Patents by Inventor Tadashi Nakamura

Tadashi Nakamura 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: 20140124250
    Abstract: A wiring board includes an electric insulating base material including an incompressible member and a thermosetting member; a first wiring and a second wiring formed with the electric insulating base material interposed therebetween; and a via-hole conductor penetrating the electric insulating base material, and electrically connecting the first wiring and the second wiring to each other. The via-hole conductor includes a resin portion and a metal portion. The metal portion includes a first metal region mainly composed of Cu; a second metal region mainly composed of a Sn—Cu alloy; and a third metal region mainly composed of Bi. The second metal region is larger than the first metal region, and larger than the third metal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akito Iwasaki, Tadashi Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Himori, Kazuhiko Himori
  • Publication number: 20140110153
    Abstract: A wiring board includes an insulating resin layer, wirings, and a via-hole conductor. The wirings are disposed through the insulating resin layer therebetween and formed of copper foils. The via-hole conductor penetrates through the insulating resin layer and electrically connects the wirings together. The via-hole conductor includes a resin portion and a metal portion containing copper, tin, and bismuth. The metal portion includes a first metal region including a link of copper particles, a second metal region including, as a main component, at least one of tin, a tin-copper alloy, and a tin-copper intermetallic compound, and a third metal region including bismuth as a main component. The copper particles partially include a plane-to-plane contact with a roughened surface of the copper foil, and the second metal region is partially formed on a surface of the link and on the roughened surface of the copper foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Kashiwagi, Eri Kamada, Yoshiki Okushima, Hideki Niimi, Ayako Iwasawa, Tadashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140087740
    Abstract: A wireless station includes a first wireless communication circuit, a second wireless communication circuit, and a control circuit. The first wireless communication circuit communicates by a first wireless communication system in a first cell which includes a first service area, and the second wireless communication circuit communicates by a second wireless communication system in a second cell which includes a second service area narrower than the first service area. The control circuit switches a communication system between the first wireless communication system and the second wireless communication system to control communication. When switching the communication system between the first wireless communication system and the second wireless communication system, the control circuit controls the first wireless communication circuit and the second wireless communication circuit to set a communication system which is used before the switching to an idle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventor: Tadashi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8654172
    Abstract: A plurality of light sources, a light deflector, and a single scan lens. The light deflector deflects a plurality of light beams emitted from the light sources by a same face for scanning a plurality of to-be-scanned portions simultaneously. The single scan lens receives the light beams from the light deflector and focuses the light beams onto each of the plurality of to-be-scanned portions to scan the to-be-scanned portions simultaneously. The single scan lens is used in common for the light beams, and has one incidence plane and a plurality of exit planes in a sub-scanning direction separately prepared in the sub-scanning direction for each of the to-be-scanned portions. The incidence plane has a refractive power of the lens in the sub-scanning direction decreasing toward peripheral portions in the main scanning direction. The exit planes have positive refractive power in the main and sub-scanning directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Miyatake, Tadashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140036071
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical measurement device including a first light source, an optical element that condenses a light beam emitted from the first light source, a light irradiator that irradiates the light beam onto an object; and a photo detector that detects reflected light or scattered light of the light beam from the object through an imaging system, the light beam being irradiated onto the object, wherein a first optical path length from the first light source to a first conjugate image of the first light source by the optical element is different from a second optical path length from the photo detector to a second conjugate image of the photo detector by the imaging system at least in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Tadashi NAKAMURA, Shigeaki Imai
  • Publication number: 20140034817
    Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes an incident optical system, which includes light source units and a combining unit combining light beams emitted from the light source units; a deflection unit including rotating reflection parts that deflect the light beams to scan and be irradiated on a predetermined range of an object; an imaging unit forming an image based on the light from the predetermined range of the object; and an optical detection unit detecting the object based on the light received via the imaging unit. Further the combining unit combines the light beams such that each of the combined light beams passes a single light path when projected onto a predetermined plane, and each of the light paths exists outside a region of the deflection unit when projected onto the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Tadashi NAKAMURA, Shigeaki Imai, Shuichi Suzuki, Mitsuru Nakajima, Kenichi Yoshimura, Hiroyoshi Funato
  • Publication number: 20140008104
