Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Ito

Tsutomu 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).

  • Publication number: 20150358149
    Abstract: A wireless device including an oscillator circuit, a detector circuit, and a controller circuit. The oscillator circuit generate a clock signal. The detector circuit detect respective phase differences of received wireless signals of a plurality of frequency bands from respective reference phases. The controller circuit control, for each of the plurality of frequency bands, at least one of a receiving process and a transmitting process on the wireless signal on the basis of the clock signal such that the phase difference is compensated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Tsutomu Ito
  • Publication number: 20150118859
    Abstract: A metal-containing deposit can be efficiently removed. A plasma processing method includes removing a deposit, which adheres to a member within a processing vessel and contains at least one of a transition metal and a base metal, by plasma of a processing gas containing a CxFy gas, in which x is an integer equal to or less than 2 and y is an integer equal to or less than 6, and without containing a chlorine-based gas and a nitrogen-based gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Masaru NISHINO, Takao FUNAKUBO, Shinichi KOZUKA, Ryosuke NIITSUMA, Tsutomu ITO
  • Publication number: 20140294636
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor including a casing which has first and second cylinders, an electric motor which has a drive shaft mounted in the casing, first and second pistons fittingly inserted into the first and second cylinders respectively, so as to reciprocate therein, and first and second connecting rods attached to the first and second pistons, respectively, at ends thereof and which are situated in the crank chamber at the other ends thereof where first and second bearings are provided, respectively. A crank member is provided on the drive shaft within the crank chamber, and the crank member is fittingly inserted into the first bearing of the first connecting rod and the second bearing of the second connecting rod. The crank member has a positioning member which positions the first and second bearings with respect to an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu ITO, Teruaki YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 8807507
    Abstract: A lifting mechanism of a vehicle seat for adjusting a seating height position of the vehicle seat is provided. The lifting mechanism includes a lifter link having one side that is rotatably shaft-supported to a floor-side member provided on a vehicle floor and the other side that rotatably shaft-supports a frame member of a seating-side configuring part for seating; and a stopper link having one side that is rotatably shaft-supported to the floor-side member and the other side that is loosely fitted in a long hole formed in the lifter link. A rotation of the lifter link in a rear direction is restrained by a loosely fitted portion of the stopper link contacting an inner circumferential part of the long hole. A rotation of the lifter link in a front direction is restrained by a restraining contract part provided to the lifter link contacting a stopper part provided to the floor-side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ito, Shunsuke Kuwayama, Teruyuki Hadatsuki, Shou Terada, Satoshi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20140144904
    Abstract: An induction heating device and an induction heating method are provided. The entire areas to be heated of the workpiece, even a large workpiece, can be readily and approximately uniformly heated to a predetermined high temperature, and uniform heating is possible even when the workpiece deforms in a non-uniform manner during heating. When areas to be heated H1, H2 are established on a workpiece W so as to extend in one direction and the areas to be heated H1, H2 are induction-heated, the deformation amount on one edge of the areas to be heated H1, H2 is different from that on the other. This induction heating device includes: heating coils 451 facing a portion of the areas to be heated H1, H2 when the workpiece W is induction-heated; and a relative transfer means for transferring the workpiece W and the heating coils 451 along one direction in a relative manner, and the heating coils 451 are disposed so as to correspond to the areas to be heated H1, H2 during the heating period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: NETUREN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakatsu, Masato Yoshioka, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Tsutomu Ito, Kenji Koyanagi, Masaki Sagae, Tatsuya Ishii, Yoshitaka Misaka, Yasuharu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8725074
    Abstract: A communication device of the present invention includes a physical layer for performing close-range one-to-one communication with a device of a communication counterpart by electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling; one or a plurality of PCL Emulations for converting a protocol of a higher level application to a protocol for communicating at the physical layer; and a PCL common for performing negotiation with the device of the communication counterpart without the higher level application started after the connection with the communication counterpart is established or at the same time as the connection establishment to select one PCL Emulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ito, Itaru Maekawa, Hidemasa Yoshida, Akihiro Ihori, Shinsuke Tashiro
  • Patent number: 8576138
    Abstract: In an antenna unit including a dome-shaped top cover, an antenna module disposed in the top cover and adapted to receive radio waves, a bracket covering an under surface of the top cover, and a gasket disposed between the top cover and the bracket to thereby ensure hermeticity in the top cover, the bracket includes a bottom portion pressure welding the gasket between the bottom portion and the top cover to make inside of the top cover an enclosed space, and a mounting portion integrated to the bottom portion to enable the antenna unit to mount in a narrow-mounting-space cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suzuki, Tsutomu Ito, Akira Yoneya
