Patents by Inventor Kotaro UEDA

Kotaro UEDA 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: 20240107931
    Abstract: A travel assistance system for an agricultural machine includes a traveling device included in an agricultural machine, an acquirer to acquire a travel route to be traveled by the agricultural machine and created on a field representing an agricultural field, a corrector to correct the travel route acquired by the acquirer, and a controller configured or programmed to control the traveling device based on the travel route corrected by the corrector. The travel route includes lines connected to each other and the corrector includes a creator to create an auxiliary line extending from an ending portion of a first line of the lines to a starting portion of a second line of the lines connected to the ending portion of the first line, the auxiliary line being inclined relative to the second one of the lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kotaro YAMAGUCHI, Yusuke MINAKATA, Shuya UEDA, Kuya KAIHORI
  • Publication number: 20220050075
    Abstract: A method for producing a gas sensor element, for covering a detection portion (150) by an inner protection layer (21) and an outer protection layer (22), including: a first dipping step of dipping the gas sensor element into a first slurry S1 for the inner protection layer, to form a first coating film (700) on a front end surface (100c) and a peripheral surface (100d); a drying step of drying and solidifying the first coating film; a second dipping step of dipping, without removing the first coating film, the gas sensor element into a second slurry S2 for the outer protection layer, to form a second coating film (800) on a surface of the solidified first coating film; and a scraping-off step of performing scraping-off on the second coating film so as not to scrape-off the first coating film, to remove a part of the second coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki HANAKI, Suguru KYOMOTO, Kaoru OSAKI, Kotaro UEDA, Masaki NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9958620
    Abstract: An optical fiber with a connector includes a first connector and a plurality of optical fibers attached to the first connector. The first connector includes: at least one fiber-shaped member; and a ferrule including a first end surface and a second end surface arranged in a first direction, and a holding portion holding the optical fibers and the fiber-shaped member. In the holding portion, a plurality of fiber insertion holes extending from the first end surface in the first direction is formed such that the optical fibers and the fiber-shaped member are insertable thereinto. One end of the optical fiber and one end of the fiber-shaped member are held by the holding portion in a state of being inserted into the fiber insertion hole. The optical fiber extends to the outside of the ferrule. The other end of the fiber-shaped member is located inside the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Ohtsuka, Kotaro Ueda, Tsutomu Kamada, Junji Fukui, Masashi Oka
  • Patent number: 9921376
    Abstract: An optical fiber with a connector includes a first connector and a plurality of optical fibers attached to the first connector. The first connector includes: at least one fiber-shaped member; and a ferrule including a first end surface and a second end surface arranged in a first direction, and a holding portion holding the optical fibers and the fiber-shaped member. In the holding portion, a plurality of fiber insertion holes extending from the first end surface in the first direction is formed such that the optical fibers and the fiber-shaped member are insertable thereinto. One end of the optical fiber and one end of the fiber-shaped member are held by the holding portion in a state of being inserted into the fiber insertion hole. The optical fiber extends to the outside of the ferrule. The other end of the fiber-shaped member is located inside the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Ohtsuka, Kotaro Ueda, Tsutomu Kamada, Junji Fukui, Masashi Oka
  • Patent number: 9804344
    Abstract: An optical fiber with a connector includes a first connector and a plurality of optical fibers attached to the first connector. The first connector includes: at least one fiber-shaped member; and a ferrule including a first end surface and a second end surface arranged in a first direction, and a holding portion holding the optical fibers and the fiber-shaped member. In the holding portion, a plurality of fiber insertion holes extending from the first end surface in the first direction is formed such that the optical fibers and the fiber-shaped member are insertable thereinto. One end of the optical fiber and one end of the fiber-shaped member are held by the holding portion in a state of being inserted into the fiber insertion hole. The optical fiber extends to the outside of the ferrule. The other end of the fiber-shaped member is located inside the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Ohtsuka, Kotaro Ueda, Tsutomu Kamada, Junji Fukui, Masashi Oka
  • Publication number: 20170160495
    Abstract: An optical fiber with a connector includes a first connector and a plurality of optical fibers attached to the first connector. The first connector includes: at least one fiber-shaped member; and a ferrule including a first end surface and a second end surface arranged in a first direction, and a holding portion holding the optical fibers and the fiber-shaped member. In the holding portion, a plurality of fiber insertion holes extending from the first end surface in the first direction is formed such that the optical fibers and the fiber-shaped member are insertable thereinto. One end of the optical fiber and one end of the fiber-shaped member are held by the holding portion in a state of being inserted into the fiber insertion hole. The optical fiber extends to the outside of the ferrule. The other end of the fiber-shaped member is located inside the ferrule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichiro OHTSUKA, Kotaro UEDA, Tsutomu KAMADA, Junji FUKUI, Masashi OKA