Patents by Inventor Masaki Harada

Masaki Harada 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).

  • Publication number: 20200361538
    Abstract: The present application discloses an engine room structure of a vehicle including: a partitioning wall configured to partition a storage space in which an engine is stored from a piping space to form an intake passage for supplying air to a combustion chamber of the engine; and an intake pipe which partially forms the intake passage in the piping space, wherein the intake pipe extends along the partitioning wall, the intake pipe being integrally formed with the partitioning wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi HARADA, Yousuke IWASAKI, Osamu KISHI, Masaki HARADA, Motohiro ARIKI, Yuta TAKAMURA, Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Shigeaki WATANABE, Kazuki YAMAUCHI, Yoshiyuki KASUGA
  • Publication number: 20200340936
    Abstract: A sensor relating to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an attracting portion arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the attracting portion attracts conductive particles smaller than a gap between the first electrode and the second electrode to cause a change in electrical resistance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a short circuit preventing portion for preventing a large-diameter conductive piece from causing a short circuit between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the large-diameter conductive piece has a larger dimension than the gap between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SAKURAI, Masaki HARADA, Koki AKAI, Shuichi KAMAGATA
  • Publication number: 20200268264
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a blood pressure measurement cuff includes preparing an outer cloth, preparing an inner cloth, and forming a bag-shaped portion. The bag-shaped portion has an opening on a peripheral edge of the bag-shaped portion. A curler is inserted into the bag-shaped portion through the opening, the curler being flexible and configured to curve and conform to the measurement site. An air bladder is formed by welding the opening of the bag-shaped portion such that the air bladder surrounds an inner side and an outer side of the curler thereby containing the curler. The outer cloth is attached to an outer surface on a first side of the air bladder configured to be opposite to the measurement site, and the inner cloth is attached to an outer surface on a second side of the air bladder configured to be towards the measurement site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru TANIGUCHI, Tomonori YUASA, Masaki HARADA, Tameo ASHIDA, Chisato UESAKA, Wataru TSUNODA
  • Patent number: 10705039
    Abstract: One object is to increase the amount of abrasion powder accumulated in a sensing region to improve the sensitivity in sensing the abrasion powder. Provided is a sensor for sensing reduction of electric resistance between electrodes, a magnetic field being applied between the electrodes to accumulate magnetic powder floating in a lubricant between the electrodes, wherein at least one sensing region in which the magnetic powder is to be accumulated is provided in at least a part of a region between the electrodes, and the magnetic powder is inhibited from being accumulated in a non-sensing region constituted by a space around the electrodes other than the at least one sensing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kiriyama, Takeshi Nishimura, Kazuhiko Sakurai, Masaki Harada
  • Patent number: 10688601
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy clad material including an aluminum alloy core material, an intermediate layer material that is clad on one surface of the core material, and a first brazing filler metal that is clad on a surface of the intermediate layer material, the surface not being on the core material side, wherein the core material, the intermediate layer material, and the first brazing filler metal each include an aluminum alloy having a predetermined composition, the existence density of Al—Mn based intermetallic compounds having a circle-equivalent diameter between 0.1 and 1.0 ?m inclusive in the intermediate layer material before brazing heating is at least 1.0×105 pieces/mm2, and the existence density of Al—Mn based intermetallic compounds having a circle-equivalent diameter between 0.1 and 1.0 ?m inclusive in the intermediate layer material after brazing heating is at least 1.0×104 pieces/mm2. Further provided is a method for producing the aluminum alloy clad material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taichi Asano, Masaki Harada, Shoei Teshima, Makoto Ando, Naoki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20200195080
    Abstract: A motor may include a rotor provided with a rotating shaft that protrudes to a first side in an axial direction; a stator disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor; a resin sealing member that covers the stator; and a cover member that is disposed on the first side of the resin sealing member and supports the rotating shaft. The cover member may include a plurality of gate marks disposed at different angular positions and a plurality of ribs that protrude to a second side in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki HARADA, Hiroki KURATANI, Takashi YAMAMOTO, Nobuki KOKUBO
  • Patent number: 10655530
