Patents by Inventor Takashi Maeno
Takashi Maeno 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: 11957455Abstract: A bioinformation acquiring apparatus includes at least one processor and a memory configured to store a program to be executed in the processor.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuyasu Nakajima, Kouichi Nakagome, Takashi Yamaya, Yasushi Maeno, Akira Hamada, Shinichi Matsui
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Publication number: 20240072608Abstract: A power generation module includes an input part, an elastic member, generator, a rotatable member, a transmission part, and a lock part. The elastic member stores energy input to the input part. The generator generates power when a rotor of the generator is rotated. The rotatable member rotates the rotor. The transmission part transmits the energy stored in the elastic member to the rotatable member. The lock part restricts a rotation of the rotor by the transmission part. The energy is stored in the elastic member by the lock part restricting the rotation of the rotor while the input part moves from an initial position to a prescribed position. The restriction of the rotor by the lock part is released and the rotor is rotated by the energy stored in the elastic member when the input part moves to the prescribed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Yukimasa NAKANO, Takashi MAENO, Takashi IWANAGA, Shingo HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 9790677Abstract: A remote control device for remotely controlling a toilet device is provided. The remote control device includes a casing, a power generation device, buttons, and a link mechanism. The casing forms a contour of the remote control device. The power generation device is housed in the casing and is capable of generating a power by being pressed. The buttons is provided on a surface of the casing and each is configured to activate a function of the toilet device. The link mechanism is configured to move so as to press the power generation device when one of the buttons is pressed. The buttons is supported on the casing by an elastic member so that, when one of the buttons is pressed to cause motion of the link mechanism, one other of the buttons not pressed is not affected by the motion of the link mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: TOTO, Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Hashimoto, Takashi Maeno, Daisuke Hayashida
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Publication number: 20150252557Abstract: A remote control device for remotely controlling a toilet device is provided. The remote control device includes a casing, a power generation device, buttons, and a link mechanism. The casing forms a contour of the remote control device. The power generation device is housed in the casing and is capable of generating a power by being pressed. The buttons is provided on a surface of the casing and each is configured to activate a function of the toilet device. The link mechanism is configured to move so as to press the power generation device when one of the buttons is pressed. The buttons is supported on the casing by an elastic member so that, when one of the buttons is pressed to cause motion of the link mechanism, one other of the buttons not pressed is not affected by the motion of the link mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: TOTO, Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Hashimoto, Takashi Maeno, Daisuke Hayashida
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Patent number: 8754572Abstract: An actuator includes a sheet having dielectric elastomer layers and conductive rubber layers provided on the front and back faces of each dielectric elastomer layer. The sheet is wrapped and rolled about a coil spring. The actuator expands the rolled sheet along an expansion direction of the coil spring by applying a voltage to the conductive rubber layers on the front and back faces of the dielectric elastomer layer, and contracts the rolled sheet along a contraction direction of the coil spring by stopping the application of the voltage. The actuator further includes a fiber layer located between the coil spring and the rolled sheet wrapped about the coil spring.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromitsu Takeuchi, Takashi Maeno, Naoto Kuriyama, Takanori Nakai, Yutaka Tsuchikawa, Yoji Kimura
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Patent number: 8588341Abstract: A circuit that transfers data between a first clock domain using a first clock and a second clock domain using a second clock synchronized with the first clock. The circuit comprises a data holding circuit operating at the first clock, an enable signal generation circuit connected to the data holding circuit. Preferably, the data transfer circuit includes an edge signal generation circuit connected to the data holding circuit, the edge signal generation circuit generating an edge signal allowing the data holding circuit to receive and send the data when edges of the first clock and the second clock align, and applying the edge signal to the data holding circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Takashi Maeno, Masahiro Murakami
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Patent number: 8458889Abstract: An actuator manufacturing method includes alternately stacking a plurality of dielectric elastomer layers and a plurality of conductive rubber layers along the direction of thickness to form a sheet, and wrapping the sheet formed about a core to form a rolled sheet. When the sheet formed in the step of alternately stacking is wrapped about the core, the sheet is formed by the dielectric elastomer layers and the conductive rubber layers. Therefore, even if the dielectric elastomer layers in the sheet are made to be thin, the thickness of the entire sheet is prevented from being excessively thin.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Tsuchikawa, Takashi Maeno, Naoto Kuriyama, Takanori Nakai, Hiromitsu Takeuchi, Yoji Kimura
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Publication number: 20120105113Abstract: A circuit that transfers data between a first clock domain using a first clock and a second clock domain using a second clock synchronized with the first clock. The circuit comprises a data holding circuit operating at the first clock, an enable signal generation circuit connected to the data holding circuit. Preferably, the data transfer circuit includes an edge signal generation circuit connected to the data holding circuit, the edge signal generation circuit generating an edge signal allowing the data holding circuit to receive and send the data when edges of the first clock and the second clock align, and applying the edge signal to the data holding circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Maeno, Masahiro Murakami
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Publication number: 20120074817Abstract: An actuator includes a sheet having dielectric elastomer layers and conductive rubber layers provided on the front and back faces of each dielectric elastomer layer. The sheet is wrapped and rolled about a coil spring. The actuator expands the rolled sheet along an expansion direction of the coil spring by applying a voltage to the conductive rubber layers on the front and back faces of the dielectric elastomer layer, and contracts the rolled sheet along a contraction direction of the coil spring by stopping the application of the voltage. The actuator further includes a fiber layer located between the coil spring and the rolled sheet wrapped about the coil spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromitsu Takeuchi, Takashi Maeno, Naoto Kuriyama, Takanori Nakai, Yutaka Tsuchikawa, Yoji Kimura
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Publication number: 20120060355Abstract: An actuator manufacturing method includes alternately stacking a plurality of dielectric elastomer layers and a plurality of conductive rubber layers along the direction of thickness to form a sheet, and wrapping the sheet formed about a core to form a rolled sheet. When the sheet formed in the step of alternately stacking is wrapped about the core, the sheet is formed by the dielectric elastomer layers and the conductive rubber layers. Therefore, even if the dielectric elastomer layers in the sheet are made to be thin, the thickness of the entire sheet is prevented from being excessively thin.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Tsuchikawa, Takashi Maeno, Naoto Kuriyama, Takanori Nakai, Hiromitsu Takeuchi, Yoji Kimura
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Patent number: 7560055Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing an optical module comprises a component fixing step in which an optical waveguide and at least one optical device are detachably held by a fixing member capable of holding an uncured light curable resin in a required position, and a core forming step in which light of a wavelength for curing the light curable resin is emitted from the leading end of the optical waveguide to the light curable resin uncured and thus the light curable resin is cured to form a shaftlike core. According thereto, the optical waveguide and the optical device are connected by the core.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.Inventors: Yukitoshi Inui, Kazuhiro Terada, Minoru Komada, Takashi Maeno
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Patent number: 7549555Abstract: A flange is provided at the opening metal of a pressure container, and it extends toward the periphery of the container body at the bonding part thereof at which it bonds to the container body. The liner of the pressure container has a self-sealing part at which it abuts the flange to be sealed up together. On the outer peripheral side of the self-sealing part, a ring-shaped constraint member is provided in the outer periphery of the liner, and the constraint member is to restrict the diameter expansion of the liner to be caused by the expansion of the container body. The liner has an easily-displaceable part that is readily elongable and deformable, at the outer periphery thereof in the radial direction of the self-sealing part.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Minoru Komada, Kazuo Fujihara, Yoshiaki Kondo, Takashi Maeno, Isamu Komatsu
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Patent number: 7124870Abstract: A mechanism for mechanically coupling a driving source and a driven member. The mechanism includes a first member coupled to the driving source and a second member coupled to the driven member. A resilient member exerts a force to bring the first and second members into pressure contact at a contact surface. A vibration is excited in the contact surface of the first member to produce a levitation force, based on an ultrasonic levitation, acting upon the second member. Frictional force between the first member and the second member is changed depending on the levitation force, thereby changing power transmitted between the first member and the second member.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2004Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kaishi Ohashi, Takashi Maeno, Kenjiro Takemura, Tatsuya Koyama
