Patents by Inventor Masaki Nakamoto
Masaki Nakamoto 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: 10411342Abstract: According to one embodiment, a planar antenna device includes a support portion, a first plate-shaped movable portion, a second plate-shaped movable portion, a third plate-shaped movable portion, and a pair of plate-shaped antenna units. The support portion is formed to have a plate shape. The first plate-shaped movable portion is supported by the support portion and is rotatable around a first axial line. The second plate-shaped movable portion is supported by the first plate-shaped movable portion and is rotatable around a second axial line. The third plate-shaped movable portion is supported by the second plate-shaped movable portion and is rotatable around a third axial line. The pair of plate-shaped antenna units is turnably supported by the third plate-shaped movable portion and is switchable between a closed state and an open state.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Masaki Nakamoto, Hirotaka Mitsushio, Noriyuki Saito, Youichi Kitamura
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Patent number: 10348349Abstract: An electronic apparatus of an embodiment includes a movable housing, a main housing, a joint, a cable, and a seal structure. The joint includes a connection portion connected to the movable housing, and a fixed portion connected to the main housing. The cable extends from an inside of the movable housing to an inside of the main housing through an inside of the connection portion and an inside of the fixed portion. The seal structure seals between the movable housing and the connection portion, and seals between the main housing and the fixed portions.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Takahiro Kondo, Masaki Nakamoto
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Patent number: 10312579Abstract: An array antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an array antenna, a core layer, and a first adhesive layer. The array antenna has a first surface on which one or more radiating elements are disposed. The core layer is disposed facing the first surface. The first adhesive layer is present between the array antenna and the core layer and bonds the array antenna and the core layer to each other. The first adhesive layer includes one or more first openings and one or more radiating elements are disposed inside the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Koh Hashimoto, Masaki Nakamoto
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Patent number: 10218047Abstract: According to one embodiment, a planar antenna apparatus includes a support including: a support main body, and three or more support legs extending from the support main body, a first movable unit rotatably supported around a first axis with respect to the support, a second movable unit rotatably supported around a second axis with respect to the first movable unit, the second axis extending along a main surface of the first movable unit, a third movable unit rotatably supported around a third axis with respect to the second movable unit, the third axis extending along a thickness direction of the second movable unit, an antenna unit supported by the third movable unit, and a connection wire electrically connecting the first movable unit and the third movable unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masaki Nakamoto, Toshiyuki Mukai, Noriyuki Saito
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Publication number: 20180123237Abstract: According to one embodiment, a planar antenna device includes a support portion, a first plate-shaped movable portion, a second plate-shaped movable portion, a third plate-shaped movable portion, and a pair of plate-shaped antenna units. The support portion is formed to have a plate shape. The first plate-shaped movable portion is supported by the support portion and is rotatable around a first axial line. The second plate-shaped movable portion is supported by the first plate-shaped movable portion and is rotatable around a second axial line. The third plate-shaped movable portion is supported by the second plate-shaped movable portion and is rotatable around a third axial line. The pair of plate-shaped antenna units is turnably supported by the third plate-shaped movable portion and is switchable between a closed state and an open state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Masaki NAKAMOTO, Hirotaka MITSUSHIO, Noriyuki SAITO, Youichi KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20180062683Abstract: An electronic apparatus of an embodiment includes a movable housing, a main housing, a joint, a cable, and a seal structure. The joint includes a connection portion connected to the movable housing, and a fixed portion connected to the main housing. The cable extends from an inside of the movable housing to an inside of the main housing through an inside of the connection portion and an inside of the fixed portion. The seal structure seals between the movable housing and the connection portion, and seals between the main housing and the fixed portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2015Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Takahiro KONDO, Masaki NAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20170244161Abstract: An array antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an array antenna, a core layer, and a first adhesive layer. The array antenna has a first surface on which one or more radiating elements are disposed. The core layer is disposed facing the first surface. The first adhesive layer is present between the array antenna and the core layer and bonds the array antenna and the core layer to each other. The first adhesive layer includes one or more first openings and one or more radiating elements are disposed inside the first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Koh HASHIMOTO, Masaki Nakamoto
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Publication number: 20170222298Abstract: According to one embodiment, a planar antenna apparatus includes a support including: a support main body, and three or more support legs extending from the support main body, a first movable unit rotatably supported around a first axis with respect to the support, a second movable unit rotatably supported around a second axis with respect to the first movable unit, the second axis extending along a main surface of the first movable unit, a third movable unit rotatably supported around a third axis with respect to the second movable unit, the third axis extending along a thickness direction of the second movable unit, an antenna unit supported by the third movable unit, and a connection wire electrically connecting the first movable unit and the third movable unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masaki NAKAMOTO, Toshiyuki MUKAI, Noriyuki SAITO
