Patents by Inventor Kenji Watanabe

Kenji Watanabe 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: 12243361
    Abstract: A measurement data synchronization method for synchronizing, through use of a data analysis apparatus, time series outputted from first through fifth measuring instruments, includes a step ST1 for acquiring first through fifth reference data outputted from the first through fifth measuring instruments when a reference signal including a stationary interval and a rising interval is inputted to the measuring instruments simultaneously, steps ST3-ST5 for generating first through fifth filter processed data by applying median filter processing to the first through fifth reference data to extract the median value in a prescribed duration, a step ST6 for calculating first through fifth rising times as timing information of rising from each of the first through fifth filter processed data, and a step ST7 for synchronizing first through fifth measurement data outputted from the measuring instruments on the basis of the first through fifth rising times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: MEIDENSHA CORPRATION, JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Toshimichi Takahashi, Kenji Watanabe, Tomoya Nakajo, Motoaki Oyama, Takahiro Haniu
  • Patent number: 12215492
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body and a tank device for supplying flush water to the toilet main body, where the tank device includes a storage tank provided behind the toilet main body and above a floor surface, the storage tank includes a large tank section and a small tank section and has an asymmetrical shape in a front-back or left-right direction, the large tank section being a large-capacity side of the storage tank that is divided into two at a center in the left-right direction when seen in the front-back direction, the small tank section being a small-capacity side of the storage tank that is divided into two at the center in the left-right direction, and the storage tank or the toilet main body includes a deformation-preventing supporting member for preventing deformation of the storage tank by supporting the storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsunaka, Kenji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12111610
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a tray unit to which a cartridge is detachably mounted, and that is configured to be capable of moving between an internal position situated within the apparatus main body and an external position situated outside, includes first and second side plates configured to support the cartridge, and they are each made of metal, and include a supporting portion and an outer side portion, the supporting portions includes positioning portions configured to come into contact with the cartridge to position the cartridge as to an image forming position. The apparatus main body includes first and second pressing members each capable of moving between pressing positions at which the cartridge is pressed, and separated positions separated from the cartridge. The first and second pressing members are disposed each intersecting with imaginary planes that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and intersect the positioning portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeo Kawanami, Kazuaki Nogami, Takehiro Hayashi, Kenji Watanabe, Shunsuke Hijikata
  • Patent number: 12038008
    Abstract: A sheet-shaped check valve which opens and closes the injection passage is placed in the check valve chamber, an injection discharge passage portion connected to the compression chamber of the injection passage and the check valve chamber open from an outer surface of the fixed scroll, a lid body is attached to openings of the injection discharge passage and the check valve chamber such that the check valve is sandwiched between the openings and the lid body, and the injection discharge passage and the check valve chamber are hermetically closed, thereby forming the injection passage. According to this, it is possible to provide a reliable, efficient and inexpensive compressor with an injection mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Watanabe, Akinori Fukuda, Akihiro Hayashi, Hideto Oka, Keisuke Noba
  • Publication number: 20240152074
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotary including a first developing roller, a second developing roller, a first storage frame, and a second storage frame, a body frame with an opening, a first toner cartridge, a second toner cartridge, a first support member which is configured to support the first toner cartridge, and a second support member which is configured to support the second toner cartridge. The first support member is movable with respect to the first storage frame such that the first toner cartridge moves from the first attached position to the first retracted position. The second support member is movable with respect to the second storage frame such that the second toner cartridge moves from the second attached position to the second retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jumpei Nitta, Tomoya Tateishi, Osamu Sasaoka, Kohei Koguchi, Shuma Hiasa, Tachio Kawai, Kenji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11955269
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a coil component includes: providing an assembly including a wound-wire part formed by winding, around a core, a conductive wire coated with a coating; and a lead part pulled out outwardly from the wound-wire; removing a portion of the coating from the conductive wire at a location outwardly extending away from the wound-wire part, wherein an entire coating over an entire circumference of the conductive wire at the portion of the coating is removed; providing a terminal electrode with a connecting part; forming a joining part at an end of the coating-removed lead conductive wire to electrically connect the terminal electrode to the lead part via the joining part by irradiating a laser from the connecting part toward the coating-removed lead conductive wire while restricting an irradiation range of the laser within a range where the coated lead conductive wire is not included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Yoshizawa, Kenji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11889690
