Patents by Inventor Akira Nakano

Akira Nakano 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).

  • Patent number: 10616058
    Abstract: [Problem] To smoothly update configuration data comprising: fixed data set to a server by an administrator; and data rewritable by a user at a terminal. [Solution] A terminal device having a storage unit that stores configuration data, and a first and a second provisioning server are connected over a network. The terminal device includes an operation unit for rewriting variable data, which is a part of the plurality of configuration data. The first provisioning server stores all the configuration data. The second provisioning server stores fixed data, which is the plurality of configuration data excluding the variable data. The terminal device accesses the first provisioning server in an initial state in order to obtain all the configuration data and store the same in the storage unit. The configured terminal device accesses the second provisioning server in order to obtain the fixed configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ICOM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Akira Nakano, Yuma Oda
  • Patent number: 10584799
    Abstract: In a pressure reduction valve device, a valve body and a distal end portion of a support member are accommodated in a valve accommodation hole of a body. The distal end portion is inserted through an urging member accommodation hole. An inner introduction passage is formed between an outer peripheral surface of the distal end portion and an inner peripheral surface of the urging member accommodation hole. An outer introduction passage is formed between an outer surface of the valve body and an inner surface of the valve accommodation hole. The support member is provided with communication holes that establish communication between a gas inlet provided through the body and the valve accommodation hole in an axial direction. The inner introduction passage and the outer introduction passage are opposed, in an axial direction thereof, to the communication passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Kubo, Masayuki Sekine, Akira Nakano, Shota Yamamoto, Yutaka Hotta, Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10534379
    Abstract: A pressure reducing valve includes a body, an annular valve seat, a valve element, and a pressing mechanism configured to press the valve element. The pressing mechanism includes a plug provided downstream of the valve seat and having a plug hole, and a pin including a sliding portion and an upstream end, the sliding portion having a shaft shape and being inserted in the plug hole such that a gap is provided between the sliding portion and an inner peripheral surface of the plug hole, and the upstream end being provided upstream of the sliding portion so as to contact the valve element. A fitting length of the sliding portion with respect to the plug hole and the gap between the sliding portion and the plug hole satisfy 0.0005 L<C<0.00908 L, where L indicates the fitting length, and C indicates the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, SOKEN, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Sugiyama, Koji Nishi, Akira Nakano, Yutaka Hotta, Akira Yamashita, Shota Yamamoto, Yasushi Mitsuishi
  • Publication number: 20190316698
    Abstract: A pressure reducing valve includes: a housing having an input port, an input channel connected to the input port, a pressure reducing chamber connected to the input channel, a delivery channel connected to the pressure reducing chamber, an output channel and an auxiliary channel branched off from the delivery channel, an output port connected to the output channel, and an auxiliary port connected to the auxiliary channel; and a valve mechanism which is provided inside the pressure reducing chamber connected to the delivery channel and of which the amount of opening is changed to regulate the pressure inside the pressure reducing chamber. Centerlines of the delivery channel, the output channel, and the auxiliary channel are arranged in the same plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Kubo, Akira Nakano, Yuya Kihara, Yutaka Hotta, Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10397769
    Abstract: [Problem] To conduct a process of moving a designated communication terminal belonging to a first communication system so as to belong to a second communication system without errors. [Solution] A management device is provided, which deletes information on a communication terminal of a first configuration device and then adds information of the communication terminal to the second configuration device. The management device is provided with an interface unit and a control unit. The interface unit obtains a first configuration file which stores a configuration data on a communication terminal belonging to a first communication system, and a second configuration file which stores a configuration data on a communication terminal belonging to a second communication system. The control unit deletes a configuration data of a designated communication terminal from the obtained first configuration file, and adds a configuration data of the designated communication terminal to the obtained second configuration file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: ICOM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Akira Nakano, Yuma Oda
  • Publication number: 20190191082
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to detect a positional shift amount of each of a plurality of images; select a composite target image from the plurality of images based on the detected positional shift amount; and obtain a composite image based on the positional shift amount and the selected composite target image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Uehara, Masakazu Terauchi, Masashi Miyata, Hiroshi Kano, Akira Nakano, Takeyoshi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20190072988
