Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Yoshida

Yoshihiro Yoshida 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: 20020007633
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to simplify a structure for supporting a distributor valve and to reduce the weight thereof in a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission. A U-shaped clip is placed into a groove made on the head portion of a distributor valve and the distributor valve is passed in this state through the elongated hole of an expansion ring and the clip ring is engaged with the expansion ring whereas the inner peripheral surface of a slip ring is engaged with the head portion of the distributor valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Mitsuru Saito, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Kazuhiro Takeuchi, Yasushi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20020010048
    Abstract: In a power system for a vehicle, the line segment L connecting between the center O1 of a driving shaft (speed change shaft) of an oil hydrostatic non-stage transmission and the center O2 of a ball screw (ratio change driving shaft) of a ratio change mechanism is set parallel to the mating plane P of the crank case and the cylinder block, while the axis C2 of a detecting shaft is disposed coaxially with the turning axis C1 of a swash plate holder orthogonal to the line segment L, and, in this condition, a ratio detecting sensor is bolted to an upper wall. Wherein the axis C2 of the detecting shaft is set parallel to the cylinder axis C0, and the machining axis for a crank chamber and the machining axis for a fitting portion for the ratio detecting sensor are set parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Ito, Kunihiko Fukui, Yoshihiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20020007632
    Abstract: A pump swash plate is assembled in a swash plate hydraulic pump in a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission. In a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission having a hydraulic closed circuit constituted between a swash plate hydraulic pump P and a swash plate hydraulic motor M and including a high pressure oil passage for sending hydraulic oil to the hydraulic motor M side from the hydraulic pump P side and a low pressure oil passage for sending hydraulic oil to the hydraulic pump P side from the hydraulic motor M side, a cutaway portion with which an engaging part of a positioning jig fitted in a casing is put into contact when assembling the pump swash plate is provided on the back surface of the plate of the hydraulic pump P.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Mitsuru Saito, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Kazuhiro Takeuchi, Yasushi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20020003063
    Abstract: An oil passage extending from an oil pump to a discharge port in an internal combustion engine is, at its halfway point, branched into at least two oil passages, for example, a first oil passage and a second oil passage. One of the at least two branched oil passages, for example, the second oil passage is provided with a restricting portion configured as a first orifice for restricting a flow amount of oil by reducing a diameter of the first orifice. A bypass valve is provided which acts, when a hydraulic pressure in the second oil passage exceeds a specific value, to bypass the first orifice so as to increase the flow rate of oil. It is possible to increase the hydraulic pressure at the time of low speed rotation up to a necessary pressure only by providing the restricting portion, without enhancing the performance of the oil pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Ito, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Kazuhiro Yasuda, Hideyuki Tawara
  • Publication number: 20010049874
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus which employs a first air feed device connected to an air passage at one end part of a spline shaft, and a second air feed device connected to the air passage in the vicinity of the other end of the spline shaft. The first and second air feeds function to supply air to the air passage to return an interior thereof to atmospheric pressure. The time required to return the vacuum pressure in the air passage to atmospheric pressure can be shortened by the use of the two separate air feeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Osamu Okuda, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Akira Kabeshita, Satoshi Shida, Naoyuki Kitamura
  • Patent number: 6298547
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting method which employs a first air feed device connected to an air passage at one end part of a spline shaft, and a second air feed device connected to the air passage in the vicinity of the other end of the spline shaft. The first and second air feeds function to supply air to the air passage to return an interior thereof to atmospheric pressure. The time required to return the vacuum pressure in the air passage to atmospheric pressure can be shortened by the use of the two separate air feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Okuda, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Akira Kabeshita, Satoshi Shida, Naoyuki Kitamura
  • Patent number: 6247640
    Abstract: A device for arranging conductive particles in a preselected pattern for the connection of electric circuit boards or electric parts is disclosed. Particularly, a device capable of surely and efficiently transferring, e.g., solder bumps to the electrode pads of a semiconductor chip or the leads of a TAB (Tape Automated Bonding) tape and a conductive particle transferring method using the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuwazaki, Kazushi Iwata, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Tsutomu Sakatsu, Toshiaki Iwafuchi
  • Patent number: 6240628
    Abstract: A mounting head is provided with a pair of first levers which are pivotally connected so that the first levers can swing in an open and close direction and forced in the close direction by a compression spring so as to grip a shaft, a release pin for opening the first levers by engaging release grooves at an open/close end of the first levers, a second lever for driving the release pin toward the open/close end of the first levers by a driving means, and a spring for forcing the second lever in a direction opposite to the driving direction of the release pin. During an operation of the mounting head, the first levers are opened by driving the release pin with the second lever, only after the shaft is activated, and at the end of the operation releasing the drive of the release pin by the second lever, allowing the first levers to close and support the shaft in a gripping manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yoshida, Osamu Okuda, Akira Kabeshita, Naoyuki Kitamura
  • Patent number: 6178620
    Abstract: A transmission mechanism includes a pressing stroke controller for changing the effective pressing stroke of each feed lever of a component feeder unit corresponding to a predetermined pitch of carrying electronic components in respective component feeder unit, whereby the vibration generated when the transmission mechanism is in operation is reduced. Adverse effects on a component feeder unit having small components thereon at a fine pitch which is susceptible to the vibration will be prevented, and the feeding speed can be increased to be more productive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yoshida, Kanji Hata, Naoyuki Kitamura
