Patents by Inventor Kenji Kumagai

Kenji Kumagai 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: 11948718
    Abstract: Inside a first case outer frame portion as an outer frame of the first case, a plurality of first core pieces and a partition to separate a pair of adjacent first core pieces among the plurality of first core pieces are disposed. The first case has a shape capable of accommodating at least a part of the second core piece. The first case outer frame portion includes a first case accommodating portion as a portion of the first case outer frame portion that is capable of accommodating the plurality of first core pieces, and a first case cover portion to cover a space inside the first case accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Hosokawa, Takashi Kumagai, Tomohito Fukuda, Kenji Nishizaka, Shohei Higashitani
  • Patent number: 11222535
    Abstract: A time-space network including a set of state nodes and a set of state transition edges each of which connects between the state nodes, is generated. Each of the state nodes represents a state in which a vehicle is present at a certain point node at a certain time. State transition costs increasing according to a difference of time corresponding to before or after transition and arrival time are defined. In the time-space network, by using the Dijkstra algorithm, a minimum cost transition path in which a sum of the state transition costs is minimum among paths from a starting point state node to any of the state nodes indicating that the vehicle is present at an arrival point is obtained. The starting point state node represents a state that the vehicle is present at a departure point at a reference time. The route and the timing of the vehicle are determined based on the minimum cost transition path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tatsushi Nishi, Kosei Nishida, Hideki Kaname, Kenji Kumagai, Toshimitsu Higashi
  • Patent number: 11219123
    Abstract: Provided is a printed circuit board which includes: a first dielectric layer including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on a side opposite to the first principal surface; a first adhesive layer formed on the first principal surface; a first metal foil pattern formed on the first adhesive layer and forming a signal line; and a second metal foil pattern formed on the second principal surface and forming a ground layer, in which the first metal foil pattern has a higher specific conductivity than a specific conductivity of the second metal foil pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Matsuda, Yoshihiko Narisawa, Kenji Kumagai, Daisuke Shiokawa, Yuki Ogi, Akihiko Toyoshima, Masami Uchino, Isao Arase, Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20210282263
    Abstract: Provided is a printed circuit board which includes: a first dielectric layer including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on a side opposite to the first principal surface; a first adhesive layer formed on the first principal surface; a first metal foil pattern formed on the first adhesive layer and forming a signal line; and a second metal foil pattern formed on the second principal surface and forming a ground layer, in which the first metal foil pattern has a higher specific conductivity than a specific conductivity of the second metal foil pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko MATSUDA, Yoshihiko NARISAWA, Kenji KUMAGAI, Daisuke SHIOKAWA, Yuki OGI, Akihiko TOYOSHIMA, Masami UCHINO, Isao ARASE, Hiroshi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200372797
    Abstract: A time-space network including a set of state nodes and a set of state transition edges each of which connects between the state nodes, is generated. Each of the state nodes represents a state in which a vehicle is present at a certain point node at a certain time. State transition costs increasing according to a difference of time corresponding to before or after transition and arrival time are defined. In the time-space network, by using the Dijkstra algorithm, a minimum cost transition path in which a sum of the state transition costs is minimum among paths from a starting point state node to any of the state nodes indicating that the vehicle is present at an arrival point is obtained. The starting point state node represents a state that the vehicle is present at a departure point at a reference time. The route and the timing of the vehicle are determined based on the minimum cost transition path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsushi NISHI, Kosei NISHIDA, Hideki KANAME, Kenji KUMAGAI, Toshimitsu HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20200372427
    Abstract: A transport task allocation method includes provisionally allocating a transport task to a set of traveling carriages, determining travel schedules of the traveling carriages, computing a task evaluation value with respect to the transport task allocated to the traveling carriage that travels according to the travel schedule and an overall allocations evaluation value with respect to overall allocations, changing the currently allocated traveling carriage for at least one transport task based on the task evaluation value, and determining overall allocations corresponding to a best overall allocations evaluation value that satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsushi Nishi, Kosei Nishida, Hideki Kaname, Kenji Kumagai, Toshimitsu Higashi
  • Patent number: 10743669
    Abstract: A seat pad (10) of the present invention includes a placement surface (11). A lateral slit portion (15) which extends from an outer side of the seat pad (10) toward an inner side thereof is formed in a first lateral direction (B1) along the placement surface (11), and at least a portion of the lateral slit portion (15) gradually becomes larger from the outer side of the seat pad (10) toward the inner side thereof in a thickness direction (H) orthogonal to the placement surface (11) along the first lateral direction (B1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kumagai, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Toshimitsu Shinohara, Taisuke Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 10660444
    Abstract: A seat pad (10) of the present invention includes a placement surface (11). A lateral slit portion (15) which extends from an outer side of the seat pad (10) toward an inner side thereof is formed in a first lateral direction (B1) along the placement surface (11), and the lateral slit portion (15) is curved and thereby protrudes in a thickness direction (H) orthogonal to the placement surface (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kumagai, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Toshimitsu Shinohara, Taisuke Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20200079259
    Abstract: The present invention is a seat pad (1) including a backrest (12) that stands up from a rear side of a seat (11) on which an occupant sits and supports the occupant from behind, in which the hardness of a lower part (13) of the backrest (12) in a front-rear direction X that supports at least the waist of the occupant is lower than the hardness of an upper part (14) thereof in the front-rear direction X that supports at least the shoulders of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Toshimitsu SHINOHARA, Kenji KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 10561246
    Abstract: Provided is a seat pad (10) having a placing surface (11), wherein a lateral slit section (15) extending from an outer side toward an inner side of the seat pad (10) is formed in a first lateral direction (B1) along the placing surface (11), and at least a portion of the lateral slit section (15) gradually becomes smaller in a thickness direction (H) perpendicular to the placing surface (11) from the outer side toward the inner side of the seat pad (10) in the first lateral direction (B1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kumagai, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Toshimitsu Shinohara, Taisuke Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 10532678
    Abstract: A seat pad (10) having a loading surface (11). In the seat pad (10), a lateral slit portion (15), extending from the outside towards the inside of the seat pad (10) in a first lateral direction (B1) that is parallel to the loading surface (11), is formed. A longitudinal slit portion (15) is provided at an end portion of the lateral slit portion (15), in a second lateral direction (B2) that is orthogonal to the first lateral direction (B1) and that is parallel to the loading surface (11). The longitudinal slit portion (21) extends from the lateral slit portion (15) towards the loading surface (11) in a thickness direction (H) that is orthogonal to the loading surface (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kumagai, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Toshimitsu Shinohara, Taisuke Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 10470577
    Abstract: It is provided a seat pad having excellent comfort in seating with improved air permeability and cushion durability in a seat pad of the vehicle seat. The seat pad includes an air permeable member having a ventilation n function with an outside. The seat pad is integrally foam molded using a foamed resin material in a state where the air permeable member is introduced. The seat pad has a surface of the air permeable member projecting with respect to a surface of the seat pad located at a closest position to the air permeable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Tobata, Junpei Yoshikawa, Jun Takano, Kazuo Noguchi, Kenji Kumagai
  • Patent number: 10410895
    Abstract: A conveyance control device according to one aspect of the present invention is configured to control operation of one or more carriages each configured to convey a FOUP. The conveyance control device includes: a basic processing unit that generates basic command data based on basic input data 32a containing a request to convey the FOUP; an optimization processing unit that generates optimization command data based on optimization input data containing the request to convey the FOUP; an output unit that outputs the basic command data or the optimization command data to each of the carriages; and a switching unit that controls operation of at least one of the basic processing unit, the optimization processing unit, and the output unit such that either one of the basic command data and the optimization command data is output by the output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kumagai, Atsushi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190119910
    Abstract: A waterproof structure which does not require use of fixing tools, suppresses swelling and is easily installed. A waterproof structure provided with a waterproof sheet, which is laid on a part of a target region of a foundation that is a flat site, and a waterproof coating film, which is formed on at least a part of a peripheral region. The waterproof sheet has a resin sheet containing a poly(vinyl chloride)-based resin and an adhesive layer which is provided on one side of the resin sheet and which is bonded to the foundation. The adhesive layer is provided on a partial region of the resin sheet. The waterproof coating film contains a polyurethane-based resin and is provided so as to be in contact with the resin sheet on at least a surface of a rim part of the waterproof sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: DYFLEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YOKOCHI, Soichi YOSHIKAWA, Shigetaka SHIMIZU, Kenji KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 10106064
    Abstract: Providing a seat pad that can provide good sitting comfortability with bonding between a ventilation member and an expanded resin foam included in the seat pad ensured. A seat pad 10 including a ventilation member 20 having a function that lets air through to/from an outside, the seat pad 10 being formed by integral expansion molding of an expandable resin material M with the ventilation member 20 introduced therein, includes a covering member 30 that covers at least a part of the ventilation member 20 at an interface between the ventilation member 20 and the expandable resin material M, and the covering member 30 includes an impregnation inhibiting material having a function that inhibits infiltration of the expandable resin material M, the function being at least higher than that of the ventilation member 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kumagai, Junpei Yoshikawa, Kei Miyata
  • Publication number: 20180257526
    Abstract: A seat pad (10) having a loading surface (11). In the seat pad (10), a lateral slit portion (15), extending from the outside towards the inside of the seat pad (10) in a first lateral direction (B1) that is parallel to the loading surface (11), is formed. A longitudinal slit portion (15) is provided at an end portion of the lateral slit portion (15), in a second lateral direction (B2) that is orthogonal to the first lateral direction (B1) and that is parallel to the loading surface (11). The longitudinal slit portion (21) extends from the lateral slit portion (15) towards the loading surface (11) in a thickness direction (H) that is orthogonal to the loading surface (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji KUMAGAI, Yoshiyuki TAKAHASHI, Toshimitsu SHINOHARA, Taisuke YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180208404
    Abstract: A conveyance control device according to one aspect of the present invention is configured to control operation of one or more carriages each configured to convey a FOUP. The conveyance control device includes: a basic processing unit that generates basic command data based on basic input data containing a request to convey the FOUP; an optimization processing unit that generates optimization command data based on optimization input data containing the request to convey the FOUP; an output unit that outputs the basic command data or the optimization command data to each of the carriages; and a switching unit that controls operation of at least one of the basic processing unit, the optimization processing unit, and the output unit such that either one of the basic command data and the optimization command data is output by the output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji KUMAGAI, Atsushi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9989936
    Abstract: A transport control system divides a series of data-processing operations into mutually independent processes, and causes the process execution units to execute the respective processes. The data input or output by each process execution unit is stored in the data storage separate from the process execution unit, and transfer of the data between the respective process execution units is performed via the data storage instead of being performed directly between the process execution units. By separating the processes from each other and also separating the processes from the data in this manner, without affecting process execution units other than a process execution unit to be changed and the data storage, the process execution unit to be changed can be changed to a different process execution unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kumagai, Hisato Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20180146788
    Abstract: A seat pad (10) of the present invention includes a placement surface (11). A lateral slit portion (15) which extends from an outer side of the seat pad (10) toward an inner side thereof is formed in a first lateral direction (B1) along the placement surface (11), and the lateral slit portion (15) is curved and thereby protrudes in a thickness direction (H) orthogonal to the placement surface (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji KUMAGAI, Yoshiyuki TAKAHASHI, Toshimitsu SHINOHARA, Taisuke YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180146787
    Abstract: A seat pad (10) of the present invention includes a placement surface (11). A lateral slit portion (15) which extends from an outer side of the seat pad (10) toward an inner side thereof is formed in a first lateral direction (B1) along the placement surface (11), and at least a portion of the lateral slit portion (15) gradually becomes larger from the outer side of the seat pad (10) toward the inner side thereof in a thickness direction (H) orthogonal to the placement surface (11) along the first lateral direction (B1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji KUMAGAI, Yoshiyuki TAKAHASHI, Toshimitsu SHINOHARA, Taisuke YONEZAWA