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).

  • REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR BOOM OF WORK MACHINE
    Publication number: 20180187393
    Abstract: A reinforcement structure that reinforces a boom of a work machine having a top plate, a pair of side plates, and a bottom plate forming an inner space therebetween. The plates are configured to form a curved portion at the middle of the boom along the longitudinal direction. The structure comprises a baffle disposed inside the boom rearward of the curved portion across the inner space. The baffle is a plate laterally bent so as to have a convex shape extending forward in the longitudinal direction. The reinforcement structure helps prevent twisting of the boom while dispersing stress concentrations in rear upper portions of the side plates compare to conventional flat baffle plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Toru Amaya, Masahiro Yamada
  • Calibrachoa plant named 'Suncal 1871'
    Publication number: 20180192568
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Suncal 1871’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; white-colored flowers with bright yellow-colored throats; and good garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: SUNTORY FLOWERS LIMITED
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL LAMINATING AND SHAPING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL LAMINATING AND SHAPING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL LAMINATING AND SHAPING APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20180147779
    Abstract: This invention effectively suppresses a decrease in shaping accuracy based on a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between a three-dimensional laminated and shaped object and shaping plate. A three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus includes a linear funnel that recoats the material of a three-dimensional laminated and shaped object. The three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus also includes an electron gun that generates an electron beam. The three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus further includes a shaping base material on which the three-dimensional laminated and shaped object is to be shaped. The thermal expansion coefficients of the shaping base material and three-dimensional laminated and shaped object are equal or have a difference not more than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FOR FUTURE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Inventors: Masahiro YAMADA, Takayuki KATAOKA
  • Image generation device, image display system, image generation method and image display method
    Patent number: 9961259
    Abstract: An image generation unit uses a plurality of captured image data and vehicle body data of a vehicle to continuously generate a virtual perspective image indicating the vehicle body of the vehicle and the periphery of the vehicle as seen from a virtual perspective (VP) positioned within the cabin of the vehicle. An image control unit alters the angle in a plan view of the line of sight of the VP in a manner such that the line of sight circles the surroundings of the vehicle, and moves the position of the VP in the front-back direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Miki Murasumi, Shinichi Moriyama, Masahiro Yamada
  • Thermoplastic resin film, adhesive sheet, and thermal transfer image-receiving sheet
    Patent number: 9937742
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin film comprising a base layer (A) containing a thermoplastic resin and a coating layer (B) provided on at least one surface of the base layer (A), the coating layer (B) containing components derived from (a) an emulsion containing resin particles formed from an olefin-based copolymer and (b) an ethyleneimine-based resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin film is characterized in that a volume-average particle size of the resin particles contained in the emulsion is from 0.1 to 0.72 ?m. The thermoplastic resin film has good coloring performance during printing using gold ink and/or silver ink, has conventional transferability and adhesiveness even in hot melt transfer, and shows little generation of paper dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: TUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Zama, Yuta Iwasawa, Masahiro Yamada
  • Image generating apparatus, image displaying system, parameter acquiring apparatus, image generating method and parameter acquiring method
    Patent number: 9931982
    Abstract: There is provided an image generation apparatus used for a vehicle having side mirrors. An image acquisition unit is configured to acquire a plurality of captured images obtained by a plurality of cameras including side cameras provided in the side mirrors. A generation unit is configured to generate a composite image which indicates a periphery of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, by using target areas defined for the respective captured images. A state acquisition unit is configured to acquire a developed or folded state of the side mirrors. The generation unit changes the target areas in accordance with the developed or folded state of the side mirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoyuki Okada, Masahiro Yamada, Yasuyoshi Sawada, Takumi Hayashida
  • Surface-treated component manufacturing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 9920405
    Abstract: A surface-treated component manufacturing method and apparatus capable of detecting an end of a steel bar. Quenching (surface treatment) is locally applied to a plurality of steel bars aligned end-to-end in an axial direction while moving the steel bars in the axial direction. Quenched portions are locally formed on each of the steel bars through a moving step, a detecting step, and a quenching step. In the detecting step, an end portion of one steel bar is displaced relative to an end portion of another steel bar with a pressure roller device, and passage of the end of the one or another steel bar is detected with a detection sensor. In the quenching step, the quenched portions are locally formed on each of the steel bars with a quenching device at a quenching timing determined on the basis of the result of detection by the detection sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoju Obata, Yoshihiro Funayama, Tatsuya Yahagi, Masahiro Yamada
  • BATTERY MODULE
    Publication number: 20180069219
    Abstract: A battery module is provided and includes an array body in which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed, an elastic member disposed on at least one side in an array direction of the array body, a pair of end plates holding the array body and the elastic member therebetween, a resin middle plate disposed between the array body and the elastic member, and a metal joining member joining the pair of the end plates each other, in which the middle plate is provided with a through hole through which the joining member is inserted, and a metal collar is inserted through the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuki CHUJO, Takayuki KATO, Hiromi UEDA, Naoto MORISAKU, Masahiro YAMADA
  • Thermoplastic resin film, adhesive sheet, and thermal transfer image-receiving sheet
    Patent number: 9902182
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin film comprising a base layer (A) containing a thermoplastic resin and a coating layer (B) provided on at least one surface of the base layer (A), the coating layer (B) containing components derived from (a) an emulsion containing resin particles formed from an olefin-based copolymer and (b) an ethyleneimine-based resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin film is characterized in that a volume-average particle size of the resin particles contained in the emulsion is from 0.1 to 0.72 ?m. The thermoplastic resin film has good coloring performance during printing using gold ink and/or silver ink, has conventional transferability and adhesiveness even in hot melt transfer, and shows little generation of paper dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: TUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Zama, Yuta Iwasawa, Masahiro Yamada
