Patents by Inventor Yoichi Kawano

Yoichi Kawano 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: 8437377
    Abstract: A pulse generator with a filter section limiting a band of an input signal, and a pulse generating section generating a plurality of pulses which are sequentially delayed one after another by a time period (?) substantially equal to a reciprocal of a center frequency of the band of the filter section, and inputting the plurality of pulses to the filter section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20120139632
    Abstract: A differential amplifier circuit includes a first/second field effect transistor including a gate coupled to a first/second differential input signal terminal, a source coupled to a reference potential node, and a drain coupled to a first/second differential output signal terminal, a first variable capacitor coupled between the gate of the first field effect transistor and the drain of the second field effect transistor, a second variable capacitor coupled between the gate of the second field effect transistor and the drain of the first field effect transistor, and a first envelope detector configured to detect an envelope of a signal at the first differential output signal terminal or the second differential output signal terminal, the first variable capacitor and/or the second variable capacitor has a capacitance that varies in accordance with an envelope detected by the first envelope detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akiko MINEYAMA, Yoichi KAWANO, Toshihide SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20120119138
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material of lithium secondary battery includes: at least one of a petroleum-derived green coke and a coal-derived green coke, and at least one of a petroleum-derived calcined coke and a coal-derived calcined coke within a mass ratio range of 90:10 to 10:90, and a phosphorous compound within a range of 0.1 to 6.0 parts by mass in amount equivalent to phosphor relative to 100 parts by mass of the at least one of the green cokes and the at least one of the calcined cokes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisa IKEDA, Kazuki TAGAWA, Hiroshi ONO, Hideki ONO, Keiji TAURA, Ryoji AKAMINE, Yoichi KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20120112126
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material of lithium secondary battery includes: at least one of a petroleum-derived green coke and a coal-derived green coke; and at least one of a petroleum-derived calcined coke and a coal-derived calcined coke within a mass ratio range of 90:10 to 10:90 which are fired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisa Ikeda, Kazuki Tagawa, Yoichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20120094179
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material of lithium secondary battery include: at least one of a petroleum-derived green coke and a coal-derived green coke, and at least one of a petroleum-derived calcined coke and a coal-derived calcined coke within a mass ratio range of 90:10 to 10:90; a phosphorous compound within a range of 0.1 to 6.0 parts by mass in amount equivalent to phosphor relative to 100 parts by mass of the at least one of the green cokes and the at least one of the calcined cokes; and a boron compound within a range of 0.1 to 6.0 parts by mass in amount equivalent to boron relative to 100 parts by mass of the at least one of the green cokes and the at least one of the calcined cokes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisa Ikeda, Kazuki Tagawa, Yoichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 8054908
    Abstract: A transmitter circuit, which transmits data by using an impulse, has a variable delay circuit and a logic circuit. The variable delay circuit takes a clock as an input, and delays the clock in accordance with the data. The logic circuit takes the clock and an output of the variable delay circuit as inputs, and outputs an impulse by performing a logic operation between the clock and the output of the variable delay circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakasha, Yoichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20110163824
    Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a first inductor, a second inductor that is magnetically coupled with the first inductor, induced current flowing through the second inductor by a magnetic field generated by the first inductor, and a current changing part that is connected to the second inductor and is configured to change the induced current that flows through the second inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoichi KAWANO
  • Patent number: 7612709
    Abstract: A radar device has a clock generator (131) generating a base clock; a transmitter (121 to 125) transmitting transmission pulses as gradually increasing a displacement amount with respect to each edge of the base clock; and a receiver (101 to 106) receiving reflected waves of the transmitted transmission pulses in synchronization with the edges of the base clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoichi Kawano, Yasuhiro Nakasha
  • Publication number: 20090151839
    Abstract: A rubber composition for adhering a steel cord that improves wet heat-resistant adhesioness, particularly heat-resistant adhesioness, by preventing adhesion deterioration due to heat, as well as initial adhesioness between a steel cord and a rubber, is disclosed. The rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber component and from 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of composite graphite particles containing boron, obtained by heating and graphitizing carbon black together with boron or a compound containing boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicants: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel Chemical Carbon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Miyasaka, Takashi Yuri, Hiroaki Narita, Hirofumi Hayashi, Yoichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20090009384
    Abstract: A radar device has a clock generator (131) generating a base clock; a transmitter (121 to 125) transmitting transmission pulses as gradually increasing a displacement amount with respect to each edge of the base clock; and a receiver (101 to 106) receiving reflected waves of the transmitted transmission pulses in synchronization with the edges of the base clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoichi KAWANO, Yasuhiro NAKASHA
  • Publication number: 20080198939
    Abstract: A transmitter circuit, which transmits data by using an impulse, has a variable delay circuit and a logic circuit. The variable delay circuit takes a clock as an input, and delays the clock in accordance with the data. The logic circuit takes the clock and an output of the variable delay circuit as inputs, and outputs an impulse by performing a logic operation between the clock and the output of the variable delay circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakasha, Yoichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 7242262
    Abstract: In order to provide a high-speed-pulse polarity modulation circuit for realizing low power consumption and miniaturization and reducing noise occurring at a middle level which is a baseline for a bipolar pulse, a modulation circuit for converting a unipolar pulse into a bipolar pulse in accordance with a value of input data is structured such that differential transistor pairs are double stacked, and one of the differential transistor pairs in an upper stage outputs polarity modulation pulses, and a middle potential between logic high and low is applied to the gates of the other differential transistor pair the gates of which are coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 7205796
