Patents by Inventor Masato Inaba
Masato Inaba 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: 11985837Abstract: To provide a photoelectric conversion element capable of further improving performance in a photoelectric conversion element using an organic semiconductor material. The photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to face each other, and a photoelectric conversion layer 17 provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the photoelectric conversion layer 17 includes a first organic semiconductor material and a second organic semiconductor material, and at least one of the first organic semiconductor material or the second organic semiconductor material is an organic molecule having a HOMO volume fraction of 0.15 or less or a LUMO volume fraction of 0.15 or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Shinnosuke Hattori, Hajime Kobayashi, Sae Miyaji, Masato Kanno, Miki Kimijima, Yuta Hasegawa, Toshio Nishi, Takashi Kawashima, Yosuke Saito, Yuta Inaba
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Patent number: 11820192Abstract: A stabilizer includes a main body cylinder portion which is elastically deformable; and a pair of connection portions respectively connected to a pair of left and right suspension devices. Each of the pair of connection portions is provided with a fixed shaft portion which is solid and fixed to the main body cylinder portion. The fixed shaft portion includes a fitting portion fitted into the main body cylinder portion and a large diameter portion connecting the fitting portion and a connection portion of the pair of connection portions and formed to have a diameter larger than that of the fitting portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Inaba, Junichi Nakayama, Yuichiro Yamauchi
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Patent number: 11786960Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stabilizer, the stabilizer including a main body bar that is elastically deformable, and a pair of connecting plates that are separately connected to a pair of left and right suspension devices, the method including a forging step of forming the connecting plate by forging both end portions of a material tube, in which in the forging step, both end portions of the material tube are crushed in a radial direction to be formed into the connecting plate in a state where a sealing metal plate heated to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point is disposed inside both end portions of the material tube heated to a temperature lower than the melting point.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Mizukami, Masato Inaba, Masato Sugawara, Michiya Masuda
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Publication number: 20220363103Abstract: A stabilizer is a stabilizer including: a main body cylinder portion which is elastically deformable; and a pair of connection portions respectively connected to a pair of left and right suspension devices, wherein a fixed shaft portion which is solid and fixed to the main body cylinder portion is provided to the connection portion, wherein the fixed shaft portion includes a fitting portion fitted into the main body cylinder portion and a large diameter portion connecting the fitting portion and the connection portion and formed to have a diameter larger than that of the fitting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Masato INABA, Junichi NAKAYAMA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI
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Publication number: 20220266650Abstract: A stabilizer is a stabilizer including: a main body cylinder portion which is elastically deformable and a pair of connection plate portions respectively connected to a pair of left and right suspension devices, wherein the connection plate portion includes a pair of base material portions located on both sides in the connection plate portion in a plate thickness direction T and an alloy oxide region which is disposed between the pair of base material portions and in which alloy oxides are scattered, and wherein crystal grains constituting the pair of base material portions straddle the alloy oxide region in the plate thickness direction and the pair of base material portions are joined.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Masato INABA, Junichi NAKAYAMA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI
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Publication number: 20220152689Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stabilizer, the stabilizer including a main body bar that is elastically deformable, and a pair of connecting plates that are separately connected to a pair of left and right suspension devices, the method including a forging step of forming the connecting pate by forging both end portions of a material tube, in which in the forging step, both end portions of the material tube are crushed in a radial direction to be formed into the connecting plate in a state where a sealing metal plate heated to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point is disposed inside both end portions of the material tube heated to a temperature lower than the melting point.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUKAMI, Masato INABA, Masato SUGAWARA, Michiya MASUDA
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Patent number: 10464786Abstract: A flat storage facility includes a storage/retrieval device having a Y-direction moving member that is horizontally movable at a certain height above a storage item placement plane. A carriage is horizontally movable in an X direction on the Y-direction moving member, and a storage item gripping mechanism is provided in the carriage. The storage/retrieval device performs storage/retrieval on a storage item between the storage/retrieval device and respective storage item placement points set on the storage item placement plane. The storage item placement plane is divided into a plurality of unit sections at various heights with respect to a reference plane. When the storage/retrieval operation is performed with the storage/retrieval device, the lowering distance of the storage item gripping mechanism with respect to the carriage is adjusted according to the height of the unit section to which the storage item placement point of a storage/retrieval target belongs.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Miyoshi, Masato Inaba, Jun Hamaguchi
