Patents by Inventor Takahito Nakamura
Takahito Nakamura 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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Patent number: 11987100Abstract: A fluid discharge device is for discharging a fluid includes a duct defining a fluid flow passage and having an opening at a downstream end of the fluid flow passage. The fluid discharge device includes a grill portion disposed in the fluid flow passage to adjust a flow direction of the fluid blown from the opening. The grill portion includes at least an adjustment fin rotatably arranged in the fluid flow passage, and is provided with an auxiliary flow passage that guides a part of the fluid flowing through the fluid flow passage to the opening as an auxiliary flow. The auxiliary flow passage is configured together with the adjustment fin to adjust a flow direction of the auxiliary flow discharged from the auxiliary flow passage to be aligned with the flow direction of the fluid flowing through the fluid flow passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Komatsubara, Hitoshi Ninomiya, Takahito Nakamura, Jun Yamaoka, Marie Nagahama
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Patent number: 11965817Abstract: Disclosed is a cell classification method, to be executed by an analyzer, for classifying cells contained in a specimen, including: preparing a first measurement sample by treating a specimen under a first preparation condition; obtaining a first signal from the prepared first measurement sample; classifying, by using the first signal, cells contained in the first measurement sample; preparing a second measurement sample by treating the specimen under a second preparation condition different from the first preparation condition; obtaining a second signal from the prepared second measurement sample; classifying, by using the second signal, cells contained in the second measurement sample; and comparing a result of the cell classification performed by using the first signal and a result of the cell classification performed by using the second signal, with each other, and outputting an analysis result including a number of cells on the basis of a result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Shida, Yukiko Nakamura, Ken Nishikawa, Kota Misawa, Hikaru Onoue, Takaaki Nagai, Masaki Abe, Takahito Mihara, Masaharu Shibata, Konobu Kimura
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Patent number: 11964037Abstract: A hair dyeing method that involves first step of applying on the hair a hair dye composition containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1A) or a salt thereof and an organic alkaline agent and having a pH of 9.0 or more and 11.0 or less: wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a ? bond; R1 represents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; and a second step of applying on the hair a hair treatment agent containing an organic acid or a salt thereof and having a pH of 5.5 or less. After performing the first step, the hair is subjected to the second step while maintaining in a wet state in which an amount of water per gram of the hair is 0.008 g or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Ko Shiratsuki, Takahito Nakamura
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Patent number: 11718157Abstract: An air discharge device is configured to discharge an air flow. The air discharge device includes a main hole for discharging an air flow as a working air flow, an auxiliary hole provided around the main hole to discharge a support air flow, and a vortex suppression structure configured to suppress development of vortices generated in a velocity boundary layer of the working air flow at a downstream side of an outlet of the main hole. This vortex suppression structure is configured to make a central portion of the thickness of the velocity boundary layer of the working air flow at the downstream side of the outlet of the main hole to be closer to a mainstream of the support air flow, at the downstream side of the outlet of the main hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Yamaoka, Masaharu Sakai, Yasuhiko Niimi, Takahito Nakamura, Yusuke Komatsubara, Marie Nagahama, Yasuki Omori, Shogo Hayakawa, Satoshi Takotani, Yuuji Okamura, Tatsuya Yoshida
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Publication number: 20230048023Abstract: A hair dyeing method that involves first step of applying on the hair a hair dye composition containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1A) or a salt thereof and an organic alkaline agent and having a pH of 9.0 or more and 11.0 or less: wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a ? bond; R1 represents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; and a second step of applying on the hair a hair treatment agent containing an organic acid or a salt thereof and having a pH of 5.5 or less. After performing the first step, the hair is subjected to the second step while maintaining in a wet state in which an amount of water per gram of the hair is 0.008 g or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Ko SHIRATSUKI, Takahito NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230016506Abstract: A film heater has a transparent conductive portion including: at least one non-conductive portion that has electrical insulation properties and extends in a direction intersecting a vibration direction of an electric field included in a radio wave transmitted from a radio wave transmitter-receiver; and a heat generator that generates heat by being energized and that transmits light. The film heater has: a first electrode connected to the heat generator; and a second electrode connected to the heat generator. The heat generator includes at least one conductive portion that is adjacent to the non-conductive portion and generates heat by a current flowing along a direction in which the non-conductive portion extends when the heat generator is energized by the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Takahito NAKAMURA, Taro OGURA
