Patents by Inventor Masaru Kaneko

Masaru Kaneko 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: 11772707
    Abstract: A method for producing a vehicle rear module that includes: a clear member monolithically including a lamp section and a window section; and a colored member for shielding at least part of a vehicle interior from the exterior. The method for producing the vehicle rear module comprises: a step for injecting a transparent resin from a single resin injection hole into a first cavity to form the clear member; and a step for injecting a colored resin from a plurality of resin injection holes into a second cavity to form the colored member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Tsutsumi, Daisuke Mochizuki, Hideaki Yamamoto, Takenao Yoshimura, Yuki Takahashi, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Hara, Masayuki Kobayashi, Masaru Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10981478
    Abstract: A seat for vehicle includes a seat cushion and a seat back. A seat back frame of the seat back includes a right side frame, a left side frame, a lower frame, and an upper frame. The upper frame includes a first upper frame and a second upper frame, the first upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, the second upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, and a closed cross section is configured by vertically overlaying the first upper frame and the second upper frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kubota, Masaru Kaneko, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20210024139
    Abstract: A method for producing a vehicle rear module that includes: a clear member monolithically including a lamp section and a window section; and a colored member for shielding at least part of a vehicle interior from the exterior. The method for producing the vehicle rear module comprises: a step for injecting a transparent resin from a single resin injection hole into a first cavity to form the clear member; and a step for injecting a colored resin from a plurality of resin injection holes into a second cavity to form the colored member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Tsutsumi, Daisuke Mochizuki, Hideaki Yamamoto, Takenao Yoshimura, Yuki Takahashi, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Hara, Masayuki Kobayashi, Masaru Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10870378
    Abstract: A finisher-connecting structure for connecting a front finisher, which is disposed on one part of a vehicle seat, and a side finisher, which is disposed on another part of a vehicle seat, comprising a connection protrusion provided to the front finisher, and a connection recess that is provided to the side finisher and that fits with the connection protrusion; wherein the connection protrusion and the connection recess extend in a direction that intersects a direction in which the front finisher and the side finisher are continuous; wherein the fitted-together connection protrusion and connection recess regulate the front-rear-direction positions of the front finisher and the side finisher. In this connecting structure, which connects a pair of finishers using a connection protrusion and a connection recess, an unnecessary gap, such as a V-shaped gap, is prevented from being formed in the connected portion of the finishers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arima, Takayuki Yoshika, Masaru Kaneko, Nozomi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10752544
    Abstract: There is provided a production method of a resin composite module for a vehicle, which includes a resin module substrate, and a silicone-based polymer hard coat which is formed on the resin module substrate. The method includes forming the hard coat by coating a silicone-based polymer onto the resin module substrate, and radiating an ultraviolet ray onto at least a part of a surface of the hard coat such that a hardness thereof becomes 0.8 GPa or more as evaluated by a nanoindentation method. The radiating the ultraviolet ray uses a light source unit which includes a light source and emits an ultraviolet ray having a wavelength of 360 nm or less from an emission surface thereof and radiates the ultraviolet ray onto the surface of the hard coat while a distance from the emission surface to the surface of the hard coat is 10 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horikawa, Yasuaki Tsutsumi, Masaru Kaneko, Masayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10656585
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a consumable management apparatus includes a detecting unit, a storage unit, an analyzing circuit, a predicting circuit, and a notifying circuit. The detecting unit detects a use condition of a consumable. The storage unit stores therein a use history of the consumable. The analyzing circuit is configured to analyze a consumption speed of the consumable based on a degree of use frequency of the consumable, the degree of use frequency being obtained from the use history of the consumable stored in the storage unit. The predicting circuit is configured to predict a replacement time of the consumable from the use condition of the consumable detected by the detecting unit and the consumption speed of the consumable analyzed by the analyzing circuit. The notifying circuit is configured to give a notice of the replacement time of the consumable predicted by the predicting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Seki, Akiyoshi Nakai, Ko Tokumaru, Masaru Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20200039404
