Patents by Inventor Yasushi Watanabe

Yasushi Watanabe 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).

  • Publication number: 20240153606
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus provided with a confirmation unit for confirming whether a first face image and a second face image taken of persons receiving online drug administration guidance correspond to a patient-attendant relationship, and an output unit for outputting a confirmation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Watanabe, Takuji Ogawa, Yukio Nada, Sayuri Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240153369
    Abstract: Provided is a monitoring system that provides appropriate notification in accordance with whether or not a person to be monitored is with a registered companion. This monitoring system is provided with: a recognition unit which recognizes a person to be monitored and a registered companion associated with the person to be monitored; and a notification unit which notifies a prescribed contact that the person to be monitored has been recognized. When it is recognized that the person to be monitored is with the registered companion, the notification unit refrains from notifying the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi WATANABE, Takuji OGAWA, Yukio NADA, Sayuri WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11975682
    Abstract: A power transmission member including a base resin that has a water absorption characteristic that a water absorption rate is 1% or less when Method 1 of ISO 62 (a method for measuring a weight increasing rate after being immersed in water at 23° C. for 24 hours) is used and an elastomer that imparts mechanical characteristics to the power transmission member 32a, in which as the mechanical characteristics, tensile yield stress (ISO 527) is 40 to 54 MPa, tensile fracture strain (ISO 527) is 50% or more, tensile elastic modulus (ISO 527) is 1200 to 1900 MPa, bending elastic modulus (ISO 178) is 1100 to 1700 MPa, and unnotched Charpy impact strength (ISO 179) is no fracture at ?30° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Yasushi Kanamori, Kiyoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240141569
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sheet molding compound (SMC) according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: (i) drawing out a carrier film from a roll to travel on a conveyance path such that the surface of the carrier film is horizontal; (ii) cutting a continuous carbon fiber bundle into short carbon fiber bundles with a chopper disposed above the conveyance path; (iii) allowing the short carbon fiber bundles to fall onto the carrier film traveling on the conveyance path while dispersing them using a dispersing roll disposed below the chopper to deposit a carbon fiber mat on the carrier film; (iv) impregnating the carbon fiber mat with a thermosetting resin composition to obtain a resin-impregnated carbon fiber mat; and v) concurrently with the deposition of the carbon fiber mat, removing fiber dust generated from the short carbon fiber bundles due to contact with the dispersing roll using a dust collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Oda, Yasushi Watanabe, Tadao Samejima, Yukihiro Mizutori
  • Patent number: 11952423
    Abstract: A novel antibody that can be used as an anti-tumor agent and an anti-tumor agent that comprises, as an active ingredient, a molecule containing such an antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: MIE UNIVERSITY, DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shiku, Yasushi Akahori, Kento Tanaka, Ayaka Yatsu, Junya Ichikawa, Toshiaki Ohtsuka, Shiho Kozuma, Ryuji Hashimoto, Makiko Nakayama, Naoya Shinozaki, Kensuke Nakamura, Ichiro Watanabe, Shinji Furuzono
  • Patent number: 11935339
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle inspection system and a vehicle inspection method that can align a vehicle with a constant location of a bench testing machine. The present invention comprises: a bench testing machine that rotatably supports wheels of a vehicle, using rollers that are provided for each of the wheels; and a monitor device that is positioned in a fixed location with regard to the bench testing machine and displays, toward a camera, an image resembling an exterior environment, wherein the bench testing machine has a location adjustment device (turning mechanism, test bench control device) that adjusts the location of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction such that the relative location of the camera in the vehicle width direction with regard to the monitor device is constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kento Aono, Tatsuya Jitsui, Kenichiro Kurai, Yuichi Fukuda, Yasushi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11919255
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin molding material by which, when the fiber-reinforced resin molding material is manufactured, separated fiber bundles can be supplied to a cutting machine in stable condition while avoiding the influence of meandering of the fiber bundles or slanting or meandering of filaments occurring in the fiber bundles. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin molding material in which spaces between filaments of cut-out fiber bundles (CF) are impregnated with resin includes, so that a condition of the following expression (1) is satisfied, intermittently separating fibers of the continuous fiber bundles (CF) in a longitudinal direction by a rotational blade (18) serving as a fiber separating part and cutting out the fiber bundles with an interval therebetween in a longitudinal direction of a cutting machine (13A) to obtain the cut-out fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tadao Samejima, Yukihiro Mizutori, Yasushi Watanabe, Junji Kanehagi
