Patents by Inventor Hisashi Masuda
Hisashi Masuda 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: 11977293Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source, a first optical member, and a fixing portion. The first optical member includes a light reflection portion configured to reflect light, at least a part of the light reflection portion overlapping with the light source, and a light transmitting portion configured to transmit light, the light transmitting portion not overlapping the light reflection portion. A center of the light source in a plan view is defined as a first center, and a center of the light reflection portion in a plan view is defined as a second center. In the light reflection portion, the second center is located between the fixing portion and the first center at a first temperature, and at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, a position of the second center is closer to the first center than a position of the second center at the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Hirotoshi Yasunaga, Hisashi Watanabe, Takeshi Masuda
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Publication number: 20240142820Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source, a first optical member, and a fixing portion. The first optical member includes a light reflection portion configured to reflect light, at least a part of the light reflection portion overlapping with the light source, and a light transmitting portion configured to transmit light, the light transmitting portion not overlapping the light reflection portion. A center of the light source in a plan view is defined as a first center, and a center of the light reflection portion in a plan view is defined as a second center. In the light reflection portion, the second center is located between the fixing portion and the first center at a first temperature, and at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, a position of the second center is closer to the first center than a position of the second center at the first temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Hirotoshi YASUNAGA, Hisashi WATANABE, Takeshi MASUDA
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Publication number: 20220288954Abstract: An inkjet printing method is an inkjet printing method of printing by discharging droplets of UV curable ink onto a print target from an inkjet head, the method including: a normal printing step of forming at least one color layer on the print target; a first decimated printing step of discharging the droplets of the UV curable ink so as to form, on the color layer, one unlevel layer where a plurality of bumps are arranged at an interval equal to or more than a diameter of each of the droplets of the UV curable ink; and a second decimated printing step of stacking, on the bumps of the unlevel layer, at least one unlevel layer formed by discharging droplets of the UV curable ink so as to be overlaid thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Takaaki NAGATA, Atsushi YUSA, Daichi TAKANO, Hisashi MASUDA, Kazuhiro KAWANO, Takahiro WATANABE
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Patent number: 11134757Abstract: Provided is a fastener stringer attachment structure which can provide an attractive pants silhouette, improve the fit of the pants, and furthermore, reduce the manufacturing cost of the pants by reducing the number of superposed fabrics at a side edge section of a lower front bodice. A fastener tape of a fastener stringer is sewn with a sewing thread to the upper surface of a lower side fabric so that a fastener element of the fastener stringer is positioned inside an end section of the lower side fabric, and a portion of the sewing thread positioned over the fastener tape is in contact with the upper surface of the fastener tape.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignees: Gotalio Co., Ltd., YKK CorporationInventors: Noriko Torigoe, Shoji Matsui, Hisashi Masuda
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Publication number: 20210245417Abstract: A stretching and bending mechanism 3, fixes a resin sheet material 2 by a first fixed clamp and a second fixed clamp at both sides of a center of a transverse direction of the resin sheet material 2 at each end in a longitudinal direction of the resin sheet material 2, and when transverse guides 13 are bent between the first and second fixed clamps 9a, 9b, at least one of the longitudinal guides 15 is guided by the bending guide 16 so as to move toward the center side in the transverse direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Yasushi Arahata, Chiriki Watanabe, Koji Watanabe, Hisashi Masuda
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Publication number: 20190328088Abstract: Provided is a fastener stringer attachment structure which can provide an attractive pants silhouette, improve the fit of the pants, and furthermore, reduce the manufacturing cost of the pants by reducing the number of superposed fabrics at a side edge section of a lower front bodice. A fastener tape of a fastener stringer is sewn with a sewing thread to the upper surface of a lower side fabric so that a fastener element of the fastener stringer is positioned inside an end section of the lower side fabric, and a portion of the sewing thread positioned over the fastener tape is in contact with the upper surface of the fastener tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Noriko Torigoe, Shoji Matsui, Hisashi Masuda
