Patents by Inventor Yoichi Ito

Yoichi Ito 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: 11951846
    Abstract: In a structure of a disconnect plug of an electric vehicle, a plug bracket is raised from an inside of a battery unit to an inside of a bulge formed on a floor panel under rear seats for preventing a submarine motion of a passenger. In addition, a disconnect plug is detachably attached to a front face of a plug bracket, and an opening for accessing to the disconnect plug is formed on a front wall of the bulge. Further, a cover for covering the opening capable of being opened and closed is provided on a trim beneath a front face of a seat cushion of the rear seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamoto, Toshitsugu Hirose, Hiroaki Nabuchi, Kentaro Hatta, Koichi Hayashi, Miki Ito
  • Publication number: 20230389894
    Abstract: An image diagnosis catheter includes: an outer tube; a support tube provided radially inside of the outer tube; a spacer integrally connecting the outer tube with the support tube; and an inner tube provided radially inside of the outer tube and radially outside of the support tube and movable relative to the outer tube and the support tube in an axial direction, in which a communication passage causing a flow passage between the outer tube and the support tube to communicate with an inside of the support tube is formed by the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro FUKUDA, Soichiro SUGIHARA, Yoichi ITO
  • Patent number: 11819909
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing a high-manganese steel cast slab according to the present invention includes manufacturing a cast slab by continuously casting a molten high-manganese steel having a specific chemical composition. In the manufacture, in a continuous-casting machine or during transportation before subsequent charging into a heating furnace for hot rolling, a processing strain is applied to the cast slab having a surface temperature of 600° C. or higher and 1100° C. or lower in such an amount that a processing strain amount calculated by a certain formula is 3.0% or more and 10.0% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Ito, Norichika Aramaki, Koichi Nakashima, Shigeki Kitsuya
  • Patent number: 11787122
    Abstract: A droplet discharge apparatus includes a discharge head including a nozzle, a nozzle surface observation device, and processing circuitry. The discharge head including the nozzle is configured to discharge a droplet onto a discharge receiving medium formed of powder. The nozzle surface observation device is configured to observe a nozzle surface of the nozzle of the discharge head. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate an adhesion amount of attached matter to the nozzle surface based on an observation result of the nozzle surface observation device. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on a calculation result of the adhesion amount of the attached matter, an operation on a control target that controls at least one of a mass and a discharge speed of the droplet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Ito, Tsuyoshi Arao, Yoichi Sakurai, Tomomi Akieda
  • Publication number: 20230264422
    Abstract: A three-dimensional fabricating apparatus includes a discharge head, a detector, a non-contact cleaner, and a controller. The discharge head discharges droplets to fabricate a three-dimensional object. The detector detects a state of the discharge head. The non-contact cleaner cleans the discharge head in a non-contact manner. The controller controls an operation of the three-dimensional fabricating apparatus according to the state of the discharge head detected by the detector after the non-contact cleaner cleans the discharge head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Ito, Tsuyoshi Arao, Tomomi Akieda, Takashi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20230211550
    Abstract: A liquid fabrication applied to a layer of powder containing an inorganic particle, wherein the liquid fabrication has a powder contact angle with the inorganic particle of 50 degrees or greater and satisfies the following relationship 1: ?cos?/??1.5 m/s, where ? represents the powder contact angle, ? represents a surface tension in mN/m of the liquid fabrication at 23 degrees C., and ? represents a viscosity in mPa·s of the liquid fabrication at 25 degrees C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji TAKIMOTO, Shinichiroh Satoh, Keisuke Shiba, Yuki Shingai, Noriaki Okada, Yuji Nagatomo, Tomoki Kai, Hisataka Takagi, Yoichi Ito, Tsuyoshi Arao, Takashi Matsumura, Tomomi Akieda
  • Patent number: 11505842
    Abstract: Provided herein is a low-alloy high-strength seamless steel pipe. The steel pipe of the present invention has a composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.50%, Si: 0.01 to 0.35%, Mn: 0.45 to 1.5%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.002% or less, 0: 0.003% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.08%, Cu: 0.02 to 0.09%, Cr: 0.35 to 1.1%, Mo: 0.05 to 0.35%, B: 0.0010 to 0.0030%, Ca: 0.0010 to 0.0030%, Mg: 0.001% or less, and N: 0.005% or less, and in which the balance is Fe and incidental impurities. The steel pipe has a microstructure in which the number of oxide-base nonmetallic inclusions satisfying the composition ratios represented by predefined formulae is 20 or less per 100 mm2, and in which the number of oxide-base nonmetallic inclusions satisfying the composition ratios represented by other predefined formulae is 50 or less per 100 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Masao Yuga, Yoichi Ito
