Patents by Inventor Makoto Mizutani

Makoto Mizutani 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: 11938739
    Abstract: An ink refill container includes a container main body including an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet-forming portion provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion is closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Makoto Kobayashi, Naomi Kimura, Hideki Okumura, Shoma Kudo, Tetsuya Takamoto, Hiroaki Sakai
  • Patent number: 11942119
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus includes irreversible adsorbing materials in a sealed housing for the magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyo Mizutani, Koji Sonoda, Makoto Okamoto, Takuma Kido
  • Publication number: 20240088688
    Abstract: A storage battery management device according to one embodiment includes a hardware processor that causes a display device to display first remaining life information and second remaining life information. The first remaining life information indicates current remaining life of a storage battery system. The first remaining life information is calculated on the basis of a state of health (SOH) of each of multiple storage battery modules constituting the storage battery system. The second remaining life information indicates remaining life of the storage battery system and corresponds to a case where one or more of the multiple storage battery modules are replaced with one or more other storage battery modules. The second remaining life information is calculated on the basis of an SOH of each storage battery module not being replaced and an SOH of each of the one or more other storage battery modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto IDE, Mami MIZUTANI, Yukitaka MONDEN, Masako KIUCHI, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Takahiro KASE, Kenji MITSUMOTO, Yoshihisa SUMIDA
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11919272
    Abstract: A multilayer tube (1) includes: an elastic layer (11, 21, 31, 41, 51) formed over the entire length of the multilayer tube (1) and having a predetermined flexural modulus of elasticity; and a hard layer (12, 22, 32, 42, 52) formed over the entire length of the multilayer tube (1), having a flexural modulus of elasticity that is high compared to the elastic layer (11, 21, 31, 41, 51), and disposed more to an outer layer side than the elastic layer (11, 21, 31, 41, 51). A first extremity (10) of the multilayer tube (1) is formed in such a manner that the thickness (H11) of the elastic layer (11) is thicker than the thickness (H12) of the hard layer (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Yorihiro Takimoto, Koji Mizutani, Soushi Satoh, Makoto Ito
  • Publication number: 20240069106
    Abstract: A storage battery management device includes an acquisition unit, a selection unit, an estimation unit, and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a battery characteristic and an operation condition of a storage battery device. The selection unit selects data values from a data value group of a data item in which variation in data value is caused out of data items included in the battery characteristic and the acquired operation condition. The estimation unit estimates, for each of the selected data values, a battery characteristic after operation corresponding to a case where the storage battery device is operated under the operation condition. The battery characteristic is estimated on the basis of the battery characteristic and the operation condition acquired by the acquisition unit. The display control unit displays the battery characteristic estimated by the estimation unit in a comparable state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukitaka MONDEN, Makoto IDE, Masako KIUCHI, Mami MIZUTANI, Kenji MITSUMOTO, Takahiro KASE, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Yoshihisa SUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20230373607
    Abstract: A marine vessel includes a hull, left and right propulsion devices attached to a stern of the hull, left and right drive units to change a rotation angle of the left and right propulsion devices about left and right tilt shafts, and to set an angle at which a position of a lower portion of the left and right propulsion devices becomes highest as a maximum rotation angle, left and right lift mechanisms to change a vertical position of the left and right propulsion devices with respect to the hull, and a controller configured or programmed to function as a judging unit to judge whether or not a displacement in a roll direction of the hull has occurred, and a control unit to control the left and right drive units and the left and right lift mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Satoru HAMADA, Akihiro ONOUE, Toshio SUZUKI, Masaru SUEMORI, Yoshiyuki KADOBAYASHI, Manami OYAMA, Makoto MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20230150638
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body and a mount assembly to mount the outboard motor main body to a hull. The mount assembly includes a clamp bracket to be fixed to the hull, a swivel bracket to support the outboard motor main body, and a hydraulic cylinder. The swivel bracket is coupled to the clamp bracket through a tilt shaft and turnable around the tilt shaft. The hydraulic cylinder is located between the clamp bracket and the swivel bracket and is able to turn the swivel bracket around the tilt shaft with respect to the clamp bracket. The outboard motor includes a gas damper to damp an external force that acts in a telescopic direction of the hydraulic cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto MIZUTANI, Motosumi YAMANOUCHI, Takuma MATSUNAGA, Tomohiro HAGI
  • Patent number: 11613336
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body, a support including a tilt shaft and that supports the outboard motor main body, and a trim cylinder including a first trim cylinder shaft disposed below the tilt shaft along an outer surface of a transom of a hull. A distance between the tilt shaft and the first trim cylinder shaft is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Mizutani
  • Patent number: 11608150
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body, a support including a tilt shaft and that supports the outboard motor main body, and a trim cylinder including a first trim cylinder shaft disposed below the tilt shaft along an outer surface of a transom of a hull. A distance between the tilt shaft and the first trim cylinder shaft is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Mizutani
  • Patent number: 11467583
    Abstract: A steering for a marine propulsion unit adjusts at least one of a required steering speed and a required steering torque such that the required steering speed and the required steering torque fall within an output region when the required steering speed and the required steering torque are outside the output region, sets a target steering angle according to the adjusted required steering speed and required steering torque, and sets the target steering angle according to a rotation angle of a steering wheel when the required steering speed and the required steering torque are within the output region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MARINE CANADA ACQUISITION INC.
