Patents by Inventor Masao Yamamoto

Masao Yamamoto 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: 8535837
    Abstract: There are included a gas-liquid separator (14) that performs gas-liquid separation on fuel exhaust gas exhausted from a fuel cell (11), a combustion section (13) that combusts hydrogen in the separated fuel exhaust gas, a heat exchanger (15) that performs heat exchange on combustion exhaust gas generated by the combustion, to condense moisture in the combustion exhaust gas and obtain combustion exhaust gas condensed water, and a degasifier (16) that removes carbon dioxide gas from the combustion exhaust gas condensed water and the fuel exhaust gas condensed water separated in the gas-liquid separator (14), and the degassed condensed water is stored in condensed water tank (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masao Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20130217894
    Abstract: A novel organic amine salt or salt with quaternary ammonium ion of 3-{[((2E)-2-{1-[5-(4-t-butylphenyl)-4-hydroxy-3-thienyl]ethylidene}hydrazino)carbonothioyl]amino}benzoic acid having useful properties as a drug is provided. A novel organic amine or salt with quaternary ammonium ion of 3-{[((2E)-2-{1-[5-(4-t-butylphenyl)-4-hydroxy-3-thienyl]ethylidene}hydrazino)carbonothioyl]amino}benzoic acid, a method for producing the organic amine salt or the salt with quaternary ammonium ion and a platelet increasing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Iwamoto, Satoshi Nakano, Mariko Ishida, Masao Yamamoto, Kazuya Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8493287
    Abstract: To improve a small image display device of the type to be attached to glasses so that positioning thereof can be made easily during use. An image display device 100 comprises a body assembly 110 which can be fixed to a temple 210 of glasses 200, and an image display section 120 adapted to move from a standby position that is located close to the body assembly 110 to a service position just in front of lenses 220. The service position for the image display section 120 is previously determined, and the image display section 120 is automatically moved from the standby position to the service position. This allows the image display section 120 to be positioned at a proper position. The image display section 120 contains a display 125 and a free curved surface prism 126 therein. A user can view images enlarged from the images produced on the display 125 when the image display section 120 is at the service position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Scalar Corporation
    Inventor: Masao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8445158
    Abstract: A fuel cell system (100) comprising: a fuel cell (1) configured to generate electric power using an oxidizing gas and a fuel gas; a recovered water tank (3) configured to store water recovered from an exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell; a water storage tank (4) configured to store water used as cooling water for cooling the fuel cell; a water feed flow path (g) through which the water stored in the recovered water tank is supplied to the water storage tank; a pump (8) configured to force water to flow from the recovered water tank to the water storage tank within the water feed flow path; a water purifier (7) configured to purify the water forcibly flowed by said pump in the water feed flow path by means of a built-in TOC absorber (7a) before the water is supplied to the water storage tank; and a controller (101), wherein the controller controls the pump so as to operate in a stop period of the fuel cell system such that water moves in the water feed flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Yamamoto, Masataka Ozeki
  • Patent number: 8403073
    Abstract: A changeover operation device, for changing over the positions of at least two components to establish three or more speed modes in a speed changer mechanism accommodated within a housing having an opening, includes operation handles arranged in a corresponding relationship with the components. Each of the operation handles is movable between two specified positions along a specified operation direction to change over the positions of the components. The operation handles are continuously arranged within the opening of the housing, one of the operation handles being partially overlapped with the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Power Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsubakimoto, Naotake Tanaka, Fumiaki Sekino, Kenichiro Inagaki, Masao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8253787
    Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a magnifying attachment to be attached to a camera by which a high magnification image can be obtained without appearing a part having no image in the image. The magnifying attachment has a magnifying objective lens (21A), a field lens (21B) for converting a light passed through the objective lens (21A) into collimated light, and a converging lens (21C) for focusing the collimated light on a camera lens (42). Light passed through the converging lens (21C) is converged on a pupil (42X) of the camera lens (42) with a solid angle exceeding the view angle of the camera lens (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Scalar Corporation
    Inventor: Masao Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120064417
    Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell unit for generating electric power using fuel gas and oxidizing gas and supplying the electric power; a condensed water tank for storing condensed water recovered from gas exhausted from the fuel cell unit; a water supply passage through which water is supplied from the condensed water tank to the fuel cell unit; and a water purifier disposed on the water supply passage to purify at least ions in the water; the water purifier including an ion-exchange resin layer, an antibacterial agent layer disposed upstream of the ion-exchange resin layer in a flow direction, an active carbon layer disposed between the ion-exchange resin layer and the antibacterial agent layer, and a first gap formed between the active carbon layer and the ion-exchange resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Oe, Hiroaki Kan, Masao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8089511
    Abstract: Provided is a universal joint capable of freely regulating a mounting angle of one member with respect to the other member, and an image display unit using the same. The image display unit (1) includes an image display unit main body (100) having a convex surface (101) forming a part of a specific spherical surface, and an intermediate member (200). The intermediate member (200) includes a guide member (220) having a concave surface (221) that is a curved surface corresponding to the convex surface (101) and is supposed to come into contact with the convex surface (101) when the image display unit main body (100) and the intermediate member (200) are fixed to each other, and a magnet (230) provided at a position substantially the center of the guide member (220) and capable of being fixed to the convex surface (101) by attraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Scalar Corporation
    Inventor: Masao Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110269034
    Abstract: There are included a gas-liquid separator (14) that performs gas-liquid separation on fuel exhaust gas exhausted from a fuel cell (11), a combustion section (13) that combusts hydrogen in the separated fuel exhaust gas, a heat exchanger (15) that performs heat exchange on combustion exhaust gas generated by the combustion, to condense moisture in the combustion exhaust gas and obtain combustion exhaust gas condensed water, and a degasifier (16) that removes carbon dioxide gas from the combustion exhaust gas condensed water and the fuel exhaust gas condensed water separated in the gas-liquid separator (14), and the degassed condensed water is stored in condensed water tank (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8016671
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes two LCDs, and a touch panel is provided in relation to the one LCD. When an action game is started, a game screen is displayed on the other LCD, and a still image (capture screen) obtained by copying the game screen according to a capture operation by a player is displayed on the one LCD. When an enemy object on the capture screen is directed, stroked, and so forth by use of the touch panel, the enemy object on the game screen is frozen or erased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Yamamoto, Naoya Kawanobe
  • Publication number: 20110175732
    Abstract: A power management system is disclosed in which ESL labels communicate with a server through a base station. The frequency and times at which each ESL label communicates with the server is optimized for the minimum communication necessary to provide up to date pricing and related information, and to simultaneously minimize consumed battery power for the ESL labels. The base stations and servers for the system are preferably operated from hard wired power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hakata, Hidetaka Fujisawa, Masao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7982689
    Abstract: To provide an image display device of the type that presents ages in a certain part of the field of vision in which the image display device can be used for prolonged periods of time. An image display device 1 includes a main body having a shape of a glasses frame, a right-eye display device 20R and a left-eye display device 20L. Each of the right-eye display device 20R and the left-eye display device 20L is for displaying a predetermined image and is provided in such a manner that it is not very clearly visible for a user when the user wearing the main body 10 on his or her head looks straight ahead and that it becomes clearly visible for the user only when the user moves his or her forward-looking eyes away. The user can get a forward field of vision and can see the images displayed on the right-eye display device 20R and the left-eye display device 20L when he or she looks at 45 degrees down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Scalar Corporation
    Inventor: Masao Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110043436
    Abstract: Provided is a head mount display of a type to be attached to eyeglasses. A head mount display (1) is provided with a case (10) incorporating displays, and free-form surface prisms (20). The head mount display (1) is used while the case (10) is attached to a bridge (105) of eyeglasses (100). When a user wears the eyeglasses (100), the case (10) incorporating displays and the free-form surface prisms (20) are connected to each other while aligning in a lateral direction as seen from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Scalar Corporation
    Inventor: Masao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7851503
