Patents by Inventor Ken Yamamoto
Ken Yamamoto 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: 20240145158Abstract: A coil component includes a first wire wound to form a first layer in a direction from a first end toward a second end, and a second wire wound around the first wire to form a second layer in the direction from the first end toward the second end while turns of the second wire fit in recesses formed between adjacent turns of the first wire. The second wire subsequently turns back from the end positioned closer to the second end toward the first end and extends to an outer side of the second layer. Then, the second wire is wound around the second layer to form a third layer while turns of the second wire fit in recesses formed between adjacent turns of the second wire in the second layer. The second wire subsequently extends to the second layer on the outer side of the first layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeto YAMAMOTO, Ken HAYASHII, Ryota HASHIMOTO, Shingo NAKAMOTO, Kaori TAKEZAWA
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Publication number: 20240144169Abstract: The shelf tier management system S acquires size information of a shelf tier and size information of an accommodated item that has been accommodated in the shelf tier, obtains a occupancy rate of the accommodated item in the shelf tier on the basis of at least the size information of the shelf tier and the size information of the accommodated item, and calculates a corrected occupancy rate by correcting the occupancy rate with a correction coefficient according to the accommodated item.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Ken KURODA, Chisa YAMAMOTO, Manabu TORAISHI, Shuhei SHIMAMURA
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Publication number: 20240133379Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a compression chamber that compresses a fluid, an outer peripheral passage into which the fluid flows from a motor chamber, and a suction passage draws in the fluid from the outer peripheral passage to the compression chamber. The compression chamber is defined by a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll. The outer peripheral passage is defined by a third peripheral wall of a discharge housing member and a fixed peripheral wall of the fixed scroll. The suction passage is provided in the fixed peripheral wall and includes an upstream-side outer peripheral surface located between the suction passage and an electric motor in an axial direction of a rotary shaft. A distance from an axis of the rotary shaft to the upstream-side outer peripheral surface varies in the axial direction of the rotary shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Shiori YAMAMOTO, Takuro YAMASHITA, Ken NAMIKI
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Publication number: 20240116903Abstract: A compound has a tetra-hydroquinoline skeleton, the compound having inhibitory action against ferroptosis, and exerting therapeutic or preventive effect on diseases, disorders or syndromes related to ferroptosis inhibition, such as multiple sclerosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Ken Nunettsu Asaba, Takehiro Takahashi, Masashi Yamamoto, Kozue Takagaki, Marina Nogami, Riichiro Tsuji, Hiroyuki Meguro, Naoya Ukegawa
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Publication number: 20240085737Abstract: Provided is a light source device including: a housing body; a light source substrate located over and accommodated in the housing body; a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements over the light source substrate; an optical sheet located over the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements, accommodated in the housing body, and spaced away from the light source substrate; and at least one spacer accommodated in the housing body and in contact with a bottom surface of the optical sheet. A region of an upper surface of the light source substrate overlapping the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements does not overlap the at least one spacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Rina YAMAMOTO, Ken SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 11862661Abstract: A manufacturing method of an image pickup apparatus includes: fabricating a plurality of image pickup members each having a light-receiving surface on which a transparent plate is disposed and a plurality of spacers; measuring thicknesses of the transparent plates and the spacers; classifying the image pickup members into first groups depending on the thicknesses of the transparent plates; classifying the spacers into second groups depending on the thicknesses, selecting a combination of any one of the first groups and any one of the second groups such that a sum of the thickness of each of the transparent plates and the thickness of each of the spacers is within a predetermined range with a focusing length of optical members as a center; fabricating stacked bodies by stacking the image pickup members and the spacers in the selected combination; and disposing the optical members on the spacers in the stacked bodies.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Ken Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11801997Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for collecting and distributing material. In one embodiment, a collection system comprises at least one storage compartment comprising a plurality of regions. A bin is provided for transporting material from a first environment towards the storage compartment. The system comprises a diverter, wherein the diverter is dimensioned to distribute material among the plurality of regions within the storage compartment. The diverter has a first position during use in which at least a portion of the diverter is positioned below the bin when the bin is in a raised position for emptying material, and at least a portion of the diverter is positioned above the plurality of regions in the first position during use.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: SHRED-TECH CORPORATIONInventors: David Ken Yamamoto, Jerrett Timothy Bellamy, Matthew Allen Lambert
