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Hiratsuka, JP

Akira Hiratsuka, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090260908STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A straddle-type vehicle includes an engine, an air intake pipe, a throttle valve being controlled in accordance with an operation amount of an accelerator grip, an engine rotating speed detector or a vehicle speed detector, and an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU increases the opening degree of the throttle valve or maintains the opening degree at a constant value until the engine rotating speed reaches a set rotating speed which is smaller than a prescribed rotating speed, but if the engine rotating speed exceeds the set rotating speed, the ECU reduces the opening degree of the throttle valve irrespective of operation of the accelerator grip.10-22-2009

Akira Hiratsuka, Nagano JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110114429VEHICLE DRUM BRAKE - A vehicle drum brake includes: a first brake shoe; a second brake shoe; a parking brake lever connected with the second brake shoe; a pull unit connected with the parking brake lever; a strut including a curved portion which is curved towards an outer circumferential side of the backing plate, the strut being disposed between a portion of the parking brake lever which lies closer to the portion where the pull means is connected than the portion where the parking brake lever is attached and the first brake shoe; a strut return spring for returning the strut in a non-operating state to its initial position is provided to extend between the strut and the second brake shoe; and an engagement hole formed in the curved portion of the strut for one end portion of the strut return spring to be brought into engagement therewith.05-19-2011

Atsunori Hiratsuka, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090314643Electrophoresis Cassette and Method for Producing the Same - The object of the present invention is to inject smoothly a precursor to be a support and make an excellent support in which a boundary between a separation gel and a concentration gel after the injection is not ill-defined in the cassette which is made by combining two plates made of a synthetic resin, and in order to achieve the object, the present invention provides an electrophoresis cassette made by combining plates made of a synthetic resin which has a cavity for forming a support, wherein the surface of the plate which contacts with the support is covered with a SiOx film, and the SiOx film has a contact angle to water of 30° or less, and preferably 10° or less.12-24-2009

Daisuke Hiratsuka, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110002872FATTY ACID METAL SALT FOR FORMING ULTRAFINE METAL PARTICLES - A fatty acid metal salt used for forming ultrafine metal particles satisfying at least one of that:01-06-2011
20110003924MASTER BATCH, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MOLDING ARTICLES THEREOF - A master batch for use in forming ultrafine metal particles serving as an adsorptive material, a method of producing the same, and a method of molding an article containing ultrafine metal particles by using the master batch. The master batch comprises a thermoplastic resin and a metal organoate contained therein, the metal of the metal organoate being selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, Au, In, Pd, Pt, Fe, Ni, Co, Zn, Nb, Sn, Ru and Rh. Adsorption performance is not expressed by the master batch but is expressed by an article molded by blending the resin with the master batch.01-06-2011
20110028313ADSORPTIVE COMPOSITION AND ADSORPTIVE MOLDED ARTICLE - An adsorptive composition comprising a composition that contains at least one kind of fatty acid metal salt of any one of Ni, Cu or Co and ultrafine metal particles having a plasmon absorption over 300 to 700 nm. The adsorptive composition has an excellent effect of adsorbing both amine-type smelling components and sulfur-containing smelling components.02-03-2011

Hajime Hiratsuka, Naka-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090178460GAS AMOUNT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A gas amount measuring device including a vacuum container, a first pipe, an air release valve being attached to the first pipe, a second pipe, a calibration gas generator being attached to the first pipe, a third pipe, a vacuum gauge, a first valve, a leak valve, a second valve, a turbomolecular pump, a third valve, and a roughing pump being attached to the third pipe in order from a vacuum container side, a first bypass pipe connecting the third pipe between the vacuum container and the first valve to the third pipe between the leak valve and the second valve, a fourth valve being attached to the first bypass pipe, and a second bypass pipe connecting the third pipe between the leak valve and the second valve to the third pipe between the third valve and the roughing pump, a fifth valve being attached to the second bypass pipe.07-16-2009

Haruyuki Hiratsuka, Nagano JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090120684Sealing Board and Method for Producing the Same - There is provided a sealing board (05-14-2009

