Patents by Inventor Manabu Sugimoto
Manabu Sugimoto 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).
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Publication number: 20240139915Abstract: An impact tool includes a brushless motor having a rotor extending in a front-rear direction and disposed in a motor housing constituted by left, right and rear motor housings. A battery pack is disposed below the motor housing in an up-down direction. A plurality of first screws extend in a left-right direction and fix the left motor housing to the right motor housing. A plurality of second screws extend in the front-rear direction and fix the rear motor housing to the left and right motor housings. A fan is disposed between the rotor and the rear motor housing, a grip housing is disposed downward of the motor housing, and a planetary gear mechanism is disposed frontward of the motor. A spindle is disposed frontward of the planetary gear mechanism, a hammer is disposed on an outer circumference of the spindle, and an anvil is disposed frontward of the hammer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Ryunosuke KUMAGAI, Tokuo HIRABAYASHI, Hidenori NAGASAKA, Manabu SUGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240133064Abstract: Provided is an analysis system including a terminal device having an element acquisition unit which acquires an amount of an element contained in an object in an electrolyzer, and a server having a reception unit which receives the amount of the element which is acquired by the element acquisition unit, and a state analysis unit which analyzes a state of the object based on the amount of the element which is received by the reception unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Manabu SUGIMOTO, Takeaki SASAKI, Toshinori HACHIYA
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Publication number: 20230392271Abstract: Provided is an operation assistance apparatus including: a production amount acquisition unit which acquires a target production amount of a product produced in a predetermined period by one electrolyzer or a plurality of electrolyzers; a production amount calculation unit which calculates a maximum production amount of the product when an ion exchange membrane included in the one electrolyzer or the plurality of electrolyzers is updated, the maximum production amount being a maximum production amount of the product produced in the period by the one electrolyzer or the plurality of electrolyzers; and a period specification unit which specifies the period during which the maximum production amount becomes equal to or more than the target production amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Takeaki SASAKI, Yasutaka ANAMI, Manabu SUGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220168869Abstract: A screwdriver compact in a front-rear direction includes a motor including a stator and a rotor including a rotor shaft extending upward frontward, a switch, a pinion, a clutch operable with the pinion, a bit holder movable in the front-rear direction in front of the clutch, a gear housing accommodating the pinion and the clutch and including front and rear divided parts, a motor housing joined to the gear housing and accommodating the motor, and a resin grip joined to the motor housing and accommodating the switch. The bit holder at a rearward position causes the clutch to be connecting to transmit rotation of the rotor and at a frontward position causes the clutch to be disconnecting to transmit no rotation of the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo TOMINAGA, Manabu SUGIMOTO, Yuji SAKAKIBARA
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Patent number: 11305406Abstract: A power tool, such as a hammer driver-drill (1), includes a spindle (26) that is axially and rotatable supported inside a metal gear case (41). A first cam (83) is affixed to the spindle so as to rotate therewith and is housed in the gear case (41). A second cam (84) is disposed around spindle such that it is rotatable separately with respect to the spindle and can be brought into contact with the first cam. Hammer-switching levers (95) are movable relative to the gear case between an advanced position, at which rotation of the second cam is restricted (blocked), and a retracted position, at which the rotational restriction on the second cam is released. Receiving members (89) are respectively interposed between the gear case and the hammer-switching levers and are configured to absorb vibration generated when a hammering operation is being performed using the power tool.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Araki, Hidenori Nagasaka, Manabu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 11118546Abstract: An intake passage includes: a main intake passage provided with a throttle valve and extending from one side toward the other side along a cylinder bank; and a bypass passage provided with an EGR valve and connected to a part of the main intake passage located toward the other side with respect to the throttle valve. The bypass passage extends from a branch of the main intake passage toward the one side and then turns back and extends toward the other side. The EGR valve is located in a part of the bypass passage extending toward the other side and overlapping with a part extending from the branch to the one side.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Ken Yoshida, Masahiko Tanisho, Nozomu Hachiya, Kouichi Shimizu, Manabu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20210276164Abstract: An impact driver or impact tool includes a motor, a motor housing that houses the motor, a grip housing integrally provided with the motor housing, a hammer case is disposed frontward of the motor housing, a spindle rotated by the motor, a hammer housed inside the hammer case and configured to be rotated by the spindle, and an anvil housed inside the hammer case which anvil is configured to be impacted by the hammer. In this impact driver, a length from a rear end of the motor housing to a front end of the anvil (i.e., the front-rear length of a main body) is less than 128 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Ryunosuke KUMAGAI, Tokuo HIRABAYASHI, Hidenori NAGASAKA, Manabu SUGIMOTO
