Patents by Inventor Takahiro Ono

Takahiro Ono 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: 11874492
    Abstract: An illumination device (10) is attached to a gaming machine island including a plurality of gaming machines (40), and comprises LEDs (21a) that emit light, light guide plates (20), a rotating body (23), a plate-shaped member (24), a motor (31), a lower case (13), and a control unit 17. A plurality of light guide plates 20 are attached to the plate-shaped member 24. The light guide plates 20 each have an end surface 20a on which the light emitted from the LEDs 21a is incident, and a flat surface 20b from which the incident light is emitted. The rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 hold an LED board 21 and the light guide plates 20. The motor 31 rotates the rotating body 23 in the desired direction. The lower case 13 is provided with the motor 31, is connected to the rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 in a relatively rotatable state, and is installed on a gaming machine island that includes gaming machines 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono
  • Patent number: 11843742
    Abstract: An operation unit is provided on a front side of the image forming apparatus. A document feeding portion feeds a document supported by a document supporting portion in a document feeding direction from a front side of the image forming apparatus toward the rear side of the image forming apparatus. A document discharge portion discharges the document in a document discharge direction from the rear side toward the front side. The operation unit is disposed on one side with respect to an apparatus center of the image forming apparatus in a left-right direction orthogonal to a direction from the front side to the rear side. A conveyance center of the document feeding portion in the left-right direction is disposed on the other side with respect to the apparatus center in the left-right direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Ono, Takayuki Fukushima, Kazuki Matsuo, Takuma Tachibana, Yuya Yasuda, Akiyuki Mitamura, Akira Matsumoto, Akira Urita, Norikazu Hishinuma, Takatsugu Nakamura, Yu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11843741
    Abstract: A document supporting portion includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. The first supporting portion has a first supporting surface that supports a document. The second supporting portion has a second supporting surface that supports the document together with the first supporting surface and provided so as to be slidable between a first position at which the second supporting portion located above the first supporting portion and a second position at which the second supporting surface supports the document together with the first supporting surface. In a state where the second supporting portion is located at the first position, the second supporting surface constitutes a portion of an upper surface of the document feeding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Ono, Takayuki Fukushima, Kazuki Matsuo, Yuya Yasuda, Takuma Tachibana, Akiyuki Mitamura, Akira Matsumoto, Akira Urita, Norikazu Hishinuma, Takatsugu Nakamura, Yu Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20230370554
    Abstract: A document supporting portion includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. The first supporting portion has a first supporting surface that supports a document. The second supporting portion has a second supporting surface that supports the document together with the first supporting surface and provided so as to be slidable between a first position at which the second supporting portion located above the first supporting portion and a second position at which the second supporting surface supports the document together with the first supporting surface. In a state where the second supporting portion is located at the first position, the second supporting surface constitutes a portion of an upper surface of the document feeding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO ONO, TAKAYUKI FUKUSHIMA, KAZUKI MATSUO, YUYA YASUDA, TAKUMA TACHIBANA, AKIYUKI MITAMURA, AKIRA MATSUMOTO, AKIRA URITA, NORIKAZU HISHINUMA, TAKATSUGU NAKAMURA, YU HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230368606
    Abstract: An illumination device 10 includes a reel 13a, a motor 13e, a roulette wheel 14c, a motor 14i, and LED tapes 14ba and 14bb. The reel 13a has a substantially cylindrical shape, rotates around a rotary shaft, and has a substantially circular first side surface, a second side surface that is disposed opposite the first side surface, and an outer peripheral surface that connects the first side surface and the second side surface. The motor 13e rotates the reel 13a around a substantially cylindrical center shaft. The roulette wheel 14c is provided inside the reel 13a when viewed from a side of the first side surface, and has a roulette graphics formed thereon. The motor 14i rotates the roulette wheel 14c around the center thereof. The LED tapes 14ba and 14bb are provided to the reel 13a and produce effects with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki SUMI, Eiji YASUDA, Takahiro ONO, Takehiro AGATA
  • Publication number: 20230370558
