Patents by Inventor Kosuke Nakamura

Kosuke Nakamura 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).

  • Patent number: 11964744
    Abstract: An AUV includes: an underwater vehicle main body configured to sail along an inspection object located in water or on the bottom of the water; an arm extending from the underwater vehicle main body; an inspection tool portion including a contact portion configured to contact the inspection object and an inspection device configured to inspect the inspection object; and a passive joint provided between the arm and the inspection tool portion and configured to allow passive rotation of the inspection tool portion relative to the arm about at least one axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minehiko Mukaida, Kosuke Masuda, Shinichi Miyata, Noriyuki Okaya, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Satoshi Hashimoto, Yusuke Okimura
  • Publication number: 20240096653
    Abstract: According to one embodiment a substrate treatment apparatus incorporates, into a frozen film, a contaminant adhered to a substrate surface by freezing a liquid film on the surface. The apparatus includes a placement part configured to rotate the substrate, a liquid supply part configured to supply a liquid via a nozzle to the frozen film including the contaminant, a moving part configured to move the nozzle parallel to the substrate surface, and a controller configured to control a rotation of the substrate by the placement part, a supply of the liquid by the liquid supply part, and a movement of the nozzle by the moving part. The controller rotates the substrate by controlling the placement part, supplies the liquid to the frozen film by controlling the liquid supply part, and moves the nozzle from a perimeter edge vicinity to a rotation center vicinity of the substrate by controlling the moving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kensuke DEMURA, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Masaya KAMIYA, Minami NAKAMURA, Kosuke TAKAI, Mana TANABE, Kaori UMEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240087711
    Abstract: A medication management system, method, and related medicine packaging device and packaged medicine are provided. The exemplary system includes a medication device including a memory unit that stores ID information and an ID transmission unit that transmits the ID information stored in the memory unit. A processing device that has correspondence information in which the ID information is associated with prescription information of a plurality of medicines to be taken together with one medication device and personal information about a patient who takes the plurality of medicines. A detector detects the ID information transmitted from the ID transmission unit and transmits the ID information that has been detected to the processing device, which manages medication based on the ID information that has been received and the correspondence information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Takanori NAKAMURA, Shohei MORIKAWA, Kosuke HAMADA, Hiroshi TAKEMURA
  • Publication number: 20240088704
    Abstract: A charge support system including: a detection unit configured to detect that a vehicle is scheduled to be parked for a predetermined period or longer; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a charging of a storage battery when the detection unit detects that the vehicle is scheduled to be parked for a predetermined period or longer; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, whether or not it is necessary to keep storing electricity generated by a solar cell panel in the storage battery; and a notification unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that it is not necessary to keep storing the electricity generated by the solar cell panel in the storage battery, send a notification prompting a driver to connect a charging cable to a storage apparatus outside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Yasunobu SEKI, Hiroki AWANO, Tomoko NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi KANEKO, Kosuke YONEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240078910
    Abstract: A charge support system for a plurality of vehicles capable of traveling autonomously, each of the vehicles including a solar cell panel attached to a vehicle body and a storage battery configured to store electricity generated by the solar cell panel, the charge support system including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, regarding the plurality of vehicles parked in a predetermined parking area, at least information about charging efficiencies of a plurality of the storage batteries of the respective vehicles by the electricity generated by a plurality of the solar cell panels of the respective vehicles and information about charging rates of the plurality of the storage batteries of the respective vehicles; and a traveling control unit configured to move the plurality of vehicles within a range of the predetermined parking area based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Yasunobu SEKI, Hiroki AWANO, Tomoko NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi KANEKO, Kosuke YONEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240071152
    Abstract: Primary information relating to generation or use of electrical energy generated by the solar power generation apparatus (23) mounted in the vehicle (5) and secondary information relating to the vehicle (5) mounting the solar power generation apparatus (23) are acquired, and natural energy utilization information tying the acquired secondary information with the acquired primary information is prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Yasunobu SEKI, Hiroki AWANO, Tomoko NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi KANEKO, Kosuke YONEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230399493
    Abstract: The subject of this invention is to provide a flame-retardant resin composition with improved flame-retardancy and impact resistance, a flame-retardant resin molded product, a flame-retardant resin housing, and an electronic device. The flame-retardant resin composition of the present invention contains at least a thermoplastic resin and a polysaccharide, the polysaccharide being an acidic polysaccharide, and the flame-retardant resin composition further contains a compatibilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kosuke NAKAMURA, Tomoo SAKIMURA, Shinichi HAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230348700
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a flame-retardant-resin composition with improved flame resistance and impact resistance, a manufacturing method thereof, flame-retardant resin molded products, and a flame-retardant resin housing. The flame-retardant-resin composition of the present invention comprises a resin and a polysaccharide, wherein a sugar backbone in the polysaccharide has at least a basic functional group or a salt of the basic functional group. The flame-retardant resin composition of the present invention comprises a resin and a polysaccharide, wherein a sugar backbone in the polysaccharide has at least a basic functional group or a salt of the basic functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichi HAMAGUCHI, Kosuke NAKAMURA, Tomoo SAKIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230265274
    Abstract: A flame-retardant resin composition includes an acidic polysaccharide and a flame retardant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke NAKAMURA, Shinichi HAMAGUCHI, Tomoo SAKIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230042264
