Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Nakayama
Nobuyuki Nakayama 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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Publication number: 20230094304Abstract: An electric-vehicle-body structure includes a floor panel constituting a floor of an occupant space, and a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the floor panel at a vehicle-width-direction central portion of the occupant space and extending in a front-rear direction. A battery unit includes battery frames disposed at a lower position than the floor panel and extending in the front-rear direction. Such a positional relation is achieved in which the battery frames and the center frame overlap each other in a plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Takuma INAMI, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Hiroyuki BABA
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Publication number: 20230094086Abstract: A vehicle-body structure includes a first floor panel constituting a floor of an occupant space, a dash panel, a second floor panel provided on a vehicle rear side of the occupant space, a connection panel connecting a rear portion of the first floor panel and a front portion of the second floor panel, and a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the first floor panel at a vehicle-width-direction central portion of the occupant space and extending in a front-rear direction. A front portion of the center frame is connected to the dash panel. A rear portion of the center frame is connected to the connection panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Takuma INAMI, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Hiroyuki BABA
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Publication number: 20230099466Abstract: To suppress deformation of a vehicle cabin by efficiently absorbing an impact load obliquely from a vehicle front side, a vehicle-body front structure includes an upper-side cross member, a lower-side cross member, upper-side impact absorption members that support respective ones of both vehicle-width-direction sides of the upper-side cross member, and lower-side impact absorption members that support respective ones of both vehicle-width-direction sides of the lower-side cross member. The upper-side impact absorption members and the lower-side impact absorption members are each positioned farther on a vehicle-width-direction outer side at a position farther on a vehicle front side.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Takuma INAMI, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Hiroyuki BABA, Mitsuru WAKABAYASHI, Koji MIYAMOTO, Masaki MOTOKI, Manabu TATSUDA
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Publication number: 20230095674Abstract: A vehicle-body structure increases comfort inside a vehicle cabin and improves vehicle-body stiffness. A battery housing portion in which a battery is housed and a battery non-housing portion in which the battery is not housed are provided alongside in a vehicle front-rear direction below the vehicle cabin. A second frame portion disposed at the battery non-housing portion is larger than a first frame portion disposed at the battery housing portion in a vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Takuma INAMI, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Hiroyuki BABA, Hiroshi TANAKA
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Publication number: 20230101843Abstract: A vehicle-body structure prevents a submarine phenomenon of a passenger during a front-end collision and achieves lowering of the vehicle floor-height while maintaining a sufficient number of mounted batteries. Embodiments of a vehicle-body structure include a seat pan that is formed at part of a floor panel and on which a seat cushion is placed, and a battery arranged below the seat pan. A bulging portion that bulges upward is formed at a vehicle front-side of the seat pan. An accessory member is housed inside the bulging portion. An upper-end portion of the accessory member housed in the bulging portion 4 is positioned farther on the upper-side than a lower-end portion of the bulging portion 48a.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Takuma INAMI, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Hiroyuki BABA, Hiroshi TANAKA
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Patent number: 11573509Abstract: A heating device includes a heating unit that heats in a non-contact manner an upper surface of a transport material that is transported; and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material via multiple blowing holes that open with respect to the lower surface, the multiple blowing holes being disposed so that blowing holes that are closest and adjacent to each other in a transport direction of the transport material are shifted from each other in an intersection direction that intersects the transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kosuke Yamada, Tetsuro Kodera, Takayuki Yamashita, Nobuyuki Nakayama
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Patent number: 11561492Abstract: A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a sheet-like transport material without holding a one-end-side portion of the transport material in a transport direction and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material that is transported by the transport unit via multiple blowing holes that open with respect to the lower surface, a wind speed of the blowing unit being higher on two end sides than on a central side in an intersection direction that intersects the transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tetsuro Kodera, Kosuke Yamada, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Takayuki Yamashita
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Patent number: 11550242Abstract: A heating device includes a heating unit that heats in a non-contact manner an upper surface of a transport material that is transported, and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material via a blowing hole that is provided in an opposing surface opposing the lower surface of the transport material, the opposing surface being obliquely disposed with respect to a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kosuke Yamada, Tetsuro Kodera, Takayuki Yamashita, Nobuyuki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20220407967Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a printer communicable with an external device in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol. The printer includes: a data reception unit configured to receive data containing a character string to be printed, from the external device; an acquisition unit configured to acquire extraction setting information that is information relating to a method of extracting the character string contained in the data that is received by the data reception unit; an extraction unit configured to, upon receiving the data from the external device, extract the character string from the received data, based on the extraction setting information that is acquired by the acquisition unit; and a print unit configured to print the character string that is extracted by the extraction unit, on a print medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fujio YOSHIDA, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 11480898Abstract: A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a sheet-like transport material without holding a one-end-side portion of the transport material in a transport direction; and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material that is transported by the transport unit via multiple blowing holes that open with respect to the lower surface, an arrangement interval of the multiple blowing holes in the transport direction being inconstant in the transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tetsuro Kodera, Kosuke Yamada, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Takayuki Yamashita
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Patent number: 11458742Abstract: A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a sheet-like transport material without holding a one-end-side portion of the transport material in a transport direction; and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material that is transported by the transport unit via multiple blowing holes that open with respect to the lower surface, an arrangement interval of the multiple blowing holes in a direction of intersection with respect to the transport direction being smaller at two end portions than at a central portion of the blowing unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tetsuro Kodera, Kosuke Yamada, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Takayuki Yamashita
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Patent number: 11420686Abstract: A lower vehicle-body structure of the electric vehicle includes a pair of left and right side sills; a substantially flat front floor panel; a first floor cross member disposed on an upper surface of the front floor panel located below a front part of a front seat; a second floor cross member disposed on an upper surface of the front floor panel 8 located below a rear part of the front seat; a kick-up portion raised from a rear end of the front floor panel 8 toward a vehicle upper side; and a console support bracket that has a front part connected to a vehicle body on a vehicle front side and a rear part connected to the kick-up portion. A lower part of the console support bracket is secured to the first and second floor cross members.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Yamato Matsuda, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Morihide Yamada, Katsuhito Kouno, Toshihiro Takebayashi
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Patent number: 11299211Abstract: A lower vehicle-body structure of an electric vehicle to increase resistance to lateral collision and also improve front-end collision load transfer performance of a tunnel. The lower vehicle-body structure of an electric vehicle includes a floor having a tunnel formed in a front part at a middle in a vehicle-width direction; and a floor cross member spanning, above the floor, between side sills disposed on opposite sides of the floor. Also, a rear end of the tunnel is located directly in front of the floor cross member, and reinforcing brackets are provided extending from the tunnel toward an upper end of the floor cross member and connected to the upper end of the floor cross member.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Yamato Matsuda, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Morihide Yamada, Katsuhito Kouno, Toshihiro Takebayashi
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Patent number: 11241948Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure for a vehicle includes a side frame, a subframe disposed below the side frame, and a vehicle body frame member disposed on a middle side in the vehicle body front-rear direction with respect to the subframe. The vehicle body frame member includes: a vertical frame offset outwardly in the vehicle width direction with respect to the subframe; and a lateral frame extending inwardly in the vehicle width direction from the vertical frame. A connecting portion is provided on the subframe. The connecting portion includes: an inclined portion extending while being inclined outwardly in the vehicle width direction, to face the vertical frame; and a widening portion widening inwardly in the vehicle width direction up to a position where the connecting portion linearly extends in the vehicle body front-rear direction from the inclined portion, to face the lateral frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Morimoto, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Harumitsu Kubota, Yasunori Isshiki, Taichi Hirakawa
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Publication number: 20220032658Abstract: A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a sheet-like transport material without holding a one-end-side portion of the transport material in a transport direction; and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material that is transported by the transport unit via multiple blowing holes that open with respect to the lower surface, an arrangement interval of the multiple blowing holes in a direction of intersection with respect to the transport direction being smaller at two end portions than at a central portion of the blowing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tetsuro KODERA, Kosuke YAMADA, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Takayuki YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20220035279Abstract: A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a sheet-like transport material without holding a one-end-side portion of the transport material in a transport direction; and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material that is transported by the transport unit via multiple blowing holes that open with respect to the lower surface, an arrangement interval of the multiple blowing holes in the transport direction being inconstant in the transport direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tetsuro KODERA, Kosuke YAMADA, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Takayuki YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20220035278Abstract: A heating device includes a heating unit that heats in a non-contact manner an upper surface of a transport material that is transported, and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material via a blowing hole that is provided in an opposing surface opposing the lower surface of the transport material, the opposing surface being obliquely disposed with respect to a horizontal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kosuke YAMADA, Tetsuro KODERA, Takayuki YAMASHITA, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220035285Abstract: A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a sheet-like transport material without holding a one-end-side portion of the transport material in a transport direction and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material that is transported by the transport unit via multiple blowing holes that open with respect to the lower surface, a wind speed of the blowing unit being higher on two end sides than on a central side in an intersection direction that intersects the transport direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tetsuro KODERA, Kosuke YAMADA, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Takayuki YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20220035280Abstract: A heating device includes a heating unit that heats in a non-contact manner an upper surface of a transport material that is transported; and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material via multiple blowing holes that open with respect to the lower surface, the multiple blowing holes being disposed so that blowing holes that are closest and adjacent to each other in a transport direction of the transport material are shifted from each other in an intersection direction that intersects the transport direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kosuke YAMADA, Tetsuro KODERA, Takayuki YAMASHITA, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 11235807Abstract: A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle can enhance the performance of protecting a vehicle component disposed under a rear floor against a rear-end collision load. The rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle includes a rear bumper reinforcement having a rear bumper beam extending in a vehicle width direction along a rear bumper and load absorbing parts extending from left and right ends of the rear bumper beam toward a vehicle front side, and rear side frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction respectively along left and right side portions of a rear floor and coupled at rear ends to front ends of the load absorbing parts, with a vehicle component being disposed under the rear floor. A vertical center of the rear bumper beam is located lower than a respective vertical center of each of the rear side frames.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Harumitsu Kubota, Taichi Hirakawa, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Yasunori Isshiki