Patents by Inventor Masayuki Watanabe

Masayuki 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: 11452284
    Abstract: A fishing line guide includes a fishing line guide section guiding a fishing line along a fishing rod, a first leg portion extending in a first direction from an end portion of the fishing line guide section and having a fixed portion disposed at a tip, and a second leg portion branching from either one of the end portion of the fishing line guide section and the first leg portion to extend in a second direction and having a fixed portion disposed at a tip are integrally configured, the fishing line guide including a first fiber-reinforced resin sheet, a second fiber-reinforced resin sheet, and a third fiber-reinforced resin sheet, each sheet including a laminated structure with a flat bonding surface, the laminated structure including a plurality of sheet-shaped synthetic resins containing reinforced fibers that are laminated together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayuki Watanabe, Norio Nasu, Masaru Akiba
  • Patent number: 11370105
    Abstract: A robot system includes an operating device that receives an operation instruction from an operator, a real robot that is installed in a work space and performs a series of works constituted of a plurality of steps, a camera configured to image the real robot, a display device configured to display video information of the real robot imaged by the camera and a virtual robot, and a control device, in which the control device is configured to operate the virtual robot displayed on the display device based on instruction information input from the operating device, and thereafter operate the real robot in a state that the virtual robot is displayed on the display device when operation execution information to execute an operation of the real robot is input from the operating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Watanabe, Takayuki Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20220176715
    Abstract: A conveyance device includes a conveyance path on which a medium is carried; a first detector that detects the medium on the conveyance path and generates first property data; and a hardware processor that acquires the first property data and second property data generated by detecting the medium disposed at a position away from the conveyance path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: KAZUTOSHI YOSHIMURA, SATOSHI OGATA, MASAYUKI WATANABE, HIDENORI MINE
  • Patent number: 11345562
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes: a cutter that cuts a transported sheet; a waste bin that stores a cutting waste generated by a cutting operation of the cutter and falling from the cutter; a sensor that detects the cutting waste at a predetermined position in a depth direction in the waste bin; and a hardware processor that controls the cutting operation of the cutter according to a cutting mode, sets a predetermined value according to the cutting mode when the sensor detects the cutting waste, counts the number of times of cutting by the cutter after the sensor starts to detect the cutting waste, and detects that the waste bin is full when the counted number of times of cutting reaches the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Teruhiko Toyoizumi, Masayuki Watanabe, Hidenori Mine
  • Publication number: 20220082271
    Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a machine chamber, a compressor provided in and at a bottom of the machine chamber, a reactor provided in the machine chamber and higher than the compressor and configured to rectify an electric current to be supplied to the compressor, a peripheral soundproof material that extends as high as a position of the reactor and encloses the compressor, and an upper soundproof material that covers at least part of the reactor and is placed on the peripheral soundproof material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Masayuki WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11266039
    Abstract: A liquid immersion tank includes a housing configured to house a heat generator, a gutter provided over the housing, and configured to form a flow path through which a coolant flows, a flow rate adjuster provided at an outflow port through which the coolant flows out from the flow path, and configured to adjust an outflow amount of the coolant, a slope provided over the housing, and configured to include a down-flow surface through which the coolant branched from the flow path flows down toward the housing, the coolant flowing through the flow rate adjuster, and a tank configured to accommodate the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Keita Hirai, Masayuki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220046142
    Abstract: A post-processing device includes: multiple types of post-processing modules that are disposed at predetermined installation positions within the post-processing device and each execute post-processing to an output sheet on which an image is formed; and a controller that (i) detects the post-processing modules at the installation positions and (ii) determines and controls adjustment contents of the post-processing modules based on a detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayuki Watanabe, Hidenori Mine, Satoshi Ogata, Kazutoshi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11208910
