Patents by Inventor Atsushi Watanabe
Atsushi Watanabe 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: 20140143702Abstract: An information display apparatus for a vehicle which is advantageous in displaying an energy flow in an easy-to-understand way to the driver is provided. A battery icon 34 represents a driving battery 12. An engine icon 36 represents an engine 18. A front-wheel icon 38 and a rear-wheel icon 40 represent front wheels 22 and rear wheels 24, respectively. An energy transmission state displaying portion 42 indicates the transmission state of energy and is displayed while being directly bridged between the battery icon 34, the engine icon 36, the front-wheel icon 38, and the rear-wheel icon 40. The energy transmission state displaying portion 42 indicates the presence or absence and the direction of transmission of energy between the driving battery 12, the engine 18, the front wheels 22, and the rear wheels 24.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhito Matsuoka, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Atsushi Watanabe, Masako Abe
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Publication number: 20140139741Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first detector, a determination controller, an activation controller, and a first instruction controller. The first detector is configured to detect a first operation from an input device. The determination controller is configured to determine whether an application for content viewing is in operation, when the first detector detects the first operation. The activation controller is configured to activate the application when the application is not in operation. The first instruction controller is configured to instruct a transition to a first power-saving state which enables restoration of the application by using a saved operation state, when the application is in operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kohei Momosaki, Atsushi Watanabe
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Patent number: 8728614Abstract: Disclosed is a backside protective film (1) for a solar cell, which sequentially has a first resin layer (11), a second resin layer (12) and a third resin layer (13). Both the first resin layer and second resin layer include a rubber containing reinforced aromatic vinyl-based resin having a maximum glass transition temperature of 90-120° C. and have a thickness of 10-300 ?m. The first resin layer includes an infrared transmissible coloring agent, while the second resin layer includes a white-based coloring agent. The third resin layer includes a saturated polyester resin and has a thickness of 10-300 ?m. The third resin layer has a dimension change ratio between before and after the film is left to stand still at a temperature of 135° C. for 30 minutes of ±0.5% or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Techno Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Masanori Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8728033Abstract: The pharmaceutical injection device of the present invention comprises an inner case (111) in which is mounted a preparation syringe (104) having an identification code (104a), a piston driving motor (115) that drives the preparation syringe (104) mounted in this inner case (111), and a code reader (112) that reads the identification code (104a) of the preparation syringe (104). A slide motor (113) is provided that drives the preparation syringe (104) mounted in the inner case (111) and/or the code reader (112), so that the identification code (104a) is read by the code reader (112).Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Seiji Kikuchi, Tsuguhiro Kondoh, Toshiaki Ilo
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Patent number: 8707920Abstract: In an intake valve timing control apparatus, a lock member is arranged to lock a vane rotor with respect to a housing when the vane rotor is in a most retarded position within which rotation of the vane rotor is restricted by a stopper mechanism. In an exhaust valve timing control apparatus, a lock member is arranged to lock a vane rotor with respect to a housing when the vane rotor is in a most advanced position within which rotation of the vane rotor is restricted by a stopper mechanism. The exhaust valve timing control apparatus further includes a biasing member arranged to bias the vane rotor with respect to the housing in a direction toward the most advanced position. In each valve timing control apparatus, a housing body of the housing and a vane rotor are formed by extruding an aluminum-based metal.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140107870Abstract: In an in-vehicle device which is carried on an automotive vehicle, an operation unit causes the vehicle to execute a predetermined operation in response to a remote control request from a user. A detection unit detects existence of a moving object in a passenger compartment of the vehicle or in areas surrounding the vehicle. An operation inhibition unit inhibits execution of the predetermined operation by the operation unit when existence of the moving object is detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Taki, Takeshi Matsumura, Atsushi Watanabe, Mayumi Otsuka, Keizoh Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 8689748Abstract: In a valve timing control apparatus, phase-retard and phase-advance hydraulic chambers are defined among a plurality of shoes formed in a housing and a plurality of vanes formed integral with a rotor fixed to a camshaft. The rotor has a large-diameter portion formed between a first group of adjacent vanes and a small-diameter portion formed between a second group of adjacent vanes. The innermost end of a shoe of the shoes, opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter portion, is configured to protrude radially inward rather than the innermost end of a shoe of the shoes, opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the large-diameter portion. A lock pin is located in the large-diameter portion of the rotor, whereas a lock hole, with which the lock pin slides into and out of engagement, is located in the inner face of a sprocket.