Patents by Inventor Manabu Tanaka
Manabu 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).
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Patent number: 12193980Abstract: Provided is a fixing member used in a support structure (100) for a bed. The support structure includes a lower frame (10), an upper frame (20), a raising/lowering mechanism (30) configured to raise and lower the upper frame with respect to the lower frame and including a support shaft (312) extending in a width direction of the bed, and a supported member (221, 222) fixed to the upper frame and supported by the support shaft. The support shaft moves in a longitudinal direction of the bed while supporting the supported member when the upper frame is raised and lowered. The fixing member includes a plurality of fixing tools (S11 to S14) configured to fix the supported member to the upper frame. Each of the plurality of fixing tools includes a flexure element (SB) fixed to the upper frame at one end and fixed to the supported member at the other end, and a strain gauge (SG) attached to the flexure element.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.Inventors: Kui Li, Manabu Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240398640Abstract: Provided is a fixing member used in a support structure (100) for a bed. The support structure includes a lower frame (10), an upper frame (20), a raising/lowering mechanism (30) configured to raise and lower the upper frame with respect to the lower frame and including a support shaft (312) extending in a width direction of the bed, and a supported member (221, 222) fixed to the upper frame and supported by the support shaft. The support shaft moves in a longitudinal direction of the bed while supporting the supported member when the upper frame is raised and lowered. The fixing member includes a plurality of fixing tools (S11 to S14) configured to fix the supported member to the upper frame. Each of the plurality of fixing tools includes a flexure element (SB) fixed to the upper frame at one end and fixed to the supported member at the other end, and a strain gauge (SG) attached to the flexure element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Kui LI, Manabu TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240369428Abstract: A load detection device (100, 200) installed under a caster of a bed includes a placement unit (30, 230), the caster being placed on the placement unit, a load detection unit (10, 20) configured to detect a load applied to the placement unit, and a guide plate (40) having an annular shape and surrounding the placement unit. The guide plate is provided with a slope (SL) configured to guide the caster to the placement unit and a handle (HD) for moving the load detection device. The slope includes a first slope provided adjacent to the placement unit in a predetermined direction and a second slope provided adjacent to the placement unit in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Shinya OGUCHI, Manabu TANAKA
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Patent number: 12097579Abstract: The present invention enables even a beginner to acquire the technique easily and perform suitable spot welding, and achieves improved workability, improved welding quality, improved productivity, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: MURATA WELDING LABORATORIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Akihisa Murata, Tadasuke Murata, Manabu Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240286980Abstract: Provided is a production method that enables simple and efficient production of a fluorinated hydrocarbon by a gas phase flow method without using a catalyst. The method of producing a fluorinated hydrocarbon includes continuously supplying a gaseous fluorine-containing inorganic compound to an electrical discharge zone in a plasma apparatus and subsequently causing migration to outside of the electrical discharge zone in the plasma apparatus, continuously supplying a feedstock gas containing an inert gas and a compound represented by formula 1: CH3—R (R is a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom, or an organic group other than a hydrocarbon group) to outside of the electrical discharge zone in the plasma apparatus, and subsequently continuously releasing, to outside of the plasma apparatus, gas that is contained outside of the electrical discharge zone in the plasma apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicants: ZEON CORPORATION, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONInventors: Go MATSUURA, Keita INADA, Takayuki WATANABE, Manabu TANAKA, Kazuki MATSUI
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Patent number: 11957498Abstract: In one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, an arm, and processing circuitry. The arm supports the X-ray source and the X-ray detector. The processing circuitry identifies a three-dimensional running direction of a blood vessel of an object from a plurality of images that are obtained by using the X-ray source and the X-ray detector to image the object from at least two different angles, and controls positions of the X-ray source and the X-ray detector by using the arm in such a manner that a target position of the blood vessel is imaged from the at least two different directions determined depending on the three-dimensional running direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hisato Takemoto, Manabu Tanaka, Yuichiro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240030486Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte having excellent productivity and having a particularly small particle size, including mixing a raw material inclusion containing a lithium atom, a sulfur atom, a phosphorus atom, and a halogen atom to obtain an electrolyte precursor, and heating the electrolyte precursor in the presence of a solvent and a dispersant having 8 or more carbon atoms in a molecule thereof in a sealed pressure resistant vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.Inventors: TARO YAMAKI, Yoshikatsu SEINO, Shota TOTSUKA, Manabu TANAKA, Hironari KIMPARA
