Patents by Inventor Yukio Honda

Yukio Honda 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: 6583531
    Abstract: A motor has a stator having a plurality of teeth for receiving windings, a yoke connected to each tooth, and a rotor having permanent magnets facing the stator. An inner wall surface of each tooth faces the rotor with an air-gap therebetween. Each tooth is separated from an adjacent tooth by a slot-open-section extending between a tailing end of the tooth and a leading end of the adjacent tooth. The inner wall surface of each tooth has an arc extending from a center of the slot-open-section toward the tailing end. The air-gap at the tailing end of each tooth is greater than the air-gap at the leading end of each tooth. The inner wall surface of each tooth includes a straight-line tailing section extending from the center of the slot-open-section toward the leading end. The straight-line tailing section extends tangentially from the arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinari Asano, Takao Sawahata, Yukio Honda, Takahisa Kurahayashi, Toshiyuki Tamamura, Hiroyuki Kiriyama
  • Publication number: 20030099868
    Abstract: There is provided a perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic layer having a face-centered cubic structure, an antiferromagnetic layer provided on the non-magnetic layer, a soft magnetic underlayer provided on the antiferromagnetic layer, and a perpendicular recording layer provided on the soft magnetic underlayer, which magnetic recording medium makes it possible to realize a recording density not less than 5.0 Gb/in2 and makes the error rate thereof low while suppressing the spike noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Kiwamu Tanahashi, Atsushi Kikugawa, Noboru Shimizu, Yukio Honda, Yuzuru Hosoe
  • Patent number: 6562453
    Abstract: To provide an improved perpendicular magnetic recording medium suitable for high density magnetic recording. In a perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising a perpendicular magnetic layer and protective layer provided on a non-magnetic substrate via a soft magnetic backlayer, a polycrystalline MgO film is inserted between the soft magnetic backlayer and perpendicular magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Futamoto, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Yukio Honda, Atsushi Kikukawa
  • Patent number: 6541125
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer provided on the substrate, a Co alloy magnetic film formed through the underlayer, and a protective film for protecting the magnetic film, wherein the underlayer has a two-layer structure of an lower underlayer contacted with the substrate and an upper underlayer contacted with the Co alloy magnetic film, the upper underlayer is a Co—Crx—My alloy film having a hexagonal close-packed structure, where 25 atomic %≦x+y≦50 atomic %, 0.5 atomic %≦y, nonmagnetic element M is one selected from the group of elements B, Si, Ge, C, Al, P, Ti, V, Nb, Zr, Hf, Mn, Rh, Os, Ir, Re, Pd, Pt, Mo, Ta, W, Ag and Au. Thereby the medium can be increased in its coercive force and can be improved in its thermal stability characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Futamoto, Nobuyuki Inaba, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Teruaki Takeuchi, Yukio Honda
  • Publication number: 20030053235
    Abstract: An object is to automatically detect the positions of spike noise, create a distribution diagram, and perform pass/fail decisions. The cross-correlation function of the signal waveform from a magnetic head 1 and a reference waveform simulating spike noise is used in extraction of spike noise. The number of peaks in the cross-correlation function exceeding a threshold value is counted, and quantitative evaluation of spike noise is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Atsushi Kikugawa, Kiwamu Tanahashi, Yukio Honda, Masaaki Futamoto, Yoshiyuki Hirayama
  • Patent number: 6534164
    Abstract: Magnetic recording medium includes at least two layers having different magnetic anisotropy constants formed on a substrate and the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the second magnetic film of those magnetic films, far from the substrate surface, made equal to or larger than that of the first magnetic film near to the substrate surface, thus improving the magnetic isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Futamoto, Nobuyuki Inaba, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Yukio Honda, Kazuetsu Yoshida, Kenya Ito
  • Publication number: 20030022025
    Abstract: Magnetic recording medium includes at least two layers having different magnetic anisotropy constants formed on a substrate and the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the second magnetic film of those magnetic films, far from the substrate surface, made equal to or larger than that of the first magnetic film near to the substrate surface, thus improving the magnetic isolation
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Masaaki Futamoto, Nobuyuki Inaba, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Yukio Honda, Kazuetsu Yoshida, Kenya Ito
  • Publication number: 20020197514
    Abstract: Provided are a double-layer perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a high medium S/N at an areal recording density of 50 Gbits or more per square inch, and a magnetic storage apparatus having excellent reliability with a low error rate. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium is formed by sequentially laminating a domain control layer, an amorphous soft magnetic underlayer, an intermediate layer, and a perpendicular recording layer on a substrate. The domain control layer is a triple-layer film formed by laminating a first polycrystalline soft magnetic layer, a disordered antiferromagnetic layer, and a second polycrystalline soft magnetic layer from a substrate side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiwamu Tanahashi, Atsushi Kikugawa, Noboru Shimizu, Yukio Honda, Yuzuru Hosoe
  • Publication number: 20020160233
    Abstract: Magnetic recording medium includes at least two layers having different magnetic anisotropy constants formed on a substrate and the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the second magnetic film of those magnetic films, far from the substrate surface, made equal to or larger than that of the first magnetic film near to the substrate surface, thus improving the magnetic isolation
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Masaaki Futamoto, Nobuyuki Inaba, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Yukio Honda, Kazuetsu Yoshida, Kenya Ito
  • Patent number: 6447936
    Abstract: Magnetic recording medium includes at least two layers having different magnetic anisotropy constants formed on a substrate and the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the second magnetic film of those magnetic films, far from the substrate surface, made equal to or larger than that of the first magnetic film near to the substrate surface, thus improving the magnetic isolation of the first magnetic film near to the substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Futamoto, Nobuyuki Inaba, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Yukio Honda, Kazuetsu Yoshida, Kenya Ito
