Patents by Inventor Akira Nagashima
Akira Nagashima has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11959527Abstract: In a vibration isolator of the present invention, an orifice passage (24) configured to allow a main liquid chamber (14) and an auxiliary liquid chamber (15) to communicate with each other, a plurality of first communication holes (42a) configured to allow the main liquid chamber and an accommodation chamber (42) to communicate with each other, and a second communication hole (42b) configured to allow the auxiliary liquid chamber and the accommodation chamber to communicate with each other are formed in a partition member (16), a tubular member (21) that protrudes in an axial direction toward an elastic body is formed on a first wall surface (16b) of the partition member in which the first communication holes are opened and which constitutes part of an inner surface of the main liquid chamber, and the plurality of first communication holes are opened in both of an inner portion (16f) of the first wall surface positioned inside the tubular member and an outer portion (16g) of the first wall surface positionedType: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Prospira CorporationInventors: Yuki Satake, Rei Mikoshiba, Akira Ueki, Yasuyuki Nagashima
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Patent number: 11926152Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a carriage mounted with a printing unit; a first motor configured to move the carriage in a predetermined direction; a second motor configured to move the carriage in the predetermined direction; and a control unit. The control unit executes a first mode in which, when causing the printing unit to perform printing under a first printing condition, the first motor is driven in a first direction and the second motor is driven in the first direction, and a second mode in which, when causing the printing unit to perform printing under a second printing condition different from the first printing condition, the first motor is driven in the first direction and the second motor is driven in the first direction while changing an output ratio between the first motor and the second motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryohei Maruyama, Daigo Kuronuma, Masakazu Nagashima, Tomohito Abe, Kenta Iimura, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Naoaki Wada, Kichinosuke Hirokawa, Akira Fujikake, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Nozawa
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Publication number: 20240011963Abstract: A method for determining a reference value of a wine for feasibility of filling an aluminum can, the method comprising: acquiring a pH, an alcohol concentration, and a free sulfite concentration for multiple kinds of wines; calculating a molecular SO2 concentration of each of the multiple kinds of wines from acquired values of the pH, the alcohol concentration, and the free sulfite concentration; enclosing the multiple kinds of wines into aluminum cans of an identical type, respectively, thereby obtaining multiple kinds of canned wines; putting the multiple kinds of canned wines in storage and evaluating quality of the canned wines after the storage; and determining an upper limit value of the molecular SO2 concentration based on an evaluation result obtained from the evaluating.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: DAIWA CAN COMPANYInventors: Akira NAGASHIMA, Koichiro NAKAMURA, Sin OU
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Publication number: 20240010388Abstract: An aluminum-canned wine comprising: an aluminum can including an aluminum sheet, a resin film provided on a surface of the aluminum sheet which faces an internal space of the aluminum can, and an adhesive layer interposed between the aluminum sheet and the resin film and bonding the aluminum sheet and the resin film together, wherein the resin film includes a first resin layer as a topmost layer and a second resin layer containing a dimer acid-copolymerized polyester resin, and wherein at least one of the resin layers constituting the resin film, and/or the adhesive layer contains calcium carbonate; and a wine enclosed in the aluminum can and containing 4.3 mg/L or less of molecular SO2 and 350 mg/L or less of chloride ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: DAIWA CAN COMPANYInventors: Akira NAGASHIMA, Koichiro NAKAMURA, Sin OU
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Publication number: 20230258555Abstract: To accurately estimate deterioration of a product in which contents is held in a metal container. The deterioration estimate system comprises: a predictive model 3 trained mechanically by a training data 1 collected through storage tests of the product; an inputter 5 transmitting data to estimate deterioration; and a transmitter 4 that transmitting a degree of the deterioration of the product computed by the predictive model 3 based on the data transmitted from the inputter 5. The training data 1 includes: data relating to the metal container of the product; data relating to the contents contained in the metal container; data relating to an environment where the product has been stored; and data relating to the degree of the deterioration of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: DAIWA CAN COMPANYInventors: Rie SATO, Akira NAGASHIMA, Kouichiro NAKAMURA, Takashi KUSAYANAGI, Sin OU
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Patent number: 9731083Abstract: A syringe receptacle includes a base portion including a communication hole formed such that an injection needle of a syringe is insertable; a container airtightly provided on the base portion; a space forming portion provided on the base portion and forming a space which is connected to the communication hole and an inside of the container; a first valve portion provided between the communication hole and the space, and configured to restrict a movement of a fluid from the space to the communication hole; and a second valve portion provided between the space and the inside of the container, and configured to restrict a movement from the inside of the container to the space.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Daiwa Can CompanyInventors: Toshihiro Asano, Yoshiki Hamai, Akira Nagashima, Toshio Iino, Toshiaki Nakayama, Yuya Kawasaki, Makoto Takami
