Patents by Inventor Takafumi Namba

Takafumi Namba 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: 11096751
    Abstract: The invention may provide a puncture robot that can precisely move a needle in the puncture direction by setting needle position in a CT gantry. Provided is a puncture robot comprising a puncture unit, puncture robot being configured such that: the puncture unit comprises a puncture needle, an arm unit, a frame unit, and a base unit; the frame unit comprises a first frame and a second frame that are each provided with an advancing and retracting shaft, and a connecting rod; the arm unit comprises an upper arm and a lower arm, with the puncture needle being mounted to be parallel to the advancing and retracting shaft and the upper arm and the lower arm are advanced and retracted along the advancing and retracting shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroki Kitamura, Akira Heya, Takafumi Namba, Tetsushi Kamegawa, Takayuki Matsuno, Takao Hiraki
  • Publication number: 20210205038
    Abstract: The invention may provide a puncture robot that can precisely move a needle in the puncture direction by setting needle position in a CT gantry. Provided is a puncture robot comprising a puncture unit, puncture robot being configured such that: the puncture unit comprises a puncture needle, an arm unit, a frame unit, and a base unit; the frame unit comprises a first frame and a second frame that are each provided with an advancing and retracting shaft, and a connecting rod; the arm unit comprises an upper arm and a lower arm, with the puncture needle being mounted to be parallel to the advancing and retracting shaft; and the upper arm and the lower arm are advanced and retracted along the advancing and retracting shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki KITAMURA, Akira Heya, Takafumi Namba, Tetsushi Kamegawa, Takayuki Matsuno, Takao Hiraki
  • Patent number: 10798474
    Abstract: The waterproof sound-transmissive cover is characterized by providing a frequency response curve with a difference between a maximum sound pressure level and a minimum sound pressure level of 13.0 dB or less in the range of frequencies from 3 kHz to 8 kHz, and an insertion loss at 1 kHz of less than 14.0 dB, and said cover comprising: a porous film having (1) a water pressure resistance measured according to JIS L1092 water penetration test method B (high pressure method) of 20 kPa or more, and air permeability measured according to JIS L1096 method A (Frazier type method) of 3.0 cc/cm2·sec or more, and (2) a tensile strength measured according to ASTM standards D412 of 5.5N or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kurihara, Ryan Kenaley, Nobuyuki Osugi, Takayuki Saeki, Ryosuke Nakamura, Takafumi Namba
  • Publication number: 20190268679
    Abstract: The waterproof sound-transmissive cover is characterized by providing a frequency response curve with a difference between a maximum sound pressure level and a minimum sound pressure level of 13.0 dB or less in the range of frequencies from 3 kHz to 8 kHz, and an insertion loss at 1 kHz of less than 14.0 dB, and said cover comprising: a porous film having (1) a water pressure resistance measured according to JIS L1092 water penetration test method B (high pressure method) of 20 kPa or more, and air permeability measured according to JIS L1096 method A (Frazier type method) of 3.0 cc/cm2·sec or more, and (2) a tensile strength measured according to ASTM standards D412 of 5.5N or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kurihara, Ryan Kenaley, Nobuyuki Osugi, Takayuki Saeki, Ryosuke Nakamura, Takafumi Namba
  • Publication number: 20180206926
    Abstract: The invention may provide a puncture robot that can precisely move a needle in the puncture direction by setting needle position in a CT gantry. Provided is a puncture robot comprising a puncture unit, puncture robot being configured such that: the puncture unit comprises a puncture needle, an arm unit, a frame unit, and a base unit; the frame unit comprises a first frame and a second frame that are each provided with an advancing and retracting shaft, and a connecting rod; the arm unit comprises an upper arm and a lower arm, with the puncture needle being mounted to be parallel to the advancing and retracting shaft and the upper arm and the lower arm are advanced and retracted along the advancing and retracting shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroki KITAMURA, Akira HEYA, Takafumi NAMBA, Tetsushi KAMEGAWA, Takayuki MATSUNO, Takao HIRAKI
  • Publication number: 20120141914
    Abstract: To provide a gas diffusion layer member with a good RH balance. A gas diffusion layer member for solid polymer type fuel cell use comprising a sheet-shaped gas permeable conductive base material of a thickness of 100 to 250 ?m in range, which gas diffusion layer member is characterized in that a moisture vapor transmission rate by the measurement method defined by JIS L 1099:2006 is 1300 to 2000 g/m2/h in range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Takafumi Namba, Naoki Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20120034548
    Abstract: To provide a means of further improving the cell's start-up capability (below-freezing-point-start-up capability) in a low temperature environment in the gas diffusion layer used in the fuel cell. It is a gas diffusion layer for fuel cell having a pore volume of micropores of 2.0×10?4 cm3/cm2 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Yozo Okuyama, Manabu Sugino, Takanori Oku, Isao Ehama, Kazufumi Kodama, Hiroshi Kato, Haruo Nomi, Takafumi Namba, Tomoyuki Takane
  • Publication number: 20060204833
    Abstract: Humidity adjusting films are sandwiched between the catalyst electrode layers and carbon fiber collector layers of a solid polymer type fuel cell. These humidity adjusting films are constructed from a conductive carbonaceous powder and a polytetrafluoroethylene. The moisture permeability as measured by the method stipulated in JIS L 1099 (B-1) is 1200 to 4000 g/m2 hr, and the mean thickness of the films is 5 to 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Haruo Nomi, Takafumi Namba