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).

  • Patent number: 11925648
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Mizutani, Masayuki Morimoto, Maki Okabe, Masaaki Ito, Go Kimura
  • Patent number: 11915193
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Kimura, Takahiro Matsui
  • Patent number: 11630411
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Arihiro Yamamoto, Syoji Inoue, Masahiro Watanabe, Toshirou Uchida, Youhei Ikeda, Masanori Yokoyama, Hisao Kato, Saki Sudo, Tomoya Kawakami, Masaaki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220307153
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kanda, Hironari Ikeda, Masaaki Kimura, Mizuki Nagai
  • Publication number: 20220291622
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Arihiro Yamamoto, Syoji Inoue, Masahiro Watanabe, Toshirou Uchida, Youhei Ikeda, Masanori Yokoyama, Hisao Kato, Saki Sudo, Tomoya Kawakami, Masaaki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220164977
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki KIMURA, Takahiro MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20220164832
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki KIMURA, Takahiro MATSUI, Jun UCHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220122028
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki KIMURA, Takahlro MATSU
  • Publication number: 20210198800
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Shoichiro Ogata, Masaaki Kimura, Mitsutoshi Yahagi
  • Patent number: 10982347
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichiro Ogata, Masaaki Kimura, Mitsutoshi Yahagi
  • Publication number: 20200255968
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshitaka MUKAIYAMA, Toshio YOKOYAMA, Kunio OISHI, Masaaki KIMURA, Jumpei FUJIKATA
  • Patent number: 10583808
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Kimura, Hayato Saito
  • Publication number: 20200010972
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Shoichiro Ogata, Masaaki Kimura, Mitsutoshi Yahagi
  • Patent number: 10458036
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichiro Ogata, Masaaki Kimura, Mitsutoshi Yahagi
  • Patent number: 10442401
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Kimura, Tomohiko Annaka, Toshiyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 10348164
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Tanaka, Takeshi Kanai, Masaaki Kimura, Koji Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 10336299
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kojima, Masaaki Kimura, Yukiyoshi Iso
  • Patent number: 10316425
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yajima, Mitsutoshi Yahagi, Masaaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 10320265
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Tanaka, Takeshi Kanai, Masaaki Kimura, Koji Tsuchiya, Hiroji Okabe, Toshiyuki Amagasa, Hachidai Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10240247
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Yahagi, Masaaki Kimura, Junichiro Tsujino