Patents by Inventor Kenji Okumura
Kenji Okumura 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: 20240145923Abstract: A display board (101) configured to include a first display element (102A) that displays a first pixel that is one pixel of a screen of the touch panel and a second display element (102B) that displays a second pixel that is other one pixel of the screen; a touch sensor (106, 201, 203) configured to detect contact with the screen; a planar antenna (105) configured to be provided at a position on a front surface side of the screen with respect to the display board and the touch sensor, the position not facing the first display element and the second display element when viewed from above the screen; and a control unit configured to communicate to the planar antenna via a space between the first display element and the second display element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Koya Takata, Kenji Wakafuji, Fujio Okumura
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Patent number: 11958219Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foam molded product and a manufacturing method. The foam molded product is includes a foam body, an insert material having a display unit or a detection unit attached to the foam body, and a surface material affixed to a surface to which at least the insert material is attached. A manufacturing method includes: preparing a pair of molds including a first mold and a second mold; affixing an insert material and a surface material together such that the surface material is in contact with a molding surface of the first mold; closing the pair of molds; injecting a foam resin into a molding space formed by closing the molds; foaming the foam resin to form a foam body; opening the pair of molds; and removing a molded product in which the affixed part and the foam body are integrated.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: NISSHA CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuo Ito, Kenji Okumura, Jun Sasaki, Daichi Hama, Masaru Terashita
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Publication number: 20240106109Abstract: Please delete the Abstract of the Disclosure, and replace it with the following: Provided are a liquid crystal antenna capable of adapting a transmission/reception direction of a radio wave to 360° in a horizontal direction and reducing a size, a weight, and cost, and a method for manufacturing the liquid crystal antenna. A liquid crystal antenna of the present example embodiment includes a curved liquid crystal panel and is a phased array type, and the liquid crystal panel includes a liquid crystal layer and a plurality of antenna elements that transmit and receive signals having phases modulated by a variable dielectric constant element including the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer may be curved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Koya TAKATA, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Fujio OKUMURA
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Patent number: 11937397Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a plurality of fans aligned in a width direction of the housing, a partition board which is interposed between a plurality of fans adjoining each other in the width direction of the housing and extended in a downstream side of a flow direction of wind caused by a plurality of fans, an electronic part which is disposed to consecutively join the partition board in the downstream side of the flow direction of the wind, and a passage resistor which is disposed in a further downstream side of the flow direction of the wind from the electronic part.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Okumura
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Publication number: 20240088569Abstract: To provide an antenna capable of accelerating beamforming. The antenna includes a metasurface with an opening part that receives electromagnetic waves and a MEMS mechanism configured to change a shape of the opening part by operating a moveable member with respect to the opening part of the metasurface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Koya TAKATA, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Fujio OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20210400841Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a plurality of fans aligned in a width direction of the housing, a partition board which is interposed between a plurality of fans adjoining each other in the width direction of the housing and extended in a downstream side of a flow direction of wind caused by a plurality of fans, an electronic part which is disposed to consecutively join the partition board in the downstream side of the flow direction of the wind, and a passage resistor which is disposed in a further downstream side of the flow direction of the wind from the electronic part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20200338793Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foam molded product and a manufacturing method. The foam molded product is includes a foam body, an insert material having a display unit or a detection unit attached to the foam body, and a surface material affixed to a surface to which at least the insert material is attached. A manufacturing method includes: preparing a pair of molds including a first mold and a second mold; affixing an insert material and a surface material together such that the surface material is in contact with a molding surface of the first mold; closing the pair of molds; injecting a foam resin into a molding space formed by closing the molds; foaming the foam resin to form a foam body; opening the pair of molds; and removing a molded product in which the affixed part and the foam body are integrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Tatsuo Ito, Kenji Okumura, Jun Sasaki, Daichi Hama, Masaru Terashita
