Patents by Inventor Masanori Ando

Masanori Ando 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: 9667158
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a power factor correction circuit which includes a capacitor and which corrects a power factor of power; a DC-DC converter which includes a switching element and which steps up or down an output voltage of the power factor correction circuit; a control unit; and a voltage detection unit which detects a voltage of an input side of the power factor correction circuit. The control unit controls the switching element such that an output voltage of the DC-DC converter is gradually reduced when stopping an operation of the DC-DC converter in a normal state in which the voltage detection unit does not detect a voltage lower than a predetermined value. When the voltage detection unit detects a voltage lower than the predetermined value, the control unit immediately turns off the switching element to stop the operation of the DC-DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Ando, Yasumichi Omoto
  • Publication number: 20170077312
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first light shielding layer, a second light shielding layer, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a gate line, a first source line, a second source line, a switching element, and a pixel electrode, wherein an area in which the first light shielding layer and the pixel electrode are opposed to each other and an area in which the second light shielding layer and the pixel electrode are opposed to each other are equal in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Naoki MIYANAGA, Tetsuya llZUKA, Masanori ANDO
  • Patent number: 9543326
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first light shielding layer, a second light shielding layer, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a gate line, a first source line, a second source line, a switching element, and a pixel electrode, wherein an area in which the first light shielding layer and the pixel electrode are opposed to each other and an area in which the second light shielding layer and the pixel electrode are opposed to each other are equal in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki Miyanaga, Tetsuya Iizuka, Masanori Ando
  • Publication number: 20160333265
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prepare a fine particle with high durability and high brightness, in which semiconductor nanoparticles are assembled. The present invention provides fluorescent fine particles comprising Cd- and Se-containing semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed in silicon-containing fine particles, wherein the average particle size of the silicon-containing fine particles is 20 to 100 nm, and the number of semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed in the silicon-containing fine particles is 10 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Norio MURASE, Ping YANG, Masanori ANDO
  • Publication number: 20160184980
    Abstract: There is provided a pinching tool capable of reliably pinching an object by a pair of pinching teeth each having a continuous mountain-valley shape and accurately performing a secondary operation on the object pinched between the pinching teeth. A first arm 1 and a second arm 2 each of which has a jaw 4 arranged on the front end and a grip 5 arranged on the rear end side are coupled in an X shape by coupling bosses 6 arranged on the arms 1, 2 adjacent to the jaws 4 and a coupling shaft 3. Lateral pinching teeth 11 are formed on front parts of opposed surfaces of the pair of jaws 4. Each of the lateral pinching teeth 11 includes a plurality of lateral rib teeth 17 which extend in a direction intersecting a tool central axis 8 and are continuous in a mountain-valley shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro TAKASAKI, Shinnosuke KAWAI, Masanori ANDO, Mayu FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 9370849
    Abstract: A flexible manufacturing system that makes it possible to give a higher priority to machining of a workpiece that is a super-urgent item is provided. When a pallet to which a workpiece, which is a super-urgent item, is attached is loaded on a loading station, a second controller gives a command to a conveyor to convey a pallet to which a workpiece, which is a normal item, is attached and which is located at a standby position of a pallet changer to a pallet storage room. Then, the second controller controls the conveyor to convey the pallet to which the workpiece, which is the super-urgent item, is attached and which is loaded on the loading station to the standby position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Maseki, Kazuhiro Tsujimura, Masanori Ando, Takaaki Sugiura
  • Patent number: 9334125
    Abstract: A conveyance system is provided which conveys an object to a machining apparatus using a conveying apparatus and which further enables power saving. A controller calculates a first conveyance completion estimated time when conveyance from a first mounting position to machining apparatuses at a reference speed is complete. If a request to load a next object into the machining apparatus is issued by the machining apparatus, the controller decides a first moving speed of a conveying apparatus to be a reference speed when the machining apparatus is not performing a machining operation at the first conveyance completion estimated time and to be a low speed lower than the reference speed when the machining apparatus is performing the machining operation at the first conveyance completion estimated time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Maseki, Tatsuhiko Inagaki, Masanori Ando, Takaaki Sugiura, Kazuhiro Tsujimura
  • Patent number: 9329446
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an array substrate includes a first array area and a second array area adjoining the first array area. The first array area includes a first electric power supply line arranged along a periphery of the first array area. The second array area includes a pixel electrode, a second electric power supply line arranged along a periphery of the second array area, and an electric power supply pad electrically connected with the second electric power supply line. The electric power supply pad is arranged facing the first electric power supply line so as to sandwich a boundary between the first array area and the second array area. Corner potions of the electric power supply pad facing the first electric power supply line are formed in an arc shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masanori Ando
