Patents by Inventor Mariko Tanaka

Mariko 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: 11427071
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft extending along a center axis, and a first groove that is recessed in a radial direction and extends in an axial direction, on an outer side surface of the shaft. The motor includes a stator core into which the shaft is inserted, and a rotation restrictor that is inserted into at least a portion of the first groove and restricts the stator core and the shaft in a circumferential direction. A carrier vehicle is equipped with the motor further including a lead wire extending from the stator. The shaft includes a shaft portion and a flange portion that overhangs to a radially outer side from one side of the shaft portion in the axial direction. The flange portion includes an opening through which the lead wire passes. The opening includes a notch connected to an outer side surface of the flange portion. The opening of the motor is positioned above the center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Okabe, Mariko Tanaka, Satoshi Taguchi, Hironobu Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11311423
    Abstract: Provided is a facial patch including a support, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a release layer in this order, in which (a) the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer satisfies the following conditions (a-1) to (a-3): (a-1) the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, a tackifier resin, and a softening agent; (a-2) the ratio (mass ratio) of the styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer and the tackifier resin is 1:2 to 1:4; and (a-3) the content of the softening agent is 40% to 60% by mass; and (b) the support has elastic moduli with a Young's modulus of 0.01 GPa to 0.5 GPa, and also provided is a method for producing the facial patch, the method including a step of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the upper surface of the release layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIBAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kawahara, Takao Hiraoka, Mariko Tanaka, Chihiro Kenmochi
  • Publication number: 20200269678
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft extending along a center axis, and a first groove that is recessed in a radial direction and extends in an axial direction, on an outer side surface of the shaft. The motor includes a stator core into which the shaft is inserted, and a rotation restrictor that is inserted into at least a portion of the first groove and restricts the stator core and the shaft in a circumferential direction. A carrier vehicle is equipped with the motor further including a lead wire extending from the stator. The shaft includes a shaft portion and a flange portion that overhangs to a radially outer side from one side of the shaft portion in the axial direction. The flange portion includes an opening through which the lead wire passes. The opening includes a notch connected to an outer side surface of the flange portion. The opening of the motor is positioned above the center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Toshihiro OKABE, Mariko TANAKA, Satoshi TAGUCHI, Hironobu YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9211397
    Abstract: A patch for treatment of eyelid diseases that is provided with a support, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a release layer in this order, wherein (a) the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes the following (a-1) to (a-4): (a-1) a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, a tackifier resin, and a softening agent are contained; (a-2) a ratio (mass ratio) of the styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer and the tackifier resin is 1:2 to 1:4; (a-3) a content of the softening agent is 40% to 60% by mass; and (a-4) further 0.005% to 5% by mass of clobetasol or acid ester thereof is contained; and (b) the support has elastic modulus with a Young's modulus of 0.01 to 0.5 GPa: and a method for producing the patch for treatment of eyelid diseases including: forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a upper surface of a release layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: SENJU USA, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ogawa, Akiharu Isowaki, Koji Kawahara, Takao Hiraoka, Mariko Tanaka, Chihiro Kenmochi
  • Publication number: 20150320606
    Abstract: Provided is a facial patch including a support, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a release layer in this order, in which (a) the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer satisfies the following conditions (a-1) to (a-3): (a-1) the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, a tackifier resin, and a softening agent; (a-2) the ratio (mass ratio) of the styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer and the tackifier resin is 1:2 to 1:4; and (a-3) the content of the softening agent is 40% to 60% by mass; and (b) the support has elastic moduli with a Young's modulus of 0.01 GPa to 0.5 GPa, and also provided is a method for producing the facial patch, the method including a step of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the upper surface of the release layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Koji KAWAHARA, Takao HIRAOKA, Mariko TANAKA, Chihiro KENMOCHI
  • Patent number: 9151530
    Abstract: An automatic icemaker includes a swing arm, an actuator swinging the swing arm, and a transmission section transmitting movement of the actuator to the swing arm. The transmission section includes a cam rotated by the actuator, a pivotally movable lever including an abutting portion abutting the cam and pivotally moved by the rotation of the cam, and a joint member to transmit the movement of the pivotally movable lever to the swing arm. As the swing arm, one of the first, second, and third swing arms is selected and provided. As the joint member, one of the first, second, and third joint members which corresponds to the selected one of the first, second, and third swing arms is selected and provided. At different positions on a board which extends in a vertical direction, the first, second, and third supporting portions support the first, second, and third joint members, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nidec Servo Corporation
    Inventors: Mariko Tanaka, Kenji Sugaya, Kazufumi Yamashita, Yoshitaka Yokoi, Saburo Niwa, Eiji Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20140171886
