Patents by Inventor Ichiro Fukumoto

Ichiro Fukumoto 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).

  • Patent number: 11780384
    Abstract: The present invention provides an automobile sound insulation panel which suitably implements a lightweight sound insulation panel with an expanded sound isolation-target frequency band and improved sound isolation performance. An automobile sound insulation panel includes a first panel member, a second panel member, and an elastic sheet member positioned between the first panel member and the elastic sheet member. The elastic sheet member includes a first projection-recess part. The first panel member abuts on respective upper opening edges of a plurality of recesses that form the first projection-recess part. Individual air layers exist between the second panel member and the elastic sheet member. A continuous air layer exists between the first panel member and the elastic sheet member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KASAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Fukumoto, Takafumi Ito
  • Publication number: 20210146861
    Abstract: The present invention provides an automobile sound insulation panel which suitably implements a lightweight sound insulation panel with an expanded sound isolation-target frequency band and improved sound isolation performance. An automobile sound insulation panel includes a first panel member, a second panel member, and an elastic sheet member positioned between the first panel member and the elastic sheet member. The elastic sheet member includes a first projection-recess part. The first panel member abuts on respective upper opening edges of a plurality of recesses that form the first projection-recess part. Individual air layers exist between the second panel member and the elastic sheet member. A continuous air layer exists between the first panel member and the elastic sheet member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Ichiro FUKUMOTO, Takafumi ITO
  • Patent number: 8186323
    Abstract: An intake air noise adjuster includes: a communicating conduit including: a first end communicating to an intake air passage to an engine, and a second end communicating to an external air; an elastic body configured to block the communicating conduit; and a flow channel area changer configured to change a flow channel area of the communicating conduit based on a change of an intake air negative pressure caused in the intake air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Mahle Filter Systems Japan Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Akimoto, Ichiro Fukumoto, Masashi Shinada, Takashi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20090025672
    Abstract: An intake air noise adjuster includes: a communicating conduit including: a first end communicating to an intake air passage to an engine, and a second end communicating to an external air; an elastic body configured to block the communicating conduit; and a flow channel area changer configured to change a flow channel area of the communicating conduit based on a change of an intake air negative pressure caused in the intake air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Takayuki AKIMOTO, Ichiro Fukumoto, Masashi Shinada, Takashi Kawano
  • Patent number: 6938601
    Abstract: An intake combustion resonator including an enclosure which includes a resonator tube assembly passing through the enclosure. The resonator tube is formed from porous, undulated tube material and has openings formed in the tube walls. The openings serve as “tuned” passages through the porous tube walls. The resonator tube assembly is not centrally located within the enclosure but rather it is offset both in a height and a width orientation. The size, spacing, and orientation of the tube openings, porous, undulated sleeve material, the design of the enclosure, and the placement of the tube within the enclosure, all act in concert to give rise to the noise abatement properties of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Mahle Tennex Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Ichiro Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20040231912
    Abstract: An intake combustion resonator including an enclosure which includes a resonator tube assembly passing through the enclosure. The resonator tube is formed from porous, undulated tube material and has openings formed in the tube walls. The openings serve as “tuned” passages through the porous tube walls. The resonator tube assembly is not centrally located within the enclosure but rather it is offset both in a height and a width orientation. The size, spacing, and orientation of the tube openings, porous, undulated sleeve material, the design of the enclosure, and the placement of the tube within the enclosure, all act in concert to give rise to the noise abatement properties of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Mahle Tennex Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Ichiro Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 6669651
    Abstract: A brain function examining apparatus and others for performing an examination of a brain function by detecting a pupillary size of a subject's pupil are provided. The brain function examining apparatus includes a light source for illuminating the pupil, a pupillary detector for detecting the pupillary size, an index calculator for calculating, based on the pupillary size detected by the pupillary detector, a subject index indicative of a characteristic of the pupil, a database for storing a base index indicative of a characteristic of the pupil that can be used as reference, and an output unit for outputting the subject index, calculated by the index calculator, and the base index stored in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Fukushima, Kenshi Suzuki, Shuji Murakami, Ryouji Nakajima, Ichiro Fukumoto, Hisashi Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 4097679
    Abstract: A side wall for a UHP electric arc furnace includes water cooled panels positioned within the outer shell of the furnace. The panels form water channels and have multiple fins projecting inwardly from the panel into the furnace. The panels including the fins are formed of pure copper or copper alloy which has a high heat conductivity. The fins have a thickness of at least 10 mm and they project horizontally inwardly toward the furnace for at least 70 mm. The fins are spaced vertically apart in the range of 30-80 mm. The space between the fins is filled with a castable refractory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: Sankyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiro Fukumoto, Susumu Hayashida