Patents by Inventor Masaru Inoue

Masaru Inoue 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: 11960079
    Abstract: To provide an image display device for enabling a polarization axis direction of a reflection type polarizing plate to be identified with simplicity and accuracy, and enabling an adjustment in the polarization reflection axis direction to be made with high accuracy, a wire grid polarizing plate for enabling the polarization axis direction to be examined simply, and the like, a head-up display device (1) in the present invention is an image display device provided with an image display (14) that outputs image light which is polarized light, a reflection type polarizing plate (15) having an reflecting surface (28) that reflects the image light, and a projection plate (11) onto which the image light reflected by the reflection type polarizing plate is projected, and is characterized in that the reflection type polarizing plate allows a bright line (B) as an indicator indicative of the polarization axis direction of the reflecting surface to be observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaru Sugiyama, Naoki Inoue, Nao Kitamichi
  • Publication number: 20240071688
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip having a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers facing each other through each of the plurality of dielectric layers, an external electrode that is provided on an end face of the multilayer chip in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which the plurality of internal electrode layers face each other, and has a plurality of glass portions that are spaced from each other on a surface of the external electrode, and a plated layer that is provided on the external electrode and has discontinuous portions on the plurality of glass portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki NAKAMURA, Mikio TAHARA, Hiroki SHIMIZU, Masaru SAITO, Tomio INOUE
  • Patent number: 11912124
    Abstract: A tractor includes: a vehicle body; an engine bonnet that forms an engine compartment; an engine disposed in the engine compartment; a first exhaust-gas cleaning device that is disposed in the engine compartment and purifies exhaust gas discharged by the engine; and a second exhaust-gas cleaning device that is disposed in the engine compartment and purifies the exhaust gas, the first exhaust-gas cleaning device being disposed above the engine such that a long side of the first exhaust-gas cleaning device is substantially parallel to a vehicle-body lateral width direction, the second exhaust-gas cleaning device being disposed behind the engine such that a long side of the second exhaust-gas cleaning device is substantially parallel to the vehicle-body lateral width orientation, and a maximum vertical length of the first exhaust-gas cleaning device is shorter than a maximum longitudinal length of the first exhaust-gas cleaning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tamaki, Kyota Inoue, Ryuichi Inoue, Masaru Shinya, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11308983
    Abstract: A plate material has a first portion, a second portion, and a fracture portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, and is separated into the first portion and the second portion by tearing the fracture portion. The first portion and the second portion are arranged in a first direction. The fracture portion has thin portions arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. Widths in the second direction of the thin portions are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210174827
    Abstract: A plate material has a first portion, a second portion, and a fracture portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, and is separated into the first portion and the second portion by tearing the fracture portion. The first portion and the second portion are arranged in a first direction. The fracture portion has thin portions arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. Widths in the second direction of the thin portions are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20200348253
    Abstract: A measuring container for measurement of impurity ions in a liquid includes: a first electrode; a first insulation film formed on the first electrode; a second insulation film formed apart from the first insulation film to create a space into which the liquid is to be sealed; a second electrode on which the second insulation film is formed, the second electrode being arranged to face the first electrode; and a seal material having an inlet through which the liquid is injected into the space, the seal material being configured to seal the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: TOYO Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Inoue, Noriaki Oyabu
  • Patent number: 10777223
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of feeding an agent, capable of stabilizing a remaining agent of a feeding part in characteristic and amount just before definitively feeding an agent to each definitive portion. The method includes intermittently moving a feeding part to a plurality of definitive portions defined on a structural object to definitively feed a flowable agent with a predetermined amount to each one of the definitive portions. The structural object includes a semi-finished product part with the definitive portions and a frame to be separated from the semi-finished product part. The frame includes a waste portion for the flowable agent. The waste portion has a same form as the definitive portions. The feeding part wastefully feeds the flowable agent to the waste portion with a same amount as the predetermined amount and thereafter starts the intermittently moving for the definitively feeding of the flowable agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Teramoto, Masaru Inoue, Takeshi Shimoda
