Patents by Inventor Akira Kotani
Akira Kotani 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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Patent number: 11947260Abstract: A sample support includes: a substrate having a plurality of through-holes opening on a first surface and on a second surface; a first member having a plurality of first openings and disposed on the first surface; a second member having a plurality of second openings and disposed on the second surface, and; a bonding member disposed between the first member and the second member; and a conductive layer integrally provided on a region of the second surface corresponding to each of the plurality of second openings. The plurality of through-holes include a plurality of first through-holes located between each of the plurality of first openings and each of the plurality of second openings, and a plurality of second through-holes located between the first member and the second member. Each of the plurality of second openings communicate with each of the plurality of first openings through the plurality of first through-holes.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Akira Tashiro, Masahiro Kotani, Takayuki Ohmura
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Patent number: 11929245Abstract: A sample support body for ionization of a sample, including: a substrate having a first surface, a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, and a plurality of through-holes opening on each of the first surface and the second surface; a conductive layer provided on the first surface; and a matrix crystal layer provided on at least one of the conductive layer and the second surface, in which the matrix crystal layer is formed of a plurality of matrix crystal grains so as to include a gap communicating the plurality of through-holes with an outside.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Masahiro Kotani, Takayuki Ohmura, Akira Tashiro
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Patent number: 10385546Abstract: A lift cylinder is attached to a center part of a vehicle body in a vehicle width direction. The lift cylinder causes a work implement to move up and down. A supporting member is attached to the center part of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction and extends upward from the vehicle body. An imaging device is supported by the supporting member and captures images of a region in front of the vehicle body. A penetrating part is formed in the supporting member. The lift cylinder is disposed through the penetrating part.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Takashi Noda, Takuya Uemura, Masami Hirayama, Takashi Tsukamoto, Akira Kotani, Taira Ozaki, Hayato Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20170335548Abstract: Lift cylinder is attached to a center part of a vehicle body in a vehicle width direction. The lift cylinder causes a work implement to move up and down. A supporting member is attached to the center part of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction and extends upward from the vehicle body. An imaging device is supported by the supporting member and captures images of a region in front of the vehicle body. A penetrating part is formed in the supporting member. The lift cylinder is disposed through the penetrating part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2016Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Takashi NODA, Takuya UEMURA, Masami HIRAYAMA, Takashi TSUKAMOTO, Akira KOTANI, Taira OZAKI, Hayato KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 8770325Abstract: A bulldozer is provided with an engine, a pump assembly, an engine auxiliary, and a connecting member. The engine has an output axis which extends in a front and back direction of the bulldozer. The pump assembly includes a plurality of hydraulic pumps. The hydraulic pumps are disposed behind the engine and are disposed to line up with each other in the front and back direction. The pump assembly is connected to the engine. The engine auxiliary is disposed behind the engine and is mounted to the engine. The connecting member connects the engine and the engine auxiliary.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Souichirou Kinoshita, Akira Kotani
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Publication number: 20140041953Abstract: A bulldozer is provided with an engine, a pump assembly, an engine auxiliary, and a connecting member. The engine has an output axis which extends in a front and back direction of the bulldozer. The pump assembly includes a plurality of hydraulic pumps. The plurality of hydraulic pumps are disposed behind the engine and are disposed to line up with each other in the front and back direction. The pump assembly is connected to the engine. The engine auxiliary is disposed behind the engine and is mounted to the engine. The connecting member connects the engine and the engine auxiliary.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Souichirou Kinoshita, Akira Kotani
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Publication number: 20060226029Abstract: A measurement apparatus for ulcerative colitis diagnosis and prognostic test according to the present invention comprises a solution mixing unit (15) for mixing an eluent and a quinone solution, the eluent being supplied from a system including a tank (9) in which the eluent used for acid separation is stored, a pump (12) for sending the eluent, a sample injection unit (13) for injecting a sample into the eluent, and an acid separation column (14) for separating short-chain fatty acids included in the sample that is injected from the sample injection unit (13), and the quinone solution being supplied from a system including a tank (8) in which the quinone solution containing quinone and supporting electrolyte is stored, and a pump (11) for sending the quinone solution; and an acid degree measurement unit (16) for measuring the acid degrees of the short-chain fatty acids separated from the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2004Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Takeshi Nishida, Hideaki Hashimoto, Fumiyo Kusu, Hideki Hakamata, Akira Kotani, Kouji Takahashi
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Patent number: 6223027Abstract: An image data transmission system includes mobile transceivers having memories storing image data that is organized in sequential blocks. The mobile transceivers sequentially pass by a stationary transceiver and pause proximate the stationary transceiver. While pausing, a mobile transceiver transmits a block of the image data to the stationary transceiver, which receives and stores the transmitted data. Data transmission is interrupted by movement of the formerly pausing mobile transceiver. The stationary transceiver transmits a pointer signal to a paused mobile transceiver indicating which blocks of image data have been stored in the stationary transceiver so that the mobile transceivers transmit the blocks sequentially until all blocks have been received and stored by the stationary transceiver. The apparatus may be employed in a mass transit system, such as a subway or commuter train, in which the mobile transceivers are mounted in train cars and the stationary transceiver is located at a station.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1998Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumitaka Ono, Junichi Sadamatsu, Hitoshi Kubota, Yoshihiro Ashizaki, Koji Kaneko, Akira Kotani, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Yoichi Tenda, Atsushi Tanaka, Kunio Ueda
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Patent number: 5351486Abstract: A charging control apparatus including means for shortening a running-up period of the second turbocharger with an exhaust bypass valve when an instant engine speed is low, so that torque shock during the transition from one-turbocharger-operation to two-turbocharger-operation is decreased. During rapid acceleration at high engine speeds, an exhaust switching valve is opened at once. Further, the reference engine speed and the reference intake air quantity for switching to two-turbocharger-operation are varied in accordance with the gear shift position, so that an optimum switching to two-turbocharger-operation is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 1994Date of Patent: October 4, 1994Assignee: Toyoto Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mamoru Yoshioka, Kunihiko Nakata, Akira Kotani, Makoto Makino
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Patent number: 5313798Abstract: A charging control apparatus including means for shortening a running-up period of the second turbocharger with an exhaust bypass valve when an instant engine speed is low, so that torque shock during the transition from one-turbocharger-operation to two-turbocharger-operation is decreased. During rapid acceleration at high engine speeds, an exhaust switching valve is opened at once. Further, the reference engine speed and the reference intake air quantity for switching to two-turbocharger-operation are varied in accordance with the shift gear position, so that an optimum switching to two-turbocharger-operation is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1992Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mamoru Yoshioka, Kunihiko Nakata, Akira Kotani, Makoto Makino
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Patent number: 4702079Abstract: An intercooler for a supercharger in an internal combustion engine for a vehicle. The intercooler is an air cooled type provided with a pair of tanks which are connected by a core having a plurality of parallel heat exchanger pipes, between which cooling air is passed to cool the air in the pipes. Each heat exchanging pipe is vertically extended. The core has a horizontal elongation in the direction in which the pipes are arranged in juxtaposition which is larger than the vertical elongation in the direction in which each heat exchanger pipe is extended.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1985Date of Patent: October 27, 1987Assignee: Toyota Kidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Taiji Saito, Akira Kotani