Patents by Inventor Toru Kobayashi

Toru 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: 7297032
    Abstract: A combined connector includes a first housing that has a first terminal receiving chamber for receiving a first terminal and a second housing that is stacked on the first housing and has a second terminal receiving chamber for receiving a second terminal. The first housing includes a retaining projection which projects and inserts into the second terminal receiving chamber to retain the second terminal in the second terminal receiving chamber and a terminal retaining portion which retains the first terminal received in the first terminal receiving chamber and is disposed so as to contact with the second housing in a state that the first housing and the second housing are stacked together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki -Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kobayashi, Rikiya Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20070200464
    Abstract: A stator is constructed by winding excitation coils around respective main poles. A rotor is constructed by fixing a first rotor unit, which consists of a pair of rotor cores and a magnetic material sandwiched between the rotor cores, and a second rotor unit, which has the same construction as the first rotor unit, to a rotation shaft. The rotor is assembled to the stator to form an assembled body. The magnet material of the first rotor unit is magnetized in the axial direction by a magnetizing flux passing through a half of the assembled body in the axial direction. The magnet material of the second rotor unit is magnetized in the axial direction in an opposite polarity by a magnetizing flux passing through the remaining half of the assembled body in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: JAPAN SERVO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Sakamoto, Toru Kobayashi, Masahiko Azegami, Yasuaki Motegi, Takaya Kato, Shoji Oiwa, Yasuo Matsuda, Kazuo Onishi, Tadashi Fukushima, Norimoto Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20070182142
    Abstract: A method of folding together a vehicle side curtain airbag is provided that includes bending a base section of an extended air bag toward the outboard side of the vehicle and fully over onto a middle section of the air bag located directly above the base section. The adjacent base and middle sections are then rolled, as a group, by first moving a crease line between the base and middle sections toward the outboard side of the vehicle, then curling the crease line back toward the unrolled portion of the base and middle sections and then rolling the remainder of the unrolled portion of the base and middle sections. A top section of the airbag is collapsed in a pleated manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cari Schimpff, Yoshihiko Morita, Toru Kobayashi, Daniel Winiger
  • Publication number: 20070120426
    Abstract: A stepping motor includes: a stator having main magnetic poles each having small stator teeth on its tip, a core-back portion that connects outer portions of the poles, and windings wound around the poles; and two sets of rotor units that are arranged in an axial direction and face the stator with an air gap therebetween. Each rotor unit consists of two rotor cores that are separated in the axial direction and a magnet sandwiched thereby and magnetized in the axial direction. Each rotor core has small rotor teeth around its outer surface. The rotor cores of each rotor unit are deviated by ½ pitch of the small rotor teeth, and the two rotor units are arranged to make the magnetic polarities of the small rotor teeth of the adjacent two rotor cores identical. A magnet thickness Tm and a rotor core thickness Tc satisfy 0.25?Tm/Tc?0.45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: JAPAN SERVO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Oiwa, Masafumi Sakamoto, Toru Kobayashi, Masahiko Azegami, Yasuaki Motegi, Takaya Kato, Yasuo Matsuda, Kazuo Onishi, Yuji Enomoto, Naoyuki Kanamori, Tadashi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20070072492
    Abstract: A combined connector includes a first housing that has a first terminal receiving chamber for receiving a first terminal and a second housing that is stacked on the first housing and has a second terminal receiving chamber for receiving a second terminal. The first housing includes a retaining projection which projects and inserts into the second terminal receiving chamber to retain the second terminal in the second terminal receiving chamber and a terminal retaining portion which retains the first terminal received in the first terminal receiving chamber and is disposed so as to contact with the second housing in a state that the first housing and the second housing are stacked together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Toru Kobayashi, Rikiya Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 7194374
    Abstract: In an operation guide customizable measuring instrument constructed such that an operation guide for guiding an operation procedure of the instrument is displayable on a display section, and an instrument mechanism for measuring a physical quantity of an object to be measured is operable by an instrument control program equipped with a function which is callable in response to a predetermined command, the instrument has an operation guide storage which variably stores an operation guide file containing the operation guide and the command written in a markup language and a script language therein; an operation guide file processing part which displays the operation guide on the display section based on the operation guide file, and displays an instruction input section for accepting an instruction of an operator on the display section; and a command processing part which outputs the command to the instrument control program so as to call the function corresponding to the command in response to the instruction
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Sensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Kobayashi, Takuya Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20070058111
    Abstract: A protective film for a polarizing plate is disclosed in which an contact angle of the surface in contact with a polarizer with respect to pure water is less than 55° and the surface in contact with a polarizer becomes hydrophilic due to a plasma treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Fukuda, Toshiya Takagi, Takashi Murakami, Nobuyuki Takiyama
  • Patent number: 7148942
    Abstract: A protective film for polarizing plate is disclosed in which an contact angle of the surface in contact with a polarizer with respect to pure water is less than 55° and the surface in contact with a polarizer becomes hydrophilic due to a plasma treatment. In such a manner, the protective film for the polarizing plate is readily adhered with a polyvinyl alcohol film employed as a polarizer and can be produced employing processing which is safe in work and does not adversely affect the environment. Thus highly efficient protective film for the polarizing plate, which exhibits excellent adhesion with a polyvinyl alcohol film, and a polarizing plate employing the same, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Fukuda, Toshiya Takagi, Takashi Murakami, Nobuyuki Takiyama
  • Patent number: 7125918
    Abstract: A protective film of a polarizing plate comprising a cellulose ester film, wherein a variation in a weight of the cellulose ester film is 0 to 2% under a keeping condition of 80±5° C. and 90±10% RH for 48 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Toru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7124094
