Patents by Inventor Yuki Mizuno

Yuki Mizuno 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: 20240166465
    Abstract: A recording medium processing device includes: a movable body including a to-be-pressed section which is to be pressed against one end of a recording medium bundle on which a folding process is performed, the to-be-pressed section being configured to be movable relative to the movable body; and a to-be-operated section which is provided at a position different from a position of the movable body, as well as provided in conjunction with the to-be pressed section, and is operated by an operator when the to-be pressed section is moved relative to the movable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Eri FUKUI, Takayuki FUKAMACHI, Koji KAWANO, Yuki MIZUNO, Ryota IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240151412
    Abstract: Space purification device according to the present disclosure includes hypochlorous acid water generator, mixing bath, hypochlorous acid water supply unit, water supply unit, humidifying purification unit, and control unit. Control unit is configured to, after a humidifying purification operation using the mixture water has finished, perform a first washing operation of causing water supply unit to supply water to electrolytic bath and of causing hypochlorous acid water supply unit to supply water stored in electrolytic bath to mixing bath, without performing the electrolyzing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Ikuma SHIRAI, Yuki MIZUNO, Shinji YOSHIDA, Tomohiro HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11975716
    Abstract: A device for setting a target vehicle that sets a target vehicle to be subjected to driving assistance control of a host vehicle includes: a detection signal acquisition device capable of acquiring a first detection signal representing an object by an image, and a second detection signal representing the object by a reflection point; and setting control unit, which determines whether to set a forward object as a target vehicle, wherein if a movement history is not associated with the forward object, and a combination history is associated with the forward object, then as a selection threshold of a first determination parameter for determining whether to set the forward object as the target vehicle, a selection threshold is used such that the forward object is less likely to be selected as the target vehicle than with the selection threshold which would be used if a movement history is associated with the forward object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei Masui, Ryo Mizuno, Takashi Maeda, Naoki Kusumoto, Yuki Tezuka
  • Publication number: 20240133592
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a main circuit and a bypass circuit. The main circuit includes: a compressor; a first condenser; a first refrigerant-to-refrigerant heat exchanger; a first expansion device; a first branching portion; a first evaporator; a third branching; and a fourth branching portion. The bypass includes: a second expansion device; the first refrigerant-to-refrigerant heat exchanger; and a second branching portion. The second branching portion includes a liquid outflow pipe and a gas outflow pipe. The liquid outflow pipe defines one outlet for the refrigerant and is located below the gas outflow pipe. The gas outflow pipe defines another outlet for the refrigerant and is located above the liquid outflow pipe. The one outlet of the second branching portion communicates with the third branching portion. The other outlet of the second branching portion communicates with the fourth branching portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke MIYAWAKI, Yuki MIZUNO, Soshi IKEDA, Jun NISHIO, Yuji MOTOMURA, Koji FURUYA, Hiroki WASHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240123106
    Abstract: Space cleaning device includes: hypochlorous acid water generator; mixing bath storing a mixture of the hypochlorous acid water and water; hypochlorous acid water supply unit; water supply unit; water level sensor detecting a water level of the water mixture; humidifying purifier micronizing the water mixture and releases the water mixture micronized into air; and control unit controlling operations of hypochlorous acid water supply unit and water supply unit. Control unit is configured, after supplying the hypochlorous acid water and the water to fill mixing bath with the water mixture, controls an operation of hypochlorous acid water supply unit to supply a predetermined amount of the hypochlorous acid water to mixing bath once in every predetermined time period, and controls an operation of water supply unit to supply the water to mixing bath based on information related to the water level of the water mixture received from water level sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki MIZUNO, Shinji YOSHIDA, Tomohiro HAYASHI, Takeshi KINOSHITA, Yuichi KANBARA, Mayumi SASAI, Hiroshi KOHARA
  • Publication number: 20240077238
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device with a main circuit, a bypass circuit and a supercooling heat exchanger further includes: a controller to control an opening degree of the bypass expansion valve; a first sensor to detect a temperature at the refrigerant inflow side of the evaporator; and a second sensor to detect a pressure of the non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant flowing from the evaporator, wherein the controller controls the opening degree of the bypass expansion valve using temperatures of the evaporator, that is, the temperature at the refrigerant inflow side and a saturated gas temperature of the non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant calculated from the pressure so as to adjust a flow rate of the non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant flowing into the evaporator, to eliminate the temperature difference in the evaporator for suppressing uneven frost formation on the evaporator, and thus to prevent heat exchange performance from degrading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki MIZUNO, Soshi IKEDA, Kosuke MIYAWAKI, Jun NISHIO, Yuji MOTOMURA, Hiroki WASHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11906191
