Patents by Inventor Junichi Murakami
Junichi Murakami 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: 12683417Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery-side terminal and a housing. The housing includes a groove defined in a vicinity of the battery-side terminal. The electrical apparatus includes a body case; and a hook attached to the body case and configured to be engaged with the groove of the battery pack. The battery pack is fixed to the electrical apparatus by the hook being engaged with the groove.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Murakami, Hideyuki Taga
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Publication number: 20260100106Abstract: A gaming system, includes: a plurality of player stations, where each comprises a graphical user interface allowing players to interact with the gaming system; a first motorized lottery wheel, including a first plurality of gaming ball pockets distributed in a concentric ring thereabout and a first LED display ring radially adjacent to the first plurality of gaming ball pockets, each of the first plurality of gaming ball pockets having a ball-sensor for sensing the presence of a gaming ball in the pocket; a second motorized lottery wheel, concentrically positioned within the first lottery wheel, including a second plurality of gaming ball pockets distributed in a concentric ring thereabout, each of the second plurality of gaming ball pockets having a ball-sensor for sensing the presence of a gaming ball in the pocket; a gaming ball launcher including a first shoot for launching one or more gaming balls to the first lottery wheel and a second shoot for launching one or more gaming balls to the second lottery wType: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2025Publication date: April 9, 2026Inventors: Kenji ENOKIDO, Kazunori OTSUKA, Shigeki SATO, Gou MIYAMOTO, Junichi MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 12573707Abstract: An electrical apparatus to which a battery pack including a battery-side terminal is to be detachably attached is disclosed. The electrical apparatus includes: a body case comprising an upper wall having an opening and a bottom wall; and a terminal unit covering the opening from above and including an apparatus-side terminal corresponding to the battery-side terminal. A first rib is disposed at least partially around the opening and extends upward from an upper surface of the upper wall. When the electrical apparatus is viewed from above, the first rib overlaps the terminal unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi Murakami
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Patent number: 12570594Abstract: [Solution] The present invention relates to a method for partially oxidizing an alkane, including contacting an alkane with a supported catalyst in a presence of an oxidizer to convert the alkane into an aldehyde, wherein the supported catalyst is composed of a bimetallic oxide and a support carrying the bimetallic oxide, and the bimetallic oxide is represented by the following formula and includes oxygen and two metals selected from metals of groups 8 to 10 of the periodic table: AmBnOx wherein the bimetallic oxide and support are each a metal selected from metallic elements of groups 8 to 10 of the periodic table; the bimetallic oxide and support are not the same metallic element; m, n, and x mean amounts ((mmol)) of the bimetallic oxide, the support, and oxygen, respectively, per 1 g of the supported catalyst; m is more than 0 [mmol/g-cat] and less than 1 [mmol/g-cat]; n is more than 0 [mmol/g-cat] and less than 1 [mmol/g-cat]; and x is a value [mmol/g-cat] satisfying oxidation states of the bimetalliType: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Xiaohong Li, Hiroyuki Imai, Yang Song, Atsushi Takagaki, Kyoko Bando, Junichi Murakami, Toshitaka Kubo, Tetsuya Kodaira
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Publication number: 20250376285Abstract: A content-filling system includes a water sterilizer that sterilizes water that is used for the content-filling system without heating, and a control unit that controls the content-filling system. The water sterilizer includes at least a sterilizer that includes an ultraviolet lamp. The control unit causes the water sterilizer to be sterilized in a manner in which hot water is supplied to the water sterilizer. As for the control unit, the water that is used for a content is subsequently sterilized by using the water sterilizer that is sterilized, and a container is filled with the content that contains the water that is sterilized, and a product container is consequently manufactured. The water sterilizer causes the ultraviolet lamp of the sterilizer to continue to light during a period from sterilization of the water sterilizer until sterilization of the water that is used for the content ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2025Publication date: December 11, 2025Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Yukinori YAMAMOTO, Yuiko WADA, Junichi MURAKAMI, Yoshitaka INOUE
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Patent number: 12473714Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cab frame and a vehicle body frame having a vehicle body front portion and a vehicle body rear portion. The vehicle body rear portion includes an upper support frame, and a first support base provided on the upper support frame in a height direction. The first support base supports the cab frame rotatably about a cab rotational axis extending in the width direction. A cover is attached to the cab frame to cover a space provided above the upper support frame in the height direction when the cab frame is mounted on the vehicle body front portion. A first dust intrusion prevention mechanism is configured to overlap with a gap defined by the cab frame, the upper support frame, the first support base, and the cover when viewed in the width direction when the cab frame is mounted on the vehicle body front portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: November 18, 2025Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Takaki, Takahiro Usami, Junichi Murakami, Taketo Kimura, Kosuke Hattori
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Patent number: 12312767Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame having a vehicle body front part and a vehicle body rear part, and a cab frame connected to the vehicle body frame and being rotatable about a rotational shaft provided on the vehicle body rear part to be mounted on the vehicle body front part when the cab frame is in a closed state and to be separated from the vehicle body front part when the cab frame is in an open state. The vehicle body rear part has a support frame supporting the rotational shaft and includes a contact plate configured to abut against the cab frame in the closed state, and an engine room to be exposed between the vehicle body front part and the cab frame in the open state. The cab frame has a seal rubber configured to abut against the contact plate in the closed state.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Takaki, Takahiro Usami, Junichi Murakami