    Abstract: An AND circuit is provided, which has a first differential pair including a first transistor and a second transistor, to which a first input differential signal is inputted, a second differential pair including a third transistor and a fourth transistor, to which a fixed bias is inputted, a third differential pair including a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor, to which a second input differential signal is inputted, and in which the first differential pair is connected to the fifth transistor and the second differential pair is connected to the sixth transistor, and an output terminal, which is connected to the first or second transistor and outputs an AND signal or a NAND signal of the first and second input differential signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 7141229
    Abstract: This invention relates to a graphite material for negative electrode of lithium secondary battery. This graphite material is obtained by carbonizing the pulverized green coke to yield coke, adding one kind or more of boron or a compound thereof to the coke, graphitizing the resulting mixture and controlling the particle size of the product graphite. This graphite material for negative electrode is characterized by showing a tap density of 0.95 g/cm3 or more after tapping 20 times or 1.15 g/cm3 or more after tapping 300 times and a BET specific surface area of 1.5 m2/g or less. A lithium secondary battery made by the use of this graphite material for negative electrode has a large discharge capacity and suffers little loss during charging and discharging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kawano, Tetsusei Fukuda, Tsutomu Sugiura, Takeshi Hamada, Hiromasa Shoji, Taro Kohno
  • Patent number: 7063914
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fuel cell separator of excellent electrical conductivity, gas impermeability and strength. The composition for a fuel cell separator of this invention comprises a resin binder with a viscosity of 0.01–0.5 Pa·s at 150° C. and a viscosity of 3 Pa·s or more at 25° C. and graphite particles at a weight ratio of 1:(5–15) and a curing accelerator. The resin binder is exemplified by an epoxy resin binder composed of an epoxy resin and a curing agent for the epoxy resin. The process for producing the fuel cell separator of this invention is practiced by kneading and molding the aforementioned composition for a fuel cell separator and curing above the curing temperature of the composition. The fuel cell separator of this invention to be obtained by the aforementioned process shows a bulk density of 1.90 g/cm3 or more, a sheet resistance (areal pressure, 0.5 MPa) of 40 m ?cm2 or less, a gas permeability of 1×10?14 cm2 or less and a flexural strength of 30 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kawano, Takayuki Kawarada, Hiroshi Ono
  • Publication number: 20060114034
    Abstract: In order to provide a high-speed-pulse polarity modulation circuit for realizing low power consumption and miniaturization and reducing noise occurring at a middle level which is a baseline for a bipolar pulse, a modulation circuit for converting a unipolar pulse into a bipolar pulse in accordance with a value of input data is structured such that differential transistor pairs are double stacked, and one of the differential transistor pairs in an upper stage outputs polarity modulation pulses, and a middle potential between logic high and low is applied to the gates of the other differential transistor pair the gates of which are coupled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20060061392
    Abstract: An AND circuit is provided, which has a first differential pair including a first transistor and a second transistor, to which a first input differential signal is inputted, a second differential pair including a third transistor and a fourth transistor, to which a fixed bias is inputted, a third differential pair including a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor, to which a second input differential signal is inputted, and in which the first differential pair is connected to the fifth transistor and the second differential pair is connected to the sixth transistor, and an output terminal, which is connected to the first or second transistor and outputs an AND signal or a NAND signal of the first and second input differential signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 7008573
    Abstract: Provided are an amorphous coke for a special carbon material characterized in that it is an amorphous coke obtained by blending a coal tar base heavy oil and/or a petroleum base heavy oil with a resin and subjecting the mixture to thermal decomposition polycondensation; it has a larger thermal expansion coefficient than that of a coke obtained from a heavy oil alone; and a molded article of the coke is shrunk by 0.3% or more in terms of a volume change rate before and after the treatment when it is subjected to graphitizing treatment, and a production process of an amorphous coke for a special carbon material characterized in that in subjecting a coal tar base heavy oil or a petroleum base heavy oil to thermal decomposition polycondensation, the raw material is blended with a resin to modify a coke crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisa Ikeda, Tetsusei Fukuda, Yoichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20040131857
    Abstract: Provided are an amorphous coke for a special carbon material characterized in that it is an amorphous coke obtained by blending a coal tar base heavy oil and/or a petroleum base heavy oil with a resin and subjecting the mixture to thermal decomposition polycondensation; it has a larger thermal expansion coefficient than that of a coke obtained from a heavy oil alone; and a molded article of the coke is shrunk by 0.3% or more in terms of a volume change rate before and after the treatment when it is subjected to graphitizing treatment, and a production process of an amorphous coke for a special carbon material characterized in that in subjecting a coal tar base heavy oil or a petroleum base heavy oil to thermal decomposition polycondensation, the raw material is blended with a resin to modify a coke crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Taisa Ikeda, Tetsusei Fukuda, Yoichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20040091782
    Abstract: This invention relates to a graphite material for negative electrode of lithium secondary battery. This graphite material is obtained by carbonizing the pulverized green coke to yield coke, adding one kind or more of boron or a compound thereof to the coke, graphitizing the resulting mixture and controlling the particle size of the product graphite. This graphite material for negative electrode is characterized by showing a tap density of 0.95 g/cm3 or more after tapping 20 times or 1.15 g/cm3 or more after tapping 300 times and a BET specific surface area of 1.5 m2/g or less. A lithium secondary battery made by the use of this graphite material for negative electrode has a large discharge capacity and suffers little loss during charging and discharging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Yoichi Kawano, Tetsusei Fukuda, Tsutomu Sugiura, Takeshi Hamada, Hiromasa Shoji, Taro Kohno