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Publication number: 20160243317Abstract: A syringe receptacle includes a base portion including a communication hole formed such that an injection needle of a syringe is insertable; a container airtightly provided on the base portion; a space forming portion provided on the base portion and forming a space which is connected to the communication hole and an inside of the container; a first valve portion provided between the communication hole and the space, and configured to restrict a movement of a fluid from the space to the communication hole; and a second valve portion provided between the space and the inside of the container, and configured to restrict a movement from the inside of the container to the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Toshihiro ASANO, Yoshiki HAMAI, Akira NAGASHIMA, Toshio IINO, Toshiaki NAKAYAMA, Yuya KAWASAKI, Makoto TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20140299566Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bottle-shaped can for holding content having strong metal corrosive properties such as sparkling wine. The method includes shaping a cap into a diametrically reduced bottomed cylindrical can body, forming a shoulder portion and a container mouth on the can body, forming a curled portion, a thread and an annular bead on the container mouth, seaming a can lid to the can trunk, and amorphizing a thermoplastic resin layer covering an inner surface of the container mouth on which the curled portion, the thread and the annular bead are formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: DAIWA CAN COMPANYInventors: Tetsuya Takatomi, Akira Nagashima, Nobuhide Satou, Norihisa Kawashima, Shinitirou Kanamori, Masahito Arima, Ayumu Satou
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Patent number: 8396060Abstract: A network control system for packet-transmitting a manipulated variable (MV), calculated from a deviation between a variable from a sensor measuring a physical quantity of a controlled object plant and a set value at a known sampling period, to an actuator provided on the plant side via a network, and causing the actuator to provide the MV to the plant. The system includes: an MV complementing unit that provides a complementary value of the MV to the actuator when an error occurs in a packet transmission; an MV buffering unit that answers back trend data of the MV provided to the plant from the actuator or the complementary value being complemented by the MV compensating unit for the actuator, to the controller via the network; and an MV compensating unit that corrects a calculation of the MV of the controller based on the trend data or the complementary value being answered.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Akira Nagashima, Tetsuya Ohtani, Ryutaro Okano
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Patent number: 8321493Abstract: A field device connected to a network includes: a storage section; a communication section for performing communication via the network; and an arithmetic control section for controlling the field device entirely by executing a main task under an execution environment, and controlling an operation mechanism that operates under the execution environment. The operation mechanism assigns a group identifier, a unique address space and a unique name space to an additional task being started.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Takeshi Ohno, Akira Noguchi, Akira Nagashima
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Patent number: 8308198Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-based fluorescent ink for the purpose of measurement or judgment of the fluorescence emission in a visible light region by an excitation wavelength in a predetermined ultraviolet range, containing water, a coloring material dissolved or dispersed in water, and an organic solvent, having a plurality of fluorescent groups in the coloring material structure of the coloring material, and using a water-soluble coloring material having a sulfonic acid group as the water-soluble group in the state of a free acid, capable of improving the water resistance and the light resistance, dramatically increasing the content of the fluorescent coloring material in the ink, which has conventionally been included only by a small amount in the ink due to the concentration quenching problem, obtaining preferable fluorescence emission and water resistance of the recorded image, and providing preferable adhesion resistance to the recording medium of the coloring material and reliability.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masako Udagawa, Shoji Koike, Makoto Aoki, Akira Nagashima, Shinichi Hakamada
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Patent number: 8252393Abstract: The invention relates to a surface-modified inorganic pigment which has an inorganic pigment having acid function and an amorphous body located on the surface of the inorganic pigment having acid function and formed by at least a divalent or higher-valent metal and an anion component in a state where the inorganic pigment and the amorphous body do not chemically bond to each other, and which does not exhibit acid function.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Nagashima, Kenji Nakajima, Sadayuki Sugama, Hitoshi Yoshino, Masaya Asao
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Patent number: 8163360Abstract: The present invention relates to a pigment dispersion having an inorganic pigment dispersed therein, characterized in that a metal compound adheres to the inorganic pigment and a metal ion concentration of the metal compound in the pigment dispersion does not exceed 0.05 mol/L.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaya Asao, Kenji Nakajima, Sadayuki Sugama, Hitoshi Yoshino, Akira Nagashima
