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Masahiko Kato

Masahiko Kato, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100313915SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS - The substrate cleaning method of and the substrate cleaning apparatus for removing contaminants such as particles adhering to a surface of a substrate attain a high throughput and effectively remove the particles and the like. To clean the back surface Wb of the substrate W, DIW cooled down to a temperature near its freezing point and cooling gas which is at a lower temperature than the freezing point of the DIW are discharged toward the center of the lower surface of the substrate which rotates. When thus cooled DIW flows along the back surface Wb of the substrate W, the particles and the like adhering to the substrate are removed.12-16-2010

Masahiko Kato, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100303375IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image quality adjusting circuit in an image processing apparatus is provided with a line memory unit, a delay circuit unit, a first to fourth filter processing circuits, and an adder. In the delay circuit unit, delay circuits are arranged in a matrix form. Delay circuits arranged in a horizontal direction receive an image data directly or via line memories. The image quality adjusting circuit each perform filter processing on the received image data signals lying in a horizontal direction, in a vertical direction, in a down-right direction, and in a down-left direction. The image quality adjusting circuit performs addition of the image data on a focus pixel and the filter-processed data, and thus performs edge correction processing.12-02-2010

Masahiko Kato, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090293843FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR BOAT AND OUTBOARD MOTOR - A fuel supply system for a boat prevents deterioration in engine startability and includes a vapor separator tank arranged to contain fuel at an inner fuel level ā€œPā€ at a predetermined height, an injector arranged to supply fuel to an engine, and a high-pressure fuel pump that is disposed outside the vapor separator tank and that is arranged to supply the fuel reserved in the vapor separator tank to the injector. The high-pressure fuel pump includes a negative pressure generating portion arranged to generate negative pressure when the high-pressure fuel pump draws fuel, the negative pressure generating portion being positioned lower than the fuel level ā€œPā€ in the vapor separator tank.12-03-2009
20090298364FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR BOAT AND OUTBOARD MOTOR - A fuel supply system for a boat includes a vapor separator tank connected to a fuel tank mounted on a hull of the boat to contain fuel therein, an injector to supply fuel to an engine, and a high-pressure fuel pump to supply fuel that is contained in the vapor separator tank to the injector. The high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump main portion having a fuel path and a pump driving section that are separated from the fuel path of the pump main portion. The fuel supply system minimizes deterioration in engine startability.12-03-2009
20090298365FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR BOAT AND OUTBOARD MOTOR - A fuel supply system for a boat includes a vapor separator tank arranged to be connected to a fuel tank mounted on a hull of the boat and arranged to contain fuel therein, an injector arranged to supply fuel to an engine, a high-pressure fuel pump arranged to supply the fuel contained in the vapor separator tank to the injector, and a throttle body including a throttle valve arranged to adjust a flow rate of air supplied to the engine. The vapor separator tank is disposed adjacent to the throttle body. The fuel supply system minimizes deterioration in engine startability.12-03-2009
20090325432FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR BOAT AND OUTBOARD MOTOR - A fuel supply system for a boat, which prevents fuel piping from becoming complicated, includes a vapor separator unit connected to a fuel tank that is mounted on a hull and holds fuel supplied to an engine section, a low-pressure pump arranged to discharge the fuel reserved in the fuel tank into the vapor separator unit, and a mounting hole for a valve, a fuel passage section, and a pipe section (relief path) that return the fuel discharged by the low-pressure pump to the suction opening section side of the low-pressure pump when a tank section is filled with a predetermined amount of fuel. The mounting hole for the valve, the fuel passage section, and the pipe section (relief path) are integral with the vapor separator unit.12-31-2009
20100132664FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR BOAT AND OUTBOARD MOTOR - A fuel supply system for a boat minimizes and prevents deterioration in combustion efficiency of the engine. The fuel supply system includes a throttle body that is connected to an engine and that supplies air to the engine, and an injector that injects fuel to the throttle body. The injector is configured to inject fuel to a direction opposite to an airflow direction in the throttle body.06-03-2010

Masahiko Kato, Mie JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090282659CORPSE-TREATMENT COMPOSITION AND CORPSE-TREATMENT METHOD - The purpose of this invention is to provide a comprehensively excellent composition to prevent bodily fluids leakage from a corpse and the treatment method to prevent bodily fluids. The composition can be stored for a long time in spite of using superabsorbent polymer. The composition can be easily injected in a corpse with gas pressure when applied. The composition turns jellied instantly when it contacts to bodily fluids and can prevent bodily fluids leakage certainly.11-19-2009