Hidekazu Hiratsuka, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090117469POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a closest-packed cubic structure of oxygen, the lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a composition represented by the formula (1):05-07-2009
20090239150POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A Ni-containing positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is formed of secondary particles each constituted by aggregated primary particles. In cross sections of the secondary particles, a total cross-sectional area of part of the primary particles at least partially exposed at the surfaces of the secondary particles is at least 40% of a total cross-sectional area of the primary particles constituting the secondary particles.09-24-2009
20100068624NICKEL HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a lithium nickel composite oxide, is produced by baking a nickel hydroxide having a mean primary particle size of 1 to 5 μm and a DBP absorption amount of 10 to 30 mL/100 g and a lithium compound in an oxidizing atmosphere. This lithium nickel composite oxide is excellent in packing characteristics and power characteristics (particularly high-rate characteristics), and useful as a positive electrode active material of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.03-18-2010
20100112447POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material includes a composite oxide containing lithium and metal M other than lithium, and M contains Ni, Mn, and Co. The molar ratio of Ni to the total of Ni, Mn, and Co is from 0.45 to 0.65, and the molar ratio of Mn to the total of Ni, Mn, and Co is from 0.15 to 0.35. The positive electrode active material has a pressed density under a compression of 60 MPa of 3.3 g/cm05-06-2010
20110250499POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, including lithium composite oxide particles containing nickel, manganese and cobalt, the lithium composite oxide particles being a layered compound having a hexagonal crystal structure, and exhibiting a powder X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by using CuKα radiation at 25° C. in which a maximum peak within a range of 2θ=44° to 45° is present at 2θ=44.4° to 45°. Also disclosed is a lithium ion secondary battery including: a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material is the above positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery.10-13-2011

Patent applications by Hidekazu Hiratsuka, Osaka JP

Hiroaki Hiratsuka, Hitachi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080210457Tape carrier for semiconductor device and method for making same - A tape carrier for semiconductor device has a resin tape provided with an opening section for bonding, and a wiring lead formed on the resin tape. The wiring lead has a notched section disposed in the opening section and including a notch width W09-04-2008

Hiroshi Hiratsuka, Gunma JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090061141Monomethine dye compound, optical information recording medium utilizing the compound and process for producing the same - [Problems] To provide a monomethine dye compound that enables formation of a thin film with high refractive index and excellent optical properties through formation of a homogeneous thin film of dye molecule J-association complex by easy means (spin coating technique) and that has high sensitivity and excels in short mark recording capability so as to be suitable for high speed recording and high density recording, and further to provide an optical information recording medium utilizing the monomethine dye compound and a process for producing the same.03-05-2009

Hiroyuki Hiratsuka, Kakuda-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090179928IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes a head unit configured to include line-type recording heads for ejecting ink droplets, a transport mechanism disposed facing the recording head and configured to transport a sheet, a maintain-recovery mechanism disposed downstream from the transport mechanism in a direction in which the sheet is transported and configured to maintain and recover the line type recording heads, and a head drive mechanism configured to move the head unit between a position facing the transport mechanism and a position facing the maintain-recovery mechanism in the direction in which the sheet is transported.07-16-2009

Hitoshi Hiratsuka, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110006797PROBE CARD AND TEST EQUIPMENT - Provided are a probe card including a first area group including a plurality of first areas, each including a plurality of probes for input pad and probes for output pad, the first areas being aligned in L rows by M columns (L, M: natural number); and a second area group including a plurality of second areas, each including a plurality of probes for input pad, the second areas being aligned in (L×N) rows by M columns (N: natural number); and the first area group and the second area group are continuously connected in a column direction according to the chip alignment, such that the first areas and the second areas are aligned in {L+(L×N)} rows by M columns.01-13-2011

