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Kawakubo, JP

Akitake Kawakubo, Nara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100018337Rack shaft support device and torsion amount adjustment method for torsion spring used therein - A rack shaft support device includes: a rack shaft support member that slidably supports a rack shaft; a sealing member fixed to an inlet port of a retention hole formed in a housing; an intermediate member that is interposed between the rack shaft support member and the sealing member; a torsion spring that couples the intermediate member so that torque is transmitted to the intermediate member; a torsion amount adjusting member that is attached to the sealing member in such a manner that a position of the torsion amount adjusting member with respect to the sealing member is adjustable and adjusts a torsion amount of the torsion spring; and a cam mechanism that converts a rotation force of the intermediate member induced by untwisting of the torsion spring into a force by which the intermediate member pushes the rack shaft support member.01-28-2010
20100024583Rack shaft support device - A rack shaft support device includes: a rack shaft support member that is accommodated inside a retention hole formed in a housing so as to slide in an axial direction of the retention hole, and slidably supports a rack shaft; a sealing member fixed to an inlet port of the retention hole; an intermediate member that is interposed between the rack shaft support member and the sealing member; a torsion spring that couples the sealing member and the intermediate member; a cam mechanism that converts a rotational force of the intermediate member induced by untwisting of the torsion spring to a force by which the intermediate member pushes the rack shaft support member; an opposing portion that opposes a rear surface of the rack shaft support member; and an annular elastic member that is interposed between the rear surface of the rack shaft support member and the opposing portion.02-04-2010

Atsushi Kawakubo, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090055685Electronic apparatus in which functioning of of a microcomputer is monitored by another microcomputer to detect abnormal operation - In an electronic apparatus, a first microcomputer is monitored by a second microcomputer, which periodically transmits data relating to a main function to the first microcomputer to be processed. The first microcomputer periodically updates a variable value, performs a predetermined calculation operation whose final result should be a specific fixed value, adds that final result to the updated variable value to obtain a sum value, and transmits the sum value and updated variable value concurrently to the second microcomputer. The second microcomputer determines that the first microcomputer is operating abnormally if the difference between the received sum value and variable value is not equal to the specific fixed value.02-26-2009
20090207079Radar sensor for receiving radar wave while judging existence of wave attenuator - A radar sensor receives a radar wave signal through a radome in each of antennas while judging existence of an attenuating thing in a detecting unit. This unit extracts a maximum level channel from receiving channels assigned to the antennas every modulation period, calculates a difference in signal level between the maximum level channel and each receiving channel every modulation period, sets each receiving channel corresponding to large level differences in one measuring period including plural modulation periods as a candidate channel every measuring period, increments a preliminary variable of each candidate channel every measuring period, increases a final variable each time the preliminary variable of at least one receiving channel reaches or exceeds a preliminary value in one measuring period, and judges in response to the final variable reaching a final value that the attenuating thing attenuates the radar wave directed toward the radome.08-20-2009

Atsushi Kawakubo, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100220892DRIVER IMAGING APPARATUS AND DRIVER IMAGING METHOD - An imaging mechanism captures an image of a face of a driver of a vehicle. A first image processor performs image processing on a wide portion of the face of the driver in a first image using a first image captured by the imaging mechanism. A second image processor performs image processing on a part of the face of the driver in a second image captured by the imaging mechanism at a higher exposure than the exposure of the first image, using the second image.09-02-2010

Hiromu Kawakubo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110065961PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE FROM PHOSPHINE OXIDE DERIVATIVE - Disclosed is a process for producing a phosphine derivative from a phosphine oxide derivative, which comprises the following steps: (I) mixing a phosphine oxide derivative represented by formula (1) with a chlorinating agent in a polar organic solvent to cause the reaction between these components; and (II-1) adding a salt of a metal having an ionization tendency equal to or lower than that of aluminum to the reaction mixture and carrying out the reductive reaction in the presence of aluminum or (II-2) subjecting the reaction mixture to electrolytic reduction, thereby producing a phosphine derivative represented by formula (2). Ar03-17-2011

Hiroshi Kawakubo, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120021598METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for fabricating a semiconductor device having a GaN-based semiconductor layer on a first surface of a substrate made of SiC, a pad being provided on the GaN-based layer, includes: forming a first via hole in the substrate by etching, with fluorine based gas, from a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface, the etching being carried out with the GaN-based layer being used as an etch stopper; and forming a second via hole in the GaN-based semiconductor layer, with chlorine based gas, from a bottom surface of the first via hole, the etching being carried out with the pad being used as an etching stopper, the chlorine based gas being an etchant different from the fluorine based gas.01-26-2012

Hiroyuki Kawakubo, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090272107Exhaust Gas Purification Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engine - An exhaust gas control apparatus (11-05-2009

