Patents by Inventor Shinichi Maeda

Shinichi Maeda 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: 20100031278
    Abstract: A disk drive comprises a cartridge holding mechanism which has a small size and reduces a damper load. The disk drive comprises: a spindle motor 91 which mounts and rotates a disk; a traverse base 82 which holds the spindle motor 91; a rubber damper 71 which flexibly holds the traverse base 82; a mechanical chassis 60 which holds the traverse base 82 through the rubber damper 71; a tray 20 which mounts a cartridge 1 in which a disk is housed; and a loading motor 61 which moves the disk in the cartridge 1 close to the spindle motor 91 or away from the spindle motor 91. The cartridge 1 is supported by the mechanical chassis 60 through the tray 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto UENO, Teruyuki Naka, Shinichi Maeda, Masakazu Ishizuka, Yasuo Kabuta, Isao Obata, Tomoshi Tokunaga, Akira Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100003791
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an electronic circuit component such as an organic TFT 1, which can manufacture an electronic circuit component excellent in reliability and having quality on a practical level, because an insulating layer and a conductive layer which have more excellent characteristics can be formed, particularly, on a general-purpose plastic substrate or the like by treatment at a process temperature of 200° C. or lower which has no influence on the above-mentioned plastic substrate. The method for manufacturing an electronic circuit component according to the invention includes heating a layer containing at least one of a polyimide and a precursor thereof at a temperature of 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Maeda, Go Ono, Issei Okada, Kohei Shimoda
  • Patent number: 7585981
    Abstract: The present invention provides an industrial method that allows to produce an indole derivative trimer with high purity in mass, as well as novel indole derivative trimers obtainable by the method, having high conductivity, high oxidation-reduction potential, high oxidation-reduction capacity, and the excellent cycle characteristics. The present invention relates to a method of producing an indole derivative trimer comprising the step of oxidizing an indole derivative in a reaction solution containing an organic solvent and to the novel trimers produced by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Maeda, Fumino Momose, Yoshikazu Saitoh, Takashi Saitoh
  • Patent number: 7581233
    Abstract: A disk drive includes a cartridge holding mechanism which has a small size and reduces a damper load. The disk drive includes a spindle motor which mounts and rotates a disk. A traverse base holds the spindle motor, and a rubber damper flexibly holds the traverse base. A mechanical chassis holds the traverse base through the rubber damper, and a tray mounts a cartridge in which a disk is housed. A loading motor moves the disk in the cartridge close to the spindle motor or away from the spindle motor. The cartridge is supported by the mechanical chassis through the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Ueno, Teruyuki Naka, Shinichi Maeda, Masakazu Ishizuka, Yasuo Kabuta, Isao Obata, Tomoshi Tokunaga, Akira Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090184347
    Abstract: To provide a coating fluid for a gate insulating film, which can be baked at a low temperature of at most 180° C.; a gate insulating film having excellent solvent resistance and further having good characteristics in e.g. specific resistance or semiconductor mobility; and an organic transistor employing the gate insulating film. A coating fluid for a gate insulating film, which comprises a polyimide obtainable by cyclodehydration of a polyamic acid having repeating units of a specific structure, a gate insulating film employing the coating fluid, and the organic transistor employing the gate insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Maeda, Yosuke Iinuma
  • Publication number: 20090055845
    Abstract: There is provided a disc drive including: a turntable that rotatably supports a disc; a drive motor that rotationally drives the turntable; a chassis that accommodates the drive motor and the turntable; a clamper that secures the disc to the turntable; and a cover body that holds the clamper and covers an upper part of the chassis. An inlet located in the proximity of an outer periphery portion of the disc, an outlet located above and at the center of the disc, and an air current path that allows the outlet to communicate with the inlet are formed in the cover body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Teruyuki Naka, Shinichi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20090046438
    Abstract: In an attachment structure for attaching an attached-plate to a printed substrate which is installed in a mechanical chassis, the mechanical chassis includes a positioning pin for positioning the printed substrate; and the attached-plate includes a guide groove that engages with the positioning pin and is slidably guided in a predetermined path, a fixing portion to the printed substrate, and an engaging portion that engages with a side portion of the printed substrate. By causing the attached-plate to slide along a substrate side of the printed substrate with the guide groove being engaged with the positioning pin, the guide groove is guided by the positioning pin, whereby the engaging portion engages with the side portion of the printed substrate. In the engagement state, by fixing the fixing portion of the attached-plate to the printed substrate, the attached-plate is attached to the printed substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Shinichi MAEDA, Yasue Chihara, Yuji Ariyoshi