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Patent number: 11045926Abstract: An impact driver or impact tool includes a motor, a motor housing that houses the motor, a grip housing integrally provided with the motor housing, a hammer case is disposed frontward of the motor housing, a spindle rotated by the motor, a hammer housed inside the hammer case and configured to be rotated by the spindle, and an anvil housed inside the hammer case which anvil is configured to be impacted by the hammer. In this impact driver, a length from a rear end of the motor housing to a front end of the anvil (i.e., the front-rear length of a main body) is less than 128 mm.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryunosuke Kumagai, Tokuo Hirabayashi, Hidenori Nagasaka, Manabu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20200355147Abstract: An intake passage includes: a main intake passage provided with a throttle valve and extending from one side toward the other side along a cylinder bank; and a bypass passage provided with an EGR valve and connected to a part of the main intake passage located toward the other side with respect to the throttle valve. The bypass passage extends from a branch of the main intake passage toward the one side and then turns back and extends toward the other side. The EGR valve is located in a part of the bypass passage extending toward the other side and overlapping with a part extending from the branch to the one side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Ken Yoshida, Masahiko Tanisho, Nozomu Hachiya, Kouichi Shimizu, Manabu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20200262036Abstract: A power tool, such as a hammer driver-drill (1), includes a spindle (26) that is axially and rotatable supported inside a metal gear case (41). A first cam (83) is affixed to the spindle so as to rotate therewith and is housed in the gear case (41). A second cam (84) is disposed around spindle such that it is rotatable separately with respect to the spindle and can be brought into contact with the first cam. Hammer-switching levers (95) are movable relative to the gear case between an advanced position, at which rotation of the second cam is restricted (blocked), and a retracted position, at which the rotational restriction on the second cam is released. Receiving members (89) are respectively interposed between the gear case and the hammer-switching levers and are configured to absorb vibration generated when a hammering operation is being performed using the power tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Yuta ARAKI, Hidenori NAGASAKA, Manabu SUGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20190143491Abstract: An impact driver or impact tool includes a motor, a motor housing that houses the motor, a grip housing integrally provided with the motor housing, a hammer case is disposed frontward of the motor housing, a spindle rotated by the motor, a hammer housed inside the hammer case and configured to be rotated by the spindle, and an anvil housed inside the hammer case which anvil is configured to be impacted by the hammer. In this impact driver, a length from a rear end of the motor housing to a front end of the anvil (i.e., the front-rear length of a main body) is less than 128 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Ryunosuke KUMAGAI, Tokuo HIRABAYASHI, Hidenori NAGASAKA, Manabu SUGIMOTO
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Patent number: 10213907Abstract: An impact driver or impact tool includes a motor, a motor housing that houses the motor, a grip housing integrally provided with the motor housing, a hammer case is disposed frontward of the motor housing, a spindle rotated by the motor, a hammer housed inside the hammer case and configured to be rotated by the spindle, and an anvil housed inside the hammer case which anvil is configured to be impacted by the hammer. In this impact driver, a length from a rear end of the motor housing to a front end of the anvil (i.e., the front-rear length of a main body) is less than 128 mm.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryunosuke Kumagai, Tokuo Hirabayashi, Hidenori Nagasaka, Manabu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 10161301Abstract: An exhaust device is configured to flow exhaust gas to be discharged from each of cylinders of an engine body. The engine body includes the cylinders arrayed in a row. The exhaust device includes an exhaust passage extending in the cylinder array direction; an exhaust outlet portion connected to an end of the exhaust passage in the cylinder array direction; a supercharger disposed at an end of the engine body in the cylinder array direction, and connected to the exhaust outlet portion; a lateral exhaust pipe connected to the supercharger, and disposed along a lateral surface of the engine body in the cylinder array direction; and an exhaust gas purification device disposed midway in the lateral exhaust pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Sugimoto, Atsuhiro Hatabu, Hideya Horii
