Patents by Inventor Takaaki Kato

Takaaki Kato 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: 8169301
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses an RFID tag information communicating apparatus, comprising an apparatus antenna device; a command transmission portion that generates and transmits a command signal for reading information from an RFID circuit element; an information acquisition portion that attempts a reception of a reply signal transmitted from said RFID circuit element in response to said command signal; and an electrostatic-safe communication control portion that controls at least said command transmission portion and repeatedly transmit a plurality of times said command signal to said RFID circuit element so that information substantially unaffected by static electricity is acquired by said information acquisition portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Mitsuru Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120086133
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip with a plurality of electrode pads disposed at a top surface thereof; a plurality of thin film terminals set apart from one another via respective separator portions, which are located below a bottom surface of the semiconductor chip; an insulating layer disposed between the semiconductor chip and the thin-film terminals; connecting members that connect the electrode pads at the semiconductor chip with the thin-film terminals respectively and a resin layer disposed so as to cover the semiconductor chip, the plurality of thin-film terminals exposed at the semiconductor chip, the separator portions and the connecting members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: AOI Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaji, Takaaki Kato
  • Publication number: 20120018330
    Abstract: A tool storage bag includes a hexahedral fabric bag body and openable only at a top side or at the top side and a bottom side, and an interlining material at least provided at three adjoining sides of the bag body. The interlining material includes plural flat plates corresponding to the three sides. At least one of the flat plates is detachable from a corresponding one of the sides of the bag body, while the bag body is foldable without folding the sides provided with the interlining material. The bag body with at least one flat plate detached from the corresponding side is folded down by overlapping, on one of the unfoldable sides of the bag body, the side other than the above one side and provided with the interlining material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki KATO, Yukiyasu OKOUCHI, Kenji ABE, Yuichi SUGIURA, Toru HORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20110288325
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silica-supported catalyst having excellent wear resistance, by which an object product can be obtained with excellent yield. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a silica-supported catalyst which contains Mo, V, Nb and component X (that is Sb and/or Te), and is used in a vapor-phase catalytic oxidation reaction or vapor-phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction of propane. The method for producing a silica-supported catalyst comprises: (I) a step wherein Mo, V, Nb, component X, a silica sol and water are mixed, thereby preparing a starting material blended solution; (II) a step wherein the starting material blended solution is dried, thereby obtaining a dried powder; and (III) a step wherein the dried powder is tired, thereby obtaining a silica-supported catalyst. In the method for producing a silica-supported catalyst, the silica sol contains 10-270 ppm by weight of nitrate ions relative to SiO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Yusuke Ishii, Takaaki Kato
  • Publication number: 20110133511
    Abstract: In a vehicle whose tire is wholly covered from the left, right and back, a negative pressure area to the rear of the vehicle is reduced. In a vehicle including a left trunk and a right trunk in a rear portion of the vehicle, a rear fender continuous with respective rear faces of the left and right trunks is provided, and a plane formed of the respective rear faces of the left and right trunks and the rear fender is provided with negative pressure correction holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanji HAYASHI, Ryuichi NAKANISHI, Yoshihiro INOUE, Kyotaro KAJITORI, Akira OMAE, Takaaki KATO
  • Patent number: 7955213
    Abstract: An automatic transmission in which first to third clutches which can couple an input shaft to a first element of a first multiple planetary gear set and second and fourth elements of the second multiple planetary gear set, respectively, are arranged on a front side of the first multiple planetary gear set. Thus, it is possible to prevent a situation in which disengaging of the third clutch in the first speed causes the fourth element of the first multiple planetary gear set to rotate in reverse and generate a large relative rotation with the first element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Tsuyoshi Fukaya, Akihito Hongoya, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masafumi Kinoshita, Masaru Morise
  • Patent number: 7955214
    Abstract: An automatic transmission is provided having appropriately spaced gear ratios for eight forward speeds to be capable of obtaining a shift feeling in all of the eight speeds, and is reduced in size and weight. Rotation of an input shaft is transmitted to an output shaft at a speed selected from a plurality of shift speeds by first and second clutches selectively transmitting the rotation of the input shaft to first and second compound planetary gears, and by first to fourth brakes selectively fixing each element of the first and second compound planetary gears, the first compound planetary gear includes first and second sun gears, a common carrier rotatably supporting a long pinion and a pinion, and a common ring gear that meshes with the first sun gear through the long pinion or the pinion and also meshes with the second sun gear through the long pinion and the pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Tsuyoshi Fukaya, Akihito Hongoya, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masafumi Kinoshita, Masaru Morise
