Patents by Inventor Tadashi Imai

Tadashi Imai 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: 20140070122
    Abstract: A blood bag system includes a clamp installed in a flexible first tube. The clamp includes: a base section having a protrusion section, an opening/closing section having a pressing protrusion section that presses a side surface of the first tube, and a bent section that connects the base section and opening/closing section. The base section is provided with a pair of cutout sections opened to a side surface where the first tube can be inserted by interposing the protrusion section. The clamp is configured such that a portion of the first tube where the clamp is installed is bent while the clamp is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi IMAI, Masanori Sato
  • Publication number: 20140024326
    Abstract: A first high frequency processing unit detects a first broadcasting wave transmitted using a first frequency band, and extracts a first high frequency signal. Further, a second high frequency processing unit detects a second broadcasting wave transmitted using a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and extracts a second high frequency signal. Furthermore, at least one local oscillator generates a local oscillation signal used in the first high frequency processing unit and the second high frequency processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Takayuki Kaida, Satoru Kawakami, Hitoshi Masumura
  • Publication number: 20140009879
    Abstract: There is provided an input/output apparatus. Among information terminals of an input/output connector provided in an information terminal device, at least one information terminal of information terminals to switch an internal operation of the information terminal device is used also as an antenna input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yoshino, Satoru Tsuboi, Tadashi Imai, Akira Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 8587729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a receiver capable of reducing influence of disturbance waves and capable of receiving analog and digital broadcast signals without interference with a single front end module, without leading to complexity of the configuration. A receiver 10 includes, on a module board 11, a first terrestrial wave tuner 16 and second terrestrial wave tuner 17 which receive broadcast signals of a first frequency band, and a first satellite wave tuner 14 which receives broadcast signals of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, with the first satellite wave tuner 14 being situated between the first terrestrial wave tuner 16 and the second terrestrial wave tuner 17. The present invention can be applied to receivers receiving broadcast signals of different frequency bands, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yoshida, Hideaki Ozawa, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hidetoshi Kurihara, Koji Yoshida, Masaru Shimanuki, Tadashi Imai
  • Publication number: 20130046039
    Abstract: The application provides a process for preparing a thermoplastic elastomer composition (F) for injection molding, comprising dynamically heat-treating a thermoplastic elastomer composition (D), which comprises 95 to 5 parts by weight of an ethylene/?-olefin-based copolymer rubber (a), 5 to 95 parts by weight of a propylene/?-olefin random copolymer (b-1) (total of the components (a) and (b-1): 100 parts by weight), and 0 to 200 parts by weight of a softener (c), in the presence of an organic peroxide, wherein a crystallization nucleating agent (e) for olefin-based plastics is added in an amount of 0.01 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total of the components (a) and (b-1) before or after the dynamic heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Takuo Asami, Tadashi Imai, Masakazu Jitsukata, Hidenari Nakahama
  • Publication number: 20120274529
    Abstract: An antenna is realized by a simple mechanism without use of a dedicated antenna element. An antenna includes a first conductor 2b (2d) that has a first line length from a start point 4 to a folded point 3; and a second conductor 2b (2d) that has a second line length in a direction from the folded point 3 to the start point 4 and is electrically connected to the first conductor at the folded point 3. A first received signal with a first frequency is received with a first antenna length including both the first line length and the second line length. A second received signal with a second frequency is received with a second antenna length including only one of the first line length and the second line length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yoshino, Satoru Tsuboi, Tadashi Imai, Akira Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20120264384
    Abstract: Provided are a tuner module and a receiving apparatus capable of providing great degrees of variation and freedom to a layout in a main board, improving a degree of freedom of design, and achieving low cost. A tuner module includes a tuner module board on which a tuner functional unit is formed, a main board on which the tuner module board is surface-mounted, and a shield casing including at least one antenna connector, arranged to cover the surface-mounted tuner module board, and fixed to the main board. In the shield casing, a length of a longest long-side is a length equal to or less than ΒΌ of a wavelength of a highest received frequency in the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Teruyuki Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20120200782
