Patents by Inventor Masanori Kobayashi

Masanori Kobayashi 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: 10882992
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition exhibiting good balance of mechanical properties, heat resistance, flowability, and size stability as well as excellent stability in retention in the molding, appearance of the molded article, and coating properties, and also, a molded article thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Ueda, Masanori Kobayashi, Daisuke Sato, Taro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10818414
    Abstract: A movable part composite cable includes a plurality of power supply wires being designed for electric power supply, which respectively include a plurality of insulated electric wires being laid together and being covered by each covering member, the plurality of power supply wires being arranged in contact with each other on surfaces of their respective covering members, one or more signal wires being designed for signal transmission, each signal wire having an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of each power supply wire, and a jacket, which is being provided over an outer periphery of an aggregate including the plurality of power supply wires and the one or more signal wires that are laid together. The power supply wires and the signal wires are not in direct contact with each other, or the power supply wires and the signal wires are in direct contact with each other with a contact area therebetween being smaller than a contact area between the power supply wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Detian Huang, Yoshinori Tsukamoto, Isao Matsuoka, Masanori Kobayashi, Masashi Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20200284289
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spline telescopic shaft according to the present disclosure includes a toothless portion forming step of forming a toothless portion in one of an external tooth of a shaft body and an internal tooth of a tubular body, a resin layer forming step of forming a resin layer by arranging one of the shaft body and the tubular body in a mold including a cavity and injecting a resin into the cavity, the cavity being included in a flat receiving surface that faces tooth flanks of one of the external tooth of the shaft body and the internal tooth of the tubular body, and a cooling step of cooling one of the shaft body including the resin layer and the tubular body including the resin layer to form a lubricant reservoir in the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, KOYO MACHINE INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki TSUJI, Masanori KOBAYASHI, Atsushi TANO, Toshihiro NEZU
  • Patent number: 10763012
    Abstract: A shielded cable includes an inner conductor, an insulation covering an outer periphery of the inner conductor, and an outer conductor covering an outer periphery of the insulation. The outer conductor includes a first outer conductor covering the outer periphery of the insulation and including a served shield with first element wires spirally wound, and a second outer conductor covering an outer periphery of the first outer conductor and including a braided shield with second element wires braided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Watanabe, Detian Huang, Kazuhiro Aida, Masanori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10734137
    Abstract: A composite cable is composed of a power supply wire, which includes a twisted wire pair aggregate, which are being formed by laying a plurality of twisted wire pairs together, a plurality of coaxial wires, and a plurality of signal wires, which are each smaller in outer diameter than the power supply wire and the plurality of coaxial wires. The plurality of coaxial wires and the plurality of signal wires are being laid helically over an outer periphery of the power supply wire, and each of the plurality of coaxial wires is being arranged in contact with an outer periphery of the power supply wire, and is being arranged at equally spaced intervals in a circumferential direction of the power supply wire, while each of the plurality of signal wires is being arranged in such a manner as to remain separate from the power supply wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Detian Huang, Yoshinori Tsukamoto, Masanori Kobayashi, Isao Matsuoka, Masashi Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20200185125
    Abstract: A cable includes a plurality of electric wires, which are laid helically around a center of the cable and along a central axis of the cable, and a sheath provided to cover respective peripheries of the plurality of electric wires together. The sheath includes an inner layer sheath made of a urethane resin, and an outer layer sheath provided around an outer periphery of the inner layer sheath to protect the inner layer sheath. The cable may further include a core member at its center. The sheath may be composed of a single layer instead of plural layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Detian HUANG, Yoshinori TSUKAMOTO, Masanori KOBAYASHI, Masashi MORIYAMA, Isao MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20200168367
