Patents by Inventor Ken NOGUCHI

Ken NOGUCHI 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: 20240101367
    Abstract: A medium feeding device includes: a load unit that is loaded with multiple media; a delivering unit that delivers an uppermost medium of the media loaded on the load unit in a predetermined feeding direction; an ascent-descent unit that causes at least a part of the load unit to ascend and descend about a pivot point defined by a position of the load unit located away from a leading edge of the media in the feeding direction; a regulating unit that is provided toward the feeding direction of the media on the load unit and that comes into contact with the leading edge, in the feeding direction, of the media loaded on the load unit to regulate a loading position of the media; and a blocking unit that allows the load unit to ascend and descend and that blocks at least a part of a gap between the load unit and the regulating unit at an arbitrary ascent or descent position of the load unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takayuki FUKAMACHI, Jun NOGUCHI, Keita KONTANI, Ken FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230408813
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a head-up display device that enables a reduction in size. A head-up display device according to the present invention comprises: a display unit that emits display light; a first mirror that reflects the display light from the display unit; a second mirror that reflects the display light reflected by the first mirror; and a mirror driving unit that rotates the first mirror about a rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ken NOGUCHI, Masao SATOH
  • Publication number: 20200241297
    Abstract: A drive device used in a head-up display device, the drive device being accommodated in a housing of the head-up display device and being fixed to the housing. The drive device includes a motor having a rotation shaft and a motor case having an end face through which the rotation shaft is protruded, a vibration suppressing member, and a frame provided with a first plate part having a through hole and a second plate part extended from the first plate part. The motor is fixed to the first plate part in a state that the rotation shaft is penetrated through the through hole and the end face is contacted with the first plate part, the vibration suppressing member is fixed to the first plate part or the motor case, and the second plate part is provided with a frame side fixed part which is to be fixed to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HATASAKO, Takanori OHKAWA, Takafumi KASUGA, Takahisa UEKI, Ken NOGUCHI, Masahiro WATANABE, Daiki FUNAMI
  • Patent number: 10138857
    Abstract: A rotor of a starter that employs an SR motor is directly connected to a crank shaft of an engine. The rotor and the crank shaft are set in such a way that when a piston is positioned at a top dead center or the like, salient poles and of the rotor face U-phase poles, so that an output torque of the starter comes to its maximum at a maximum pass-over torque position of the engine. When the engine is stopped, electricity is supplied through U-phase coils, thereby making the salient poles and the U-phase poles stop so as to face each other. In this manner, the piston is stopped at the maximum pass-over torque position. When the engine is started, electricity is supplied to W-phase coils which are adjacent to the U-phase coils, thereby making it possible to overcome a maximum friction torque with maximum outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Semba, Noriyuki Aramaki, Ken Noguchi, Masayuki Okubo
  • Publication number: 20180171959
    Abstract: A rotor of a starter that employs an SR motor is directly connected to a crank shaft of an engine. The rotor and the crank shaft are set in such a way that when a piston is positioned at a top dead center or the like, salient poles and of the rotor face U-phase poles, so that an output torque of the starter comes to its maximum at a maximum pass-over torque position of the engine. When the engine is stopped, electricity is supplied through U-phase coils, thereby making the salient poles and the U-phase poles stop so as to face each other. In this manner, the piston is stopped at the maximum pass-over torque position. When the engine is started, electricity is supplied to W-phase coils which are adjacent to the U-phase coils, thereby making it possible to overcome a maximum friction torque with maximum outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Daisuke SEMBA, Noriyuki ARAMAKI, Ken NOGUCHI, Masayuki OKUBO
  • Patent number: 9605642
    Abstract: A starter includes a motor unit, a drive shaft configured to receive a rotational force of the motor unit and rotate, a transmission pinion gear installed on the drive shaft, an idle shaft extending in a direction parallel to the drive shaft, an idle gear installed on the idle shaft and configured to mesh with the transmission pinion gear, a driving pinion gear installed on the idle shaft and configured to mesh with a ring gear of an engine, a gear cover configured to rotatably support portions of the drive shaft and the idle shaft and accommodate the transmission pinion gear and the idle gear, and a bracket section installed between the motor unit and the gear cover and configured to rotatably support a first end in an axial direction of the idle shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Ikemori, Masaaki Oya, Chihiro Horikoshi, Koki Honda, Ken Noguchi, Masaki Ishizeki
  • Patent number: 8925403
    Abstract: A starter includes a motor section; an output shaft which rotates with receiving a rotational force of the motor section; a gear mechanism which transmits the rotational force of the output shaft to a ring gear of an engine; and a switch unit which performs electrical connection and disconnection to the motor section. Thus, the output shaft, the gear mechanism and the switch unit are accommodated in a housing, and a groove section for weakening the stiffness of the housing is formed in housing at a position which avoids a position where the switch unit is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Ikemori, Mitsuhiro Kogure, Isao Hagiwara, Chihiro Horikoshi, Ken Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20140366686
    Abstract: A starter includes a motor unit, a drive shaft configured to receive a rotational force of the motor unit and rotate, a transmission pinion gear installed on the drive shaft, an idle shaft extending in a direction parallel to the drive shaft, an idle gear installed on the idle shaft and configured to mesh with the transmission pinion gear, a driving pinion gear installed on the idle shaft and configured to mesh with a ring gear of an engine, a gear cover configured to rotatably support portions of the drive shaft and the idle shaft and accommodate the transmission pinion gear and the idle gear, and a bracket section installed between the motor unit and the gear cover and configured to rotatably support a first end in an axial direction of the idle shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Tomohiko Ikemori, Masaaki Oya, Chihiro Horikoshi, Koki Honda, Ken Noguchi, Masaki Ishizeki
  • Patent number: 8904755
    Abstract: A heater control device of an oxygen concentration sensor is provided in which even in a case where an internal combustion engine is automatically stopped by idle stop control after cold start-up, it is possible to start energization of a heater at an appropriate time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Bosch Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Takeda, Ken Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20140090363
    Abstract: A heater control device of an oxygen concentration sensor is provided in which even in a case where an internal combustion engine is automatically stopped by idle stop control after cold start-up, it is possible to start energization of a heater at an appropriate time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: BOSCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Takeda, Ken Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20120247270
    Abstract: A starter includes a motor section; an output shaft which rotates with receiving a rotational force of the motor section; a gear mechanism which transmits the rotational force of the output shaft to a ring gear of an engine; and a switch unit which performs electrical connection and disconnection to the motor section. Thus, the output shaft, the gear mechanism and the switch unit are accommodated in a housing, and a groove section for weakening the stiffness of the housing is formed in housing at a position which avoids a position where the switch unit is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko IKEMORI, Mitsuhiro KOGURE, Isao HAGIWARA, Chihiro HORIKOSHI, Ken NOGUCHI