Patents by Inventor Kenta TO

Kenta TO 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).

  • CHARGING MEMBER, CHARGING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20230229097
    Abstract: A charging member of a contact charging system that applies only a direct-current voltage to the charging member includes a conductive substrate, an elastic layer disposed on the conductive substrate, and a surface layer disposed on the elastic layer. When measured by an alternating-current impedance method within a range of 1 MHz to 1 mHz in an environment at a temperature of 28° C. and a humidity of 85%, a resistance component R of an impedance within a range of 1 Hz to 100 Hz is 4.0×104? or more and 1.0×106? or less and an impedance Z within a range of 1 Hz to 100 Hz is over 3.6×104? and 3.5×105? or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yukimi KAWABATA, Fuyuki KANO, Kenta YAMAKOSHI
  • ELECTRIC WIRE AND TERMINAL-EQUIPPED ELECTRIC WIRE
    Publication number: 20230231326
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric wire including: a plurality of conductors that have been twisted together; and an insulation coating that covers an outer circumference of the plurality of conductors, wherein the plurality of conductors include: a plurality of outer conductors that are arranged along an outermost circumference; and at least one inner conductor that is provided on an inner side of the plurality of outer conductors, the at least one inner conductor includes one or more first strands, the one or more first strands are copper wires, each copper wire including a tin-plating layer, each of the plurality of outer conductors includes one or more second strands, and the one or more second strands are copper wires, each copper wire not including a plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kenta KOBAYASHI, Yusuke ARAKI, Yuto HAYASHI
  • UNMANNED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, UNMANNED VEHICLE, AND UNMANNED VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20230229169
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle control method for setting a permitted area where traveling is permitted for each unmanned vehicle, the unmanned vehicle control method includes: acquiring unmanned vehicle data including position data of the unmanned vehicle; acquiring road surface condition data of a travel path on which the unmanned vehicle travels; and generating data including a permitted area in the travel path of the unmanned vehicle, a stop point in the permitted area, and a target traveling speed for the unmanned vehicle to stop at the stop point on a basis of the unmanned vehicle data that has been acquired, wherein the permitted area is set on a basis of the road surface condition data of a predetermined area including the stop point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Osagawa, Isao Toku
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230229780
    Abstract: A second processor verifies validity of at least a first boot program using a verification program, and a first processor executes a selection program to select a boot program verified as valid by the second processor, and executes the selected program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: KENTA USAMI
  • Vehicle
    Patent number: 11703867
    Abstract: A vehicle traveling from a first area to a second area includes a traveling mechanism having a plurality of wheels and a traveling function, and a control unit configured to cause the traveling mechanism to perform a wheel cleaning operation and then cause the vehicle to enter the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunji Inoue, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Daisuke Sato, Takuya Watabe, Makoto Kakuchi, Seiichi Tsunoda, Keima Fukunaga, Kenta Miyahara
  • Liquid storage container
    Patent number: 11701890
    Abstract: A liquid storage container includes: a discharge port member including a discharge port through which liquid stored in a storage portion is discharged; a cover portion configured to be attachable to the discharge port member and to be capable of opening and closing the discharge port; and a sealing portion formed of a contact portion between the cover portion and the discharge port member. The cover portion includes a groove structure between an outer periphery of the cover portion and the sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyasu Nagai, Ryoji Inoue, Kyosuke Nagaoka, Takayuki Tanno, Kenta Udagawa
  • Onboard system, charging system, charging method, and program
    Patent number: 11703374
    Abstract: A charging system includes load meters mounted in a vehicle, the load meters each measuring a load exerted on an axle or a wheel and deciding a measurement result and an onboard unit that acquires the measurement results of the load meters and is capable of communicating weight information on the weight of the vehicle based on the measurement results to a roadside machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakayama, Kenta Nakao, Takaaki Sunagawa, Koichi Kanehara
  • Shoe sole including laminate-structured midsole
    Patent number: 11700911
    Abstract: A midsole includes an upper layer and a lower layer made of a foamed material; the upper layer is a low-hardness foamed material; the lower layer is a high-hardness foamed material; the low-hardness foamed material of the upper layer is a low-hardness, high-resilience material that has a higher specific gravity than the high-hardness foamed material, that has a low hardness that is lower than the hardness of the high-hardness foamed material, and that has a higher speed at which to recover to an original shape after being deformed than that of the high-hardness foamed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seigo Nakaya, Kenta Moriyasu, Yoshihito Tahira, Keishi Kitamoto, Junichiro Tateishi
  • Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus
    Patent number: 11703669
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and one or more rear lens units. The first lens unit does not move for zooming. An interval between each pair of adjacent lens units changes in zooming. The first lens unit includes a positive lens made of material with an Abbe number less than 30. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Sudo, Kazuki Someya
  • Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus with auto-positioning function, method for controlling magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, and program for auto-setting of imaging plane
    Patent number: 11701025
    Abstract: An imaging unit of an MRI apparatus performs imaging of a positioning image of a subject including a spine; a first imaging that images a cross section including the spine and extending along a longitudinal direction of the spine; and a second imaging that images a cross section in a direction of traversing the spine. An automatic cross-section position setting unit detects a specific tissue of the spine using a scout image or an image including the spine acquired in the first imaging step, performs a matching process between the detected specific tissue of the spine and a spine model, and calculates an imaging cross-section position of the second imaging based upon a specific tissue position of the spine specified by matching, thereby performing automatic setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
    Inventors: Suguru Yokosawa, Hisaaki Ochi, Yoshimi Noguchi, Kenta Sakuragi, Hisako Nagao, Kuniaki Harada
  • Guide wire
    Patent number: 11701497
    Abstract: A guide wire of the present disclosure includes a core shaft having a distal end portion decreasing in cross-sectional area, a coil body wound to cover the distal end portion, and a distal end fixing portion fixing the core shaft and the coil body to each other. The distal end portion includes a small cross-sectional area portion, a large cross-sectional area portion, and a tapered portion between the small cross-sectional area portion and the large cross-sectional area portion. The core shaft and the coil body are fixed at a portion excluding the tapered portion. A first bending rigidity FR1 of the large cross-sectional area portion, a second bending rigidity FR2 of the small cross-sectional area portion, and a length L of the tapered portion satisfy the following expressions (1) and (2). In the following expressions (1) and (2), the unit of L is mm (millimeter). (FR1/FR2)0.25/L?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenta Tsuge
  • QUOTATION SYSTEM, QUOTATION METHOD, AND QUOTATION PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230222257
    Abstract: A quotation system receives shape data of an article configured from a plurality of elements from a client terminal and provides quotation information of the article. The quotation system has: a memory storing the shape data and tolerance data in which multiple types of tolerance information relating to the elements are associated with each other; and a computer performing assistance processing to assist in setting of at least one type of the multiple types of tolerance information on the basis of the tolerance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: MISUMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta OWA, Tomoaki YOKOTA
  • DRIVE SHAFT AND IMAGE DIAGNOSIS CATHETER
    Publication number: 20230218267
    Abstract: A drive shaft for constituting an imaging core of an image diagnosis catheter includes: a coil shaft having a distal end fixed to a proximal end of a housing that accommodates a signal transmitter and receiver; and a shaft member fixed to a proximal end of the coil shaft and having higher torsional stiffness than torsional stiffness of the coil shaft. An image diagnosis catheter includes: an imaging core including the drive shaft, the housing fixed to the distal end of the coil shaft, and the signal transmitter and receiver accommodated in the housing; and a sheath into which the imaging core is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenta SUZUKI
  • CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20230223717
    Abstract: A connector includes a base member and a contact connected to a connection object, a first surface of the base member making contact with a bottom surface of a sheet-like conductive member, the contact being fixed to the base member by a deformed portion of the projection in a state where a root portion of the projection is accommodated in a projection accommodating portion with the sheet-like conductive member being sandwiched therebetween, an inner peripheral surface of the projection accommodating portion making contact with a flexible conductor of the sheet-like conductive member, whereby the connection object is electrically connected to the flexible conductor via the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Takumi KINOSHITA, Akihiro MATSUNAGA, Kenta ASHIBU
  • FRICTION PAIR
    Publication number: 20230220899
    Abstract: To provide a friction pair capable of inhibiting to form a lump of a metal on a friction surface of a disc rotor, where the friction pair is consisting of a disc brake pad having a friction material manufactured from a friction material composition containing a binder, a fiber base material, and a friction modifier, but not containing a copper component and a ferrous-based metal fiber, and a stainless steel disc rotor. To use a friction material composition containing 1-6 weight % of a trimanganese tetraoxide as a friction modifier relative to an entire amount of the friction material composition but not containing any metal fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: NISSHINBO BRAKE, INC.
