Patents by Inventor Makoto Yano
Makoto Yano 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: 20240165891Abstract: A tubular body (1) made of a fiber-reinforced plastic and used as a structural material of a vehicle includes corners (4) extending along an axis of the tubular body (1) on an outer circumferential surface thereof. The tubular body (1) is a tubular laminate that is formed by laminating a fabric layer (12) formed by laminating fabric materials and unidirectional material layers (11, 13). Each fabric material includes a fabric in which reinforcing fibers are woven and a plastic with which the fabric is impregnated. Each unidirectional material layer (11, 13) includes reinforcing fibers oriented in one direction and a plastic with which the reinforcing fibers are impregnated. The reinforcing fibers of each unidirectional material layer (11, 13) are oriented along the axis of the tubular laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicants: MIZUNO TECHNICS CORPORATION, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi SAITO, Makoto HIROSE, Takumi KASHIMA, Hiroki YANO, Chikara TANAKA, Tomohito OKUYAMA, Taei SHIBAHARA, Masaki MOTOKI
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Patent number: 11955513Abstract: A semiconductor device has a super junction structure and includes a first semiconductor layer of the second conductive type disposed on the first column region and the second column region, a second semiconductor layer of the first conductive type disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a first semiconductor region of the first conductive type that is electrically connected to the first electrode and is disposed in a surface layer portion of the second semiconductor layer to be separated from the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor region of the second conductive type that is electrically connected to the second electrode and that is disposed at least in the surface layer portion of the second semiconductor layer to be separated from the first semiconductor region and is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: NISSHINBO MICRO DEVICES INC., UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHIInventors: Makoto Hashimoto, Koji Yano, Naohiro Shimizu
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Patent number: 11927463Abstract: A measurement system, a measurement device, and a measurement method being able to measure a flow speed for each position of an optical fiber are provided. According to one example embodiment, a measurement system includes: an object provided in a fluid, and generating a self-excited vibration by the fluid; an optical fiber provided in the fluid, and detecting the vibration; a light source outputting light P to the optical fiber; an acquisition unit acquiring backscattered light generated from the light P in the optical fiber and including a pattern indicating the vibration in a vibration position on the optical fiber to which the vibration of the fluid is transmitted; and a measurement unit measuring, from a pattern included in the backscattered light and indicating the vibration, a flow speed of the fluid in the vibration position.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Yano, Eitaro Misumi, Makoto Saitoh
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Publication number: 20240067764Abstract: A solid titanium catalyst component (I) for olefin polymer production contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic multiple-ester-group-containing compound (a) represented by the formula (1). Preferably, a propylene polymer that is obtained by the olefin polymerization method and has specific thermal properties as determined primarily by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takashi KIMURA, Makoto ISOGAI, Yasushi NAKAYAMA, Kenji MICHIUE, Takashi JINNAI, Wataru YAMADA, Shotaro TAKANO, Hiroshi TERAO, Takaaki YANO, Yoshiyuki TOTANI, Sunil Krzysztof MOORTHI, Takashi NAKANO
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Publication number: 20240067597Abstract: [Problem] To provide an internal donor component capable of producing, with high productivity, a propylene polymer having extremely high stereoregularity when used mainly as a solid titanium catalyst component. [Solution] A polyol ester compound having a specific polycyclic structure represented by formula (1). This ester compound is characterized in that sites including a C-R3 structure and a C-R4 structure satisfy a specific relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takaaki YANO, Wataru YAMADA, Shotaro TAKANO, Takashi KIMURA, Makoto ISOGAI, Takashi NAKANO, Sunil Krzysztof MOORTHI
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Publication number: 20240067763Abstract: The solid titanium catalyst component (I) of the present invention contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic multiple-ester-group-containing compound (a) represented by the following formula (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takashi KIMURA, Makoto ISOGAI, Yasushi NAKAYAMA, Kenji MICHIUE, Takashi JINNAI, Wataru YAMADA, Shotaro TAKANO, Hiroshi TERAO, Takaaki YANO, Yoshiyuki TOTANI, Sunil Krzysztof MOORTHI, Takashi NAKANO
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Patent number: 11408118Abstract: A cloth clamping chuck includes a pair of chuck jaws and a driving process that rotates at least one of the pair of chuck jaws around an open-close axis x to change an opening degree of the pair of chuck jaws. The cloth clamping chuck has a catching portion which is arranged in a position out of an extension line of the chuck jaws, and in associated with the pulling operation of cloth, is caught in a portion of the cloth other than the portion clamped by the pair of chuck jaws to deflect a force applied to the clamped portion of the cloth toward a side along the open-close axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: PUREX CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Yano, Yuichiro Yabe
