Patents by Inventor Masahito KAWAGUCHI

Masahito KAWAGUCHI 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: 11948418
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus performs a money dispensing process, the money handling apparatus including a storage cassette, a plurality of storage units and processing circuitry. The storage cassette is detachably mounted to the money handling apparatus, and the storage cassette to store money for a replenishment process. The plurality of storage units store money. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a designation of a processing time of the replenishment process, and control the replenishment process based on the processing time so that a storage unit of the plurality of storage units is replenished with money fed out from the storage cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Chen, Keiju Nakagawa, Masahito Kawaguchi, Rinshiro Iwase, Tasuku Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20220180687
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus performs a money dispensing process, the money handling apparatus including a storage cassette, a plurality of storage units and processing circuitry. The storage cassette is detachably mounted to the money handling apparatus, and the storage cassette to store money for a replenishment process. The plurality of storage units store money. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a designation of a processing time of the replenishment process, and control the replenishment process based on the processing time so that a storage unit of the plurality of storage units is replenished with money fed out from the storage cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang CHEN, Keiju NAKAGAWA, Masahito KAWAGUCHI, Rinshiro IWASE, Tasuku NAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210056794
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus configured to dispense money includes: a container removably mounted to the apparatus and configured to store money of a plurality of denominations; a plurality of storing units configured to store money to be dispensed, for each denomination; a memory configured to store information on a threshold of a money storage quantity wherein the threshold is set for each denomination; and a control unit configured to perform control to monitor storage quantities of money for each denomination stored in the storing units, and to perform a replenishment process if a denomination of which the storage quantity becomes less than the threshold is detected, wherein in the replenishment process, money is fed out from the container, and at least one storing unit corresponding to the detected denomination is replenished with the money of the detected denomination among the fed out money.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku NAKAMOTO, Keiju NAKAGAWA, Masahito KAWAGUCHI, Lin DIAO, Yang CHEN
  • Patent number: 10695467
    Abstract: An antibacterial member that maintains a high antibacterial property and a high osteoconductive property for a long duration is provided. The antibacterial member includes a DLC film (F-DLC film) 40 containing fluorine at least partially or entirely on an outermost surface of a base material 10. The F-DLC film has an element ratio (F/(F+C)) of 17% to 72% and a nanoindentation hardness of 2,000 MPa to 16,000 MPa. This maintains wear resistance and close contact, and obtains an antibacterial member that maintains a high antibacterial property and a high osteoconductive property for a long duration. The F-DLC film does not necessarily need to cover the entire outermost surface of the base material but may be disposed in a mottled pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Onward Ceramic Coating Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Kawaguchi, Norio Kawahara, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Kazuhiro Shintani, Shinobu Oda, Makoto Taki
  • Publication number: 20200061248
    Abstract: An antibacterial member that maintains a high antibacterial property and a high osteoconductive property for a long duration is provided. The antibacterial member includes a DLC film (F-DLC film) 40 containing fluorine at least partially or entirely on an outermost surface of a base material 10. The F-DLC film has an element ratio (F/(F+C)) of 17% to 72% and a nanoindentation hardness of 2,000 MPa to 16,000 MPa. This maintains wear resistance and close contact, and obtains an antibacterial member that maintains a high antibacterial property and a high osteoconductive property for a long duration. The F-DLC film does not necessarily need to cover the entire outermost surface of the base material but may be disposed in a mottled pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Masahito KAWAGUCHI, Norio KAWAHARA, Yoshitsugu IINUMA, Kazuhiro SHINTANI, Shinobu ODA, Makoto TAKI