Patents by Inventor Masaki Kitamura
Masaki Kitamura 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: 20240083152Abstract: A transfer sheet that can provide an anti-reflection function to a molded product without decreasing designability, a decorative molded product, and a method for manufacturing a decorative molded product are provided. A transfer sheet includes a release sheet including a base sheet and a release layer, a low refractive index layer on the release layer, a hard coat layer on the low refractive index layer, and an adhesive layer on the hard coat layer. The low refractive index layer contains an active energy ray-curable resin, hollow silica particles, and silica particles with a particle diameter 0.1 to 1.7 times a particle diameter of the hollow silica particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Shinichi KITAMURA, Masaki KASHIWAGI, Hiroshi TASHIRO
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Publication number: 20230391107Abstract: A supporting structure for a temperature sensor, and a drying device provided with the supporting structure. The supporting structure includes a front panel, a rear panel, a first supporting member having both ends in a longer-side direction of the first supporting member, and a second supporting member attachable to and detachable from the first supporting member. In the supporting structure, both ends of the first supporting member are removably supported by the front panel and the rear panel. In the supporting structure, the temperature sensor is disposed on the second supporting member, and the temperature sensor detects a surface temperature of a heating roller disposed between the front panel and the rear panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Ken Onodera, Yasuyuki Horie, Yoshitaka Akiyama, Kenji Maruoka, Hiroshi Kato, Junichi Terai, Masaki Kitamura
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Patent number: 11420453Abstract: A conveyance device includes a support having a support face configured to support a conveyed object and a fluid introduction device disposed outside the support. The fluid introduction device is configured to introduce a fluid between the support face of the support and the conveyed object, to form a fluid layer for floating the conveyed object. The conveyance device further includes a conveyor configured to convey the conveyed object being floating from the support via the fluid layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Masaki Kitamura
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Publication number: 20220097845Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle is an unmanned aerial vehicle configured to fly in a closed space, which includes an airframe, a thrust generating means configured to generate a thrust for the airframe to fly in air, and a length measuring means mounted on the airframe. The length measuring means includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a measurement wave, a reception unit configured to receive reflected waves of the measurement wave, and a distance calculation unit configured to calculate a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a stationary object present in the closed space based on the reflected waves of the measurement wave transmitted from the transmission unit which are received a plurality of times by the reception unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Masaki Honda, Masaki Kitamura, Kazuki Eguchi, Ryo Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20200298595Abstract: A conveyance device includes a support having a support face configured to support a conveyed object and a fluid introduction device disposed outside the support. The fluid introduction device is configured to introduce a fluid between the support face of the support and the conveyed object, to form a fluid layer for floating the conveyed object. The conveyance device further includes a conveyor configured to convey the conveyed object being floating from the support via the fluid layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Masaki Kitamura
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Patent number: 10662634Abstract: The bowl portion of the flush toilet includes a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface and a rim portion formed on a top edge of the bowl portion. The rim portion includes a rim inside wall portion located on an inner side of the top edge of the bowl portion. The rim inside wall portion has a rim inside surface located at a lower area of the rim inside wall portion and a rim inside wall upper sloped surface having a section in a vertical plane, the shape of the section being sloped from an upper edge of the rim inside surface to an upper edge of the rim inside wall portion. The ratio between the height of the rim inside surface and the height of the rim inside wall upper sloped surface is 1:1 to 6:1 in a section in a vertical plane at any area other than a rear area.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaki Kitamura, Satoshi Yamakawa, Kazuyoshi Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 10619337Abstract: The bowl portion of the flush toilet includes a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface and a rim portion formed on a top edge of the bowl portion. The rim portion includes a rim inside wall portion located on an inner side of the top edge of the bowl portion. The rim inside wall portion has a rim inside surface located at a lower area of the rim inside wall portion and a rim inside wall upper sloped surface having a section in a vertical plane, the shape of the section being sloped from an upper edge of the rim inside surface to an upper edge of the rim inside wall portion. The ratio between the height of the rim inside surface and the height of the rim inside wall upper sloped surface is 1:1 to 6:1 in a section in a vertical plane at any area other than a rear area.