Patents by Inventor Atsushi Hattori

Atsushi Hattori 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: 12124071
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes: a light source; a light guide plate arranged to face the light source, having an end surface that light from the light source enters; and an emitting surface from which the entered light is emitted; a reflective plate bonded to a back surface side of the light guide plate via a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive film; and a casing having a front portion and a back portion, the casing configured to store the light source, the light guide plate, and the reflective plate. The backlight unit is configured so that light from the light source is free from entering a space between the low-refractive index layer and the reflective plate, or so that light that has entered the space between the low-refractive index layer and the reflective plate from a light source is free from being emitted from the emitting surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoshikawa, Daisuke Hattori, Ryota Morishima, Atsushi Kishi
  • Patent number: 12053549
    Abstract: Provided is a laxative tablet which includes magnesium oxide as a main constituent, wherein (1) the particle size by volume of 50% (D50) of particles which emerge when the tablet is suspended in water is 70 ?m or less as determined by laser diffractometry, (2) the particle size by volume of 90% (D90) of the particles which emerge when the tablet is suspended in water is 130 ?m or less as determined by laser diffractometry, and (3) the dissolution time of the tablet when the tablet is suspended in water according to the Japanese Pharmacopoeia—general testing methods—dissolution testing methods is 10 seconds or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SETOLAS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Atsushi Hattori
  • Patent number: 12044880
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes: a light source; a light guide plate having an end surface that is arranged to face the light source, and that light from the light source enters, and an emitting surface from which the entered light is emitted; a casing having a front portion and a back portion, the casing being configured to store the light source and the light guide plate; and an optical pressure-sensitive adhesive film arranged between the front portion of the casing on a light source side and the light guide plate, the optical pressure-sensitive adhesive film being bonded to the light guide plate. The optical pressure-sensitive adhesive film includes a light-absorbing layer, a substrate, a low-refractive index layer, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in the stated order from a front portion side of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Hattori, Takahiro Yoshikawa, Ryota Morishima, Atsushi Kishi
  • Publication number: 20240173511
    Abstract: A box body includes a lower wall, and a side wall and a side wall that are arranged with a space therebetween in which a humidification chamber is capable of being disposed. A cover includes an upper wall having a plate shape and a side wall connected to the upper wall and rotatably connected to the side wall. The humidification chamber includes a main body and a tubular body. The main body stores liquid and has a box shape that is open upward, and the main body includes a chamber side wall and a chamber side wall. The tubular body is mounted on the main body, passes through the chamber side wall, and partially protrudes outside. The humidification chamber is accommodated in the box body with the side wall and the chamber side wall facing one another and with the side wall and the chamber side wall facing one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Atsushi HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20240168071
    Abstract: In a dielectric characteristic measurement method, a step of mounting a sample of which dielectric characteristic is measured on an open resonator and adjusting a position of the sample includes: a first measurement step for performing a first resonance measurement by sweeping a predetermined sweep frequency range at a first number of measurement points; and a second and subsequent measurement steps for performing a plurality times of resonance measurement following the first resonance measurement, wherein each of the plurality times of resonance measurement is performed by sweeping a sweep frequency range specified based on an immediately preceding resonance measurement at a second number of the measurement points which is less than the first number of the measurement points, and the sweep frequency range of a second resonance measurement in the plurality times of resonance measurement is specified based on the first resonance measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki YANAGIMOTO, Atsushi HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20230338696
    Abstract: A CPAP apparatus includes a blower and a humidifying tank. The humidifying tank includes a first passage, a second passage, a flow-dividing section, and a facing section. When an inlet IH is defined as an opening of the first passage on the inner space side, the flow-dividing section faces the inlet. The facing section extends toward a bottom wall from an outer peripheral surface of the first passage. When seen along a vertical axis that is a specific axis that intersects the bottom wall, the facing section includes a part that overlaps the inlet. The facing section faces the flow-dividing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi HATTORI, Hsing KENGHUA
  • Publication number: 20230338679
    Abstract: A humidifying tank of a CPAP apparatus includes a first passage, a second passage, a flow-dividing section, and a shielding section. An inlet is defined as an opening of the first passage on an inner space side, an outlet is defined as an opening of the second passage on the inner space side, and a vertical axis is defined as a specific axis that intersects a bottom wall. As seen in a direction along the vertical axis, an opening center of the outlet is located so as to be displaced relative to an imaginary axis that passes through an opening center of the inlet and that is parallel to a direction in which the inlet faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi HATTORI, Hsing KENGHUA
  • Publication number: 20230338695
    Abstract: A CPAP apparatus includes a blower and a humidifying tank having an inner space that is capable of storing water. The humidifying tank includes a bottom wall, a side wall, and a top wall. The humidifying tank includes a first passage through which the blower communicates with the inner space and a second passage through which the inner space communicates with a portion that is outside of the humidifying tank and that is different from the blower. When an inlet is defined as an opening of the first passage on the humidifying tank side, an outlet is defined as an opening of the second passage on the humidifying tank side, and an imaginary line segment is imagined to connect the inlet and the outlet along a shortest distance, the CPAP apparatus includes a shielding section that intersects the imaginary line segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi HATTORI, Hsing KENGHUA
  • Patent number: 11637032
