Patents by Inventor Masanori Watanabe
Masanori Watanabe 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: 20150349197Abstract: Provided is a nitride semiconductor light-emitting element including in order a first n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a second n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an n-type electron-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, wherein the average n-type dopant concentration of the second n-type nitride semiconductor layer is 0.53 times or less as high as the average n-type dopant concentration of the first n-type nitride semiconductor layer, and the average n-type dopant concentration of the n-type electron-injection layer is 1.5 times or more as high as the average n-type dopant concentration of the second n-type nitride semiconductor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masanori WATANABE, Satoshi KOMADA, Tomoya INOUE, Kosuke KAWABATA
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Publication number: 20150318721Abstract: A voltage balance control device (100) selects a reference capacity battery cell on the basis of battery capacity and calculates a balance target voltage value according to the capacity difference between the reference capacity battery cell and each battery cell. The balance target voltage value is calculated such that the remaining charge capacity at a charging end time of an assembled battery and the remaining discharge capacity at a discharging end time thereof either should substantially match each other or should be at a predetermined ratio. Even if the voltage characteristic of each battery cell changes after performing voltage balancing, this makes it possible to set the minimum capacity battery cell as a charging and discharging end voltage limiting cell and fully use the capacity of the minimum capacity battery cell to bring out the maximum battery performance of the assembled battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Masanori WATANABE, Ichiro TANAKA, Tatsuhiko UMETANI
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Publication number: 20150282356Abstract: In order to provide the electrical apparatus capable of improving the handleability, the electrical apparatus of the present invention includes the fan main body portion converting electrical power into wind to output the converted wind from a front face side to an outside of the fan main body portion, the pair of side frames supporting the fan main body portion, the pair of bottom frames extending from lower ends of the side frames to a rear side, the connecting frame connecting the pair of bottom frames, and the battery retaining portion having a rechargeable battery for supplying electrical power to the fan main body portion detachably attached thereto, where the battery retaining portion is provided in the connecting frame and disposed with a space from an air inlet port at a rear face of the tan main body portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Shigeru TAKAHASHI, Masanori WATANABE, Takafumi ITOH, Jyunichi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20150151415Abstract: A power tool which has an anvil 20 that is rotated by a hammer 22 and is housed in a housing, and rotates an output shaft 18 is provided. The anvil 20 and the output shaft 18 are integrally formed into one unit, and a carrier 33 that is rotatable relative to the anvil 20 by a predetermined angle on the same axis is provided. On one portion of an outer circumferential surface of the anvil 20, a relief surface 20a is formed. Cut-out portions 33b are formed at positions opposed to each other of a carrier 33, and by allowing an engaging pin 37 to be interposed therein, a locking mechanism that limits the relative rotation between the anvil 20 and a lock ring 38 is prepared. When the tool main body is manually rotated while the hammer 22 is being stopped, the engaging pin 37 limits the relative rotation between the anvil 20 and the lock ring 38. The locked state between the anvil 20 and the lock ring 38 is released immediately when the rotation of the motor 4 is started.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Keita Saitou, Shinichirou Satou, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Masanori Watanabe, Takuya Teranishi
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Patent number: 8947025Abstract: A regeneration control device of an electrically powered vehicle includes a motor generator which performs electric power regeneration by braking a driving wheel of the electrically powered vehicle, and a battery to which electric power regenerated by the motor generator is supplied. A monitoring unit includes at least one of a charging rate detection unit configured to detect a charging rate of the battery and a voltage value detection unit configured to detect a voltage value of the battery. A control unit controls the electric power regeneration of the motor generator according to at least one of the charging rate and the voltage value of the battery detected by the monitoring unit. The control unit is configured to decrease regenerative electric current of the motor generator as at least one of the charging rate and the voltage value is increased.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norihiko Hatsumi, Yoshiaki Sano, Toshiyuki Matsumi, Takanori Sugimoto, Hiroaki Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Hatsuda, Akira Hashizaka, Masanori Watanabe, Nobuaki Ohta
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Patent number: 8917022Abstract: A flange, which forms a portion of a vacuum container, has a rectangular opening surrounded by an insulating frame. A plate-shaped radio-frequency antenna conductor 13 is provided so as to cover the opening, with the insulating frame clamped thereby. In this structure, a radio-frequency power source is connected via a matching box to one end along the length of the radio-frequency antenna conductor, the other end is connected to ground, and electric power is supplied so that a radio-frequency current flows from one end of the radio-frequency antenna conductor to the other. By this method, the impedance of the radio-frequency antenna conductor can be lowered, and high-density plasma with a low electron temperature can be efficiently generated.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2009Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignees: EMD Corporation, Yasunori AndoInventors: Akinori Ebe, Yasunori Ando, Masanori Watanabe
