Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Murata
Kazuhiro Murata 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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Publication number: 20240227397Abstract: A nozzle head includes a plate portion arranged in a plate shape, a droplet discharging nozzle portion located in the plate portion, the droplet discharging nozzle portion including a plurality of droplet discharging nozzles ejecting droplets by an electrostatic discharging method, and a pseudo-nozzle portion located around the droplet discharging nozzle portion in the plate portion and including a plurality of pseudo-nozzles. In the nozzle head described above, the plurality of droplet discharging nozzles may be arranged in line in a first direction, and the pseudo-nozzle portion may be arranged on both sides of the droplet discharging nozzle portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventor: Kazuhiro MURATA
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Patent number: 11987050Abstract: A droplet ejection device includes a processor; and a memory device configured to store a program, the program executed by the processor to cause the processor to: acquire information of a droplet ejection unit including a plurality of nozzles, the plurality of nozzles moving in a first direction toward an object and ejecting a droplet; and set ejection conditions of the droplet in each of the plurality of nozzles based on the acquired information of the droplet ejection unit. The droplet ejection device further may include an inspection unit configured to inspect the nozzle. The information of the nozzle may include information of a shape in a tip of the nozzle. It is possible to eject a droplet in a stable and consistent manner at a predetermined position by using one embodiment of the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: SIJTechnology, Inc.Inventor: Kazuhiro Murata
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Publication number: 20240131843Abstract: A nozzle head includes a plate portion arranged in a plate shape, a droplet discharging nozzle portion located in the plate portion, the droplet discharging nozzle portion including a plurality of droplet discharging nozzles ejecting droplets by an electrostatic discharging method, and a pseudo-nozzle portion located around the droplet discharging nozzle portion in the plate portion and including a plurality of pseudo-nozzles. In the nozzle head described above, the plurality of droplet discharging nozzles may be arranged in line in a first direction, and the pseudo-nozzle portion may be arranged on both sides of the droplet discharging nozzle portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventor: Kazuhiro MURATA
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Publication number: 20220212466Abstract: A droplet ejection device includes a processor; and a memory device configured to store a program, the program executed by the processor to cause the processor to: acquire information of a droplet ejection unit including a plurality of nozzles, the plurality of nozzles moving in a first direction toward an object and ejecting a droplet; and set ejection conditions of the droplet in each of the plurality of nozzles based on the acquired information of the droplet ejection unit. The droplet ejection device further may include an inspection unit configured to inspect the nozzle. The information of the nozzle may include information of a shape in a tip of the nozzle. It is possible to eject a droplet in a stable and consistent manner at a predetermined position by using one embodiment of the present disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventor: Kazuhiro MURATA
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Patent number: 11376847Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection device includes a first liquid droplet ejection unit including a first liquid holding unit configured to hold a first liquid and a first tip configured to eject a first liquid of the first liquid holding unit as a first liquid droplet, a second liquid droplet ejection unit including a second liquid holding unit configured to hold a second liquid and a second configured tip to eject the second liquid of the second liquid holding unit as a second liquid droplet differing from the first liquid droplet, an object holding unit configured to hold an object the first liquid and the second liquid being ejected to the object, and a driving unit configured to move the first tip and the second tip in a first direction relative to the object holding unit, and the first tip is arranged in the first direction relative to the second tip.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SIJTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Kazuhiro Murata
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Patent number: 11351784Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection device includes at least one first liquid droplet ejection unit including a first liquid holding unit and a first tip, the first tip to eject the first liquid in the first liquid holding unit as a first liquid droplet onto an object; at least one second liquid droplet ejection unit including a second liquid holding unit and a second tip, the second tip to eject the second liquid in the second liquid holding unit as a second liquid droplet onto the object; an object holding unit to hold the object; and a driving unit to move the first tip and the second tip in a first direction. An inner diameter of the second tip is larger than an inner diameter of the first tip. The first tip and the second tip are arranged along the first direction. The second tip is arranged behind the first tip.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: SIJTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Kazuhiro Murata