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Publication number: 20190084213Abstract: A resin sheet material 2 in a state of being stretched in a longitudinal direction is held by a stretching and bending mechanism 3, and heated and softened by a heating unit 5. The softened resin sheet material 2 is stretched by pulling the ends in the longitudinal direction and ends in a transverse direction of the resin sheet material by the stretching and bending mechanism 3. The stretched resin sheet material 2 is bent by the stretching and bending mechanism 3, and molded by vacuum forming by a resin molding unit 6.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2016Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Yasushi Arahata, Chiriki Watanabe, Koji Watanabe, Hisashi Masuda
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Patent number: 9902082Abstract: Provided are a vehicular interior member manufacturing method and an airbag rupturing groove manufacturing method which can form an airbag rupturing groove excellent in invisibility even in a vehicular interior member having a hard substrate layer, while performing a proper control of the thickness of the remainder of the airbag rupturing groove to be formed. The vehicular interior member manufacturing method is characterized by protruding a metal blade having an edge flattened at least partially against a forming face of the rupturing groove, from a back side of the vehicular interior member and partially into the skin layer wherein a thickness of the skin layer into which the metal blade has not protruded corresponds to a remaining thickness of the skin layer, and confirming whether or not the metal blade is detected at a second detecting position while the metal blade is not detected at a first detecting position.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignees: NAKATA COATING CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takemi Matsuno, Hisashi Masuda, Takaaki Nagata
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Patent number: 9831541Abstract: A waveguide, printed circuit board and a method of fabricating a waveguide that includes: providing a ceramic powder and polymer binder slurry, and forming the waveguide from the slurry. The waveguide and a printed circuit that includes the waveguide are also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ching Biing Yeo, Yu Gang Ma, Hisashi Masuda, Hirofumi Kawamura
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Patent number: 9735464Abstract: A tracking system comprising: a transmitter configured to steer an RF beam across a detection range, a passive RFID tag configured to be enabled for locating substantially when located in the center of the RF beam of the transmitter, and an RFID reader configured to detect the tag 104 once enable.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Meysam Sabahialshoara, Wei Beng Ng, Hisashi Masuda
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Patent number: 9246548Abstract: An electromagnetic coupler comprising: a transmitter configured to operate at a first central frequency, a first termination configured to connect to the transmitter and having a second resonant frequency, a receiver configured to operate at the first frequency, a second termination configured to connect to the receiver and having a third resonant frequency, wherein when the first and second terminations are bought into close proximity when engaged, the equivalent resonant frequency is substantially the first frequency, and wherein the second and/or third frequencies being substantially spectrally spaced from the first frequency.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yugang Ma, Kenichi Kawasaki, Hisashi Masuda
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Publication number: 20150059143Abstract: Provided are a vehicular interior member manufacturing method and an airbag rupturing groove manufacturing method which can form an airbag rupturing groove excellent in invisibility even in a vehicular interior member having a hard substrate layer, while performing a proper control of the thickness of the remainder of the airbag rupturing groove to be formed. The vehicular interior member manufacturing method is characterized by protruding a metal blade having an edge flattened at least partially against a forming face of the rupturing groove, from a back side of the vehicular interior member and partially into the skin layer wherein a thickness of the skin layer into which the metal blade has not protruded corresponds to a remaining thickness of the skin layer, and confirming whether or not the metal blade is detected at a second detecting position while the metal blade is not detected at a first detecting position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Takemi Matsuno, Hisashi Masuda, Takaaki Nagata
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Publication number: 20140125459Abstract: A tracking system comprising: a transmitter configured to steer an RF beam across a detection range, a passive RFID tag configured to be enabled for locating substantially when located in the centre of the RF beam of the transmitter, and an RFID reader configured to detect the tag 104 once enable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Inventors: Meysam Sabahialshoara, Wei Beng Ng, Hisashi Masuda
