Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Kimura
Tetsuo Kimura 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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Patent number: 11940463Abstract: The particle measurement device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire pad surface shape data indicating a surface shape of an electrode pad including a probe needle mark where a probe needle has contacted; a roughness calculating unit configured to calculate volume of a recessed portion recessed from a pad reference surface and volume of a protruding portion protruding from the pad reference surface based on the pad surface shape data; and a particle quantity calculating unit configured to calculate a particle quantity from a volume difference between the volume of the recessed portion and the volume of the protruding portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Natsumi Hayashi, Hideki Morii, Tetsuo Yoshida, Toshiyuki Kimura
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Patent number: 8406824Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a power-supply apparatus configured to supply electric power to a load that is intermittently operated by using a battery as a power supply; and a control unit configured to control the power-supply apparatus, wherein the power-supply apparatus includes a capacitor; a switching unit capable of selectively forming a first path through which charging is performed from the battery to the capacitor and a second path through which the battery is connected in series with the capacitor, and wherein the control unit controls the switching unit so that the first path is formed during a period in which the load is idle and the second path is formed during a period in which the load is not idle, and thereby supplies the voltage of the sum of the battery voltage and the charged voltage of the capacitor in a non-idle period.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2009Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.Inventors: Hirotada Taniuchi, Shigeo Kusunoki, Tetsuo Kimura, Akihito Kato, Kazuhiko Saito
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Publication number: 20100120475Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a power-supply apparatus configured to supply electric power to a load that is intermittently operated by using a battery as a power supply; and a control unit configured to control the power-supply apparatus, wherein the power-supply apparatus includes a capacitor; a switching unit capable of selectively forming a first path through which charging is performed from the battery to the capacitor and a second path through which the battery is connected in series with the capacitor, and wherein the control unit controls the switching unit so that the first path is formed during a period in which the load is idle and the second path is formed during a period in which the load is not idle, and thereby supplies the voltage of the sum of the battery voltage and the charged voltage of the capacitor in a non-idle period.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Hirotada TANIUCHI, Shigeo Kusunoki, Tetsuo Kimura, Akihito Kato, Kazuhiko Saito
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Patent number: 6258829Abstract: This invention relates to a cycloalka[b]pyridine-3-carbonylguanidine derivative represented by the following general formula (1): and a salt thereof, which can provide a drug having sodium/proton (Na+/H+) exchange transport inhibitory action.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: Toa Eiyo Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo Takahashi, Kaoru Genkyou, Sachiko Yoneyama, Kazuyuki Aihara, Takashi Satoh, Fumiya Yoneyama, Jun Sasamori, Shin-ichi Yamada, Tetsuo Kimura, Kentaro Kogi
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Patent number: 6108613Abstract: A probe coordinate system driving apparatus in which, in a coordinate measuring machine, a probe can be driven in a direction in conformity with the position of the probe to thereby facilitate probe driving operation through joy stick operation. There is provided a probe head capable of freely changing the probe position through setting elevation angle .alpha. and angle of traverse .beta., and unit direction vectors representing the axes of a probe coordinate system in conformity with the probe position are obtained on the basis of the angles set. Vectors obtained from the scalar product of three electric signals output from a joy stick operating unit through the operation by the operator and the three unit direction vectors are synthesized to calculate a drive vector, and the driving of the coordinate measuring machine is controlled in accordance with this drive vector.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1998Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Mitutoyo CorporationInventors: Tetsuo Kimura, Takashi Noda
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Patent number: 6105077Abstract: A transmitting system including a controller for supervising an address polling system; and a plurality of transmitting modules; connected in cascade to a pair of transmitting paths extending from the controller, for executing polling transmissions from the controller by using a logical address set in each transmitting module; wherein the controller sends a command message for setting the logical address and each transmitting module includes: a switching element circuit for opening and closing between input and output terminals connected to the transmitting paths; and a signal processing circuit for setting the logical address to an address assigned by the command message when a polling address of the command message is identical to the logical address, and for providing a signal to the switching element circuit according to the logical address.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1998Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: Nittan Company, LimitedInventor: Tetsuo Kimura
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Patent number: 5993502Abstract: A sintered porous metal filter permitting passage of gases therethrough comprises a filter portion having specified pores for trapping dust as separated from the gas to be treated, and a support portion for supporting the filter portion, the support portion having pores greater than the pores of the filter portion to diminish the pressure loss of the gas to be treated, the filter portion comprising metal particles of small diameter, the support portion comprising metal particles having a greater diameter than the filter portion forming metal particles, the filter portion and the support portion being formed to provide an outer side and an inner side integral therewith by sintering the two kinds of metal particles by hot isostatic pressing. A catalyst reaction portion for rendering noxious components of the gas to be treated harmless is formed in the filter portion or the support portion, or as an independent catalyst layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1999Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Ryutaro Motoki, Takashige Ishida, Shigeru Tanaka, Jun Funakoshi, Takashi Nishi, Akira Kosaka, Tetsuo Kimura
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Patent number: 5913510Abstract: The present invention provides a horizontally set recording apparatus provided with a sheet inserting and discharging holes at the upper surface, wherein substantially linear recording sheet transporting route passing through the recording section is formed, and an automatic sheet feeding apparatus can be removably attached thereon. The recording sheet is delivered into an inlet opening of said transporting route.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1997Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takehiko Kiyohara, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Makoto Kashimura, Hirofumi Hirano, Toshihiko Bekki, Tetsuo Kimura
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Patent number: 5861901Abstract: In an ink jet recording device having an ink tank integrated type jet recording head and a carriage for mounting the head thereon, good electrical connection is obtained wherein the electrical pad of the connecting terminal of the recording head and the electrical pad of the connecting terminal of the carriage are connected to each other while rubbing against one another. Further, also by specifying the arrangement position of the positioning member, more accurate electrical conduction is effected and also breaking of the positioning member is prevented, thereby providing an ink jet recording device having high reliability in aspects of both recording and durability.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1995Date of Patent: January 19, 1999Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto Kashimura, Toshihiko Bekki, Hirofumi Hirano, Tetsuo Kimura
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Patent number: 5847731Abstract: An ink jet cartridge has a recording head with a substrate, a head portion with a discharge port surface on the substrate, a discharge port provided on the discharge port surface, and an ink tank, the substrate having a leading end line. The ink tank has a substantially rectangular parallelopipedal shape and can contain ink. The ink tank includes a front surface, side surface, and opposing surface opposed to the side surface, the recording head is disposed on the side surface of the ink tank, and the opposing surface has a front end line. Plural positioning portions are provided on and project from the substrate of the head and part of the ink tank. The positioning portions project only within a space enclosed by a plane, the front surface of the ink tank, and the substrate. The leading end line of the substrate of the recording head and the front end line of the surface opposed to the side surface of the ink tank on which the recording head is disposed lie in the plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1994Date of Patent: December 8, 1998Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto Kashimura, Toshihiko Bekki, Hirofumi Hirano, Tetsuo Kimura
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Patent number: 5830412Abstract: A sensor device of the present invention is capable of surely detecting occurrence of a fire and a type of the fire. The sensor device includes a detection element made of an organic semiconductor element or an inorganic semiconductor element which is varied in characteristic value (i.e., resistance) thereof by both gas produced in a flaming-type fire and a smouldering-type fire and of which a variation in resistance by gas produced in a flaming-type fire is different in polarity from that by gas produced in a smouldering-type fire. A resistance of the detection element is extracted by a resistance extractor and then fed to a resistance decrease discriminator and a resistance increase discriminator, wherein a decrease or increase in resistance of the element is discriminated. An information output circuit outputs a predetermined signal depending on discrimination results provided by the discriminators, to thereby detect occurrence of a fire and/or a type of the fire.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1996Date of Patent: November 3, 1998Assignee: Nittan Company LimitedInventors: Tetsuo Kimura, Seiichi Tanaka, Narimasa Takahashi, Ryukichi Hashimoto
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Patent number: 5534894Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus wherein ink is ejected on a recording medium to effect recording includes a platen for regulating a recording surface of the recording medium; a confining member contactable to the platen to confine the recording medium; and an elastic member, disposed at a bottom of the apparatus, for urging the confining member to the platen.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1995Date of Patent: July 9, 1996Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirofumi Hirano, Toshihiko Bekki, Makoto Kashimura, Takehiko Kiyohara, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Tetsuo Kimura
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Patent number: 5502475Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus has means for heating a recording medium guide member disposed near the ink recording area by a recording head for discharging ink, and means for changing the rate of heat imparted to the unit length of the recording medium with respect to the direction of conveyance thereof by the heating means in conformity with a parameter changing the environmental condition of the ink recording area.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1994Date of Patent: March 26, 1996Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiaki Kaburagi, Shoichiro Shoda, Tetsuo Kimura, Yoji Ara, Takanori Mukai, Masaaki Nakamura, Katsuyuki Yokoi
