Patents by Inventor Kenta Taniguchi

Kenta Taniguchi 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).

  • Patent number: 8989979
    Abstract: A four-wheel-drive vehicle includes a clutch that is able to allow and interrupt transmission of driving force to a propeller shaft, and a traction control unit that controls at least one of the driving force generated by an engine and braking force applied to right and left front wheels to suppress a slip of the right and left front wheels. When the drive mode is switched from a two-wheel-drive mode to a four-wheel-drive mode, if the relative rotational speed between a first rotary member and a second rotary member constituting a clutch is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, an ECU outputs a control command signal for suppressing the slip of the right and left front wheels to the traction control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Taniguchi, Akira Kodama, Tomoaki Kato, Masaki Mita
  • Publication number: 20150032335
    Abstract: A driving force transmission controller includes: a normal turning control unit that computes command values such that driving force transmitted to an outer wheel in a turning direction is larger than that transmitted to an inner wheel during normal turning; a counter-steering control unit that computes the command values such that the driving force transmitted to the outer wheel is larger than that transmitted to the inner wheel during counter-steering; a counter-steering return control unit that corrects the command values such that a rate of change in each of the driving forces transmitted to the right and left rear wheels is lower than a rate of change in a steered angle of front wheels when a steering velocity is equal to or higher than a prescribed value during the counter-steering; and a driving force transmission control unit that controls a driving force transmission device based on the command values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KODAMA, Kenta Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20140276350
    Abstract: A position confirmation sheet 20 of a sanitary tampon comprises: a disposition indicator unit 21 that indicates a position for aligning the confirmation sheet along the strand member disposed outside the body with the absorber being inserted into the body; and an insertion position indicator unit 22 that indicates an appropriate position of the end of the strand member 12d disposed outside the body when the absorber is appropriately inserted into the body and the position confirmation sheet is aligned along the strand member according to the disposition indicator unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta TANIGUCHI, Yukihiro ITO, YAMAKI, Azusa MATSUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20140163831
    Abstract: A driving force transmission control apparatus includes a multiple disc clutch including a plurality of outer clutch plates, and a plurality of inner clutch plates; a pressing mechanism that presses the multiple disc clutch; and a control portion that controls the pressing mechanism. The outer clutch plates and inner clutch plates are engaged with an intermediate shaft and an inner shaft respectively. The control portion makes a determination as to whether the multiple disc clutch is in a first operating condition in which the multiple disc clutch is pressed with a relative rotation speed between the intermediate and the inner shafts being equal to or higher than a predetermined value, or in a second operating condition in which the multiple disc clutch is pressed with the relative rotation speed being lower than the predetermined value, and the control portion controls the pressing mechanism based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Akira KODAMA, Kenta TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140155809
    Abstract: A tampon applicator comprises: an outer tube, in which an absorber stored inside, an aperture is disposed on one side thereof wherethrough the absorber is extruded, and a grip unit is disposed on the other side thereof; an inner tube which extrudes the absorber by moving within the outer tube; an auxiliary grip member. The auxiliary grip member further comprises a cover unit which covers the outer circumference surface of the grip unit, and collar unit which extends radially outwards from the outer circumference surface of the cover unit of the outer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Taniguchi, Yukihiro Ito, Kouichi Yamaki
  • Patent number: 8695348
    Abstract: A combustor of the present invention includes: a plurality of nozzles which is arranged around the central axis of a combustor and of which each base end is connected to an oil supply tube; a nozzle tube base which supports the plurality of nozzles and includes an oil chamber supplying fuel to the nozzles via an oil inflow portion provided in each oil supply tube; a first guide portion which faces the center of the combustor inside the oil chamber and guides the oil remaining inside the oil chamber to the oil inflow portion; and a second guide portion which faces the base end of the combustor inside the oil chamber and guides the oil remaining inside the oil chamber to the oil inflow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Omae, Kenta Taniguchi, Yoshitaka Terada, Takashi Onozuka
  • Publication number: 20140058638
