Patents by Inventor Masahiro Sawada
Masahiro Sawada 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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Publication number: 20240083482Abstract: Provided is a shopping cart capable of simplifying equipment of a storage area of the shopping cart. A shopping cart allowed to be nested in a front-rear direction, including: a cart body; a battery configured to supply power to an electronic device attached to the cart body and displayed commodity information read by a reading device; a power receiving portion provided on a front side of the cart body and configured to be electrically connectable to an external power supply; and a power transmitting portion provided on a rear surface side of the power receiving portion and configured to supply power to a power receiving portion of another shopping cart nested in the shopping cart. Each of the power receiving portion and the power transmitting portion is provided with a magnet configured for holding a relative position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Katsuaki SAKURADA, Masahiro YASUNO, Katsuya TAKEDA, Hachirou SAWADA, Reiji SUGIKAMI, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Takahiro OKAZAKI, Ryoichi YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki KITADA
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Publication number: 20200268068Abstract: A clothing article that at least partially covers at least one selected from among (i) a lower limb and (ii) an upper limb, including: a plurality of heat-retaining parts having a higher heat-retaining property than other parts of the clothing article, the plurality of heat-retaining parts including at least one of the following groups: (i) a knee part, a heel part, and a digital part for a lower limb; and (ii) a wrist part, an elbow part, and a digital part for an upper limb, a heat release part being provided to (i) at least one digital part, among the digital part for the lower limb and the digital part for the upper limb, which at least one digital part is included in the clothing article or (ii) a part adjacent to the at least one digital part, the heat release part having greater breathability than other parts of the clothing article.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Masaya OKADA, Masahiro SAWADA, Tomoya SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9974128Abstract: A light source lighting circuit comprises a first lighting circuit for receiving current from the electric power supply line and supplying drive current to a first light source and a second lighting circuit for receiving the current from the electric power supply line and supplying drive current to a second light source. When a state of the drive current flowing to the first light source shows an abnormality, or when state of the drive current flowing to the second light source shows an abnormality, the first lighting circuit stops operation. When a state of the drive current flowing to the second light source shows an abnormality, or when a state of the drive current flowing to the first light source shows an abnormality, the second lighting circuit stops operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Ohta, Masahiro Sawada
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Publication number: 20170359869Abstract: A light source lighting circuit comprises a first lighting circuit for receiving current from the electric power supply line and supplying drive current to a first light source and a second lighting circuit for receiving the current from the electric power supply line and supplying drive current to a second light source. When a state of the drive current flowing to the first light source shows an abnormality, or when state of the drive current flowing to the second light source shows an abnormality, the first lighting circuit stops operation. When a state of the drive current flowing to the second light source shows an abnormality, or when a state of the drive current flowing to the first light source shows an abnormality, the second lighting circuit stops operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji OHTA, Masahiro SAWADA
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Patent number: 9326180Abstract: Even if a failure has occurred in core network equipment in a state in which bearers are established between a large number of UEs and a packet data network, congestion in the network is avoided. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes steps of transmitting, by an MME, to transmit a “PDN Disconnection Request/Detach Request” including barring time to a UE when the MME disconnects a bearer between the UE and the packet data network due to a predetermined reason such as a failure in a S-GW/P-GW or the MME in a state in which the bearer is established, and barring, by the UE, a mobile originating call directed to the packet data network for the barring time.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Itsuma Tanaka, Takatoshi Okagawa, Masahiro Sawada, Tomoki Shibahara, Keisuke Suzuki