Masahiko Kato, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090209919Adhesive For Injection Needle, A Method For Bonding Injection Needle, A Syringe Front-Assembly And A Syringe - The present invention inhibits the occurrence of the foreign matters attributable to an adhesive for bonding an injection needle to a needle-base member so as to enhance the yield of a syringe when producing the same. A front-assembly (08-20-2009

Masahiko Kato, Matsudo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090167120COOLING FAN BUILT INTO ROTOR - A cooling fan includes a fan ring to be attached to an end surface of a rotor core near the outer circumference thereof, and a plurality of fins connected to the fan ring. The fan ring has positioning leg portions provided on an end surface thereof facing a thrust direction. The fan ring is positioned in relation to the rotor core through insertion of the positioning leg portions into core slots of the rotor core. The fan ring has wire accommodation recesses which are formed on the end surface of the fan ring facing the thrust direction and communicate with the core slots.07-02-2009

Masahiko Kato, Tokai-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090146518Anisotropic bonded magnet for use in a 4-pole motor, a motor employing that magnet, and an alignment process apparatus for the anisotropic bonded magnet for use in a 4-pole motor - A hollow cylindrically shaped anisotropic bonded magnet for use in a 4-pole motor, is formed by molding anisotropic rare-earth magnet powder with resin. The alignment distribution of the anisotropic rare-earth magnet powder in a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the anisotropic bonded magnet is in the normalized direction of the cylindrical side of the hollow cylindrical shape in the main region of a polar period, and in a transition region in which the direction of the magnetic pole changes, steadily points towards a direction tangential to the periphery of the cylindrical side at points closer to the neutral point of the magnetic pole, and becomes a direction tangential to the periphery of the cylindrical side at that neutral point, and steadily points toward the normalized direction of the cylindrical side at points farther away from the neutral point.06-11-2009

Masahiko Kato, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090011121Method and apparatus for applying electrode mixture paste - An electrode mixture paste application method includes: a first step of unwinding a core material (01-08-2009
20090068346Method for applying electrode mixture paste and application apparatus - A method for applying an electrode mixture paste includes: a first step of unwinding a core material (03-12-2009
20090068555Cell-to-Cell Connection Structure - Cell-to-cell connection plates (03-12-2009
20090123830INTER-BATTERY CONNECTION DEVICE - An inter-battery connection device for connecting terminals of two batteries (105-14-2009

Masahiko Kato, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080213009Belt moving device and image forming apparatus using same - In a belt moving device that is capable of reducing belt speed fluctuation and positional deviation from a target belt position in a sub-scanning direction and performing highly precise position control in a main scanning direction, and an image forming apparatus that uses this belt moving device to prevent color shift in both the main scanning direction and sub-scanning direction of a formed image such that a high-quality image can be formed, belt shift control means reduce shift position variation within a single round trip of an endless belt by feeding back a target value for canceling out the shift position variation within a single round trip of the endless belt and feeding forward a value obtained by multiplying an inverse transfer characteristic of moving means by a transfer characteristic of a target value of the moving means in relation to the control content of the moving means.09-04-2008
20080260410Cleaning device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus - A cleaning device capable of inhibiting noise from being caused by stick-slip vibration between a blade member of the cleaning device and an image carrier, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus are provided. A vibration detecting device for detecting a vibration state is attached to a central part of a holder holding a blade member, and an excitation member for vibrating the blade member is attached to the blade member over the entire length thereof in a direction along a sliding contact surface contacting a photoreceptor.10-23-2008
20090060601Cleaning device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus - A cleaning device includes a blade member, a holder, a vibration detection device, a heating device, and a control device. The blade member comes into contact with an image carrying member, and cleans off toner remaining on the image carrying member. The holder holds the blade member. The vibration detection device detects the vibration level of either one of the blade member and the holder. The heating device heats either one of the blade member and the holder. The control device controls the heating device to heat either one of the blade member and the holder when the vibration level detected by the vibration detection device exceeds a predetermined threshold value.03-05-2009

Patent applications by Masahiko Kato, Yokohama-Shi JP