Patents Assigned to Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11519797
    Abstract: A gripping force measurement device includes a body portion and a plurality of pressure sensors. The plurality of pressure sensors includes at least one first sensor and two or more second sensors including pressure-sensitive surfaces oriented in the same direction. A pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors are disposed such that, when a subject pressurizes the pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors, the gripping force measurement device is grippable by the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd., University of Yamanashi
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamada, Yasuo Kondo, Lu Zhao, Hidetsugu Terada, Koji Makino, Takaiki Kanagawa
  • Patent number: 11511904
    Abstract: To provide a sticking apparatus capable of suppressing turning-up of an end of a sticking body. A sticking apparatus extrudes a sticking body from a tip in a protruding direction of a head member while moving the tip in a protruding direction of the head member along a target range, and sticks the sticking body to the target range. Extrusion speed of the sticking body becomes smaller than movement speed of the head member from a start of sticking of the sticking body with respect to the target range to a first time point, extrusion speed of the sticking body becomes larger than movement speed of the head member from the first time point to a second time point, and extrusion speed of the sticking body becomes smaller than movement speed of the head member from the second time point to sticking completion of the sticking body with respect to the target range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Saito, Naohiro Tachi, Satoshi Deguchi, Sakae Ushiwata, Masaru Yagi
  • Patent number: 11452973
    Abstract: A reverse osmosis membrane of the present invention includes a porous support substrate (2) and a separation active layer (3) formed on a surface of the porous support substrate (2) and formed of a carbon film containing organized carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroki Kitano, Akio Yamaguchi, Morinobu Endo, Josue Ortiz Medina
  • Publication number: 20220290027
    Abstract: A thermally conductive elastomer composition of the present invention contains: 100 parts by mass of a styrene-based elastomer; from 610 to 750 parts by mass of a process oil formed of a petroleum-based hydrocarbon, the a process oil having a weight average molecular weight of not greater than 600; from 25 to 40 parts by mass of a solid nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 2.0 or greater; from 260 to 640 parts by mass of aluminum hydroxide powder; and from 250 to 340 parts by mass of artificial graphite powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 11309652
    Abstract: The present invention provides a contact with low impedance even in a high frequency band. The contact (1) includes a base part (3), a contact part (5), and a spring part (7). The spring part (7) is elastically deformed to bias the contact part (5) in the x-axis positive direction and the z-axis positive direction. The contact part (5) includes a sliding part (23A) oriented in the x-axis positive direction. The base part (3) includes a part to be slided (14) oriented in the x-axis negative direction. The contact part (5) is biased in the x-axis positive direction by the spring part (7), so that the sliding part (23A) is in pressure contact with the part to be slided (14). The contact part (5) is configured to be slidable in the z-axis direction relative to the base part (3) while maintaining a state in which the sliding part (23A) is in pressure contact with the part to be slided (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Hiroyoshi Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 11279820
    Abstract: A composition of the present invention includes: a styrene-based elastomer; a paraffin-based process oil; an olefin resin; a crosslinking agent including an organic peroxide; a crosslinking aid; an antioxidant; and a surface-treated filler obtained by surface treating particles formed from magnesium hydroxide with a higher fatty acid. The paraffin-based process oil has a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 300 mm2/s or greater. Furthermore, from 405 to 485 parts by mass of the paraffin-based process oil, from 9 to 13 parts by mass of the olefin resin, from 5 to 7 parts by mass of the crosslinking agent, from 13 to 15 parts by mass of the crosslinking aid, from 3 to 4 parts by mass of the antioxidant, and from 15 to 25 parts by mass of the surface-treated filler are respectively blended per 100 parts by mass of the styrene-based elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinya Washino
  • Patent number: 11211195
    Abstract: A noise current absorber includes a pair of split magnetic bodies formed by equally splitting an annular magnetic body into an open annular shape, and a pair of housing parts capable of housing the split magnetic bodies. The pair of housing parts are coupled, and thus the pair of split magnetic bodies are abutted into an annular shape. The pair of housing parts include a first spring and a pair of second springs. The first spring is disposed in a central region of a bottom surface of the housing part facing the split magnetic body. The pair of second springs are disposed on both sides of the first spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoyama, Hideharu Kawai
  • Patent number: 11152731
    Abstract: The present invention provides a contact capable of suppressing an increase in a DC resistance value for a long period and a method of manufacturing the same. The contact includes a base portion and an elastic contact portion. The elastic contact portion includes a planar portion configured in a planar shape; and a projection portion that is disposed on one surface of the planar portion and protrudes from the one surface. The elastic contact portion is configured to come into pressed contact with the second surface at the projection portion. The projection portion is configured such that a dimensional ratio H/L of the height H to the length L satisfies 0.25?H/L?0.44, where H is a height in a direction perpendicular to the one surface and L is a length in a direction parallel to the one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Hiroyoshi Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 11121494
    Abstract: A contact includes a thin plate member having elasticity and conductivity, is disposed between a first member and a second member, and electrically connects the first member and the second member via the thin plate member, and the contact includes a base portion and a movable portion. The base portion has a bonding surface to be bonded to the first member by soldering. The movable portion includes: a contact portion that contacts with the second member; and a connecting portion that connects to the base portion, and is configured to be elastically deformable with respect to the base portion. The connecting portion is gradually separated from the first member. A predetermined range from a connecting position of the connecting portion with the base portion is lower in solder wettability than the bonding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohisa Kurita
  • Patent number: 11088484
    Abstract: A contact member for which downsizing beyond conventional products is feasible is provided. The contact member includes a base portion, a contact portion, and a spring portion. The spring portion includes a first extension portion, a second extension portion, a third extension portion, and a fourth extension portion. The first extension portion is bent from a rear end of the base portion and extends upward. The second extension portion is bent from an upper end of the first extension portion and extends forward, and its upper surface is made to be a sucked surface that is capable of being attracted to a suction nozzle of an automatic mounting machine. The third extension portion is bent from a front end of the second extension portion and extends forward obliquely downward. The fourth extension portion is bent from a front end of the third extension portion, extends upward obliquely rearward, and is provided with the contact portion on a distal end side in its extension direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohisa Kurita
  • Patent number: 10995196
    Abstract: A thermally conductive sheet including: an acrylic polymer; a high-soda alumina in an amount of 70 to 75% by volume; and a magnesium hydroxide having a particle size smaller than a particle size of the high-soda alumina in an amount of 2.7 to 5.3% by volume, the magnesium hydroxide is coated with a higher fatty acid. The thermally conductive sheet has a compressive force required in a deformation with a compressibility of 20% or less of 200 N or less, and has a thermal resistance of 0.45° C./W or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Mizuno, Yasuhiro Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 10920808
    Abstract: A noise suppression member comprises a magnetic core and a case that houses the magnetic core therein. The case comprises a first housing and a second housing that form a housing space to house the magnetic core; a locking mechanism that allows the first housing and the second housing to be fixed to each other through engagement of a claw with a claw receiver; and a support receiver. The claw receiver comprises a movable portion displaceable to a first position and a second position, and the claw is released from the claw receiver when the movable portion is displaced to the second position. The movable portion is nondisplaceable to the second position when the support is inserted into the support receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10916886
    Abstract: A connector fixture includes a fixture body and a positioning member. The fixture body includes a fixing portion, a retaining portion, and a contact portion. When the fixture body is attached to the first connector, the fixing portion determines the relative position between the fixture body and the first connector in a z-axis direction. The contact portion determines the relative position between the fixture body and the first connector in a y-axis direction. The positioning member determines the relative position between the fixture body and the first connector in an x-axis direction. The positioning member is configured to be separable from the fixture body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Yanase
  • Publication number: 20200386632