  • Publication number: 20020122958
    Abstract: Disclosed are a double-layer perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a high medium S/N at a recording density of 50 Gbit or more per square inch and a magnetic storage apparatus with high reliability, which shows a low error rate. In the perpendicular magnetic recording medium in which a pre-coating layer, a soft magnetic underlayer, an intermediate layer, and a perpendicular recording layer are sequentially formed on a substrate, the soft magnetic underlayer contains Fe, Ta and C as main components, a Ta concentration is set to a range from 8 at % to 15 at %, and a ratio of a C concentration to the Ta concentration (C concentration/Ta concentration) is set to a range from 0.5 to 0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiwamu Tanahashi, Atsushi Kikugawa, Yukio Honda
  • Publication number: 20020118266
    Abstract: To provide a platen structure and printer using the same that a platen in length comprises rigid members and a plurality of support parts of a recording medium are disposed in a perpendicular direction to the platen in length and constitute the platen together with relevant rigid members, thereby getting a warp due to an integrated molding of the platen or any aging change under influence of external environments free from occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Yukio Honda, Akio Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20020080520
    Abstract: Magnetic recording medium includes at least two layers having different magnetic anisotropy constants formed on a substrate and the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the second magnetic film of those magnetic films, far from the substrate surface, made equal to or larger than that of the first magnetic film near to the substrate surface, thus improving the magnetic isolation
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Futamoto, Nobuyuki Inaba, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Yukio Honda, Kazuetsu Yoshida, Kenya Ito
  • Publication number: 20020070619
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor comprising a stator core having plural teeth and slots provided among the teeth, a winding applied on the teeth by a single turn, and a rotor incorporating plural permanent magnets, which is rotated and driven by utilizing reluctance torque in addition to magnet torque. By turning thus divided teeth by a single winding, the occupation rate of the winding in the slots can be raised. As a result, a motor of small size and large output can be presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Nishiyama, Tomokazu Nakamura, Yasufumi Ikkai, Yukio Honda, Hiroshi Murakami, Shinichiro Kawano
  • Patent number: 6403203
    Abstract: Magnetic recording medium includes at least two layers having different magnetic anisotropy constants formed on a substrate and the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the second magnetic film of those magnetic films, far from the substrate surface, made equal to or larger than that of the first magnetic film near to the substrate surface, thus improving the magnetic isolation of the first magnetic film near to the substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Futamoto, Nobuyuki Inaba, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Yukio Honda, Kazuetsu Yoshida, Kenya Ito
  • Publication number: 20020068199
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer provided on the substrate, a Co alloy magnetic film formed through the underlayer, and a protective film for protecting the magnetic film, wherein the underlayer has a two-layer structure of an lower underlayer contacted with the substrate and an upper underlayer contacted with the Co alloy magnetic film, the upper underlayer is a Co—Crx—My alloy film having a hexagonal close-packed structure, where 25 atomic %≦x+y≦50 atomic %, 0.5 atomic % y, nonmagnetic element M is one selected from the group of elements B, Si, Ge, C, Al, P, Ti, V, Nb, Zr, Hf, Mn, Rh, Os, Ir, Re, Pd, Pt, Mo, Ta, W, Ag and Au. Thereby the medium can be increased in its coercive force and can be improved in its thermal stability characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Futamoto, Nobuyuki Inaba, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Teruaki Takeuchi, Yukio Honda
  • Publication number: 20020055020
    Abstract: Magnetic recording medium includes at least two layers having different magnetic anisotropy constants formed on a substrate and the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the second magnetic film of those magnetic films, far from the substrate surface, made equal to or larger than that of the first magnetic film near to the substrate surface, thus improving the magnetic isolation
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Masaaki Futamoto, Nobuyuki Inaba, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Yukio Honda, Kazuetsu Yoshida, Kenya Ito
  • Patent number: 6383667
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer provided on the substrate, a Co alloy magnetic film formed through the underlayer, and a protective film for protecting the magnetic film, wherein the underlayer has a two-layer structure of an lower underlayer contacted with the substrate and an upper underlayer contacted with the Co alloy magnetic film, the upper underlayer is a Co—Crx—My alloy film having a hexagonal close-packed structure, where 25 atomic %≦x+y≦50 atomic %, 0.5 atomic %≦y, nonmagnetic element M is one selected from the group of elements B, Si, Ge, C, Al, P, Ti, V, Nb, Zr, Hf, Mn, Rh, Os, Ir, Re, Pd, Pt, Mo, Ta, W, Ag and Au. Thereby the medium can be increased in its coercive force and can be improved in its thermal stability characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Futamoto, Nobuyuki Inaba, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Teruaki Takeuchi, Yukio Honda
  • Publication number: 20020048693
    Abstract: A double layer perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a high medium S/N ratio at a recording density of 50 Gb/in2 or higher and a magnetic storage apparatus with a lower error rate and excellent reliability are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Kiwamu Tanahashi, Atsushi Kikugawa, Yukio Honda, Masaaki Futamoto, Akira Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6369480
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor comprising a stator core having plural teeth and slots provided among the teeth, a winding applied on the teeth by a single turn, and a rotor incorporating plural permanent magnets, which is rotated and driven by utilizing reluctance torque in addition to magnet torque. By turning thus divided teeth by a single winding, the occupation rate of the winding in the slots can be raised. As a result, a motor of small size and large output can be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Nishiyama, Tomokazu Nakamura, Yasufumi Ikkai, Yukio Honda, Hiroshi Murakami, Shinichiro Kawano