Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Nakamura

Toshiyuki 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).

  • Patent number: 9321575
    Abstract: A pulp molded cushioning material includes a hollow fitting portion, into which an end portion of an article is fitted. The pulp molded cushioning material includes a main body, a cushioning portion, and a protrusion. The cushioning portion is integrally formed with the main body and protrudes in a first direction from a peripheral edge of the main body to form the fitting portion together with the main body. The protrusion is integrally formed with the main body and takes a first posture. The protrusion is changeable in posture from the first posture to a second posture. The first posture is a posture in which the protrusion protrudes in the first direction from the main body. The second posture is a posture in which the protrusion protrudes in a second direction across the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20160091883
    Abstract: An information processing device collects information on an operating state of a communication system formed of a master device that manages communication over a network and at least one slave device connected to the network and capable of performing communication as instructed by the master device. The master device and the slave device record communication log entries regarding time information and a communication state in accordance with communication processing. The information processing device includes an acquiring section that acquires communication log entries from at least one of the master device and the slave device, a log entry rearranging section that rearranges the acquired communication log entries based on the time information, and a log entry extracting section that extracts, out of the rearranged communication log entries, any communication log entry recorded within a predetermined period of time from occurrence of a communication log entry including communication abnormality information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei FUJIWARA, Hiromu SUGANUMA, Nobuyuki TAKUMA, Takehiko HIOKA, Yasuki YODA, Toshiyuki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160017836
    Abstract: A control apparatus (100) controls a diesel engine (10). A glow plug (32) which can detect cylinder pressure is provided on the engine (10). An ECU (70) computes a parameter related to a change in cylinder pressure obtained from the glow plug (32). The ECU (70) controls fuel injection timing such that the parameter falls within a target range when combustion in the engine (10) is switched from premixed combustion to diffusion combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi TANAKA, Tetsuhara HONMA, Toshiyuki NAKAMURA, Manabu OKINAKA
  • Patent number: 9233787
    Abstract: A cushioning material of the present enclosure includes a base material and columnar support portions, and is arranged between a packed item and an outer box. The base material includes a main body portion which is brought into contact with a cushioned surface of the packed item and a bending part which is formed integrally with the main body portion. The columnar support portions are arranged in a plurality of places on a surface on the opposite side to a surface in contact with the cushioned surface of the base material. At least one of the columnar support portions is fixed to or formed integrally with the bending part such that, when the bending part is bent substantially perpendicularly with respect to the main body portion, all the columnar support portions protrude from the surface of the main body portion by substantially the same height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9178460
    Abstract: A motor controller according to the invention includes a driving IC and a magnetic sensor. The driving IC receives a driving signal for driving a motor and controls the rotation speed of the motor using the driving signal. The magnetic sensor detects the rotation speed of the motor. The driving IC includes a sensor signal output terminal and a driving signal input terminal. The sensor signal output terminal outputs a sensor signal generated by the driving IC based on a pulse signal from the magnetic sensor. The driving signal input terminal receives the driving signal. The sensor signal output terminal and the driving signal input terminal are connected by a connecting portion. The driving IC rotates the motor at a first rotation speed different from the rotation speed of the motor driven according to the driving signal using the sensor signal input to the driving signal input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakamura, Yo Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20150275811
    Abstract: A diesel engine control apparatus for controlling combustion in a diesel engine, including a cylinder heater and a control unit which controls the heating of the interior of the cylinder by the cylinder heater, and which performs at least fuel injection timing control for the diesel engine at least at one of a time when the EGR ratio is changed and at a time when the diesel engine is switched to premixed combustion. Also disclosed is a method for controlling combustion in a diesel engine and a method for designing a control apparatus for controlling combustion in a diesel engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi TANAKA, Tetsuharu HONMA, Toshiyuki NAKAMURA, Manabu OKINAKA
  • Publication number: 20150275810
    Abstract: A diesel engine control apparatus and method for controlling fuel injection timing of a diesel engine, the apparatus including a cylinder pressure sensor, a parameter computation unit and a control unit. The cylinder pressure of a diesel engine is detected, and a parameter relating to a change in cylinder pressure of the diesel engine is computed based on the detected cylinder pressure. The fuel injection timing at the time when combustion in the diesel engine is switched to premixed combustion is controlled such that the parameter falls within a target range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi TANAKA, Toshiyuki NAKAMURA, Manabu OKINAKA
