one page divided by the page dividing unit based on components included in the page; and a processing unit that assigns the heading determined by the page heading determining unit to the page divided by the page dividing unit as first level outline information of the page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichi KIMURA, Satoshi KUBOTA, Ikken SO, Masanori SEKINO
  • Patent number: 7885486
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a frequency conversion section, a frequency component generation section, an enlarged image area generation section and an enlarged image generation section. The frequency conversion section converts neighboring areas of each area in question into plural frequency components. The areas in question and the neighboring areas of the areas in question are included in an input image. The frequency component generation section generates predetermined frequency components from the frequency components of each neighboring area. The enlarged image area generation section generates an enlarged image area for each area in question, using (i) an image region which contains each area in question and which has a predetermined size and (ii) the predetermined frequency components. The enlarged image generation section places the enlarged image areas to generate an enlarged image for the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kubota, Shunichi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20100211871
    Abstract: An information processor is provided, the information processor including: a line extracting unit that extracts a line by using information of rectangular forms each of the rectangular forms surrounding a pixel mass in an electronic document; a paragraph extracting unit that extracts a paragraph including the extracted line; a paragraph integrating unit that integrates the extracted paragraph; and a rectangular form calculating unit that calculates a position and a size of a rectangular form surrounding a pixel mass contained in the integrated paragraph, and a positional relation between the pixel mass contained in the integrated paragraph and the corresponding rectangular form in accordance with a size of a line contained in the integrated paragraph and a position of a pixel mass forming the line contained in the integrated paragraph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kubota, Masanori Sekino
  • Publication number: 20100187032
    Abstract: An all terrain vehicle contains a partition wall which partitions a passenger space and a hood which is arranged ahead of the partition wall. When viewed from the side of the vehicle, an air outlet of an exhaust passage is opened in an upper space located between the partition wall and the hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamura, Satoshi Kubota, Yoshitaka Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7735896
    Abstract: An all-terrain vehicle has a cargo deck provided above rear wheels and a folding rear seat disposed on a front portion of the cargo deck. A seating surface covers an opening portion of an article storage area when the seating surface is set to allow an occupant to be seated on the seating surface. A backrest is rotated forward about rear rotation axes to cover the opening portion when the seating surface is rotated forward about the front rotation axes, thereby covering the opening portion of the article storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 7733630
    Abstract: A plurality of capacitor cells (10) are layered to form a cell group. On the top of each capacitor cell (10), a pair of electrode plates (10b) is formed to protrude upward. The adjacent electrode plates (10b) are connected to each other. A connection piece (20) protruding upward is attached to each of the electrode plates (10b). The connection piece (20) is connected to a circuit substrate (30). Thus, it is possible to effectively make a connection between the cell group of the capacitor cells (10) and the circuit substrate (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignees: Japan Radio Co., Ltd., Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Maeda, Masanori Goudo, Katsutoshi Sugi, Hideshige Nakagawa, Satoshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20100115310
    Abstract: A disk array apparatus includes: a plurality of storage units for storing data redundantly, the data of the at least one of the storage units being recoverable by the rest of the storage units; and a controller for controlling the storage units to have write data written into redundantly in response to a write command from the exterior, and controlling at least one of the storage units to assume an inactive state under a power saving mode and controlling the rest of the storage units to produce read out data in response to a read command from the exterior during the power saving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi KUBOTA, Kazuhiko Amano
  • Patent number: 7661714
    Abstract: A vehicle, such as an all terrain vehicle, includes a saddle type seat for the rider to sit on, and a fuel tank arranged below the seat. The fuel tank includes a fuel inlet positioned in front of the seat, in a traveling direction of the vehicle. The all terrain vehicle provides a comfortable ride to a rider by providing the fuel tank in the center of the vehicle, while mounting a fuel tank that is convenient to access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20100018174
    Abstract: In a filter element, at both ends of a cylindrical main filter medium having a space formed on its inner periphery side there are respectively formed a first cap having a communication port for communication of the space with the exterior and a second cap for closing the space, and a pre-filter medium is inserted removably into the space from the communication port. A case comprises a body case for accommodating the filter element removably from an opening thereof in a state in which a gap is formed between the body case and the outer periphery of the main filter medium, and a lid for closing the opening. With the lid attached to the body case, a gas inflow space (flow path) with the communication port positioned therein and a gas outflow space (flow path) with the gap positioned therein are partitioned from each other by a partitioning portion (upper fitting portion).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON ROKAKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norio KOMATSU, Yasumasa Nojiri, Satoshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 7624829
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a fuel tank arranged underneath a seat, a fuel pump housed inside the fuel tank and including an attachment portion arranged to attach the fuel pump to an upper wall of the fuel tank, the fuel pump including at least one connector projecting upwards from the attachment portion, and a vehicle cover covering at least a portion of the vehicle. A portion of the vehicle cover extends between the upper wall of the fuel tank and the lower surface of the seat and includes an upright portion extending between an upper wall of the fuel tank and the lower surface of the seat. The vehicle protects the at least one connector of the fuel pump without causing an increase in the number of components and manufacturing steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20090183938