    Abstract: A print system for use through a network comprises a service system connected to the network and having a storage section in which a plurality of data are stored in a plurality of data storing locations; and a printer client system connected to the network and having a printer, wherein the printer client system accesses the service system through the network so as to obtain a data storing location of request data, downloads the request data from the obtained data storing location of the storage section, and conducts printing on the basis of the request data by the printer; and wherein the printer client system notifies the printing result to the service system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kobayashi, Noriyuki Yanagimachi, Masayuki Inai, Toshihiko Nakazawa, Hirohiko Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20060229838
    Abstract: A support apparatus for optical characteristic measurement includes a measurement data inputter configured to input measurement data obtained by an optical characteristic measuring instrument, an image inputter configured to input an image of a measurement object, a measurement table in which the measurement data and the image of the measurement object corresponding to the measurement data are recorded, and a measurement data manager configured to record the measurement data inputted by the measurement data inputter in the measurement table so as to be associated with the image of the measurement object every time an optical characteristic of the measurement object is measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Naoki Kimura, Toru Kobayashi, Norio Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7118423
    Abstract: A first connector includes a joint bus bar mounted in a first housing, and wire-connected first female terminals inserted respectively in terminal receiving chambers to be connected respectively to tabs of the joint bus bar. A second connector includes wire-connected second female terminals inserted respectively in terminal receiving chambers in a second housing. When the first connector and the second connector are fitted together in such a manner that the second connector is inserted into a connector fitting portion, the wire-connected second female terminals of the second connector are connected respectively to tabs of the joint bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kobayashi, Hideki Ohsumi
  • Publication number: 20060181426
    Abstract: A numerical control unit that facilitates centralized management of alarm information from a variety of elements in a machine tool cabinet. A relay that outputs a malfunction alarm signal, a battery that outputs a low voltage alarm signal, a fan motor that outputs an alarm signal indicating rotation stop or a drop in rpm and a status signal indicating the rpm, and a thermometer or the like that outputs a status signal expressing ambient temperature measurements are installed in a power managing unit in a control unit of the machine tool. Each element is equipped with a wireless communications tag that temporarily stores the alarm signal/status signal and emits a wireless signal. The numerical control unit receives the wireless signal through a receiving device, and displays information about the cause (originating location) of the alarm and activates a buzzer (or a speaker) when an alarm occurs. Status information is displayed continuously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: FANUC LTD
    Inventors: Hiroshige Ando, Toru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Noda
  • Patent number: 7048580
    Abstract: A waterproof plug for a waterproof connector, includes a body portion which has a substantially cylindrical shape, and has a first end and a second end which is opposite side of the first end, and an enlarged portion, which is formed on the first end of the body portion in coaxial relation thereto. A slanting face is formed on an outer face of the enlarged portion so that the enlarged portion decreases in a diameter from a side of the second end to a side of the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060029750
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cellulose ester film comprising a polymer prepared by polymerizing at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from vinyl esters, vinyl esters having a functional group, acrylic esters, and acrylic esters having a functional group, wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of not more than 5,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Toru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060026310
    Abstract: A computer system includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a main storage interconnected by a bus to the CPU. The I/O module for transferring received data and data to be transmitted to and from an external unit is directly connected to the main storage, which stores the received data or the transmission data, so that data transfer can be effected every minimum data cycle that allows an access to a memory macro included in the main storage. This accomplishes high-speed data transfer based on DMA (Direct Memory Access) transfer over the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060000885
    Abstract: An optical measurement system which manages whether an optical property of a sample falls within a predetermined management range. The optical measurement system has a measuring device for measuring the optical property value of the inspected sample, a reader for reading an attribute identification information of an identification tag attached to the sample, and a storage section for storing optical property management information concerning a plurality of kinds of samples each in a manner corresponding to attribute identification information of each sample. A controller in the optical measurement system reads out from the storage section the optical property management information corresponding to the attribute identification information of the sample read by said reader, and compares the optical property management information with the optical property value of the sample, and then determines whether the optical property value falls within an allowable range in the optical property management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Koji Watanabe, Toru Kobayashi, Masao Nakamuro, Naoki Sagisaka
  • Patent number: 6974608
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cellulose ester film comprising a polymer prepared by polymerizing at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from vinyl esters, vinyl esters having a functional group, acrylic esters, and acrylic esters having a functional group, wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of not more than 5,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Toru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050266731
    Abstract: A first connector includes a joint bus bar mounted in a first housing, and wire-connected first female terminals inserted respectively in terminal receiving chambers to be connected respectively to tabs of the joint bus bar. A second connector includes wire-connected second female terminals inserted respectively in terminal receiving chambers in a second housing. When the first connector and the second connector are fitted together in such a manner that the second connector is inserted into a connector fitting portion, the wire-connected second female terminals of the second connector are connected respectively to tabs of the joint bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Toru Kobayashi, Hideki Ohsumi
  • Patent number: 6966575
    Abstract: An air bag system for a front-seat passenger, includes a main body portion of an emblem is brought into contact with a surface of an instrument panel at a reverse face thereof, a bolt provided on the reverse face of the main body portion to protrude therefrom passes through the instrument panel and a mounting portion of an air bag module and a nut screwed on and fastened to the bolt so that the air bag module is fixed to the instrument panel easily and rigidly without using heat clamping which is less stable in quality. There is no risk that surface sinks are generated in the surface of the instrument panel to thereby deteriorate the aesthetic appearance thereof, since there is no need to provide bosses on a reverse face of the instrument panel for heat clamping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Kobayashi, Takashi Nagata, Makoto Yamada, Yoshihiko Morita