Hitoshi Hiratsuka, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090135169Driver for displaying display data and display device using the driver - A driver includes a plurality of output portions; and an output switching control portion. The plurality of output portions is synchronized with a shift pulse signal. The shift pulse signal indicates one specification shift pulse signal among a plurality of specification shift pulse signals. The plurality of specification shift pulse signals indicates a plurality of output numbers which are different from each other based on respective specifications of the plurality of specification shift pulse signals. The one specification shift pulse signal indicates a setting output number as one output number among the plurality of output numbers. The output switching control portion selects a group of output portions corresponding to the setting output number among the plurality of output portions based on the one specification shift pulse signal. The group of output portions loads display data in synchronization with the shift pulse signal, and outputs output grayscale voltages corresponding to the display data to a display portion.05-28-2009
20100194731Display driver including plurality of amplifier circuits receiving delayed control signal and display device - A driver includes a plurality of amplifier circuits which outputs a plurality of gradation voltages to a display portion according to a control signal, a control circuit which outputs the control signal, and a delay portion which sequentially supplies the control signal to amplifier circuits in a first amplifier circuit group, and which sequentially supplies a delayed control signal to amplifier circuits in a second amplifier circuit group other than the first amplifier circuit group, the delayed control signals obtained by delaying the control signal by a certain delay time.08-05-2010

Patent applications by Hitoshi Hiratsuka, Shiga JP

Hitoshi Hiratsuka, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100245399Display device drive circuit - Provided is a display device drive circuit capable of setting an optimum drive performance for each output amplifier without increasing the chip size. The display device drive circuit includes: at least two bias lines having different reference potentials; a selector that selects one of the bias lines based on a grayscale signal; and an output amplifier that is supplied with a reference potential of the one of the bias lines selected by the selector, generates a display signal, and supplies the display signal to a data line.09-30-2010

Ichiro Hiratsuka, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080236386Piston - A piston has a piston body made of a material selected from any one of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, magnesium, and a magnesium alloy. An entire surface or a predetermined portion of the surface of the piston body is covered with a plasma oxide film.10-02-2008

Ichiro Hiratsuka, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100032301ALUMINUM ALLOY MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An aluminum alloy member includes a main body including an aluminum alloy serving as a base material, and an electrolytic oxidation ceramic coating coated at a portion of a surface of the main body and including a most outer layer and an inner layer which is arranged close to the main body relative to the most outer layer, the inner layer in which an aluminum oxide is richer than the most outer layer, the most outer layer in which a volume of a titanium oxide or a total volume of the titanium oxide and a zirconium oxide is richer than the inner surface.02-11-2010

Kazuya Hiratsuka, Chigasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100196761GRANULAR POWDER OF TRANSITION METAL COMPOUND AS RAW MATERIAL FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - To provide a transition metal compound granule serving as a raw material for a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, which has high packing density, large volume capacity density and high safety and which is excellent in durability for charge and discharge cycles.08-05-2010

Kazuyuki Hiratsuka, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100214520Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device (A08-26-2010

Kazuyuki Hiratsuka, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100253646POSITION INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a base plate having a front surface and a rear surface, and a plurality of first electrodes formed on the front surface of the base plate and parallel to each other, where each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first electrode elements arranged in a first direction. The input device also includes a plurality of second electrodes formed on the front surface of the base plate and parallel to each other, where each of the second electrodes includes a plurality of second electrode elements arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. Further, a controller is provided for detection of a conductor approaching the first electrodes and the second electrodes in a thickness direction of the base plate. The controller is configured to detect an access position of the conductor with respect to the first direction and the second direction based on a capacitance change in the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The base plate is formed with a plurality of first wiring elements each connecting the first electrode elements of a corresponding one of the first electrodes. One of the first wiring elements is formed in a first gap flanked by adjacent ones of the first electrode elements and the second electrode elements.10-07-2010

Koh Hiratsuka, Inzai-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090037006Device, medium, data signal, and method for obtaining audio attribute data - There is provided a device having a reading unit that reads TOC data and audio data sets from a compact disk, a conversion unit that transcodes the audio data sets read by the reading unit to generate transcoded audio data sets, and a generation unit that generates a file or file group including the TOC data read by the reading unit and the transcoded audio data sets generated by the conversion unit, the file or file group having order information specifying order of the transcoded audio data sets as originally recorded on the compact disk.02-05-2009

Koji Hiratsuka, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100065774HIGHLY THERMAL CONDUCTIVE COMPOUND - The present invention provides a highly thermal conductive compound which has a high thermal conductivity, has a high consistency and a good coating workableness, and is excellent in thermal stability at a high temperature.03-18-2010