Kazuki Kawakubo, Otsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100006215METHOD OF FORMING LIGHT EMITTER AND MOLDING DIE - The manufacturing efficiency of a light emitter (product) having a lens member and a light emitting device is efficiently improved. With a molding die for forming a light emitter, a frame before the molding and bonding process, with a required number of light-emitting devices mounted thereon, is set on a setting section provided in an upper die. A required amount of transparent liquid resin material is supplied by a dispenser into each of cavities of cavity blocks provided in a lower die in correspondence to the light-emitting devices, respectively. A molding die is closed so as to elastically press the mouths of the cavities onto the light emission surfaces of the light emitting devices, respectively. Thus, the resin in each cavity is compression-molded into the lens member formed in accordance with the shape of the cavity, and simultaneously, the lens members are bonded to the light emission surfaces of the light emitting devices to obtain a light emitter emitter and accordingly a frame after the molding and bonding process.01-14-2010
20100065983METHOD OF COMPRESSION-MOLDING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS - A method of compression-molding light emitting elements is provided, which can efficiently prevent the formation of a resin burr on a frame on which LED chips (light-emitting elements) are mounted. A tape for resin burr prevention is adhered to a surface of the frame, i.e. the surface on which no light-emitting element is mounted, to form a tape-applied frame. The tape-applied frame is supplied and set onto a setting section of an upper die, with the LED chips directed downwards. A required amount of transparent liquid resin material is dripped by a dispenser into a large cavity including small cavities. Then, both the upper and lower dies are clamped with a required clamping pressure, whereby the LED chips are individually immersed in the resin contained in the small cavities inside the large cavity and compression-molded to form a molded frame (light emitters).03-18-2010

Kazuki Kawakubo, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090091048Method of Sealing and Molding an Optical Device With Resin - A top mold capable of holding a substrate and a bottom mold including a cavity having a molding portion corresponding to a geometry of a lens are prepared. Then the substrate with a plurality of chips mounted thereon is fixed to the top mold. Then a translucent resin material is introduced into the cavity and alters to be molten resin. Then the top mold and the bottom mold are closed together to immerse the plurality of chips in the molten resin and also distribute the molten resin in the cavity uniformly. Then the molten resin alters to be a translucent mold product to provide a lens member. Subsequently the top mold and the bottom mold are opened to detach from the bottom mold the substrate bearing the lens member. Then the substrate bearing the lens member is removed from the top mold.04-09-2009

Kazuki Kawakubo, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090114937RESIN-SEALED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - An LED package is formed by separating a sealed body containing a substrate having a plurality of regions into individual bodies. The LED package includes an LED chip mounted on a recessed part in an upper surface of a substrate, a sealing resin to cover an entire surface of the region, a setting pattern provided on a bottom surface of the recessed part to set the LED chip, a wiring pad provided on the bottom surface of the recessed part, a wiring pattern provided on a slanted surface of the recessed part and serving as a light reflection part also, a wire to connect an electrode of the LED chip to the wiring pad, an external terminal provided on a lower surface of the substrate, a connection part to connect the wiring pattern connected to the wiring pad to the external terminal, and a heat radiating pattern provided on a lower surface to radiate a heat generated in the LED chip outside the LED package. The setting pattern is connected to the heat radiating pattern through the connection part.05-07-2009
20090258189OPTICAL ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - There is provided a method of sealing and molding an optical device with resin by employing a die including a top piece, a bottom piece, an intermediate piece, and a mold release film pinched between the bottom and intermediate pieces and thus tensioned as prescribed to cover the bottom piece's cavity, when the bottom piece is heated, and the mold release film expands and thus closely contacts the cavity's entire surface along the cavity's geometry so that the optical device can be sealed in transparent set resin shaped as desired.10-15-2009

Patent applications by Kazuki Kawakubo, Kyoto-Shi JP

Ken Kawakubo, Gunma-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110154839REFRIGERATING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to keep an appropriate high pressure side pressure in a refrigerant circuit while reducing noises of an operation of a blower in a refrigerating apparatus which obtains a critical pressure on a high pressure side. The refrigerating apparatus in which the refrigerant circuit is constituted of a compressor, a gas cooler, reducing means and an evaporator to obtain a supercritical pressure on the high pressure side comprises a blower which air-cools the gas cooler and a control device which controls this blower. This control device controls a revolution speed of the blower based on an outdoor temperature and an evaporation temperature of a refrigerant in the evaporator.06-30-2011
20110154840REFRIGERATING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to keep an appropriate amount of a refrigerant to be circulated through a refrigerant circuit and prevent an overload operation of compression means due to high pressure abnormality in a refrigerating apparatus which obtains a supercritical pressure on a high pressure side. The refrigerating apparatus which obtains the supercritical pressure on the high pressure side comprises a refrigerant amount regulation tank connected to the refrigerant circuit on the high pressure side via a communicating circuit; a communicating circuit which connects the upper part of this tank to a medium pressure region of the refrigerant circuit; a communicating circuit which connects the lower part of the tank to the medium pressure region of the refrigerant circuit; an electromotive expansion valve of the communicating circuit; an electromagnetic valve of the communicating circuit; an electromagnetic valve of the communicating circuit; and control means for controlling these valves to collect a refrigerant circulated through the refrigerant circuit in the tank and discharging the refrigerant to the refrigerant circuit.06-30-2011

