Patents by Inventor Masahiro Yamada

Masahiro Yamada 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: 11535918
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy plastically-processed article, capable of preventing a burning crack from occurring due to processing heat generated during plasticity processing while maintaining a solution-treatment temperature of an aluminum alloy material for ensuring a mechanical strength thereof. A method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy plastically-processed article, includes a step of performing a solution treatment for an aluminum alloy material by heating and maintaining the aluminum alloy material at a solution-treatment temperature, a step of performing plasticity processing for the aluminum alloy material subjected to the solution treatment, and steps of cooling the plastically-processed aluminum alloy material at a time at which the step of the plasticity processing is completed, and aging the cooled aluminum alloy material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOBE STEEL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Suzuki, Takehito Kobayashi, Masayuki Isogawa, Katsuya Yoshida, Chihiro Asai, Masahiro Yamada, Masayuki Hori
  • Publication number: 20220389960
    Abstract: A bearing part includes a quench-hardened layer in a surface of the bearing part. The quench-hardened layer includes a plurality of martensite crystal grains. A ratio of a total area of the plurality of martensite crystal grains in the quench-hardened layer is more than or equal to 70%. The plurality of martensite crystal grains are classified into a first group and a second group. A minimum value of crystal grain sizes of the martensite crystal grains belonging to the first group is larger than a maximum value of crystal grain sizes of the martensite crystal grains belonging to the second group. A value obtained by dividing a total area of the martensite crystal grains belonging to the first group by the total area of the plurality of martensite crystal grains is more than or equal to 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshige YAMAUCHI, Takamichi HARADA, Chikara OHKI, Masahiro YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11515596
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electricity-storage module includes: preparing a stacked body and first sealing portions; processing an extension portion of one or more first sealing portions included in an outer edge portion in a stacking direction of the stacked body so that an extension portion length of the one or more of first sealing portions becomes shorter than a length of the extension portions of the first sealing portions which are not included in the outer edge portion; and forming a second sealing portion that is provided at the periphery of the first sealing portions when viewed from the stacking direction and covers at least parts of outer surfaces of the first sealing portions located at stacking ends of the stacked body in the stacking direction by injection molding in which a resin material is caused to circulate in a mold frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Kojiro Tamaru, Takafumi Yamasaki, Takashi Sakai, Hiroki Maeda, Naoto Morisaku, Hiromi Ueda, Akihito Tsuge, Koji Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 11511335
    Abstract: A gas suction device of a casting mold includes an overflow portion, a suction path, and a shut-off valve. The shut-off valve includes a housing section for housing a valve element. An upstream-side housing portion of the housing section has an arc-shaped outer peripheral edge. The overflow portion includes an introduction path which is continuous with the upstream-side housing portion and guides gas to the upstream-side housing portion. At a predetermined location on the outer peripheral edge, the introduction path is connected to the upstream-side housing portion along the tangential direction of the outer peripheral edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Ariyama, Masahiro Yamada, Satoru Kimura, Kenji Yuki
  • Publication number: 20220369762
    Abstract: To provide an insole capable of effectively inhibiting hallux valgus. An insole in which a heel configured so as to make a human heel arranged higher than a toe when worn is fixed on a back surface side, an upper is fixed on a upper surface side, and an outsole is fixed on the back surface side, the insole having: a stamping-part support part to support a stamping part of a foot of a user; a plantar-arch corresponding part contiguously connected to the stamping-part support part, having a tilt rising toward a rear end part direction, and corresponding to a plantar arch of the foot of the user; and a heel support part contiguously connected to the plantar-arch corresponding part, wherein the heel support part has a concave part to be able to enwrap the heel of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: RACINE CO., LTD., LEADING DRAGON TRADING LIMITED
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11493041
    Abstract: A hermetic scroll compressor has a symmetric wrap structure. The scroll compressor includes fixed and movable scrolls, a crank shaft, a motor, and a casing. The casing includes an oil reservoir, and a motor space serving as a low-pressure space. The fixed and movable scrolls define first and second compression chambers. The fixed scroll has a first passage to guide gas refrigerant in the low-pressure space to the first and second compression chambers. The movable scroll has a second passage to guide gas refrigerant in the low-pressure space to the first compression chamber. The gas refrigerant that has passed through the first and second passages flows into the first compression chamber. The gas refrigerant that has passed through the first passage also flows into the second compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11489226
    Abstract: A battery pack for an electric work vehicle includes: a box-shaped housing; a transport wheel provided to the housing; a transport handle; a bracket fixed to the housing; a swing shaft for swingably connecting the transport handle and the bracket, between a vertical posture in which the transport handle extends upward from the housing and a horizontal posture in which the transport handle lies above the housing; and a vertical socket for receiving a base end part of the transport handle of the vertical posture to resist a torque of the transport handle caused during an operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220343557
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire a target video showing a target of an instruction, and fingertip information indicating a hand motion of a user; overlay the target video with a fingertip object indicated by the fingertip information; and present the fingertip object while changing a representation of the fingertip object based on input information included in the fingertip information or input by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi NAGAMINE, Masahiro YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11473698
    Abstract: A spool valve device includes: a housing with channels; a spool moving to change channel connection statuses; an electric actuator including an electric motor and linear-motion conversion mechanism, the motor rotating an output shaft by torque corresponding to a drive current supplied to the motor, the mechanism converting rotational output shaft movement into straight movement and applying thrust corresponding to the torque to the spool to change position; a biasing member applying biasing force to the spool against the actuator thrust; an angle detector detecting an motor output shaft angular position; a driving portion driving the motor by controlling drive current flow supplied to the motor based on a position command input and the angular position detected by the angle detector; and an abnormality determining portion calculating the spool position based on the detected angular position and determine presence or absence of operation spool abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Tanaka, Yukito Imamura, Kenjirou Hara, Masahiro Yamada, Keita Morikawa
