Patents by Inventor Akira Homma
Akira Homma 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: 20230042593Abstract: An application method for applying an adhesive to an object includes applying, prior to applying the adhesive to a specified part of the object, the adhesive to a part different from the specified part, calculating an application quantity of the adhesive applied to the part different from the specified part, making a first correction configured to correct an application condition of the adhesive based on basis of a result of the calculation, and applying the adhesive to the specified part using the application condition corrected in the first correction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventor: Akira HOMMA
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Publication number: 20220146838Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a device main body, a mounting band that supports the device main body and is mounted on a user's head, a circuit board that is disposed in the upper portion of the device main body and has a mounting surface on which one or more electronic components are mounted, and a cooling device disposed facing the mounting surface in the upper portion of the device main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Akira Homma, Toru Kuronuma, Toshihiro Kusunoki
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Publication number: 20210283651Abstract: An application method configured to apply an adhesive to an object comprises applying, prior to applying the adhesive to a specified part of the object, the adhesive to a part different from the specified part, calculating an application quantity of the adhesive applied to the part different from the specified part, making a first correction configured to correct an application condition of the adhesive on the basis of a result of the calculation, and applying the adhesive to the specified part on the application condition corrected in the first correction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventor: Akira HOMMA
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Patent number: 9756746Abstract: An upper guide and a lower guide are provided on an escutcheon integrally attached to the chassis. An upper movable pin engageable with and disengageable from the upper guide, a lower movable pin engageable with and disengageable from the lower guide, and a fulcrum switching mechanism that reciprocates the upper movable pin and lower movable pin in the left-right direction are attached to a display body disposed in front of the escutcheon. The fulcrum switching mechanism makes the rotational fulcrum of the display body switchable between a first pivoting state, in which the upper movable pin is engaged with the upper guide and the lower movable pin is disengaged from the lower guide, and a second pivoting state, in which the lower movable pin is engaged with the lower guide and the upper movable pin is disengaged from the upper guide.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Kiminori Yabuki, Akira Homma
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Publication number: 20170142852Abstract: An upper guide and a lower guide are provided on an escutcheon integrally attached to the chassis. An upper movable pin engageable with and disengageable from the upper guide, a lower movable pin engageable with and disengageable from the lower guide, and a fulcrum switching mechanism that reciprocates the upper movable pin and lower movable pin in the left-right direction are attached to a display body disposed in front of the escutcheon. The fulcrum switching mechanism makes the rotational fulcrum of the display body switchable between a first pivoting state, in which the upper movable pin is engaged with the upper guide and the lower movable pin is disengaged from the lower guide, and a second pivoting state, in which the lower movable pin is engaged with the lower guide and the upper movable pin is disengaged from the upper guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Kiminori Yabuki, Akira Homma
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Patent number: 9212702Abstract: The invention includes at least two free disks arranged between a drive-torque transmission disk and an output-torque receiving disk, each of the at least two free disks being freely rotatable. When a torque is to be transmitted, mutual gaps between the drive-torque transmission disk, the at least two free disks and the output-torque receiving disk are narrowed, so that the input torque of the driving unit is transmitted from the drive-torque transmission disk to one free disk adjacent to the drive-torque transmission disk by friction, the torque transmitted to the one free disk is transmitted to another free disk adjacent to the one free disk by friction, and the torque transmitted to the or another free disk on the most output-shaft side is transmitted to the output-torque receiving disk by friction.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Homma Science CorporationInventor: Akira Homma
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Patent number: 8910754Abstract: A floating-disk type brake system that includes floating disk assemblies placed respectively in spaces between a rotating member, such as a wheel of a transportation machine or a rotating shaft of a machine tool, and a stationary member to reduce differences in the rotating speed of adjacent sliding surfaces of the floating disk assemblies in frictional sliding engagement. The floating-disk type brake system includes a first floating disk assembly and a first disk assembly that are arranged between the ring gear and the planet carrier of a planetary gear built in a transmission or the like, and the first floating disk assembly and the first disk assembly are pressed together into frictional engagement to brake a rotating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Homma Science CorporationInventors: Akira Homma, Masao Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20140326571Abstract: The invention includes at least two free disks arranged between a drive-torque transmission disk and an output-torque receiving disk, each of the at least two free disks being freely rotatable. When a torque is to be transmitted, mutual gaps between the drive-torque transmission disk, the at least two free disks and the output-torque receiving disk are narrowed, so that the input torque of the driving unit is transmitted from the drive-torque transmission disk to one free disk adjacent to the drive-torque transmission disk by friction, the torque transmitted to the one free disk is transmitted to another free disk adjacent to the one free disk by friction, and the torque transmitted to the or another free disk on the most output-shaft side is transmitted to the output-torque receiving disk by friction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventor: Akira Homma
