Patents by Inventor Makoto Otsuka

Makoto Otsuka 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: 11975662
    Abstract: The wire harness 11 disclosed by the present specification includes: a sheet-shaped base member 12; and a plurality of covered electric wires W fixed side by side along the base member 12, in which the transverse cross-sectional area of at least one of the plurality of covered electric wires W is different from the transverse cross-sectional area of another covered electric wire W, and the thickness of the covered electric wire W is substantially the same as the thickness of the covered electric wire W adjacent thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Makoto Higashikozono, Hidetoshi Ishida, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Toyoki Furukawa, Hayato Ooi, Hirotaka Kato
  • Publication number: 20240128020
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya OSHIMA, Junichi OTSUKA, Yohei TADAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Koki ITO, Yoji TOZAWA, Shigeshi OSAWA, Tsubasa OZAWA, Makoto YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 11849736
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aromatizing material having excellent floral aroma. The tea aroma composition including linalool, geraniol, and 2-methylbutanal, and has a weight ratio of 2-methylbutanal content to total linalool and geraniol content which is adjusted to be in the range of from 0.010 to 0.215.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisaku Yonezawa, Makoto Otsuka, Takashi Mukai, Takeshi Nakajima, Keita Kikuchi, Yuji Hirayama, Taisuke Osanai, Taishu Hamaba
  • Patent number: 11825858
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a tea aroma composition wherein the excellent aroma of tea leaves is enhanced. In the method for producing a tea aroma composition, tea leaves are treated by steam distillation to collect a distillate and then the obtained distillate is subjected to distillative concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisaku Yonezawa, Makoto Otsuka, Takashi Mukai, Takeshi Nakajima, Keita Kikuchi, Yuji Hirayama, Taisuke Osanai, Taishu Hamaba
  • Publication number: 20230148622
    Abstract: An aromatizing material is disclosed that has green layer aroma and makes one feel its aroma in a sustained way. The tea aromatizing liquid composition comprises dimethyl sulfide and ?-ionone, and has a weight ratio of ?-ionone content to dimethyl sulfide content which is adjusted to be in the range of from 0.01 to 3.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Keita Kikuchi, Daisaku Yonezawa, Makoto Otsuka, Takashi Mukai, Takeshi Nakajima, Yuji Hirayama, Taisuke Osanai, Taishu Hamaba
  • Patent number: 11649530
    Abstract: An Al—Si—Mg aluminum alloy is provided. The Al—Si—Mg aluminum alloy includes: 5 mass % or larger and 10 mass % or smaller of Si; 0.2 mass % or larger and 1.0 mass% or smaller of Mg, 0.03 mass % or larger and 0.5 mass % or smaller of Sb; 0.0004 mass % or larger and 0.0026 mass % or smaller of Be; and a remainder having an alloy composition including Al and unavoidable impurities. In L*a*b* color system, a value of L* that indicates lightness of a surface thereof is 55 or larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NIKKEI MC ALUMINIUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Fukaya, Hiroshi Horikawa, Yutaro Kitaki, Makoto Otsuka, Tsutomu Masuda, Naoaki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230121957
    Abstract: Provided is an easily assembled motor. In series coils in a first coil group and a third coil group, a direction of forming a plurality of coils is a first direction (A), and in a series coil in a second coil group, a direction of forming a plurality of coils is a second direction (B). Winding end parts of series coils in the first coil group and winding start parts of series coils in the second coil group are connected, winding end parts of series coils in the third coil group and winding start parts of the series coils in the first coil group are connected, and winding end parts of the series coils in the second coil group and winding end parts of the series coils in the third coil group are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Makoto OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20230107866
    Abstract: A motor of the present invention includes a rotation shaft, blades provided at the rotation shaft, a holder having tubular members, a rotor, and a stator opposing the rotor in a radial direction of the rotor. The stator is fixed to the tubular members, the stator includes a magnetic body, a coil and a resin member, a part of the resin member enters into between windings of the coil, another part of the resin member forms a side surface of the stator, and another part of the resin member opposes the blades in an axial direction of the rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventor: Makoto OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220278575
    Abstract: A motor 1 includes a stator having an annular shape; and a rotor including a rotor magnet surrounding the stator, wherein an outer diameter of the rotor is in a range from 80 mm to 100 mm, the stator includes a yoke having an annular shape, a plurality of magnetic pole portions, a plurality of coupling portions connecting the yoke and the plurality of magnetic pole portions to each other, and a plurality of coils each wound around each of the plurality of coupling portions, the rotor magnet is continuously formed of a resin in an annular shape, the number of magnet poles of the rotor magnet is 14×N (pieces) (where N is a positive integer), the number of the plurality of magnetic pole portions is 12×N (pieces), and each of the plurality of magnetic pole portions extends in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Makoto OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220211067
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a powder composition having an excellent ability to retain fragrance components derived from tea leaves. In a powder composition comprising a tea leaf extract, a dextrin is added to adjust the molecular weight distribution of the composition such that the percentage of a molecular weight fraction of not less than 250,000 falls within the range of from 0.5 to 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisaku Yonezawa, Makoto Otsuka, Takashi Mukai, Takeshi Nakajima, Keita Kikuchi, Yuji Hirayama, Taisuke Osanai, Taishu Hamaba
  • Publication number: 20220183314
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aromatizing material having excellent floral aroma. The tea aroma composition comprises linalool, geraniol, and 2-methylbutanal, and has a weight ratio of 2-methylbutanal content to total linalool and geraniol content which is adjusted to be in the range of from 0.010 to 0.215.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisaku Yonezawa, Makoto Otsuka, Takashi Mukai, Takeshi Nakajima, Keita Kikuchi, Yuji Hirayama, Taisuke Osanai, Taishu Hamaba
  • Publication number: 20220174974
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a tea aroma composition wherein the excellent aroma of tea leaves is enhanced. In the method for producing a tea aroma composition, tea leaves are treated by steam distillation to collect a distillate and then the obtained distillate is subjected to distillative concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisaku Yonezawa, Makoto Otsuka, Takashi Mukai, Takeshi Nakajima, Keita Kikuchi, Yuji Hirayama, Taisuke Osanai, Taishu Hamaba
  • Patent number: 11309750
    Abstract: A driving apparatus according to an embodiment includes an arm, an operation target, and a brake unit. The arm has one end supported by a support mechanism, and includes an electric driving source. The operation target is attached to the other end of the arm, the other end being an end on the opposite side of the one end, and is enabled to be pivoted by the driving source about one rotational axis intersecting with a direction from the one end to the other end. The brake unit secures immobility of a target gear that is a gear disposed in the arm, and that is a gear being rotated as the operation target is pivoted, when the power supply to the driving source stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Otsuka, Koji Kebukawa
  • Patent number: 11227228
    Abstract: A processing apparatus is disclosed for representing cognitively biased selection behavior of a consumer as a learnable model with high prediction accuracy taking into account even feature values of a product and the consumer. The processing apparatus generates a selection model obtained by modeling selection behavior of a selection entity that selects at least one choice out of presented input choices. The processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit to acquire training data including a plurality of input feature vectors that indicate features of a plurality of the choices presented to the selection entity and an output feature vector that indicates a feature of an output choice. The processing apparatus further includes an input combining unit to combine the plurality of input vectors to generate an input combined vector, and a learning processing unit to learn a selection model on the basis of the input combined vector and the output vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Morimura, Takayuki Osogami, Makoto Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20210010108
    Abstract: An Al—Si—Mg aluminum alloy is provided. The Al—Si—Mg aluminum alloy includes: 5 mass % or larger and 10 mass % or smaller of Si; 0.2 mass % or larger and 1.0 mass% or smaller of Mg, 0.03 mass % or larger and 0.5 mass % or smaller of Sb; 0.0004 mass % or larger and 0.0026 mass % or smaller of Be; and a remainder having an alloy composition including Al and unavoidable impurities. In L*a*b* color system, a value of L* that indicates lightness of a surface thereof is 55 or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Katsumi FUKAYA, Hiroshi HORIKAWA, Yutaro KITAKI, Makoto OTSUKA, Tsutomu MASUDA, Naoaki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10835964
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a compact and low-cost gripper which allows an outside diameter of a piston to be increased. Provided is a gripper including a body case having, at one end, a cylinder part having a cylinder chamber which houses a piston so as to slide the piston along a central axis of the piston, and having, at the other end, a plurality of guide parts formed at regular intervals around the center axis and extending in a direction orthogonal to the center axis; a plurality of master jaws, on which top jaws can be removably mounted, guided by each of the guide parts; and a plunger having a plurality of interconnecting means which are respectively interconnected with each of the master jaws and slides along the central axis associated with a sliding operation of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: KITAGAWA IRON WORKS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Makoto Otsuka, Shuuji Fujii
  • Patent number: 10755164
    Abstract: A dynamic time-evolution Boltzmann machine capable of learning is provided. Aspects include acquiring a time-series input data and supplying a plurality of input values of input data of the time-series input data at one time point to a plurality of nodes of the mode. Aspects also include computing, based on an input data sequence before the one time point in the time-series input data and a weight parameter between each of a plurality of input values of input data of the input data sequence and a corresponding one of the plurality of nodes of the model, a conditional probability of the input value at the one time point given that the input data sequence has occurred. Aspects further include adjusting the weight parameter so as to increase a conditional probability of occurrence of the input data at the one time point given that the input data sequence has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Osogami, Makoto Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20200212732
    Abstract: A driving apparatus according to an embodiment includes an arm, an operation target, and a brake unit. The arm has one end supported by a support mechanism, and includes an electric driving source. The operation target is attached to the other end of the arm, the other end being an end on the opposite side of the one end, and is enabled to be pivoted by the driving source about one rotational axis intersecting with a direction from the one end to the other end. The brake unit secures immobility of a target gear that is a gear disposed in the arm, and that is a gear being rotated as the operation target is pivoted, when the power supply to the driving source stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto OTSUKA, Koji KEBUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200184360
    Abstract: A processing apparatus is disclosed for representing cognitively biased selection behavior of a consumer as a learnable model with high prediction accuracy taking into account even feature values of a product and the consumer. The processing apparatus generates a selection model obtained by modeling selection behavior of a selection entity that selects at least one choice out of presented input choices. The processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit to acquire training data including a plurality of input feature vectors that indicate features of a plurality of the choices presented to the selection entity and an output feature vector that indicates a feature of an output choice. The processing apparatus further includes an input combining unit to combine the plurality of input vectors to generate an input combined vector, and a learning processing unit to learn a selection model on the basis of the input combined vector and the output vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuro MORIMURA, Takayuki OSOGAMI, Makoto OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 10579933
    Abstract: A processing apparatus is disclosed for representing cognitively biased selection behavior of a consumer as a learnable model with high prediction accuracy taking into account even feature values of a product and the consumer. The processing apparatus generates a selection model obtained by modeling selection behavior of a selection entity that selects at least one choice out of presented input choices. The processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit to acquire training data including a plurality of input feature vectors that indicate features of a plurality of the choices presented to the selection entity and an output feature vector that indicates a feature of an output choice. The processing apparatus further includes an input combining unit to combine the plurality of input vectors to generate an input combined vector, and a learning processing unit to learn a selection model on the basis of the input combined vector and the output vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Morimura, Takayuki Osogami, Makoto Otsuka