Patents by Inventor Akira Horiguchi
Akira Horiguchi 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: 20240139948Abstract: A robot including one or more joints is configured to, when a particular joint among the joints has not been driven for a predetermined time, move the particular joint such that the robot refrains from coming into contact with a surrounding object or such that the robot comes into contact with the surrounding object while preventing a force applied to the robot from reaching a predetermined level or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: HARUHIKO HORIGUCHI, AKIRA YAJIMA
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Publication number: 20240023860Abstract: The urine amount measuring device (100) includes a container-side support portion (10), a sensor (32), a housing (101), a first fixing portion (20), and a second fixing portion (60). The container-side support portion (10) supports the suspension portion (50) on which a urine storage container (C) is hung. The urine storage container (C) stores urine of a person lying on the bed (B). The sensor (32) outputs a signal that changes according to change in force acting on the container-side support portion (10). The housing (101) houses the sensor (32). The first fixing portion (20) fixes a tubular member (T) to the housing (101). The tubular member (T) allows the urine to flow from the person to the urine storage container (C). The second fixing portion (60) fixes the tubular member (T) to the suspension portion (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Akira HORIGUCHI, Kazutaka YOSHINO
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Publication number: 20220079487Abstract: A urine quantity measurement device (100) includes a suspension section (4), a sensor, a controller, a housing (30), and an attachment section (2). A urine collection container (C) is suspended from the suspension section (4). The urine collection container (C) is for collecting urine from a person (P) lying on a bed (B). The sensor outputs a signal indicating a weight of the urine collection container (C) based on a force acting on the suspension section (4) from the urine collection container (C). The controller generates output data based on the signal. The housing (30) houses the sensor and the controller. The attachment section (2) is arranged on the bed (B) and supports the housing (30). The output data indicates the weight of the urine collection container or a quantity of the urine collected in the urine collection container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Akira HORIGUCHI, Kazutaka YOSHINO
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Patent number: 10376899Abstract: A magnetic-matter removing apparatus includes: endless chains arranged to run in circles between inside liquid containing a magnetic matter and above the liquid; magnetic-matter attracting means supported on the endless chains for attracting the magnetic matter in the liquid with a magnetic force; a drum arranged above the liquid, having a magnetic force stronger than the magnetic force of the magnetic-matter attracting means, and configured to detach the magnetic matter attracted to the magnetic-matter attracting means from the magnetic-matter attracting means and attract the magnetic matter; and discharging means for scraping the magnetic matter attracted to the drum and discharging the magnetic matter to outside the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Akira Horiguchi, Norihiko Ikenaga, Hirofumi Honda
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Publication number: 20160271621Abstract: A magnetic-matter removing apparatus includes: endless chains arranged to run in circles between inside liquid containing a magnetic matter and above the liquid; magnetic-matter attracting means supported on the endless chains for attracting the magnetic matter in the liquid with a magnetic force; a drum arranged above the liquid, having a magnetic force stronger than the magnetic force of the magnetic-matter attracting means, and configured to detach the magnetic matter attracted to the magnetic-matter attracting means from the magnetic-matter attracting means and attract the magnetic matter; and discharging means for scraping the magnetic matter attracted to the drum and discharging the magnetic matter to outside the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Akira HORIGUCHI, Norihiko IKENAGA, Hirofumi HONDA
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Patent number: 8870627Abstract: To propose a method for realizing appropriate delivering of works to carriers in the conventional transfer process. Specifically, in a polishing method for polishing a work retained in a carrier, at least one carrier for retaining a work to be polished is placed between an upper plate and a lower plate; the work is fit in a hole of the carrier; the carrier and the work are inserted between the upper plate and the lower plate; and at least one of the upper plate and the lower plate is rotated while supplying a polishing agent to a space between the upper plate and the lower plate. In fitting the work in the hole of the carrier, an end portion of the work is held and the work is carried to a position above the lower plate; the work is positioned with respect to the hole of the carrier on the lower plate; and the work is released from the hold and guided by a guide to be slowly carried down toward the hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Sumco CorporationInventors: Hiroto Fukushima, Akira Horiguchi, Ken Isobe, Tomonori Miura, Shoji Nakao
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Patent number: 8564210Abstract: A light source module includes a substrate unit for mounting multiple light emitting diodes thereon to electrically connecting them; first and second electrical connecting terminals for supplying a current to the light emitting diodes based on a voltage applied from outside the substrate unit; and a characteristic setting unit for presetting characteristic information corresponding to a electrical characteristic of the light emitting diodes. Further, the light source module includes a third electrical connecting terminal for outputting a setting signal based on the characteristic information preset in the characteristic setting unit, and the characteristic setting unit is connected at least between the third and first electrical connecting terminals or between the third and second electrical connecting terminals, and the characteristic setting unit responds to a set-up power inputted from the third electrical connecting terminal to generate the setting signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Katunobu Hamamoto, Akira Horiguchi, Hiroshi Sugawara, Kei Mitsuyasu