    Abstract: A pressure reducing valve includes a body, an annular valve seat, a valve element, and a pressing mechanism configured to press the valve element. The pressing mechanism includes a plug provided downstream of the valve seat and having a plug hole, and a pin including a sliding portion and an upstream end, the sliding portion having a shaft shape and being inserted in the plug hole such that a gap is provided between the sliding portion and an inner peripheral surface of the plug hole, and the upstream end being provided upstream of the sliding portion so as to contact the valve element. A fitting length of the sliding portion with respect to the plug hole and the gap between the sliding portion and the plug hole satisfy 0.0005 L<C<0.00908 L, where L indicates the fitting length, and C indicates the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicants: JTEKT Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa SUGIYAMA, Koji Nishi, Akira Nakano, Yutaka Hotta, Akira Yamashita, Shota Yamamoto, Yasushi Mitsuishi
  • Patent number: 10129479
    Abstract: In a photographing apparatus, a low-pass selector controller (processor) is configured to perform a plurality of photographing operations including an LPF-ON photographing operation, which obtains an image signal from an image sensor in a state where the image sensor has been LPF driven by the image-shake correction device (driver) and obtains an optical low-pass filter effect, and an LPF-OFF photographing operation, which obtains an image signal from the image sensor in a state where the image sensor has not been LPF driven by the image-shake correction device (driver) and does not obtain an optical low-pass filter effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Muramatsu, Koichi Akiyama, Akira Nakano
  • Publication number: 20180324037
    Abstract: [Problem] To smoothly update configuration data comprising: fixed data set to a server by an administrator; and data rewritable by a user at a terminal. [Solution] A terminal device having a storage unit that stores configuration data, and a first and a second provisioning server are connected over a network. The terminal device includes an operation unit for rewriting variable data, which is a part of the plurality of configuration data. The first provisioning server stores all the configuration data. The second provisioning server stores fixed data, which is the plurality of configuration data excluding the variable data. The terminal device accesses the first provisioning server in an initial state in order to obtain all the configuration data and store the same in the storage unit. The configured terminal device accesses the second provisioning server in order to obtain the fixed configuration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Akira NAKANO, Yuma ODA
  • Publication number: 20180279114
    Abstract: [Problem] To conduct a process of moving a designated communication terminal belonging to a first communication system so as to belong to a second communication system without errors. [Solution] A management device is provided, which deletes information on a communication terminal of a first configuration device and then adds information of the communication terminal to the second configuration device. The management device is provided with an interface unit and a control unit. The interface unit obtains a first configuration file which stores a configuration data on a communication terminal belonging to a first communication system, and a second configuration file which stores a configuration data on a communication terminal belonging to a second communication system. The control unit deletes a configuration data of a designated communication terminal from the obtained first configuration file, and adds a configuration data of the designated communication terminal to the obtained second configuration file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Akira NAKANO, Yuma ODA
  • Publication number: 20180249309
    Abstract: [Problem] A data update system of the present invention allows a user to update a data of a server while security of the server is maintained. [Solution] The present invention is provided with a main server for storing a configuration data, a terminal device to which update data for updating a part of or whole of the configuration data is input, a remote configuration device for communicating with the terminal device for receiving and storing the update data input to the terminal device, and a communication server for communicating with the main server and the remote configuration device. The remote configuration device transmits the update data received from the terminal device to the communication server. The communication server updates the configuration data stored in the main server with the update data received from the remote configuration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Akira NAKANO, Yuma ODA
  • Patent number: 10006559
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a body including a gas passage through which gas flows and an accommodation recess that communicates with the gas passage; a valve mechanism that controls flow of the gas flowing through the gas passage; and a cover fixed to the body such that the cover covers the accommodation recess. In the valve device, the cover includes a cover recess that opens toward the accommodation recess, and the valve mechanism is assembled to the body such that the valve mechanism is accommodated in the accommodation recess with a portion of the valve mechanism protruding from the accommodation recess and the portion of the valve mechanism is accommodated in the cover recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Kubo, Akira Nakano, Shusuke Inagi, Akira Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20180136672
    Abstract: A pressure reducing valve device includes a first body; a second body; a valve mechanism accommodated in the first body, and including a valve seat and a valve element; and a piston that is accommodated in the second body, defines a pressure reducing chamber, and is configured to move in accordance with a pressure in the pressure reducing chamber so as to move the valve element. The first body is connected to an inner portion of a connection portion having a bottomed cylindrical shape. The connection portion is provided in the second bods to protrude outward. The valve seat is held between the first body and the second body in a direction in which the first body and the second body are attached to each other such that the valve seat is fixed in a flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira NAKANO, Toshikatsu KUBO, Shota YAMAMATO, Akira YAMASHITA, Yutaka HOTTA, Eiji OKAWACHI
  • Publication number: 20180087682