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Publication number: 20210070047Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection device includes at least one first liquid droplet ejection unit including a first liquid holding unit and a first tip, the first tip to eject the first liquid in the first liquid holding unit as a first liquid droplet onto an object; at least one second liquid droplet ejection unit including a second liquid holding unit and a second tip, the second tip to eject the second liquid in the second liquid holding unit as a second liquid droplet onto the object; an object holding unit to hold the object; and a driving unit to move the first tip and the second tip in a first direction. An inner diameter of the second tip is larger than an inner diameter of the first tip. The first tip and the second tip are arranged along the first direction. The second tip is arranged behind the first tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventor: Kazuhiro MURATA
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Publication number: 20210053345Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection device includes a first liquid droplet ejection unit including a first liquid holding unit configured to hold a first liquid and a first tip configured to eject a first liquid of the first liquid holding unit as a first liquid droplet, a second liquid droplet ejection unit including a second liquid holding unit configured to hold a second liquid and a second configured tip to eject the second liquid of the second liquid holding unit as a second liquid droplet differing from the first liquid droplet, an object holding unit configured to hold an object the first liquid and the second liquid being ejected to the object, and a driving unit configured to move the first tip and the second tip in a first direction relative to the object holding unit, and the first tip is arranged in the first direction relative to the second tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventor: Kazuhiro MURATA
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Patent number: 10821910Abstract: A hydraulic excavator has a first stereo camera and a second stereo camera. The first stereo camera has an imaging unit and an imaging unit. The second stereo camera has an imaging unit and an imaging unit. A case accommodates imaging unit and imaging unit inside. Case accommodates imaging unit and imaging unit inside. Case and case are attached to the outside of cab.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Yoshiaki Honma, Takeshi Ikeda, Kazuhiro Murata
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Patent number: 10471802Abstract: An operator's compartment has an internal space. A case has an internal space in communication with the internal space of the operator's compartment. An air conditioning unit is disposed in the internal space of the case and has an internal-air supply port which introduces air from the internal space. An internal-air filter is attached to the internal-air supply port.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Murata, Akihide Namura, Shota Suzuki
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Publication number: 20190077333Abstract: A hydraulic excavator has a first stereo camera and a second stereo camera. The first stereo camera has an imaging unit and an imaging unit. The second stereo camera has an imaging unit and an imaging unit. A case accommodates imaging unit and imaging unit inside. Case accommodates imaging unit and imaging unit inside. Case and case are attached to the outside of cab.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi ABE, Yoshiaki HONMA, Takeshi IKEDA, Kazuhiro MURATA
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Publication number: 20180248540Abstract: A switching circuit includes main switching a device and a drive circuit. The main switching device has a gate terminal, a drain terminal, and a first source terminal through which a main current flows, and a second source terminal for gate drive connected to drive circuit. The drive circuit has a bias capacitor having a negative electrode terminal connected to the second source terminal, a first series circuit formed between a positive electrode terminal and the gate terminal by connecting a high-side switch, a resistor, and a capacitor in series, and a second series circuit formed between the gate terminal and the second source terminal by connecting the capacitor, a resistor and a low-side switch in series. The drive circuit adjusts each of gate charge and discharge currents, and further damps the oscillation of the waveform of gate current/voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Takuya ISHII, Daijiro ARISAWA, Masanori ITO, Takao HASHIMOTO, Takeshi AZUMA, Miwa ISHITSUBO, Kazuhiro MURATA
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Publication number: 20180178616Abstract: An operator's compartment has an internal space. A case has an internal space in communication with the internal space of the operator's compartment. An air conditioning unit is disposed in the internal space of the case and has an internal-air supply port which introduces air from the internal space. An internal-air filter is attached to the internal-air supply port.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Kazuhiro MURATA, Akihide NAMURA, Shota SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20170239730Abstract: A processing device for a metal material, containing: an airtight container for housing a specimen thereinside; an oxygen pump for extracting oxygen molecules from a gas discharged from the airtight container; a circulation means for returning the gas into the airtight container; and a plasma generation means present inside the airtight container for converting the gas returned from the circulation means into plasma and exposing the specimen thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Naoki SHIRAKAWA, Kazuhiro MURATA
