Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kimura

Masahiro Kimura 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: 10427109
    Abstract: A composite semipermeable membrane including: a substrate; a porous supporting layer formed on the substrate; and a separation functional layer formed on the porous supporting layer, in which the separation functional layer contains crosslinked wholly aromatic polyamide as a main component and contains a carboxy group, a ratio of (molar equivalent of the carboxy group)/(molar equivalent of an amide group) in functional groups contained in the separation functional layer is 0.40 or more, and an average ratio of oxygen atoms/nitrogen atoms in front and rear sides of the separation functional layer is 0.95 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke Yoneda, Shunsuke Tabayashi, Takafumi Ogawa, Takao Sasaki, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20190271969
    Abstract: Disclosed is an information collection and display system in which a data generation device that generates site data and a transaction data accumulation unit that stores the site data are connected. The information collection and display system includes an association data accumulation unit that stores association data defining association of each of a plurality of pieces of information included in the site data; an association data search unit that searches for second information associated with first information included in the plurality of pieces of information, on the basis of the association data; and a user interface that displays a connection relation of the plurality of pieces of information associated by the association data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki MIYAMOTO, Yuncheng ZHU, Noboru FUJITA, Masahiro KIMURA, Yuta OKUBO, Daisuke OKABE
  • Publication number: 20190240031
    Abstract: The artificial joint of the present invention is provided with a cup having a first housing part that opens on one first-direction side, an insert that is housed in the first housing part and has a second housing part that opens on one first-direction side, a movable member having a spherical head part rotatably housed in the second housing part and a neck part extending from the head part, and a connecting part that connects the insert to the cup pivotably around a pivotal axis extending in a second direction; the neck part contacting an edge part of the insert by pivoting around the pivotal axis; the insert pivoting around the pivotal axis; and part of the opposite side of the side pushed in by the neck part across the pivotal axis protruding from the cup to one first-direction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: NexMed International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20190190434
    Abstract: A motor apparatus includes a motor body, a circuit board, a driver, and a voice detector. The circuit board, which is connected to the motor body, supplies driving electric power to the motor body. The driver, which is mounted on the circuit board, converts power source electric power to the driving electric power. The voice detector, which is mounted on the circuit board, detects a voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro KIMURA, Hirotaka TAKAHASHI, Masaki KATO
  • Publication number: 20190168167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite porous hollow-fiber membrane including a first layer and a second layer which each include a fluororesin-based polymer, in which the first layer has a columnar texture oriented in a longitudinal direction of the composite porous hollow-fiber membrane, the columnar texture has an average value v of a Raman orientation parameter calculated with the specific formula, and the second layer has a three-dimensional network texture and has an average surface-pore diameter of 5.0 nm to 5.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shun SHIMURA, Kenta IWAI, Masayuki HANAKAWA, Tamotsu KITADE, Masahiro KIMURA
  • Patent number: 10283305
    Abstract: The invention provides a fuse that has a simple structure without having a flap included in a conventional fuse but can prevent a terminal of a different fuse from entering from an opening of an insulating housing. A fuse includes a pair of conductive terminals (10), a fuse element (30) including a fusing part (20) provided between the conductive terminals (10), and an insulating housing (40) covering the fusing part (20) and at least part of the conductive terminals (10) and having an open bottom end. The insulating housing (40) has an open end (50) provided, on an inner wall surface thereof, with a projection (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Pacific Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Daiji Kondo, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20190070569
    Abstract: A method of producing a composite semipermeable membrane includes forming a porous support by applying polymer solution forming a first layer and polymer solution forming a second layer on a substrate; immersing the substrate in a non-solvent; and forming a separation functional layer the porous support membrane using an aqueous solution containing polyfunctional amine and an organic solvent solution containing a polyfunctional acid halide; wherein the first layer is formed to contact the substrate; the second layer is formed to contact the separation functional layer; the polymer solutions contain polysulfone; the concentration of polysulfone in a polymer solution A is 12% or more and 18% or less by weight; the concentration of polysulfone in a polymer solution B is 14% or more and 25% by weight or less; and the polysulfone concentration of the polymer solution B is greater than the polymer concentration of the polymer solution A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Nakatsuji, Masahiro Kimura, Takao Sasaki, Takafumi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10197911