    Abstract: A tape expanding apparatus for expanding an expandable tape of a frame unit in which a workpiece is supported through the expandable tape to an annular frame includes a frame holding unit for holding the annular frame, a chuck table surrounded by the frame holding unit and having a holding surface for holding the workpiece through the expandable tape, and a position adjusting unit for adjusting a position of the workpiece with respect to the holding surface. The position adjusting unit includes a position detecting unit for detecting the position of the workpiece held on the holding surface and a position control unit having an abutting unit adapted to abut against an outer circumference of the annular frame supported by the frame holding unit and a moving mechanism for moving the abutting unit according to the position of the workpiece detected by the position detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Hattori
  • Publication number: 20230030885
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, air passing through the inside of a humidifier is readily humidified. The humidifier includes a water chamber having a first circulation opening and a second circulation opening for allowing air to circulate. An outlet baffle that covers at least part of the second circulation opening from below is provided on an inner surface of a top cover of the water chamber. A third circulation opening is formed by the outlet baffle. The direction in which the third circulation opening opens intersects the direction in which the first circulation opening opens. A baffle protrudes from the inner surface of the top cover. The baffle is located on a straight path between the third circulation opening and the first circulation opening and extends in a direction that intersects the straight path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: ATSUSHI HATTORI, Ken SHIN, Yuzo HIGASHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230028015
    Abstract: A blower of a CPAP device is housed inside a main body case of a CPAP device. The blower is roughly divided into a fan unit housing a fan therein, and a delivery tube, through which air sent from the fan passes. In the main body case, a first support member, a second support member, and a third support member are interposed between the main body case and the fan unit to support the fan unit. When viewed from a rotation axis of the fan, the first support member and the second support member are disposed to pinch the blower on the side of a connection point between the fan unit and the delivery tube relative to the rotation axis, and the third support member is located on the opposite side to the connection point between the fan unit and the delivery tube relative to the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki MAEDA, Atsushi HATTORI, Yoshio YAMANAKA, Yoshiro KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20220339395
    Abstract: An insertion-ejection opening opens in a housing case body of a housing case. A tank is inserted into and ejected from a housing space of the housing case body through the insertion-ejection opening of the housing case body. A portion of an upper-side internal surface of the housing case body forms a case slant surface slanted relative to a surface that is perpendicular to a height direction. In addition, the case slant surface faces toward a side of the insertion-ejection opening. A second discharge opening opens in the case slant surface. A portion of an external surface of the tank forms a tank slant surface slanted relative to the surface that is perpendicular to the height direction. A discharge tank aperture opens in the tank slant surface. In a state in which the tank is housed in the housing case body, the tank slant surface faces the case slant surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Atsushi HATTORI
  • Patent number: 11323799
    Abstract: A supporter for use in an electroacoustic transducer device including a housing and an electroacoustic transducer mounted to the housing using the supporter, the supporter including: a truncated conical shaped body including: a first portion configured to be held in contact with the electroacoustic transducer at a first position; and a second portion configured to be held in contact with the housing at a second position, wherein the second position is disposed spaced from the first position along an axial direction of an axis of the truncated conical shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Tsuchihashi, Satoshi Gougi, Atsushi Hattori, Kazuhiko Nishizawa, Akira Miki
  • Publication number: 20210401754
    Abstract: Provided is a laxative tablet which includes magnesium oxide as a main constituent, wherein (1) the particle size by volume of 50% (D50) of particles which emerge when the tablet is suspended in water is 70 ?m or less as determined by laser diffractometry, (2) the particle size by volume of 90% (D90) of the particles which emerge when the tablet is suspended in water is 130 ?m or less as determined by laser diffractometry, and (3) the dissolution time of the tablet when the tablet is suspended in water according to the Japanese Pharmacopoeia—general testing methods—dissolution testing methods is 10 seconds or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi Hattori
  • Publication number: 20210136486
    Abstract: A supporter for use in an electroacoustic transducer device including a housing and an electroacoustic transducer mounted to the housing using the supporter, the supporter including: a truncated conical shaped body including: a first portion configured to be held in contact with the electroacoustic transducer at a first position; and a second portion configured to be held in contact with the housing at a second position, wherein the second position is disposed spaced from the first position along an axial direction of an axis of the truncated conical shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Yu TSUCHIHASHI, Satoshi GOUGI, Atsushi HATTORI, Kazuhiko NISHIZAWA, Akira MIKI
  • Publication number: 20200137473
    Abstract: A microphone includes: a housing; a microphone unit that outputs a sound signal disposed in the housing; an elastic member mounted to the microphone unit; and a weight member mounted to the elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yu TSUCHIHASHI, Satoshi GOUGI, Atsushi HATTORI, Kazuhiko NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190385888
    Abstract: A tape expanding apparatus for expanding an expandable tape of a frame unit in which a workpiece is supported through the expandable tape to an annular frame includes a frame holding unit for holding the annular frame, a chuck table surrounded by the frame holding unit and having a holding surface for holding the workpiece through the expandable tape, and a position adjusting unit for adjusting a position of the workpiece with respect to the holding surface. The position adjusting unit includes a position detecting unit for detecting the position of the workpiece held on the holding surface and a position control unit having an abutting unit adapted to abut against an outer circumference of the annular frame supported by the frame holding unit and a moving mechanism for moving the abutting unit according to the position of the workpiece detected by the position detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Atsushi HATTORI
  • Patent number: D981879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Iwamoto, Ryohei Kanno, Atsushi Hattori, Junsuke Yasuno, Takaharu Imura
  • Patent number: D986075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Iwamoto, Ryohei Kanno, Atsushi Hattori, Junsuke Yasuno, Takaharu Imura
  • Patent number: D1001657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Iwamoto, Ryohei Kanno, Atsushi Hattori, Junsuke Yasuno, Takaharu Imura