Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Taniguchi
Hirokazu Taniguchi 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: 10424281Abstract: A hammer unit for use in a keyboard device or the like includes a plurality of hammer arms which are respectively operated in response to key depression operations on a plurality of keys, and a hammer connecting section which has a length corresponding to array of the plurality of keys, is connected to the plurality of hammer arms to support the plurality of hammer arms in an arrayed state, and has mounting sections which are provided in a direction of the array in areas where the hammer arms are not connected, and by which the hammer connecting section is mounted to a keyboard chassis. As a result, the assembling workability is improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Taniguchi, Toshiya Kuno
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Patent number: 10418003Abstract: A keyboard device is provided whose entire device body can be compactified even if a hammer member length in its front and rear direction is increased and a keyboard instrument including the keyboard device. The keyboard device includes a plurality of keys, a transmission member which is rotated in response to a key depression operation performed on a key among the plurality of keys, and a hammer member which is rotated in response to rotation of the transmission member and applies an action load to the key, in which the hammer member includes a hammer arm and a hammer head provided on a front side of the hammer arm, and the hammer arm is rotated around a hammer rotation center located on a rear side of the hammer arm in response to the key depression operation performed on the key.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu Taniguchi
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Patent number: 10380985Abstract: A keyboard device includes at least one key and an action mechanism corresponding to the at least one key. The action mechanism includes a transmitter which moves in response to key depression to the at least one key, a hammer member which operates, in response to movement of the transmitter, to apply a load to the depressed key, a first abutting part which is arranged on one of the hammer member and a member which the hammer member abuts, and an elastic part which is arranged on another of the hammer member and the member which the hammer member abuts. At least one part of the elastic part gets over the first abutting part in a process of deforming of the elastic part, thereby a let-off feeling is given to the depressed key.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Taniguchi, Toshiya Kuno
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Patent number: 10347223Abstract: A keyboard device where at least one of a transmission rail and a hammer rail is favorably supported, and a keyboard instrument including the keyboard device are provided. A transmission support pole for supporting the transmission rail and a hammer support pole for supporting the hammer rail are each arranged in a gap between two keys adjacent to each other among a plurality of keys, arranged in a hole provided in at least one of the plurality of keys, or arranged at a position corresponding to a key support shaft which supports at least one of the plurality of keys. As a result, at least one of the transmission support rail and the hammer support rail is favorably supported.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20190096370Abstract: A keyboard instrument includes a plurality of key blocks, and an instrument case. Each key block includes, a plurality of key main bodies, an area of the top surface abutting one edge side of the key main body in a longitudinal direction is pressed by a user; a plurality of connecting sections, the connecting section is deformed in response to be pressed by the user; and a supporting section which supports the plurality of key main bodies as one key block through the plurality of connecting sections. The plurality of supporting sections included in the plurality of key blocks are piled up in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction in the instrument case. The plurality of connecting sections included in one key block and the plurality of connecting sections included in another key block are overlapped each other in the instrument case.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiya KUNO, Hirokazu TANIGUCHI, Yuichi NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20190019484Abstract: A keyboard device includes at least one key and an action mechanism corresponding to the at least one key. The action mechanism includes a transmitter which moves in response to key depression to the at least one key, a hammer member which operates, in response to movement of the transmitter, to apply a load to the depressed key, a first abutting part which is arranged on one of the hammer member and a member which the hammer member abuts, and an elastic part which is arranged on another of the hammer member and the member which the hammer member abuts. At least one part of the elastic part gets over the first abutting part in a process of deforming of the elastic part, thereby a let-off feeling is given to the depressed key.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu TANIGUCHI, Toshiya KUNO
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Patent number: 10139290Abstract: Provided is an optical temperature sensor including a temperature sensing element having light transmission characteristics that vary with temperature, a hollow holding member that holds the temperature sensing element, and an optical fiber that is arranged inside the holding member, the optical fiber including a tip face that is disposed to face the temperature sensing element at a position separated from the temperature sensing element by a predetermined distance. The temperature sensing element allows light emitted from the tip face of the optical fiber to be incident thereon, allows the incident light to be transmitted therethrough, and allows reflected light of the transmitted light that has been reflected by a measuring object to be transmitted therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Takari Yamamoto, Kenichiro Yamada, Yoshiki Yamakawa, Yuji Mizuma, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Masatoshi Tabira
