Patents by Inventor Koji Nozawa

Koji Nozawa 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: 20240142216
    Abstract: A sensor unit includes: a sensor that is attached to a measurement target object becoming deformed in response to a swing taken with the measurement target object and that generates an output signal indicating a relationship between a physical quantity related to an amount of deformation of the measurement target object and a time; a feature value generation circuit that generates a feature value, the feature value being a parameter indicating a feature of the swing, on the basis of the output signal obtained by the sensor; and a communication unit that is attached to the measurement target object and that transmits the feature value to an external device by wireless communication or wired communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jun MAKINO, Koji KAWANO, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Takashi WATANABE, Takehiko IIZUKA, Kenta AGO
  • Publication number: 20240143284
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes an arithmetic circuit that performs an acquiring step of acquiring swing data indicating relationship between a physical quantity concerning an amount of deformation of an object to be measured and time, a determining step of determining whether the swing data indicates the physical quantity concerning the amount of deformation of the object to be measured, which occurs when the object to be measured is swung, to determine whether the swing data is to be deleted, and a deleting step of deleting the swing data if it is determined that the swing data does not indicate the physical quantity concerning the amount of deformation of the object to be measured, which occurs when the object to be measured is swung.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jun MAKINO, Koji KAWANO, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Takashi WATANABE, Takehiko IIZUKA, Kenta AGO
  • Publication number: 20240068796
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor unit including a first sensor portion that detects deformation of a measuring target object and a second sensor portion that detects deformation of the measuring target object, in which in a state in which the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are attached to the measuring target object, the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are fixed to the measuring target object such that the measuring target object is disposed between the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion in a first direction, and a physical property value of the first sensor portion and a physical property value of the second sensor portion are changed according to first deformation of the measuring target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takehiko IIZUKA, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Koji KAWANO, Takashi WATANABE, Jun MAKINO, Kenta AGO
  • Patent number: 7225144
    Abstract: A network-based server device for managing product inventory information on an individual-store basis, the server device including a receiving unit receiving requests for product information from a client device, and a processing unit transmitting, to the client device in response to the request for product information, product inventory information on an individual-store basis corresponding to stores selected on the basis of client or customer identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Ichiro Hashimoto, Koji Nozawa, Yasuko Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 6942482
    Abstract: A safety circuit 31, which compulsorily closes an on-off valve for supplying a gas to a burner when a microcomputer for performing a combustion control is in an abnormal condition, does not operate unless abnormality occurs to the microcomputer 1, and therefore even when the safety circuit 31 is out of order, an ignition operation is performed as it is. A transistor 4 is not turned off until a fixed time elapses from a start of an ignition sequence in the safety circuit 31, but the fixed time is shortened by a timer acceleration circuit 32, and if the transistor 4 is turned off by a transistor 2 being turned on, the safety circuit 31 is determined as normal, so that the normal ignition sequence is executed thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignees: Rinnai Corporation, RB Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Honda, Koji Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20040048212
    Abstract: A safety circuit 31, which compulsorily closes an on-off valve for supplying a gas to a burner when a microcomputer for performing a combustion control is in an abnormal condition, does not operate unless abnormality occurs to the microcomputer 1, and therefore even when the safety circuit 31 is out of order, an ignition operation is performed as it is. A transistor 4 is not turned off until a fixed time elapses from a start of an ignition sequence in the safety circuit 31, but the fixed time is shortened by a timer acceleration circuit 32, and if the transistor 4 is turned off by a transistor 2 being turned on, the safety circuit 31 is determined as normal, so that the normal ignition sequence is executed thereafter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Honda, Koji Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20020007326
    Abstract: A network-based server device for managing product inventory information on an individual-store basis, the server device including a receiving unit for receiving requests for product information from a client device, and a processing unit for transmitting, to the client device in response to the request for product information, product inventory information on an individual-store basis for stores selected on the basis of client or customer identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Ichiro Hashimoto, Koji Nozawa, Yasuko Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 4642985
    Abstract: An inventive oil pump system in a power train has a simple oil-delivery arrangement employing a hollow torque-input member containing a member to which oil is to be delivered, a drive shaft extending from the interior of the torque-input member and capable of being rotated by the torque-input member, an oil pump disposed coaxially with the drive shaft, a sleeve fixed to the oil pump and coaxially surrounding the drive shaft, a hollow pump-drive shaft coaxially surrounding the drive shaft, being journalled within the sleeve thus forming an oil-discharge passageway surrounding the drive shaft, and a coupling comprising a non-circular opening in the torque-input member and one end of the pump-drive shaft being inserted into the opening, the end of the pump-drive shaft having a non-circular cross-section capable of engaging the walls of the opening while leaving some radial clearance between part of the walls of the opening and the outer surface of the end of the pump-drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventors: Koji Nozawa, Yukio Mizukoshi
