Patents by Inventor Takashi Kitamura
Takashi Kitamura 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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Publication number: 20210401303Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device according to an aspect includes a blood pressure measurement unit that measures a blood pressure of a user, a setting unit that sets a measurement scheduled time for a time a predetermined time period before a wake-up scheduled time of the user, and a measurement control unit that causes the blood pressure measurement unit to measure the blood pressure of the user in accordance with the set measurement scheduled time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Miyuki Kimura, Hironori Sato, Atsunori Iwamoto, Takashi Kitamura, Tamio Ueda, Mizuki Furuta
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Publication number: 20210277273Abstract: To provide a paint composition capable of forming a coating film having a small graininess, having high flip-flop property, and having excellent chipping resistance and adhesion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20210229735Abstract: An aspect of a drive controller controls drive of a three-phase motor, and includes an imbalance calculation unit that calculates an electrical imbalance between phases in the three-phase motor, a control value calculation unit that calculates current control values in respective axial directions of a rotating coordinate system of the three-phase motor according to a given target, and a balance compensation unit that reduces the imbalance by adding a compensation value to a current control value in an axial direction other than a q-axis of the current control values calculated by the control value calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventor: Takashi KITAMURA
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Patent number: 11021015Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire includes a support structure for supporting a load from a vehicle. The support structure includes an inner annular portion, an outer annular portion concentrically provided on an outer side of the inner annular portion, and a plurality of connecting portions which connect the inner annular portion and the outer annular portion to each other and are provided in a tire circumferential direction independently of one another, the plurality of connecting portions are configured such that elongated plate-like first connecting portions and elongated plate-like second connecting portions are arrayed along the tire circumferential direction, a plate thickness is smaller than a plate width, a plate thickness direction is oriented to the tire circumferential direction, and a plate thickness at a tire radial direction inner end coupled to the inner annular portion is larger than a plate thickness at a tire radial direction center portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Kitamura
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Patent number: 10987974Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire includes a support structure for supporting a load from a vehicle. The support structure includes an inner annular portion, an outer annular portion concentrically provided on an outer side of the inner annular portion, and a plurality of connecting portions which connect the inner annular portion and the outer annular portion to each other and are provided in a tire circumferential direction independently of one another, the plurality of connecting portions are configured such that elongated plate-like first connecting portions and elongated plate-like second connecting portions are arrayed along the tire circumferential direction, a plate thickness is smaller than a plate width, a plate thickness direction is oriented to the tire circumferential direction, and a plate thickness at a tire radial direction inner end coupled to the inner annular portion is larger than a plate thickness at a tire radial direction center portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Kitamura
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Publication number: 20200216113Abstract: A power conversion apparatus converts power from a power supply to power to be supplied to a motor including windings for n phases where n is an integer equal to or greater than three. The power conversion apparatus includes a first inverter connected to one end of the winding for each phase of the motor, a second inverter connected to another end of the winding for each phase, and a control circuit to control an operation of each of the first and second inverters. The windings for the n phases include a winding for a first phase and a winding for a second phase, and the control circuit superimposes a correction wave to reduce an induced electric current induced in the winding for the second phase by passing electricity through the winding for the first phase on a fundamental wave to pass electricity through the winding for the second phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Nidec CorporationInventors: Kaori NABESHI, Takashi KITAMURA
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Patent number: 10591223Abstract: A heat pipe that includes a pipe casing, a porous wick, and sealing members. Both end portions of the pipe casing are sealed by the sealing members, respectively. The sealing members each comprise a first metal foil and an intermetallic compound phase. The inside of the pipe casing is filled with a working fluid. The porous wick generates capillarity for the working fluid by a plurality of pores. The porous wick is provided inside the pipe casing. As a result, the pipe casing and the porous wick form a cavity extending in a longitudinal direction of the pipe casing. The porous wick comprises first metal grains, second metal grains, and an intermetallic compound phase.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Seitaro Washizuka, Yoshihiro Kawaguchi, Takashi Kitamura
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Patent number: 10355492Abstract: A rechargeable battery controller is combined with a rechargeable battery and used in an existing PV system. The controller includes a DC-DC converter, which allows power to be passed between a power line and a rechargeable battery, and a control unit, which determines whether maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control using hill climbing is being performed by a PCS based on an input voltage or current value of the PCS. The control unit regulates charge/discharge power of the rechargeable battery to allow input power of the PCS to be a target value based on the input voltage and current values of the PCS while MPPT control using hill climbing is performed, and maintains, in a period during which MPPT control using hill climbing is not performed, the charge/discharge power to be the power at a beginning of the period.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshihiko Yamaguchi, Makoto Ohashi, Osamu Uchida, Akihiro Takeshima, Takashi Kitamura
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Patent number: 10265917Abstract: The sheet-like rubber forming device has a die body which has an opening having a predetermined cross sectional shape, and a variable die lip which is arranged in a front side of the die body and can change the height of the opening. The variable die lip is constructed by a first movable body and a second movable body. The die lip control unit controls the variable die lip so as to drive the first movable body in an opening direction from a state in which the first movable body and the second movable body are closed when the forming is started, hold the positions of the first movable body and the second movable body after reaching a predetermined height, and drive the second movable body in a closing direction when the forming is finished.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Toyo Tire CorporationInventors: Takashi Kitamura, Hiroshi Ikegami
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Publication number: 20190070904Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire includes a support structure for supporting a load from a vehicle. The support structure includes an inner annular portion, an outer annular portion concentrically provided on an outer side of the inner annular portion, and a plurality of connecting portions which connect the inner annular portion and the outer annular portion to each other and are provided in a tire circumferential direction independently of one another, the plurality of connecting portions are configured such that elongated plate-like first connecting portions and elongated plate-like second connecting portions are arrayed along the tire circumferential direction, a plate thickness is smaller than a plate width, a plate thickness direction is oriented to the tire circumferential direction, and a plate thickness at a tire radial direction inner end coupled to the inner annular portion is larger than a plate thickness at a tire radial direction center portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Kitamura
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Publication number: 20180375457Abstract: A power conversion device may include a first inverter to which one end of each phase winding of a motor is coupled, a second inverter to which the other end of each phase winding is coupled, and a switch circuit having at least one of a first switch element that switches between connection and disconnection of the first inverter to and from a ground, a first protection circuit being coupled in parallel to the first switch element, and a second switch element that switches between connection and disconnection of the second inverter to and from the ground, a second protection circuit being coupled in parallel to the second switch element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Takashi KITAMURA, Eiji WADA
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Patent number: 10135282Abstract: A storage battery control apparatus is provided with which a system capable of charging a storage battery using power from an electric power system and also charging the storage battery using power from a power generation system is inexpensively built. A storage battery control apparatus includes a switching control unit and a switch for connecting a CT to a current sensor connecting portion in a power generation system during a period during which a storage battery is charged using power from an electric power system, and for connecting a CT to the current sensor connecting portion during a period during which the storage battery is charged using power from the power generation system.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Makoto Ohashi, Takashi Kitamura
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Patent number: 10005206Abstract: A method for forming a cylindrical rubber member includes bringing a die 11 close to a forming drum 2, forming a winding start portion S1 by extruding a rubber S and simultaneously starting to rotate the forming drum 2 to gradually increase an extruding amount to an amount Q1 and gradually increase a distance between the die 11 and the forming drum 2 to a distance D2 corresponding to a desired thickness of the cylindrical rubber member, winding the rubber S by maintaining the extruding amount at the amount Q1, and maintaining the distance between the die 11 and the forming drum 2 at the distance D2, and forming a winding end portion S2 on the winding start portion S1 by maintaining the distance between the die 11 and the forming drum 2 at the distance D2 and gradually reducing the extruding amount from the amount Q1.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Kitamura