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Patent number: 11370275Abstract: A fluid discharge device includes a base portion defining a fluid flow passage and having an opening at a downstream end of the fluid flow passage, and a grill portion disposed to adjust a flow direction of the fluid blown from the opening. The grill portion includes a flow passage forming body defining a main flow passage and an auxiliary flow passage. In the flow passage forming body, the auxiliary flow passage surrounds the main flow passage and the auxiliary flow discharged from the auxiliary flow passage flows outside of the main flow discharged from the main flow passage. The flow passage forming body is configured such that a direction of the auxiliary flow discharged from the auxiliary flow passage corresponds to the direction of the main flow discharged from the main flow passage, when the flow direction of the fluid blown out of the opening is adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Komatsubara, Hitoshi Ninomiya, Takahito Nakamura, Jun Yamaoka
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Patent number: 11052727Abstract: In an instrument panel provided in a vehicle cabin front section, a face that projects into a vehicle cabin is formed with a T-shape in vehicle rear view. An air-conditioning unit of a vehicle air-conditioning device is provided at an inside of the instrument panel. In the vehicle air-conditioning device, a foot blower outlet provided on the instrument panel blows an air-conditioned airflow toward the feet of a front seat occupant, and an interior air intake provided on the instrument panel takes in air from inside the vehicle cabin to generate the air-conditioned airflow. The foot blower outlet is formed in a lower portion of a side wall at a vehicle width direction central portion of the instrument panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Orihashi, Takahito Nakamura, Koichi Ito
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Publication number: 20210046806Abstract: A blowing device includes a passage member and a passage switching device. The passage member is inserted into an air passage configured to blow a main air into the vehicle cabin. The passage member is configured to blow an added-value air. The passage member includes, in the air passage, a passage opening portion through which the added-value air is blown toward a passenger separately from the main air. The passage member defines a hole portion and the passage switching device is a damper or a rotary door. The damper or the rotary door closes the hole portion to allow the added-value air to flow out through the passage opening portion and fluidly connects the hole portion to the air passage to allow the main air to flow out through both the passage opening portion and a region of the air passage other than the passage opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke KOMATSUBARA, Hitoshi NINOMIYA, Kazushi SHIKATA, Takahito NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20210046803Abstract: A fluid discharge device is for discharging a fluid includes a duct defining a fluid flow passage and having an opening at a downstream end of the fluid flow passage. The fluid discharge device includes a grill portion disposed in the fluid flow passage to adjust a flow direction of the fluid blown from the opening. The grill portion includes at least an adjustment fin rotatably arranged in the fluid flow passage, and is provided with an auxiliary flow passage that guides a part of the fluid flowing through the fluid flow passage to the opening as an auxiliary flow. The auxiliary flow passage is configured together with the adjustment fin to adjust a flow direction of the auxiliary flow discharged from the auxiliary flow passage to be aligned with the flow direction of the fluid flowing through the fluid flow passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Yusuke KOMATSUBARA, Hitoshi NINOMIYA, Takahito NAKAMURA, Jun YAMAOKA, Marie NAGAHAMA
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Publication number: 20210046805Abstract: A fluid discharge device includes a base portion defining a fluid flow passage and having an opening at a downstream end of the fluid flow passage, and a grill portion disposed to adjust a flow direction of the fluid blown from the opening. The grill portion includes a flow passage forming body defining a main flow passage and an auxiliary flow passage. In the flow passage forming body, the auxiliary flow passage surrounds the main flow passage and the auxiliary flow discharged from the auxiliary flow passage flows outside of the main flow discharged from the main flow passage. The flow passage forming body is configured such that a direction of the auxiliary flow discharged from the auxiliary flow passage corresponds to the direction of the main flow discharged from the main flow passage, when the flow direction of the fluid blown out of the opening is adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Yusuke KOMATSUBARA, Hitoshi NINOMIYA, Takahito NAKAMURA, Jun YAMAOKA
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Publication number: 20210031596Abstract: An air discharge device includes an air discharge unit for discharging an air flow. The air discharge unit includes at least one main hole from which an air flow is blown out as a working air flow, and a separation structure configured to separate a central portion of a thickness of a velocity boundary layer of the working air flow from a center line of the main hole at a downstream side of the main hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Jun YAMAOKA, Masaharu SAKAI, Yuuji OKAMURA, Yasuhiko NIIMI, Takahito NAKAMURA, Yusuke KOMATSUBARA, Marie NAGAHAMA, Yasuki OMORI, Shogo HAYAKAWA, Satoshi TAKOTANI
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Publication number: 20210016634Abstract: An air discharge device includes a duct that defines a flow passage through which a working air flow to be discharged passes, and a hole forming member defining an air discharge hole as an outlet of the working air flow. The hole forming member has a vortex generation structure configured to generate an auxiliary vortex having a vortex characteristic including a vortex rotation direction and a vortex axis direction. The vortex characteristic of the auxiliary vortex is different from that of a lateral vortex generated by the working air flow at a downstream side of the air discharge hole. The vortex generation structure is configured in the hole forming member so that the auxiliary vortex collides with the lateral vortex in a state where at least one of the vortex rotation direction and the vortex axial direction of the vortex characteristic is different from that of the lateral vortex.