  • Patent number: 6063701
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a device for arranging conductive particles in a preselected pattern for the connection of electric circuit boards or electric parts is disclosed. Particularly, a device capable of surely and efficiently transferring, e.g., solder bumps to the electrode pads of a semiconductor chip or the leads of a TAB (Tape Automated Bonding) tape and a conductive particle transferring method using the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuwazaki, Kazushi Iwata, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Tsutomu Sakatsu, Toshiaki Iwafuchi
  • Patent number: 6015680
    Abstract: The monoclonal antibody produced by a hybridoma cell strain TRD-L1, -L2 or -L3 which is obtained by the fusion between mouse myeloma cells and spleen cells of a mouse immunized with a human lung adenocarcinoma cell secretion component reacts in a specific fashion with a glycoprotein antigen that has a molecular weight of 200 kD or more (SDS-PAGE) and is present in human lung adenocarcinoma cells. It can be used efficiently in cancer diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichi Tsuji, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Takashi Uwano
  • Patent number: 5784778
    Abstract: A rotary body rotatable about a vertical axis thereof is set at a mounting head. A cam having a cam surface at a lower end thereof is arranged along the periphery of a lower part of the rotary body. Each of outer cylinders is rotatably set in the periphery of the rotary body, wherein each of nozzle shafts with each suction nozzle fitted at lower ends thereof penetrates each outer cylinder in a freely movable manner in an up and down direction. An engaging part for a rotary device is provided at an upper end of each outer cylinder, and an engaging device for the cam is placed at a lower part of each nozzle shaft projecting from a lower end of each outer cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yoshida, Noriaki Yoshida, Takeshi Takeda, Kanji Hata
  • Patent number: 5616206
    Abstract: A method for arranging conductive particles on electrodes of a substrate, which electrically connect with electrodes of an electric part via the conductive particles. An adhesive layer is formed on the electrodes. Conductive particles are arranged on the adhesive layer in a predetermined pattern. Then, the conductive particles on said electrodes of a substrate are affixed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Sakatsu, Yoshihiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5584214
    Abstract: A transmission with a static, hydraulic continuously-variable-speed transmission mechanism comprising a hydraulic circuit having a closed circuit, a hydraulic pump connected on the crankshaft of an engine, and a hydraulic motor having a motor output shaft coaxial with the axis of rotation of the hydraulic pump, and contained in a casing with its axis extended in parallel to that of the crankshaft. The static, hydraulic continuously-variable-speed transmission mechanism has a small construction and has an increased degree of freedom of selection of speed change ratio. An output shaft, i.e., the final output shaft of a transmission is supported for rotation on a casing with its axis extended in parallel to that of a static, hydraulic continuously-variable-speed transmission mechanism. A motor output shaft and the output shaft can be interlocked by a reduction mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hayashi, Mitsuru Saito, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Nakajima
  • Patent number: 5526861
    Abstract: A tire inflation pressure sensor mounted on the outside of the wheel. The sensor housing includes a diaphragm, a cylinder, a magnet holder, a spring, a magnet holding member connected with a magnet, a guide member and a stopper. When the inflation pressure of a tire is normal, the magnet holding member stops at a position where the magnet indicates a north pole. When the inflation pressure goes down below a specified value, the magnet holding member travels a predetermined distance and at the same time the magnet holding member rotates at a predetermined angle indicating a south pole. This changeover of magnetic polarity is detected by an external magnetic induction element to operate a warning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Saiichiro Oshita, Hidehisa Tomizawa, Kazutoshi Fukada, Yoshihiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5473549
    Abstract: A method for drawing a circuit diagram within a semiconductor circuit using a computer. The drawing method uses a drawing device for drawing a circuit diagram and a memory for storing symbol data representative of symbols of fundamental elements constituting the circuit diagram and attribute data representative of the fundamental elements. The fundamental elements include a bipolar transistor, an FET, a resistor, a capacitor, a diode, wiring, and a pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5315206
    Abstract: An electron emission elements integrated substrate comprising a substrate having a plurality of minute holes formed therein. Each hole extends in a direction of thickness of the substrate. An electron emission element is arranged in the each hole. The element comprises a first electrode, a second electrode and an insulating member disposed between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5262226
    Abstract: An anisotropic conductive film comprising: an electrically insulating film member having an upper surface and a lower surface; and a plurality of conductive members. Each conductive member is buried in the film member and protrudes from both of the upper surface and the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5260816
    Abstract: The optical amplification gain of an optical amplifier consisting of an optical amplifier unit and a single-mode erbium-doped fiber can be optimized when the length of the fiber L in meters and the optical absorption in dB/meter of the fiber per unit length at a wavelength of 1.53 .mu.m satisfy the relationship that L.times.y is in the range from 70 to 170 dB by appropriately selecting the doping level of the glass with erbium and the length of the fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignees: Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Edagawa, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Minoru Taya, Kazuo Koya
  • Patent number: 5255335
    Abstract: In an optical fiber coupler there is provided, in an optical coupling portion between cores of two partly fused together and extended optical fiber, an optical coupling control portion which has a refractive index different from those of claddings covering the cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignees: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited, Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sasaki, Masato Shimamura, Yoshinori Namihira, Yoshihiro Yoshida