Patents by Inventor Akira Mizuno
Akira Mizuno 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: 20200262262Abstract: A vehicle includes: N (N is an integer equal to or larger than 3) wheels including a pair of wheels spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the vehicle and a steered wheel turnable to right and left relative to the vehicle body; operation input unit to be operated to input a steering direction of the steered wheel; lean mechanism for leaning the vehicle body in its width direction; and lean control unit for controlling the lean mechanism. Lean control unit controls the lean mechanism so that vehicle body leans toward the steering direction side in response to an input into the operation input unit. Vehicle includes detector for detecting a force that changes a lean angle of the vehicle body. Lean control unit causes the lean mechanism to generate a torque that produces a force in a direction opposite to a force detected by the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Keizo ARAKI, Akira MIZUNO, Shoji YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20200231200Abstract: A vehicle according to the present invention includes: a vehicle body provided with three or more wheels including at least a steered wheel and a pair of wheels arranged in the vehicle width direction; an inclining part that inclines the vehicle body; an input member that is turned to input a turning direction; an input shaft that transmits the turning of the input member; a steering shaft that is turned to steer the steered wheel and is turnable irrespective of the turning operation of the input member; and a connection mechanism (spring (80), etc.) that connects the input shaft and the steering shaft with a fastening force allowing the steering angle of the wheel to follow the turning direction determined by inclination of the vehicle body and allowing for torque transmission from the steering shaft to the input shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Keizo ARAKI, Akira MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20200108861Abstract: A vehicle small in width and capable of ensuring both driving stability and drivability includes: a vehicle body with two or more wheels including steered wheels (right front wheel, left front wheel) for steering; an inclination angle detection part that detects the inclination angle of the vehicle body about a roll axis thereof; and a torque applying part (turning mechanism) that applies a steering torque to the steered wheels in accordance with an inclination angular velocity or an inclination angular acceleration of the vehicle body calculated from the inclination angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Keizo ARAKI, Akira MIZUNO, Shota KUBO
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Patent number: 10597078Abstract: A vehicle is configured to travel, when a vehicle velocity is within a velocity range from not less than a first velocity of at least zero to not more than a second velocity larger than the first velocity, in a mode in which a vehicle body is leaned by a lean mechanism according to an input into an operation input unit, and a wheel angle of a turn wheel changes following a lean of the vehicle body. A natural frequency of roll oscillation of the vehicle body is either within a range of smaller than a reference frequency or within a range of larger than the reference frequency, the reference frequency being a frequency at which oscillation of the wheel angle of the turn wheel has phase delay of 90 degrees relative to the roll oscillation of the vehicle body in its width direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Suda, Jeffrey Too Chuan Tan, Hiroki Arakawa, Keizo Araki, Akira Mizuno
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Patent number: 10526033Abstract: The vehicle includes: a vehicle body rotatable about a roll axis; one or more front wheels; a front wheel support supporting the one or more front wheels turnably to a turning direction about a turning axis; one or more rear wheels; an operation input unit to be operated to input a turning direction; a lean angle changing unit for changing a lean angle of the vehicle body in a vehicle width direction about a lean axis different from the roll axis; and a lean control unit for controlling the lean angle changing unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Munehisa Horiguchi, Akira Mizuno
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Publication number: 20200000913Abstract: A plasma activated ophthalmic solution generating device operable to generate a therapeutic ophthalmic solution for curing epidemic keratoconjunctivitis includes a plasma generating electrode operable to generate a plasma activated ophthalmic solution for epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, wherein the plasma generating electrode is arranged surrounding an insert space where a unit dose ophthalmic eyedrop container with a container body, which seals a certain solution in a sterile state, is inserted; a power supply unit; and a high voltage generating unit, which is connected to the power supply unit, operable to be supplied with power source from the power supply unit and to apply high voltage electric current to the plasma generating electrode. This configuration makes it possible to provide a novel and effective therapeutic ophthalmic solution for epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: CSP Advanced Solutions Inc.Inventors: Masahiko Kobayashi, Masayuki Takasu, Akira Mizuno
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Publication number: 20180290684Abstract: A vehicle is configured to travel, when a vehicle velocity is within a velocity range from not less than a first velocity of at least zero to not more than a second velocity larger than the first velocity, in a mode in which a vehicle body is leaned by a lean mechanism according to an input into an operation input unit, and a wheel angle of a turn wheel changes following a lean of the vehicle body. A natural frequency of roll oscillation of the vehicle body is either within a range of smaller than a reference frequency or within a range of larger than the reference frequency, the reference frequency being a frequency at which oscillation of the wheel angle of the turn wheel has phase delay of 90 degrees relative to the roll oscillation of the vehicle body in its width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro SUDA, Jeffrey Too Chuan TAN, Hiroki ARAKAWA, Keizo ARAKI, Akira MIZUNO
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Patent number: 10095059Abstract: The LCD module according to the present disclosure includes a liquid crystal cell and a mold frame accommodating the liquid crystal cell. The mold frame includes a support supporting the liquid crystal cell in a thickness direction of the liquid crystal cell and a guide for limiting movement of the liquid crystal cell in a planar direction of the liquid crystal cell. The guide includes a corner-part guide disposed to face a corner part on the corner part of at least one side of the liquid crystal cell, and an inner-part guide facing an inner part being a part of the side other than the corner part, and being adjacent to the corner-part guide with distance. A gap between the liquid crystal cell and the corner-part guide is larger than a gap between the liquid crystal cell and the inner-part guide.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyotaka Nakase, Hideki Kasamatsu, Akira Mizuno, Yasunori Miura
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Publication number: 20180281886Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle body; three or more wheels; an operation input unit to be operated to input a turning direction; and a lean mechanism for leaning the vehicle body in its width direction. Within at least partial range of vehicle velocity, the vehicle is configured to travel in a mode in which the vehicle body is leaned by the lean mechanism according to an input into the operation input unit, and a steering angle of a steered wheel changes following a lean of the vehicle body. And, the vehicle includes a changing device for changing a turn resistance force acting between the vehicle body and the steered wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira MIZUNO, Keizo ARAKI
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Patent number: 10082453Abstract: An airborne microbial measurement apparatus and a measurement method thereof are provided. An airborne microbial measurement apparatus according to an embodiment includes a discharge apparatus including a discharge electrode and a voltage supply unit applying a high voltage to the discharge electrode. A substrate is provided to a side of the discharge apparatus to collect an airborne microbe from air by a high voltage applied to the discharge electrode. A reagent injection apparatus supplies a dyeing reagent to the microbe collected on the substrate or a DNA of the microbe. A light emission measurement apparatus senses a quantity of light generated from the DNA to which the dyeing reagent is supplied. The discharge apparatus includes a controller controlling the voltage supply unit so that the voltage is applied to collect the airborne microbe or destroy an external wall of the collected airborne microbe.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignees: LG ELECTRONICS INC., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Chulwoo Park, Sunghwa Lee, Akira Mizuno, Kazunori Takashima, Hirofumi Kurita, Hachiro Yasuda
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Patent number: 10066199Abstract: An exogenous substance transfer apparatus that introduces an exogenous substance into a small amount of cells by electrical action and a method for manufacturing exogenous substance-bearing cells at low cost are provided. In the introducing an exogenous substance like a gene into a cell, a cell suspension liquid that contains the cell and the exogenous substance is supplied to a container through an opening portion in an amount that is prepared such that a liquid droplet that is formed will not come into contact with a pair of electrodes simultaneously. The liquid droplet is formed in an oil stored in the container, without the cell suspension liquid mixing with the oil. When a direct current voltage is supplied to the electrodes from a power supply, the liquid droplet moves there-between, and the exogenous substance is introduced into the cell within the liquid droplet by electrical action.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Akira Mizuno, Rika Numano, Hirofumi Kurita
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Patent number: 10040478Abstract: A vehicle body having three or more wheels including at least a steered wheel with a trail and a pair of wheels provided in the vehicle width direction; an operation input part inputting a turning direction; an inclining part inclining the body; and a steered wheel controller controlling the steered wheel steering angle. When the vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined speed, it travels in a first mode in which the steered wheel controller controls the steered wheel steering angle according to an operation input part input, and the inclining part inclines the body according to an operation input part input. When the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the predetermined speed, it travels in a second mode in which the steered wheel controller makes the steered wheel freely turnable, and the inclining part inclines the body according to an input from the operation input part.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Munehisa Horiguchi, Akira Mizuno, Masaki Okada, Hitoshi Kamiya
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Patent number: 9988959Abstract: Particulate matter in exhaust is treated with a novel configuration. An exhaust purifying apparatus of the present invention includes a flow generating device and a treatment device. The flow generating device includes a discharge electrode arranged inside of a tubular outer shell forming a flow passage in which exhaust containing the particulate matter flows. The discharge electrode is configured to generate the flow of the particulate matter from the discharge electrode side to the outer shell side by voltage application. The treatment device includes a space defining member and a treatment electrode. The space defining member is arranged between the discharge electrode and the outer shell to define a treatment space between the outer shell and the space defining member, and is configured to allow the inflow of the particulate matter into the space. Upon treating the particulate matter, the voltage application is performed to the treatment electrode.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Sugimoto, Akira Mizuno
