Patents by Inventor Yuji Satoh
Yuji Satoh 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: 20110181367Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a DCO and a storing unit that stores a temperature coefficient of an oscillation frequency and an absolute value of the oscillation frequency, which should be set in the DCO, corresponding to potential obtained from a voltage source that changes with a monotonic characteristic with respect to temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yuji SATOH, Mototsugu HAMADA, Daisuke MIYASHITA
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Publication number: 20100289588Abstract: An oscillator circuit includes an oscillator that generates an oscillation signal and a limiter that limits amplitude of the oscillation signal output from the oscillator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Yuji Satoh
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Publication number: 20100288619Abstract: An energy-saving freshwater producing apparatus having a simple apparatus configuration. Seawater is heated by a heat-collecting device based on solar light, and the heated seawater is injected to one or more mist-forming structure formed as a rotor comprising a plurality of collision members formed to extend radially, to form a mist. Water vapor generated from the formed mist is introduced to a heat exchanger arranged in a side-by-side relation to the mist-forming structure in a horizontal direction through a demister, while being carried on an airstream by an airstream-forming device. Low-temperature seawater flows through the heat exchanger vertically from a lower side to an upper side thereof. The introduced water vapor is condensed into freshwater by cold energy of the seawater, and the freshwater is collected.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Takashi Yabe, Yuji Satoh
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Publication number: 20100043951Abstract: There is provided a method of producing a pneumatic tire having a hoop-and-loop fastener on the inner surface of the tire in which productivity can be improved and deterioration of uniformity can be avoided. The method of producing a pneumatic tire according to the present invention is a method of producing a pneumatic tire T having at least one hoop-and-loop fastener 12 provided along the circumferential direction of the tire on the inner surface of the tire, comprising the steps of forming on a building drum 21 a cylindrical first formed body 22 with the at least one hoop-and-loop fastener 12 intermittently attached to the radially inner surface thereof along the circumferential direction of the drum, forming a green tire by expanding the first formed body 22 into a toroidal shape to press the first formed body 22 against the inner peripheral side of an annular second formed body 24, and vulcanizing the green tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Tanno, Yuji Satoh
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Patent number: 7501797Abstract: A battery pack including: a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including an external connection terminal; and a discharge control mechanism which controls discharge of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery when a surface temperature of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery exceeds a discharge control temperature T1 (° C.) represented by T1=T0+QA??(1) where T0 is an ambient temperature in a range of 0 to 60° C., Q is 8 (° C./C), and A is a discharge rate (C) of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in a case where a current required for discharging a nominal capacity of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in one hour is 1C, and is within a range of 4C to 7C.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yuji Satoh, Motoya Kanda, Takashi Kishi
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Publication number: 20070231680Abstract: An overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus according to this invention is an overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a discharge control mechanism which controls discharge of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery when a surface temperature of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery exceeds a discharge control temperature T1 (° C.) represented by T1=T0+QA??(1) where T0 is an ambient temperature (° C.), Q is 8 (° C./C), and A is a discharge rate (C).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Inventors: Yuji Satoh, Motoya Kanda, Takashi Kishi
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Patent number: 7253588Abstract: An overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus according to this invention is an overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a discharge control mechanism which controls discharge of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery when a surface temperature of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery exceeds a discharge control temperature T1 (° C.) represented by T1=T0+QA ??(1) where T0 is an ambient temperature (° C.), Q is 8 (° C./C), and A is a discharge rate (C).Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2003Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yuji Satoh, Motoya Kanda, Takashi Kishi
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Publication number: 20050237686Abstract: An overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus according to this invention is an overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a discharge control mechanism which controls discharge of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery when a surface temperature of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery exceeds a discharge control temperature T1 (° C.) represented by T1=T0+QA ??(1) where T0 is an ambient temperature (° C.), Q is 8 (° C./C), and A is a discharge rate (C).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2003Publication date: October 27, 2005Inventors: Yuji Satoh, Motoya Kanda, Takashi Kishi