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Patent number: 11833468Abstract: Provided is a method for separating ammonia gas using zeolite membrane having excellent separation stability at a high temperature capable of separating ammonia gas from a mixed gas composed of multiple components including ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas to the permeation side with high selectivity and high permeability. Also provided is a method for separating ammonia by selectively permeating ammonia gas from a mixed gas containing at least ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas using a zeolite membrane, wherein the ammonia gas concentration in the mixed gas is 1.0% by volume or more.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Manabu Tanaka, Takeshi Matsuo, Takayuki Aoshima
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Patent number: 11628395Abstract: Provided is a method for separating ammonia gas using zeolite membrane having excellent separation stability at a high temperature capable of separating ammonia gas from a mixed gas composed of multiple components including ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas to the permeation side with high selectivity and high permeability. Also provided is a method for separating ammonia by selectively permeating ammonia gas from a mixed gas containing at least ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas using a zeolite membrane, wherein the ammonia gas concentration in the mixed gas is 1.0% by volume or more.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Tanaka, Takeshi Matsuo, Takayuki Aoshima
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Patent number: 11588061Abstract: A photoelectric conversion module (10) comprises a photoelectric conversion cell (12) and a grid electrode (31) provided in the photoelectric conversion cell (12) on a substrate. The photoelectric conversion cell (12) includes a first electrode layer (22), a second electrode layer (24), a photoelectric conversion layer (26) between the first electrode layer (22) and the second electrode layer (24). The second electrode layer (24) is formed of a transparent electrode layer located on opposite side of the photoelectric conversion layer (26) to the substrate (20). The grid electrode (31) is provided between the photoelectric conversion layer (26) and the transparent electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobutaka Yoneyama, Mikio Hamano, Yoshihide Miyagawa, Toshiaki Yamaura, Akihiko Asano, Manabu Tanaka
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Patent number: 11518351Abstract: This braking control device pumps a brake fluid from a reservoir to each wheel cylinder by one fluid pump and includes an electric motor which drives the fluid pump; and a controller which controls the electric motor. The controller calculates a target fluid pressure on the basis of at least one among the vehicle wheel speed, the vehicle deceleration state, and the turning state of the vehicle, calculates a target discharge amount for the fluid pump on the basis of the target fluid pressure, and controls the electric motor on the basis of the target discharge amount. The controller has a front wheel calculation map of the relationship between the fluid pressure and the inflow volume of the brake fluid corresponding to a front wheel cylinder, and a rear wheel calculation map corresponding to a rear wheel cylinder, and calculates the target discharge amount on the basis of the maps.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Tanaka, Shunya Watanabe
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Patent number: 11480483Abstract: A load detector for detecting a load of a subject on a bed (BD) having a caster (CT) includes: a plate portion (1) which is one-fold and which is to be supported above an installation surface (F), on which the load detector is installed, separately from the installation surface; and a slope portion (SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4) which is provided around the plate portion and which is inclined relative to a surface of the plate portion so as to extend between the surface of the plate portion and the installation surface. The plate portion includes: a peripheral part (13); a placing part (11) on which the caster is to be placed, and which is provided inside relative to the peripheral part separately from the peripheral part; and a linking part (12) which links the placing part and the peripheral part.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.Inventor: Manabu Tanaka
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Patent number: 11478216Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes at least one of memory and processing circuitry. The memory stores a first medical image of a heart area acquired in a plurality of directions and a second medical image of the heart area acquired in real time. The processing circuitry is configured to set, based on the first medical image, each of a valve boundary line indicating a boundary between leaflets of a heart valve and an insertion point on an inner wall through which a catheter is inserted, generate a navigation graphic including the valve boundary line and the safety lines by generating a plurality of safety lines individually connecting the insertion point to ends of the valve boundary line, and superimpose the navigation graphic on the second medical image to generate a superimposed image.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignees: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Richard Smalling, Andrew Kuhls-Gilcrist, Takuya Sakaguchi, Manabu Tanaka
