Patents by Inventor Akio Morita

Akio Morita 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: 20240032218
    Abstract: A signal processing device (10) according to the present disclosure includes a housing (161), an input interface (12) configured to receive input of an electrical signal, a converter (13) configured to convert the electrical signal inputted to the input interface (12) into a communication signal according to a communication protocol for wireless communication, and an output interface (14) configured to output the communication signal converted by the converter (13) for wireless communication. The signal processing device (10) includes the housing (61), the input interface (12), the converter (13), and the output interface (14) integrally. The input interface (12) is disposed on a first side (S1) of the housing (161), and the output interface (14) is disposed on a second side (S2) opposite the first side (S1) in the housing (161).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takahashi, Yusaku Yoshida, Akio Morita, Noriaki Kihara, Takahiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 11627956
    Abstract: An automatic needle mover for moving a medical threaded needle includes: two shafts extending in the same direction and slidable relative to each other along a longitudinal direction; a needle-holding portion provided on one end side of the second shaft; a needle-receiving portion provided on one end side of the first shaft; and a handle serving as a control portion for controlling the sliding of the two shafts. The needle-holding portion has a first claw portion protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the shafts. The needle-receiving portion has a second claw portion protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the shafts. As a result of the sliding of the two shafts, the needle-holding portion and the needle-receiving portion become close to each other and a straight needle held by the needle-holding portion can be press-fitted into the needle-receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ryu Nakadate, Susumu Oguri, Makoto Hashizume, Akio Morita
  • Publication number: 20210228205
    Abstract: An automatic needle mover (1) for moving a medical threaded needle includes: two shafts (a first shaft (11) and a second shaft (12)) extending in the same direction and slidable relative to each other along a longitudinal direction; a needle holding portion (a second needle support portion (22)) provided on one end side of the second shaft (12); a needle-receiving portion (a first needle support portion (21)) provided on one end side of the first shaft (11); and a handle (30) serving as a control portion for controlling the sliding of the two shafts. The needle holding portion has a first groove portion provided in a first claw portion protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the shafts. The needle-receiving portion has a second groove portion provided in a second claw portion protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ryu NAKADATE, Susumu OGURI, Makoto HASHIZUME, Akio MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190282408
    Abstract: A control system 10 of a production line, containing a processing unit 20 from which a workpiece 101 processed is obtained, wherein the control system 10 has: the processing unit 20; and a control unit 11 for controlling the processing unit 20, wherein the processing unit 20 has a plurality of unitary units 30, wherein each of the plurality of unitary units 30 has a unitary unit identification code 1 to 8, wherein the control system 10 of a production line has an inspection section 40 for inspecting the workpiece 101 processed, wherein the inspection section 40 can communicate inside the control system 10 of a production line, and wherein the inspection section 40 has an evaluation section 50 in which state of the processed workpiece 101 is evaluated to obtain evaluation results; a data processing section 60 in which the evaluation results are associated with the unitary unit identification codes 1 to 8 of the processing unit 20 in which the evaluated workpiece 101 is processed; a storage section 71 i
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kota UENO, Makoto KOKUBO, Naohiro TAIRA, Akio MORITA
  • Patent number: 10328667
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for continuously manufacturing a stretchable sheet (3) with a thread-shaped elastic body (7) fixed between a pair of belt-shaped sheets (50, 60) in a stretched state, the method including a supply process of introducing the fed thread-shaped elastic body (7) to elastic body winding means (14) in a stretched state, a conveyance process of continuously winding the thread-shaped elastic body (7) to a thread-conveying longitudinal structure (12, 13) using the elastic body winding means (14) and conveying the wound thread-shaped elastic body in a longitudinal direction of the structure (12, 14), and an integration process of fixing the thread-shaped elastic body (7) as sandwiching between the sheets (50, 60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuo Yanashima, Akio Morita, Makoto Kokubo, Kenji Ando
