Patents by Inventor Kenichi Matsunaga

Kenichi Matsunaga 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: 20190132071
    Abstract: In a sensor data acquisition terminal (10), an NTP back-end processing unit (12) synchronizes a terminal timing with a parent terminal timing by exchanging NTP packets for time synchronization with a parent terminal (20) based on NTP, and a protocol conversion unit (13) converts an NTP packet, which is output from the NTP back-end processing unit (12) and will be transmitted to the parent terminal (20), to a TPSN packet based on TPSN, outputs the TPSN packet to a wireless processing unit (14), converts a TPSN packet from the parent terminal (20), which is output from the wireless processing unit (14), to an NTP packet, and outputs the NTP packet to the NTP back-end processing unit (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi MATSUNAGA, Shoichi OSHIMA, Toshihiko KONDO, Ahmed MUSA, Hiroki MORIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190116080
    Abstract: In a sensor relay apparatus (10), a storage unit (11) stores a communication protocol correspondence list (22B) in which a sensor terminal (ST) and a communication protocol are registered in association with each other, and a communication format (22C) to be used in the communication protocol, a relay processing unit (12) communicates with the sensor terminal (ST) specified in the communication protocol correspondence list (22B) based on the communication protocol associated with the sensor terminal (ST), receives sensor data detected by the sensor terminal (ST), converts the format of the sensor data based on the communication format (22C) in association with the communication protocol, and relays and transfers the sensor data to a processing apparatus (20), and a relay managing unit (16) updates the communication protocol correspondence list (22B) or the communication format (22C) in the storage unit (11), based on a communication protocol correspondence list or a communication format newly notified from th
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Soichi OSHIMA, Kenichi MATSUNAGA, Toshihiko KONDO, Hiroki MORIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170361515
    Abstract: A two-color molded article includes a first resin part, and a second resin part in contact with the first resin part so as to at least partially overlap the first resin part. The second resin part includes a single layer region provided between a first region and a second region and provided in a penetrating portion formed between a first portion and a second portion. The single layer region has a joint portion in contact with a bent portion. The joint portion is formed in a convex shape with respect to the bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi MATSUNAGA, Katsuhisa YORIMASA
  • Patent number: 9518587
    Abstract: An air compressor comprising: a tank (50), a compression mechanism (30), a motor (5) and a control circuit (7). The control circuit (7) includes a CPU (70) and a storing unit (74) which stores a control program, the compressor operation history and a plurality of operation modes. Each of the operation modes is defined by two setting values: a reference restart pressure value and a motor rotational speed value, at least one of these values being different from among the plurality of modes. The control circuit (7) executes one of the plurality of modes as a target mode in which the control unit controls the motor to restart by comparing the pressure in the tank with the reference restart pressure and rotates the motor at the rotational speed of the target mode. The control circuit changes the target mode from the one of the plurality of modes to another one of the plurality of modes based on the compressor operation history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Yokota, Seiichi Kodato, Hiroki Kitagawa, Kenichi Matsunaga, Masahiro Miura, Yoshimi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9435329
    Abstract: An air compressor includes a compression unit, a drive unit, a tank unit, and a control circuit unit. The compression unit is configured to generate a compressed air and provided with a handle positioned above a center of gravity of the air compressor. The drive unit is configured to drive the compression unit. The tank unit is disposed below the compression unit and includes a plurality of air tanks configured to reserve the compressed air. The compressed air reserved in the tank unit has a pressure value. The control circuit unit is configured to detect the pressure value of the compressed air reserved in the tank unit and to control the drive unit to drive the compression unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kitagawa, Tomoyoshi Yokota, Kenichi Matsunaga, Masahiro Miura, Shingo Kosugi
  • Publication number: 20160114718
    Abstract: Disclosed is a two-color molded front cover of a vehicular lamp. The front cover includes a light transmissive resin portion, and a black resin portion integrally molded on a part of a peripheral edge portion (first surface) of the light transmissive resin portion. A cover portion formed by a part of the black resin portion is formed on a peripheral side portion (second surface) of the light transmissive resin portion which is adjacent to the peripheral edge portion. Since a non-uniform black resin portion is not formed on the peripheral side surface of the light transmissive resin portion, the appearance of the light transmissive resin portion of the front cover is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventor: Kenichi MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 8974191