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Publication number: 20220288529Abstract: Provided is a method for separating ammonia gas using zeolite membrane having excellent separation stability at a high temperature capable of separating ammonia gas from a mixed gas composed of multiple components including ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas to the permeation side with high selectivity and high permeability. Also provided is a method for separating ammonia by selectively permeating ammonia gas from a mixed gas containing at least ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas using a zeolite membrane, wherein the ammonia gas concentration in the mixed gas is 1.0% by volume or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Manabu TANAKA, Takeshi MATSUO, Takayuki AOSHIMA
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Publication number: 20220063012Abstract: The present invention enables even a beginner to acquire the technique easily and perform suitable spot welding, and achieves improved workability, improved welding quality, improved productivity, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: MURATA WELDING LABORATORIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Akihisa MURATA, Tadasuke MURATA, Manabu TANAKA
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Patent number: 11219422Abstract: An image displaying system according to an embodiment includes an observation target device, a display device and processing circuitry. The display device is configured to display an image. The processing circuitry is configured to: arrange a three-dimensional model relating to the observation target device in a virtual space; acquire data indicating a relative positional relationship between an operator and the observation target device; generate an image of a three-dimensional model included in a blind area when viewed from the operator, based on the data indicating the relative positional relationship and on the three-dimensional model arranged in the virtual space; and display the image on the display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Hisato Takemoto, Toru Takahashi, Tomio Maehama, Hideaki Tanaka, Naoya Fujita, Manabu Tanaka
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Patent number: 11084025Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an inexpensive, high-performance AEI type zeolite and an AEI type zeolite having a Si/Al ratio of 6.5 or less and an acidity of 1.2 mmol/g or more and 3.0 mmol/g or less, by using neither an expensive Y type zeolite as a raw material nor dangerous hydrofluoric acid. The method for producing an AEI type zeolite having a Si/Al ratio of 50 or less includes: preparing a mixture including a silicon atom material, an aluminum atom material, an alkali metal atom material, an organic structure-directing agent, and water; and performing hydrothermal synthesis of the obtained mixture, in which a compound having a Si content of 20% by weight or less and containing aluminum is used as the aluminum atom material; and the mixture includes a zeolite having a framework density of 14 T/1000 ?3 or more in an amount of 0.1% by weight or more with respect to SiO2 assuming that all Si atoms in the mixture are formed in SiO2.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Tanaka, Takahiko Takewaki, Takeshi Matsuo, Masahiro Hara
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Publication number: 20210239547Abstract: A load detector for detecting a load of a subject on a bed (BD) having a caster (CT) includes: a plate portion (1) which is one-fold and which is to be supported above an installation surface (F), on which the load detector is installed, separately from the installation surface; and a slope portion (SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4) which is provided around the plate portion and which is inclined relative to a surface of the plate portion so as to extend between the surface of the plate portion and the installation surface. The plate portion includes: a peripheral part (13); a placing part (11) on which the caster is to be placed, and which is provided inside relative to the peripheral part separately from the peripheral part; and a linking part (12) which links the placing part and the peripheral part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventor: Manabu TANAKA
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Patent number: 11052355Abstract: A gas separation membrane containing a matrix resin and hyperbranched polymer- or dendrimer-bound, heteromorphous shaped silica nanoparticles, which are formed of heteromorphous shaped silica nanoparticles having surfaces onto which a hyperbranched polymer or a dendrimer is chemically added.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignees: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hiroyoshi Kawakami, Manabu Tanaka, Yuri Kameyama, Yuki Kudo, Hiroto Mikami, Tadayuki Isaji, Kazutoshi Odaka, Takamasa Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20210138393Abstract: Provided is a method for separating ammonia gas using zeolite membrane having excellent separation stability at a high temperature capable of separating ammonia gas from a mixed gas composed of multiple components including ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas to the permeation side with high selectivity and high permeability. Also provided is a method for separating ammonia by selectively permeating ammonia gas from a mixed gas containing at least ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas using a zeolite membrane, wherein the ammonia gas concentration in the mixed gas is 1.0% by volume or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: MANABU TANAKA, Takeshi Matsuo, Takayuki Aoshima