Patents by Inventor Makoto Fujii

Makoto Fujii 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: 20240115528
    Abstract: A composition, including (A) a medicinal ingredient, (B) a water-insoluble polymer, (C) a non-volatile base, (D) a volatile solvent, and (E) water. The composition has a viscosity at 25° C. of 1.0 mPa·s or more and 10,000 mPa·s or less. The component (A) contains one or more selected from the group consisting of an anti-inflammatory analgesic component, a local irritation component, a blood circulation promoting component, an antihistamine component, a crude drug component, an antipruritic component, a local anesthetic component, a keratin softening component, and an antibacterial component. A mass ratio [(C)/(B)] of the component (C) to the component (B) in the composition is 0.05 or more and 10 or less, and a mass ratio [(E)/(D)] of the component (E) to the component (D) in the composition is 0.005 or more and 1.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi UCHIDA, Makoto NOHARA, Emi OKUBO, Shinzo OSUMI, Ryosuke FUJII
  • Patent number: 11721999
    Abstract: A charging control device includes: a determination section configured to make a determination as to whether an auxiliary device battery that supplies electric power to auxiliary devices of a vehicle is within a predetermined first temperature range; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the auxiliary device battery is within the first temperature range, cause a charging section to charge the auxiliary device battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Ono, Akira Umemoto, Takuya Itoh, Tomoyuki Kato, Makoto Fujii
  • Patent number: 11486525
    Abstract: A resin tube fitting prevents backwaters between its body and inner ring. The fitting includes a body, an inner ring, and a union nut. The body has main, outer, and inner sleeves, and a groove. The inner ring has a cylinder, an insert, and outer and inner protrusions. The union nut has a body and a pressing member. The inner sleeve has a through hole serving as a channel. The inner protrusion extends from the cylinder to an axial direction to contact the inner sleeve. The inner protrusion has a through hole serving as another channel connected with the inner sleeve's channel. The tip of the inner protrusion has an inner diameter not less than the minimum inner diameter of the inner sleeve. An inner peripheral surface is located at the inner periphery of the inner protrusion and causes it to reduce in inner diameter toward another axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Fujii, Toshihide Iida, Tomoyuki Koike, Motoaki Naruo
  • Publication number: 20220302741
    Abstract: A charging control device includes: a determination section configured to make a determination as to whether an auxiliary device battery that supplies electric power to auxiliary devices of a vehicle is within a predetermined first temperature range; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the auxiliary device battery is within the first temperature range, cause a charging section to charge the auxiliary device battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Toru ONO, Akira UMEMOTO, Takuya ITOH, Tomoyuki KATO, Makoto FUJII
  • Patent number: 11441717
    Abstract: A resin tube fitting has a body with a sleeve allowing the longitudinal end of the tube to be put therein, an inner ring with a press-in portion configured to be pressed in the longitudinal end of the tube, and a union nut with a connector configured to be screwed to an outer periphery of the body to allow the longitudinal end of the tube to be put radially between the connector and the press-in portion. The inner ring and the union nut are made of resin, which has a property of contracting in response to change in ambient temperature. The radial contraction rate of the connector is higher by 0.05% or more than that of the press-in portion of the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Fujii, Masaki Miyamoto, Tatsuya Fujii, Toshihide Iida, Tomoyuki Koike, Shintaro Makihata
  • Patent number: 11411426
    Abstract: A charging control device includes: a determination section configured to make a determination as to whether an auxiliary device battery that supplies electric power to auxiliary devices of a vehicle is within a predetermined first temperature range; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the auxiliary device battery is within the first temperature range, cause a charging section to charge the auxiliary device battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Ono, Akira Umemoto, Takuya Itoh, Tomoyuki Kato, Makoto Fujii
  • Patent number: 11370203
    Abstract: A sound-absorbing membrane and a sound-absorbing material, which can improve sound absorbing performance and can improve releasability, are provided. A sound-absorbing membrane 10 includes a base sheet 11 made of a nonwoven fabric impregnated with a water-soluble polymer, and a resin film 12 made of a thermosetting resin covering one surface of the base sheet 11, in which a thickness of the resin film 12 is 0.01 to 0.2 mm, fillers 13 are dispersed in the resin film 12, and a whole airflow resistance is 0.2 to 5.0 kPa·s/m. A sound-absorbing material 20 includes the sound-absorbing membrane 10, and a sound absorbing base sheet 21 made of a porous material, in which the sound-absorbing membrane 10 is laminated on a surface of the sound absorbing base sheet 21, and then formed into a predetermined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: NAGOYA OILCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Ogawa, Makoto Fujii, Hidenobu Ito
  • Patent number: 11345559
