Patents by Inventor Koji Makino

Koji Makino 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).

  • Publication number: 20250048798
    Abstract: A flip-chip type light emitting element of ultraviolet light emission includes: a p-type layer containing a p-type group III nitride semiconductor, and a p-side electrode serving as a reflective electrode provided over the p-type layer, and the p-side electrode contains Mg or an alloy containing Mg as a main component and is in contact with the p-type layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroaki MAKINO, Hideki OMOYA, Koji OKUNO
  • Patent number: 12205284
    Abstract: A console includes a CPU that acquires an image to be processed which is an object to be subjected to a support process that is a diagnosis support process or an imaging support process and selects a support process to be applied to the image to be processed from a plurality of processes of the support process on the basis of a part of a subject which is included in the image to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Taninai, Hiromu Hayashi, Akihito Bettoyashiki, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Makino
  • Patent number: 11519797
    Abstract: A gripping force measurement device includes a body portion and a plurality of pressure sensors. The plurality of pressure sensors includes at least one first sensor and two or more second sensors including pressure-sensitive surfaces oriented in the same direction. A pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors are disposed such that, when a subject pressurizes the pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors, the gripping force measurement device is grippable by the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd., University of Yamanashi
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamada, Yasuo Kondo, Lu Zhao, Hidetsugu Terada, Koji Makino, Takaiki Kanagawa
  • Patent number: 11499632
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a primary pressure control valve that has a first valve element and that regulates the primary pressure by varying a position of the first valve element in accordance with operation of a first electromagnetic actuator; a secondary pressure control valve that has a second valve element and that regulates the secondary pressure by varying a position of the second valve element in accordance with operation of a second electromagnetic actuator; and a fail-safe valve that varies the position of the first valve element such that the primary pressure is reduced when the first electromagnetic actuator and the second electromagnetic actuator become inoperable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tsuchida, Koji Makino, Toshiaki Hayashi, Fumiaki Aikawa, Harunobu Umemura
  • Patent number: 11365758
    Abstract: The objective is to provide a bolt which can more effectively suppress occurrence of seizure due to both oblique insertion and biting of foreign substances. The bolt includes a tapered surface, a guide portion, and a threaded portion in order from a distal end side and further includes a plurality of recesses provided on the tapered surface and a plurality of cutout portions provided at a distal end portion of the threaded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MEIDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Makino, Masataka Kondo, Shungo Maki, Akihiro Futamura
  • Patent number: 11357692
    Abstract: To provide a joint support unit, etc. capable of being worn on both left and right joints. A joint support unit 20 includes a first link 21 worn on one end side of a knee joint, a second link 22 worn on the other end side of the knee joint, and a driving unit 30 configured to cause the first link 21 and the second link 22 to perform rotational movement, or to relatively perform rotational movement while moving a rotation center and to perform sliding movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: University of Yamanashi, Kofu City, Suncall Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Terada, Koji Makino, Teppei Ogura, Masahiro Nakamura, Rei Takahashi, Masaru Hoshino, Yukinobu Makihara
  • Patent number: 11209038
    Abstract: A bolt which can prevent seizure is provided due to the bolt being installed obliquely. A guide portion is formed between a groove portion formed at a distal end portion of the threaded portion and a surface end position on a base end side of the tapered surface, a starting end portion of the guide portion being an intersection between the surface end position on the base end side of the tapered surface and a helix according to the groove portion, a terminal end portion of the guide portion overlaps with the distal end portion of the threaded portion, an angle in the direction around the axis of the bolt from the starting end portion to the terminal end portion is set in the range of 90° to 360°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MEIDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Makino, Masataka Kondo, Katsuhide Takei, Akihiro Futamura, Shun Nishimura, Shungo Maki
  • Patent number: 11149843
