Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Nakayama
Hiroaki Nakayama 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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Patent number: 11945191Abstract: Provided is a laminated glass set of a plurality of laminated glasses having excellent appearance designability. A laminated glass set according to the present invention is a set of a plurality of laminated glasses, each laminated glass includes an interlayer film part having a colored part, the colored part has a specific gradation part, the gradation part forms a tip of the colored part on the other end side of the interlayer film part, and when distance X from one end of the interlayer film part to a tip of the colored part on the other end side of the interlayer film part is measured in each of the plurality of laminated glasses, the laminated glass set satisfies (|Xmax?Xmin|)/Xave?0.1, or when distance Y of the colored part in the direction connecting one end and the other end of the interlayer film part is measured in each of the plurality of laminated glasses, the laminated glass set satisfies (|Ymax?Ymin|)/Yave?0.1.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Nakayama, Hiroaki Inui
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Publication number: 20240080944Abstract: A heater wire that allows for reduced costs by adopting a novel structure capable of preventing localized abnormal temperatures while having a high bending durability and accommodating diameter reduction. The heater wire is provided with a heat-emitting part in which heat-emitting wires are wound in a spiral manner around a fiber core, and a sheath arranged around the heat-emitting part. The heat-emitting wires are configured such that a first heat-emitting wire including a first metal element wire and a second heat-emitting wire including an insulating film provided around a second metal element wire are wound in an alternating manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Hiroaki SUGIMOTO, Takeyasu NAKAYAMA, Daisuke TANAKA
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Patent number: 11920685Abstract: A valve device includes a rotation shaft, a valve body, and a biasing portion. The valve body is configured to be rotationally displaceable about the rotation shaft between a closed position and an open position. The biasing portion biases the valve body so as to cause the valve body to approach the closed position. The valve body includes an upstream wall arranged in a position upstream of the rotation shaft in a flow direction of the fluid when the valve body is in the closed position. The valve body includes a rotation end, which is an end distal from the rotation shaft and moves downstream in the flow direction of the fluid in response to a displacement of the valve body from the closed position to the open position, and the rotation end is shaped to project upstream when the valve body is in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: FUTABA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Takenori Nakayama, Hiroaki Yokoyama, Yuta Asano
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Publication number: 20230133852Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative sheet which is provided with a relief pattern in the outer surface, while having excellent chemical resistance, wherein the relief pattern is suitably maintained even after molding. A decorative sheet which is provided with a relief pattern in the outer surface, while sequentially having, from the outer side, at least a first protective layer that constitutes the relief pattern and a second protective layer. The first protective layer is formed of a cured product of a resin composition that contains an ionizing radiation curable resin and a thermoplastic resin; and the second protective layer is formed of a cured product of an ionizing radiation curable resin composition that contains a polycarbonate (meth)acrylate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Nakayama, Nobuo Saitou, Minoru Ariyama, Yoshiyuki Meiki, Sakie Kataoka, Kenta Takayama, Daisuke Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20220211265Abstract: An ophthalmic optical system for observing an subject eye, including: an objective optical system that forms a pupil that has a conjugate relationship with a pupil of the subject eye, wherein, given that a distance from a pupil position that has a conjugate relationship with the pupil of the subject eye to the pupil of the subject eye is L, and a sum of central hicknesses of lenses included in the objective optical system is D, a conditional expression expressed by 0.1?D/L?0.25 is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroaki NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 10802258Abstract: A microscope including an illumination optical system having an objective lens and a fly-eye lens, where: the fly-eye lens having a plurality of lens elements; in the illumination optical system, images of the plurality of lens elements are projected on a pupil of the objective lens; and the number (n1) of the images of the lens elements projected inside the pupil of the objective lens is more than the number (n2) of the images of the lens elements projected on an outer perimeter of the pupil of the objective lens. In the above observation optical system, a first objective lens having a first pupil diameter and a second objective lens having a pupil diameter larger than the first pupil diameter are switchable, and a number n1 may be greater than a number n2 with respect to the first objective lens.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Norio Miyake, Fumio Suzuki, Hiroaki Nakayama
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Patent number: 10802259Abstract: A structured illuminating apparatus includes a branching unit branching an exit light flux from a light source into at least two branched light fluxes, an illuminating optical system making the two branched light fluxes to be respectively collected at mutually different positions on a pupil plane of an objective lens and making the two branched light fluxes to be interfered with each other to illuminate a specimen with an interference fringe of the two branched light fluxes, and an adjusting unit adjusting a height from an optical axis of the illuminating optical system to two collecting points formed on the pupil plane of the objective lens by the two branched light fluxes.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yumiko Ouchi, Kazuhiro Takasago, Hiroaki Nakayama