Ken Kawakubo, Ora-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100186604REFRIGERATING APPARATUS - An object is to provide a refrigerating apparatus which eliminates a disadvantage that a refrigerant circuit is overloaded and which can safely be operated. The refrigerating apparatus includes a control unit which starts the operation of a refrigerant compressor of the refrigerant circuit in response to an operation signal and which regulates an expansion valve so that the temperature of a refrigerant in a water heat exchanger becomes +80° C. or more and so that the temperature of the refrigerant in an evaporator becomes 0° C. or less. The control unit detects a state of a case where a cold storage amount in an ice cold storage tank of an ice cold storage unit reaches a predetermined amount or more and a state of a case where the control unit judges that a hot water storage tank is full of hot water, after the elapse of a predetermined time from the start of the operation of the compressor, and stops the operation of the compressor when one of the states is satisfied.07-29-2010
20100300135REFRIGERATING APPARATUS - A refrigerating apparatus including a first refrigeration cycle circuit having a first compressor, a first radiator, a supercooler, a first pressure-reducing device and an evaporator that are connected through a refrigerant pipe, a second refrigeration cycle circuit having a second compressor, a second radiator, a second pressure-reducing device and the supercooler that are connected through a refrigerant pipe, a refrigeration unit in which the first compressor and the first radiator are mounted, a showcase in which the first pressure-reducing device and the evaporator are mounted, a supercooling hot water supply device in which the second compressor, the second radiator, the second pressure-reducing device and the supercooler are mounted, and a hot-water stock device having a hot water supply tank that is connected to the second radiator of the supercooling hot water supply device through a second radiator.12-02-2010

Kiyoshi Kawakubo, Kanuma-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100209871DENTAL HANDPIECE WITH PRESSURE REGULATING MECHANISM - The present dental handpiece has a burr sleeve, a head section, an air supply passage for introducing compressed air into the head section for driving the burr sleeve, and an air discharge passage for discharging the compressed air. The air supply passage includes a through hole axially extending through the rear terminal part of the handpiece, and a tubular pressure regulating member and an air supply tube connected in series between the through hole and the head section. The pressure regulating member has an aperture for allowing communication with the air discharge passage, and an annular valve body arranged axially slidably for opening/closing the aperture. When the pressure of compressed air passing through the air supply passage exceeds a predetermined level, the valve body is slid to open the aperture to discharge the compressed air for regulating the pressure of the compressed air to be supplied to the burr sleeve.08-19-2010
20100226132LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The light-emitting device 09-09-2010
20100226133LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The light-emitting device 09-09-2010
20100239997COUPLING WITH BUILT-IN LIGHT SOURCE - A coupling with a built-in light source for use with a handpiece body is disclosed. The coupling has a body-side connecting part to be connected to a handpiece body, a hose-side connecting part to be connected to a hose for delivering fluids, the hose-side connecting part connecting to the proximal end of the body-side connecting part, fluid channels extending through the body-side and hose-side connecting parts for communicating fluid lines in the handpiece body with the hose, and a light source disposed in the body-side or hose-side connecting part. The light source is an LED lighting device including light-emitting means having an LED chip, and a circuit board electrically connected to the light-emitting means for controlling the voltage supplied to the LED chip. The circuit board is placed in the body-side or hose-side connecting part.09-23-2010