    Abstract: There is provided a sheet conveyance device that includes a first conveyance roller and a second conveyance roller that are arranged at a position other than a center in a direction of sheet width in a sheet conveyance path, a roller selector that selects the first conveyance roller or the second conveyance roller as a roller to convey a sheet, and a controller that causes the roller selector to select the first conveyance roller or the second conveyance roller. The first conveyance roller is made of a material that causes a speed of the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance roller in contact with the first conveyance roller to be higher than a rotation speed of the first conveyance roller. The second conveyance roller is made of a material that causes a speed of the sheet conveyed by the second conveyance roller in contact with the second conveyance roller to be lower than a rotation speed of the second conveyance roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Makoto Fujii
  • Patent number: 11325549
    Abstract: There is provided an arbitration device that arbitrates operation requests from a plurality of first power loads in a vehicle, the arbitration device including: a reception section; a memory section; a calculation section that calculates a total power consumption combining the first power consumption and the second power consumption; and a control section at which priorities of the plurality of first power loads are specified, when the total power consumption exceeds a threshold, the control section selecting which of the first power loads to approve based on the priorities and causing each operating first power load that is not approved to pause operation, and, when the total power consumption is less than or equal to the threshold, the control section allowing each operating first power load to continue operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Ono, Akira Umemoto, Takuya Itoh, Tomoyuki Kato, Makoto Fujii
  • Patent number: 11280434
    Abstract: A resin tube fitting has: a body with an outer sleeve; an inner ring including an insert portion insertable into the outer sleeve to contact the outer sleeve radially, and a press-in portion configured to be pressed into a longitudinal end of the tube; and a union nut configured to be engageable with the body. The body and the inner ring are made of resin, which has a property of contracting in response to change in ambient temperature. A radial contraction rate of the outer sleeve of the body is designed to be higher by 0.09% or more than that of the insert portion of the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Fujii, Masaki Miyamoto, Tatsuya Fujii, Toshihide Iida, Tomoyuki Koike, Shintaro Makihata
  • Patent number: 11192815
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bent substrate, which forms a bent part in at least a part of a substrate, in which the substrate includes a second region and a first region, the method for manufacturing including: supporting the first region of the substrate on a substrate support surface of a support member including a mold surface having a same curved surface shape as that of the bent part and the substrate support surface that supports the first region, in a state of facing the second region of the substrate to the mold surface; heating the second region of the substrate to soften the second region of the substrate by the heating; placing the second region along the mold surface of the support member by an own weight of the second region; and transferring the curved surface shape of the mold surface to the second region by an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Fujii, Satoshi Kanasugi
  • Patent number: 11073715
    Abstract: A method for producing a glass article from a glass member including a glass substrate including a first main surface, a second main surface and an end face, and an irregular layer formed in at least one of main surfaces, includes forming an irregular layer having a glass transition point Tg which is equal to or lower than a glass transition point in a central part of the glass member in a thickness-direction sectional view and performing a heat treatment on the glass member so as to have an equilibrium viscosity in the central part of the glass member in thickness-direction sectional view of 1017 Pa·s or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori Fukushi, Satoshi Kanasugi, Makoto Fujii, Toru Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10858779
    Abstract: Provided are a sound-absorbing membrane, a sound-absorbing material, and methods of manufacture therefor that can provide suitable sound absorbing performance, suppressed deterioration in appearance quality, and easy production. A sound-absorbing membrane 10 includes: a base sheet 11 made of a nonwoven fabric having a airflow resistance of 0.01 to 0.1 kPa·s/m; and a resin film 12 covering one surface of the base sheet, the resin film 12 made of a thermosetting resin in a semi-cured state. Fillers 13 made of powder having an average particle diameter of 1 to 100 ?m are dispersed in the resin film 12. The sound-absorbing membrane 10 has a whole airflow resistance of 0.2 to 5.0 kPa·s/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: NAGOYA OILCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Ogawa, Makoto Fujii
  • Patent number: 10801650