    Abstract: A composite cable is composed of a power supply wire, which includes a twisted wire pair aggregate, which are being formed by laying a plurality of twisted wire pairs together, a plurality of coaxial wires, and a plurality of signal wires, which are each smaller in outer diameter than the power supply wire and the plurality of coaxial wires. The plurality of coaxial wires and the plurality of signal wires are being laid helically over an outer periphery of the power supply wire, and each of the plurality of coaxial wires is being arranged in contact with an outer periphery of the power supply wire, and is being arranged at equally spaced intervals in a circumferential direction of the power supply wire, while each of the plurality of signal wires is being arranged in such a manner as to remain separate from the power supply wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Detian HUANG, Yoshinori TSUKAMOTO, Masanori KOBAYASHI, Isao MATSUOKA, Masashi MORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200168364
    Abstract: A movable part composite cable includes a plurality of power supply wires being designed for electric power supply, which respectively include a plurality of insulated electric wires being laid together and being covered by each covering member, the plurality of power supply wires being arranged in contact with each other on surfaces of their respective covering members, one or more signal wires being designed for signal transmission, each signal wire having an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of each power supply wire, and a jacket, which is being provided over an outer periphery of an aggregate including the plurality of power supply wires and the one or more signal wires that are laid together. The power supply wires and the signal wires are not in direct contact with each other, or the power supply wires and the signal wires are in direct contact with each other with a contact area therebetween being smaller than a contact area between the power supply wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Detian HUANG, Yoshinori TSUKAMOTO, Isao MATSUOKA, Masanori KOBAYASHI, Masashi MORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200158633
    Abstract: A sample observation device includes a flow cell in which a fluid containing samples flows, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the samples flowing in the flow cell with planar light, an image formation unit having an observation axis inclined with respect to an irradiation surface for the planar light, and configured to form an image of observation light generated in the sample due to the irradiation with the planar light, a two-dimensional imaging element configured to capture a light image including at least a cross section of the fluid among light images according to the observation light formed by the image formation unit, and outputs image data, and an analysis unit configured to analyze a light intensity profile of the sample in a flow direction of the fluid on the basis of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Masanori MATSUBARA, Norikazu SUGIYAMA, Masanori KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10640859
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a production method of a rolled sheet for cold-rolling, the method being characterized by including: a hot-rolling step for forming a rolled sheet by hot-rolling a pure titanium material while coiling; and an annealing step for annealing the hot-rolled sheet after the hot-rolling step, the coiling temperature in the hot-rolling step being 500° C. or less, and the annealing step being controlled so that the percentage area of recrystallized grains in the microstructure of the hot-rolled sheet after annealing is at least 90% and the mean grain size of the recrystallized grains is 5 ?m to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Kimijima, Masanori Kobayashi, Tohru Shiogama, Keitaro Tamura, Yasuyuki Fujii
  • Patent number: 10641259
    Abstract: In a sealed compressor (100) of the present invention, a valve plate (150) is provided with a plurality of discharge holes (151a, 151b) and a plurality of discharge valves (171a, 171b) which open and close the plurality of discharge holes. A tip end surface (160a) of a piston (160) is provided with a plurality of convex portions (161a, 161b), at least tip end portions of which are located inside of the discharge holes (151a, 151b) in a state in which the piston (160) is located at a top dead center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION DEVICES SINAPORE
    Inventor: Masanori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10591888
    Abstract: A control system that distributes information from a control device to a reception device includes a read request transmission unit that transmits a read request for information to the control device, an information generation unit that generates information in response to the read request, an information transmission unit that transmits the generated information to the reception device, and a distribution cycle computation unit that computes a distribution cycle based on a generation interval of the read request. The information transmission unit transmits the information in accordance with the distribution cycle computed by the distribution cycle computation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200048457
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition exhibiting good balance of mechanical properties, heat resistance, flowability, and size stability as well as excellent stability in retention in the molding, appearance of the molded article, and coating properties, and also, a molded article thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ueda, Masanori Kobayashi, Daisuke Sato, Taro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10544782