    Abstract: There are provided a high frequency module and a receiver capable of exhausting an electric field and a magnetic field to the outside of a shield, more closely arranging electronic components inside the shield, and being downsized. The high frequency module has integrated circuits (IC) 112, 113 each incorporating an oscillator including an inductor, and a shield case 114 as a shield for covering the ICs 112, 113, and the shield case 114 as a shield is formed with openings 116A, 116B having a size equal to or more than half the shape size of the ICs 112, 113 in areas opposed to the arrangement positions of the ICs 112, 113.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Takayuki Kaida, Hitoshi Masumura
  • Publication number: 20120113324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a receiver capable of reducing influence of disturbance waves and capable of receiving analog and digital broadcast signals without interference with a single front end module, without leading to complexity of the configuration. A receiver 10 includes, on a module board 11, a first terrestrial wave tuner 16 and second terrestrial wave tuner 17 which receive broadcast signals of a first frequency band, and a first satellite wave tuner 14 which receives broadcast signals of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, with the first satellite wave tuner 14 being situated between the first terrestrial wave tuner 16 and the second terrestrial wave tuner 17. The present invention can be applied to receivers receiving broadcast signals of different frequency bands, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yoshida, Hideaki Ozawa, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hidetoshi Kurihara, Koji Yoshida, Masaru Shimanuki, Tadashi Imai
  • Patent number: 8142922
    Abstract: An electrode group 4 having a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate arranged with a porous insulating layer interposed therebetween and end portions of the positive and negative electrode plates protruding from the porous insulating layer is prepared, and current collector plates 10 and 11 each of which is provided with a projection 12 having a gap 12a formed therein is prepared. With the end portion 2a of the electrode plate protruding from the porous insulating layer 3 kept in contact with a principle surface of the current collector plates 10 and 11, the projection 12 is locally heated to join the end portion 2a of the electrode plate and the current collector plates 10 and 11. the end portion 2a of the electrode plate is welded to the current collector plates 10 and 11 with a fused material obtained by fusing the projection 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyomi Kozuki, Tadashi Imai, Yasushi Hirakawa, Takashi Nonoshita
  • Publication number: 20120019731
    Abstract: A tuner module includes a tuner module substrate having a tuner function part formed thereon, a case body having a shielding function of holding and incorporating at least the tuner module substrate, a circuit board on which the tuner module substrate is mounted, and at least one antenna connector to be fixed to the case body and having a core wire connected to the tuner module substrate incorporated in the case body. A part of the circuit board is contained inside the case body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Makoto Watanabe, Toshiyuki Sudo, Toshiyuki Nagano, Mitsuru Ikeda, Teruyuki Toyoda, Hideaki Ozawa, Tomonori Nakajima, Goujin Arakawa, Norio Uchida, Hiroyuki Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 8063146
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic elastomer composition containing 10-60 parts by weight of a non-crosslinkable crystalline polyolefin resin (A), 1-30 parts by weight of a specific propylene 1-butene random copolymer (B) and 89-10 parts by weight of an ethylene ?-olefin non-conjugated polyene copolymer rubber (C) which is composed of ethylene, an ?-olefin having 3-20 carbon atoms and a non-conjugated polyene, in such amounts that the total of the components (A), (B) and (C) is 100 parts by weight. The thermoplastic elastomer composition is dynamically crosslinked by an extruder. This thermoplastic elastomer is excellent in moldability and economic efficiency, and enables to obtain a molded body exhibiting sufficient adhesion strength to a vulcanized rubber or thermoplastic elastomer without the intermediation of an adhesive layer, as well as a lightweight molded body having sufficient hardness and rubber elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Takuo Asami, Masakazu Jitsukata, Keiji Okada
  • Publication number: 20110247041
    Abstract: A reception device includes a first input terminal receiving a first television broadcast signal of a first frequency band or a mixed wave of the first television broadcast signal and a second television broadcast signal of a second frequency band; a second input terminal receiving the second television broadcast signal; first and second tuner; a matching unit extracting a second broadcast signal from a broadcast signal received from a first circuit terminal and outputting the extracted second broadcast signal from a second circuit terminal; a first connection portion selectively performing a connection between the first input terminal and the first circuit terminal of the matching unit; and a second connection portion setting an input path of the second television broadcast signal to the second tuner to a path from the second input terminal or a path from the second circuit terminal of the matching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Takayuki Kaida, Kunihiko Morozumi, Katsuki Hirabayashi, Hitoshi Masumura
  • Patent number: 7998612