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Patent number: 11359317Abstract: An edge clamping device includes: a two-position holding device having a pair of holding chucks that hold two separate portions of a rectangular piece of cloth Y that are on or near the ridge of a fold, in a state where a right-angled triangular part S is revealed; an edge locating conveyor that is disposed under the two-position holding device and delivers the cloth Y having been released from the two-position holding device; clamping chucks disposed downstream of the edge locating conveyor in a delivery direction; and a position changing means that moves at least one of the two-position holding device, the edge locating conveyor, and the clamping chucks in a crosswise direction such that the right-angled triangular part S of the cloth Y held by the two-position holding device is located at a correct clamping position corresponding to the positions of the clamping chucks.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: PUREX CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Yano, Yuichiro Yabe
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Patent number: 11326301Abstract: An automatic cloth spreading machine, that keeps the number of pieces processed even in the event of failure in handling, includes a separating device for separating pieces of cloth one by one from a mass of cloth made of a plurality of pieces of cloth by cloth handling devices, an edge locating device for locating an edge of each of the pieces of cloth having been separated one by one, a spreading device for spreading the piece of cloth, the edge of which has been located, and a discharging device for discharging the piece of cloth having been spread to a subsequent step. The separating device includes multiple units of cloth handling devices that perform the same process, and the multiple units of cloth handling devices simultaneously perform at least one of single- or multiple-step processes of separating pieces of cloth one by one from the mass of cloth.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: PUREX CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Yano, Yuichiro Yabe
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Patent number: 11066769Abstract: A cloth spreading apparatus is capable of eliminating the troublesome work of pulling a cloth when the cloth is held by feeding chucks to reduce burden of the worker and operation time. A cloth spreading apparatus includes a pair of feeding chucks grasping adjacent corners of a cloth, a moving device for moving the pair of feeding chucks between a feeding position and a delivery position of the cloth to draw the cloth, and spreading chucks for receiving the cloth directly or indirectly from the pair of feeding chucks and spreading the cloth in a direction of separating the adjacent corners from each other. The moving device has separate moving trajectories corresponding to the respective feeding chucks so that the pair of feeding chucks can move between the feeding position and the delivery position independently of each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: PUREX CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Yano, Hiroyuki Ideue
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Publication number: 20210172113Abstract: A cloth clamping chuck includes a pair of chuck jaws and a driving process that rotates at least one of the pair of chuck jaws around an open-close axis x to change an opening degree of the pair of chuck jaws. The cloth clamping chuck has a catching portion which is arranged in a position out of an extension line of the chuck jaws, and in associated with the pulling operation of cloth, is caught in a portion of the cloth other than the portion clamped by the pair of chuck jaws to deflect a force applied to the clamped portion of the cloth toward a side along the open-close axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: PUREX Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto YANO, Yuichiro YABE
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Publication number: 20210155437Abstract: A cloth transfer apparatus allows a cloth to be attached to a traveling clamp efficiently without waste even when a corner of the cloth to be attached to the traveling clamp is specified. The cloth transfer apparatus includes: a plurality of independent traveling clamps; and a transfer rail circulating through a supply unit where a corner of the cloth is attached to the traveling clamp and a discharge unit where the cloth is delivered from the traveling clamp and allowing the traveling clamps to independently travel. In the supply unit: a branch point that allows the transfer rail to branch into a first supply rail and a second supply rail and a merge point that allows to the branched first supply rail and second supply rail to be merged.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: PUREX CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto YANO, Hiroyuki IDEUE
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Publication number: 20210032791Abstract: An edge clamping device includes: a two-position holding device having a pair of holding chucks that hold two separate portions of a rectangular piece of cloth Y that are on or near the ridge of a fold, in a state where a right-angled triangular part S is revealed; an edge locating conveyor that is disposed under the two-position holding device and delivers the cloth Y having been released from the two-position holding device; clamping chucks disposed downstream of the edge locating conveyor in a delivery direction; and a position changing means that moves at least one of the two-position holding device, the edge locating conveyor, and the clamping chucks in a crosswise direction such that the right-angled triangular part S of the cloth Y held by the two-position holding device is located at a correct clamping position corresponding to the positions of the clamping chucks.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: PUREX CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto YANO, Yuichiro YABE
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Publication number: 20200392665Abstract: An automatic cloth spreading machine, that keeps the number of pieces processed even in the event of failure in handling, includes a separating device for separating pieces of cloth one by one from a mass of cloth made of a plurality of pieces of cloth by cloth handling devices, an edge locating device for locating an edge of each of the pieces of cloth having been separated one by one, a spreading device for spreading the piece of cloth, the edge of which has been located, and a discharging device for discharging the piece of cloth having been spread to a subsequent step. The separating device includes multiple units of cloth handling devices that perform the same process, and the multiple units of cloth handling devices simultaneously perform at least one of single- or multiple-step processes of separating pieces of cloth one by one from the mass of cloth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: PUREX Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto YANO, Yuichiro YABE
