Patents by Inventor Koji Matsuda

Koji Matsuda 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: 20240131804
    Abstract: Provided is a resin profile joining method of joining a pair of resin profiles. The method includes: holding one resin profile and another resin profile of the pair of resin profiles with a first mold and a second mold, respectively; heating the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles in no contact with the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles to melt the pair of resin profiles; after the heating, moving each of the first mold and the second mold relative to the pair of resin profiles in a longitudinal direction of a corresponding resin profile of the pair of resin profiles; and crimping the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles to each other while keeping the first mold and the second mold in contact with the surfaces of the pair of resin profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Isao Kobayashi, Koji Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20240133229
    Abstract: Provided is a resin profile joining method of joining a pair of resin profiles. The method includes: holding one resin profile and another resin profile of the pair of resin profiles with a first clamp and a second clamp, respectively, such that end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles are faced each other; heating the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles in no contact with the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles to melt the pair of resin profiles; making a guide in contact with surfaces of the pair of resin profiles so as to cover between the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles after the heating; and crimping the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles to each other while keeping the guide in contact with the surfaces of the pair of resin profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Isao Kobayashi, Koji Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11960225
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes, an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a sheet using printing toner and apply powder adhesive on the sheet, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet and the powder adhesive applied on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image and the powder adhesive to the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to bond the sheet with the powder adhesive by reheating the sheet having been heated by the fixing portion. The bonding portion is arranged above the image forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Kohei Matsuda, Hiroki Ogino, Yasushi Katsuta, Kaori Noguchi, Junko Hirata, Akira Kuroda, Yuki Nishizawa, Tsutomu Shimano, Toru Oguma
  • Patent number: 11917922
    Abstract: A mounting structure includes: a first substrate that has a first surface on which a functional element is provided; a wiring portion that is provided at a position, which is different from a position of the functional element on the first surface, and is conductively connected to the functional element; a second substrate that has a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; and a conduction portion that is provided on the second surface, is connected to the wiring portion, and is conductively connected the functional element. The shortest distance between the functional element and the second substrate is longer than the longest distance between the second substrate and a position where the wiring portion is connected to the conduction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ohashi, Chikara Kojima, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hironori Suzuki, Shuichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230417331
    Abstract: Provided are a three-way valve for flow rate control and a temperature control device, which have improved sealing performance against a fluid having a low temperature of about ?85° C. as compared to a case in which a pressure applying portion does not include a communication member having a cylindrical shape with both end portions in a longitudinal direction sealed by sealing means including a coating member, which has a substantially U-shaped cross section and is made of a synthetic resin, and is urged in an opening direction by a spring member made of a metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji MATSUDA, Ryoji ICHIYAMA, Shigehiko ONO
  • Patent number: 11809188
    Abstract: A traveling work machine includes a position detector capable of obtaining position information of a machine body based on a positioning signal from a navigation satellite, an end determiner capable of determining the end of each of a plurality of instances of work travel, a start position calculator capable of calculating start positions Ls and Ls2, and a display capable of displaying information pertaining to the turning travel. When the end determiner determines the end of the work travel, the start position calculator calculates, based on the position information, the start position Ls2 on one of the left and right with respect to the travel direction of the machine body during the work travel, and the display displays guidance information guiding the turning travel to the start position Ls2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunya Takase, Hiroki Suga, Koji Matsuda, Shunsuke Miyashita
  • Patent number: 11673346
    Abstract: A resin frame includes frame members combined into a frame shape that includes a corner portion, and a joint portion joining a pair of the frame members which are adjacent to each other at the corner portion. The joint portion includes an entire-surface welded portion, in which end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other over an entire surface in a thickness direction of a plate portion of the frame members, and a partial welded portion, in which the end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other on one side of the entire surface in the thickness direction while another side of the entire surface in the thickness direction is not welded. The entire-surface welded portion and the partial welded portion are present at different portions on an outer periphery of the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: YKK AP INC.
    Inventors: Koji Matsuda, Kazuhiro Kanayama, Isao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11472128
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a resin frame includes preparing a plurality of frame members, installing a pair of the frame members in the corner portion in a pair of molds, melting end surfaces of the pair of the frame members as welding margins, and welding the welding margins. The molds respectively includes a reference surface holding the frame members and a blade portion protruding to an inner side with respect to the reference surface. In the welding, in the corner portion, the pair of the frame members are pressed by the blade portions, so that the welding margin protrudes from between the blade portions, the outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of the frame members are bent inward, and the corner portion is made concave with respect to the portions adjacent to the corner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: YKK AP INC.