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Patent number: 10162469Abstract: [Object] In a touch screen in which an electrode portion is formed on a base film, a pattern of the electrode portion is made less visible. [Solution] A touch screen 1 includes a first base film 11, a first transparent electrode 15, a second base film 13, a second transparent electrode 17, and a second intermediate base film 21. The first transparent electrode 15 is formed on the first base film 11. The second base film 13 is placed to face the first base film 11. The second transparent electrode 17 is formed on the second base film 13. The second intermediate base film 21 has a retardation value of 3000 nm or more and is placed so that a contraction direction thereof and contraction directions of the first base film 11 and the second base film 13 are matched.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: NISSHA PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Yokoyama, Takao Ichihara, Kenji Okumura, Kazuhiro Nishikawa
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Patent number: 9996206Abstract: In a touch panel, a plurality of first transparent electrodes are formed on a first substrate film, and extend in one direction. A plurality of first wires are formed on the first substrate film, and are connected to the plurality of first transparent electrodes. A plurality of second transparent electrodes are formed to intersect the plurality of first transparent electrodes. A plurality of second lead wires are connected to the plurality of second transparent electrodes. First and second shield layers are formed on the first base-material film, and overlap the plurality of second lead wires in a planar view. The first and second shield layers each have a length range set to not include lengths of ? of each of a plurality of frequencies within a specific range/n (n=2, 4, 6, . . . ), to not induce resonance phenomena with respect to the plurality of frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Nissha Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Okumura, Yoshiro Fujii, Seiko Hirai
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Publication number: 20180156256Abstract: A fastening part 1 has a pin body 3 that is inserted in a through hole formed in a member of an object to be installed. The pin body 3 has elastic sections 12A, 12B and locking parts 14A, 14B that form pairs. The elastic sections 12A, 12B extend along the direction of insertion in the through hole of the object into which the elastic sections are to be inserted, and the distal ends that serve as the leading ends when inserted in said through hole form free ends and are capable of elastic deformation. The locking parts 14A, 14B protrude in mutually opposite directions from the free ends of the respective elastic sections 12A, 12B in directions that intersect with the direction of flexural displacement of the free ends of said elastic sections 12A, 12B that results from elastic deformation of the elastic sections 12A, 12B.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Kenji OKUMURA
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Patent number: 9918398Abstract: Provided is a vibration suppression mechanism for an electronic device, which efficiently absorbs vibrations that adversely affect operation of the electronic device. The vibration suppression mechanism for the electronic device includes a holding unit that is constructed such that a vibration absorbing member is used at a contacting portion on a first surface of a holding member and a contact member protruding from a second surface of the holding member which is opposite to the first surface is held by the vibration absorbing member, the holding unit supporting the electronic device via the vibration absorbing member used at the contacting portion on the first surface or the contact member protruding from the second surface, and a housing for holding the holding unit in a mounted state under a state in which the contact member protruding from the second surface or the vibration absorbing member used at the contacting portion on the first surface abuts against a holding structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Okumura
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Patent number: 9901005Abstract: Provided is a vibration suppression mechanism for an electronic device, which efficiently absorbs vibrations that adversely affect operation of the electronic device. The vibration suppression mechanism for the electronic device includes a holding unit that is constructed such that a vibration absorbing member is used at a contacting portion on a first surface of a holding member and a contact member protruding from a second surface of the holding member which is opposite to the first surface is held by the vibration absorbing member, the holding unit supporting the electronic device via the vibration absorbing member used at the contacting portion on the first surface or the contact member protruding from the second surface, and a housing for holding the holding unit in a mounted state under a state in which the contact member protruding from the second surface or the vibration absorbing member used at the contacting portion on the first surface abuts against a holding structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Okumura
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Publication number: 20170351356Abstract: In a touch panel, a plurality of first transparent electrodes are formed on a first substrate film, and extend in one direction. A plurality of first wires are formed on the first substrate film, and are connected to the plurality of first transparent electrodes. A plurality of second transparent electrodes are formed so as to intersect the plurality of first transparent electrodes. A plurality of second lead wires are connected to the plurality of second transparent electrodes. First and second shield layers are formed on the first base-material film, and overlap the plurality of second lead wires in a planar view. The first and second shield layers each have a length range set to not include lengths of ? of each of a plurality of frequencies within a specific range/n (n=2, 4, 6, . . . ), to not induce resonance phenomena with respect to the plurality of frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Kenji OKUMURA, Yoshiro FUJII, Seiko HIRAI
