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Hiroshi Fukuda

Hiroshi Fukuda, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100326976POLYMER HEATING ELEMENT - An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer resistor capable of being formed thin and exhibiting low resistance, thereby providing a polymer heating element in which the flexibility and usability and reliability of a planar heating element at the time of attachment to an appliance are improved while reducing the cost.12-30-2010

Hiroshi Fukuda, London GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080196502INERTIAL SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A weight of an inertial sensor if formed from a plurality of divided weights, and the divided weights are connected to each other by elastically deformable beams. A movable range and a mass of each of the divided weights and a rigidity of each of the beams are adjusted and a plurality of deformation modes having different sensitivity ranges with respect to the acceleration are used in combination. By this means, it is possible to improve a detecting sensitivity of an acceleration and widen an acceleration response range.08-21-2008
20080308790Organic Siloxane Film, Semiconductor Device Using the Same, Flat Panel Display Device, and Raw Material Liquid - Disclosed is materials design for prolonging the duration of the low relative dielectric constant of an organic siloxane film having a low relative dielectric constant. Specifically, in an organic siloxane film having a relative dielectric constant of not more than 2.1, the elemental ratio of carbon to silicon in the film is set to not less than 0.10 and not more than 0.55.12-18-2008
20090301199ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DEVICE - The receive sensitivity of an ultrasound array transducer structured with a diaphragm electro-acoustic transducer (12-10-2009
20090301200ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE - An ultrasonic transducer (12-10-2009
20100037691INERTIAL SENSOR - One inertial sensor detects an acceleration in a driving direction as well as an angular rate about one axis and an acceleration in a detecting direction at the same time. A driving-direction acceleration detecting unit is provided to members vibrating in mass members on the left and right via an elastic body. In this manner, when an acceleration is applied in the driving direction, the mass members on the left and right normally vibrated with a same amplitude and in opposite phases have displacement amounts in a same phase, and the driving-direction acceleration detecting unit detects the displacement amounts in the same phase as a capacitance change, thereby detecting the acceleration in the driving direction.02-18-2010
20120291546INERTIAL SENSOR - One inertial sensor detects an acceleration in a driving direction as well as an angular rate about one axis and an acceleration in a detecting direction at the same time. A driving-direction acceleration detecting unit is provided to members vibrating in mass members on the left and right via an elastic body. In this manner, when an acceleration is applied in the driving direction, the mass members on the left and right normally vibrated with a same amplitude and in opposite phases have displacement amounts in a same phase, and the driving-direction acceleration detecting unit detects the displacement amounts in the same phase as a capacitance change, thereby detecting the acceleration in the driving direction.11-22-2012

Patent applications by Hiroshi Fukuda, London GB

Hiroshi Fukuda, Odawara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080259563Disk array apparatus - In a disk array apparatus, by taking note of a first sound of a specific frequency which is a noise element of original sounds generated from a fan, a second sound whose phase is inverted to that of the first sound is generated by a structure of a cooling air flow path passing through the fan, and the second sound is synthesized with the first sound on the cooling air flow path, thereby reducing the noise. For example, an exhaust duct is located on a fan unit in an upper part of the apparatus, two flow paths extending to an exhaust port are formed in an internal structure of the exhaust duct, and the two flow paths are designed so that the difference in the flow path length therebetween becomes equivalent to half wavelength of the specific frequency.10-23-2008
20090091883Disk array apparatus - A disk array apparatus including a rack-shaped basic frame, and a plurality of disk boxes that can be inserted into and pulled out of the basic frame depth-wise. Each disk box has: disk drive connectors for connecting a plurality of disk drives arranged in a matrix on a platter substrate, which is the bottom face of the disk box, roughly parallel to the depth direction of the basic frame; and a cooling module for cooling the disk drives. The disk box is a hermetically sealed structure.04-09-2009
20090097205ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT SYSTEM - In a space of a data center or the like where many disk array apparatuses and electronic equipment systems are arranged, it is an object of the present invention to reduce the energy required for cooling the apparatus itself and cooling the space. In electronic equipment having heat generating elements such as a disk array apparatus or CPU, low-temperature waste heat exhausted from the equipment is heated through a vapor compression cycle once and then recovered as cold water through an absorption refrigeration cycle. In the space of a data center or the like where many disk array apparatuses and electronic equipment systems are arranged, this can reduce the energy required for cooling the apparatus itself and cooling the space, drastically improve the processing speed and reliability of the apparatus/system and realize capacity and speed enhancements.04-16-2009
20090268391DISK ARRAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a disk array device or an electronic device having an enhanced cooling performance with lower noises. The disk array device has doors in the front side and in the rear side of the device, each of the doors is formed with outside openings which are louver-like or bend-like, the louver- or bend-like openings in the doors being directed in directions which are opposite to each other between the door on the suction side and the door on the exhaust side.10-29-2009
20100027216Cooling Systems and Electronic Apparatus - Temperature variation among electronic apparatuses installed in the data center is reduced, enhancement in reliability of the electronic apparatuses, and increase in service life are achieved, and efficient cooling of an electronic apparatus group is realized. Further, an electronic apparatus with low noise is provided. A front cover is provided on a front surface of an electronic apparatus, and a back cover is provided on a rear surface of it. A supplied air opening is formed at a lower side of the front cover, and an exhaust air opening is formed at an upper side of the back cover. The supplied air opening is connected to a blowing in opening from below the floor level, and the exhaust air opening is connected to a ceiling air duct. The ceiling air duct is provided with a heat exchanger, and indirect heat exchange is performed with external air.02-04-2010
20120155011STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device having a plurality of recording devices in which a decrease in vibrations from the recording devices can be achieved with a small number of parts. A storage device having a plurality of recording devices mounted therein includes a handle for inserting and withdrawing the recording device into and out of the storage device. Two holding members each include a mounting portion where the recording device is mounted and a frame extending from the mounting portion to the handle. Two protrusions are formed to extend inwardly of a region surrounded by the recording device, the handle, and the two frames. A restriction plate is disposed so as to overlap the respective surfaces of the two protrusions; and a viscoelastic body is disposed at the overlapping portion for joining the two protrusions and the restriction plate to one another.06-21-2012

Patent applications by Hiroshi Fukuda, Odawara JP

Hiroshi Fukuda, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090312554Novel Process for the Preparation of Hexacyclic Compounds - This invention relates to novel processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula [1],12-17-2009
20090326225Novel Process for the Preparation of Hexacyclic Compounds - This invention relates to novel processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula [1],12-31-2009

Hiroshi Fukuda, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090256915Radiation image capturing system - A radiation image capturing system includes at least one image capturing apparatus including a radiation detector, at least one image capturing apparatus including a stimulable phosphor panel for generating radiation image information, which is readable by an image reading apparatus, and at least one control device for controlling at least the image capturing apparatus and the image reading apparatus based on image capturing instruction information supplied from an external source. The control device includes a change setting unit for changing settings of the image capturing instruction information depending on whether the image capturing apparatus and the image reading apparatus are usable or not, and a controller for controlling the image capturing apparatus and the image reading apparatus based on the changed settings of the image capturing instruction information.10-15-2009

Hiroshi Fukuda, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090212223RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, PROGRAM, METHOD FOR SUPPLYING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing system includes a plurality of image capturing apparatus having different specifications for capturing a radiation image of a subject, a plurality of processors having specifications corresponding to the specifications of the image capturing apparatus, for controlling the image capturing apparatus and processing radiation image information acquired from the image capturing apparatus, and a supply apparatus for supplying image capturing instruction information for the image capturing apparatus to one of the processors, which is selected depending on the specifications of the image capturing apparatus.08-27-2009
20090218494RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, SORTING APPARATUS FOR SORTING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, PROGRAM AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing system includes an image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject by irradiating the subject with a radiation emitted from a radiation source, a supply apparatus for supplying image capturing instruction information for capturing a plurality of radiation images of the subject, and a sorting apparatus for sorting the supplied image capturing instruction information into a predetermined processing order. The image capturing apparatus is controlled to capture the radiation images of the subject according to the processing order of the image capturing instruction information which has been sorted by the sorting apparatus.09-03-2009
20090218497RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a radiation image capturing system, a radiation image capturing method and a program. The radiation image capturing system includes a plurality of image capturing apparatus of different specifications for capturing a radiation image of a subject, a processor for controlling the image capturing apparatus according to predetermined image capturing conditions, an image capturing condition setting unit for setting the image capturing conditions to be appropriate for an image capturing apparatus selected from among the plurality of image capturing apparatus, and an image capturing condition changer for, when the image capturing apparatus is changed, changing the image capturing conditions to be appropriate for the changed image capturing apparatus. The processor controls the changed image capturing apparatus according to the changed image capturing conditions.09-03-2009
20090218528RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CAPTURING RADIATION IMAGE - A radiation image capturing system includes an image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject by a radiation emitted from a radiation source and applied through the subject, a detecting unit for detecting whether the radiation source is oriented to the image capturing apparatus or not, and a processor for setting an image capturing mode for the radiation image based on a detection result from the detecting unit and controlling a process of capturing the radiation image with the image capturing apparatus in the set image capturing mode.09-03-2009
20090218529RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A radiation image capturing system includes a first image capturing apparatus incorporating a radiation detector for detecting a radiation which has passed through a subject and converting the radiation into radiation image information, a second image capturing apparatus incorporating a stimulable phosphor panel for detecting a radiation which has passed through a subject, converting the radiation into radiation image information, and holding the radiation image information, and a processor for controlling the first image capturing apparatus and the second image capturing apparatus according to image capturing instruction information. The processor includes a priority activator for activating the second image capturing apparatus in preference to the first image capturing apparatus when the processor is activated.09-03-2009
20120220366GAME SYSTEM - Disclosed is a game system which is capable of matching the replay range with the replay fee, even when the replay range is set to a portion of the played range. A game system allows a user to play the game in the predetermined range when an initial fee is collected from the user, and sets the play fee necessary for playing the game in the replay range according to the setting of the replay range. After the game is over in the predetermined range, the replay process is performed for allowing the user to play the game in the replay range, on the condition that the set play fee is collected from the user.08-30-2012

