Patents by Inventor Makoto Hayakawa

Makoto Hayakawa 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: 20240102552
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes: a first pulley and a second pulley each including a fixed pulley and a movable pulley; and an endless member wound around the first pulley and the second pulley, wherein the continuously variable transmission continuously changes a speed ratio by controlling a thrust of the movable pulley with a hydraulic pressure, the thrust of the movable pulley is made smaller as a rotation speed of the first pulley decreases, and when the rotation speed of the first pulley is lower than a predetermined rotation speed, the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a Low side of the predetermined speed ratio is not made smaller than the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a High side of the predetermined speed ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shou OKUTANI, Masahiro KUSUDA, Tomohiro UTAGAWA, Hironori MIYAISHI, Seiichirou TAKAHASHI, Yusuke NAKANO, Hiromu SOYA, Jumpei HAYAKAWA, Makoto OGURI
  • Patent number: 11926246
    Abstract: In a local cart traveling system, a frame track includes first and second metal rails each with an L-shaped cross section and facing each other. A local cart is within the frame track, and includes a first electricity receiving tire and a second electricity receiving tire to travel on horizontal travel surfaces of the rails. A voltage supplier supplies an AC voltage to the travel surfaces, so that the first metal rail and a first electricity receiving tire define a first capacitor and the second metal rail and the second electricity receiving tire define a second capacitor. The local cart includes a power receiver to receive AC power, and a travel motor that receives power after the AC power is rectified. The frame track includes a connecting plate as an electrical insulator covering portions of the surfaces of vertical walls of the first metal rail and the second metal rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Minoru Mizutani, Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Masafumi Hayakawa, Takashi Ohira, Naoki Sakai, Hiroki Kuniyoshi, Makoto Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20240036439
    Abstract: An optical apparatus including: an optical element; a holding barrel that holds the optical element; a biasing barrel that holds the optical element between the holding barrel and the biasing barrel; and an elastic member that biases the biasing barrel toward the holding barrel, in which the holding barrel includes a first and second receivers for positioning the optical element in an optical axis direction and in an optical axis orthogonal direction, respectively, in which the elastic member biases the biasing barrel to cause the optical element being pressed against the first and second receivers, and being held with respect to the holding barrel in the optical axis and orthogonal directions, and in which the optical apparatus includes a movement amount limiting portion that limits a relative movement amount between the biasing and holding barrels in the optical axis and orthogonal directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Makoto HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240006731
    Abstract: An electrode includes an electrode body and a protective member. The protective member covers a surface of the electrode body. The electrode body includes a current collector and an active material layer. The current collector has a first end face. The active material layer is provided on at least a portion of a surface of the current collector. The protective member includes an unadhered part and an adhered part. The unadhered part is disposed on a side closer to the first end face and is unadhered to the electrode body. The adhered part is disposed on a side farther from the first end face, is coupled to the unadhered part, and is adhered to the electrode body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Toshikazu NAKAMURA, Koji MORITA, Makoto HAYAKAWA, Akihito NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11822214
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a first barrel configured to hold a first lens unit, a fixed barrel configured to hold a final lens unit, a focus lens unit driven by an actuator, and a positioning mechanism configured to determine positions of the first barrel and the fixed barrel in a rotational direction around an optical axis. The first barrel and the fixed barrel are directly connected, and the actuator and the focus lens unit are provided in a space formed by the first barrel and the fixed barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11513081
    Abstract: A substrate inspection method in a substrate treatment system including a plurality of treatment apparatuses each performing a predetermined treatment on a substrate, includes: imaging a surface of a substrate before being treated in the treatment apparatuses to acquire a first substrate image; extracting a predetermined feature amount from the first substrate image; selecting an inspection recipe corresponding to the feature amount extracted from the first substrate image, from a storage unit in which a plurality of inspection recipes each set corresponding to the feature amount in a different range are stored; imaging the surface of the substrate after being treated in the treatment apparatuses to acquire a second substrate image; and determining presence or absence of a defect of the substrate, based on the selected inspection recipe and the second substrate image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takuya Mori, Makoto Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11493832
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a first barrel configured to hold a first lens unit, a fixed barrel configured to hold a final lens unit, a focus lens unit driven by an actuator, and a positioning mechanism configured to determine positions of the first barrel and the fixed barrel in a rotational direction around an optical axis. The first barrel and the fixed barrel are directly connected, and the actuator and the focus lens unit are provided in a space formed by the first barrel and the fixed barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11454780
    Abstract: A lens apparatus of which an image side part is detachably mountable to an accessory includes a lens unit that includes a lens disposed closest to the image side part and a holding member that holds the lens, and is movable in an optical axis direction, and a restrictor configured to restrict a movement of the lens unit. When the lens unit is located at a first position, the accessory is not mountable to the lens apparatus, and when the lens unit is located at a second position, the accessory is mountable to the lens apparatus. The restrictor restricts the lens unit from moving without bringing the lens unit into contact with the accessory when the accessory is attached to the lens apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20220291571
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a first barrel configured to hold a first lens unit, a fixed barrel configured to hold a final lens unit, a focus lens unit driven by an actuator, and a positioning mechanism configured to determine positions of the first barrel and the fixed barrel in a rotational direction around an optical axis. The first barrel and the fixed barrel are directly connected, and the actuator and the focus lens unit are provided in a space formed by the first barrel and the fixed barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Makoto Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20210371673
    Abstract: A coated body is obtained by providing a surface layer of a coating composition on a substrate, wherein the surface layer contains cerium oxide particles having an oxygen-deficient fluorite structure and having an average crystallite diameter of 10 nm or less, and the cerium oxide particles have, in a Raman spectrum, a peak that is attributed to the F2g vibration mode of a Ce—O bond and that is offset by more than 2 cm?1 toward the lower wavenumber from a peak that is attributed to the F2g vibration mode of a Ce—O bond and that is obtained when a standard substance is measured. This coated body significantly suppresses fungal growth inside of a door and algal growth outside of a door for a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Shunsuke NISHINO, Hiroyuki FUJII, Takeshi IKEDA, Aiko ITAMI, Makoto HAYAKAWA, Akira SHIMAI, Keisuke SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210364726
    Abstract: A downsized lens apparatus in which a degree of freedom in arrangement is improved is provided. A lens apparatus comprises: a first operation member configured to move an optical element along an optical axis direction; a first elastic member configured to transmit a force to the first operation member; a pressing member configured to change a force applied to the first elastic member according to the movement along the optical axis direction; a second operation member configured to move the pressing member along the optical axis direction; and a fixed element configuring at least a part of an exterior unit, wherein the pressing member is movably held by the fixed element along the optical axis direction, and the second operation member is rotatably held by the fixed element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke Saito, Makoto Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20210349376
    Abstract: Provided is an optical apparatus having good lens positioning accuracy and excellent optical performance. The optical apparatus includes a straight-proceeding barrel configured to move on a lens group in an optical axis direction and a guide barrel having a guide groove part configured to guide the movement of the straight-proceeding barrel in the optical axis direction. In the guide groove part, a first guide groove part is formed in the optical axis direction so as to have a bottom on an outer diameter side, and a second guide groove part is formed in the optical axis direction as a through hole from the outer diameter side to an inner diameter side. The first guide groove part and the second guide groove part are connected to each other and have respective use regions configured to partially overlap each other in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Makoto Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10921544
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a rotator configured to rotate around the optical axis direction when contacting the vibrator, a biasing member configured to bias the vibrator from a first side to a second side in the optical axis direction so as to compressively bring the vibrator into contact with the rotator, and a driving ring configured to receive a rotation of the rotator, to rotate around the optical axis direction relative to the fixed lens barrel, and to move the lens unit in the optical axis direction. The fixed lens barrel includes a receiver configured to receive the biasing force of the biasing member transmitted to the driving ring via the rotator. The receiver is provided inside the vibrator and the rotator in the radial direction and on the first side of the end of the driving ring on the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10850961