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Publication number: 20120220200Abstract: To propose a method for realizing appropriate delivering of works to carriers in the conventional transfer process. Specifically, in a polishing method for polishing a work retained in a carrier, at least one carrier for retaining a work to be polished is placed between an upper plate and a lower plate; the work is fit in a hole of the carrier; the carrier and the work are inserted between the upper plate and the lower plate; and at least one of the upper plate and the lower plate is rotated while supplying a polishing agent to a space between the upper plate and the lower plate. In fitting the work in the hole of the carrier, an end portion of the work is held and the work is carried to a position above the lower plate; the work is positioned with respect to the hole of the carrier on the lower plate; and the work is released from the hold and guided by a guide to be slowly carried down toward the hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Hiroto Fukushima, Akira Horiguchi, Ken Isobe, Tomonori Miura, Shoji Nakao
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Publication number: 20110210675Abstract: A light source module includes a substrate unit for mounting multiple light emitting diodes thereon to electrically connecting them; first and second electrical connecting terminals for supplying a current to the light emitting diodes based on a voltage applied from outside the substrate unit; and a characteristic setting unit for presetting characteristic information corresponding to a electrical characteristic of the light emitting diodes. Further, the light source module includes a third electrical connecting terminal for outputting a setting signal based on the characteristic information preset in the characteristic setting unit, and the characteristic setting unit is connected at least between the third and first electrical connecting terminals or between the third and second electrical connecting terminals, and the characteristic setting unit responds to a set-up power inputted from the third electrical connecting terminal to generate the setting signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katunobu Hamamoto, Akira Horiguchi, Hiroshi Sugawara, Kei Mitsuyasu
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Patent number: 8002610Abstract: To provide a technique for rotating a plurality of carriers 500 between an upper and a lower rotary surface plates to simultaneously polish both surfaces of a plurality of works 400. The work 400 is merged with the carrier 500 outside a polishing apparatus main body 110. The work 400 is supplied onto a lower rotary surface plate 111 of the polishing apparatus main body 110 while remaining merged with the carrier 500. The present invention enables the work 400 on the lower rotary surface plate 111 to be perfectly automatically supplied. After double side polishing has been completed and when an upper rotary surface plate, a liquid such as a water is injected from the upper rotary surface plate to hold the plurality of works 400 to have both surfaces thereof polished, on the lower rotary surface plate 111. The present invention enables the works 400 to be automatically ejected from the lower rotary surface plate 111.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon CorporationInventors: Akira Horiguchi, Ken Isobe, Heigo Tanaka, Tomio Fukushima, Kiyohide Murata, Tsuneo Takeda, Yoshiaki Uzu, Hiroshi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20100130111Abstract: To provide a technique for rotating a plurality of carriers 500 between an upper and a lower rotary surface plates to simultaneously polish both surfaces of a plurality of works 400. The work 400 is merged with the carrier 500 outside a polishing apparatus main body 110. The work 400 is supplied onto a lower rotary surface plate 111 of the polishing apparatus main body 110 while remaining merged with the carrier 500. The present invention enables the work 400 on the lower rotary surface plate 111 to be perfectly automatically supplied. After double side polishing has been completed and when an upper rotary surface plate, a liquid such as a water is injected from the upper rotary surface plate to hold the plurality of works 400 to have both surfaces thereof polished, on the lower rotary surface plate 111. The present invention enables the works 400 to be automatically ejected from the lower rotary surface plate 111.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventors: Akira Horiguchi, Ken Isobe, Heigo Tanaka, Tomio Fukushima, Kiyohide Murata, Tsuneo Takeda, Yoshiaki Uzu, Hiroshi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 7648409Abstract: A method of polishing the double sides of a plurality of works simultaneously by rotating a plurality of carriers between upper and lower rotating surface plates, comprising the steps of forming the works (400) integrally with the carriers (500) on the outside of a polishing device main body (110), feeding the works (400) onto a rotating surface plate (111) on the underside of the polishing device main body (110) with the works formed integrally with the carriers (500), injecting liquid such as water from the upper side rotating surface plate when the upper side rotating surface plate is raised after the double sides are polished, holding the plurality of works (400) on the lower side rotating surface plate (111) after the double sides are polished, enabling the works (400) to be discharged automatically from the lower side rotating surface plate (111), providing a brush storage part (180) and a dresser storage part (190) near the polishing device main body (110), and frequently treating a polishing cloth insType: GrantFiled: May 17, 2000Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignees: Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corporation, Kashiwara Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Horiguchi, Ken Isobe, Heigo Tanaka, Tomio Fukushima, Kiyohide Murata, Tsunco Takeda, Yoshiaki Uzu, Hiroshi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20060128276Abstract: In a carrier of the invention, a thick ring-shaped support frame is provided at an outer periphery of a carrier body in which a workpiece housing hole for holding a workpiece is opened. An outer periphery of the support frame is provided with a teeth portion for engaging with driving gears for driving the carrier. The support frame is made of a different member from the carrier body. The carrier body is removably attached to the support frame by screws. The carrier body is made of a material suitable for holding a wafer. The support frame is made of a material suitable for engaging with driving gears for moving the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2005Publication date: June 15, 2006Applicant: SUMCO CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Horiguchi, Shoji Nakao
