Patents by Inventor Kadowaki

Kadowaki 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: 12031860
    Abstract: A photometer includes a luminous flux splitter that splits a luminous flux incident from a single light receiving optical system and guides the luminous flux to a finder optical system and a photometric part. A light receiver is arranged at a position to receive at least a part of light split into the finder optical system by the luminous flux splitter and generates an output for light emission profile analysis according to a light reception result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventors: Yukitroy Williams, Yutaka Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 12030702
    Abstract: A can lid made of a resin laminate steel sheet for a resin-metal composite container, includes: a top sheet portion; and a curved portion located at an outer periphery of the top sheet portion, in which the resin laminate steel sheet includes a steel sheet, a thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer provided at a first surface of the steel sheet, a modified polypropylene-based resin layer provided at a second surface of the steel sheet, a polypropylene-based resin layer, and an ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer, a melting point of the ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer is 135° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower, a melting point of the thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer is higher than a melting point of the polypropylene-based resin layer by 40° C. or more, and a range of a proportion of the ethylene component in the ethylene-propylene copolymer in the ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer is 1.0 mass % or more and 45.0 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Kadowaki, Kazushi Iwakiri, Tomohiro Mizutani, Satoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 12019825
    Abstract: Provided is a system for a touch pad used by both a finger and a pen to input operations to a computer. The system includes a sensor electrode group, an integrated circuit, and a memory storing a device driver. The sensor electrode group is configured to be placed over a touch surface that is different from a display surface of the computer. The integrated circuit uses the sensor electrode group to detect a touch position on the touch surface where the finger is in contact and a pen position on the touch surface where the pen is in contact and supplies the detected touch position and pen position to the device driver. The device driver is configured to convert the touch position into relative coordinates when the device driver receives the touch position, and convert the pen position into absolute coordinates when the device driver receives the pen position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20240202563
    Abstract: An optimization process for sequentially determining an optimal value of a contribution of an orthogonal magnetic field function based on a final state in an annealing process, for each of binary variable qubits that constitute an optimal solution of a combinatorial optimization problem, includes, when designating, as an optimal qubit, a qubit providing an optimal evaluation index in an evaluation of a final state of the annealing process in which a strength parameter of a pre-optimization qubit is varied for having a maximum value of the orthogonal magnetic field function, (i) extracting of the optimal qubit based on the evaluation index; (ii) determining of the strength parameter; and (iii) outputting of the optimal solution by mapping a set of the strength parameters determined for all qubits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventor: TADASHI KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20240194613
    Abstract: A power semiconductor according to the present disclosed technology is a case-type power semiconductor device, in which a case is formed by mixing a heavy element material and a conductive material with a material having high processability, the conductive material is not a light metal, and the electric resistance of the case is 1.0 E5 to 1.0 E11 [?]. In addition, the power semiconductor according to the present disclosed technology is a transfer mold-type power semiconductor device, and includes a transfer mold-type sealing resin including a sealing resin containing a heavy element material and a sealing resin containing a conductive material, in which the conductive material of the sealing resin containing a conductive material is not a light metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaku ISHIKAWA, Koki KISHIMOTO, Kazutake KADOWAKI, Kunihiko TAJIRI, Yoshitaka MIYAJI, Hiroki SHIOTA, Yasutomo OTAKE
  • Publication number: 20240188228
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board includes forming a seed layer on a surface of a resin insulating layer, applying a dry film onto the seed layer using a laminating roll device, cutting the dry film applied onto the seed layer to a predetermined size, applying pressure and heat to the dry film, forming a plating resist on the seed layer from the dry film using photographic technology, forming an electrolytic plating film on part of the seed layer exposed from the resist, removing the resist from the seed layer, and removing the part of the seed layer exposed from the electrolytic plating film. The applying of the pressure and heat includes applying the pressure and heat to the dry film applied onto the seed layer such that the pressure and heat are applied to the entire surface of the dry film cut to the predetermined size simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji KADOWAKI, Tomomi KANO
