Patents by Inventor Masanori Yoshihara

Masanori Yoshihara 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: 20240025268
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle-body frame, a seat, wheels, a power source to generate a force to drive one of the wheels, a controller, and an inclination sensor to detect an inclination, in at least one of pitch or roll of the vehicle-body frame. The controller is configured or programmed to control a vehicle speed in at least one of a direction of advancing or reversing of the vehicle generated by driving the one wheel by the force from the power source depending on the inclination of the vehicle-body frame detected by the inclination sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Masanori YOSHIHARA, Masaki SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20240024176
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least three wheels including a steered wheel, at least one drive source to drive at least two of the wheels, and a front suspension including an upper arm and a lower arm supporting the steered wheel. In a state where the vehicle is stationary on a level road surface, an anhedral angle of the lower arm is larger than an anhedral angle of the upper arm, and a difference between the anhedral angle of the lower arm and the anhedral angle of the upper arm is 5 degrees or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta NAGASAWA, Masayuki KAWAMURA, Masanori YOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240017786
    Abstract: A one-occupant electric vehicle includes a seat to allow an occupant to sit thereon, a footboard to allow the occupant to place his/her feet thereon, front wheels and at least one rear wheel, and a motor to drive at least one of the wheels. A ratio of a diameter of the front wheels to a total length of the vehicle as measured in a front-rear direction is not less than 0.26, and a front portion of the seat on which the thighs of the occupant are to be placed is located higher than a rear portion of the seat on which the buttocks of the occupant are to be placed, and a rearmost point of a surface of the footboard on which the feet are to be placed is located rearward of a forwardmost point of an upper surface of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Masanori YOSHIHARA, Shintaro OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20240016678
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat on which a passenger is to be seated, a rear suspension to support rear wheels, and a drive source to drive the rear wheels. Pivots of the rear suspension are located forward relative to a rotation shaft of the rear wheels. A relationship WB/Dw?2.5 is satisfied, where WB is a wheelbase of the vehicle, and Dw is an outer diameter of the rear wheels. A relationship 3.0?Hs/Hp is satisfied, where Hp is a height from a level road surface to the pivots, and Hs is a distance in an up-down direction between an upper end portion of a front portion of the seat and a line of action where a reaction of a driving force that the rear wheels receive from the road surface acts on the pivots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shunsuke TSUBUSAKI, Masanori YOSHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11465855
    Abstract: A powder/granular material spreader that allows easy cleaning of a passage for powder/granular material includes a housing that houses motors, a passage that extends through the housing and provides a passage for the powder/granular material, a roller provided in the passage to feed the powder/granular material and that is driven by one of the motors, and a spinner driven by the motor to spread the powder/granular material. The passage includes an integral first wall that shields the motor from the passage, an integral second wall that shields the motor from the passage, and an opening located at an inlet of the passage. The opening is integral with the first wall and the second wall. The housing includes an integral cover that covers tops and sides of the motors, and fits over an outer surface of the opening. A seal is provided at a location where the opening and the cover are connected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryu Shinomiya, Masanori Yoshihara, Daisuke Hirajo, Masaru Nakazawa, Satoshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20200384181
    Abstract: An artificial heart and lung apparatus (100) includes a roller pump (120); a blood removal line (101); a first blood transfer line (104); a blood removal rate sensor (111); a control unit (140) that performs the linked control of the roller pump (120) in correspondence with a blood removal rate; and a blood transfer rate adjustment unit (160) that instructs the roller pump (120) to transfer a blood transfer rate. The blood transfer rate adjustment unit (160) includes an operation amount input unit to which an operation amount from an arbitrary circumferential position can be input, and which outputs a pulse signal according to the input operation amount, and a counter that adds and subtracts pulse signals output from the operation amount input unit, and outputs a resultant as blood transfer rate adjustment data, and the counter performs a counting operation with respect to the circumferential position of the operation amount input unit when blood transfer control transitions to the normal control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshinari NIIMI, Katsunori TANAKA, Masahiro KIHARA, Munehiro KISHI, Taku MARUYA, Masanori YOSHIHARA, Masahiro KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 10786617
