Patents by Inventor Yutaka Matsumura
Yutaka Matsumura 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: 20200402684Abstract: A multi-conductor cable for a vehicle includes core wires respectively having a conductor formed by a plurality of twisted wires, and an insulating layer covering an outer periphery of the conductor, and a sheath layer disposed around the core wires. A marking portion is partially formed on an outer peripheral surface of the sheath layer, and a ratio of an arithmetic average roughness Ra2 of a peripheral region adjacent to the marking portion, with respect to an arithmetic average roughness Ra1 of the marking portion, at the outer peripheral surface, is 0.10 or greater and 0.90 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Shigeyuki TANAKA, Yutaka MATSUMURA, Taro FUJITA, Takaya KOHORI
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Publication number: 20200258658Abstract: The cable according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: one or a plurality of core members, each having a conductor and an insulation cover material covering the conductor; and a sheath layer covering the one or the plurality of core members. The sheath layer comprises an inner sheath layer, and an outer sheath layer covering the inner sheath layer. The inner sheath layer comprises a crosslinked very low density polyethylene. The main component of the outer sheath layer is polyurethane. Relative to 100 parts by mass of resin component in the inner sheath layer, the very low density polyethylene content is between 20 parts by mass and 100 parts by mass inclusive. The elastic modulus of the inner sheath layer at 25° C. is between 5 MPa and 30 MPa inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Yutaka MATSUMURA, Shigeyuki TANAKA, Taro FUJITA, Takaya KOHORI, Masayuki ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200180525Abstract: An electrical component-attached wire harness is configured to be able to be assembled to a vehicle. The electrical component-attached wire harness includes a base material disposed in a vehicle, a wire harness disposed along the base material, and at least one electrical component to which an end portion of the wire harness is connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Housei MIZUNO, Shinya SADOHARA, Hiroki HIRAI, Shinya ITOU, Yutaka MATSUMURA
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Publication number: 20200145554Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, at least one memory, and at least one processor electrically coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: detect the presence or absence of a malfunction of the information processing apparatus; perform a reboot operation upon detecting the malfunction; determine whether or not all modules have finished start-up; suspend the reboot operation to display predetermined information on the display, upon detecting the malfunction at start-up of the information processing apparatus and determining that all modules have not finished start-up; and hide the predetermined information to resume the reboot operation, upon determining that all modules have finished the start-up or detecting a predetermined period elapsing after the malfunction is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Yutaka MATSUMURA
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Patent number: 10182175Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a manuscript reader configured to read a manuscript, an embedment processing unit configured to perform a process of embedding additional information into data of the manuscript that has been read by the manuscript reader. The embedment processing unit embeds, as the additional information, a pattern including a plurality of dots arranged in such a shape that an inclination of the manuscript is detectable.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Matsumura, Hidenori Shindoh
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Patent number: 10135229Abstract: A protector is equipped with a first bent portion protecting part protecting a horizontally-bent first bent part of a wire group; a second bent portion protecting part protecting a downwardly-bending second bent part; a first cover part; a second cover part; and a first locking part, the first cover part being integrally linked to the first bent portion protecting part and being closed and locked, and the second cover part being integrally formed with, and developed on the same plane as, the first cover part and being bent downwardly and closed and locked after the first cover part is closed, and the second cover part being equipped with a second locking part.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Matsumura, Ichirou Komaba
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Publication number: 20170344929Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry acquires, from equipment in which a fault has occurred, status information indicating a status of the equipment. The circuitry checks whether a maintenance person who is in an available state is present from among a plurality of maintenance persons. The circuitry identifies a type of the fault that has occurred in the equipment, based on the acquired status information. In a case in which no maintenance person who is in the available state is present from among the plurality of maintenance persons, the circuitry instructs the equipment to output a quick fix technique, which enables working around the fault of the identified type to enable continued use of the equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Yutaka MATSUMURA, Takenori OKU, Fumihiro NAGANO, Hiroshi NISHIDA, Satoshi HATANAKA, Satoshi MIZUNO, Suntao YAN, Takeharu KOGA, Yoshimi MATSUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20170331263Abstract: A protector is equipped with a first bent portion protecting part protecting a horizontally-bent first bent part of a wire group; a second bent portion protecting part protecting a downwardly-bending second bent part; a first cover part; a second cover part; and a first locking part, the first cover part being integrally linked to the first bent portion protecting part and being closed and locked, and the second cover part being integrally formed with, and developed on the same plane as, the first cover part and being bent downwardly and closed and locked after the first cover part is closed, and the second cover part being equipped with a second locking part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yutaka MATSUMURA, Ichirou KOMABA
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Publication number: 20170289396Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a manuscript reader configured to read a manuscript, an embedment processing unit configured to perform a process of embedding additional information into data of the manuscript that has been read by the manuscript reader. The embedment processing unit embeds, as the additional information, a pattern including a plurality of dots arranged in such a shape that an inclination of the manuscript is detectable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Yutaka MATSUMURA, Hidenori Shindoh
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Patent number: 9686438Abstract: An image processing apparatus, an image processing system, and an image processing method, are provided, each of which receives a user instruction for printing an image on a plurality of recording sheets with an addition image being added to the image at a preset position in the image; generates a plurality of items of image data to be formed on the plurality of recording sheets so as to obtain the image when the plurality of recording sheets are pasted together; determines a specific recording sheet of the plurality of recording sheets and a specific position on the specific recording sheet, based on the preset position of the addition image, a number of the plurality of recording sheets for forming the image, and an image forming direction in forming the image on the plurality of recording sheets; and adds the addition image to an item of image data corresponding to the determined recording sheet at the specific position on the specific recording sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shuko Kuwano, Yutaka Matsumura, Taku Yamawaki
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Patent number: 9614318Abstract: A connector (C) is formed such that a plurality of terminal insertion holes (12), into which terminals crimped to end parts of wires (40) are inserted, are arranged side by side in a width direction of a terminal insertion surface part (11) on the terminal insertion surface part (11) of a connector housing (10), and includes a plurality of guiding portions (25), (26) and (27) provided side by side in the width direction of the terminal insertion surface part (11) in correspondence with the terminal insertion holes (12). The guiding portions (25), (26) and (27) are configured to guide the wires (40) having the terminals inserted into the terminal insertion holes (12) in a perpendicular direction until the wires (40) are separated from the terminal insertion surface part (11) by specified distances.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Yutaka Matsumura
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Patent number: 9539959Abstract: A structure for attaching a band clip to a corrugated tube, provided with a corrugated tube having pluralities of ring-shaped ribs and of ring-shaped grooves; and a band clip for fixing the corrugated tube to an attachment target object. The band clip has projecting portions arranged to be separated from each other in an axial direction. The corrugated tube is configured such that the projecting portions are respectively fittable into ring-shaped grooves that are symmetrically arranged with a ring-shaped rib being interposed therebetween. Protruding portions that are engageable with the projecting portions are provided such that two protruding portions, one for every 180°, are provided for each ring-shaped groove. The protruding portions provided for one ring-shaped groove and for another ring-shaped groove are arranged such that respective phases thereof are shifted from each other by 90° in a circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Yutaka Matsumura
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Publication number: 20160258555Abstract: A structure for attaching a band clip to a corrugated tube, provided with: a corrugated tube that has a plurality of ring-shaped ribs and a plurality of ring-shaped grooves, and that is for enclosing a wire harness; and a band clip for fixing the corrugated tube to an attachment target object. The band clip has a projecting portion that projects toward an outer circumferential surface of the corrugated tube when the band clip is attached to the corrugated tube. The corrugated tube has: a groove-shaped ring-shaped recessed portion into which the projecting portion is fittable; and a plurality of protruding portions that are provided at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the ring-shaped recessed portion, and that are engageable with the projecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventor: Yutaka MATSUMURA
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Publication number: 20160254654Abstract: A structure for attaching a band clip to a corrugated tube, provided with a corrugated tube having pluralities of ring-shaped ribs and of ring-shaped grooves; and a band clip for fixing the corrugated tube to an attachment target object. The band clip has projecting portions arranged to be separated from each other in an axial direction. The corrugated tube is configured such that the projecting portions are respectively fittable into ring-shaped grooves that are symmetrically arranged with a ring-shaped rib being interposed therebetween. Protruding portions that are engageable with the projecting portions are provided such that two protruding portions, one for every 180°, are provided for each ring-shaped groove. The protruding portions provided for one ring-shaped groove and for another ring-shaped groove, are arranged such that respective phases thereof are shifted from each other by 90° in a circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventor: Yutaka MATSUMURA
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Publication number: 20160254614Abstract: A connector (C) is formed such that a plurality of terminal insertion holes (12), into which terminals crimped to end parts of wires (40) are inserted, are arranged side by side in a width direction of a terminal insertion surface part (11) on the terminal insertion surface part (11) of a connector housing (10), and includes a plurality of guiding portions (25), (26) and (27) provided side by side in the width direction of the terminal insertion surface part (11) in correspondence with the terminal insertion holes (12). The guiding portions (25), (26) and (27) are configured to guide the wires (40) having the terminals inserted into the terminal insertion holes (12) in a perpendicular direction until the wires (40) are separated from the terminal insertion surface part (11) by specified distances.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventor: Yutaka Matsumura
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Patent number: 9333666Abstract: An image forming apparatus having security printing function, connectable to a post-processing apparatus capable of cutting a sheet, includes a sheet size detector to detect a size of a sheet to be conducted with print processing, a dividing number acquiring unit to acquire a dividing number of the sheet, a sheet divider to divide the sheet into a plurality of areas based on the sheet size detected by the sheet size detector and the dividing number acquired by the dividing number acquiring unit, a security printing setting acquiring unit to acquire setting of a position of security printing, and a security printing position determination unit to determine a print position of security printing on each of the plurality of areas, divided by the sheet divider, based on the position of security printing acquired by the security printing setting acquiring unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Taku Yamawaki, Shuko Kuwano, Yutaka Matsumura
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Publication number: 20160080605Abstract: An image processing apparatus, an image processing system, and an image processing method, are provided, each of which receives a user instruction for printing an image on a plurality of recording sheets with an addition image being added to the image at a preset position in the image; generates a plurality of items of image data to be formed on the plurality of recording sheets so as to obtain the image when the plurality of recording sheets are pasted together; determines a specific recording sheet of the plurality of recording sheets and a specific position on the specific recording sheet, based on the preset position of the addition image, a number of the plurality of recording sheets for forming the image, and an image forming direction in forming the image on the plurality of recording sheets; and adds the addition image to an item of image data corresponding to the determined recording sheet at the specific position on the specific recording sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shuko KUWANO, Yutaka MATSUMURA, Taku YAMAWAKI
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Publication number: 20150183208Abstract: An image forming apparatus having security printing function, connectable to a post-processing apparatus capable of cutting a sheet, includes a sheet size detector to detect a size of a sheet to be conducted with print processing, a dividing number acquiring unit to acquire a dividing number of the sheet, a sheet divider to divide the sheet into a plurality of areas based on the sheet size detected by the sheet size detector and the dividing number acquired by the dividing number acquiring unit, a security printing setting acquiring unit to acquire setting of a position of security printing, and a security printing position determination unit to determine a print position of security printing on each of the plurality of areas, divided by the sheet divider, based on the position of security printing acquired by the security printing setting acquiring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Taku YAMAWAKI, Shuko KUWANO, Yutaka MATSUMURA
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Patent number: 6489021Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-layer resin film having excellent oxygen gas barrier properties, particularly even at high humidity, and further having no chlorine content. The multi-layer resin film of the present invention has a biaxially-stretched polypropylene resin film, an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the polypropylene resin film, and a polyvinyl alcohol resin layer formed on the adhesive layer, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol resin layer has a value of crystallinity parameter (CP (M//) ⊥) not less than 0.8. The multi-layer resin film of the present invention can be prepared by forming an adhesive layer on at least one surface of an unstretched polypropylene resin film; stretching the film in one direction; forming a polyvinyl alcohol resin layer on the adhesive layer; and stretching the film in another direction perpendicular to the direction of previous stretching.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2001Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Ichiro Kitaura, Yutaka Matsumura, Noriko Takahashi, Takeshi Ohazama, Chikao Morishige
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Publication number: 20020037423Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-layer resin film having excellent oxygen gas barrier properties, particularly even at high humidity, and further having no chlorine content. The multi-layer resin film of the present invention has a biaxially-stretched polypropylene resin film, an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the polypropylene resin film, and a polyvinyl alcohol resin layer formed on the adhesive layer, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol resin layer has a value of crystallinity parameter (CP (M//) ⊥) not less than 0.8. The multi-layer resin film of the present invention can be prepared by forming an adhesive layer on at least one surface of an unstretched polypropylene resin film; stretching the film in one direction; forming a polyvinyl alcohol resin layer on the adhesive layer; and stretching the film in another direction perpendicular to the direction of previous stretching.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2001Publication date: March 28, 2002Inventors: Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Ichiro Kitaura, Yutaka Matsumura, Noriko Takahashi, Takeshi Ohazama, Chikao Morishige