  • Publication number: 20080281014
    Abstract: A composition containing a nanosubstance is provided. Since the composition includes a nanosubstance (a), a (meth)acrylate compound (b) including a polar group, and a solvent (c)/polymerizable monomer (i-1), it is capable of being dispersed or solubilized in various solvents such as organic solvents, hydrous organic solvents and in polymerizable monomers without impairing characteristics of the nanosubstance itself wherein the nanosubstance neither separates out nor aggregates during a long-term storage, the composition being excellent in conductivity, film-forming property and moldability and capable of applying to or coating a substrate by a simple method. A coated film or cured film of a composite formed by the composition on at least one surface of the substrate shows high transparency, and the composite is excellent in water resistance, weatherability and hardness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumino Momose, Masayuki Toyama, Haruko Takahashi, Shinichi Maeda, Takashi Saitoh, Jun Nakauchi
  • Patent number: 7380619
    Abstract: A handlebar steered vehicle includes an operation lever provided on the steering handlebar, an operation detection switch for detecting an operation of the operation lever, and a starting circuit including a starting switch for connecting a battery with a starter motor, the operation detection switch and the starting switch being connected in series with the battery, such that the battery and the starter motor are connected to each other when the operation detection switch and the starting switch are tuned on. Further, a control unit drives a relay to connect the battery to a vehicle load, when an engine speed reaches or exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shiokawa, Yoji Kanaoka, Shinichi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20070187672
    Abstract: A charge-transporting varnish containing either a charge-transporting substance consisting of a charge-transporting oligoaniline or a charge-transporting organic material consisting of the charge-transporting substance and a charge-accepting dopant and at least one polymer selected from among polyimides and polyimide precursors; and charge-transporting thin films and organic EL devices, made by using the varnish. The varnish can give thin films which little suffer from defects and have high uniformity and flatness and excellent mechanical strengths, heat resistance, and transparency. In particular, the varnish realizes excellent EL characteristics such as low driving voltage, high emission efficiency, and long service life, when used in organic EL devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Go Ono, Taku Kato, Shinichi Maeda
  • Patent number: 7224821
    Abstract: A prepress system comprises a raster image processor for developing first print image data to display resolution to create first raster image data, and for developing second print image data to the display resolution to create second raster image data. A plate image inspection processor executes a plate image inspection process by comparing the first and second raster image data, and displays on a display device the result of the plate image inspection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Itaru Furukawa, Setsuo Ohara, Shinichi Maeda
  • Patent number: 7220028
    Abstract: To provide a winker apparatus in which assembly thereof is improved by eliminating the necessity to check biting of the winker cord. A front winker includes a winker holder mountable to a front fork. A winker body is mountable to one side of the winker holder via a winker supporting base. A winker cord is lead from the winker holder via the winker supporting base. The winker holder is formed with a storage groove for accommodating the winker cord. A cover is provided for covering the storage groove so as to retain the winker cord in a state in which the winker cord is stored in the storage groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Nakayama, Hiroyuki Osugi, Yoji Kanaoka, Shinichi Maeda
  • Patent number: 7182494
    Abstract: To provide a rear lamp unit for a vehicle which is provided with a desired cut pattern on an outer lens so that the light-emitting area can be increased. A rear lamp unit is provided with upper and lower outer lenses for guiding light emitted from light-emitting diodes to the outside the vehicle. The upper and lower inner lenses are provided between the light-emitting diodes and the upper and lower outer lenses, respectively, and the upper and lower inner lenses are disposed at locations apart from the upper and lower outer lenses, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Nakayama, Hiroyuki Osugi, Yoji Kanaoka, Shinichi Maeda, Toru Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7115751