  • ABRASION INSPECTION APPARATUS, ABRASION INSPECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20180031366
    Abstract: An abrasion inspection apparatus includes: a first imaging unit installed on a track along which a vehicle is traveling, a guide wheel installed on the vehicle, the first imaging unit imaging an inside of the track; a second imaging unit installed on the track in a vehicle traveling direction with respect to the first imaging unit and imaging the inside of the track; an image acquisition unit acquiring a first image of a boundary of the guide wheel captured by the first imaging unit on a first direction side in the vehicle traveling direction, and a second image of the boundary of the guide wheel captured by the second imaging unit at the same time on an opposite side to the first direction side; and a guide wheel detection unit detecting an abrasion situation of the guide wheel according to a position of a boundary indicated in the acquired images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Katsuaki MORITA, Masahiro YAMADA, Kazuki OZAKI, Hiroyuki KONO
  • Memory card
    Patent number: 9864522
    Abstract: The memory card includes a non-volatile memory, an internal memory, a bus converter, and a media controller. The non-volatile memory is rewritable. The internal memory is configured to divide data transferred from a host into M (M is an integer of 2 or more) segments each of which including N (N is a natural number) times a minimum transfer unit of the non-volatile memory as a unit to record. The bus converter is configured to output 1/M of the minimum transfer unit of data in parallel from each of the M segments recorded in the internal memory. The media controller is configured to integrate 1/M of data belonging to each of different segments input in parallel from the bus converter as one minimum transfer unit of data to record in the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Takeshi Otsuka
  • IMPELLER FOR ROTARY MACHINE, COMPRESSOR, SUPERCHARGER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IMPELLER FOR ROTARY MACHINE
    Publication number: 20180002812
    Abstract: An impeller for a rotary machine includes: a base material of the impeller comprising Al or an Al alloy; a surface layer for the impeller formed by an electroless plating layer comprising a Ni—P based alloy; and an under layer disposed between the base material and the surface layer, the under layer having a smaller Vickers hardness than the surface layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo WATANABE, Takashi ARAI, Hideki YAMAGUCHI, Wataru MURONO, Taiji TORIGOE, Masahiro YAMADA
  • Ratchet type one-way clutch and arrangement of pawl member therein
    Patent number: 9850964
    Abstract: A ratchet type one-way clutch includes an outer race having a pocket, an inner race having a notch, a pawl member housed in the pocket to transmit torque between the inner race and the outer race, and having a tip portion engaging with the notch and a circular portion; and a spring urging the pawl member to the inner race is provided. A central angle of the circular portion is 180 degrees or greater. An angle between a segment between both ends of an opening of the circular arc portion and a segment between the circular portion of the pawl member and a contact point at which the tip portion engages with the notch is greater than 90 degrees, and an angle between the spring and a segment between the center of the circular portion and a center of the ratchet type one-way clutch is greater than 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kawai, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masahiro Yamada, Sousuke Kawai
  • Radiotherapy equipment control device, radiotherapy equipment control method, and program executed by computer for radiotherapy equipment
    Patent number: 9844685
    Abstract: A radiotherapy equipment control device acquires reference position information for a specific location at a reference time. Furthermore, representative point reference position information is generated from reference position information for a plurality of markers at the reference time, and relative position information up to the reference position information for the specific location is generated. Moreover, representative point position information at another time is generated from the position information for a plurality of markers in a subject at the other time, which differs from the reference time. In addition, position information for the specific location at the other time is generated from the representative point position information and the relative position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignees: HITACHI, LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasunobu Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Akira Sawada, Masahiro Yamada
  • Network monitoring system and method
    Patent number: 9819691
    Abstract: A disclosed network monitoring method includes: obtaining, by a first apparatus, packets from a node outside a network to a first terminal in the network, and packets from the first terminal to a second terminal in the network; transmitting, by the first apparatus and to a third apparatus, information on first plural packets that satisfy a first condition; obtaining, by a second apparatus, packets from the first terminal to the second terminal, and packets from the second terminal to the node; transmitting, by the second apparatus and to the third apparatus, information on second plural packets that satisfy a second condition; receiving, by the third apparatus, the information on the first and second plural packets; and determining, by the third apparatus, whether an attack from outside the network occurred, based on whether a same packet is included in the first and second plural packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Masanobu Morinaga
  • plant named ‘Suncatfe 43’
    Patent number: PP28630
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Catharanthus plant named ‘Suncatfe 43’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; relatively small star-shaped white-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • plant named ‘Suncatfe 185’
    Patent number: PP28631
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Catharanthus plant named ‘Suncatfe 185’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; relatively small star-shaped pink-colored flowers with a distinct red purple-colored eye zone; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • plant named ‘Suncatso 23’
    Patent number: PP28632
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Catharanthus plant named ‘Suncatso 23’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; double-type flowers that are purple violet in color; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • plant named ‘Suncathamiho’
    Patent number: PP28732
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Catharanthus plant having vigorous, upright plant characteristics, abundant branching, especially basally branching, developed from the base of the plant throughout the growing season, great profusion of single, pale pink flowers, the whole bush remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time and deeply bitten petals, shaped of hastate, incurvated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LIMITED
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada
  • plant named ‘Suncatha 2243’
    Patent number: PP28894
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of Catharanthus plant having vigorous, upright plant characteristics, abundant branching, especially basally branching, developed from the base of the plant throughout the growing season, great profusion of single, red-pink flowers, the whole bush remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time and deeply bitten petals, shaped of hastate, incurvated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LIMITED
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamada