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).
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Patent number: 11431551Abstract: A multiplexing device including a multistage slave configured to process control data transmitted from a master in an industrial network, a multiprocessing device configured to multiplex the control data transmitted from a first slave of the multistage slave, the first slave being disposed at an upstream side to the master of the multistage slave, and transmit the control data so multiplexed to a second slave of the multistage slave by way of a multiplex communication line, the second slave being situated at a downstream side of the multistage slave, and a control device configured to issue a disconnection command to disconnect a communication between the first slave and the multiprocessing device in response to a disconnection of the multiplex communication line.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Hidekazu Kanai, Nobuo Nagasaka, Kenji Watanabe
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Patent number: 11423525Abstract: An industrial plant data reproduction device includes the following. A process data collection unit collects process data regarding a group of devices and materials to be processed by the group of devices. A video data collection unit collects video data in which an object whose image is to be obtained is captured, the object pertaining to the group of devices. A graphic data storage unit stores in advance graphic data indicative of a motion target position of the object whose image is to be obtained for each material specification. A graphic data selection unit selects the graphic data corresponding to the material specifications included in the process data every time each of the materials reaches the object whose image is to be obtained. A display processing unit outputs synthetic data in which the selected graphic data is overlaid on the video data.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Fujieda, Katsuhiro Konishi, Kenji Watanabe
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Patent number: 11362917Abstract: There are provided a slave, a work machine, and a method for storing log information, which are capable of appropriately store the log information when a communication abnormality occurs such that communication cannot be kept between a master and the slave in an industrial network. The control section performs first storage processing storing the log information into a volatile storage section when a communication abnormality occurs such that communication with the master cannot be kept, communication abnormality determination processing for determining whether the communication abnormality has occurred, and second storage processing storing the log information into a non-volatile storage section by acquiring the log information from the volatile storage section, in response to a determination made in that the communication abnormality has occurred as a result of the communication abnormality determination processing.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Watanabe, Takeshi Sato, Nobuo Nagasaka
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Patent number: 11326598Abstract: A compressor includes: a fixed scroll; at least one discharge port; a reed valve; a valve stop; and a ventilation hole. The at least one discharge port is disposed in the fixed scroll. The reed valve is disposed in the fixed scroll so as to block the at least one discharge port. The valve stop is disposed in the fixed scroll, and restricts the lift amount of the reed valve. The ventilation hole is disposed in the valve stop. In the present aspect, the flow of refrigerant gas is smoothed to suppress the compression loss, and the force applied to the reed valve can be suppressed. As a result, the efficiency and reliability can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideto Oka, Daisuke Funakoshi, Akinori Fukuda, Kenji Watanabe
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Publication number: 20220050416Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Takeo Kawanami, Kazuaki Nogami, Takehiro Hayashi, Kenji Watanabe, Shunsuke Hijikata
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Publication number: 20220045095Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Kenji WATANABE
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Publication number: 20220045076Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Kenji WATANABE
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Patent number: 11231034Abstract: A compressor including fixed scroll and revolving scroll configuring compression mechanism, compression chamber formed between fixed scroll and revolving scroll, intake chamber provided on an outer circumferential side of fixed scroll, discharge port provided in a central part of fixed scroll, muffler provided to cover discharge port at an upper part of fixed scroll, and heat-insulating member provided between fixed scroll and muffler space formed by muffler. After a refrigerant gas taken into intake chamber is compressed by revolving scroll revolving and compression chamber moving while changing a volume of compression chamber, the refrigerant gas is discharged from discharge port. The refrigerant gas discharged from discharge port is discharged into muffler space.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Funakoshi, Akinori Fukuda, Hideto Oka, Kenji Watanabe
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Patent number: 11217421Abstract: An adjustment method for adjusting a path of an electron beam passing through an electron beam device including at least one unit having at least one lens and at least one aligner electrode, and a detector configured to detect the electron beam, the method including: a step of measuring, by a coordinate measuring machine, an assembly tolerance for each of a plurality of the units constituting the electron beam device; a step of determining a shift amount of the electron beam at a position of the at least one of the lenses; a step of determining an electrode condition for each of a plurality of the aligner electrodes included in the units in a manner such that a shift amount of the electron beam is to be the determined shift amount; and a step of setting each of the aligner electrodes to the corresponding determined electrode condition.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Takehide Hayashi, Ryo Tajima, Tatsuya Kohama, Kenji Watanabe, Tsutomu Karimata
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Publication number: 20210388461Abstract: A method for recovering valuables, which can suppress the loss of valuables in recovering the valuables is provided. The method for recovering valuables of the disclosure comprises: a preparation step of preparing a treatment object including a valuables-containing member that contains valuables on or above a surface of a base material; an immersion step of immersing the treatment object in a liquid such that the valuables-containing member of the treatment object is disposed in the liquid; a collection step of irradiating the valuables-containing member of the treatment object immersed in the liquid with laser light through the liquid so as to remove the valuables-containing member from the treatment object, thereby collecting removed matter of the valuables-containing member into the liquid; and a recovery step of recovering the removed matter of the valuables-containing member from the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: A&H Japan CorporationInventors: Toshihiko HIEDA, Masaharu TAKEDA, Yoshiyasu KIKUCHI, Kenji WATANABE, Tomohiro ARAI