  • Patent number: 11457700
    Abstract: There is provided a decorative apparatus, a drive control method, and a communication system that can provide a new way of enjoyment using a thin display. The decorative apparatus includes a thin-plate display arranged between a stone and a stone seat, and a drive control unit that controls display on the display. The present technology can be applied to accessories (jewelry) such as rings, pendants, necklaces, earrings, and the like, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Sugiue, Makoto Akagi, Kenji Itoh, Yoichi Ito, Machiko Takematsu, Masakazu Mitsugi, Masaki Miyamoto, Masaaki Yamamoto, Seigo Yoneda
  • Patent number: 11453924
    Abstract: Provided herein is a low-alloy high-strength seamless steel pipe. The steel pipe of the present invention has a composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.25 to 0.50%, Si: 0.01 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.3 to 1.5%, P: 0.010% or less, S: 0.001% or less, O: 0.0015% or less, Al: 0.015 to 0.080%, Cu: 0.02 to 0.09%, Cr: 0.5 to 0.8%, Mo: 0.5 to 1.3%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.05%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, Ca: 0.0010 to 0.0020%, Mg: 0.001% or less, and N: 0.005% or less, and in which the balance is Fe and incidental impurities. The steel pipe has a microstructure in which the number of oxide-base nonmetallic inclusions satisfying the composition ratios represented by predefined formulae is 10 or less per 100 mm2, and in which the number of oxide-base nonmetallic inclusions satisfying the composition ratios represented by other predefined formulae is 30 or less per 100 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Masao Yuga, Yoichi Ito
  • Patent number: 11442413
    Abstract: There is provided an information display device making it possible to improve the reliability of a display against an external force. The information display device includes a case portion for displaying time information in a predetermined operation mode, and a band portion to be worn on an arm, and includes one piece of thin display inside the case portion and the band portion. Inside the band portion, the thin display, a metal sheet, and a resin sheet are laminated. The present technology can be applied to an information display device, etc., for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Mitsugi, Kenji Itoh, Seigo Yoneda, Masatomo Shimoyama, Masaki Miyamoto, Tomokazu Takase, Yoichi Ito
  • Patent number: 11414733
    Abstract: Provided herein is a low-alloy high-strength seamless steel pipe. The steel pipe of the present invention has a composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.25 to 0.50%, Si: 0.01 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.45 to 0.90%, P: 0.010% or less, S: 0.001% or less, O: 0.0015% or less, Al: 0.015 to 0.080%, Cu: 0.02 to 0.09%, Cr: 0.9 to 1.5%, Mo: 1.4 to 2.0%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.05%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, Ca: 0.0010 to 0.0020%, Mg: 0.001% or less, and N: 0.005% or less, and in which the balance is Fe and incidental impurities. The steel pipe has a microstructure in which the number of oxide-base nonmetallic inclusions satisfying the composition ratios represented by predefined formulae is 5 or less per 100 mm2, and in which the number of oxide-base nonmetallic inclusions satisfying the composition ratios represented by other predefined formulae is 20 or less per 100 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Masao Yuga, Yoichi Ito
  • Patent number: 11314140
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display module which enables the display module capable of improving a design quality of a product to be applied to various types of products. The display module is provided with a flexible sheet-shaped display unit, a switch unit which switches a display pattern of the display unit, and a control unit which controls a display pattern of the display unit on the basis of a switch control signal from the switch unit. The display unit is electrically connected to the control unit, and the control unit is electrically connected to the switch unit by using a wiring cable. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a bag and the like a display pattern of which may be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Itoh, Yoichi Ito, Masakazu Mitsugi, Seigo Yoneda, Masatomo Shimoyama, Yoshitaka Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220118508
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing a high-manganese steel cast slab according to the present invention includes manufacturing a cast slab by continuously casting a molten high-manganese steel having a specific chemical composition. In the manufacture, in a continuous-casting machine or during transportation before subsequent charging into a heating furnace for hot rolling, a processing strain is applied to the cast slab having a surface temperature of 600° C. or higher and 1100° C. or lower in such an amount that a processing strain amount calculated by a certain formula is 3.0% or more and 10.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Ito, Norichika Aramaki, Koichi Nakashima, Shigeki Kitsuya
  • Patent number: 11189205