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Patent number: 12117015Abstract: A charger may include: a casing including an air inlet and an air outlet; an inner wall extending from an inner surface of the casing and defining an accommodating space between the inner surface of the casing and the inner wall; and a centrifugal fan including an air feed port and disposed in the accommodating space. The air outlet may be disposed to face the air feed port. The air inlet may be disposed closer to the centrifugal fan than the inner wall is. In a direction of a rotation axis of the centrifugal fan, a width between the inner wall and the centrifugal fan may be less than or equal to 150% of a width of the centrifugal fan.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Mizutani, Junichi Murakami
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Patent number: 12049740Abstract: The bucket includes a bottom plate including a first deepest portion, a bracket provided on a back surface of the bottom plate, and a front lip. The bottom plate includes a first inclined portion on a side where the bracket is attached. A first reference straight line is defined that passes through a pivot axis of a bucket and a tip end of the front lip. A second reference straight line is defined that is orthogonal to the first reference straight line and passes through the first deepest portion. An angle formed between the second reference straight line and the front lip is smaller than an angle formed between the second reference straight line and the first inclined portion. An intersection point between the first reference straight line and the second reference straight line is located close to the front lip on the first reference straight line.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Syunsuke Mori, Yuki Monnai, Nobuyasu Sugihara, Junichi Murakami, Naohisa Iwasawa
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Publication number: 20240250374Abstract: An electrical apparatus to which a battery pack including a battery-side terminal is to be detachably attached is disclosed. The electrical apparatus includes: a body case comprising an upper wall having an opening and a bottom wall; and a terminal unit covering the opening from above and including an apparatus-side terminal corresponding to the battery-side terminal. A first rib is disposed at least partially around the opening and extends upward from an upper surface of the upper wall. When the electrical apparatus is viewed from above, the first rib overlaps the terminal unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 11967728Abstract: A battery pack disclosed herein is configured to be attached to a battery pack mount by moving the same downward with respect to the battery pack mount and be detached from the battery pack mount by moving the same upward with respect to the battery pack mount. The battery pack comprises a casing. The casing includes a first guide groove and a second guide groove on a side surface of the casing in a left-right direction, with the first and second guide grooves each extending upward from a lower end of the side surface. A length of the first guide groove in an up-down direction and a length of the second guide groove in the up-down direction are different.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Murakami, Hideyuki Taga
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Patent number: 11919371Abstract: A window stabilization mechanism includes a rail provided on a first cabin frame provided on one side of a window, and has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end in the lengthwise direction of the rail. A sliding member is provided on a windowpane and is configured to slide on the rail. The sliding member is located at a first end when the window is opened and at a second end when the window is closed. A lock mechanism is configured to lock the windowpane to the first cabin frame when the window is closed. A window support member is configured to abut on the windowpane when the window is closed, and to press the windowpane in an oblique direction from the windowpane toward the rail and from the second end toward the first end when the windowpane is locked by a lock mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Murakami, Yusuke Hada, Kohei Masui
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Publication number: 20240059541Abstract: A content-filling system (10) includes a water sterilization line (50) that sterilizes water without heating, an undiluted-solution sterilization line (70) that heats and sterilizes a product undiluted solution, and a filling device (20) that is connected to the water sterilization line (50) and the undiluted-solution sterilization line (70) and that fills the water and the product undiluted solution in bottles (100).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA, Yukinori YAMAMOTO, Yuiko WADA, Junichi MURAKAMI, Takahiro FUJINO, Yoshitaka INOUE
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Patent number: 11837415Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a capacitor element, anode lead extending from a surface of the capacitor element, an anode termination that is in electrical connection with the anode lead, a cathode termination that is in electrical connection with the solid electrolyte, and a casing material that encapsulates the capacitor element and anode lead is provided. A barrier coating is disposed on at least a portion of the capacitor element and is in contact with the casing material. The coating contains a polymeric material that includes a fluorinated component and a non-fluorinated component. The polymeric material has a glass transition temperature of from about 10° C. to about 120° C. and a thermal decomposition temperature of about 200° C. to about 300° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA AVX Components CorprationInventors: Jan Petrzilek, Hiromasa Noborio, Jiri Navratil, Junichi Murakami
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Publication number: 20230374752Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cab frame and a vehicle body frame having a vehicle body front portion and a vehicle body rear portion. The vehicle body rear portion includes an upper support frame, and a first support base provided on the upper support frame in a height direction. The first support base supports the cab frame rotatably about a cab rotational axis extending in the width direction. A cover is attached to the cab frame to cover a space provided above the upper support frame in the height direction when the cab frame is mounted on the vehicle body front portion. A first dust intrusion prevention mechanism is configured to overlap with a gap defined by the cab frame, the upper support frame, the first support base, and the cover when viewed in the width direction when the cab frame is mounted on the vehicle body front portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi TAKAKI, Takahiro USAMI, Junichi MURAKAMI, Taketo KIMURA, Kosuke HATTORI
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Patent number: D1022881Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi Murakami
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Patent number: D1023074Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Taiki Furuki, Ryo Masuda, Yuya Kusaka, Ryohei Sumiyoshi, Junichi Murakami, Takahiro Kubo
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Patent number: D1034445Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Kobayashi, Junichi Murakami
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Patent number: D1038011Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Kobayashi, Junichi Murakami
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Patent number: D1094271Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2023Date of Patent: September 23, 2025Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonori Kawase, Junichi Murakami