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a primary-side circuit in which a compressor, a first flow switching device, an outdoor heat exchanger, a second flow switching device, a first expansion device, and a relay heat exchanger are connected by pipes and in which refrigerant circulates; a secondary-side circuit in which the relay heat exchanger, a pump, a plurality of indoor heat exchangers, and heat medium flow control devices are connected by pipes and in which a heat medium circulates; and a controller configured to control the first and second flow switching devices such that in cooling and heating operations, the refrigerant and a heat-source-side fluid flow through the outdoor heat exchanger in opposite directions and the refrigerant flows through the relay heat exchanger in a constant direction. The pump is installed such that the heat medium, the refrigerant flow, and air for an air-conditioning target space flow in particular directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi Ikeda, Kazuya Honda, Jun Nishio, Yuki Mizuno, Katsuhiro Ishimura, Yuji Motomura, Kosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11904211
    Abstract: A golf ball material contains (i) fine particles that have an average particle size of less than 300 ?m and are composed of a crosslinked multi-component copolymer having conjugated diene units, non-conjugated olefin units and aromatic vinyl units; and (ii) a thermoplastic resin. The conjugated diene units include butadiene units, the non-conjugated olefin units include units selected from the group consisting of ethylene, propylene and 1-butene units, the aromatic vinyl units include styrene units, and the content of the conjugated diene units in the multi-component copolymer is 5 wt % or more. This golf ball material is soft, has an excellent rebound resilience and also has a good processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Mizuno, Atsushi Namba
  • Patent number: 11897719
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes: a buffer unit that transports sheets such that at least two of the sheets are transported while being stacked on top of one another, the sheets being sent to the buffer unit from an image forming unit; and a compilation tray that is inclined with respect to a direction opposite to a direction in which the sheets are transported in the buffer unit such that the sheets, which are supplied from the buffer unit, are transported into the compilation tray from above the compilation tray and stacked onto a placement surface as a stack of sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Eri Fukui, Takayuki Fukamachi, Koji Kawano, Yuki Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20230330296
    Abstract: Humidifying and cleaning device of the present disclosure includes: centrifugal crushing unit that generates hypochlorous acid water micronized by a micronization operation for micronizing hypochlorous acid water stored in humidifier tank, and causes air flowing inside of the humidifying and cleaning unit to contain and release the hypochlorous acid water micronized by the micronization operation; and humidification controller that controls the micronization operation. Humidification controller is configured to perform a first treatment of draining the hypochlorous acid water stored in humidifier tank and supplying new hypochlorous acid water based on time information specified in advance during the micronization operation, that is, time information from when the micronization operation is started until a content of the hypochlorous acid contained in the hypochlorous acid water stored in humidifier tank becomes less than or equal to a reference content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ryousuke SUGA, Tomohiro HAYASHI, Yuki MIZUNO, Yoko ISHIDA, Shinji YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230234798
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a guiding unit that faces a placement surface onto which sheets are transported and stacked as a stack of sheets and that is capable of changing a gap in a thickness direction of the stack of sheets, the guiding unit being configured to guide the sheets which are transported, and a controller that controls a size of the gap and a change pattern of the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Takayuki FUKAMACHI, Eri FUKUI, Koji KAWANO, Yuki MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20230213882
    Abstract: An image forming system that is capable of forming an image onto a sheet on a basis of print image data including multiple image data items imposed in such a manner as to be suitable for middle-folding and saddle-stitching and outputting a booklet by performing middle-folding and saddle-stitching includes: a storing unit that stores beforehand, as an output-processing content table, an inclination direction of a compilation tray onto which a stack of sheets that is to be subjected to imposition processing for pages or a facing page of the booklet and the middle-folding and saddle-stitching is placed; and a processing unit that generates the print image data by acquiring information of the inclination direction of the compilation tray, referencing to the output-processing content table, and performing the imposition processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Yuki MIZUNO, Takayuki FUKAMACHI, Eri FUKUI, Koji KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20230211973
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes: a buffer unit that transports sheets such that at least two of the sheets are transported while being stacked on top of one another, the sheets being sent to the buffer unit from an image forming unit; and a compilation tray that is inclined with respect to a direction opposite to a direction in which the sheets are transported in the buffer unit such that the sheets, which are supplied from the buffer unit, are transported into the compilation tray from above the compilation tray and stacked onto a placement surface as a stack of sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Eri FUKUI, Takayuki FUKAMACHI, Koji KAWANO, Yuki MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20230197999
