Patents by Inventor Masahiro Ishikawa
Masahiro Ishikawa 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: 9080613Abstract: A starting device configured with a multi-plate clutch and a damper device. The damper device may include an input element to which power from a motor is transmitted via the multi-plate clutch, an outer peripheral-side elastic body to which the power is transmitted from the input element, an inner peripheral-side elastic body that is placed on an inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral-side elastic body, an intermediate element that transmits the power from the outer peripheral-side elastic body to the inner peripheral-side elastic body, and an output element to which the power is transmitted from the inner peripheral-side elastic body. The input element may be coupled to a clutch drum of the multi-plate clutch so that the input element and the clutch drum interpose the intermediate element therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignees: ASIN AW CO., LTD., AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., EXEDY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuyoshi Ito, Masahiro Ishikawa, Junji Tanaka, Fumimasa Kasashima, Naohisa Yamashita, Takeshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 8870665Abstract: A damper device including an input element to which power from a motor is transmitted; a first elastic body to which power is transmitted from the input element; a first intermediate element to which power is transmitted from the first elastic body; a second elastic body to which power is transmitted from the first intermediate element; a second intermediate element to which power is transmitted from the second elastic body; a third elastic body to which power is transmitted from the second intermediate element; and an output element to which power is transmitted from the third elastic body. A stiffness of the first elastic body is higher than a stiffness of the second elastic body.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Takikawa, Hiroki Tsuji, Kazuyoshi Ito, Naohisa Momiyama, Yoichi Oi, Hideaki Kasahara, Masahiro Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20140305698Abstract: A bus bar module includes a holding member for holding the plural bus bars with a mutual distance between the bus bars maintained. The holding member includes a first holding member for holding the plural bus bars in one electrode line of the plural battery cells, a second holding member for holding the plural bus bars in the other electrode line of the plural battery cells, and a joining member for structurally joining the first holding member to the second holding member. The joining member is formed in an arch shape upwardly projected from inside ends of the first holding member and the second holding member. The joining member has a rigid part adapted to maintain the arch shape and a flexible part adapted to vertically bend by a load from above.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro ISHIKAWA, Shigeyuki OGASAWARA, Takao SYOUJI
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Publication number: 20140265453Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a body including a pair of laterally spaced body members and a front roof rail and a rear roof rail spanning between the body members. The body members together with the front and rear roof rails support a roof structure. The body is formed of a steel or steel alloy. The roof structure includes a roof panel, a roof stiffener, a forward connecting member and a rearward connecting member. The roof structure is formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The roof structure is bonded to the body via an adhesive. A plurality of bolts is installed along adhesive application areas between the body and the roof structure. At least one bolt connects the forward connecting member to the front roof rail and at least one bolt connects the rearward connecting member to the rear roof rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Hinz, Masahiro Ishikawa, Andrew K. Swayne
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Publication number: 20140251746Abstract: A starting device configured with a multi-plate clutch and a damper device. The damper device may include an input element to which power from a motor is transmitted via the multi-plate clutch, an outer peripheral-side elastic body to which the power is transmitted from the input element, an inner peripheral-side elastic body that is placed on an inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral-side elastic body, an intermediate element that transmits the power from the outer peripheral-side elastic body to the inner peripheral-side elastic body, and an output element to which the power is transmitted from the inner peripheral-side elastic body. The input element may be coupled to a clutch drum of the multi-plate clutch so that the input element and the clutch drum interpose the intermediate element therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Kazuyoshi Ito, Masahiro Ishikawa, Junji Tanaka, Fumimasa Kasashima, Naohisa Yamashita, Takeshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 8820824Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a body including a pair of laterally spaced body members and a front roof rail and a rear roof rail spanning between the body members. The body members together with the front and rear roof rails support a roof structure. The body is formed of a steel or steel alloy. The roof structure includes a roof panel, a roof stiffener, a forward connecting member and a rearward connecting member. The roof structure is formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The roof structure is bonded to the body via an adhesive. A plurality of bolts is installed along adhesive application areas between the body and the roof structure. At least one bolt connects the forward connecting member to the front roof rail and at least one bolt connects the rearward connecting member to the rear roof rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Hinz, Masahiro Ishikawa, Andrew K. Swayne
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Patent number: 8696657Abstract: A treatment tool for an endoscope which is transendoscopically inserted into a body cavity for use, and which includes: a sheath at least partially composed of mixed material in which thermoplastic resin and a crosslinking promoter are mixed; a manipulation wire inserted through the aforementioned sheath so as to be capable of advancing and retracting; a treatment part attached to a first end of the aforementioned manipulation wire; and a manipulation part attached to a second end of the aforementioned manipulation wire; wherein said sheath has a crosslinked part where said thermoplastic resin is crosslinked by irradiating said mixed material with ionizing radiation, and a non-crosslinked region where said thermoplastic resin is not crosslinked.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Rei Matsunaga, Masahiro Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20130090526Abstract: There is provided an endoscopic system. The system comprises a flexible endoscope insertable into a first tubular organ from a natural opening of a human body. The system further comprises an opening member which forms on a wall part of the first tubular organ an opening used to insert the endoscope into an abdominal cavity from the first tubular organ in the body, an anastomosing member which is able to anastomoses the first tubular organ with a second tubular organ in the abdominal cavity, and a cutting member with which the second tubular organ is able to be cut.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Inventors: Keita SUZUKI, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Yoshio ONUKI, Satoshi MIYAMOTO, Masahiro ISHIKAWA, Anthony Nicholas KALLOO, Sergey Veniaminovich KANTSEVOY, Pankaj Jay PASRICHA, Sydney Sheung Chee CHUNG
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Patent number: 8337395Abstract: There is provided an endoscopic system. The system comprises a flexible endoscope insertable into a first tubular organ from a natural opening of a human body. The system further comprises an opening member which forms on a wall part of the first tubular organ an opening used to insert the endoscope into an abdominal cavity from the first tubular organ in the body, an anastomosing member which is able to anastomoses the first tubular organ with a second tubular organ in the abdominal cavity, and a cutting member with which the second tubular organ is able to be cut.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.Inventors: Keita Suzuki, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Yoshio Onuki, Satoshi Miyamoto, Masahiro Ishikawa, Anthony Nicholas Kalloo, Sergey Veniaminovich Kantsevoy, Pankaj Jay Pasricha, Sydney Sheung Chee Chung
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Publication number: 20120208648Abstract: A damper device including an input element to which power from a motor is transmitted; a first elastic body to which power is transmitted from the input element; a first intermediate element to which power is transmitted from the first elastic body; a second elastic body to which power is transmitted from the first intermediate element; a second intermediate element to which power is transmitted from the second elastic body; a third elastic body to which power is transmitted from the second intermediate element; and an output element to which power is transmitted from the third elastic body. A stiffness of the first elastic body is higher than a stiffness of the second elastic body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro TAKIKAWA, Hiroki TSUJI, Kazuyoshi ITO, Naohisa MOMIYAMA, Yoichi OI, Hideaki KASAHARA, Masahiro ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 8231771Abstract: An apparatus and system for electromotively coating a part can include a conveyor that has a plurality of hangars that are configured to be positively connected to respective parts that are to be coated. An attachment mechanism can be provided on the hangar and the part, the attachment mechanism being configured to exert force in more than a single direction. The part can be a conductive plastic part and can include an attachment structure that is formed thereon, for example, screw threads integrally formed in the part. The hangar can include a similar fastener that is configured to connect to the attachment structure of the part. For example, the fastener of the hangar can be a screw thread that mates with threads integrally or otherwise formed on the part.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Carmen Crowley, Thomas H. Croyle, Todd Fitz, James Paul Ryan, Masahiro Ishikawa
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Patent number: 8078362Abstract: An electrostatic seat occupant detecting system of a vehicle has a vehicle body and a seat. The electrostatic seat occupant detecting system includes an antenna unit that includes a main electrode and a sub-electrode disposed near the main electrode, an AC power source, a switch unit for switching supply of AC voltage to the antenna unit to form one of a first electric field between the vehicle body and the main electrode thereby providing a seat-occupant detecting mode and a second electric field between the main electrode and the sub-electrode thereby providing a wet condition detecting mode, and a seat-occupant detecting ECU.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Shoichi Yamanaka, Tsutomu Kamizono, Masahiro Ishikawa
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Patent number: 8040241Abstract: A capacitance-based occupant detection system accurately determines seat occupancy and a failure of an electrode and between electrodes and includes an impedance calculation section, a Re/Im part calculation section, and a determination section. A first impedance Z1 is calculated including a main-body impedance Za between a main electrode and a vehicle body. The Re/Im part calculation section calculates real and imaginary parts of the first impedance Z1 based on the first impedance Z1 calculated by the impedance calculation section. The determination section determines the presence or absence of destruction of the main electrode and a guard electrode based on an imaginary part of the first impedance Z1 calculated by the Re/Im part calculation section.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Tsutomu Kamizono, Shoichi Yamanaka, Shinichi Kiribayashi, Masahiro Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20100160727Abstract: A treatment tool for an endoscope which is transendoscopically inserted into a body cavity for use, and which includes: a sheath at least partially composed of mixed material in which thermoplastic resin and a crosslinking promoter are mixed; a manipulation wire inserted through the aforementioned sheath so as to be capable of advancing and retracting; a treatment part attached to a first end of the aforementioned manipulation wire; and a manipulation part attached to a second end of the aforementioned manipulation wire; wherein said sheath has a crosslinked part where said thermoplastic resin is crosslinked by irradiating said mixed material with ionizing radiation, and a non-crosslinked region where said thermoplastic resin is not crosslinked.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Rei Matsunaga, Masahiro Ishikawa