    Abstract: A pipe joint, made of synthetic resin, including: an inner ring; a joint body having an annular sealing groove and a male screw portion formed on an outer circumference; a union nut having a female screw portion formed on an inner circumference to be tightened onto the male screw portion of the joint body, such that a first opposing surface is formed in the joint body to be perpendicular to an axial direction, and a second opposing surface is formed in the union nut to oppose the first opposing surface. An engagement projection is provided in one of the first opposing surface and the second opposing surface. An engagement recess is provided in the other of the first opposing surface and the second opposing surface such that the engagement projection engages with the engagement recess when the union nut has been tightened up to an appropriate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Fujii, Toshihide Iida
  • Patent number: 10793696
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyolefin composition prepared by kneading a hygroscopic inorganic filler into a polyolefin, without substantially using an additive such as a dispersant or an antioxidant, the polyolefin composition having good dispersibility of the hygroscopic inorganic filler as well as excellent moldability. By kneading anhydrous magnesium sulfate as a hygroscopic inorganic filler into a polyolefin, without substantially adding an additive such as a dispersant or an antioxidant, and by setting the moisture content in the kneaded product to 0.1 wt % or less, a polyolefin composition having good dispersibility of anhydrous magnesium sulfate as well as excellent moldability can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Tomita Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Aoyama, Yoshiyasu Bando, Masanori Sumi, Masaya Uemoto, Makoto Fujii, Seiji Sato
  • Patent number: 10766803
    Abstract: A method for producing a bent glass article includes a heat treatment step of heat-treating a bent glass. The bent glass includes a first main stir-face, a second main surface and an end face. In the heat treatment step, the bent glass is supported by a support jig with one of the main surfaces facing downward. The support jig supports at least a part of one of the main surfaces or the end face in a higher position than the lowest position of one of the main surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Fujii, Satoshi Kanasugi, Naofumi Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20200262310
    Abstract: A charging control device includes: a determination section configured to make a determination as to whether an auxiliary device battery that supplies electric power to auxiliary devices of a vehicle is within a predetermined first temperature range; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the auxiliary device battery is within the first temperature range, cause a charging section to charge the auxiliary device battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru ONO, Akira UMEMOTO, Takuya ITOH, Tomoyuki KATO, Makoto FUJII
  • Publication number: 20200254946
    Abstract: There is provided an arbitration device that arbitrates operation requests from a plurality of first power loads in a vehicle, the arbitration device including: a reception section; a memory section; a calculation section that calculates a total power consumption combining the first power consumption and the second power consumption; and a control section at which priorities of the plurality of first power loads are specified, when the total power consumption exceeds a threshold, the control section selecting which of the first power loads to approve based on the priorities and causing each operating first power load that is not approved to pause operation, and, when the total power consumption is less than or equal to the threshold, the control section allowing each operating first power load to continue operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru ONO, Akira UMEMOTO, Takuya ITOH, Tomoyuki KATO, Makoto FUJII
  • Patent number: 10663901
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a fixer including fixing rotation body and pressing rotation body with a fixing nip therebetween, and heats and presses a fed sheet through the fixing nip to fix a toner image on the sheet to the sheet; and a hardware processor making a velocity difference between respective surface velocities of the fixing rotation body and the sheet passing through the fixing nip during a high-gloss mode operation to adjust a gloss of the toner image on the sheet. The hardware processor performs a control so that an absolute value of a velocity difference between respective surface velocities of the fixing rotation body and the pressing rotation body in press-contact when the sheet does not pass through the fixing nip is less than one between respective surface velocities of the fixing rotation body and the sheet when the sheet passes through the fixing nip during the high-gloss mode operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuo Shirodai, Makoto Fujii, Masahiro Onodera
  • Publication number: 20200115177
    Abstract: There is provided a sheet conveyance device that includes a first conveyance roller and a second conveyance roller that are arranged at a position other than a center in a direction of sheet width in a sheet conveyance path, a roller selector that selects the first conveyance roller or the second conveyance roller as a roller to convey a sheet, and a controller that causes the roller selector to select the first conveyance roller or the second conveyance roller. The first conveyance roller is made of a material that causes a speed of the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance roller in contact with the first conveyance roller to be higher than a rotation speed of the first conveyance roller. The second conveyance roller is made of a material that causes a speed of the sheet conveyed by the second conveyance roller in contact with the second conveyance roller to be lower than a rotation speed of the second conveyance roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Makoto FUJII