    Abstract: The preset invention discloses an artificial heart and lung apparatus (100) including a roller pump (120); a blood removal line (101); a first blood transfer line (104); a blood removal rate sensor (111) and a control unit (140) that performs linked control of the roller pump (120) in correspondence with a blood removal rate. The control unit (140) is capable of detecting that the blood removal rate deviates from a blood removal condition set in advance, and out-of-set condition blood removal is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SENKO MEDICAL INSTRUMENT MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinari Niimi, Katsunori Tanaka, Masahiro Kihara, Munehiro Kishi, Taku Maruya, Masanori Yoshihara, Masahiro Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20200288695
    Abstract: A powder/granular material spreader that allows easy cleaning of a passage for powder/granular material includes a housing that houses motors, a passage that extends through the housing and provides a passage for the powder/granular material, a roller provided in the passage to feed the powder/granular material and that is driven by one of the motors, and a spinner driven by the motor to spread the powder/granular material. The passage includes an integral first wall that shields the motor from the passage, an integral second wall that shields the motor from the passage, and an opening located at an inlet of the passage. The opening is integral with the first wall and the second wall. The housing includes an integral cover that covers tops and sides of the motors, and fits over an outer surface of the opening. A seal is provided at a location where the opening and the cover are connected with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Ryu SHINOMIYA, Masanori YOSHIHARA, Daisuke HIRAJO, Masaru NAKAZAWA, Satoshi KATO
  • Patent number: 10751463
    Abstract: An artificial heart and lung apparatus includes a roller pump; a blood removal line; a first blood transfer line; a blood removal rate sensor; a control unit that performs the linked control of the roller pump in correspondence with a blood removal rate; and a blood transfer rate adjustment unit that instructs the roller pump to transfer a blood transfer rate. The blood transfer rate adjustment unit includes an operation amount input unit to which an operation amount from an arbitrary circumferential position can be input, and which outputs a pulse signal according to the input operation amount. A counter adds and subtracts pulse signals output from the operation amount input unit, and outputs a resultant as blood transfer rate adjustment data. The counter performs a counting operation with respect to the circumferential position of the operation amount input unit when blood transfer control transitions to the normal control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SENKO MEDICAL INSTRUMENT MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinari Niimi, Katsunori Tanaka, Masahiro Kihara, Munehiro Kishi, Taku Maruya, Masanori Yoshihara, Masahiro Kamiya
  • Patent number: 9897849
    Abstract: A protective film for polarizing plate made by laminating k layers (k being an integer of 2 to 7) of thermoplastic resin, in which a refractive index ni(?) at a wavelength X in the range of 380 to 780 nm of the i th thermoplastic resin layer as well as a refractive index ni+1(?) at a wavelength ?in the range of 380 to 780 nm of the i+1 th thermoplastic resin layer have a relationship of In |ni(?)?ni+1(?)|?0.045 (i being an integer of 1 to k?l); and a polarizing plate comprising the protective film and a polarizer. The protective film has an in-plane retardation Re at a wavelength ?of 550 nm of 50 nm or less, and is obtained by coextruding at least one layer (A) of thermoplastic resin having of a negative photoelastic coefficient with at least one layer (B) of thermoplastic resin having a positive photoelastic coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Yoshihara, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Kohei Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20170232182
    Abstract: The preset invention discloses an artificial heart and lung apparatus (100) including a roller pump (120); a blood removal line (101); a first blood transfer line (104); a blood removal rate sensor (111) and a control unit (140) that performs linked control of the roller pump (120) in correspondence with a blood removal rate. The control unit (140) is capable of detecting that the blood removal rate deviates from a blood removal condition set in advance, and out-of-set condition blood removal is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: SENKO MEDICAL INSTRUMENT Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinari NIIMI, Katsunori TANAKA, Masahiro KIHARA, Munehiro KISHI, Taku MARUYA, Masanori YOSHIHARA, Masahiro KAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20170224901
    Abstract: An artificial heart and lung apparatus includes a roller pump; a blood removal line; a first blood transfer line; a blood removal rate sensor; a control unit that performs the linked control of the roller pump in correspondence with a blood removal rate; and a blood transfer rate adjustment unit that instructs the roller pump to transfer a blood transfer rate. The blood transfer rate adjustment unit includes an operation amount input unit to which an operation amount from an arbitrary circumferential position can be input, and which outputs a pulse signal according to the input operation amount. A counter adds and subtracts pulse signals output from the operation amount input unit, and outputs a resultant as blood transfer rate adjustment data. The counter performs a counting operation with respect to the circumferential position of the operation amount input unit when blood transfer control transitions to the normal control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinari NIIMI, Katsunori TANAKA, Masahiro KIHARA, Munehiro KISHI, Taku MARUYA, Masanori YOSHIHARA, Masahiro KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 9725167
    Abstract: An unmanned helicopter includes a drive source, a tail rotor, a shaft unit that transmits a drive force from the drive source to the tail rotor, and an elastic member. The shaft unit includes a drive shaft, a transmission which transmits a drive force from the drive source to the drive shaft, and a transmittal portion that transmits a rotation torque from the drive shaft to the tail rotor. The drive shaft includes a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion. The elastic member is located between the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nagasaki, Masanori Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20160368599
    Abstract: An unmanned helicopter includes a drive source, a tail rotor, a shaft unit that transmits a drive force from the drive source to the tail rotor, and an elastic member. The shaft unit includes a drive shaft, a transmission which transmits a drive force from the drive source to the drive shaft, and a transmittal portion that transmits a rotation torque from the drive shaft to the tail rotor. The drive shaft includes a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion. The elastic member is located between the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiki NAGASAKI, Masanori YOSHIHARA
  • Patent number: 9382012
    Abstract: A helicopter includes a mast, a main rotor, an engine, a radiator, and a body cover. The engine and the radiator are housed in the body cover. The body cover includes a first opening penetrated by the mast, a second opening that is located at a more forward position than the first opening and configured to introduce air to the radiator, and a third opening located at a position that is more forward than the first opening and more rearward than the radiator. The third opening is located at a higher position than the second opening and the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shintaro Ohnishi, Tsuyoshi Ishizaki, Ikuhiko Hirami, Masanori Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 9139308
    Abstract: A display device includes a light source portion including a plurality of LEDs, and cover portions that cover the light source portion. Each cover portion includes an opposed portion and a side wall portion. The opposed portion includes a straight-through portion which allows light emitted from the light source portion to travel straightly, whereas the side wall portion includes a first scatter portion which scatters the light emitted from the light source portion. A portion of the light emitted from the light source portion to the straight-through portion leaves the cover portion to the outside without being scattered. A different portion of the light emitted to the straight-through portion repeats reflection inside the opposed portion, reaches the side wall portion, and is scattered in the first scatter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hayashi, Masanori Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20150183526
    Abstract: A display device includes a light source portion including a plurality of LEDs, and cover portions that cover the light source portion. Each cover portion includes an opposed portion and a side wall portion. The opposed portion includes a straight-through portion which allows light emitted from the light source portion to travel straightly, whereas the side wall portion includes a first scatter portion which scatters the light emitted from the light source portion. A portion of the light emitted from the light source portion to the straight-through portion leaves the cover portion to the outside without being scattered. A different portion of the light emitted to the straight-through portion repeats reflection inside the opposed portion, reaches the side wall portion, and is scattered in the first scatter portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hayashi, Masanori Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20150183521
    Abstract: A helicopter includes a mast, a main rotor, an engine, a radiator, and a body cover. The engine and the radiator are housed in the body cover. The body cover includes a first opening penetrated by the mast, a second opening that is located at a more forward position than the first opening and configured to introduce air to the radiator, and a third opening located at a position that is more forward than the first opening and more rearward than the radiator. The third opening is located at a higher position than the second opening and the radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Shintaro Ohnishi, Tsuyoshi Ishizaki, Ikuhiko Hirami, Masanori Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20150158271
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a crosslinkable resin formed article that is obtained by impregnating an inorganic fibrous support with a polymerizable composition, and subjecting the polymerizable composition to bulk polymerization, the polymerizable composition comprising (A) a cycloolefin monomer, (B) a metathesis polymerization catalyst, (C) a crosslinking agent, (D) an inorganic filler that consists of particles having an average particle size of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m, and (E) an inorganic filler that consists of particles having an average particle size of 1.5 to 5.0 ?m, the polymerizable composition having a total content of the component (D) and the component (E) of 60 to 80 wt %, and having a weight ratio (component (D):component (E)) of the component (D) to the component (E) of 5:95 to 40:60; a crosslinked resin formed article obtained by crosslinking the crosslinkable resin formed article; and a laminate produced by stacking the crosslinkable resin formed articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Hoshino, Kenji Ohno, Masanori Yoshihara
  • Patent number: D692797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shintaro Ohnishi, Ikuo Namiki, Masanori Yoshihara, Ikuhiko Hirami, Yoshihisa Matsubara