Patents by Inventor Masaaki Shimizu

Masaaki Shimizu 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).

  • Publication number: 20220180097
    Abstract: A measurement system includes: measurement target information database that stores measurement point information, including measurement conditions and guidance information for each measurement point, associated with the type of the measurement target; a measuring instrument that performs measurements on the measurement target; an image capturing unit that captures an image of a subject; a display unit; a measurement target identification unit that identifies the type of the measurement target based on the image captured by the image capturing unit; a measurement target information obtaining unit for obtaining the measurement point information corresponding to the type of the measurement target identified by the measurement target identification unit from the measurement target information database; and a setting unit that displays the guidance information included in the measurement point information obtained by the measurement target information obtaining unit on the display unit and sets the measurement con
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori ASAMIZU, Masaaki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10421418
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wire harness arrangement structure of a vehicle, comprising plural component control parts to control plural electric components for governing a drive of the vehicle, a main control part to generate a command signal for providing a command to the plural component control parts, and plural main wire harnesses to transmit the command signal to the plural component control parts. The plural electric components include at least a brake, an engine, a transmission, and a steering, the plural main wire harnesses comprise first signal transmission routes which extend from the main control part to the plural component control parts, respectively, and second signal transmission routes which extend from the main control part to the plural component control parts, respectively, and the command signal is transmitted to the main control part to the plural component control parts through the first and second signal transmission routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Shimizu, Taro Tamagawa, Sadahisa Yamada, Osamu Michihira
  • Patent number: 10279755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wire harness arrangement structure of a vehicle, comprising plural component control parts to control plural electric components for governing a drive of the vehicle, a main control part to generate a command signal for providing a command to the plural component control parts, and plural main wire harnesses to transmit the command signal. The plural electric components include at least a brake, an engine, a transmission, and a steering, and the plural main wire harnesses constitute a signal transmission loop which extends from the main control part and returns to the main control part by way of the plural component control parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sadahisa Yamada, Taro Tamagawa, Masaaki Shimizu, Osamu Michihira
  • Patent number: 10263429
    Abstract: A low-voltage circuit in a bidirectional DC-DC converter converts output AC power from a high-voltage circuit to DC power to charge a smoothing reactor and discharge the smoothing reactor, and includes an active snubber circuit including switching elements and each having a backward diode and a snubber capacitor. The snubber capacitor of the active snubber circuit has its one end connected to a drain end of the switching elements, and has its other end connected to a node between a center tap of a high-frequency transformer and a smoothing reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Ohashi, Takeo Nishikawa, Takashi Hyodo, Isao Fujihata, Masayuki Suetomi, Masaaki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10234186
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for manufacturing powdered ice with salinity includes a water supply unit configured to supply a salted water; a spraying unit connected to the water supply unit and configured to generate a pressurized salted water-air mist; an ice generating unit connected to the spraying unit and configured to generate ice nuclei; a collecting unit connected to the ice generating unit and configured to grow the size of the powdered ice and to collect the powdered ice; and a reserving unit connected to the collecting unit and configured to transfer and store the powdered ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventors: James Chun Koh, Shigeaki Sakaguchi, Masaaki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10053034
    Abstract: A power supply system comprises an electricity storage device provided at a vehicle's front portion, a front relay device provided at the vehicle's front portion and distributing power to a first electric load including electric loads arranged at the vehicle's front portion, a central relay device provided in a vehicle compartment and distributing power to a second electric load including electric loads arranged in the vehicle compartment, a rear relay device provided at a rear portion of the vehicle and distributing power to a third electric load including electric loads arranged at the vehicle's rear portion, a first power line connecting the electricity storage device and the front relay device, a second power line connecting the front relay device and the central relay device, and a third power line connecting the front relay device and the rear relay device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tokumaru, Masaaki Shimizu, Osamu Michihira, Kenji Okada
  • Patent number: 10057338
    Abstract: A problem is to distribute data efficiently to each computing node in a parallel computing processing system. A parallel computing processing apparatus 1 accomplishes high-speed computing processing by processing the data read out from a plurality of storage apparatuses 106 via an I/O management server 102A and an I/O server 102B in parallel by a plurality of computing servers 101. During the above, when a job is submitted from a user terminal 103, the I/O management server 102A determines, with respect to a program to be executed, which of the computing servers 101 executes each of the processes of the program and whether each of the processes uses a computing acceleration module 105 with referring to a host definition information table 151, a rank arrangement information table 152, an acceleration module location information table 153, and an application characteristics information table 154.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ukai, Masaaki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20180076972