Mamoru Kawakubo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100148596MOTOR, PUMP, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MOTOR - An electric motor in which the cost of parts and the cost of processing are reduced by installing a fan cover, a capacitor installation box, and a foot plate on a molded stator without addition of installation parts. In the electric motor (06-17-2010
20100264757MOTOR STATOR, MOTOR, PUMP, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MOTOR - An objective is to provide a motor stator that may achieve: a reduction in parts costs by shaping coil ends so that length thereof is reduced, thereby reducing the amount of use of copper, and minimizing the amount of use of binding strings for securing the coil ends in place; a reduction in manufacturing process costs by a structure which allows a protector and a wire lead outlet part to be easily assembled; and then an improvement in quality of a stator by firmly holding the coil ends and the protector. The motor stator may include a stator core 10-21-2010
20100320848MOTOR, PUMP, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MOTOR - An object is to provide a motor that is designed to reduce the parts costs and the processing costs, without additional parts for fixing, by incorporating a fan cover, a condenser assembly box, and a foot plate into a molded stator. A motor 12-23-2010
20110083828WATER CIRCULATING PUMP, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND HEAT PUMP APPARATUS - A highly efficient, long-life water circulating pump with reduced whirling of a rotor part of the pump is provided. At least one of a gap between an end portion of a shaft 04-14-2011
20120025746MOTOR, ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOTOR - In a motor driven by a drive circuit such as an inverter, there is a problem that electric current flowing through a bearing causes electric corrosion, which impairs the durability of the bearing. A motor of the invention includes: a stator in which a winding is applied through an insulating part to a stator core formed by laminating a predetermined number of electromagnetic steel plates which have been punched into a predetermined shape; a rotor assembly in which a rotor and bearings and formed by rolling bearings are fitted to a shaft; a printed wiring board which is arranged at an end part of the stator in an axial direction and to which a drive circuit is mounted; a bracket imposed to at least the end part of the stator in the axial direction to which the printed wiring board is arranged; and a conductive sheet provided between the printed wiring board and the bracket.02-02-2012

Patent applications by Mamoru Kawakubo, Tokyo JP

Masaaki Kawakubo, Oobu-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090090579Silencer for refrigeration cycle system - A silencer for a refrigeration cycle system is disclosed. The silencer includes a silencing chamber 04-09-2009

Masaaki Kawakubo, Chita City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110114228Aluminum alloy extruded product exhibiting excellent surface properties, method of manufacturing the same, heat exchanger multi-port tube, and method of manufacturing heat exchanger including the multi-port tube - An aluminum alloy extruded product exhibiting excellent surface properties, contains 0.8 to 1.6% of Mn and 0.4 to 0.8% of Si at a ratio of Mn content to Si content (Mn %/Si %) of 0.7 to 2.4, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, the number of intermetallic compounds with a diameter (circle equivalent diameter) of 0.1 to 0.9 μm dispersed in a matrix being 2×1005-19-2011

Masaharu Kawakubo, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080259297Exposure Method and Lithography System - In the case where the previous process (X) and the previous process (Y) are different in step 10-23-2008

Masaharu Kawakubo, Kumagaya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090153817Correction method and exposure apparatus06-18-2009

Osamu Kawakubo, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090310446SIGNAL DETECTING DEVICE AND SIGNAL DETECTING METHOD - A signal detecting device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a near-field light generating section that is provided on the semiconductor substrate and generates near-field light near an interface with the semiconductor substrate; a light source that outputs light having wavelength corresponding to photon energy about a half as large as band-gap energy of a material of the semiconductor substrate; and a current detecting unit that detects a photocurrent generated in the semiconductor substrate when the near-field light is generated.12-17-2009
20100177622OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCING METHOD - An optical disk reproducing device includes: a semiconductor laser for sequentially emitting singular peak light and singular slope light as laser light when supplied with a driving pulse formed in a form of a pulse and formed of a predetermined singular voltage; an objective lens for condensing the laser light onto a recording layer disposed in an optical disk, and converting an angle of divergence of return light returned from the recording layer; a detection signal generating section configured to detect respective light intensities in each of wavelength bands in the return light, and respectively generate a plurality of detection signals according to the respective light intensities; and a reproduction processing section configured to reproduce information recorded on the optical disk on a basis of the plurality of detection signals.07-15-2010

Satoru Kawakubo, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090070855INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND AUTHENTICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a user information managing part that manages registered user information, an authentication part that performs user authentication using the registered user information managed by the user information managing part, an external authentication part that controls an external computer to perform authentication on user information input via an input interface and acquires authenticated user information from the computer when the input user information is successfully authenticated by the computer, and a registration part that registers the authenticated user information acquired by the external authentication part in the user information managing part as the registered user information.03-12-2009
20090070868INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AUTHENTICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processor is disclosed that includes an authentication part configured to authenticate a user based on predetermined information; an information obtaining part configured to obtain first information to be used to authenticate the user from an external device; and an authentication control part configured to cause the authentication part to authenticate the user by inputting information based on the first information to the authentication part as the predetermined information. The information obtaining part is configured to obtain the first information using a program module whose correlation with the information obtaining part is recorded in a recording medium.03-12-2009
20100067035IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a unit that receives application information having function identification information and user identification information from an information processing apparatus and records the received application information in an application information management unit; a unit that acquires from the application information management unit a list of the application information related to the user identification information of an operator of the image forming apparatus and causes the acquired list of the application information to be displayed on a display unit; a unit that receives from the information processing apparatus setting information for the function related to the function identification information included in at least the one application information selected from the list; and a unit that executes the function related to the function identification information based on the setting information.03-18-2010

Satoshi Kawakubo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110274937LEAD-FREE SOLDER ALLOY, FATIGUE RESISTANT SOLDERING MATERIALS CONTAINING THE SOLDER ALLOY, AND JOINED PRODUCTS USING THE SOLDERING MATERIALS - [PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED] To provide a low-silver lead-free solder alloy having an excellent wettability and being excellent in heat-fatigue resistance, and a solder-paste soldering material and resin-flux cored soldering material being excellent in fatigue resistance, and a joined product by using the soldering material.11-10-2011

Shinsuke Kawakubo, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080308082SECONDARY AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A secondary air supplying system of an internal combustion engine includes secondary air valve chambers to control the supply of secondary air. The secondary air valve chambers are formed in a cylinder-head cover that covers a cylinder head from above. In such a secondary air supplying system, a cam shaft and a rocker-arm shaft are offset fi-om a cylinder axis L and are disposed at respective sides of the cylinder axis L from each other In addition, the secondary air valve chambers are formed at the rocker-arm-shaft side of the cylinder axis L. With this configuration, it is possible for the secondary air valve chambers formed in the cylinder-head cover to be disposed as close as possible to a cylinder head, and the internal combustion engine can be made more compact in size.12-18-2008
20110061624IGNITION DEVICE ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ignition device attachment structure for an internal combustion engine includes an ignition plug tube inserted between a cylinder head cover and an ignition device insertion hole formed in a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The ignition plug tube bulges from an upper end of the ignition plug tube to an intermediate portion of the ignition plug tube on a lateral surface of the ignition plug tube.03-17-2011
20110065538CHAIN TENSIONER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A chain tensioner includes a base frame secured to each of front and rear banks, a slider plate shiftable in the extending direction of the base frame, and a tensioner provided to straddle between the base frame and the slider plate. The slider plate is biased to elastically deform and arcuately bend the tensioner, which applies a tensile force to each of cam chains transmitting the rotation of a crankshaft. In the chain tensioner, upper securing portions are provided in an upper portion of the base frame so as to be secured to each of the front and rear banks in the bending direction of the tensioner. A lower end of the base frame extends to a position facing the inside of the crankcase to provide a lower securing portion which is secured to each of the front and rear banks perpendicularly to the bending direction of the tensioner.03-17-2011

Takashi Kawakubo, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100077858INERTIA SENSOR - A multi-axis accelerometer or a multi-axis angular rate sensor which can be made by an easy process and the size of which can be greatly reduced is provided. An inertia sensor has a substrate, a flat proofmass formed on the substrate and a stacked structure including at least a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film, and an upper electrode, an anchor unit formed in a cutout inside of the proofmass and fixed on the substrate, and a plurality of flat piezoelectric beams each having one end connected to the proofmass, the other end connected to the anchor unit, and a stacked structure formed in a cutout inside of the proofmass and including at least a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film, and an upper electrode, wherein the inertia sensor enables to detect an acceleration applied on the proofmass based on charges generated to the electrodes of the piezoelectric beams.04-01-2010
20110234206ACCELERATION SENSOR - The present embodiments provide an acceleration sensor, which enables highly accurate detection and has an extremely compact size. The acceleration sensor of the present embodiments is provided with a substrate, a anchor portion formed on the substrate, a support beam, which has one end connected to the anchor portion and extends across a space from the substrate, and a proof mass which is connected to the other end of the support beam and held across a space from the substrate. The acceleration sensor is further provided with first and second piezoelectric bending resonators, a comparison unit, and a calculation unit. The first and second piezoelectric bending resonators have one end connected to the anchor portion and the other end connected to the proof mass or the support beam and have a stack of a first electrode, a first piezoelectric film, and a second electrode. The first and second piezoelectric bending resonators extend on the both sides of the support beam and perform bending resonance motion in a direction perpendicular to the piezoelectric film. The comparison unit measures a difference of a resonance frequency between the first and second piezoelectric bending resonators. The calculation unit calculates an acceleration in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the support beam in the substrate surface from the difference of the resonance frequency.09-29-2011