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes, inside hermetic container (1), electric motor element (2), compression element (3) driven by electric motor element (2), and lubricating oil (7) for lubricating compression element (3). The hermetic compressor further includes vibration damping member (16) having one part fixed to hermetic container (1) and another part being free end part (18). Structurally, a natural frequency of vibration damping member (16) is in substantial conformity with a natural frequency of hermetic container (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION DEVICES SINGAPORE
    Inventors: Masanori Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Yokota, Terumasa Ide, Kenji Kinjo
  • Publication number: 20190309802
    Abstract: In a method for assembling a steering system including a first universal joint having a first yoke coupled to an intermediate shaft, a second universal joint having a fourth yoke paired with a third yoke coupled to the intermediate shaft and a shaft attachment portion joined to the fourth yoke and in which a bolt insertion hole allowing a pinion shaft to be clamped is formed, an angle between the intermediate shaft and a steering shaft is set to ?1. An around-axis angle of the first yoke in a rotating direction is set to ?1, and an angle between the intermediate shaft and the pinion shaft is set to ?2. A junction angle between the fourth yoke and the shaft attachment portion in the rotating direction is adjusted to set an around-axis angle of the bolt insertion hole in the rotating direction to a preset angle ?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori KOBAYASHI, Naoki TSUJI, Takeshi KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190304633
    Abstract: A shielded cable includes an inner conductor, an insulation covering an outer periphery of the inner conductor, and an outer conductor covering an outer periphery of the insulation. The outer conductor includes a first outer conductor covering the outer periphery of the insulation and including a served shield with first element wires spirally wound, and a second outer conductor covering an outer periphery of the first outer conductor and including a braided shield with second element wires braided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Haruyuki WATANABE, Detian HUANG, Kazuhiro AIDA, Masanori KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10399188
    Abstract: A universal joint includes a bearing including a bearing cup fitted in a bearing hole of a yoke and rolling elements arranged between the bearing cup and a shaft portion of a cross shaft. A method for manufacturing the universal joint includes: simulating a shrunken state in which a sample bearing cup selected from bearing cups in a same lot is fitted in the bearing hole such that only an outside diameter is restrained, by press-fitting the sample bearing cup into a reference hole of a reference jig; measuring a diameter of an inscribed circle inscribed to the rolling elements in the shrunken state; setting an outside diameter of the shaft portion to a required outside diameter according to the diameter of the inscribed circle; and inserting the bearing cup with the rolling elements between the shaft portion having the required outside diameter and the bearing hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Koyama, Masanori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190258245
    Abstract: A vehicle remote operation device includes: a communication unit configured to receive a composite image, which is to be generated on the basis of plural captured images captured at each of plural in-vehicle cameras mounted to a vehicle and shows a surrounding area of the vehicle seen from a virtual view point; a display configured to display the composite image; an operation unit for operating the vehicle, and a signal generation unit configured to generate a control signal of the vehicle, based on an operation on the operation unit. The display is configured to display the composite image having an image of the operation unit superimposed thereon and an auxiliary image comprising a state of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Masashi NAKAMURA, Masanori KOBAYASHI, Kouichi MURAMATSU, Hideki NOJIMA, Minoru MAEHATA
  • Publication number: 20190235466
    Abstract: A control system that distributes information from a control device to a reception device includes a read request transmission unit that transmits a read request for information to the control device, an information generation unit that generates information in response to the read request, an information transmission unit that transmits the generated information to the reception device, and a distribution cycle computation unit that computes a distribution cycle based on a generation interval of the read request. The information transmission unit transmits the information in accordance with the distribution cycle computed by the distribution cycle computation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190217531
    Abstract: Provided is a fast-eluting three-dimensionally molded object, which is formed by fused deposition modeling type three-dimensional molding and quickly elutes an active component. The fast-eluting three-dimensionally molded object is formed by the fused deposition modeling type three-dimensional molding and includes an active component, a water-soluble thermoplastic polymer, a water-soluble sugar and/or a water-soluble sugar alcohol, and a plasticizer component. The fast-eluting three-dimensionally molded object has an elution rate of the active component of 80% or higher within 85 minutes by a dissolution test method in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, Sixteenth Edition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: SORATO IKEDA, Shota HATTORI, Masanori KOBAYASHI