Patents by Inventor Masaru Higuchi
Masaru Higuchi 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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Patent number: 10978822Abstract: A connector is provided with a cable that includes a conductor and an insulation, connector bodies that are provided on one ends in an extending direction of the cable, and a cover unit that covers and integrates each of the one ends of the cable and each of the connector bodies. The cable includes a first cohesion unit provided on a surface of the insulation at each of one ends over an entire circumference around the extending direction of the cable, and fixed to the cover unit so as to be detachable by cohesive fracture.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Hoshino, Taijiro Fujiwara, Masato Matoba, Masaki Nakamura, Masaru Higuchi, Hiroshi Okuyama
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Publication number: 20200176921Abstract: A connector is provided with a cable that includes a conductor and an insulation, connector bodies that are provided on one ends in an extending direction of the cable, and a cover unit that covers and integrates each of the one ends of the cable and each of the connector bodies. The cable includes a first cohesion unit provided on a surface of the insulation at each of one ends over an entire circumference around the extending direction of the cable, and fixed to the cover unit so as to be detachable by cohesive fracture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hirokazu HOSHINO, Taijiro FUJIWARA, Masato MATOBA, Masaki NAKAMURA, Masaru HIGUCHI, Hiroshi OKUYAMA
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Patent number: 9608191Abstract: A superconducting thin film having excellent critical current characteristics is provided. A substrate for a superconducting thin film includes a substrate body (10A) having a main surface (10B) in which the root mean square slope R?q of a roughness curve is 0.4 or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Higuchi, Hisaki Sakamoto, Yoshinori Nagasu
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Patent number: 9508469Abstract: A peelable superconductive conductor comprising a superconductive conductor including a substrate and a superconducting layer which is formed on one principal surface of the substrate. The peelable superconductive conductor can further comprise a peelable carrier body, which is formed on a principal surface of the superconductive conductor on an opposite side of the surface on which the superconducting layer is formed.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuko Okuno, Yoshikazu Okuno, Yoshinori Nagasu, Masaru Higuchi
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Patent number: 9378869Abstract: A superconductive wire material substrate which is formed such that a surface roughness Ra of one surface is 10 nm or less, and a surface roughness Ra of an other surface is larger than the surface roughness Ra of the one surface, and is 8 nm or more and less than 15 nm, between the surface roughnesses Ra of both surfaces of the superconductive wire material substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Nagasu, Masaru Higuchi, Hisaki Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20160027556Abstract: A peelable superconductive conductor comprising a superconductive conductor including a substrate and a superconducting layer which is formed on one principal surface of the substrate. The peelable superconductive conductor can further comprise a peelable carrier body, which is formed on a principal surface of the superconductive conductor on an opposite side of the surface on which the superconducting layer is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Yuko OKUNO, Yoshikazu OKUNO, Yoshinori NAGASU, Masaru HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20150279519Abstract: A superconducting wire is provided which allows an appropriate critical current property to be obtained while maintaining high adhesive strength based on smoothness of a substrate surface that can be achieved without mechanical polishing or the like. A first intermediate layer 21 is formed by coating a material solution on a substrate 10 with a maximum height roughness Rz of 10 nm or more. This improves surface smoothness of the first intermediate layer 21, improves orientation and smoothness of a second intermediate layer 22 formed on the first intermediate layer 21, and increases a critical current in an oxide superconducting layer 30. Furthermore, the first intermediate layer 21 is formed of a plurality of thin coating film layers 21i.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Higuchi, Hisaki Sakamoto, Nobuaki Orita, Norihisa Shibayama
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Patent number: 9014768Abstract: A method for producing a superconductive conductor includes: a base material preparation process of preparing a base material having a groove formed on at least one face thereof; a superconducting layer formation process of forming a superconducting layer on a surface of the base material at a side at which the groove is formed; and a cutting process of cutting completely through the base material along the groove.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Nagasu, Hisaki Sakamoto, Masaru Higuchi
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Patent number: 9002424Abstract: A tape-shaped superconducting film-forming substrate is disclosed, which includes a film-forming face for forming a laminate including a superconducting layer thereon, a rear face that is a face at a side opposite to the film-forming face, a pair of end faces connected to the film-forming face and the rear face, and a pair of side faces connected to the film-forming face, the rear face, and the pair of end faces, in which each of the pair of side faces includes a spreading face that spreads toward an outer side in an in-plane direction of the film-forming face from an edge part of the film-forming face toward the rear face side. A superconducting wire and a superconducting wire manufacturing method are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Nagasu, Masaru Higuchi, Hisaki Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20150038334Abstract: A tape-shaped superconducting film-forming substrate is disclosed, which includes a film-forming face for forming a laminate including a superconducting layer thereon, a rear face that is a face at a side opposite to the film-forming face, a pair of end faces connected to the film-forming face and the rear face, and a pair of side faces connected to the film-forming face, the rear face, and the pair of end faces, in which each of the pair of side faces includes a spreading face that spreads toward an outer side in an in-plane direction of the film-forming face from an edge part of the film-forming face toward the rear face side. A superconducting wire and a superconducting wire manufacturing method are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Yoshinori Nagasu, Masaru Higuchi, Hisaki Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20150024942Abstract: A superconducting wire has: a substrate; a superconducting layer that is layered on one main surface side of the substrate; a stabilization layer that covers a surface of the superconducting layer and another main surface of the substrate; and an insulating layer that covers a surface of the stabilization layer, and that has an identification portion that identifies the substrate side and the superconducting layer side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuko Hayase, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Yoshikazu Okuno, Yoshinori Nagasu, Masaru Higuchi, Hisaki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 8805570Abstract: A workpiece measuring device, a collision preventing device, and a machine tool acquires 3D data of the shape of a workpiece used to prevent a collision between the workpiece and part of the machine tool. A measuring section measures the distance to the workpiece through scanning in a non-contact manner; and a shape recognition section generates a 3D mesh structure. The coordinates of a measurement point on the workpiece based on distance information about the measured distance to the workpiece, and that generates a measurement geometry map such that, when the ratio of the number of times the calculated measurement point is included in one unit of the 3D mesh structure to the number of times a position of the workpiece corresponding to the one unit is scanned is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, the one unit is regarded as part of the workpiece are included.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Naoto Kawauchi, Yuichi Sasano, Shin Asano, Kenji Kura, Hirokazu Matsushita, Akihiko Matsumura, Masaru Higuchi
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Publication number: 20130240246Abstract: Provided is a less expensive and high-performance superconductive wire material substrate, a method of manufacturing the less expensive and high-performance superconductive wire material substrate, and a superconductive wire material using the less expensive and high-performance superconductive wire material substrate. A superconductive wire material substrate 1 is formed such that a surface roughness Ra of one surface is 10 nm or less, and a surface roughness Ra of an other surface is larger than the surface roughness Ra of the one surface, and is 8 nm or more and less than 15 nm, between the surface roughnesses Ra of both surfaces of the superconductive wire material substrate 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Nagasu, Masaru Higuchi, Hisaki Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20130137581Abstract: A superconducting thin film having excellent critical current characteristics is provided. A substrate for a superconducting thin film includes a substrate body (10A) having a main surface (10B) in which the root mean square slope R?q of a roughness curve is 0.4 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Higuchi, Hisaki Sakamoto, Yoshinori Nagasu
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Publication number: 20130137579Abstract: A method for producing a superconductive conductor includes: a base material preparation process of preparing a base material having a groove formed on at least one face thereof; a superconducting layer formation process of forming a superconducting layer on a surface of the base material at a side at which the groove is formed; and a cutting process of cutting completely through the base material along the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Nagasu, Hisaki Sakamoto, Masaru Higuchi
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Publication number: 20120303225Abstract: An industrial vehicle 1 includes a brake 5 that applies a driving force or a braking force to a vehicle body 22, a lift pressure sensor 632 that detects pitching vibration of a vehicle body, and a pitching control unit 62 that calculates a pitching control torque for suppressing pitching vibration and generates a pitching control signal for causing the brake 5 to output the pitching control torque. When the industrial vehicle 1 runs under a load, the pitching control unit 62 calculates the pitching control torque based on an output value from the lift pressure sensor 632 to output the pitching control signal. The brake 5 is then driven based on the pitching control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Kensuke Futahashi, Yusuke Kinouchi, Ryuichi Umehara, Takuya Nakada, Takashi Shibutani, Masaru Higuchi
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Patent number: 8314782Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a display section; a light radiating section; a plurality of light converging lenses; and a plurality of light receiving devices, wherein the display section includes pixel areas each used for creating a pixel section, and sensor areas each used for creating one of the light receiving devices; the light radiating section outputs light and radiates the output light to the display section from a particular-side surface of the display section; each of the light converging lenses is created in one of the sensor areas each located in the display section and converges light generated by the light radiating section on a focal point inside the display section, passing on the converged light to the other-side surface of the display section; and each of the light receiving devices is created in one of the sensor areas to serve as a device for receiving light which arrives at the other-side surface of the display section as light reflected by a subject of detection.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masumitsu Ino, YingBao Yang, Tsutomu Tanaka, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Masaru Higuchi
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Patent number: 8287169Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight capable of suppressing loss of light from an invisible light source and a displaying/imaging apparatus using the same. The backlight includes: a light guide plate having a light emitting face and a rear face opposed to the light emitting face; a visible light source disposed on a side face of the light guide plate; an invisible light source disposed on a side face of the light guide plate; a first reflection film disposed on the rear face side of the light guide plate, reflecting light from the visible light source, and transmitting light from the invisible light source; and a second reflection film disposed on the rear face side of the light guide plate and reflecting light from at least the invisible light source out of the visible light source and the invisible light source.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ying Bao Yang, Takafumi Suzuki, Susumu Kimura, Masaru Higuchi, Masaki Kondoh
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Patent number: 8264452Abstract: There is provided a display device, including a display panel; a first light emitting unit for inputting a first input light to the display panel based on a first light emitting signal; a second light emitting unit for inputting second input light to the display panel based on a second light emitting signal; and light emitting control unit for outputting the first light emitting signal, the second light emitting signal, the image signal corresponding to the first input light, and the image signal corresponding to the second input light; where the light emitting control unit performs output of the first light emitting signal and the image signal of the color corresponding to the first input light in synchronization in a first sub-frame, and performs output of the second light emitting signal and the image signal of the color corresponding to the second input light in synchronization in a second sub-frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Eiho You, Susumu Kimura, Hiromasa Suzuki, Masaru Higuchi
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Publication number: 20120089247Abstract: A workpiece measuring device, a collision preventing device, and a machine tool acquires 3D data of the shape of a workpiece used to prevent a collision between the workpiece and part of the machine tool. A measuring section measures the distance to the workpiece through scanning in a non-contact manner; and a shape recognition section generates a 3D mesh structure. The coordinates of a measurement point on the workpiece based on distance information about the measured distance to the workpiece, and that generates a measurement geometry map such that, when the ratio of the number of times the calculated measurement point is included in one unit of the 3D mesh structure to the number of times a position of the workpiece corresponding to the one unit is scanned is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, the one unit is regarded as part of the workpiece are included.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2009Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoto Kawauchi, Yuichi Sasano, Shin Asano, Kenji Kura, Hirokazu Matsushita, Akihiko Matsumura, Masaru Higuchi