Patents by Inventor Masaki Takahashi

Masaki Takahashi 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: 12044633
    Abstract: A technique is provided to enable a baggage holder to smoothly place baggage on a conveyor belt. An inspection device inspects the baggage of a visitor using x-rays. A belt conveyor transports the baggage to an inspection device. On the surface of the belt, plural marks are printed at predetermined intervals along the transport direction. When the belt conveyor drives the belt, the marks move in the transport direction at the transport speed of the belt. When placing baggage on the belt, the visitor can easily perceive the status of the belt, such as its transport direction and speed. The inspection device may have a light emitter near the loading position where baggage should be placed on the belt, and the color of light from the light emitter may change to notify the visitor when baggage should be placed on the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: THE NIPPON SIGNAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takayama, Masaki Takahashi, Takeshi Kitajima, Eishi Kawasaki, Yutaka Hasebe
  • Publication number: 20240242883
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coil component including an element body, and a coil disposed inside the element body and including a first coil conductor and a second coil conductor having different shapes, the method comprises: applying a first photosensitive conductive paste on a substrate and exposing the first photosensitive conductive paste to light with a pattern corresponding to the first coil conductor to form a first curing pattern; after the forming of the first curing pattern, applying a second photosensitive conductive paste on the first photosensitive conductive paste and exposing the second photosensitive conductive paste to light with a pattern corresponding to the second coil conductor to form a second curing pattern; after the forming of the second curing pattern, developing portions of the first photosensitive conductive paste and the second photosensitive conductive paste that were not exposed; and after the developing, adding an insulating material on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya ISHIMA, Kenji KOMORITA, Shingo HATTORI, Yoji TOZAWA, Masaki TAKAHASHI, Hidenobu UMEDA, Yusuke NAGAI, Akihiko OIDE
  • Patent number: 12019886
    Abstract: A decrease in responsiveness when storing content in a flash memory is reduced. A storage management apparatus includes a flash memory including a plurality of blocks that include a plurality of usable blocks and one or more spare blocks. The apparatus is configured to acquire a new data set; change at least a part of the one or more spare blocks into a usable block and store the new data set in the thus changed usable block, in a case where a size of the new data set is larger than the writable area of the plurality of usable blocks and where the size of the new data set is larger than the writable area when an unnecessary data set contained in the plurality of usable blocks is deleted; and change the usable blocks all the data sets of which are deleted into spare blocks through garbage collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Keiichi Aoki, Masaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240157624
    Abstract: A heat bolt unit according to one embodiment includes a plurality of heat bolts disposed in parallel to one another, and a holding portion that holds the plurality of heat bolts. The holding portion holds a base end portion of each of the plurality of heat bolts disposed in parallel to one another. In other words, the holding portion holds the plurality of heat bolts disposed in parallel to one another in a cantilever manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuya YOKOMIZO, Hideki TOMIYAMA, Masaki TAKAHASHI, Yuji SUGA, Shin-ichiro YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20240162561
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a separator for an electric storage device, which separator is capable of reducing clogging and has an excellent thermal stability, and an electric storage device using the same. The above-described separator for an electric storage device includes a microporous layer (A) and a microporous layer (B) that contain 70 wt % or more of polypropylene, and the area average major pore diameter in an ND-MD cross section of the microporous layer (B) is not more than 0.95 times the area average major pore diameter in an ND-MD cross section of the microporous layer (A). Alternatively, the separator for an electric storage device contains 70% by weight or more of a polyolefin, and the area average major pore diameter of a first porous surface (X) of the separator is not less than 1.05 times and not more than 10 times the area average major pore diameter of a second porous surface (Y) on the side opposite thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Shinya Hamasaki, Yoko Azami, Masaki Takahashi, Hirotaka Yoshida, Hisashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11977980
    Abstract: An information processing method includes the following executed by a computer: acquiring a first image and object data of an object appearing in the first image, extracting a portion of the first image that corresponds to a difference between the object data and an object detection result obtained by inputting the first image to a trained model, the trained model receiving an image as input to output an object detection result, acquiring a second image that includes a portion corresponding to the same object data as object data corresponding to the extracted portion of the first image, reflecting an image based on the extracted portion of the first image in the portion of the acquired second image that corresponds to the same object data, and generating training data for the trained model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Takahashi, Kazunobu Ishikawa, Yusuke Tsukamoto, Shota Onishi
  • Patent number: 11973240
    Abstract: Provided is a metal-air battery and a method of using the same that make it possible to simplify replacement work while also sustaining high output effectively. The metal-air battery of the present invention comprises a cell unit provided with a plurality of metal-air battery cells in parallel, each metal-air battery cell being configured to include a metal electrode, an air electrode disposed facing the metal electrode, and a housing that supports the metal electrode and the air electrode. The metal-air battery also comprises handles for example that act as a first replacing means enabling the replacement of the entire cell unit. With this arrangement, it is possible to simplify replacement work while also sustaining high output effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIKURA COMPOSITES INC.
