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).
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Publication number: 20240124244Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Kazuo ITOH, Tatsuhiko NAKAMURA, Koji UEDA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20240120359Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke MORIYA, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Tomiyuki YUKAWA, Kotaro NISHIMURA, Shigehiro IKEHARA, Shogo OTANI, Hiroshi KATO
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Publication number: 20240113218Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Tomoya NISHIMURA, Atsushi SAKAI, Katsumi EIKYU
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Publication number: 20240061461Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Atsushi NISHIMURA, Etsugo YANAGIDA, Yuki MATSUNAGA, Daisuke HOKUTO
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Publication number: 20240060550Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Takuma IMAGAWA, Shuhei MIEDA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20230407906Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Tomoyoshi OKADA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20230366427Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Hidenori TOKIMASA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20230347491Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Atsushi NISHIMURA, Satoshi UEDA
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Publication number: 20230226715Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Hisato OSAWA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
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Patent number: 11685074Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATIONInventors: Hisato Osawa, Takeshi Maeno, Atsushi Nishimura
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Patent number: 11522515Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Satoru Matsuda, Atsushi Nishimura, Yoshiro Kabe
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Patent number: 11486168Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HI-LEX CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Oyama, Hidenori Tokimasa, Atsushi Nishimura, Ritsu Sano
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Publication number: 20220260108Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Tomoyoshi OKADA, Tatsuhiko HASEGAWA, Atsushi NISHIMURA
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Patent number: 11344106Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Nishimura, Takeshi Maeno, Noriyuki Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11141874Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Yamabiko CorporationInventors: Hisato Osawa, Atsushi Nishimura, Kenji Nakano
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Patent number: 11058982Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu Miura, Noriyuki Takeuchi, Koji Hirakawa, Atsushi Nishimura, Kunihiko Haramoto, Tomohiro Nakashima
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Publication number: 20210207410Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Hi-Lex CorporationInventors: Shunsuke Oyama, Hidenori Tokimasa, Atsushi Nishimura, Ritsu Sano
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Publication number: 20210154880Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Hisato OSAWA, Takeshi MAENO, Atsushi NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20210093077Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: YAMABIKO CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi NISHIMURA, Takeshi MAENO, Noriyuki TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20200223090Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Hisato OSAWA, Atsushi NISHIMURA, Kenji NAKANO