  • Patent number: 9145896
    Abstract: An axial flow fan includes a first lead wire engaging portion configured to be engaged with a plurality of lead wires such that the lead wires are pulled out therefrom into an outer space defined between a first flange and a second flange of a fan housing, a second lead wire engaging portion configured to be engaged with the plurality of lead wires such that the lead wires are pulled out toward the other side in the axial direction where the second flange is positioned, and a third lead wire engaging portion configured to be engaged with the plurality of lead wires such that the lead wires are pulled out in the axial direction toward one side where the first flange is positioned. The third lead wire engaging portion is formed in the first flange at a given distance from the first lead wire engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakamura, Masahiro Koike, Naoya Inada
  • Patent number: 8976560
    Abstract: An inverter control device includes a voltage detector, a target value calculation section, an inverter control section, an abnormality detector and a voltage clamp unit. The target value calculation section calculates a target value of an alternating current output from the inverter based on a detection voltage. The inverter control section controls a switching element of the inverter based on the detection voltage and the target value. The abnormality detector detects an abnormality in the voltage detector. The voltage clamp unit holds the detection voltage, for calculating the target value, at a first assured voltage determined based on a lower limit area of an assured voltage range that assures an operation of the inverter: and holds the detection voltage, for generating the control signal, at a second (higher) assured voltage, upon detecting the abnormality in the voltage detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakamura, Hiromichi Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8968962
    Abstract: A reduction process is performed to each fuel electrode layer by supplying a reduction gas into each fuel channel 22 in the state in which a perimetric portion of a sheet body 11 is held to be sealed by perimetric portions of an upper support member 122 and a lower support member 121. In the case of a small-sized fuel cell in which the thickness of the sheet body 11 is 20˜500 ?m, the fuel electrode layer is greater in thickness than the solid electrolyte layer and the air electrode layer, and the area of the orthogonal projection of the plane portion 12a of each support member 12 is 1˜100 cm2, a ratio of a warpage of not more than 0.05 cm?1 on the sheet body with respect to the area of the orthogonal projection can be achieved at room temperature after the reduction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ohmori, Natsumi Shimogawa, Masayuki Shinkai, Toshiyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150056011
    Abstract: A joint member comprises a base member and a key member. The base member includes: a cylindrical portion having a first opening at one end and second opening at other end that is inserted into the through-hole; a flange portion that is formed around a first opening of the cylindrical portion; hook members that are connected to opposite inner walls of the cylindrical portion; a rib that is formed on at least one of the hook members and extends toward the first opening. The key member includes: a pushing portion that is insertable into the cylindrical portion through the first opening, butts against the rib portion to rotate the hook member toward the second opening. When the pushing portion is inserted in the cylindrical portion, the flange portion and the hook member sandwich the packing members, and the ribs close the opening at the other end of the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Toshiyuki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8956780
    Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell has a stack structure in which sheet bodies and separators for separating air and fuel gas are stacked in alternating layers. Each of the sheet bodies includes an electrolyte layer, a fuel electrode layer formed on the upper surface of the electrolyte layer, and an air electrode layer formed on the lower surface of the electrolyte layer, wherein these layers are stacked and fired in such a manner that the electrolyte layer is sandwiched between the fuel electrode layer and the air electrode layer. The thickness of the electrolyte layer is 0.3 ?m or more and 5 ?m or less, and the electrolyte layer is composed of a single particle of YSZ in the thickness direction. Thus, the electrolyte layer is extremely thin, and further, the grain boundary in the thickness direction is small. Accordingly, the IR loss (electric resistance) of the electrolyte layer can remarkably be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ohmori, Natsumi Shimogawa, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Tsutomu Nanataki
  • Patent number: 8900760
    Abstract: The solid oxide fuel cell has a stack structure formed by stacking sheet bodies each of which comprises three layers of the electrolyte layer, a fuel electrode layer, an air electrode layer, and separators in alternating layers. In an air channel defined between the air electrode and the separator facing the air electrode layer, a SUS mesh made of stainless steel for electrically connecting both of them is confined. On the surface of the SUS mesh, previously by itself before the assembly of the stack structure, an Ag-plating treatment is performed and further a vacuum heat-treatment (heat-treatment under a negative pressure) is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ohmori, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Masayuki Shinkai, Tsutomu Nanataki
  • Patent number: 8902317