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Publication number: 20180277081Abstract: A hammer unit for use in a keyboard device or the like includes a plurality of hammer arms which are respectively operated in response to key depression operations on a plurality of keys, and a hammer connecting section which has a length corresponding to array of the plurality of keys, is connected to the plurality of hammer arms to support the plurality of hammer arms in an arrayed state, and has mounting sections which are provided in a direction of the array in areas where the hammer arms are not connected, and by which the hammer connecting section is mounted to a keyboard chassis. As a result, the assembling workability is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu TANIGUCHI, Toshiya KUNO
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Publication number: 20180268786Abstract: A keyboard device where at least one of a transmission rail and a hammer rail is favorably supported, and a keyboard instrument including the keyboard device are provided. A transmission support pole for supporting the transmission rail and a hammer support pole for supporting the hammer rail are each arranged in a gap between two keys adjacent to each other among a plurality of keys, arranged in a hole provided in at least one of the plurality of keys, or arranged at a position corresponding to a key support shaft which supports at least one of the plurality of keys. As a result, at least one of the transmission support rail and the hammer support rail is favorably supported.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180268787Abstract: A keyboard device is provided whose entire device body can be compactified even if a hammer member length in its front and rear direction is increased and a keyboard instrument including the keyboard device. The keyboard device includes a plurality of keys, a transmission member which is rotated in response to a key depression operation performed on a key among the plurality of keys, and a hammer member which is rotated in response to rotation of the transmission member and applies an action load to the key, in which the hammer member includes a hammer arm and a hammer head provided on a front side of the hammer arm, and the hammer arm is rotated around a hammer rotation center located on a rear side of the hammer arm in response to the key depression operation performed on the key.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu TANIGUCHI
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Patent number: 9833972Abstract: In a laminated steel plate in which steel plates are joined to both faces of a core layer, the core layer is formed of a meshed wire group formed using wires in a mesh form and a resin sheet, the wires forming the meshed wire group have a tensile strength of 601 MPa or higher, and an opening of the meshed wire group is equal to or less than ten times the thickness of the steel plates. By thus defining the tensile strength of the wires, light-weightness can be achieved compatibly with high rigidity and shock resistance, and by defining the opening of the meshed wire group, workability and shape stability after being processed can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Ohishi, Atsuo Koga, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Hiroshi Ohashi
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Publication number: 20160363486Abstract: Provided is an optical temperature sensor including a temperature sensing element having light transmission characteristics that vary with temperature, a hollow holding member that holds the temperature sensing element, and an optical fiber that is arranged inside the holding member, the optical fiber including a tip face that is disposed to face the temperature sensing element at a position separated from the temperature sensing element by a predetermined distance. The temperature sensing element allows light emitted from the tip face of the optical fiber to be incident thereon, allows the incident light to be transmitted therethrough, and allows reflected light of the transmitted light that has been reflected by a measuring object to be transmitted therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Takari YAMAMOTO, Kenichiro YAMADA, Yoshiki YAMAKAWA, Yuji MIZUMA, Hirokazu TANIGUCHI, Masatoshi TABIRA
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Patent number: 9495940Abstract: A keyboard device including a plurality of wippens that respectively rotate in the vertical direction in response to the respective depressions of the plurality of keys aligned alongside each other, a plurality of hammers that swing in response to the respective rotation of the plurality of wippens and then respectively add an action load to the plurality of keys, and a wippen holding member having a plurality of wippen flanges that are integrally formed along a direction in which the keys are aligned and that rotatably hold the respective plurality of wippens. Therefore, the plurality of wippen flanges do not need to be individually manufactured and assembled, and thus the plurality of wippen flanges can be easily disposed at once by just installing the wippen holding member.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihisa Hoshino, Hirokazu Taniguchi
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Patent number: 9434775Abstract: Disclosed are a protein encoded by a gene having a nucleotide sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 65 or a fragment thereof, an antibody recognizing the protein or antigen-binding fragment thereof, and a polynucleotide having a sequence comprising at least 12 consecutive nucleotides of a nucleotide sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 65 or a nucleotide sequence complementary thereto. The gene and the protein of the invention is useful for diagnosing and treating cancer.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignees: Perseus Proteomics Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Aburatani, Yoshitaka Hippo, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Yong xin Chen, Shumpei Ishikawa, Shin-ichi Fukumoto, Takahiro Shimamura, Naoka Kamimura, Ying qiu Guo, Shogo Yamamoto, Yukio Ito, Hirotaka Ito, Toshihiko Ohtomo
