Patents by Inventor Jun Nakamura

Jun Nakamura 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: 9870876
    Abstract: A energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly that includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate being mutually insulated; a case that houses the electrode assembly; and a conductive member electrically coupled to the electrode assembly in the case. The conductive member includes a main body part that has a central axis in a direction passing through a wall surface of the case, and a conductive connection part that protrudes from the main body part in a direction intersecting with the central axis. The main body part includes a swage portion disposed at one end portion of the main body part and inserted into the wall surface of case, and a non-circular head disposed at another end portion of the main body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsutsumi, Jun Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9837642
    Abstract: An electric storage device includes an electrode assembly, an insulating cover covering the electrode assembly, and a case including a case body having a rectangular box shape and including an opening, the case body being configured to house the electrode assembly and the insulating cover. The insulating cover is formed into a rectangular box shape conforming to the case body. An embossing is applied to the insulating cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsutsumi, Jun Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170314092
    Abstract: A high-strength austenitic stainless steel, which has good hydrogen embrittlement resistance and hydrogen fatigue resistance, has a chemical composition including, in mass %, C: up to 0.10%; Si: up to 1.0%; Mn: not less than 3.0% and less than 7.0 %; Cr: 15 to 30%; Ni: not less than 12.0% and less than 17.0%; Al: up to 0.10%; N: 0.10 to 0.50%; P: up to 0.050%; S: up to 0.050%; at least one of V: 0.01 to 1.0% and Nb: 0.01 to 0.50%; and other elements, the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein the ratio of the minor axis to the major axis of the austenite crystal grains is greater than 0.1, the crystal grain size number of austenite crystal grains is not lower than 8.0, and the tensile strength is not less than 1000 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Jun NAKAMURA, Tomohiko OMURA, Hiroyuki HIRATA, Kana JOTOKU, Takahiro OSUKI
  • Publication number: 20170305350
    Abstract: This side mirror device includes: a mirror base; a housing a bearing mechanism; a mirror; an inclining mechanism; an internal housing; and a cover, wherein the bearing mechanism and the inclining mechanism are contained in an interior of the housing, and wherein the bearing mechanism and the inclining mechanism are formed so as to face each other across the mirror base along an axis line of the bearing mechanism, wherein the housing has an upper cover and a lower cover that are disposed so as to face each other, wherein the upper cover and the lower cover whose outer surface shapes form an mirror-image symmetry with each other, wherein the cover forms, on a rear side, an opening edge portion that exposes the mirror, wherein the opening edge portion is made of an involuted recess portion that is a rear-side end portion of the cover being bent inwardly toward the mirror, and wherein with the rear-side end portion of the internal housing is inserted into the involuted recess portion, the rear-side end portion of
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sakai, Takeshi Ishikawa, Jun Nakamura, Makoto Sawada
  • Patent number: 9767965
    Abstract: An electric storage device according to the present invention includes a case having a case body and a cover plate, the cover plate has a projection to be inserted into the opening of the case body, the projection is in contact with or adjacent to the inner surface of the opening edge of the case body in the second direction, and the projection is locally located in the vicinity of the circumferential edge of the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsutsumi, Jun Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9683115
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided and attains a more stable dischargeability without adversely affecting the drying property of a print object. As the solution, the ink composition contains water, a disperse dye, glycols, and an alcoholamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isao Tabayashi, Jun Nakamura, Takeyuki Sakurai
  • Patent number: 9681976
    Abstract: An interdigital pad for toes having a larger diameter engaging ring fitted on the big toe, a smaller diameter engaging ring fitted on the fourth toe, a base connecting said engaging rings and positioned on the sole of the foot, a projection fitted between and caught by the second and third toes, said base and two engaging rings forming an arched edge contacting the roots of respective toes, and a thickness of a lower ring of said larger diameter engaging ring and a thickness of the base of the second toe being thicker than a thickness of a portion located from the third to the fifth toes, so a height from the floor surface at a side of the little toe and fourth toe is a higher than at a side of the big toe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: E-SMILE Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9685643
