Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Ohta

Nobuyuki Ohta 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: 11998838
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games up to a first upper number, and a management information storage medium configured to store valid period information of a right to use an extended function concerning the content data The server, in case that a right to use an extended function is valid, sends the content data to an information-processing device or receives the content data from the information-processing device, and stores the content data in the content storage medium up to a second upper number larger than the first upper number. The server, in case that the right is invalid, performs at least one of transmission of the content data to the information-processing device and reception of the content data from the information-processing device, in a restricted manner as compared with a case where the right is valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., The Pokémon Company
    Inventors: Takanori Sowa, Nobuyuki Ohta, Takahiro Ohnishi, Hiroki Togashi, Akira Kinashi
  • Publication number: 20230356078
    Abstract: A non-limiting example content holding system includes a game apparatus and a server, which are connected to each other communicably via a network. Multiple types of games can be played on the game apparatus, and a character used in the game can be deposited with the server. In a case of depositing a character with the server, character data is converted into a format having a common area and an inherent area of a game. When keeping the character, the server updates, in withdrawal character data of the character, only common data and data of the inherent area used in the game. When withdrawing a deposited character, the game apparatus acquires, from withdrawal character data held on the server, the character data having the common area, and the inherent area of the game that uses the character to be withdrawn, and converts the acquired character data into a format to be used in the game, and saves the converted data while including in save data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd., The Pokémon Company
    Inventors: Hiroki TOGASHI, Nobuyuki OHTA
  • Patent number: 11782898
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games. The server, upon a transmission request, sends content data to an information-processing device, and retains the sent content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data again is prohibited. The server, when the content data is sent from the information-processing device, receives the content data, assigns a new ID to the received content data in case the received content data lacks the ID, and stores the received content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., THE POKÉMON COMPANY
    Inventors: Tsunekazu Ishihara, Takanori Sowa, Nobuyuki Ohta, Takahiro Ohnishi, Hiroki Togashi
  • Publication number: 20220121639
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games. The server, upon a transmission request, sends content data to an information-processing device, and retains the sent content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data again is prohibited. The server, when the content data is sent from the information-processing device, receives the content data, assigns a new ID to the received content data in case the received content data lacks the ID, and stores the received content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Tsunekazu ISHIHARA, Takanori SOWA, Nobuyuki OHTA, Takahiro OHNISHI, Hiroki TOGASHI
  • Patent number: 11243931
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games. The server, upon a transmission request, sends content data to an information-processing device, and retains the sent content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data again is prohibited. The server, when the content data is sent from the information-processing device, receives the content data, assigns a new ID to the received content data in case the received content data lacks the ID, and stores the received content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., THE POKÉMON COMPANY
    Inventors: Tsunekazu Ishihara, Takanori Sowa, Nobuyuki Ohta, Takahiro Ohnishi, Hiroki Togashi
  • Publication number: 20200379969
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games. The server, upon a transmission request, sends content data to an information-processing device, and retains the sent content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data again is prohibited. The server, when the content data is sent from the information-processing device, receives the content data, assigns a new ID to the received content data in case the received content data lacks the ID, and stores the received content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Tsunekazu ISHIHARA, Takanori SOWA, Nobuyuki OHTA, Takahiro OHNISHI, Hiroki TOGASHI
  • Publication number: 20200376372