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Patent number: 9384715Abstract: A keyboard apparatus is provided, which is provided with plural keys 2 disposed in parallel, plural transmission members 10 rotating in response to a key pressing operation on the plural keys, and plural hammer members 11 rotating in accordance with rotation of the transmission member to give an action load to the key. The weights of the transmission members together with the weights of the hammer members bring the plural keys to the initial positions and initial loads of the keys are adjusted by the weights of the hammer members. Even if the weight of the hammer member is changed, the initial load of the key can be adjusted based on the weight of the transmission member. Therefore, when the weights of the hammer members are changed, the initial loads of the keys can be kept constant on the high-pitched tone side and the low-pitched tone side.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu Taniguchi
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Patent number: 9376475Abstract: Disclosed are a protein encoded by a gene having a nucleotide sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 65 or a fragment thereof, an antibody recognizing the protein or antigen-binding fragment thereof, and a polynucleotide having a sequence comprising at least 12 consecutive nucleotides of a nucleotide sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 65 or a nucleotide sequence complementary thereto. The gene and the protein of the invention is useful for diagnosing and treating cancer.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignees: Perseus Proteomics Inc., Chugai Seiyak Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Aburatani, Yoshitaka Hippo, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Yong xin Chen, Shumpei Ishikawa, Shin-ichi Fukumoto, Takahiro Shimamura, Naoko Kamimura, Ying qiu Guo, Shogo Yamamoto, Yukio Ito, Hirotaka Ito, Toshihiko Ohtomo
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Patent number: 9324306Abstract: A keyboard device including a plurality of transmission members which are provided corresponding to a plurality of keys arranged in parallel and each of which makes a rotating motion in response to a depression operation on a corresponding key, a plurality of hammer members which are provided corresponding to the plurality of keys and each of which makes a rotating motion in response to the rotating motion of the transmission member and thereby provides an action load to the key, and a plurality of interlock control sections each of which controls the rotating motion of the hammer member made in response to the rotating motion of the transmission member by a relative motion of an interlock projecting section of the transmission member with respect to a guide hole provided in the hammer member.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihisa Hoshino, Hirokazu Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20160071498Abstract: A keyboard device including a plurality of transmission members which are provided corresponding to a plurality of keys arranged in parallel and each of which makes a rotating motion in response to a depression operation on a corresponding key, a plurality of hammer members which are provided corresponding to the plurality of keys and each of which makes a rotating motion in response to the rotating motion of the transmission member and thereby provides an action load to the key, and a plurality of interlock control sections each of which controls the rotating motion of the hammer member made in response to the rotating motion of the transmission member by a relative motion of an interlock projecting section of the transmission member with respect to a guide hole provided in the hammer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihisa HOSHINO, Hirokazu TANIGUCHI
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Patent number: 9150946Abstract: The present invention provides hot dip galvanized high strength steel sheet excellent in plating adhesion and hole expandability and a method of production of the same, that is, hot dip galvanization steel sheet excellent in plating adhesion and hole expandability containing, by mass %, C: 0.08 to 0.35%, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.8 to 3.5%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.25 to 1.8%, Mo: 0.05 to 0.35%, and N: 0.010% or less and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, said hot dip galvanized high strength steel characterized in that the steel sheet has a metal structure having ferrite, bainite, by area percent, 0.5% to 10% of tempered martensite, and, by volume percent, 5% or more of residual austenite, and a method of production comprising annealing by a continuous annealing process at 680 to 930° C. in temperature, then cooling to the martensite transformation point or less, then hot dip galvanizing the steel during which heating the steel to 250 to 600° C., then hot dip galvanizing it.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu Taniguchi, Kenichiro Matsumura, Toshiki Hattori, Satoshi Kato
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Publication number: 20150269916Abstract: A keyboard apparatus is provided, which is provided with plural keys 2 disposed in parallel, plural transmission members 10 rotating in response to a key pressing operation on the plural keys, and plural hammer members 11 rotating in accordance with rotation of the transmission member to give an action load to the key. The weights of the transmission members together with the weights of the hammer members bring the plural keys to the initial positions and initial loads of the keys are adjusted by the weights of the hammer members. Even if the weight of the hammer member is changed, the initial load of the key can be adjusted based on the weight of the transmission member. Therefore, when the weights of the hammer members are changed, the initial loads of the keys can be kept constant on the high-pitched tone side and the low-pitched tone side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu TANIGUCHI