Patents by Inventor Shinsuke Hirano

Shinsuke Hirano 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).

  • Publication number: 20240079103
    Abstract: An information processing device (40) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an analysis unit (41) being a first data generation unit that generates objective score data, which indicates objective scores in time series, based on a plurality of pieces of objective data regarding a patient; a processing unit (42) being a second data generation unit that generates subjective score data, which indicates subjective scores in time series, based on a plurality of pieces of subjective data obtained from the patient; and a generation unit (44) being an image generation unit that generates a score image indicating the objective score data and the subjective score data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: RITSUKO KANO, EIJIRO MORI, SHINSUKE NOGUCHI, KAZUMI HIRANO, TAKAFUMI YANAGIMOTO, KOJI SATO, HIROSHI HARA
  • Patent number: 11866281
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic adsorption body capable of exhibiting a high adsorption force, especially with respect to a highly insulative sheet-like object to be adsorbed, such as a cloth, while using an electrical adsorption force. This electrostatic adsorption body, which uses electrostatic force to adsorb an object to be adsorbed, is provided with: a laminate sheet in which a 20-200 ?m-thick insulator, a 1-20 ?m-thick electrode layer, and a 20-200 ?m-thick resin film are sequentially laminated; and a power supply device that applies a voltage to the electrode layer, wherein the resin film at least has a tensile modulus of 1 MPa or more and less than 100 MPa and a volume resistivity of 1×1010-1013 ? cm, the electrode layer is composed of a bipolar electrode including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and an object to be adsorbed is adsorbed using the resin film as an adsorption surface due to an electrostatic adsorption force that is generated by applying a voltage to the electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Kaneko, Yoshiaki Tatsumi, Shinsuke Hirano
  • Publication number: 20230390945
    Abstract: To provide an electrostatic attractor having excellent durability and capable of achieving more reliable attraction and gripping of an object to be attracted with electrostatic force. An electrostatic attractor includes a laminate sheet formed by sequentially laminating at least a first soft polymeric organic substance, an electrode, and a second soft polymeric organic substance, and a power source device configured to apply voltage to the electrode, electrostatic force generated by applying voltage to the electrode being used to attract and grasp an object to be attracted, with one of the soft polymeric organic substances as a contact surface, in which the first soft polymeric organic substance and/or the second soft polymeric organic substance have tensile modulus of 1 MPa or more and less than 100 MPa, and volume resistivity of 1×108 to 1013 ?·cm, and the electrode is a fiber component subjected to electroconductive treatment. A robot hand includes the electrostatic attractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kehui LYU, Yoshiaki TATSUMI, Shinsuke HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11791695
    Abstract: An electric actuator 1 includes a motor 5 and a motion conversion mechanism 4 that converts a rotary motion generated by driving the motor 5 into a predetermined motion. A magnet 31 as a sensor target is disposed on a movable part performing a predetermined motion, and magnetic sensors 32 detecting position information of the magnet 31 is disposed around the magnet 31. A magnetic shield plate 34 is disposed between the motor 5 and the magnetic sensors 32, and an outer surface 5e of the motor 5 and an inner surface 34a of the magnetic shield plate 34 face each other with a predetermined gap 35 therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Hirano, Yoshinori Ikeda, Tatsunori Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11766493
    Abstract: Provided are a headgear stand and a headgear cleaner that is small-sized and has low power consumption, and that is capable of sterilizing and deodorizing headgear made of any material. A headgear cleaner 1-1 is provided with an ozone generator 2 and a voltage supply part 5. The ozone generator 2 is constituted from an ozone generator body 3-1 and a connecting part 4. The ozone generator body 3-1 forms a shape in which twelve leaf parts extend radially. The voltage supply part 5 supplies a voltage necessary for generating ozone to the ozone generator 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satomi Koyama, Shinsuke Hirano, Yoshiaki Tatsumi
  • Patent number: 11618040
    Abstract: Provided is an air cleaner that can take a large amount of air in a large space into a dust collector with good efficiency while being lightweight and having easy maintenance. An air cleaner is provided with a drone and a dust collector. The drone has a main body unit and propellers attached to the tips of frames. The dust collector has electric discharge electrodes and a dust collection electrode. The electric discharge electrodes are connected to a booster unit within a central chamber. The booster unit is electrically connected to a control unit in the main body unit. Electric discharge is formed between the dust collection electrode and the electric discharge electrodes, and dust particles in the air are charged and collected by the dust collection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Tsuboi, Shinsuke Hirano, Yoshiaki Tatsumi, Li Luo
  • Patent number: 11428300
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes an electric motor 5, and a motion conversion mechanism 4 configured to convert a rotary motion of the electric motor 5 into a linear motion, in which the motion conversion mechanism 4 has a nut 17 rotatably supported, and a screw shaft 18 configured to axially move in accordance with a rotation of the nut 17, the electric actuator is provided with a case 20 covering an axial end surface 18b of the screw shaft 18, and the electric actuator is provided with an elastic member 30 between the axial end surface 18b of the screw shaft 18 and an opposite surface 20b of the case 20 facing the axial end surface 18b of the screw shaft 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Hirano, Yoshinori Ikeda, Tatsunori Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11408492
    Abstract: An electric actuator 1 includes a drive unit 2, a driving force transmission mechanism 3, a motion conversion mechanism 4, an accommodation space accommodating the drive unit 2, the driving force transmission mechanism 3, and the motion conversion mechanism 4, and a ventilation section 5. The ventilation section 5 includes a vent 53 penetrating a partition wall partitioning the driving force transmission mechanism 3, an air flow path 46 communicating with the vent 53, and a filter 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsunori Shimizu, Shinsuke Hirano
  • Patent number: 11215266
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes: a drive part (2); a motion conversion mechanism part (3) configured to convert a rotary motion from the drive part (2) to a linear motion in an axial direction parallel with an output shaft (10a) of the drive part (2); a driving force transmission part (4) including a transmission gear mechanism (28) configured to transmit a driving force from the drive part (2) to the motion conversion mechanism part (3); and a motion-conversion-mechanism support part (5) including a double-row bearing (40) configured to support the motion conversion mechanism part (3), wherein the double-row bearing (40) is arranged on one side in the axial direction with respect to the transmission gear mechanism (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi Matsuto, Shinsuke Hirano, Atsushi Ikeda, Tomomi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11204081
    Abstract: A screw shaft 22 constitutes a feed screw mechanism provided in an electric actuator. In the screw shaft 22 on which a mounting surface 22c for mounting a sensor target is formed, a portion where the mounting surface 22c is formed has a non-circular, line-symmetric cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ikeda, Tatsunori Shimizu, Shinsuke Hirano
  • Patent number: 11162565
    Abstract: Provided is an electric actuator, including: a drive part (2); a motion conversion mechanism part (3) configured to convert a rotary motion from the drive part (2) into a linear motion in an axial direction in parallel to an output shaft of the drive part (2); and a lock mechanism part (7) configured to prevent drive by the motion conversion mechanism part (3). The lock mechanism part (7) includes: a rotary motor (64); and a lock member (60), which is driven by the rotary motor (64) so as to be brought into at least any one of a locking state of preventing the drive by the motion conversion mechanism part (3) and an unlocking state of releasing the locking state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi Matsuto, Shinsuke Hirano, Atsushi Ikeda, Tomomi Ishikawa, Yoshinori Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11152840
    Abstract: Provided is an electric actuator (1), including: a motor (10); a motor case (11) configured to accommodates the motor (10); and a motion conversion mechanism (22) configured to convert a rotary motion generated through drive by the motor (10) into a linear motion in a direction parallel to an output shaft (10a) of the motor (10). The motion conversion mechanism (22) includes a movable part (22, which is arranged in parallel with the output shaft (10a) and is configured to perform the linear motion. The movable part (22) and the motor (10) overlap one another in a radial direction of the motor (10). A sensor target (73) is arranged in the moveable part 22, and a non-contact sensor (70) configured to detect a position of the sensor target (73) in a linear motion direction in a non-contact manner is arranged in the motor case (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi Matsuto, Shinsuke Hirano, Atsushi Ikeda, Tomomi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11149829
    Abstract: Provided is an electric actuator including: a drive part (2); a motion conversion mechanism part (3) configured to convert a rotary motion from the drive part (2) into a linear motion a transmission gear mechanism (28) configured to transmit a driving force from the drive part (2) to the motion conversion mechanism part (3); and a lock mechanism part (7) configured to prevent the drive by the motion conversion mechanism part (3), wherein the transmission gear mechanism (28) includes a first gear (30) arranged on the drive part (2) side and a second gear (31) arranged on the motion conversion mechanism part (3) side, and wherein the lock mechanism part (7) is arranged on an opposite side of the drive part (2) with respect to the first gear (30), and on the motion conversion mechanism part (3) side with respect to a rotation center line of the first gear (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi Matsuto, Shinsuke Hirano, Atsushi Ikeda, Tomomi Ishikawa, Yoshinori Ikeda, Tatsuji Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210300698
