Patents by Inventor Makoto Tanaka

Makoto Tanaka 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: 20250147079
    Abstract: A current sense circuit is provided. The circuit includes a current mirror circuit QN1, QN2, and diode-connected QP1, QP2, QP3, and QP4 with their bases connected together, stacking such that the diode-connected side (QN1, QP1, QP3) aligns and connecting the emitter of QP2 to the collector of QP4. Furthermore, the gates of MP1 and MP2 are connected to the collector of QN2 and QP2, respectively. Additionally, the source of MP1 is connected to the drain of MP3 via the source of MP2 and also connected to the source of a Sense MOS. Moreover, the emitter of QP4 is connected to the source of MP4 via R1, and the drain of MP4 is connected to the source (OUT terminal) of a Main MOS. Furthermore, the gates of MP3 and MP4 are connected to the emitters of QN1 and QN2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki ISHIZEKI, Makoto TANAKA
  • Patent number: 12286374
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium-containing quartz glass having excellent UV absorption. The quartz glass absorbs ultraviolet rays having a wavelength of 250 nm or less, ozone generation-related adverse effects on the human body, are prevented, a decrease in transmittance of the quartz glass in the range from near-ultraviolet to visible light due to being colored when irradiated with ultraviolet rays does not occur, absorption build-up or lamp burst-inducing deformation build-up, which is caused by a structural change in the quartz glass that occurs in the range of 200-300 nm when irradiated with ultraviolet rays, is suppressed, and a decrease in transmittance at intended wavelength ranges does not occur even when exposed to ultraviolet rays. The titanium-containing quartz glass having excellent UV absorption is colorless, wherein the average concentration of titanium is 10-500 ppm, the concentration of OH group is 10-350 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd., Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Atsushi Shimada, Katsuhide Orikasa, Makoto Tanaka, Tomoichi Kumata, Hiromi Tarukawa
  • Publication number: 20250115377
    Abstract: The information processing device 2X includes a data acquisition means 32X and an abnormality degree calculation means 33X. The data acquisition means 32X is configured to acquire time series data which represents a luminous intensity of a space object. The abnormality degree calculation means 33X is configured to calculate, based on the time series data, an abnormality degree regarding a state of the space object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yoshida, Makoto Tanaka, Masatoshi Ebara
  • Patent number: 12239235
    Abstract: A mattress including air cells that are located on both sides of a user, in which the air cells each have a convex shape on a first side surface, and the air cells are arranged so that the convex shapes thereof are respectively located near shoulder blade outer edges of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Ohno, Makoto Tanaka, Takayuki Arimatsu
  • Publication number: 20250057686
    Abstract: A motorized bedding system includes: an acquisition unit that is capable of acquiring a setting of motorized bedding of each of users, a state of each of the users, and snoring detection information of each of the users; a computation unit that is configured to compute a sleep score based on the state of each of the users; a memory that is configured to store data including multiple sets of the setting of the motorized bedding and the sleep score associated with each of the multiple sets of the setting; and an output unit that is configured to output a recommendation setting of the motorized bedding based on the setting associated with the high-level sleep score among the multiple sleep scores stored in the memory, in which the motorized bedding system includes: a first mode where the system automatically changes the setting of the motorized bedding based on the state of each of the users; and a second mode where the system automatically changes the setting of the motorized bedding based on the snoring detect
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Sota NISHIURA, Tomokazu NIKAIDO, Junko NISHIMURA, Shinnosuke KUBOTA, Toshihide SHIINO, Makoto TANAKA
  • Patent number: 12230421
    Abstract: A hermetic terminal includes a metal outer ring made of a low resistance conductor having a through hole, a lead made of a low resistance conductor inserted in the through hole of the metal outer ring, and an insulating material made of high expansion glass for sealing the metal outer ring and the lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SCHOTT Japan Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Tanaka, Hiroshi Kato, Tetsushi Morikawa, Akira Okuno
  • Publication number: 20250002182
    Abstract: The information processing device 2X includes a data acquisition means 32X and a maneuver detection means 33X. The data acquisition means 32X acquires time series data indicating an observed position and time of a space object equipped with a propulsion system. The maneuver detection means 33X detects a maneuver by use of the propulsion system of the space object, based on the time series data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun YOSHIDA, Makoto TANAKA, Masatoshi EBARA
  • Patent number: 12171686