    Abstract: Various implementations include a ring material used for producing a ring molded article. The ring molded article has two convex portions which respectively protrude on opposite sides of the ring molded article in a direction of a center axis thereof and extend in a direction of a circumference of the ring molded article. A straight line passing through centers of gravity of first and second side regions is inclined by an angle relative to the center axis of the ring material, the first and second side regions are obtained by virtually dividing a one half section of the ring material based on a middle of a maximum height of the ring material in the direction of the center axis of the ring material, and a range of the angle is 7 degrees to 40 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Nippon Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jun Ohsone, Masayuki Watanabe, Hideo Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20210354941
    Abstract: A paper sheet sensing device includes: a sheet thickness sensor that includes a reference member and a displacement sensor, and senses a sheet thickness of a conveyed recording medium by bringing the reference member into contact with the recording medium and sensing a position of a height of the reference member with the displacement sensor, the position of the height having changed with the recording medium; a first attacher to which the sheet thickness sensor is attached; a conveyor that nips and conveys the recording medium, and is disposed adjacent to the sheet thickness sensor at a predetermined distance equal to or shorter than a length of the recording medium being conveyed, in a conveyance direction of the recording medium; and a displacement preventer that prevents a change in an output of the displacement sensor due to a shift of a relative position of the height of the reference member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: KAZUTOSHI YOSHIMURA, SATOSHI OGATA, MASAYUKI WATANABE, HIDENORI MINE
  • Patent number: 11076585
    Abstract: One object is to provide a fishing line guide including a high-hardness guide ring and a fishing rod provided with said fishing line guide. A fishing line guide according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a guide body with a through hole formed therein and a guide ring fitted into the through hole of the guide body. In one aspect, the guide ring includes a base material layer and a surface layer formed on a surface of the base material layer. In one aspect of the present invention, the base material layer is formed of an alloy having an Fe content of 3 wt % or less or 2 wt % or less. In one aspect of the present invention, the surface layer is formed of chromium carbide, titanium carbide, or vanadium carbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Akiba, Masayuki Watanabe, Yasuhiro Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 11072077
    Abstract: A robot system which includes a robot with a plurality of joints; a voice operation device to which a voice operation command is input by an operator; and a controller which controls an operation of the robot, the controller being configured to change the operation of the robot, in a case where the voice operation device detects a voice with a sound volume which is equal to or higher than a first predetermined sound volume which is preset, during the operation of the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11072139
    Abstract: Provided is a mold cleaning system. On the basis of an identification mark assigned to a mold and detected by a mark detector when cleaning the mold, the mold cleaning system obtains shape data for the molding surface of the mold which is stored in a database, and on the basis of the obtained shape data, the mold cleaning system controls the movement of arms using the control device, moves a laser head along the molding surface thereof while irradiating with a laser beam supplied by a laser oscillator, and as a result, removes the dirt adhered to the molding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Kensuke Matsumura, Masayuki Watanabe, Yusaku Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11064631
    Abstract: A liquid immersion cooling device for information processing apparatuses. The liquid immersion cooling device includes an immersion tank, a refrigerant liquid that is retained in the immersion tank, and a plurality of fillers that are filled in the immersion tank and that float on a surface of the refrigerant liquid to cover the surface of the refrigerant liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi So, Hideo Kubo, Masayuki Watanabe, Shinnosuke Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20210198090
    Abstract: A traveling robot includes: a traveling body including a truck and a drive unit, the truck including front and rear wheels and a floor frame, the drive unit being configured to rotate the wheels; a support mechanism configured to raise or lower a holding tool configured to support a mounting plate; and a picking robot configured to load a cargo onto the mounting plate or unload the cargo from the mounting plate. The drive unit is mounted on the floor frame, and the floor frame includes a projecting portion projecting forward from a portion on which the drive unit is mounted. The support mechanism is attached to a front end portion of the projecting portion. The picking robot is provided at the projecting portion, is arranged between the support mechanism and the drive unit in a front-rear direction, and is arranged on or behind an imaginary vertical line passing through a front axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nakanishi Metal Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji BANDO, Eiji YOSHIKUWA, Masayuki WATANABE, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Hideshi YAMANE, Shoichi MIYAO, Tianfen XU, Shunichi TANIGUCHI, Yoshihiro OKAZAKI, Ryoichi KITAGUCHI, Yuichi OTSUJI, Masayoshi HOSHI, Shigetomo MATSUI, Kanji MATSUSHIMA, Hiromu WAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210154826
    Abstract: A robot system includes an operating device that receives an operation instruction from an operator, a real robot that is installed in a work space and performs a series of works constituted of a plurality of steps, a camera configured to image the real robot, a display device configured to display video information of the real robot imaged by the camera and a virtual robot, and a control device, in which the control device is configured to operate the virtual robot displayed on the display device based on instruction information input from the operating device, and thereafter operate the real robot in a state that the virtual robot is displayed on the display device when operation execution information to execute an operation of the real robot is input from the operating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki WATANABE, Takayuki YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210078182
    Abstract: A robot system includes a manufacturing system including a robot and peripheral equipment. There is a controller communicably connected to the robot, the peripheral equipment, and a portable information terminal. The controller includes a memory storing the operation program, operation mode setting circuitry to set an operation mode a teaching mode or a playback mode, operation controlling circuitry configured to control the operation of the robot in the teaching mode based on the operation command, and control the robot and the peripheral equipment in the playback mode in accordance with the operation program, and display controlling circuitry configured to control the portable information terminal in the teaching mode to display on a display an operation screen through which the operation command is inputted, and control the portable information terminal in the playback mode to display on the displaying part a screen different from the operation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki WATANABE, Toshihiko MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210029981
    Abstract: A fishing line guide includes a fishing line guide section guiding a fishing line along a fishing rod, a first leg portion extending in a first direction from an end portion of the fishing line guide section and having a fixed portion disposed at a tip, and a second leg portion branching from either one of the end portion of the fishing line guide section and the first leg portion to extend in a second direction and having a fixed portion disposed at a tip are integrally configured, the fishing line guide including a first fiber-reinforced resin sheet, a second fiber-reinforced resin sheet, and a third fiber-reinforced resin sheet, each sheet including a laminated structure with a flat bonding surface, the laminated structure including a plurality of sheet-shaped synthetic resins containing reinforced fibers that are laminated together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Masayuki Watanabe, Norio Nasu, Masaru Akiba
  • Publication number: 20210033290
    Abstract: A compressor unit includes a compressor, pipes connected to a suction side and a discharge side of the compressor, and a sound absorbing member. The sound absorbing member includes a plurality of support portions, where at least one of the plurality of support portions is a hook portion formed by folding the sound absorbing member and joining upper edge portions of the sound absorbing member to each other. The pipes include a bent portion that connects two portions extending in an up/down direction and that is located in an upper region in the compressor unit. An upper portion of the sound absorbing member is positioned by hooking the hook portion to one of the bent portions, and the sound absorbing member is held by the plurality of support portions such that the sound absorbing member is suspended and thus located apart from a base on which the compressor is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Masayuki WATANABE, Hiroyuki JINNAI
  • Patent number: 10897884
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a guide ring less prone to break due to an impact or wear. A fishing line guide according to one aspect of the present invention is to be used on a fishing rod and includes a guide body with a through hole formed therein and a guide ring fitted into the through hole of the guide body. The guide ring has a top portion that is most distant from the fishing rod in a vertical direction extending vertically with respect to an axial direction of the fishing rod, and the guide ring is configured such that a thickness of a guide rear portion on a rear side relative to the top portion is larger than that of a guide front portion on a front side relative to the top portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Akiba, Masayuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10888074
    Abstract: A branching position having two supporting legs of a fishing rod guide having two supporting legs formed by three sets of fiber-reinforced resin layers disposed in a fishing rod is sealed by a thermoset resin member or a prepreg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayuki Watanabe, Norio Nasu, Masaru Akiba