Patents by Inventor Yoji Nishio

Yoji Nishio 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: 5447016
    Abstract: A packaging machine having a filling device, a top breaker, a top heater and a top sealer which are arranged along a path of transport of containers. A hot air applicator is disposed between the filling device and the top breaker for eliminating the froth to be produced when containers, each having an upward opening, are filled with contents. The applicator includes a hot air discharge box having a bottom wall, a top wall, a side wall and two air outlets formed in the bottom wall, the air outlets being arranged along the transport path so as to be opposed to the openings of containers from above, and means for supplying hot air to the box. Each of the outlets is covered with a perforated plate, and has an edge portion provided with a downwardly extending annular portion for preventing the hot air from spreading out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Ueda, Yoji Nishio, Takeshi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 5412262
    Abstract: In a system wherein a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuit devices are coexistent and wherein a plurality of supply potential lines are laid, the main power sources of a TTL interface LSI and an ECL interface LSI are shared so as to reduce the number of supply potential lines. Besides, in a case where an LSI, for example, BiCMOS LSI to interface with both the TTL and ECL interface LSI's has a device withstand voltage of about 3 V, it is permitted to interface with both the LSI's across the supply voltage .vertline.5 V.vertline. of the main power source of the TTL interface LSI and the supply voltage .vertline.2 V.vertline. of the power source of the emitter follower portion of the ECL interface LSI because the supply voltages have a difference of 3 V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Nishio, Fumio Murabayashi, Kozaburo Kurita, Masahiro Iwamura
  • Patent number: 5378941
    Abstract: A high speed and low power consumption semiconductor integrated circuit device has a plurality of internal circuits each including circuit elements for performing a desired circuit operation, a plurality of input circuits for receiving external input signals and supplying the signals to the internal circuits and a plurality of output circuits for receiving the output signals from the internal circuits and supplying signals to an external circuit. Each of the internal circuits is primarily constructed by bipolar transistors and MOS transistors, and at least one of each of the input circuits and each of the output circuits is primarily constructed by bipolar transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Nishio, Ikuro Masuda, Kazuo Kato, Shigeo Kuboki, Masahiro Iwamura
  • Patent number: 5377136
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device with a built-in memory circuit group is disclosed, wherein wiring is started from a data terminal position near a data exchange portion of a memory circuit group to reduce the length of a wiring. Accordingly, an operation speed can be improved by the reduction of wiring capacitance and a ratio of unwired wirings can be reduced by reduction of an occupying ratio of wiring channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Nishio, Fumio Murabayashi, Shoichi Kotoku, Akira Uragami, Manabu Shibata, Yoshitatsu Kojima, Fumiaki Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 5313116
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a plurality of logic circuits integrated on a semiconductor substrate is provided which can operate with a power source potential difference substantially less than 5 V. The logic circuit includes a bipolar transistor having a base and its collector-emitter current path coupled between a first power source terminal and an output terminal, together with at least one field effect transistor having its gate responsive to an input signal applied to an input terminal and its source-drain current path coupled between the first power source terminal and the base of the bipolar transistor. A semiconductor switch means is also provided which is responsive to the input signal applied to the input terminal for performing ON/OFF operations complementary to the ON/OFF operations of the bipolar transistor and which has a current path between its paired main terminals coupled between the output terminal and the second power source terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Murabayashi, Yoji Nishio, Shoichi Kotoku, Kozaburo Kurita, Kazuo Kato
  • Patent number: 5265045
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device with a built-in memory circuit group is disclosed, wherein wiring is started from a data terminal position near a data exchange portion of a memory circuit group to reduce the length of a wiring. Accordingly, an operation speed can be improved by the reduction of wiring capacitance and a ratio of unwired wirings can be reduced by reduction of an occupying ratio of wiring channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer Engineering Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Nishio, Fumio Murabayashi, Shoichi Kotoku, Akira Uragami, Manabu Shibata, Yoshitatsu Kojima, Fumiaki Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 5239212
    Abstract: A high-speed operation, low-power consumption gate circuit structure comprises a combination of complementary field-effect-transistors and bipolar transistors and discharge means for discharging accumulated charges from these transistors when the field-effect-transistors and bipolar transistors are turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuro Masuda, Kazuo Kato, Takao Sasayama, Yoji Nishio, Shigeo Kuboki, Masahiro Iwamura
  • Patent number: 5059821