    Abstract: An intercooler includes a heating portion in which flow path tubes and fins are stacked with each other. A second cooling medium flow path of the flow path tubes is located upstream of a first cooling medium flow path of the flow path tubes with respect to a flow direction of supercharged intake air. The second cooling medium flow path includes a second U-turn portion in which the second cooling medium makes a U-turn. In the second cooling medium flow path, a downstream flow path located downstream of the second U-turn portion is located upstream, in the flow direction of the supercharged intake air, of an upstream flow path located upstream of the second U-turn portion. The fins include a heat exchange limiting portion at least in a part adjacent to a most upstream part, in the flow direction of the supercharged intake air, of the downstream flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Kuroyanagi, Masaki Harada, Takefumi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 10658894
    Abstract: A rotor may include a rotation shaft, a magnet on an outer peripheral side, a holding member holding the rotation shaft and the magnet, and a plurality of recessed parts provided in an end face of the magnet in an axial line direction of the rotation shaft so as to be separated from each other in a circumferential direction. A surface of each of the recessed parts is formed in a spherical shape, the holding member has a flange portion which covers the end face of the magnet from an end on an inner peripheral side of the end face of the magnet to an outer peripheral side with respect to the plurality of the recessed parts, and the flange portion is adhered to the surfaces of the recessed parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kuratani, Takashi Yamamoto, Nobuki Kokubo, Masaki Harada
  • Patent number: 10625379
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy clad material including an aluminum alloy core material and a first brazing filler metal that is clad on one surface or both surfaces of the core material, wherein the core material and the first brazing filler metal each include an aluminum alloy having a predetermined composition, the existence density of Al—Mn based intermetallic compounds having a circle-equivalent diameter of at least 0.1 ?m in the first brazing filler metal before brazing heating is at least 1.0×105 pieces/mm2, and the existence density of Al—Mn based intermetallic compounds having a circle-equivalent diameter of at least 2 ?m in the first brazing filler metal after brazing heating is at least 300 pieces/mm2. Further provided are a method for producing the aluminum alloy clad material and a heat exchanger employing the aluminum alloy clad material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi Asano, Masaki Harada, Shoei Teshima, Makoto Ando, Wataru Narita, Naoki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10612457
    Abstract: An intercooler includes flow path tubes and fins stacked with each other. Cooling medium includes first cooling medium and second cooling medium. A second cooling medium flow path of the flow path tubes is located upstream of a first cooling medium flow path with respect to supercharged intake air. The second cooling medium flow path includes a second U-turn portion. In the second cooling medium flow path, a downstream flow path located downstream of the second U-turn portion is located upstream, in a flow direction of the supercharged intake air, of an upstream flow path located upstream of the second U-turn portion. A heat exchange limiting portion is provided at a position between the flow path tubes and the fins, the position being adjacent to a most upstream part, in the flow direction of the supercharged intake air, of the downstream flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Kuroyanagi, Masaki Harada, Takefumi Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200057044
    Abstract: One object is to provide an industrial device in which abrasion powder (conductive substance) can accumulate on a sensor to an amount necessary for proper failure prediction. An industrial device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a lubricant reservoir portion including a region in which a lubricant circulates; and a sensor including a pair of electrodes disposed in the region in which the lubricant circulates, the sensor being configured to sense variation of electric resistance between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Koji NAKAMURA, Kazuhiko SAKURAI, Masaki HARADA, Kaoru YOTO, Takahito AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20200052535
    Abstract: A motor may include a rotor comprising a rotating shaft and a bearing component structured to rotatably support. The bearing component may include a sliding surface that the rotor sliding-contacts from a first side in an axial direction. The rotor may include a holding member structured to hold the rotating shaft from an outer circumferential side; a magnet held by the holding member; and a metal component fixed to the rotating shaft and held by the holding member so as to protrude to the outer circumferential side from the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki HARADA, Hiroki KURATANI
  • Publication number: 20200052563
    Abstract: A motor may include a rotor; a stator disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor; and a resin sealing member covering the stator. The stator may include a stator core; a coil wound around the stator core; and a connector disposed on an outer peripheral side of the stator core. The resin sealing member may include a connector sealing part protruding to the outer peripheral side of the stator core and covering the connector. The connector may include a connection opening through which an external connector is attached and detached, and the connection opening protrudes in an axial direction of the rotor from the connector sealing part and is opened in the direction of the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki HARADA, Hiroki KURATANI, Nobuki KOKUBO, Takashi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10544727