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Patent number: 8471473Abstract: In a mercury free arc tube provided with a sealed glass chamber in which at least metallic halide for main light emission is sealed as well as rare gas by pinch-sealing both end openings of a glass tube and electrode bars are opposite to each other, the tip of a region projecting into the sealed glass chamber of each the electrode bars is formed of a single crystal. Owing to repetition of ON/OFF of the arc tube, the crystal at the tip of the electrode bar grows but the shape of the electrode end face formed of the single crystal remains unchanged. Further, even if the tip of the electrode bar is gradually consumed by thermal load acting on the tip of the electrode bar, the entire shape of the electrode end face is consumed nearly uniformly so that decline of the luminescent spot does not occur during discharging.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Fukuyo, Akira Homma, Michio Takagaki, Shinichi Irisawa
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Patent number: 8376091Abstract: A floating-disk type brake system that includes floating disk assemblies placed respectively in spaces between a rotating member, such as a wheel of a transportation machine or a rotating shaft of a machine tool, and a stationary member to reduce differences in the rotating speed of adjacent sliding surfaces of the floating disk assemblies in frictional sliding engagement. The floating-disk type brake system includes a first floating disk assembly and a first disk assembly that are arranged between the ring gear and the planet carrier of a planetary gear built in a transmission or the like, and the first floating disk assembly and the first disk assembly are pressed together into frictional engagement to brake a rotating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Homma Science CorporationInventors: Akira Homma, Masao Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8279452Abstract: A dimple position detection device for detecting a position of a dimple formed on a load beam is provided with an illumination device, imaging device, and image processing section. The illumination device directs illumination light toward the dimple. The imaging device receives reflected light from the dimple. The image processing section binarizes an image obtained by the imaging device. The image processing section maximizes a binarization level, binarizes the reflected light image, determines whether an area of a light spot region or on-region above the binarization level has a predetermined value, reduces the binarization level when the area of the light spot region is less than the predetermined value, and calculates the gravitational position of the light spot region with the predetermined value reached by the light spot region area.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Homma
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Publication number: 20120199425Abstract: A floating-disk type brake system that includes floating disk assemblies placed respectively in spaces between a rotating member, such as a wheel of a transportation machine or a rotating shaft of a machine tool, and a stationary member to reduce differences in the rotating speed of adjacent sliding surfaces of the floating disk assemblies in frictional sliding engagement. The floating-disk type brake system includes a first floating disk assembly and a first disk assembly that are arranged between the ring gear and the planet carrier of a planetary gear built in a transmission or the like, and the first floating disk assembly and the first disk assembly are pressed together into frictional engagement to brake a rotating shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: Homma Science CorporationInventors: Akira Homma, Masao Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20120199424Abstract: A floating-disk type brake system that includes floating disk assemblies placed respectively in spaces between a rotating member, such as a wheel of a transportation machine or a rotating shaft of a machine tool, and a stationary member to reduce differences in the rotating speed of adjacent sliding surfaces of the floating disk assemblies in frictional sliding engagement. The floating-disk type brake system includes a first floating disk assembly and a first disk assembly that are arranged between the ring gear and the planet carrier of a planetary gear built in a transmission or the like, and the first floating disk assembly and the first disk assembly are pressed together into frictional engagement to brake a rotating shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: Homma Science CorporationInventors: Akira HOMMA, Masao KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 8222817Abstract: An arc tube for a discharge bulb includes: an electrode assembly that has an electrode bar and a molybdenum foil, wherein an overlapping portion of an end portion of the electrode bar and a molybdenum foil is joined by spot welding; a pinch seal portion that seals a part of the electrode assembly, the part including at least the molybdenum foil; and a closed glass bulb, into which a tip of the electrode bar protrudes, the closed glass bulb forming a discharge light-emitting portion, wherein the size of a recess, which is a weld mark, in the molybdenum foil on the side opposite to a joint portion, at which the molybdenum foil and the electrode bar are joined with each other, is within a range from 0.07 mm2 to 0.25 mm2.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Homma, Masato Harazaki
