Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kumagai
Hiroshi Kumagai 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: 20180245310Abstract: A urea water tank (27) is formed as a box body that includes a rear inclined surface (28A) that inclines so as to be parallel with a left inclined surface (7C) of a counterweight (7), a front inclined surface (28B) that inclines with a space being left apart from the rear inclined surface (28A) and in substantially parallel with the rear inclined surface (28A) and a front surface (28C) that is formed on front ends of the rear inclined surface (28A) and the front inclined surface (28B) and is formed into a flat surface that is parallel with a left-right direction of an upper revolving body (4). The rear inclined surface (28A) of the urea water tank (27) is disposed along and facing the left inclined surface (7C) of the counterweight (7) and the front inclined surface (28B) is disposed with a gap being left apart from and facing the heat exchanger (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Hiroshi KUMAGAI, Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI, Masao KARIYA
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Publication number: 20180238923Abstract: A dispensing system comprising a robot configured to move a dispenser for suctioning a liquid to be dispensed, a camera for capturing an image including at least a tip of the dispenser, a liquid surface of the liquid, and an object not to be dispensed located below the liquid surface, and circuitry configured to acquire, based at least in part on the image captured by the camera, surface location information for the liquid surface, boundary location information for a boundary between the liquid and the object not to be dispensed, and dispenser location information for the tip of the dispenser on the basis of the image, and control the robot to lower the dispenser based at least in part on the dispenser location information, the surface location information, and the boundary location information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Noriko ABE, Hiroshi KUMAGAI, Yukiko SAWADA, Motohisa KAMEI
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Patent number: 9704530Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge includes a reel that is capable of winding a magnetic tape thereonto, a cartridge main body that is capable of accommodating the reel, a leader pin that is attached to the magnetic tape wound onto the reel and is capable of moving between a first position where the leader pin is accommodated in the cartridge main body and a second position where the leader pin is taken out of the cartridge main body, and a retention clip that is disposed in the cartridge main body and includes an elastic member which is capable of deforming elastically following the movement of the leader pin along with a tip end portion protruding on the path of the movement of the leader pin. The retention clip includes an abutting portion that is capable of abutting on the cartridge main body in response to the movement of the leader pin.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Kumagai, Yuji Iwahashi
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Publication number: 20170071499Abstract: An image generation apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of sensor cells, and a controller configured to provide a tomographic image of a measurement object on the basis of an intensity of a magnetic field generated by an alternating current supplied via the plurality of electrodes. The controller acquires the intensity of the magnetic field via the plurality of sensor cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Satoru NEBUYA, Hiroshi KUMAGAI, Hideyuki SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9562344Abstract: A post-treatment device mounting frame on which an exhaust gas post-treatment device is mounted is constituted by a front mounting leg, a rear mounting leg, and a deck connecting the front and rear mounting legs to each other. A vertical leg part of the front mounting leg is mounted on a front vertical leg part mounting plate of a right front extension beam. A lateral leg part of the front mounting leg is mounted on a front lateral leg part mounting plate of a right front engine support bracket. A vertical leg part of the rear mounting leg is mounted on a rear vertical leg part mounting plate of a right rear extension beam. A lateral leg part of the rear mounting leg is mounted on a rear lateral leg part mounting plate of a right rear engine support bracket. Therefore, the post-treatment device mounting frame is firmly mounted in a state of four-point support on a revolving frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kumagai, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi, Masao Nakamura, Hideto Ishibashi
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Publication number: 20160334429Abstract: A rack includes a container holder that is fixed to a stage and holds a container that contains a liquid to be dispensed and a camera that is fixed to the stage and located in a position where the camera is capable of capturing an image of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Noriko ABE, Yukio Hashiguchi, Makoto Umeno, Hiroshi Kumagai, Yukiko Sawada, Motohisa Kamei
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Publication number: 20160215477Abstract: A post-treatment, device mounting frame (20) on which an exhaust gas post-treatment device (13) is mounted is constituted by a front mounting leg (21), a rear mounting leg (24), and a deck (27) connecting the front and rear mounting legs (21) and (24) to each other. A vertical leg part (22) of the front mounting leg (21) is mounted on a front vertical leg part mounting plate (5F) of a right front extension beam (5E2). A lateral leg part (23) of the front mounting leg (21) is mounted on a front lateral leg part mounting plate (5M) of a right front engine support bracket (5K). A vertical leg part (25) of the rear mounting leg (24) is mounted on a rear vertical leg part mounting plate (5G) of a right rear extension beam (5E3). A lateral leg part (26) of the rear mounting leg (24) is mounted on a rear lateral leg part mounting plate (5N) of a right rear engine support bracket (5L). Therefore, the post-treatment device mounting frame (20) is firmly mounted in a state of four-point support on a revolving frame (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Hiroshi KUMAGAI, Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI, Masao NAKAMURA, Hideto ISHIBASHI
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Patent number: 9269218Abstract: By rendering lower half of 30 FPS in the processing of even numbered frame of 60 fps and rendering upper half of 30 fps in the processing of odd numbered frame, the processing load of the processor 70 can be reduced to half. Thus, by delaying image rendering, the image quality degradation can be prevented, therefore stable high-quality images can be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: EPX CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Kumagai, Takayuki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20150269965Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge includes a reel that is capable of winding a magnetic tape thereonto, a cartridge main body that is capable of accommodating the reel, a leader pin that is attached to the magnetic tape wound onto the reel and is capable of moving between a first position where the leader pin is accommodated in the cartridge main body and a second position where the leader pin is taken out of the cartridge main body, and a retention clip that is disposed in the cartridge main body and includes an elastic member which is capable of deforming elastically following the movement of the leader pin along with a tip end portion protruding on the path of the movement of the leader pin. The retention clip includes an abutting portion that is capable of abutting on the cartridge main body in response to the movement of the leader pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Hiroshi KUMAGAI, Yuji IWAHASHI