Kouichi Hiratsuka, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090235878COOLING APPARATUS OF V-TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In one embodiment of the present invention, a cooling water path that extends in the direction of a row of cylinders is provided between left and right banks. A communication port that communicates with a discharge port of the water pump is provided at a position on the front side between the left and right banks in the direction of the row of cylinders, and first to third and fourth to sixth introduction ports that introduce cooling water to a water jacket of the left and right banks of the cylinder block from the rear side in the direction of the row of cylinders, are formed in the cooling water path. Also, among first to fourth outlet ports 09-24-2009

Masaru Hiratsuka, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090191456BATTERY PACK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A battery pack has a battery obtained by packing a battery element with a packing member. The battery element is formed by winding or laminating an anode and a cathode through separators. The battery pack includes frame member surrounding the packing member packing the battery element and a coating layer constituted of a curable resin formed on surfaces of the packing member which are surrounded and demarcated by the frame member.07-30-2009
20090315520BATTERY PACK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A battery pack includes one or more cell blocks in which one or more secondary battery cells are connected in series and/or in parallel, and a control section for measuring a voltage of the one or more cell blocks to detect an abnormality of a cell block on the basis of a measurement result. The control section calculates a time differential of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks on the basis of the measured voltage, extracts a first time differential which is maximum and a second time differential which is minimum from the time differentials of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks, and determines that a cell block corresponding to the second time differential is abnormal in a case where a difference between the first time differential and the second time differential is less than a prescribed value.12-24-2009

Patent applications by Masaru Hiratsuka, Kanagawa JP

Masashi Hiratsuka, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090213201IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method including: forming a liquid receiving particle layer on an intermediate transfer member using a liquid receiving particle that is capable of receiving a recording liquid including a recording material; forming an image of the recording material on a surface of the liquid receiving particle layer by applying a liquid droplet of the recording liquid to the liquid receiving particle layer on the basis of image data and holding the recording material on the surface of the liquid receiving particle layer on the intermediate transfer member; applying a transfer auxiliary liquid in at least a portion of a formation range of the image; and transferring the liquid receiving particle layer to which the recording liquid is applied to a transfer receiving member from the intermediate transfer member, such that the image is interposed between the transfer receiving member and the liquid receiving particle layer is provided.08-27-2009
20100066771IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a supply unit that supplies liquid recipient particles to receive liquid; a conveyance unit that conveys the liquid recipient particles supplied by the supply unit; a discharge unit that discharges liquid droplets to the liquid recipient particles conveyed by the conveyance unit; a humidity reducing unit that reduces relative humidity inside or around the supply unit; and a humidity increasing unit, on a downstream side of the supply unit, that increases relative humidity around at least one of the liquid recipient particles conveyed by the conveyance unit and the discharge unit.03-18-2010
20100079511LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid droplet ejecting device including a liquid droplet ejecting head; a liquid storage unit that stores a liquid; a first flow path and a second flow path that connect the liquid droplet ejecting head and the liquid storage unit, the second flow path connecting with the first flow path in the liquid droplet ejecting head; a bypass flow path connected with the first flow path and the second flow path; a liquid feed unit provided between the liquid storage unit and a connecting portion of the bypass flow path and the first flow path, and circulating the liquid in the liquid droplet ejecting head and the liquid storage unit, and a pressure control unit provided at the bypass flow path, and controlling pressure of the liquid flowing through the bypass flow path from the first flow path side to the second flow path side.04-01-2010
20100091076DROPLET DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A droplet discharge apparatus includes a droplet discharge head which discharges droplets; a liquid retention unit which is configured such that a liquid surface of a liquid retained in the liquid retention unit is located below the droplet discharge head, the liquid retention unit including an atmosphere open port; a liquid channel which couples the droplet discharge head and the liquid retention unit; a liquid tank in which the liquid is retained, the liquid tank being sealed; a liquid inflow channel which couples the liquid retention unit and the liquid tank, an inflow port of the liquid inflow channel in the liquid retention unit being located below the atmosphere open port; a liquid sending channel which couples the liquid tank and the droplet discharge head; and a pump which sending the liquid in the liquid tank to the droplet discharge head.04-15-2010

