Patents by Inventor Atsushi Nishimura

Atsushi Nishimura 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).

  • Publication number: 20240124244
    Abstract: A conveying roller, a conveyor device, and an inclined conveyor for objects. A conveying roller comes into contact with an object and moves the object, the conveying roller including: a core member and a plurality of blade-shaped pieces, the blade-shaped piece being elastically deformable and being provided around the core member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuo ITOH, Tatsuhiko NAKAMURA, Koji UEDA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240120359
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photodetection device and an electronic apparatus that allow for reducing surface reflection from an on-chip microlens and suppressing deterioration of image quality. Provided is a photodetection device including: a plurality of pixels that have photoelectric conversion units; on-chip microlenses that are formed in such a way as to correspond to the individual pixels; and an antireflection film that is formed on a surface of the on-chip microlens, in which the antireflection film is constituted by a stacking of: a first inorganic film that is formed by a metal oxide film; and a second inorganic film that is formed on a surface of the first inorganic film and has a lower refractive index than the first inorganic film. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a CMOS solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke MORIYA, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Tomiyuki YUKAWA, Kotaro NISHIMURA, Shigehiro IKEHARA, Shogo OTANI, Hiroshi KATO
  • Publication number: 20240113218
    Abstract: A first trench extending in a Y direction is formed in each of a semiconductor substrate located in a cell region and the semiconductor substrate located in an outer peripheral region. A second trench is formed in the semiconductor substrate in the outer peripheral region so as to surround the cell region in a plan view. A p-type body region is formed in the semiconductor substrate in each region. A plurality of p-type floating regions is formed in the semiconductor substrate in the outer peripheral region. A field plate electrode is formed at a lower portion of each of the first trench and the second trench. A gate electrode is formed at an upper portion of the first trench located in the cell region. A floating gate electrode is formed at an upper portion of each of the first trench located in the outer peripheral region and the second trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoya NISHIMURA, Atsushi SAKAI, Katsumi EIKYU
  • Publication number: 20240061461
    Abstract: A pedal device to be pedaled by a user includes: a pedal supported to be swingable about an axis and to swing toward one side in a circumferential direction about the axis when being pedaled by the user; a housing; a reaction force generation portion disposed in the housing and to apply a force to the pedal toward another side in the circumferential direction; and a stopper. The stopper is arranged outside the housing, to swing about the axis together with the pedal while being supported by the pedal, and to stop the pedal by coming into contact with the housing in a non-pedaled state in which the pedal is not pedaled by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Atsushi NISHIMURA, Etsugo YANAGIDA, Yuki MATSUNAGA, Daisuke HOKUTO
  • Publication number: 20240060550
    Abstract: A toothed cable includes a cable body, and a cap provided at a tip of the cable body. The cap includes a conical tip portion, and a cylindrical body portion provided on a side of a base end of the tip portion, when the toothed cable moves in a direction from a side of the cap toward a side of the cable body in a curved guiding path of a guide member, the cap moves so as to be in sliding contact with an outer wall portion, and the toothed cable is configured such that an end region of the cable body, which end region is on the side of the cap, contacts an inner wall portion of the guide member when the cap comes into sliding contact with an edge of a concave portion of the guide member to limit an angle ? at which the cap swings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Takuma IMAGAWA, Shuhei MIEDA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230407906
    Abstract: Provided is a cable linking mechanism including: connection target to which cables are connected; case accommodating connection target, wherein, case includes: case body with sliding surface on which connection target slides; lid member capable of closing case body; hinge connecting case body and lid member, case body includes outer wall portions extending so as to protrude outward, lid member includes inner wall portions capable of contacting outer wall portions, outer wall portions are placed outside from inner wall portions in a radial direction of relative rotation, outer wall portions and inner wall portions are placed to restrict a relative movement of lid member with respect to the case body along sliding surface in a direction away from a rotation axis of the relative rotation by contacting each other when a load is applied to case body and/or lid member so that lid member performs the relative movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi OKADA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230366427