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140083379Abstract: In a valve timing control apparatus employing two lock pins located in a vane rotor and two lock holes located in a sprocket so as to permit movement of the lock pins into and out of engagement with the respective holes, a guide mechanism is provided for guiding movement of the vane rotor relative to the sprocket toward a prescribed lock position. The guide mechanism includes a guide pin and a guide hole configured to permit movement of the guide pin into and out of engagement with the guide hole. Hydraulic pressure, used for retreating-movement of the lock pins out of engagement, is supplied through a first branch passage branching from an unlock passage configured to communicate with a pump discharge passage. Hydraulic pressure, used for retreating-movement of the guide pin out of engagement, is supplied through a second branch passage branching from the same unlock passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Naozumi YOSHIMURA, Atsushi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140069361Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus including a vane rotor, a torsion spring having one end portion fixed to the vane rotor, and a front plate having a cylindrical sleeve portion and a cutout portion formed in the sleeve portion, the cutout portion having an end wall surface with which the other end portion of the torsion spring is engaged and a side wall surface opposed to the end wall surface, the cutout portion being formed such that a first straight line extending through the end wall surface toward a radial inside of the sleeve portion is located closer to a central axis of the sleeve portion than a second straight line extending through the side wall surface toward the radial inside of the sleeve portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Atsushi WATANABE
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Patent number: 8668787Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a Ag—Pd—Cu—Ge type silver alloy which can form a reflective electrode film having such two characteristics that it is very reduced in the lowering of reflectance caused by thermal deterioration and has resistant to yellowing caused by sulfurization even after a heating step in a process of producing a color liquid crystal display. The silver alloy according to the present invention includes a composition containing at least four elements including Ag as its major component, 0.10 to 2.89 wt % of Pd, 0.10 to 2.89 wt % of Cu and 0.01 to 1.50 wt % of Ge, and the total amount of Pd, Cu and Ge is 0.21 to 3.00 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Furuya Metal Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Watanabe
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Patent number: 8662295Abstract: Each of areas surrounded by a plurality of main holders of a first case panel faces an area surrounded by each holder of a second case panel, at least partially. Each main holder includes a wall projecting toward the second case panel to prevent separation of a memory card placed in the holder. This structure enables a storing case to stably hold a plurality of memory card without enlarging the case.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ikuo Kubota, Takamasa Araki, Atsushi Watanabe
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Patent number: 8662297Abstract: An object is to provide a cover for allowing an operation to an operating part provided on the rear surface of a portable electronic device when the electronic device being used. A cover includes a front cover plate, a rear cover plate, and an attachment member capable of being attached the electronic device. The front cover plate and the rear cover plate are connected to the attachment member such that each relative angle thereof relative to the attachment member are changeable.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Takashi Sogabe, Yuko Hirayama, Atsushi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140048025Abstract: In a valve timing control apparatus employing a helical torsion spring attached at one end to a vane rotor and attached at the other end to a housing, for biasing the vane rotor relative to the housing in a specified phase-change direction under a preload, adjacent coils of the torsion spring being brought into contact with each other at a part of the torsion spring in a circumferential direction under a state where the torsion spring is loaded, a back-pressure relief passage is configured to discharge working oil in a back-pressure chamber of a lock mechanism. The back-pressure relief passage is provided at a predetermined circumferential position that goes across a coil-to-coil contact part that the adjacent coils of the torsion spring are brought into contact with each other when the vane rotor rotates relative to the housing by a maximum angular displacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi WATANABE
