Patents by Inventor Yasutaka Nishida
Yasutaka Nishida 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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Publication number: 20130050865Abstract: The present invention enhances reliability by correcting a write error due to unstable oscillation of a spin torque oscillator. In the present invention, a resistance value of a spin torque oscillator is monitored to detect that oscillation becomes unstable during recording. When a measured resistance value is out of a predefined normal range, information for which the recording operation is already performed is rewritten.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Hiroyuki KATADA, Yasutaka Nishida, Masato Shiimoto
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Publication number: 20120227803Abstract: A compound thin film solar cell contains at least: includes a substrate; a back surface electrode provided on the substrate; an extraction electrode provided on the back surface electrode; a light absorbing layer provided on the back surface electrode; a buffer layer provided on the light absorbing layer; a transparent electrode layer provided on the buffer layer; an anti-reflective film provided on the transparent electrode layer; and an extraction electrode provided on the transparent electrode layer, wherein the light absorbing layer is formed from Cu(Al1-x-yGaxIny)(Te1-zOz)2 [provided that x and y are in the ranges defined by (Expression 1), with z=0; or x and y are in the ranges defined by (Expression 2), with 0.001?z?0.0625)], and the compound has a chalcopyrite type crystal structure. Eg=2.25?1.02x?1.29y (1.5?Eg?1.0)??(Expression 1) Eg=2.25?1.02x?1.29y (2.25?Eg?1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Naoyuki Nakagawa, Yasuyuki Hotta, Shinya Sakurada, Yasutaka Nishida, Satoshi Itoh
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Publication number: 20120227222Abstract: A side release buckle includes a plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base provided with a belt attachment; a pair of legs projecting from the base; an engaging portion formed to the legs; and a connecting portion connecting the legs to each other. The socket includes: a body provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening; a housing space formed in the body and housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening; an engaged portion formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion; and a cutout dented toward the insertion opening from an edge of the belt attachment. The cutout is formed over an area surrounded by the legs and the connecting portion when the legs and the connecting portion are housed in the housing space while the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2009Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: YKK CorporationInventors: Ryoichiro Uehara, Tomoko Yagami, Yasutaka Nishida, Takeshi Harada, Kenichi Yoshie
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Publication number: 20120222742Abstract: A compound thin film solar cell of an embodiment includes: as a light-absorbing layer a semiconductor thin film which contains Cu, an element A (A is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Al, In and Ga) and Te, and has a chalcopyrite crystal structure, wherein a buffer layer that forms an interface with the light-absorbing layer is a compound which contains at least one element selected from Cd, Zn and a group consisting of In and Ga and at least one element selected from a group consisting of S, Se and Te, and has any crystal structure of a sphalerite structure, a wurtzite structure and a defect spinel structure, and a lattice constant “a” of the buffer layer with the sphalerite structure or a lattice constant “a” of the buffer layer at the time of converting the wurtzite structure or the defect spinel structure to the sphalerite structure is not smaller than 0.59 nm and not larger than 0.62 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Naoyuki Nakagawa, Shinya Sakurada, Yasutaka Nishida, Satoshi Itoh, Michihiko Inaba
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Patent number: 8144415Abstract: To effectively suppress a signal in a low frequency region in which the medium noise and the signal distortion are concentrated, and in order to effectively utilize a detected component of the reproduced signal in the low frequency region, a target of partial response equalization to the perpendicularly recorded/reproduced signal is set so that the low-frequency component around the direct current is suppressed to a regulated quantity for both the effective suppression and the effective utilization. Accordingly, a maximum-likelihood decoding process is carried out through the target of partial response equalization. Reliability of data detection is made higher and a signal-to-noise ratio is improved, so that the noise from the recording medium can be reduced more and it is possible to provide a high-density magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Sawaguchi, Yasutaka Nishida, Hisashi Takano, Hiroyuki Tsuchinaga
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Patent number: 8118246Abstract: A mobile crusher includes: a crusher for crushing raw materials; a discharge conveyor provided on a lower stream of the crusher for discharging the raw materials crushed by the crusher; a work implement provided on an upper stream of the crusher for producing the crushed materials; a conveyor sensor and conveyor pressure comparing unit for determining whether the crushed materials to be discharged are fed on the discharge conveyor or not; a crusher pressure sensor and crusher pressure comparing unit for determining whether the raw materials are present in the crusher or not; and a flow rate controller for controlling the speeds of the crusher, discharge conveyor and work implement based on determination results of the conveyor pressure sensor, conveyor pressure comparing unit, crusher pressure sensor and crusher pressure comparing unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masaho Yamaguchi, Yasutaka Nishida, Mitsunobu Yamada, Tooru Nakayama, Ryouichi Togashi