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a stacked structure in which a plurality of conductive layers is stacked in a stacking direction via an insulating layer, a plurality of pillars extending in the stacking direction in the stacked structure and including a memory cell formed at an intersection between at least a part of the plurality of conductive layers and at least a part of the plurality of pillars, a plurality of first contacts arranged in the stacked structure, each of the first contacts reaching a different depth in the stacked structure and being connected to a conductive layer in a different layer among the plurality of conductive layers, and a plurality of second contacts arranged in the stacked structure separately from the plurality of first contacts, each of the second contacts being connected to a conductive layer identical to the conductive layer to which corresponding one of the plurality of first contacts is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240027956
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a tray unit to which a cartridge is detachably mounted, and that is configured to be capable of moving between an internal position situated within the apparatus main body and an external position situated outside, includes first and second side plates configured to support the cartridge, and they are each made of metal, and include a supporting portion and an outer side portion, the supporting portions includes positioning portions configured to come into contact with the cartridge to position the cartridge as to an image forming position. The apparatus main body includes first and second pressing members each capable of moving between pressing positions at which the cartridge is pressed, and separated positions separated from the cartridge. The first and second pressing members are disposed each intersecting with imaginary planes that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and intersect the positioning portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Takeo Kawanami, Kazuaki Nogami, Takehiro Hayashi, Kenji Watanabe, Shunsuke Hijikata
  • Patent number: 11871522
    Abstract: A control device configured to control a component pickup and mounting operation of a component mounting machine; and multiple devices configured to execute the component pickup and mounting operation are provided. A device out of the multiple devices is attachably and detachably attached to the component mounting machine and includes a field programmable gate array that operates each function of the device by communicating with the control device. The field programmable gate array has a clock gating function of reducing an electric current flowing into the attachable and detachable device by stopping processing on a function that is not used, out of individual functions of the attachable and detachable device, when the attachable and detachable device is in a state capable of being removed by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Fujimura, Kenji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11828613
    Abstract: Provided is a superimposed-image display device configured such that when there is a guidance divergence point, which is a guidance target, ahead in a traveling direction of a vehicle, a plurality of guidance objects that provide guidance on an entry route that enters the guidance divergence point and an exit route are displayed. When a course including the entry route, the guidance divergence point, and the exit route is displayed using a plurality of guidance objects, the plurality of guidance objects are displayed so as to match the elevation of the line of sight of an occupant and displayed so as to be shifted to locations that are on the opposite side to an exit direction at the guidance divergence point relative to the front of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Kawai
  • Patent number: 11809127
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a tray unit to which a cartridge is detachably mounted, and that is configured to be capable of moving between an internal position situated within the apparatus main body and an external position situated outside, includes first and second side plates configured to support the cartridge, and they are each made of metal, and include a supporting portion and an outer side portion, the supporting portions includes positioning portions configured to come into contact with the cartridge to position the cartridge as to an image forming position. The apparatus main body includes first and second pressing members each capable of moving between pressing positions at which the cartridge is pressed, and separated positions separated from the cartridge. The first and second pressing members are disposed each intersecting with imaginary planes that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and intersect the positioning portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeo Kawanami, Kazuaki Nogami, Takehiro Hayashi, Kenji Watanabe, Shunsuke Hijikata
  • Patent number: 11770927
