Patents by Inventor Haruo Nakamura
Haruo Nakamura 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: 20190001537Abstract: A pad main body is bonded integrally with an inner pad while covering the front side of the inner pad. A back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the pad main body and the inner pad is integrally bonded on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body by impregnation of foamed synthetic resin materials constituting the inner pad and the pad main body. This allows impregnation of the foamed synthetic resin materials in the back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body. This consequently allows providing a high hardness on the back side of the inner pad while ensuring hardness on the back side of the pad main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haruo Nakamura, Takashi Sakazume, Yu Sasaki
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Patent number: 10086541Abstract: A pad main body is bonded integrally with an inner pad while covering the front side of the inner pad. A back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the pad main body and the inner pad is integrally bonded on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body by impregnation of foamed synthetic resin materials constituting the inner pad and the pad main body. This allows impregnation of the foamed synthetic resin materials in the back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body. This consequently allows providing a high hardness on the back side of the inner pad while ensuring hardness on the back side of the pad main body.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Haruo Nakamura, Takashi Sakazume, Yu Sasaki
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Patent number: 9682556Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting method for ejecting a liquid from at least one ejection hole to form the liquid into liquid droplets, the method including: applying a vibration to the liquid in a liquid column resonance-generating liquid chamber, in which the ejection hole is formed, to form a standing wave through liquid column resonance, and ejecting the liquid from the ejection hole, which is formed in a region corresponding to an antinode of the standing wave, to form the liquid into liquid droplets.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Norikane, Haruo Nakamura, Masaru Ohgaki, Yuko Sekiguchi
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Publication number: 20150137405Abstract: A pad main body is bonded integrally with an inner pad while covering the front side of the inner pad. A back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the pad main body and the inner pad is integrally bonded on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body by impregnation of foamed synthetic resin materials constituting the inner pad and the pad main body. This allows impregnation of the foamed synthetic resin materials in the back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body. This consequently allows providing a high hardness on the back side of the inner pad while ensuring hardness on the back side of the pad main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Haruo Nakamura, Takashi Sakazume, Yu Sasaki
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Patent number: 8877584Abstract: A method of manufacturing an interconnection member includes forming on a substrate a wettability changing layer containing a material in which critical surface tension is changed by giving energy; forming a depression part in the wettability changing layer by a laser ablation method using a laser of an ultraviolet region; and coating the depression part with an electrically conductive ink to form an electrically conductive part. At the same time when a pattern of the depression part is formed in the wettability changing layer, a pattern of a high surface energy area is formed as a result of the critical surface tension being changed.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Koei Suzuki, Haruo Nakamura, Atsushi Onodera, Takanori Tano, Hiroshi Miura
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Publication number: 20140292947Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting method for ejecting a liquid from at least one ejection hole to form the liquid into liquid droplets, the method including: applying a vibration to the liquid in a liquid column resonance-generating liquid chamber, in which the ejection hole is formed, to form a standing wave through liquid column resonance, and ejecting the liquid from the ejection hole, which is formed in a region corresponding to an antinode of the standing wave, to form the liquid into liquid droplets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Yoshihiro NORIKANE, Haruo NAKAMURA, Masaru OHGAKI, Yuko SEKIGUCHI
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Patent number: 8797373Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting method for ejecting a liquid from at least one ejection hole to form the liquid into liquid droplets, the method including: applying a vibration to the liquid in a liquid column resonance-generating liquid chamber, in which the ejection hole is formed, to form a standing wave through liquid column resonance, and ejecting the liquid from the ejection hole, which is formed in a region corresponding to an antinode of the standing wave, to form the liquid into liquid droplets.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Norikane, Haruo Nakamura, Masaru Ohgaki, Yuko Sekiguchi
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Publication number: 20130298547Abstract: A thermoacoustic engine includes a first looped pipe provided with a motor configured to convert thermal energy into acoustic energy, a second looped pipe provided with a receiver configured to convert the acoustic energy converted by the motor into thermal energy, and a connecting straight pipe interconnecting the first and second looped. A loop length between one end and an opposite end of the second looped pipe is set to L, the one end and the opposite end being connected with the connecting straight pipe such that acoustic energy is transmitted from the one end to the opposite end. The receiver is disposed within the second looped pipe in a region separated from the one end toward the opposite end by L×(0.6-1).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Yosuke Yamamoto, Toru Kawai, Haruo Nakamura
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Patent number: 8567187Abstract: A thermoacoustic engine includes first and second stacks disposed in parallel in a looped tube and a heat storage unit disposed in the looped tube. A circuit length between a center of the first stack and a center of the heat storage unit is equal to a circuit length between a center of the second stack and the center of the heat storage unit. A first acoustic circuit including the first stack and the heat storage unit has a circuit length which is equal to a circuit length of a second acoustic circuit including the second stack and the heat storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Haruo Nakamura
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Publication number: 20130010035Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting method for ejecting a liquid from at least one ejection hole to form the liquid into liquid droplets, the method including: applying a vibration to the liquid in a liquid column resonance-generating liquid chamber, in which the ejection hole is formed, to form a standing wave through liquid column resonance, and ejecting the liquid from the ejection hole, which is formed in a region corresponding to an antinode of the standing wave, to form the liquid into liquid droplets.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Norikane, Haruo Nakamura, Masaru Ohgaki, Yuko Sekiguchi
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Publication number: 20120312583Abstract: A method of manufacturing an interconnection member includes forming on a substrate a wettability changing layer containing a material in which critical surface tension is changed by giving energy; forming a depression part in the wettability changing layer by a laser ablation method using a laser of an ultraviolet region; and coating the depression part with an electrically conductive ink to form an electrically conductive part. At the same time when a pattern of the depression part is formed in the wettability changing layer, a pattern of a high surface energy area is formed as a result of the critical surface tension being changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Koei SUZUKI, Haruo NAKAMURA, Atsushi ONODERA, Takanori TANO, Hiroshi MIURA
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Publication number: 20110259000Abstract: A thermoacoustic engine includes first and second stacks disposed in parallel in a looped tube and a heat storage unit disposed in the looped tube. A circuit length between a center of the first stack and a center of the heat storage unit is equal to a circuit length between a center of the second stack and the center of the heat storage unit. A first acoustic circuit including the first stack and the heat storage unit has a circuit length which is equal to a circuit length of a second acoustic circuit including the second stack and the heat storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Haruo NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 7655336Abstract: A fuel-cell system with a fuel battery comprising more than one fuel cell having a purge gas passage connecting the fuel battery to a purge gas cylinder, a discharge passage connecting the fuel battery to the exterior, solenoid valves each installed in the passages, and an electronic control unit that opens the solenoid valves to open the passages to supply the purge gas to the fuel battery such that residue in the fuel battery is purged to the exterior by the purge gas. The control unit opens the valves at a time interval determined from an output of a current sensor to conduct purge at optimum timing for the battery operating state so as to prevent accumulation of residue in the fuel battery, while preventing repetition of unnecessary purges.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2004Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Go Muto, Haruo Nakamura, Hiroshi Umeno, Shigeru Toda
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Patent number: 6942322Abstract: A drop-on-demand ink-jet printing head provided with an array of a plurality of piezoelectric elements arranged at regular intervals and fixed at their one ends to a base, the other ends of the respective piezoelectric elements being free ends which are disposed in opposition to nozzle respective apertures, the piezoelectric elements being formed by cutting, at predetermined width, a piezoelectric plate obtained by firing a lamination of paste-like piezoelectric material conductive material stacked alternately in layers. Since each piezoelectric element is composed of a thin piezoelectric plate interposed between electrodes, if a voltage of only about 30 V, which is sufficient to drive the thin piezoelectric plate, is applied across the electrodes, it is possible to largely flex the whole of the piezoelectric element. By this transformation, ink between the top end of the piezoelectric element and the nozzle aperture is discharged to the outside as an ink drop.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2004Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Minoru Usui, Haruhiko Koto, Haruo Nakamura, Yozo Shimada, Tomoaki Abe
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Publication number: 20040241512Abstract: A fuel-cell system with a fuel battery comprising more than one fuel cell having a purge gas passage connecting the fuel battery to a purge gas cylinder, a discharge passage connecting the fuel battery to the exterior, solenoid valves each installed in the passages, and an electronic control unit that opens the solenoid valves to open the passages to supply the purge gas to the fuel battery such that residue in the fuel battery is purged to the exterior by the purge gas. The control unit opens the valves at a time interval determined from an output of a current sensor to conduct purge at optimum timing for the battery operating state so as to prevent accumulation of residue in the fuel battery, while preventing repetition of unnecessary purges.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Go Muto, Haruo Nakamura, Hiroshi Umeno, Shigeru Toda