Patent applications by Takashi Kawakubo, Kanagawa JP

Takashi Kawakubo, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080238257MEMS DEVICE AND PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WITH SAID MEMS DEVICE - It is made possible to provide a MEMS device that has a low operation voltage, a large contact pressure force, and a large separation force. A MEMS device includes: a substrate; a supporting unit that is provided on the substrate; a fixed electrode that is provided on the substrate; an actuator that includes a first electrode, a first piezoelectric film formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the first piezoelectric film, one end of the actuator being fixed onto the substrate with the supporting unit, the actuator extending in a direction connecting the supporting unit and the fixed electrode, the first electrode being located to face the fixed electrode; and a stopper unit that is located above a straight line connecting the supporting unit and the fixed electrode, and is located on the substrate so as to face the first electrode.10-02-2008
20090051251PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVEN MEMS APPARATUS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - A piezoelectric driven MEMS apparatus includes: a substrate; a support part provided on the substrate; a fixed electrode provided on the substrate; and an actuator having a first electrode film, a piezoelectric film formed on the first electrode film, and a second electrode film formed on the piezoelectric film, a first end of the actuator being supported by the support part, a second end of the actuator being disposed so as to be opposed to the fixed electrode. The second end of the actuator is divided into a plurality of electrode parts by a plurality of slits which pass through the first electrode film, the piezoelectric film and the second electrode film, at least a part of each electrode part is linked to parts of adjacent electrode parts, and each electrode part is capable of generating bending deformation individually.02-26-2009
20100064804MULTIAXIAL ACCELERATION SENSOR AND ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR - In a angular rate sensor, a weight and a base are connected directly through piezoelectric bimorph detectors and piezoelectric bimorph exciters each having a bent portion. When acceleration is applied to the weight, the weight is displaced so as to deform the piezoelectric bimorph detectors. Due to this deformation, charges generated in the piezoelectric bimorph detectors are detected so as to detect acceleration. If an angular rate is applied to the weight when the weight is vibrated by the piezoelectric bimorph exciters, Coriolis force is generated in the weight so as to deform the piezoelectric bimorph detectors. Due to this deformation, charges generated in the piezoelectric bimorph detectors are detected so as to detect the angular rate.03-18-2010

Patent applications by Takashi Kawakubo, Yokohama-Shi JP

Tetsuya Kawakubo, Saga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090089990METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - A method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising: successively forming a dielectric layer and a solid electrolytic layer on an anode body made of a valve metal; and forming a carbon layer on the solid electrolytic layer, wherein the carbon layer is formed by adhering a carbon solution to the solid electrolytic layer and drying the carbon solution, wherein the carbon solution contains an electrically conductive carbon, a binder resin, and a solvent and the total solid concentration of the electrically conductive carbon and the binder resin in the carbon solution is 36% by weight or more and 52% by weight or less.04-09-2009

Tetsuya Kawakubo, Takeo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110119878METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - Electrode lead terminals in a number not less than three are attached to a cathode foil and an anode foil. The electrode lead terminals include at least one cathode lead terminal attached to the cathode foil and at least one anode lead terminal attached to the anode foil. A winding core having an axis is prepared. The cathode foil and the anode foil are wound around the winding core, being overlapped each other. A cross section of the winding core perpendicular to the axis includes an outer edge having a portion along each side of a polygon with the above number of sides. Thereby, a method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor capable of suppressing displacement of a lead terminal can be provided.05-26-2011
20110222208ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A first cathode lead terminal is arranged closer to one end of a cathode foil than a second cathode lead terminal, and a first anode lead terminal is arranged closer to one end of an anode foil than a second anode lead terminal. In a cross-section perpendicular to an axis, a core has a first length along a first straight line passing through the axis and a second length along a second straight line passing through the axis and orthogonal to the first straight line, and the first length is smaller than the second length. When the cathode and the anode foils are together wound around the core from each one end, the first straight line lies between the first cathode lead terminal and the first anode lead terminal and the second straight line lies between the second cathode lead terminal and the second anode lead terminal.09-15-2011
20110235238ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - At least any of a second cathode lead terminal and a second anode lead terminal has such a construction that a lead portion is shifted with respect to a connection portion orthogonally. A first cathode lead terminal is closer to one end of a cathode foil than the second cathode lead terminal and a first anode lead terminal is closer to one end of an anode foil than the second anode lead terminal. A core has first and second lengths along first and second straight lines passing through a core axis, respectively. The first length is smaller than the second length. The cathode and anode foils are wound together around the core from the one end of each of the cathode and anode foils. The second straight line lies between the first cathode and anode lead terminals and the first straight line lies between the second cathode and anode lead terminals.09-29-2011

Tomohiro Kawakubo, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120120739SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An internal voltage generator when activated, generates an internal voltage to be supplied to an internal circuit. Operating the internal voltage generator consumes a predetermined amount of the power. In response to a control signal from the exterior, an entry circuit inactivates the internal voltage generator. When the internal voltage generator is inactivated, the internal voltage is not generated, thereby reducing the power consumption. By the control signal from the exterior, therefore, a chip can easily enter a low power consumption mode. The internal voltage generator is exemplified by a booster for generating the boost voltage of a word line connected with memory cells, a substrate voltage generator for generating a substrate voltage, or a precharging voltage generator for generating the precharging voltage of bit lines to be connected with the memory cells.05-17-2012