    Abstract: A preventive, therapeutic or improving agent for diseases against which activation of the thrombopoietin receptor is effective or a platelet increasing agent, which contains a thrombopoietin receptor activator represented by the formula (1): [wherein each of R1 and R3 is independently a hydrogen atom, SO3H, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkylcarbonyl group or a C6-18 arylcarbonyl group (the C1-6 alkyl group, the C1-6 alkylcarbonyl group and the C6-18 arylcarbonyl group may be optionally substituted with a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a C2-6 alkenyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, a C1-6 alkoxycarbonyl group, a C6-18 aryl group, a 2-pyridyl group, a 3-pyridyl group, a 4-pyridyl group, a 2-furanyl group, a 3-furanyl group, a 2-thienyl group, a 3-thienyl group or NR9R10) , and each of R2, R4 and Ra is independently a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a C1-6 alkoxy group].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Miyaji, Norihisa Ishiwata, Takanori Nakamura, Taito Nishino, Hisao Kamiya, Masao Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100203412
    Abstract: A fuel cell system (100) comprising: a fuel cell (1) configured to generate electric power using an oxidizing gas and a fuel gas; a recovered water tank (3) configured to store water recovered from an exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell; a water storage tank (4) configured to store water used as cooling water for cooling the fuel cell; a water feed flow path (g) through which the water stored in the recovered water tank is supplied to the water storage tank; a pump (8) configured to force water to flow from the recovered water tank to the water storage tank within the water feed flow path; a water purifier (7) configured to purify the water forcibly flowed by said pump in the water feed flow path by means of a built-in TOC absorber (7a) before the water is supplied to the water storage tank; and a controller (101), wherein the controller controls the pump so as to operate in a stop period of the fuel cell system such that water moves in the water feed flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masao YAMAMOTO, Masataka Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20100186976
    Abstract: A changeover operation device, for changing over the positions of at least two components to establish three or more speed modes in a speed changer mechanism accommodated within a housing having an opening, includes operation handles arranged in a corresponding relationship with the components. Each of the operation handles is movable between two specified positions along a specified operation direction to change over the positions of the components. The operation handles are continuously arranged within the opening of the housing, one of the operation handles being partially overlapped with the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Power Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsubakimoto, Naotake Tanaka, Fumiaki Sekino, Kenichiro Inagaki, Masao Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100164840
    Abstract: Provided is a head mount display of a type of being attached to eyeglasses. The head mount display (1) includes a case (10) incorporating a display and free-form surface prisms (20). A nose pad (30) is attached to the case (10) of the head mount display (1). The head mount display (1) is used with the case (10) being attached to a bridge (105) of eyeglasses (100). On such an occasion, the nose pad (30) attached to the case (10) functions as the nose pad for the eyeglasses (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Masao Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100103076
    Abstract: To improve a small image display device of the type to be attached to glasses so that positioning thereof can be made easily during use. An image display device 100 comprises a body assembly 110 which can be fixed to a temple 210 of glasses 200, and an image display section 120 adapted to move from a standby position that is located close to the body assembly 110 to a service position just in front of lenses 220. The service position for the image display section 120 is previously determined, and the image display section 120 is automatically moved from the standby position to the service position. This allows the image display section 120 to be positioned at a proper position. The image display section 120 contains a display 125 and a free curved surface prism 126 therein. A user can view images enlarged from the images produced on the display 125 when the image display section 120 is at the service position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: SCALAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masao Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100058079
    Abstract: In the computer apparatus which has a processing unit, a power consumption measuring unit, and a power counter, the power consumption of running programs on the processing unit is measured at arbitrary constant period, wherein the measuring value is integrated to the power counter. When the power counter overflows, the processing unit is interrupted for sampling information required for analysis. Then the processing unit which received the interruption executes a sampling of the power consumption base. So, power consumption based sampling and profiling becomes to be enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masao Yamamoto, Kouichi Kumon
  • Publication number: 20100041474
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes two LCDs, and a touch panel is provided in relation to the one LCD. When an action game is started, a game screen is displayed on the other LCD, and a still image (capture screen) obtained by copying the game screen according to a capture operation by a player is displayed on the one LCD. When an enemy object on the capture screen is directed, stroked, and so forth by use of the touch panel, the enemy object on the game screen is frozen or erased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Yamamoto, Naoya Kawanobe