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games up to a first upper number, and a management information storage medium configured to store valid period information of a right to use an extended function concerning the content data The server, in case that a right to use an extended function is valid, sends the content data to an information-processing device or receives the content data from the information-processing device, and stores the content data in the content storage medium up to a second upper number larger than the first upper number. The server, in case that the right is invalid, performs at least one of transmission of the content data to the information-processing device and reception of the content data from the information-processing device, in a restricted manner as compared with a case where the right is valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takanori SOWA, Nobuyuki OHTA, Takahiro OHNISHI, Hiroki TOGASHI, Akira KINASHI
  • Patent number: 9297293
    Abstract: A cooling structure of an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block, a cylinder head and a gasket. In a cross-section defined through an inter-bore region and perpendicular to the cylinder bank center line, a first end and a second end which face a cylinder bank center line are disposed nearer to the cylinder bank center line than a third end and a fourth end which face the cylinder bank center line, respectively. In the cross-section, a fifth end of a first communication hole facing the cylinder bank center line is provided between the first end of the head opening and the third end of the block opening. In the cross-section, a sixth end of a second communication hole facing the cylinder bank center line is provided between the second end of the head opening and the fourth end of the block opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Wakamoto, Nobuyuki Ohta
  • Patent number: 9163381
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes: a floor for a driving operation; an operator's seat for an operator to be seated; and a trainer's seat for a trainer to be seated, the operator's seat and the trainer's seat being provided in parallel to each other. A footrest of the wheel loader includes an operator's footrest and a trainer's footrest respectively having placement surfaces on which adjacent feet of the seated operator and trainer are respectively placed. The operator's footrest and the trainer's footrest are integrated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Horikawa, Nobuyuki Ohta, Shinjirou Ohki
  • Publication number: 20150176248
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes: a floor for a driving operation; an operator's seat for an operator to be seated; and a trainer's seat for a trainer to be seated, the operator's seat and the trainer's seat being provided in parallel to each other. A footrest of the wheel loader includes an operator's footrest and a trainer's footrest respectively having placement surfaces on which adjacent feet of the seated operator and trainer are respectively placed. The operator's footrest and the trainer's footrest are integrated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Horikawa, Nobuyuki Ohta, Shinjirou Ohki
  • Patent number: 9010846
    Abstract: A cab frame includes: a main structure having an opening on a part of an outer surface thereof; a rear structure separably connected to the main structure to cover the opening while projecting from the main structure; and first and second connectors provided to the main structure and the rear structure, respectively, the first and second connectors connected to each other in an abutted manner when the main structure and the rear structure are connected to each other. When the rear structure is connected to the main structure after being turned back to front relative to the main structure, the rear structure is temporarily fixable to the main structure via the first and second connectors. When the rear structure is turned back to front and connected to the main structure, the rear structure is housed in the main structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ohta, Shinjirou Ohki
  • Publication number: 20140354010
    Abstract: A cab frame includes: a main structure having an opening on a part of an outer surface thereof; a rear structure separably connected to the main structure to cover the opening while projecting from the main structure; and first and second connectors provided to the main structure and the rear structure, respectively, the first and second connectors connected to each other in an abutted manner when the main structure and the rear structure are connected to each other. When the rear structure is connected to the main structure after being turned back to front relative to the main structure, the rear structure is temporarily fixable to the main structure via the first and second connectors. When the rear structure is turned back to front and connected to the main structure, the rear structure is housed in the main structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ohta, Shinjirou Ohki
  • Publication number: 20140283763
    Abstract: A cooling structure of an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block, a cylinder head and a gasket. In a cross-section defined through an inter-bore region and perpendicular to the cylinder bank center line, a first end and a second end which face a cylinder bank center line are disposed nearer to the cylinder bank center line than a third end and a fourth end which face the cylinder bank center line, respectively. In the cross-section, a fifth end of a first communication hole facing the cylinder bank center line is provided between the first end of the head opening and the third end of the block opening. In the cross-section, a sixth end of a second communication hole facing the cylinder bank center line is provided between the second end of the head opening and the fourth end of the block opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji WAKAMOTO, Nobuyuki OHTA