  • Publication number: 20180235155
    Abstract: Plant growth is promoted by a simple method. A plant (10) is irradiated with a positive ion and a negative ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: HIROKAZU FUNAMORI, SATOHIKO YAMAMOTO, KAZUSHI IYATANI, KAZUO NISHIKAWA, TAKASHI IKKA, AKIO MORITA, YASUNO TANAKA, YOSHIKI ONO
  • Patent number: 9642751
    Abstract: In the present invention, one surface of a belt-shaped sheet laminate (10), in which a plurality of sheets are laminated, is pressed against a support member (21) having a light passage section (27) through which a laser beam (30) can pass, and the belt-shaped sheet laminate (10) is irradiated, from the support member (21) side via the light passage section (27), with a laser beam (30) to cut and fusion-bond the belt-shaped sheet laminate (10), thereby sealed edge sections (4) are formed by fusion-bonding the edge sections of the plurality of sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Imai, Shinji Hamamoto, Makoto Kokubo, Takuo Yanashima, Akio Morita
  • Patent number: 9592162
    Abstract: An apparatus (11) for producing stretchable sheet of the present invention includes a pair of conveyance belts (12, 13) which is separately arranged, elastic body winding means (14) which winds a threadlike elastic body (7) around the pair of conveyance belts (12, 13) and orients the threadlike elastic body (7) to a direction intersecting with a conveyance direction of continuous-length sheets, and integrating means which fixes the threadlike elastic body (7) to the continuous-length sheets. The conveyance belts (12, 13) include upper belts (12a, 13a) and lower belts (12b, 13b). Proceeding portions (12a?, 13a?) which convey the threadlike elastic body (7) at respective upper belts are inclined so that an upper side is located closer than a lower side to a center position (PC) between the conveyance belts, and proceeding portions (12b?, 13b?) which convey the threadlike elastic body (7) at respective lower belts are inclined so that a lower side is located closer than an upper side to a center position (PC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma Saitou, Akio Morita, Takuo Yanashima, Shinnosuke Morita
  • Patent number: 9532479
    Abstract: An input/output module is configured to achieve at least one of a function of acquiring a measurement signal from a measurement target and a function of outputting data. The input/output module includes a casing, a rotational connector disposed on the casing, the rotational connector including an arc-shaped notch, the rotational connector being configured to interlock with a connection mechanism of a base to serve as a rotation point so that the input/output module is rotatable to get connected to the base and a latch-shaped fixer configured to fit into a groove formed in at least one of an upper inner surface and a lower inner surface when the input/output module is pushed into a slot having the upper inner surface and the lower inner surface to get connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Hamada, Akio Morita, Yuusuke Fujitani, Ken-ichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9080262
    Abstract: A bulking apparatus includes a hot air generator, an air supply duct having an inlet for receiving hot air and an outlet for delivering hot air to nonwoven fabric, and a sucking part sucking in hot air delivered from the outlet and passed through nonwoven fabric. The air supply duct has an inflow portion leading hot air introduced into the inlet to flow in parallel to the transverse direction of the nonwoven fabric and an outflow portion forming an angle with the inflow portion leading hot air flowing through the inflow portion to the outlet. The air supply duct has a plurality of baffle plates disposed therein, each baffle plate having a flow-facing part and a flow-guiding part located in the inflow and outflow portions, respectively. The baffle plates are arranged such that the inflow path in the inflow portion has a decreasing cross-sectional area with distance from the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Ishino, Akio Morita
  • Patent number: 9011404
    Abstract: A pull-on absorbent article including a front outer cover to be worn around a wearer's front side, a rear outer cover to be worn around the wearer's rear side, and an absorbent assembly fixed to the front and the rear outer cover so as to bridge them and having a pair of side seals. The length of each of the front and the outer cover in the longitudinal direction of the article is uniform in the lateral direction and larger than that of the side seals so that the front and the outer cover have extension portions that extend downward from the side seals. The extension portions of the front and/or the rear outer cover have an elasticized region extensible in the lateral direction in a region located laterally outward of each side edge of the absorbent assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kobayashi, Ryoichi Yamamoto, Kenji Ando, Takuo Yanashima, Akio Morita
  • Publication number: 20150064387