  • Patent number: 8322079
    Abstract: A sash window includes two window frames disposed in lateral juxtaposition and each including a head member, a sill member and a pair of jamb members connected together into a rectangular configuration, and a pair of upper and lower sashes supported within a respective one of the window frames. A sill nose facing member is mounted to exterior sides of the sill members and extends continuously from an outer end of one sill member to an outer end of the other sill member. Each window frame has miter joints at corners thereof so as to provide sufficient structural strength. The miter joints formed between the sill member and the jamb members are covered or concealed and do not deteriorate an aesthetic appearance of the sash window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: YKK Corporation of America
    Inventors: John Patrick Daniels, Jin Goto, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Akio Ozawa, Tsutomu Ito
  • Patent number: 8322090
    Abstract: A window assembly according to various embodiments includes a frame, a sash, an insulating unit (e.g., one or more glass panels), a glass stop, an elongated frame insulating element slidably disposed on an inner surface of the frame, an elongated sash insulating element slidably disposed on an outer surface of the sash, and an elongated inner sash insulating element slidably disposed on an inner surface of the sash. The elongated frame insulating element, the elongated sash insulating element, and the elongated inner sash insulating element each define a plurality of chambers that extend substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of each element. These chambers reduce the size of the space between the frame and sash and the size of the space between the sash, the insulating unit, and the glass stop, which results in smaller convection currents within these spaces and a more thermally efficient window assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: YKK Corporation of America
    Inventors: Masanori Moriya, John Uhl, Tsutomu Ito, Richard Braunstein
  • Patent number: 8191313
    Abstract: A sash window includes a support device disposed on a lower end portion of each sash and including a pivot shaft for pivotally supporting the sash relative to a window frame, and a latch device disposed on an upper end portion of the sash for interlocking engagement with each jamb member to lock the sash in position against pivotal movement relative to the window frame. The window frame has a holder member for holding the pivot shaft in position against movement in inward and outward directions of the sash window when the sash is in a fully closed position. A first reinforcement member is mounted in at least one sash rail, and a second reinforcement member is mounted in a portion of each jamb member adapted for engagement with the latch device in the fully closed state of the sash, so as to indirectly reinforce the jamb member portion from inside the jamb member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: YKK Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ito, Masanori Moriya
  • Publication number: 20120032057
    Abstract: A lifting mechanism of a vehicle seat for adjusting a seating height position of the vehicle seat is provided. The lifting mechanism includes a lifter link having one side that is rotatably shaft-supported to a floor-side member provided on a vehicle floor and the other side that rotatably shaft-supports a frame member of a seating-side configuring part for seating; and a stopper link having one side that is rotatably shaft-supported to the floor-side member and the other side that is loosely fitted in a long hole formed in the lifter link. A rotation of the lifter link in a rear direction is restrained by a loosely fitted portion of the stopper link contacting an inner circumferential part of the long hole. A rotation of the lifter link in a front direction is restrained by a restraining contract part provided to the lifter link contacting a stopper part provided to the floor-side member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsutomu ITO, Shunsuke KUWAYAMA, Teruyuki HADATSUKI, Shou TERADA, Satoshi MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20110260928
    Abstract: A patch antenna can prevent a feed point (solder) from rising upward beyond the main surface of an antenna radiation electrode, and a method of making that patch antenna. A dielectric base plate (12A) has, on its top surface (12u) side, a recess (12c) that is provided in the periphery of a base plate through-hole (12a). This recess (12c) is able to accommodate a head (181) of a feed pin (18) and solder (15A), and also has a depth that is greater than the height of the head (181) of the feed pin (18). The antenna radiation electrode (14A) is formed on inner wall surfaces (12c-1) defining the recess (12c). In a state in which the head (181) of the feed pin (18) is accommodated in the recess (12c), solder (15A) is placed not to project upward beyond the main surface of the antenna radiation electrode (14A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ito, Kouzo Shimizu, Junichi Noro
  • Publication number: 20110122858
    Abstract: A concise and low cost mobile object management system which is capable of monitoring a state of a mobile object via a wireless transmitter-receiver having a wireless LAN function is provided. The mobile object management system includes a sensor for acquiring various information of a mobile object, a clock information acquisition unit, a memory unit for storing data, and a wireless LAN transmitter-receiver unit, each controlled by a Central Processing Unit, and transmits wirelessly a state of a measured object on the mobile object, location information, and clock information. By adopting a wireless LAN for the wireless transmitting and receiving function, it is possible to implement a concise and low cost system which is highly versatile and capable of utilizing a most common infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Yuichi YASHIRO, Tsutomu Ito, Takafumi Aki
  • Publication number: 20100245188