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Publication number: 20200224348Abstract: A cloth clamping chuck and a cloth handling apparatus that can handle cloth so as to reduce falling of the cloth while avoiding damage to the cloth includes a pair of clamps, disposed facing each other, and an opening-closing means that moves the pair of clamps, relatively closer to or separated from each other. Each of the clamps has, at a leading end, a projecting part that projects toward the other opposite clamp. Each of surfaces of the projecting parts on a base end side of the clamps is formed either as a flat surface parallel to a facing direction of the pair of clamps or as an inclined surface inclining toward the above base end side while extending toward the other opposite projecting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: PUREX CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto YANO, Yuichiro YABE
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Publication number: 20200002865Abstract: A cloth spreading apparatus is capable of eliminating the troublesome work of pulling a cloth when the cloth is held by feeding chucks to reduce burden of the worker and operation time. A cloth spreading apparatus includes a pair of feeding chucks grasping adjacent corners of a cloth, a moving device for moving the pair of feeding chucks between a feeding position and a delivery position of the cloth to draw the cloth, and spreading chucks for receiving the cloth directly or indirectly from the pair of feeding chucks and spreading the cloth in a direction of separating the adjacent corners from each other. The moving device has separate moving trajectories corresponding to the respective feeding chucks so that the pair of feeding chucks can move between the feeding position and the delivery position independently of each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: PUREX CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto YANO, Hiroyuki IDEUE
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Patent number: 10331709Abstract: A map difference data distribution system includes a map difference data distribution device including a map difference data storage unit storing map difference data items and a distribution unit distributing map difference data items, and a map data maintaining device including update unit updating map data based on map difference data items. The map difference data storage unit traces the updated data items and data items having dependent relationships with the updated data items back to the different version updates, and stores the data items as map difference data items. The map difference data distribution device includes a non-updated data extraction unit extracting non-updated data items from the map data maintaining device, a grouping unit grouping the data items in dependent relationships, and a distribution data generation unit generating distribution data by arranging grouped records of non-updated data items from higher priority of map element under specified communication traffic volume.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Yano, Yasutaka Atarashi, Takamitsu Suzuki
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Patent number: 10295351Abstract: A map difference data delivery system includes a map difference data delivery device and a map data holding device. The map difference data delivery device stores map difference data representing a difference between before and after version update and delivers the map difference data. The map difference data includes map elements updated in the version update and dependent map elements by dating back to update of map elements corresponding to a different version. The dependent map elements are map elements that have a dependent relationship and need to be previously updated to avoid conflict with other map elements when updated. The map difference data delivery device groups data of the dependent map elements that have a dependent relationship in the same version.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Yano, Yasutaka Atarashi, Takamitsu Suzuki
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Patent number: 9818562Abstract: Provided is a reliable switch having a contact surface that is prevented from being roughened. To solve the problem, there is provided a switch including a plurality of switching units 2 and 3 each including a fixed electrode and a movable electrode that is disposed to be opposed to the fixed electrode and is closed or opened with respect to the fixed electrode, the switch being characterized in that the switching units 2 and 3 each make or break a current to be applied to the switch, the switching units 2 and 3 are electrically connected in series to each other, and the switching units 2 and 3 are each configured such that a first switching unit 3 is first closed, and then a second switching unit 2 is closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Sato, Ayumu Morita, Makoto Yano, Kenji Tsuchiya, Akio Nakazawa
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Patent number: 9587348Abstract: Reduction of time and labor required for manually disentangling the bundle of cloths to some extent beforehand. A cloths separating device for disentangling a bundle of cloths consisting of a plurality of cloths tangled with one another includes: a cloths pick-up mechanism which holds a part of cloths on a cloths transport conveyor and picks the part of cloths, in a hanging state, obliquely upward; a pair of upper and lower compression conveyors, whose entrance is located so as to face a middle part of the cloths picked up in a hanging state, the clearance between the compression conveyors becoming narrower from the entrance toward an exit; and a cloths push-in mechanism which pushes the middle part of the cloths into the entrance of the compression conveyors.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: PUREX CO., LTD.Inventor: Makoto Yano