  • Patent number: 10189232
    Abstract: An electronic device manufacturing apparatus includes a conveyer, a plurality of heaters, gas supply source, narrow path part, and a plurality of guide parts. The conveyer conveys a work to which an uncured conductive adhesive agent is applied. The narrow path part includes a narrow path formed along a locus in which the conductive adhesive agent passes. The guide parts which guide the inert gas to feed into the narrow path include gas dispersion members which store the heat of the heaters and disperse the inert gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimoda, Masaru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180286457
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of feeding an agent, capable of stabilizing a remaining agent of a feeding part in characteristic and amount just before definitively feeding an agent to each definitive portion. The method includes intermittently moving a feeding part to a plurality of definitive portions defined on a structural object to definitively feed a flowable agent with a predetermined amount to each one of the definitive portions. The structural object includes a semi-finished product part with the definitive portions and a frame to be separated from the semi-finished product part. The frame includes a waste portion for the flowable agent. The waste portion has a same form as the definitive portions. The feeding part wastefully feeds the flowable agent to the waste portion with a same amount as said predetermined amount and thereafter starts the intermittently moving for the definitively feeding of the flowable agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TERAMOTO, Masaru INOUE, Takeshi SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 9368138
    Abstract: In a first terminal portion, a first conductor, a terminal element as a first protection, and a first gold-plating layer are provided. The first terminal element is thicker than a base nickel layer of a slider terminal portion. The first gold-plating layer is provided with a first roughening processed portion. An electrically conductive paste contacts the roughening processed portion. In a second terminal portion, a second conductor, a terminal element as a second protection, and a second gold-plating layer are provided. The second terminal element is thicker than the base nickel layer. The second gold-plating layer is provided with a second roughening processed portion. An electrically conductive paste contacts the second roughening processed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Inoue, Sei Kawao, Rintarou Niwa
  • Patent number: 9158140
    Abstract: There is provided a physical property measuring method for a TFT liquid crystal panel, includes an impedance setting step of setting the impedance between the source and drain of a TFT of the TFT liquid crystal panel to be less than or equal to a predetermined value, a voltage application step of applying a voltage that cyclically varies to a liquid crystal layer of the TFT liquid crystal panel. And the method further includes a physical property measuring step of measuring a transient current flowing through the liquid crystal layer to which the voltage that cyclically varies is applied in the voltage application step to measure physical properties of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignees: TOYO CORPORATION, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaru Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Takashi Kurihara, Yasuhiro Kume
  • Patent number: 9121375
    Abstract: This air intake control valve includes a valve body rotatably mounted on a surge tank of an internal-combustion engine, rotated between an open position and a closed position to open and close a fluid passage formed in a partition wall internally dividing the surge tank into two parts and a valve body sealing member arranged on the outer periphery of the valve body, providing a seal between the partition wall and the valve body by coming into contact with the partition wall of the surge tank at the closed position of the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Ishii, Takuya Kato, Shinichi Oya, Masaru Inoue
  • Patent number: 8934203
    Abstract: A microactuator element is disposed on a gimbal portion of a flexure. A first end of the element is secured to a first supporting portion by a first insulating adhesive. A second end is secured to a second supporting portion by a second insulating adhesive. A first conductor is disposed on the first supporting portion. A second conductor on the ground side is disposed on the second supporting portion. A first electrode is disposed on a first end of the element. A first electrically conductive paste is provided between the first electrode and the first conductor. A second electrode is disposed on a second end of the element. A second electrically conductive paste is provided between the second electrode and the second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Hanya, Kenichi Takikawa, Toshiki Ando, Masaru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140368954
    Abstract: In a first terminal portion, a first conductor, a terminal element as a first protection, and a first gold-plating layer are provided. The first terminal element is thicker than a base nickel layer of a slider terminal portion. The first gold-plating layer is provided with a first roughening processed portion. An electrically conductive paste contacts the roughening processed portion. In a second terminal portion, a second conductor, a terminal element as a second protection, and a second gold-plating layer are provided. The second terminal element is thicker than the base nickel layer. The second gold-plating layer is provided with a second roughening processed portion. An electrically conductive paste contacts the second roughening processed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru INOUE, Sei KAWAO, Rintarou NIWA
  • Publication number: 20140192528
    Abstract: A light-emitting device and a luminaire that can reduce glare are provided. A light-emitting device according to an embodiment includes a substrate, an LED chip mounted on the lower surface of the substrate, a light reflecting member arranged downward and on one side when viewed from the LED chip and opened on the other side, a surface of the light reflecting member opposed to the LED chip being a light reflecting surface, and an optical member configured to guide light emitted from the LED chip and reflected by the light reflecting member downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Inoue, Makoto Kawagoe, Junya Hayashi, Masaru Matsuno
  • Patent number: 8752278
    Abstract: A method of reclaiming a head suspension includes detaching a slider 225 from a tongue 221 of the head suspension and removing an adhesive 227 remaining on the tongue 221. Removing the adhesive 227 remaining on the tongue 221 includes feeding a solvent 243, which promotes the removal of the adhesive 227, to a part of the tongue 221 where the adhesive 227 remains and promoting the removal of the remaining adhesive 227 from the tongue 221 by applying physical energy to the adhesive remaining part on the tongue 221. The physical energy is produced by heating, supersonic vibration, and the like. The method easily removes the adhesive 227 from the tongue 221 without directly applying mechanical force to the tongue 221, thereby improving yields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Inoue, Sei Kawao, Takeshi Shimoda
  • Patent number: 8746919
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a luminaire is provided which can enhance the feeling of brightness of a space and can reduce glare. The luminaire includes an equipment mounted on a ceiling surface. The equipment includes a light source and a light control unit. When an amount of light emitted outside from the equipment is an equipment luminous flux, and a direction right under the equipment has a luminous intensity distribution angle of 0°, the light control unit controls to cause a luminous flux falling within a range of a luminous intensity distribution angle of 90° to 120° to be 20% or more of the equipment luminous flux and to cause a luminous flux falling within a range of a luminous intensity distribution angle of 60° to 90° to be 20% or less of the equipment luminous flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Noguchi, Tomoko Ishiwata, Kazunori Yashiro, Masaru Inoue, Makoto Kawagoe, Fumie Iwata, Hitoshi Kawano, Shigehisa Kawatsuru
  • Patent number: 8740506
    Abstract: A positioning apparatus includes a stage on which a piezoelectric element is set, a stop unit having a stop face to which the piezoelectric element set on the stage is pushed so that the piezoelectric element is positioned at a target position corresponding to an attaching part of, for example, a head suspension to which the piezoelectric element is attached, and a pushing unit to push the piezoelectric element toward the stop face, the pushing unit blowing a gas to push the piezoelectric element. The positioning apparatus is capable of correctly positioning the piezoelectric element to the target position without damaging the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Ogaki, Takashi Ando, Masaru Inoue, Takeshi Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20140116377
    Abstract: This air intake control valve includes a valve body rotatably mounted on a surge tank of an internal-combustion engine, rotated between an open position and a closed position to open and close a fluid passage formed in a partition wall internally dividing the surge tank into two parts and a valve body sealing member arranged on the outer periphery of the valve body, providing a seal between the partition wall and the valve body by coming into contact with the partition wall of the surge tank at the closed position of the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato ISHII, Takuya Kato, Shinichi Oya, Masaru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140022675
    Abstract: A microactuator element is disposed on a gimbal portion of a flexure. A first end of the element is secured to a first supporting portion by a first insulating adhesive. A second end is secured to a second supporting portion by a second insulating adhesive. A first conductor is disposed on the first supporting portion. A second conductor on the ground side is disposed on the second supporting portion. A first electrode is disposed on a first end of the element. A first electrically conductive paste is provided between the first electrode and the first conductor. A second electrode is disposed on a second end of the element. A second electrically conductive paste is provided between the second electrode and the second conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Masao HANYA, Kenichi TAKIKAWA, Toshiki ANDO, Masaru INOUE