Hiroshi Fukuda, Hino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090094813METHOD OF JOINING MATERIALS - Provided is a method for joining materials which is free from projections accompanying a design restriction as well as loosening and dropout, which enables joining of materials widely ranging from thinner sheets to thicker plates while preventing quality defects such as cracks and deformation from occurring and which can conduct joining with excellent recyclability while maintaining excellent workability and excellent working environment.04-16-2009

Hiroshi Fukuda, Ealing GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080273262Magnetic disk drive, preamplifier for magnetic disk drive, flexible printed cable assembly for magnetic disk drive - Embodiments of the present invention help to improve the cost, mountability, and reliability of a magnetic disk drive that regulates a fly height of a magnetic head slider correspondingly to the operating altitude of the drive by using an air pressure sensor and a heater. According to one embodiment, a preamplifier is a semiconductor chip formed by three-dimensionally laminating thin film circuits on a bulk silicon wafer. An air pressure sensor is integrally formed on the semiconductor chip through a semiconductor process. The air pressure sensor is configured to include an isolating cavity, a diaphragm that deflecting in response to a change in a pressure difference between the isolating cavity and the outside, and lower and upper electrodes and for detecting variation in electrostatic capacitance. The preamplifier including the air pressure sensor integrally formed therein is attached to a flexible printed cable (FPC) to oppose the FPC. A through-hole is provided in a portion opposite the air pressure sensor of the FPC to introduce air pressure in an operating environment into a diaphragm of the air pressure sensor.11-06-2008

Hiroshi Fukuda, Gunma JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120112443STEERING COLUMN SUPPORT APPARATUS - Construction of a steering column support apparatus is achieved that is able to suppress an increase in the height dimension, maintain a function of the steering column 05-10-2012

Hiroshi Fukuda, Makinohara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120279834POWER SOURCE CIRCUIT SHUT OFF DEVICE - A power source circuit shut off device includes a plug having a terminal metal fitting and a housing to which the terminal metal fitting is attached, and a plug attachment section having a second terminal metal fitting and a second housing to which the second terminal metal fitting is attached. The housing has a second opening section at its side face perpendicular to its bottom face at a second housing side, the second opening section being adapted for attaching the terminal metal fitting to the housing. The terminal metal fitting and the second terminal metal fitting are connected to the second housing. The second housing has a closing wall which closes the second opening section in a state that the housing is positioned at the terminal contact position at which the housing is not yet accommodated in the second housing.11-08-2012
20130017697LEVER FITTING-TYPE CONNECTORAANM Furuya; YoshinobuAACI Makinohara-shiAACO JPAAGP Furuya; Yoshinobu Makinohara-shi JPAANM Hasegawa; HirotakaAACI Makinohara-shiAACO JPAAGP Hasegawa; Hirotaka Makinohara-shi JPAANM Fukuda; HiroshiAACI Makinohara-shiAACO JPAAGP Fukuda; Hiroshi Makinohara-shi JP - A lever fitting-type connecter of the present invention has housing having a main body and a pair of projections; a lever having holes into which the projections are inserted, the lever rotated in a state that the projections are inserted into the holes from a non-fitting position before being fitted to another connector to a fitting position fitted to the other connector by rotating around the projection; an engagement receiving portion arranged in the projection so as to sandwich the lever between the main body and the engagement receiving portion; a first overlapping position arranged in the lever and overlapped with the engagement receiving portion at the non-fitting position; a second overlapping position arranged in the lever and overlapped with the engagement receiving portion at the fitting position; and an engaging portion arranged between the first and second overlapping positions and engaged to the engagement receiving portion.01-17-2013

Hiroshi Fukuda, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130068757INDUCTION COOKING DEVICE - In an induction cooking device according to the present invention, a boiling-over detection portion is adapted to perform a heating-output suppression operation, on detecting boiling over, when the capacitances of electrodes have been changed by an amount equal to or more than a predetermined value. Further, the boiling-over detection portion is prevented from performing the heating-output suppression operation, if the boiling-over detection portion detects that the capacitances of the electrodes have been changed by an amount equal to or more than the predetermined value, due to the fact that the heating output of another heating coil in a heating area which is not subjected to boiling-over detection has been changed by an amount equal to or more than a predetermined change width.03-21-2013