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Publication number: 20120030913Abstract: A side release buckle includes a plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base provided with a belt attachment; a pair of legs projecting from the base; an engaging portion formed to the legs; and a connecting portion connecting the legs to each other. The socket includes: a body provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening; a housing space formed in the body and housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening; an engaged portion formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion; and a cutout dented toward the insertion opening from an edge of the belt attachment. The cutout is formed over an area surrounded by the legs and the connecting portion when the legs and the connecting portion are housed in the housing space while the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2009Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: YKK CorporationInventors: Ryoichiro Uehara, Tomoko Yagami, Yasutaka Nishida, Takeshi Harada, Kenichi Yoshie
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Patent number: 8107180Abstract: A hard-disk drive. The hard-disk drive includes a magnetic-recording disk including tracks on which a plurality of patterned bit-cells that are isolated magnetically are aligned at predetermined alignment pitches. The hard-disk drive includes a magnetic-recording head which is configured to follow tracks, and to write and to read data. The hard-disk drive includes a signal-processing unit which is configured to generate a recording signal based on a write-clock signal with cycles corresponding to alignment pitches of patterned bit-cells, and to output a recording signal. The hard-disk drive includes a phase-detecting unit which is configured to detect a phase of the write-clock signal when the magnetic-recording head reaches an end point of a predetermined range. The hard disk drive includes a determination-processing unit which is configured to determine success of data writing based on a difference between an expected value and a detected value of the phase of the write-clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands, B.V.Inventors: Shuji Nishida, Yasutaka Nishida, Masafumi Mochizuki, Hideaki Maeda
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Publication number: 20120017407Abstract: A side release buckle includes a plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base being provided with a belt attachment and a pair of legs; and an engaging portion being formed to each of the legs. The socket includes: a body being provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening; a housing space being formed in the body and capable of housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening; and an engaged portion being formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion. The body includes an undulation being continuously formed in an insertion direction of the legs on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: YKK CorporationInventors: Ryoichiro Uehara, Yasutaka Nishida
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Patent number: 8042753Abstract: A mobile crusher includes: a crusher having a fixed jaw and a swing jaw and adjusting an outlet gap between lower ends of the fixed jaw and the swing jaw, the crusher crushing raw materials by swing movement of the swing jaw toward the fixed jaw and discharging the raw materials crushed by the crusher from the outlet gap to produce crushed materials; a work implement disposed on an upper stream or a lower stream of the crusher to produce the crushed materials; and a controller that controls a work implement speed of the work implement depending on the outlet gap.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masaho Yamaguchi, Yasutaka Nishida, Mitsunobu Yamada, Tooru Nakayama, Ryouichi Togashi
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Patent number: 7942355Abstract: A self-traveling crushing machine includes: a traveling device; a crushing device that is provided on the traveling device and crushes a to-be-crushed object supplied; an overload escaping section that escapes an overload of the crushing device; and a controller that controls the crushing device. In the self-traveling crushing machine, the crushing device is a jaw crusher in which the to-be-crushed object is supplied to a V-shaped space formed by a fixed jaw and a movable jaw and the movable jaw swings relative to the fixed jaw to crush the to-be-crushed object, and the controller includes: an escape-operation determining section that determines whether or not the overload escaping section has operated; and an information output section that sends the escape operation information to an outside when the escape-operation determining section determines that the escape operation has been conducted.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2007Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Yukinori Maeda, Ryoichi Togashi, Yasutaka Nishida, Hiroshi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20110077821Abstract: A mobile crusher includes: a crusher that crushes raw material; a discharge conveyor being disposed on a downstream side of the crusher to discharge the material crushed by the crusher; an engine (49) that serves as a driving source at least for the crusher and the discharge conveyer; a fuel injection quantity controlling unit (711) that controls a speed of the engine (49); a crusher pressure sensor (57) that determines a change in a load of the crushed material in the crusher; and a pressure sensor (51) that determines presence or absence of the crushed material to be discharged on the discharge conveyor. When the crusher pressure sensor (57) determines that the load on the crusher is reduced and the pressure sensor (51) determines that the crushed material is not present on the discharge conveyor, the fuel injection quantity controlling unit (711) lowers the speed of the engine (49) to a decelerated speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Masaho Yamaguchi, Yasutaka Nishida, Mitsunobu Yamada, Tooru Nakayama, Ryouichi Togashi
