Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Nishikawa

Kazuyoshi Nishikawa 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: 11925443
    Abstract: High blood pressure measurement accuracy can be achieved with a blood pressure monitor employing a double cuff structure. A blood pressure monitor of the present invention includes a pressing member that includes a pressure cuff having a bag shape capable of containing fluid and generates a pressing force toward a measurement site of a subject when the pressing member is wound around the measurement site and the pressure cuff is inflated, and a controller that controls an operation of the adjuster such that the fluid is contained in the sensing cuff in an amount corresponding to biometric information about the subject and the pressure cuff is inflated or inflated and deflated in this state when performing a blood pressure measurement, and calculates a blood pressure value of the subject based on an output from the pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nishikawa, Shuhei Ojiro
  • Publication number: 20240052554
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a modification method capable of affording animal hair having an anti-pilling property through simple treatment. The present invention provides a method for modifying animal hair, including a reduction treatment step of treating animal hair with a reduction treatment liquid containing a reducing agent under a neutral or weakly alkaline condition, and an enzyme treatment step of treating the animal hair subjected to the reduction treatment with an enzyme treatment liquid containing a water-soluble protein and a transglutaminase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Kodai KANEKO, Kazusa NAKANISHI, Yuji SUETSUNE, Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11798754
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a housing in which a substrate with an electronic component mounted thereon, a thermoplastic hot-melt resin, and a substrate holding part are accommodated. The interior of the housing is divided by the substrate into a plurality of spaces. In the plurality of spaces, a distance between the substrate or the electronic component on the substrate and the substrate holding part, the housing, another substrate, or the electronic component on the another substrate is 0.3 mm to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Isagawa, Kazuyoshi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220336164
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes, in a case, substrates with electronic components mounted thereon, a thermoplastic hot-melt resin, and a fluid branch member, wherein: the inside of the case is divided into a plurality of spaces; the plurality of spaces are at least any space among spaces between the case and the substrates and spaces between the substrates, and are filled with the thermoplastic hot-melt resin; and the fluid branch member is provided with an opening as an inlet for the thermoplastic hot-melt resin, and flow path parts for branching the thermoplastic hot-melt resin into multiple parts and guiding the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki ISAGAWA, Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220301788
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a housing in which a substrate with an electronic component mounted thereon, a thermoplastic hot-melt resin, and a substrate holding part are accommodated. The interior of the housing is divided by the substrate into a plurality of spaces. In the plurality of spaces, a distance between the substrate or the electronic component on the substrate and the substrate holding part, the housing, another substrate, or the electronic component on the another substrate is 0.3 mm to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki ISAGAWA, Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11389073
    Abstract: A bag-shaped structure for a blood pressure monitor cuff that is wrapped around a living body and is inflated by supplying a fluid to an internal space to apply a pressure to the living body, includes an inner wall portion that is positioned on the living body's side, has a Shore A hardness of 15 to 75, and has a thickness of 0.10 mm to 0.40 mm, an outer wall portion that faces the inner wall portion, and a pair of side wall portions that are provided in a manner to be continuous with the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, have a Shore A hardness equal to the Shore A hardness of the inner wall portion, and have a thickness that falls within a range of 0.15 mm to 0.60 mm and is equal to or greater than a thickness of the inner wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nishikawa, Shuhei Ojiro, Tomoyuki Nishida
  • Patent number: 11304614
    Abstract: A bag-shaped structure excellent in vascular compressibility and creep resistance, and capable of reducing the processing cost, a blood pressure monitor cuff, and a blood pressure monitor is provided. A bag-shaped structure includes a first sheet member including a layer formed of a thermoplastic elastomer; and a second sheet member including a plurality of layers formed of a plurality of types of thermoplastic elastomers having different levels of hardness, wherein the second sheet member is joined with the first sheet member, and a layer, that is included in the plurality of layers of the second sheet member and that is in contact with a living body, has a Shore A hardness higher than a Shore A hardness of at least one of the other layers of the second sheet member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nishikawa, Shuhei Ojiro