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Publication number: 20050276545Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing an optical module comprises a component fixing step in which an optical waveguide and at least one optical device are detachably held by a fixing member capable of holding an uncured light curable resin in a required position, and a core forming step in which light of a wavelength for curing the light curable resin is emitted from the leading end of the optical waveguide to the light curable resin uncured and thus the light curable resin is cured to form a shaftlike core. According thereto, the optical waveguide and the optical device are connected by the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Applicant: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukitoshi Inui, Kazuhiro Terada, Minoru Komada, Takashi Maeno
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Patent number: 6885132Abstract: A control apparatus for a vibration type actuator is disclosed, with which at least three kinds of vibrations are excited, and a desired motion can be carried out with high efficiency. The vibration type actuator includes a rotatable moving member, an elastic member contacting the moving member, and an electro-mechanical energy conversion element exciting at least three different kinds of vibrations in the elastic member by supplying at least three periodic signals having different phases. The control apparatus includes a rotation axis determining unit, a parameter determining unit and a control circuit. The rotation axis determining unit determines a rotation axis for rotating the moving member. The parameter determining unit determines, by using an inverse model, phase and amplitude of the periodical signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenjiro Takemura, Shinji Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Kojima, Takashi Maeno
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Publication number: 20050006394Abstract: A high-pressure gas container is provided with a hollow liner portion made of resin and a regulating portion disposed on the outer peripheral side of the liner portion. Reinforcing ribs projected toward the hollow inside of the liner portion and used for reinforcing the liner portion are provided integrally with the liner portion on the inner peripheral side of the liner portion. Providing the reinforcing ribs results in increasing the strength of the high-pressure gas container. Moreover, providing the reinforcing ribs integrally with the liner portion makes it possible to reduce not only the number of parts and that of manufacturing man-hours required to produce the high-pressure gas container, so that the high-pressure gas containers are producible less costly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Inventors: Kazuo Fujihara, Tetsuya Suzuki, Takashi Mitsuda, Takashi Maeno
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Patent number: 6819029Abstract: A vibration wave driving apparatus for obtaining driving force in 3D directions comprises a vibration member having a shape that is line-symmetrical with respect to two orthogonal axes, electro-mechanical energy conversion elements which can selectively excite in the vibration member three different types of bending vibrations, which each displace in a direction perpendicular to the two axes, and a driven member which is brought into contact with driving portions of the vibration member and driven by vibration excited in the vibration member.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuuji Ohno, Kenjiro Takemura, Takashi Maeno, Nobuyuki Kojima
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Publication number: 20040206596Abstract: A mechanism for mechanically coupling a driving source and a driven member. The mechanism includes a first member coupled to the driving source and a second member coupled to the driven member. A resilient member exerts a force to bring the first and second members into pressure contact at a contact surface. A vibration is excited in the contact surface of the first member to produce a levitation force, based on an ultrasonic levitation, acting upon the second member. Frictional force between the first member and the second member is changed depending on the levitation force, thereby changing power transmitted between the first member and the second member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kaishi Ohashi, Takashi Maeno, Kenjiro Takemura, Tatsuya Koyama
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Patent number: 6793649Abstract: An absorbent article for wear inside of another absorbent article, which has a liquid-permeable facing layer that faces the wearer, and a backing layer that faces another absorbent article. The backing layer is formed from a liquid-impermeable sheet and as at least one opening. Alternatively, the backing layer is formed from a liquid-permeable sheet, and an absorbent core is interposed between the liquid-permeable facing layer and the backing layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1999Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa Fujioka, Ichiro Wada, Satoshi Nozaki, Takashi Maeno
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Publication number: 20040173618Abstract: A flange is provided at the opening metal of a pressure container, and it extends toward the periphery of the container body at the bonding part thereof at which it bonds to the container body. The liner of the pressure container has a self-sealing part at which it abuts the flange to be sealed up together. On the outer peripheral side of the self-sealing part, a ring-shaped constraint member is provided in the outer periphery of the liner, and the constraint member is to restrict the diameter expansion of the liner to be caused by the expansion of the container body. The liner has an easily-displaceable part that is readily elongable and deformable, at the outer periphery thereof in the radial direction of the self-sealing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2003Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Minoru Komada, Kazuo Fujihara, Yoshiaki Kondo, Takashi Maeno, Isamu Komatsu