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Patent number: 8893480Abstract: [Problem] To provide a reducing agent supply apparatus that can quickly melt urea aqueous solution solidified in a reducing agent injection valve to allow early start of the injection control of urea aqueous solution, a method for controlling the reducing agent supply apparatus, and an exhaust gas purification apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Bosch CorporationInventors: Kunihiro Chiba, Atsushi Kikuchi, Takeshi Miyamoto, Toshiki Sawaki, Masanori Watanabe, Hiroyuki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140340103Abstract: A probe card apparatus can comprise a tester interface to a test controller, probes for contacting terminals of electronic devices to be tested, and electrical connections there between. The probe card apparatus can comprise a primary sub-assembly, which can include the tester interface. The probe card apparatus can also comprise an interchangeable probe head, which can include the probes. The interchangeable probe head can be attached to and detached from the primary sub-assembly while the primary sub-assembly is secured to or in a housing of a test system. Different probe heads each having probes disposed in different patterns to test different types of electronic devices can thus be interchanged while the primary sub-assembly is secured to or in a housing of the test system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: FormFactor, Inc.Inventors: Toshihiro Kasai, Masanori Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140314603Abstract: A fuel pump having a housing which defines a pump chamber with an inlet and an outlet. A piston is reciprocally mounted in the pump chamber. An inlet valve is mounted fluidly in series between the pump chamber and the housing inlet which opens and closes the inlet in synchronism with the reciprocation of the piston. A rotary valve is mounted fluidly in series with the housing outlet and the rotary outlet valve is rotatably driven in synchronism with reciprocation of the piston. The rotary valve is configured so that it is fluidly open only at one or more predetermined angular positions of the rotary outlet valve. The open and close timings of the rotary inlet and outlet valves are completely controlled by a motor in order to control the fuel pressure, especially to avoid excessive fuel compression and resulting fuel pressure fluctuation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Hitachi. LtdInventors: Akira Inoue, Harsha Badarinarayan, Yosuke Tanabe, Masanori Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140268735Abstract: Provided is a lighting device capable of reducing an impact on the surrounding area. A lighting device capable of projecting light onto a first projection region and a second projection region which differs from the first projection region, wherein: a first light-emitting element is capable of emitting a flashing light that illuminates the first projection region; a light-blocking part blocks the light emitted by the first light-emitting element that is projected toward a region other than the first projection region; and a first optical path conversion member uses light emitted by the first light-emitting element, and converts the optical path of light emitted by the first light-emitting element in a manner such that the second projection region is illuminated by light perceived to have a smaller brightness/dimness intensity level than the flashing light from the first light-emitting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masanori Watanabe
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Patent number: 8835883Abstract: A charged particle radiation device includes a sample chamber in which a sample stage adapted to mount a sample is installed, a charged particle radiation irradiation section adapted to irradiate the sample with a charged particle radiation to observe and fabricate the sample, sidewalls installed on a periphery of the sample chamber and the charged particle radiation irradiation section, a ceiling board installed on a plane located in an upper part of the sidewalls, and a sound absorbing structure section disposed below the ceiling board, and including a plurality of hole sections and a hollow section communicated with the hole sections. The sound absorbing structure section has an absorption band including a frequency band of a standing wave generated in a space surrounded by the sidewalls and the ceiling board. Further, a soundproof cover may include the sidewalls, ceiling board and sound absorbing structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Daisuke Muto, Masanori Watanabe, Hiroshi Tsuji, Masaru Matsushima
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Patent number: 8822952Abstract: Charged particle beam apparatus arrangements in which either a first noise absorber which provides noise absorbing performance specialized for a first frequency range including the natural frequency of the charged particle beam apparatus as reference, or a second noise absorber which provides noise absorbing performance specialized for a second frequency range including the frequency of acoustic standing waves generated within the cover as reference, or both of the first and second noise absorbers is/are disposed within a cover of the charged particle beam apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Daisuke Muto, Masanori Watanabe, Masaru Matsushima, Shuichi Nakagawa, Masahiro Akatsu, Yusuke Tanba, Satoshi Okada