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Patent number: 8181750Abstract: A floating-disk type brake system that includes floating disk assemblies placed in spaces between a rotating member, such as a wheel of a transportation machine or a rotating shaft of a machine tool, and a stationary member to reduce differences in the rotating speed of adjacent sliding surfaces of the floating disk assemblies in frictional sliding engagement. The floating-disk type brake system includes a first floating disk assembly and a first disk assembly that are arranged between the ring gear and the planet carrier of a planetary gear built in a transmission or the like, and the first floating disk assembly and the first disk assembly are pressed together into frictional engagement to brake a rotating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Homma Science CorporationInventors: Akira Homma, Masao Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8174195Abstract: A mercury-free arc tube for a discharge lamp unit including a closed glass bulb in which main light emitting substances of NaI, ScI3, and ScBr3 and buffer substances of InI and ZnI2 are enclosed together with Xe gas, and wherein an amount of enclosed ScBr3 is in a range of about 5 wt % to about 24 wt % relative to a total weight of the substances enclosed in the closed glass bulb. The mercury-free arc tube may also include a shroud glass tube, which is surrounds the closed glass bulb and a pair of electrodes, which are disposed to be opposed to each other in the closed glass bulb.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michio Takagaki, Akira Homma, Takeshi Fukuyo
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Publication number: 20120106825Abstract: A dimple position detection device for detecting a position of a dimple formed on a load beam is provided with an illumination device, imaging device, and image processing section. The illumination device directs illumination light toward the dimple. The imaging device receives reflected light from the dimple. The image processing section binarizes an image obtained by the imaging device. The image processing section maximizes a binarization level, binarizes the reflected light image, determines whether an area of a light spot region or on-region above the binarization level has a predetermined value, reduces the binarization level when the area of the light spot region is less than the predetermined value, and calculates the gravitational position of the light spot region with the predetermined value reached by the light spot region area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Homma
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Publication number: 20120091891Abstract: An arc tube for a discharge bulb includes: an electrode assembly that has an electrode bar and a molybdenum foil, wherein an overlapping portion of an end portion of the electrode bar and a molybdenum foil is joined by spot welding; a pinch seal portion that seals a part of the electrode assembly, the part including at least the molybdenum foil; and a closed glass bulb, into which a tip of the electrode bar protrudes, the closed glass bulb forming a discharge light-emitting portion, wherein the size of a recess, which is a weld mark, in the molybdenum foil on the side opposite to a joint portion, at which the molybdenum foil and the electrode bar are joined with each other, is within a range from 0.07 mm2 to 0.25 mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira HOMMA, Masato HARAZAKI
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Patent number: 8148902Abstract: In a mercury-free arc tube, regions including molybdenum foils 17 of electrode assemblies each of which is formed by connecting and integrating an electrode 16, a molybdenum foil 17, and a lead wire 18, are pinch-sealed where the electrode 16 projects inside a closed glass bulb 12, which encloses luminescent substances, etc. The molybdenum foil 17 is doped with or coated with TiO2 in the form of discontinuous lands and subjected to surface roughening by etching including oxidation and reduction. TiO2 particles or a TiO2 layer exposed on the rough surface 17c of the molybdenum foil 17 increases chemical joining strength to glass and makes deeper, more complicated minute unevenness 17b on the molybdenum foil surface to increase the mechanical joining strength to glass, so that even when a heat stress occurs at the interface between the molybdenum foil and glass in the pinch-sealed portion, foil floating does not occur.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michio Takagaki, Akira Homma, Yoshihiro Mochizuki, Takeshi Fukuyo
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Patent number: 8107087Abstract: A dimple position detection device for detecting a position of a dimple formed on a load beam is provided with an illumination device, imaging device, and image processing section. The illumination device directs illumination light toward the dimple. The imaging device receives reflected light from the dimple. The image processing section binarizes an image obtained by the imaging device. The image processing section maximizes a binarization level, binarizes the reflected light image, determines whether an area of a light spot region or on-region above the binarization level has a predetermined value, reduces the binarization level when the area of the light spot region is less than the predetermined value, and calculates the gravitational position of the light spot region with the predetermined value reached by the light spot region area.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Homma