    Abstract: A vehicle power transmission device includes: a continuously variable transmission including a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, and a transmission belt wound between the primary pulley and the secondary pulley; a belt running clutch of hydraulic type for transmitting power to the continuously variable transmission; and a hydraulic control circuit controlling the continuously variable transmission and the belt running clutch. The hydraulic control circuit includes a fail-safe valve switching a communication destination of an oil supply passage for supplying a hydraulic fluid to the belt running clutch to one of a first oil passage supplied with a control hydraulic pressure and a second oil passage supplied with a hydraulic pressure higher than the control hydraulic pressure, the fail-safe valve connecting the oil supply passage with the second oil passage when the fail-safe valve is switched to a failure position. The second oil passage is provided with an orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohgata, Shuji Moriyama, Daisuke Tomomatsu, Makoto Sawada, Kyohei Suzumura, Kenichi Tsuchida, Koji Makino, Toshiaki Hayashi, Yuta Seriguchi
  • Patent number: 11067166
    Abstract: A hydraulic control unit of a vehicle drive system including an automatic transmission, and an oil pump device, includes: a first electromagnetic valve; a second electromagnetic valve; first and second oil passages; a third oil passage; a manual valve operated to connect and disconnect the first and third oil passages and a drain oil passage to and from each other, in response to an operation of a manually operated shifting device by a vehicle operator, such that the first oil passage is connected to the third oil passage when the shifting device is placed in a first operating position, while the first oil passage is connected to the drain oil passage when the shifting device is placed in a second operating position; an accumulator connected to the first oil passage; and a check valve provided in the second oil passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Koyama, Yusuke Ohgata, Yoshinobu Soga, Shuji Moriyama, Hiromitsu Nitani, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Kenichi Tsuchida, Takahiro Kokubu, Toshiaki Hayashi, Koji Makino, Yuta Seriguchi
  • Publication number: 20210069053
    Abstract: To provide a joint support unit, etc. capable of being worn on both left and right joints. A joint support unit 20 includes a first link 21 worn on one end side of a knee joint, a second link 22 worn on the other end side of the knee joint, and a driving unit 30 configured to cause the first link 21 and the second link 22 to perform rotational movement, or to relatively perform rotational movement while moving a rotation center and to perform sliding movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Terada, Koji Makino, Teppei Ogura, Masahiro Nakamura, Rei Takahashi, Masaru Hoshino, Yukinobu Makihara
  • Publication number: 20200386632
    Abstract: A gripping force measurement device includes a body portion and a plurality of pressure sensors. The plurality of pressure sensors includes at least one first sensor and two or more second sensors including pressure-sensitive surfaces oriented in the same direction. A pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors are disposed such that, when a subject pressurizes the pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors, the gripping force measurement device is grippable by the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicants: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd., University of Yamanashi
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamada, Yasuo Kondo, Lu Zhao, Hidetsugu Terada, Koji Makino, Takaiki Kanagawa
  • Patent number: 10794324
    Abstract: Provided is a spacer configured such that a protruding portion remaining after removal of a portion unnecessary after molding does not contact an inner wall of a coolant water flow path and therefore, even a portion of the spacer in the vicinity of the remaining portion can be positioned close to the cylinder bore side inner wall. The spacer of this embodiment is a spacer (4) formed of a resin molded body and inserted, in use, into a coolant water flow path (3) through an opening (30) of the coolant water flow path (3) that is formed around a plurality of cylinder bores (2) formed adjacent to each other in a cylinder block (1) of an internal combustion engine. The spacer (4) includes a spacer body (40) formed in a cylindrical shape to surround the cylinder bores (2), and a protruding remaining portion (5) remaining after removal of a portion (6ba) necessary in molding and unnecessary after molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: UCHIYAMA MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventors: Masayuki Mori, Koji Makino
  • Publication number: 20200132187
    Abstract: A hydraulic control unit of a vehicle drive system including an automatic transmission, and an oil pump device, includes: a first electromagnetic valve; a second electromagnetic valve; first and second oil passages; a third oil passage; a manual valve operated to connect and disconnect the first and third oil passages and a drain oil passage to and from each other, in response to an operation of a manually operated shifting device by a vehicle operator, such that the first oil passage is connected to the third oil passage when the shifting device is placed in a first operating position, while the first oil passage is connected to the drain oil passage when the shifting device is placed in a second operating position; an accumulator connected to the first oil passage; and a check valve provided in the second oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD
    Inventors: Daiki KOYAMA, Yusuke Ohgata, Yoshinobu Soga, Shuji Moriyama, Hiromitsu Nitani, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Kenichi Tsuchida, Takahiro Kokubu, Toshiaki Hayashi, Koji Makino, Yuta Seriguchi
  • Publication number: 20190390768
