Patents by Inventor Kenichi Yamada

Kenichi Yamada 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: 20160076426
    Abstract: A heat transfer apparatus includes: an evaporating portion that evaporates a working medium by heat of an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine; a condensing portion that condenses the working medium having been evaporated; a circulation path portion that causes the working medium to circulate between the evaporating portion and the condensing portion; a heat storage member that is provided within the evaporating portion; and a supplying and collecting portion that supplies the working medium to the evaporating portion when the internal combustion engine starts, and that collects the working medium having been condensed when the internal combustion engine stops such that the working medium having been condensed does not contact with the heat storage member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi YAMADA, Yoshiyuki YAMASHITA, Takayuki IWAKAWA
  • Patent number: 9238860
    Abstract: A method of carrying out post-treatment to a sprayed coating includes spraying aluminum-containing material onto a surface of a steel for forming a sprayed coating on the steel, and coating electrolytic aqueous solution or water base paint containing electrolytic aqueous solution therein onto the sprayed coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: FUJIGIKEN CO., LTD., FUJI ENGINEERING CO., LTD, WEST NIPPON EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamada, Keisuke Fujikawa, Masanobu Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20150337877
    Abstract: The target input shaft torque determination unit determines a target input shaft torque. The target output shaft torque determination unit determines a target output shaft torque so that a deceleration force for decelerating the vehicle is generated on the output shaft of the power transmission device in a state in which connection and disconnection states of the forward travel clutch and the reverse travel clutch are maintained at the state before the start of the shuttle action when the shuttle action is started. The torque-balance information is stored in a storage unit and defines a relationship between the target input shaft torque and the target output shaft torque to achieve a balance of the torques of a power transmission device. The command torque determination unit uses the torque-balance information to determine torque commands for the motor from the target input shaft torque and the target output shaft torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Shunsuke MIYAMOTO, Kenichi YAMADA, Yasunori OHKURA, Yasuki Kishimoto, Masao YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150176464
    Abstract: An exhaust-heat recovery apparatus includes: a circulation passage, through which a heat carrier circulates, that has a heat recovery unit evaporating the heat carrier and a condenser condensing the evaporated heat carrier; a heat carrier controller that supplies the heat carrier in a liquid phase to the circulation passage; and a determination unit, in which the heat carrier controller supplies or recovers the heat carrier when a changing rate of an internal pressure in the circulation passage or a changing rate of a temperature of the heat carrier in the circulation passage is within a predetermined range, determines a type of abnormality based on the changing rate of the internal pressure in the circulation passage or the changing rate of the temperature of the heat carrier in the circulation passage after the supplying or the recovering of the heat carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Hotta, Kenichi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150136381
    Abstract: A heat transport device (1A) is provided with: a circulation path unit (10) in which a heat recovery unit (11) that vaporizing a heat transport medium and a condensation unit (12) that condenses the heat transport medium vaporized in the heat recovery unit (11) are incorporated, and which has a vacuum state; a branch path unit (20) which branches from the circulation path unit (10), and in which a valve (22) capable of controlling flow is incorporated; and an ECU (40A) which implements a first control unit and is configured to, when it is recognized that there is an increase in the pressure within the circulation path unit (10) under the same operating condition, open and close the valve (22) in the state in which the pressure within the circulation path unit (10) is higher than a predetermined pressure (?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Hotta, Kenichi Yamada, Takayuki Iwakawa
  • Patent number: 9007608
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an exposure glass on which an original is to be placed; a scanner cover to openably cover the exposure glass from above, a tip of the scanner cover is lifted to open the exposure glass; a document scanner to read a two-dimensional objet of the original on the exposure glass and output read image data; a camera unit to capture an image of a three-dimensional object of the original on the exposure glass and output captured image data; photography lighting equipment including movable light source unit to illuminate the three-dimensional object put when the camera unit captures the image of the three-dimensional object; an image forming unit to convert the read image data and the captured image data to form a printed image on a recording medium; and a setting controller to control a reading process, a capturing process, and an image forming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Omi, Masaaki Kawamura, Kazuo Koike, Kenichi Yamada, Tasuku Kohara, Tsuyoshi Endoh, Hiroshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 8991807