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Publication number: 20220388770Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for collecting and distributing material. In one embodiment, a collection system comprises at least one storage compartment comprising a plurality of regions. A bin is provided for transporting material from a first environment towards the storage compartment. The system comprises a diverter, wherein the diverter is dimensioned to distribute material among the plurality of regions within the storage compartment. The diverter has a first position during use in which at least a portion of the diverter is positioned below the bin when the bin is in a raised position for emptying material, and at least a portion of the diverter is positioned above the plurality of regions in the first position during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: SHRED-TECH CORPORATIONInventors: David Ken Yamamoto, Jerrett Timothy Bellamy, Matthew Allen Lambert
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Publication number: 20220373270Abstract: Provided is a heat exchange promotion member and a heat exchanger that can improve heat transfer performance while holding down an increase in pressure drag of a fluid that exchanges heat with the heat exchange promotion member. A heat dissipation fin 14 of the present invention is a heat exchange promotion member that exchanges heat with a flowing fluid. The heat dissipation fin 14 includes a planar part 12 which is a surface substantially parallel to the fluid flowing direction and a raised part 13 that protrudes from the planar part 12 toward the fluid. The raised part 13 has a portion slanted relative to the direction in which the fluid flows, and there are a plurality of the raised parts 13 formed spaced apart from one another in the fluid flowing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicants: Atago Manufacturing Co., Ltd., The University of Tokyo, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Noboru Otomo, Ken Yamamoto, Kenichi Morimoto, Yuji Suzuki
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Publication number: 20220368816Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a stacked device in which a plurality of semiconductor devices respectively including a plurality of through electrodes are stacked, a first semiconductor device, among the plurality of semiconductor devices, in which thermal resistance of a through electrode is highest among the plurality of through electrodes, is disposed in front of a first surface on which a first circuit that is one of the semiconductor circuits having a largest heat generation amount is formed, the plurality of through electrodes of the first semiconductor device are conformal vias, and the plurality of through electrodes of semiconductor devices other than the first semiconductor device are filled vias.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takuro SUYAMA, Ken YAMAMOTO, Takatoshi IGARASHI
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Publication number: 20220280854Abstract: A method for providing information to a golfer includes a voice information acquiring step of acquiring, by a portable terminal, voice information emanated by the golfer, an information identifying step of analyzing the voice information by the portable terminal or a computer with the voice information received from the portable terminal to identify a piece of advice information suitable for the golfer from an advice information table including a plurality of pieces of the advice information recorded in advance in the portable terminal or the computer, and an information output step of outputting the piece of the advice information identified in the information identifying step from the portable terminal in a manner perceptible to the golfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya KAMINO, Atsushi HIRANO, Ken YAMAMOTO, Takuya SEKINE
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Patent number: 11434073Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for collecting and distributing material. In one embodiment, a collection system comprises at least one storage compartment comprising a plurality of regions. A bin is provided for transporting material from a first environment towards the storage compartment. The system comprises a diverter, wherein the diverter is dimensioned to distribute material among the plurality of regions within the storage compartment. The diverter has a first position during use in which at least a portion of the diverter is positioned below the bin when the bin is in a raised position for emptying material, and at least a portion of the diverter is positioned above the plurality of regions in the first position during use.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: SHRED-TECH CORPORATIONInventors: David Ken Yamamoto, Jerrett Timothy Bellamy, Matthew Allen Lambert
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Patent number: 11323598Abstract: An image pickup apparatus disposed in an endoscope includes an optical unit in which a plurality of optical members are stacked, an image pickup unit including an image pickup device and a plurality of semiconductor devices, mold resin covering the optical unit and the image pickup unit, and a wiring board bonded to the image pickup unit, in which a recess is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the mold resin.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ken Yamamoto, Takatoshi Igarashi, Takuro Suyama, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Kensuke Suga
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Publication number: 20210313386Abstract: A manufacturing method of an image pickup apparatus includes: fabricating a plurality of image pickup members each having a light-receiving surface on which a transparent plate is disposed and a plurality of spacers; measuring thicknesses of the transparent plates and the spacers; classifying the image pickup members into first groups depending on the thicknesses of the transparent plates; classifying the spacers into second groups depending on the thicknesses, selecting a combination of any one of the first groups and any one of the second groups such that a sum of the thickness of each of the transparent plates and the thickness of each of the spacers is within a predetermined range with a focusing length of optical members as a center; fabricating stacked bodies by stacking the image pickup members and the spacers in the selected combination; and disposing the optical members on the spacers in the stacked bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Ken YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11096567Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope having an insertion portion. The endoscope is attached to the proximal end of the insertion portion. An image capturing module is attached to the distal-end portion of an insertion portion. The image capturing module includes a wiring board having a principal surface including first electrodes and second electrodes disposed thereon. An image capturing element includes respective photodetection and reverse surfaces. The reverse surface includes external electrodes and is connected to the first electrodes on the wiring board. A prism having an entrance surface to which light is applied, a reflection surface, and an exit surface in which the exit surface being bonded to the photodetection surface of the image capturing element. A support member is used to support the prism. A layered element including a plurality of elements is layered together and having an upper surface, a lower surface with element electrodes disposed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ken Yamamoto, Takuro Suyama
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Patent number: 11042022Abstract: A manufacturing method of an optical unit for endoscope includes: a process of crimping a bonding sheet including a curable resin film to a release substrate having a release surface which is an optical flat surface; a mirror-finishing process of performing a partial curing treatment on a predetermined region of the bonding sheet to process the predetermined region into an optical flat surface; a process of fabricating a laminated wafer by laminating a first element wafer including a first optical element and a second element wafer including a second optical element, with the bonding sheet being arranged between the first element wafer and the second element wafer; a curing process of performing a curing treatment on an uncured region of the bonding sheet; and a process of cutting the laminated wafer and segmenting the laminated wafer into optical units.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Ken Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20210009347Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for collecting and distributing material. In one embodiment, a collection system comprises at least one storage compartment comprising a plurality of regions. A bin is provided for transporting material from a first environment towards the storage compartment. The system comprises a diverter, wherein the diverter is dimensioned to distribute material among the plurality of regions within the storage compartment. The diverter has a first position during use in which at least a portion of the diverter is positioned below the bin when the bin is in a raised position for emptying material, and at least a portion of the diverter is positioned above the plurality of regions in the first position during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: SHRED-TECH CORPORATIONInventors: David Ken Yamamoto, Jerrett Timothy Bellamy, Matthew Allen Lambert
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Publication number: 20200344386Abstract: An image pickup apparatus disposed in an endoscope includes an optical unit in which a plurality of optical members are stacked, an image pickup unit including an image pickup device and a plurality of semiconductor devices, mold resin covering the optical unit and the image pickup unit, and a wiring board bonded to the image pickup unit, in which a recess is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the mold resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ken YAMAMOTO, Takatoshi IGARASHI, Takuro SUYAMA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Kensuke SUGA
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Patent number: 10757301Abstract: An image pickup module including: an image pickup unit having a plurality of stacked semiconductor devices, the plurality of stacked semiconductor devices including an image pickup sensor; and a frame including a hollow portion in which the image pickup unit is inserted, wherein the image pickup unit includes a first side surface orthogonal to a principal surface of the image pickup sensor, and a second side surface opposed to the first side surface, and two edges of four edges defining the first side surface of the image pickup unit are in contact with an inner surface of the frame, the two edges being orthogonal to the principal surface of the image pickup device, and the second side surface is not in contact with the inner surface of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ken Yamamoto, Takuro Suyama, Takahiro Shimohata, Takatoshi Igarashi, Hiroshi Kobayashi
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ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAUFACTURING AN IMAGE CAPTURING MODULE USED IN THE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM
Publication number: 20200054202Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope having an insertion portion. The endoscope is attached to the proximal end of the insertion portion. An image capturing module is attached to the distal-end portion of an insertion portion. The image capturing module includes a wiring board having a principal surface including first electrodes and second electrodes disposed thereon. An image capturing element includes respective photodetection and reverse surfaces. The reverse surface includes external electrodes and is connected to the first electrodes on the wiring board. A prism having an entrance surface to which light is applied, a reflection surface, and an exit surface in which the exit surface being bonded to the photodetection surface of the image capturing element. A support member is used to support the prism. A layered element including a plurality of elements is layered together and having an upper surface, a lower surface with element electrodes disposed thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Ken Yamamoto, Takuro Suyama