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).

  • Patent number: 11440271
    Abstract: A helical winding unit is provided with a frame member in which a plurality of nozzle attachment units are provided to be aligned in a circumferential direction about an axis of a liner; nozzle units that each have a guide body movable in a radial direction of the liner and rotatable about a rotating axis extending in the radial direction, and that are attachable to and detachable from the nozzle attachment units; a moving endless toothed annular body that transmits, commonly to one or more nozzle units attached to one or more nozzle attachment units, power for moving the guide body in the radial direction; and a rotating endless toothed annular body that transmits, commonly to one or more nozzle units attached to one or more nozzle attachment units, power for rotating the guide body about the rotating axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu Ikezaki, Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Hirotaka Wada, Masatsugu Goyude, Tetsuya Matsuura, Daigoro Nakamura, Takahiro Miura, Makoto Tanaka, Shota Miyaji
  • Publication number: 20220281030
    Abstract: A joining apparatus includes a pressor that cause the first joint target portion and the second joint target portion to butt against each other, a workpiece moving organizer that moves the first workpiece and the second workpiece along an extending direction of the first joint target portion and the second target portion, a separator that temporarily separates the first joint target portion and the second joint target portion from each other by deforming a part of a butting site between the first joint target portion and the second joint target portion; and a laser irradiator that irradiates a site at which the first joint target portion and the second joint target portion separated from each other approach each other again, with laser light on a downstream side of the separator in a moving direction of the first workpiece and the second workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiko TAKAHASHI, Yasuhiro KAWAI, Makoto TANAKA, Kenta KAWARAI
  • Publication number: 20220250134
    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: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki ITOI, Takashi NAGATOMO, Makoto TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220247293
    Abstract: A holder is used while attached to a chassis of a vibration generator that moves a vibrator to generate a vibration. The holder includes a vibrator retention unit retaining the vibrator, a fixed unit fixed to the chassis, and an arm. The arm connects the fixed unit and the vibrator retention unit, and the arm supports the vibrator retention unit while the vibrator retention unit can be displaced with respect to the fixed unit. The fixed unit, the arm, and the vibrator retention unit are integrally formed using resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Minoru KURODA, Makoto TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220242352
    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: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Katsumi Nagata, Masashi Nakagawa, Divya Sai Toopran, Makoto Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220245596
    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: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Katsumi Nagata, Makoto Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220230787
    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: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto TANAKA, Hiroshi KATO, Tetsushi MORIKAWA, Akira OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20220204387
    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: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicants: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd., Heraeus Quarzglas Gmbh & Co. KG
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIMADA, Katsuhide ORIKASA, Makoto TANAKA, Tomoichi KUMATA, Hiromi TARUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220190540
    Abstract: A leak check method for a laser device includes exposing a closed space accommodating laser medium gas to the atmosphere, isolating the closed space from the atmosphere after exposing the closed space to the atmosphere, introducing neon-containing gas containing neon gas to the closed space, and determining whether or not the neon gas is leaking to outside of the closed space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Yousuke KAWAGOE, Makoto TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11336164
    Abstract: A holder is used while attached to a chassis of a vibration generator that moves a vibrator to generate a vibration. The holder includes a vibrator retention unit retaining the vibrator, a fixed unit fixed to the chassis, and an arm. The arm connects the fixed unit and the vibrator retention unit, and the arm supports the vibrator retention unit while the vibrator retention unit can be displaced with respect to the fixed unit. The fixed unit, the arm, and the vibrator retention unit are integrally formed using resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Minoru Kuroda, Makoto Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220117776
    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: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Sota NISHIURA, Tomokazu NIKAIDO, Junko NISHIMURA, Shinnosuke KUBOTA, Toshihide SHIINO, Makoto TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220118723
