Patents by Inventor Masanori Fukuda

Masanori Fukuda 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: 11890919
    Abstract: A door beam structure for a vehicle side door includes a door beam having a hollow cross section, wherein the door beam includes: an outside portion forming a hollow flange of the door beam arranged to face a door skin, and an inside portion forming a hollow door beam body of the door beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Soma, Eiji Hirano, Yu Iemura, Hiroyuki Kumeno, Kozaburo Sakamaki, Masanori Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20230378381
    Abstract: Provided is a solar cell including: a semiconductor substrate having a substantially rectangular shape; and collector electrodes. The semiconductor substrate is sectioned into first, second, third, and fourth large sections by a first large sectioning line passing a center of a first side of the semiconductor substrate and substantially parallel to a second side of the semiconductor substrate and a second large sectioning line passing through a center of the second side of the semiconductor substrate and substantially parallel to the first side of the semiconductor substrate. The collector electrodes include finger electrodes. The finger electrodes provided on each of the first and third large sections extends in a first direction, and the finger electrodes provided on each of the second and the fourth large sections extends in a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 11804559
    Abstract: A solar cell module according to the present disclosure includes a photoelectric converter, a collector electrode electrically connected to the photoelectric converter, and a wiring material (3) electrically connected to the collector electrode, wherein the collector electrode includes: a first electrode film (9A) formed on a photoelectric converter side; and a second electrode film (9B) formed on at least a wiring material side of the first electrode film (9A) so that part of a surface of the first electrode film (9A) on the wiring material side is exposed, and wherein the collector electrode and the wiring material (3) are electrically connected to each other with solder (11) connected to the part of the surface of the first electrode film (9A) exposed from the second electrode film (9B) and to a surface of the second electrode film (9B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11741685
    Abstract: A commodity identification device is provided with: one or more processing devices; and one or more storage devices storing instructions for causing the one or more processing devices to: obtain a taken image; determine whether a commodity is provided with a corresponding mark or not by using a mark detector on the obtained taken image; identify which of a plurality of commodity groups a commodity provided with the mark belongs to by using a first neural network having learned the commodity, on the taken image where the mark is detected; and identify the commodity by using a second neural network having performed learning for each of the commodity groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Matsuba, Sousuke Shimoyama, Masanori Fukuda, Tomochika Fujioka, Akihito Torii
  • Publication number: 20230109458
    Abstract: Provided is a solar cell assembly that includes a plurality of small segments serving as a plurality of solar cells when divided, and has one linear side in plan view, each of the plurality of small segments being defined by a defining line, which is a straight line substantially parallel to the linear one side of the cell assembly, the solar cell assembly including: a photoelectric conversion part having a main surface; a transparent conductive layer disposed on an area of the main surface of the photoelectric conversion part corresponding to each of the plurality of small segments, the transparent conductive layer having a first area and a second area located at a different position from the first area; a collector electrode disposed on the first area of the transparent conductive layer and including a plating layer; and a transparent insulating layer disposed on the second area of the transparent conductive layer, in which the photoelectric conversion part is exposed in a defining area, which is an area fo
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220314757
    Abstract: A door beam structure for a vehicle side door includes a door beam having a hollow cross section, wherein the door beam includes: an outside portion forming a hollow flange of the door beam arranged to face a door skin, and an inside portion forming a hollow door beam body of the door beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki Soma, Eiji Hirano, Yu Iemura, Hiroyuki Kumeno, Kozaburo Sakamaki, Masanori Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11192596
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure in a vehicle rear portion includes a second rear lateral ring-shaped vehicle body framework (RWC2) having a substantially ring shape in a vehicle lateral direction and located near a pair of left and right damper support portions (54) supporting suspension dampers (55) and disposed in rear wheelhouses (52) behind side door openings (Es) in the vehicle. The vehicle body structure includes coupling members (33) coupling a pair of left and right side pillars (42) constituting the second rear lateral ring-shaped vehicle body framework (RWC2) having the substantially ring shape to a pair of left and right wheelhouse reinforcements (53).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Sato, Masanori Fukuda, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kotaro Kataoka
  • Patent number: 11192591
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure in a vehicle rear portion includes a first rear lateral ring-shaped vehicle body framework (RWC1) extending in a vehicle lateral direction in a vehicle body rear portion (1R) from vicinities of a pair of left and right damper support portions (54) supporting suspension dampers (55) and disposed in rear wheelhouses (52) at vehicle rear of side door openings (Es) of the vehicle. The vehicle body structure also includes coupling members (33) coupling longitudinal ring-shaped vehicle body frameworks (SLC) each having a substantially ring shape in a vehicle longitudinal direction to the first rear lateral ring-shaped vehicle body framework (RWC1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Sato, Masanori Fukuda, Shuichi Nakagami, Akihiro Kawano
  • Patent number: 11133430
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element according to the present disclosure includes: a first placement step in which a first semiconductor substrate on which a first thin film and a second thin film are not formed is placed in a first film forming place (81) in a first film forming chamber (61); a second placement step in which a second semiconductor substrate on which the first thin film is formed on a first-principal-surface side and the second thin film is not formed on a second-principal-surface side is placed in a second film forming place (82) in the chamber (61); and a first film forming step in which forming of the first thin film on the first-principal-surface side of the first semiconductor substrate and forming of the second thin film on the second-principal-surface side of the second semiconductor substrate are executed in the same period in the chamber (61).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Fukuda, Toshifumi Namiuchi, Takahiro Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20210217160