    Inventors: Koji Matsuda, Masuo Yamaji
  • Publication number: 20220235009
    Abstract: Provision of a stabilized crystal of 6-(3-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-[(S)-1-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpropyl]-7-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (compound A). A crystal of compound A, which shows a particular X-ray powder diffraction pattern of a characteristic diffraction peaks at diffraction angles 2?(°) as measured by X-ray powder diffractometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Motohide SATOH, Takahisa MOTOMURA, Takashi MATSUDA, Kentaro KONDO, Koji ANDO, Koji MATSUDA, Shuji MIYAKE, Hideto UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20220104422
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes an operator's seat, a vehicle body to travel selectively using either manual steering performed manually by the operator or automatic steering performed based on a position of the vehicle body detected by a position detector without manual operation by the operator, and a first operation actuator on a lateral side of the operator's seat to selectively start or terminate the automatic steering during rearward traveling of the vehicle body or to correct the position of the vehicle body during rearward traveling of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shunya TAKASE, Hiroki SUGA, Shinji MISAKI, Koji MATSUDA, Yuto SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220024148
    Abstract: A resin frame includes frame members combined into a frame shape that includes a corner portion, and a joint portion joining a pair of the frame members which are adjacent to each other at the corner portion. The joint portion includes an entire-surface welded portion, in which end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other over an entire surface in a thickness direction of a plate portion of the frame members, and a partial welded portion, in which the end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other on one side of the entire surface in the thickness direction while another side of the entire surface in the thickness direction is not welded. The entire-surface welded portion and the partial welded portion are present at different portions on an outer periphery of the joint portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Koji Matsuda, Kazuhiro Kanayama, Isao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210397190
    Abstract: A traveling work machine includes a position detector capable of obtaining position information of a machine body based on a positioning signal from a navigation satellite, an end determiner capable of determining the end of each of a plurality of instances of work travel, a start position calculator capable of calculating start positions Ls and Ls2, and a display capable of displaying information pertaining to the turning travel. When the end determiner determines the end of the work travel, the start position calculator calculates, based on the position information, the start position Ls2 on one of the left and right with respect to the travel direction of the machine body during the work travel, and the display displays guidance information guiding the turning travel to the start position Ls2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shunya TAKASE, Hiroki SUGA, Koji MATSUDA, Shunsuke MIYASHITA
  • Patent number: 11167501
    Abstract: A resin frame includes frame members combined into a frame shape that includes a corner portion, and a joint portion joining a pair of the frame members which are adjacent to each other at the corner portion. The joint portion includes an entire-surface welded portion, in which end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other over an entire surface in a thickness direction of a plate portion of the frame members, and a partial welded portion, in which the end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other on one side of the entire surface in the thickness direction while another side of the entire surface in the thickness direction is not welded. The entire-surface welded portion and the partial welded portion are present at different portions on an outer periphery of the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: YKK AP INC.
    Inventors: Koji Matsuda, Kazuhiro Kanayama, Isao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10989319
    Abstract: Provided is a three-way valve for flow rate control capable of suppressing an increase in driving torque for a valve body, which is caused due to contact between the valve body and a valve port forming member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsushi Kusumoto, Koji Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20200173565
    Abstract: Provided is a three-way valve for flow rate control capable of suppressing an increase in driving torque for a valve body, which is caused due to contact between the valve body and a valve port forming member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsushi KUSUMOTO, Koji MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 10587959
    Abstract: To improve acoustic characteristics without increasing the manufacturing cost or increasing the size. Provided are a drive unit and a vibration plate unit. The drive unit includes a yoke formed by a magnetic material, magnets attached to the yoke, a coil to which a drive current is supplied, and an armature provided with a vibration portion that vibrates when the drive current is supplied to the coil. The vibration plate unit includes a holding frame including an opening, a film covering the opening and pasted on the holding frame, a vibration plate pasted on the film and held inside of the holding frame, and a transmission beam that transmits vibration of the vibration portion to the vibration plate. An entire circumference of an outer circumference of the vibration plate is isolated from an entire circumference of an inner circumference of the holding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20200009804
    Abstract: A resin frame includes frame members combined into a frame shape that includes a corner portion, and a joint portion joining a pair of the frame members which are adjacent to each other at the corner portion. The joint portion includes an entire-surface welded portion, in which end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other over an entire surface in a thickness direction of a plate portion of the frame members, and a partial welded portion, in which the end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other on one side of the entire surface in the thickness direction while another side of the entire surface in the thickness direction is not welded. The entire-surface welded portion and the partial welded portion are present at different portions on an outer periphery of the joint portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Koji Matsuda, Kazuhiro Kanayama, Isao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190381748
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a resin frame includes preparing a plurality of frame members, installing a pair of the frame members in the corner portion in a pair of molds, melting end surfaces of the pair of the frame members as welding margins, and welding the welding margins. The molds respectively includes a reference surface holding the frame members and a blade portion protruding to an inner side with respect to the reference surface. In the welding, in the corner portion, the pair of the frame members are pressed by the blade portions, so that the welding margin protrudes from between the blade portions, the outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of the frame members are bent inward, and the corner portion is made concave with respect to the portions adjacent to the corner portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Matsuda, Masuo Yamaji
  • Publication number: 20190185433
    Abstract: Provision of a stabilized crystal of 6-(3-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-[(S)-1-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpropyl]-7-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (compound A). A crystal of compound A, which shows a particular X-ray powder diffraction pattern of a characteristic diffraction peaks at diffraction angles 2?(°) as measured by X-ray powder diffractmetry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Motohide SATOH, Takahisa MOTOMURA, Takashi MATSUDA, Kentaro KONDO, Koji ANDO, Koji MATSUDA, Shuji MIYAKE, Hideto UEHARA
  • Patent number: 10202012
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a suspension link having excellent reliability in strength or the like of a coupling portion of the suspension link while being inexpensive. [Solution] The present invention relates to a production method for a suspension link (100) having a tire coupling portion (11) that rotatably couples a tire to a suspension and a suspension coupling portion (12) that is coupled to a sub-frame member constituting the suspension, the method including: a bending process in which a plate is bent, a bent portion of the bent plate is formed into a hollow shape, and the hollow shape is used as one of the tire coupling portion and the suspension coupling portion; and an edge bending process in which an outer peripheral edge portion of the plate is bent prior to the bending process. The outer peripheral edge portion of the plate is bent by the edge bending process, the outer peripheral edge portion of the plate including an area from an arm (15) to a bent portion (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: YOROZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Narita, Koji Matsuda, Tomo Tsuchida