Patents by Inventor Tadashi Ito
Tadashi Ito 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: 20160167442Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 is provided in the tread portion 2 with blocks each provided with sipes 9 extending across the entire axial width of the block. The blocks include axially innermost first blocks 3 each having a longitudinal block rigidity (G), and axially outer blocks 4 each having a longitudinal block rigidity (G). The longitudinal block rigidity (G) of the axially innermost first blocks 3 is 90% to 110% of the longitudinal block rigidity (G) of the axially outer blocks 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Tadashi ITO
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Patent number: 8953980Abstract: A member mounting structure includes: a removable member mountable to and removable from an apparatus body upon application of a moving force in a first direction; a moving member that moves the removable member in a second direction intersecting the first direction when the removable member is moved in the first direction to be mounted to the apparatus body to dispose the removable member at a mounting position with respect to the apparatus body; a restriction member that restricts movement of the removable member at the mounting position toward a removal side in the first direction; and a suppression member that is mountable to and removable from the apparatus body when moved in the first direction and that suppresses movement of the removable member at the mounting position toward a restriction removing side in the second direction for removal of restriction imposed by the restriction member.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Takiguchi, Tadashi Ito
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Publication number: 20140345767Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion provided with blocks each provided with a first variable depth sipe and a second variable depth sipe each having both axial ends opened at edges of the block on both sides thereof in the tire axial direction. In each block, a shallow portion of the first variable depth sipe overlaps, in the tire axial direction, with a deep main portion of the second variable depth sipe. an axial groove dividing the blocks is provided with a tie bar overlapping, in the tire axial direction, with the deep main portion of the adjacent variable depth sipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi TANAKA, Tadashi ITO
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Publication number: 20130294798Abstract: A member mounting structure includes: a removable member mountable to and removable from an apparatus body upon application of a moving force in a first direction; a moving member that moves the removable member in a second direction intersecting the first direction when the removable member is moved in the first direction to be mounted to the apparatus body to dispose the removable member at a mounting position with respect to the apparatus body; a restriction member that restricts movement of the removable member at the mounting position toward a removal side in the first direction; and a suppression member that is mountable to and removable from the apparatus body when moved in the first direction and that suppresses movement of the removable member at the mounting position toward a restriction removing side in the second direction for removal of restriction imposed by the restriction member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshio TAKIGUCHI, Tadashi ITO
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Patent number: 8537071Abstract: An antenna device is provided with a first connecting electrode, a first tunnel diode, a first antenna member and a fixed electrode. The first connecting electrode is configured to be connected to a fixed potential via a load. The first tunnel diode has a pair of electrodes. One of the electrodes of the first tunnel diode is connected to the first connecting electrode, and the other electrode of the first tunnel diode is connected to the first antenna member. The first antenna member has a conductive property and includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the first antenna member is connected to the other electrode of the first tunnel diode. The fixed electrode is connected to the second portion of the first antenna member. The fixed electrode is configured to be connected to the fixed potential.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Ito, Atsuto Okamoto, Tomoyoshi Motohiro, Tsuyoshi Nomura, Masahiro Hanazawa, Toshiyasu Ito, Takeshi Miyazaki, Yukihisa Ueno
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Publication number: 20130098277Abstract: A waste treatment technique includes: blowing a fluidizing gas from around a mixture discharge port to form a first fluidization region having a degree of fluidization of the fluidizable particles which is set to an extent allowing waste to be accumulated on fluidizable particles, while blowing a fluidizing gas between the first fluidization region and an opposite-side wall at a higher flow velocity to form a second fluid region having a degree of fluidization of fluidizable particles greater than that in the first fluidization region, whereby the fluidizable particles are mixed with the waste to gasify the waste; and supplying waste from a supply-side sidewall portion onto the fluidized bed to cause the waste to be accumulated on the first fluidization region while causing the accumulated waste to be moved into the second fluidization region step-by-step.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Kawai, Hiroyuki Hosoda, Tadashi Ito