    Abstract: A four-wheel-drive vehicle includes a clutch that is able to allow and interrupt transmission of driving force to a propeller shaft, and a traction control unit that controls at least one of the driving force generated by an engine and braking force applied to right and left front wheels to suppress a slip of the right and left front wheels. When the drive mode is switched from a two-wheel-drive mode to a four-wheel-drive mode, if the relative rotational speed between a first rotary member and a second rotary member constituting a clutch is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, an ECU outputs a control command signal for suppressing the slip of the right and left front wheels to the traction control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta TANIGUCHI, Akira Kodama, Tomoaki Kato, Masaki Mita
  • Publication number: 20140052048
    Abstract: An tampon applicator includes an outer tube which contains an absorber therein, of which the one side is provided with a push-out aperture by which the absorber is to be pushed out, and of which the other side is provided with a grip tube unit; and an inner tube which is movable towards into the outer tube to push the absorber to the outside through the push-out aperture; and a collar unit extending radially outwards from an outer circumferential surface of the grip tube unit of the outer tube is included, and having a light transmissive means that enables the grip tube unit side to be visually confirmed from the push-out aperture side of the outer tube via the collar unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Taniguchi, Yukihiro Ito, Kouichi Yamaki
  • Publication number: 20140046239
    Abstract: A tampon applicator comprises: an outer cylinder in the interior of which an absorbent; an inner cylinder for outwardly pushing the absorbent by moving into the outer cylinder; and a flange part extending outward in the radial direction from an outer peripheral surface of a grip cylinder part of the outer cylinder. The flange part is provided with a flange identifying unit comprising at least one from among: an identifying display portion; an identifying friction portion; and an identifying shape portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Kenta Taniguchi, Yukihiro Ito, Kouichi Yamaki
  • Publication number: 20130331763
    Abstract: A tampon applicator includes an outer cylinder in which an absorber is housed, and a push-out opening through which the absorber is to be pushed out is provided at one side and a grip cylinder unit is provided at the other side, and an inner cylinder which is inserted into the grip cylinder unit and being moved into the outer cylinder to be thereby able to push out the absorber outward through the push-out opening. The tampon applicator includes a grip jaw unit configured to extend from an outer circumferential face of the grip cylinder unit of the outer cylinder outwardly in a radial direction, wherein a finger hook unit by which a finger of a user is to be hooked is formed at the grip jaw unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Ito, Kenta Taniguchi, Kouichi Yamaki
  • Patent number: 8490744
    Abstract: An object is to provide a combustor that requires a small mounting space for an acoustic damper, that can achieve size reduction, and that can improve the ease of maintenance. A combustor (5) of the present invention includes a combustion cylinder (19) that defines a combustion area (23) therein and an acoustic damper (31) that has a damper cover having an acoustic-damper resonance space communicating with the combustion area (23). The damper cover is provided along the combustion cylinder (19) so as to extend in a direction intersecting an axial direction (L) of the combustion cylinder (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sosuke Nakamura, Taiki Kinoshita, Masaki Ono, Keisuke Matsuyama, Kenta Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20110239619
    Abstract: A combustor of the present invention includes: a plurality of nozzles which is arranged around the central axis of a combustor and of which each base end is connected to an oil supply tube; a nozzle tube base which supports the plurality of nozzles and includes an oil chamber supplying fuel to the nozzles via an oil inflow portion provided in each oil supply tube; a first guide portion which faces the center of the combustor inside the oil chamber and guides the oil remaining inside the oil chamber to the oil inflow portion; and a second guide portion which faces the base end of the combustor inside the oil chamber and guides the oil remaining inside the oil chamber to the oil inflow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Omae, Kenta Taniguchi, Yoshitaka Terada, Takashi Onozuka
  • Publication number: 20110220433
    Abstract: An object is to provide a combustor that requires a small mounting space for an acoustic damper, that can achieve size reduction, and that can improve the ease of maintenance. A combustor (5) of the present invention includes a combustion cylinder (19) that defines a combustion area (23) therein and an acoustic damper (31) that has a damper cover having an acoustic-damper resonance space communicating with the combustion area (23). The damper cover is provided along the combustion cylinder (19) so as to extend in a direction intersecting an axial direction (L) of the combustion cylinder (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sosuke Nakamura, Taiki Kinoshita, Masaki Ono, Keisuke Matsuyama, Kenta Taniguchi