  • Patent number: 7954600
    Abstract: A crankshaft of an internal combustion engine has journals provided with shaft oil passages for carrying the oil to crankpins, and guide grooves having parts in which the shaft oil passages open, respectively, and opening in the cylindrical surfaces of the journals, respectively. The guide grooves has downstream end parts into which the shaft oil passages open, respectively, and extend in a circumferential direction in which the crankshaft rotates from the downstream end parts, respectively. First half bearing members of bearings are provided in their bearing surfaces with oil grooves through which the oil is supplied to the guide grooves, respectively. Each of the oil grooves are diametrically opposite to each of the guide grooves. The oil grooves have an axial width (W5) smaller than the axial width (W3) of the guide grooves. Thus oil leakage from gaps between each of the bearings and each of the journals of the crankshaft is reduced and hence an oil pump having a small capacity can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Ohta
  • Publication number: 20100206770
    Abstract: The invention provides a hydrocarbon oil hydrorefining method, characterized by including providing a mixture of a heavy hydrocarbon oil and a hydrocarbon oil exhibiting an effect of increasing dissolved hydrogen concentration; mixing the oil mixture, which is subjected to hydrorefining, with hydrogen; and causing the resultant mixture to pass through a reactor for carrying out hydrorefining. The method can enhance performance in hydrorefining of the heavy oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junshi Matsui, Jun Mase, Hiroshi Iida, Nobuyuki Ohta
  • Publication number: 20080190699
    Abstract: A crankshaft of an internal combustion engine has journals provided with shaft oil passages for carrying the oil to crankpins, and guide grooves having parts in which the shaft oil passages open, respectively, and opening in the cylindrical surfaces of the journals, respectively. The guide grooves has downstream end parts into which the shaft oil passages open, respectively, and extend in a circumferential direction in which the crankshaft rotates from the downstream end parts, respectively. First half bearing members of bearings are provided in their bearing surfaces with oil grooves through which the oil is supplied to the guide grooves, respectively. Each of the oil grooves are diametrically opposite to each of the guide grooves. The oil grooves have an axial width (W5) smaller than the axial width (W3) of the guide grooves. Thus oil leakage from gaps between each of the bearings and each of the journals of the crankshaft is reduced and hence an oil pump having a small capacity can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Ohta
  • Patent number: 6585938
    Abstract: There is provided a gas concentration-detecting device for detecting the concentration of gas in oil, which is capable of detecting the concentration of gas in oil with accuracy, irrespective of the temperature of oil, and even when oil is degraded. The gas concentration-detecting device includes two electrodes for being arranged in the oil such that the electrodes are opposed to each other and spaced from each other by a predetermined distance, and a capacitance amplifier for outputting a signal indicative of a concentration of gas in oil, the signal being dependent on a capacitance between the electrodes. The predetermined distance between the electrodes is set to a value equal to or larger than a predetermined value at which an amount of drift of the signal output from the capacitance amplifier dependent on variation in a temperature of the oil starts to gradually decrease as the distance between the electrodes is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Gokyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kyoichi Machida, Nobuyuki Ohta, Katsunori Makino, Hayao Karasaki
  • Patent number: 6328880
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for efficiently and stably producing high-quality kerosene and gas oil from crude oil or crude oil from which naphtha fraction is removed through the hydrotreatment of the crude oil by using a specific hydrotreatment catalyst; a process capable of prolonging the service life of the catalyst; a process capable of extending the continuous operation period of the process equipment; a process simplifying a petroleum refinery equipment; and the like. There are used, as hydrotreatment catalysts in the hydrotreatment of a hydrocarbon oil, the metals each belonging to any of the groups 6, 8, 9 and 10 of the Periodic Table which metals are supported on a carrier composed of alumina/boria, metal-containing aluminosilicate, alumina/an alkaline earth metal compound, alumina/phosphorus, alumina/titania or alumina/zirconia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Yoshita, Nobuyuki Ohta, Ryuichiro Iwamoto, Takao Nozaki, Satoshi Matsuda, Toshihisa Konishi
  • Patent number: 6086832
    Abstract: An apparatus for evaluating a solid catalyst which can enlarge a range of an applied fluid used for an evaluation of a performance of the solid catalyst and can accurately evaluate the performance of the solid catalyst on a laboratory scale and a method of evaluating a solid catalyst using the apparatus are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Ohta