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Patent number: 5454555Abstract: The present invention provides a horizontally set recording apparatus provided with a sheet inserting and discharging holes at the upper surface, wherein substantially linear recording sheet transporting route passing through the recording section is formed, and an automatic sheet feeding apparatus can be removably attached thereon. The recording sheet is delivered into an inlet opening of said transporting route.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1994Date of Patent: October 3, 1995Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takehiko Kiyohara, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Makoto Kashimura, Hirofumi Hirano, Toshihiko Bekki, Tetsuo Kimura
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Patent number: 5402161Abstract: In a serial recording apparatus wherein a recording head is carried on a carriage movable in the direction of a print column and the recording head is driven on the basis of printing data while scanning by the recording head, to thereby form a dot image on a sheet, piezoelectric elements are joined to a vibration plate provided on the underside of the carriage and the vibration plate is slidably urged against the surface of a fixed member by a resilient force to thereby constitute a travelling wave type ultrasonic motor. A travelling wave is generated in the vibration plate by the piezoelectric elements being driven to thereby control the movement of the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1991Date of Patent: March 28, 1995Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuo Kimura, Takashi Saito, Shigeru Yoshimura
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Patent number: 5384586Abstract: A recording device wherein ink is deposited on recording materials to effect recording including first and second feeders for feeding the recording materials to a recorder, and a discharger for discharging the recording materials from the recorder such that the recording device can be placed horizontally and vertically in use. When the device is placed horizontally the recording materials are conveyed in a generally U-shaped path, and when the device is placed vertically the recording materials are conveyed in a generally rectilinear path.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1992Date of Patent: January 24, 1995Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirofumi Hirano, Toshihiko Bekki, Makoto Kashimura, Takehiko Kiyohara, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Tetsuo Kimura
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Patent number: 5245361Abstract: In an ink jet recording device having an ink tank integrated type jet recording head and a carriage for mounting the head thereon, good electrical connection is obtained wherein the electrical pad of the connecting terminal of the recording head and the electrical pad of the connecting terminal of the carriage are connected to each other while rubbing against one another. Further, also by specifying the arrangement position of the positioning member, more accurate electrical conduction is effected and also breaking of the positioning member is prevented, thereby providing an ink jet recording device having high reliability in aspects of both recording and durability.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1989Date of Patent: September 14, 1993Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto Kashimura, Toshihiko Bekki, Hirofumi Hirano, Tetsuo Kimura
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Patent number: 5235353Abstract: A recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording medium has a recording head for effecting recording on the recording medium, conveying rollers for conveying the recording medium, a first and a second case for covering the recording head and the conveying means, and a mechanism for effecting relative movement of the first case and the second case.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1992Date of Patent: August 10, 1993Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirofumi Hirano, Makoto Kashimura, Katsuyuki Yokoi, Takashi Akiya, Jun Katayanagi, Tetsuo Kimura
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Patent number: 5216448Abstract: A carriage, movable along a predetermined path, for detachably mounting thereon an ink jet recording head includes an abutment portion for positioning the recording head in a horizontal direction; an engageable member, disposed at a side of the carriage facing in a movement direction thereof, for engaging with the recording head, the engageable member is rotatable and translatable; and an operating lever, disposed at a side of the carriage facing in the movement direction, for translating and rotating the engageable member to abut the recording head to the abutment portion, and for rotating the recording head about the abutment portion; a second abutment portion for abutment with the rotating recording head to stop it in one rotational direction; and an urging member for urging the recording head to the second abutment portion, wherein the recording head is mounted on and dismounted from the carrier by moving the operating lever in one direction and by moving it in the opposite direction, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1992Date of Patent: June 1, 1993Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiro Unosawa, Tetsuo Kimura, Kou Hasegawa, Masasumi Nagashima, Keiji Nagira, Hiroshi Sugitani, Yoshifumi Hattori, Masami Ikeda, Asao Saito, Kazuaki Masuda, Akio Saito, Tsuyoshi Orikasa
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Patent number: 5182581Abstract: An ink tank for storing recording ink comprises an ink storage section including an ink holding member for holding ink and substantially entirely occupying an ink storage space and a ventilation section having a vent hole communicating with the interior of the ink tank with atmosphere, the ventilation section including an ink-repellent member having an ink-repellent character. The ink holding member can be formed of one porous member or two porous members, one of high and one of low porosity. The member with high porosity is provided adjacent an ink supply port. An ink jet recording head also comprises the same ink tank and an ink jet recording head section including an ink discharge port for discharging ink, an ink passage communicating with the ink discharge port and an energy generation element for generating energy utilized for ink discharged. Further an ink jet recording apparatus includes the same ink jet recording head.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1991Date of Patent: January 26, 1993Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto Kashimura, Hiroshi Nakagomi, Seiichiro Karita, Tsuguhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Kimura, Hirofumi Hirano, Mitsuru Kurata