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Publication number: 20040141034Abstract: A drop-on-demand ink-jet printing head provided with an array of a plurality of piezoelectric elements arranged at regular intervals and fixed at their one ends to a base, the other ends of the respective piezoelectric elements being free ends which are disposed in opposition to nozzle respective apertures, the piezoelectric elements being formed by cutting, at predetermined width, a piezoelectric plate obtained by firing a lamination of paste-like piezoelectric material conductive material stacked alternately in layers. Since each piezoelectric element is composed of a thin piezoelectric plate interposed between electrodes, if a voltage of only about 30 V, which is sufficient to drive the thin piezoelectric plate, is applied across the electrodes, it is possible to largely flex the whole of the piezoelectric element. By this transformation, ink between the top end of the piezoelectric element and the nozzle aperture is discharged to the outside as an ink drop.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2004Publication date: July 22, 2004Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Usui, Haruhiko Koto, Haruo Nakamura, Yozo Shimada, Tomoaki Abe
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Patent number: 6742875Abstract: A drop-on-demand ink-jet printing head provided with an array of a plurality of piezoelectric elements arranged at regular intervals and fixed at their one ends to a base, the other ends of the respective piezoelectric elements being free ends which are disposed in opposition to nozzle respective apertures, the piezoelectric elements being formed by cutting, at predetermined width, a piezoelectric plate obtained by firing a lamination of paste-like piezoelectric material conductive material stacked alternately in layers. Since each piezoelectric element is composed of a thin piezoelectric plate interposed between electrodes, if a voltage of only about 30 V, which is sufficient to drive the thin piezoelectric plate, is applied across the electrodes, it is possible to largely flex the whole of the piezoelectric element. By this transformation, ink between the top end of the piezoelectric element and the nozzle aperture is discharged to the outside as an ink drop.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2001Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Inventors: Minoru Usui, Haruhiko Koto, Haruo Nakamura, Yozo Shimada, Tomoaki Abe
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Publication number: 20030187919Abstract: This invention is a technique for automatically generating a suitable digest of the content, which can attract the interest of many viewers. This invention comprises the steps of: acquiring user instruction information associated with a specific content, such as information concerning a re-viewing desired range designated by the user and information concerning a delivery request for the specific content, from a user terminal that is a delivery designation; and generating a digest of the specific content based on at least the user instruction information. Moreover, this invention may further comprise a step of acquiring information concerning a scene change of the specific content, and in the digest generating step, the digest may be generated based on the information concerning the scene change and the information concerning the delivery request of the specific content. This is because the digest is made not to start from a halfway place in the middle of the scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Haruo Nakamura, Kazumasa Kuroshita
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Patent number: 6423568Abstract: A method of fabricating a back surface point contact silicon solar cell having p-doped regions and n-doped regions on the same side by forming a passivating layer on a surface of the cell having opened windows at the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by depositing and patterning a first metal layer comprising aluminum on the passivating layer in such a way that the first metal layer comes into contact with the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by depositing an insulator layer of inorganic material on the first metal layer, by etching and patterning the insulator layer in such a way that the insulator layer has opened windows at, at least one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, and by depositing a second three-layer metal stack comprising materials other than aluminum, on the insulator layer of polyimide in such a way that the second three-layer metal stack comes into contact with the one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1999Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignees: Sunpower Corporation, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Pierre J. Verlinden, Akira Terao, Haruo Nakamura, Norio Komura, Yasuo Sugimoto, Junichi Ohmura
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Patent number: 6419848Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator, comprising a stacked structure consisting of a top electrode 5, a piezoelectric film 4, and a bottom electrode 3, wherein the piezoelectric film comprises a first group 42 of piezoelectric ceramic particles and a second group 43 of piezoelectric ceramic particles. A distinctive feature is that the particles constituting the first group of piezoelectric ceramic particles are larger than the jingo particles constituting the second group of piezoelectric ceramic particles, and the first group of piezoelectric ceramic particles and the second group of piezoelectric ceramic particles have mutually different compositions. The piezoelectric actuator can thus be manufactured by an application method in a low-temperature environment, and a thicker piezoelectric film can be obtained. In addition, a highly practical piezoelectric film can be provided by combining the advantages of a plurality of material types.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2000Date of Patent: July 16, 2002Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hong Qiu, Koji Sumi, Tsutomu Nishiwaki, Haruo Nakamura