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: 12075822
    Abstract: A breakable capsule for use in a tobacco industry product is disclosed. The capsule has a core-shell structure that includes a core containing both a crystallization inhibitor and at least about 35% w/w menthol, based on the total weight of the core. The crystallization inhibitor, which is different than methanol, may help reduce or inhibit the crystallization of methanol in the core-shell structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Wan, Frank Merzbach, Kazuhiko Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo, Kenji Kato
  • Patent number: 12082339
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, a first circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted, a second circuit board facing the first circuit board, a flexible board that electrically connects the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and a fan. The image sensor moves within a movable range of the image sensor in a direction different from an optical axis direction. The flexible board includes a bent portion that is located closest to a side of the flexible board connected to the first circuit board. The flexible board is bent in an area overlapping the movable range of the image sensor in the optical axis direction. As viewed from the optical axis direction, an inner surface of the bent portion is disposed to be outside a range of a blowing direction of an airflow discharged from a vent of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kentaro Watanabe, Kenji Ishii, Takashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12071091
    Abstract: A vehicle door trim includes a side collision energy absorbing structure with a relatively simple structure that gives a good side collision energy absorbing performance while avoiding breakage of a door trim body. The side collision energy absorbing structure 5 includes a first energy absorber 10 formed as a separate body from a door trim body 1 and a second energy absorber 20 integrally formed with the door trim body 1. The first energy absorber 10 includes a peripheral wall 11 extending over a generally entire periphery thereof and an end wall 12 that closes a distal end of the peripheral wall 11. A basal end of the peripheral wall 11 is fixed to the door trim body 1. The second energy absorber 20 is protruded outward in the vehicle width direction and is disposed in an inner space 15 of the first energy absorber 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignees: Shigeru Co., LTD., Subaru Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Inagaki, Shunya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12068643
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine rotor includes a rotor core and a core support member that supports the rotor core. The core support member includes a tubular portion formed in a tubular shape and a support portion supported so as to be rotatable with respect to a non-rotary member to support the tubular portion from the inner side in a radial direction. The core support member is formed such that a diameter of a fitting surface portion in a specific region, which includes an overlapping region which overlaps a connection region as viewed in the radial direction, is smaller than a diameter of the fitting surface portion in a general region which is a region other than the specific region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeru Morita, Shigeki Ideue, Yuta Watanabe, Kenji Dozono, Masashi Ikemura, Toshihiko Kamiya
  • Patent number: 12060365
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having an inhibitory action on the interaction between menin and an MLL protein. The compound represented by the formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. wherein, in the formula (1), the dotted circle, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, Ring Q1, W, m and n are each as defined in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Yoshikawa, Noriyasu Haginoya, Tomoaki Hamada, Ryutaro Kanada, Jun Watanabe, Yoshiko Kagoshima, Eri Tokumaru, Kenji Murata, Takayuki Baba, Mayumi Kitagawa, Akiko Kurimoto, Masashi Numata, Machiko Shiroishi, Taeko Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 12048959
    Abstract: To provide a rod member feeding device that reduces the load on a spindle chuck and a finger chuck when a rod member is positioned, as well as providing a machine tool provided with the rod member feeding device, and a control method for the rod member feeding device. A rod member feeding device includes: a feed rod for supplying a rod member to a spindle; a servomotor for moving the feed rod along the axial direction of the spindle; and a control device (exemplified with a motor control device and a control device) for controlling the driving of the servomotor. The control device calculates a deviation between a command position based on an advance amount of the feed rod and the actual position of the feed rod that has been actually advanced by the driving of the servomotor, and controls the driving of the servomotor based on the magnitude of the deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohiko Watanabe, Takanori Shinohara, Kenji Shimizu
  • 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: 20240177543
    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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Toshimichi TAKAHASHI, Kenji WATANABE, Tomoya NAKAJO, Motoaki OYAMA, Takahiro HANIU
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230393085
    Abstract: Provided is a method of evaluating a deviation of a trajectory of a primary electron beam in a primary optical system in an electron beam observation device including the primary optical system that irradiates a sample with the primary electron beam including a plurality of primary electrons and a secondary optical system that detects, by a detector, a secondary electron beam including a plurality of secondary electrons emitted from the sample irradiated with the primary electron beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji WATANABE, Takeshi MURAKAMI, Yasushi TOMA, Ryo TAJIMA, Tsutomu KARIMATA
  • Publication number: 20230395864
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery including a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium ion; and an outer package, wherein the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-containing composite oxide having a layered rock salt structure and represented by the following composition formula: LiNixCoyMnzO2, provided that 0.7?x?0.9, 0.05?y?0.2, 0.05?z?0.15, and x+y+z=1 are satisfied, and the battery is formed by using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing methylene methanedisulfonate and having a content thereof of 2.0% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less based on a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: AESC JAPAN LTD.
    Inventor: 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: 20230066647
    Abstract: A sheet-shaped check valve 23 which opens and closes the injection passage 21 is placed in the check valve chamber 22, an injection discharge passage 21b portion connected to the compression chamber 13 of the injection passage 21 and the check valve chamber 22 open from an outer surface of the fixed scroll 11, a lid body 25 is attached to openings of the injection discharge passage 21b and the check valve chamber 22 such that the check valve 23 is sandwiched between the openings and the lid body 25, and the injection discharge passage 21b and the check valve chamber 22 are hermetically closed, thereby forming the injection passage 21. According to this, it is possible to provide a reliable, efficient and inexpensive compressor with an injection mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji WATANABE, Akinori FUKUDA, Akihiro HAYASHI, Hideto OKA, Keisuke NOBA