Patents by Inventor Atsushi Murakami

Atsushi Murakami 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: 11974380
    Abstract: A scanning light source includes a semiconductor light source and a motor, and scans output light of the semiconductor light source in front of a lamp according to the movement of the motor. A constant current driver supplies a driving current ILED to the semiconductor light source according to a light source control signal. A light source control signal generator generates the light source control signal so as to obtain a light distribution pattern that corresponds to light distribution instruction data. A delay time measurement device measures the delay time required for the transition of the on/off states of the semiconductor light source from the change of the light source control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou Murakami, Atsushi Uesugi, Toshiyuki Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11970750
    Abstract: There is provided a non-oriented electrical steel sheet in which, in a cross section of a base material in a sheet thickness direction, the number density N2-5 of precipitates with an equivalent circle diameter of 50 to 500 nm present in a range of 2.0 to 5.0 ?m from the surface of the base material in the sheet thickness direction is 0.30 pieces/?m2 or less, and the relationship between the number density N2-5 and the number density N0-2 of precipitates with an equivalent circle diameter of 50 to 500 nm present in a range from the surface of the base material to 2.0 ?m satisfies Formula (1): (N2-5)/(N0-2)?0.5??Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobusato Morishige, Takeru Ichie, Masato Yasuda, Masahide Urago, Fuminobu Murakami, Daichi Hamada, Atsushi Shibayama, Kazumi Mizukami, Daisuke Itabashi
  • Publication number: 20240101235
    Abstract: Provided with a weight release device capable of being operated in deep sea same as the conventional weight release device without accompanying a mechanical operation at all to avoid troubles of mechanical operation occurred in the conventional weight release device. The weight release device includes a housing fixed to the underwater observation device; a thread made of thermoplastic resin; electric heater portions; a weight support plate; a locking member of the thread made of the thermoplastic resin; and a ring for hanging the weight. The thread made of the thermoplastic resin is arranged from a start point housed in the housing, arranged to pass through the first electric heater portion, locked to the locking member of the thread made of the thermoplastic resin, arranged to pass through the second electric heater portion housed in the housing, and returned to an end point housed in the housing. The ring for hanging the weight is fixed to a lower surface of the weight support plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuya MIWA, Kazumasa IKEDA, Takahiro KUBOTA, Atsushi ARAI, Yasuyuki MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240096145
    Abstract: A noise generation cause identifying method and a noise generation cause identifying device are provided. A response correcting process corrects a sound signal obtained through a sound signal obtaining process based on obtained model information so that a frequency response of the obtained sound signal approaches a frequency response of a learning sound signal. A variable obtaining process obtains a variable output from a map by inputting the corrected sound signal to the map. A cause identifying process identifies a generation cause of a sound picked up by a microphone using the variable obtained through the variable obtaining process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi TAKEUCHI, Atsushi TABATA, Mitsuo OKUBO, Shingo NORITAKE, Akira MURAKAMI, Ryo YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240077450
    Abstract: A measurement system including a sensor and a measurement device including an insertion port for the sensor, wherein the measurement device measures a measurement target component at the sensor and includes plural terminals contacting the sensor, and the terminals slide on a contact surface of the sensor, the contact surface has a first electrode group on a rear end side and a second electrode group on a distal end side, the plural terminals receive static frictional forces from the contact surface and include a first terminal group contacting the first electrode group on a side closer to the insertion port than a side on which a second terminal group contacting the second electrode group, and a sum of static frictional forces that the first terminal group receives from the contact surface is smaller than a sum of static frictional forces that the second terminal group receives from the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: ARKRAY, Inc.