    Abstract: One surface of a belt-shaped sheet laminate (10) (continuous diaper strip), in which a plurality of sheets are laminated, is made to abut against a support member (21) having a light passage section (27) through which a laser beam (30) can pass, and the belt-shaped sheet laminate (10) which is in a pressurized state is irradiated, from the support member (21) side via the light passage section (27), with a laser beam (30) having a wavelength that is absorbed by the sheets constituting the sheet laminate (10) and that causes the sheets to generate heat, and thus, the belt-shaped sheet laminate (10) is cut and separated and, simultaneously, cut edge sections created, by the cutting/separation, in the plurality of sheets which are in the pressurized state are fusion-bonded together. Thus, sealed edge sections (4) (side seal sections) are formed by fusion-bonding the edge sections of the plurality of sheets in a state where the sheets' edge sections are superposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Imai, Shinji Hamamoto, Makoto Kokubo, Takuo Yanashima, Akio Morita
  • Patent number: 8746900
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sliding lens cover mechanism for a projector, which enables enhancement in operability and prevention of noise, and the sliding lens cover mechanism includes: a front panel that allows the projection lens to be exposed from a part thereof; a lens cover that moves over said front panel, from fully-open state in which the projection lens is exposed and a fully-closed state in which said lens cover covers the projection lens; and a slide device unit that biases the lens cover to move to a fully-open state or to a fully-closed state or to an intermediate state, wherein the lens cover includes a pin that protrudes toward the front panel; and wherein the front panel includes a slide plate that abuts against the pin only in the fully open state or in the fully closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yamaguchi, Akio Morita, Yasushi Itou
  • Publication number: 20140118958
    Abstract: An input/output module is configured to achieve at least one of a function of acquiring a measurement signal from a measurement target and a function of outputting data. The input/output module includes a casing, a rotational connector disposed on the casing, the rotational connector including an arc-shaped notch, the rotational connector being configured to interlock with a connection mechanism of a base to serve as a rotation point so that the input/output module is rotatable to get connected to the base and a latch-shaped fixer configured to fit into a groove formed in at least one of an upper inner surface and a lower inner surface when the input/output module is pushed into a slot having the upper inner surface and the lower inner surface to get connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki HAMADA, Akio MORITA, Yuusuke FUJITANI, Ken-ichi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 8636930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal insulation foamed sheet whose foaming height can be kept high by increasing an expansion ratio of foaming cells, thermal insulation foamed container using this and method for producing the same. In the thermal insulation foamed sheet according to the present invention, a foaming plane made of a foaming cell group is formed by heating the sheet in which a synthetic resin film is laminated on base paper and foaming the synthetic resin film using moisture contained in the base paper, and at least a part of the foaming plane is vacuum-suctioned so as to increase the foaming height of the foaming cell. Also, there can be made a thermal insulation foamed container having this foaming plane on at least its body section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Tokan Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Chujo, Akio Morita
  • Publication number: 20140013786
    Abstract: There is provided an efficient steam generation system capable of reducing a temperature difference in heat to be drawn by a heat pump. A first heat pump (2) includes a first evaporator (7) and a second evaporator (8). A second heat pump (3) is connected to the first heat pump (2) via an uppermost condenser (10) serving as the first evaporator (7). A heat source fluid is passed through a second evaporator (8) of the first heat pump (2) and an evaporator (12) of the second heat pump (3) in sequence. Then, steam is generated by application of heat to water in a condenser (5) of the first heat pump (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kanamaru, Akinori Kawakami, Mika Tasaka, Akio Morita
  • Patent number: D691649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikiya Takeda, Takahisa Yamada, Akio Morita, Terumasa Kobayashi, Naoki Kato
  • Patent number: D691650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikiya Takeda, Takahisa Yamada, Akio Morita, Terumasa Kobayashi, Naoki Kato
  • Patent number: D702242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Tsuda, Noriaki Senba, Akio Morita
  • Patent number: D723609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahisa Yamada, Mikiya Takeda, Akio Morita, Tomonori Yamaguchi, Yoshinao Segawa, Tetsuya Nagata, Takuji Katsutani