  • Patent number: 11304613
    Abstract: A bag-shaped structure excellent in both creep resistance and flexibility is provided. Provided is a bag-shaped structure (122) including a layer (122a) made of a thermoplastic elastomer foam. Also provided are a cuff for a blood pressure monitor and a blood pressure monitor each including the bag-shaped structure (122).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Ojiro, Kazuyoshi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11272853
    Abstract: To provide a bag-shaped structure that can suppress expansion of the side wall portion and improve the vascular compression property. A bag-shaped structure used in a cuff for a blood pressure monitor configured to be wrapped around a living body, inflate when a fluid is supplied to an internal space, and compress the living body includes: an inner wall portion provided on a living body side; an outer wall portion facing the inner wall portion; and a pair of side wall portions continuous with the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion and including a bent portion bent toward the internal space; and a reinforcing member provided on each of the pair of side wall portions, having a higher hardness than the side wall portion, and having shape followability in a direction of wrapping around the living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nishikawa, Shuhei Ojiro, Tomoyuki Nishida
  • Publication number: 20210282658
    Abstract: High blood pressure measurement accuracy is made possible even with a cuff reduced in width. Provided is a bag-shaped structure for use in a cuff for a blood pressure monitor that is wrapped around a living body and is inflated by supplying a fluid to an internal space to apply a pressure to the living body, including an inner wall portion that is positioned on a living body's side, has a Shore A hardness within a range of 15 to 75, and has a thickness within a range of 0.10 mm to 0.40 mm, an outer wall portion that faces the inner wall portion, and a pair of side wall portions that are provided in a manner to be continuous with the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, have a Shore A hardness equal to a Shore A hardness of the inner wall portion, and have a thickness that falls within a range of 0.15 mm to 0.60 mm and is equal to or greater than a thickness of the inner wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA, Shuhei OJIRO, Tomoyuki NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11024951
    Abstract: A vehicular antenna device includes an antenna unit transmitting and receiving various electromagnetic waves or signals, an antenna cover configured to cover the antenna unit, and a pad attached to an inner peripheral surface of the antenna cover. The antenna unit is attached to the antenna cover with the pad disposed therebetween. The pad includes a postural adjusting member formed therein. The postural adjusting member is configured to be elastically compressed in a condition in which the antenna device is attached to a roof of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nishikawa, Keita Yamagishi, Shinobu Wakahara
  • Publication number: 20200187798
    Abstract: High blood pressure measurement accuracy is made possible even with a cuff reduced in width. Provided is a bag-shaped structure for use in a cuff for a blood pressure monitor that is wrapped around a living body and is inflated by supplying a fluid to an internal space to apply a pressure to the living body, including an inner wall portion that is provided on a living body's side and has a Shore A hardness within a range of 15 to 75, an outer wall portion that faces the inner wall portion, and a pair of side wall portions that are provided in a manner to be continuous with the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, have a thickness equal to a thickness of the inner wall portion, and have a Shore A hardness that falls within a range of 20 to 95 and is larger than a Shore A hardness of the inner wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA, Shuhei OJIRO, Tomoyuki NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200187799
    Abstract: To provide a bag-shaped structure that can suppress expansion of the side wall portion and improve the vascular compression property. A bag-shaped structure used in a cuff for a blood pressure monitor configured to be wrapped around a living body, inflate when a fluid is supplied to an internal space, and compress the living body includes: an inner wall portion provided on a living body side; an outer wall portion facing the inner wall portion; and a pair of side wall portions continuous with the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion and including a bent portion bent toward the internal space; and a reinforcing member provided on each of the pair of side wall portions, having a higher hardness than the side wall portion, and having shape followability in a direction of wrapping around the living body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA, Shuhei OJIRO, Tomoyuki NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 10632517