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Patent number: 9102566Abstract: A method of manufacturing a reinforced plate glass by which glass surface strength is sufficiently increased, and a stable quality reinforced plate glass is manufactured at high production efficiency. The reinforced plate glass is formed of an inorganic oxide glass, and is provided with a compression stress layer by chemical reinforcement on plate surfaces opposed to each other in a plate thickness direction. Plate end faces have regions where a compression stress is formed and regions where no compression stress is formed.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.Inventor: Masahiro Sawada
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Patent number: 9061582Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes an engine, a selective catalytic reduction apparatus, an outer cover, a first column member, a reducing agent tank, and a reducing agent pump. The selective catalytic reduction apparatus processes exhaust from the engine. The first column member supports the outer cover. The reducing agent tank retains a reducing agent. The reducing agent pump supplies the reducing agent from the reducing agent tank to the selective catalytic reduction apparatus. The reducing agent pump is attached to the first column member.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventor: Masahiro Sawada
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Publication number: 20150090335Abstract: The present invention provides a solar cell substrate having a transparent conductive film formed on a glass substrate, wherein the thermal expansion coefficient of the glass substrate is from 50×10?7 to 110×10?7/° C. The present invention also provides a solar cell substrate having a conductive film of fluorine-doped tin oxide or antimony-doped tin oxide formed on a glass substrate having a thickness of from 0.05 to 2 mm, wherein the strain point of the glass substrate is 525° C. or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Masahiro SAWADA, Tomohiro NAGAKANE, Akihiko SAKAMOTO, Tadashi SETO, Satoshi FUJIMOTO
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Patent number: 8973353Abstract: An exhaust gas post-treatment unit includes a diesel particulate filtering device that treats engine exhaust gas, a selective catalyst reduction device that treats the engine exhaust gas, a connecting pipe, an injection device, a cooling water supply pipe and a cooling water return pipe. The connecting pipe connects the diesel particulate filtering device and the selective catalyst reduction device. The injection device is disposed on the connecting pipe and injects a reducing agent into the exhaust gas supplied to the selective catalyst reduction device. The a cooling water supply pipe guides cooling water to the injection device to cool the injection device. The cooling water return pipe discharges the cooling water from the injection device. At least one of the cooling water supply pipe and the cooling water return pipe has a convection section extending upward along the connecting pipe from a connecting portion with the injection device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Sawada, Takashi Katou, Kanji Namimatsu
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Publication number: 20140318882Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes an engine, a selective catalytic reduction apparatus, an outer cover, a first column member, a reducing agent tank, and a reducing agent pump. The selective catalytic reduction apparatus processes exhaust from the engine. The first column member supports the outer cover. The reducing agent tank retains a reducing agent. The reducing agent pump supplies the reducing agent from the reducing agent tank to the selective catalytic reduction apparatus. The reducing agent pump is attached to the first column member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventor: Masahiro Sawada
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Patent number: 8871348Abstract: A glass substrate with a conductive film, which ensures that variation of power generation is less likely to occur when used in a thin solar cell, and is excellent in the sealability with a sealant, is provided. A glass substrate with a conductive film for a solar cell which comprises a glass substrate having a thickness of 2 mm or less and a conductive film formed on the glass substrate, wherein the warp deformation amount W of the glass substrate represented by the following formula is 0.5 ?m/cm2 or less. W=D/L2 (D: the maximum warpage (?m) of the glass substrate, and L: the diagonal length (cm) of the glass substrate).Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Sawada, Tomohiro Nagakane
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Publication number: 20140290222Abstract: An exhaust gas post-treatment unit includes a diesel particulate filtering device that treats engine exhaust gas, a selective catalyst reduction device that treats the engine exhaust gas, a connecting pipe, an injection device, a cooling water supply pipe and a cooling water return pipe. The connecting pipe connects the diesel particulate filtering device and the selective catalyst reduction device. The injection device is disposed on the connecting pipe and injects a reducing agent into the exhaust gas supplied to the selective catalyst reduction device. The a cooling water supply pipe guides cooling water to the injection device to cool the injection device. The cooling water return pipe discharges the cooling water from the injection device. At least one of the cooling water supply pipe and the cooling water return pipe has a convection section extending upward along the connecting pipe from a connecting portion with the injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Masahiro Sawada, Takashi Katou, Kanji Namimatsu