    Inventor: Makoto Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20220306258
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes a drive shaft, a coupling to connect a first shaft and a second shaft of the drive shaft together, and a transmission including a dog clutch to transmit a rotation of the drive shaft to a propeller shaft. The coupling includes a first portion attached to the first shaft, a second portion attached to the second shaft, and a damper. The first portion includes first claws arranged along a rotation direction of the drive shaft. The second portion includes second claws between adjacent ones of the first claws in the rotation direction. The damper includes an elastic portion interposed between adjacent ones of the first claws and the second claws in the rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kimitaka SARUWATARI, Akihiro NOMA, Ryo NAKANISHI, Isao TATEISHI, Makoto MIZUTANI, Kenji YUKISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220194540
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an upper case located between an engine and a propulsion unit. The upper case includes case parts that are separate from each other and assembled together. The case parts include a first case part and a second case part opposing each other in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an axis of a drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto MIZUTANI, Tomohiro HAGI, Motosumi YAMANOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220194536
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an attachment attached to a hull, and a support vertically rotatably connected to the attachment and horizontally rotatably supporting an outboard motor main unit. The support includes an upper support and a lower support. The outboard motor includes a left reinforcement that includes a left upper connector connected to the upper support and a left lower connector connected to the lower support, and a right reinforcement that includes a right upper connector connected to the upper support and a right lower connector connected to the lower support. The left upper connector is located leftward of a left side of the upper support. The right upper connector is located rightward of a right side of the upper support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto MIZUTANI, Tomohiro HAGI, Chiharu MASUDA
  • Patent number: 11338895
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body, a support including a tilt shaft and that supports the outboard motor main body, and a trim cylinder including a first trim cylinder shaft disposed below the tilt shaft along an outer surface of a transom of a hull. A distance between the tilt shaft and the first trim cylinder shaft is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Mizutani
  • Patent number: 11136101
    Abstract: A boat speed control device for a boat including a manual shifter and an outboard motor, includes an actuator and a controller. The outboard motor is operably connected to the manual shifter. The manual shifter includes a shift lever shiftable between a sailing position and a neutral position. The actuator is connected to the shift lever. The controller is configured or programmed to control the actuator to shift the shift lever to the sailing position and the neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Mizutani
  • Patent number: 11136474
    Abstract: A polishing liquid for polishing a surface to be polished containing a tungsten material, the polishing liquid comprising abrasive grains; a polymer having a cationic group at the terminal; an oxidizing agent; a metal oxide-dissolving agent; and water, in which the polymer has a structural unit derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid, a weight average molecular weight of the polymer is 20000 or less, and a pH is less than 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ono, Makoto Mizutani
  • Patent number: 11097825
    Abstract: A system for maneuvering a boat including a hull and an outboard motor includes a left tilt shaft, a right tilt shaft, a steering shaft support, and a hydraulic cylinder. At least a portion of the hydraulic cylinder is between the left tilt shaft and the right tilt shaft. The hydraulic cylinder exerts a steering force on the outboard motor to rotate the outboard motor about a steering shaft. A hydraulic pump supplies hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic cylinder. One of the left tilt shaft and the right tilt shaft includes a first hole. A portion of the stroke range of the hydraulic cylinder is located within the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Mizutani, Tomohiro Hagi
  • Publication number: 20210179244
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body, a support including a tilt shaft and that supports the outboard motor main body, and a trim cylinder including a first trim cylinder shaft disposed below the tilt shaft along an outer surface of a transom of a hull. A distance between the tilt shaft and the first trim cylinder shaft is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Makoto MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20210155333
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body, a support including a tilt shaft and that supports the outboard motor main body, and a trim cylinder including a first trim cylinder shaft disposed below the tilt shaft along an outer surface of a transom of a hull. A distance between the tilt shaft and the first trim cylinder shaft is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Makoto MIZUTANI