Patents by Inventor Kazuma MORI

Kazuma MORI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240129215
    Abstract: A delay measurement device includes a NW measurement unit that measures a topology, a delay amount of each link, jitter, and a packet loss rate, and causes a NW state holding unit to hold them as NW state information, a link quality calculation unit that calculates the link quality between the end points as a weight on the basis of the NW state information including the topology, the delay amount of each link, the jitter, and the packet loss rate, and a path calculation function unit that calculates a measurement path on the basis of a weighted topology in which the weight of the link quality calculated by the link quality calculation unit is reflected in the topology. The NW measurement unit transmits a measurement packet to a start point and measures the delay amount of a measurement target section of a NW.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuma KAMIENOO, Ken TAKAHASHI, Hiroki MORI, Rena OMACHI
  • Patent number: 11904637
    Abstract: A tread portion of a tire includes at least one land portion. The land portion includes an outer region disposed inwardly of a tread surface in a tire radial direction, an inner region disposed on an inner side in the tire radial direction, and at least one sipe. The sipe includes one outer sipe element extending in the outer region in a tire axial direction, and a plurality of inner sipe elements extending in the inner region. The inner sipe elements include a component extending in a tire circumferential direction, and is connected to the outer sipe element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuma Mori
  • Publication number: 20240034098
    Abstract: Provided is a tire that allows reduction of uneven wear such as heel-and-toe wear around a plurality of closed sipes. The tire includes a tread portion 2. A plurality of closed sipes 8 are aligned in a tire axial direction in a land portion 4 of the tread portion 2. Each of the closed sipes 8 includes a sipe bottom 8d, a first end 8a and a second end 8b, a first sipe piece 11, a second sipe piece 12, a third sipe piece 13, and at least one tie bar 20. The closed sipes 8 aligned in the tire axial direction overlap each other in the tire axial direction and a tire circumferential direction. The tie bar 20 includes a first tie bar 21. A center, in a sipe length direction, of the first tie bar 21 is disposed closer to a first intersecting portion 18 than a center, in a length direction, of the first sipe piece 11 is. A distance from the first tie bar 21 to the first intersecting portion 18 is not greater than 25% of a length of the first sipe piece 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuma MORI, Koichi NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240002686
    Abstract: An aqueous ink including a pigment, a fixing resin, and water. The fixing resin includes a constitutional unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid (A), a constitutional unit derived from a cycloalkyl (meth)acrylate (B), and a constitutional unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate (C) whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of not higher than 0° C. A content of the constitutional unit derived from the (meth)acrylic acid (A) is not less than 6% by mass and not more than 25% by mass based on the whole constitutional units of the fixing resin, a content of the constitutional unit derived from the cycloalkyl (meth)acrylate (B) is not less than 30% by mass and not more than 90% by mass based on the whole constitutional units of the fixing resin, and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the fixing resin is not lower than ?20° C. and not higher than 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma MORI, Ryo NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 11827306
    Abstract: An electrical switch device includes an electrical switch unit, a wireless communicator, a power source, an electrical cable, and a connecting part. The electrical switch unit is at least partly disposed outside of a handlebar. The wireless communicator is inserted to an internal space of the handlebar. The power source and the wireless communicator are separated away from the electrical switch unit and arranged at different positions from the electrical switch unit. The electrical cable is configured to electrically connect the electrical switch unit to the wireless communicator and the power supply. The connecting part is electrically connected to the electrical cable. The connecting part is configured to electrically and detachably connect the electrical switch unit to the wireless communicator and the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko Syouge, Takuma Sakai, Kazuma Mori, Yasuyuki Komada, Takehiko Nakajima, Noor Ashyikkin Binti Mohd Noor
  • Publication number: 20230278371
    Abstract: A tread portion of a tire includes at least one land portion. The land portion includes an outer region disposed inwardly of a tread surface in a tire radial direction, an inner region disposed on an inner side in the tire radial direction, and at least one sipe. The sipe includes one outer sipe element extending in the outer region in a tire axial direction, and a plurality of inner sipe elements extending in the inner region. The inner sipe elements include a component extending in a tire circumferential direction, and is connected to the outer sipe element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuma MORI
  • Publication number: 20230257060
    Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base, a piston, an operating member, an intermediate member, and a mounting structure. The base includes a hole. The piston is movably provided in the hole. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base about a first pivot axis. The intermediate member is pivotally coupled to the base about a second pivot axis to transmit a pivotal movement of the operating member to the piston. The mounting structure is configured to couple the base and a handlebar of the human-powered vehicle. The mounting structure defines a mounting axis extending along the handlebar in a mounting state where the mounting structure couples the base and the handlebar. The first pivot axis is closer to the mounting axis than the second pivot axis in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the mounting axis as viewed along the first pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Kohei OBUCHI, Yu KATO, Kazuma MORI, Nobuyoshi FUJII
  • Patent number: 11691459
    Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion. The tread portion is provided with a sipe. The sipe comprises four sipe segments: a first sipe segment, a second sipe segment, a third sipe segment, and a fourth sipe segment. At least one of the first sipe segment and the third sipe segment comprises an oscillated portion which extends in the radial direction of the tire, while oscillating in a lateral direction orthogonal to the length direction of the sipe in a cross section of the sipe orthogonal to the length direction. Each of the first sipe segment and the third sipe segment comprises the oscillated portion including an oscillating-start portion, and the oscillating-start portion of the first sipe segment is inclined with respect to the tire radial direction in the same direction as the oscillating-start portion of the third sipe segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuma Mori
  • Publication number: 20230093210
    Abstract: An electrical switch device includes an electrical switch unit, a wireless communicator, a power source, an electrical cable, and a connecting part. The electrical switch unit is at least partly disposed outside of a handlebar. The wireless communicator is inserted to an internal space of the handlebar. The power source and the wireless communicator are separated away from the electrical switch unit and arranged at different positions from the electrical switch unit. The electrical cable is configured to electrically connect the electrical switch unit to the wireless communicator and the power supply. The connecting part is electrically connected to the electrical cable. The connecting part is configured to electrically and detachably connect the electrical switch unit to the wireless communicator and the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko SYOUGE, Takuma SAKAI, Kazuma MORI, Yasuyuki KOMADA, Takehiko NAKAJIMA, Noor Ashyikkin BINTI MOHD NOOR
  • Patent number: 11535334
    Abstract: An electrical switch device for a human-powered vehicle comprises an electrical switch unit and a connecting part. The electrical switch unit is configured to generate a signal in response to a user input. The connecting part is provided on the electrical switch unit so as to electrically connect an additional electrical switch device to the electrical switch device. The electrical switch device is configured to selectively transmit the signal from the electrical switch unit and an additional signal from the additional electrical switch device to an operating device configured to operate the electric component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko Syouge, Takuma Sakai, Kazuma Mori, Yasuyuki Komada, Takehiko Nakajima, Noor Ashyikkin Binti Mohd Noor
  • Patent number: 11472510
    Abstract: An electric device for a human-powered vehicle comprises an accommodating structure. The accommodating structure includes a main body, an attachment member, and a power-supply accommodating part. The attachment member is configured to be attached to the main body. The power-supply accommodating part is provided at least one of the main body and the attachment member so as to accommodate a power supply, the power-supply accommodating part including an insertion opening and a first inner surface. The first inner surface extends along a reference plane and having a first outline defining a first area as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane. The insertion opening extends along an insertion opening plane non-parallel to the reference plane. The insertion opening has an opening outline defining an insertion opening area as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the insertion opening plane. The first area is larger than the insertion opening area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Takuma Sakai, Yuichiro Hidaka, Shun Kakehashi, Kazuma Mori
  • Patent number: 11425472
    Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member and circuitry. The base member includes a power-supply accommodating part configured to accommodate a power supply extending along a reference plane. The circuitry is provided to the base member to extend along an additional reference plane intersecting with the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Takuma Sakai, Yuichiro Hidaka, Shun Kakehashi, Kazuma Mori
  • Patent number: 11401595
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet having a TS of 780 MPa or more, excellent stretch flangeability, and excellent in-plane anisotropy of TS is provided. A high-strength steel sheet comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; a steel microstructure including, in area fraction, ferrite: 20% or more and 50% or less, lower bainite: 5% or more and 40% or less, martensite: 1% or more and 20% or less, and tempered martensite: 20% or less, and including, in volume fraction, retained austenite: 5% or more, the retained austenite having an average grain size of 2 ?m or less; and a texture having an inverse intensity ratio of ?-fiber to ?-fiber of 3.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Minami, Shinjiro Kaneko, Reiko Sugihara, Kazunori Tahara, Kazuma Mori
  • Publication number: 20220228411
    Abstract: Provided is a sliding door device which can move a support shaft attached to a sliding door along an inclined portion of a rail by using a pull-in device. The rail (6a) is provided with the straight portion (11) for linearly guiding the support shaft attached to the sliding door (2) and the inclined portion (12) which is inclined with respect to the straight portion (11) and obliquely guides the support shaft. The straight portion (11) of the rail (6a) is provided with the pull-in device (15) which can capture a trigger (18) provided on the straight portion (11) of the rail (6a) and linearly move along the straight portion (11) of the rail (6a) when the sliding door (2) is closed. A pull-in force transmission part (20) for moving the support shaft along the inclined portion (12) of the rail (6a) is coupled to the pull-in device (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi IIJIMA, Kazuma MORI, Takuma KOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220106824
    Abstract: A hinge device 1 comprises a dumper hinge 2 and a gravity hinge 3. The gravity hinge 3 comprises a rotational force imparting mechanism 70 for converting gravity of the door 6 to rotational force to a closing direction when the door 6 rotates to the closing direction. The dumper hinge 2 comprises a dumper mechanism 30 for reducing the rotational force to the closing direction of the door 6. The dumper mechanism 30 includes a linear dumper 31 disposed to the first hinge member 10 and a first cam member 32 and includes a second cam member 35 disposed to the second hinge member 20. The linear dumper 31 is positioned far from the shaft member 40 in an orthogonal direction to a shaft line of the shaft member 40 and is positioned along the shaft member 40. When the door 6 rotates, the linear dumper 31 is shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi IIJIMA, Kazuma MORI
  • Patent number: 11279179
    Abstract: A tire includes a side protector at each side surface thereof. The tire satisfies mathematical formulas (1) and (2): R2>R1??(1) R2>R3??(2) wherein R1 represents a ratio of lands in a zone, of the side surface, between a position of a radially inner end of the side protector and a position at 70% of a height of the tire, R2 represents a ratio of lands in a zone, of the side surface, between the position at 70% of the height of the tire and a position at 85% of the height of the tire, and R3 represents a ratio of lands in a zone, of the side surface, between the position at 85% of the height of the tire and a position at 97% of the height of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuma Mori
  • Patent number: 11161375
    Abstract: The tire has a tread portion 2 comprising a plurality of main grooves and a first land portion 11 divided by the main grooves. The first land portion 11 comprises a plurality of first blocks 15 divided by first lateral grooves 14. The first lateral groove 14 is provided with a first tie bar 19 raising from a part of the groove bottom excluding its end portions in the tire axial direction. The first block 15 is provided with a first sipe 20 inclined with respect to the tire axial direction to the same orientation over its entire length from a first longitudinal edge 26 to a second longitudinal edges 27 of the block. The first sipe 20 is composed of a first portion 21 extending from the first longitudinal edge 26, a second portion 22 extending from the second longitudinal edge 27, and a third portion 23 between the first portion 21 and the second portion 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuma Mori
  • Publication number: 20210276369
    Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion. The tread portion is provided with a sipe. The sipe comprises four sipe segments: a first sipe segment, a second sipe segment, a third sipe segment, and a fourth sipe segment. At least one of the first sipe segment and the third sipe segment comprises an oscillated portion which extends in the radial direction of the tire, while oscillating in a lateral direction orthogonal to the length direction of the sipe in a cross section of the sipe orthogonal to the length direction. Each of the first sipe segment and the third sipe segment comprises the oscillated portion including an oscillating-start portion, and the oscillating-start portion of the first sipe segment is inclined with respect to the tire radial direction in the same direction as the oscillating-start portion of the third sipe segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuma MORI
  • Publication number: 20210144453
    Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member and circuitry. The base member includes a power-supply accommodating part configured to accommodate a power supply extending along a reference plane. The circuitry is provided to the base member to extend along an additional reference plane intersecting with the reference plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KOMADA, Takuma SAKAI, Yuichiro HIDAKA, Shun KAKEHASHI, Kazuma MORI
  • Publication number: 20210139105
    Abstract: An electric device for a human-powered vehicle comprises an accommodating structure. The accommodating structure includes a main body, an attachment member, and a power-supply accommodating part. The attachment member is configured to be attached to the main body. The power-supply accommodating part is provided at least one of the main body and the attachment member so as to accommodate a power supply, the power-supply accommodating part including an insertion opening and a first inner surface. The first inner surface extends along a reference plane and having a first outline defining a first area as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane. The insertion opening extends along an insertion opening plane non-parallel to the reference plane. The insertion opening has an opening outline defining an insertion opening area as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the insertion opening plane. The first area is larger than the insertion opening area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KOMADA, Takuma SAKAI, Yuichiro HIDAKA, Shun KAKEHASHI, Kazuma MORI