    Abstract: Plural types of data having different additional information is transmitted and received without standardizing the communication format. A communication system includes a plurality of controllers capable of transmitting and receiving plural types of data which requires different additional information. Each of the controllers includes an additional information control table for specifying the additional information required for each type of the data and an additional information processing part configured to execute a process of the additional information to the data which requires the additional information with reference to the additional information control table. The additional information processing part is configured to add the additional information to the data which requires the additional information when the data is transmitted, and to recognize the additional information added to the data which requires the additional information when the data is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kouji KASHIWASE, Masatoshi KOBAYASHI, Osamu MICHIHIRA, Kenji OKADA, Masaaki SHIMIZU, Yuichiro TOKUMARU
  • Publication number: 20180029541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wire harness arrangement structure of a vehicle, comprising plural component control parts to control plural electric components for governing a drive of the vehicle, a main control part to generate a command signal for providing a command to the plural component control parts, and plural main wire harnesses to transmit the command signal to the plural component control parts. The plural electric components include at least a brake, an engine, a transmission, and a steering, the plural main wire harnesses comprise first signal transmission routes which extend from the main control part to the plural component control parts, respectively, and second signal transmission routes which extend from the main control part to the plural component control parts, respectively, and the command signal is transmitted to the main control part to the plural component control parts through the first and second signal transmission routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki SHIMIZU, Taro TAMAGAWA, Sadahisa YAMADA, Osamu MICHIHIRA
  • Publication number: 20180029542
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wire harness arrangement structure of a vehicle, comprising plural component control parts to control plural electric components for governing a drive of the vehicle, a main control part to generate a command signal for providing a command to the plural component control parts, and plural main wire harnesses to transmit the command signal. The plural electric components include at least a brake, an engine, a transmission, and a steering, and the plural main wire harnesses constitute a signal transmission loop which extends from the main control part and returns to the main control part by way of the plural component control parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sadahisa YAMADA, Taro TAMAGAWA, Masaaki SHIMIZU, Osamu MICHIHIRA
  • Publication number: 20180013291
    Abstract: A low-voltage circuit in a bidirectional DC-DC converter converts output AC power from a high-voltage circuit to DC power to charge a smoothing reactor and discharge the smoothing reactor, and includes an active snubber circuit including switching elements and each having a backward diode and a snubber capacitor. The snubber capacitor of the active snubber circuit has its one end connected to a drain end of the switching elements and has its other end connected to a node between a center tap of a high-frequency transformer and a smoothing reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto OHASHI, Takeo NISHIKAWA, Takashi HYODO, Isao FUJIHATA, Masayuki SUETOMI, Masaaki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20160182620
    Abstract: A problem is to distribute data efficiently to each computing node in a parallel computing processing system. A parallel computing processing apparatus 1 accomplishes high-speed computing processing by processing the data read out from a plurality of storage apparatuses 106 via an I/O management server 102A and an I/O server 102B in parallel by a plurality of computing servers 101. During the above, when a job is submitted from a user terminal 103, the I/O management server 102A determines, with respect to a program to be executed, which of the computing servers 101 executes each of the processes of the program and whether each of the processes uses a computing acceleration module 105 with referring to a host definition information table 151, a rank arrangement information table 152, an acceleration module location information table 153, and an application characteristics information table 154.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki UKAI, Masaaki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9334270
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (1). In the formula, A represents a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring and the like, wherein these rings may be substituted with a halogen atom and the like, R1 represents a hydrogen atom and the like, R2 represents a C1-35 hydrocarbon group having or not having at least one group selected from an epoxy group, 4-vinylphenyl group and a (meth)acryloyloxy group, or a hydrogen atom, wherein at least one of R2 with n occurrences is a C3-35 hydrocarbon group having at least one group selected from an epoxy group, a 4-vinylphenyl group and a (meth)acryloyloxy group, n represents an integer of 1 to 6, and X represents a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a phosphorus atom, or an n-valent organic group having 35 or less carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Maeda, Masaaki Shimizu, Koichi Shigeno
  • Patent number: 9239408