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Patent number: 10370224Abstract: A flat storage facility includes a storage/retrieval device having a Y-direction moving member with a length corresponding to the width of a storage item placement plane in an X direction and that is movable in a forward/backward Y direction of the storage item placement plane. A carriage is supported on the Y-direction moving member and is movable in the X direction. A storage item gripping mechanism is supported on the carriage so as to be freely raised and lowered. Lowering of the storage item gripping mechanism is controlled such that downward flexural deformation distances between end portions of the Y-direction moving member in the X direction are determined. Lowering distance adjustment values of the storage item gripping mechanism for the storage item placement points are set based on the downward flexural deformation distances, and lowering distances of the storage item gripping mechanism are reduced by the lowering distance adjustment values.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Miyoshi, Jun Hamaguchi, Masato Inaba
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Patent number: 10233039Abstract: A raising/lowering conveyance apparatus has at least two sets of container holders operable to be raised/lowered in conjunction with each other, and to be freely movable closer to or away from containers in the back-and-forth horizontal direction. A sensor operable to detect the upper end height of the transferred containers which have been transferred and raised is attached to a position near the lower end of each container holder, to determine abnormality in posture of the transferred containers through a comparison operation between the value of the upper end height of the transferred containers detected by the sensor and the normal value of the upper end height of the transferred containers calculated on the basis of the height of the container being handled.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Miyoshi, Jun Hamaguchi, Masato Inaba
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Publication number: 20180086609Abstract: A flat storage facility includes a storage/retrieval device having a Y-direction moving member that is horizontally movable at a certain height above a storage item placement plane. A carriage is horizontally movable in an X direction on the Y-direction moving member, and a storage item gripping mechanism is provided in the carriage. The storage/retrieval device performs storage/retrieval on a storage item between the storage/retrieval device and respective storage item placement points set on the storage item placement plane. The storage item placement plane is divided into a plurality of unit sections at various heights with respect to a reference plane. When the storage/retrieval operation is performed with the storage/retrieval device, the lowering distance of the storage item gripping mechanism with respect to the carriage is adjusted according to the height of the unit section to which the storage item placement point of a storage/retrieval target belongs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Kazuhiko Miyoshi, Masato Inaba, Jun Hamaguchi
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Publication number: 20180086608Abstract: A flat storage facility includes a storage/retrieval device having a Y-direction moving member with a length corresponding to the width of a storage item placement plane in an X direction and that is movable in a forward/backward Y direction of the storage item placement plane. A carriage is supported on the Y-direction moving member and is movable in the X direction. A storage item gripping mechanism is supported on the carriage so as to be freely raised and lowered. Lowering of the storage item gripping mechanism is controlled such that downward flexural deformation distances between end portions of the Y-direction moving member in the X direction are determined. Lowering distance adjustment values of the storage item gripping mechanism for the storage item placement points are set based on the downward flexural deformation distances, and lowering distances of the storage item gripping mechanism are reduced by the lowering distance adjustment values.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Kazuhiko Miyoshi, Jun Hamaguchi, Masato Inaba
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Publication number: 20170267469Abstract: A raising/lowering conveyance apparatus has at least two sets of container holders operable to be raised/lowered in conjunction with each other, and to be freely movable closer to or away from containers in the back-and-forth horizontal direction. A sensor operable to detect the upper end height of the transferred containers which have been transferred and raised is attached to a position near the lower end of each container holder, to determine abnormality in posture of the transferred containers through a comparison operation between the value of the upper end height of the transferred containers detected by the sensor and the normal value of the upper end height of the transferred containers calculated on the basis of the height of the container being handled.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Kazuhiko Miyoshi, Jun Hamaguchi, Masato Inaba
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Patent number: 6335853Abstract: A thermosensitive wire (15), including a pair of phosphor bronze round wires which cause a short-circuit when the ambient temperature exceeds a predetermined temperature, is laid along an induction line (14), and a protective device (25) including a DC power supply unit (33) for applying a DC voltage and a meter relay (35) for detecting that the thermosensitive wire (15) has caused a short-circuit is provided on both ends of the thermosensitive wire (15). An alarm output (35A) of the meter relay (35) is outputted to a high-frequency generating circuit (24) so as to shut down a high-frequency current to be supplied to the induction line (14). With this structure, even when a metal such as a tool made of iron is erroneously set near the induction line (14), the heating thereof may be detected by using the thermosensitive wire (15) and the high-frequency current flowing through the induction line (14) may be shut down.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1999Date of Patent: January 1, 2002Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kitagawa, Masato Inaba, Kazutoshi Takeda