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Publication number: 20130092064Abstract: A waste treatment technique includes: blowing a fluidizing gas from around a non-combustible substance discharge port toward fluidizable particles to form a first fluidization region, while blowing a fluidizing gas between the first fluidization region and a front wall at a flow velocity less than that in the first fluidization region to form a second fluid region having a relatively low degree of fluidization of fluidizable particles; returning fluidizable particles discharged from the non-combustible substance discharge port to a fluidized bed from the side of the front wall to form, in the fluidized bed, a flow of fluidizable particles directed from the front wall to the non-combustible substance discharge port; supplying waste from the front wall onto the fluidized bed to cause the waste to be accumulated on the second fluidization region while causing the accumulated waste to be moved into the first fluidization region step-by-step and gasified.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Kawai, Hiroyuki Hosoda, Tadashi Ito
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Patent number: 8354148Abstract: An optical compensation polarizing plate comprising: a first transparent protective film; a polarizer; a second transparent protective film; and an optical compensation layer in this order, wherein at least one of the first and second transparent protective films is a cellulose acylate film having a retardation value in plane Re (nm) and a retardation value in film thickness direction Rth (nm) which fulfill the following formulae (I) and (II), and Nz and Re1 defined by the following formulae (III) and (IV), of the optical compensation layer fulfill the following formulae (V) and (VI): (I) |Re|?10, (II) |Rth|?25, (III) Nz=(nx1?nz1)/(nx1?ny1), (IV) Re1=(nx1?ny1)×d1, (V) 0.4?Nz?0.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hajime Nakayama, Tadashi Ito, Takako Nishiura
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Publication number: 20120222737Abstract: A method of fabricating a hot carrier energy conversion structure, and a hot carrier energy conversion structure. The method comprises forming an energy selective contact ESC comprising a tunnelling layer; forming a carrier generation layer on the ESC; and forming a semiconductor contact without a tunnelling layer on the carrier generation layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, NewSouth Innovations Pty LimitedInventors: Gavin John Conibeer, Santosh Shrestha, Dirk Konig, Martin Andrew Green, Tomonori Nagashima, Yasuhiko Takeda, Tadashi Ito, Tomoyoshi Motohiro
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Publication number: 20100258164Abstract: The present invention provides a hot carrier type photovoltaic device capable of effectively improving conversion efficiency even when the residence time of carriers in a light absorbing layer is short. The photovoltaic device includes: a light absorbing layer that absorbs light and generates electrons and holes; an electron moving layer that is provided adjacent to one surface of the light absorbing layer; a hole moving layer that is provided adjacent to the other surface of the light absorbing layer; a negative electrode that is provided on the electron moving layer; and a positive electrode that is provided on the hole moving layer. The electron moving layer has a conduction band that has an energy gap narrower than that of a conduction band of the light absorbing layer and selectively transmits the electrons with a predetermined energy level.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2008Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiko Takeda, Tadashi Ito, Tomoyoshi Motohiro, Tomonori Nagashima
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Publication number: 20100244656Abstract: An antenna device is provided with a first connecting electrode, a first tunnel diode, a first antenna member and a fixed electrode. The first connecting electrode is configured to be connected to a fixed potential via a load. The first tunnel diode has a pair of electrodes. One of the electrodes of the first tunnel diode is connected to the first connecting electrode, and the other electrode of the first tunnel diode is connected to the first antenna member. The first antenna member has a conductive property and includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the first antenna member is connected to the other electrode of the first tunnel diode. The fixed electrode is connected to the second portion of the first antenna member. The fixed electrode is configured to be connected to the fixed potential.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Ito, Atsuto Okamoto, Tomoyoshi Motohiro, Tsuyoshi Nomura, Masahiro Hanazawa, Toshiyasu Ito, Takeshi Miyazaki, Yukihisa Ueno
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Patent number: 7732733Abstract: The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel welding wire which allows prevention of wire breaking, fine refining of crystal grains, and increased cracking resistance. A wire rod used essentially consists of, in mass %, 0.03% or less of C, 3% or less of B, 3% or less of Mn, 2% or less of Ni, 11 to 20% of Zr, 3% or less of Mo, 1% or less of Co, 2% or less of Cu, 0.02 to 2.0% of Al, 0.2 to 1.0% of Ti, 0.02% or less of O, 0.04% or less of N, at least one of Nb and Ta, the mass % thereof being eight times the total mass % of the C and N to 1.0 mass %, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. When the number of crystals per square mm (mm2) of a cross section of the wire rod is defined as m, a grain number of the crystal expressed by an exponent (G) in an expression of m=8×2G is set to 3 to 10 by the heat treatment.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Nippon Welding Rod Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Kobayashi, Satoru Nonaka, Yukio Agata, Teiichiro Saito, Tadashi Ito
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Patent number: 7671947Abstract: An optical film which has Re(?) and Rth(?) fulfilling the following two formulae: 0?Re(590)?10 |Rth(590)|?25 wherein Re(?) is a retardation value in plane (nm) at a wavelength of ? nm; and Rth(?) is a retardation value in film thickness direction (nm) at a wavelength of ? nm.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2005Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Shigeaki Nimura, Hajime Nakayama, Yosuke Nishiura, Takako Nishiura, legal representative, Tadashi Ito, Yasuo Mukunoki