    Abstract: A resistance-formed substrate includes a first insulating layer, a first wiring formed on a first surface of the first insulating layer, a thin-film resistance layer formed on a second surface of the first insulating layer, and a first via-hole conductor. The first via-hole conductor penetrates through the first insulating layer, and is electrically connected to the first wiring and the thin-film resistance layer. The first via-hole conductor includes a metal part including a low-melting point metal and a high-melting point metal, and a paste resin part. The low-melting point metal includes tin and bismuth, and has a melting point of 300° C. or lower. The high-melting point metal includes at least one of copper and silver, and has a melting point of 900° C. or higher. The first via-hole conductor is in contact with the thin-film resistance layer at both the paste resin part and the metal part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sugaya, Hiroyuki Ishitomi, Tadashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140009747
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laser radar device including a modulated light beam generator that emits light beams to a target, a photodetector that receives reflected light; a reflected light condenser that condenses the reflected light; a rotator that rotates around a rotation axis; and mirrors included in the rotator that scan the light beams, and guide the reflected light to the reflected light condenser, wherein an angular detection range in a vertical direction is divided into a plurality of layers, wherein mirror surfaces of the mirrors are tilted by corresponding tilt angles relative to the rotation axis, the tilt angles being different from each other, wherein the modulated light beam generator emits the light beams in the vertical direction, the light beams having different emission angles, and wherein a difference between the emission angles corresponds to the angular detection range of one layer in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi SUZUKI, Mitsuru NAKAJIMA, Kenichi YOSHIMURA, Shigeaki IMAI, Tadashi NAKAMURA, Hiroyoshi FUNATO
  • Patent number: 8614283
    Abstract: To provide a resist polymer comprising, as a structural unit, an acid-decomposable unit having a structure represented by formula (1) or (2) which exhibits a small line edge roughness and produces little defects in DUV excimer laser lithography or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hikaru Momose, Atsushi Ootake, Tadashi Nakamura, Akifumi Ueda
  • Patent number: 8593701
    Abstract: An oscillating mirror module as a deflecting unit is disposed so that a movable mirror faces a plane where image carriers are arranged. A plurality of light source units are disposed within a plane parallel to the plane where the image carriers are arranged so that main light fluxes of light beams emitted from the light sources form predetermined angles with each other. The oscillating mirror module includes an incidence mirror that bends a plurality of light beams emitted from the light source units to direct the light beams to the movable mirror, and a separation mirror that separates the light beams scanned by the movable mirror into two opposite directions with respect to a cross-section including a surface normal of the movable mirror and perpendicular to the rotation axis of the movable mirror. A light collecting unit collects light beams so that output optical axes of the light beams corresponding to the light source units intersect on a surface of the movable mirror of the deflecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Soeda, Tadashi Nakamura, Akira Kojima, Tomohiro Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8590372
    Abstract: A device for measuring adhesion of toner to carrier containing a magnetic component, the toner and the carrier being contained in a two-component developer, includes: a developer holding section including a first magnet for holding the two-component developer by a magnetic force; an airflow supply section for supplying airflow to the two-component developer held by the first magnet; a separated toner detecting section for detecting the number of toner separated from the carrier by the airflow; and an adhesion calculating section for calculating the adhesion of the toner to the carrier or an index of the adhesion, based on wind speed of the airflow and the detected number of the separated toner. Thus, the device can measure the adhesion of the toner to the carrier with high reproducibility and exactness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Toizumi, Yasuhiro Shibai, Tadashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20130280489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminated structure having a molded body that has a fine concavo-convex structure on a surface thereof and a protection film that is allowed to come into contact with the surface of the molded body on the side of the fine concavo-convex structure, in which the average interval between convexes of the fine concavo-convex structure is equal to or shorter than a wavelength of visible light, and adhesion strength of the protection film when the protection film is attached to the fine concavo-convex structure is 0.1 to 1.7 N/25 mm. According to the present invention, a laminated structure for manufacturing a processed product which can be easily processed without causing the protection film to be easily detached and has little residual adhesive can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Mitusubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakai, Tadashi Nakamura, Shinji Makino
  • Patent number: 8565155
    Abstract: A mobile communication system is provided with a base station device and a mobile terminal, which mutually perform radio communication. The system is also provided with a cell search part provided in the mobile terminal conducting a cell search, and an operation part configured to calculate a period for another cell search based on a period required for the cell search. The cell search part conducts the another cell search during the period calculated by the operation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Tadashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20130235143