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes: a stacked body in which a plurality of conductive layers are separated from each other and are stacked; a pillar which extends in a stacking direction and includes memory cells to be formed at intersections with at least some of the plurality of conductive layers; an upper insulating layer arranged on the stacked body; a plug which extends in the stacking direction inside the upper insulating layer and is connected to the upper end portion of the pillar; and a spacer insulating layer which surrounds the plug and has a lower dielectric constant than a dielectric constant of the upper insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11667945
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and probe for determining colibactin and a colibactin-producing bacterium. According to the present invention, there is provided a fluorescent probe for detecting myristoyl asparagine using, for example, a tissue sample and a fecal sample and detecting enzyme activity of ClbP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Shizuoka Prefecture Public University Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Watanabe, Yuta Tsunematsu, Michio Sato
  • Publication number: 20230059386
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a tray unit to which a cartridge is detachably mounted, and that is configured to be capable of moving between an internal position situated within the apparatus main body and an external position situated outside, includes first and second side plates configured to support the cartridge, and they are each made of metal, and include a supporting portion and an outer side portion, the supporting portions includes positioning portions configured to come into contact with the cartridge to position the cartridge as to an image forming position. The apparatus main body includes first and second pressing members each capable of moving between pressing positions at which the cartridge is pressed, and separated positions separated from the cartridge. The first and second pressing members are disposed each intersecting with imaginary planes that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and intersect the positioning portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Takeo Kawanami, Kazuaki Nogami, Takehiro Hayashi, Kenji Watanabe, Shunsuke Hijikata
  • Patent number: 11572682
    Abstract: A flush toilet apparatus includes a toilet body that includes a rim water spout port, a tank that stores washing water, a rim side water supply channel that supplies washing water to the rim water spout port, a tank side water supply channel that supplies washing water to the tank, a flow channel switching part that adjusts an amount of washing water that is supplied to one or both of the rim side water supply channel and the tank side water supply channel, and an electrical power failure detection part that detects electrical power failure, wherein, in a case where electrical power failure is caused when washing water is supplied to the tank side water supply channel, the flow channel switching part decreases washing water that is supplied to the tank side water supply channel and increases washing water that is supplied to the rim side water supply channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kashimura, Hiroki Tanaka, Kenji Watanabe, Satoshi Takano, Yoshikatsu Adachi, Koichi Motooka, Yuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230013965
    Abstract: Provided is a superimposed-image display device configured such that when there is a guidance divergence point, which is a guidance target, ahead in a traveling direction of a vehicle, a plurality of guidance objects that provide guidance on an entry route that enters the guidance divergence point and an exit route are displayed. When a course including the entry route, the guidance divergence point, and the exit route is displayed using a plurality of guidance objects, the plurality of guidance objects are displayed so as to match the elevation of the line of sight of an occupant and displayed so as to be shifted to locations that are on the opposite side to an exit direction at the guidance divergence point relative to the front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Kawai
  • Patent number: 11535155
    Abstract: Superimposed-image display devices and programs display a guide image providing a guidance of information to a driver of a vehicle such that the guide image is superimposed on a view ahead of the vehicle and is visually recognized. The systems and programs obtain three-dimensional map information that specifies a three-dimensional shape of a road and a structure nearby the road and arrange the guide image in the three-dimensional map information, based on the three-dimensional shape of the road and the structure nearby the road. The systems and programs obtain a shape of the guide image that is visually recognized from a position of the driver in the three-dimensional map information and display the guide image having the obtained shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Miyake, Yuusuke Morita
  • Patent number: 11525694
    Abstract: Superimposed-image display devices and programs superimpose an image on a surrounding environment in front of a vehicle so that the image can be visually identified. The image includes at least one of a first guidance image that prompts a driver to change driving operation and a second guidance image that does not prompt a driver to change driving operation. The second guidance image is displayed in a display mode in which the second guidance image more harmonizes in at least one of a location, brightness, and color with the surrounding environment than the first guidance image, the surrounding environment being a superimposition target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: D1046696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Watanabe
  • Patent number: D1048944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JingWen Kuang, Bin Han, Kenji Watanabe