    Abstract: A camera includes: an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a subject to acquire image data; an image storing unit that stores a plurality of image data acquired by the image-capturing unit in a storage medium; an image specifying unit that specifies image data designated by a user from among the plurality of image data stored in the storage medium; and a transmission controlling unit that when transmitting the plurality of image data to an external device using a wireless communication device, identifies specified image data specified by the image specifying unit and non-specified image data that are not specified by the image specifying unit from each other and transmits the specified image data to the external device in priority to the non-specified image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Motoki, Toshiyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8887000
    Abstract: A safety device of the invention includes at least one of an input unit having one or more input terminals and an output unit having one or more output terminals, a testing unit having one or more test terminals, a rewritable nonvolatile memory configured to store setting information of a terminal specification which can be set from outside via the tool, and wherein the terminal specification of the one or more test terminals included in the testing unit is determined in accordance with the setting information of the terminal specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Teranishi, Yasuo Muneta, Chiaki Koshiro, Naoaki Ikeno, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Hiromu Suganuma, Asahi Matsui, Katsufumi Yoshida, Shohei Fujiwara, Takehiko Hioka
  • Patent number: 8727417
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a molded laying interior material for a vehicle includes a decorative layer that faces a vehicle compartment and a buffer material layer that faces a vehicle body panel. The decorative layer has a first concavo-convex shape formed by press molding on a side of the vehicle compartment. The buffer material layer has a second concavo-convex shape formed by press molding a buffer material on a side of the vehicle body panel. The buffer material has a fiber structure in which fibers are oriented in a thickness direction in the fiber structure The decorative layer and the buffer material layer are at least laminated and integrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Hayashi Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Eguchi, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Masanobu Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20140061088
    Abstract: A pulp molded cushioning material includes a hollow fitting portion, into which an end portion of an article is fitted. The pulp molded cushioning material includes a main body, a cushioning portion, and a protrusion. The cushioning portion is integrally formed with the main body and protrudes in a first direction from a peripheral edge of the main body to form the fitting portion together with the main body. The protrusion is integrally formed with the main body and takes a first posture. The protrusion is changeable in posture from the first posture to a second posture. The first posture is a posture in which the protrusion protrudes in the first direction from the main body. The second posture is a posture in which the protrusion protrudes in a second direction across the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140056742
    Abstract: An axial flow fan includes a first lead wire engaging portion configured to be engaged with a plurality of lead wires such that the lead wires are pulled out therefrom into an outer space defined between a first flange and a second flange of a fan housing, a second lead wire engaging portion configured to be engaged with the plurality of lead wires such that the lead wires are pulled out toward the other side in the axial direction where the second flange is positioned, and a third lead wire engaging portion configured to be engaged with the plurality of lead wires such that the lead wires are pulled out in the axial direction toward one side where the first flange is positioned. The third lead wire engaging portion is formed in the first flange at a given distance from the first lead wire engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakamura, Masahiro Koike, Naoya Inada
  • Patent number: 8651807
    Abstract: Four tapered portions are formed on an end portion of an inner wall surface of an air channel at four locations corresponding to four corners of the profile of a surface of a housing where a suction port is formed. The four tapered portions are each inclined outwardly in a radial direction of a rotary shaft from a discharge port side toward the suction port side and extending in a rotational direction of an impeller. The tapered portions each include a main portion which is shaped such that an angle formed between the main portion and an axis of the rotary shaft gradually becomes smaller from one end of the main portion located rearward as viewed in the rotational direction of the impeller toward the other end of the main portion located forward as viewed in the rotational direction of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Inada, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Toshiki Ogawara, Yoshinori Miyabara
  • Publication number: 20140021902
    Abstract: A motor controller according to the invention includes a driving IC and a magnetic sensor. The driving IC receives a driving signal for driving a motor and controls the rotation speed of the motor using the driving signal. The magnetic sensor detects the rotation speed of the motor. The driving IC includes a sensor signal output terminal and a driving signal input terminal. The sensor signal output terminal outputs a sensor signal generated by the driving IC based on a pulse signal from the magnetic sensor. The driving signal input terminal receives the driving signal. The sensor signal output terminal and the driving signal input terminal are connected by a connecting portion. The driving IC rotates the motor at a first rotation speed different from the rotation speed of the motor driven according to the driving signal using the sensor signal input to the driving signal input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakamura, Yo Muramatsu