Tomohiro Kawakubo, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090010080SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An internal voltage generator when activated, generates an internal voltage to be supplied to an internal circuit. Operating the internal voltage generator consumes a predetermined amount of the power. In response to a control signal from the exterior, an entry circuit inactivates the internal voltage generator. When the internal voltage generator is inactivated, the internal voltage is not generated, thereby reducing the power consumption. By the control signal from the exterior, therefore, a chip can easily enter a low power consumption mode. The internal voltage generator is exemplified by a booster for generating the boost voltage of a word line connected with memory cells, a substrate voltage generator for generating a substrate voltage, or a precharging voltage generator for generating the precharging voltage of bit lines to be connected with the memory cells.01-08-2009
20090016142SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An internal voltage generator when activated, generates an internal voltage to be supplied to an internal circuit. Operating the internal voltage generator consumes a predetermined amount of the power. In response to a control signal from the exterior, an entry circuit inactivates the internal voltage generator. When the internal voltage generator is inactivated, the internal voltage is not generated, thereby reducing the power consumption. By the control signal from the exterior, therefore, a chip can easily enter a low power consumption mode. The internal voltage generator is exemplified by a booster for generating the boost voltage of a word line connected with memory cells, a substrate voltage generator for generating a substrate voltage, or a precharging voltage generator for generating the precharging voltage of bit lines to be connected with the memory cells.01-15-2009
20090089493SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, OPERATING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, AND SYSTEM - Operation control circuits start a first operation of any of memory cores in response to a first operation command, start a second operation of any of the memory cores in response to a second operation command, and terminate the first operation and continue the second operation in response to a termination command to terminate operations of the plurality of memory cores. For example, the semiconductor memory is mounted on a system together with a controller accessing the semiconductor memory. The termination of the operation in response to the termination command is judged in accordance with an operation state of the memory core. Accordingly, it is possible to terminate the operation of the memory core requiring the termination of operation without specifying the memory core from outside.04-02-2009
20090190418SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, AND MEMORY SYSTEM - A semiconductor memory comprising an address transition detection circuit for detecting a transition of an address and outputs an address detection signal; an address input circuit for inputting an input address based upon the address detection signal; a command judgment circuit for decoding a command signal input and outputting a command judgment signal; a redundancy circuit for making a redundancy judgment based upon a redundancy judgment signal indicating timing of a redundancy judgment, wherein the redundancy circuit includes a redundancy judgment speed-up circuit for controlling an output of the redundancy judgment signal based upon a predetermined command signal.07-30-2009
20100146201MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM - Provided is a memory device in which the decrease of the effective bandwidth caused by the refresh operation of the memory device has been solved, a memory controller of the memory device, and a memory system thereof. A memory device that is operated in response to a command from a memory controller has a plurality of banks that respectively have memory cores including memory cell arrays and decoders and are selected by bank addresses; and a control circuit, which, in response to a background refresh command, causes the memory cores within refresh target banks set by the memory controller to successively execute refresh operation a number of times corresponding to refresh burst length that is set by the memory controller, and, in response to a normal operation command, further causes the memory cores within banks other than the refresh target banks and selected by the bank addresses to execute normal memory operation corresponding to the normal operation command, during the refresh operation executed by the memory cores within the refresh target banks.06-10-2010
20100172200MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM - Provided is a memory device in which the decrease of the effective bandwidth caused by the refresh operation of the memory device has been solved, a memory controller of the memory device, and a memory system thereof. A memory device that is operated in response to a command from a memory controller has a plurality of banks that respectively have memory cores including memory cell arrays and decoders and are selected by bank addresses; and a control circuit, which, in response to a background refresh command, causes the memory cores within refresh target banks set by the memory controller to successively execute refresh operation a number of times corresponding to refresh burst length that is set by the memory controller, and, in response to a normal operation command, further causes the memory cores within banks other than the refresh target banks and selected by the bank addresses to execute normal memory operation corresponding to the normal operation command, during the refresh operation executed by the memory cores within the refresh target banks.07-08-2010
20100302879SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An internal voltage generator when activated, generates an internal voltage to be supplied to an internal circuit. Operating the internal voltage generator consumes a predetermined amount of the power. In response to a control signal from the exterior, an entry circuit inactivates the internal voltage generator. When the internal voltage generator is inactivated, the internal voltage is not generated, thereby reducing the power consumption. By the control signal from the exterior, therefore, a chip can easily enter a low power consumption mode. The internal voltage generator is exemplified by a booster for generating the boost voltage of a word line connected with memory cells, a substrate voltage generator for generating a substrate voltage, or a precharging voltage generator for generating the precharging voltage of bit lines to be connected with the memory cells.12-02-2010

