Patents by Inventor Kenji Umeda

Kenji Umeda 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: 11913615
    Abstract: An LED lighting device includes a transparent cover member arranged at an exterior member or an interior member and covering an LED element and a light emitting surface of the LED element mounted on a substrate, and a light transmission member receiving emission light from the light emitting surface of the LED element at a light inlet end and operating as a light transmission path. The light transmission member is integrated with the LED element mounted on the substrate together with the cover member using a transparent resin by insertion molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Kenji Umeda
  • Publication number: 20230003353
    Abstract: An LED lighting device includes a transparent cover member arranged at an exterior member or an interior member and covering an LED element and a light emitting surface of the LED element mounted on a substrate, and a light transmission member receiving emission light from the light emitting surface of the LED element at a light inlet end and operating as a light transmission path. The light transmission member is integrated with the LED element mounted on the substrate together with the cover member using a transparent resin by insertion molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Kenji UMEDA
  • Publication number: 20220258680
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle interior member that can suppress the reflection of light to the outside, and that can reduce glare from whatever angle a passenger views the interior member. A cross-section of a groove 6 formed in a vehicle interior member 4 is substantially V-shaped, and is constituted by two flat surfaces, a first reflection surface 7 and a second reflection surface 8. The groove 6 has a groove angle ? of 32 degrees, and the reflectance at a light receiving surface 5 is no more than 2.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: Kenji UMEDA
  • Patent number: 10280253
    Abstract: The present invention is a hydrogenated cycloolefin ring-opening polymer comprising a repeating unit derived from tetracyclododecene, and a repeating unit derived from an additional norbornene-based monomer, the hydrogenated cycloolefin ring-opening polymer having a racemo diad ratio of 65% or more with respect to the repeating unit derived from tetracyclododecene, the hydrogenated cycloolefin ring-opening polymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 10,000 to 40,000, and a resin formed article obtained by forming the hydrogenated cycloolefin ring-opening polymer having a glass transition temperature of 140 to 165° C., a melt flow rate of 8 g/10 min or more as measured at a temperature of 280° C. under a load of 21.18 N, and a flexural strength of 60 MPa or more as measured by a flexural test at a test speed of 2 mm/min, and a resin formed article, and an optical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Furuko, Takashi Houkawa, Ayumi Sato, Kenji Umeda
  • Publication number: 20170306080
    Abstract: The present invention is a hydrogenated cycloolefin ring-opening polymer comprising a repeating unit derived from tetracyclododecene, and a repeating unit derived from an additional norbornene-based monomer, the hydrogenated cycloolefin ring-opening polymer having a racemo diad ratio of 65% or more with respect to the repeating unit derived from tetracyclododecene, the hydrogenated cycloolefin ring-opening polymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 10,000 to 40,000, and a resin formed article obtained by forming the hydrogenated cycloolefin ring-opening polymer having a glass transition temperature of 140 to 165° C., a melt flow rate of 8 g/10 min or more as measured at a temperature of 280° C. under a load of 21.18 N, and a flexural strength of 60 MPa or more as measured by a flexural test at a test speed of 2 mm/min, and a resin formed article, and an optical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Akira FURUKO, Takashi HOUKAWA, Ayumi SATO, Kenji UMEDA
  • Patent number: 9459376
    Abstract: An optical polymer satisfying an expression: (?A??B)/?B×100<60, where, ?A is the melt viscosity of the optical polymer measured at a temperature of 290° C. and a shear rate of 200 (l/s), and ?B is the melt viscosity of the optical polymer measured at a temperature of 290° C. and a shear rate of 2000 (l/s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi Sato, Yosuke Harauchi, Hiroya Nishioka, Takashi Houkawa, Kenji Umeda, Takuya Komatsubara
  • Publication number: 20150346386
    Abstract: An optical polymer satisfying an expression: (?A??B)/?B×100<60, where, ?A is the melt viscosity of the optical polymer measured at a temperature of 290° C. and a shear rate of 200 (l/s), and ?B is the melt viscosity of the optical polymer measured at a temperature of 290° C. and a shear rate of 2000 (l/s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Ayumi SATO, Yosuke HARAUCHI, Hiroya NISHIOKA, Takashi HOUKAWA, Kenji UMEDA, Takuya KOMATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 8331237