    Abstract: A commodity identification device is provided with: one or more processing devices; and one or more storage devices storing instructions for causing the one or more processing devices to: obtain a taken image; determine whether a commodity is provided with a corresponding mark or not by using a mark detector on the obtained taken image; identify which of a plurality of commodity groups a commodity provided with the mark belongs to by using a first neural network having learned the commodity on the taken image where the mark is detected; and identify the commodity by using a second neural network having performed learning for each of the commodity groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Seiji Matsuba, Sousuke Shimoyama, Masanori Fukuda, Tomochika Fujioka, Akihito Torii
  • Patent number: 11027510
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus (1) includes a first processing section (1000), a second processing section (2000), and a third processing section (3000) arranged on a straight line, and conveys a sheet (4200) therebetween. The first processing section (1000) forms a plurality of first processing lines extending in a first direction (an X axial direction) on the sheet (4200), by moving a plurality of tools (1110-1260) to the first direction in relation to the sheet (4200). The second processing section (2000) forms a plurality of second processing lines to a second direction (a Y axial direction) orthogonal to the first direction on the sheet (4200), by moving a plurality of tools to the second direction in relation to the sheet (4200). The third processing section (3000) forms a third processing line (aslant line, curve line) on the sheet, by relatively moving the sheet (4200) and the tool (3110, 3120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Nihon Seizuki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Fukuda, Toshiro Ochi
  • Patent number: 11008046
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure is provided, which includes rear wheel houses covering left and right rear wheels, left and right rear damper supports supporting upper ends of rear suspension dampers provided to the rear wheel houses, left and right rear side panels, a floor cross member coupling the rear wheel houses in a vehicle width direction, forward and downward of the rear damper supports, a rear header, left and right lower reinforcements coupled at lower ends thereof to the floor cross member and at upper ends to a region adjacent the rear damper supports, and left and right upper reinforcements coupled at lower ends thereof to upper ends of the lower reinforcements and at upper ends to the rear header. A substantially annular shape is formed in a front view by the floor cross member, the rear header, and the left and right lower upper reinforcements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishioka, Masanori Fukuda, Yusuke Desaki, Tomoya Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20210119067
    Abstract: A solar cell module according to the present disclosure includes a photoelectric converter, a collector electrode electrically connected to the photoelectric converter, and a wiring material (3) electrically connected to the collector electrode, wherein the collector electrode includes: a first electrode film (9A) formed on a photoelectric converter side; and a second electrode film (9B) formed on at least a wiring material side of the first electrode film (9A) so that part of a surface of the first electrode film (9A) on the wiring material side is exposed, and wherein the collector electrode and the wiring material (3) are electrically connected to each other with solder (11) connected to the part of the surface of the first electrode film (9A) exposed from the second electrode film (9B) and to a surface of the second electrode film (9B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20210086837
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure in a vehicle rear portion includes a first rear lateral ring-shaped vehicle body framework (RWC1) extending in a vehicle lateral direction in a vehicle body rear portion (1R) from vicinities of a pair of left and right damper support portions (54) supporting suspension dampers (55) and disposed in rear wheelhouses (52) at vehicle rear of side door openings (Es) of the vehicle. The vehicle body structure also includes coupling members (33) coupling longitudinal ring-shaped vehicle body frameworks (SLC) each having a substantially ring shape in a vehicle longitudinal direction to the first rear lateral ring-shaped vehicle body framework (RWC1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi SATO, Masanori FUKUDA, Shuichi NAKAGAMI, Akihiro KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20210086833
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure in a vehicle rear portion includes a second rear lateral ring-shaped vehicle body framework (RWC2) having a substantially ring shape in a vehicle lateral direction and located near a pair of left and right damper support portions (54) supporting suspension dampers (55) and disposed in rear wheelhouses (52) behind side door openings (Es) in the vehicle. The vehicle body structure includes coupling members (33) coupling a pair of left and right side pillars (42) constituting the second rear lateral ring-shaped vehicle body framework (RWC2) having the substantially ring shape to a pair of left and right wheelhouse reinforcements (53).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi SATO, Masanori FUKUDA, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Kotaro KATAOKA
  • Patent number: 10923606
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a plurality of finger electrodes, which extend in a first direction, and are aligned with a first interval in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and an identification mark arranged so that a second interval, which is greater than the first interval, separates the identification mark from the plurality of finger electrodes in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20200176629
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element according to the present disclosure includes: a first placement step in which a first semiconductor substrate on which a first thin film and a second thin film are not formed is placed in a first film forming place (81) in a first film forming chamber (61); a second placement step in which a second semiconductor substrate on which the first thin film is formed on a first-principal-surface side and the second thin film is not formed on a second-principal-surface side is placed in a second film forming place (82) in the chamber (61); and a first film forming step in which forming of the first thin film on the first-principal-surface side of the first semiconductor substrate and forming of the second thin film on the second-principal-surface side of the second semiconductor substrate are executed in the same period in the chamber (61).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori FUKUDA, Toshifumi NAMIUCHI, Takahiro MATSUDA
  • Patent number: D902143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Fukuda
  • Patent number: D902144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Fukuda
  • Patent number: D1021765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Fukuda