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Publication number: 20210372108Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Satoshi MATSUNAKA, Kenji WATANABE
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Patent number: 11150163Abstract: This accelerator play measurement device measures the play opening of an accelerator pedal of a vehicle, and includes: an accelerator actuator for operating the accelerator pedal; a vehicle speed sensor for detecting the vehicle speed of the vehicle; a first measurement unit for calculating a provisional play opening on the basis of a change in vehicle speed detection value from the vehicle speed sensor when the accelerator actuator has been driven and the accelerator pedal opening degree has been increased at a first speed from a fully-closed opening degree; and a second measurement unit for detecting the play opening on the basis of a change in vehicle speed detection value when the accelerator actuator has been driven and the accelerator pedal opening degree has been increased at a second speed higher than the first speed from the fully-closed opening degree to close to the provisional play opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Kodama, Kenji Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Shimizu
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Patent number: 11134803Abstract: Disclosed is an ordered food and drink conveyance apparatus capable of reducing the number of man-hours required for conveying food and drink in a store as much as possible. A lifting device that raises food and drink placed on a belt conveyor and separates it from the belt conveyor is provided at an end point or in the middle of a conveyance path from a kitchen side to a customer seat floor side of a restaurant.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Ishino Seisakusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haruki Ishino, Kenji Watanabe, Tetsuji Kitamura
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Publication number: 20210296227Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a stacked layer body including first and second stacked portions having stair-like first and second ends, an insulating region including first and second insulating region portions covering the first and second ends of the stacked layer body, and a first contact wiring including first and second wiring portions extending in a first direction within the first and second insulating region portions and a third wiring portion connected between the first and second wiring portions. A pattern of the first wiring portion and a pattern of the second wiring portion are arranged at positions different from each other when viewed in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Kenji WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210247272Abstract: This accelerator play measurement device measures the play opening of an accelerator pedal of a vehicle, and includes: an accelerator actuator for operating the accelerator pedal; a vehicle speed sensor for detecting the vehicle speed of the vehicle; a first measurement unit for calculating a provisional play opening on the basis of a change in vehicle speed detection value from the vehicle speed sensor when the accelerator actuator has been driven and the accelerator pedal opening degree has been increased at a first speed from a fully-closed opening degree; and a second measurement unit for detecting the play opening on the basis of a change in vehicle speed detection value when the accelerator actuator has been driven and the accelerator pedal opening degree has been increased at a second speed higher than the first speed from the fully-closed opening degree to close to the provisional play opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Akihiko KODAMA, Kenji WATANABE, Tsuyoshi SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20210201470Abstract: An industrial plant data reproduction device includes the following. A process data collection unit collects process data regarding a group of devices and materials to be processed by the group of devices. A video data collection unit collects video data in which an object whose image is to be obtained is captured, the object pertaining to the group of devices. A graphic data storage unit stores in advance graphic data indicative of a motion target position of the object whose image is to be obtained for each material specification. A graphic data selection unit selects the graphic data corresponding to the material specifications included in the process data every time each of the materials reaches the object whose image is to be obtained. A display processing unit outputs synthetic data in which the selected graphic data is overlaid on the video data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki FUJIEDA, Katsuhiro KONISHI, Kenji WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210177179Abstract: Disclosed is an ordered food and drink conveyance apparatus capable of reducing the number of man-hours required for conveying food and drink in a store as much as possible. A lifting device that raises food and drink placed on a belt conveyor and separates it from the belt conveyor is provided at an end point or in the middle of a conveyance path from a kitchen side to a customer seat floor side of a restaurant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Haruki Ishino, Kenji Watanabe, Tetsuji Kitamura
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Publication number: 20210156381Abstract: A compressor includes fixed scroll (6) and revolving scroll (7) configuring compression mechanism (2), compression chamber (9), intake chamber (11), discharge port (12), muffler (16), and heat-insulating member (24) provided between fixed scroll (6) and muffler (16). After a refrigerant gas taken into intake chamber (11) is compressed by revolving scroll (7) revolving and compression chamber (9) moving while changing a volume of compression chamber (9), the refrigerant gas is discharged from discharge port (12). The refrigerant gas discharged from discharge port (12) is discharged into muffler space (14) formed by muffler (16). Heat-insulating member (24) includes heat-insulating member discharge port (25), lead valve (13), and recess (27).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Kenji WATANABE, Akinori FUKUDA, Daisuke FUNAKOSI, Hideto OKA, Keisuke NOBA
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Publication number: 20210134519Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Takanori YOSHIZAWA, Kenji WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210111977Abstract: There are provided a slave, a work machine, and a method for storing log information, which are capable of appropriately store the log information when a communication abnormality occurs such that communication cannot be kept between a master and the slave in an industrial network. The control section performs first storage processing storing the log information into a volatile storage section when a communication abnormality occurs such that communication with the master cannot be kept, communication abnormality determination processing for determining whether the communication abnormality has occurred, and second storage processing storing the log information into a non-volatile storage section by acquiring the log information from the volatile storage section, in response to a determination made in that the communication abnormality has occurred as a result of the communication abnormality determination processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: FUJI CorporationInventors: Kenji WATANABE, Takeshi SATO, Nobuo NAGASAKA