Patents by Inventor Masahiro Yamaguchi
Masahiro Yamaguchi 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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Patent number: 10497676Abstract: In The semiconductor device, a semiconductor substrate has first and second surfaces. A circuitry layer is formed over the first surface and a first insulating layer is further formed over the circuitry layer. A second insulating layer including a first insulating element is formed over the second surface. A third insulating layer including a second insulating element different from the first insulating element of the second insulating layer is formed over the second surface with an intervention of the second insulating layer therebetween. A penetration electrode penetrates through the semiconductor substrate, the circuitry layer, the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Longitude Licensing LimitedInventors: Ryohei Kitada, Masahiro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20190344592Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyor including a conveyance belt that conveys a recording medium along a conveyance direction; at least one or more heads that discharge ink to the conveyed recording medium; and a suction part that causes the recording medium to be adsorbed to the conveyance belt, wherein the conveyor is provided with: a first suction region including at least a region where the head discharges ink in accordance with an image forming region of the recording medium; and a second suction region located in a periphery of the first suction region, and suction force by the suction part is larger in the first suction region than in the second suction region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Tomoyoshi Yukimoto, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Seiji Shibata, Shoichi Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20190242599Abstract: A ventilation fan includes a body unit, which has a fan disposed in a body case and a fan controller operable to control an air volume of the fan. The ventilation fan also includes a sensor module having an indoor environment detecting sensor and a module controller operable to control a detecting operation of the indoor environment detecting sensor. The body unit has a module mount on which the sensor module is mounted and another sensor module can be mounted in place of the sensor module. The module mount is connected to the fan controller. The module controller outputs detection information obtained based on a detection result of the indoor environment detecting sensor to the fan controller, which in turn controls the air volume of the fan based on the detection information inputted thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co.,Ltd.Inventors: Hirosato SAKAI, Hidenori SYOUGEN, Nobuyuki Morimoto, Tsuraki Nakajima, Shingo Takenawa, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kazuki Doumoto
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Publication number: 20190206842Abstract: In the semiconductor device, a semiconductor substrate has first and second surfaces. A circuitry layer is formed over the first surface and a first insulating layer is further formed over the circuitry layer. A second insulating layer including a first insulating element is formed over the second surface. A third insulating layer including a second insulating element different from the first insulating element of the second insulating layer is formed over the second surface with an intervention of the second insulating layer therebetween. A penetration electrode penetrates through the semiconductor substrate, the circuitry layer, the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Ryohei Kitada, Masahiro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20190201829Abstract: A filter for gas generator has an outer geometry substantially of a hollow cylinder and it is formed by a wound body of a metal wire. The metal wire is made of an elongated member having a V-shaped cross-section orthogonal to a direction of extension thereof. A V-shaped groove defined in the metal wire faces a hollow portion in the filter for gas generator and an angle ? of the V-shaped groove is not smaller than 130[°] and not greater than 140[°].Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20190174093Abstract: A picture presentation system 1 presents a user U with a picture where a virtual image Di is created in a space in front of the user U. The picture presentation system 1 includes a hologram mirror 10 configured to reflect a picture composed of light of a specific wavelength at an angle different from an angle of incidence and transmit light other than the light of the specific wavelength, and a screen 20 configured to display the picture toward the hologram mirror. The hologram mirror 10, being placed opposite to the user U, reflects the picture from the screen 20 in such a way that the user U can visually recognize the virtual image Di of the picture at a position on the opposite side from the user U across the hologram mirror 10 (arrow AR1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicants: NTT DOCOMO, INC., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Shinji KIMURA, Kazuhiko TAKAHASHI, Yuji ABURAKAWA, Shunsuke IGARASHI, Tomoya NAKAMURA, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10302321Abstract: A ventilation fan includes a body unit, which has a fan disposed in a body case and a fan controller operable to control an air volume of the fan. The ventilation fan also includes a sensor module having an indoor environment detecting sensor and a module controller operable to control a detecting operation of the indoor environment detecting sensor. The body unit has a module mount on which the sensor module is mounted and another sensor module can be mounted in place of the sensor module. The module mount is connected to the fan controller. The module controller outputs detection information obtained based on a detection result of the indoor environment detecting sensor to the fan controller, which in turn controls the air volume of the fan based on the detection information inputted thereto.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirosato Sakai, Hidenori Syougen, Nobuyuki Morimoto, Tsuraki Nakajima, Shingo Takenawa, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kazuki Doumoto
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Patent number: 10288305Abstract: A first ventilation apparatus of ventilation apparatuses which form a ventilation system includes: a first information transmission part (18a); a first information reception part (19a); and a first control part (17a). The first control part (17a) includes: a first total ventilation air volume determination part (20a); a first-ventilation-apparatus first air volume decision part (21a); and a first air volume detection part (22a).Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Nagase, Toshikazu Yoshizawa, Hiroyuki Kanou, Shingo Takenawa, Tsuraki Nakajima, Masahiro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20190084314Abstract: A deaerator includes: a deaeration module that removes a gas contained in liquid; and a heating device that is provided integrally with the deaeration module and heats the deaeration module, wherein the deaeration module and the heating device are provided in a manner detachable from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Tomoyoshi YUKIMOTO, Seiji SHIBATA
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Patent number: 10175622Abstract: A fuser includes a pressure pad forming a nip with a fuser belt between the pad and a fuser rotator. A pressure face in contact with the belt has profiles in planes normal to the axis of the rotator. The profiles each include a reference section, the first to come into contact with the rotator with the belt in between when the pad forms the nip, and a boundary section at a threshold distance from the reference section in the width direction of the nip. When the pad is apart from the nip due to removal of a force applied by a pusher unit, the boundary section is, relative to the reference section, more largely displaced in the opposite direction to that of the rotator in one of the profiles located at a larger distance from a center portion of the pad in the axial direction of the rotator.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Koji Yamamoto, Shoichi Yoshikawa, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Seiji Shibata
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Patent number: 10146158Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device that forms a fixing nip by a pressure rotator and a fixing belt that rotates while contacting the pressure rotator, and includes: a nip former that is disposed inside the fixing belt and that forms the fixing nip between the pressure rotator and the fixing belt; and a lubricant supplier that forms a lubricant-retaining space at a position between an inner surface of the fixing belt and the nip former on an upstream side of the nip former in a rotation direction of the fixing belt, wherein the lubricant supplier varies a volume of the lubricant-retaining space.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Masahiro Yamaguchi, Shoichi Yoshikawa, Koji Yamamoto, Seiji Shibata
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Publication number: 20180299146Abstract: A dehumidifying method includes: a dehumidifying step of causing an adsorption surface of a desiccant wheel to adsorb water vapor in the supply air; a cooling step of cooling the supply air dehumidified in the dehumidifying step with an air cooler constituting a part of a heat pump device; a first temperature increasing step of increasing a temperature of the supply air cooled in the cooling step with a temperature increasing medium to reduce a relative humidity of the supply air; a supplying step of supplying an air conditioning chamber with the supply air having a reduced relative humidity; a second temperature increasing step of increasing a temperature of the regeneration air with an air heater constituting a part of the heat pump device to reduce a relative humidity of the regeneration air; and a desorbing step of desorbing the water vapor adsorbed on the adsorption surface from the adsorption surface with the heated regeneration air.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Fujio KOMATSU, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180281890Abstract: A frame structure of a saddle riding type vehicle, the frame structure includes a main frame body configured to support the power unit and the front wheel suspension device; and a steering post configured to support a steering shaft at above of the main frame body, wherein the steering post includes a shaft holder configured to rotatably support the steering shaft, and a plurality of column members that extend downward from the shaft holder and that are fixed to the main frame body, and wherein the steering post is detachable with respect to the main frame body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Yotaro Mori, Masahiro Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10073393Abstract: A fixing device includes: a fixing belt with no ends configured to stretch rotatably; a heating unit configured to heat the fixing belt; a fixing member disposed outside the fixing belt and configured to be in contact with the fixing belt by pressurizing; a pressing member disposed inside the fixing belt and configured to press the fixing member with the fixing belt involved; and a lubricant supply unit configured to supply a lubricant to the inner periphery of the fixing belt so as to supply the lubricant between the pressing member and the fixing belt, wherein the lubricant supply unit is disposed inside the fixing belt, configured to hold the lubricant, and includes a holding unit provided with a lubricant ejection port having a longitudinal shape and extending along a width direction of the fixing belt.