Patents by Inventor Masaki Nakao

Masaki Nakao 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: 11937535
    Abstract: Provided are blades 22R, 22C, 22L rotatably driven about rotational axes XL, XC, XR to be able to cut grass on the ground surface, a housing covering the blades 22R, 22C, 22L and having a lower face thereof opened, a water feeding section provided outside the housing, a water discharging section 54 provided inside the housing for discharging cleaning water fed to the water feeding section, and a water feeding pipe 55 connected to/between the water feeding section and the water discharging section 54. The water discharging section 54 discharges water toward an inner wall face of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Takaoka, Junki Nakao, Akihito Mihara, Yusaku Matsuoka, Yuki Hirotsu
  • Patent number: 11867432
    Abstract: A geothermal heat utilization system includes a first well having a first upper opening and a first lower opening, and a second well having a second upper opening and a second lower opening. The geothermal heat utilization system further includes a first pipe, a second pipe, a first heat exchanger, and a second heat exchanger. The geothermal heat utilization system is capable of supplying underground water of an upper aquifer from the first upper opening to the second upper opening via the first pipe, and the geothermal heat utilization system is capable of supplying underground water of a lower aquifer from the second lower opening to the first lower opening via the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA
    Inventors: Rinnichi Sai, Masanobu Sakai, Toru Yamaguchi, Masaki Nakao, Yasuhisa Nakaso
  • Patent number: 11859871
    Abstract: The geothermal heat utilization system is capable of supplying underground water of an upper aquifer from the first upper opening to the second upper opening via the first pipe, and capable of supplying underground water of a lower aquifer from the second lower opening to the first lower opening via the second pipe. Further, the geothermal heat utilization system is configured to pump hot water and at the same time, pump cold water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA
    Inventors: Rinnichi Sai, Masanobu Sakai, Toru Yamaguchi, Masaki Nakao, Yasuhisa Nakaso
  • Patent number: 11629889
    Abstract: A geothermal heat utilization system (10) includes a pumping well (20), a water injection well (30), a pipe (13) having two ends which are immersed in water stored in the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) so as to connect the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) to each other, a pump (21) and a pump (31) which are respectively provided inside the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) and pump up stored water through the pipe (13), a valve (25) and a valve (35) which are respectively provided on a pressurization side of the pump (21) inside the pumping well (20) and a pressurization side of the pump (31) inside the water injection well (30), and a heat exchanger (14) which is configured to exchange heat with the pipe (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY, NEWJEC INC., THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., MORIKAWA SAKUSEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu Sakai, Takeshi Fuchimoto, Rinnichi Sai, Masaki Nakao, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Yasuhisa Nakaso, Toshihide Morikawa, Shinsuke Sakae
  • Patent number: 11322987
    Abstract: An electric power transmission apparatus comprises a first antenna, a storage medium, and at least one first processor. The at least one first processor is configured to cause the first antenna to output a second radio wave for electric power supply in response to a request signal, when a first radio wave including the request signal is received from an electric power reception apparatus via the first antenna. The at least one first processor is configured to store information about an electric power transmission condition of the second radio wave transmitted in response to the request signal in the storage medium as history information. The at least one first processor is configured to cause the first antenna to output the second radio wave with the electric power transmission condition based on the history information, irrespective of whether or not the first radio wave has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki Nakao
  • Publication number: 20220034552
    Abstract: The geothermal heat utilization system is capable of supplying underground water of an upper aquifer from the first upper opening to the second upper opening via the first pipe, and capable of supplying underground water of a lower aquifer from the second lower opening to the first lower opening via the second pipe. Further, the geothermal heat utilization system is configured to pump hot water and at the same time, pump cold water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA
    Inventors: Rinnichi SAI, Masanobu SAKAI, Toru YAMAGUCHI, Masaki NAKAO, Yasuhisa NAKASO
  • Publication number: 20210318035
    Abstract: A geothermal heat utilization system includes a well that includes an upper opening, a lower opening, a water chamber capable of storing underground water inside, and a pump provided inside the water chamber and capable of pumping underground water; and a water suction pipe that extends from the pump toward a heat exchanger, wherein the water chamber includes an upper suction valve capable of being opened and closed toward the upper opening and a lower suction valve capable of being opened and closed toward the lower opening, and wherein the geothermal heat utilization system is configured such that, when any one of the upper suction valve and the lower suction valve is opened, the other is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., University Public Corporation Osaka
    Inventors: Rinnichi SAI, Masanobu SAKAI, Toru YAMAGUCHI, Masaki NAKAO, Yasuhisa NAKASO
  • Publication number: 20210293456
    Abstract: A geothermal heat utilization system includes a first well having a first upper opening and a first lower opening, and a second well having a second upper opening and a second lower opening. The geothermal heat utilization system further includes a first pipe, a second pipe, a first heat exchanger, and a second heat exchanger. The geothermal heat utilization system is capable of supplying underground water of an upper aquifer from the first upper opening to the second upper opening via the first pipe, and the geothermal heat utilization system is capable of supplying underground water of a lower aquifer from the second lower opening to the first lower opening via the second pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., University Public Corporation Osaka
    Inventors: Rinnichi SAI, Masanobu SAKAI, Toru YAMAGUCHI, Masaki NAKAO, Yasuhisa NAKASO
  • Patent number: 10845129
    Abstract: A geothermal heat utilization system includes a heat source well facility, a heat source device having a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expanded portion, and an evaporator, a primary refrigerant circuit that is connected to a first unit which is one of the condenser and the evaporator of the heat source device, heat exchange being able to be performed between the first unit and the well-side pipe, a secondary refrigerant circuit that is connected to a second unit which is the other of the condenser and the evaporator of the heat source device, heat exchange being able to be performed between the second unit and a load, and a mode switching unit that switches between a cold heat storage operation mode in which the primary refrigerant circuit is connected to the evaporator and the secondary refrigerant circuit is connected to the condenser and a cold heat discharge operation mode in which the primary refrigerant circuit is connected to the condenser and the secondary refrigerant cir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY, NEWJEC INC.
    Inventors: Masanobu Sakai, Takeshi Fuchimoto, Rinnichi Sai, Yasuhisa Nakaso, Shinsuke Sakae, Masaki Nakao, Masatoshi Nishioka, Kazuhiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200036231
    Abstract: An electric power transmission apparatus comprises a first antenna, a storage medium, and at least one first processor. The at least one first processor is configured to cause the first antenna to output a second radio wave for electric power supply in response to a request signal, when a first radio wave including the request signal is received from an electric power reception apparatus via the first antenna. The at least one first processor is configured to store information about an electric power transmission condition of the second radio wave transmitted in response to the request signal in the storage medium as history information. The at least one first processor is configured to cause the first antenna to output the second radio wave with the electric power transmission condition based on the history information, irrespective of whether or not the first radio wave has been received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Masaki NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20200025419
    Abstract: A geothermal heat utilization system (10) includes a pumping well (20), a water injection well (30), a pipe (13) having two ends which are immersed in water stored in the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) so as to connect the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) to each other, a pump (21) and a pump (31) which are respectively provided inside the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) and pump up stored water through the pipe (13), a valve (25) and a valve (35) which are respectively provided on a pressurization side of the pump (21) inside the pumping well (20) and a pressurization side of the pump (31) inside the water injection well (30), and a heat exchanger (14) which is configured to exchange heat with the pipe (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY, NEWJEC INC., THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., MORIKAWA SAKUSEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu SAKAI, Takeshi FUCHIMOTO, Rinnichi SAI, Masaki NAKAO, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA, Yasuhisa NAKASO, Toshihide MORIKAWA, Shinsuke SAKAE
  • Publication number: 20180283799
    Abstract: A geothermal heat utilization system includes a heat source well facility, a heat source device having a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expanded portion, and an evaporator, a primary refrigerant circuit that is connected to a first unit which is one of the condenser and the evaporator of the heat source device, heat exchange being able to be performed between the first unit and the well-side pipe, a secondary refrigerant circuit that is connected to a second unit which is the other of the condenser and the evaporator of the heat source device, heat exchange being able to be performed between the second unit and a load, and a mode switching unit that switches between a cold heat storage operation mode in which the primary refrigerant circuit is connected to the evaporator and the secondary refrigerant circuit is connected to the condenser and a cold heat discharge operation mode in which the primary refrigerant circuit is connected to the condenser and the secondary refrigerant cir
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY, NEWJEC Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu SAKAI, Takeshi FUCHIMOTO, Rinnichi SAI, Yasuhisa NAKASO, Shinsuke SAKAE, Masaki NAKAO, Masatoshi NISHIOKA, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10054318
    Abstract: The heat medium transport paths are arranged between the first building and the second building and transport heat media that transport heat energy. A temperature distribution acquisition means acquires the temperature distribution of the heat media that have temperatures being different from each other in the heat medium transport paths and that are sequentially transported in a state of having a predetermined length in the transport direction in the heat medium transport paths. A control means receives a load request of an air conditioner of the first building, and when a heat medium having the heat energy that satisfies the load request received reaches the first building, based on the temperature distribution acquired by the temperature distribution acquisition means, the control means causes the air conditioner of the first building to take out the heat energy from the heat medium reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masaki Nakao, Masatoshi Nishioka, Craig Farnham, Tsuyoshi Nagahiro, Youichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10027156
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a charging method are disclosed. An electronic apparatus comprises a battery, a charge processing module, a setting module, and a determination module. The charge processing module includes a power reception coil, a generation module, and a charging module. The generation module generates a DC voltage based on the electric power received by the power reception coil. The charging module charges the battery based on the DC voltage when the DC voltage supplied from the generation module is equal to or greater than a first threshold or is greater than the first threshold, and does not charge the battery when the DC voltage is equal to or smaller than a second threshold or is smaller than the second threshold. The setting module reduces a charging current when the determination module determines that the battery is not continuously charged after the charging module starts charging the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Nakao
  • Patent number: 9966185
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device comprises a first magnetic sheet, a coil, and a board. The first magnetic sheet has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The coil is located on the first surface. The board has a third surface facing the second surface and has a first component on the third surface. The first magnetic sheet has a through hole that penetrates therethrough from the first surface to the second surface in a region of the first surface, the region being surrounded by the coil. The first component has a first portion facing the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki Nakao
  • Publication number: 20170011839
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device comprises a first magnetic sheet, a coil, and a board. The first magnetic sheet has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The coil is located on the first surface. The board has a third surface facing the second surface and has a first component on the third surface. The first magnetic sheet has a through hole that penetrates therethrough from the first surface to the second surface in a region of the first surface, the region being surrounded by the coil. The first component has a first portion facing the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Masaki NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20160156216
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a charging method are disclosed. An electronic apparatus comprises a battery, a charge processing module, a setting module, and a determination module. The charge processing module includes a power reception coil, a generation module, and a charging module. The generation module generates a DC voltage based on the electric power received by the power reception coil. The charging module charges the battery based on the DC voltage when the DC voltage supplied from the generation module is equal to or greater than a first threshold or is greater than the first threshold, and does not charge the battery when the DC voltage is equal to or smaller than a second threshold or is smaller than the second threshold. The setting module reduces a charging current when the determination module determines that the battery is not continuously charged after the charging module starts charging the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: Masaki NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20150345803
    Abstract: The heat medium transport paths are arranged between the first building and the second building and transport heat media that transport heat energy. A temperature distribution acquisition means acquires the temperature distribution of the heat media that have temperatures being different from each other in the heat medium transport paths and that are sequentially transported in a state of having a predetermined length in the transport direction in the heat medium transport paths. A control means receives a load request of an air conditioner of the first building, and when a heat medium having the heat energy that satisfies the load request received reaches the first building, based on the temperature distribution acquired by the temperature distribution acquisition means, the control means causes the air conditioner of the first building to take out the heat energy from the heat medium reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicants: OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masaki NAKAO, Masatoshi NISHIOKA, Craig FARNHAM, Tsuyoshi NAGAHIRO, Youichi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8412281
    Abstract: A mobile phone of the present invention includes a first cabinet; a second cabinet that is slidable along an upper surface of the first cabinet; a first touch sensor that enables input by touching the upper surface; a projection that projects from the second cabinet toward the upper surface; a second touch sensor that detects a position of contact of the projection with the upper surface; and a CPU that controls input by the first touch sensor in accordance with output from the second touch sensor. The CPU enables input by the first touch sensor when the second cabinet is in a first position or OP position where the second case exposes a detection area of the first touch sensor to the outside, and disables input by the first touch sensor when the second cabinet is out of the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Higashiyama, Masaki Nakao
  • Publication number: 20120046082
    Abstract: A mobile phone of the present invention includes a first cabinet; a second cabinet that is slidable along an upper surface of the first cabinet; a first touch sensor that enables input by touching the upper surface; a projection that projects from the second cabinet toward the upper surface; a second touch sensor that detects a position of contact of the projection with the upper surface; and a CPU that controls input by the first touch sensor in accordance with output from the second touch sensor. The CPU enables input by the first touch sensor when the second cabinet is in a first position or OP position where the second case exposes a detection area of the first touch sensor to the outside, and disables input by the first touch sensor when the second cabinet is out of the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Higashiyama, Masaki Nakao