Patents by Inventor Masaru Fukuda

Masaru 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).

  • Publication number: 20240099110
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a display device includes preparing a processing substrate by forming a lower electrode, a rib and a partition, forming an organic layer on the lower electrode, forming an upper electrode on the organic layer, forming a first transparent layer on the upper electrode by depositing a first organic material, forming a second transparent layer on the first transparent layer by depositing a second organic material, and depositing the second organic material on each of a plurality of crystal oscillators included in a film thickness measurement device by emitting the second organic material from first and second nozzles of an evaporation source before forming the second transparent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hirofumi MIZUKOSHI, Takanobu TAKENAKA, Masaru TAKAYAMA, Kaichi FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210213309
    Abstract: There is provided a facepiece that does not hinder the movement of a wearer. A facepiece that covers a face of a wearer, the facepiece including: a front surface plate that is a transparent plate-like member having a size that can cover the face of the wearer; and a rotation mechanism passing through the front surface plate on either a right or left side of the wearer and being rotatable with respect to the front surface plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD., AIR WATER SAFETY SERVICE INC.
    Inventors: Nobuo SHIGEMATSU, Kenichi ONO, Hiroyuki IDE, Masaru FUKUDA, Shinji YAMAMOTO, Takushi DOI, Masashi YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210205641
    Abstract: There is provided a back carrier that does not hinder the movement of a wearer. A back carrier having a gas cylinder attached thereto, and carried on wearer's back, the back carrier including: a main body to which the gas cylinder is attached; and an adjuster including a regulator and a pressure demand valve attached to the main body and integrated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: AIR WATER SAFETY SERVICE INC., SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAMOTO, Takushi DOI, Masashi YOKOYAMA, Nobuo SHIGEMATSU, Kenichi ONO, Hiroyuki IDE, Masaru FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20180069327
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire in which a core wire made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is covered with a covering, and a terminal fitting made of copper or a copper alloy and crimped to an end portion of the electric wire in which the core wire is exposed. The terminal fitting includes a pair of crimp pieces. End portions of the pair of the crimped portions are crimped in a state where the end portions of the pair of the crimped portions are overlapped with each other, so as to cover a surrounding of the electric wire from a leading end of the core wire to a part of the covering. At least the pair of the crimp pieces have top surfaces, bottom surfaces and side surfaces covered with anti-corrosive plated layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohito NAKATA, Masaru FUKUDA, Kazuhide TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9780462
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes: a terminal fitting having a terminal connecting portion electrically connected to a counterpart terminal and an electric wire connecting portion electrically connected by crimping to an end portion of an electric wire placed on an inner wall surface thereof; and a second water stop portion that is pasted on the inner wall surface of the electric wire connecting portion before crimping and that, after crimping, forms a second water stop area capable of suppressing water entry between the electric wire connecting portion and the core wire from the terminal connecting portion side with respect to the distal end position of the core wire at the distal end of the electric wire. The electric wire connecting portion has a core wire crimp portion crimped on the core wire at the distal end of the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirohito Nakata, Masaru Fukuda, Takato Yoshida, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hiroyasu Taga, Motoya Hara
  • Patent number: 9780461
    Abstract: A water stop member of a crimp terminal is affixed to an inner wall surface of an electric wire connecting portion of a terminal fitting before crimping and forms into a first water stop area, a second water stop area, and a third water stop area after the crimping. The first water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the outer wall surface of a first barrel piece and the inner wall surface of a second barrel piece in the electric wire connecting portion. The second water stop area suppresses entering of water from the side closer to a terminal connecting portion of the terminal fitting than the distal end position of a core wire. The third water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the inner wall surface of a cover crimping portion of the electric wire connecting portion and a cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takato Yoshida, Masaru Fukuda, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hiroyasu Taga, Motoya Hara, Takeshi Osada
  • Patent number: 9774101
    Abstract: A water stop member of a crimp terminal is affixed to the inner wall surface of an electric wire connecting portion of a terminal fitting before crimping and forms into a first water stop area, a second water stop area, and a third water stop area after the crimping. The first water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the outer wall surface of a first barrel piece and the inner wall surface of a second barrel piece in the electric wire connecting portion. The second water stop area suppresses entering of water from the side closer to a terminal connecting portion of the terminal fitting than the distal end position of a core wire. The third water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the inner wall surface of a cover crimping portion of the electric wire connecting portion and a cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takato Yoshida, Masaru Fukuda, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hiroyasu Taga, Motoya Hara, Takeshi Osada
  • Publication number: 20170179617
    Abstract: A water stop member of a crimp terminal is affixed to an inner wall surface of an electric wire connecting portion of a terminal fitting before crimping and forms into a first water stop area, a second water stop area, and a third water stop area after the crimping. The first water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the outer wall surface of a first barrel piece and the inner wall surface of a second barrel piece in the electric wire connecting portion. The second water stop area suppresses entering of water from the side closer to a terminal connecting portion of the terminal fitting than the distal end position of a core wire. The third water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the inner wall surface of a cover crimping portion of the electric wire connecting portion and a cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takato YOSHIDA, Masaru FUKUDA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Hiroyasu TAGA, Motoya HARA, Takeshi OSADA
  • Publication number: 20170179618
    Abstract: A water stop member of a crimp terminal is affixed to the inner wall surface of an electric wire connecting portion of a terminal fitting before crimping and forms into a first water stop area, a second water stop area, and a third water stop area after the crimping. The first water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the outer wall surface of a first barrel piece and the inner wall surface of a second barrel piece in the electric wire connecting portion. The second water stop area suppresses entering of water from the side closer to a terminal connecting portion of the terminal fitting than the distal end position of a core wire. The third water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the inner wall surface of a cover crimping portion of the electric wire connecting portion and a cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takato YOSHIDA, Masaru FUKUDA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Hiroyasu TAGA, Motoya HARA, Takeshi OSADA
  • Publication number: 20170179619
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes: a terminal fitting having a terminal connecting portion electrically connected to a counterpart terminal and an electric wire connecting portion electrically connected by crimping to an end portion of an electric wire placed on an inner wall surface thereof; and a second water stop portion that is pasted on the inner wall surface of the electric wire connecting portion before crimping and that, after crimping, forms a second water stop area capable of suppressing water entry between the electric wire connecting portion and the core wire from the terminal connecting portion side with respect to the distal end position of the core wire at the distal end of the electric wire. The electric wire connecting portion has a core wire crimp portion crimped on the core wire at the distal end of the electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirohito NAKATA, Masaru FUKUDA, Takato YOSHIDA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Hiryoyasu TAGA, Motoya HARA
  • Publication number: 20150303502
    Abstract: A hydrogen generator includes: a reformer configured to generate a fuel gas, containing hydrogen as a major component, from a raw material gas; a combustor configured to heat the reformer; a hydro-desulfurizer configured to be heated by the reformer to remove a sulfur compound contained in the raw material gas by a hydrodesulfurization reaction; and a cooler configured to cool down the hydro-desulfurizer. The reformer includes a low temperature portion and a high temperature portion higher in temperature than the low temperature portion. The cooler is provided at a position corresponding to the high temperature portion of the reformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroki Fujioka, Akira Maenishi, Masaru Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20150044102
    Abstract: A hydrogen generation apparatus is configured to be supplied with a raw material containing a hydrocarbon component and generate a hydrogen-containing fuel gas. The hydrogen generation apparatus includes: a reformer configured to cause a reforming reaction of a mixed gas of the raw material and steam; a combustor configured to combust a combustible gas to heat the reformer; a hydrodesulfurizer configured to be supplied with heat from the reformer, and cause a reaction between sulfur in the raw material that is to be supplied to the reformer and hydrogen to remove the sulfur from the raw material; a first heat insulating material disposed between the hydrodesulfurizer and the reformer; and a heat equalizing plate disposed between the hydrodesulfurizer and the first heat insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Kimura, Masaru Fukuda, Hiroki Fujioka, Yuji Mukai, Yutaka Yoshida, Kiyoshi Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7987049
    Abstract: A GPS-Based ADS for determining attitude and heading of a moving body comprises a GPS receiver, an inertial sensor unit, a blockage area calculator, a sensor anomaly detector and a monitor. The GPS-Based ADS provides information useful for making a judgment on appropriateness of installation sites and mounting conditions of a GPS antenna and inertial sensors based on blockage area information concerning each satellite signal blockage area obtained by the blockage area calculator and sensor signal anomaly information concerning each inertial sensor anomaly obtained by the sensor anomaly detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hayashi, Sadao Sato, Masaru Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7527517
    Abstract: A connector, including a housing and a terminal received in the housing. The terminal includes a wire connecting portion which connects to a wire and an extension portion which is extended from the wire connecting portion. The extension portion has a conductive portion which is formed in a direction intersecting a direction in which the terminal is inserted into the housing and the housing has an exposure hole through which at least part of the conductive portion is exposed to the exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Harunori Tashiro, Masaru Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20090030612
    Abstract: A GPS-Based ADS for determining attitude and heading of a moving body comprises a GPS receiver, an inertial sensor unit, a blockage area calculator, a sensor anomaly detector and a monitor. The GPS-Based ADS provides information useful for making a judgment on appropriateness of installation sites and mounting conditions of a GPS antenna and inertial sensors based on blockage area information concerning each satellite signal blockage area obtained by the blockage area calculator and sensor signal anomaly information concerning each inertial sensor anomaly obtained by the sensor anomaly detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Furuno Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hayashi, Sadao Sato, Masaru Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7354295
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of terminals and a connector housing, receiving the terminals. Each of the terminals includes a terminal connecting portion, having a tubular shape, and receiving a mating terminal, a wire press-contacting portion including a press-contacting blade for press-contacting a wire, and the press-contacting blade having a blade width larger than a width of the terminal connecting portion, and an interconnecting portion, connecting the terminal connection portion and a wire press-contacting portion. A press-contacting direction in which the wire is press-contacted with the wire press-contacting portion is parallel to a terminal fitting direction of the terminal connecting portion. The terminal connecting portions of the terminals are received in the connector housing in parallel so that the press-contacting blades are arranged in a staggered manner. Also, a connector includes a housing and a terminal received in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Harunori Tashiro, Masaru Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7355549
    Abstract: A carrier phase-based relative positioning apparatus includes a plurality of antennas fixedly mounted on a moving body for receiving positioning signals from satellites, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) for measuring accelerations and angular velocities of the moving body, a reference attitude calculator for calculating attitude information about the attitude of the moving body from observables of the IMU at least before an integer ambiguity candidate is initially determined, an integer ambiguity estimator for estimating integer ambiguity candidates from the positioning signals received by the antennas, and an integer ambiguity validator for evaluating correctness of the integer ambiguity candidates estimated by the integer ambiguity estimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Fukuda, Koji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7285004
    Abstract: A Universal Serial Bus (USB) locking connector system is provided. The system can include a first housing defining a first locking portion and a female USB connector adapted to be disposed within the first housing. The system can also include a male USB connector operable to mate with the female USB connector. The system can further include a second housing defining a second locking portion. The second housing can be configured to receive the male USB connector. The second housing can be operable to engage the first locking portion with the second locking portion to fixedly couple the male USB connector to the female USB connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Fukuda, Larry Kim
  • Patent number: 7262363
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electric wire protective cap. The protective cap can be formed easily by a resin molding and prevents a seal material from leaking and improves waterproof. The protective cap includes a cap main body with a bottom, and a cover to be fitted to the cap main body and having a hole to insert electric wires. A joint portion of the electric wires is inserted into the cap main body and locked or fixed by the cover. The cover has a locking portion for the joint portion and a locking portion for the cap main body. The cover is an elastic packing material. An outer wall of the cover contacts firmly with an inner wall of the cap main body. The electric wires contact firmly with the hole of the cover. An abutting portion is disposed in the cap main body to prevent the cover from being pulled out. The cover is formed from a disk plate by making a cutout in the hole and overlapping end surfaces of the cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Fukuda, Harunori Tashiro, Chieko Torii, Takayuki Yamamoto, Masato Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7232953
    Abstract: An insulation cap of a wire joint of a joined electrical wire, the insulation cap including a cap main body for receiving the wire joint being formed by joining cores of a plurality of covered wires and an electro-conductive sleeve, and a flexible fastener provided on an inner wall of the cap main body for fastening the wire joint by contacting a rear end of the electro-conductive sleeve thereon. The flexible fastener is formed as an integral part of the cap main body by fastening a molding die through a hole provided at an opposite end of a joint insertion end of the cap main body. A plurality of flexible fasteners are provided axial symmetrically to extend toward a direction of inserting the wire joint from a base formed as an integral part of the inner wall of the cap main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Chieko Torii, Takayuki Yamamoto, Masato Ozawa, Masaru Fukuda