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Patent number: 10132232Abstract: A supercharging device for an engine includes an electric supercharger which supercharges intake air, an intercooler which cools intake air discharged from the electric supercharger; and an intake manifold which is disposed substantially horizontally, and is configured to communicate between a downstream end of the intercooler in an intake air flow direction, and intake ports. The downstream end of the intercooler is located on a lower end of the intercooler. The downstream end of the intercooler is disposed substantially at the same height as an upstream end of the intake ports. The electric supercharger is disposed below the intercooler along a surface of the engine on an intake side where the intake ports are opened.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenari Kondo, Manabu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9737984Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique for enhancing the operability of a power tool. A representative screwdriver 100 is provided which has a motor 110 and a driving mechanism 120. The driving mechanism 120 has a rotation transmitting mechanism including a driving cam 137 and a driven cam 157, and a cam engagement state is switched by movement of the spindle 150 in a longitudinal direction of the spindle. The position of the spindle 150 in the longitudinal direction is detected by a detecting mechanism 162 that is disposed on the opposite side of the rotation transmitting mechanism from a front end region in the longitudinal direction of the spindle 150. A controller 180 controls the rotation speed of the motor 110 based on the detection result of the detecting mechanism 162 and drives the motor 110.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokatsu Yamamoto, Takaaki Osada, Manabu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20170234209Abstract: A supercharging device for an engine includes an electric supercharger which supercharges intake air, an intercooler which cools intake air discharged from the electric supercharger; and an intake manifold which is disposed substantially horizontally, and is configured to communicate between a downstream end of the intercooler in an intake air flow direction, and intake ports. The downstream end of the intercooler is located on a lower end of the intercooler. The downstream end of the intercooler is disposed substantially at the same height as an upstream end of the intake ports. The electric supercharger is disposed below the intercooler along a surface of the engine on an intake side where the intake ports are opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenari KONDO, Manabu SUGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20170203418Abstract: An impact driver or impact tool includes a motor, a motor housing that houses the motor, a grip housing integrally provided with the motor housing, a hammer case is disposed frontward of the motor housing, a spindle rotated by the motor, a hammer housed inside the hammer case and configured to be rotated by the spindle, and an anvil housed inside the hammer case which anvil is configured to be impacted by the hammer. In this impact driver, a length from a rear end of the motor housing to a front end of the anvil (i.e., the front-rear length of a main body) is less than 128 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Ryunosuke KUMAGAI, Tokuo HIRABAYASHI, Hidenori NAGASAKA, Manabu SUGIMOTO
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Patent number: 9643300Abstract: An impact driver or impact tool includes a motor, a motor housing that houses the motor, a grip housing integrally provided with the motor housing, a hammer case is disposed frontward of the motor housing, a spindle rotated by the motor, a hammer housed inside the hammer case and configured to be rotated by the spindle, and an anvil housed inside the hammer case which anvil is configured to be impacted by the hammer. In this impact driver, a length from a rear end of the motor housing to a front end of the anvil (i.e., the front-rear length of a main body) is less than 128 mm.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryunosuke Kumagai, Tokuo Hirabayashi, Hidenori Nagasaka, Manabu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9605352Abstract: Provided is a cation exchange membrane having excellent mechanical strength against folding and the like and capable of delivering stable electrolytic performance for a long time, an electrolysis vessel using the cation exchange membrane and a method for producing the cation exchange membrane. A cation exchange membrane 1 at least includes: a membrane body containing a fluorine-based polymer having an ion-exchange group; and two or more reinforcing core materials arranged approximately in parallel within the membrane body. The membrane body is provided with two or more elution holes 12 formed between the reinforcing core materials 10 adjacent to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Kameyama, Manabu Sugimoto, Yoshifumi Kado
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Publication number: 20170082015Abstract: An exhaust device is configured to flow exhaust gas to be discharged from each of cylinders of an engine body. The engine body includes the cylinders arrayed in a row. The exhaust device includes an exhaust passage extending in the cylinder array direction; an exhaust outlet portion connected to an end of the exhaust passage in the cylinder array direction; a supercharger disposed at an end of the engine body in the cylinder array direction, and connected to the exhaust outlet portion; a lateral exhaust pipe connected to the supercharger, and disposed along a lateral surface of the engine body in the cylinder array direction; and an exhaust gas purification device disposed midway in the lateral exhaust pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu SUGIMOTO, Atsuhiro HATABU, Hideya HORII