    Abstract: The operating device comprises a cable having a cable end, a coupling member, and a base. The coupling member has a coupling member-side facing surface facing the cable end, the coupling member-side facing surface is provided to the base so as to be inclined at a predetermined inclination angle with respect to the coupling member-side facing surface in an unloaded state, and the cable end has a cable end-side facing surface facing the coupling member-side facing surface. The coupling member-side facing surface and the cable end-side facing surface are configured not to interfere with each other when the coupling member is inclined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hidenori TOKIMASA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230347491
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, an electric working machine is provided. The electric working machine comprises a motor, an operation portion, a working portion, and a controller. The working portion is configured to be driven by the motor and act on a work target. The operation portion is configured to be operated by an operator. The controller is configured to control a maximum power that can be input to the motor to a first power when receiving an operation signal indicating an amount of operation to the operation portion. Further, the controller is configured to perform first switching control to switch the maximum power to a second power that is less than the first power when rotation speed of the motor becomes less than a first threshold due to a load on the working portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi NISHIMURA, Satoshi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20230226715
    Abstract: A simple configuration is provided to facilitate removal of a battery. An electric working machine comprises an electric working portion and a main body portion. The electric working portion is configured to operate by electric power supplied from a battery. The main body portion includes a battery holding portion having a holding space for inserting the battery in an insertion direction and holding the battery. The battery holding portion includes a plurality of openings including a first opening through which the battery passes when inserted and a second opening provided at a position that is separated from a front end of the battery held in the holding space in the insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Hisato OSAWA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11685074
    Abstract: Provided is a hand-held working machine, including a connection receiving portion configured to connect an anchoring rope, which is configured to couple a machine body and an operator to each other, to the machine body. The connection receiving portion includes: an other-function portion provided to the machine body as a portion having other function or use; and a protrusion configured to retain the anchoring rope at a predetermined position of the other-function portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisato Osawa, Takeshi Maeno, Atsushi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11522515
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a pair of interleaved interdigital transducer electrodes disposed on the piezoelectric substrate, and a dielectric film including silicon oxynitride covering the pair of interleaved interdigital transducer electrodes. The dielectric film exhibits a temperature coefficient of velocity of substantially zero throughout an operating temperature range of the acoustic wave device of between ?55° C. and 125° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoru Matsuda, Atsushi Nishimura, Yoshiro Kabe
  • Patent number: 11486168
    Abstract: An actuation cable device includes a left hood lock cable having an end connected to a left hood lock device; a right hood lock cable having an end connected to a right hood lock device; an opener cable having an end connected to a hood opener; and a link device including a rotatable link member to which second ends of the above-described cables are connected. The left hood lock cable and the right hood lock cable are respectively connected to an upper portion and a lower portion of the link member in a manner so that they extend from the link member toward opposite sides to each other. The opener cable is connected to the upper portion in a manner so that it extends from the link member toward an opposite side to the side toward which the left hood lock cable extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HI-LEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Oyama, Hidenori Tokimasa, Atsushi Nishimura, Ritsu Sano
  • Publication number: 20220260108
    Abstract: Provided is a position adjustment mechanism including: a case; a moving member including a first engaging part and a second engaging part; a lock member provided in the case so as to be movable between a lock position for regulating movement of the moving member in a first direction with respect to the case and a separate position for allowing relative movement of the moving member with respect to the case; and a long member. The lock member includes: a first engaged part engaging with the first engaging part in the first direction; and a second engaged part engaging with the second engaging part in the first direction. When the lock member is at the separate position, the lock member regulates separation of the moving member from the case by engagement of the first engaging part with the first engaged part in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi OKADA, Tatsuhiko HASEGAWA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11344106