  • Publication number: 20240175614
    Abstract: Provided is a main refrigerant circuit in which a compressor having an injection port, a condenser, a main circuit expansion device unit, and an evaporator are connected by pipes to allow refrigerant to circulate in the main refrigerant circuit; an injection pipe an injection expansion device; an outside-air temperature detection device; a suction pressure detection device; and a controller, wherein the main circuit expansion device unit includes a plurality of main circuit expansion devices with different capacities and in a parallel-connected relationship, and during operation, when the controller determines that the temperature of the outside air is equal to or lower than a set temperature, the controller is configured to open the injection expansion device to control an opening degree to select the main circuit expansion device based on the suction pressure to control an opening degree of the selected main circuit expansion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Kimitaka KADOWAKI, Yota MAEMA, Masahiro ITO, Shunya GYOTOKU, Kosuke KAWANO, Akinori KURACHI
  • Publication number: 20240176451
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a display panel that includes a plurality of pixel electrodes each provided in a corresponding one of a plurality of pixels, and a common electrode shared by the plurality of pixels. The touch sensor also includes a touch panel that detects a position of at least either a finger or a pen. The display panel and the touch panel are superimposed on each other in a vertical direction. The common electrode includes a conductor-area-reduction portion that reduces an area of the common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Jun KADOWAKI
  • Patent number: 11982902
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes at least one light-emitting element including a semiconductor layered portion and configured to emit light that has a predetermined wavelength and includes a first polarization component and a second polarization component; and at least one polarized light control member in contact with the at least one light-emitting element. The at least one polarized light control member includes a first structure and a second structure that are positioned in order from the at least one light-emitting element side. The first structure receives the light having the predetermined wavelength to generate near-field light. The second structure receives the near-field light and the light having the predetermined wavelength to emit light in which a proportion of the second polarization component is greater than a proportion of the first polarization component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Kadowaki, Tadashi Kawazoe, Masaki Sugeta
  • Patent number: 11977366
    Abstract: An assist device is for grasping the operating status of a plant and includes a data acquisition unit that acquires process data for the plant, a summarization unit that summarizes the dimensionality of the process data acquired by the data acquisition unit, and a display unit that displays the summarized data summarized by the summarization unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 11977701
    Abstract: A sensor panel includes a detection area and is coupleable to an integrated circuit (IC) for detecting a position of an active stylus in the detection area. The sensor panel includes a plurality of first electrodes which are elongated and extending along a first direction in the detection area, wherein the plurality of first electrodes are arrayed along a second direction that is transverse to the first direction; a plurality of first routing traces associated respectively with the first electrodes and connected respectively to the first electrodes; and a plurality of first terminals associated respectively with the first routing traces and connecting the first routing traces to the IC. The first routing traces include extension lines formed in an area farther distanced from the first terminals along the second direction, than locations of junctions between the first routing traces and the first electrodes relative to the first terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 11972991
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an inner frame that surrounds an outer circumference of a semiconductor chip; and an outer frame that surrounds an outer circumference of the inner frame; wherein the outer frame is configured with an exterior wall that surrounds the outer circumference of the inner frame, and a fibrous reinforcing member that is wound on an outer circumference of the exterior wall. This prevents the broken pieces of a component that constitutes the semiconductor device from being scattered outside the semiconductor device, thereby not only to achieve improvement in the reliability of the entire system, but also to achieve downsizing of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Shiota, Tetsuo Motomiya, Kunihiko Tajiri, Jun Okada, Hiroumi Yamada, Kazutake Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20240136790
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser including: a stacked body in which a first cladding layer of a first conductivity type, a second cladding layer of a second conductivity type, and a light emission layer provided between the first cladding layer and the second cladding layer are stacked on a semiconductor substrate; and a ridge part provided as a projection structure extending in one direction at a top surface in a stacking direction of the stacked body, in which the stacked body is provided to have both end surfaces in the extending direction of the ridge part that each have a shape including an arc in a plan view of the stacked body from the top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KADOWAKI, Hideki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240117204