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a plurality of logic circuits integrated on a semiconductor substrate is provided which can operate with a power source potential difference substantially less than 5V. The logic circuit includes a bipolar transistor having a base and its collector-emitter current path coupled between a first power source terminal and an output terminal, together with at least one field effect transistor having its gate responsive to an input signal applied to an input terminal and its source-drain current path coupled between the first power source terminal and the base of the bipolar transistor. A semiconductor switch means is also provided which is responsive to the input signal applied to the input terminal for performing ON/OFF operations complementary to the ON/OFF operations of the bipolar transistor and which has a current path between its paired main terminals coupled between the output terminal and the second power source terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Murabayashi, Yoji Nishio, Shoichi Kotoku, Kozaburo Kurita, Kazuo Kato
  • Patent number: 5001366
    Abstract: A high-speed operation, low-space consumption gate circuit structure-comprises a combination of complementary field-effect-transistors and bipolar transistors and discharge means for discharging accumulated charges from these transistors when the field-effect-transistors and bipolar transistors are turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuro Masuda, Kazuo Kato, Takao Sasayama, Yoji Nishio, Shigeo Kuboki
  • Patent number: 5001365
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a plurality of logic circuits integrated on a semiconductor substrate is provided which can operate with a power source potential difference substantially less than 5 V. The logic circuit includes a bipolar transistor having a base and its collector-emitter current path coupled between a first power source terminal and an output terminal, together with at least one field effect transistor having its gate responsive to an input signal applied to an input terminal and its source-drain current path coupled between the first power source terminal and the base of the bipolar transistor. A semiconductor switch means is also provided which is responsive to the input signal applied to the input terminal for performing ON/OFF operations complementary to the ON/OFF operations of the bipolar transistor and which has a current path between its paired main terminals coupled between the output terminal and the second power source terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Murabayashi, Yoji Nishio, Shoichi Kotoku, Kozaburo Kurita, Kazuo Kato
  • Patent number: 4890017
    Abstract: A high-speed operation, low-power consumption gate circuit structure comprises a combination of complementary field-effect-transistors and bipolar transistors and discharge means for discharging accumulated charges from these transistors when the field-effect-transistors and bipolar transistors are turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuro Masuda, Kazuo Kato, Takao Sasayama, Yoji Nishio, Shigeo Kuboki, Masahiro Iwamura
  • Patent number: 4829201
    Abstract: A high-speed operation, low-power consumption gate circuit structure comprises a combination of complementary field-effect-transistors and bipolar transistors and discharge means for discharging accumulated charges from these transistors when the field-effect-transistors and bipolar transistors are turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuro Masuda, Kazuo Kato, Takao Sasayama, Yoji Nishio, Shigeo Kuboki, Masahiro Iwamura
  • Patent number: 4719373
    Abstract: A high-speed operation, low-power consumption gate circuit structure comprises a combination of complementary field-effect-transistors and bipolar transistors and discharge means for discharging accumulated charges from these transistors when the field-effect-transistors and bipolar transistors are turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuro Masuda, Kazuo Kato, Takao Sasayama, Yoji Nishio, Shigeo Kuboki, Masahiro Iwamura
  • Patent number: 4589007
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is disclosed. A plurality of unit cells, each having at least a basic transistor device formed on one main surface of a semiconductor substrate, are arranged in a line to form a unit cell line. At least two of such unit cell lines are arranged adjacent to and in parallel with each other to form a basic cell line. A plurality of such basic cell lines are arranged in parallel with each other with a wiring region of a predetermined width being interleaved between adjacent basic cell lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Kuboki, Mitsuhiro Ikeda, Akihiko Takano, Yoji Nishio, Ikuro Masuda
  • Patent number: 4237543
    Abstract: A display system for displaying information in response to an input video signal comprises a data control unit including a microprocessor and a microprogram memory for storing a program for the microprocessor, a refresh memory unit connected to the data control unit through an address bus and a data bus, and a video control unit for accessing display data stored in the refresh memory unit by a timing control unit to produce a video signal. The refresh memory unit comprises memories sectioned by byte, an I/O controller which receives a read/write control signal to indicate whether the access by the data control unit is read access or write access and an access memory specifying signal to indicate whether it is a one-byte memory access or a two-byte memory access to produce an I/O control signal, and a memory controller responsive to the I/O control signal to control data access to the two byte memories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1980
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Nishio, Toshitaka Hara, Nagaharu Hamada