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Jun YAMAOKA, Masaharu SAKAI, Yuuji OKAMURA, Shogo HAYAKAWA, Yasuki OMORI, Satoshi TAKOTANI, Takashi KANEKO, Marie NAGAHAMA, Yasuhiko NIIMI, Yusuke KOMATSUBARA, Takahito NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20210016635Abstract: An air discharge device is configured to discharge an air flow. The air discharge device includes a main hole for discharging an air flow as a working air flow, an auxiliary hole provided around the main hole to discharge a support air flow, and a vortex suppression structure configured to suppress development of vortices generated in a velocity boundary layer of the working air flow at a downstream side of an outlet of the main hole. This vortex suppression structure is configured to make a central portion of the thickness of the velocity boundary layer of the working air flow at the downstream side of the outlet of the main hole to be closer to a mainstream of the support air flow, at the downstream side of the outlet of the main hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Jun YAMAOKA, Masaharu SAKAI, Yasuhiko NIIMI, Takahito NAKAMURA, Yusuke KOMATSUBARA, Marie NAGAHAMA, Yasuki OMORI, Shogo HAYAKAWA, Satoshi TAKOTANI, Yuuji OKAMURA, Tatsuya YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 10549598Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing that defines an air passage through which an air flows, and a blower that has a blower fan generating an airflow in the air passage. The vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes an air-conditioning device that is provided in the air passage, and an air introduction member that introduces an air from a vehicle compartment. The vehicle air-conditioning apparatus further includes an aspirator that is located outside the casing and takes in the air flowing through the air passage as a first air, the aspirator drawing the air from the vehicle compartment as a second air through the air introduction member by using a flow of the first air. A cooling target mounted in the vehicle is cooled by a flow of the air drawn from the vehicle compartment by the aspirator through the air introduction member.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Sakakibara, Yasuhiro Sekito, Takahito Nakamura, Shinya Kato
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Publication number: 20190143788Abstract: In an instrument panel provided in a vehicle cabin front section, a face that projects into a vehicle cabin is formed with a T-shape in vehicle rear view. An air-conditioning unit of a vehicle air-conditioning device is provided at an inside of the instrument panel. In the vehicle air-conditioning device, a foot blower outlet provided on the instrument panel blows an air-conditioned airflow toward the feet of a front seat occupant, and an interior air intake provided on the instrument panel takes in air from inside the vehicle cabin to generate the air-conditioned airflow. The foot blower outlet is formed in a lower portion of a side wall at a vehicle width direction central portion of the instrument panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu ORIHASHI, Takahito NAKAMURA, Koichi ITO
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Patent number: 10220680Abstract: A humidification device includes: an adsorber having an adsorbent that adsorbs and desorbs moisture; an adsorption case that forms an accommodating space to accommodate the adsorber; a first introduction portion that introduces cooled air produced by a cooling portion into the adsorption case; a second introduction portion that introduces heated air produced by the heating portion into the adsorption case; and a humidification-side guiding portion that guides humidification air humidified by the moisture desorbed within the adsorption case, to the vehicle interior. The first introduction portion is connected to a bottom surface portion of the air-conditioning case on the air-flow downstream side of the cooling portion in the air-conditioning case.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Ito, Takahito Nakamura, Daisuke Sakakibara, Shinya Kato, Jun Yamaoka
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Patent number: 10220684Abstract: A humidification device includes: an adsorber having an adsorbent that adsorbs and desorbs moisture; an adsorption case that forms an accommodating space to accommodate the adsorber; a first introduction portion that introduces cooled air produced by a cooling portion into the adsorption case; a second introduction portion that introduces heated air produced by the heating portion into the adsorption case; and a humidification-side guiding portion that guides humidification air humidified by the moisture desorbed within the adsorption case, to the vehicle interior. The first introduction portion is connected to one of an upper surface portion and a side surface portion of the air-conditioning case, on an air-flow downstream side of the cooling portion in the air-conditioning case.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Ito, Takahito Nakamura, Daisuke Sakakibara, Shinya Kato, Jun Yamaoka
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Patent number: 10173404Abstract: A synthetic resin skin material includes, on one side of a base material 12, an adhesive layer 14, a skin layer 16, and a surface processing layer 18 in this order from the base material 12, the adhesive layer 14 and the skin layer 16 containing a polyurethane urea resin having a number average molecular weight of from 35,000 to 100,000.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignees: Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd., Tosoh CorporationInventors: Takafumi Kinoshita, Takahito Nakamura, Tadayuki Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20180298914Abstract: A blower includes a fan that rotates about an axis center in an air conditioning case, and a casing that guides air blown from the fan. The casing has a peripheral wall that is located radially outward of the fan with the axis center as a center. The peripheral wall has first and second scroll inner wall surfaces that guide different kinds of air blown from the fan to different outlets. No half-lines starting from the axis center passes through both of the first and second scroll inner wall surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Takahito NAKAMURA, Yasuhiro SEKITO, Daisuke SAKAKIBARA