Patent applications by Tomohiro Kawakubo, Kawasaki JP

Tomoyo Kawakubo, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100047227NOVEL ANTICANCER CATHEPSIN FORMULATIONS AND ANTICANCER AGENT FOR USE IN COMBINED ANTICANCER THERAPY - An anticancer cathepsin preparation contains, as the active ingredient, cathepsin E and/or an active fragment consisting of the active site thereof or containing the active site thereof. The anticancer cathepsin preparation inhibits the growth of cancer cells alone and prevents the metastasis thereof without exerting any undesirable effect on normal cells. Moreover, it can induce apoptosis in cancer cells. When used in combination with another anticancer agent, it can potentiate the sensitivity thereof, even to a cancer to which the existing anticancer agent shows no sensitivity. Owing to the sensitivity potentiating effect, the therapeutic effect on cancer can be remarkably enhanced. By potentiating the sensitivity of the anticancer agent, furthermore, the dose of the anticancer agent per se can be decreased and, in its turn, the side effects, etc. of the anticancer agent can be largely reduced.02-25-2010

Yosuke Kawakubo, Odawara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080252277DIGITAL CONTROL SWITCHING POWER-SUPPLY DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - To provide a digital control switching power-supply device capable of suitably achieving fast transient response at the time of a sudden load change. In parallel with normal digital signal processing means that outputs a PWM pulse signal having a desired duty, transient variation detection means composed of a CR filter provided across an output inductor and a window comparator is provided in preparation for a sudden load change. If a sudden decrease in load is detected, a PWM pulse signal having a duty of 0% is forcedly output, and if a sudden increase in load is detected, a PWM pulse signal having a duty of 100% is forcedly output.10-16-2008
20090021227POWER-SUPPLY DEVICE, IC CIRCUIT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SOFT-START CONTROL METHOD - An electric current flowing to an upper side power MOSFET during soft-start is detected according to an on-voltage of the MOSFET and an on-pulse width of a PWM pulse for driving the upper side power MOSFET is forced to be reset in the idle and decided according to a signal generated when the voltage falls below a predetermined specified voltage.01-22-2009

Patent applications by Yosuke Kawakubo, Odawara JP

Yuji Kawakubo, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120133113TRANSFER AND LOCOMOTION APPARATUS - Disclosed is a transfer and locomotion apparatus with excellent functionality, stability, versatility, and user-friendliness such that a person requiring nursing care can transfer between the transfer and locomotion apparatus to a bed and a toilet seat, etc., keeping the orientation of the body. The apparatus has a simple structure, is operable by a single person, imposes no strain on the person's back and lumbar part, etc., and can comfortably be used even if the person has injured-spine and so forth. The apparatus comprises a base part having a driving part, a seat part provided on the base part and which a user can sit from a back portion or a side portion, and a breast pad part standing in a front end side of the seat part and contacting a breast of the user. At least one of the seat part and the breast pad part is held to be able to move forward and backward, and upward and downward with respect to the base part.05-31-2012

Yuki Kawakubo, Tokyo JP

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20110082677STIMULATING TASK PRESENTATION DEVICE AND STIMULATING TASK PRESENTATION METHOD FOR LIVING BODY OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A load of a stimulating task on an examinee with a resting task being unstable is excluded, and an accurate answer of an examinee to presentation of a stimulating task is enabled. A stimulating task presentation device in a living body optical measurement device includes a stimulation presenting unit configured to present a stimulation to an examinee, a brain function measurement device for measuring a brain function of the examinee in parallel to presentation of the stimulation, and a stimulation presentation controller configured to control the stimulation presented by the stimulation presenting unit, and the stimulation presentation controller has a function of setting a resting task and a stimulating task to be presented to the examinee, a function of detecting an answer of the examinee to the resting task and the stimulating task, and a task presentation control function of determining the degree of stability on the basis of the detection result when the resting task is presented, and controlling presentation of the resting task or the stimulating task on the basis of the degree of stability.04-07-2011

Yukio Kawakubo, Hitachi JP

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20080302968CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTOR AND DETECTING APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - In a charged particle detector, the vacuum barrier can be reduced in size and a multichannel configuration is possible. A charged particle detector includes a metallic frame having one or more holes formed therein, a light transmitting member fixed in each of the holes of the metallic frame, an inorganic scintillation element fixed on a surface of the light transmitting member, the surface being on a first side of the member; and a photodetector disposed on a surface of the light transmitting member, the surface being on a second side opposing the first side of the member. Charged particles having passed through the inorganic scintillation element are sent via the light transmitting member to the photodetector and are detected by the photodetector.12-11-2008