    Abstract: An air compressor includes a motor, an air compression mechanism driven by the motor, a rotation shaft rotatable integrally with a rotor of the motor, a fan rotatable integrally with the rotation shaft, a plurality of air tanks for reserving compressed air generated by the air compression mechanism, and a control unit for controlling the motor. The plurality of air tanks are juxtaposed with each other and arrayed in an array direction. The plurality of air tanks includes an endmost air tank and an adjacent air tank adjacent to the endmost air tank. The control unit is disposed adjacent to and opposite to the adjacent air tank relative to the endmost air tank. The control unit is disposed adjacent to and in confrontation with an outer circumference of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Miura, Seiichi Kodato, Hiroki Kitagawa, Tomoyoshi Yokota, Kenichi Matsunaga, Yoshimi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140352995
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power tool capable of automatically changing the rotating speed of an electric motor in accordance with operation conditions. The electric power tool 11 which carries out an operation of polishing, peel-off, cutting, or the like by swinging a tip tool 13 attached to a tool retaining part 31 within the range of predetermined angles by the drive power of the electric motor 12, wherein the electric power tool has a control device configured to indirectly detect the load of the tip tool from a current value, and to control the rotating speed of the electric motor 12 to a maximum rotating speed and a minimum rotating speed on the basis of the load of the tip tool 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi MATSUNAGA, Yoshikazu KAWANO
  • Patent number: 8821131
    Abstract: According to the invention, an air compressor includes: one pair of air tanks arranged parallel to each other by being separated from each other in a constant interval, for storing thereinto compressed air; a compressing unit that compresses air sucked from an external space so as to supply the compressed air to the air tanks; and a motor coupled to the compressing unit so as to drive the compressing unit, while the motor and the compressing unit are arranged above the one pair of air tanks; wherein: a cooling fan that generates cooling wind is provided on one end of a rotation shaft of the motor; and a control circuit unit that drives the motor is arranged above the one pair of air tanks and at a position which is overlapped with an axial direction projection area of the cooling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Yokota, Seiichi Kodato, Kenichi Matsunaga, Kazuhiro Segawa, Naoto Ichihashi
  • Patent number: 8784070
    Abstract: When an air pressure in a tank part (5) drops from a maximum set pressure value (A1) to or below at least one restart set pressure value defined to lie in a range between the maximum set pressure value and a minimum set pressure value, a control circuit part (2) operates an electric motor (3b) at a predetermined revolving speed. When the air pressure in the tank part (5) drops from the restart set pressure value to or below the minimum set pressure value, the control circuit part (2) operates the electric motor (3b) at the predetermined revolving speed or a revolving speed lower than N2 until the air pressure in the tank part (5) reaches the maximum set pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Yokota, Seiichi Kodato, Kenichi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 8770076
    Abstract: A cutter including a base, a holder, a cutter blade portion, and a laser generator. The holder is supported on the base portion in an upright posture. The cutter blade portion supports a moving blade. The cutter blade portion is supported on the holder movable between an upper position and a lower position. The cutter blade portion is moved into the lower position to cut a workpiece supported on the base using the moving blade. The laser generator is attached to the holder or the cutter blade portion in an orientation to direct at least a portion of the laser light onto a position on the workpiece that is directly beneath the cutter blade portion when the cutter blade portion is in the upper position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Ushiwata, Shinji Takano, Hideaki Terashima, Kenichi Matsunaga, Ryuichi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20140186193
    Abstract: An air compressor comprising: a tank (50), a compression mechanism (30), a motor (5) and a control circuit (7). The control circuit (7) includes a CPU (70) and a storing unit (74) which stores a control program, the compressor operation history and a plurality of operation modes. Each of the operation modes is defined by two setting values: a reference restart pressure value and a motor rotational speed value, at least one of these values being different from among the plurality of modes. The control circuit (7) executes one of the plurality of modes as a target mode in which the control unit controls the motor to restart by comparing the pressure in the tank with the reference restart pressure and rotates the motor at the rotational speed of the target mode. The control circuit changes the target mode from the one of the plurality of modes to another one of the plurality of modes based on the compressor operation history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Yokota, Seiichi Kodato, Hiroki Kitagawa, Kenichi Matsunaga, Masahiro Miura, Yoshimi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130042605
    Abstract: An air compressor includes a compression unit, a drive unit, a tank unit, and a control circuit unit. The compression unit is configured to generate a compressed air and provided with a handle positioned above a center of gravity of the air compressor. The drive unit is configured to drive the compression unit. The tank unit is disposed below the compression unit and includes a plurality of air tanks configured to reserve the compressed air. The compressed air reserved in the tank unit has a pressure value. The control circuit unit is configured to detect the pressure value of the compressed air reserved in the tank unit and to control the drive unit to drive the compression unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kitagawa, Tomoyoshi Yokota, Kenichi Matsunaga, Masahiro Miura, Shingo Kosugi