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a portable attachment and communication system that enable a desired image to be displayed with flexibility and lower power consumption in an article worn or carried by a human. The portable attachment is an article including a display body made of an electrophoretic display, the article being carried or worn by a user. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a portable attachment, etc. Examples of the portable attachment carried by a user are a bag, a wallet, a key holder, etc. Examples of the portable attachment worn by the user are a hair accessory, a tie, a watch, clothing, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamamoto, Yoichi Ito, Yuki Sugiue, Machiko Takematsu, Masakazu Mitsugi, Hiroshi Saeki
  • Publication number: 20210363620
    Abstract: Provided herein is a low-alloy high-strength seamless steel pipe. The steel pipe of the present invention has a composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.25 to 0.50%, Si: 0.01 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.45 to 0.90%, P: 0.010% or less, S: 0.001% or less, O: 0.0015% or less, Al: 0.015 to 0.080%, Cu: 0.02 to 0.09%, Cr: 0.9 to 1.5%, Mo: 1.4 to 2.0%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.05%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, Ca: 0.0010 to 0.0020%, Mg: 0.001% or less, and N: 0.005% or less, and in which the balance is Fe and incidental impurities. The steel pipe has a microstructure in which the number of oxide-base nonmetallic inclusions satisfying the composition ratios represented by predefined formulae is 5 or less per 100 mm2, and in which the number of oxide-base nonmetallic inclusions satisfying the composition ratios represented by other predefined formulae is 20 or less per 100 mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Masao Yuga, Yoichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20210321682
    Abstract: A temperature control device includes: a first sensor that measures at least temperature; a controller to which the temperature measured by the first sensor is inputted; a temperature changer that is electrically coupled to the controller; a heat dissipation member that is provided on one of sides of the temperature changer; and a fan that ventilates an area around the heat dissipation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi ITO, Kenji ITOH
  • Publication number: 20210299966
    Abstract: A droplet discharge apparatus includes a discharge head including a nozzle, a nozzle surface observation device, and processing circuitry. The discharge head including the nozzle is configured to discharge a droplet onto a discharge receiving medium formed of powder. The nozzle surface observation device is configured to observe a nozzle surface of the nozzle of the discharge head. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate an adhesion amount of attached matter to the nozzle surface based on an observation result of the nozzle surface observation device. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on a calculation result of the adhesion amount of the attached matter, an operation on a control target that controls at least one of a mass and a discharge speed of the droplet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi ITO, Tsuyoshi ARAO, Yoichi SAKURAI, Tomomi AKIEDA
  • Publication number: 20210200160
    Abstract: There is provided an information display device making it possible to improve the reliability of a display against an external force. The information display device includes a case portion for displaying time information in a predetermined operation mode, and a band portion to be worn on an arm, and includes one piece of thin display inside the case portion and the band portion. Inside the band portion, the thin display, a metal sheet, and a resin sheet are laminated. The present technology can be applied to an information display device, etc., for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu MITSUGI, Kenji ITOH, Seigo YONEDA, Masatomo SHIMOYAMA, Masaki MIYAMOTO, Tomokazu TAKASE, Yoichi ITO
  • Patent number: 11049215
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a tilt detection unit that detects a tilt in the vertical direction, conversion data used for transforming plane coordinates into spherical coordinates, a correction unit that corrects the conversion data according to the tilt, a plurality of image capturing units, a coordinate transformation unit that transforms plane coordinates of a plurality of pixels included in images captured by the image capturing units into spherical coordinates according to the conversion data corrected by the correction unit, and a combining unit that combines the images including the pixels transformed into spherical coordinates by the coordinate transformation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Takenaka, Yoshiaki Irino, Tomonori Tanaka, Nozomi Imae, Hideaki Yamamoto, Kensuke Masuda, Yoichi Ito, Satoshi Sawaguchi, Daisuke Bessho, Hiroyuki Satoh, Makoto Shohara, Noriyuki Terao, Toru Harada
  • Patent number: 11036203
    Abstract: A fabrication system for fabricating a three-dimensional object includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry estimates, according to a fabrication condition and fabrication data, a three-dimensional object to be fabricated according to the fabrication data and corrects the fabrication data according to an estimation result of the three-dimensional object estimated by the processing circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Sugawara, Hiroshi Maeda, Yoshinobu Takeyama, Tsukasa Matsuoka, Yoichi Ito, Shingo Nagatsuka