  • Patent number: 4518071
    Abstract: A clutch disc has at least two kinds of torsion damper springs arranged circumferentially around a hub of the clutch disc. First damper springs have a spring constant smaller than that of second damper springs. The first springs and the second springs are not arranged in series, end to end, in a circle, but the first springs are arranged in parallel with the second springs. The first springs are wound around an annular wire guide concentric with the hub. In one embodiment, the annular wire guide extends through the second springs, and the first springs are inserted in the second springs, respectively. In another embodiment, the annular wire guide is mounted on the outer periphery of a flange of the hub outside the second springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventor: Koji Nozawa
  • Patent number: 4437550
    Abstract: A common housing is used for a torque converter or clutch and a center brake device. The drive shaft of the torque converter or clutch is connected to the input shaft of a transmission, which is housed in a housing adjacent to the common housing. The output shaft of the transmission lies parallel to the input shaft and the clutch drive shaft and extends into the common housing. The center brake device is fixed to the free end of the transmission output shaft and within the space defined by the converter or clutch housing. To minimize housing dimensions, the center brake device and the clutch or torque converter share the space defined by the converter or clutch housing. To better ventilate and cool the clutch or torque converter, the common space may open directly to atmosphere through an opening in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventor: Koji Nozawa
  • Patent number: 4348913
    Abstract: A transmission for an automotive vehicle, comprising a main shaft, a synchrohub fixedly supported by said main shaft, a forward gear rotatably supported by said main shaft next to one side of said synchrohub, a reverse gear rotatably supported by said main shaft next to the other side of said synchrohub, a first clutch gear integrally formed on a side of said forward gear, corresponding to said synchrohub, a second clutch gear integrally formed on a side of said reverse gear, corresponding to said synchrohub, a coupling sleeve slidably mounted on said synchrohub in the axial direction of said main shaft for engaging selectively with said first or second clutch gear, a shift fork having one end portion which is positioned near said coupling sleeve with a predetermined range of relative motion available therebetween, for shifting said coupling sleeve in the axial direction of said main shaft, and spring means arranged between said coupling sleeve and said shift fork for biasing said shift fork, relative to said
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventor: Koji Nozawa
  • Patent number: 4314627
    Abstract: A synchronizer ring for a synchromesh device for use in a transmission comprises an annular body of a wear-resistant metal forming a conical slide surface, and a main ring body made of a resin molded integrally on the annular body. The synchronizer ring according to the invention is light weight and economical of manufacture and can perform smooth contacts at chamfered surfaces and operate without producing any noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1982
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koji Nozawa
  • Patent number: 4309915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automotive transmission for an industrial vehicle. The main shaft of the transmission gear is hollow and internally splined to be slidable along and synchronously rotatable with an externally splined input shaft. Upon removal of a snap ring which holds at least two gears and a synchronizer (disposed between the gears) in place on the main shaft and the removal of a lock pin which interconnects the main shaft and the input shaft, the main shaft can be slid toward the clutch allowing the gears and synchronizer to be slipped, one by one, off the end of the main shaft and readily replaced with new units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1982
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventors: Koji Nozawa, Yukio Mizukoshi, Mitsuo Ikkatai
  • Patent number: 4300668
    Abstract: A synchromesh device for a transmission of an industrial truck such as a fork lift truck includes a main shaft, forward and reverse change gears, synchronizing hub fixed to the main shaft by means of spline grooves, a coupling sleeve axially slidably engaged with spline grooves formed in the outer circumference of the synchronizing hub, and balk-rings formed in their inner surfaces with conical surfaces facing to conical surfaces formed in the side of a clutch gear integral with the forward change gear and of a clutch gear integral with the reverse change gear, respectively.According to the invention, conical angles of the conical surfaces are more than 10.degree. and preferably less than 11.degree., thereby reducing surface pressures acting between the synchronizing slide surfaces during the synchronization to improve the durability remarkably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Nozawa, Norio Takegami, Yukio Mizukoshi, Mitsuo Ikkatai
  • Patent number: 4106365
    Abstract: A power train arrangement for a powered surface-handling vehicle such as a fork lift truck, comprising a manually operated power transmission mechanism and a differential reduction gear unit including an axle housing accommodating a differential gear assembly and connected to the transmission casing by an axle carrier which is separate from and fixedly but detachably connected to the transmission casing and the axle housing, wherein the relative positions of the axle carrier and the differential gear assembly can be inverted without destroying the driving connection from the transmission mechanism to the differential gear assembly so that the differential reduction gear unit is compatible with wheel tires having different diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventors: Koji Nozawa, Motoichi Ohba