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Patent number: 9496795Abstract: A switching power supply apparatus of the present disclosure is a device connection state detection circuit that detects a connection state in a load device connection terminal in a power supply system having the load device connection terminal. The device connection state detection circuit includes a transformer, a switching element, a pulse generator, and a waveform detection circuit. The waveform detection circuit detects a voltage or a current generated in a primary winding wire or a secondary winding wire of the transformer in accordance with operation of a pulse signal, compares the detected voltage or current with a preset reference value, and outputs an output signal in accordance with a comparison result, to an OFF terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naohiko Morota, Tatsuya Sakurai, Takashi Saji, Keita Kawabe, Kazuhiro Murata, Koji Suzuki, Yoshihiro Mori
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Publication number: 20150349651Abstract: A switching power supply apparatus of the present disclosure is a device connection state detection circuit that detects a connection state in a load device connection terminal in a power supply system having the load device connection terminal. The device connection state detection circuit includes a transformer, a switching element, a pulse generator, and a waveform detection circuit. The waveform detection circuit detects a voltage or a current generated in a primary winding wire or a secondary winding wire of the transformer in accordance with operation of a pulse signal, compares the detected voltage or current with a preset reference value, and outputs an output signal in accordance with a comparison result, to an OFF terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: NAOHIKO MOROTA, TATSUYA SAKURAI, TAKASHI SAJI, KEITA KAWABE, KAZUHIRO MURATA, KOJI SUZUKI, YOSHIHIRO MORI
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Patent number: 9122416Abstract: Each actual page inside a pool is configured from a plurality of actual tracks, and each virtual page inside a virtual volume is configured from a plurality of virtual tracks. A storage control apparatus of a mainframe system has management information that includes information denoting a track in which there exists a user record, which is a record including user data (the data used by a host apparatus of a mainframe system). Based on the management information, a controller identifies an actual page that is configured only from tracks that do not comprise the user record, and cancels the allocation of the identified actual page to the virtual page.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Murata, Hisaharu Takeuchi, Junichi Muto, Akihiro' Mori, Kazue Jindo
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Patent number: 9024613Abstract: A switching power supply apparatus includes: an input terminal; an output terminal; a switching element; an input and output converting unit which converts input voltage applied through the switching element into output voltage to supply output power to a load; an output voltage feedback unit which outputs a feedback signal, based on the output voltage; a switch current detecting unit which detects current flowing through the switching element; an oscillating frequency setting unit which sets the switching frequency of the switching element, based on the feedback signal; a peak current setting unit which controls turn-off of the switching element by setting a current threshold such that a switch current peak (i) is constant regardless of a change in the output power and (ii) increases as the input voltage increases; and a switching control unit which controls switching operation of the switching element.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Kazuhiro Murata
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Patent number: 9006296Abstract: According to the present invention, a metal nanoparticle dispersion suitable to multiple layered coating by jetting in the form of fine droplets is prepared by dispersing metal nanoparticles having an average particle size of 1 to 100 nm in a dispersion solvent having a boiling point of 80° C. or higher in such a manner that the volume percentage of the dispersion solvent is selected in the range of 55 to 80% by volume and the fluid viscosity (20° C.) of the dispersion is chosen in the range of 2 mPa·s to 30 mPa·s, and then when the dispersion is discharged in the form of fine droplets by inkjet method or the like, the dispersion is concentrated by evaporation of the dispersion solvent in the droplets in the course of flight, coming to be a viscous dispersion which can be applicable to multi-layered coating.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignees: Harima Chemicals, Inc., SIJ Technology, Inc., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Daisuke Itoh, Akihito Izumitani, Noriaki Hata, Yorishige Matsuba, Kazuhiro Murata, Hiroshi Yokoyama
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Patent number: 8956969Abstract: A hole formation method including applying a pillar-forming liquid to a base material, to thereby form a pillar; applying an insulating film-forming material to the base material on which the pillar has been formed, to thereby form an insulating film; removing the pillar to form an opening in the insulating film; and heat treating the insulating film in which the opening has been formed.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Sijtechnology, Inc.Inventors: Yuji Sone, Naoyuki Ueda, Yuki Nakamura, Yukiko Abe, Kazuhiro Murata, Kazuyuki Masuda