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cell includes the steps of: preparing a housing portion having an opening; preparing a lid portion that includes a plate portion, a first external terminal located on the plate portion, and a second external terminal located on the plate portion at a position away from the first external terminal; placing the lid portion in the housing portion in such a manner that the plate portion closes the opening; placing a jig on an inter-terminal region of the plate portion that is located between the first external terminal and the second external terminal; and sealing the opening by joining the plate portion with the jig placed thereon and the housing portion together by welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc., Primearth EV Energy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro SUZUKI, Koichi TANIMOTO, Yuki MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20230050336
    Abstract: A block copolymer consists mainly of structural units each derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and has at least one mercapto group. The block copolymer has an Mn of 5,000-500,000 and has a block structure, which is an A-B-A triblock structure or a star-shaped block structure of [A-B]qX. The q is an integer of 2-6. The polymer block (A) has a glass transition temperature of 20° C. or higher. The polymer block (B) of the triblock structure has a glass transition temperature lower than 20° C., and the [polymer block (B)]qX of the star-shaped block structure has a glass transition temperature lower than 20° C. The X is an initiator residue or/and a coupling-agent residue or is a derivative thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazutoshi OBA, Yukie MATSUDA, Yuki MIZUNO, Atsushi NAKAZATO, Atsushi GOTO
  • Publication number: 20220379172
    Abstract: A golf ball material contains (i) fine particles that have an average particle size of less than 300 ?m and are composed of a crosslinked multi-component copolymer having conjugated diene units, non-conjugated olefin units and aromatic vinyl units; and (ii) a thermoplastic resin. The conjugated diene units include butadiene units, the non-conjugated olefin units include units selected from the group consisting of ethylene, propylene and 1-butene units, the aromatic vinyl units include styrene units, and the content of the conjugated diene units in the multi-component copolymer is 5 wt % or more. This golf ball material is soft, has an excellent rebound resilience and also has a good processability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki MIZUNO, Atsushi NAMBA
  • Patent number: 11499620
    Abstract: To provide a sprocket that reduces the influence of tension fluctuations concurrent with load torque variations to suppress noise and vibration, and that prevents an increase in tension fluctuations, noise, and vibration even when the chain tension is low and the load torque is small, and in regions where engagement between the chain and sprocket is free of the influence of tension. The sprocket has a plurality of seating points for the chain when the chain sits under no load set between adjacent pairs of the teeth such that their radial positions change in a circumferentially continuous manner. The radial positions of the seating points under no load have a variation pattern in which the radial positions increase and decrease depending on circumferential positions of the seating points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO.
    Inventors: Yuji Kurematsu, Yudai Takagi, Yuki Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20220090815
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a heat source unit that generates a heating energy or a cooling energy that is transferred to refrigerant; a heat-use unit that causes the refrigerant to transfer the heating energy or the cooling energy to a heat load through heat exchange between the refrigerant and the heat load; a plurality of return pipes arranged parallel to each other and connecting the heat source unit and the heat-use unit to allow the refrigerant to flow therein from the heat-use unit to the heat source unit; an opening and closing device provided at at least one of the return pipes to control a flow rate of refrigerant; and a controller that opens the opening and closing device in a cooling operation, and closes the opening and closing device in a heating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya HONDA, Soshi IKEDA, Jun NISHIO, Yuki MIZUNO, Katsuhiro ISHIMURA, Yuji MOTOMURA, Kosuke TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220057100
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a primary-side circuit in which a compressor, a first flow switching device, an outdoor heat exchanger, a second flow switching device, a first expansion device, and a relay heat exchanger are connected by pipes and in which refrigerant circulates; a secondary-side circuit in which the relay heat exchanger, a pump, a plurality of indoor heat exchangers, and heat medium flow control devices are connected by pipes and in which a heat medium circulates; and a controller configured to control the first and second flow switching devices such that in cooling and heating operations, the refrigerant and a heat-source-side fluid flow through the outdoor heat exchanger in opposite directions and the refrigerant flows through the relay heat exchanger in a constant direction. The pump is installed such that the heat medium, the refrigerant flow, and air for an air-conditioning target space flow in particular directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soshi IKEDA, Kazuya HONDA, Jun NISHIO, Yuki MIZUNO, Katsuhiro ISHIMURA, Yuji MOTOMURA, Kosuke TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11046223
    Abstract: An armrest includes a protruded section extending in a vehicular front-rear direction and protruded toward a vehicular interior side, and the protruded section includes an upper section, a lower section, and an intermediate section that is between the upper section and the lower section and connects the upper section and the lower section on a vehicular interior side. The armrest further includes ribs that are on a vehicular exterior side with respect to the intermediate section and arranged in the vehicular front-rear direction and each of the ribs extends from the upper section to the lower section. The ribs include a low rigidity rib and a high rigidity rib that are arranged next to each other in the vehicular front-rear direction, and the high rigidity rib having rigidity higher than that of the low rigidity rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Mizuno