Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Kato

Tsuyoshi Kato 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: 6431074
    Abstract: Supplying a predetermined amount of electric energy to a fine metal wire 4 in a short time causes the fine metal wire 4 to melt and evaporate. Following this phenomenon, a blasting substance 10 expands in volume, so that the evaporative expansion force resulting from the melting evaporation of the fine metal wire 4 is transmitted to and blasts a to-be-blasted object 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Arai, Hidehiko Maehata, Tetsuya Inoue, Daisuke Tamakoshi, Tsuyoshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20020079694
    Abstract: A fuel tank connector A for connecting a fuel tank B and a pipe C in communicating fashion includes a gas barrier member 10 made of a synthetic resin and having a gas barrier property. The gas barrier member includes a tubular portion 11 and a flanged portion 12 provided on a peripheral side of the tubular portion 11 and having a greater side than an opening Ba of the fuel tank B. The gas barrier member 10 is made of polybutylene terephthalate, polyphenylene sulfide, a liquid crystal polymer, aliphatic polyketone, aromatic polyamide, a blended polymer of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and high-density polyethylene, a blended polymer of polyamide and polyethylene, a blended polymer of polyamide and high-density polyethylene, or polyethylene terephthalate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: NIFCO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Kurihara, Toshihide Kimisawa, Tsuyoshi Kato, Yasutomo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20020031431
    Abstract: A jet pump has a jet nozzle that discharges an operating fluid, a chamber into which a transfer fluid flows and which encloses the end of the jet nozzle, a throat pipe having a constriction portion and a jet nozzle through which the transfer fluid that flows into the chamber is discharged. The discharge end of the throat pipe has a smaller diameter than the base end, and is bent at an angle of approximately 90 degrees from the base end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Akiyama, Taiki Aoyama, Tsuyoshi Kato, Itsuo Honda
  • Patent number: 6332003
    Abstract: A moving image composing system for displaying reduced and encoded images at arbitrary positions on a multi-image raster. The moving image composing system comprises a moving image reducing unit for reducing a moving image inputted, a moving image encoding unit for encoding the reduced moving image to produce an encoded moving image, an accumulating unit for storing and accumulating the encoded image, and a moving image composing unit for combining more-than-one encoded moving images accumulated to produce a multi-image combined moving image. The moving image encoding unit performs the encoding processing to facilitate the change of positional information the reduced moving image has, in consideration with the case that the change of the position information occurs due to the disposition of the reduced moving image at its combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Matsuura, Satoshi Kageyu, Hitoshi Kato, Kayoko Asai, Hiroaki Yoshio, Tsuyoshi Kato, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Kensuke Maruya
  • Publication number: 20010042485
    Abstract: Supplying a predetermined amount of electric energy to a fine metal wire 4 in a short time causes the fine metal wire 4 to melt and evaporate. Following this phenomenon, a blasting substance 10 expands in volume, so that the evaporative expansion force resulting from the melting evaporation of the fine metal wire 4 is transmitted to and blasts a to-be-blasted object 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Arai, Hidehiko Maehata, Tetsuya Inoue, Daisuke Tamakoshi, Tsuyoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6318268
    Abstract: An apparatus which is constituted to supply electrical energy to a melting and vaporizing material (for example metal wire 6) so as to cause the melting and vaporizing material to melt and vaporize, thereby demolishing an object to be demolished (such as concrete 2) using the vaporization and expansion force generated at the time of melting and vaporization of the material; wherein either by providing a granular material 8 which ejects from a container following the generation of the vaporization and expansion force, or by using an inflammable material as demolishing material 46 in which the melting and vaporizing material is immersed, a to-be-demolished object is demolished with a strong demolishing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehiko Maehata, Hiroaki Arai, Tetsuya Inoue, Daisuke Tamakoshi, Katsuya Sasaki, Tsuyoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6279477
    Abstract: Supplying a predetermined amount of electric energy to a fine metal wire 4 in a short time causes the fine metal wire 4 to melt and evaporate. Following this phenomenon, a blasting substance 10 expands in volume, so that the evaporative expansion force resulting from the melting evaporation of the fine metal wire 4 is transmitted to and blasts a to-be-blasted object 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Arai, Hidehiko Maehata, Tetsuya Inoue, Daisuke Tamakoshi, Tsuyoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6203731
    Abstract: If the surface of metallic mold should not be highly transcribed to the surface of product in injection molding the plastic products, the transcription defects such as weld, shrinkage, etc. are caused to the surface of product. Further, if the resin should be exposed to the surface of high temperature metallic mold more than necessary during the molding, the filler and the like of glass and so forth are contained into the resin, and in this case, they are left over on the surface of metallic mold, resulting in the transcription defect. These problems can be solved by heating the surface temperature of metallic mold higher than the glass transfer temperature of resin if the resin is non-crystal and higher than the fusion point temperature if the resin crystal, with the temperature raising speed of more than 2° C. every second, maintaining this temperature during the resin charging, and by cooling at the lowering speed of more than 2° C. every second after the completion of charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Tohoku Munekata Company Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kato, Hirofumi Tateyama, Hideyuki Ishiyama, Kiyoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6170079
    Abstract: A data library, a CPU and a memory store a design aid program which designs power supply circuit diagrams based on the data library in accordance with given conditions for a power supply circuit. Therefore, design errors associated with an increased design scale are prevented and the design time is shortened. The given conditions are taken as the respective vertical and horizontal intervals between power portions having first pins for connecting to a power supply and second pins for connecting to earth, and the number of rows and the number of steps of the power portions. Then, multiple available power portions are arranged according to the given conditions by a design aid program and the multiple arranged power portions are wired to a power supply symbol and an earth symbol, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kato, Takehiko Shimizu, Takashi Saito, Shuichiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 6145934