  • Patent number: 7946947
    Abstract: In single pinion planetary gear mechanisms, a second sun gear is linked to an input shaft in a power-transmissible manner, a first sun gear is linked to a third control brake, and a first carrier and a second ring gear which are linked to each other are linked to a first control brake. In single pinion planetary gear mechanisms, a third sun gear and a fourth sun gear which are linked to each other are linked to the input shaft disengageably by a first control clutch, and a third ring gear and a fourth ring gear are linked to a second control brake and a fourth control brake, respectively. Furthermore, in the single pinion planetary gear mechanisms, a third carrier is linked to the input shaft disengageably by a second control clutch and a fourth carrier is linked to an output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Tsuyoshi Fukaya, Takashi Ogawa, Akihito Hongoya, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 7887456
    Abstract: To provide an automatic transmission apparatus for forward 8-speed, which keeps a transmission gear ratio step in good balance. The apparatus includes: a first planetary gear device PG0 having a ring gear R0 connected to an input shaft; a second planetary gear device PG1 having a carrier C1 connected to a carrier C0 of the first planetary gear device, and a sun gear S1 connected to R0; a third planetary gear device PG2 having a ring gear R2 connected to C1; a fourth planetary gear device PG3 having a sun gear S3 connected to a sun gear S2 of the third planetary gear device; a first clutch C-1 that selectively connects S2 to the input shaft; a second clutch C-2 that selectively connects C2 to the input shaft; a first brake B-1 that selectively regulates the rotation of R0; a second brake B-2 that selectively regulates the rotation of R2; a third brake B-3 that selectively regulates the rotation of S0; and a fourth brake B-4 that selectively regulates the rotation of R3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Tsuyoshi Fukaya, Takashi Ogawa, Akihito Hongoya, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20100234164
    Abstract: An automatic transmission is provided that has appropriately spaced gear ratios for eight forward speeds to be capable of obtaining a shift feeling in all of the eight speeds, and that can be reduced in size and weight. In the automatic transmission that transmits rotation of an input shaft to an output shaft at a speed selected from a plurality of shift speeds by first and second clutches selectively transmitting the rotation of the input shaft to first and second compound planetary gears, and by first to fourth brakes selectively fixing each element of the first and second compound planetary gears, the first compound planetary gear includes first and second sun gears, a common carrier rotatably supporting a long pinion and a pinion, and a common ring gear that meshes with the first sun gear through the long pinion or the pinion and also meshes with the second sun gear through the long pinion and the pinion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicants: Aisin AW Co., Ltd, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Tsuyoshi Fukaya, Akihito Hongoya, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masafumi Kinoshita, Masaru Morise
  • Publication number: 20100167866
    Abstract: An automatic transmission in which first to third clutches which can couple an input shaft to a first element of a first multiple planetary gear set and second and fourth elements of the second multiple planetary gear set, respectively, are arranged on a front side of the first multiple planetary gear set. Thus, it is possible to prevent a situation in which disengaging of the third clutch in the first speed causes the fourth element of the first multiple planetary gear set to rotate in reverse and generate a large relative rotation with the first element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: AISIN AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Tsuyoshi Fukaya, Akihito Hongoya, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masafumi Kinoshita, Masaru Morise
  • Patent number: 7744004
    Abstract: A tag tape and a tag tape roll that can realize a uniform roll winding state, and an RFID label produced using them are provided. A tag tape in which a plurality of RFID circuit elements provided with an IC chip storing information and a loop antenna for transmission/reception of information is continuously arranged in a tape longitudinal direction with a predetermined interval is provided with an extension part of a protection member that compensates a difference of a thickness in a portion of the tag tape where the RFID circuit element is arranged and a thickness in a portion other than that of the tag tape in a tape width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Takuya Nagai
  • Patent number: 7528975
    Abstract: A slip printing system which can be employed in a service management system is configured to include a host computer, a mobile terminal device, and a mobile printer that is capable of receiving data from the mobile terminal device. The mobile terminal device includes a service information input module. The service information input through the service information input module is transmitted to the host computer. A print data generating module of the host computer generates print data to in accordance with the service information. The print data generated by the print data generating module is transmitted to the mobile terminal device. The mobile terminal device transmits the print data which has been transmitted from the host computer, and the mobile printer prints an image on a slip in accordance with the print data transmitted from the mobile terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Eiichi Ito, Takaaki Kato, Takashi Morita
  • Publication number: 20090033468
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses an RFID tag information communicating apparatus, comprising an apparatus antenna device; a command transmission portion that generates and transmits a command signal for reading information from an RFID circuit element; an information acquisition portion that attempts a reception of a reply signal transmitted from said RFID circuit element in response to said command signal; and an electrostatic-safe communication control portion that controls at least said command transmission portion and repeatedly transmit a plurality of times said command signal to said RFID circuit element so that information substantially unaffected by static electricity is acquired by said information acquisition portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Mitsuru Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080248913
    Abstract: An automatic transmission having a second ring gear of planetary gear mechanisms and is connected to an input shaft so as to be able to transmit power thereto, and a first sun gear and a second sun gear, and a first carrier that are connected to each other are in turn connected to a third control brake and a first control brake, respectively. A third sun gear and a fourth sun gear of the planetary gear mechanisms are connected to each other, and are in turn detachably connected to the input shaft 14 by a first control clutch. A third ring gear R2 and a fourth ring gear R3 are connected to a second control brake and a fourth control brake, respectively. Furthermore, a third carriers is detachably connected to the input shaft by a second control clutch, and a fourth carrier is connected to an output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Tsuyoshi Fukaya, Takashi Ogawa, Akihito Hongoya, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20080232886
    Abstract: A tag label producing apparatus has a cartridge holder for setting a first roll configured by winding a base tape equipped with identification marks, which include marks formed by two black strips and arranged with a pitch 2Pp and marks formed by one black strip and arranged with the pitch 2Pp, at a plurality of portions, a feeding roller driving shaft that feeds the base tape supplied from the first roll attached to the cartridge holder a print head that makes a predetermined print on the base tape or a cover film to be bonded thereto, and a mark sensor that detects the identification mark on the base tape, and controls the feeding roller driving shaft and the print head in coordination with each other in accordance with the detection result of the identification mark by the mark sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kimura, Takamine Hokazono, Yoshinori Maeda
  • Publication number: 20080231423
    Abstract: The apparatus for producing RFID labels comprises a second roll configured by winding a base tape having a plurality of RFID circuit elements arranged with a predetermined arrangement regularity and a plurality of identification marks arranged with a fixed pitch in a tape longitudinal direction; a cartridge holder including a portion to be detected for recording correlation information indicating which of a plurality of predetermined correlations is a relation of the arrangement regularity to the fixed pitch; a feeding roller drive shaft for feeding the base tape supplied from a cartridge attached to the cartridge holder; a loop antenna for transmitting and receiving information by radio communication with the RFID circuit element; and a mark sensor detecting the identification mark of the base tape, and a control circuit acquires the correlation information from the portion to be detected of the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Takamine Hokazono, Takaaki Kato, Yasuo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20080207383
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an automatic transmission capable of providing a sufficient feeling of acceleration with a clear shift feeling at the time of shifting with acceleration by properly allocating step ratios between shift stages. [Means for Solution] In single pinion planetary gear mechanisms 21 and 22, a second sun gear S1 is linked to an input shaft 14 in a power-transmissible manner, a first sun gear S0 is linked to a third control brake B-3, and a first carrier C0 and a second ring gear R1 which are linked to each other are linked to a first control brake B-1. In single pinion planetary gear mechanisms 23 and 24, a third sun gear S2 and a fourth sun gear S3 which are linked to each other are linked to the input shaft 14 disengageably by a first control clutch C-1, and a third ring gear R2 and a fourth ring gear R3 are linked to a second control brake B-2 and a fourth control brake B-4, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Tsuyoshi Fukaya, Takashi Ogawa, Akihito Hongoya, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20080207382
    Abstract: [Task] To provide an automatic transmission apparatus for forward 8-speed, which keeps a transmission gear ratio step in good balance. [Solution] The apparatus includes: a first planetary gear device PG0 having a ring gear R0 connected to an input shaft; a second planetary gear device PG1 having a carrier C1 connected to a carrier C0 of the first planetary gear device, and a sun gear S1 connected to R0; a third planetary gear device PG2 having a ring gear R2 connected to C1; a fourth planetary gear device PG3 having a sun gear S3 connected to a sun gear S2 of the third planetary gear device; a first clutch C-1 that selectively connects S2 to the input shaft; a second clutch C-2 that selectively connects C2 to the input shaft; a first brake B-1 that selectively regulates the rotation of R0; a second brake B-2 that selectively regulates the rotation of R2; a third brake B-3 that selectively regulates the rotation of S0; and a fourth brake B-4 that selectively regulates the rotation of R3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Tsuyoshi Fukaya, Takashi Ogawa, Akihito Hongoya, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: D647650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Asao Itaya, Takaaki Kato, Akira Omae