Patents by Inventor Tadahiko Hashimoto

Tadahiko Hashimoto 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: 7088594
    Abstract: A resonant converter which can realize its easy design, eliminate the need for its adjustment, realize reliable soft switching operation, and increase an efficiency. A driver DRV of a main switching device uses a PLL circuit PLL to apply frequency tracking control in such a manner that a driving frequency fsw is made to track a resonant frequency fr (or 1/N thereof, N being an odd number) and that the phase of the driving frequency fsw leads the current zero phase of the resonant frequency fr always by a desired time. As a result, such an optimum condition can be kept that the main switching device is triggered immediately before the zero-cross point of a resonant current. Thus the resonant converter which can always satisfy the optimum operational conditions, realize soft switching operation, and increase an efficiency can be realized with an easy design and a manufacturing adjustment-free arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sase, Akihiko Kanouda, Tetsuya Nagayama, Tadahiko Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20050099827
    Abstract: A resonant converter which can realize its easy design, eliminate the need for its adjustment, realize reliable soft switching operation, and increase an efficiency. A driver DRV of a main switching device uses a PLL circuit PLL to apply frequency tracking control in such a manner that a driving frequency fsw is made to track a resonant frequency fr (or 1/N thereof, N being an odd number) and that the phase of the driving frequency fsw leads the current zero phase of the resonant frequency fr always by a desired time. As a result, such an optimum condition can be kept that the main switching device is triggered immediately before the zero-cross point of a resonant current. Thus the resonant converter which can always satisfy the optimum operational conditions, realize soft switching operation, and increase an efficiency can be realized with an easy design and a manufacturing adjustment-free arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: HITACHI LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Sase, Akihiko Kanouda, Tetsuya Nagayama, Tadahiko Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 5268776
    Abstract: The liquid crystal is written with a laser beam. The laser beam generated by a laser source is applied through an optical control unit such as galvanometer mirrors to the liquid crystal. To erase a part of the data written in the previous time completely, the liquid crystal is irradiated with the laser beam slightly wider than the portion that was thermally written on the liquid crystal in the previous time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Tachikawa, Noboru Azusawa, Tadahiko Hashimoto, Kuniyuki Igari, Toru Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 4964719
    Abstract: Brightness of a screen is detected on the basis of a luminous flux projected from a light source to the screen. This detection signal is fed back and a set value of brightness of the screen is compared with the detection signal. The magnitude of input power to the light source is controlled so that the comparison value becomes zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Tachikawa, Osamu Suzuki, Tadahiko Hashimoto, Kuniyuki Igari, Ichirou Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 4952034
    Abstract: The liquid crystal is written with a laser beam. The laser beam generated by a laser source is applied through an optical control unit such as galvanometer mirrors to the liquid crystal. The intensity of the laser beam applied to the liquid crystal is controlled by a laser beam intensity varying unit. A writing control unit controls the mechanical displacement caused by the optical axis control unit and controls the laser beam intensity varying unit. The laser beam energy applied to the liquid crystal can be maintained constant, thus enabling a constant written line width even during acceleration and deceleration of the optical axis control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Azusawa, Tadahiko Hashimoto, Hisayoshi Shiraishi, Yoshiharu Nagae
  • Patent number: 4810064
    Abstract: The liquid crystal is written with a laser beam. The laser beam generated by a laser source is applied through an optical control unit such as galvanometer mirrors to the liquid crystal. The intensity of the laser beam applied to the liquid crystal is controlled by a laser beam intensity varying unit. A writing control unit controls the mechanical displacement caused by the optical axis control unit and controls the laser beam intensity varying unit. The laser beam energy applied to the liquid crystal can be maintained constant, thus enabling a constant written line width even during acceleration and deceleration of the optical axis control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Azusawa, Tadahiko Hashimoto, Hisayoshi Shiraishi, Yoshiharu Nagae