    Abstract: A method comprising a step to form a hole (2) for charging a breaking substance (4) into an object to be fractured (1), a step to insert a pair of electrodes (6) having a thin metal wire (5) connected between ends thereof into the hole (2), a step to dispose the breaking substance (4) and the thin metal wire (5) into a bag-like container (22) made of rubber at a stage to supply electric energy accumulated in a capacitor to the electrodes (6) for fusing and vaporizing the thin metal wire (5), thereby swelling a volume of the breaking substance (4) and breaking the object to be fractured (1), and a step to fit the bag-like container (22) into the hole (2). This method assures secure transmission of an expansion force to the object to be fractured even when the hole formed in the object to be fractured is deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Arai, Hidehiko Maehata, Tetsuya Inoue, Tsuyoshi Kato, Hiroyuki Daiku
  • Patent number: 5890831
    Abstract: A holder of the present invention is formed of a leg portion having an opening at an upper portion thereof; a flange extending outwardly from a vicinity of the opening; outer pawls projecting from the leg portion to sandwich a peripheral edge of a fitting hole together with the flange therebetween; and thick frame portions. When the leg portion of the holder is inserted into the fitting hole, the outer pawls are resiliently deformed toward depressed portions of the leg portion. When an impact is applied to the holder, abutting surfaces of the outer pawls are strongly pressed against the peripheral edge of the fitting hole. However, side surfaces of the frame portions are pressed against the peripheral edge of the fitting hole to prevent damage of the outer pawls. Thus, the holder having a reduced inserting force and improved impact resistance can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 5568675
    Abstract: A clip includes a female member having a cylindrical body having a hole with an expanded engaging portion around an inner surface at an upper end opening of the hole, spreadable legs formed by dividing a lower end portion of the body, and a flange extending outward from a peripheral surface at an upper end portion of the body, and a male member that is inserted into the female member, the male member comprising a head portion, a shaft vertically descending from an underside of the head portion, and an engaging recess formed around a periphery of a lower end of the shaft that can receive the expanded engaging portion of the female member to maintain the male and female members in a provisionally assembled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventors: Goro Asami, Tsuyoshi Kato, Hideo Konishi
  • Patent number: 5553172
    Abstract: An electronic image pickup apparatus picks up an object image such as an image on a blackboard and outputs the image. The apparatus can synthesize a picked-up image with format data input from another unit and output the synthesized image. When synthesis processing is to be performed, format data to be synthesized are created and stored in several line buffers in advance. When a picked-up one-line image signal is written in a line buffer of 1 line, the format data stored in the several line buffers are read out, and the image signal and the format data are synthesized in the line buffer of 1 line. By outputting the data in this line buffer in units of lines, the synthesized data obtained by synthesizing the picked-up image with the format data is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kimura, Hideki Miyazaki, Hiroto Shimizu, Kazuto Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 5005885
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening a car door includes an unlocking linkage and a locking linkage. The unlocking linkage for releasing the door lock is coupled directly to a crank arm of a lever handle movable about a pivot. The locking linkage for locking the door lock is connected by means of a piston-cylinder assembly to the crank arm. The door lock is locked in a first position of the lever handle, released in a second position of the lever handle, and the released door is opened when the lever handle is moved to a third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Nifco, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasutomo Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 4712203
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for processing information on a recording member having a recording film capable of recording and erasing information in accordance with the change of a magnetizing direction, by utilizing a light induced thermo-magnetic effect, in which before the intensity of the laser light is switched at the high level eliminating the magnetization of the recording film in order to effect the recording and erasing operations by focusing the laser light on the recording film as a light spot, a magnetic field with the predetermined direction according to the recording and erasing operations is previously applied on the recording film, whereby the recording and erasing operations of the magnetized information can be effected with high speed and stably by applying the normal magnetic field in the direction according to the recording and erasing operations respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Saito, Masahiro Ojima, Takeshi Maeda, Tsuyoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 4672594
    Abstract: In a magneto-optical file memory wherein a storage medium having a vertical magnetic film is irradiated with a laser beam to reverse a magnetization direction of the magnetic film, thereby to write and/or erase information, and a rotation of polarizable face of reflected light from the storage medium is detected, thereby to reproduce information; a magneto-optical file memory wherein a sense of a leakage magnetic field of an actuator which controls an optical system for condensing the laser beam on the storage medium is set to be the same as a sense of initial magnetization of the magnetic film of the storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kato, Masahiro Ojima, Toshio Niihara
  • Patent number: 4672593
    Abstract: An optical head for a magneto-optical memory in which the major axis (the phase advance axis or phase lag axis) of optical anisotropy of a lens focusing a linearly polarized laser beam onto a magneto-optical recording medium is arranged to coincide with the direction of linear polarization of the laser beam incident upon the lens, thereby improving the extinction ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ojima, Atsushi Saito, Tsuyoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 4525826
    Abstract: In an optical information processor such as an optical disc apparatus, when a light beam is irradiated to a plurality of tracks on an information recording medium, the plurality of tracks act as a diffraction grating. Areas in which light receiving parts of a light detector are arranged are determined by a track pitch, a wavelength and a numerical aperture of a condenser lens so that the light detector detects only a change in a light intensity due to an interference between a 0-order diffracted light ray and a 1-order diffracted light ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Nakamura, Yoshito Tsunoda, Kazuo Shigematsu, Toshimitsu Kaku, Takeshi Maeda, Tsuyoshi Kato