    Abstract: An electric storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case housing the electrode assembly, a plastic member arranged at an outer surface of the case and including a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, an external terminal supported by the plastic member and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a sealing member arranged at the outer surface of the case, the sealing member including a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, and an auxiliary terminal supported by the sealing member, the auxiliary terminal extending from inside to outside the case, being electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and being electrically connected to the external terminal. The plastic member includes a material having a hardness greater than a hardness of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Okamoto, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Jun Nakamura, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Nobuyuki Naganawa
  • Patent number: 9650825
    Abstract: A vehicle door is provided with: a rear glass holder that holds door glass and has a first rear fastening hole: and a carrier plate having a second rear fastening hole fastened to the first rear fastening hole. The rear glass holder has a first rear engagement section. The carrier plate has a second engagement section engaged by the first rear engagement section. In the engaged state, the first rear fastening hole is offset below the second fastening hole. The offset amount of the first rear fastening hole and the second rear fastening hole is greater than the engagement margin of the first rear engagement section and the second engagement section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Tanaka, Jun Nakamura, Takahiro Kawase, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170029911
    Abstract: There is provided an austenitic stainless steel having a high strength and an excellent hydrogen brittleness resistance and further having an excellent machinability. The austenitic stainless steel of the present embodiment has a chemical composition including: in mass %, C: 0.10% or less; Si: 1.0% or less; Mn: 2.1 to 6.0%; P: 0.045% or less; S: 0.1% or less; Ni: 8.0 to 16.0%; Cr: 15.0 to 30.0%; Mo: 1.0 to 5.0%; N: 0.05 to 0.45%; Nb: 0 to 0.50%; and V: 0 to 0.50%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1). The austenitic stainless steel of the present embodiment has a grain size number of less than 8.0 and a tensile strength of 690 MPa or more. 15?12.6C+1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Etsuo DAN, Masaaki TERUNUMA, Takahiro OSUKI, Tomohiko OMURA, Jun NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9551972
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer portion transferring a toner image onto a sheet, a fixing portion fixing the toner image which has been transferred by the transfer portion onto the sheet by using heat, a discharge path guiding the sheet on which the toner image has been fixed by the fixing portion to a discharge port, a branch path branched from the discharge path, a rotator pair providing on the branch path and conveying the sheet, and a control portion configured to rotate the rotator pair while consecutively discharging the sheets to the discharge port through the discharge path without passing through the branch path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Nakamura, Rin Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20160354870
    Abstract: A welded joint having high strength and good hydrogen embrittlement resistance is provided. A welded joint is a welded joint obtained by welding a base material using a welding material. The base material has a chemical composition of, in mass %: C: 0.005 to 0.1%; Si: up to 1.2%; Mn: 2.5 to 6.5%; Ni: 8 to 15%; Cr: 19 to 25%; Mo: 0.01 to 4.5%; V: 0.01 to 0.5%; Nb: 0.01 to 0.5% Al: less than 0.05%; N: 0.15 to 0.45%; O: up to 0.02%; P: up to 0.05%; and S: up to 0.04%, and a balance being iron and impurities, and which satisfies Equation (1). The welding material has a chemical composition which satisfies Equations (1) and (2). Ni+0.65Cr+0.98Mo+1.05Mn+0.35Si+12.6C?29??(1) 0.31C+0.048Si—0.02Mn?0.056Cr+0.007Ni?0.013Mo??1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Kana JOTOKU, Hiroyuki HIRATA, Tomohiko OMURA, Jun NAKAMURA, Takihiro OSUKI
  • Patent number: 9514895
    Abstract: Provided are an electric storage device in which a current collector is not easily broken even when vibration is applied, and a vehicle having this electric storage device. This electric storage device includes a case having a first inner surface and a second inner surface adjacent to the first inner surface, an electrode assembly housed in the case and including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate insulated from each other, an electrode terminal disposed outside the case, and a current collector housed in the case and electrically connecting the electrode assembly and the electrode terminal to each other. A distal end edge of a distal end portion of the current collector is supported on the first inner surface of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Naganawa, Masamitsu Tononishi, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Yasunori Okuno, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Hajime Kawamoto, Tomonori Kishimoto, Jun Nakamura, Toshiyuki Nukuda
  • Publication number: 20160351866