    Inventor: Masaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240116232
    Abstract: A lip gap adjusting device and the like that can shorten a time required for adjustment of a lip gap are provided. In a lip gap adjusting device according to one embodiment, a plurality of lip gap adjusting mechanisms that are disposed in a width direction of an extrusion molding die and configured to adjust a lip gap at respective disposition spots each include an actuator and a coupling member that couples an output shaft of the actuator and a movable lip. The actuator adjusts the lip gap via the coupling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuya YOKOMIZO, Yuji SUGA, Masaki TAKAHASHI, Hideki TOMIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11954328
    Abstract: A processing load is reduced when a flash memory is used. A storage management device acquires an archive associated with an application, stores the acquired archive to one or more blocks among a plurality of blocks contained in the flash memory, and deletes one block among the plurality of blocks. In the archive storage, the acquired archive is stored in one of the blocks not storing an archive associated with an application different from that of the acquired archive, and in the deletion of one block, when an application is deleted, a block storing an archive associated with the application to be deleted is deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Keiichi Aoki, Masaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11955662
    Abstract: The present invention provides (I) a dry-stretched microporous membrane and a separator for an electric storage device excellent in balance among the required performances such as product safety, charge/discharge characteristics, dimension stability, energy cost, consideration to the environment, etc., (II) a separator for an electric storage device superior in product safety obtained by controlling a puncture depth of a microporous membrane comprised in the separator for an electric storage device, or/and (III) a dry-stretched microporous membrane and a separator for an electric power storage device excellent in product safety realized by controlling a porosity and a puncture strength of a thin microporous membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: Shinya Hamasaki, Masaki Takahashi, Shohei Mori, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Kenji Ebara, Changqing Adams
  • Patent number: 11943964
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-transmitting substrate, a light-transmitting interconnect located over the substrate, an insulating layer located over the substrate and the interconnect, and an intermediate layer formed in at least a region of a lateral side of the interconnect that overlaps the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Taguchi, Hiroki Tan, Noriaki Waki, Masaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240097421
    Abstract: A bus bar unit includes a bus bar including two ends and tending from a first end to a second end, and a connector unit molded to be integrated with the bus bar. A first bolt insertion hole is formed in the first end. A second bolt insertion hole is formed in the connector unit. The bus bar unit is fixed, by fixing the bus bar unit to a fixing-object member, connecting the first end to a connection terminal provided on an electronic component, and connecting a cable to the second end. A bus bar unit fixing method includes a step of inserting the first bolt through the first bolt insertion hole and fastening the first end of the bus bar to the connection terminal, and a step of inserting the second bolt through the second bolt insertion hole and fixing the connector unit to the fixing-object member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki TAKAHASHI, Takahiro UNEME
  • Publication number: 20240099101
    Abstract: A sealing unit (200) includes a substrate unit (210) and a protruding portion (220). The protruding portion (220) protrudes from the substrate unit (210) toward a substrate (100). Further, when viewed from a thickness direction of the substrate unit (210), the protruding portion (220) has a frame shape. An outer wall (226) of the protruding portion (220) includes a recessed portion (222). The recessed portion (222) of the outer wall (226) of the protruding portion (220) is located at a corner of the frame shape of the protruding portion (220). In addition, the recessed portion (222) of the outer wall (226) of the protruding portion (220) is recessed toward an inner wall (228) of the protruding portion (220) relative to an outer edge (216) of the substrate unit (210).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Masaki TAKAHASHI, Shinji NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11926502
    Abstract: A transport device transports an individualized sheet-shaped workpiece. The transport device includes: an annular transport belt having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and having a plurality of suction holes extending between the first surface and the second surface; first and second decompression chambers arranged along a moving direction of the transport belt; and a vacuum degree adjusting mechanism provided in the first decompression chamber and adjusting a vacuum degree in the first decompression chamber. The first and second decompression chambers each abut against the second surface, and each suction the workpiece through at least one of the plurality of suction holes toward the first surface such that the transport belt is capable of transporting the workpiece in the moving direction in a suspended state from the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou Adachi, Takafumi Kaneda, Hayase Minoura, Masaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240079177
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body, a plurality of coil conductors, a first resistive layer, and a second resistive layer. The plurality of coil conductors are disposed in the element body and electrically connected to each other. The plurality of coil conductors include a first coil conductor and a second coil conductor adjacent to each other. The first resistive layer and the second resistive layer oppose each other between the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor. The first resistive layer is in contact with the first coil conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Takahiro SATO, Masaki TAKAHASHI, Takashi ENDO, Yuya ISHIMA, Kosuke ITO, Takuya MIYASHITA
  • Publication number: 20240077813
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developer bearer rotatable in a rotation direction and forming a developing range, a holder, and an entrance seal. The holder has a facing face facing the developer bearer upstream from the developing range in the rotation direction, a support face defining a part of an outer face of the developing device, and a relay face extending from one end of the support face to one end of the relay face connected to the facing face to form an acute tip portion closer to the developing range than the one end. The entrance seal has a free end projecting from the one end as a cantilever, and a length of the entrance seal from a tip of the free end of the entrance seal to the one end is shorter than a length of the relay face from the acute tip portion to the one end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kei SAITO, Yoshihiro FUJIWARA, Masaki TAKAHASHI, Yuuki TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 11899930
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce deterioration in responsiveness to storage of content in a flash memory. A storage management apparatus according to the present invention includes a flash memory including a plurality of blocks each having a reserved area and a normal area, acquires a new dataset when a writable area included in a normal area of the plurality of blocks is larger than the new dataset and the new dataset is smaller in size than the writable area included in the normal area of the plurality of blocks in a case where unnecessary datasets included in the plurality of blocks are deleted, copies non-unnecessary datasets from the normal area of a specific block including the unnecessary datasets to the normal area of another block, deletes all datasets included in the normal area of the specific block, and stores the new dataset in the normal area of the specific block from which all the datasets are deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Keiichi Aoki, Masaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11897542
    Abstract: A power supply device mounting structure for a power supply device disposed below a seat disposed in a vehicle interior is provided. The power supply device mounting structure includes a plate member and a contact portion. The plate member is disposed between the power supply device and a seat surface portion of the seat and the plate member covers an upper surface of the power supply device. The contact portion is provided at a position facing an edge portion of the plate member and the contact portion comes into contact with the seat surface portion when a load is input from the seat surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nakano, Kazuto Yamane, Masaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11894534
    Abstract: A battery unit equipped in a vehicle includes a battery, a case accommodating the battery, an upper surface covering material covering an upper surface of the battery in the case, an intake portion provided on the upper surface covering material and configured to take in air from an outside of the case to above the battery, a lower surface covering material covering a lower surface of the battery in the case, an exhaust portion provided on the lower surface covering material and configured to discharge air that has cooled or heated the battery, a fan disposed below the lower surface covering material, configured to take in air discharged from the exhaust portion, and discharge the air between the lower surface covering material and a bottom surface of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Takahashi, Tsubasa Ikeya, Kenta Sugitate, Kazuya Nakano, Ryo Kaneshima
  • Patent number: 11878740
    Abstract: A clearance is created between an inner circumference of a bushing main body (2) which surrounds a rack (5) across a row of rack gear teeth (50) and an outer circumference of the rack (5), and two supporting surfaces (21A, 21B) which face each other with a bushing main body axis O therebetween and a supporting surface (21C) which faces a back surface of the rack (5), each extending along an x-axis direction, are formed on the inner circumference of the bushing main body (2). The rack (5) in a neutral state is supported by the two supporting surfaces (21A, 21B) so as to be displaceable along a z-axis direction, and the rack (5) in operation is stably supported by the three supporting surfaces (21A-21C) at three places.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, KYB CORPORATION, OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gaku Ikeyama, Kazuya Sato, Junya Kuwagaki, Yoshimitsu Fumimoto, Masaki Takahashi, Tomonori Taniguchi, Takuzo Ito, Mitsuhiko Fujikake, Hiroki Masuda, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Jun Ouchi, Kazuhiko Akeda