Patents by Inventor Masashi Ogawa

Masashi Ogawa 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: 11946012
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a lubricating oil composition capable of achieving good wear resistance and good scoring resistance of a bearing in addition to further fuel saving while maintaining durability and seizure resistance that can be used as a gear oil for a high-output, high-speed gear mechanism. A lubricating oil composition containing a combination of Fischer-Tropsch derived base oil having a low kinematic viscosity at high temperature, polyalphaolefin having a high kinematic viscosity at high temperature, and ester compound of a trivalent or higher polyol having a low kinematic viscosity at high temperature, and further contains a partial ester compound of an unsaturated fatty acid and a polyol, including a monoester compound of the unsaturated fatty acid and the polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Noriaki Shinoda, Shinji Saitou, Misato Kishi, Shin-ichiro Shibata, Masashi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11925304
    Abstract: An information processing method in a server device includes obtaining first information obtained by at least one of one or more sensors installed in a space, detecting the breakage of an article present in the space based on the first information, estimating a situation where the breakage of the article occurred based on the first information, and outputting second information for causing a self-propelled device to perform a predetermine operation in the space according to the estimated situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takanori Ogawa, Masashi Koide
  • Publication number: 20240051772
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a feed roller, a separation roller that nips the medium P together with the feed roller and separates a plurality of stacked medium, a drive section that generates a driving force, a one way clutch section provided in a transmission path for transmitting the driving force to the feed roller, wherein the one way clutch section is configured to switch between an allowed state in which the feed roller allowed to rotate in a rotation direction in which the medium are moved in a reverse feed direction and a restricted state in which this is not allowed and it is causes the one way clutch section to the allowed state, and that is configured to rotate the separation roller in the rotation direction in which the medium moves in the reverse feed direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Ryoichi MORISAWA, Masashi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230386272
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: (a) drive wheels; (b) an electric motor serving as a power source for driving the vehicle; (c) a power transmission apparatus configured to transmit a power of the electric motor toward the drive wheels; (d) an electric-insulation-performance determining portion configured to determine an electric insulation performance of an oil supplied to the electric motor and a lubrication required portion of the power transmission apparatus; and (e) a notification portion configured to notify a driver of the vehicle about the electric insulation performance of the oil which is determined by the electric-insulation-performance determining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi OGAWA
  • Patent number: 11780455
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a recording medium. The vehicle control device according to one aspect of an embodiment includes a recognition unit that recognizes an object in a periphery of the own vehicle, a road information acquisition unit that acquires road information in the periphery of the own vehicle, and an alarm control unit that causes an alarm device to give an alarm when the object recognized by the recognition unit exists in a predetermined region set with reference to a position of the own vehicle, in which the alarm control unit does not give the alarm regarding the object when at least part of the object existing in the predetermined region recognized by the recognition unit exists outside a road from a boundary the road where the own vehicle acquired by the road information acquisition unit exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kakeda, Masashi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20230286273
    Abstract: A piezoelectric pump, for causing the flow of a liquid, including a piezoelectric member driven by applying a voltage, a diaphragm which is deformed by the driving of the piezoelectric member, an adhesive member which bonds the piezoelectric member and the diaphragm together, and an urging member that urges the piezoelectric member toward the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: SOJI KONDO, MASASHI OGAWA, KIMIYUKI HAYASAKI, NAOZUMI NABESHIMA, KEIICHIRO TSUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230176546
    Abstract: A workpiece machining device for executing machining of a workpiece using a machining tool, including a detection section configured to detect a detectable physical amount which is a physical amount relating to the machining of the workpiece and which can be detected at each of detection points which are set at predetermined intervals in a monitoring range for monitoring a state of the detectable physical amount, a storage device configured to store machining data which is actual detection data which is actually detected by the detection section, a group forming section configured to form one or multiple groups by dividing the actual detection data stored in the storage device in accordance with the number of the detection points which are set in advance in an interval from a monitoring start point to a monitoring end point of the monitoring range, and a setting section configured to set an upper limit value and a lower limit value of the monitoring range for each group of the groups formed by the group formi
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya KUMAZAKI, Masashi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230124719
    Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a first and a second transport path, a third transport path formed the first transport path and the second transport path merging at a merging point, a door that is displaceable between a closed state in which the door forms at least a portion of the first transport path and an opened state in which at least a portion of the first transport path is opened, and a switching section that is arranged at the merging point and that is, while the door is in the closed state, displaceable between a first state in which the second transport path is opened and a second state in which the first transport path is opened, wherein when the door is in the opened state, the switching section is displaced to a third state in which at least a portion of the second transport path is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Masashi OGAWA, Ryoichi MORISAWA
  • Patent number: 11573144
    Abstract: A pressure detector includes a first board with a first pressure inlet, a first groove, and a first board electrode; a second board with a second pressure inlet, a second groove, and a second board electrode; and a sensing unit arranged therebetween with a diaphragm. The first groove is in communication with the first pressure inlet so as to prevent the formation of a closed space between the first board and the diaphragm when they contact with each other. The second groove is in communication with the second pressure inlet so as to prevent the formation of a closed space between the second board and the diaphragm when they contact each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NAGANO KEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Ogawa, Atsushi Imai
  • Publication number: 20220176956
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a first obtaining part obtaining gripping information indicating a driver of a vehicle is gripping a steering wheel; a second obtaining part obtaining operation information indicating the driver is performing a driving operation; a recognition part recognizing a road marking line of a lane traveled by the vehicle; and a support part providing a support so that the vehicle does not deviate from the road marking line when a deviation probability is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree. The support part delays an operation of the support when the gripping information is obtained and the operation information is not obtained, as compared with a case where the gripping information and the operation information are not obtained, and suppresses the operation of the support for a predetermined time when the operation information is obtained regardless of whether the gripping information is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi KAKEDA, Masashi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220176983