    Abstract: In the case where an automatic transmission is configured such that the winding diameter of a belt around a primary pulley (41) is larger than the winding diameter of the belt around a secondary pulley (42) when a primary pressure and a secondary pressure are equal to each other, a fail-safe valve (124) varies the position of a first valve element (123p1) of a primary pressure control valve (123P) such that the primary pressure is reduced when a first electromagnetic actuator (SLPs) and a second electromagnetic actuator (SLSs) become inoperable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Koji MAKINO, Toshiaki HAYASHI, Fumiaki AIKAWA, Harunobu UMEMURA
  • Publication number: 20190309788
    Abstract: The objective is to provide a bolt which can more effectively suppress occurrence of seizure due to both oblique insertion and biting of foreign substances. The bolt includes a tapered surface, a guide portion, and a threaded portion in order from a distal end side and further includes a plurality of recesses provided on the tapered surface and a plurality of cutout portions provided at a distal end portion of the threaded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: MEIDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji MAKINO, Masataka KONDO, Shungo MAKI, Akihiro FUTAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190257346
    Abstract: A bolt which can prevent seizure is provided due to the bolt being installed obliquely. A guide portion is formed between a groove portion formed at a distal end portion of the threaded portion and a surface end position on a base end side of the tapered surface, a starting end portion of the guide portion being an intersection between the surface end position on the base end side of the tapered surface and a helix according to the groove portion, a terminal end portion of the guide portion overlaps with the distal end portion of the threaded portion, an angle in the direction around the axis of the bolt from the starting end portion to the terminal end portion is set in the range of 90° to 360°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: MEIDOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji MAKINO, Masataka KONDO, Katsuhide TAKEI, Akihiro FUTAMURA, Shun NISHIMURA, Shungo MAKI
  • Patent number: 10378419
    Abstract: A water jacket spacer adjusting a flow amount of cooling water in a water jacket, the water jacket spacer being inserted in the water jacket of a cylinder block, the water jacket spacer has a spacer body and a rectification means inhibiting flow of cooling water to an inner wall on a cylinder bore side of the water jacket, the rectification means having a form of a pocket and being provided on a face of the spacer body, the face being on a side of a cooling water introduction port of the water jacket, the rectification means being provided lower than the cooling water introduction port in a depth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: UCHIYAMA MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventor: Koji Makino
  • Patent number: 10247084
    Abstract: There is provided a novel regulating member that ensures easy manufacturing and does not adversely affect cooling water and environment. A spacer 6 is inserted from an opening 30 of a cooling water flow passage 3 into the cooling water flow passage 3 to be disposed. The cooling water flow passage 3 is disposed in a cylinder block 1 in an internal combustion engine. The spacer 6 includes a supporting member 7 with rigidity formed into a shape configured to be disposed in the cooling water flow passage 3 and a regulating portion 8 supported by the supporting member 7. The regulating portion 8 regulates a flow of cooling water. The regulating portion 8 includes a cellulose-based sponge 81. The cellulose-based sponge 81 is restorable from a compressed state through a contact with the cooling water w.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: UCHIYAMA MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventor: Koji Makino
  • Publication number: 20180335134
    Abstract: A vehicle power transmission device comprises: a continuously variable transmission configured to include a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, and a transmission belt wound between the primary pulley and the secondary pulley; a belt running clutch of hydraulic type for transmitting power to the continuously variable transmission; and a hydraulic control circuit controlling the continuously variable transmission and the belt running clutch, the hydraulic control circuit comprising a fail-safe valve switching a communication destination of an oil supply passage for supplying a hydraulic fluid to the belt running clutch to one of a first oil passage supplied with a control hydraulic pressure and a second oil passage supplied with a hydraulic pressure higher than the control hydraulic pressure, the fail-safe valve connecting the oil supply passage with the second oil passage when the fail-safe valve is switched to a failure position. The second oil passage is provided with an orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohgata, Shuji Moriyama, Daisuke Tomomatsu, Makoto Sawada, Kyohei Suzumura, Kenichi Tsuchida, Koji Makino, Toshiaki Hayashi, Yuta Seriguchi
  • Patent number: 10125862
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device with a second oil passage check valve provided in the second oil passage between a connection portion with the first oil passage and the second solenoid valve, the second oil passage check valve being configured such that a hydraulic pressure is supplied in a direction from the second solenoid valve toward the first oil passage and a hydraulic pressure is not supplied in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Kazuki Kojima, Koji Makino, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida