Patents Assigned to TNK CORPORATION LTD.
  • Patent number: 9747764
    Abstract: To provide a guidance system that can quickly guide a person along a guidance route without anxiety. Provided are: a plurality of unit control apparatuses; and a plurality of unit light emitting apparatuses controlled by the unit control apparatuses, wherein at normal times, light emitting elements of a plurality of light emitting apparatuses of the plurality of unit light emitting apparatuses are continuously lit at an illuminance of 100%, and at guidance, the illuminance of the light emitting elements of the plurality of light emitting apparatuses of the plurality of unit display apparatuses is attenuated to 30%, and then the illuminance of the light emitting elements of the plurality of light emitting apparatuses of the plurality of unit display apparatuses is sequentially controlled to 100% based on count values stored in an emergency exit number count value storage unit to generate an optical flow toward a guidance direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: TNK CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Tanaka, Kazuo Mishina
  • Patent number: 9541105
    Abstract: A main air bubble separation apparatus which uses a swirling flow of oil introduced from a main tank separates the oil into a first oil with air bubbles removed therefrom, and a second oil containing air bubbles; a sub-air bubble separation apparatus is provided in which the second oil is introduced and then separated into a third oil with air bubbles removed therefrom and a fourth oil containing air bubbles; and a sub-tank into which the fourth oil is introduced, and in which the air bubbles contained in the fourth oil are captured and combined with each other so as to be removed from the fourth oil, so that a fifth oil is formed, and is configured such that the first, third and fifth oils are returned to the main tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: TNK CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160275761
    Abstract: To provide a guidance system that can quickly guide a person along a guidance route without anxiety. Provided are: a plurality of unit control apparatuses; and a plurality of unit light emitting apparatuses controlled by the unit control apparatuses, wherein at normal times, light emitting elements of a plurality of light emitting apparatuses of the plurality of unit light emitting apparatuses are continuously lit at an illuminance of 100%, and at guidance, the illuminance of the light emitting elements of the plurality of light emitting apparatuses of the plurality of unit display apparatuses is attenuated to 30%, and then the illuminance of the light emitting elements of the plurality of light emitting apparatuses of the plurality of unit display apparatuses is sequentially controlled to 100% based on count values stored in an emergency exit number count value storage unit to generate an optical flow toward a guidance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: TNK CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TANAKA, Kazuo MISHINA
  • Publication number: 20150226241
    Abstract: A main air bubble separation apparatus which uses a swirling flow of oil introduced from a main tank separates the oil into a first oil with air bubbles removed therefrom, and a second oil containing air bubbles; a sub-air bubble separation apparatus is provided in which the second oil is introduced and then separated into a third oil with air bubbles removed therefrom and a fourth oil containing air bubbles; and a sub-tank into which the fourth oil is introduced, and in which the air bubbles contained in the fourth oil are captured and combined with each other so as to be removed from the fourth oil, so that a fifth oil is formed, and is configured such that the first, third and fifth oils are returned to the main tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: TNK CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130036548
    Abstract: A between-bed-and-wheelchair move assist apparatus arranged to facilitate a caregiver to help a care receiver to move between a bed and a wheelchair, said between-bed-and-wheelchair move assist apparatus comprising a support member mounted in a side rail mount hole of the bed; and a slide board mounted on the support member so as to bridge between a surface of a mat on the bed and the seat surface of a wheelchair by sliding on the mat on the bed and stretching toward the wheelchair from a position on the bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: TNK CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TANAKA, Kenichi TANAKA, Kazuo MISHINA