Patents by Inventor Isao Nomura
Isao Nomura 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: 9291238Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first pulley; a second pulley; a head unit ejecting a liquid; a carriage in which the head unit is provided; a motor that generates power for driving the carriage; a power supply that supplies the power for ejecting the liquid from the head unit; and a belt that is hung on the first pulley and the second pulley, drives the carriage by the power supplied from the motor, and transmits the power to the head unit, in which the belt includes a first member for electrically connecting the power supply and the head unit, and a second member having an electric resistivity higher than an electric resistivity of the first member.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shuji Otsuka, Isao Nomura, Hidenori Usuda, Toru Matsuyama
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Patent number: 9259949Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a discharging portion which discharges liquid; a carriage which has the discharging portion mounted thereon, and is provided with a conductive member; a power supply source which supplies power for discharging the liquid from the discharging portion; a housing which has the power supply source installed therein; and a carriage guide axis which supports the carriage to be movable with respect to the housing, in which between the carriage guide axis and the conductive member, a coupling capacitance is formed by electric field coupling, and in which the coupling capacitance is included in a power supplying path to the discharging portion or a discharging path from the discharging portion, in a transmission path of the power.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shuji Otsuka, Isao Nomura, Hidenori Usuda, Toru Matsuyama
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Publication number: 20150343814Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a discharging portion which discharges liquid; a carriage which has the discharging portion mounted thereon, and is provided with a conductive member; a power supply source which supplies power for discharging the liquid from the discharging portion; a housing which has the power supply source installed therein; and a carriage guide axis which supports the carriage to be movable with respect to the housing, in which between the carriage guide axis and the conductive member, a coupling capacitance is formed by electric field coupling, and in which the coupling capacitance is included in a power supplying path to the discharging portion or a discharging path from the discharging portion, in a transmission path of the power.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Shuji OTSUKA, Isao NOMURA, Hidenori USUDA, Toru MATSUYAMA
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Publication number: 20150273895Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus including: a head unit that is provided with a discharge unit which discharges a liquid; a carriage into which the head unit is built; a power delivery unit that delivers at least a part of supplied power to the head unit; and a power supply unit that supplies power to the power delivery unit, in which the power delivery unit is provided with a first conductor and a second conductor, wherein power that is supplied from the power supply unit is delivered to the head unit through a coupling capacitance that is formed by the first conductor and the second conductor, and in which the power supply unit supplies different amounts of power to the power delivery unit depending on a type of a recording medium that is in a transport pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Shuji OTSUKA, Isao NOMURA, Hidenori USUDA, Toru Matsuyama
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Patent number: 9139028Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus including: a head unit that is provided with a discharge unit which discharges a liquid; a carriage into which the head unit is built; a power delivery unit that delivers at least a part of supplied power to the head unit; and a power supply unit that supplies power to the power delivery unit, in which the power delivery unit is provided with a first conductor and a second conductor, wherein power that is supplied from the power supply unit is delivered to the head unit through a coupling capacitance that is formed by the first conductor and the second conductor, and in which the power supply unit supplies different amounts of power to the power delivery unit depending on a type of a recording medium that is in a transport pathway.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shuji Otsuka, Isao Nomura, Hidenori Usuda, Toru Matsuyama
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Publication number: 20150258823Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first pulley; a second pulley; a head unit ejecting a liquid; a carriage in which the head unit is provided; a motor that generates power for driving the carriage; a power supply that supplies the power for ejecting the liquid from the head unit; and a belt that is hung on the first pulley and the second pulley, drives the carriage by the power supplied from the motor, and transmits the power to the head unit, in which the belt includes a first member for electrically connecting the power supply and the head unit, and a second member having an electric resistivity higher than an electric resistivity of the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Shuji OTSUKA, Isao NOMURA, Hidenori USUDA, Toru MATSUYAMA