    Abstract: An intercooler includes a heat exchanger that has a first heat exchange portion through which a first heat exchange medium flows and a second heat exchange portion through which a second heat exchange medium flows. The first heat exchange medium flowing through the first heat exchange portion cools the supercharged intake air by exchanging heat with the supercharged intake air. The second heat exchange medium flowing through the second heat exchange portion cools the supercharged intake air by exchanging heat with the supercharged intake air. The heat exchanger includes an inner fin configured to enhance the heat exchange between the supercharged intake air and the first heat exchange medium. The heat exchanger includes a boiling suppression portion configured to suppress a boiling of the first heat exchange medium flowing in an upstream part, in a flow direction of the supercharged intake air, of the first heat exchange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takefumi Kawaguchi, Isao Kuroyanagi, Masaki Harada
  • Publication number: 20200021160
    Abstract: A motor may include a rotor; and a stator arranged on an outer peripheral side of the rotor. The stator may include a stator core, a plurality of insulators covering the stator core, a coil wound around the stator core through each of the insulators, and a common wire formed of a conductive wire drawn from the coil. At least one of the plurality of insulators includes a first common wire support portion configured to support the common wire from an outside in a radial direction. The first common wire support portion extends inward in the radial direction toward a tip end side of the common wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki KURATANI, Takashi YAMAMOTO, Nobuki KOKUBO, Masaki HARADA
  • Publication number: 20200021161
    Abstract: A motor may include a rotor including a rotating shaft that protrudes to a first side in an axial direction; a stator disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor; a resin sealing member that covers the stator; and a cover member that is disposed on the first side of the resin sealing member and supports the rotating shaft. The resin sealing member may include a resin sealing member side position regulating surface that makes contact in the axial direction with a cover member side position regulating surface provided on the cover member, and a resin sealing member side securing surface that faces, in the axial direction and with a gap, a cover member side securing surface provided on the cover member. At least a portion of the resin sealing member side securing surface is secured to the cover member side securing surface via an adhesive agent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi YAMAMOTO, Hiroki KURATANI, Nobuki KOKUBO, Masaki HARADA
  • Publication number: 20200021162
    Abstract: A motor may include a rotor including a rotating shaft and a magnet a bearing member; a stator including a plurality of coils arranged on the rotor; and a resin sealing member. The resin sealing member may include a bottom portion that covers the bearing member and the plurality of coils from a first direction side along an axis of the rotating shaft. The bottom portion may include a cylindrical bearing support section which surrounds the bearing member from an outer peripheral side in a radial direction, a coil sealing section positioned on the first direction side of the coils, and a connection section that connects between the bearing support section and the coil sealing section. A thickness of the connection section in an axial direction may be smaller than a thickness of the bearing support section and the coil sealing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Nobuki KOKUBO, Takashi YAMAMOTO, Hiroki KURATANI, Masaki HARADA
  • Publication number: 20190357782
    Abstract: Blood pressure information measurement device includes cuff including first and second fluid bag accommodated in first fluid bag, pressure increase/reduction mechanism configured to increase and decrease pressure in first fluid bag internal space and pressure in an internal space of second fluid bag, control unit configured to control operation of pressure increase/reduction mechanism, pressure detection device configured to detect first fluid bag internal pressure, and calculation unit configured to calculate blood pressure information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chisato TAWARA, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Keita IKEDA, Hirotaka HAYASHI, Masaki HARADA
  • Publication number: 20190357784
    Abstract: A blood pressure information measurement device cuff includes a band-like first fluid bag including a first nipple and a second fluid bag including a second nipple. The second fluid bag is accommodated in the first fluid bag, the second nipple is provided on a first main surface of a pair of main surfaces of the second fluid bag and extends outside through a main surface of a pair of main surfaces of the first fluid bag, the main surface facing the first main surface of the second fluid bag, and in a case that the first fluid bag and the second fluid bag are both unfolded flatly, the first nipple is disposed at a position corresponding to an outer edge section of the second fluid bag or a position further outward from the outer edge section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chisato TAWARA, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Keita IKEDA, Hirotaka HAYASHI, Masaki HARADA
  • Patent number: D907774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Taniguchi, Masaki Harada