    Abstract: In an antenna unit including a dome-shaped top cover, an antenna module disposed in the top cover and adapted to receive radio waves, a bracket covering an under surface of the top cover, and a gasket disposed between the top cover and the bracket to thereby ensure hermeticity in the top cover, the bracket includes a bottom portion pressure welding the gasket between the bottom portion and the top cover to make inside of the top cover an enclosed space, and a mounting portion integrated to the bottom portion to enable the antenna unit to mount in a narrow-mounting-space cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suzuki, Tsutomu Ito, Akira Yoneya
  • Publication number: 20100175339
    Abstract: A window assembly according to various embodiments includes a frame, a sash, an insulating unit (e.g., one or more glass panels), a glass stop, an elongated frame insulating element slidably disposed on an inner surface of the frame, an elongated sash insulating element slidably disposed on an outer surface of the sash, and an elongated inner sash insulating element slidably disposed on an inner surface of the sash. The elongated frame insulating element, the elongated sash insulating element, and the elongated inner sash insulating element each define a plurality of chambers that extend substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of each element. These chambers reduce the size of the space between the frame and sash and the size of the space between the sash, the insulating unit, and the glass stop, which results in smaller convection currents within these spaces and a more thermally efficient window assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Masanori Moriya, John Uhl, Tsutomu Ito, Richard Braunstein
  • Publication number: 20100115852
    Abstract: A sash window includes two window frames disposed in lateral juxtaposition and each including a head member, a sill member and a pair of jamb members connected together into a rectangular configuration, and a pair of upper and lower sashes supported within respective one of the window frames. A sill nose is mounted to exterior sides of the sill members and extends continuously from an outer end of one sill member to an outer end of the other sill member. Each window frame has miter joints at corners thereof so as to provide sufficient structural strength. The miter joints formed between the sill member and the jamb members are covered or concealed and do not deteriorate an aesthetic appearance of the sash window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: John Patrick Daniels, Jin Goto, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Akio Ozawa, Tsutomu Ito
  • Patent number: 7681360
    Abstract: A sash window includes two window frames disposed in lateral juxtaposition and each including a head member, a sill member and a pair of jamb members connected together into a rectangular configuration, and a pair of upper and lower sashes supported within a respective one of the window frames. A sill nose is mounted to exterior sides of the sill members and extends continuously from an outer end of one sill member to an outer end of the other sill member. Each of the upper sashes is fixed to the respective one of the window frames by attachment members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignees: YKK Corporation of America, YKK AP Inc.
    Inventors: John Patrick Daniels, Jin Goto, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Akio Ozawa, Tsutomu Ito
  • Publication number: 20100048130
    Abstract: A communication device of the present invention includes a physical layer for performing close-range one-to-one communication with a device of a communication counterpart by electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling; one or a plurality of PCL Emulations for converting a protocol of a higher level application to a protocol for communicating at the physical layer; and a PCL common for performing negotiation with the device of the communication counterpart without the higher level application started after the connection with the communication counterpart is established or at the same time as the connection establishment to select one PCL Emulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu ITO, Itaru Maekawa, Hidemasa Yoshida, Akihiro Ihori, Shinsuke Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20090265991
    Abstract: A sash window includes a support device disposed on a lower end portion of each sash and including a pivot shaft for pivotally supporting the sash relative to a window frame, and a latch device disposed on an upper end portion of the sash for interlocking engagement with each jamb member to lock the sash in position against pivotal movement relative to the window frame. The window frame has a holder member for holding the pivot shaft in position against movement in inward and outward directions of the sash window when the sash is in a fully closed position. A first reinforcement member is mounted in at least one sash rail, and a second reinforcement member is mounted in a portion of each jamb member adapted for engagement with the latch device in the fully closed state of the sash, so as to indirectly reinforce the jamb member portion from inside the jamb member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ito, Masanori Moriya
  • Patent number: 7596912
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide an integrated window assembly that includes a mullion, a window frame to be secured relative to the mullion, a reinforcement member positioned within the mullion, sashes on each side of the mullion, and an integrally formed connector positioned between the reinforcement member within the mullion, the window frame, and the sashes. In various embodiments, the integrally formed connector and the reinforcement member provide improved wind resistance for the window assembly, according to various embodiments of the invention. For example, in a particular embodiment, the window assembly can withstand about 75 lbs. per square foot of pressure with no permanent deflection in excess of about 0.4%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: YKK Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ito, Jin Goto