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Patent number: 7086727Abstract: A heat fixing apparatus has a heating unit for heating a recording medium having a substrate, a fixing layer and a surface layer so as to sublimate sublimating ink applied in advance to the surface layer for transferring the sublimated ink to the fixing layer. The heating unit includes a heating transporting mechanism for transporting the recording medium within a heating space, a heater body for heating air, and a blower mechanism for supplying hot air heated by the heater body to the recording medium being transported by the heating transporting mechanism. The apparatus further includes a flat guide member for coming into contact with the surface of the recording medium being transported by the heating transporting mechanism and a heater for heating the guide member.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetoshi Nishikawa, Kazunobu Shima, Masazumi Ishikawa, Kazuo Nagaosa, Masaki Nakamoto, Masanori Inoshita, Masasuke Funase, Toshihiro Matsuoka
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Patent number: 6832831Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit having a print head for applying ink to a surface layer of a recording medium transported thereto; a loop-forming unit capable of temporarily storing the recording medium discharged from the printing unit; and a heating unit for heating the recording medium fed from the loop-forming unit for fixing the ink applied to the surface layer onto its fixing layer. The heating unit includes a preliminary heating subunit for heating the recording medium from a normal temperature level to a ink fixing temperature level, a main heating unit for heating the recording medium at the ink fixing temperature level and a slow cooling subunit for slowly cooling the recording medium to the normal temperature level.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: December 21, 2004Assignee: Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunobu Shima, Hidetoshi Nishikawa, Masazumi Ishikawa, Kiyotaka Arai, Yuji Yamamoto, Masasuke Funase, Kazuo Nagaosa, Masaki Nakamoto, Masanori Inoshita
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Patent number: 6824264Abstract: An image forming apparatus fixes, by heating, an image formed on a sheet-like recording medium thereto with sublimating ink. The apparatus includes a heating fixing unit for receiving and heating the recording medium and then discharging the heat-fixed recording medium, the heating fixing unit including a heating space for heating the recording medium and a transporting mechanism for transporting the medium in the heating space. The apparatus further includes a smoothing-out mechanism for discharging the recording medium from the heating space while smoothing out or flattening the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunobu Shima, Hidetoshi Nishikawa, Masazumi Ishikawa, Kazuo Nagaosa, Masaki Nakamoto, Masanori Inoshita, Masasuke Funase
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Publication number: 20030169322Abstract: An image forming apparatus fixes, by heating, an image formed on a sheet-like recording medium thereto with sublimating ink. The apparatus includes a heating fixing unit for receiving and heating the recording medium and then discharging the heat-fixed recording medium, the heating fixing unit including a heating space for heating the recording medium and a transporting mechanism for transporting the medium in the heating space. The apparatus further includes a smoothing-out mechanism for discharging the recording medium from the heating space while smoothing out or flattening the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Kazunobu Shima, Hidetoshi Nishikawa, Masazumi Ishikawa, Kazuo Nagaosa, Masaki Nakamoto, Masanori Inoshita, Masasuke Funase
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Publication number: 20030156177Abstract: A heat fixing apparatus has a heating unit for heating a recording medium having a substrate, a fixing layer and a surface layer so as to sublimate sublimating ink applied in advance to the surface layer for transferring the sublimated ink to the fixing layer. The heating unit includes a heating transporting mechanism for transporting the recording medium within a heating space, a heater body for heating air, and a blower mechanism for supplying hot air heated by the heater body to the recording medium being transported by the heating transporting mechanism. The apparatus further includes a flat guide member for coming into contact with the surface of the recording medium being transported by the heating transporting mechanism and a heater for heating the guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2003Publication date: August 21, 2003Inventors: Hidetoshi Nishikawa, Kazunobu Shima, Masazumi Ishikawa, Kazuo Nagaosa, Masaki Nakamoto, Masanori Inoshita, Masasuke Funase, Toshihiro Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20030151652Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit having a print head for applying ink to a surface layer of a recording medium transported thereto; a loop-forming unit capable of temporarily storing the recording medium discharged from the printing unit; and a heating unit for heating the recording medium fed from the loop-forming unit for fixing the ink applied to the surface layer onto its fixing layer. The heating unit includes a preliminary heating subunit for heating the recording medium from a normal temperature level to a ink fixing temperature level, a main heating unit for heating the recording medium at the ink fixing temperature level and a slow cooling subunit for slowly cooling the recording medium to the normal temperature level.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2003Publication date: August 14, 2003Inventors: Kazunobu Shima, Hidetoshi Nishikawa, Masazumi Ishikawa, Kiyotaka Arai, Yuji Yamamoto, Masasuke Funase, Kazuo Nagaosa, Masaki Nakamoto, Masanori Inoshita