Patents by Inventor Masaki Watanabe

Masaki Watanabe 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: 10047669
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine provided with a cylinder block able to move relative to a crankcase is provided with a block movement mechanism arranged just at one side of the internal combustion engine, a pair of guide walls provided at the crankcase, a support member supporting a side surface of the cylinder block, and a pushing member pushing against a side surface of the cylinder block. Further, at the guide wall at the side of arrangement of the block movement mechanism, the support member is attached to the top side from the position of attachment of the other end part of the connecting member and the pushing member is attached to the bottom side from the position of attachment of the other end part of the connecting member, while at the guide wall at the opposite side from the side of arrangement of the block movement mechanism, the support member is attached to the bottom side (bottom side of cylinder block) a predetermined space from pushing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9889427
    Abstract: Provided is a temperature-responsive hygroscopic material having a hygroscopic property that varies widely according to temperature variation and a method for producing the temperature-responsive hygroscopic material. The temperature-responsive hygroscopic material includes a mesoporous body having an average pore diameter of 2 nm to less than 50 nm and a temperature sensitive molecule chemically bonded with the mesoporous body inside a pore of the mesoporous body. The method includes a step of causing, in a solvent including an activator and a coupling agent, a coupling reaction of: a mesoporous body having an average diameter of 2 nm to less than 50 nm and having a functional group on a surface thereof; and a temperature sensitive molecule having a functional group which can undergo a coupling reaction with the functional group on the surface of the mesoporous body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Watanabe, Mamoru Ishikiriyama
  • Publication number: 20180022381
    Abstract: Provided is a power steering device capable of causing control that uses a pump device and control that uses an electric motor on an input shaft to cooperate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo MATSUMURA, Masaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180025492
    Abstract: An analyzing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a tissue characteristic parameter value with respect to each of a plurality of positions within a region of interest, by analyzing a result of a scan performed on a patient. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a measurement region in the region of interest by performing an analysis while using the tissue characteristic parameter values. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a statistic value of the tissue characteristic parameter values in the measurement region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori HONJO, Yu IGARASHI, Masaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180016973
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine provided with a cylinder block able to move relative to a crankcase is provided with a block movement mechanism arranged just at one side of the internal combustion engine, a pair of guide walls provided at the crankcase, a support member supporting a side surface of the cylinder block, and a pushing member pushing against a side surface of the cylinder block. Further, at the guide wall at the side of arrangement of the block movement mechanism, the support member is attached to the top side from the position of attachment of the other end part of the connecting member and the pushing member is attached to the bottom side from the position of attachment of the other end part of the connecting member, while at the guide wall at the opposite side from the side of arrangement of the block movement mechanism, the support member is attached to the bottom side (bottom side of cylinder block) a predetermined space from pushing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180012831
    Abstract: This invention provides a multi-pin semiconductor device as a low-cost flip-chip BGA. In the flip-chip BGA, a plurality of signal bonding electrodes in a peripheral area of the upper surface of a multilayer wiring substrate are separated into inner and outer ones and a plurality of signal through holes coupled to a plurality of signal wirings drawn inside are located between a plurality of rows of signal bonding electrodes and a central region where a plurality of bonding electrodes for core power supply are located so that the chip pad pitch can be decreased and the cost of the BGA can be reduced without an increase in the number of layers in the multilayer wiring substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Shinji BABA, Toshihiro IWASAKI, Masaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180000150
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of producing a tobacco molded article, includes formulating a tobacco kneaded material by kneading a tobacco mixture containing a tobacco raw material, a binder and water, molding the tobacco kneaded material to obtain a molded body and adding a flavor to the molded body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi MATSUMURA, Tomoichi WATANABE, Masaki WATANABE, Takeshi AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180000571
    Abstract: Provided is a powder material for forming a three-dimensional object, the powder material containing granulated particles containing: a resin; and inorganic particles of which primary particles have a volume average particle diameter of 1 micrometer or less, wherein the granulated particles have a volume average particle diameter of 10 micrometers or greater but 70 micrometers or less and a BET specific surface area of 6 m2/g or greater but 8 m2/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventor: Masaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170349145
    Abstract: An opening/closing control apparatus includes a directional microphone having a sound collecting device disposed on a vehicle and configured to collect sound outside the vehicle. The directional microphone further has directivity upward from a horizontal plane that includes a mounting position of the sound collecting device. The opening/closing control apparatus further includes a control circuit configured to control operation of one of a door and a lock of the vehicle, based on a recognition result obtained by performing speech recognition with respect to an audio signal detected by the directional microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: TRANSTRON INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya TANABE, Masashi TAMURA, Junichi WATANABE, Hisao KAMODA, Kenichiro Kagawa, Masaki WATANABE, Toshihiro KANEDA, Hiroshi SHINGU, Makoto ONO, Satoshi KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170326645
    Abstract: A solid freeform fabrication material set includes a first solid freeform fabrication liquid material including a solvent, a resin A soluble in the solvent, and an inorganic particle; and a second solid freeform fabrication liquid material including a resin B soluble in water and a second colorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Takuya SAITO, Masaki Watanabe, Yoichi Sakurai, Tatsuya Niimi
  • Patent number: 9818679
    Abstract: This invention provides a multi-pin semiconductor device as a low-cost flip-chip BGA. In the flip-chip BGA, a plurality of signal bonding electrodes in a peripheral area of the upper surface of a multilayer wiring substrate are separated into inner and outer ones and a plurality of signal through holes coupled to a plurality of signal wirings drawn inside are located between a plurality of rows of signal bonding electrodes and a central region where a plurality of bonding electrodes for core power supply are located so that the chip pad pitch can be decreased and the cost of the BGA can be reduced without an increase in the number of layers in the multilayer wiring substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Baba, Toshihiro Iwasaki, Masaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170298815
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine provided with a cylinder block which can move relative to a crankcase is provided with a block movement mechanism arranged at just one side of the left and right of the internal combustion engine, a support member supporting a side surface of the cylinder block, and a pushing member pushing against a side surface of the cylinder block at the opposite side to the side surface supported by the support member. Further, the support member supports the side surface of the cylinder block at the side of arrangement of the block movement mechanism, while the pushing member pushes against the side surface of the cylinder block at the opposite side to the side of arrangement of the block movement mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170298863
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine including a block movement mechanism comprising a single control shaft extending in parallel with the crankshaft and supported by one of a crankcase and cylinder block and having a main shaft part and eccentric parts with an axial center at a position offset by a predetermined amount from the axial center of the main shaft part, coupling members with one end parts attached to the eccentric parts and the other end parts attached to the other of the crankcase and cylinder block and connecting the control shaft and the other of the crankcase and cylinder block, and an actuator making the control shaft rotate in both directions within a predetermined range of rotation so as to make the axial center of the eccentric parts swing about the axial center of the main shaft part in the direction of relative movement of the cylinder block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170280621
    Abstract: A riding type vehicle has a driving source, a left wheel and a right wheel, a transmission configured to receive power from the driving source to independently operate and drive the left wheel and the right wheel with regard to a rotation direction and a rotation speed, and caster wheels separately provided in a front-rear direction with respect to the left wheel and the right wheel, the riding type vehicle including two first sensors arranged on both left and right sides more to a front side than a rear end of the vehicle, the two first sensors configured to detect an obstacle target located on a rear side, the obstacle target being a target becoming an obstacle at the time of reversing or turning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ryoichi KAWAI, Hirohiko KAWADA, Seishi KOSEGAWA, Koga YAMANE, Etsuo MIYAKE, Masaki WATANABE, Koji SAKATA, Kenji SHIBA, Kosuke ONODA, Hiroki MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20170258556
    Abstract: Provided is a medical device including a porous portion and a dense portion, wherein an arithmetic average roughness of a surface of the porous portion is 2.0 ?m or greater but 20 ?m or less, and wherein an arithmetic average roughness of a surface of the dense portion is less than 2.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Masaki WATANABE, Yoichi SAKURAI, Takuya SAITO, Tatsuya NIIMI
  • Patent number: 9709041
    Abstract: An outer circumferential surface of a trunnion shaft includes a sliding contact region that has a circular arc shape as viewed along a slanting axis line and is substantially brought into contact with an inner circumferential surface of the bearing portion in a rotatably sliding manner, and at least one suction groove that forms a pocket portion between the suction groove and the inner surface of the bearing portion. The pocket portion is opened to an inner space of housing on at least one side in an axis line direction of the trunnion shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Yasuda, Yasuhisa Mochizuki, Hideaki Syokita, Hidemi Harada, Masaki Watanabe, Koji Sakata
  • Patent number: 9682166
    Abstract: Additive manufacturing powder contains a core-shell type particle containing a core particle comprising a first binder resin and a filler and a shell present on the surface of the core particle. The shell contains a second binder resin. The powder has a particle size distribution Dv/Dn of 1.5 or less and an average circularity of from 0.800 to 0.980, the average circularity being represented by the following relation: Average circularity=(a perimeter of a circle having the same area as a projected image of a particle)/(the perimeter of the projected image of the particle)×100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170156700
    Abstract: An analyzing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to detect a shear wave propagating in an object. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate an index value that indicates viscosity within the object and that is not dependent on any physical model related to viscoelasticity, by analyzing the detected shear wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori HONJO, Masaki WATANABE, Tetsuya KAWAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20170158893
    Abstract: An aqueous pigment composition contains a pigment, water, and an acrylic resin obtained by copolymerizing a silane coupling agent having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a polymerizable monomer having an amide group. Relative to a total amount of monomers used in copolymerization, the acrylic resin uses 0.05% by mass or more and not more than 2% by mass of the silane coupling agent having an ethylenically unsaturated group, and 0.5% by mass or more and not more than 5% by mass of the polymerizable monomer having an amide group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fukui, Yuri Shoji, Masaki Hosaka, Masaki Watanabe, Ryosuke Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20170113411
    Abstract: A solid freeform fabrication material set includes a material A for solid freeform fabrication and a material B for solid freedom fabrication. The material A includes a polymerization initiator A and at least one of an organic particle and an inorganic particle. The material B includes a polymerizable compound B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Masaki WATANABE, Tatsuya NIIMI, Teruki KUSAHARA, Yoichi SAKURAI, Kohichiroh TANAKA