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic adsorption body capable of exhibiting a high adsorption force, especially with respect to a highly insulative sheet-like object to be adsorbed, such as a cloth, while using an electrical adsorption force. This electrostatic adsorption body, which uses electrostatic force to adsorb an object to be adsorbed, is provided with: a laminate sheet in which a 20-200 ?m-thick insulator, a 1-20 ?m-thick electrode layer, and a 20-200 ?m-thick resin film are sequentially laminated; and a power supply device that applies a voltage to the electrode layer, wherein the resin film at least has a tensile modulus of 1 MPa or more and less than 100 MPa and a volume resistivity of 1×1010-1013 ? cm, the electrode layer is composed of a bipolar electrode including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and an object to be adsorbed is adsorbed using the resin film as an adsorption surface due to an electrostatic adsorption force that is generated by applying a voltage to the electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki KANEKO, Yoshiaki TATSUMI, Shinsuke HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20210254690
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes an electric motor 5, and a motion conversion mechanism 4 configured to convert a rotary motion of the electric motor 5 into a linear motion, in which the motion conversion mechanism 4 has a nut 17 rotatably supported, and a screw shaft 18 configured to axially move in accordance with a rotation of the nut 17, the electric actuator is provided with a case 20 covering an axial end surface 18b of the screw shaft 18, and the electric actuator is provided with an elastic member 30 between the axial end surface 18b of the screw shaft 18 and an opposite surface 20b of the case 20 facing the axial end surface 18b of the screw shaft 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Shinsuke HIRANO, Yoshinori IKEDA, Tatsunori SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210257886
    Abstract: An electric actuator 1 includes a motor 5 and a motion conversion mechanism 4 that converts a rotary motion generated by driving the motor 5 into a predetermined motion. A magnet 31 as a sensor target is disposed on a movable part performing a predetermined motion, and magnetic sensors 32 detecting position information of the magnet 31 is disposed around the magnet 31. A magnetic shield plate 34 is disposed between the motor 5 and the magnetic sensors 32, and an outer surface 5e of the motor 5 and an inner surface 34a of the magnetic shield plate 34 face each other with a predetermined gap 35 therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Shinsuke HIRANO, Yoshinori IKEDA, Tatsunori SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210246973
    Abstract: An electric actuator 1 includes a drive unit 2, a driving force transmission mechanism 3, a motion conversion mechanism 4, an accommodation space accommodating the drive unit 2, the driving force transmission mechanism 3, and the motion conversion mechanism 4, and a ventilation section 5. The ventilation section 5 includes a vent 53 penetrating a partition wall partitioning the driving force transmission mechanism 3, an air flow path 46 communicating with the vent 53, and a filter 60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsunori SHIMIZU, Shinsuke HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11054016
    Abstract: Provided is an electric actuator, including: a drive part (2); a motion conversion mechanism part (3) configured to convert a rotary motion from the drive part (2) into a linear motion in an axial direction parallel with an output shaft of the drive part (2); a driving force transmission part (4) configured to transmit a driving force from the drive part (2) to the motion conversion mechanism part (3); and a motion-conversion-mechanism support part (5) configured to support the motion conversion mechanism part (3), and wherein the drive part (2) and the motion-conversion-mechanism support part (5) are capable of being coupled to and decoupled from the driving force transmission part (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi Matsuto, Shinsuke Hirano, Atsushi Ikeda, Tomomi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210166956
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning device that can prevent reduction of an electrostatic clamping force in a vacuum state and can remove foreign matter in a vacuum processing chamber of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The cleaning device includes: a foreign matter attraction unit 4 in which attraction electrodes 3 composed of a pair of electrodes are provided inside an insulator; and an attraction control unit 5 that turns on a control switch to charge the attraction electrodes and generate an electrostatic clamping force on a surface of the insulator to enable attraction of foreign matter, wherein the control switch of the attraction control unit 5 is a remotely-operable switch that is externally operable, and foreign matter in the vacuum processing chamber can be removed by an electrostatic clamping force generated in a vacuum state by turning on the control switch for the cleaning device in a vacuum closed space closed in the vacuum state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TATSUMI, Shinsuke HIRANO, Kazuaki TAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210107013
    Abstract: Provided is an air cleaner that can take a large amount of air in a large space into a dust collector with good efficiency while being lightweight and having easy maintenance. An air cleaner is provided with a drone and a dust collector. The drone has a main body unit and propellers attached to the tips of frames. The dust collector has electric discharge electrodes and a dust collection electrode. The electric discharge electrodes are connected to a booster unit within a central chamber. The booster unit is electrically connected to a control unit in the main body unit. Electric discharge is formed between the dust collection electrode and the electric discharge electrodes, and dust particles in the air are charged and collected by the dust collection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuki TSUBOI, Shinsuke HIRANO, Yoshiaki TATSUMI, Li LUO