    Abstract: Disclosed is a colored (alkali-developable) photosensitive composition using a compound that is excellent in solubility and heat-resistance in a resin composition, and also relates to an optical filter using the colored (alkali-developable) photosensitive composition, specifically a color filter that does not decrease luminance and thus is preferable for image display devices such as liquid crystal display panels. Specifically, disclosed is a colored (alkali-developable) photosensitive composition containing (A) a dye that contains at least one kind of compound represented by any of the general formulas (1) to (4), (B) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond or (B?) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, which has alkali-developability, and (C) a photopolymerization initiator, and use of the composition. The compound represented by any of the general formulas (1) to (4) is as described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Maeda, Masaaki Shimizu, Koichi Shigeno, Tomoyuki Ariyoshi
  • Publication number: 20150203061
    Abstract: A power supply system comprises an electricity storage device provided at a vehicle's front portion, a front relay device provided at the vehicle's front portion and distributing power to a first electric load including electric loads arranged at the vehicle's front portion, a central relay device provided in a vehicle compartment and distributing power to a second electric load including electric loads arranged in the vehicle compartment, a rear relay device provided at a rear portion of the vehicle and distributing power to a third electric load including electric loads arranged at the vehicle's rear portion, a first power line connecting the electricity storage device and the front relay device, a second power line connecting the front relay device and the central relay device, and a third power line connecting the front relay device and the rear relay device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro TOKUMARU, Masaaki SHIMIZU, Osamu MICHIHIRA, Kenji OKADA
  • Publication number: 20150156992
    Abstract: A method for producing poultry for raising poultry with high production score is provided. In a method for producing poultry in a poultry house, a feeding area for feeding the poultry is illuminated with blue light in an early raising period of a poultry raising period. In the early raising period, behavior of chicks can be restricted by illuminating the feeding area with blue light. Accordingly, sudden death of chick or metabolic disorder due to excessive and abrupt behavior of chick can be prevented, and thus chicks not having injury or diseases such as metabolic disorder can be raised, and physical conditions of the grown poultry can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi Kasahara, Masaaki Shimizu, Tatsuji Matsunaga, Tokuo Kume, Takahiro Wada, Kenichi Yoshida, Masayuki Okamoto, Chikamitsu Ohshima, Shigeki Doi
  • Patent number: 9035518
    Abstract: A radial bearing is received in and is fixed to a bearing receiving portion of a yoke housing, which includes large and small diameter parts, to rotatably support a rotatable shaft. A thrust ball and a thrust plate are received in the bearing receiving portion on an axial side of the radial bearing, which is opposite from the rotatable shaft. The large diameter part receives and holds the radial bearing. The small diameter part holds the thrust ball. The thrust plate is held by an axial end area of the small diameter part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9029434
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dye that is excellent in solubility and heat-resistance, and a novel compound that is suitable for the dye, and specifically provides a yellow dye having a maximum absorption wavelength in the region of 420 to 470 nm. Furthermore, the present invention provides a colored (alkali-developable) photosensitive composition and an optical filter using the dye, and specifically provides a color filter that does not decrease luminance and thus is preferable for an image display device such as a liquid crystal display panel. Specifically, the present invention provides a novel compound represented by the following general formula (1), a dye using the compound, and a colored (alkali-developable) photosensitive composition and a color filter. The content of the above-mentioned general formula (1) is as described in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Maeda, Masaaki Shimizu, Koichi Shigeno
  • Publication number: 20140332737
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dye that is excellent in solubility and heat-resistance, and a novel compound that is suitable for the dye, and specifically provides a yellow dye having a maximum absorption wavelength in the region of 420 to 470 nm. Furthermore, the present invention provides a colored (alkali-developable) photosensitive composition and an optical filter using the dye, and specifically provides a color filter that does not decrease luminance and thus is preferable for an image display device such as a liquid crystal display panel. Specifically, the present invention provides a novel compound represented by the following general formula (1), a dye using the compound, and a colored (alkali-developable) photosensitive composition and a color filter. The content of the above-mentioned general formula (1) is as described in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Yosuke MAEDA, Masaaki SHIMIZU, Koichi SHIGENO
  • Patent number: 8703626
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes increasing adherence between a susceptor as a heating element, and a semiconductor substrate disposed on the susceptor, by using an adherence increasing mechanism, or increasing heat transmitted to a semiconductor substrate, which is disposed on a susceptor as a heating element, by using a transmitted-heat increasing mechanism; and heating the semiconductor substrate to have a predetermined temperature by heating the susceptor. The adherence increasing mechanism may include the susceptor and one of a heavy-weight stone disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a cap disposed on the semiconductor substrate and engaged with the susceptor, and an adhesive layer provided between the susceptor and the semiconductor substrate. The transmitted-heat increasing mechanism may include the susceptor and small pieces which are disposed on the semiconductor substrate and have radiated-light absorption ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Nishikawa, Masaaki Shimizu, Kenichi Nonaka, Seiichi Yokoyama, Hideki Hashimoto