Patents by Inventor Masanori Endo

Masanori Endo 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: 20250115026
    Abstract: A metal resin composite molded body wherein various metal bases and a resin molded body are integrally and firmly bonded with each other; and a versatile method for producing this metal resin composite molded body. Particularly provided are: a metal resin composite molded body wherein an aluminum base and a polyolefin resin molded body are integrally and firmly bonded with each other; and a simple method for producing this metal resin composite molded body. A metal resin composite molded body which is characterized by comprising a metal base, a polypropylene resin layer and a thermoplastic resin molded body, and which is also characterized in that: the polypropylene resin layer is bonded to the metal base with a hydrophilic surface being interposed therebetween, said hydrophilic surface being formed on the metal base; and the thermoplastic resin molded body is bonded to the polypropylene resin layer by means of anchoring effect and compatibilizing effect with the polypropylene resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke Nishikori, Masanori Endo, Miyuki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20250101591
    Abstract: Provided are: a method for producing a corrosion-resistant member, wherein the method enables the formation of an anodized aluminum coating with the occurrence of burning due to irradiation with laser light prevented in spite of the inclusion of aluminum or an aluminum alloy as a substrate; and a laser CVD device to be used for obtaining this. They are: a method for producing a corrosion-resistant member, the method comprising: a coating formation step of forming an yttria coating on a surface of a substrate consisting of aluminum or an aluminum alloy by irradiating the substrate with laser light while the substrate is blown with a raw material gas containing yttrium, wherein the laser light is in the form of a pulse wave, and the substrate is allowed to have a temperature of 300° C. to 600° C. in deposition for forming an yttria coating; and a laser CVD device to be used in this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Masanori ENDO, Hiroki IKEDA, Akihiko ITO
  • Publication number: 20250067915
    Abstract: A thin film type filter for attenuating light comprising a multilayer film including a layer or layers of iron oxide and a layer or layers of other material having refractive index lower than refractive index of iron oxide, wherein the multilayer is made up of alternate layers of iron oxide and of other material, a ratio of the number of iron atoms to the number of oxygen atoms in each layer of iron oxide is equal to or greater than 4/3 and less than 3/2 and an attenuation coefficient of each layer of iron oxide is equal to or greater than 0.1 for light of wavelength of a certain wavelength in a wavelength from 700 nanometers to 2000 nanometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: NALUX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240427060
    Abstract: A combination of an optical element and an antireflection film, the optical element being provided with a microlens array and configured to diverge a light beam, the maximum angle of a diverged ray to a reference axis being D, wherein in each microlens Z / P ? 0 . 8 is satisfied, where Z represents distance between the vertex and the bottom and P represents the diameter of the smallest circle enclosing the bottom and the antireflection film being designed such that { T ? ( 0 ) / T ? ( D ) } / { T ? ( 0 ) / T ? ( D ) } ? 0 . 8 ? 5 is satisfied, where T(0) and T(D) respectively represent transmittance of the film formed on a substrate made of the material of the optical element for incident rays at 0 and D, and T?(0) and T?(D) respectively represent transmittance of the substrate without an antireflection film for incident rays at 0 and D, wherein the combination is configured so as to realize a target intensity distribution of diverged rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: NALUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta ISHII, Yosuke SAKOHIRA, Masanori ENDO, Toshiyuki KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20240383224
    Abstract: Provided is a metal-resin joined body having a high joint strength and sufficient airtightness and a metal member for obtaining the same. The metal member includes a metal base material made of a metal and a marking pattern having an uneven part formed on a surface of the metal base material, in which the marking pattern is one continuous straight line or curved line, a plurality of the marking patterns is formed to be adjacent to each other and run parallel, and, in a direction orthogonal to a running direction of the plurality of marking patterns, a maximum height roughness Rz of unevenness of the uneven parts and an average interval Rsm of the unevenness by the uneven parts have a relationship of 45?(180/?)×arctan(Rz/(Rsm/2))?75, and a metal-resin joined body includes a resin molded body formed on a surface of this metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke NISHIKORI, Masanori ENDO, Hiroki IKEDA, Yuta ENDO
  • Patent number: 12053952
    Abstract: Provided is a coated aluminum material for joining having an adhesion layer on a surface, and can exert excellent adhesion strength and corrosion resistance performance even under severe use conditions while being chromium-free. Provided is a coated aluminum material capable of producing the coated aluminum material for joining, and an aluminum resin composite material using the coated aluminum material for joining. Disclosed are a coated aluminum material for joining having an adhesion layer on a surface thereof and including a coated aluminum material and a silica-containing film formed on a surface of the aluminum material, the silica-containing film including 0.5 to 35 mass % of a silane coupling agent and having Si and P contents of 2 to 60, and 0.1 to 6.0 mg/m2, respectively, and P/Si mass ratio of P content and Si content of 0.02 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Reiko Takasawa, Masanori Endo, Yusuke Nishikori
  • Patent number: 11703687
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes: light sources; a light source driver that drives the light sources; a second control unit that illuminates the light sources via the light source driver on the basis of illumination control data; and a DMD display element that generates display light on the basis of illumination light emitted by the light sources. The illumination control data includes control modes for generating the illumination light brightness corresponding to a requested brightness. The control modes have differing brightness ranges, which partially overlap each other. The second control unit switches modes between the control modes when the requested brightness has reached a mode switching value, which is located in a non-end part of an overlapping region where one of the brightness ranges of one of the control modes and another one of the brightness ranges of another one of the control modes overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tsuchida, Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Masanori Endo, Takashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11688355
    Abstract: A lighting control data generation method for generating lighting control data for controlling light sources in a HUD device includes: a measurement point specifying step for specifying measurement points in accordance with the brightness of light from a light source at each of output levels set to different values by a light source control unit which controls the light source with reference to lighting control data; and an output characteristic acquisition step for acquiring output characteristics by performing interpolation between the specified measurement points, wherein in the measurement point specification step, measurement points of a first specific point number are specified in a high-brightness mode in which the required brightness exceeds a threshold value, and measurement points of a second specific point number larger than the first specific point number are specified in a low-brightness mode in which the required brightness is the threshold value or low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tsuchida, Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Masanori Endo, Takashi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230127995
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes: light sources; a light source driver that drives the light sources; a second control unit that illuminates the light sources via the light source driver on the basis of illumination control data; and a DMD display element that generates display light on the basis of illumination light emitted by the light sources. The illumination control data includes control modes for generating the illumination light brightness corresponding to a requested brightness. The control modes have differing brightness ranges, which partially overlap each other. The second control unit switches modes between the control modes when the requested brightness has reached a mode switching value, which is located in a non-end part of an overlapping region where one of the brightness ranges of one of the control modes and another one of the brightness ranges of another one of the control modes overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tsuchida, Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Masanori Endo, Takashi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230110727
    Abstract: A lighting control data generation method for generating lighting control data for controlling light sources in a HUD device includes: a measurement point specifying step for specifying measurement points in accordance with the brightness of light from a light source at each of output levels set to different values by a light source control unit which controls the light source with reference to lighting control data; and an output characteristic acquisition step for acquiring output characteristics by performing interpolation between the specified measurement points, wherein in the measurement point specification step, measurement points of a first specific point number are specified in a high-brightness mode in which the required brightness exceeds a threshold value, and measurement points of a second specific point number larger than the first specific point number are specified in a low-brightness mode in which the required brightness is the threshold value or low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tsuchida, Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Masanori Endo, Takashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11418056
    Abstract: A monitoring control system includes: at least one transmission monitoring control subsystem; and at least one distribution monitoring control subsystem. The transmission monitoring control subsystem and the distribution monitoring control subsystem respectively include an operation procedure creation unit that creates an operation procedure that defines a procedure of an operation for a facility installed in an electric power system, and an operation unit that, in a case an on-site operation that cannot be remotely performed on the facility is included in the operation procedure, transmits, to an on-site terminal associated with the on-site operation, a start confirmation instruction to confirm whether or not the on-site operation can be started and the operation procedure for the on-site operation. The monitoring control system performs monitoring control of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the operation procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujiura, Masami Onishi, Hirofumi Fujii, Hiroaki Sato, Koichi Takeuchi, Junya Yamamoto, Takashi Eguchi, Tomohiro Kubo, Masanori Endo, Kenji Kitami, Takaaki Hosaka, Jun Inoue
  • Patent number: 10992174
    Abstract: A monitoring control system including: at least one transmission monitoring control subsystem that performs monitoring control of a power transmission system; at least one distribution monitoring control subsystem that performs monitoring control of a power distribution system; a calculation server that stores outage plan names related to outages of the power transmission system and outages of the power distribution system; and a network that connects the transmission monitoring control subsystem, the distribution monitoring control subsystem, and the calculation server. The monitoring control system performs monitoring control of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the outage plan name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujiura, Masami Onishi, Hirofumi Fujii, Hiroaki Sato, Koichi Takeuchi, Junya Yamamoto, Takashi Eguchi, Tomohiro Kubo, Masanori Endo, Kenji Kitami, Takaaki Hosaka, Jun Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210075253
    Abstract: A monitoring control system including: at least one transmission monitoring control subsystem that performs monitoring control of a power transmission system; at least one distribution monitoring control subsystem that performs monitoring control of a power distribution system; a calculation server that stores outage plan names related to outages of the power transmission system and outages of the power distribution system; and a network that connects the transmission monitoring control subsystem, the distribution monitoring control subsystem, and the calculation server. The monitoring control system performs monitoring control of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the outage plan name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUJIURA, Masami ONISHI, Hirofumi FUJII, Hiroaki SATO, Koichi TAKEUCHI, Junya YAMAMOTO, Takashi EGUCHI, Tomohiro KUBO, Masanori ENDO, Kenji KITAMI, Takaaki HOSAKA, Jun INOUE
  • Publication number: 20200318729
    Abstract: A detecting device detecting an operation of a detection object may include a movable member that may move in association with the operation of the detection object, a fixing member that may movably support the movable member, a single magnet that may be disposed in the movable member and in which an N pole and an S pole may line in a movement direction of the movable member, and a single magnetic sensor disposed in the fixing member. The magnetic sensor may be arranged to be opposed to the magnet on a movement track of the magnet as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the movable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Masanori Endo
  • Publication number: 20200255994
    Abstract: A spunbonded nonwoven fabric of the present invention is characterized by being composed of a polyolefin fiber, wherein the average pore diameter of the nonwoven fabric surface is 0.1-25 ?m, the maximum pore diameter is 50 ?m or less, and the water pressure resistance per unit basis weight is 7 mmH2O/(g/m2) or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori Endo, Yohei Nakano, Ryoichi Hane
  • Publication number: 20200240061
    Abstract: Provided is a spunbond nonwoven fabric which is made of a polypropylene fiber and satisfies all of the following conditions A to E: A. the average single fiber diameter of the fiber is 6-17 ?m; B. the degree of crystal orientation of the fiber as obtained by wide-angle X-ray diffraction is at least 0.91; C. the crystallite size of the (110) plane of the fiber as obtained by wide angle X-ray diffraction is at least 12 nm; D. the average orientation parameter of the fiber as obtained by Raman spectroscopy is at least 8.0; and E. the complex viscosity of the spunbond nonwoven fabric at a temperature of 230° C. is 20-100 Pa·sec at an angular frequency of 6.3 rad/sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroo Katsuta, Yoshitsugu Funatsu, Masanori Endo
  • Publication number: 20200144856
    Abstract: A monitoring control system includes: at least one transmission monitoring control subsystem; and at least one distribution monitoring control subsystem. The transmission monitoring control subsystem and the distribution monitoring control subsystem respectively include an operation procedure creation unit that creates an operation procedure that defines a procedure of an operation for a facility installed in an electric power system, and an operation unit that, in a case an on-site operation that cannot be remotely performed on the facility is included in the operation procedure, transmits, to an on-site terminal associated with the on-site operation, a start confirmation instruction to confirm whether or not the on-site operation can be started and the operation procedure for the on-site operation. The monitoring control system performs monitoring control of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the operation procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicants: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUJIURA, Masami ONISHI, Hirofumi FUJII, Hiroaki SATO, Koichi TAKEUCHI, Junya YAMAMOTO, Takashi EGUCHI, Tomohiro KUBO, Masanori ENDO, Kenji KITAMI, Takaaki HOSAKA, Jun INOUE
  • Publication number: 20200061973
    Abstract: Provided is a coated aluminum material for joining having an adhesion layer on a surface, and can exert excellent adhesion strength and corrosion resistance performance even under severe use conditions while being chromium-free. Provided is a coated aluminum material capable of producing the coated aluminum material for joining, and an aluminum resin composite material using the coated aluminum material for joining. Disclosed are a coated aluminum material for joining having an adhesion layer on a surface thereof and including a coated aluminum material and a silica-containing film formed on a surface of the aluminum material, the silica-containing film including 0.5 to 35 mass % of a silane coupling agent and having Si and P contents of 2 to 60, and 0.1 to 6.0 mg/m2, respectively, and P/Si mass ratio of P content and Si content of 0.02 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Reiko TAKASAWA, Masanori ENDO, Yusuke NISHIKORI
  • Publication number: 20200044941
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes a monitoring control device, an image information providing device, and a client control device. The monitoring control device monitors infrastructure facilities and transmits statuses of the infrastructure facilities acquired on the basis of information input from a sensor to the image information providing device. The image information providing device generates original image information on the basis of the infrastructure facility statuses received from the monitoring control device. The client control device is connected to a display device and an operation device, receives information for designating a partial area of an entire image capable of being generated from the original image information from the operation device, transmits the received information to the image information providing device, and displays an image based on information received from the image information providing device on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUJIURA, Masaru KAWAKAMI, Hiroyuki YABE, Yuji FUJIMOTO, Shinobu KAWASHIMA, Koichi TAKEUCHI, Junya YAMAMOTO, Takashi EGUCHI, Tomohiro KUBO, Masanori ENDO, Kenji KITAMI, Takaaki HOSAKA, Jun INOUE
  • Patent number: 10300687
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum-resin bonded body that expresses excellent bonding strength and does not show a reduction in the strength after a durability test, thus being able to keep the excellent bonding strength over a long period of time. The aluminum-resin bonded body includes: an aluminum substrate formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; an oxygen-containing film containing oxygen, the oxygen-containing film being formed on a surface of the aluminum substrate; and a resin molded body formed of a thermoplastic resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin and an additive, the resin molded body being bonded onto the oxygen-containing film, in which the thermoplastic resin composition contains any one or both of: a thermoplastic resin containing an element having an unshared electron pair in a repeat unit and/or at an end; and an additive containing an element having an unshared electron pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Endo, Reiko Takasawa, Miyuki Yoshida