Patent applications by Masashi Hiratsuka, Kanagawa JP

Naomitsu Hiratsuka, Iwaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080307704Coal gasification plant and method for operating the same - It is an object to solve a bypass line corrosion problem effectively, enable prompt supply of a fuel gas into a bypass line in the event of an emergency, and provide an inexpensive coal gasification plant. An integrated coal gasification combined cycle power generation plant includes a coal gasification furnace, a dust remover, a gas refiner, a gas turbine and the like, a main system line connecting therebetween, and a bypass line connecting between the outlet side of the coal gasification furnace in the main system line and a flare stack, wherein a dust remover bypass valve which is disposed in an upstream portion of the bypass line and which opens and closes the bypass line, a treatment gas control valve which is disposed in a downstream portion of the bypass line and which controls the flow rate, and a first inert gas input line which is disposed downstream from the dust remover bypass valve and which supplies the inert gas to the bypass line are provided.12-18-2008

Nobuhiro Hiratsuka, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110262962METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEPTIDES - The present invention provides a method for producing a peptide, comprising culturing a transformant introduced with an expression vector to prepare a culture, and mixing the culture with a carboxy component and an amine component to form the peptide. The expression vector comprises a polynucleotide encoding a protein: (A) having selected deletions in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, (B) having a mutation of one or several amino acid residues in any protein selected from said group (A); (C) having 70% or more amino acid sequence identity to any protein selected from said group (A), (D) encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes under a stringent condition with a polynucleotide consisting of a nucleotide sequence complementary to a polynucleotide encoding any protein selected from said group (A), and (E) encoded by a polynucleotide having 70% or more nucleotide sequence identity to the polynucleotide encoding any protein selected from the group (A).10-27-2011

Satoshi Hiratsuka, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100024629SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENSURING SECURE USE OF MUSIC PLAYING DATA FILES - A system, apparatus, or method extracts a music playing data file from a given musical work resource such as an electronic music score data file, a printed sheet of music and an audio signals of a musical performance, to be utilized for playing music automatically by means of a tone generator device. The extracted music playing data file is encrypted using an encryption key to be stored in a storage device or to be transmitted to an automatic music playing apparatus. The stored or the transmitted music playing data file is decrypted beforehand to be used for automatic music playing. After the decrypted music playing data file has been utilized, the decrypted music playing data file is deleted from the system so that no unencrypted data file remains in the system.02-04-2010

Takahiro Hiratsuka, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110180963METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC CYLINDER HEAD COVER - A method produces a plastic cylinder head cover having an oil control valve holder as an integral part thereof by insert molding. The method includes a step of setting the oil control valve holder in one of a pair of molds that can approach and separate from each other; and a step of clamping the pair of molds and injecting plastic material. In the step of injecting plastic material, the oil control valve holder is set in the one mold with an insert pin being inserted in a hole thereof.07-28-2011

Takashi Hiratsuka, Tokorozawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110200343IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable belt; an image forming station for forming an image on a belt or on a recording material carried on a belt in a region opposing the belt; a first detector, provided in one of upstream and downstream sides of the region with respect to a rotational direction of the belt, for detecting a position of the belt with respect to a widthwise direction; a second detector, provided in the other of upstream and downstream sides of the region with respect to a rotational direction of the belt, for detecting a moving direction in the region; a steering roller, disposed in the one side with respect to the rotational direction, for correcting a position of the belt with respect to the widthwise direction by inclining; a first controller for controlling an inclination of the steering roller on the basis of an output of the first detector; an adjusting roller, provided in the other of the sides with respect to the rotational direction, for adjusting the moving direction in the region; and a second controller for controlling an operation of the adjusting roller on the basis of an output of the second detector.08-18-2011
20110206392IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable belt member; an image forming station for forming an image on the belt member or a recording material carried on the belt member in a region opposing the belt member; first detecting means for detecting a position of the belt member with respect to a widthwise direction of the belt member; a first steering roller for correcting the position of the belt member with respect to the widthwise direction by inclination; first controller for controlling an inclination of first steering roller on the basis of an output of the first detecting means; second detecting means for detecting the position of the belt member; a second steering roller for correcting the position of the belt member with respect to the widthwise direction by inclination; calculating means for calculating such an amount of inclination of the second steering roller that a movement distance of the belt member is not more than a predetermined value in a state that an inclination of first steering roller is set to a predetermined value; and second controller for controlling the inclination of the second steering roller in accordance with an output of the second detecting means with the amount of inclination calculated by the calculating means being a median value.08-25-2011
20110217090IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a rotatable belt member for carrying a toner image transferred from the image bearing member or for carrying a recording material carrying a toner image transferred from the image bearing member; a rotatable supporting roller for stretching the belt member; a steering roller for stretching the belt member and for moving the belt member in a widthwise direction by inclining operation; detecting means for detecting a position of the belt member with respect to the widthwise direction; first control means, responsive to an output of the detecting means, for controlling an amount inclining operation of the steering roller to control a force of moving the belt member in the widthwise direction; and second control means, responsive to an output of the detecting means, for controlling an amount inclining operation of the steering roller to displacing the belt member in the widthwise direction.09-08-2011

Takashige Hiratsuka, Ehime JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090185468PHASE ERROR DETECTION APPARATUS - A phase error detection apparatus capable of performing offset correction of a tracking error signal accurately even when there is a defect or a non-recorded position on an optical disc. There are provided a phase difference detection circuit (07-23-2009

Takato Hiratsuka, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110058128Liquid crystal display apparatus - An E-type polarizing layer is provided between a pair of orthogonally oriented O-type polarizing layers, and alternatively, an O-type polarizing layer and an E-type polarizing layer which are oriented orthogonal to each other are provided. When a liquid crystal layer has a slow axis, the E-type polarizing layer is disposed so that an absorption axis thereof is orthogonal to the slow axis. Therefore, a liquid crystal display device having a wide viewing angle is realized in which a contrast ratio is improved by suppressing a light leakage occurring when observed from an oblique direction.03-10-2011
20110194052DISPLAY DEVICE AND THIN FILM POLARIZER USED FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display device which includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a thin film polarizer which is directly formed on a surface of the second substrate on a side opposite to the first substrate, the thin film polarizer includes a polarization element film and a protection layer which is laminated to the polarization element film, the polarization element film is made of an aligned lyotropic liquid crystal material, and the protection layer has a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the polarization element film in a transmission axis direction. The protection layer may have a thickness smaller than a thickness of polarization element film.08-11-2011

Takato Hiratsuka, Mito JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090153781Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - In a transflective liquid crystal display device including a transmission display portion and a reflection display portion, a dichroic ratio of a polarizing layer contained in a reflection region is increased to enhance display performance. The liquid crystal display device includes: the transmission display portion and the reflection display portion which are formed for each pixel; a reflective layer formed in the reflection display portion; a first substrate having a principal surface opposed to a liquid crystal layer; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate via the liquid crystal layer; and a polarizing layer formed above the reflective layer via an underlying layer thereof on the principal surface of the first substrate. The polarizing layer is made of chromonic liquid crystalline molecules, and an interface between the polarizing layer and the underlying layer has one of a siloxane structure and a silazane structure.06-18-2009
20100002173Liquid Crystal Display Device and Manufacturing Method for Same - An object of the present invention is to increase the dichroic ratio of the built-in polarizing layer in reflective regions so that the display performance improves in a semi-transmission type liquid crystal display device having a transmissive display portion and a reflective display portion. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates which face each other with a liquid crystal layer in between, where a transmissive region and a reflective region are formed in each pixel on the above described first substrate, as well as: a reflective layer formed in the above described reflective region on the above described first substrate; a polarizing layer formed on the above described first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side of the above described reflective layer from chromonic liquid crystal molecules; a pixel electrode formed on the above described first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side of the above described reflective layer and electrically connected to a source electrode of a thin film transistor; and a protective layer formed in the reflective region between the above described polarizing layer and the above described pixel electrode which makes contact with the above described polarizing layer.01-07-2010
20100259708POLARIZATION ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a liquid crystal cell (10-14-2010
20110007243LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel including: a first substrate on which a plurality of drain lines and a plurality of gate lines are formed, the plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of drain lines; a second substrate which is arranged opposite to the first substrate via a liquid crystal; and an optical anisotropic film formed on a side of one of the first substrate and the second substrate, the side not being in contact with the liquid crystal; in which a region surrounded by the plurality of drain lines and the plurality of gate lines serves as a pixel region, in which the optical anisotropic film is formed of molecules which chemically bond to one of the first substrate and the second substrate in an aligned state.01-13-2011