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Patent number: 8845848Abstract: There is provided a magnesium alloy member that includes an aluminum-containing magnesium alloy material. The magnesium alloy material has a modified layer formed at a surface thereof in such a manner that at least a surface of the modified layer has a higher aluminum content than that of any unmodified base portion of the magnesium alloy material.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihisa Hori, Hiroshi Kumagai, Yasuyuki Katsumata
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Patent number: 8757214Abstract: A multi-layer hose (10) of a laminated layer structure having laminated an intermediate layer (12) including a resin containing a polyester or a polyamide, an inner layer (11) disposed on an inner periphery of the intermediate layer (12), and an outer layer (13) disposed on an outer periphery of the intermediate layer (12) and containing a rubber, the inner layer (11) containing epichlorohydrin rubber or hydrin rubber and directly laminated to the intermediate layer (12) by a vulcanized adhesion.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuhiro Shinoda, Hiroshi Kumagai
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Publication number: 20130303258Abstract: By rendering lower half of 30 FPS in the processing of even numbered frame of 60 fps and rendering upper half of 30 fps in the processing of odd numbered frame, the processing load of the processor 70 can be reduced to half. Thus, by delaying image rendering, the image quality degradation can be prevented, therefore stable high-quality images can be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Hiroshi KUMAGAI, Takayuki MIYAZAKI
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Patent number: 8530013Abstract: A fuel hose (10) includes a laminated layer structure including: an intermediate layer (12) containing polyvinyl alcohol and/or an ethylene-vinylalcohol copolymer; an inner layer (11) disposed on an inner periphery of the intermediate layer; and an outer layer (13) disposed on an outer periphery of the intermediate layer and containing a rubber. The inner layer (11) includes: a first component containing nitrile rubber; and cross-linked chains formed of carbon-carbon single bond, and is directly laminated to the intermediate layer (12).Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuhiro Shinoda, Hiroshi Kumagai
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Publication number: 20130223967Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes: a revolving upperstructure; a working device attached to the revolving upperstructure; an operator's cab which has a rear window and is disposed in a front position of the revolving upperstructure; and an engine room which is disposed in a rear position adjacent to the operator's cab and has a ceiling part made of a cover member. A part of the cover member located near the operator's cab is made of an inclined surface part having a shape whose height gradually increases toward the rear of a vehicle body with the vicinity of a lower end part of the rear window as a start point during a predetermined distance immediately after the operator's cab. The height of the start point of the inclined surface part may be set equal to or lower than the height of the lower end part of the rear window.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2011Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shimizu, Masao Nakamura, Hiroshi Kumagai
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Patent number: 8491978Abstract: There is provided a multilayer article suitable for use as a fuel hose in an automotive fuel system and the like, which has an inner rubber layer, an outer rubber layer and an inter-mediate resin layer formed of polyamine-based resin between the inner and outer rubber layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuhiro Shinoda, Hiroshi Kumagai
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Patent number: 8365855Abstract: A space surrounded by a partition member (26) partitioning between an engine (8) and a heat exchanger (20), a top plate (21D) of a support frame (21) constituting the heat exchanger (20), and a top plate (13A) of an engine cover (13) is defined as an article accommodating space (30). In addition, an article box (32) where tools necessary for a maintenance operation are stored is accommodated in the article accommodating space (30). Thereby even in a hydraulic excavator (1) of a type having a small swing radius at the rear in which the engine (8) and a counterweight (7) are arranged close to each other, by effectively using a top surface side of the heat exchanger (20), it is possible to secure the article accommodating space (30) for accommodating an article such as the article box (32) in a housing cover (12).Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomonori Mamada, Hiroshi Kumagai
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Patent number: 8356638Abstract: A multi-layer hose usable for a fuel hose of an automotive vehicle. The multi-layer hose includes an intermediate layer formed of a resin whose main component includes polyester. An outer layer is provided formed of rubber and disposed outside the intermediate layer. Additionally, an inner layer is provided formed of fluoroelastomer and disposed inside the intermediate layer to be laminated directly on the intermediate layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2008Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuhiro Shinoda, Hiroshi Kumagai
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Publication number: 20120055629Abstract: There is provided a magnesium alloy member that includes an aluminum-containing magnesium alloy material. The magnesium alloy material has a modified layer formed at a surface thereof in such a manner that at least a surface of the modified layer has a higher aluminum content than that of any unmodified base portion of the magnesium alloy material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: Akihisa HORI, Hiroshi Kumagai, Yasuyuki Katsumata
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Patent number: 8049138Abstract: An apparatus for processing a three-dimensional structure having a fine three-dimensional shape and a smooth surface is disclosed in which the three-dimensional structure is usable for an optical device. The process method includes depositing a thin layer for absorption of laser light on a flat substrate; depositing a transparent layer on the thin layer for absorption of laser light; and irradiating a process laser light, passing through the transparent layer; in which pulse injection energy of the process laser light is set to be the same as or smaller than the maximum pulse injection energy capable of exposing a surface of the thin layer in front in the incident direction of the process laser light, and to be set the same as or greater than the minimum pulse injection energy capable of removing the transparent layer in rear in the incident direction of the process laser light.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2004Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., RikenInventors: Yasufumi Yamada, Katsumi Midorikawa, Hiroshi Kumagai
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Patent number: D678918Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigehisa Hagura, Kazuhiko Hiraoka, Masao Nakamura, Hiroyuki Isobe, Hiroshi Kumagai