Patents by Inventor Kenji Nishida
Kenji Nishida 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: 20240085784Abstract: Provided is an organic EL display device that exhibits high luminance and high color reproducibility and has a color filter which exhibits excellent pixel adhesion and excellent pixel linearity in a development step even in a case of high colorant concentration. This organic EL display device comprises an organic EL layer and a color filter on a silicon substrate in which a driving element is formed. The color filter has pixels including specific red, green, and blue pixels. Each of the pixels is a cured product of a photosensitive coloring composition which contains a specific colorant (A), a photopolymerizable monomer (B), a photopolymerization initiator (C), and a resin (D). The photopolymerizable monomer (B) includes a compound represented by formula (1), and the photopolymerization initiator (C) includes an oxime ester photopolymerization initiator. Formula (1): [CH2?CHC(?O)—(OCmH2m)n—OCH2]3—CCH2CH3 (Signs in formula (1) are according to those described in the description.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO VISUAL SOLUTIONS CO., LTD., TOPPAN INC.Inventors: Taketo KOGURE, Kenji HIKI, Kazufumi NISHIDA, Shinji TSUNEKAWA, Atsushi YAMAUCHI, Hiroki NAGATOME
-
Publication number: 20240018930Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a crankshaft; a starter motor including a motor shaft; a starter gear fixed to the crankshaft, for receiving a driving force from the motor shaft; a one-way clutch that is interposed between the crankshaft and the starter gear, the one-way clutch being configured to transmit a driving force from the starter gear to the crankshaft, and to block a driving force from the crankshaft to the starter gear; and a balancer including a balancer drive gear fixed to the crankshaft and a balancer driven gear that is driven by the balancer drive gear to thereby rotate. The one-way clutch and the balancer drive gear are formed integrally.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventor: Kenji NISHIDA
-
Publication number: 20240018887Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a crankshaft; a crankcase that supports the crankshaft; an oil tank that is at least partially partitioned by the crankcase; a scavenge pump including a first intake port and a first discharge port; a feed pump including a pump shaft, a second intake port and a second discharge port, oil that has been sucked in through the second intake port as the pump shaft rotates being discharged through the second discharge port; a scavenge discharge passageway connecting the first discharge port of the scavenge pump to the oil tank; and a feed intake passageway connecting the oil tank to the second intake port of the feed pump. As viewed from the axial direction of the pump shaft, at least a portion of the feed pump and the oil tank overlap each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventor: Kenji NISHIDA
-
Patent number: 11858555Abstract: A front body structure of a vehicle includes a dash member that extends in a vehicle width direction and separates a vehicle interior from an engine room, a pair of left and right front side frames that extend from left and right end portions of the dash member, and a pair of left and right suspension towers that are fixed to the pair of front side frames and support the upper portions of dampers of a suspension device. A first coupling member couples the dash member to the suspension towers. The first coupling member has a reinforced layer portion made of fiber reinforced plastic in which fibers are impregnated with a synthetic resin material. The fibers of the reinforced layer portion are oriented so that more fibers extend in a longitudinal direction than extend in directions other than the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Nishida, Chikara Kawamura
-
Publication number: 20230407923Abstract: A friction clutch includes: a clutch shaft; a clutch housing; a clutch boss; a clutch sleeve; a plurality of first plates supported by a first sleeve portion of the clutch housing; a plurality of second plates supported by a second sleeve portion of the clutch sleeve; a pressure plate; a spring urging the pressure plate toward the first and second plates; and an absorber interposed between the clutch sleeve and the clutch boss. The absorber is disposed in a first direction relative to a second disk portion of the clutch boss and in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, relative to a third disk portion of the clutch sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventor: Kenji NISHIDA
-
Patent number: 11801797Abstract: A vehicle body side part structure includes: a center pillar having a base expanding in a fan shape; an inner center pillar having filling openings formed in vicinity to front and rear inwardly-curved corners of the base; a center pillar stiffener defining a filled space to extend in a front-rear direction between the center pillar stiffener and inner center pillar; a side sill joined to lower ends of the inner center pillar and center pillar stiffener; and a partition member having front and rear cover portions and a main body integrated with the cover portions. The partition member includes a filled space partitioner to partition the filled space into a first filled space located closer to one of the inwardly-curved corners and a second filled space located closer to the other of the inwardly-curved corners so as to have a volume substantially equal to that of the first filled space.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Daiki Tahara, Kenji Nishida
-
Publication number: 20230332633Abstract: An outer member, an inner member, and an inside fixing member overlap each other and fastened together by a fastening member. The outer member is made of fiber reinforced resin, and fibers contained in the fiber reinforced resin-made outer member are arranged in a direction crossing the above-described overlapping direction. A bolt of the fastening member comprises a conical (truncated cone-shaped) middle portion which is poisoned between a head portion and a shaft portion. In a case where the outer member and the bolt are offset from each other in a radial direction of a through hole of the outer member, the conical middle portion partially contacts an edge portion of the through hole and compress a contacted portion of the outer member in the overlapping direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji NISHIDA, Kenichi YAMAMOTO, Chikara KAWAMURA
-
Publication number: 20230140361Abstract: The noncontact communication medium for a recording medium cartridge includes a substrate, an IC chip that is electrically connected to one end and the other end of an antenna coil formed on the substrate and configured to induce power with application of a magnetic field from an outside, and a stress relaxing member that is provided between the IC chip and the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Kenji NISHIDA, Toru NAKAO
-
Publication number: 20230112583Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an enhancement-mode first p-channel MISFET, an enhancement-mode second p-channel MISFET, a drain conductor electrically and commonly connected to the first p-channel MISFET and the second p-channel MISFET, a first source conductor electrically connected to a source of the first p-channel MISFET, a second source conductor electrically connected to a source of the second p-channel MISFET, and a gate conductor electrically and commonly connected to a gate of the first p-channel MISFET and a gate of the second p-channel MISFET.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Kentaro NASU, Kenji NISHIDA
-
Patent number: 11557587Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an enhancement-mode first p-channel MISFET, an enhancement-mode second p-channel MISFET, a drain conductor electrically and commonly connected to the first p-channel MISFET and the second p-channel MISFET, a first source conductor electrically connected to a source of the first p-channel MISFET, a second source conductor electrically connected to a source of the second p-channel MISFET, and a gate conductor electrically and commonly connected to a gate of the first p-channel MISFET and a gate of the second p-channel MISFET.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro Nasu, Kenji Nishida
-
Publication number: 20220297768Abstract: Provided is a frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite and where a bending strength and a vibration damping capability are compatible. The frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite includes: a compressive wall part where a compressive stress occurs in a longitudinal direction of the frame when the frame receives a bending load in a normal direction perpendicularly intersecting the longitudinal direction; a side wall part extending in the normal direction and defining one of the corners with the compressive wall part; and a tension wall part which is away from the compressive wall part and extends in the longitudinal direction, and where a tensile stress occurs in the longitudinal direction when the frame receives the bending load. The tension wall part has a loss coefficient which is larger than a loss coefficient of the compressive wall part by 0.005 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicants: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chikara KAWAMURA, Yuki KODAMA, Kenji NISHIDA, Tetsuya SUGIYAMA, Koichi HATTORI
-
Publication number: 20220274652Abstract: A body structure of a vehicle includes a coupling member made of fiber reinforced plastic including fibers impregnated with synthetic resin and a pair of rear fixing members that have a bending rigidity higher than the coupling member and fix both end portions in the longitudinal direction of the coupling member to a vehicle body. Boundary portions between the pair of fixing members and the coupling member are formed in both end portions in the longitudinal direction. A distance between the boundary portions on the rear side is different from that between the boundary portions on the front side that extend along neutral axes defined by the lines of intersection between the neutral plane of bending moments of the coupling member and the lateral cross sections of the coupling member when a bending load is input through the pair of rear fixing members to the coupling member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kenji NISHIDA, Chikara KAWAMURA
-
Publication number: 20220274653Abstract: A front body structure of a vehicle includes a dash member that extends in a vehicle width direction and separates a vehicle interior from an engine room, a pair of left and right front side frames that extend from left and right end portions of the dash member, and a pair of left and right suspension towers that are fixed to the pair of front side frames and support the upper portions of dampers of a suspension device. A first coupling member couples the dash member to the suspension towers. The first coupling member has a reinforced layer portion made of fiber reinforced plastic in which fibers are impregnated with a synthetic resin material. The fibers of the reinforced layer portion are oriented so that more fibers extend in a longitudinal direction than extend in directions other than the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kenji NISHIDA, Chikara KAWAMURA
-
Publication number: 20220266771Abstract: A vehicle body side part structure includes: a center pillar having a base expanding in a fan shape; an inner center pillar having filling openings formed in vicinity to front and rear inwardly-curved corners of the base; a center pillar stiffener defining a filled space to extend in a front-rear direction between the center pillar stiffener and inner center pillar; a side sill joined to lower ends of the inner center pillar and center pillar stiffener; and a partition member having front and rear cover portions and a main body integrated with the cover portions. The partition member includes a filled space partitioner to partition the filled space into a first filled space located closer to one of the inwardly-curved corners and a second filled space located closer to the other of the inwardly-curved corners so as to have a volume substantially equal to that of the first filled space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Daiki TAHARA, Kenji Nishida
-
Patent number: 11398251Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge includes: a magnetic tape on which data is recorded; and a recording medium other than the magnetic tape, and on which a keyword for searching the data recorded on the magnetic tape is recorded.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Nishida
-
Patent number: 11278793Abstract: A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki
-
Patent number: 11076250Abstract: A microphone array position estimation device includes an estimation unit that estimates a position X of a microphone array for maximizing a simultaneous probability P(X,S,Z) of X, Y, and Z through repeated estimation of S and X when the position of the microphone array constituted by M (M is an integer of 1 or greater) microphones is set to X (=(X1T, . . . , XMT)T, T indicates a transposition), spectrums of sound source signals output by the N (N is an integer of 1 or greater) sound sources are set to S (a set related to all of n, f, and t of Snft, f is a frequency bin, and t is a frame index), and spectrums of recorded signals collected by the microphone array are set to Z (a set related to all of f and t of Zft).Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakadai, Katsuhiro Dan, Katsutoshi Itoyama, Kenji Nishida
-
Patent number: 11059949Abstract: To provide prepreg having high thermostability and a molded body (fiber reinforced composite) obtained from the prepreg, the prepreg is formed by impregnating a reinforced fiber having an elastic modulus of 100 to 900 GPa with an epoxy resin composition including the following Components A to D so as to have a resin content within a range of 25 to 50 mass %: Component A: an epoxy resin having an oxazolidone ring structure in a molecule thereof; Component B: an epoxy resin that is liquid at 30° C.; Component C: a diblock copolymer having a B-M structure, wherein M is a block including at least 50 mass % of methyl methacrylate, B is a block immiscible with the epoxy resins and the block M, a glass transition temperature of the block B being 20° C. or lower; and Component D: dicyandiamide, or an amine curing agent that is a derivative of dicyandiamide.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD., Mazda Motor Corporation, Nippon Graphite Fiber CorporationInventors: Koichi Hattori, Yutaka Arai, Masaki Shimada, Tetsuya Sugiyama, Katsuya Himuro, Masanori Honda, Kenji Nishida, Hironobu Takahama
-
Publication number: 20210098020Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge includes: a magnetic tape on which data is recorded; and a recording medium other than the magnetic tape, and on which a keyword for searching the data recorded on the magnetic tape is recorded.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventor: Kenji NISHIDA
-
Patent number: 10917720Abstract: A sound source localization device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire acoustic signals of M channels (M is an integer equal to or greater than one), a phase difference information calculator configured to perform a short-time Fourier transform on the acoustic signals of M channels and to convert a time domain into a frequency domain including phase information, and an estimator configured to input phase information of the acoustic signals subjected to the short-time Fourier transform to a deep learning machine and to perform sound source localization of the acoustic signals using the deep learning machine where input follows a von Mises distribution.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakadai, Shungo Masaki, Ryosuke Kojima, Osamu Sugiyama, Katsutoshi Itoyama, Kenji Nishida