  • Publication number: 20220312673
    Abstract: A mower unit includes: a mower deck including a top plate and a side wall; and a wind-around power transmission mechanism. The wind-around power transmission mechanism includes: an output pulley provided for the output shaft of an electric motor; three input pulleys each provided for a corresponding blade shaft; and a single power transmission band wound around the output pulley and the input pulleys and configured to run on a base plane parallel to the top plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Hirokazu Ito, Makoto Odagiri
  • Publication number: 20220314309
    Abstract: A gas suction device of a casting mold includes an overflow portion, a suction path, and a shut-off valve. The shut-off valve includes a housing section for housing a valve element. An upstream-side housing portion of the housing section has an arc-shaped outer peripheral edge. The overflow portion includes an introduction path which is continuous with the upstream-side housing portion and guides gas to the upstream-side housing portion. At a predetermined location on the outer peripheral edge, the introduction path is connected to the upstream-side housing portion along the tangential direction of the outer peripheral edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki Ariyama, Masahiro Yamada, Satoru Kimura, Kenji Yuki
  • Publication number: 20220307607
    Abstract: A cap member is used in a shut-off valve including a valve head in which a through hole is formed, the cap member including: a cap member main body screwed into the through hole; a first engaging portion for engaging with a first tool for screwing the cap member main body into the valve head; a second engaging portion formed inside the cap member main body to engage with a second tool for unscrewing the cap member main body from the valve head; and a wall portion covering the second engaging portion so that the second engaging portion is not exposed when the cap member is viewed from the first engaging portion toward the second engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji Yuki, Masahiro Yamada, Satoru Kimura, Nobuo Kawauchi, Yu Shindo
  • Publication number: 20220248600
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes an electric work machine including a battery mounting unit on which a battery is detachably mountable; a battery housing unit supported by at least one wheel and configured to house the battery; and a battery carrier including the at least one wheel and a manual push handle configured to be manually pushed to move the battery housing unit. The battery housing unit is detachably mountable on the battery mounting unit for the battery to be mounted on the battery mounting unit, and the at least one wheel and the manual push handle are separable from the battery housing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Hirokazu Ito, Makoto Odagiri
  • Publication number: 20220243592
    Abstract: A repair method for a gas turbine blade comprises: a step of removing a thermal barrier coating to expose at least part of a base material of the gas turbine blade; a first etching step of etching the exposed base material; a first identification step of identifying a base material deterioration layer that is harder than the base material from the etched base material; a first removal step of removing the identified base material deterioration layer if the base material deterioration layer is identified in the first identification step; and a step of applying a thermal barrier coating to the exposed base material after it is determined that there is no base material deterioration layer in the first identification step, or after the base material deterioration layer is removed in the first removal step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Katsumi NAMBA, Masahiro YAMADA, Masaharu ISHIDA, Ryosuke KIMURA, Rin OKAYASU, Yosuke KAWACHI, Yasuki DATE
  • Patent number: 11400905
    Abstract: A powering pattern representing velocity of a vehicle at each position of a powering interval in a braking delay period between a timing at which the vehicle exceeds allowable velocity and a braking timing at which the vehicle starts to brake, and a coasting pattern representing velocity of the vehicle at each position of a coasting interval subsequent to the powering interval in the braking delay period are calculated after calculating a braking pattern representing velocity of the vehicle in a braking interval, which is a running interval subsequent to the coasting interval and which occurs between a position of the vehicle at the braking timing and a target position for controlling the vehicle to run at predetermined velocity or less, wherein an acceleration characteristic depending on velocity of the vehicle is used to calculate at least the powering pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Noritaka Yanai, Yutaka Miyajima
  • Patent number: 11361910
    Abstract: A power storage module includes an electrode laminate in which bipolar electrodes are laminated and a sealing body formed of a resin. The bipolar electrode includes an electrode plate, a positive electrode provided on one surface of the electrode plate, and a negative electrode provided on another surface of the electrode plate. The sealing body is provided on a side surface of the electrode laminate to surround an edge portion of the bipolar electrode. The sealing body includes a first resin portion and a second resin portion. The first resin portion is welded to the edge portion of the bipolar electrode. The second resin portion surrounds the first resin portion from an outer side along the side surface. A mold shrinkage factor of the first resin portion is lower than a mold shrinkage factor of the second resin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakamura, Yuki Chujo, Masahiro Yamada, Takayuki Hirose, Nobuyasu Haga, Motoyoshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 11359911
    Abstract: An abrasion inspection apparatus includes: a first imaging unit that is installed on a side of a track, a vehicle traveling along the track, a guide wheel being installed on a side of the vehicle, the first imaging unit imaging an inside of the track via a telecentric lens; a second imaging unit that is installed in a vehicle traveling direction with respect to the first imaging unit on the side of the track and images the inside of the track via a telecentric lens; an image acquisition unit that acquires an image which is an image of a boundary of the guide wheel captured by the first imaging unit and is an image of a boundary on a first direction side in the vehicle traveling direction and an image which is an image of the boundary of the guide wheel captured by the second imaging unit at the same time as the capturing of the image by the first imaging unit and is an image of a boundary on an opposite side to the first direction side; and a guide wheel detection unit that detects an abrasion situation of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Morita, Masahiro Yamada, Kazuki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Kono
  • Patent number: D951318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Okawa, Masahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: PP34417
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Sunpa 0931’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and medium-sized yellow-colored flowers with orange-colored centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LIMITED
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: PP34498
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Sunpa 6173’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and medium-sized red-colored flowers with orangish yellow-colored centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Tomoya Misato