    Abstract: A patch for treatment of eyelid diseases that is provided with a support, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a release layer in this order, wherein (a) the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes the following (a-1) to (a-4): (a-1) a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, a tackifier resin, and a softening agent are contained; (a-2) a ratio (mass ratio) of the styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer and the tackifier resin is 1:2 to 1:4; (a-3) a content of the softening agent is 40% to 60% by mass; and (a-4) further 0.005% to 5% by mass of clobetasol or acid ester thereof is contained; and (b) the support has elastic modulus with a Young's modulus of 0.01 to 0.5 GPa: and a method for producing the patch for treatment of eyelid diseases including: forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a upper surface of a release layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SENJU USA, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ogawa, Akiharu Isowaki, Koji Kawahara, Takao Hiraoka, Mariko Tanaka, Chihiro Kenmochi
  • Publication number: 20120297802
    Abstract: An automatic icemaker includes a swing arm, an actuator swinging the swing arm, and a transmission section transmitting movement of the actuator to the swing arm. The transmission section includes a cam rotated by the actuator, a pivotally movable lever including an abutting portion abutting the cam and pivotally moved by the rotation of the cam, and a joint member to transmit the movement of the pivotally movable lever to the swing arm. As the swing arm, one of the first, second, and third swing arms is selected and provided. As the joint member, one of the first, second, and third joint members which corresponds to the selected one of the first, second, and third swing arms is selected and provided. At different positions on a board which extends in a vertical direction, the first, second, and third supporting portions support the first, second, and third joint members, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko Tanaka, Kenji Sugaya, Kazufumi Yamashita, Yoshitaka Yokoi, Saburo Niwa, Eiji Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20120285187
    Abstract: An automatic ice maker installed within a freezing compartment includes an ice tray arranged to hold water and make ice pieces; an ice ejecting mechanism arranged to eject the ice pieces made in the ice tray; an ice releasing heater arranged to melt surfaces of the ice pieces made in the ice tray; a thermostat arranged to detect a temperature of the ice tray and to operate at a specified temperature; and an ice storage amount detecting mechanism arranged to detect an amount of the ice pieces stored within an ice storage box. The automatic ice maker further includes a switch mechanism arranged to stop an operation of the ice releasing heater in conjunction with an operation of the ice ejecting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji SUGAYA, Eiji KURODA, Mariko TANAKA, Yoshitaka YOKOI, Kazufumi YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 6530673
    Abstract: A lighting fixture mounting device comprises a U shape channel having a bottom plate, side walls, extruding portions extruding sideward from both sides of the bottom plate and a wiring hole bored through the bottom plate. The lighting fixture is attached to the extruding portions, a wiring of the lighting fixture passes through the wiring hole and inside of the U shape channel to be connected to an external electric source, and the side walls are fixed to an object to which the lighting fixture is to be fixed. A lamp protecting device for a lighting fixture embedded in a built-in hole formed in a ceiling and having a flange formed on a lower end of a case of the lighting fixture and exposed out of the ceiling, comprises a guard fixing attachment made of a rectangular plate having a cutout through which the case can be passed through and outer ends folded to form steps corresponding to the thickness of the flange, and a guard made of circular members and rod like members connecting the circular members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Japan Servo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Uedono, Mariko Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20020064053
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp having a front lens that contains an antistatic agent in a base material forming the front lens. In one embodiment, the lamp includes, in addition to the front lens, a light source, a lamp body for containing the light source and forming a lamp chamber, and a reflective mirror which is disposed in the lamp chamber and used for forming outside irradiation light by reflecting light emitted from light source. The reflective mirror may include a main reflective surface portion for reflecting the light emitted from the light source, and the lamp may also include an extension reflector formed integrally with or separately from the main reflective surface portion of the reflective mirror. The front-end portion of the extension reflector portion may be disposed opposite to the front lens containing the antistatic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Anma, Takaya Nakamura, Mariko Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20020008975
    Abstract: A lighting fixture mounting device comprises a U shape channel having a bottom plate, side walls, extruding portions extruding sideward from both sides of the bottom plate and a wiring hole bored through the bottom plate. The lighting fixture is attached to the extruding portions, a wiring of the lighting fixture passes through the wiring hole and inside of the U shape channel to be connected to an external electric source, and the side walls are fixed to an object to which the lighting fixture is to be fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Japan Servo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Uedono, Mariko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6081254
    Abstract: The present invention is a color correction system including an imaging apparatus which inputs or outputs an image signal from a signal processor into or from an image device such as an input device such as a scanner or a camera or an output device such as a display device or a print device and which is constituted so as to correct colors by inputting or outputting image signals via a color converter, the conversion characteristic of which can be controlled according to a variation in the setting status or use environment of the imaging apparatus and faithful color reproduction can be realized between a plurality of imaging apparatuses having different characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mariko Tanaka, Shinichi Yamada, Tomoko Ogawa, Yuji Sano, Kiyoharu Kishimoto, Takuya Imaide, Michitaka Ohsawa, Eiichi Yamazaki, Masaaki Kurosu, Hitoshi Yamadera, Takeshi Hoshino, Hiroshi Koizumi, Moritaka Taniguchi, Kouji Kitou, Ikuya Arai
  • Patent number: D740952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignees: NICHIBAN CO., LTD., SENJU USA, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Kawahara, Takao Hiraoka, Chihiro Kenmochi, Mariko Tanaka, Takahiro Ogawa