    Inventors: Gai GO, Atsushi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240069641
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a threshold value control unit. The threshold value control unit controls, on the basis of three-dimensional position information of each of a first finger and a second finger acquired from a detection result of a sensor, a threshold value relating to determination of a gesture using at least one of the first finger and the second finger. As a result, it is possible to perform gesture determination with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: ATSUSHI IRIE, KENJI GOTOH, TETSUO IKEDA, YOHSUKE KAJI, EISUKE FUJINAWA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TADAYOSHI MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11602986
    Abstract: A tank made of resin provided with a barrier layer, which prevents the barrier layer from rolling up and has improved durability. In a tank made of resin that includes a barrier layer provided on an inner surface of a tank body made of resin, an opening part is provided in the barrier layer, a thick part projecting toward an inside or an outside of the tank body is provided in a resin layer at an outer peripheral part of the opening part, and the barrier layer and a casting flange part at a base of an oil filling port tubular part are molded with the resin of the tank body in a state in which the casting flange part is located at the thick part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tabuchi, Ko Kurata, Atsushi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20230014164
    Abstract: A coil spring jig includes a spring support portion where one end of a coil spring is capable of being placed, a plurality of displacement regulating portions extending along an axis of the coil spring from the spring support portion with the coil spring supported by the spring support portion as a reference, capable of abutting against an outer peripheral surface of the coil spring, and regulating displacement of the coil spring in a radial direction of the coil spring, and a lid portion supported by the displacement regulating portions and capable of keeping the coil spring in a compressed state by sandwiching the coil spring together with the spring support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu KAMEDA, Toshihiro OGAWA, Shinji KASATORI, Atsushi MURAKAMI, Hideki KATO, Kenji NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230016208
    Abstract: In a case where the coating film is confirmed to remain in a third step, at least one or more of conditions of the shot peening treatment including a propelling speed of the shot medium, a propelling time of the shot medium, a material of the shot medium, and an average particle diameter of the shot medium are changed and the second step and the third step are repeated until the coating film does not remain In a case where the coating film is not confirmed to remain in the third step, the condition of the shot peening treatment in the second step in which the coil spring is obtained with no remaining coating film is determined as the propelling condition for the shot medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu KAMEDA, Toshihiro OGAWA, Shinji KASATORI, Hideki KATO, Keiichi MAEKAWA, Kentaro TOKITA, Kenji NAGAOKA, Atsushi MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11498503
    Abstract: A vehicle airbag device includes: an inflator configured to generate gas when a first squib and a second squib are fired, respectively; an airbag including a main bag portion configured to inflate and deploy between an occupant seated in a passenger seat and an instrument panel and between the occupant and a windshield when the gas generated by the inflator is supplied into the airbag, and a center bag portion configured to project between the passenger seat and a driver seat from the main bag portion; and a controlling portion configured to control the inflator such that, when a head-on collision occurs, the second squib is fired after the first squib is fired, and when an oblique collision occurs, the second squib is fired after the first squib is fired and at a timing earlier than that when the head-on collision occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hirao, Yasuaki Kosugi, Atsushi Murakami, Ikuo Yamada
  • Patent number: 11396437
    Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking member having a separation unit and an opening portion disposed upstream from the separation unit, a feeding member, and a moving device that includes a slope portion having a slope along which sheets are guided toward the separation unit. The moving device moves the stacking member between a first position where the feeding member and sheets stacked on the stacking member are in contact with each other, and a second position where the feeding member and the sheets are not in contact with each other. When the stacking member is at the first position, the slope portion is disposed at a position lower than the separation unit in a vertical direction. When the stacking member is at the second position, the slope portion is disposed to protrude via the opening portion to be higher than a stacking surface of the stacking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jumpei Nitta, Tatsuo Nishiyama, Atsushi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20200377324
    Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking member having a separation unit and an opening portion disposed upstream from the separation unit, a feeding member, and a moving device that includes a slope portion having a slope along which sheets are guided toward the separation unit. The moving device moves the stacking member between a first position where the feeding member and sheets stacked on the stacking member are in contact with each other, and a second position where the feeding member and the sheets are not in contact with each other. When the stacking member is at the first position, the slope portion is disposed at a position lower than the separation unit in a vertical direction. When the stacking member is at the second position, the slope portion is disposed to protrude via the opening portion to be higher than a stacking surface of the stacking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Jumpei Nitta, Tatsuo Nishiyama, Atsushi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20200339206
    Abstract: A tank made of resin capable of enhancing freedom of a tank shape and improving an ease of installation in a vehicle body. The tank, made of resin is provided with a tubular projection projecting to an inside and, an outside of a wall surface of a tank body that has a barrier layer, and an end edge part of the barrier layer is molded integrally with an outer peripheral resin part of the tubular projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke Tabuchi, Ko Kurata, Atsushi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20200282934
    Abstract: A vehicle airbag device includes: an inflator configured to generate gas when a first squib and a second squib are fired, respectively; an airbag including a main bag portion configured to inflate and deploy between an occupant seated in a passenger seat and an instrument panel and between the occupant and a windshield when the gas generated by the inflator is supplied into the airbag, and a center bag portion configured to project between the passenger seat and a driver seat from the main bag portion; and a controlling portion configured to control the inflator such that, when a head-on collision occurs, the second squib is fired after the first squib is fired, and when an oblique collision occurs, the second squib is fired after the first squib is fired and at a timing earlier than that when the head-on collision occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hirao, Yasuaki Kosugi, Atsushi Murakami, Ikuo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200276900
    Abstract: A tank made of resin provided with a barrier layer, which prevents the barrier layer from rolling up and has improved d urability. In a tank made of resin that includes a barrier layer provided on an inner surface of a tank body made of resin, an opening part is provided in the barrier layer, a thick part projecting toward an inside or an outside of the tank body is provided in a resin layer at an outer peripheral part of the opening part, and the barrier layer and a casting flange part at a base of an oil filling port tubular part are molded with the resin of the tank body in a state in which the casting flange part is located at the thick part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke Tabuchi, Ko Kurata, Atsushi Murakami
  • Patent number: 10737569
    Abstract: A resin-made fuel tank includes: a resin-made fuel tank main body provided by joining an upper half and a lower half; a barrier sheet layer that is provided on an inner surface of the fuel tank main body and that reduces permeation of a fuel from the fuel tank main body; and a front mounting stay and rear mounting stays for mounting the fuel tank main body to a vehicle body. The front mounting stay and the rear mounting stays are provided on the fuel tank main body at positions vertically spaced from an upper joint surface and a lower joint surface at which the upper half and the lower half re joined to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tabuchi, Tomoyuki Matsumura, Yuki Mizukura, Tasuku Yamaguchi, Ko Kurata, Hikaru Yokomura, Keigo Mine, Atsushi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20200220195
    Abstract: A first battery including an electrolyte solution is prepared. The first battery has air bubbles between electrodes. Vibration is applied to the first battery, and thereby a second battery is produced. The vibration has a frequency ranging from 25 Hz to 45 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 10662010
    Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a sheet stacking unit to stack a plurality of sheets, a feeding unit to feed sheets stacked on the sheet stacking unit, a separation unit, and a moving unit provided with at least a first moving member and a second moving member. The separation unit contacts the sheets fed by the feeding unit and separates a sheet from the sheets. The moving unit contacts the first and the second moving members to move a sheet contacting the first and the second moving members to an upstream side in a feeding direction. A leading edge of the sheet is positioned between the separation unit and the feeding unit. When pressed by the sheet, the first and the second moving members are configured to thrust-move independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Murakami, Tomoya Tateishi
  • Patent number: 10538097
    Abstract: An ejection device includes: ejection portions that eject liquids; supply portions that supply the liquids to the ejection portions respectively; a common pressure applying mechanism that applies pressure onto the liquids at the supply portions; and a pressure difference generating mechanism that generates a relative pressure difference between the ejection portions for the liquids to be supplied from the supply portions to the ejection portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Murakami, Masashi Hiratsuka, Masaki Kataoka
  • Patent number: 10407260
    Abstract: A cut-out is provided in a lower guide so as to permit a return claw to move between a retracted position and a protruded position. Furthermore, an upper surface of the return claw positioned in the protruded position functions as a guide portion that guides an underside of a sheet that has been manually fed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Murakami, Daisuke Aoki, Yu Shuhama