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Patent number: 7029380Abstract: In order to improve a flatness of a work in single wafer type double-side polishing in which one wafer is polished with one carrier, a carrier larger in diameter than upper and lower surface plates that rotate is inserted between the surface plates, and a wafer smaller in diameter than the surface plates is held with the carrier. The carrier is rotated by plural eccentric gears that mesh with external gear teeth formed on the outer peripheral surface of the carrier at plural positions along a circumferential direction thereof and revolve around positions spaced from the centers as centers in synchronism with each other or one another at the plural positions of meshing. The carrier rotates about its center and moves circularly around the center of the surface plates spaced from the center thereof. The upper surface plate is reciprocated in a direction perpendicular to the central axis when required.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignees: Kashiwara Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon CorporationInventors: Akira Horiguchi, Shoji Nakao
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Publication number: 20060011462Abstract: In the presence of a catalytic system, an alcohol having “n” carbon atom(s) or a derivative thereof is allowed to react with carbon monoxide in a reactor 3 continuously, a higher bp catalyst component is separated from the resultant reaction mixture by a catalyst-separating column 5 to give a crude mixture, the crude mixture is fed to a higher bp component-separation column 8 to separate an overhead fraction from a bottom fraction containing at least a carboxylic acid having “n+2” carbon atoms, the overhead fraction is fed to a carboxylic acid-separating column 11, and are distilled in the presence of at least water and an ester of the carboxylic acid with the alcohol to separate a overhead fraction containing at least the ester and water from a bottom fraction containing the carboxylic acid having “n+1” carbon atoms. The overhead fraction from the carboxylic acid-separating column is fed to an aldehyde-separating column 14 to remove an overhead fraction containing an aldehyde.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2003Publication date: January 19, 2006Inventors: Akira Horiguchi, Tomohide Ina, Hiroyuki Miura
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Publication number: 20050159089Abstract: In order to improve a flatness of a work in single wafer type double-side polishing in which one wafer is polished with one carrier, a carrier larger in diameter than upper and lower surface plates that rotate is inserted between the surface plates, and a wafer smaller in diameter than the surface plates is held with the carrier. The carrier is rotated by plural eccentric gears that mesh with external gear teeth formed on the outer peripheral surface of the carrier at plural positions along a circumferential direction thereof and revolve around positions spaced from the centers as centers in synchronism with each other or one another at the plural positions of meshing. The carrier rotates about its center and moves circularly around the center of the surface plates spaced from the center thereof. The upper surface plate is reciprocated in a direction perpendicular to the central axis when required.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2004Publication date: July 21, 2005Applicants: Kashiwara Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon CorporationInventors: Akira Horiguchi, Shoji Nakao
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Patent number: 6107064Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a xanthine derivative represented by formula (II), comprising converting a xanthine derivative represented by formula (I) {hereinafter, referred to as Compound (I)}: ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent hydrogen, or hydroxy-substituted, oxo-substituted, or unsubstituted lower alkyl) into a xanthine derivative represented by formula (II) {hereinafter, referred to as Compound (II)}: ##STR2## (wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently represent hydrogen, or hydroxy-substituted, oxo-substituted, or unsubstituted lower alkyl; R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 independently represent hydrogen, hydroxy, or oxo; with the proviso that R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are both hydrogen, at least one of R.sup.3 and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1996Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Tamotsu Eguchi, Kenichi Mochida, Akira Horiguchi, Tohru Yasuzawa, Hideaki Kusaka, Hiromi Nonaka, Fumio Suzuki
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Patent number: 5874624Abstract: Disclosed are a process for the preparation of a dihydroxyamino compound in which water and discoloring ingredients are removed while preventing decomposition of a dihydroxyamino compound by distilling a crude reaction liquid containing an epoxy compound and an amino compound at a specified temperature and pressure, a process for improving a yield of a dihydroxyamino compound having high purity by recirculating an aqueous solution of an amino compound recollected from a crude reaction liquid into a reaction step, and a process in which there are prevented discoloration and a yield decline of a dihydroxyamino compound.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1997Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Horiguchi, Akihisa Takabe, Etsuo Takemoto
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Patent number: 5756780Abstract: Disclosed are an improvement of a process for the preparation of a purified 3,4-epoxycyclohexyl methyl(meth)acrylate, and a stabilized 3,4-epoxycyclohexyl methyl(meth)acrylate.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1996Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kyuichi Ohyama, Akira Horiguchi
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Patent number: 5466856Abstract: An alcohol, e.g. methanol, carbon monoxide and oxygen are allowed to react in a gas phase in the presence of a solid catalyst comprising a catalyst component, for instance, containing halogen and copper atoms supported on a solid support. The alcohol and carbon monoxide contents of the reactor feed gas are controlled at 1 to 20 volume % and 70 to 95 volume %, respectively. Because the alcohol and carbon monoxide contents of the feed reactant gas are thus controlled, side reactions are considerably inhibited and the object carbonic diester is produced with high selectivity.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1994Date of Patent: November 14, 1995Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Horiguchi, Shingo Oda