    Abstract: A forklift includes: a fork 22, a moving mechanism configured to move the fork in a first direction; a laser sensor 20 mounted on the fork, configured to scan laser light in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and measure a distance from the laser sensor to a surrounding object based on reflection of the scanned laser light; and a processor configured to generate a three-dimensional range image within an emission range to which the laser light is emitted based on distance data acquired when the laser sensor scans the laser light in the second direction while the moving mechanism moves the fork in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Minoru Tanaka, Akinobu Fujii, Yuuji Tsusaka, Makoto Ichinose, Makoto Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20200285022
    Abstract: A lens apparatus of which an image side part is detachably mountable to an accessory includes a lens unit that includes a lens disposed closest to the image side part and a holding member that holds the lens, and is movable in an optical axis direction, and a restrictor configured to restrict a movement of the lens unit. When the lens unit is located at a first position, the accessory is not mountable to the lens apparatus, and when the lens unit is located at a second position, the accessory is mountable to the lens apparatus. The restrictor restricts the lens unit from moving without bringing the lens unit into contact with the accessory when the accessory is attached to the lens apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Makoto Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10768436
    Abstract: An image shake correction unit includes a base member, a yoke, a lens holding member, a driving unit, a rotation suppression unit configured to restrict rotation of the lens holding member around an optical axis of the lens unit, and a biasing member configured to bias the lens holding member toward the base member in a direction of the optical axis. The driving unit and the rotation suppression unit are disposed to satisfy a predetermined condition in a case where the image shake correction unit is viewed from the direction of the optical axis. Further, the biasing member has one end provided on the rotation suppression unit and the other end provided on the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nagaoka, Makoto Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10747121
    Abstract: An optical processing apparatus includes: a housing; a stage; and a light irradiation unit configured to cause a light source unit to emit light so as to form a strip-like irradiation area extending over an area wider than a width of a substrate in a right and left direction. The stage and the light irradiation unit are moved by a moving mechanism relatively to each other in a back and forth direction. Light emitted from the light irradiation unit is deviated by a light-path changing unit from a relative movement area of a substrate. When a substrate is relatively moved below the light irradiation unit without the intension of being subjected to a light irradiation process, a control unit outputs a control signal such that an irradiation area is not formed on a surface of the substrate by the light-path changing unit, while the light source unit emitting light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Teruhiko Moriya, Masaru Tomono, Ryo Shimada, Makoto Hayakawa, Seiji Nagahara
  • Publication number: 20200088654
    Abstract: A substrate inspection method in a substrate treatment system including a plurality of treatment apparatuses each performing a predetermined treatment on a substrate, includes: imaging a surface of a substrate before being treated in the treatment apparatuses to acquire a first substrate image; extracting a predetermined feature amount from the first substrate image; selecting an inspection recipe corresponding to the feature amount extracted from the first substrate image, from a storage unit in which a plurality of inspection recipes each set corresponding to the feature amount in a different range are stored; imaging the surface of the substrate after being treated in the treatment apparatuses to acquire a second substrate image; and determining presence or absence of a defect of the substrate, based on the selected inspection recipe and the second substrate image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Takuya MORI, Makoto HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200050085
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a first barrel configured to hold a first lens unit, a fixed barrel configured to hold a final lens unit, a focus lens unit driven by an actuator, and a positioning mechanism configured to determine positions of the first barrel and the fixed barrel in a rotational direction around an optical axis. The first barrel and the fixed barrel are directly connected, and the actuator and the focus lens unit are provided in a space formed by the first barrel and the fixed barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: Makoto Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10558125
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes a stage on which a substrate is placed, a plurality of light irradiation units configured to emit light independently of each other to different positions in a right and left direction on a surface of the substrate, so as to form a strip-like irradiation area extending from one end of the surface of the substrate to the other end of the substrate, a stage moving mechanism configured to move the stage in a back and forth direction relative to the irradiation area, such that the whole surface of the substrate is exposed, and a light receiving unit configured move in the irradiation area between one end and the other end of the irradiation area in order to detect an illuminance distribution of the irradiation area in a longitudinal direction of the irradiation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Teruhiko Moriya, Masaru Tomono, Ryo Shimada, Makoto Hayakawa, Seiji Nagahara