    Inventors: SOTA FUNAMOTO, KENTA KURIMOTO
  • BATTERY FRAME
    Publication number: 20230223637
    Abstract: A battery frame includes a pair of flat spring plates, a pair of pressing plates, and connecting members connecting the pair of flat spring plates. Each of the flat spring plates includes first regions and a second region. The second region is located inward of the first regions in the stacking direction of a battery cell stack. The connecting members are attached to the flat spring plates via the first regions, and the pressing plates are attached to the flat spring plates via the second regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yuya Ishihara, Kenta Kishii, Hiromitsu Sato, Tadahiro Fukushima, Masataka Yoshida, Seiji Kosaka
  • Image display system and program
    Patent number: 11698715
    Abstract: To obtain an image desired by a user by performing an intuitive operation. An image display system includes a first display control unit that displays a reference image on a display surface, and a second display control unit that selectably displays a plurality of candidate images each having image information different from the reference image in the periphery of a display area of the reference image on the display surface, wherein each image data of the plurality of candidate images is included in a search area on a predetermined space determined based on the image data of the reference image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: RADIUS5 INC.
    Inventor: Kenta Sugawara
  • Magnetic detection system
    Patent number: 11698273
    Abstract: The magnetic detection system 100 is provided with a magnetic sensor 1, a storage unit 5, a first determination unit 42 for outputting whether or not the magnetic body 90 has passed as a first determination result 20, a second determination unit 43 for outputting whether or not the magnetic body has passed as a second determination result 21, a display unit 6 for displaying (notifying) the first determination result and the second determination result. The second determination unit is configured to have higher determination accuracy than the first determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Nishimura, Kenta Chinomi
  • Wing, flying object, and method for manufacturing a wing
    Patent number: 11697489
    Abstract: A wing includes: a main structural member; a leading-edge member formed of material with a coefficient of linear thermal expansion different from that of material of the main structural member; an eccentric bushing that has a circular through-hole and is shaped in a cylindrical shape; and a coupling member. The leading-edge member has a first hole prolonged in a specific direction. The main structural member has a second hole. The center axis of the eccentric bushing and the center axis of the through-hole are parallel to and offset from each other. The eccentric bushing is inserted to the first hole. The first coupling member is inserted to the through-hole and the second hole to couple the main structural member and the leading-edge member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Kanazawa, Kenta Katsunaga, Koji Ogimura
  • Particle Separation Device, Method, and Program, Structure of Particle Separation Data, and Leaned Model Generation Method
    Publication number: 20230213431
    Abstract: A particle sorting apparatus for separating particles according to the sizes of the particles, and includes a microchannel device, a computation unit that determines a condition for controlling the microchannel device using a trained model obtained through machine learning of control condition data and separation result data that have been obtained by separating particles while controlling the microchannel device, and a control unit that controls the microchannel device based on the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Kenta Fukada, Michiko Seyama