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Publication number: 20180128554Abstract: A heat pipe that includes a pipe casing, a porous wick, and sealing members. Both end portions of the pipe casing are sealed by the sealing members, respectively. The sealing members each comprise a first metal foil and an intermetallic compound phase. The inside of the pipe casing is filled with a working fluid. The porous wick generates capillarity for the working fluid by a plurality of pores. The porous wick is provided inside the pipe casing. As a result, the pipe casing and the porous wick form a cavity extending in a longitudinal direction of the pipe casing. The porous wick comprises first metal grains, second metal grains, and an intermetallic compound phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Seitaro Washizuka, Yoshihiro Kawaguchi, Takashi Kitamura
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Publication number: 20180115165Abstract: A rechargeable battery controller is combined with a rechargeable battery and used in an existing PV system. The controller includes a DC-DC converter, which allows power to be passed between a power line and a rechargeable battery, and a control unit, which determines whether maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control using hill climbing is being performed by a PCS based on an input voltage or current value of the PCS. The control unit regulates charge/discharge power of the rechargeable battery to allow input power of the PCS to be a target value based on the input voltage and current values of the PCS while MPPT control using hill climbing is performed, and maintains, in a period during which MPPT control using hill climbing is not performed, the charge/discharge power to be the power at a beginning of the period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshihiko YAMAGUCHI, Makoto OHASHI, Osamu UCHIDA, Akihiro TAKESHIMA, Takashi KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20180090981Abstract: A rechargeable battery controller combined with a rechargeable battery is used in an existing PV system. The rechargeable battery controller changes the charge/discharge power of the rechargeable battery, based on a measured input voltage value and a measured input current value of the PCS, to allow input power of the PCS to be nearer a target value by a power value less than a value obtained by multiplying a voltage variation under MPPT control using hill climbing and the measured input current value of the PCS.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshihiko YAMAGUCHI, Makoto OHASHI, Osamu UCHIDA, Akihiro TAKESHIMA, Takashi KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20170320282Abstract: The sheet-like rubber forming device has a die body which has an opening having a predetermined cross sectional shape, and a variable die lip which is arranged in a front side of the die body and can change the height of the opening. The variable die lip is constructed by a first movable body and a second movable body. The die lip control unit controls the variable die lip so as to drive the first movable body in an opening direction from a state in which the first movable body and the second movable body are closed when the forming is started, hold the positions of the first movable body and the second movable body after reaching a predetermined height, and drive the second movable body in a closing direction when the forming is finished.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Kitamura, Hiroshi lkegami
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Publication number: 20170264127Abstract: A storage battery control apparatus is provided with which a system capable of charging a storage battery using power from an electric power system and also charging the storage battery using power from a power generation system is inexpensively built. A storage battery control apparatus includes a switching control unit and a switch for connecting a CT to a current sensor connecting portion in a power generation system during a period during which a storage battery is charged using power from an electric power system, and for connecting a CT to the current sensor connecting portion during a period during which the storage battery is charged using power from the power generation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Makoto OHASHI, Takashi KITAMURA
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Patent number: 9751269Abstract: The sheet-like rubber forming device has a die body which has an opening having a predetermined cross sectional shape, and a variable die lip which is arranged in a front side of the die body and can change the height of the opening. The variable die lip is constructed by a first movable body and a second movable body. The die lip control unit controls the variable die lip so as to drive the first movable body in an opening direction from a state in which the first movable body and the second movable body are closed when the forming is started, hold the positions of the first movable body and the second movable body after reaching a predetermined height, and drive the second movable body in a closing direction when the forming is finished.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kitamura, Hiroshi Ikegami
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Publication number: 20150355528Abstract: The strobe device of the present invention is provided with a light source, a reflector, and an optical panel. Reflector is provided with a side opening and a front opening. The optical panel has: wedge-shaped side light guide sections that are integrally formed with both side portions of an incidence-side lens surface; and planar side reflecting sections that are integrally formed with both side portions of an object-side lens surface. Consequently, the strobe device having a reduced thickness and a reduced size is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: TAKASHI KITAMURA, KATSUNORI KAWABATA, HIRO AOKI