Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Noda

Hiroyuki Noda 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: 20250132114
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a base, a seat, a first contact terminal, and a second contact terminal. The seat is a separate body from the base and is disposed below the base. The seat includes a first hole and a second hole. The first hole and the second hole each extend in the vertical direction. The first contact terminal extends downwardly from the base through the first hole. The first contact terminal includes a first bent portion bent along the bottom surface of the seat. The second contact terminal extends downwardly from the base through the second hole. The second contact terminal includes a second bent portion bent along the bottom surface of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Masaki SUGIHARA, Hiroyuki OTSUKA, Masayuki NODA
  • Patent number: 12253449
    Abstract: Provided are a physical property measurement method, a physical property measurement device, and a probe that can simply measure physical properties of a surface layer portion of an object. A physical property measurement method includes a step of bringing a probe into contact with a surface layer portion of a liquid or gel-like object and maintaining a contact state, a step of measuring a height of the object rising along the probe in contact with the object, and a step of calculating viscous properties or elastic properties of the surface layer portion of the object using the measured height of the object rising along the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Kajiya, Daisuke Sawai, Koji Miyata, Hiroyuki Noda
  • Publication number: 20250059394
    Abstract: An ink set contains a pretreatment solution and an ink composition, wherein the pretreatment solution contains an organic acid with a boiling point of 120° C. or lower at 1 atmospheric pressure, and the ink composition contains A to E below: (A) a white pigment; (B) an alkali-soluble resin being an acrylic-based copolymer resin with an acid value of 200 mgKOH/g or higher that also contains a monomer having carboxyl groups and a hydrophobic group-containing monomer as monomer components, amounting to a content of 1.0 to 3.0% by mass in the ink composition; (C) a water-dispersible resin with a glass transition temperature of ?25° C. to 10° C.; (D) a silicone-based surfactant; (E) water. The ink set that can provide a printed matter (fabric) offering excellent abrasion resistance of the printed text and images, as well as good washing fastness and tackiness (non-sticking) of the printed face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KONISHI, Ryuta NODA, Masaki MURAKAMI, Satoshi HIRAKAWA, Yuka MATSUHASHI
  • Publication number: 20250050968
    Abstract: A human-powered vehicle component includes a housing, a positioner and an insulator. The housing includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion that defines an accommodation cavity with the first housing portion. The positioner is provided on each of the first housing portion and the second housing portion and configured to relatively position the first housing portion and the second housing portion. The insulator is provided between the first housing portion and the second housing portion to electrically insulate the first housing portion and the second housing portion. The first housing portion and the second housing portion are electrically connected at the positioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KAMEDA, Hiroyuki ISHIZAKI, Shinichiro NODA, Akihiro IZAWA
  • Publication number: 20250031489
    Abstract: A substrate has a moth-eye nano pattern on a surface of the substrate in which cone-shaped protrusions are periodically formed, a first semiconductor layer on the moth-eye nano pattern and having a photonic crystal layer, an active layer on the first semiconductor layer and having a light-emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu NODA, Hiroyuki KASHIWAGI, Shunya IDE, Tessei IWASAKI, Yasuyuki KAWAKAMI, Yusuke YOKOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230106219
    Abstract: Provided are a physical property measurement method, a physical property measurement device, and a probe that can simply measure physical properties of a surface layer portion of an object. A physical property measurement method includes a step of bringing a probe into contact with a surface layer portion of a liquid or gel-like object and maintaining a contact state, a step of measuring a height of the object rising along the probe in contact with the object, and a step of calculating viscous properties or elastic properties of the surface layer portion of the object using the measured height of the object rising along the probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi KAJIYA, Daisuke Sawai, Koji Miyata, Hiroyuki Noda
  • Patent number: 11493833
    Abstract: An indoor camera includes: an image capturing unit; a pan mechanism configured to drive a pan motor to rotate the image capturing unit around a vertical axis; a motor holder housing the pan mechanism and having a contact surface parallel to a horizontal axis on a bottom surface; a suction cup having an internal space and formed of an elastic member, the suction cup having upper and lower openings in upper and lower portions of the internal space, respectively; and a suction cup holder fixed to the suction cup and configured to support a load of a main mechanism portion housing the image capturing unit and the pan mechanism. The lower opening is closed by an installation surface on which the suction cup is installed. The upper opening is configured to seal the internal space by supporting the contact surface by the load of the main mechanism portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kuroki, Hiroyuki Noda, Akira Katayama, Shinichi Takamatsu, Kumiko Kawazoe, Yusuke Oshikata, Atsushi Ikarashi
  • Patent number: 11071953
    Abstract: Provided are a gas separation membrane which has a resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, in which the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond satisfies Expressions 1 and 2, and at least one of gas permeability or gas separation selectivity is high under high pressure; a method of producing a gas separation membrane; a gas separation membrane module; and a gas separator. 0.9?A/B?0.63??Expression 1 B?1.7??Expression 2 In the expressions, A represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms contained in the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond at a depth of 10 nm from the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, and B represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms in the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Mochizuki, Makoto Sawada, Takeshi Narita, Shigehide Itou, Hiroyuki Noda, Atsushi Mukai
  • Publication number: 20210216000
    Abstract: An indoor camera includes: an image capturing unit; a pan mechanism configured to drive a pan motor to rotate the image capturing unit around a vertical axis; a motor holder housing the pan mechanism and having a contact surface parallel to a horizontal axis on a bottom surface; a suction cup having an internal space and formed of an elastic member, the suction cup having upper and lower openings in upper and lower portions of the internal space, respectively; and a suction cup holder fixed to the suction cup and configured to support a load of a main mechanism portion housing the image capturing unit and the pan mechanism. The lower opening is closed by an installation surface on which the suction cup is installed. The upper opening is configured to seal the internal space by supporting the contact surface by the load of the main mechanism portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi KUROKI, Hiroyuki NODA, Akira KATAYAMA, Shinichi TAKAMATSU, Kumiko KAWAZOE, Yusuke OSHIKATA, Atsushi IKARASHI
  • Patent number: 10693145
    Abstract: A novel transition metal oxide catalyst that is equivalent to precious metal catalysts, and an air electrode and an air secondary battery using this catalyst are provided. The catalyst is a catalyst for an air electrode including a brownmillerite-type transition metal oxide and represented by General Formula (1) below: A2B1B2O5??(1) where A represents Ca, Sr, Ba, or a rare earth element(RE), B1 is a metal atom that forms a tetrahedral structure together with oxygen atoms, and B2 is a metal atom that forms an octahedral structure together with oxygen atoms. Disclosed are an air electrode for a metal-air secondary battery that includes the catalyst, and a metal-air secondary battery that includes an air electrode including the catalyst, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte intervening between the air electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAID UNIVERSITY, HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Etsushi Tsuji, Teruki Motohashi, Hiroki Habazaki, Hiroyuki Noda, Tatsuya Takeguchi
  • Patent number: 10537938
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic core having insulating properties, and a method for manufacturing the magnetic core. Provided is a magnetic core manufactured by compression molding and subsequent thermal curing of an iron-based soft magnetic powder having a resin coating formed on particle surfaces thereof. The iron-based soft magnetic powder is one in which the particle surfaces have been coated with an inorganic insulator; the resin coating is an uncured resin coating formed by dry blending the powder with a thermosetting resin at a temperature equal to or greater than the softening point of the thermosetting resin and lower than the thermal curing initiation temperature of the resin; the compression molding is carried out by using a mold to produce a compression molded body; and the thermal curing is carried out at a temperature equal to or greater than the thermal curing initiation temperature of the thermosetting resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuji Harano, Hiroyuki Noda
  • Patent number: 10459036
    Abstract: A battery checker is provided with: voltage application unit configured to apply an AC voltage to a battery to be measured; ripple voltage measurement unit configured to measure a ripple voltage contained in a terminal voltage of the battery; and electric power storage level detection unit configured to detect an electric power storage level of the battery by comparing the measured ripple voltage with a set reference. The voltage application unit includes a transformer that transforms voltage for an alternating current of an AC power supply such as a commercial AC power supply, and an output circuit that applies, to the battery, an alternating current with transformed voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noda, Masatoshi Mizutani, Natsuhiko Mori
  • Patent number: 10427111
    Abstract: Provided are a gas separation membrane which has a resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, in which the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond satisfies Expressions 1 and 2, and at least one of gas permeability or gas separation selectivity is high under high pressure; a method of producing a gas separation membrane; a gas separation membrane module; and a gas separator. 0.9?A/B?0.55??Expression 1 B?1.7??Expression 2 In the expressions, A represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms contained in the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond at a depth of 10 nm from the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, and B represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms in the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Mochizuki, Makoto Sawada, Takeshi Narita, Shigehide Itou, Hiroyuki Noda, Atsushi Mukai
  • Publication number: 20190291060
    Abstract: Provided are a gas separation membrane which has a resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, in which the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond satisfies Expressions 1 and 2, and at least one of gas permeability or gas separation selectivity is high under high pressure; a method of producing a gas separation membrane; a gas separation membrane module; and a gas separator. 0.9?A/B?0.63??Expression 1 B?1.7??Expression 2 In the expressions, A represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms contained in the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond at a depth of 10 nm from the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, and B represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms in the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MOCHIZUKI, Makoto SAWADA, Takeshi NARITA, Shigehide ITOU, Hiroyuki NODA, Atsushi MUKAI
  • Patent number: 10414255
    Abstract: A vehicle sunroof apparatus includes check mechanisms each including a rotary cam and a fixed cam. The fixed cam includes a switch guide which switches the check mechanism between an engaged state and a disengaged state. The switch guide allows advancement of the rotary cam which is at an advancement and retraction rotary position, pushes the rotary cam to a first rotary position, and further pushes the rotary cam to a second rotary position, the check mechanism is thereby switched to the engaged state. The switch guide pushes the rotary cam to a release preparation position, further pushes the rotary cam to the advancement and retraction rotary position, the check mechanism is thereby switched to the disengaged state. The fixed cam includes an initialization guide that pushes the rotary cam to the release preparation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Matsuoka, Hiroyuki Noda, Shintaro Katsura, Ryuuta Fukada
  • Patent number: 10395813
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic core which can be produced with improved productivity without increasing a material cost and has required magnetic and mechanical properties and a process for producing the same. The magnetic core is produced by compression molding and thereafter thermally hardening iron-based soft magnetic powder having resin films formed on surfaces of particles thereof. The resin film is an uncured resin film formed by dry mixing the iron-based soft magnetic powder and epoxy resin containing a latent curing agent with each other at a temperature not less than a softening temperature of the epoxy resin and less than a thermal curing starting temperature thereof. The iron-based soft magnetic powder having the resin films formed on the surfaces of the particles thereof is compression molded by using a die to produce a compression molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Uemoto, Shinji Miyazaki, Takuji Harano, Natsuhiko Mori, Hiroyuki Noda
  • Patent number: D849264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ai Masuda, Hiroyuki Noda, Mitsuru Oonuma, Keiko Yoshikawa, Masahiko Iijima
  • Patent number: D851151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation
    Inventors: Ai Masuda, Hiroyuki Noda, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yasutaka Otsuka
  • Patent number: D1070844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noda, Shinji Shibuya, Yoshikatsu Kasahara, Kenichi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: D1071946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noda, Shinji Shibuya, Yoshikatsu Kasahara, Kenichi Miyamoto