Patents by Inventor Masaaki Murata
Masaaki Murata 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: 20240151591Abstract: According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a substrate, wherein the substrate temperature sensor is provided in a protective pipe provided to be accommodated in a recess formed at a portion of a substrate retainer on which the substrate is mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Tokunobu AKAO, Hitoshi MURATA, Akinori TANAKA, Masaaki UENO
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Patent number: 11964527Abstract: A vehicle stabilizer system, including: a stabilizer device and a switching mechanism to switch a roll suppressing function by a stabilizer bar between an effective state in which the roll suppressing function is rendered effective and an ineffective state in which the roll suppressing function is rendered ineffective; and a controller configured to determine whether a lateral acceleration of a vehicle body is greater than a threshold lateral acceleration and control the switching mechanism to render the roll suppressing function effective when the lateral acceleration is greater than the threshold lateral acceleration and ineffective when the lateral acceleration is not greater than the threshold lateral acceleration, wherein the controller employs, as a determination lateral acceleration for determining whether the lateral acceleration is greater than the threshold lateral acceleration, a smaller one of an actual lateral acceleration and an estimated lateral acceleration estimated based on a turning degreeType: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaaki Tabata, Kazuyuki Murata, Masashi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11473805Abstract: The indoor unit includes a plurality of outlet openings. In airflow rotation of the indoor unit, a full blowout mode and a partial blowout mode are executed. In the full blowout mode, all the outlet openings blow conditioned air. In the partial blowout mode, the flow of the blowing air of part of the outlet openings are blocked by the air current blocking mechanism, and thus the blowing wind speeds of the remaining outlet openings increases. As a result, an air temperature difference among parts of the indoor space decreases, and the comfort of the indoor space is improved.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Nobuyuki Kojima, Ryouta Suhara, Masaaki Murata, Natsumi Furo
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Publication number: 20210102725Abstract: The indoor unit includes a plurality of outlet openings. In airflow rotation of the indoor unit, a full blowout mode and a partial blowout mode are executed. In the full blowout mode, all the outlet openings blow conditioned air. In the partial blowout mode, the flow of the blowing air of part of the outlet openings are blocked by the air current blocking mechanism, and thus the blowing wind speeds of the remaining outlet openings increases. As a result, an air temperature difference among parts of the indoor space decreases, and the comfort of the indoor space is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira KOMATSU, Nobuyuki KOJIMA, Ryouta SUHARA, Masaaki MURATA, Natsumi FURO
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Patent number: 10900688Abstract: The indoor unit includes a plurality of outlet openings. In airflow rotation of the indoor unit, a full blowout mode and a partial blowout mode are executed. In the full blowout mode, all the outlet openings blow conditioned air. In the partial blowout mode, the flow of the blowing air of part of the outlet openings are blocked by the air current blocking mechanism, and thus the blowing wind speeds of the remaining outlet openings increases. As a result, an air temperature difference among parts of the indoor space decreases, and the comfort of the indoor space is improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Nobuyuki Kojima, Ryouta Suhara, Masaaki Murata, Natsumi Furo
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Publication number: 20200370780Abstract: An air-conditioning light-emitting system includes: air conditioners; light emitters; a first communication means that connects the air conditioners and that causes the air conditioners to communicate with each other; a plurality of second communication means that each connects one of the air conditioners to one of the light emitters and that causes the one of the air conditioners to communicate with the one of the light emitters; and a controller that controls the light emitters by using the first communication means and the second communication means.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kousuke Shiohama, Nobuyuki Kojima, Tatsuya Toyofuku, Masaaki Murata
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Patent number: 10760812Abstract: In order to carry out, in a heating operation, an airflow rate adjusting operation in which a reduced amount of conditioned air is blown in one or more of a plurality of blowing directions to increase a blowing speed in the rest of the blowing directions, an operation control section is configured to control the flow of the conditioned air such that the conditioned air is blown out in a horizontal blow mode in the blowing direction in which the blowing speed is increased by the airflow rate adjusting operation, and periodically change the blowing direction in which a reduced amount of the conditioned air is blown. As a result, temperature variations in the air-conditioning target space in the heating operation are reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Nobuyuki Kojima, Takahiro Wasaka, Masaaki Murata
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Patent number: 10655885Abstract: Entrance of cold air from near a wall of an indoor space is avoided. An airflow direction adjusting flap is provided at a main outlet opening, and changes the direction of airflow coming from the main outlet opening in a vertical direction. A load detector detects a load of an indoor space. When the load of the indoor space is higher than a predetermined value in a heating operation, the airflow direction adjusting flap guides the air coming from the main outlet opening in a horizontal direction or in an upward direction with respect to the horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Kojima, Akira Komatsu, Ryouta Suhara, Masaaki Murata, Natsumi Furo
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Patent number: 10274220Abstract: If a load of an indoor space is higher than a predetermined value in a cooling operation, a controller performs a swing control operation to swing a wind direction adjusting slat so that a direction of blown air shifts in a limited possible range. The angle of a lowermost wind direction relative to a horizontal plane in the limited possible range is smaller than the angle of a lowermost wind direction relative to the horizontal plane in the normal possible range. The normal possible range is previously determined to be a range where if the load of the indoor space is lower than the predetermined value, the direction of the blown air can shift upward and downward.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Kojima, Akira Komatsu, Ryouta Suhara, Masaaki Murata, Natsumi Furo
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Publication number: 20190056137Abstract: The indoor unit includes a plurality of outlet openings. In airflow rotation of the indoor unit, a full blowout mode and a partial blowout mode are executed. In the full blowout mode, all the outlet openings blow conditioned air. In the partial blowout mode, the flow of the blowing air of part of the outlet openings are blocked by the air current blocking mechanism, and thus the blowing wind speeds of the remaining outlet openings increases. As a result, an air temperature difference among parts of the indoor space decreases, and the comfort of the indoor space is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2016Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira KOMATSU, Nobuyuki KOJIMA, Ryouta SUHARA, Masaaki MURATA, Natsumi FURO
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Publication number: 20180259217Abstract: If a load of an indoor space is higher than a predetermined value in a cooling operation, a controller performs a swing control operation to swing a wind direction adjusting slat so that a direction of blown air shifts in a limited possible range. The angle of a lowermost wind direction relative to a horizontal plane in the limited possible range is smaller than the angle of a lowermost wind direction relative to the horizontal plane in the normal possible range. The normal possible range is previously determined to be a range where if the load of the indoor space is lower than the predetermined value, the direction of the blown air can shift upward and downward.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki KOJIMA, Akira KOMATSU, Ryouta SUHARA, Masaaki MURATA, Natsumi FURO
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Publication number: 20180252429Abstract: Entrance of cold air from near a wall of an indoor space is avoided. An airflow direction adjusting flap is provided at a main outlet opening, and changes the direction of airflow coming from the main outlet opening in a vertical direction. A load detector detects a load of an indoor space. When the load of the indoor space is higher than a predetermined value in a heating operation, the airflow direction adjusting flap guides the air coming from the main outlet opening in a horizontal direction or in an upward direction with respect to the horizontal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki KOJIMA, Akira KOMATSU, Ryouta SUHARA, Masaaki MURATA, Natsumi FURO
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Publication number: 20170292732Abstract: Disclosed herein is an indoor unit including: a load detector for detecting a heavy-load area to bear a relatively heavy air-conditioning load during a heating mode of operation and a light-load area to bear a lighter air-conditioning load than the heavy-load area from a perimeter zone of a space to be air-conditioned; and an air volume adjuster for setting the volume of air blown toward the light-load area to be lower than that of air blown toward the heavy-load area in a horizontal blowing mode. This allows the entire room, including the perimeter zone, to be air-conditioned efficiently during the heating mode of operation with temperature non-uniformity reduced in the room.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki KOJIMA, Akira KOMATSU, Masaaki MURATA
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Publication number: 20170276392Abstract: In order to carry out, in a heating operation, an airflow rate adjusting operation in which a reduced amount of conditioned air is blown in one or more of a plurality of blowing directions to increase a blowing speed in the rest of the blowing directions, an operation control section is configured to control the flow of the conditioned air such that the conditioned air is blown out in a horizontal blow mode in the blowing direction in which the blowing speed is increased by the airflow rate adjusting operation, and periodically change the blowing direction in which a reduced amount of the conditioned air is blown. As a result, temperature variations in the air-conditioning target space in the heating operation are reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira KOMATSU, Nobuyuki KOJIMA, Takahiro WASAKA, Masaaki MURATA
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Patent number: 9677315Abstract: A door opening/closing control device includes: a driving part driving an actuator opening or closing a door; an operation switch operated for instructing opening/closing or stopping of the door; a first controller controlling driving of the actuator via the driving part in accordance with the operation; a manual opening/closing detector detecting that the door is manually opened or closed; and a second controller controlling the driving of the actuator via the driving part to assist a manual operation of opening or closing the door when the manual opening/closing detector detects the manual opening/closing operation. Then, when the second controller controls the driving of the actuator to assist the manual operation of opening or closing the door, even when the operation switch is operated, the first controller does not control the driving of the actuator in accordance with the operation, and the second controller continues to control the driving.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Keigo Fujimoto, Sambon Lee, Masaaki Murata
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Publication number: 20150275563Abstract: A door opening/closing control device includes: a driving part driving an actuator opening or closing a door; an operation switch operated for instructing opening/closing or stopping of the door; a first controller controlling driving of the actuator via the driving part in accordance with the operation; a manual opening/closing detector detecting that the door is manually opened or closed; and a second controller controlling the driving of the actuator via the driving part to assist a manual operation of opening or closing the door when the manual opening/closing detector detects the manual opening/closing operation. Then, when the second controller controls the driving of the actuator to assist the manual operation of opening or closing the door, even when the operation switch is operated, the first controller does not control the driving of the actuator in accordance with the operation, and the second controller continues to control the driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Keigo Fujimoto, Sambon Lee, Masaaki Murata
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Patent number: 6984784Abstract: An electronic equipment system includes a housing 20 and a plurality of modules 31 to 35, which are removably built in and fixed to the housing 20. The modules 31 to 34 includes a liquid crystal display 31a; a graphic control circuit 32a1 and a navigation control circuit 32a2; an MD unit 33a; and a CD unit 34a, respectively. The module 35 is formed through integration of control sections, such as constant-voltage circuits for power supply, which achieve a function that is common among the graphic control circuit and the navigation control circuit, the MD unit, and the CD unit. Thus, it becomes possible to replace only necessary one among the modules 31 to 34, thereby reducing cost necessary for upgrading of the system.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2001Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiro Nagasaka, Tsuneo Shiga, Masaaki Murata
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Publication number: 20030167094Abstract: An electronic equipment system includes a housing 20 and a plurality of modules 31 to 35, which are removably built in and fixed to the housing 20. The modules 31 to 34 includes a liquid crystal display 31a; a graphic control circuit 32a1 and a navigation control circuit 32a2; an MD unit 33a; and a CD unit 34a, respectively. The module 35 is formed through integration of control sections, such as constant-voltage circuits for power supply, which achieve a function that is common among the graphic control circuit and the navigation control circuit, the MD unit, and the CD unit. Thus, it becomes possible to replace only necessary one among the modules 31 to 34, thereby reducing cost necessary for upgrading of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Inventors: Yasuhiro Nagasaka, Tsuneo Shiga, Masaaki Murata
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Patent number: 6033260Abstract: A shielding-member-containing connector assembly (1) includes a female connector (2), and a male connector (3). A groove portion (5) is provided in the inside of a metal shell (4) shield-connected to a shielded electric wire (W) of the female connector (2). The outside of the metal shell (4) is covered with a shrinkable tube (36). The male connector (3) includes a shielding member (6) shield-connected to a shielded electric wire (W), a suitable number of resilient pieces (9) having engagement protrusions (10) extended to the outside of a male housing (8) which holds a male terminal (7), a slide member (11) slidable in an axial direction, the slide member (11) having a pressing wall (13), and a notch portion (12) from which the engagement protrusions (10) are projected is provided in the slide member (11).Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1998Date of Patent: March 7, 2000Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masaaki Murata, Masaharu Hirota, Isao Kameyama, Satoru Kaneko
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Patent number: RE49929Abstract: A first embodiment of a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board according to the present disclosure is directed to a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board, the substrate including: a dielectric layer including a fluororesin and an inorganic filler; and a copper foil layered on at least one surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a surface of the copper foil at the dielectric layer side has a maximum height roughness (Rz) of less than or equal to 2 ?m, and a ratio of the number of inorganic atoms of the inorganic filler to the number of fluorine atoms of the fluororesin in a superficial region of the dielectric layer at the copper foil side is less than or equal to 0.08.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.Inventors: Shingo Kaimori, Masaaki Yamauchi, Kentaro Okamoto, Satoshi Kiya, Kazuo Murata