Patent applications by Takato Hiratsuka, Mito JP

Tooru Hiratsuka, Ube JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090159003DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING ORGANIC METAL COMPOUND - A supplying device has two columnar containers 06-25-2009

Toru Hiratsuka, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110039292BIOASSAY FOR YOKUKANSAN - Disclosed is a bioassay system in an in-vitro test that enables higher quality guarantee of yokukansan. A bioassay for yokukansan comprises the steps of culturing cells in a culture medium with serum, adding yokukansan to the cells in a serum-free medium, applying ER stress to the cells to induce cell death, and determining a pharmacological activity value of yokukansan from cell viability in the cells.02-17-2011

Yoshiaki Hiratsuka, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080225477Electronic device and housing - The invention provides an electronic device that is environment-friendly and capable of achieving satisfactory noise prevention effect at low cost, and a housing implementing such electronic device. The housing has an electronic circuit disposed therein, and includes a component exposure section in which part of a conductive component disposed in the housing is exposed outward, a plate section made of a conductive material having a predetermined thickness, and spreading at a distance from the component exposure section, and a bridge section with the overall thickness thereof larger than the thickness of the plate section, extending along the component exposure section and electrically connecting the plate section and the conductive component.09-18-2008
20090033344Resistance measurement method and component inspection process - In a first step, two conductive plates such as two zinc galvanized (electroplated) steel plates with films formed on surfaces thereof, are prepared; a flexible conductive material is held between these two zinc galvanized (electroplated) steel plates. A spacer is also held between the two zinc galvanized (electroplated) steel plates to regulate the space therebetween and a measurement object such as a conductive cloth is held between the flexible conductive material and at least one of the zinc galvanized (electroplated) steel plates. In a second step, the electric resistance between the two zinc galvanized (electroplated) steel plates is measured while the flexible conductive material is held together with the measurement object between the two conductive plates.02-05-2009
20090061686Connector and information processing apparatus - The present invention provides a connector in which countermeasures against external noise and radiation noise are taken, and an information processing apparatus having such a connector, which suppresses both the external noise and radiation noise. The connector is disposed at an opening formed in an outer face of an information processing apparatus such that the connector does not project from the outer face, a shield cable being connected to the connector from the opening. An end face on the side of the opening is made of an insulative material. The connector includes a signal terminal which connects a signal line of the shield cable and a processing circuit of the information processing apparatus with each other and which is provided at a location other than the end face, and a shield conductor which connects a shield of the shield cable and a ground of the information processing apparatus with each other and which is provided at a location other than the end face.03-05-2009
20090147494ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SLOT - An electronic device includes a casing having an opening, a cover that covers the opening, a slot connector provided on a board arranged in the casing, and a conducting member that is provided at the slot and that electrically connects the printed circuit board to the cover.06-11-2009
20100079961PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A printed circuit board includes an insulation layer and a wiring layer with a wiring pattern, which are alternately laminated; and a noise reduction element on a wiring between a connector and a wiring pattern in any one of wiring layers, wherein, when viewed from a surface of the printed circuit board, the wiring pattern includes an area overlapping with the wiring between the connector and the noise reduction element and does not overlap with a wiring pattern that does not include the area.04-01-2010

Patent applications by Yoshiaki Hiratsuka, Kawasaki JP

Yuta Hiratsuka, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100053269LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle formation member having a liquid repellent layer disposed on a droplet ejection face of a nozzle substrate in which one or more nozzle orifices is formed to eject droplets. The liquid repellent layer includes a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer. The first sub-layer contains a higher proportion of low-molecular-weight molecules than the second sub-layer. The second sub-layer contains a higher proportion of high-molecular-weight molecules than the first sub-layer. Both the first sub-layer and the second sub-layer are exposed on a surface of the nozzle formation member.03-04-2010