  • Patent number: 11905948
    Abstract: In a variable displacement type oil pump, a swing member accommodates a pump forming member, and swings to vary a quantity of change of a volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A biasing member biases the swing member in a direction to increase the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A first control oil chamber applies a first torque to the swing member in a direction to reduce the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A second control oil chamber applies a second torque to the swing member in a direction to increase the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber, wherein the second torque is larger than the first torque. A switching mechanism switches between supply and drain of working oil with respect to the second control oil chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Saga, Yasushi Watanabe, Hideaki Ohnishi, Atsushi Naganuma
  • Publication number: 20230390967
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a carbon fiber mat deposition apparatus and a method of manufacturing a sheet molding compound (SMC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Oda, Yasushi Watanabe, Tadao Samejima, Yukihiro Mizutori, Junji Kanehagi
  • Patent number: 11712876
    Abstract: A housing included in a home appliance and used as a decorative housing is shaped like an inverted tray and includes a wood layer, a non-woven cloth layer bonded to the wood layer via a bonding resin layer, and a substrate resin layer fixed to the wood layer while infiltrating gaps between fibers in the non-woven cloth layer. A predetermined cutout pattern is formed on a colored coating film applied to a front surface of the non-woven cloth layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Nissha Co., Ltd., Art & Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Watanabe, Hideharu Johno, Yasuhide Fukada
  • Publication number: 20230178906
    Abstract: A spring connector includes: a tube; a movable pin having a distal end portion that protrudes from an opening of the tube, and having a hole portion that opens on a side opposite to a protruding direction; and a coil spring configured to bias the movable pin in the protruding direction. The coil spring includes an eccentric winding portion whose winding center is eccentric relative to an axial straight line connecting a winding center of a winding portion at one end portion and a winding center of a winding portion at the other end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta TAKAHASHI, Yasushi WATANABE, Kenji ENDO
  • Patent number: 11660783
    Abstract: Provided is a fiber-reinforced resin material molding in which fluctuations of the dispersion state of the fiber bundle in the molding is small, the generation of a resin pool is suppressed, and fluctuations in physical properties such as tensile strength and modulus of elasticity are suppressed; a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material. Provided is a fiber-reinforced resin material molding comprising: a fiber bundle comprising a plurality of reinforcing fibers; and a matrix resin, wherein a coefficient of variation in fiber content of the reinforcing fibers per unit zone of 0.1 mm square on a cut face along a thickness direction is 40% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Mizutori, Tadao Samejima, Yasushi Watanabe, Junji Kanehagi, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11631512
    Abstract: A variable resistor according to the present invention includes a substrate, a resistive element disposed on a first surface of the substrate, oil that coats an upper surface of the resistive element, and a slide member that slides on the upper surface of the resistive element coated with the oil, wherein an output of the variable registor changes as a position at which the slide member makes contact with the resistive element changes. The variable resistor further includes an oil repellent part that surrounds at least a part of the resistive element in plan view viewed from above the first surface of the substrate, the oil repellant part having surface free energy smaller than that of the resistive element, whereby oil can be stably held on a resistive element surface without forming irregularities on the resistive element surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Inomata, Yasushi Watanabe, Junichi Hosogoe, Hisashi Komatsu, Hironobu Ishii
  • Publication number: 20230050464
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin molding material by which, when the fiber-reinforced resin molding material is manufactured, separated fiber bundles can be supplied to a cutting machine in stable condition while avoiding the influence of meandering of the fiber bundles or slanting or meandering of filaments occurring in the fiber bundles. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin molding material in which spaces between filaments of cut-out fiber bundles (CF) are impregnated with resin includes, so that a condition of the following expression (1) is satisfied, intermittently separating fibers of the continuous fiber bundles (CF) in a longitudinal direction by a rotational blade (18) serving as a fiber separating part and cutting out the fiber bundles with an interval therebetween in a longitudinal direction of a cutting machine (13A) to obtain the cut-out fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tadao SAMEJIMA, Yukihiro MIZUTORI, Yasushi WATANABE, Junji KANEHAGI
  • Publication number: 20230020921
    Abstract: Provided is a useful improvement in a CF-SMC manufacturing technique comprising an SMC manufacturing method using a continuous carbon fiber bundle having a filament number of NK and partially split into n sub-bundles in advance. In the SMC manufacturing method according to the present invention, a fragmentation processing using a fragmentation processing apparatus (A) below is performed on chopped carbon fiber bundles before being deposited on a carrier film. The fragmentation processing apparatus (A) comprises a first pin roller and a second pin roller, each of which has a rotation axis parallel to a rotation axis direction of the rotary cutter. The first pin roller is rotationally driven such that its pins move downward from above on its side facing the second pin roller, and the second pin roller is rotationally driven such that its pins move downward from above on its side facing the first pin roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Watanabe, Tadao Samejima, Yukihiro Mizutori, Junji Kanehagi
  • Publication number: 20230021189
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an SMC of the present invention comprises (i) forming chopped carbon fiber bundles by chopping a continuous carbon fiber bundle having a filament number of NK with a rotary cutter, (ii) fragmentation-processing the chopped carbon fiber bundles by using a fragmentation-processing apparatus comprising a rotating body, (iii) forming a carbon fiber mat by depositing the fragmentation-processed chopped carbon fiber bundles on a carrier film traveling below the rotary cutter, and (iv) impregnating the carbon fiber mat with a thermosetting resin composition, wherein N is 20 or more, and the fragmentation-processing apparatus comprises a first pin roller and a second pin roller which are disposed side by side, each having a rotation axis parallel to a rotation axis direction of the rotary cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakao, Yasushi Watanabe, Tadao Samejima, Yukihiro Mizutori
  • Patent number: 11518116
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin molding material by which, when the fiber-reinforced resin molding material is manufactured, separated fiber bundles can be supplied to a cutting machine in stable condition while avoiding the influence of meandering of the fiber bundles or slanting or meandering of filaments occurring in the fiber bundles. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin molding material in which spaces between filaments of cut-out fiber bundles (CF) are impregnated with resin includes, so that a condition of the following expression (1) is satisfied, intermittently separating fibers of the continuous fiber bundles (CF) in a longitudinal direction by a rotational blade (18) serving as a fiber separating part and cutting out the fiber bundles with an interval therebetween in a longitudinal direction of a cutting machine (13A) to obtain the cut-out fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tadao Samejima, Yukihiro Mizutori, Yasushi Watanabe, Junji Kanehagi
  • Patent number: 11502448
    Abstract: A spring-loaded connector (2) includes a waterproof elastic member (50). The waterproof elastic member (50) includes cylindrical parts (51) corresponding to respective contact units (10). When the cylindrical part (51) is sandwiched between a first pin (11) and an intermediate member (13) of the corresponding contact unit (10), the waterproof elastic member (50) seals between the first pin (11) and the intermediate member (13) in a watertight manner while allowing the contact unit (10) to penetrate. The waterproof elastic member (50) includes, between the cylindrical parts (51) that are adjacent to each other, a water-shielding structure (52) for preventing the first pins (11) of the contact units (10) corresponding to the adjacent cylindrical parts from being electrically connected due to presence of water between the first pins (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220347890
    Abstract: Provided is a useful improvement in a manufacturing method of a CF-SMC using a partially split continuous carbon fiber bundle. The manufacturing method of an SMC of the present invention includes (i) a step of drawing out a continuous carbon fiber bundle (10) from a package, the continuous carbon fiber bundle (10) having a filament number of NK and partially split into n sub-bundles in advance, (ii) a step of chopping the continuous carbon fiber bundle (10) drawn out from the package with a rotary cutter (234) into chopped carbon fiber bundles (20), and (iii) a step of depositing the chopped carbon fiber bundles (20) on a carrier film (41) traveling below the rotary cutter (234) to form a carbon fiber mat (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Mizutori, Junji Kanehagi, Yasushi Watanabe, Tadao Samejima
  • Patent number: 11292303
    Abstract: A connecting device 1 of a towing vehicle 2 includes a connecting pin 13, a locking arm 22, and an actuator 23. The connecting pin 13 is provided to be rotatable between a connection position where the connecting pin 13 is brought into fitting engagement with a connecting plate 3a of a wheeled platform 3 and a disconnection position where the connecting pin 13 is taken out of the fitting engagement with the connecting plate 3a. The locking arm 22 is driven by the actuator 23 between a locking position where locking arm 22 is locked with the connecting pin 13 such that the connecting pin 13 cannot rotate out of the connection position toward the disconnection position and an unlocking position where the connecting pin 13 is unlocked in the connection position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Furuno, Yoshito Otake, Sumio Noguchi, Yasushi Watanabe