    Abstract: A motorized bedding system includes: an acquisition unit that is capable of acquiring a setting of motorized bedding of each of users, a state of each of the users, and snoring detection information of each of the users; a computation unit that is configured to compute a sleep score based on the state of each of the users; a memory that is configured to store data including multiple sets of the setting of the motorized bedding and the sleep score associated with each of the multiple sets of the setting; and an output unit that is configured to output a recommendation setting of the motorized bedding based on the setting associated with the high-level sleep score among the multiple sleep scores stored in the memory, in which the motorized bedding system includes: a first mode where the system automatically changes the setting of the motorized bedding based on the state of each of the users; and a second mode where the system automatically changes the setting of the motorized bedding based on the snoring detect
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sota Nishiura, Tomokazu Nikaido, Junko Nishimura, Shinnosuke Kubota, Toshihide Shiino, Makoto Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12137824
    Abstract: The present invention provides a housing body that is to house a container on which a food and/or beverage item is to be placed and that is to be transported along a transport path, the housing body including: a placement table having a placement position where the container is to be placed; a lid body that is attached to the placement table so as to be openable and closable; an opening/closing mechanism for causing the lid body to transition to a closed state when the container is placed at the placement position of the placement table, and causing the lid body to transition to an open state when the container is moved away from the placement position; and an operation portion for moving the container away from the placement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KURA SUSHI, INC.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tanaka, Makoto Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240368412
    Abstract: A coating for protecting a ceramic-matrix composite against a high-temperature environment including dust is provided with a top layer of a substance represented by a formula a(ReO1.5)b(AlO1.5)c(TrO2) as an average composition at least on a face exposed to the environment, wherein a, b and c satisfy 1>a?0.5, b>0 and c=1?(a+b), Re is one or more selected from rare earth elements, and Tr is Hf or Zr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki YAMAZAKI, Shingo KANAZAWA, Yuta TANAKA, Nagisa HOSOYA, Takeshi NAKAMURA, Satoshi KITAOKA, Makoto TANAKA, Naoki KAWASHIMA, Taishi ITO
  • Patent number: 12097155
    Abstract: A mattress including: an elastic body; a sheet that is disposed at least above the elastic body and made of any of a conductive sheet and a conductive fiber; and a measurement unit that is configured to measure a change of capacitance of the sheet observed when the elastic body is deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Ohno, Makoto Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12070790
    Abstract: A mold includes a mold main body (12) including a molding face (12a) and a support base (11) including a mounting surface (15) which tightly contacts a back face (12a) of the mold main body (12), the support base (11) being mounted with the mold main body (12). The mold includes a refrigerant passage (43) through which a refrigerant for cooling the mold main body (12) and the support base (11) flows. The refrigerant passage (43) includes a groove (16) which is open to at least one surface of the mounting surface (15) of the support base (11) and the back face (12b) of the mold main body (12) and extends along the one surface. There can be provided a mold that can uniformly cool the molded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: G-TEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Itoi, Takashi Nagatomo, Makoto Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12063330
    Abstract: A printing apparatus accepts a start instruction of a printing operation and controls, in a case where the instruction is accepted during execution of a maintenance operation and a specific condition is satisfied, to interrupt the maintenance operation and start the printing operation. The specific condition includes that an accumulated time from a start of the maintenance operation to an interruption of the maintenance operation is shorter than a threshold value. In a case where the instruction is accepted during execution of the maintenance operation and the specific condition is not satisfied, the printing operation is started after the maintenance operation is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Sawada, Makoto Tanaka, Kazunari Shishido
  • Patent number: 11975379
    Abstract: A hot press forming die includes a die main body (2) made of alloy tool steel, and a number of forming projections (3) projecting on the die main body and configured to form a forming surface (5) that comes into contact with a heated metal plate material that is an object to be formed and form a refrigerant passage through which a cooling medium flows. The die main body includes a first forming portion (14) in which the forming surface is formed to extend in a direction intersecting a forming direction of the metal plate material, a second forming portion (15) in which the forming surface is formed to extend in the forming direction, and a third forming portion (16) configured to connect the first forming portion and the second forming portion such that the forming surface becomes a convex surface. The forming projection provided on the third forming portion is formed to be a projecting strip extending between the first forming portion and the second forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: G-TEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Takahashi, Hiroki Itoi, Makoto Tanaka, Hirokazu Maita
