Patents by Inventor Yoshio Okamoto

Yoshio Okamoto 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: 20170044363
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition, including: a polycarbonate resin (A) containing a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A-1) having a specific structure; a copolymer (B) having constituent units derived from acrylonitrile and styrene, and being free of a constituent unit derived from methyl methacrylate; a copolymer (C) having constituent units derived from butadiene and methyl methacrylate; and a flame retardant (D), the resin composition satisfying a predetermined expression (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshio OKAMOTO, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 9541048
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve realizing improved circumferential uniformity of swirling fuel is provided. The fuel injection valve includes a swirling chamber having an inner peripheral wall whose curvature is gradually larger from upstream to downstream, a path for swirling which, having a fuel flow-in region formed along a valve axis direction, guides fuel to the swirling chamber, and a fuel injection orifice open into the swirling chamber. In the fuel injection valve, the path for swirling is inclined toward the fuel injection orifice formed on a downstream side of the swirling chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Kazuki Yoshimura, Noriyuki Maekawa, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Eiji Ishii, Takahiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20160355678
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition, including: a polycarbonate resin (A) containing a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A-1) having a specific structure; a copolymer (B) having constituent units derived from acrylonitrile and styrene, and being free of a constituent unit derived from methyl methacrylate; and a copolymer (C) having constituent units derived from butadiene and methyl methacrylate, in which a content of the polyorganosiloxane block moiety in the entire resin composition is from 0.50 mass % to 10 mass %, and a content of the constituent unit derived from butadiene in the entire resin composition is from 3 mass % to 10 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI, Yoshio OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9499638
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a polysaccharide derivative containing a structure wherein hydrogen atoms in a hydroxyl group at the 2-position and the 3-position of a structure unit of polysaccharide are substituted with different substituents respectively represented by a specific general formula and a separating agent for optical isomers which contains such a polysaccharide derivative. The present invention can provide a novel polysaccharide derivative which has excellent optical isomer separating ability, making it suitable as a separating agent for optical isomers, and can provide a separating agent for optical isomers which contains the polysaccharide derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Shunsuke Kondo, Masami Kamigaito
  • Publication number: 20160326267
    Abstract: Provided is a complex obtained by reacting a polymer compound derivative obtained by modifying part of the hydroxy groups or amino groups of a polymer compound having the hydroxy groups or amino groups with a compound represented by the following general formula (I) with one or more kinds of compounds represented by the following general formulae (II) to (V) : (I) A-X—Si (Y)nR3-n; (II) M(OR1)nR24-n; (III) Al (OR1)pR23-p; (IV) Mg (OR1)qR22-q; and (V) [Si (OR3)nR43-n]—(X)—[Si (OR5)nR63-n].
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshio OKAMOTO, Chiyo YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki IKAI, Masami KAMIGAITO
  • Publication number: 20160313560
    Abstract: A head mounted display uses an image projection device comprising: an image generation unit for generating an image; a projection unit for guiding the image generated by the image generation unit to an observer's eyes; and a support for linking the projection unit and the image generation unit. The projection unit has a lens function which makes it easiest to see an image generated by the projection unit at a distance (Lobj) within a range between 30 cm and 3 m. Thereby, the image projection device operates at high resolution, has reduced size and weight, and reduces energy consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoto KAWAMURA, Satoshi OUCHI, Yoshiho SEO, Toshiteru NAKAMURA, Hidenao SAITO, Kenji KIYA, Yoshio OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160305385
    Abstract: One passage for swirling is formed in an orifice plate fixed on a nozzle body. Two swirl chambers in which fuel is caused to swirl so that the fuel has swirling force are provided at an end of the one passage for swirling on the downstream side of the flow direction of fuel. Therefore, the collision between the swirling flow in the swirl chamber and the fuel flowing in the passage for swirling is mitigated, and the swirling flow can be smoothly produced to promote pulverization of sprays injected from fuel injection ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshio OKAMOTO, Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Noriyuki MAEKAWA, Nobuaki KOBAYASHI, Takahiro SAITO
  • Patent number: 9464612
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve that is made superior in atomization performance by preventing an influence of minute deformation occurring when an orifice plate is assembled to a nozzle body, thereby reducing fuel leakage from a swirling passage to increase the strength of a swirl flow. The valve includes a valve body openable and closable to jet fuel; a nozzle body having a valve seat surface capable of coming into contact with the valve body to block the jet of fuel; and an orifice plate disposed downstream of the valve seat surface and having a plurality of fuel injection holes adapted to jet swirl fuel. The nozzle body has an end face portion with a downwardly convex inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Nobuya Sekiyama, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Noriyuki Maekawa, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Takahiro Saito
  • Patent number: 9458186
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel polysaccharide derivative used for a separating agent for optical isomers. The novel polysaccharide derivative contains a structure in which a hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group or an amino group at the 2-position in a structural unit of the polysaccharide is substituted with a monovalent group represented by the following general formula (1), and a hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group or an amino group at the 3-position in the structural unit is substituted with a monovalent group represented by the following general formula (2): R1—NH—CO—??(1) R2—NH—CO—??(2) where R1 and R2 represent substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups which are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Junqing Li, Xiande Shen, Jun Shen, Haitao Qu, Guangshun Wu
  • Patent number: 9404456
    Abstract: One passage for swirling is formed in an orifice plate fixed on a nozzle body. Two swirl chambers in which fuel is caused to swirl so that the fuel has swirling force are provided at an end of the one passage for swirling on the downstream side of the flow direction of fuel. Therefore, the collision between the swirling flow in the swirl chamber and the fuel flowing in the passage for swirling is mitigated, and the swirling flow can be smoothly produced to promote pulverization of sprays injected from fuel injection ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Noriyuki Maekawa, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Takahiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20160131909
    Abstract: An image display apparatus which displays, as a virtual image, image in a visual field of a user, including an image generation section to generate image; an illumination section to illuminate light to the image generation section; and a projection section by which the image generated by the image generation section is projected, as a virtual image, into the visual field of the user, the projection section includes: a prism lens formed by integrating, by predetermined unit, a lens to generate the virtual image, with a prism provided thereon with a half mirror film which bends, in the direction of the pupil, a signal light from the image generation section; and aperture restriction unit which is provided on the incident surface of the prism lens, and which allows light in a predetermined area of the signal light from the image generation section to pass therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Toshiteru NAKAMURA, Satoshi OUCHI, Yoshiho SEO, Tomoto KAWAMURA, Yoshio OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9322375
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve realizing improved circumferential uniformity of swirling fuel is provided. The fuel injection valve includes swirling chambers each having an inner peripheral wall whose curvature is gradually larger from upstream to downstream, paths for swirling each of which, having a fuel flow-in region formed along a valve axis direction, guides fuel to the associated one of the swirling chambers, and fuel injection orifices open into the associated swirling chambers, respectively. In the fuel injection valve, a curved portion is formed on the bottom, in a sectional view along the valve axis direction, of an inlet portion of each of the paths for swirling so as to change the fuel flow in each of the paths for swirling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Kazuki Yoshimura, Noriyuki Maekawa, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Eiji Ishii, Takahiro Saito
  • Patent number: 9309853
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve which has: swirl chambers each having an inner wall whose curvature is gradually increased from upstream to downstream along fuel flow; passages for swirling motion, the passages permitting introduction of fuel into the swirl chambers; fuel injection holes opening into the swirl chambers and including at least two narrow-angle injection holes and a wide-angle injection hole from which at least two narrow-angle sprays and a wide-angle spray are respectively ejected; and an orifice plate provided with the injection holes. The narrow-angle injection holes are spaced a given distance from the center of the orifice plate. The wide-angle injection hole is formed on a line perpendicularly intersecting a line segment that interconnects the centers of the narrow-angle injection holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Noriyuki Maekawa, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Takahiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20160041396