    Abstract: In a pressure reduction valve device, a valve body and a distal end portion of a support member are accommodated in a valve accommodation hole of a body. The distal end portion is inserted through an urging member accommodation hole. An inner introduction passage is formed between an outer peripheral surface of the distal end portion and an inner peripheral surface of the urging member accommodation hole. An outer introduction passage is formed between an outer surface of the valve body and an inner surface of the valve accommodation hole. The support member is provided with communication holes that establish communication between a gas inlet provided through the body and the valve accommodation hole in an axial direction. The inner introduction passage and the outer introduction passage are opposed, in an axial direction thereof, to the communication passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshikatsu KUBO, Masayuki SEKINE, Akira NAKANO, Shota YAMAMOTO, Yutaka HOTTA, Akira YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 9927817
    Abstract: A throttle valve includes a throttle valve element; a support member that supports the throttle valve element, the support member including a valve element support portion, and a shaft portion that is connected to the valve element support portion, the shaft portion having a gas passage and an inlet port; a mounting member that mounts the support member in a throttle valve flow passage; a filter that is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion to cover the inlet port, in a space whose axial length is defined by the shaft portion and the mounting member; and gaskets that are respectively disposed between one axial end of the filter and the mounting member and between the other axial end of the filter and the shaft portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Nakamura, Akira Nakano, Shusuke Inagi, Akira Yamashita, Masaaki Kondo
  • Patent number: 9745973
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a closed vessel for storing lubricating oil, an electric-driving element, and a compressing element driven by the electric-driving element. The compressing element includes a cylinder block forming a compression chamber, a piton that reciprocates inside the compression chamber, and an oiling device for supplying the lubricating oil to an outer circumference of the piston. A first oil groove is concavely formed on the outer circumference of the piston, and a second oil groove is concavely formed on a side opposite to the compression chamber relative to the first oil groove. The second oil groove has a spatial volume same or greater than that of the first oil groove. An expanded clearance portion is provided such that a clearance between the piston and the cylindrical hole portion broadens from a top dead point to a bottom dead point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ko Inagaki, Akira Nakano, Yoshinori Ishida, Ichiro Morita
  • Patent number: 9670879
    Abstract: A valve apparatus includes a body with a supply passage for gas and a solenoid valve housed in the body. The solenoid valve includes a tubular sleeve internally having a flow passage leading to the supply passage, and a valve element and a valve seat that open and close the flow passage. The solenoid valve includes a driving portion that opens and closes the valve element. A seal member is disposed between an outer wall of the sleeve and an inner wall of the body. A tip of the sleeve on a downstream side of the valve element is exposed from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Nakano, Toshihiko Shima, Akio Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Takeuchi, Tomoya Noda, Mutsuo Henmi
  • Publication number: 20170019599
    Abstract: In a photographing apparatus, a low-pass selector controller (processor) is configured to perform a plurality of photographing operations including an LPF-ON photographing operation, which obtains an image signal from an image sensor in a state where the image sensor has been LPF driven by the image-shake correction device (driver) and obtains an optical low-pass filter effect, and an LPF-OFF photographing operation, which obtains an image signal from the image sensor in a state where the image sensor has not been LPF driven by the image-shake correction device (driver) and does not obtain an optical low-pass filter effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi MURAMATSU, Koichi AKIYAMA, Akira NAKANO
  • Patent number: 9512504
    Abstract: Provided are a method for producing sodium tungstate by supplying an oxidant made of sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite to bring a tungsten containing material and the oxidant into contact with each other in an atmosphere containing oxygen to thereby continuously produce a reaction product; a method for collecting tungsten using the method; and an apparatus for producing sodium tungstate. Also provided are a method for producing a sodium tungstate aqueous solution in which a reductant is introduced into a melt containing the above-described reaction product which is then dissolved in water; and a method for collecting tungsten using the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: A.L.M.T Corp., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP., Sumitomo ELectric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Kazuo Sasaya, Takayuki Fudo, Akira Nakano, Syunsuke Yamanaka, Takahisa Iguchi, Fumiatsu Sato, Akihiko Ikegaya
  • Publication number: 20160116918
    Abstract: A throttle valve includes a throttle valve element; a support member that supports the throttle valve element, the support member including a valve element support portion, and a shaft portion that is connected to the valve element support portion, the shaft portion having a gas passage and an inlet port; a mounting member that mounts the support member in a throttle valve flow passage; a filter that is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion to cover the inlet port, in a space whose axial length is defined by the shaft portion and the mounting member; and gaskets that are respectively disposed between one axial end of the filter and the mounting member and between the other axial end of the filter and the shaft portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Akio NAKAMURA, Akira NAKANO, Shusuke INAGI, Akira YAMASHITA, Masaaki KONDO