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Patent number: 7369939Abstract: An apparatus for displaying information on a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit that acquires at least one of speed information and engine revolutions-per-minute information of the vehicle; and a display control unit that controls a display screen in such a manner that a road and a roadside zone of the road is displayed three-dimensionally, and a display of the road side zone is changed dynamically according to a speed and an engine revolutions-per-minute of the vehicle, based on the speed information and the engine revolutions-per-minute information of the vehicle acquired.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Design CorporationInventors: Kazushige Imai, Isao Nomura
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Patent number: 7324878Abstract: An apparatus for displaying information on a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit that acquires speed information of the vehicle and status information concerning a status of the vehicle, the status information including at least one of engine revolutions-per-minute information, slope information, acceleration information, angular-velocity information, lateral-gravity information, voltage information, direction information, time information, latitude and longitude information, torque information, and horse-power information; and a display control unit that controls a display screen in such a manner that the speed information and the status information acquired are displayed simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Design CorporationInventors: Kazushige Imai, Isao Nomura
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Publication number: 20060142941Abstract: An information display apparatus, which displays a road and a plurality of buildings along the road three-dimensionally on a display screen installed in a vehicle, includes: an output-level acquiring unit that acquires a current output level of an audio device installed in the vehicle; and an output-level displaying unit that displays the current output level of the audio device on one of the buildings that is displayed as if being farthest from a user in front of the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2005Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Kazushige Imai, Isao Nomura
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Publication number: 20060004516Abstract: An apparatus for displaying information on a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit that acquires at least one of speed information and engine revolutions-per-minute information of the vehicle; and a display control unit that controls a display screen in such a manner that a road and a roadside zone of the road is displayed three-dimensionally, and a display of the road side zone is changed dynamically according to a speed and an engine revolutions-per-minute of the vehicle, based on the speed information and the engine revolutions-per-minute information of the vehicle acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Kazushige Imai, Isao Nomura
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Publication number: 20050273216Abstract: An apparatus for displaying information on a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit that acquires speed information of the vehicle and status information concerning a status of the vehicle, the status information including at least one of engine revolutions-per-minute information, slope information, acceleration information, angular-velocity information, lateral-gravity information, voltage information, direction information, time information, latitude and longitude information, torque information, and horse-power information; and a display control unit that controls a display screen in such a manner that the speed information and the status information acquired are displayed simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2005Publication date: December 8, 2005Inventors: Kazushige Imai, Isao Nomura
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Patent number: 5532163Abstract: This invention provides processes for the refining of oil and fat by which phospholipids in the oil and fat to be treated can be decomposed and removed efficiently. Particularly, it provides a process for the refining of oil and fat which comprises reacting, in an emulsion, the oil and fat with an enzyme having an activity to decompose glycerol-fatty acid ester bonds in glycerophospholipids (e.g., pancreas-derived phospholipase A.sub.2); and another process in which the enzyme-treated oil and fat is washed with water or an acidic aqueous solution. Preferably, the acidic aqueous solution to be used in the washing step is a solution of at least one acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, acetic acid, phosphoric acid and salts thereof. Also, it is preferred that the emulsified condition is formed using 30 weight parts or more of water per 100 weight parts of the oil and fat.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1994Date of Patent: July 2, 1996Assignee: Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Yagi, Masakazu Higurashi, Hiroka Tsuruoka, Isao Nomura
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Patent number: 5011873Abstract: A molding polyamide resin composition comprising(A) 50 to 99 parts by weight of a polyamide resin derived from xylylenediamine as a main diamine component and an alpha,omega-straight chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid as a main dicarboxylic acid component,(B) 1 to 50 parts by weight of polyhexamethyleneadipamide resin,(C) 5 to 85 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of components (A) and (B) combined, of a thermosetting resin power having an average particle diameter of 1 to 800 micrometers, and(D) 5 to 200 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of components (A) and (B) combined, of glass fibers,the total amount of the polyamide resin components (A) and (B) being 100 parts by weight.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1989Date of Patent: April 30, 1991Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Isao Nomura, Kazuo Yamamiya
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Patent number: 5004561Abstract: An electromagnetic wave-shielding thermoplastic resin composition comprising(A) 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of polypropylene resins, polystyrene resins, acrylonitrile/styrene/butadiene copolymer resin, polybutylene terephthalate resins, polyphenylene ether resins and linear aliphatic polyamide resins,(B) 30 to 300 parts by weight of electrically conductive glass fibers,(C) 5 to 40 parts by weight of carbon black, and(D) 5 to 40 parts by weight of graphite.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1989Date of Patent: April 2, 1991Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Isao Nomura, Kenichi Narita
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Patent number: 4877847Abstract: A polyphenylene ether resin composition comprising(A) a polyphenylene ether resin modified with a 1,2-substituted olefin compound having an acid anhydride group, the polyphenylene either resin before modification having structural units represented by the following ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a lower alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, independently from each other, represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, in the main chain, and(B) a polyamide resin having recurring units represented by the following formula (II)--R.sup.4 --NHCO--R.sup.5 --CONH-- (II)wherein R.sup.4 represents a xylylene group, and R.sup.5 represents a linear alkylene group having 4 to 10 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1987Date of Patent: October 31, 1989Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Masanobu Masu, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Kenzi Kouno, Isao Nomura, Kazuo Yamamiya
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Patent number: 4822846Abstract: A molding polyamide resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of (A) a poly(m-xylylenesebacamide) resin, and 1 to 20 parts by weight of (b) a crystalline polyamide having a melting point about 20.degree.-30.degree. C. higher than that of the poly(m-xylyenesebacamide) resin (A).Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1987Date of Patent: April 18, 1989Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Isao Nomura, Kenichi Narita, Masashi Kurokawa
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Patent number: 4758441Abstract: A process for the preparation of odorless soybeans having a high nitrogen solubility index, wherein whole or rough-divided soybeans are placed on a belt-type carrier means in the form of a uniform thin layer, and are passed through a wet-heat atmosphere under normal pressure and at a temperature of about 60.degree. to 100.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1985Date of Patent: July 19, 1988Assignee: Showa Sangy Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Negishi, Isao Nomura
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Patent number: 4702859Abstract: An electrically conductive polyamide resin composition comprising(A) 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin derived from xylylenediamine as a main diamine component and an alpha, omega-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid as a main dicarboxylic acid component,(B) 5 to 100 parts by weight of nylon 66,(C) 30 to 300 parts by weight of glass fibers,(D) 5 to 40 parts by weight of furnace black, and(E) 5 to 40 parts by weight of graphite.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1986Date of Patent: October 27, 1987Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Senzo Shimizu, Isao Nomura, Kenichi Narita
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Patent number: 4500668Abstract: A resin composition for molding materials, said composition comprising(I) 100 parts by weight of a resin composition composed of(A) 5 to 95 parts by weight of a polyamide resin composed of 1 to 99% by weight of a polyamide resin obtained from xylylenediamine and an alpha, omega-linear aliphatic dibasic acid and 99 to 1% by weight of nylon 66, and(B) 95 to 5 parts by weight of a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer containing 5 to 50 mole % of acrylonitrile as a copolymer component, and(II) 5 to 150 parts by weight of an inorganic filler.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1983Date of Patent: February 19, 1985Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Senzo Shimizu, Isao Nomura, Kazuo Yamamiya, Tsuneaki Masuda
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Patent number: 4401715Abstract: A fiber reinforced plastic molded article containing a porous resin concrete plate as a reinforcing material and a process for the production thereof are described. The porous resin concrete plate is made of 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin, 20 to 50 parts by weight of inorganic or organic hollow beads, and 50 to 100 parts by weight of an inorganic fine powder. The fiber reinforced molded article is produced by placing a glass fiber substrate in a mold, mounting a porous resin concrete late on the glass fiber substrate at an area to be reinforced, covering the porous resin concrete plate with a glass fiber substrate, impregnating the glass fiber substrates with a molding resin, and molding.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1982Date of Patent: August 30, 1983Assignee: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isao Nomura, Masayoshi Hori, Sotomi Goto, Hirokazu Kittaka