    Abstract: A lifting hook 100 (200, 250, 260, 270) has an inner leg 102, an outer leg 104, and a connecting part 106 connecting these legs. With respect to a worker equipped with a lever type carabiner 2(4), the inner leg 102 is located on the inner side close to the carabiner 2(4), and the outer leg 104 is located on the outer side far from the carabiner 2(4). The inner leg 102 and the outer leg 104 relatively have a height difference, and at least a portion 104main of the outer leg 104 is located higher than the inner leg 102.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishimura, Takeshi Maeno, Noriyuki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11141874
    Abstract: A chainsaw 1 (electric-power-driven working device) comprises a body case 10, a cutting attachment 20 (work tool), a motor 30 and a battery 90. A front portion 11a of the body case 10 houses the motor 30 and a battery mount-and-release portion 12 is formed on a rear portion 11b of the body case 10. The battery 90 mounted on the battery mount-and-release portion 12 extends in an upper-lower direction across and over a middle portion in a height direction of the rear portion 11b of the body case 10. The side handle 50 arranged to a side face of the body case 10 extends from the front portion 11a to the rear portion 11b of the body case 10. A rear end portion 52 of the side handle is disposed rearward of and below an output shaft 31 of the motor 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Yamabiko Corporation
    Inventors: Hisato Osawa, Atsushi Nishimura, Kenji Nakano
  • Patent number: 11058982
    Abstract: A an electric machine tool having a body to which a work tool is attached, a motor, and a battery. The body has a motor receiving chamber, a battery receiving chamber opening through an outer surface of the body, and a communication path through which the battery receiving chamber is in communication with the motor receiving chamber. A first air inlet opening is formed between the inner edge of an opening of the battery receiving chamber and the outer periphery of the battery disposed in the battery receiving chamber. Further, an inflow port of the communication path opens to an inner side surface of the battery receiving chamber and an air filter is fitted over the inflow port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Miura, Noriyuki Takeuchi, Koji Hirakawa, Atsushi Nishimura, Kunihiko Haramoto, Tomohiro Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20210207410
    Abstract: An actuation cable device includes a left hood lock cable having an end connected to a left hood lock device; a right hood lock cable having an end connected to a right hood lock device; an opener cable having an end connected to a hood opener; and a link device including a rotatable link member to which second ends of the above-described cables are connected. The left hood lock cable and the right hood lock cable are respectively connected to an upper portion and a lower portion of the link member in a manner so that they extend from the link member toward opposite sides to each other. The opener cable is connected to the upper portion in a manner so that it extends from the link member toward an opposite side to the side toward which the left hood lock cable extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Hi-Lex Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Oyama, Hidenori Tokimasa, Atsushi Nishimura, Ritsu Sano
  • Publication number: 20210154880
    Abstract: Provided is a hand-held working machine, including a connection receiving portion configured to connect an anchoring rope, which is configured to couple a machine body and an operator to each other, to the machine body. The connection receiving portion includes: an other-function portion provided to the machine body as a portion having other function or use; and a protrusion configured to retain the anchoring rope at a predetermined position of the other-function portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Hisato OSAWA, Takeshi MAENO, Atsushi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210093077
    Abstract: A lifting hook 100 (200, 250, 260, 270) has an inner leg 102, an outer leg 104, and a connecting part 106 connecting these legs. With respect to a worker equipped with a lever type carabiner 2(4), the inner leg 102 is located on the inner side close to the carabiner 2(4), and the outer leg 104 is located on the outer side far from the carabiner 2(4). The inner leg 102 and the outer leg 104 relatively have a height difference, and at least a portion 104main of the outer leg 104 is located higher than the inner leg 102.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi NISHIMURA, Takeshi MAENO, Noriyuki TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200223090
    Abstract: A chainsaw 1 (electric-power-driven working device) comprises a body case 10, a cutting attachment 20 (work tool), a motor 30 and a battery 90. A front portion 11a of the body case 10 houses the motor 30 and a battery mount-and-release portion 12 is formed on a rear portion 11b of the body case 10. The battery 90 mounted on the battery mount-and-release portion 12 extends in an upper-lower direction across and over a middle portion in a height direction of the rear portion 11b of the body case 10. The side handle 50 arranged to a side face of the body case 10 extends from the front portion 11a to the rear portion 11b of the body case 10. A rear end portion 52 of the side handle is disposed rearward of and below an output shaft 31 of the motor 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hisato OSAWA, Atsushi NISHIMURA, Kenji NAKANO