Patents by Inventor Makoto Kondo
Makoto Kondo 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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Publication number: 20240128020Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a laminated coil component, in which a laminated coil component is manufactured by laminating insulator sheets in order on which conductors having predetermined patterns are formed, the insulator sheets are laminated such that a distance in a lamination direction between a first lead-out conductor laminated first and a first coil conductor laminated next is larger than a distance in the lamination direction between a second lead-out conductor laminated last and a second coil conductor laminated immediately before the second lead-out conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuya OSHIMA, Junichi OTSUKA, Yohei TADAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Koki ITO, Yoji TOZAWA, Shigeshi OSAWA, Tsubasa OZAWA, Makoto YOSHINO
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Publication number: 20240128686Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a connector body; and a terminal attached to the connector body, the connector being mated with a counterpart connector, wherein the connector body includes a recessed groove part and a pair of side walls extending in a longitudinal direction of the connector body, arranged in parallel demarcating both sides of the recessed groove part, the terminals are arranged with a plurality along each wall forming a pair of terminal group rows in parallel, where ground terminals included in each terminal group row are arranged in mutually facing positions, at least one ground terminal included in each terminal group row includes a board connecting part positioned to the inside of the connector body in the width direction and a board connecting part positioned to the outside of the connector in the width direction, and the board connecting part positioned on the inside is longer than the board connecting part positioned on the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Makoto Shinyama, Nobuyuki Kondo
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Publication number: 20240113477Abstract: A first connector body and a first terminal mounted to said first connector body; the first connector body having a first recessed part, a first side wall part that extends in the longitudinal direction and demarcates both sides of the first recessed part, an islet extending in the longitudinal direction inside the first recessed part, and a first recessed groove part formed between the islet and the first side wall part; a plurality of the first terminals are arranged along each of the first recessed groove parts and form a pair of terminal group rows in parallel, where each terminal group row includes at least a part of a first ground member, and the first ground member is exposed on the mounting surface of the first connector body and connected to reference potential wiring by soldering to the center in the width direction and the outer part in the width direction of the first connector body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Makoto Shinyama, Nobuyuki Kondo
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Publication number: 20240026800Abstract: A monitoring device for a rotary machine is a monitoring device for monitoring a clearance of a rotary machine including a casing for housing a rotating part and a stationary part, including: at least one position sensor disposed outside the casing and configured to detect a relative position of the casing to the rotating part in a radial direction; and an estimation unit configured to obtain an estimated value of an internal clearance between the rotating part and the stationary part in the casing, based on a measured value detected by the at least one position sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Makoto KONDO, Takehiko YAMAGUCHI, Katsuhisa HAMADA, Takashi NAKANO
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Patent number: 11859505Abstract: This steam turbine is provided with: a steam turbine rotor which extends in an axial direction; a pair of bearings which support the steam turbine rotor in such a way as to be capable of rotating about the axial direction; a steam turbine casing which encloses the steam turbine rotor between the pair of bearings; a casing support unit which supports the steam turbine casing from below; and a first heating unit which is provided on the casing support unit and which is capable of heating the casing support unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Kondo, Katsuhisa Hamada
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Patent number: 11816526Abstract: A function execution system includes a function execution device configured to execute a plurality of functions, a storage device, an image acquisition device, and a reader device. The function execution device switches between first to fourth functions to be executed depending on whether code information, which is read by the reader device based on an image representing an information code included in a captured image acquired by the image acquisition device from the image capturing unit, is first code information or second code information and whether user information stored in the storage device is first user information or second user information.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SUNCORPORATIONInventor: Makoto Kondo
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Publication number: 20230293771Abstract: The disclosure provides a chondrocyte cell sheet comprising one or more layers of confluent cells comprising chondrocytes and chondroprogenitor cells. Methods of generating cartilage tissue in a subject are also provided. The disclosure also provides a method for producing chondrocyte cell sheets comprising culturing chondrocytes and chondroprogenitor cells in culture solution on a temperature-responsive polymer which has been coated onto a substrate surface of a cell culture support, wherein the temperature-responsive polymer has a lower critical solution temperature in water of 0-80° C.; adjusting the temperature of the culture solution to below the lower critical solution temperature, whereby the substrate surface is made hydrophilic and adhesion of the cell sheet to the surface is weakened; and detaching the cell sheet from the culture support.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION, ORGANIZATION OF CELL SHEET TISSUE ENGINEERING REGENERATIVE MEDICINE INITIATIVESInventors: Mimi Egami, David Grainger, Kyungsook Kim, Makoto Kondo, Travis Maak, Teruo Okano, Hideaki Sakai
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Patent number: 11620095Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first printer driver, and a second printer driver. The first printer driver includes prohibition information specific to a device that is to be controlled. The second printer driver includes an association establishing unit and a receiving unit. The association establishing unit establishes an association with the first printer driver. The receiving unit receives print settings. The second printer driver transmits, to the device that is to be controlled, print data based on print settings that have been obtained through conversion performed on the basis of the prohibition information included in the first printer driver. The association establishing unit establishes the association with the first printer driver.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Nobuki Hagiwara, Makoto Kondo, Naomi Takahashi, Takanori Haginaka
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Publication number: 20220396190Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle seat locking device including: a single latch having an engaging groove and first through third arm portions; a ratchet having a restraining portion engaging the first and second arm portions, restraining the latch in first and second latching positions respectively; and an engagement auxiliary lever having a first auxiliary arm portion abutting with a leg portion of a striker and a second auxiliary arm portion pivoting by this abutment. The latch pivots from an unlatching position to the first latching position by engaging its engaging groove with the leg portion entered a striker entering groove of a baseplate, and pivots to a second latching position by the pivot of the second auxiliary arm portion. The leg portion exits the engaging groove by the pivot of the latch to the second latching position to be clamped between the engagement auxiliary lever and the third arm portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Makoto KONDO, Syunsuke OCHIAI
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Publication number: 20220318533Abstract: A function execution system includes a function execution device configured to execute a plurality of functions, a storage device, an image acquisition device, and a reader device. The function execution device switches between first to fourth functions to be executed depending on whether code information, which is read by the reader device based on an image representing an information code included in a captured image acquired by the image acquisition device from the image capturing unit, is first code information or second code information and whether user information stored in the storage device is first user information or second user information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: SUNCORPORATIONInventor: Makoto KONDO
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Patent number: 11446290Abstract: The present invention provides a drug for preventing or treating chronic pain and a method for preventing or treating chronic pain. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a serotonin-3 receptor agonist such as a compound represented by the following formula (I): [wherein: m is an integer of 1 to 4; and R1 is each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a methyl group optionally substituted with 1 to 3 halogen atom(s), a methoxy group optionally substituted with 1 to 3 halogen atom(s), and a methylthio group optionally substituted with 1 to 3 halogen atom(s)] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful for preventing or treating chronic pain. The above pharmaceutical composition is also useful for preventing or treating acute pain. Further, the present invention provides a method for screening a compound for preventing or treating chronic pain, the method comprising measuring a serotonin-3 receptor agonist activity.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: OSAKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Shoichi Shimada, Yukiko Yamamoto, Makoto Kondo
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Patent number: 11434676Abstract: A vehicle door hinge that has a desorption function while enabling weight reduction and increasing production efficiency. The vehicle door hinge comprises a base member (2U) fixed to the door-side of the vehicle, a base member (3U) fixed to the vehicle body side; a hinge shaft (4U) rotatably connects the base members (2U, 3U) to each other; a screwed body (5U) that is detachably screwed in the axial direction to the hinge shaft (4U) so that the base member (3U) and the hinge shaft (4U) rotate integrally; bushes (6U, 7U) fitted into a shaft holes (22U) of the base member (2U) so that the base member (2U) and the hinge shaft can rotate relative to each other; and a retaining portion (8U) for preventing the hinge shaft (4U) from coming off from the shaft hole (22U) of the base member. The base members (2U, 3U) are cast from aluminum alloy.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Morinaga, Makoto Kondo, Kumiko Sato
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Publication number: 20220265714Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method of producing a cell population containing Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-expressing immune cells, comprising co-culturing CAR-expressing immune cells and cells expressing a target antigen of the CAR, wherein the CAR-expressing immune cells are cells into which a CAR gene has been introduced and the target antigen-expressing cells are normal blood cells that have been engineered to express the target antigen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicants: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, BrightPath Biotherapeutics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yozo Nakazawa, Shigeki YAGYU, Miyuki TANAKA, Kayoko NAKAMURA, Masahiro OKADA, Makoto KONDO, Tomokuni SHIGEURA, Shogo HIROTA
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Publication number: 20220235674Abstract: This steam turbine is provided with: a steam turbine rotor which extends in an axial direction; a pair of bearings which support the steam turbine rotor in such a way as to be capable of rotating about the axial direction; a steam turbine casing which encloses the steam turbine rotor between the pair of bearings; a casing support unit which supports the steam turbine casing from below; and a first heating unit: which is provided on the casing support unit and which is capable of heating the casing support unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Kondo, Katsuhisa Hamada
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Patent number: 11352819Abstract: A door lock device including: a latch; a ratchet; an output shaft configured to rotate by a motor; an output lever configured to move the latch from a half latch position to a full latch position when the output shaft is rotated in a normal direction, and to release an engagement of the ratchet to the latch when the output shaft is rotated in a reverse direction; a first metal bracket including a first shaft support hole configured to rotatably support the output shaft; and a second metal bracket including a second shaft support hole configured to rotatably support the output shaft at a location different from that of the first shaft support hole, wherein the first metal bracket and the second metal bracket are fixed to each other by two or more screw holes of the first metal bracket and two or more holes of the second metal bracket.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Yokota, Naoto Fujiwara, Makoto Kondo
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Patent number: 11306606Abstract: A rotary machine includes: a rotary shaft supported by a bearing provided on a bearing base; and a casing housing the rotary shaft at least in part. The casing includes at least one support leg configured to support the casing on a base plate of a support structure member, and a support leg of the at least one support leg is supported on a support leg base provided on the base plate. The rotary machine further includes a height adjustment mechanism configured to adjust height of the casing, and the height adjustment mechanism includes an inclined surface of a support leg formed on the support leg, an inclined surface of a support leg base formed on the support leg base while facing the inclined surface of the support leg, and an actuator configured to move the support leg and the support leg base relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Makoto Kondo, Katsuhisa Hamada
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Patent number: 11187722Abstract: A probe pin includes a coil spring extending and contracting along a center line, a first contact disposed on one side of the center line and having a rectangular cross section, and a second contact disposed on the other side of the center line and having a rectangular cross section. The first contact and the second contact are supported so as to be reciprocable via the spring coil and are electrically connected to each other. In particular, a contact surface of at least one of the first contact and the second contact is an inclined surface inclined so as to descend along a thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Hirotada Teranishi, Takahiro Sakai, Makoto Kondo, Naoyuki Kimura
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Patent number: 11167668Abstract: A seat lock device provided to a tiltable seat back comprises: a locking part capable of switching among a locked state wherein a striker installed in a vehicle body is locked, an unlocked state wherein the striker can be disengaged, and a free state wherein the striker is disengaged; an unlocking part disposed at a position different from the locking part on the seat back and having a lever member and a coupling member for coupling the lever member and locking part, and which switches the locking part from the locked state to the unlocked state in response to manipulation of the lever member; and an integrally-molded case which holds the locking part and unlocking part and is fastened to the seat back.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventor: Makoto Kondo
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Patent number: 11136903Abstract: A steam turbine includes a rotor shaft, a casing disposed so as to cover the rotor shaft and having a shaft penetration part through which the rotor shaft passes, and a casing support extending axially toward an inner side of the casing through an outer surface of the casing at a periphery of the shaft penetration part and supporting the casing.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Shin Yanagisawa, Makoto Kondo, Katsuhisa Hamada
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Patent number: 11111817Abstract: In a rotary machine that includes rotating body including a rotating-body main body and a pair of rotor shaft ends fixed to the both outer sides in the shaft direction of the rotating-body main body; a casing accommodating the rotating-body main body and being penetrated by the rotor shaft ends; a bearing rotatably supporting the rotor shaft ends and having a bearing face being provided with lubricant fluid from a lubricant line; and the support part supporting the casing, the support part is cooled through heat exchanging between the lubricant fluid the support part.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Ishida, Tomoyuki Onishi, Makoto Kondo, Takumi Matsumura, Katsuhisa Hamada