Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Sakai
Tomoaki Sakai 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: 20240166313Abstract: A floating body (4) for a spar-type offshore wind power generation facility floating sideways is raised by injecting ballast water at sea, by steps including a first step of decentering a center of gravity of the floating body for the spar-type offshore wind power generation facility by means of a center-of-gravity decentering device, and a second step of injecting the ballast water to raise upright the floating body for the spar-type offshore wind power generation facility. The center-of-gravity decentering device may be a weight (2) attached to an outer surface of the floating body, or a solid ballast (34) introduced in the floating body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Tomoaki UTSUNOMIYA, Iku SATO, Kouji TANAKA, Yasuhiro SHINKAWA, Kenta SAKAI
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Patent number: 11973321Abstract: A light emitting device includes a wiring substrate, a light emitting element array that includes a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other, and a third side surface and a fourth side surface connecting the first side surface and the second side surface to each other and facing each other, the light emitting element array being provided on the wiring substrate, a driving element that is provided on the wiring substrate on the first side surface side and drives the light emitting element array, a first circuit element and a second circuit element that are provided on the wiring substrate on the second side surface side to be arranged in a direction along the second side surface, and a wiring member that is provided on the third side surface side and the fourth side surface side and extends from a top electrode of the light emitting element array toward an outside of the light emitting element array.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kazuhiro Sakai, Daisuke Iguchi, Takeshi Minamiru, Yoshinori Shirakawa, Tomoaki Sakita, Tsutomu Otsuka
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Patent number: 11936164Abstract: A light emitting device includes a wiring substrate, a light emitting element array that includes a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other, and a third side surface and a fourth side surface connecting the first side surface and the second side surface to each other and facing each other, the light emitting element array being provided on the wiring substrate, a driving element that is provided on the wiring substrate on the first side surface side and drives the light emitting element array, a first circuit element and a second circuit element that are provided on the wiring substrate on the second side surface side to be arranged in a direction along the second side surface, and a wiring member that is provided on the third side surface side and the fourth side surface side and extends from a top electrode of the light emitting element array toward an outside of the light emitting element array.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kazuhiro Sakai, Daisuke Iguchi, Takeshi Minamiru, Yoshinori Shirakawa, Tomoaki Sakita, Tsutomu Otsuka
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Patent number: 10259391Abstract: This side mirror device includes: a mirror base; a housing a bearing mechanism; a mirror; an inclining mechanism; an internal housing; and a cover, wherein the bearing mechanism and the inclining mechanism are contained in an interior of the housing, and wherein the bearing mechanism and the inclining mechanism are formed so as to face each other across the mirror base along an axis line of the bearing mechanism, wherein the housing has an upper cover and a lower cover that are disposed so as to face each other, wherein the upper cover and the lower cover whose outer surface shapes form an mirror-image symmetry with each other, wherein the cover forms, on a rear side, an opening edge portion that exposes the mirror, wherein the opening edge portion is made of an involuted recess portion that is a rear-side end portion of the cover being bent inwardly toward the mirror, and wherein with the rear-side end portion of the internal housing is inserted into the involuted recess portion, the rear-side end portion ofType: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki Sakai, Takeshi Ishikawa, Jun Nakamura, Makoto Sawada
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Publication number: 20170305350Abstract: This side mirror device includes: a mirror base; a housing a bearing mechanism; a mirror; an inclining mechanism; an internal housing; and a cover, wherein the bearing mechanism and the inclining mechanism are contained in an interior of the housing, and wherein the bearing mechanism and the inclining mechanism are formed so as to face each other across the mirror base along an axis line of the bearing mechanism, wherein the housing has an upper cover and a lower cover that are disposed so as to face each other, wherein the upper cover and the lower cover whose outer surface shapes form an mirror-image symmetry with each other, wherein the cover forms, on a rear side, an opening edge portion that exposes the mirror, wherein the opening edge portion is made of an involuted recess portion that is a rear-side end portion of the cover being bent inwardly toward the mirror, and wherein with the rear-side end portion of the internal housing is inserted into the involuted recess portion, the rear-side end portion ofType: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki Sakai, Takeshi Ishikawa, Jun Nakamura, Makoto Sawada
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Patent number: 6941611Abstract: An energy absorbing wiper system for a vehicle, including: a pivot shaft to which a wiper arm is fixed; a pivot shaft holder into which the pivot shaft is rotatably inserted; an impact absorbing portion provided between the pivot shaft and the pivot shaft holder, the impact absorbing portion being adapted to be broken or deformed when a certain load is applied thereto to thereby permit the movement of the pivot shaft in a sinking direction relative to the pivot shaft holder; and, an energy absorbing member interposed between the wiper arm and the pivot shaft holder, the energy absorbing member adapted to be broken or deformed while permitting the sink of the pivot shaft when the pivot shaft moves in the sinking direction after the impact absorbing portion has been broken or deformed, to thereby absorb the moving energy of the pivot shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2002Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masakazu Kashiwagi, Tomoaki Sakai
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Publication number: 20030106179Abstract: An energy absorbing wiper system for a vehicle, including: a pivot shaft to which a wiper arm is fixed; a pivot shaft holder into which the pivot shaft is rotatably inserted; an impact absorbing portion provided between the pivot shaft and the pivot shaft holder, the impact absorbing portion being adapted to be broken or deformed when a certain load is applied thereto to thereby permit the movement of the pivot shaft in a sinking direction relative to the pivot shaft holder; and, an energy absorbing member interposed between the wiper arm and the pivot shaft holder, the energy absorbing member adapted to be broken or deformed while permitting the sink of the pivot shaft when the pivot shaft moves in the sinking direction after the impact absorbing portion has been broken or deformed, to thereby absorb the moving energy of the pivot shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masakazu Kashiwagi, Tomoaki Sakai
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Patent number: 6347280Abstract: A navigation system that provides guidance information if more than three guide intersections are successively located adjacent each other. The vehicle navigation system's guidance information output is controlled on the basis of the successive relationships between respective intersections and is stored as programs in a memory medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2000Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Inoue, Tomoaki Sakai
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Patent number: 6337493Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device comprising an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer having a quantum well structure including a well layer of a nitride semiconductor containing In, the p-type nitride semiconductor layer having a p-type contact layer, a p-type high concentration doped layer interposed between said active layer and said p-type contact layer and a p-type multi-film layer interposed between said active layer and said p-type high concentration doped layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: January 8, 2002Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Koji Tanizawa, Hiroki Narimatsu, Tomoaki Sakai, Tomotsugu Mitani