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Patent number: 6926992Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a sealing unit including a conductive support plate, wherein the conductive support plate contains at least one kind of a conductive material selected from the group consisting of a metal, an alloy and a composite metallic material, each of the metal, the alloy and the composite metallic material has a modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus) at 25° C. that falls within a range from 1×1011 Pa to 3.27×1011 Pa, and the conductive support plate has an area resistance value RS at 20° C. falling within a range from 0.032 (??·cm2) to 1.24 (??·cm2).Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2002Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshiyuki Isozaki, Yuji Satoh, Motoya Kanda
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Publication number: 20030227275Abstract: The present invention provides a battery pack electrically connected to an AC/DC conversion circuit board comprising an exothermic element, comprising an outer case including a wall portion having an outside that faces the AC/DC conversion circuit board, a combination battery of lithium ion secondary cells provided in the outer case and a battery control circuit board provided in the outer case, between the wall portion and the combination battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: December 11, 2003Inventors: Takashi Kishi, Yuji Satoh, Hideaki Morishima, Motoya Kanda
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Publication number: 20030031919Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a sealing unit including a conductive support plate, wherein the conductive support plate contains at least one kind of a conductive material selected from the group consisting of a metal, an alloy and a composite metallic material, each of the metal, the alloy and the composite metallic material has a modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus) at 25° C. that falls within a range from 1×1011 Pa to 3.27×1011 Pa, and the conductive support plate has an area resistance value RS at 20° C. falling within a range from 0.032 (&mgr;&OHgr;·cm2) to 1.24 (&mgr;&OHgr;·cm2).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2002Publication date: February 13, 2003Inventors: Yoshiyuki Isozaki, Yuji Satoh, Motoya Kanda
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Patent number: 6257965Abstract: A polishing liquid supply apparatus for supplying a polishing liquid to a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a polishing liquid supply system including a polishing liquid tank for storing the polishing liquid; and a polishing liquid supply path for supplying the polishing liquid from the polishing liquid tank to the chemical mechanical polishing apparatus. The polishing liquid supply system is structured so as to shield the polishing liquid therein from external air.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noritaka Kamikubo, Yuji Satoh
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Process for planarizing buried oxide films in trenches by applying sequential diverse CMP treatments
Patent number: 6245642Abstract: The present invention provides a process for manufacturing a semiconductor structure comprising the steps of: (a) forming a first SiN film on a semiconductor substrate; (b) patterning the first SiN film, etching the resulting substrate using the first SiN film as a mask to form a plurality of first trenches and at least one second trench, so as to form a first islands group and at least one second island-like region; (c) depositing a SiO2 film to fill the first and second trenches with the SiO2 film; (d) forming a second SiN film over the resulting surface; (e) polishing the second SiN film and the SiO2 film by a CMP method using a first slurry until the surface of the first SiN film on the second island-like region is exposed; (f) polishing the second SiN film and the SiO2 film by a CMP method using a second slurry until the surface of the first SiN film on the first island-like region is exposed; (g) etching a predetermined amount of the SiO2 film; and (h) removing the second and first SiN films.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2000Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuji Satoh -
Patent number: 5566612Abstract: Disclosed is a mimeographic printing machine formed of a cylindrical printing drum which has an ink-previous area for passing ink from an inner peripheral surface to an outer peripheral surface, and is driven to rotate on the center axis of itself with a stencil paper wrapped around the outer peripheral surface; an ink supply device provided within the printing drum, for supplying the ink to the inner peripheral surface; a clamping device provided on the outer peripheral surface of the printing drum, for clamping on the printing drum a leading edge of the stencil paper wrapped around the outer peripheral surface; and a stencil paper holding device provided on the outer peripheral surface of the printing drum, for holding on the printing drum the leading edge of the stencil paper when the clamping device has released the stencil paper.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 1995Date of Patent: October 22, 1996Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventor: Yuji Satoh