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming system including: an image forming device to notify a downstream post-processing device of sheet information relating to a sheet on which an image is formed, before the sheet is discharged, and to notify the downstream post-processing device of set separation information indicating a final sheet of each set of document in synchronization with the sheet information relating to the final sheet of each set in case that a plurality of sets of document are printed, the image forming device being compliant with a first communication system; a post-processing device which is connected to a downstream of the image forming device and is compliant with a second communication system which is different from the first communication system; and the relay apparatus which is connected to the image forming device through the first communication system and is connected to the post-processing device through the second communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Konishi, Kenichi Yamada, Satoru Shirasaka
  • Patent number: 8944735
    Abstract: The invention provides a sealer to be used for a bolt including a sprayed preservative coating coated onto at least a threaded portion. The sealer contains a wax therein in the range of 1 to 10 mass % both inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: Fuji Engineering Co., Ltd., Fujigiken Co., Ltd., West Nippon Expressway Company Limited
    Inventors: Masanobu Sugimoto, Yasuo Murayama, Kenichi Yamada, Yasutoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 8831502
    Abstract: The height of an image reading unit or an operating panel in an image forming apparatus is adjusted to facilitate their operation depending on the physical characteristics of a user, such as his height or use of a wheel chair. A second operating panel and a second automatic document feeder (ADF) are disposed on the side of the image forming apparatus, so that a user on a wheel chair can access them easily. The second ADF houses plural sheet trays that are configured to open or close together. When the sheet trays are closed, a first operating panel disposed at the top of the apparatus is activated while the second operating panel on the side is deactivated. When the sheet trays are open, the second operating panel is activated while the first operating panel is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku Kohara, Takashi Inoue, Kazuo Koike, Kenichi Yamada, Taisuke Omi, Tsuyoshi Endoh
  • Patent number: 8780364
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a main body of the electronic apparatus; an operation unit including an operation block having a display unit, the operation block being detachable with respect to the main body of the electronic apparatus, and the operation block enabling at least a bidirectional wireless communication with the main body of the electronic apparatus; and a detection unit configured to detect relative positional information between the operation block and the main body of the electronic apparatus, when the operation block is detached from the main body of the electronic apparatus. The operation block being detached from the main body of the electronic apparatus is able to display information corresponding to the relative positional information on the display unit, in accordance with a condition of the main body of the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku Kohara, Hiroshi Takeda, Kazuo Koike, Kenichi Yamada, Taisuke Omi, Tsuyoshi Endoh, Masaaki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20140169911
    Abstract: The invention provides a sealer to be used for a bolt including a sprayed preservative coating coated onto at least a threaded portion. The sealer contains a wax therein in the range of 1 to 10 mass % both inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: FUJI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., WEST NIPPON EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED, FUJIGIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu SUGIMOTO, Yasuo MURAYAMA, Kenichi YAMADA, Yasutoshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20140170937
    Abstract: The blasting material includes abrasives, and water in the range of 5 to 30 mass % both inclusive relative to a mass of the abrasives, the abrasives being prepared in advance such that all of the abrasives are uniformly wet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: FUJI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., WEST NIPPON EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED, FUJIGIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu SUGIMOTO, Kenichi YAMADA, Toshihiro HARA, Masanobu IRIE
  • Publication number: 20140166630
    Abstract: The plasma spraying apparatus includes a cathode, a first gas nozzle surrounding a head of the cathode therewith to form a first gas path outside of the cathode, and a second gas nozzle surrounding the first gas nozzle therewith to form a second gas path outside of the first gas nozzle. The second gas nozzle is formed with a wire path through which a wire is inserted such that a distal end of the wire is disposed in front of a nozzle opening of the second gas nozzle. The wire path has a substantially rectangular cross-section having a longer side extending in a direction in which the plasma flame extends, the wire path causing the wire to bend within elastic limit of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: FUJI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., WEST NIPPON EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED, FUJIGIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu SUGIMOTO, Kenichi YAMADA, Masanobu IRIE
  • Publication number: 20140166625
    Abstract: The plasma spraying apparatus includes a cathode, a first gas nozzle defining a first gas path between the cathode and itself, a second gas nozzle defining a second gas path between the first gas nozzle and itself, and a third gas nozzle disposed between the first and second gas nozzles to define a third gas path between the first and second gas paths. A wire is disposed at a distal end thereof in front of a nozzle opening of the second gas nozzle. A first gas sprayed through the first gas nozzle is turned into plasma flame, which melts the wire into droplets, and the droplets are sprayed onto a target by a second gas sprayed through the second gas nozzle. The third gas absorbs heat from the plasma flame to thereby turn into a high-temperature gas flow externally of the plasma flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: FUJI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., WEST NIPPON EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED, FUJIGIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu SUGIMOTO, Kenichi YAMADA, Masanobu IRIE
  • Publication number: 20140170323
    Abstract: A method of carrying out post-treatment to a sprayed coating includes spraying aluminum-containing material onto a surface of a steel for forming a sprayed coating on the steel, and coating electrolytic aqueous solution or water base paint containing electrolytic aqueous solution therein onto the sprayed coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: FUJIGIKEN CO., LTD., WEST NIPPON EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED, FUJI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi YAMADA, Keisuke FUJIKAWA, Masanobu SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8728503
    Abstract: Provided is an emulsified cosmetic composition having an excellent UV-protective effect, an excellent transparent feeling, an excellent feeling upon application, and an excellent long-term stability. The emulsified cosmetic composition is characterized by containing a powder which is produced by subjecting a zinc oxide powder (A) having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 1 ?m, an average particle thickness of 0.01 to 0.2 ?m, and an average aspect ratio of 3 or more to surface treatment with a silane or silazane compound having a C1-20 alkyl or fluoroalkyl group and having reactivity with an inorganic oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: KAO Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamada, Takashi Fukui, Yasushi Haryu
  • Patent number: 8711133
    Abstract: Provided are a control panel or a display as well as an image processing apparatus and an electronic calculating apparatus using the electronic device or the display, the electronic device and the display each using a light transmissive solar cell for electric power generation so as to allow a solar cell part and a display part to be disposed to overlap an input part so that a larger electric power than the conventional cases can be generated without increasing the size of the whole operation panel and the whole display. An electronic device of the present invention includes: a display part capable of electrically and magnetically changing a display region and displaying of a display content displayed in the display region; a solar cell part that transmits light in a visible light region; and an input part that detects whether or not any part of the display region is manipulated, and that transmits light in a visible light region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Imai, Taisuke Omi, Yoshiaki Nishizaki, Kazuo Koike, Kenichi Yamada, Tasuku Kohara, Tsuyoshi Endoh, Hiroshi Takeda, Hiroki Tsuruoka
  • Patent number: 8683963
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device is equipped with an oil jet that injects oil to a piston, an oil gallery through which oil injected by the oil jet and oil supplied to a lubrication part of an engine pass, an oil pump that pumps oil to the oil gallery, and a switching valve that is provided on an oil jet passage connecting the oil gallery and the oil jet together and leads oil supplied from the oil gallery to either the oil jet or an oil pan disposed at an upstream side of the oil pump. An ECU controls the switching valve on the basis of an engine speed and an engine cooling water temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Kobayashi, Toshihisa Sugiyama, Kenichi Yamada, Shusaku Sugamoto, Bunki Kawano
  • Patent number: 8673329
    Abstract: Provided is an oil-in-water emulsified cosmetic composition having a high UV-protective effect and also having an excellent long-term stability and an excellent feeling upon application. The oil-in-water emulsified cosmetic composition is characterized by containing a zinc oxide powder (A) having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 1 ?m, an average particle thickness of 0.01 to 0.2 ?m, and an average aspect ratio of 3 or more and a polymer (B) selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylamide compound, a polyacrylic acid, and salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamada, Hideki Kodashima, Takashi Fukui
  • Publication number: 20140042686
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming system including: an image forming device to notify a downstream post-processing device of sheet information relating to a sheet on which an image is formed, before the sheet is discharged, and to notify the downstream post-processing device of set separation information indicating a final sheet of each set of document in synchronization with the sheet information relating to the final sheet of each set in case that a plurality of sets of document are printed, the image forming device being compliant with a first communication system; a post-processing device which is connected to a downstream of the image forming device and is compliant with a second communication system which is different from the first communication system; and the relay apparatus which is connected to the image forming device through the first communication system and is connected to the post-processing device through the second communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KONISHI, Kenichi YAMADA, Satoru SHIRASAKA