Patents by Inventor Masaaki Kimura
Masaaki Kimura 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: 11925648Abstract: The present invention provides a solid dosage form having good stability, suspensibility in water and fluidity by preparing a solid dosage form containing a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a stabilizer, a sugar alcohol and/or a sugar, a water-soluble polymer and an inorganic substance.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoya Mizutani, Masayuki Morimoto, Maki Okabe, Masaaki Ito, Go Kimura
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Patent number: 11915193Abstract: An article recommendation device includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: acquiring a first article based on information related to a predetermined evaluation in a networking service; acquiring at least one of a category that includes the acquired first article and a feature of the first article; acquiring a second article related to at least one of the acquired category and the feature; and displaying the acquired second article as a recommended article.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Kimura, Takahiro Matsui
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Patent number: 11630411Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing an electrophotographic cleaning blade that has excellent chipping resistance and can exhibit excellent cleaning performance. This cleaning blade is provided with an elastic member that includes a polyurethane and a support member that supports the elastic member, and cleans the surface of a member to be cleaned that is moving, by bringing a part of the elastic member into contact with the surface of the member to be cleaned. The average value of the elastic modulus of the elastic member obtained when measured using SPM is at least 15 MPa and not more than 470 MPa, and the coefficient of variation thereof is not more than 6.0%.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Arihiro Yamamoto, Syoji Inoue, Masahiro Watanabe, Toshirou Uchida, Youhei Ikeda, Masanori Yokoyama, Hisao Kato, Saki Sudo, Tomoya Kawakami, Masaaki Kimura
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Publication number: 20220307153Abstract: Provided are an anode holder capable of reducing consumption of an additive in a plating apparatus, and a plating apparatus. An anode holder for holding an anode for use in a plating apparatus is provided, and the anode holder includes an inner space formed in the anode holder, to house the anode, a mask including a plurality of holes, and configured to cover a front surface of the inner space, and a diaphragm, at least part of the diaphragm being fixed to the mask in a region of the mask that covers the front surface of the inner space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Hiroyuki Kanda, Hironari Ikeda, Masaaki Kimura, Mizuki Nagai
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Publication number: 20220291622Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing an electrophotographic cleaning blade that has excellent chipping resistance and can exhibit excellent cleaning performance. This cleaning blade is provided with an elastic member that comprises a polyurethane and a support member that supports the elastic member, and cleans the surface of a member to be cleaned that is moving, by bringing a part of the elastic member into contact with the surface of the member to be cleaned. The average value of the elastic modulus of the elastic member obtained when measured using SPM is at least 15 MPa and not more than 470 MPa, and the coefficient of variation thereof is not more than 6.0%.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Arihiro Yamamoto, Syoji Inoue, Masahiro Watanabe, Toshirou Uchida, Youhei Ikeda, Masanori Yokoyama, Hisao Kato, Saki Sudo, Tomoya Kawakami, Masaaki Kimura
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Publication number: 20220164977Abstract: An information processing device system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire a customer identifier (ID) that identifies a customer at a store; generate action information that represents an action of the customer in the store; and assign points in association with the customer ID based on the action information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masaaki KIMURA, Takahiro MATSUI
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Publication number: 20220164832Abstract: A sales management server that includes a generation unit and a notification unit. The generation unit generates advertisement information that includes: information about products for sale to a customer at a child store at which a product replaced by an employee of a mother store: and a number of the products for the sale. The notification unit notifies at least one of a portable communication terminal held by the customer or a device installed in the child store.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masaaki KIMURA, Takahiro MATSUI, Jun UCHIMURA
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Publication number: 20220122028Abstract: An article recommendation device includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: acquiring a first article based on information related to a predetermined evaluation in a networking service; acquiring at least one of a category that includes the acquired first article and a feature of the first article; acquiring a second article related to at least one of the acquired category and the feature; and displaying the acquired second article as a recommended article.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masaaki KIMURA, Takahlro MATSU
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Publication number: 20210198800Abstract: There is disclosed an improved leak checking method which can accurately test a sealing performance of a substrate holder more than conventional leak check techniques. The leak checking method includes: holding a substrate with a substrate holder, the substrate holder including a first holding member and a second holding member, the second holding member having an opening through which a surface of the substrate is exposed; pressing a sealing projection of the second holding member against the surface of the substrate when holding the substrate with the substrate holder; covering the surface of the substrate, exposed through the opening, and the sealing projection with a sealing cap; forming a hermetic space between the sealing cap and the substrate holder; introducing a pressurized gas into the hermetic space; and detecting a decrease in pressure of the pressurized gas in the hermetic space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Shoichiro Ogata, Masaaki Kimura, Mitsutoshi Yahagi
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Patent number: 10982347Abstract: There is disclosed an improved leak checking method which can accurately test a sealing performance of a substrate holder more than conventional leak check techniques. The leak checking method includes: holding a substrate with a substrate holder, the substrate holder including a first holding member and a second holding member, the second holding member having an opening through which a surface of the substrate is exposed; pressing a sealing projection of the second holding member against the surface of the substrate when holding the substrate with the substrate holder; covering the surface of the substrate, exposed through the opening, and the sealing projection with a sealing cap; forming a hermetic space between the sealing cap and the substrate holder; introducing a pressurized gas into the hermetic space; and detecting a decrease in pressure of the pressurized gas in the hermetic space.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichiro Ogata, Masaaki Kimura, Mitsutoshi Yahagi
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Publication number: 20200255968Abstract: An inspection apparatus, a plating apparatus, and an appearance inspection apparatus that are capable of automatically inspecting a substrate holder are provided. An inspection apparatus that includes an electric contact configured to contact a substrate to allow current flow to the substrate and a sealing member configured to seal a surface of the substrate and that inspects a substrate holder holding the substrate is provided. The inspection apparatus includes a stocker installation part in which a stocker configured to house the substrate holder is installed, a cleaning device configured to cleanse the substrate holder, a substrate attaching/detaching device configured to open and close the substrate holder, an appearance inspection apparatus configured to acquire image data or shape data of appearance of at least one of the sealing member and the electric contact, and a conveyer configured to convey the substrate holder among the stocker, the cleaning device, and the appearance inspection apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Yoshitaka MUKAIYAMA, Toshio YOKOYAMA, Kunio OISHI, Masaaki KIMURA, Jumpei FUJIKATA
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Patent number: 10583808Abstract: A wiper device is provided. An operating range of each of two sets of wiper arm units can be properly restricted. A first wiper arm unit is prevented from colliding with a first front pillar or a dash panel when a first output shaft of a first speed reduction mechanism has rotated beyond a first control angle, and a second wiper arm unit is prevented from colliding with a second front pillar or the dash panel when a second output shaft of a second speed reduction mechanism has rotated beyond a second control angle.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: MITSUBA CorporationInventors: Masaaki Kimura, Hayato Saito
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Publication number: 20200010972Abstract: There is disclosed an improved leak checking method which can accurately test a sealing performance of a substrate holder more than conventional leak check techniques. The leak checking method includes: holding a substrate with a substrate holder, the substrate holder including a first holding member and a second holding member, the second holding member having an opening through which a surface of the substrate is exposed; pressing a sealing projection of the second holding member against the surface of the substrate when holding the substrate with the substrate holder; covering the surface of the substrate, exposed through the opening, and the sealing projection with a sealing cap; forming a hermetic space between the sealing cap and the substrate holder; introducing a pressurized gas into the hermetic space; and detecting a decrease in pressure of the pressurized gas in the hermetic space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Shoichiro Ogata, Masaaki Kimura, Mitsutoshi Yahagi
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Patent number: 10458036Abstract: There is disclosed an improved leak checking method which can accurately test a sealing performance of a substrate holder more than conventional leak check techniques. The leak checking method includes: holding a substrate with a substrate holder, the substrate holder including a first holding member and a second holding member, the second holding member having an opening through which a surface of the substrate is exposed; pressing a sealing projection of the second holding member against the surface of the substrate when holding the substrate with the substrate holder; covering the surface of the substrate, exposed through the opening, and the sealing projection with a sealing cap; forming a hermetic space between the sealing cap and the substrate holder; introducing a pressurized gas into the hermetic space; and detecting a decrease in pressure of the pressurized gas in the hermetic space.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichiro Ogata, Masaaki Kimura, Mitsutoshi Yahagi