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Publication number: 20140184821Abstract: The present invention is concerning to an image management system that communicates with a first communication terminal via a communication network, the image management system comprising: an image storage unit configured to store image data; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the first communication terminal, link information that includes image identification information for identifying the image data and includes predetermined-area information that indicates a predetermined area in the image data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the first communication terminal, the image data that is indicated by the image identification information included in the link information received by the receiving unit and the predetermined-area information included in the link information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Inventors: Satoshi TANEICHI, Takeshi Ito, Masanori Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140150975Abstract: The present invention provides an internal antenna type plasma processing device which is easily maintained and capable of producing stable plasma. The plasma processing device has a plurality of antenna units 20 provided in the top wall 111 of a vacuum chamber 11. Each of the antenna units 20 includes: a dielectric housing 21 provided to protrude into the vacuum chamber 11 from the top wall 111 of the vacuum chamber 11; a cover 22 having a second gas discharge port 25 for discharging the atmosphere in the housing to the outside of the vacuum chamber; and a radio-frequency antenna 23 formed by a conductor tube which is fixed to the cover 22 by way of a feedthrough 24 and has gas passage holes 232 in its tube walls. An inert gas is supplied into the tube of the radio-frequency antenna 23, and the inside of the housing 21 is filled with the inert gas provided through the gas passage holes 232. The inert gas is discharged to the outside of the vacuum chamber 11 through the second gas discharge port 25.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2010Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: EMD CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori Ebe, Masanori Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140069672Abstract: A power tool includes: a motor configured to be driven based on one of a plurality of drive modes; a mode section switch; a control portion. The control portion is configured to operate responsive to a first operation to assign one or more drive modes preselected from the plurality of drive modes to the mode selection switch. A second operation different from the first operation is capable of manipulating the mode selection switch to select one drive mode from the one or more preselected drive modes, the control portion being further configured to control the motor based on the one drive mode selected by the mode selection switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hironori Mashiko, Nobuhiro Takano, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Atsushi Nakagawa, Masanori Watanabe, Mizuho Nakamura, Katsuhiro Oomori
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Patent number: 8643341Abstract: Disclosed is a battery system wherein safety of a lithium secondary battery can be enhanced by efficiently deactivating (inactivating) lithium metal deposited on a negative electrode of the lithium secondary battery. Also disclosed is an automobile. Specifically disclosed is a battery system comprising a lithium ion secondary battery and a temperature control unit for controlling the temperature of the lithium ion secondary battery. The temperature control unit performs such a control that the temperature T of the lithium ion secondary battery is maintained within the following range: 55° C.<T<65° C., for a predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Hamaguchi, Masanori Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140014385Abstract: A power tool includes: a handle housing housing a battery and having a first grip part; a motor driven by electric power of the battery; a power transmission system; a main housing housing the handle housing, the motor and the power transmission system and having a second grip part; and a turning mechanism turnably connected at a rear end part of the main housing and a front end part of the handle housing. The power tool is operable at least in a state that the main housing and the handle housing are disposed straight and a state that they are disposed to be folded. In the folded state, the second grip part is positioned in front of the first grip part in an axial direction of the main housing. A trigger and a forward/reverse switch that control the rotation of the motor are disposed on the handle housing side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Shingo KOSUGI, Megumi ISHIKAWA, Takuya TERANISHI, Keita SAITOU, Masanori WATANABE
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Publication number: 20130326419Abstract: A communication terminal displays thumbnails for predetermined-region images in a panoramic image and accepts a selection of a predetermined thumbnail so as to display the predetermined-region image corresponding to the accepted thumbnail. This brings about an effect that a user can easily find a desired panoramic image or a desired predetermined-region image in the panoramic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Toru HARADA, Hiroyuki SATOH, Noriyuki TERAO, Yoshiaki IRINO, Tomonori TANAKA, Nozomi IMAE, Hirokazu TAKENAKA, Hideaki YAMAMOTO, Kensuke MASUDA, Satoshi SAWAGUCHI, Satoshi TANEICHI, Masanori WATANABE, Takeshi ITO
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Publication number: 20130283769Abstract: [Problem] To provide an exhaust gas purification system capable of preventing clogging of a reducing agent injection valve due to solidified urea aqueous solution to prevent decrease in the exhaust gas purification efficiency of an internal-combustion engine. [Means for Resolution] An exhaust gas purification system including a DPF, a reducing agent injection valve and an SCR catalyst in this order from the exhaust upstream side includes: a condition satisfaction determination section for determining whether or not urea aqueous solution is likely to be solidified when detecting that an ignition switch is turned off; and an internal-combustion engine stop prevention section for preventing the internal-combustion engine from being stopped, based on a determination by the condition satisfaction determination section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: BOSCH CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Watanabe, Takeshi Miyamoto, Fumiyasu Kurogi
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Publication number: 20130269321Abstract: Provided is an exhaust purification system capable of clearing a blockage of a reducing agent injection valve caused by solidification of an aqueous urea solution soon after starting an engine and preventing degradation in exhaust purification efficiency when starting an internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: BOSCH CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Watanabe, Takeshi Miyamoto, Fumiyasu Kurogi