    Abstract: The present invention provides an industrial method that allows to produce an indole derivative trimer with high purity in mass, as well as novel indole derivative trimers obtainable by the method, having high conductivity, high oxidation—reduction potential, high oxidation—reduction capacity, and the excellent cycle characteristics. The present invention relates to a method of producing an indole derivative trimer comprising the step of oxidizing an indole derivative in a reaction solution containing an organic solvent and to the novel trimers produced by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Maeda, Fumino Momose, Yoshikazu Saitoh, Takashi Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20060211793
    Abstract: The present invention provides an industrial method that allows to produce an indole derivative trimer with high purity in mass, as well as novel indole derivative trimers obtainable by the method, having high conductivity, high oxidation-reduction potential, high oxidation-reduction capacity, and the excellent cycle characteristics. The present invention relates to a method of producing an indole derivative trimer comprising the step of oxidizing an indole derivative in a reaction solution containing an organic solvent and to the novel trimers produced by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Maeda, Fumino Momose, Yoshikazu Saitoh, Takashi Saitoh
  • Patent number: 7096839
    Abstract: A ground cable between an engine and a body frame has an advantage against vibrations and for increasing the universality in use and further improve the flexibility in coupling to a vehicle body. An engine case and a vehicle body frame are connected to each other by a cable to ground the engine. The cable has a diameter set substantially equal to one of the other cables that has the greatest wire diameter wiring lines, that is, a wiring line cable between a battery and the engine and wiring line cables and between the battery and a starter motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakazawa, Toshiki Ogawa, Toru Miyagawa, Shinichi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20050204373
    Abstract: A disk drive comprises a cartridge holding mechanism which has a small size and reduces a damper load. The disk drive comprises: a spindle motor 91 which mounts and rotates a disk; a traverse base 82 which holds the spindle motor 91; a rubber damper 71 which flexibly holds the traverse base 82; a mechanical chassis 60 which holds the traverse base 82 through the rubber damper 71; a tray 20 which mounts a cartridge 1 in which a disk is housed; and a loading motor 61 which moves the disk in the cartridge 1 close to the spindle motor 91 or away from the spindle motor 91. The cartridge 1 is supported by the mechanical chassis 60 through the tray 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shigeto Ueno, Teruyuki Naka, Shinichi Maeda, Masakazu Ishizuka, Yasuo Kabuta, Isao Obata, tomoshi Tokunaga, Akira Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6918127
    Abstract: A disk loading apparatus may include a first retaining device that is arranged in a slot for a disk to be inserted and thereby retains the outer edge of the disk so as to permit it to pass through the slot. A transferring device transfers the disk retained by the first retaining device to a predetermined position. A second retaining device is arranged in the interior from the slot and thereby retains the outer edge of the disk retained by the first retaining device and transferred by the transferring device. A rotating device rotates the disk at the predetermined position. Also, each of the first and second retaining devices has a contact section for contacting with the outer edge, upper surface, and lower surface of the disk in a slidable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Maeda, Hidehiko Ota, Hirofumi Furukawa, Mariko Fukuyama, by, Michio Fukuyama
  • Publication number: 20050140332
    Abstract: A handlebar steered vehicle includes an operation lever provided on the steering handlebar, an operation detection switch for detecting an operation of the operation lever, and a starting circuit including a starting switch for connecting a battery with a starter motor, the operation detection switch and the starting switch being connected in series with the battery, such that the battery and the starter motor are connected to each other when the operation detection switch and the starting switch are tuned on. Further, a control unit drives a relay to connect the battery to a vehicle load, when an engine speed reaches or exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shiokawa, Yoji Kanaoka, Shinichi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20050083703
    Abstract: To provide a winker apparatus in which assembly thereof is improved by eliminating the necessity to check biting of the winker cord. A front winker includes a winker holder mountable to a front fork. A winker body is mountable to one side of the winker holder via a winker supporting base. A winker cord is lead from the winker holder via the winker supporting base. The winker holder is formed with a storage groove for accommodating the winker cord. A cover is provided for covering the storage groove so as to retain the winker cord in a state in which the winker cord is stored in the storage groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Nakayama, Hiroyuki Osugi, Yoji Kanaoka, Shinichi Maeda