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a recording medium. The vehicle control device according to one aspect of an embodiment includes a recognition unit that recognizes an object in a periphery of the own vehicle, a road information acquisition unit that acquires road information in the periphery of the own vehicle, and an alarm control unit that causes an alarm device to give an alarm when the object recognized by the recognition unit exists in a predetermined region set with reference to a position of the own vehicle, in which the alarm control unit does not give the alarm regarding the object when at least part of the object existing in the predetermined region recognized by the recognition unit exists outside a road from a boundary the road where the own vehicle acquired by the road information acquisition unit exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi KAKEDA, Masashi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220161794
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a recognition part recognizing a first road marking line on a first side of a lane traveled by a vehicle; an obtaining part obtaining information on a second road marking line on the first side of the lane from map information; and a support part that executes a support processing for preventing the vehicle from deviating from a road marking line when a probability that the vehicle deviates from the road marking line is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree. When a degree of matching between a first position of the first road marking line and a second position of the second road marking line is less than or equal to a first threshold value, the support part suppresses execution of the support processing for preventing the vehicle from deviating from a road marking line on the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi KAKEDA, Masashi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220107233
    Abstract: A pressure detector includes a first board provided with a first board electrode, a second board provided with a second board electrode, and a sensing unit provided with a first diaphragm electrode and a second diaphragm electrode. A first board body of the first board is provided with a first pressure inlet penetrating through the first board body and a first groove provided on a surface facing the first diaphragm electrode, the first groove being in communication with the first pressure inlet. A second board body of the second board is provided with a second pressure inlet penetrating through the second board body, and a second groove provided on a surface facing the second diaphragm electrode, the second groove being in communication with the second pressure inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi Ogawa, Atsushi Imai
  • Patent number: 10844306
    Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition, which has low viscosity but also prolonged anti-shudder life without reduction of intermetallic friction coefficient. The lubricating oil composition is characterized in comprising (A) a lubricating base oil, and (C) (C-1) a borated succinimide compound with a mass average molecular weight of 4,000-7,000 and (C-2) a borated succinimide compound with a mass average molecular weight of greater than 7,000-10,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Takafumi Mori, Takehisa Sato, Takahiro Fukumizu, Masashi Ogawa, Junichi Nishinosono
  • Patent number: 10838618
    Abstract: A work machine display device is provided with a touch panel which displays software buttons and operation conditions which are necessary for selecting the software buttons at the same time in a state in which the software buttons and the operation conditions are related.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10761510
    Abstract: A machine tool management device including process screen display section configured to display a process screen on display, the process screen being a screen corresponding to each of multiple machine tool related processes; menu display section configured to display on the process screen each of a free menu at which it is possible to register any of the multiple machine tool related processes and a fixed menu at which specific processes of the multiple machine tool related processes are displayed; specific person authentication section configured to authenticate a specific person such that an entry operation via display is restricted to only the specific operator; and display menu changing section configured to receive an operation by an operator authenticated by specific person authentication section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20200071634
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition which achieves extended anti-shudder durability without causing a decrease in the metal-to-metal friction coefficient, even when the viscosity of the composition is reduced. The lubricating oil composition includes (A) a lubricant base oil, (C) (C-1) a succinimide compound or boronated succinimide compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 4,000 to 7,000, (C-2) a succinimide compound or boronated succinimide compound having a weight-average molecular weight of more than 7,000 to 10,000, and (D) a phosphorus-based extreme pressure agent, the lubricating oil composition does not include zinc dithiophosphate and may optionally include a sulfur-based extreme pressure agent, provided that the content of sulfur-based extreme pressure agent is no more than 0.1 percent by weight of the lubricating oil composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Takafumi Mori, Takehisa Sato, Takahiro Fukumizu, Masashi Ogawa, Junichi Nishinosono
  • Publication number: 20190284499
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a lubricant composition that achieves extended anti-shudder durability without causing a decrease in the metal-to-metal friction coefficient, even when the viscosity of the composition is reduced. A lubricant composition comprises (A) a lubricant base oil, (C) (C-1) a succinimide compound or boronated succinimide compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 4,000 to 7,000, (C-2) a succinimide compound or boronated succinimide compound having a weight-average molecular weight of more than 7,000 to 10,000, and (D) (D-1) an amide-based friction modifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Takafumi Mori, Takehisa Sato, Takahiro Fukumizu, Masashi Ogawa, Junichi Nishinosono
  • Publication number: 20190107191
    Abstract: In a vehicle transmission device including an oil in a case, the case comprises a solid defoaming agent disposed therein, and the solid defoaming agent is disposed at a position at which the solid defoaming agent is at least partially located above the oil level of the oil during running of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190056713
    Abstract: A machine tool management device including: (i) process screen display section 120 configured to display a process screen on display 30, the process screen being a screen corresponding to each of multiple machine tool related processes; (ii) menu display section 122 configured to display on the process screen each of (a) a free menu at which it is possible to register any of the multiple machine tool related processes and (b) a fixed menu at which specific processes of the multiple machine tool related processes are displayed; specific person authentication section 124 configured to authenticate a specific person such that an entry operation via display 30 is restricted to only the specific operator; and display menu changing section 126 configured to receive an operation by an operator authenticated by specific person authentication section 124 to perform at least one of (A) changing of a display position of each of the free menu and the fixed menu on the process screen, and (B) changing the presence or abse
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi OGAWA