  • Patent number: 9216512
    Abstract: Provided are scissors with excellent safety that can more reliably prevent finger pinch when being closed. In the present invention, finger pinch prevention guards 20a, 20b for preventing fingertips from entering the opposing inner surfaces 10a, 10b side from above or below are formed on left and right operation portions 7a, 7b. This can prevent user's fingertips from reaching the opposing inner surfaces (10a, 10b) by setting the user's fingertips inserted into finger placing holes (6a, 6b) along upper and lower surfaces of the finger pinch prevention guards 20a, 20b. Consequently, when the operation portions 7a, 7b are in the closed position, the fingertips are prevented from being pinched between the opposing inner surfaces 10a, 10b so as not to cause finger pinch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: ENGINEER INC.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Kawai, Masanori Ando, Mitsuhiro Takasaki
  • Publication number: 20150360874
    Abstract: A conveyance system is provided which conveys an object to a machining apparatus using a conveying apparatus and which further enables power saving. A controller calculates a first conveyance completion estimated time when conveyance from a first mounting position to machining apparatuses at a reference speed is complete. If a request to load a next object into the machining apparatus is issued by the machining apparatus, the controller decides a first moving speed of a conveying apparatus to be a reference speed when the machining apparatus is not performing a machining operation at the first conveyance completion estimated time and to be a low speed lower than the reference speed when the machining apparatus is performing the machining operation at the first conveyance completion estimated time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro MASEKI, Tatsuhiko Inagaki, Masanori Ando, Takaaki Sugiura, Kazuhiro Tsujimura
  • Publication number: 20150340510
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first light shielding layer, a second light shielding layer, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a gate line, a first source line, a second source line, a switching element, and a pixel electrode, wherein an area in which the first light shielding layer and the pixel electrode are opposed to each other and an area in which the second light shielding layer and the pixel electrode are opposed to each other are equal in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Naoki MIYANAGA, Tetsuya llZUKA, Masanori ANDO
  • Publication number: 20150280593
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a power factor correction circuit which includes a capacitor and which corrects a power factor of power; a DC-DC converter which includes a switching element and which steps up or down an output voltage of the power factor correction circuit; a control unit; and a voltage detection unit which detects a voltage of an input side of the power factor correction circuit. The control unit controls the switching element such that an output voltage of the DC-DC converter is gradually reduced when stopping an operation of the DC-DC converter in a normal state in which the voltage detection unit does not detect a voltage lower than a predetermined value. When the voltage detection unit detects a voltage lower than the predetermined value, the control unit immediately turns off the switching element to stop the operation of the DC-DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Ando, Yasumichi Omoto
  • Patent number: 9136281
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first light shielding layer, a second light shielding layer, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a gate line, a first source line, a second source line, a switching element, and a pixel electrode, wherein an area in which the first light shielding layer and the pixel electrode are opposed to each other and an area in which the second light shielding layer and the pixel electrode are opposed to each other are equal in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki Miyanaga, Tetsuya Iizuka, Masanori Ando
  • Publication number: 20150162357
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first light shielding layer, a second light shielding layer, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a gate line, a first source line, a second source line, a switching element, and a pixel electrode, wherein an area in which the first light shielding layer and the pixel electrode are opposed to each other and an area in which the second light shielding layer and the pixel electrode are opposed to each other are equal in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki MIYANAGA, Tetsuya Iizuka, Masanori Ando
  • Publication number: 20150053529
    Abstract: A flexible manufacturing system that makes it possible to give a higher priority to machining of a workpiece that is a super-urgent item is provided. When a pallet to which a workpiece, which is a super-urgent item, is attached is loaded on a loading station, a second controller gives a command to a conveyor to convey a pallet to which a workpiece, which is a normal item, is attached and which is located at a standby position of a pallet changer to a pallet storage room. Then, the second controller controls the conveyor to convey the pallet to which the workpiece, which is the super-urgent item, is attached and which is loaded on the loading station to the standby position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro MASEKI, Kazuhiro Tsujimura, Masanori Ando, Takaaki Sugiura
  • Patent number: D707740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Engineer Inc.
    Inventors: Shin-nosuke Kawai, Masanori Ando, Mitsuhiro Takasaki
  • Patent number: D778700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: ENGINEER INC.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Kawai, Masanori Ando, Mitsuhiro Takasaki
  • Patent number: D791194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsujimura, Tomokazu Takayama, Masanori Ando, Takahito Umeki
  • Patent number: D791561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: ENGINEER INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Takasaki, Shinnosuke Kawai, Masanori Ando, Mayu Fukuda
  • Patent number: D797760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsujimura, Tomokazu Takayama, Takahito Umeki, Masanori Ando, Hiroyuki Tsusaka