    Abstract: An imprint apparatus which transfers a pattern of a mold onto a substrate is provided. The imprint apparatus includes a plurality of gas supply units each supplying a gas for substituting for air in the space between an original and the substrate. A control unit of the imprint apparatus controls the gas flow rate from each gas supply unit in accordance with the area of a portion where the original and the substrate overlap in a plan view after relatively moving the original and the substrate such that a target shot region on the substrate is positioned immediately under the pattern surface of the original.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20190015786
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hollow fiber membrane module that can effectively resolve the accumulation of suspended solids within the membrane module, lower running costs, and also operate stably. The present invention relates to a hollow fiber membrane molecule provided with: a cylindrical case having a first end and a second end in the direction of height; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes accommodated within the cylindrical case; and a first potting part accommodated within the cylindrical case and attaching the plurality of hollow fiber membranes together such that the end parts of the plurality of hollow membrane fibers at a first end side of the cylindrical case are open. The hollow fiber membranes are porous hollow fiber membranes having a breaking strength of 23 MPa, and the hollow membrane module has a membrane area per unit volume of 800-3700 m2/m3. The filling fraction for the hollow fiber membranes in a cross-section orthogonal to the direction of height of the cylindrical case is 25-38%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shun SHIMURA, Kenta IWAI, Masayuki HANAKAWA, Tamotsu KITADE, Masahiro KIMURA, Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Aya NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20180369757
    Abstract: The present invention provides a porous hollow fiber membrane that has both high strength and high pure water permeability, and that exhibits excellent thermal deformation resistance. The present invention is related to a porous hollow fiber membrane containing a fluororesin-based polymer, and a manufacturing method of the membrane comprises a drawing step and a relaxing step. The porous hollow fiber membrane is characterized in that: the molecular chain of the polymer is oriented in the longitudinal direction of the hollow fiber membrane; and at the same time internal distortion of oriented non-crystalline chains, which is disadvantageous in terms of entropy, is alleviated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki YASUDA, Masayuki HANAKAWA, Kenta IWAI, Toshiyuki ISHIZAKI, Tamotsu KITADE, Masahiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180369758
    Abstract: This composite semipermeable membrane is provided with: a porous supporting membrane that comprises a base and a porous supporting layer; and a separating function layer that is provided on the porous supporting layer. With respect to this composite semipermeable membrane, the standard deviation of pore radius of the separating function layer as determined by positron annihilation lifetime measurement is 0.025 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TANAKA, Hiroki MINEHARA, Koji NAKATSUJI, Masahiro KIMURA
  • Patent number: 10159942
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separation membrane and a separation membrane element capable of exhibiting a good water production performance even at a high temperature and also excellent handleability and quality. The separation membrane of the present invention includes a separation membrane main body having a feed-side face and a permeate-side face; and a permeate-side channel member fixed onto the permeate-side face of the separation membrane main body, and the permeate-side channel member includes polypropylene as a main component and satisfies the following requirements (a) to (c): (a) a softening point temperature is 60° C. or higher; (b) a tensile elongation in a standard state is 10% or more; and (c) a yield point stress under a wet condition at 50° C. is 2 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshie Marutani, Hiroyuki Yamada, Hiroho Hirozawa, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Shunsuke Tabayashi, Hiroshi Umetani, Akira Katayama, Takao Sasaki, Masahiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 10164839
    Abstract: A log analysis system includes a first processor unit, a second processor unit, a third processor unit, and a fourth processor unit. The first processor unit normalizes the detection log acquired by an acquirer, allocating the detection log into predefined monitoring target units, and outputs the monitoring target units. The second processor unit appends common information based on a predefined rule to each of the monitoring target units of the detection log output from the first processor unit, arranges the monitoring target units into information granularities based on the content of the detection log and common information, and outputs the monitoring target units as analysis unit information. The third processor unit gathers the analysis unit information output from the second processor unit and setting detection target event candidates based on a predefined rule, and outputs the detection target event candidates and the determination results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: LAC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Tsuchiya, Masamichi Abe, Tetsuya Kageyama, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hiroyuki Washio, Atsushi Umaki, Ippei Shiode, Masahiro Kimura, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Hiroshi Takechi
  • Patent number: 10121648
