Patents by Inventor Manabu Watanabe

Manabu Watanabe 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: 11498266
    Abstract: A three-dimensional molding device includes a discharge unit that discharges a molding material towards a stage, a heating unit that heats the discharge unit, a temperature acquisition unit that acquires a temperature of the molding material placed on the stage, and a control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Fujimori, Manabu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220354868
    Abstract: An external skin preparation comprises the following components (A) to (E), wherein the mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B), (A)/(B), is from 0.3 to 2.0, wherein the content of the component (C) is from 0.1 to 1 mass %, and wherein the preparation has a pH at 25° C. of from 4.0 to 7.0: (A) one or more selected from the group consisting of aliphatic alcohols having from 14 to 20 carbon atoms; (B) two or more selected from the group consisting of polyhydric alcohol fatty acid ester-type nonionic surfactants; (C) one or more selected from the group consisting of N-acyl amino acids, N-acyl taurine, salts thereof, and phospholipids; (D) one or more selected from the group consisting of steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and heparinoids; and (E) water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori KINUGASA, Megumi MATSUOKA, Manabu WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11485084
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaped article production apparatus includes a shaping table, a layer forming section that forms a powder layer, a head that ejects a liquid containing a binder to a shaping region of a three-dimensional shaped article, a liquid supply system that supplies the liquid to the head, and a moving system that relatively moves the head with respect to the shaping table, wherein the head includes a nozzle that ejects the liquid, a pressure chamber that communicates with the nozzle, a supply flow channel that communicates with the pressure chamber upstream in a supply direction of the liquid, and a circulation flow channel that communicates with the pressure chamber downstream in the supply direction, the circulation flow channel includes a first filter, and a pore diameter of the first filter is larger than a particle diameter of a powder for forming the powder layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Watanabe, Toshimitsu Hirai, Akihiko Tsunoya, Kaoru Momose
  • Patent number: 11345080
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object includes: a first shaping step of forming a first layer in contact with a stage provided with a recessed portion by changing a relative position between a discharge unit and the stage while discharging a molten material from the discharge unit toward the stage; and a second shaping step of stacking one or more layers on the first layer by changing the relative position between the discharge unit and the stage while discharging the molten material from the discharge unit toward the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventor: Manabu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11317520
    Abstract: A circuit board includes: an insulating layer; a capacitor which is provided in the insulating layer and which includes a dielectric layer, a first conductor layer provided on a first surface of the dielectric layer and including an opening part, and a second conductor layer provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the dielectric layer and including a recess part at a position corresponding to the opening part; and a conductor via provided in the insulating layer, penetrating the dielectric layer, the opening part and the recess part, being in contact with the recess part, and being smaller than the opening part in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaharu Furuyama, Daisuke Mizutani, Tomoyuki Akahoshi, Masateru Koide, Manabu Watanabe, Seigo Yamawaki, Kei Fukui
  • Publication number: 20220086093
    Abstract: A communication system includes a controller, a plurality of devices, and a communication channel to which the controller and the plurality of devices are connected in a ring, and over which a communication frame including a plurality of packets is transmitted as differential signals. Each device monitors a data transmission amount per unit time, and is configured to determine whether or not the monitored data transmission amount exceeds a threshold value, and insert data into one of the packets in the communication frame when the monitored data transmission amount is equal to or less than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Manabu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220074406
    Abstract: An oil pump is configured to include a rotor, a drive shaft that drives the rotor to rotate, a rotor chamber in which the rotor is contained, an inlet port and an outlet port each provided in the vicinity of the rotor chamber, and a pump cover. The pump cover is made of a resin. On a portion of an outer surface side of the pump cover corresponding to an inner portion, in which oil circulates, of the pump cover, a rib that has an erecting wall shape is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yuken SAITO, Manabu Watanabe, Tomonori Yahagi
  • Publication number: 20220071855
    Abstract: A thin film including a film body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The film body has an average thickness of 0.1 ?m-5.0 ?m, the first surface and the second surface each have a concavo-convex structure, and the film body includes elements each of which includes a projection formed on the first surface and a corresponding recess formed on the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: TOPPAN Inc.
    Inventor: Manabu WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11241840
    Abstract: A quality determination method for a three-dimensional shaped object includes: a shaping step of shaping a plurality of three-dimensional shaped objects by discharging a liquid from a nozzle hole toward a stage while changing a relative position between a discharge unit having a plurality of the nozzle holes arranged along a first direction and the stage in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a discharge inspection step of inspecting a discharge state of the liquid from the nozzle hole after or during the shaping step; and a quality determination step of determining that, when an abnormality is detected in the discharge state from at least one nozzle hole of the plurality of nozzle holes in the discharge inspection step, a low-quality three-dimensional shaped object is included in the plurality of shaped three-dimensional shaped objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Manabu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210375771
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a bus bar that includes a first terminal and a second terminal and extends between the first terminal and the second terminal on a side of a first surface of a substrate; first solder configured to pass through the substrate in a thickness direction and connect a first through terminal connected to a first electronic component that is disposed on a second surface side of the substrate and the first terminal; and second solder configured to pass through the substrate in the thickness direction and connect a second through terminal connected to a second electronic component disposed on the second surface side of the substrate and the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: KENJI FUKUZONO, MANABU WATANABE, Yuki Hoshino, Hiroshi Onuki
  • Publication number: 20210362418
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaped article production apparatus includes a shaping table, a layer forming section that forms a powder layer, a head that ejects a liquid containing a binder to a shaping region of a three-dimensional shaped article, a liquid supply system that supplies the liquid to the head, and a moving system that relatively moves the head with respect to the shaping table, wherein the head includes a nozzle that ejects the liquid, a pressure chamber that communicates with the nozzle, a supply flow channel that communicates with the pressure chamber upstream in a supply direction of the liquid, and a circulation flow channel that communicates with the pressure chamber downstream in the supply direction, the circulation flow channel includes a first filter, and a pore diameter of the first filter is larger than a particle diameter of a powder for forming the powder layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Manabu WATANABE, Toshimitsu HIRAI, Akihiko TSUNOYA, Kaoru MOMOSE
  • Publication number: 20210297511
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication system includes a controller and a plurality of devices serially connected to the controller by a communication path. Each device has a different identifying address from each other device. The communication path connects the controller to the plurality of devices in a loop. The communication path is configured to transmit a communication frame as a differential serial signal. The communication frame includes a plurality of packets. Each packet in the plurality of packets has a fixed data length. Each device is configured to insert data into, and extract data from, a packet in the communication frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Manabu WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11089224
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus having a plurality of video modes for capturing videos with respective video quality, the imaging apparatus comprising: a display that displays information indicating the plurality of video modes; an operation receiver that receives a user operation for designating a video mode in the plurality of video modes based on the displayed information; and a controller that sets the video mode designated via the operation receiver for the imaging apparatus. Each of the video modes has elements corresponding to items associated with the video quality. Combinations of the elements of different items are limited in the plurality of video modes. The controller receives, via the operation receiver, a user operation for setting a refining condition associated with at least one of the items, and refines, from the plurality of video modes, a video mode to be displayed on the display in accordance with the set refining condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Abe, Manabu Watanabe, Kyosuke Osuka
  • Publication number: 20210154940
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional shaping apparatus in which surface of a three-dimensional shaped object can be prevented from being roughened. The three-dimensional shaping apparatus that shapes a three-dimensional shaped object by stacking layers of a material includes: a stage; a discharge unit that has a nozzle surface in which a nozzle hole is formed; a moving unit that is configured to change a relative position between the stage and the nozzle surface; and a control unit that is configured to control the moving unit. The control unit drives the moving unit such that a relation between a gap G between the nozzle surface and the stage or the layer of the material when the material is discharged from the discharge unit and an outer diameter Dp of the nozzle surface satisfies a following relation (1). Dp×20×G+0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Manabu WATANABE, Eiji OKAMOTO, Akihiko TSUNOYA, Koji FUJIMORI, Kazuhide NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210137799
    Abstract: A skin-adhesive film including a film body having an average thickness of 5 ?m or less, and a blockage ratio of 5%-60%. The blockage ratio is a ratio of blocking evaporation of water having a temperature equal to a human body temperature at a position where the film body is present relative to evaporation of the water at a position where the film body is not present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu WATANABE, Koji SAKAIRI, Yuichiro HAYASAKA, Kazuyo MINOWA
  • Publication number: 20210137817
    Abstract: A skin-adhesive film includes a polylactic acid layer. The polylactic acid layer has a thickness of 10 nm-5000 nm and includes poly-DL-lactic acid. The poly-DL-lactic acid includes L-lactic acid at a content ratio of 50%-90%, and the weight-average molecular weight of the poly-DL-lactic acid is 100,000 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu WATANABE, Yuichiro HAYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20210110530
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inspection system includes an illuminator, an imager, and a processor. The illuminator irradiates light into an interior of a hole. The imager acquires a first image by imaging the interior of the hole where the light is irradiated. The processor detecting a blockage of at least a portion of the hole based on a luminance of the hole inside the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroaki KUWAHARA, Manabu WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10916779
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dispersant for a resin current collector which can uniformly disperse a conductive filler to attain sufficient charge and discharge characteristics without impairing the output power per unit weight of a battery. The present invention provides a dispersant for a resin current collector comprising a polymer having a resin-philic block (A1) and a conductive filler-philic block (A2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukumoto, Yasuhiro Shindo, Manabu Watanabe, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
  • Patent number: 10910632
    Abstract: A negative electrode for an electric device includes a silicon-containing alloy containing silicon and tin, a carbon cover layer including a carbon material and covering the silicon-containing alloy, and a negative electrode electric conducting additive. A ratio of an average particle diameter of the silicon-containing alloy to an average particle diameter of the carbon material is 240 or greater. The negative electrode for an electric device and an electric device using the negative electrode can improve cycle durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Aiso, Atsushi Itou, Manabu Watanabe, Naoki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20210029301
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus having a plurality of video modes for capturing videos with respective video quality, the imaging apparatus comprising: a display that displays information indicating the plurality of video modes; an operation receiver that receives a user operation for designating a video mode in the plurality of video modes based on the displayed information; and a controller that sets the video mode designated via the operation receiver for the imaging apparatus. Each of the video modes has elements corresponding to items associated with the video quality. Combinations of the elements of different items are limited in the plurality of video modes. The controller receives, via the operation receiver, a user operation for setting a refining condition associated with at least one of the items, and refines, from the plurality of video modes, a video mode to be displayed on the display in accordance with the set refining condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Mitsuo ABE, Manabu WATANABE, Kyosuke OSUKA