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Publication number: 20140254363Abstract: Even if a failure has occurred in core network equipment in a state in which bearers are established between a large number of UEs and a packet data network, congestion in the network is avoided. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes steps of transmitting, by an MME, to transmit a “PDN Disconnection Request/Detach Request” including barring time to a UE when the MME disconnects a bearer between the UE and the packet data network due to a predetermined reason such as a failure in a S-GW/P-GW or the MME in a state in which the bearer is established, and barring, by the UE, a mobile originating call directed to the packet data network for the barring time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Itsuma Tanaka, Takatoshi Okagawa, Masahiro Sawada, Tomoki Shibahara, Keisuke Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120325311Abstract: The glass composition for a dye-sensitized solar cell of the present invention is characterized by including, as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 60 to 87% of Bi2O3, 3 to 12% of B2O3, 0 to 20% of ZnO, and 0.5 to 10% of SiO2+Al2O3+ZrO2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Inventors: Tomoko YAMADA, Masahiro SAWADA, Masaaki HAYASHI, Kouji AMANO
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Publication number: 20120314586Abstract: In a SGSN, upon receiving data addressed to a mobile station by a receiving unit when disconnection of a radio connection with the mobile station is detected by a disconnection detection unit, a relay/non-relay determination unit determines whether or not to relay the data based on the type of communication determined by a communication type determination unit and performs relay of the data according to the determination. This allows the relay of data to be stopped for the type of communication such as conversational communication in SIP, thus preventing the transmission of unnecessary data to the mobile station and thereby reducing the consumption of a resource for radio communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Masahiro Sawada
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Publication number: 20120111406Abstract: A glass substrate with a conductive film, which ensures that variation of power generation is less likely to occur when used in a thin solar cell, and is excellent in the sealability with a sealant, is provided. A glass substrate with a conductive film for a solar cell which comprises a glass substrate having a thickness of 2 mm or less and a conductive film formed on the glass substrate, wherein the warp deformation amount W of the glass substrate represented by the following formula is 0.5 ?m/cm2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Sawada, Tomohiro Nagakane
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Patent number: 8106294Abstract: A dye-sensitized solar cell having high long-term reliability is provided by inventing a glass composition, which is hardly eroded by an iodine electrolyte solution and has a low-melting point property, and a material using the glass composition. The glass composition for a dye-sensitized solar cell of the present invention is characterized by including as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 20 to 70% of V2O5 and 10 to 50% of P2O5.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Sawada, Masaaki Hayashi, Kouji Amano, Tomoko Yamada
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Publication number: 20110094581Abstract: A dye-sensitized solar cell having high long-term reliability is provided by inventing a glass composition, which is hardly eroded by an iodine electrolyte solution and has a low-melting point property, and a material using the glass composition. The glass composition for a dye-sensitized solar cell of the present invention is characterized by including as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 20 to 70% of V2O5 and 10 to 50% of P2O5.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventors: Masahiro SAWADA, Masaaki Hayashi, Kouji Amano, Tomoko Yamada
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Publication number: 20110094584Abstract: The present invention provides a solar cell substrate having a transparent conductive film formed on a glass substrate, wherein the thermal expansion coefficient of the glass substrate is from 50×10?7 to 110×10?7/° C. The present invention also provides a solar cell substrate having a conductive film of fluorine-doped tin oxide or antimony-doped tin oxide formed on a glass substrate having a thickness of from 0.05 to 2 mm, wherein the strain point of the glass substrate is 525° C. or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Sawada, Tomohiro Nagakane, Akihiko Sakamoto, Tadashi Seto, Satoshi Fujimoto
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Patent number: D800440Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: OKAMOTO CORPORATION, GOTO COLLEGE OF MEDICAL ARTS AND SCIENCESInventors: Ichiro Shinga, Masahiro Sawada, Kayoko Sato, Sawako Anada