    Abstract: A method of creating a winding data filament winding apparatus includes inputting an initial setting value including a length in a first direction of a core material in a first direction; setting a plurality of points to divide the length of the core material in the first direction; a winding angle setting step of setting a target winding angle that is an angle defined by an axial direction of the core material, and the fiber bundle wound around the core material between two of the plurality of points adjacent to each other in the first direction; and a winding rotational speed calculation step of calculating at least based on an initial setting value to be inputted and the target winding angle to be set, a target winding rotational speed of the winding drive motor between the two points adjacent to each other, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Masatsugu Goyude, Shu Ikezaki, Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Hirotaka Wada, Shota Miyaji, Takahiro Miura, Makoto Tanaka, Daigoro Nakamura, Tetsuya Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20220112046
    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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shu Ikezaki, Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Hirotaka Wada, Takahiro Miura, Makoto Tanaka, Masatsugu Goyude, Shota Miyaji, Daigoro Nakamura, Tetsuya Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20220096299
    Abstract: A bed apparatus includes: a mattress mounted on a bed body; and, first cells arranged on both left and right sides in a longitudinal direction of the bed body and is configured to change the body position of a patient on the mattress by inflating the first cells alternately. When the first cells on the left and right sides are inflated, and when a difference in pressure between the first cells on the left and right sides has continuously fallen within a decision pressure value range for a decision pressure value continuation time, the body position of the patient is changed, whereas when the difference has not continuously fallen within the pressure value range for the continuation time or when the difference has continuously fallen out of the pressure value range for the continuation time, change of the body position of the patient will not be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao MORIMURA, Makoto TANAKA, Shinsuke WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11286873
    Abstract: A control device includes a drive unit configured to supply electric power to a fuel injection valve to perform valve open drive to supply fuel to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine; and a correction unit configured to correct a fuel injection amount of the fuel injection valve. The correction unit is configured to learn the fuel injection amount of the fuel injection valve when NOx purge is performed to reduce and purify the NOx occlusion catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Tanaka, Masatake Wada
  • Patent number: 11289437
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a power MOS chip having a source electrode on a surface and a control chip mounted on a portion of the power MOS chip, wherein, viewing from a first outer edge of the power MOS chip extending in a first direction to the control chip, a first column bonding pad and a second column bonding pad are formed in a region of the source electrode where the control chip is not mounted, and wherein a distance between a second outer edge of the power MOS chip extending in a second direction and the first column bonding pad is longer than a distance between the second outer edge and the second column bonding pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ota, Makoto Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220091515
    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: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto TANAKA, Yosuke Fujimaki, Takashi Ito, Yousuke Kawagoe
  • Patent number: 11268468
    Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control device sets a target air-fuel ratio and performs an air-fuel ratio control based on the target air-fuel ratio for an engine of a spark ignition type. The air-fuel ratio control device includes a lean combustion determination unit that determines whether a lean combustion is performed in the engine at the target air-fuel ratio, the target air-fuel ratio being set leaner than the theoretical air-fuel ratio; a target NOx setting unit that sets a target NOx concentration according to an operation state of the engine; an acquisition unit that acquires an actual NOx concentration detected by using a NOx concentration detection unit in an exhaust passage of the engine; and a correction unit that corrects the target air-fuel ratio based on the target NOx concentration and the actual NOx concentration when determination is made that lean combustion is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Tanaka, Masatake Wada
  • Patent number: 11246778
    Abstract: A bed apparatus includes: a mattress mounted on a bed body; and, first cells arranged on both left and right sides in a longitudinal direction of the bed body and is configured to change the body position of a patient on the mattress by inflating the first cells alternately. When the first cells on the left and right sides are inflated, and when a difference in pressure between the first cells on the left and right sides has continuously fallen within a decision pressure value range for a decision pressure value continuation time, the body position of the patient is changed, whereas when the difference has not continuously fallen within the pressure value range for the continuation time or when the difference has continuously fallen out of the pressure value range for the continuation time, change of the body position of the patient will not be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Morimura, Makoto Tanaka, Shinsuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11230046
    Abstract: An extruder is disclosed including: a barrel; and a screw provided with a helical groove; wherein the screw comprises a dewatering portion comprising a first portion, and a second portion at a location downstream from the first portion; wherein, at the dewatering portion, clearance between the groove and the barrel decreases as one proceeds downstream; and wherein clearance reduction ratio at the first portion is greater than clearance reduction ratio at the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Tanaka