    Abstract: A supervisory control device for a network having a plurality of network elements, includes: a communication interface which is connected to each of a plurality of element groups, wherein the plurality of network elements is grouped into the plurality of element groups; and a controller for controlling supervisory control information in element group units depending on a communication condition change for at least one network element belonging to each element group, wherein the supervisory control is performed according to the supervisory control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Umeda
  • Patent number: 8210277
    Abstract: A housing for a power tool includes a plurality of housing segments assembled together to form the housing. A gap is produced between mating surfaces of at least two housing segments positioned adjacent to each other. A capillary action preventing device disposed at the gap and constructed to interrupt a path of flow of a liquid caused by a capillary action from the inside to the outside of the housing along the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Umeda, Satoshi Ninagawa
  • Patent number: 7873138
    Abstract: A neutron reflector bolt fastening structure is disclosed in which even upon relaxation in the fastening forces thereof being generated in tie rods for divided stage portions as a result of neutron irradiation, it is possible to press the neutron reflector firmly against a core vessel. The neutron reflector bolt fastening structure includes: a neutron reflector which includes of a plurality of divided stage portions and situated in a core vessel in a reactor vessel; a plurality of tie rods for fixing the neutron reflector to the core vessel; and a plurality of bolts for exclusively fixing the lowermost stage portion of the plurality of stage portions of the neutron reflector to the core vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Nakajima, Hirokazu Shoumura, Kenji Umeda
  • Patent number: 7765090
    Abstract: A swirling flow identification apparatus includes an eigenequation calculation section 3 and a swirl axis calculation section 4. The eigenequation calculation section 3, based on velocity data of a fluid at a coordinate point, calculates an eigenvalue through an eigenequation concerning the coordinate point and the velocity data. The swirl axis calculation section 4, if the eigenvalue is a complex number, defines an imaginary part of the complex number as a swirl function, calculates a coordinate point providing a local maximum value in the swirl function and defines the coordinate point providing the local maximum value as the position of a swirling axis of a swirling flow in the fluid. With this, even under the presence of another flow or a plurality of swirling flow, the swirling flow can be adequately identified by using the velocity vector at each of node points (coordinate points).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Nakayama, Kenji Umeda
  • Publication number: 20100020705
    Abstract: A supervisory control device for a network having a plurality of network elements, includes: a communication interface which is connected to each of a plurality of element groups, wherein the plurality of network elements is grouped into the plurality of element groups; and a controller for controlling supervisory control information in element group units depending on a communication condition change for at least one network element belonging to each element group, wherein the supervisory control is performed according to the supervisory control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventor: Kenji Umeda
  • Publication number: 20090107691
    Abstract: A housing for a power tool includes a plurality of housing segments assembled together to form the housing. A gap is produced between mating surfaces of at least two housing segments positioned adjacent to each other. A capillary action preventing device disposed at the gap and constructed to interrupt a path of flow of a liquid caused by a capillary action from the inside to the outside of the housing along the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Umeda, Satoshi Ninagawa
  • Publication number: 20080285702
    Abstract: A neutron reflector bolt fastening structure is disclosed in which even upon relaxation in the fastening forces thereof being generated in tie rods for divided stage portions as a result of neutron irradiation, it is possible to press the neutron reflector firmly against a core vessel. The neutron reflector bolt fastening structure includes: a neutron reflector which includes of a plurality of divided stage portions and situated in a core vessel in a reactor vessel; a plurality of tie rods for fixing the neutron reflector to the core vessel; and a plurality of bolts for exclusively fixing the lowermost stage portion of the plurality of stage portions of the neutron reflector to the core vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Nakajima, Hirokazu Shoumura, Kenji Umeda
  • Publication number: 20070294066