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Patent number: 5404805Abstract: In a paper ejection device for a stencil printing device provided with a lifting member for producing a curvature in each sheet of ejected printing paper as seen in a cross section perpendicular to the direction of paper ejection, the lifting member is allowed to move at least between a first position which is relatively retracted from the paper ejection passage and a second position which relatively protrudes into the paper ejection passage. The movement of the lifting member may be effected according to the size or the kind of the printing paper or depending on whether a sorter is connected to the printer or not. Thus, an appropriate curvature can be given to the ejected printing paper without requiring any manual work by the user. Thus, a satisfactory paper ejecting operation can be ensured at all times without requiring any manual work by the operator of the stencil printing device.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1994Date of Patent: April 11, 1995Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Fujimoto, Shinichi Takahira, Yuji Satoh
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Patent number: 5362286Abstract: An automatic transmission which includes a clutch (6); a clutch actuator (7) for detecting and controlling a position of the clutch; a transmission (1); a transmission actuator (2) for driving the transmission; a vehicle speed detector (22) for detecting a vehicle speed; a throttle opening detector (11) for detecting a throttle opening; an automatic shift unit (30) including a gear shift map (30a, 30b) having a gear shift characteristic which is determined based on the vehicle speed and the throttle opening; a computer unit (30c) for computing an instant gear position of the transmission based on the vehicle speed and the throttle opening according to the gear shift map; a gear position selector (30d) for controlling the transmission actuator based on the instant gear position to upshift or downshift the transmission; a shift prohibit unit (40) for determining whether the instant gear position matches the previous gear position from a memory (40a) for a predetermined times in a predetermined period and, if thType: GrantFiled: April 23, 1993Date of Patent: November 8, 1994Assignee: Zexel CorporationInventors: Yuji Satoh, Hiromi Kono, Hiroyuki Soda, Masuhiro Otsuka
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Patent number: 5281639Abstract: A flame-retardant thermoplastic resin composition is disclosed, comprising (A) a thermoplastic resin, (B) a halogenated bisphenol type epoxy resin flame-retardant, and (C) an organic phosphite compound. The composition exhibits improved thermal stability to provide molded articles having improved mechanical strength and appearance.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1991Date of Patent: January 25, 1994Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yuji Satoh, Katsuji Takahashi
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Patent number: 5278215Abstract: A flame-retardant synthetic resin composition containing (A) a synthetic resin and (B) a compound having a 3-halogeno-2-hydroxypropyl group, which shows excellent thermal stability during molding and having good light resistance, is disclosed. A flame retardant comprising a compound having a 3-halogeno-2-hydroxypropyl group is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1992Date of Patent: January 11, 1994Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Katsuji Takahashi, Yuji Satoh
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Patent number: 5167311Abstract: A transmission control system with gear shift failure detection includes a transmission (1), each gear of which is equipped with a synchromesh mechanism (1e); an actuator unit (2) consisting of a shift actuator (2a) for making a gear shift in a shift direction and a select actuator (2b) for making a gear shift in a select direction; a control unit (4) for calculating a target position signal (M) from an amount of pressdown of an accelerator pedal, a vehicle speed, and a set position of a gear selector to control not only the actuator unit so that a gear is set within a target range but also a clutch so that connection or disconnection is made according to an operation of the transmission; a position detector (2f, 2g) provided in each of the shift and select actuators for detecting a position of a piston rod (2c, 2d); a servo cylinder (2a, 2b) in response to a signal from the position detector to position the piston rod at a given position of each gear; a speed detector (4a) in response to a signal from the poType: GrantFiled: September 24, 1990Date of Patent: December 1, 1992Assignee: Zexel CorporationInventors: Yuji Satoh, Hiromi Kono, Masuhiro Otsuka, Hiroyuki Soda
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Patent number: 5146507Abstract: An audio reproduction characteristic control device reproduces various sound fields by producing reflected sounds of a reproduced source signal. Frequency response characteristic correction parameters for correcting a frequency response characteristic which varies with a reproduction environment to a standard characteristic or other predetermined characteristic is prestored in a memory and one of these parameters is read out in accordance with a designated reproduction environment and, if necessary, additionally with a designated sound field whereby the frequency response characteristic is corrected. In another aspect of the invention, reflected sound signals for front left, front right, rear left and rear right positions of a designated sound field are generated by operating input source signals with reflected sound characteristic parameters and these reflected sound signals are added to the source signals to be propagated from four directions in a space inside of an automobile.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1990Date of Patent: September 8, 1992Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Yuji Satoh, Hiromi Sotome, Yoshiki Fukazawa, Kiyoto Kuroiwa