    Abstract: An electrode group is constructed by disposing a positive electrode current collector exposed portion on one end side and a negative electrode current collector exposed portion on the other end side. A positive electrode current collector terminal plate and a negative electrode current collector terminal plate are connected to the positive and negative electrode current collector exposed portions, respectively. A conductive coned disc spring is disposed compressed between the positive electrode current collector terminal plate and a sealing plate. The coned disc spring has a dead zone in which the elastic force does not change according to the amount of deformation, and urges the negative electrode current collector terminal plate toward a bottom portion of a battery case with a defined elastic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Sumihara, Tadashi Imai
  • Patent number: 7976979
    Abstract: An electrode group 4 having a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate arranged with a porous insulating layer interposed therebetween and end portions of the positive and negative electrode plates protruding from the porous insulating layer is prepared, and current collector plates 10 and 11 each of which is provided with a projection 12 having a gap 12a formed therein is prepared. With the end portion 2a of the electrode plate protruding from the porous insulating layer 3 kept in contact with a principle surface of the current collector plates 10 and 11, the projection 12 is locally heated to join the end portion 2a of the electrode plate and the current collector plates 10 and 11. the end portion 2a of the electrode plate is welded to the current collector plates 10 and 11 with a fused material obtained by fusing the projection 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyomi Kozuki, Tadashi Imai, Yasushi Hirakawa, Takashi Nonoshita
  • Publication number: 20100310927
    Abstract: A current collector terminal plate comprising a plate-shaped conductive material is used. The conductive material has an expected welding portion that melts with priority. The conductive material has, for example, a bent portion forming a protrusion on one side and a depression on the other side and a flat portion, and the expected welding portion includes the bent portion. The bent portion has a pair of upstanding portions raised from the flat portion and a bent top portion extending continuously from the pair of upstanding portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Takashi Nonoshita, Kiyomi Kozuki, Yasushi Hirakawa, Seiichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20100304199
    Abstract: An electrode group 4 having a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate arranged with a porous insulating layer interposed therebetween and end portions of the positive and negative electrode plates protruding from the porous insulating layer is prepared, and current collector plates 10 and 11 each of which is provided with a projection 12 having a gap 12a formed therein is prepared. With the end portion 2a of the electrode plate protruding from the porous insulating layer 3 kept in contact with a principle surface of the current collector plates 10 and 11, the projection 12 is locally heated to join the end portion 2a of the electrode plate and the current collector plates 10 and 11. the end portion 2a of the electrode plate is welded to the current collector plates 10 and 11 with a fused material obtained by fusing the projection 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyomi KOZUKI, Tadashi IMAI, Yasushi HIRAKAWA, Takashi NONOSHITA
  • Patent number: 7824631
    Abstract: A nanocarbon generation equipment designed such that organic processed materials can be quickly thermally decomposed therein and the decomposed materials are then quenched and liquefied to obtain liquefied materials is disclosed. This equipment comprises thermal reactor for quickly thermally decomposing the organic processed materials, apparatus for recovering the liquefied materials which are liquefied through quenching of thermally decomposed organic processed materials, a rotary furnace to be filled with a reducing atmosphere and loaded with hydrocarbons to be obtained through vaporization of liquefied materials after impurities contained in the liquefied materials are removed, and metal balls made of a metal selected from stainless steel, iron, nickel, chromium and an optional combination thereof, wherein the hydrocarbon introduced into the rotary furnace is decomposed into carbon and hydrogen, thus enabling nanocarbon to be produced through vapor-phase growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Noma, Hidetoshi Ibe, Eiichi Sugiyama, Tadashi Imai, Kazutaka Kojo, Kiyoshi Imai
  • Publication number: 20100239897
    Abstract: An electrode group is constructed by disposing a positive electrode current collector exposed portion on one end side and a negative electrode current collector exposed portion on the other end side. A positive electrode current collector terminal plate and a negative electrode current collector terminal plate are connected to the positive and negative electrode current collector exposed portions, respectively. A conductive coned disc spring is disposed compressed between the positive electrode current collector terminal plate and a sealing plate. The coned disc spring has a dead zone in which the elastic force does not change according to the amount of deformation, and urges the negative electrode current collector terminal plate toward a bottom portion of a battery case with a defined elastic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori SUMIHARA, Tadashi IMAI
  • Patent number: D683268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Elon Reeve Musk, Franz von Holzhausen, Bernard Lee, David Tadashi Imai