Patents by Inventor Takao Kobayashi

Takao Kobayashi 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: 7275810
    Abstract: An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink supply port is formed and plural contacts for connecting to external control means are formed on the exposed surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shinada, Fujio Akahane, Minoru Usui, Takao Kobayashi, Makoto Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 7275899
    Abstract: Machining coolant/lubricant is used to operate a piston of a clamping-side coupler by feeding same via a coolant feed passage to a clamping pressure chamber through a first check valve and a clamping pressure fluid passage. The same coolant/lubricant is discharged from an unclamping pressure chamber through an unclamping pressure fluid passage and a second check valve. The resulting movement of the piston downwards brings a clamp member into contact with a workpiece to thereby clamp the workpiece on a table. Thus, a dedicated pressure source for clamping can be dispensed with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Taniguchi, Shigeharu Ikeda, Minoru Hidaka, Tomoyoshi Sato, Hiroshi Osada, Takao Kobayashi, Hironao Kinpara, Shigeto Noma, Kazutaka Murai, Masato Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 7264334
    Abstract: An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink supply port is formed and plural contacts for connecting to external control means are formed on the exposed surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shinada, Fujio Akahane, Minoru Usui, Takao Kobayashi, Makoto Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 7252375
    Abstract: An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink supply port is formed and plural contacts for connecting to external control means are formed on the exposed surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shinada, Fujio Akahane, Minoru Usui, Takao Kobayashi, Makoto Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20070176426
    Abstract: An engine-driven work machine equipped with a moving handle is provided wherein the moving handle (86) is formed from a pair of left and right handle bars (88, 88) having a handle grip (93) at the extremity, and a cross member (89) integrally connecting middle parts of the handle bars (88, 88) to each other, and the two handle bars (88, 88) are mounted in upper parts of left and right side frames (2b, 2b) of a frame (2) so that the two handle bars (88, 88) can pivot between a working position (A) in which the two handle bars (88, 88) protrude from the frame (2) and a storage position (B) in which, with the handle grip (93) facing downward, the handle bars (88, 88) in cooperation with the cross member (89) function as a bumper. When the moving handle is not used, it can be folded compactly, and equipment on the frame can thereby be protected from contact with another object by utilizing the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Tadafumi Hirose, Shuhei Imai, Takao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7249450
    Abstract: A lawn mower comprises a power source for rotatably driving an output shaft, a housing having an interior space having a generally spiral-shaped portion, and a cutting blade disposed in the interior space of the housing and connected to the output shaft for rotation therewith to cut grass. The rotating cutting blade coacts with the spiral-shaped portion of the interior space to generate a swirling air flow that causes the cut grass to swirl within the interior space. A grass discharge passage communicates with the interior space of the housing and discharges therethrough grass cut by the cutting blade and swirling within the interior space of the housing. A pivotal shutter is pivoted about a generally vertical axis by manual operation of a control member to open and close the grass discharge passage. The pivotal shutter comprises a pivotal shaft and a unitary shutter member mounted on the pivotal shaft to undergo pivotal movement therewith for opening and closing the grass discharge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Iida, Takao Kobayashi, Hiromitsu Sasaki, Kenzo Shimada, Masanori Shin
  • Publication number: 20070170630
    Abstract: A clamping device is capable of engaging a clamping object with an inner wall of hole or side wall of the clamping object. The clamping device 1 is provided with a rod support for moving an engagement portion 25 of a clamping rod 3 in a direction roughly rectangular to the longitudinal direction of the clamping rod 3 and switchably rotatably supports the clamping rod 3 in a clamping main body across a clamping position and a clamp release position, a piston drive mechanism 6 for driving a piston 4 across the clamping position and the clamp release position, and a cam mechanism 7 for driving the engagement portion 25 in the clamping direction by the driving force of piston drive mechanism 6 for driving the piston 4 to the clamping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Takayuki Kuroda, Takayuki Munechika, Takao Kobayashi, Masato Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 7246882
    Abstract: An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink supply port is formed and plural contacts for connecting to external control means are formed on the exposed surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shinada, Fujio Akahane, Minoru Usui, Takao Kobayashi, Makato Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20070125458
    Abstract: This aims to provide a wear-resistant copper-based alloy, which is advantages in not only enhancing wear resistance in a high temperature range but also enhancing crack resistance and machinability and which is especially suitable for forming a cladding layer. The wear-resistant copper-based alloy comprises, by weight, 4.7 to 22.0% nickel, 0.5 to 5.0% silicon, 2.7 to 22.0% iron, 1.0 to 15.0% chromium, 0.01 to 2.00% cobalt, 2.7 to 22.0% one or more of tantalum, titanium, zirconium and hafnium, and the balance of copper with inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Minoru Kawasaki, Tadashi Oshima, Takao Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Nakanishi, Hideo Tachikawa
  • Patent number: 7227625
    Abstract: A lidar system for meteorological observation, in which pulsed laser light having a prescribed central frequency is emitted from a laser device and reflected light thereof is observed, includes: a spectral analyzer for spectrally analyzing reflected light for observation into light in the wavelength region of the laser light and light in wavelength regions other than the region of the laser light; a first and a second filter for selectively passing light centered on a first and a second frequency component among the light of the wavelength region of the laser light, respectively; a first and a second photodetection unit configured to detect the first and second frequency component light passed through the first and second filter, respectively; and a third and a fourth photodetection unit configured to detect the light of the wavelength region of the laser light and regions other than the region of the laser light, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: EKO Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kobayashi, Toshikazu Hasegawa, Dengxin Hua, Kiyotaka Uchida
  • Patent number: 7219985
    Abstract: An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink supply port is formed and plural contacts for connecting to external control means are formed on the exposed surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shinada, Fujio Akahane, Minoru Usui, Takao Kobayashi, Makoto Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20070065331
    Abstract: This is to provide a build-up wear-resistant copper-based alloy, which is advantageous for enhancing the cracking resistance and machinability, which is appropriate for cases of building up to form built-up layers especially, and which is equipped with the wear resistance, cracking resistance and machinability combinedly in a well balanced manner. A build-up wear-resistant copper-based alloy is characterized in that it has a composition, which includes nickel: 5.0-20.0%; silicon: 0.5-5.0%; manganese: 3.0-30.0%; and an element, which combines with manganese to form a Laves phase and additionally to form silicide: 3.0-30.0%; by weight %, and inevitable impurities; and additionally the balance being copper. The element can be one member or two or more members of titanium, hafnium, zirconium, vanadium, niobium and tantalum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Minoru Kawasaki, Tadashi Oshima, Takao Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20070030928
    Abstract: A demodulating semiconductor integrated circuit device used in a wireless communication system of an FM-modulation scheme, wherein a circuit for canceling a frequency offset is made of a digital circuit, so as to make a high-accuracy decision as to received data and prevent error frequency offset cancel due to a pseudo pattern contained in the received data. Consequently, a high-accuracy received data decision is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Takao Kobayashi, Masaaki Shida, Kazuhiko Kawai
  • Patent number: 7146962
    Abstract: A portable engine generator has a box-shaped case defining an internal space for holding an engine and an electric generator to be driven by the engine. The case is provided with carrying handles. The portable engine generator is provided with a cooling air passage through which fresh air as cooling air flows into the internal space while the engine is in operation. An inward depressed part is formed in a front cover of the case on the side of the internal space with respect to the carrying handles. The carrying handles and the inward depressed part define the cooling air passage. The cooling air passage serves as a hand space into which human hand is inserted to grip the carrying handles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sugimoto, Tadahiro Yaguchi, Kazuhito Takemura, Takao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060274440
    Abstract: A display apparatus which has a mirror with a free curved reflective surface of which curvature fluctuates with inflection points, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a back light and a polarizer. Light of an image which was modulated by the LCD is reflected by the free curved reflective surface and passes through the polarizer. Then, the light is directed to an optical pupil. Since the curvature of the free curved reflective surface fluctuates with inflection points, curvature of field and distortion can be corrected properly, and an image of high quality can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Yasushi Tanijiri, Hiroaki Ueda, Ichiro Kasai, Takao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7136228
    Abstract: A display apparatus which has a mirror with a free curved reflective surface of which curvature fluctuates with inflection points, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a back light and a polarizer. Light of an image which was modulated by the LCD is reflected by the free curved reflective surface and passes through the polarizer. Then, the light is directed to an optical pupil. Since the curvature of the free curved reflective surface fluctuates with inflection points, curvature of field and distortion can be corrected properly, and an image of high quality can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tanijiri, Hiroaki Ueda, Ichiro Kasai, Takao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7136433
    Abstract: A demodulating semiconductor integrated circuit device used in a wireless communication system of an FM-modulation scheme, wherein a circuit for canceling a frequency offset is made of a digital circuit, so as to make a high-accuracy decision as to received data and prevent error frequency offset cancel due to a pseudo pattern contained in the received data. Consequently, a high-accuracy received data decision is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kobayashi, Masaaki Shida, Kazuhiko Kawai
  • Publication number: 20060203050
    Abstract: An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink supply port is formed and plural contacts for connecting to external control means are formed on the exposed surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Satoshi Shinada, Fujio Akahane, Minori Usui, Takao Kobayashi, Makoto Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20060194990
    Abstract: A recycling system has a pyrolysis apparatus (40) having a combustion section (42) for selectively combusting a carbon component in materials, and a gasification section (41) for pyrolyzing and gasifying the materials by using heat of combustion in the combustion section (42). The materials include residual oil from an atmospheric distillation unit (10), a vacuum distillation unit (20), and a decomposition unit (28), various wastes including waste plastics (181), wastes (182), and shredder dust (183), and organic matter such as biomass (184). The recycling system has a passage for supplying pyrolysates (120) produced in the gasification section (41) to an oil refinery system or a petrochemical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Norihisa Miyoshi, Takashi Imaizumi, Yuki Iwadate, Takao Kobayashi, Seiichiro Toyoda
  • Patent number: 7086723
    Abstract: An ink tank cartridge for use in an ink jet recorder has a container having exterior walls, a porous member is stored in the container, an ink supply port that extends through one of the exterior walls of the body to supply ink to the exterior of the cartridge, and a packing member, disposed within the ink supply port and having an opening therethrough and a rib formed on a upper surface. A pressing member may be provided to bias the packing member against an inner surface of the ink supply port. The ink tank cartridge can be assembled to limit the occurrence of air bubbles in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Hara, Minoru Usui, Kouichi Toba, Takao Kobayashi