    Abstract: A vehicle having a center console 29 provided with left and right walls 29a and 29b, and a top wall 29c, provided to the rear, in the front/back direction of the vehicle, from a front panel 5, extending rearward, in the front/back direction of the vehicle, from the center portion, in the direction of width of the vehicle, of the front panel 5 to at least the front end of a seat 7, wherein the top wall 29c is provided at a position that is higher than the bottommost end a of the front portion of a seating surface 7e of a seat cushion portion 7a of the front seat 7 and higher than the top end of an engine 6, and at a position that is lower than a top end 5b of the front panel 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Steven Cover, Craig Smith, Satoshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20090184536
    Abstract: An all-terrain vehicle has a cargo deck provided above rear wheels and a folding rear seat disposed on a front portion of the cargo deck. A seating surface covers an opening portion of an article storage area when the seating surface is set to allow an occupant to be seated on the seating surface. A backrest is rotated forward about rear rotation axes to cover the opening portion when the seating surface is rotated forward about the front rotation axes, thereby covering the opening portion of the article storage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventor: Satoshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20090183939
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising a front seat 7, provided to the rear, in the forward/back direction of the vehicle, of a front panel 5, and having a seat cushion portion 7a, a backrest portion 7b that is provided at integrally with the seat cushion portion 7a, and a headrest portion 7c that is provided integrally with the backrest portion 7b, wherein at least the backrest portion 7b and the headrest portion 7c are fabricated independently for the left and the right, and wherein the left and right headrest portions 7c are fabricated so that the widths thereof, in the direction of width of the vehicle, are narrower than the widths of, in the direction of width of the vehicle, of the left and right backrest portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Craig Smith, Takashi Yamamura, Satoshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 7563543
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries containing graphite having high density and high isotropy is produced by pressing a spherical graphite isostatically. Use of said negative electrode material provides a negative electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries and a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in discharge load characteristics, cycle characteristics, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: The Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koujiro Tenno, Junichi Yasumaru, Shingo Asada, Naoki Matoba, Satoshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20090052116
    Abstract: A plurality of capacitor cells (10) are layered to form a cell group. On the top of each capacitor cell (10), a pair of electrode plates (10b) is formed to protrude upward. The adjacent electrode plates (10b) are connected to each other. A connection piece (20) protruding upward is attached to each of the electrode plates (10b). The connection piece (20) is connected to a circuit substrate (30). Thus, it is possible to effectively make a connection between the cell group of the capacitor cells (10) and the circuit substrate (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicants: JAPAN RADIO CO., LTD., NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Maeda, Masanori Goudo, Katsutoshi Sugi, Hideshige Nakagawa, Satoshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20090046412
    Abstract: An electric double layer capacitor has a structure with little deformation of a cap or the like due to increase in internal pressure. The electric double layer capacitor includes: a stacked body made of a stacked plurality of thin electrode plates and thin insulating plates each being inserted between each adjacent electrode plate and insulating therebetween; a container storing the stacked body; electrolytic solution filling the container; a flexible cap which covers the container with a space prepared at the end of the container along the laminating length; two inserting through-holes which are formed in the cap and allow positive and negative lead terminals connected to the electrode plates to pass through; and reinforcing parts provided on respective edges of the inserting through-holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventor: Satoshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20090026774
    Abstract: An automotive door handle device includes: a handle (3) that moves between a door closing position and a door opening position; a lever (4) that rotates from a waiting position to a lock releasing position in synchronization with an operation of the handle (3) from the door closing position to the door opening position, and releases locking of a door locking mechanism; and a stopper member (5) that is provided on the bracket (2) so as to be freely rotatable, moves between a waiting position of not interfering with an engagement portion (3a) of the handle (3) and an interfering position of interfering with the engagement portion (3a), and is urged to the waiting position side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Naoki Watanabe, Satoshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 7478861
    Abstract: An all terrain vehicle according to the present invention includes a rail in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a seat on the rail and being adjustable in position in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The seat includes a rail engaging portion engageable with the rail. The rail engaging portion includes: a support extending downward from the rail engaging portion and contacting the rail; a plurality of projections in a forward direction of the support, the plurality of projections being spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction; and a rail holder in a rearward direction of the support, the rail holder holding the rail for longitudinal sliding movement. The rail has a plurality of bar-like parts disposed in a forward direction of the support to extend in a vehicle width direction. The bar-like parts are disposed at certain intervals therebetween in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The projections can fittingly receive at least one of the bar-like parts therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Kubota