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Patent number: 10771840Abstract: A sink device is bi-directionally communicably connected to the source device. The sink device includes a first memory, and a controller. Stored in the first memory is a plurality of pieces of audio format information including information representing an audio format that the sink device can process. The controller selects, from among the plurality of pieces of audio format information stored in the first memory, one piece of audio format information corresponding to receiver format information representing an audio format that a receiver device connected to the sink device can process. The controller then outputs the selected audio format information to the source device.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Moriie, Akihiro Fuke, Kazuki Adachi, Hiroaki Nakayama, Takuma Adachi
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Patent number: 10612124Abstract: The present invention provides a metal sheet, on a first surface of which a resist pattern having a narrow width can be stably provided. This manufacturing method for a metal sheet includes a preparation step of preparing a sheet material comprising an iron alloy that contains nickel. When a composition analysis of the first surface of the metal sheet obtained from the sheet material is performed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the ratio A1/A2 obtained by the result of the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy does not exceed 0.4, where A1 is the sum of the peak area value of nickel oxide and the peak area value of nickel hydroxide, and A2 is the sum of the peak area value of iron oxide and the peak area value of iron hydroxide.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chikao Ikenaga, Hiroaki Nakayama, Kazunari Ikeda, Chiaki Hatsuta, Utako Oouchi
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Patent number: 10570498Abstract: The present invention provides a metal sheet, on a first surface of which a resist pattern having a narrow width can be stably provided. This manufacturing method for a metal sheet includes a preparation step of preparing a sheet material comprising an iron alloy that contains nickel. When a composition analysis of the first surface of the metal sheet obtained from the sheet material is performed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the ratio A1/A2 obtained by the result of the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy does not exceed 0.4, where A1 is the sum of the peak area value of nickel oxide and the peak area value of nickel hydroxide, and A2 is the sum of the peak area value of iron oxide and the peak area value of iron hydroxide.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chikao Ikenaga, Hiroaki Nakayama, Kazunari Ikeda, Chiaki Hatsuta, Utako Oouchi
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Patent number: 10404226Abstract: A power amplifier module includes a substrate, a power amplifier having a first surface on which an electrode is defined and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface faces a principal surface of the substrate, a surface acoustic wave duplexer having a first surface on which an electrode is defined and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface faces the principal surface of the substrate, a heat dissipation unit defined on another principal surface of the substrate, a heat dissipation path that connects a connecting portion between the power amplifier and the principal surface to the heat dissipation unit, an insulating resin that covers the power amplifier and the surface acoustic wave duplexer, a conductive shield that covers the insulating resin, and a first conductive unit defined on the second surface of the surface acoustic wave duplexer and electrically connected to the conductive shield.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kitahara, Hiroaki Nakayama, Tsunekazu Saimei, Hiroki Noto, Koichiro Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20190161848Abstract: The present invention provides a metal sheet, on a first surface of which a resist pattern having a narrow width can be stably provided. This manufacturing method for a metal sheet includes a preparation step of preparing a sheet material comprising an iron alloy that contains nickel. When a composition analysis of the first surface of the metal sheet obtained from the sheet material is performed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the ratio A1/A2 obtained by the result of the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy does not exceed 0.4, where A1 is the sum of the peak area value of nickel oxide and the peak area value of nickel hydroxide, and A2 is the sum of the peak area value of iron oxide and the peak area value of iron hydroxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chikao IKENAGA, Hiroaki Nakayama, Kazunari Ikeda, Chiaki Hatsuta, Utako Oouchi
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Publication number: 20190146201Abstract: A structured illuminating apparatus includes a branching unit branching an exit light flux from a light source into at least two branched light fluxes, an illuminating optical system making the two branched light fluxes to be respectively collected at mutually different positions on a pupil plane of an objective lens and making the two branched light fluxes to be interfered with each other to illuminate a specimen with an interference fringe of the two branched light fluxes, and an adjusting unit adjusting a height from an optical axis of the illuminating optical system to two collecting points formed on the pupil plane of the objective lens by the two branched light fluxes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yumiko OUCHI, Kazuhiro TAKASAGO, Hiroaki NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 10222599Abstract: A structured illuminating apparatus includes a branching unit branching an exit light flux from a light source into at least two branched light fluxes, an illuminating optical system making the two branched light fluxes to be respectively collected at mutually different positions on a pupil plane of an objective lens and making the two branched light fluxes to be interfered with each other to illuminate a specimen with an interference fringe of the two branched light fluxes, and an adjusting unit adjusting a height from an optical axis of the illuminating optical system to two collecting points formed on the pupil plane of the objective lens by the two branched light fluxes.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yumiko Ouchi, Kazuhiro Takasago, Hiroaki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20180231755Abstract: A microscope including an illumination optical system having an objective lens and a fly-eye lens, where: the fly-eye lens having a plurality of lens elements; in the illumination optical system, images of the plurality of lens elements are projected on a pupil of the objective lens; and the number (n1) of the images of the lens elements projected inside the pupil of the objective lens is more than the number (n2) of the images of the lens elements projected on an outer perimeter of the pupil of the objective lens. In the above observation optical system, a first objective lens having a first pupil diameter and a second objective lens having a pupil diameter larger than the first pupil diameter are switchable, and a number n1 may be greater than a number n2 with respect to the first objective lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Norio MIYAKE, Fumio SUZUKI, Hiroaki NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 9897790Abstract: A structured illumination device includes: a diffraction unit that diffracts light beams of a plurality of wavelengths that are emitted simultaneously or sequentially by a light source into a plurality of diffracted beams; and an optical system that forms interference fringes on a surface of a sample using the plurality of diffracted beams diffracted by the diffraction unit, the optical system including a first optical system and a second optical system that focuses the plurality of diffracted beams at positions on or near a pupil plane of the first optical system, and a magnification characteristic dY(?) of the second optical system satisfying the condition of (fo·nw?af?/P)?dY(?)?(fo·NA?af?/P), where a=1 (for M=1, 2) or a=2 (for M=3).Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Nakayama, Yumiko Ouchi
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Publication number: 20180023182Abstract: The present invention provides a metal sheet, on a first surface of which a resist pattern having a narrow width can be stably provided. This manufacturing method for a metal sheet includes a preparation step of preparing a sheet material comprising an iron alloy that contains nickel. When a composition analysis of the first surface of the metal sheet obtained from the sheet material is performed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the ratio A1/A2 obtained by the result of the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy does not exceed 0.4, where A1 is the sum of the peak area value of nickel oxide and the peak area value of nickel hydroxide, and A2 is the sum of the peak area value of iron oxide and the peak area value of iron hydroxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chikao IKENAGA, Hiroaki NAKAYAMA, Kazunari IKEDA, Chiaki HATSUTA, Utako OOUCHI
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Publication number: 20170353759Abstract: A sink device is bi-directionally communicably connected to the source device. The sink device includes a first memory, and a controller. Stored in the first memory is a plurality of pieces of audio format information including information representing an audio format that the sink device can process. The controller selects, from among the plurality of pieces of audio format information stored in the first memory, one piece of audio format information corresponding to receiver format information representing an audio format that a receiver device connected to the sink device can process. The controller then outputs the selected audio format information to the source device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: YOSHIHIRO MORIIE, AKIHIRO FUKE, KAZUKI ADACHI, HIROAKI NAKAYAMA, TAKUMA ADACHI
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Publication number: 20170317002Abstract: A power amplifier module includes a substrate, a power amplifier having a first surface on which an electrode is defined and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface faces a principal surface of the substrate, a surface acoustic wave duplexer having a first surface on which an electrode is defined and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface faces the principal surface of the substrate, a heat dissipation unit defined on another principal surface of the substrate, a heat dissipation path that connects a connecting portion between the power amplifier and the principal surface to the heat dissipation unit, an insulating resin that covers the power amplifier and the surface acoustic wave duplexer, a conductive shield that covers the insulating resin, and a first conductive unit defined on the second surface of the surface acoustic wave duplexer and electrically connected to the conductive shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Takashi Kitahara, Hiroaki Nakayama, Tsunekazu Saimei, Hiroki Noto, Koichiro Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20160131885Abstract: A structured illumination device includes: a diffraction unit that diffracts light beams of a plurality of wavelengths that are emitted simultaneously or sequentially by a light source into a plurality of diffracted beams; and an optical system that forms interference fringes on a surface of a sample using the plurality of diffracted beams diffracted by the diffraction unit, the optical system including a first optical system and a second optical system that focuses the plurality of diffracted beams at positions on or near a pupil plane of the first optical system, and a magnification characteristic dY(?) of the second optical system satisfying the condition of (fo·nw?af?/P)?dY(?)?(fo·NA?af?/P), where a=1 (for M=1, 2) or a=2 (for M=3).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki NAKAYAMA, Yumiko OUCHI