  • Patent number: 11947263
    Abstract: A laser chamber of a discharge-excitation-type gas laser apparatus may include a container which contains laser gas therein; a pair of discharge electrodes arranged in the container; a cross flow fan configured to supply the laser gas to a discharge space between the discharge electrodes, the cross flow fan including a rotation shaft with which the cross flow fan rotates in a predetermined rotation direction and a plurality of blades, each longitudinal direction of which is parallel to an axial direction of the rotation shaft; and a stabilizer arranged outside a rotation trajectory of the cross flow fan, and arranged such that a difference between a maximum position and a minimum position of an end portion in the rotation direction on a side opposite to the rotation direction is larger than 0 and is smaller than an interval of two blades adjacent to each other among the plurality of blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Tanaka, Yosuke Fujimaki, Takashi Ito, Yousuke Kawagoe
  • Patent number: 11931949
    Abstract: A filament winding device includes a fiber bundle retainer that temporarily retains fiber bundles. The fiber bundle retainer includes: a reel member including an outer peripheral portion having pins movable in the axial direction relative to the fiber bundles supplied through fiber bundle guides and rotatable about the axis of the liner, the reel member capable of winding the fiber bundles onto the outer peripheral portion; a first cutting unit configured to cut a part of each of the fiber bundles in the circumferential direction, the part being between a part of the fiber bundle wound on the outer peripheral portion and a part of the fiber bundle wound on the liner; and a second cutting unit different from the first cutting unit and configured to cut a part of each of the fiber bundles in the axial direction, the part being wound on the outer peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu Ikezaki, Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Hirotaka Wada, Takahiro Miura, Makoto Tanaka, Masatsugu Goyude, Shota Miyaji, Daigoro Nakamura, Tetsuya Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11931974
    Abstract: A filament winding apparatus includes a rail extending in a first direction, a core material support device that supports a core material, and a winding device that winds a fiber bundle onto an outer peripheral surface of the core material, the winding device including: a guide unit having an opening through which the core material passes, and guiding the fiber bundle; and a main frame on which the guide unit is mounted; wherein the main frame is movable relative to the core material in the first direction, the main frame is movable in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the main frame is rotatable around a first rotational axis extending in a third direction orthogonal to each of the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu Ikezaki, Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Hirotaka Wada, Masatsugu Goyude, Shota Miyaji, Takahiro Miura, Makoto Tanaka, Daigoro Nakamura, Tetsuya Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11915202
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for an in-vehicle infotainment platform for a vehicle. The in-vehicle infotainment platform includes a memory and an electronic control unit. The memory is configured to store meeting information including video conferencing information or audio conferencing information. The electronic control unit is coupled to the memory. The electronic control unit is configured to automatically connect to a video conference using the video conferencing information or automatically connect to an audio conference using the audio conferencing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nagata, Makoto Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11845390
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring a vehicle. The system includes a sensor of the vehicle configured to detect sensor data indicating a presence of an object, occupant, or pet within the vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle communicatively coupled to the sensor. The ECU is configured to determine whether the object, occupant, or pet is within the vehicle. The ECU is also configured to provide a notification to a user of the vehicle regarding the presence of the object, occupant, or pet within the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nagata, Masashi Nakagawa, Divya Sai Toopran, Makoto Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11836814
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for an energy or fuel sharing network system. The energy or fuel sharing network system includes an in-house fuel cell apparatus that is coupled or included within a home. The in-house fuel cell apparatus includes a generation and distribution unit. The generation and distribution unit is configured to generate energy or fuel and provide the energy or fuel to a vehicle. The energy or fuel sharing network system includes an energy or fuel sharing platform. The energy or fuel sharing platform includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine a location of the in-house fuel cell apparatus, and provide the location of the in-house fuel cell apparatus to the vehicle or a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Masashi Nakagawa, Makoto Tanaka