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Patent number: 10442401Abstract: Since a shape of a stator 44 is made mirror symmetric with respect to a rotor 45 as a 4-pole/6-slot type, rotational deflection of the rotor 45 can be suppressed. As the minimum number of poles and the minimum number of slots, which can suppress the rotational deflection of the rotor 45, a frequency of magnetic noises approaches a frequency of mechanical noises. Thus, it is possible to integrate the whole noises generated by the DR-side wiper motor 21 into a low frequency range thereof, and to make the acoustic sensitivity (dB) of a vehicle interior smaller. Since the stator 44 is fixed inside a housing 40 and mounting legs fixed to a vehicle body fixed portion are provided in the housing 40, the stator 40, which is a source of the magnetic noises, can be fixed to a vehicle via only the housing 40. Therefore, a brushless wiper motor with quietness improved further can be designed.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Mitsuba CorporationInventors: Masaaki Kimura, Tomohiko Annaka, Toshiyuki Kimura
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Patent number: 10348164Abstract: In a brush holder accommodating part 26d of a gear housing 26, paired flat surface parts 26c and paired curved parts 26b are alternately disposed so as to be formed into an elliptical shape, one of the paired flat surface parts is formed with first heat sinks 26i, and two brushes 20 and 20 mounted on a brush holder unit 19 accommodated in the brush holder accommodating part 26d are disposed near the first heat sinks 26i.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Mitsuba CorporationInventors: Hiroto Tanaka, Takeshi Kanai, Masaaki Kimura, Koji Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 10336299Abstract: In a brushless wiper motor, first and second pressing claws (43a and 43b) are formed on an outer periphery (OP) of steel sheets (34a) forming a stator core (34), and press-fitted to an inner periphery (IP) of the motor housing unit (31) so that the stator core (34) is fixed to the motor housing unit (31), base end portions of the first and second pressing claws (43a and 43b) are respectively connected to first and second walls formed on the outer periphery (OP) of the steel sheets (34a), and tip end portions of the first and second pressing claws (43a and 43b) each serves as a free end, and are directed in a circumferential direction of the stator core (34).Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Mitsuba CorporationInventors: Naoki Kojima, Masaaki Kimura, Yukiyoshi Iso
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Patent number: 10316425Abstract: A substrate holder according to the present invention comprises a first power supply member and a second power supply member which allow power to be supplied to substrates having different properties. The first power supply member comprises a first power supply member end part which extends toward the inside of a substrate holding surface and is disposed at a first position of the substrate holding surface. The second power supply member comprises a second power supply member end part which extends toward the inside of the substrate holding surface and is disposed at a second position of the substrate holding surface. The first position is located on the center side of the substrate holding surface relative to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Toshikazu Yajima, Mitsutoshi Yahagi, Masaaki Kimura
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Patent number: 10320265Abstract: A wiper motor has: a magnet disposed on the yoke and formed with at least four poles; an armature disposed on an inner side of the magnet; a speed reduction mechanism unit having an output shaft for transmitting the rotation of the armature shaft; a gear housing connected to the yoke; a gear housing cover covering an opening of the gear housing; a magnet attached to the output shaft of the speed reduction mechanism unit; an absolute position detecting sensor disposed so as to face the magnet; and a control board having the absolute position detecting sensor attached thereto, the control board being disposed between the gear housing and the gear housing cover, and configured to control the rotation of the armature shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Mitsuba CorporationInventors: Hiroto Tanaka, Takeshi Kanai, Masaaki Kimura, Koji Tsuchiya, Hiroji Okabe, Toshiyuki Amagasa, Hachidai Watanabe
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Patent number: 10240247Abstract: To provide an anode holder and a plating apparatus including the same, the anode holder being configured to prevent additives and black films from spreading by moving between an internal space in which an anode is provided and an external space. An anode holder 60 according to the present invention includes: an internal space 61 that houses an anode therein; a diaphragm configured so as to cover a front face of the internal space 61; a hole 71 that is formed on an external surface of the anode holder and which communicates with the internal space 61; and a valve 91 that seals the hole 71 shut.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsutoshi Yahagi, Masaaki Kimura, Junichiro Tsujino