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Publication number: 20130314181Abstract: An electromagnetic coupler comprising: a transmitter configured to operate at a first central frequency, a first termination configured to connect to the transmitter and having a second resonant frequency, a receiver configured to operate at the first frequency, a second termination configured to connect to the receiver and having a third resonant frequency, wherein when the first and second terminations are bought into close proximity when engaged, the equivalent resonant frequency is substantially the first frequency, and wherein the second and/or third frequencies being substantially spectrally spaced from the first frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yugang Ma, Kenichi Kawasaki, Hisashi Masuda
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Publication number: 20130104387Abstract: A method which relates to fabricating a dielectric waveguide (WG) on a PCB for RF communication between ICs on the PCB. The WG can replace a baseband copper bus and resulting in the PCB being smaller and/or cheaper. The WG may be printed, stamped, cut or prefabricated onto the PCB.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yu Gang MA, Ching Biing Yeo, Hisashi Masuda, Yaqiong Zhang
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Publication number: 20130049883Abstract: Conventional technologies using copper tracks to couple integrated circuits (ICs) disposed on printed circuit boards (PCBs) face limitations in scaling beyond a certain transmission rate, restricting their future applications. Described herein is a waveguide network, in which the network comprises ICs on a PCB coupled via a dielectric waveguide, which advantageously overcomes these limitations. The dielectric waveguide is able to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals and has a bandwidth of at least 100 GHz, among other features. Further, the network can be arranged with different topologies such as ring, star or bus based, and is also couplable to other equivalent networks on the PCB using suitable waveguide-based networking devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yu Gang MA, Ching Biing Yeo, Hisashi Masuda, Yaqiong Zhang
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Publication number: 20130021764Abstract: A waveguide, printed circuit board and a method of fabricating a waveguide that includes: providing a ceramic powder and polymer binder slurry, and forming the waveguide from the slurry. The waveguide and a printed circuit that includes the waveguide are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Ching Biing YEO, Yu Gang MA, Hisashi MASUDA, Hirofumi KAWAMURA
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Publication number: 20120168057Abstract: [Object] When welding a pair of members made from resin, to limit a distortion being formed in a product after welding, and prevent a quality reduction in the visual appearance. [Means for solving problem] Bring together the surfaces of a pair of members 1, 2 which are going to be welded, then catch and clamp the members 1, 2 by upper jig 3 and lower jig 4 of the vibration welder, and melt the surfaces to be welded by pressing together the pair of members, increasing driving power and generating a relative movement by vibrating both simultaneously, and cool the melted portion by stopping the vibration and welding the melted portion, and, in the process of cooling, reduce the driving power to a predetermined pressure force.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuji KANAMOTO, Ryutaro NISHIBORI, Takaaki NAGATA, Hisashi MASUDA, Masato TANAKA
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Publication number: 20120038077Abstract: An airbag rupturing groove forming apparatus forms an airbag rupturing groove excellent in invisibility even in a vehicular interior member having a hard substrate, while performing proper control of the thickness of the remainder of the airbag rupturing groove. A method also is provided for manufacturing the vehicular interior member. The airbag rupturing groove forming apparatus has a rupturing groove former for forming the airbag rupturing groove by protruding a metal blade at the back side of the vehicular interior member. First and second blade detectors confirm the presence or absence of the blade protruded into the vehicular interior member individually at detecting positions that are different in the thickness direction of the surface layer. An edge position deciding unit decides whether the blade is detected by the second blade detector, although the blade is not detected by the first blade detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NAKATA COATING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takemi Matsuno, Hisashi Masuda, Takaaki Nagata
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Patent number: 7920607Abstract: A wavelength conversion apparatus capable of keeping high wavelength conversion efficiency for a longer time than ever before is provided. A wavelength conversion apparatus includes: a wavelength conversion section including a nonlinear optical crystal, and performing wavelength conversion of incident laser light by allowing the incident laser light to pass through the nonlinear optical crystal; and a relative position control section, when wavelength conversion is performed by the wavelength conversion section, relatively displacing the incident position of the incident laser light in an incident plane into which the incident laser light enters of the nonlinear optical crystal in a direction including a projection direction component of a +C axis to the incident plane in the nonlinear optical crystal or a direction orthogonal to the projection direction component.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ryo Furutachi, Tetsuro Kuwayama, Hisashi Masuda