    Abstract: A coating material composition containing polytetrafluoroethylene, a binder resin, and a filler being at least one kind selected from calcium fluoride, iron oxide and talc, wherein the content of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone is less than 1% by weight of the composition. Also disclosed is a coating film formed of the coating material composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ozora SHIBATA, Yu Kadowaki, Yasukazu Nakatani
  • Patent number: 11946520
    Abstract: A vibration-damping device includes a housing having a cylindrical mounting hole therein and a vibration-damping member provided in the mounting hole. The vibration-damping member includes an outer cylinder fitted into the mounting hole, an inner cylinder provided in the outer cylinder, and a rubber elastic body inserted between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder. The rubber elastic body is formed with a bore penetrating in an axial direction thereof and a stopper protruding from a radially-inner wall surface thereof for the bore. The housing is formed with a receiving part which faces the stopper, in a radial direction of the mounting hole, across a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: YAMASHITA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20240101804
    Abstract: This bolus, which is for radiation therapy, can be deformed to match the shape of a human body surface, and has little deformation during therapy. The bolus forming material is a rubber composition containing ethylene-propylene rubber and a temperature-sensitive material. The bolus forming material has a JIS type A hardness of 20 or higher at 30° C., and thus is not susceptible to deformation. The bolus forming material has a JIS type E hardness of 10 to 60 at 70° C., and thus easily deforms. The bolus forming material shifts the peak of the percentage depth dose for electron beams and X-rays in the beam source direction at 0.8 to 1.2 times the thickness thereof. Therefore, the bolus forming material has dose characteristics in the depth direction that are substantially the same as a human body. After a sheet of the bolus forming material is heated to around 70° C., the sheet deforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: HAYAKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., KINKI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hajime MONZEN, Mikoto TAMURA, Yoshito KADOWAKI, Masashi NAKAMURA, Masafumi SHIGITA
  • Publication number: 20240102908
    Abstract: This optical cell for sedimentation analysis has a pair of opposing surfaces through which light is transmitted, and two polarizing plates, in which each of the two polarizing plates is disposed in a crossed Nicols state on each of the inner surfaces of the pair of opposing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: RESONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunao MIYAMURA, Ayako NISHIOKA, Yasushi KADOWAKI, Kuniaki YAMATAKE, Masanao HARA, Shigeru YAMAKI, Hideki OHATA
  • Publication number: 20240093628
    Abstract: An exhaust gas pipe includes: a plurality of pipe bodies which are formed in a tubular shape centered on an axis and are arranged in a direction of the axis and through which an exhaust gas led from an engine body flows; a connection portion which connects a pair of the pipe bodies adjacent to each other; and a gasket which is provided between the pipe body and the connection portion, wherein a flange projecting toward an outer peripheral side is provided a an end portion of the pipe body in the direction of the axis, wherein the connection portion includes a main connection body which has a tubular shape centered on the axis and a pressing ring which is provided with a facing surface facing the flange while sandwiching the gasket in a gap between the flange and the facing surface, and wherein the exhaust gas pipe further includes: coupling members which are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction and couple the flange and the pressing ring to each other; and a deformation prevention member that
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime SUZUKI, Minoru ESAKI, Takeshi KADOWAKI
  • Patent number: 11927234
    Abstract: A vibration proofing device includes a bracket having an internal space, and a vibration proofing member inserted into the internal space. The internal space is open on an outer surface of the bracket. At least a pair of facing-each-other surfaces, against which the vibration proofing member is pressed, is formed in an inner surface of the bracket. A distance between the pair of the facing-each-other surfaces on a far side in an insertion direction of the vibration proofing member is the same, in at least some regions of the bracket, as that on a near side in the insertion direction. This provides the vibration proofing device and the bracket to allow for compactly configuring the device as a whole, while sufficiently securing a retaining force between the bracket and the vibration proofing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: YAMASHITA RUBBER CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kadowaki, Masataka Hirano, Yusuke Arai
  • Patent number: D1017649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Ito, Junichi Miyai, Yuji Tarumi, Kazuki Murakawa, Kimitaka Kadowaki, Yoshio Yamano, Tomoya Kimura