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Publication number: 20180147792Abstract: In a device for manufacturing a filament three-dimensional bonded member includes: a molten filament supply device which supplies a plurality of molten filaments; a three-dimensional structure formation device which receives and then cools and solidifies the molten filaments so as to form a filament three-dimensional bonded member; and a controller which controls the molten filament supply device and the three-dimensional structure formation device, a hardness index measurement device is provided which measures the hardness index of the filament three-dimensional bonded member that is brought into a cooled state by the three-dimensional structure formation device, and the controller uses the information of the measurement of the hardness index measurement device that is fed back and thereby performs feedback control on at least one of the molten filament supply device and the three-dimensional structure formation device so as to reduce a variation in the hardness of the formed filament three-dimensional bondeType: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: airweave inc.Inventors: Masakazu KOJIMA, Masashi FUCHIGAMI, Narutaka MAKINO, Akira MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20180148118Abstract: The vehicle includes: a vehicle body rotatable about a roll axis; one or more front wheels; a front wheel support supporting the one or more front wheels turnably to a turning direction about a turning axis; one or more rear wheels; an operation input unit to be operated to input a turning direction; a lean angle changing unit for changing a lean angle of the vehicle body in a vehicle width direction about a lean axis different from the roll axis; and a lean control unit for controlling the lean angle changing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Munehisa HORIGUCHI, Akira MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20170291637Abstract: A vehicle body having three or more wheels including at least a steered wheel with a trail and a pair of wheels provided in the vehicle width direction; an operation input part inputting a turning direction; an inclining part inclining the body; and a steered wheel controller controlling the steered wheel steering angle. When the vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined speed, it travels in a first mode in which the steered wheel controller controls the steered wheel steering angle according to an operation input part input, and the inclining part inclines the body according to an operation input part input. When the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the predetermined speed, it travels in a second mode in which the steered wheel controller makes the steered wheel freely turnable, and the inclining part inclines the body according to an input from the operation input part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2016Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Munehisa HORIGUCHI, Akira MIZUNO, Masaki OKADA, Hitoshi KAMIYA
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Publication number: 20170131588Abstract: The LCD module according to the present disclosure includes a liquid crystal cell and a mold frame accommodating the liquid crystal cell. The mold frame includes a support supporting the liquid crystal cell in a thickness direction of the liquid crystal cell and a guide for limiting movement of the liquid crystal cell in a planar direction of the liquid crystal cell. The guide includes a corner-part guide disposed to face a corner part on the corner part of at least one side of the liquid crystal cell, and an inner-part guide facing an inner part being a part of the side other than the corner part, and being adjacent to the corner-part guide with distance. A gap between the liquid crystal cell and the corner-part guide is larger than a gap between the liquid crystal cell and the inner-part guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: KIYOTAKA NAKASE, HIDEKI KASAMATSU, AKIRA MIZUNO, YASUNORI MIURA
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Publication number: 20170016811Abstract: An airborne microbial measurement apparatus and a measurement method thereof are provided. An airborne microbial measurement apparatus according to an embodiment includes a discharge apparatus including a discharge electrode and a voltage supply unit applying a high voltage to the discharge electrode. A substrate is provided to a side of the discharge apparatus to collect an airborne microbe from air by a high voltage applied to the discharge electrode. A reagent injection apparatus supplies a dyeing reagent to the microbe collected on the substrate or a DNA of the microbe. A light emission measurement apparatus senses a quantity of light generated from the DNA to which the dyeing reagent is supplied. The discharge apparatus includes a controller controlling the voltage supply unit so that the voltage is applied to collect the airborne microbe or destroy an external wall of the collected airborne microbe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Chulwoo PARK, Sunghwa LEE, Akira MIZUNO, Kazunori TAKASHIMA, Hirofumi KURITA, Hachiro YASUDA
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Publication number: 20160341086Abstract: Particulate matter in exhaust is treated with a novel configuration. An exhaust purifying apparatus of the present invention includes a flow generating device and a treatment device. The flow generating device includes a discharge electrode arranged inside of a tubular outer shell forming a flow passage in which exhaust containing the particulate matter flows. The discharge electrode is configured to generate the flow of the particulate matter from the discharge electrode side to the outer shell side by voltage application. The treatment device includes a space defining member and a treatment electrode. The space defining member is arranged between the discharge electrode and the outer shell to define a treatment space between the outer shell and the space defining member, and is configured to allow the inflow of the particulate matter into the space. Upon treating the particulate matter, the voltage application is performed to the treatment electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro SUGIMOTO, Akira MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20150368604Abstract: An exogenous substance transfer apparatus that introduces an exogenous substance into a small amount of cells efficiently and at low cost by electrical action and a method for manufacturing an exogenous substance-bearing cell that is able to manufacture many kinds of exogenous substance-bearing cells at low cost are provided. In the introducing of an exogenous substance such as a gene or the like into a cell, a cell suspension liquid that contains the cell and the exogenous substance is supplied to a container (2) through an opening portion (17). The cell suspension liquid is supplied to the container (2) in an amount that is prepared such that a liquid droplet (W) that is formed will not come into contact with a pair of electrodes (5a, 5b) at the same time. The liquid droplet (W) is formed in an oil (6) that is stored in the container (2), without the cell suspension liquid mixing with the oil (6). The liquid droplet (W) is disposed between the electrodes (5a, 5b).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Akira MIZUNO, Rika NUMANO, Hirofumi KURITA