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Patent number: 7504139Abstract: To provide an optical film which exhibits excellent retardation values both in the film plane and along the direction perpendicular to the film plane and shows little change in retardation values depending on environmental factors such as humidity, a liquid crystal display showing little change in viewing angle characteristics due to an environmental (humidity) change, and a polarizing plate to be used in the liquid crystal display, the cellulose acylate contains a cellulose acylate which is a mixed fatty acid ester of a cellulose and satisfies formulae specified in the specification, and a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display using this cellulose acylate film.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2004Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Sumio Ohtani, Yosuke Nishiura, Tadashi Ito
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Patent number: 7473446Abstract: A retarder comprising a substrate, a first optically anisotropic layer formed of a composition comprising a rod-like liquid-crystal compound substantially generating a phase difference of ? at 550 nm, and a second optically anisotropic layer formed of a composition comprising a rod-like liquid-crystal compound substantially generating a phase difference of ?/2 at 550 nm is disclosed. At least either one of the rod-like liquid-crystal compounds is denoted by Formula (I) Q1-L1-A1-L3-M-L4-A2-L2-Q2: where Q1 and Q2 denote polymerizable groups; L1 to L4 denote single bonds or divalent linking groups provided that at least either of L3 and L4 represents —O—CO—O—; A1 and A2 denote C2-20 spacer groups and M denotes a mesogen group; and an in-plane slow axis of the second layer and an in-plane slow axis of the first layer cross substantially at 60 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2003Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Tadashi Ito, Hiroshi Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20080309860Abstract: An optical film which has Re(?) and Rth(?) fulfilling the following two formulae: 0?Re(590)?10 |Rth(590)|?25 wherein Re(?) is a retardation value in plane (nm) at a wavelength of ?nm; and Rth(?) is a retardation value in film thickness direction (nm) at a wavelength of ?mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2005Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeaki Nimura, Hajime Nakayama, Yosuke Nishiura, Takako Nishiura, Tadashi Ito, Yasuo Mukunoki
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Patent number: 7379131Abstract: A novel liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The device comprises two polarizer films, a liquid crystal cell disposed between these two polarizer films wherein liquid-crystalline molecules are oriented substantially normal to the substrates under non-operative state in the absence of applied external electric field; at least one layer of a first optically-anisotropic layer having an optically positive refractive anisotropy having Re falling within a range from 40 to 150 nm at visible light; and at least one layer of a second optically-anisotropic layer having an optically negative refractive anisotropy, and having Re of 10 nm or less and Rth falling within a range from 60 to 250 nm at visible light.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2004Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Tadashi Ito, Junichi Hirakata
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Publication number: 20080062355Abstract: To provide a polarizing plate which has superior characteristics of expressing in-plane and thicknesswise retardation and which is less susceptible to time-varying changes in retardation value attributable to ambient humidity, as well as to provide a liquid crystal display which undergoes little tune-varying change in view angle characteristic, the polarizing plate which contains a transparent protective film having the retardation specified in the specification is housed in a moisture-proofed container under the humidity condition specified in the specification, and the liquid crystal display contains the polarizing plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2004Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Sata, Yosuke Nishiura, Takako Nishiura, Tadashi Ito
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Publication number: 20070292635Abstract: All optical compensation polarizing plate comprising: a first transparent protective film; a polarizer; a second transparent protective film; and an optical compensation layer in this order, wherein at least one of the first and second transparent protective films is a cellulose acylate film having a retardation value in plane Re (nm) and a retardation value in film thickness direction Rth (nm) which fulfill the following formulae (I) and (II), and Nz and Re1 defined by the following formulae (III) and (IV), of the optical compensation layer fulfill the following formulae (V) and (VI): (I) |Re|?10, (II) |Rth|?25, (III) Nz=(nx1?nz1)/(nx1?ny1), (IV) Re1=(nx1?ny1)×d1, (V) 0.4?Nz?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yousuke Nishiura, Takako Nishiura, Hajime Nakayama, Tadashi Ito
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Publication number: 20070104896Abstract: An optical film comprising: a transparent support; and at least one hard coat layer containing a translucent resin and a coagulating metal oxide particle, and having a surface haze value of from 0 to 12%, an internal haze value of from 0 to 35% and an Sm value of from 50 to 200 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2006Publication date: May 10, 2007Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naohiro Matsunaga, Tadashi Ito, Rikio Inoue, Yuuichi Fukushige