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Publication number: 20110059298Abstract: The invention relates to a surface-treated inorganic pigment which has an inorganic pigment having acid function and an amorphous body located on the surface of the inorganic pigment having acid function and formed by at least a divalent or higher-valent metal and an anion component in a state where the inorganic pigment and the amorphous body do not chemically bond to each other, and which does not exhibit acid function.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2008Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Nagashima, Kenji Nakajima, Sadayuki Sugama, Hitoshi Yoshino, Masaya Asao
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Publication number: 20110044331Abstract: A network control system enabling stable plant control thanks to controller compensation made in view of a packet loss. In the network control system, the amount of operation of a controller for computing the difference between the controlled variable from a sensor for measuring a physical quantity of a controlled plant and a target value is transmitted by means of a packet through a network to an actuator provided in the controlled plant, and the actuator inputs the amount of operation into the controlled plant. The network control system comprises MV complementing means for giving the actuator a complement value of the amount of operation if a packet transmission error occurs, MV buffer means for back-answering trend data on the inputted amount of operation or the complement value given to the actuator through the network to the controller, and MV compensating means for correcting the calculation of the amount of operation of the controller according to the back-answered trend data or complement value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2008Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Nagashima, Tetsuya Ohtani, Ryutaro Okano
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Publication number: 20100183828Abstract: The present invention relates to a pigment dispersion having an inorganic pigment dispersed therein, characterized in that a metal compound adheres to the inorganic pigment and a metal ion concentration of the metal compound in the pigment dispersion does not exceed 0.05 mol/L.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaya Asao, Kenji Nakajima, Sadayuki Sugama, Hitoshi Yoshino, Akira Nagashima
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Patent number: 7740697Abstract: The invention provides an ink which has a higher fixation of a recorded matter, is more excellent in stability and reliability of the ink, and allows a recorded matter of high image quality to be obtained stably, a recorded image, an inkjet recording method, and devices using such an ink. The invention provides an aqueous ink including micromicelles which are dispersed in a transparent single phase in water, characterized in that the micromicelles are comprised of a combination of two or more surfactants which exhibit an opaque or translucent dispersed state in water and a compound having an alkyl group and having only a hydroxyl group as a water-soluble group, and an inkjet recording method, devices and a recorded image, using the aqueous ink.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Nagashima, Shinichi Hakamada
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Patent number: 7698039Abstract: The present invention makes improvements in a mobile communication system that performs a communication via a communication network provided in a mobile body to execute a data transfer. The present system comprises a plurality of nodes, a path control device which receives data from the nodes respectively, selects a path for the data transfer on the communication network, and outputs the data, first optical fibers which connect each of the nodes and the path control device and transfer the data, and second optical fibers provided in parallel with the first optical fibers. In the present system, the path control device communicates with the node via the second optical fiber when a failure occurs in the first optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2005Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Isao Uchida, Akira Nagashima, Akira Miura, Chie Sato
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Patent number: 7669104Abstract: In a forward error correction method and a forward error correction addition apparatus, error correction is performed on the basis of data, to which forward error correction code is added, transmitted through a network to output decoded data. The data transmitted through the network includes information bits represented by an information bit matrix with n rows and m columns (n, m are natural numbers), and redundancy bits represented by an odd number of redundancy information bit rows and an odd number of redundancy information bit columns based on the information bit matrix, which are provided in the row direction and in the column direction of the information bit matrix respectively. The redundancy bits are the forward error correction code.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Isao Uchida, Akira Nagashima, Akira Miura, Chie Sato
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Publication number: 20090078889Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-based fluorescent ink for the purpose of measurement or judgment of the fluorescence emission in a visible light region by an excitation wavelength in a predetermined ultraviolet range, containing water, a coloring material dissolved or dispersed in water, and an organic solvent, having a plurality of fluorescent groups in the coloring material structure of the coloring material, and using a water-soluble coloring material having a sulfonic acid group as the water-soluble group in the state of a free acid, capable of improving the water resistance and the light resistance, dramatically increasing the content of the fluorescent coloring material in the ink, which has conventionally been included only by a small amount in the ink due to the concentration quenching problem, obtaining preferable fluorescence emission and water resistance of the recorded image, and providing preferable adhesion resistance to the recording medium of the coloring material and reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masako Udagawa, Shoji Koike, Makoto Aoki, Akira Nagashima, Shinichi Hakamada