Patents by Inventor Tomokazu Ito

Tomokazu 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).

  • Patent number: 7253713
    Abstract: A common-mode choke coil has first and second coil parts, a first inductance part, and a second inductance part. The first coil part and the second coil part are magnetically coupled to each other. The first inductance part is electrically connected in series to the first coil part and is not substantially magnetically coupled to the first coil part. The second inductance part is electrically connected in series to the second coil part and is not substantially magnetically coupled to the second coil part. The first inductance part and the second inductance part are not substantially magnetically coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Tomokazu Ito, Toshihiro Kuroshima
  • Publication number: 20070128426
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite structure body obtained through processes of forming composite fine particles by way of a process in which a surface of brittle material fine particles is coated with at least one type of ductile material, bombarding the composite fine particles at a high velocity against a surface of a substrate, mutual rejoining of the composite fine particles is made through intermediary of a newly generated active surface formed by distortion or fracture, and thereby forming a structure body, above an anchor portion, in which crystals of the brittle material and crystals and/or microstructures of the ductile material fine particles are dispersed, and imparting internal distortion to the brittle material fine particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicants: TOTO LTD., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology
    Inventors: Hironori Hatono, Masakatsu Kiyohara, Katsuhiko Mori, Tatsuro Yokoyama, Atsushi Yoshida, Tomokazu Ito, Jun Akedo
  • Publication number: 20070122610
    Abstract: A composite structure body obtained through a plurality of processes including forming composite fine particles by way of a process in which a surface of the fine particles of a brittle material is coated with another brittle material; then by bombarding the composite fine particles against a surface of a substrate at high velocities, an anchor portion biting the substrate surface is formed; the composite fine particles are simultaneously distorted and fractured by impact of the bombardment; mutual rejoining of the composite fine particles is made through intermediary of a newly generated active surface formed by the distortion or fracture; and thereby forming a structure body in which crystals and/or microstructures of the brittle materials are dispersed above the anchor portion; and a pre-processing which includes imparting internal distortion to the brittle material fine particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicants: TOTO LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hironori Hatono, Masakatsu Kiyohara, Katsuhiko Mori, Tatsuro Yokoyama, Atsushi Yoshida, Tomokazu Ito, Jun Akedo
  • Patent number: 7221250
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coil component used as a major component of a common mode choke coil or transformer and a method of manufacturing the same, and the invention is aimed at providing a compact and low-profile coil component having a high common mode filtering property and a method of manufacturing the same. A common mode choke coil has a configuration in which a first insulation film, a first coil conductor, a second insulation film, a second coil conductor and a third insulation film are stacked in the order listed between magnetic substrates provided opposite to each other. A top portion of the first coil conductor is formed in a convex shape. The second insulation film is formed so as to follow the shape of the top portion of the first coil conductor. A bottom portion of the second coil conductor is formed in a concave shape such that it follows the shape of a top portion of the second insulation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshida, Nobuyuki Okuzawa, Tomokazu Ito, Yukari Hishimura, Yoshikazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070033798
    Abstract: There is provided a common mode choke coil whose impedance value can be easily adjusted by changing the thickness of an insulation layer for impedance value adjustment appropriately. An insulation layer for impedance value adjustment is formed throughout a principal surface of a first magnetic substrate. Coil patterns and insulation layers are alternately formed on that layer. Parts of the insulation layers other than the insulation layer for impedance value adjustment are removed in either or both of a central region surrounded by the coil patterns and a region around the coil patterns. A resin including magnetic powder is provided on the uppermost insulation layer and the regions where the insulation layers have been removed, and a second magnetic substrate is bonded through a bonding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshida, Nobuyuki Okuzawa, Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo, Akira Sato
  • Patent number: 7175921
    Abstract: A structure body having the constitution in which the crystals of a brittle material such as a ceramic, a metalloid and the like and the crystals or the microstructures (the microstructure bodies composed of amorphous metal layers and an organic substance) of a ductile material such as a metal and the like are dispersed, the structure bodies (the portion composed of the brittle material) are polycrystalline, the crystals constituting the structure bodies substantially lack the crystalline orientation, and boundary layers composed of glassy substances are substantially absent in the boundary face between the crystals. It is thereby possible to obtain a structure body having novel characteristics, composed of a brittle material and a ductile material, without involving a heating/sintering process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Hatono, Masakatsu Kiyohara, Katsuhiko Mori, Tatsuro Yokoyama, Atsushi Yoshida, Tomokazu Ito, Jun Akedo
  • Patent number: 7145427