    Abstract: A video projection device 001 includes a video generation section 041 that has a micro display element 003 which generates video and an illuminating optical system 002 which illuminates a micro display element; projection section 043 that project the video which is generated by the video generation section onto the eyes of a user through an eyepiece section; and a mechanical support section 042 that connects the video generation section to the projection section using a housing section. The mechanical support section includes at least one transparent area 011 that is surrounded by the housing section, and penetrates in a direction parallel to a direction in which the video from the projection section is projected. The illuminating optical system includes a light source that emits light in a plurality of wavelength bands, and a controller 440 that controls the output of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoto KAWAMURA, Toshiteru NAKAMURA, Yoshiho SEO, Satoshi OUCHI, Hidenao SAITO, Yoshio OKAMOTO, Kenji KIYA
  • Patent number: 9157403
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve element movably disposed to a valve seat member having a valve seat and formed with an opening located at a downstream side thereof. A swirl imparting chamber is formed to impart a swirl force to fuel within the swirl imparting chamber by turning fuel. An injection hole is opened to the bottom of swirl imparting chamber to inject fuel to outside. Additionally, a communication passage is formed to connect the swirl imparting chamber with the opening of the valve seat member. In this fuel injection valve, the swirl imparting chamber and the communication passage are formed to satisfy the following equation: 0.15?W/D<0.5 where W is width of the communication passage; and D is diameter of the swirl imparting chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Saito, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Ohno, Atsushi Nakai, Yoshio Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9121379
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve, a pipe line through which fuel is uniformly caused to flow is supposed from a flow quantity of fuel flowing into each of communication passages which is communicated between a corresponding one of a plurality of swirl generating chambers and an opening section of a valve seat member and, if a diameter of the pipe line is assumed to be da and a diameter of each of injection holes is assumed to be d0, da/d0 is set such that a spray angle of fuel injected from each of the injection holes provides a desired spray angle and the communication passages and the injection holes are designed such that at least one of fuel sprays injected from the respective injection holes is contacted on any other fuel sprays at a lower position than a liquid film part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Saito, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Ohno, Atsushi Nakai, Yoshio Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9103309
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve is disclosed with enhanced uniformity of a swirl flow in the circumferential direction. The valve includes a swirling chamber having an inner wall surface with a helical curve and a swirling passage for guiding fuel into the chamber. The valve is formed such that the center of a circle as the basis of the helical curve and the center of a fuel injection hole open in the swirling chamber align with one another. The joint between the passage for swirling and the inner circumferential wall on the downstream side of the chamber at which both walls intersect is positioned between a line from the center of the hole to a point at which the curvature of the swirling chamber shape starts to change; and a tangent line of the side wall of the hole so drawn that it is in parallel to the line segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Yoshimura, Yoshio Okamoto, Eiji Ishii, Noriyuki Maekawa, Takahiro Saito, Atsushi Nakai
  • Publication number: 20150021414
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a swirl chamber having an inner peripheral wall formed to be gradually increased in curvature toward a downstream side from an upstream side; a swirl passage, through which a fuel is introduced into the swirl chamber; and a fuel injection port opened to the swirl chamber, wherein the swirl chamber and the swirl passage are formed so that a side wall of the swirl passage connected to a downstream end side of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof is made not to intersect a downstream side portion of the inner peripheral wall of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof,
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Yoshio OKAMOTO, Takahiro SAITO, Masanori ISHIKAWA, Eiji ISHII, Nobuaki KOBAYASHI, Noriyuki MAEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140364546
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition pellet, which has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 380 nm of 97.0% or more when the light transmittance is measured by using a methylene chloride solution having a concentration of 12 g/dL, the solution being charged into a quartz glass cell having an optical path length of 5 cm, and which has a viscosity-average molecular weight (Mv) of from 11,000 to 22,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Takayoshi Tanaka, Masami Takimoto, Yasunobu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8888021
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a swirl chamber having an inner peripheral wall formed to be gradually increased in curvature toward a downstream side from an upstream side; a swirl passage, through which a fuel is introduced into the swirl chamber; and a fuel injection port opened to the swirl chamber, wherein the swirl chamber and the swirl passage are formed so that a side wall of the swirl passage connected to a downstream end side of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof is made not to intersect a downstream side portion of the inner peripheral wall of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Yasukawa, Yoshio Okamoto, Takahiro Saito, Masanori Ishikawa, Eiji Ishii, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Noriyuki Maekawa