    Abstract: Provided is a flame-retardant resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin and a polysaccharide, wherein the polysaccharide includes an acidic polysaccharide composed of one or more selected from the group consisting of a polysaccharide having an acidic functional group, a derivative of the polysaccharide having an acidic functional group in which a site other than the acidic functional group is modified, and a salt thereof; and a total number of the acidic functional group and the salt thereof per monosaccharide unit in the acidic polysaccharide is in the range of 0.2 to 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichi HAMAGUCHI, Kosuke NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11556079
    Abstract: A toner container information acquiring method includes: measuring a toner amount contained in a resin forming a toner container; and acquiring information regarding mechanical strength of the toner container based on the measured toner amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Tsukamoto, Kosuke Nakamura, Shinichi Hamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220137529
    Abstract: A toner container information acquiring method includes: measuring a toner amount contained in a resin forming a toner container; and acquiring information regarding mechanical strength of the toner container based on the measured toner amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Toshio Tsukamoto, Kosuke Nakamura, Shinichi Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11291923
    Abstract: The self-propelled toy includes a vehicle body, wheels connected to the vehicle body, a battery provided at the vehicle body, a motor using electric power stored in the battery to output drive power for running use, an imaging device connected to the vehicle body so as to capture an image of an area in front of the self-propelled toy, an operating part operated by a user so as to make the imaging device operate, and a charging port supplying electric power from an outside power source to the battery. The operating part is provided at a top part of the vehicle body at one side from a centerline of vehicle width of the self-propelled toy, and the charging port is provided at a side part of the vehicle body at the same side as the operating part from the centerline of vehicle width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Hirose, Kosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Ikuta, Masaki Amano, Takaki Fujino
  • Publication number: 20210291067
    Abstract: The self-propelled toy includes a vehicle body, wheels connected to the vehicle body, a battery provided at the vehicle body, a motor using electric power stored in the battery to output drive power for running use, an imaging device connected to the vehicle body so as to capture an image of an area in front of the self-propelled toy, an operating part operated by a user so as to make the imaging device operate, and a charging port supplying electric power from an outside power source to the battery. The operating part is provided at a top part of the vehicle body at one side from a centerline of vehicle width of the self-propelled toy, and the charging port is provided at a side part of the vehicle body at the same side as the operating part from the centerline of vehicle width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shinji HIROSE, Kosuke NAKAMURA, Hiroki IKUTA, Masaki AMANO, Takaki FUJINO
  • Publication number: 20200255658
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing a polycarbonate, a glass fiber, and an olefin-acrylate copolymer or an olefin-acrylic acid copolymer, wherein a mass ratio value (GF/OA) of a content of the glass fiber (GF) to a content of the olefin-acrylate copolymer or the olefin-acrylic acid copolymer (OA) is in the range of 1.0 to 6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Kosuke NAKAMURA, Masashi MAMINO, Yo NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10156803
    Abstract: Provided is a carrier for electrostatic charge image development which provides a two-component developer having a high electric charge amount, a suppressed variation in an electric charge amount caused by an environmental change, and excellent durability, even if a low temperature fixable toner is used. A carrier for electrostatic charge image development of the present invention includes: carrier particles in which a core particle surface is coated with a coating material containing a resin, wherein the coating material contains phosphorus element, and the resin contains structural units derived from an alicyclic (meth)acrylic acid ester compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Uchino, Futoshi Kadonome, Koji Shibata
  • Patent number: 9946180
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image includes: toner base particles containing a hybrid crystalline polyester resin having a crystalline polyester polymerized segment and an amorphous polymerized segment chemically bonded to each other and an amorphous resin; and an external additive including fatty acid metal salt particles, wherein a volume median diameter of the fatty acid metal salt particles is from 3.0 to 5.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Futoshi Kadonome, Satoshi Uchino, Kosuke Nakamura, Koji Shibata
  • Publication number: 20170329248
    Abstract: Provided is a carrier for electrostatic charge image development which provides a two-component developer having a high electric charge amount, a suppressed variation in an electric charge amount caused by an environmental change, and excellent durability, even if a low temperature fixable toner is used. A carrier for electrostatic charge image development of the present invention includes: carrier particles in which a core particle surface is coated with a coating material containing a resin, wherein the coating material contains phosphorus element, and the resin contains structural units derived from an alicyclic (meth)acrylic acid ester compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Kosuke NAKAMURA, Satoshi UCHINO, Futoshi KADONOME, Koji SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20170307991
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image includes: toner base particles containing a hybrid crystalline polyester resin having a crystalline polyester polymerized segment and an amorphous polymerized segment chemically bonded to each other and an amorphous resin; and an external additive including fatty acid metal salt particles, wherein a volume median diameter of the fatty acid metal salt particles is from 3.0 to 5.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Futoshi KADONOME, Satoshi Uchino, Kosuke Nakamura, Koji Shibata
  • Patent number: 9798264
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image, the carrier including carrier particles each including a core particle with a surface coated with a coating material including a resin, and the method including the steps of: a) obtaining first coating resin particles by polymerizing an alicyclic methacrylate monomer using, as a polymerization initiator, an azo compound having a nitrogen atom-containing substituent; b) obtaining second coating resin particles by polymerizing an alicyclic methacrylate monomer using a persulfate as a polymerization initiator; and c) forming carrier particles by coating surfaces of core particles with a coating material obtained by mixing at least the first and second coating resin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Uchino, Koji Shibata