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Patent number: 7654951Abstract: There is provided an anastomosis system for performing an anastomosis in a body. The system includes an anastomosis button, which has two foldable flange portions and a tubular main body portion extending between the flange portions, for coupling two lumen portions in the body to each other, and a housing which can receive the anastomosis button as the flange portions are folded. The system further includes a guide, which has a distal end to be inserted through a patient's mouth to a target portion in the body and a proximal end arranged outside the body, for guiding the housing to the target portion. A release line having a distal end to be inserted to the target portion along the guide and a proximal end held outside the body is operated, whereby the anastomosis button can be ejected from the housing and be held at the target portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2004Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventor: Masahiro Ishikawa
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Patent number: 7637919Abstract: There is provided an anastomosis system for performing an anastomosis in a body. The system includes an anastomosis button, which has two foldable flange portions and a tubular main body portion extending between the flange portions, for coupling two lumen portions in the body to each other, and a housing which can receive the anastomosis button as the flange portions are folded. The system further includes a guide, which has a distal end to be inserted through a patient's mouth to a target portion in the body and a proximal end arranged outside the body, for guiding the housing to the target portion. A release line having a distal end to be inserted to the target portion along the guide and a proximal end held outside the body is operated, whereby the anastomosis button can be ejected from the housing and be held at the target portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2003Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Masahiro Ishikawa, Anthony Nicholas Kalloo, Sergey Veniaminovich Kantsevoy
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Publication number: 20090216081Abstract: There is provided an endoscopic system. The system comprises a flexible endoscope insertable into a first tubular organ from a natural opening of a human body. The system further comprises an opening member which forms on a wall part of the first tubular organ an opening used to insert the endoscope into an abdominal cavity from the first tubular organ in the body, an anastomosing member which is able to anastomoses the first tubular organ with a second tubular organ in the abdominal cavity, and a cutting member with which the second tubular organ is able to be cut.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Keita Suzuki, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Yoshio Onuki, Satoshi Miyamoto, Masahiro Ishikawa, Anthony Nicholas Kalloo, Sergey Veniaminovich Kantsevoy, Pankaj Jay Pasricha, Sydney Sheung Chee Chung
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Patent number: 7567600Abstract: A laser diode driver for driving laser light sources of a N-wavelength optical pickup capable of recording on and playing N types of optical discs by using N laser beams having different wavelengths, the N-wavelength optical pickup including first to N-th laser diodes for emitting first to N-th laser beams as the laser light sources and one front monitor for monitoring intensity of the first to N-th laser beams, the laser diode driver comprising a current/voltage conversion amplifier for converting a monitor current monitored by the front monitor into a monitor voltage and outputting the monitor voltage as a monitor output signal, wherein N is an integer which is two or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisamichi Sekine, Yoshihiro Okuyama, Masahiro Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20090164070Abstract: An electrostatic seat occupant detecting system of a vehicle has a vehicle body and a seat. The electrostatic seat occupant detecting system includes an antenna unit that includes a main electrode and a sub-electrode disposed near the main electrode, an AC power source, a switch unit for switching supply of AC voltage to the antenna unit to form one of a first electric field between the vehicle body and the main electrode thereby providing a seat-occupant detecting mode and a second electric field between the main electrode and the sub-electrode thereby providing a wet condition detecting mode, and a seat-occupant detecting ECU.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi Yamanaka, Tsutomu Kamizono, Masahiro Ishikawa
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Patent number: 7527590Abstract: There is provided an endoscopic system. The system comprises a flexible endoscope insertable into a first tubular organ from a natural opening of a human body. The system further comprises an opening member which forms on a wall part of the first tubular organ an opening used to insert the endoscope into an abdominal cavity from the first tubular organ in the body, an anastomosing member which is able to anastomoses the first tubular organ with a second tubular organ in the abdominal cavity, and a cutting member with which the second tubular organ is able to be cut.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2003Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Keita Suzuki, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Yoshio Onuki, Satoshi Miyamoto, Masahiro Ishikawa, Anthony Nicholas Kalloo, Sergey Veniaminovich Kantsevoy, Pankaj Jay Pasricha, Sydney Sheung Chee Chung