    Abstract: There is provided a common mode choke coil whose impedance value can be easily adjusted by changing the thickness of an insulation layer for impedance value adjustment appropriately. An insulation layer for impedance value adjustment is formed throughout a principal surface of a first magnetic substrate. Coil patterns and insulation layers are alternately formed on that layer. Parts of the insulation layers other than the insulation layer for impedance value adjustment are removed in either or both of a central region surrounded by the coil patterns and a region around the coil patterns. A resin including magnetic powder is provided on the uppermost insulation layer and the regions where the insulation layers have been removed, and a second magnetic substrate is bonded through a bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshida, Nobuyuki Okuzawa, Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo, Akira Sato
  • Publication number: 20060238273
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil has a first coil element and a second coil element. The first coil element is configured of a first coil pattern and a second coil pattern. Each of the first and second coil patterns has two ends and is spiral-shaped therebetween. The spirals of the two patterns are wound in the same direction. The second coil element has a shape identical to the first coil element and includes a third coil pattern corresponding to the first coil pattern and a fourth coil pattern corresponding to the second coil pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Tomokazu Ito, Toshihiro Kuroshima
  • Patent number: 7091816
    Abstract: A common-mode choke coil comprises an insulating layer and first and second coil conductors. The first and second coil conductors are laminated with the insulating layer interposed therebetween and are magnetically coupled to each other. A width W (mm) and a length L (mm) of at least one coil conductor in the first and second coil conductors satisfy the relational expression of: ?{square root over (L/W)}<(7.6651?fc)/0.1385 where fc (MHz) is the cutoff frequency with respect to differential-mode noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takeshi Okumura
  • Publication number: 20060176138
    Abstract: A thin-film type common-mode choke coil includes a laminated structure having a magnetic substrate; and electrically insulating layers and conductor layers laminated on the magnetic substrate in a direction of thickness, wherein said conductor layers form at least two coil conductors; at least two of the conductor layers are provided as spiral conductor patterns; and the spiral conductor patterns satisfy the expression: 5 ?m?W1?36 ?m in which W1 is the conductor width of each of the spiral conductor patters. The spiral conductor patterns may also satisfy the expression: 100 ?m2?T*W1 in which T is the conductor thickness of each of said spiral conductor patterns or satisfy the expression: W2<T×2 in which W2 is the space between said spiral conductor patterns, and T is the conductor thickness of each of said spiral conductor patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: TDK Corp.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo
  • Publication number: 20060141144
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite structure body, comprising the steps of bombarding brittle material fine particles and ductile material fine particles separately or simultaneously against a surface of a substrate with high velocities such that an anchor portion biting said substrate surface is formed; the brittle material fine particles are simultaneously distorted or fractured by impact of the bombardment; mutual rejoining of the fine particles is made through intermediary of a newly generated active surface formed by the distortion or fracture; and thereby forming a structure body, above the anchor portion, in which crystals of the brittle material and crystals and/or microstructures of the ductile material fine particles are dispersed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicants: National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology, Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Hatono, Masakatsu Kiyohara, Katsuhiko Mori, Tatsuro Yokoyama, Atsushi Yoshida, Tomokazu Ito, Jun Akedo
  • Publication number: 20060102074
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a composite structure body is provided which forms structure body having the constitution in which the crystals of more than one type of brittle material are dispersed and having novel properties without involving a heating/sintering process. The apparatus includes an aerosol generator configured to generate an aerosol. The aerosol is generated through dispersing fine particles of more than one type of brittle material, or dispersing composite fine particles, in a gas. The apparatus also includes a nozzle configured to spray the aerosol, a classifier configured to classify the brittle material fine particles in the aerosol, and a disintegrating machine for disintegrating agglomerations of the brittle material fine particles in the aerosol. The composite structure body is manufactured in reduced pressure conditions by bombarding a substrate with the aerosol at a high velocity, whereby at least one of crystals and microstructures of said brittle materials are dispersed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicants: Toto Ltd., National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology
    Inventors: Hironori Hatono, Masakatsu Kiyohara, Katsuhiko Mori, Tatsuro Yokoyama, Atsushi Yoshida, Tomokazu Ito, Jun Akedo
  • Publication number: 20060097835
    Abstract: A common-mode choke coil has first and second coil parts, a first inductance part, and a second inductance part. The first coil part and the second coil part are magnetically coupled to each other. The first inductance part is electrically connected in series to the first coil part and is not substantially magnetically coupled to the first coil part. The second inductance part is electrically connected in series to the second coil part and is not substantially magnetically coupled to the second coil part. The first inductance part and the second inductance part are not substantially magnetically coupled to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Tomokazu Ito, Toshihiro Kuroshima
  • Publication number: 20060099336
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a composite structure body on a substrate surface, the structure having excellent chemical properties such as corrosion resistance and the like. The method includes bombarding fine particles of more than one type of brittle material against a surface of a substrate at high velocity to form an anchor portion biting said substrate surface and such that the fine particles of the brittle materials are simultaneously distorted or fractured by impact of the bombardment; and forming a structure body in which the crystals and/or microstructures of the brittle materials are dispersed above said anchor portion through mutual rejoining of the brittle material fine particles via an intermediary of a newly generated active surface formed by the distortion or fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicants: Toto Ltd., National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology
    Inventors: Hironori Hatono, Masakatsu Kiyohara, Katsuhiko Mori, Tatsuro Yokoyama, Atsushi Yoshida, Tomokazu Ito, Jun Akedo
  • Publication number: 20060055777
    Abstract: A surveillance camera system includes a mask image setting unit which sets a mask image at a predetermined location on an image displayed on a monitor, a mask coordinate storing unit which stores data of a coordinate of the set mask image on a mask plane coordinate plot of the set mask image, an inverted mask coordinate storing unit which calculates and stores data of a coordinate of the mask image inverted by an inversion pan range of ±180 degrees relative to the coordinate on the mask plane coordinate plot and data of a coordinate of the mask image inverted by an inversion tilt range of ±180 degrees relative to the coordinate on the mask plane coordinate plot, a determining unit which determines whether the mask image or the inverted mask image is present within the view angle of the surveillance camera, based on detected pan and tilt ranges and a detected zoom factor, and an image display control unit which controls the surveillance camera so that the mask image or inverted mask image is superposed on the
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takumi Miyata
  • Publication number: 20060055817
    Abstract: A surveillance camera includes a lens aperture control unit controlling an amount of aperture of a lens so that a predetermined quality of image displayed on a monitor is maintained in taking an image of an object, an auto gain control unit which controls an image pickup sensitivity, a filter attachment/detachment control unit which attaches and detaches a color filter for a predetermined wavelength, a charging time control unit which controls a charging time in charging an image pickup device with electric charge, all the control units being sequentially operated, and an operation sequence setting unit which sets an operation sequence of the control units according to a type of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventor: Tomokazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20060055778
    Abstract: A surveillance camera system is disclosed in which an image obtained by a surveillance camera controlled to be panned/tilted is displayed on a monitor. The system includes a tilt angle detector which detects a tilt angle of the surveillance camera, an inversion tilt angle storage which stores data of a plurality of the predetermined inversion tilt angles, an inversion tilt angle setting unit which selects and sets either or any one of the inversion tilt angles stored on the inversion tilt angle storage, a tilt angle comparing unit which compares the tilt angle detected by the tilt angle detector with the inversion tilt angle set by the inversion tilt angle setting unit, and an image inversion processing unit which carries out a process of inverting the image obtained by the surveillance camera upside down and symmetrizing the image bilaterally when the tilt angle is equal to or larger than the inversion tilt angle as a result of comparison by the tilt angle comparing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventor: Tomokazu Ito
  • Patent number: 7002446
    Abstract: The invention relates to surface-mount coil component including a mount surface mounted on a printed circuit board or a hybrid IC (HIC), and provides a small and low-profile coil component excellent in impedance characteristic. The coil component includes coil conductors each of which includes a major wiring region having the number N of wiring lines and a minor wiring region arranged to be opposite to the major wiring region and having the number (N?1) of wiring lines, and is arranged so that a major wiring side interval as an interval between an outermost periphery of the major wiring region and one side part of the substrate opposite thereto is longer than a minor wiring side interval as an interval between an outermost periphery of the minor wiring region and the other side part of the substrate opposite thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo
  • Publication number: 20050253677
    Abstract: The invention relates to surface-mount coil component including a mount surface mounted on a printed circuit board or a hybrid IC (HIC), and provides a small and low-profile coil component excellent in impedance characteristic. The coil component includes coil conductors each of which includes a major wiring region having the number N of wiring lines and a minor wiring region arranged to be opposite to the major wiring region and having the number (N?1) of wiring lines, and is arranged so that a major wiring side interval as an interval between an outermost periphery of the major wiring region and one side part of the substrate opposite thereto is longer than a minor wiring side interval as an interval between an outermost periphery of the minor wiring region and the other side part of the substrate opposite thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo
  • Publication number: 20050195062
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coil component used as a major component of a common mode choke coil or transformer and a method of manufacturing the same, and the invention is aimed at providing a compact and low-profile coil component having a high common mode filtering property and a method of manufacturing the same. A common mode choke coil has a configuration in which a first insulation film, a first coil conductor, a second insulation film, a second coil conductor and a third insulation film are stacked in the order listed between magnetic substrates provided opposite to each other. A top portion of the first coil conductor is formed in a convex shape. The second insulation film is formed so as to follow the shape of the top portion of the first coil conductor. A bottom portion of the second coil conductor is formed in a concave shape such that it follows the shape of a top portion of the second insulation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshida, Nobuyuki Okuzawa, Tomokazu Ito, Yukari Hishimura, Yoshikazu Sato