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Publication number: 20170277299Abstract: [Object] In a touch screen in which an electrode portion is formed on a base film, a pattern of the electrode portion is made less visible. [Solution] A touch screen 1 includes a first base film 11, a first transparent electrode 15, a second base film 13, a second transparent electrode 17, and a second intermediate base film 21. The first transparent electrode 15 is formed on the first base film 11. The second base film 13 is placed to face the first base film 11. The second transparent electrode 17 is formed on the second base film 13. The second intermediate base film 21 has a retardation value of 3000 nm or more and is placed so that a contraction direction thereof and contraction directions of the first base film 11 and the second base film 13 are matched.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Takashi YOKOYAMA, Takao ICHIHARA, Kenji OKUMURA, Kazuhiro NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20160360635Abstract: Provided is a vibration suppression mechanism for an electronic device, which efficiently absorbs vibrations that adversely affect operation of the electronic device. The vibration suppression mechanism for the electronic device includes a holding unit that is constructed such that a vibration absorbing member is used at a contacting portion on a first surface of a holding member and a contact member protruding from a second surface of the holding member which is opposite to the first surface is held by the vibration absorbing member, the holding unit supporting the electronic device via the vibration absorbing member used at the contacting portion on the first surface or the contact member protruding from the second surface, and a housing for holding the holding unit in a mounted state under a state in which the contact member protruding from the second surface or the vibration absorbing member used at the contacting portion on the first surface abuts against a holding structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: KENJI OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20140299737Abstract: Provided is a vibration suppression mechanism for an electronic device, which efficiently absorbs vibrations that adversely affect operation of the electronic device. The vibration suppression mechanism for the electronic device includes a holding unit that is constructed such that a vibration absorbing member is used at a contacting portion on a first surface of a holding member and a contact member protruding from a second surface of the holding member which is opposite to the first surface is held by the vibration absorbing member, the holding unit supporting the electronic device via the vibration absorbing member used at the contacting portion on the first surface or the contact member protruding from the second surface, and a housing for holding the holding unit in a mounted state under a state in which the contact member protruding from the second surface or the vibration absorbing member used at the contacting portion on the first surface abuts against a holding structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: KENJI OKUMURA
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Patent number: 7659121Abstract: A novel human stem cell which can be differentiated to cells constituting a plurality of human organs including human liver is disclosed. The human stem cell according to the present invention is originated from human salivary gland, which is CD49f-positive, and which can be differentiated to (1) a nestin-positive and albumin-positive cell, (2) an insulin-positive cell and (3) a glucagon-positive cell by culture in vitro.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Bios Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Fumio Endo, Kenji Okumura, Kimitoshi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20090068734Abstract: A novel human stem cell which can be differentiated to cells constituting a plurality of human organs including human liver is disclosed. The human stem cell according to the present invention is originated from human salivary gland, which is CD49f-positive, and which can be differentiated to (1) a nestin-positive and albumin-positive cell, (2) an insulin-positive cell and (3) a glucagon-positive cell by culture in vitro.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: Fumio Endo, Kenji Okumura, Kimitoshi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20070154463Abstract: A stem cell which can be differentiated to a hepatic cell, a pancreas cell or to a salivary gland cell is disclosed. The stem cell according to the present invention is originated from salivary gland duct epithelium, which can be differentiated to an alpha-fetoprotein-positive cell, an albumin-positive cell, an amylase-positive cell, an insulin-positive cell and a glucagon-positive cell by culture in vitro. By transplanting the stem cells according to the present invention, organs such as liver can be regenerated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: July 5, 2007Inventors: Fumio Endo, Kenji Okumura, Kimitoshi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20070054398Abstract: A novel human stem cell which can be differentiated to cells constituting a plurality of human organs including human liver is disclosed. The human stem cell according to the present invention is originated from human salivary gland, which is CD49f-positive, and which can be differentiated to (1) a nestin-positive and albumin-positive cell, (2) an insulin-positive cell and (3) a glucagon-positive cell by culture in vitro.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2004Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicants: BIOS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC., Fumio ENDOInventors: Fumio Endo, Kenji Okumura, Kimitoshi Nakamura