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a transparent member including a document placing surface on which a document is placed, a document pressing portion that presses the document placed on the transparent member against the transparent member, a pivot supporting portion that pivotably supports the document pressing portion so as to be pivotable about a pivot shaft with respect to a casing of the image reading apparatus, an image reading unit, an abutment portion against which an edge portion of the document placed on the document placing surface is abutted in order to position the document at a reference position, and an inclined surface. The abutment portion is provided at one portion of a front end on a side far from the pivot supporting portion. The inclined surface is provided at another portion of the front end and inclined upward toward the side far from the pivot supporting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO ONO, TAKAYUKI FUKUSHIMA, KAZUKI MATSUO, YUYA YASUDA, TAKUMA TACHIBANA, AKIYUKI MITAMURA, AKIRA MATSUMOTO, AKIRA URITA, NORIKAZU HISHINUMA, TAKATSUGU NAKAMURA, YU HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230370555
    Abstract: An operation unit is provided on a front side of the image forming apparatus. A document feeding portion feeds a document supported by a document supporting portion in a document feeding direction from a front side of the image forming apparatus toward the rear side of the image forming apparatus. A document discharge portion discharges the document in a document discharge direction from the rear side toward the front side. The operation unit is disposed on one side with respect to an apparatus center of the image forming apparatus in a left-right direction orthogonal to a direction from the front side to the rear side. A conveyance center of the document feeding portion in the left-right direction is disposed on the other side with respect to the apparatus center in the left-right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO ONO, TAKAYUKI FUKUSHIMA, KAZUKI MATSUO, TAKUMA TACHIBANA, YUYA YASUDA, AKIYUKI MITAMURA, AKIRA MATSUMOTO, AKIRA URITA, NORIKAZU HISHINUMA, TAKATSUGU NAKAMURA, YU HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230368607
    Abstract: An illumination device 10 includes a reel 13a, a roulette wheel 14c, a motor 14i, an LED tape 14bb, a light guide plate 14e, and a control unit 16. The roulette wheel 14c is provided to the reel 13a and has first graphics formed thereon. The center of rotation of the motor 14i is the center of the roulette wheel 14c. The LED tape 14bb is provided on the front side of the roulette wheel 14c and emits light. The light guide plate 14e is provided on the front side of the roulette wheel 14c, and the light emitted from the LED tape 14bb is incident thereon. The control unit 16 controls the LED tape 14bb so as to switch between a display produced by the light guide plate 14e and a display of the first graphics on the roulette wheel 14c by lighting or not lighting the incident surface of the light guide plate 14e, according to the state of play on a gaming machine 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki SUMI, Eiji YASUDA, Takahiro ONO, Takehiro AGATA
  • Publication number: 20230347297
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyamide porous membrane having improved fluid permeation performance. A polyamide porous membrane having a dense layer formed on at least one surface, wherein the polyamide porous membrane has a streak-like recessed portion extending in one direction of a surface of the dense layer, and the streak-like recessed portion has an orientation angle of 0 to 5.0° or 175.0 to 180.0° and an orientation intensity of 1.5 to 2.0 according to predetermined orientation analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ryota NAKAMURA, Kuniko INOUE, Kyohei UMAKOSHI, Takahiro ONO, Hideto MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230330599
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a nanofiltration membrane having a molecular weight cut-off of 200 to 1,000 and a high amount pf permeate for methanol, and suitable for use as an organic solvent nanofiltration membrane. A nanofiltration membrane formed using a polyamide resin, the nanofiltration membrane having a molecular weight cut-off of 200 to 1,000 and a methanol permeability of 0.03 L/(m2·bar·h) or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ryota NAKAMURA, Kuniko INOUE, Kyohei UMAKOSHI, Takahiro ONO, Hideto MATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11761348
    Abstract: There is provided an axial flow turbine capable of realizing a reduction in gland leakage amount. The axial flow turbine in an embodiment is of a single flow type and includes an upstream-side gland part located on an upstream side of a working medium in an axial direction of a turbine rotor and a downstream-side gland part located on a downstream side of the working medium in the axial direction of the turbine rotor. The axial flow turbine is configured such that a cooling medium lower in temperature and higher in pressure than the working medium is extracted in a middle of flowing from the inside to the outside of the turbine casing in the upstream-side gland part, and the extracted cooling medium is introduced into the stationary blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Iwai, Tsuguhisa Tashima, Takahiro Ono, Daisuke Nomura
  • Patent number: 11753959
    Abstract: There is provided a turbine power generation system with a single casing configuration capable of easily executing the inhibition of an over-rotation speed. A turbine power generation system in an embodiment includes: a turbine including a turbine casing and a turbine rotor that rotates by a working medium to be introduced into the turbine casing; and a power generator including a power generator rotor connected to the turbine rotor, the power generator being caused to generate power by rotation of the power generator rotor caused by the rotation of the turbine rotor. The turbine casing of the turbine is single, and a moment of inertia of the power generator rotor is larger than a moment of inertia of the turbine rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuguhisa Tashima, Takahiro Yamamoto, Koki Nishimura, Takahiro Ono, Shogo Iwai
  • Patent number: 11719116
    Abstract: There are provided a throttle mechanism and the like that are capable of easily changing a cross-sectional area of a flow path according to an operating state. The throttle mechanism in an embodiment is a throttle mechanism that controls a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a flow path, and is configured to make a cross-sectional area of the flow path change autonomously according to temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Iwai, Takahiro Ono
  • Patent number: 11708787
    Abstract: Provided is a utility vehicle including a seat, an engine disposed rearward of the seat, and a supercharger disposed between the seat and the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Jyozaki, Takahiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20230194772
    Abstract: A illumination device 10 is attached to a housing 41 of a gaming machine 40, and comprises LEDs 21a that emit light, light guide plates 20, a rotating body 23, a plate-shaped member 24, a motor 31, a lower case 13, and a control unit 44. A plurality of light guide plates 20 are attached to the plate-shaped member 24. The light guide plates 20 each have an end surface 20a on which the light emitted from the LEDs 21a is incident, and a flat surface 20b from which the incident light is emitted. The plate-shaped member 24 holds the light guide plate 20. The motor 31 rotates the rotating body 23 in the desired direction. The lower case 13 is provided with the motor 31, the rotating body 23 and the like are connected thereto in a state of being incapable of relative rotation, and the lower case 13 is installed in the housing 41 of the gaming machine 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki SUMI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Takahiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20230168426
    Abstract: An illumination device (10) is attached to a gaming machine island including a plurality of gaming machines (40), and comprises LEDs (21a) that emit light, light guide plates (20), a rotating body (23), a plate-shaped member (24), a motor (31), a lower case (13), and a control unit 17. A plurality of light guide plates 20 are attached to the plate-shaped member 24. The light guide plates 20 each have an end surface 20a on which the light emitted from the LEDs 21a is incident, and a flat surface 20b from which the incident light is emitted. The rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 hold an LED board 21 and the light guide plates 20. The motor 31 rotates the rotating body 23 in the desired direction. The lower case 13 is provided with the motor 31, is connected to the rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 in a relatively rotatable state, and is installed on a gaming machine island that includes gaming machines 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki SUMI, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Takahiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20230160335
    Abstract: Provided is a utility vehicle including a seat, an engine disposed rearward of the seat, and a supercharger disposed between the seat and the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro JYOZAKI, Takahiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20230135839
    Abstract: A mask 10 comprises a main body portion 11, a fixing member 12, a display panel 13, an LED 14a, and a display control unit 15. The main body portion 11 is disposed at a shield position that covers the user's mouth and nostrils. The fixing member 12 fixes the main body portion 11 to the face so that the main body portion 11 is held at the shield position. The display panel 13 is provided at a position of the main body portion 11 opposite the front of the user's face, and performs a desired display with light emitted in a specific direction. The LED 14a irradiates the display panel 13 with light in a specific direction. The display control unit 15 controls the LED 14a so as to perform a desired display on the display panel 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro ONO, Hiroyuki IBUKI, Yoshihisa ISHIKAWA, Che Cheng NEO, Hiroyuki ONITSUKA, Masaaki SUMI, Junya FUJITA, Masanori MORI
  • Publication number: 20230090082
    Abstract: In order to detect inclination of a smokestack, a smokestack inclination detection device 100D comprises an information generation unit 13 and an inclination detection unit 15. The information generation unit 13 generates smokestack shape information on the basis of reflected laser light. The reflected laser light refers to light resulting from laser light illuminated on the smokestack and reflected by the smokestack. The smokestack shape information refers to information about the shape of the smokestack. The inclination detection section 15 detects the inclination of the smokestack on the basis of the smokestack shape information generated by the information generation unit 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20230080931
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a turbine stage sealing mechanism reduces leak flow, which bypasses a working fluid flow path, between a rotating part and a stationary part in each turbine stage of a gas turbine. A radially inner side end portion of the stationary part is formed to be on a circle centered at a center axis of the rotating part under a predetermined operating condition of the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo IWAI, Takahiro ONO, Yoshifumi IWASAKI