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Taisuke Minemura, Shoichi Yoshikawa, Yoshiyuki Toso, Masahiro Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10041496Abstract: Between the lower stage in respective phases of inverter circuit and the negative potential side, shunt resistors are inserted for respective phases. The potential differences across shunt resistors occurring by current flowing through shunt resistors are amplified by amplifier unit. From the output of amplifier unit, current detecting unit detects current of each phase flowing through motor formed by a sensorless brushless DC motor. Rotation detecting unit calculates the rotation speed and position of motor based on the current detected by current detecting unit. This structure makes it possible to directly detect solely the current flowing through the windings of motor. Therefore, it becomes possible to accurately detect the current of the motor windings, and the ventilation device can maintain the ventilation air volume from a small air volume to a large air volume always at a constant value.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuraki Nakajima, Harumoto Itou, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Shingo Takenawa, Kazuki Doumoto, Teikyo Ueno
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Publication number: 20180171451Abstract: Provided is a 6000-series aluminum alloy sheet excellent in strength and bendability. The alloy sheet is an Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy sheet including Mg: 0.5 to 1.3% by mass, and Si: 0.7 to 1.5% by mass; one or more elements selected from Mn: 0.05 to 0.5% by mass, Zr: 0.04 to 0.20% by mass, and Cr: 0.04 to 0.20% by mass; and Al and inevitable impurities as the remainder of the alloy sheet. Transition-element-based dispersed particles which are present on grain boundaries of the alloy sheet and which have a size of 0.05 ?m or more have a number density of 0.001 nm?1 or less. The grain boundaries show a PFZ width of 60 nm or less after the aluminum alloy sheet is subjected to an artificial aging of holding the aluminum alloy sheet at 200 to 250° C. for 10 to 30 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Katsushi Matsumoto, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro Aruga
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Publication number: 20180164723Abstract: A fuser includes a pressure pad forming a nip with a fuser belt between the pad and a fuser rotator. A pressure face in contact with the belt has profiles in planes normal to the axis of the rotator. The profiles each include a reference section, the first to come into contact with the rotator with the belt in between when the pad forms the nip, and a boundary section at a threshold distance from the reference section in the width direction of the nip. When the pad is apart from the nip due to removal of a force applied by a pusher unit, the boundary section is, relative to the reference section, more largely displaced in the opposite direction to that of the rotator in one of the profiles located at a larger distance from a center portion of the pad in the axial direction of the rotator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Koji YAMAMOTO, Shoichi YOSHIKAWA, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Seiji SHIBATA
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Patent number: 9977400Abstract: An exhaust air cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning duct for cleaning air to be exhausted from an exhaust port of an image forming apparatus. In the cleaning duct, a fan and a filter are provide between an inflow part connected with the exhaust port of the image forming apparatus and a discharge port for discharging air from the inside of the cleaning duct. The exhaust air cleaning apparatus further includes a pressure adjusting part for adjusting the pressure in the cleaning duct. The pressure adjusting part performs pressure adjustment so that the pressure at a pressure adjusting position located between the inflow part and the fan in the cleaning duct falls within an appropriate pressure range determined in advance to be equal to or less than atmospheric pressure.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masahiro Yamaguchi, Shigeru Tashiro, Kuniya Matsuura, Hiroshi Mizuno, Masayuki Satou, Shoichi Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 9964169Abstract: A damper includes an outer cover having a front cover and a rear cover. The covers are joined to form a lubricant oil accommodation chamber for accommodating liquid. A damper device, a limiter mechanism, a first plate including a first collar portion located toward the front of the limiter mechanism, and a second plate including a second collar portion located toward the rear of the limiter mechanism are arranged in the outer cover. The limiter mechanism includes a first limiter plate, which is an input side on the torque transmission path, a second limiter plate, which is an output side on the torque transmission path, and a limiter disc spring, which presses the limiter plates.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshito Takeshita, Fumiaki Doseki, Masahiro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20180087096Abstract: Provided are techniques by which a mutant gene in a gene group comprising a large number of wild-type genes can be detected with high sensitivity and in a rapid and simple way. Provided is a method for measuring a nucleic acid for the purpose of specifically detecting a genotype as an examination target from subjects which are genes or specimens likely to have a plurality of genetic polymorphisms, wherein the measurement method comprises hybridizing a fluorescent dye-labeled oligonucleotide with a genotype other than the examination target to suppress the gene amplification of such genotype while at the same time, hybridizing the same fluorescence-labeled oligo as described above with an amplification product derived from the genotype of the examination target amplified in the same gene amplification step as described above, and specifically detecting the genotype of the examination target based on a change in the fluorescence intensity of the fluorescent dye before and after the hybridization.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ECO-TECH CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Shinya KURATA, Norio KOMATSU, Soji MORISHITA