    Abstract: A gripping force measurement device includes a body portion and a plurality of pressure sensors. The plurality of pressure sensors includes at least one first sensor and two or more second sensors including pressure-sensitive surfaces oriented in the same direction. A pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors are disposed such that, when a subject pressurizes the pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors, the gripping force measurement device is grippable by the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicants: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd., University of Yamanashi
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamada, Yasuo Kondo, Lu Zhao, Hidetsugu Terada, Koji Makino, Takaiki Kanagawa
  • Patent number: 10851236
    Abstract: Provided is a grease-like thermally conductive material having excellent heat resistance including a non-silicone resin. Resolution Means: The composition for thermally conductive material of the present invention includes: an acrylic polymer (A) having at least two crosslinkable functional groups containing a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond; an acrylic polymer (B) having at least one of the crosslinkable functional groups; an anti-dripping agent; and a thermally conductive filler, a discharge amount being 1.50 g/min or more and 4.25 g/min or less as measured using a dispense controller under a predetermined discharge pressure condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto Yoshino, Teruaki Yuoka
  • Patent number: 10809519
    Abstract: In a minimally invasive surgical system, an image capture unit includes a prism assembly and sensor assembly. The prism assembly includes a beam splitter, while the sensor assembly includes coplanar image capture sensors. Each of the coplanar image capture sensors has a common front end optical structure, e.g., the optical structure distal to the image capture unit is the same for each of the sensors. A controller enhances images acquired by the coplanar image capture sensors. The enhanced images may include (a) visible images with enhanced feature definition, in which a particular feature in the scene is emphasized to the operator of minimally invasive surgical system; (b) images having increased image apparent resolution; (c) images having increased dynamic range; (d) images displayed in a way based on a pixel color component vector having three or more color components; and (e) images having extended depth of field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ian E. McDowall
  • Patent number: 10794779
    Abstract: Object: To provide a pressure sensor that can provide a reduced sensation of a foreign body and that has a good sensitivity to pressure from a low load region to a high load region. Resolution means: The pressure sensor includes a variable resistor and a plurality of electrodes. The variable resistor is made of an electrically conductive foam elastomer material. The electrically conductive foam elastomer material is a material imparted with electrical conductivity by dispersing electrically conductive fillers into an elastomer material and obtained by foaming the elastomer material. The plurality of electrodes are disposed at intervals from each other on one surface in contact with the variable resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamada, Yasuo Kondo
  • Patent number: 10781312
    Abstract: Provided is a thermally conductive member having excellent thermal resistance and insulating properties.The thermally conductive member includes a silicone resin, a thermally conductive filler having a larger particle diameter from 30 um to 100 ?m, a thermally conductive filler having a smaller particle diameter of not greater than 10 um, and mica having a particle diameter of not greater than 10 um and an aspect ratio of not greater than 50. The mica is added at a ratio of from 0.9 to 11 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the silicone resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Suzuki, Yasuo Kondo, Takashi Mizuno, Yasuhiro Kawaguchi, Satoshi Deguchi
  • Patent number: 10779450
    Abstract: A thermally conductive composition is provided, which has a base material; and at least one of a permittivity adjusting filler having a lower permittivity than the base material and a high permeability filler having a higher permeability than the base material. The entire thermally conductive composition has a relative permeability higher than 1 and a relative permittivity of 7 or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd., Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Matsuzaki, Yasuhiro Kawaguchi, Masahiro Saito, Kensuke Mitsuya, Masaaki Ito, Toshiyuki Omori
  • Patent number: 10751668
    Abstract: A method of forming a reverse osmosis membrane 1 of the present invention includes a coating membrane forming step of forming a coating membrane which is soluble in a predetermined solvent on a surface of a porous support substrate 2 that is insoluble in the solvent, a carbon membrane forming step of forming a carbon membrane 3 on the coating membrane by a physical vapor deposition which deposits carbon as a target material under an atmosphere where rare gas and nitrogen gas are contained, and a removing-by-dissolving step of removing the coating membrane by dissolving the same in the solvent after formation of the carbon membrane 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroki Kitano, Akio Yamaguchi, Morinobu Endo, Josue Ortiz Medina