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Patent number: 8636886Abstract: A gas sensor element includes a base member comprising a plurality of laminated solid electrolyte layers, and having a space that communicates with the outside of the gas sensor element and allows introduction of the gas to be measured into the gas sensor element, and a porous measurement electrode that is formed on a surface of the space inside the base member, and is covered with a porous measurement electrode protective layer, wherein an average pore size A of the measurement electrode and an average pore size B of the measurement electrode protective layer satisfy the relationship “0.05?B/A?0.9”, the measurement electrode has an average pore size of 0.5 to 15 ?m, and the measurement electrode protective layer has an average pore size of 0.05 to 9 ?m, a porosity of 5 to 50%, and a thickness of 10 to 200 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140021823Abstract: A stator includes: coils each made of a conductor wire wound to form in-slot wire portions and coil-end wire portions; and a split-type stator core including slots receiving the in-slot wire portions and teeth parts formed adjacent to the slots. The coils includes: a first concentrically wound coil wound with gaps between adjacent portions of the wound conductor wire to allow insertion of the conductor wire; and a second concentrically wound coil. The in-slot wire portions of the first and second concentrically wound coils are alternately arranged in each slot. A lane changing section formed on the coil end is formed to make a displacement by the thickness of one conductor used in the second concentrically wound coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Manabu Kitamura, Atsushi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140014037Abstract: An electrode plate production device includes a drying device and a plurality of surface state detection devices. The drying device is configured to dry a coating film for forming an active material layer that is coated on a surface of a substrate sheet for forming a current collector while the substrate sheet travels in a traveling direction. The coating film includes at least an active material, a bonding agent and a solvent. The surface state detection devices are configured to detect a surface state of the coating film in a noncontact manner. The surface state detection devices are arranged within the drying device in the traveling direction of the substrate sheet with respect to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Kazuhiko Fujita
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Patent number: 8613672Abstract: A game system includes an image output device connected to a display device via wiring and a game apparatus capable of wirelessly communicating with the image output device. The game apparatus performs a game process and generates an image based on the game process. The generated image is transmitted to the image output device. The image output device receives the image transmitted by the game apparatus. The received image is outputted from the image output device to the display device and displayed on the display device.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Mae, Eizi Kawai, Atsushi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20130333647Abstract: A variable valve actuating apparatus includes: a first lock recessed portion; a first lock member; a second lock recessed portion formed in the second rotary member's side; a second lock member; a first lock passage arranged to supply the hydraulic fluid, and thereby to move the first lock member out of the first lock recessed portion; and a second lock passage arranged to supply the hydraulic fluid, and thereby to move the second lock member out of the second lock recessed portion, at least a part of the first lock recessed portion and at least a part of the second lock recessed portion being disposed at a position to be projected in an axial direction when the first lock member and the second lock member are in the lock state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi WATANABE, Tetsuya SHIBUKAWA, Yasuhide TAKADA
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Publication number: 20130334041Abstract: The objective of the invention is to enhance measurement accuracy in a device for measuring a biological sample. To attain this objective, the invention is provided with a main case (2) having a sensor insertion section (1), a measurement section (7) connected to the sensor insertion section (1), a controller (8) connected to the measurement section (7), and a display (3) connected to the controller (8). An acceleration sensor (5) is furnished for detecting a shock applied to the sensor insertion section (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Reiko Kondo, Takashi Miki, Atsushi Watanabe
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Patent number: 8602615Abstract: A motorcycle tail light device can have a plurality of front engagement members, provided in a front part of a tail light support stay, that enable movement of a support position of a tail light device 50 in a vehicle longitudinal direction. A plurality of rear engagement members can be, provided in a rear part of the tail light support stay, to enable movement of the support position of the tail light device in the vehicle longitudinal direction. A front engaged member can be provided in a front part of the tail light device, engaged with any one of the plurality of front engagement members. A rear engaged member can be provided in a rear part of the tail light device, engaged with any one of the plurality of rear engagement members.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Nishijima, Hiroyasu Ota, Hayato Ohashi, Eiji Ashihara, Atsushi Watanabe, Shuto Higashizuru