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a plurality of scanning optical systems that focus light beams deflected by an optical deflector onto corresponding scanning surfaces. The systems include a first scanning optical system and a second scanning optical system. The first scanning optical system and the second scanning optical system are disposed respectively at each side of a plane including a rotation axis of a polygonal-mirror optical deflector. Each of the scanning optical systems includes a synchronous detection optical system that determines a timing to start scanning the scanning surfaces with the light beams. When a time from the end of an effective scanning area in the second scanning optical system to synchronous detection in the first scanning optical system is Ta, and a time from the end of an effective scanning area in the first scanning optical system to synchronous detection in the second scanning optical system is Tb, Ta>Tb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Yukio Itami, Tadashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8526399
    Abstract: A transmitting device of the present invention is used in a CDMA communications system, and comprises: a plurality of spreading units for spreading user data; a managing unit for managing spread codes; a determining unit for determining a number of codes to be multiplexed based on use statuses of the spread codes managed by said managing unit; and a multiplexing unit for multiplexing the user data spread by spreading units a number of which corresponds to the number of codes to be multiplexed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Tadashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8519955
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for displaying a plurality of character key images in a first display area on the computing device, each character key image representing and being associated with at least one of the character groups, each character group including a plurality of characters; and displaying, in a case where one of the character key images is selected by a user of the computing device, a plurality of input candidate characters in a second display area on the computing device, the plurality of input candidate characters including at least some of the plurality of characters in the character group associated with the selected one of the character key images, the second display area being set in a partially overlapping manner over the first display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakamura, Kojiro Umemura
  • Publication number: 20130201536
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes: a light source device that emits five light beams corresponding to four basic colors and a single specific color; and five scanning optical systems corresponding the five light beams. One light beam in a first waveband among the light beams corresponding to the four basic colors enters one scanning optical system of the five scanning optical systems. The one scanning optical system includes a dichroic mirror that transmits a light beam in a second waveband different from the first waveband. An angle ?b formed between a normal to the incidence plane of the dichroic mirror and orthogonal projection to an assumed plane orthogonal to the main scanning corresponding direction of the incident path of the light beam to the incidence plane of the dichroic mirror is set at an angle of 0° or more and an angle of 45° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Tadashi NAKAMURA, Toshiaki Tokita, Yukio Itami, Taku Amada, Shingo Tachikawa
  • Publication number: 20130140744
    Abstract: A method for producing a product having an uneven microstructure on a surface thereof includes: a step (I) which treats a surface of a roll mold (20) having an uneven microstructure thereon with an external release agent containing a fluorine and not containing a functional group (B) which reacts with a functional group (A) existing on the surface of the product; and a step (II) which obtains the product having the uneven microstructure on the surface thereof (40) by inserting an active energy ray curable resin composition (38) including an internal release agent between the roll mold (20) and a film (substrate) (42) after the step (I). Then, the composition is hardened by being irradiated with an active energy ray and a cured resin layer (44) having a surface, onto which the uneven microstructure is transferred, is formed on the surface of the film (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakai, Tetsuya Jigami, Tadashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8446736
    Abstract: An upper board having an opening and forming a circuit on a surface layer, a connection sheet between boards having an opening and forming conductive holes filled with conductive paste in through-holes, and a lower board forming a circuit on a surface layer are stacked up, heated and pressed. In particular, the connection sheet between boards is made of a material different from the upper board and the lower board. A multi-layer circuit board having a cavity structure, and a full-layer IVH structure with high interlayer connection reliability can be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Kita, Masaaki Katsumata, Tadashi Nakamura, Kota Fukasawa, Kazuhiro Furugoori
  • Patent number: 8440824
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing pyrimidine compound useful as an intermediate for agricultural chemicals or pharmaceuticals, which is simple in operation, presents high yield and produces only a small amount of by-products. The method comprises reacting a compound represented by the formula (I) with a compound represented by the formula (II) in the presence of a pyridine compound to produce a compound represented by the formula (III), a compound represented by the formula (IV) or their mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Murai, Ryoji Koto, Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Takeshi Ohshima, Katsuyoshi Murakami, Takao Awazu, Hisayoshi Jonishi, Takayoshi Ando, Tadashi Nakamura, Norio Adachi, Akihiko Isogai