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Publication number: 20110058274Abstract: A hard-disk drive. The hard-disk drive includes a magnetic-recording disk including tracks on which a plurality of patterned bit-cells that are isolated magnetically are aligned at predetermined alignment pitches. The hard-disk drive includes a magnetic-recording head which is configured to follow tracks, and to write and to read data. The hard-disk drive includes a signal-processing unit which is configured to generate a recording signal based on a write-clock signal with cycles corresponding to alignment pitches of patterned bit-cells, and to output a recording signal. The hard-disk drive includes a phase-detecting unit which is configured to detect a phase of the write-clock signal when the magnetic-recording head reaches an end point of a predetermined range. The hard disk drive includes a determination-processing unit which is configured to determine success of data writing based on a difference between an expected value and a detected value of the phase of the write-clock signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Shuji NISHIDA, Yasutaka NISHIDA, Masafumi MOCHIZUKI, Hideaki MAEDA
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Publication number: 20110013306Abstract: To effectively suppress a signal in a low frequency region in which the medium noise and the signal distortion are concentrated, and in order to effectively utilize a detected component of the reproduced signal in the low frequency region, a target of partial response equalization to the perpendicularly recorded/reproduced signal is set so that the low-frequency component around the direct current is suppressed to a regulated quantity for both the effective suppression and the effective utilization. Accordingly, a maximum-likelihood decoding process is carried out through the target of partial response equalization. Reliability of data detection is made higher and a signal-to-noise ratio is improved, so that the noise from the recording medium can be reduced more and it is possible to provide a high-density magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Inventors: Hideki Sawaguchi, Yasutaka Nishida, Hisashi Takano, Hiroyuki Tsuchinaga
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Patent number: 7839590Abstract: In a method of servo writing of a magnetic recording system and the magnetic recording system, the signal is recorded in a dummy area with a higher recording density than the burst signal. Also, the maximum bit length of the burst area is shortened as compared with the maximum bit length of the data area. A servo control method for perpendicular recording similar to that for longitudinal recording can be used to reduce the development cost. The anti-signal decay performance is also improved. Further, since the variations of the burst signal along the track width is suppressed, the positioning accuracy is improved. These effects combine to produce a reliable magnetic recording system of large capacity.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2008Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Yasutaka Nishida, Takehiko Hamaguchi, Hideki Sawaguchi, Hisashi Takano
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Publication number: 20100281661Abstract: A belt has a rack having a plurality of engaging grooves on a top side thereof. A buckle has a base, a pair of side walls and an operation member. The operation member has an engaging claw and a press section on both ends thereof and is supported on the side walls via a connecting shaft. The buckle has a frame that is fixed on the base and is arranged along a periphery of the press section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: YKK CorporationInventors: Takeshi Harada, Yasutaka Nishida, Hisanori Kato
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Patent number: 7830631Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention reduce lowering of a recording current and a recording magnetic field that might occur upon execution of write pre-compensation for compensating the NLTS according to a perpendicular magnetic recording method. According to one embodiment, the recording current overshoot is increased for recording a high NLTS recording data pattern. The read signal quality is improved, thereby a highly reliable magnetic disk can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Takeshi Nakagawa, Yasutaka Nishida, Ikuya Tagawa
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Patent number: 7817367Abstract: To effectively suppress a signal in a low frequency region in which the medium noise and the signal distortion are concentrated, and in order to effectively utilize a detected component of the reproduced signal in the low frequency region, a target of partial response equalization to the perpendicularly recorded/reproduced signal is set so that the low-frequency component around the direct current is suppressed to a regulated quantity for both the effective suppression and the effective utilization. Accordingly, a maximum-likelihood decoding process is carried out through the target of partial response equalization. Reliability of data detection is made higher and a signal-to-noise ratio is improved, so that the noise from the recording medium can be reduced more and it is possible to provide a high-density magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Sawaguchi, Yasutaka Nishida, Hisashi Takano, Hiroyuki Tsuchinaga
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Patent number: 7725994Abstract: A plug (20) has a guide bar (24) to be inserter in a socket (30). The guide bar (24) has a to-be-held section (241) at a tip end thereof, a dent (244) at a middle portion thereof, and a sub to-be-held section (242) at a base end thereof. When making an engagement, the plug (20) is slanted relative to the socket (30), so that the guide bar (24) contacts contact points (P1), P2). When the plug has been inserted into a depth end of the socket, the to-be-held section (241) and the sub to-be-held section (242) are held by a holding section (342) and a sub holding section (343) of the socket (30), thereby stabilizing engagement posture.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: YKK CorporationInventors: Yasuaki Funo, Yasutaka Nishida, Toshihiko Iwasaki
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Patent number: D616181Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: YKK CorporationInventors: Takeshi Harada, Yasutaka Nishida, Hisanori Kato