Patents by Inventor Masakazu Nakano
Masakazu Nakano 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: 20230304203Abstract: A sewing machine includes a sewing unit including a sewing machine motor, a single terminal for connecting a foot controller to the sewing machine, and a controller that controls the sewing unit. When the foot controller is not connected to the sewing machine, the single terminal allows connection of an external device to the sewing machine. The controller performs: a speed-data receiving operation to receive speed data from the foot controller connected to the sewing machine via the single terminal for controlling a sewing speed; a speed-control operation to control the sewing machine motor in accordance with the speed data received in the speed-data receiving operation; an input-data receiving operation to receive input data from the external device connected to the sewing machine via the single terminal; and a data-outputting operation to output output data to the external device via the single terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eiichi HAMAJIMA, Masakazu NAKANO
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Publication number: 20230170718Abstract: A power receiving device includes a storage and a computer. The computer stores a first operating condition indicating a past operating condition of the power receiving device in the storage. The computer detects a power supplying capacity within which a power supplying device can supply power and identifies a specific value in relation to the first operating condition from the storage. The computer sets an incoming power based on both the detected power supplying capacity and the identified specific value, thereby allowing the power supplying device to send the set incoming power.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Shuhei YAMAKAMI, Munetoshi SOMA, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Masakazu NAKANO
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Patent number: 11345165Abstract: The disclosure discloses an electronic apparatus including a charging device, a plurality of operation mechanisms, and a CPU. The CPU is configured to execute an information acquisition process, a voltage decision process, and a charging control process. In the information acquisition process, capacity-related information corresponding to a charging capacity required for operation of the operating mechanisms is acquired. In the voltage decision process, a charge stop voltage is decided in accordance with the capacity-related information acquired. In the charging control process, the charging device is controlled to stop the charging process by using as a trigger an attainment of the charge stop voltage decided after start of the charging process.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryohei Murabayashi, Masakazu Nakano, Yuki Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 10734895Abstract: A power source circuit includes a first converter, a second converter, a switch and a controller. The switch is configured to switch between a first state and a second state, in which in the first state, a first voltage is not supplied to the second converter whereas in the second state, the first voltage is supplied to the second converter. The controller controls the switch to change the first state to the second state in response to detection of the change in a first current flowing in a first load. The second converter is configured to convert a battery voltage of a battery to a second voltage lower than the battery voltage when the switch switches to the first state and convert the first voltage to the second voltage lower than the first voltage when the switch switches to the second state.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuki Hiramatsu, Masakazu Nakano, Ryohei Murabayashi
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Patent number: 10490419Abstract: In manufacturing a trench type MOSFET, reliability of a semiconductor device is prevented from being degraded due to a short circuit or lowering of withstand voltage between a trench gate electrode and a source region. To achieve the above, poly-silicon films are formed inside a trench in a main surface of a semiconductor substrate and over the semiconductor substrate. Further, phosphorus is thermally diffused into each poly-silicon film from a phosphorous film over an upper surface of the poly-silicon film. Still further, a silicon oxide film formed in a surface layer of the poly-silicon film by the thermal diffusion process is removed by a first dry etching process using a fluorocarbon gas or a hydroxy-fluorocarbon gas. Then, by performing a second dry etching process using a Cl2 gas etc., an insulating film is exposed and, thereby, a trench gate electrode including the poly-silicon film is formed.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Horie, Katsuhiro Uchimura, Kazuhiro Toi, Masakazu Nakano
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Publication number: 20190222120Abstract: A power source circuit includes a first converter, a second converter, a switch and a controller. The switch is configured to switch between a first state and a second state, in which in the first state, a first voltage is not supplied to the second converter whereas in the second state, the first voltage is supplied to the second converter. The controller controls the switch to change the first state to the second state in response to detection of the change in a first current flowing in a first load. The second converter is configured to convert a battery voltage of a battery to a second voltage lower than the battery voltage when the switch switches to the first state and convert the first voltage to the second voltage lower than the first voltage when the switch switches to the second state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Yuki HIRAMATSU, Masakazu NAKANO, Ryohei MURABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20190184714Abstract: The disclosure discloses an electronic apparatus including a charging device, a plurality of operation mechanisms, and a CPU. The CPU is configured to execute an information acquisition process, a voltage decision process, and a charging control process. In the information acquisition process, capacity-related information corresponding to a charging capacity required for operation of the operating mechanisms is acquired. In the voltage decision process, a charge stop voltage is decided in accordance with the capacity-related information acquired. In the charging control process, the charging device is controlled to stop the charging process by using as a trigger an attainment of the charge stop voltage decided after start of the charging process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Ryohei MURABAYASHI, Masakazu NAKANO, Yuki HIRAMATSU
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Publication number: 20180068856Abstract: In manufacturing a trench type MOSFET, reliability of a semiconductor device is prevented from being degraded due to a short circuit or lowering of withstand voltage between a trench gate electrode and a source region. To achieve the above, poly-silicon films are formed inside a trench in a main surface of a semiconductor substrate and over the semiconductor substrate. Further, phosphorus is thermally diffused into each poly-silicon film from a phosphorous film over an upper surface of the poly-silicon film. Still further, a silicon oxide film formed in a surface layer of the poly-silicon film by the thermal diffusion process is removed by a first dry etching process using a fluorocarbon gas or a hydroxy-fluorocarbon gas. Then, by performing a second dry etching process using a Cl2 gas etc., an insulating film is exposed and, thereby, a trench gate electrode including the poly-silicon film is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Kazuya HORIE, Katsuhiro UCHIMURA, Kazuhiro TOI, Masakazu NAKANO
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Patent number: 8877779Abstract: Provided is an ORL-1 receptor agonist having improved bioavailability based on superior metabolic stability and strong and high selectivity, as compared to conventional compounds. A compound represented by the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the claims.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma CorporationInventors: Masakazu Nakano, Masanori Minoguchi, Tokushi Hanano, Shin-ichiro Ono, Hideki Horiuchi, Koji Teshima
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Patent number: 8768136Abstract: A device 10 for organizing an array of optical fiber cables (14) terminated with fiber optic connectors (20). The device includes a base plate (22) having a plurality of mounting sites (24) configured to receive a like plurality of dust covers (20) for the respective fiber optic connectors (18). Two or more base plates (22) may be stacked through use of stacking spacers (42) to increase the number of mounting sites (24). The device 10 maintains the array of optical fiber cables during manufacture, shipping and handling, eliminating snarling of the individual optical fiber cables (14).Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.Inventors: Masakazu Nakano, Jason Miller
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Publication number: 20130275349Abstract: Provided is a technique for determining a physiological attribute in a mammal, including the onset or progression of human glaucoma, with high accuracy. The results of the determination of genotype date and the results of the determination of cytokine date are consolidated by a consolidated determination unit (114); comparison is made for determining as to which is larger, the number of Case determination procedures or the number of control determination procedures (S330); and it is determined as Case (glaucoma) when the number of Case determination procedures is larger and it is determined as Control (normal person) when the number of Control determination procedures is larger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kei Tashiro, Shigeru Kinoshita, Tomohito Yagi, Masakazu Nakano, Kazuhiko Mori, Yoko Ikeda, Morio Ueno, Yuichi Tokuda, Katsumi Yagi, Kengo Yoshii, Masahiro Fuwa
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Publication number: 20130210668Abstract: A method of determining the presence or the absence of a glaucoma risk, including the steps of detecting in vitro an allele and/or a genotype of a single nucleotide polymorphism which is located on a 31st base of a base sequence, in a sample from a subject, wherein the base sequence is at least one base sequence selected from the group consisting of base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 752 or a complementary sequence thereto (step A), and comparing the allele and/or the genotype detected in the step A with at least one of an allele and/or a genotype, containing a high-risk allele, in the base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 752 (step B).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: August 15, 2013Inventors: Shigeru KINOSHITA, Kei Tashiro, Masakazu Nakano, Tomohito Yagi, Kazuhiko Mori, Yoko Ikeda, Takazumi Taniguchi, Masaaki Kageyama
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Patent number: 8431345Abstract: A method of determining the presence or the absence of a glaucoma risk, including the steps of detecting in vitro an allele and/or a genotype of a single nucleotide polymorphism which is located on a 31st base of a base sequence, in a sample from a subject, wherein the base sequence is at least one base sequence selected from the group consisting of base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 752 or a complementary sequence thereto (step A), and comparing the allele and/or the genotype detected in the step A with at least one of an allele and/or a genotype, containing a high-risk allele, in the base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 752 (step B).Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2008Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignees: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kinoshita, Kei Tashiro, Masakazu Nakano, Tomohito Yagi, Kazuhiko Mori, Yoko Ikeda, Takazumi Taniguchi, Masaaki Kageyama
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Publication number: 20130064520Abstract: A device 10 for organizing an array of optical fiber cables (14) terminated with fiber optic connectors (20). The device includes a base plate (22) having a plurality of mounting sites (24) configured to receive a like plurality of dust covers (20) for the respective fiber optic connectors (18). Two or more base plates (22) may be stacked through use of stacking spacers (42) to increase the number of mounting sites (24). The device 10 maintains the array of optical fiber cables during manufacture, shipping and handling, eliminating snarling of the individual optical fiber cables (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Masakazu Nakano, Jason Miller
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Publication number: 20130012408Abstract: A method of determining the presence or the absence of a glaucoma risk by detecting in vitro an allele and/or a genotype of a single nucleotide polymorphism, comparing the allele and/or the genotype detected with at least one of an allele and/or a genotype with a high-risk allele, wherein the presence of a glaucoma risk is determined in a case where the allele detected is the high-risk allele, or the presence of a glaucoma risk is determined in a case where the genotype detected is a homozygote of the genotype comprising the high-risk allele or a heterozygote when the high-risk allele complies with a dominant genetic model, or the presence of a glaucoma risk is determined in a case where the genotype detected is a homozygote of the genotype comprising the high-risk allele when the high-risk allele complies with a recessive genetic model.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicants: Shigeru Kinoshita, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kei TashiroInventors: Shigeru KINOSHITA, Kei Tashiro, Masakazu Nakano, Tomohito Yagi, Kazuhiko Mori, Yoko Ikeda, Takazumi Taniguchi, Masaaki Kageyama
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Publication number: 20110207122Abstract: A method of determining the presence or the absence of a glaucoma risk, including the steps of detecting in vitro an allele and/or a genotype of a single nucleotide polymorphism which is located on a 31st base of a base sequence, in a sample from a subject, wherein the base sequence is at least one base sequence selected from the group consisting of base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 752 or a complementary sequence thereto (step A), and comparing the allele and/or the genotype detected in the step A with at least one of an allele and/or a genotype, containing a high-risk allele, in the base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 752 (step B).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicants: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Kinoshita, Kei Tashiro, Masakazu Nakano, Tomohito Yagi, Kazuhiko Mori, Yoko Ikeda, Takazumi Taniguchi, Masaaki Kageyama
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Publication number: 20100196895Abstract: A method of determining the presence or the absence of a glaucoma risk, including the steps of detecting in vitro an allele and/or a genotype of a single nucleotide polymorphism which is located on a 31st base of a base sequence, in a sample from a subject, wherein the base sequence is at least one base sequence selected from the group consisting of base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 514 or a complementary sequence thereto (step A), and comparing the allele and/or the genotype detected in the step A with at least one of an allele and/or a genotype, containing a high-risk allele, in the base sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 203 to 514 (step B).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicants: SHIGERU KINOSHITA, KEI TASHIRO, SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Kinoshita, Kei Tashiro, Masakazu Nakano, Tomohito Yagi, Kazuhiko Mori, Yoko Ikeda, Takazumi Taniguchi, Masaaki Kageyama
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Publication number: 20100120841Abstract: Provided is an ORL-1 receptor agonist having improved bioavailability based on superior metabolic stability and strong and high selectivity, as compared to conventional compounds. A compound represented by the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Masakazu Nakano, Masanori Minoguchi, Tokushi Hanano, Shin-ichiro Ono, Hideki Horiuchi, Koji Teshima
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Patent number: 7228049Abstract: A technique for manufacturing optical fixed attenuators in which two fibers are axially cojoined using fusion splicing. The spliced fibers are then captured in either a splice protection splint or cylindrical ferrule that can be housed in an optical adapter. In this process for producing the attenuator, the fusion splicing is preceded by a deformation of the mode field diameters of the ends of the fibers with the cleaning arc function of the splicing unit. The resulting attenuation of the splice is dependent on the amount of deformation of the fiber core and mode field diameter. Such a technique enables precision attenuation with very low wavelength dependent loss to be fabricated. The performance of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing systems, as well as test facilities and individual optical components can be improved by the use of such attenuators.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masakazu Nakano, Makiko Miura
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Patent number: 7194178Abstract: An optical connector insertion/extraction tool includes a body portion 2, opposed bar-like one and other arms 3 and 4 extending continuously from the body portion 2, a boot insertion space 5 formed between the one and other arms 3 and 4, an optical fiber escape space 6 formed between the one and other arms 3 and 4, a housing abutment surface 3d formed at least at an end surface of the first arm 3, and a claw portion 7 which extends forwardly from the second arm 4, and has a retaining-engaging portion 7a formed on an inner surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Masakazu Nakano