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaki Kitamura, Satoshi Yamakawa, Kazuyoshi Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 10301809Abstract: A flush toilet having a bowl portion including a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface and a rim portion wherein the rim portion includes a rim top inside corner portion, and a rim top outside corner portion, and in at least part of the entire perimeter of the rim portion, the rounding of the rim top inside corner portion is formed to be larger than the rounding of the rim top outside corner portion. This rim profile enables the rim portion top surface, the rim top inside corner portion, and the inside wall can be efficiently cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Masaki Kitamura, Satoshi Yamakawa, Kazuyoshi Mizoguchi, Shu Kashirajima
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Patent number: 10287766Abstract: A flush toilet is provided, which can restrain flushing water from excessively flowing down to an inner side of a bowl section before the flushing water reaches an upper end portion of a rising flow path, and can effectively restrain from occurring an unwashed region in the bowl section. A flush toilet of the present invention has a bowl section, and the bowl section forms a water conduit formed between the waste receiving surface and the rim section, and the water conduit includes a shelf portion forming an inclined surface lowering toward an outer side from an inner side of the bowl section, or a horizontal surface formed horizontally toward the outer side from the inner side of the bowl section, in at least a part of a rising flow path rising from a low portion of the water conduit.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Momoe, Shu Kashirajima, Masaki Kitamura
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Patent number: 10167618Abstract: A flush toilet for cleaning a toilet main body and discharging waste by using flush water is disclosed. The flush toilet contains a bowl portion including a bowl shaped waste-receiving surface and a rim portion formed on a top edge of the waste-receiving surface, the rim portion having an inner circumferential surface whose top portion is configured to rises vertically. The bowl portion contains a front region, the front region includes a first arc-shaped surface having a curvature R1 in a horizontal direction of a top portion of the waste-receiving surface and a second arc-shaped surface having a curvature R2 in a vertical direction formed by the inner circumferential surface of the rim portion and the waste-receiving surface, and the ratio of the curvature R1 to the curvature R2 is in a range of 1:3 to 3:1.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaaki Momoe, Masaki Kitamura
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Patent number: 10151094Abstract: A flush toilet includes a bowl having a waste-receiving surface and a rim; the bowl comprises a front region on the front side of a center line extending in the left-right direction and equally dividing the bowl in the front-rear direction, and a rear region on the rear side thereof; whereby on either the left or right side in the front area of the bowl, on the rim, a rim water passageway is formed for passing flush water supplied from a conduit, and a rim spout port is formed, and the rim water passageway comprises: an outside passageway extending from the inlet thereof through the rim interior toward the front; a bent passageway bending inward from the downstream end of this outside passageway; and an inside passageway extending from this bent passageway toward the rear, up to the rim spout port.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Yuki Shimokawa, Masaki Kitamura, Yuuki Shinohara, Masaaki Momoe
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Patent number: 10077547Abstract: A flush toilet wherein the rim inside wall portion comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface, and an improvement in user visibility and user rim portion cleanability is sought, flush water can be constrained from splashing outside the bowl portion by traveling by centrifugal force along the rim inside wall upper sloped surface from the inside surface formed at a relatively low height. The rim portion of the flush toilet of the invention includes a rim inside wall portion; the rim inside wall portion comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface, and an inside surface vertically extending straight up to the rim inside wall upper sloped surface; and the water supply apparatus comprises a constant flow rate valve for spouting a predetermined constant flow rate of flush water from the water spouting portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Kyoji Asada, Satoshi Yamakawa, Kazuyoshi Mizoguchi, Masaki Kitamura
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Patent number: 9995029Abstract: To provide a flush toilet in which: a circulating flow can be formed to uniformly circulate over a waste receiving surface while flushing; localized changes in external appearance of a toilet main body can be inhibited; and impression of a left-right symmetrical external shape can be conveyed to users so that design characteristics thereof are favorably preserved. A rim portion in a flush toilet includes a slit opening portion formed between an upper edge portion of the waste receiving surface formed to be left-right asymmetrical and a rim inside wall formed to be left-right symmetrical. The slit opening portion is formed such that a slit gap on one side, to which a connecting water conduit is directed, is smaller than a slit gap on the other side. A circulating flow is formed on the waste-receiving surface by flush water spouted from the slit opening portion having the different slit gaps.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Naoto Matsuo, Eiji Shiohara, Masaki Kitamura, Masaaki Inoue
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Publication number: 20170370086Abstract: A flush toilet is provided, which can restrain flushing water from excessively flowing down to an inner side of a bowl section before the flushing water reaches an upper end portion of a rising flow path, and can effectively restrain from occurring an unwashed region in the bowl section. A flush toilet of the present invention has a bowl section, and the bowl section forms a water conduit formed between the waste receiving surface and the rim section, and the water conduit includes a shelf portion forming an inclined surface lowering toward an outer side from an inner side of the bowl section, or a horizontal surface formed horizontally toward the outer side from the inner side of the bowl section, in at least a part of a rising flow path rising from a low portion of the water conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Masaaki MOMOE, Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Masaki KITAMURA
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Patent number: 9850646Abstract: A flush toilet includes: a bowl portion; a rim portion disposed on a top edge of the bowl portion; a spout portion for spouting flush water supplied from the water supply source to the bowl portion to form a circulating current; a discharge passage for discharging waste in the bowl portion, an inlet portion of the discharge passage being connected at the bottom of the bowl portion; a sanitary washing device disposed at a rear of the bowl portion, the sanitary washing device including a nozzle for spraying flush water toward a user positioned over the bowl portion; and a skirt portion disposed to respectively cover sides of both the bowl portion and the discharge passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Mizoguchi, Satoshi Yamakawa, Masaki Kitamura, Shu Kashirajima
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Publication number: 20170275862Abstract: A flush toilet wherein the rim inside wall portion comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface, and an improvement in user visibility and user rim portion cleanability is sought, flush water can be constrained from splashing outside the bowl portion by traveling by centrifugal force along the rim inside wall upper sloped surface from the inside surface formed at a relatively low height. The rim portion of the flush toilet of the invention includes a rim inside wall portion; the rim inside wall portion comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface, and an inside surface vertically extending straight up to the rim inside wall upper sloped surface; and the water supply apparatus comprises a constant flow rate valve for spouting a predetermined constant flow rate of flush water from the water spouting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Kyoji ASADA, Satoshi YAMAKAWA, Kazuyoshi MIZOGUCHI, Masaki KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20170260730Abstract: A flush toilet includes a bowl having a waste-receiving surface and a rim; the bowl comprises a front region on the front side of a center line extending in the left-right direction and equally dividing the bowl in the front-rear direction, and a rear region on the rear side thereof; whereby on either the left or right side in the front area of the bowl, on the rim, a rim water passageway is formed for passing flush water supplied from a conduit, and a rim spout port is formed, and the rim water passageway comprises: an outside passageway extending from the inlet thereof through the rim interior toward the front; a bent passageway bending inward from the downstream end of this outside passageway; and an inside passageway extending from this bent passageway toward the rear, up to the rim spout port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Yuki SHIMOKAWA, Masaki KITAMURA, Yuuki SHINOHARA, Masaaki MOMOE
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Publication number: 20170226725Abstract: The bowl portion of the flush toilet includes a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface and a rim portion formed on a top edge of the bowl portion. The rim portion includes a rim inside wall portion located on an inner side of the top edge of the bowl portion. The rim inside wall portion has a rim inside surface located at a lower area of the rim inside wall portion and a rim inside wall upper sloped surface having a section in a vertical plane, the shape of the section being sloped from an upper edge of the rim inside surface to an upper edge of the rim inside wall portion. The ratio between the height of the rim inside surface and the height of the rim inside wall upper sloped surface is 1:1 to 6:1 in a section in a vertical plane at any area other than a rear area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Masaki KITAMURA, Satoshi YAMAKAWA, Kazuyoshi MIZOGUCHI
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Patent number: D810900Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: TOTO, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Kitamura, Shu Kashirajima, Yuki Shimokawa, Yuji Yoshioka, Hirotaka Nakabayashi
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Patent number: D831802Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: TOTO, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Kitamura, Shu Kashirajima, Yuki Shimokawa, Yuji Yoshioka, Hirotaka Nakabayashi