    Abstract: A maximum height, that corresponds to a width of a pattern formed on a front surface of a substrate to be processed, is searched among a plurality of maximum heights each being a maximum value of a height of a pattern having a particular width when pattern collapse does not occur. Thereafter, it is determined that whether or not a height of the pattern is greater than the maximum height. In a case where the height of the pattern is greater than the maximum height, a hydrophobizing agent is supplied to the substrate such that a hydrophobized region is formed on a whole tip-side region in a lateral surface of the pattern, and a non-hydrophobized region remains on at least a portion of a root-side region in the lateral surface of the pattern. Thereafter the substrate is dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20180301307
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuse unit, which reduces the number of components of a bus bar and eliminates alignment of tuning fork terminals, and a method of manufacturing the fuse unit. Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a fuse unit, which includes a bus bar including a battery terminal, a fuse connection terminal, and an external connection terminal and is manufactured by integrating the bus bar and a resin covering body by insert molding. In this manufacturing method, the fuse connection terminal is constituted of an input side tuning fork terminal connected to the battery terminal and an output side tuning fork terminal connected to the external connection terminal, the input side tuning fork terminal and the output side tuning fork terminal are connected by a joining portion so as to face each other, the bus bar including the fuse connection terminal is integrated with the resin covering body by insert molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro Kimura, Toshihisa Iwakura
  • Patent number: 10099183
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separation membrane that is usable at a high temperature and a high pressure. The solvent-resistant separation membrane of the present invention has an average pore diameter of the separation membrane surface of 0.005 to 1 ?m and includes a portion where a degree of cyclization (I1600/I2240) as measured by the total reflection infrared absorption spectroscopy is 0.5 to 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Okabe, Masahiro Kimura, Koji Nakatsuji, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Ryoma Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10096984
    Abstract: The present invention provides a housing, fuse, and fuse box, with which it is possible to differentiate a multi-pole fusible link and prevent misassembly, while holding down costs. This housing is attached to a multi-pole fusible link contained within a containing part of a fuse box, and is provided with misassembly-preventing protrusions which are removable according to the type of multi-pole fusible link, the locations of the misassembly-preventing protrusions corresponding to the locations of recesses which are provided to the containing part that is to contain the multi-pole fusible link, and in which the misassembly-preventing protrusions can be contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: PACIFIC ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kimura, Fumiyuki Kawase
  • Publication number: 20180280893
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a separation film mainly comprising a cellulose-based resin having high permeability. The present invention pertains to a separation film containing a cellulose ester, wherein the separation film is provided with a bicontinuous structure comprising voids and phases containing the cellulose ester, and the width of the voids is 1 to 200 nm inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi TAKADA, Gohei YAMAMURA, Ryuichiro HIRANABE, Masayuki HANAKAWA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Takaaki MIHARA, Masahiro KIMURA, Hiroki TOMIOKA
  • Publication number: 20180122607
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuse unit which facilitates a work such as inspection and a method of manufacturing the fuse unit. Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a fuse unit, which has a metal part including an input terminal and an external connection terminal and a connector part for attaching an external terminal C3 to the external connection terminal and is manufactured by integrating the metal part and a resin covering body by insert molding. In this manufacturing method, the metal part and the resin covering body are integrated by insert molding such that a distal end of the external connection terminal of the metal part protrudes from the resin covering body, and then, the connector part separate from the resin covering body is attached to the resin covering body so that the external connection terminal protruding from the resin covering body can be connected to the external terminal C3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Pacific Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Kimura, Toshihisa Iwakura
  • Publication number: 20180090343
    Abstract: A substrate treating method dries a substrate on a surface of which a predetermined pattern is formed. The substrate treating method includes: a washing step of washing the substrate by immersing the substrate into a washing liquid after the washing liquid is stored into the treating tank in a sealed chamber; a decompression step of decompressing an inside of the chamber; a lifting step of lifting the substrate from the washing liquid stored in the treating tank; a liquid discharge step of discharging the washing liquid from the treating tank; and a hydrophobing step of replacing an atmosphere in the chamber with a hydrophobic agent and performing a hydrophobing treatment on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji YAMAGUCHI, Masahiro KIMURA