  • Patent number: 8359960
    Abstract: A cutter including a base, a holder, a cutter blade portion, and a laser generator. The holder is supported on the base portion in an upright posture. The cutter blade portion supports a moving blade. The cutter blade portion is supported on the holder movable between an upper position and a lower position. The cutter blade portion is moved into the lower position to cut a workpiece supported on the base using the moving blade. The laser generator is attached to the holder or the cutter blade portion in an orientation to direct at least a portion of the laser light onto a position on the workpiece that is directly beneath the cutter blade portion when the cutter blade portion is in the upper position. Alternatively, a holder has a shaft support portion, and a slide shaft is axially slidably supported by the shaft support portion. A front end of the slide shaft has a hinge holder which pivotally supports the cutting blade portion. A laser generator is fixed to a front side of the hinge holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Ushiwata, Shinji Takano, Hideaki Terashima, Kenichi Matsunaga, Ryuichi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20120251346
    Abstract: An air compressor includes a motor, an air compression mechanism driven by the motor, a rotation shaft rotatable integrally with a rotor of the motor, a fan rotatable integrally with the rotation shaft, a plurality of air tanks for reserving compressed air generated by the air compression mechanism, and a control unit for controlling the motor. The plurality of air tanks are juxtaposed with each other and arrayed in an array direction. The plurality of air tanks includes an endmost air tank and an adjacent air tank adjacent to the endmost air tank. The control unit is disposed adjacent to and opposite to the adjacent air tank relative to the endmost air tank. The control unit is disposed adjacent to and in confrontation with an outer circumference of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro MIURA, Seiichi KODATO, Hiroki KITAGAWA, Tomoyoshi YOKOTA, Kenichi MATSUNAGA, Yoshimi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8273444
    Abstract: A lamp design surface member is provided. The lamp design surface member includes a design surface having a decorative surface. Concave-convex portions and planar portions are formed together on the decorative surface. The concave-convex portions have a peak cross-sectional height Rt of 1 ?m or more and the planar portions have a peak cross-sectional height Rt smaller than 1 ?m. The planar portions are formed so that an area ratio of the planar portions to the decorative surface is in a range of 30% to 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michihiko Suzuki, Akinori Yamamoto, Kenichi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 8127650
    Abstract: A miter saw includes a base unit, a cutting unit having a rotary cutting blade, a motor for driving the rotary cutting blade, and a housing having a blade cover for covering a part of the cutting blade and a motor housing connected to the blade cover, a supporting unit supported to the base unit for pivotably supporting the cutting unit, the supporting unit being configured to move the cutting unit toward and away from the base unit in a first direction, the supporting unit including a guide unit supported with respect to the base unit, and a sliding unit having a pivot shaft pivotably supporting the cutting unit, the sliding unit being slidable on the guide unit to move between a front position and a rear position in the second direction and the pivot shaft extending in a third direction which is perpendicular to the first and second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Ushiwata, Kenichi Matsunaga, Toshihiko Hayashizaki
  • Publication number: 20110283856
    Abstract: A cutter including a base, a holder, a cutter blade portion, and a laser generator. The holder is supported on the base portion in an upright posture. The cutter blade portion supports a moving blade. The cutter blade portion is supported on the holder movable between an upper position and a lower position. The cutter blade portion is moved into the lower position to cut a workpiece supported on the base using the moving blade. The laser generator is attached to the holder or the cutter blade portion in an orientation to direct at least a portion of the laser light onto a position on the workpiece that is directly beneath the cutter blade portion when the cutter blade portion is in the upper position. Alternatively, a holder has a shaft support portion, and a slide shaft is axially slidably supported by the shaft support portion. A front end of the slide shaft has a hinge holder which pivotally supports the cutting blade portion. A laser generator is fixed to a front side of the hinge holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeharu USHIWATA, Shinji Takano, Hideaki Terashima, Kenichi Matsunaga, Ryuichi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20110206538
    Abstract: When an air pressure in a tank part (5) drops from a maximum set pressure value (A1) to or below at least one restart set pressure value defined to lie in a range between the maximum set pressure value and a minimum set pressure value, a control circuit part (2) operates an electric motor (3b) at a predetermined revolving speed. When the air pressure in the tank part (5) drops from the restart set pressure value to or below the minimum set pressure value, the control circuit part (2) operates the electric motor (3b) at the predetermined revolving speed or a revolving speed lower than N2 until the air pressure in the tank part (5) reaches the maximum set pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Yokota, Seiichi Kodato, Kenichi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: D667467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Kosugi, Rui Akiba, Masanori Okada, Kenichi Matsunaga, Hiroki Kitagawa