    Abstract: A swirling flow identification apparatus includes an eigenequation calculation section 3 and a swirl axis calculation section 4. The eigenequation calculation section 3, based on velocity data of a fluid at a coordinate point, calculates an eigenvalue through an eigenequation concerning the coordinate point and the velocity data. The swirl axis calculation section 4, if the eigenvalue is a complex number, defines an imaginary part of the complex number as a swirl function, calculates a coordinate point providing a local maximum value in the swirl function and defines the coordinate point providing the local maximum value as the position of a swirling axis of a swirling flow in the fluid. With this, even under the presence of another flow or a plurality of swirling flow, the swirling flow can be adequately identified by using the velocity vector at each of node points (coordinate points).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Nakayama, Kenji Umeda
  • Patent number: 7245689
    Abstract: In a nuclear reactor internal structure, generation and promotion of object-downstream separating vortices are suppressed so that coolant uniformly flows in a reactor core and pressure loss of flow of the coolant is reduced so that the flow of the coolant is stabilized. A lower connecting plate 30 arranged in a lower plenum 8 comprises a ring portion 31 in which an arcuate portion 32 and a cut-off portion are alternately formed. An outer peripheral portion of the ring portion 31 is asymmetric relative to a flow direction of main flow and also asymmetric relative to a separating flow generation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Nakayama, Kenji Umeda, Teruyuki Nagano, Daigo Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20070133732
    Abstract: In a nuclear reactor internal structure, generation and promotion of object-downstream separating vortices are suppressed so that coolant uniformly flows in a reactor core and pressure loss of flow of the coolant is reduced so that the flow of the coolant is stabilized. A lower connecting plate 30 arranged in a lower plenum 8 comprises a ring portion 31 in which an arcuate portion 32 and a cut-off portion are alternately formed. An outer peripheral portion of the ring portion 31 is asymmetric relative to a flow direction of main flow and also asymmetric relative to a separating flow generation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Nakayama, Kenji Umeda, Teruyuki Nagano, Daigo Fujimura
  • Patent number: 6909197
    Abstract: The invention seeks to provide a cement distributing vehicle, which permits greatly reducing labor, time and cost require for packed cement distribution, permits manufacturing a compact vehicle without sacrifice in the great tank capacity, and permits efficient distribution even to bad distribution condition destinations. In a cement distributing vehicle 1 which comprises a powdery cement accommodating tank 2, an automatic packing machine 3 for packing a predetermined quantity of powdery cement from the power cement accommodating tank, and a flywheel PTO shaft for taking out the engine torque to the outside, and in which the vehicle personnel packs and distributes a required quantity of cement by using the automatic packing means according to an order of a person desiring purchase of packed cement, a generator is connected to the flywheel PTO shaft for power supply from it to vehicle-mounted component devices such as the automatic packing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Mitomo Corporation
    Inventors: Kikuo Kaga, Haruo Kaga, Kenji Umeda, Takeyoshi Hirai, Shunsaku Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20040261892
    Abstract: The invention seeks to provide a cement distributing vehicle, which permits greatly reducing labor, time and cost require for packed cement distribution, permits manufacturing a compact vehicle without sacrifice in the great tank capacity, and permits efficient distribution even to bad distribution condition destinations. In a cement distributing vehicle 1 which comprises a powdery cement accommodating tank 2, an automatic packing machine 3 for packing a predetermined quantity of powdery cement from the power cement accommodating tank, and a flywheel PTO shaft for taking out the engine torque to the outside, and in which the vehicle personnel packs and distributes a required quantity of cement by using the automatic packing means according to an order of a person desiring purchase of packed cement, a generator is connected to the flywheel PTO shaft for power supply from it to vehicle-mounted component devices such as the automatic packing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Kikuo Kaga, Haruo Kaga, Kenji Umeda, Takeyoshi Hirai, Shunsaku Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 6826448
    Abstract: A cement packing vehicle includes a cement accommodating unit and an automatic packing machine for packing a predetermined quantity of powdery cement. A powdery cement service center supplies powdery cement to the cement packing vehicle. According to an order from packed-cement purchaser, the vehicle personnel in the cement packing vehicle pack the required quantity of cement by using the automatic packing machine in the cement packing vehicle, and directly distribute the packed cement to the packed cement purchaser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Mitomo Corporation
    Inventors: Kikuo Kaga, Haruo Kaga, Kenji Umeda, Takeyoshi Hirai, Shunsaku Wakabayashi