    Abstract: Provided is a crimp structure in which an inner member and an outer member that is arranged outside the inner member are joined to each other. The inner member includes: an insertion portion having a columnar surface-like outer circumferential surface; and a recessed portion provided in the outer circumferential surface. The outer member includes: a cylindrical portion that forms an opening into which the insertion portion is inserted; a reduced-diameter portion that is formed in the cylindrical portion, and has a plastically deformed shape such that a diameter of the cylindrical portion is reduced annularly inward in a radial direction; and a protruding portion that has a plastically deformed shape such that a part, in a circumferential direction, of the reduced-diameter portion has entered the recessed portion. Relative rotation of the inner member and the outer member can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Teramoto, Tomoyuki Hakata, Hitoshi Nakano, Kazuyoshi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190365259
    Abstract: High blood pressure measurement accuracy can be achieved with a blood pressure monitor employing a double cuff structure. A blood pressure monitor of the present invention includes a pressing member that includes a pressure cuff having a bag shape capable of containing fluid and generates a pressing force toward a measurement site of a subject when the pressing member is wound around the measurement site and the pressure cuff is inflated, and a controller that controls an operation of the adjuster such that the fluid is contained in the sensing cuff in an amount corresponding to biometric information about the subject and the pressure cuff is inflated or inflated and deflated in this state when performing a blood pressure measurement, and calculates a blood pressure value of the subject based on an output from the pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA, Shuhei OJIRO
  • Patent number: 10471660
    Abstract: A bonding structure manufacturing method for manufacturing a bonding structure in which a first member and a second member are bonded is provided with: a step for forming a perforation with an opening in the surface of the first member and forming a protrusion that protrudes into the inner circumferential surface of the perforation; a step for disposing the region of the first member where the perforation is formed adjacent to the second member; and step for filling and curing the second member in the perforation of the first member by irradiating a laser on the region of the first member where the perforation is formed from the second member side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nishikawa, Akio Sumiya, Satoshi Hirono, Tomoyuki Hakata
  • Patent number: 10449698
    Abstract: A bonded structure is made of a first member and a second member which are bonded to each other. At least one bore having an opening is formed in a surface of the first member, and the second member is filled in the bore of the first member. The bore is defined by a diameter-increasing portion whose opening size increases in a depth direction from a surface side toward a bottom of the first member, and a first diameter-decreasing portion whose opening size decreases in the depth direction from the surface side toward the bottom. The diameter-increasing portion is formed on the surface side, and the first diameter-decreasing portion is formed on a bottom side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nishikawa, Akio Sumiya, Satoshi Hirono, Tomoyuki Hakata, Hiroshige Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20190274559
    Abstract: A bag-shaped structure excellent in both of creep resistance and flexibility is provided. The present invention provides a bag-shaped structure including a layer made of a thermoplastic elastomer foam. The present invention also provides a cuff for a blood pressure monitor and a blood pressure monitor each includes the bag-shaped structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Shuhei OJIRO, Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190269340
    Abstract: An improvement in performance of a bag-shaped structure formed of an elastomer-made sheet can be achieved. Provided is a bag-shaped structure including one or more sheets that contain a thermoplastic elastomer and are uniform in composition, wherein the one or more sheets comprise a plurality of regions that are different in 100% Modulus. Provided also is a method of manufacturing a bag-shaped structure, including heating a region of one or more sheets that contain a thermoplastic elastomer and are uniform in composition, to a temperature that is equal to or higher than a crystallization temperature of the thermoplastic elastomer and is lower than a melting point of the thermoplastic elastomer to increase a 100% Modulus at the region relative to another region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190261870
    Abstract: Providing a bag-shaped structure and a method for manufacturing a bag-shaped structure, which can provide high blood pressure measurement accuracy even when the cuff width is reduced. A bag-shaped structure used in a cuff for a blood pressure monitor configured to be wrapped around a living body, inflate when a fluid is supplied to an internal space, and compress the living body includes: an inner wall portion provided on a living body side; an outer wall portion facing the inner wall portion; and a pair of side wall portions bent toward the internal space and continuous with the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, at least part of which is formed integrally with the inner wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA