Patents by Inventor Hiroki Otani

Hiroki Otani 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).

  • Publication number: 20240183703
    Abstract: Provided is a shopping cart capable of dealing with registration processing or payment processing when purchasing a lot of commodities. A shopping cart includes a cart body; an electronic device attached to the cart body and configured to perform at least one of registration processing and payment processing of commodities; an upper placing portion provided in an upper stage of the cart body and having the commodities placed thereon; a lower placing portion provided in a lower stage of the cart body and having the commodities placed thereon; and a detection device configured to detect presence of the commodities placed on the upper placing portion and the lower placing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Reiji SUGIKAMI, Hachirou SAWADA, Katsuya TAKEDA, Masahiro YASUNO, Katsuaki SAKURADA, Teruo SUZUKI, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Fumio NAKATSUKASA, Yuna OTANI
  • Publication number: 20240165716
    Abstract: A lateral processing machine includes an upper beam and a lower beam extending in an X direction; upper and lower X guides extending in the X direction; a first moving column including a first connection block on the upper X guide to move in the X direction, a second connection block on the lower X guide to move in the X direction, and a first column portion connecting the first connection block and the second connection block; a pair of first Y guides extending in the Y direction; a first Y table movable in the Y direction; and a first processing unit detachably attached to the first Y table and including a first ram movable in a Z direction and a first spindle supported by the first ram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki HAREMAKI, Hideyoshi OTANI, Ryo EGAWA
  • Patent number: 11948726
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a main body part including a magnetic layer containing a resin and a metal magnetic powder contained in the resin; an inductor wiring disposed in the main body part; an external terminal exposed from the main body part; and a lead-out wiring electrically connecting the inductor wiring and the external terminal. Also, an outer surface of the external terminal includes a concave part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Shinji Otani, Hiroki Imaeda
  • Patent number: 11772006
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a vaporizer that vaporizes, at normal temperature and pressure, a source material in a liquid state, and supplies the vaporized source material to a reactor through a supply pipe, includes a cleaning step of passing the source material to the vaporizer while maintaining the source material in a liquid state to clean the vaporizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Otani, Mitsuhiro Kawasaki, Toshiyuki Asai
  • Publication number: 20210387106
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a vaporizer that vaporizes, at normal temperature and pressure, a source material in a liquid state, and supplies the vaporized source material to a reactor through a supply pipe, includes a cleaning step of passing the source material to the vaporizer while maintaining the source material in a liquid state to clean the vaporizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki OTANI, Mitsuhiro KAWASAKI, Toshiyuki ASAI
  • Patent number: 5432312
    Abstract: A push-lock device has a damper mechanism 9 which includes a strip body 17; protruding portions 14, 16; a protruding portion 26; and a rubber ring 23. The strip body 17 is arranged in the moving direction of the sliding body 4 housed in the case 2 and has a meandering groove 22 formed therein. The protruding portions 14, 16 support rotatably the ends of the strip body 17. The protruding portion 26 is arranged to the sliding body 4 and engages to the meandering groove 22. The rubber ring 23 is arranged between the base 2b of the case 2 and one end of the strip body 17. The damper mechanism 9 can brake the movement of the sliding body 4 to prevent the sliding body from returning quickly from the locking position. The shock noise of the sliding body is reduced and the knob can be prevented from slipping out from the operating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Otani, Akira Oyama, Masao Ohkita