    Abstract: An electric storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case that includes a defining wall and houses the electrode assembly, a sealing member that is arranged on the defining wall, and a conductive member that is electrically connected to the electrode assembly, the conductive member being supported by the sealing member. At least a portion of the defining wall where the sealing member is arranged includes an aluminum-based metallic material. The sealing member includes a material that is softer than the material for the at least a portion of the defining wall where the sealing member is arranged. The sealing member includes polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin and an elastomer. The elastomer is contained in an amount of 2% to 20% by weight. The conductive member is crimped in such a manner that the sealing member is pressed against the defining wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Masakazu TSUTSUMI, Hajime Kawamoto, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Takuma Tonari, Jun Nakamura, Kenji Kouno
  • Publication number: 20160304983
    Abstract: There is provided an austenitic stainless steel for high-pressure hydrogen gas consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.10% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 3% or more to less than 7%, Cr: 15 to 30%, Ni: 10% or more to less than 17%, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.10 to 0.50%, and at least one kind of V: 0.01 to 1.0% and Nb; 0.01 to 0.50%, the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein in the impurities, the P content is 0.050% or less and the S content is 0.050% or less, the tensile strength is 800 MPa or higher, the grain size number (ASTM E112) is No. 8 or higher, and alloy carbo-nitrides having a maximum diameter of 50 to 1000 nm are contained in the number of 0.4/?m2 or larger in cross section observation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Tomohiko OMURA, Jun Nakamura, Hirokazu Okada, Hiroyuki Semba, Yusaku Tomio, Hiroyuki Hirata, Masaaki Igarashi, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Masaaki Terunuma
  • Publication number: 20160270942
    Abstract: An interdigital pad for toes having a larger diameter engaging ring fitted on the big toe, a smaller diameter engaging ring fitted on the fourth toe, a base connecting said engaging rings and positioned on the sole of the foot, a projection fitted between and caught by the second and third toes, said base and two engaging rings forming an arched edge contacting the roots of respective toes, and a thickness of a lower ring of said larger diameter engaging ring and a thickness of the base of the second toe being thicker than a thickness of a portion located from the third to the fifth toes, so a height from the floor surface at a side of the little toe and fourth toe is a higher than at a side of the big toe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: E-SMILE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160208535
    Abstract: A vehicle door is provided with: a rear glass holder that holds door glass and has a first rear fastening hole: and a carrier plate having a second rear fastening hole fastened to the first rear fastening hole. The rear glass holder has a first rear engagement section. The carrier plate has a second engagement section engaged by the first rear engagement section. In the engaged state, the first rear fastening hole is offset below the second fastening hole. The offset amount of the first rear fastening hole and the second rear fastening hole is greater than the engagement margin of the first rear engagement section and the second engagement section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya TANAKA, Jun NAKAMURA, Takahiro KAWASE, Takayuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160178828
    Abstract: A light guide member is included, in which a lamp display portion, a lamp display portion different from the lamp display portion, a light source provided corresponding to the lamp display portion, a light source provided corresponding to the lamp display portion, a first rib that shields light between the light source and the light source, a light guide portion that guides light from the light source to the lamp display portion, and a light guide portion that guides light from the light source to the lamp display portion are configured to be integrally formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Jun Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20160179041
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer portion transferring a toner image onto a sheet, a fixing portion fixing the toner image which has been transferred by the transfer portion onto the sheet by using heat, a discharge path guiding the sheet on which the toner image has been fixed by the fixing portion to a discharge port, a branch path branched from the discharge path, a rotator pair providing on the branch path and conveying the sheet, and a control portion configured to rotate the rotator pair while consecutively discharging the sheets to the discharge port through the discharge path without passing through the branch path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Jun Nakamura, Rin Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20160144698
    Abstract: A vehicle-use seal structure is provided with a seal member which is attached to a door opening part. The seal member has the following: a seal base part which is attached to a seal attachment wall by a plurality of clips; a first seal lip provided to a connection part of the seal base part; and a second lip seal provided to the connection part. The first lip seal abuts a flange part of a front side door. The second lip seal abuts an orthogonal part that is substantially orthogonal to the flange part and extends in the vehicle interior direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Inai, Hiroshi Tokuyama, Jun Nakamura