    Abstract: A finisher-connecting structure for connecting a front finisher, which is disposed on one part of a vehicle seat, and a side finisher, which is disposed on another part of a vehicle seat, comprising a connection protrusion provided to the front finisher, and a connection recess that is provided to the side finisher and that fits with the connection protrusion; wherein the connection protrusion and the connection recess extend in a direction that intersects a direction in which the front finisher and the side finisher are continuous; wherein the fitted-together connection protrusion and connection recess regulate the front-rear-direction positions of the front finisher and the side finisher. In this connecting structure, which connects a pair of finishers using a connection protrusion and a connection recess, an unnecessary gap, such as a V-shaped gap, is prevented from being formed in the connected portion of the finishers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi ARIMA, Takayuki YOSHIKA, Masaru KANEKO, Nozomi YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190375322
    Abstract: A seat for vehicle includes a seat cushion and a seat back. A seat back frame of the seat back includes a right side frame, a left side frame, a lower frame, and an upper frame. The upper frame includes a first upper frame and a second upper frame, the first upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, the second upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, and a closed cross section is configured by vertically overlaying the first upper frame and the second upper frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hidekazu KUBOTA, Masaru KANEKO, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190286038
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a consumable management apparatus includes a detecting unit, a storage unit, an analyzing circuit, a predicting circuit, and a notifying circuit. The detecting unit detects a use condition of a consumable. The storage unit stores therein a use history of the consumable. The analyzing circuit is configured to analyze a consumption speed of the consumable based on a degree of use frequency of the consumable, the degree of use frequency being obtained from the use history of the consumable stored in the storage unit. The predicting circuit is configured to predict a replacement time of the consumable from the use condition of the consumable detected by the detecting unit and the consumption speed of the consumable analyzed by the analyzing circuit. The notifying circuit is configured to give a notice of the replacement time of the consumable predicted by the predicting circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Takeo Seki, Akiyoshi Nakai, Ko Tokumaru, Masaru Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20190084876
    Abstract: There is provided a production method of a resin composite module for a vehicle, which includes a resin module substrate, and a silicone-based polymer hard coat which is formed on the resin module substrate. The method includes forming the hard coat by coating a silicone-based polymer onto the resin module substrate, and radiating an ultraviolet ray onto at least a part of a surface of the hard coat such that a hardness thereof becomes 0.8 GPa or more as evaluated by a nanoindentation method. The radiating the ultraviolet ray uses a light source unit which includes a light source and emits an ultraviolet ray having a wavelength of 360 0nm or less from an emission surface thereof and radiates the ultraviolet ray onto the surface of the hard coat while a distance from the emission surface to the surface of the hard coat is 10 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki HORIKAWA, Yasuaki TSUTSUMI, Masaru KANEKO, Masayuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170348710
    Abstract: A spray gun including a nozzle portion in which a substantially V-shaped groove is formed in a circular section of a truncated conical front end with a cone angle ranging from 20° to 90°, and an internal hole is opened as a liquid ejecting port by forming the substantially V-shaped groove; and a gas cap including a cap face which is provided with an atomized gas opening portion having an opening diameter larger than the circular section, the gas cap forming a circular slit-like gap between the gas cap and an outer periphery of the truncated conical front end, the gap being configured to eject gas for atomizing liquid. The circular section of the truncated conical front end has a diameter ranging from 0.8 mm to 2.8 mm. The atomized gas opening portion has the opening diameter equal to or larger than 1.0 mm and smaller than 3.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru KANEKO, Takayuki HATA
  • Publication number: 20170021371
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spray gun, comprising a gun main body 1, a coating material nozzle 30 attached to a gun barrel part 2 of the gun main body and formed with at least one groove 15 on a tip end portion having a coating material ejection opening 30A; and an air cap 16 disposed surrounding the coating material ejection opening of the coating material nozzle, introducing air to the at least one groove of the coating material nozzle, and having a side air hole 19 for ejecting air to intersect with coating material ejected from the coating material ejection opening of the coating material nozzle, wherein the coating material nozzle is configured to adjust a position of the at least one groove around a central axis thereof at least at the tip end portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru KANEKO, Shozo KOSAKA, Nobuhiro SAWATA, Hirohide SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9498788
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spray gun including: a body having a gun barrel; a coating material nozzle disposed on a tip end side of the gun barrel; and an air cap disposed on the tip end side of the gun barrel to surround a tip end portion of the coating material nozzle, wherein the tip end portion of the coating material nozzle has on the tip end surface thereof a guide wall spreading, and also has on an outer peripheral surface thereof a plurality of air grooves channeled gradually increasing in depth in a longitudinal direction, and wherein the inner peripheral surface of the air cap has a parallel surface parallel to the outer peripheral surface of the tip end portion of the coating material nozzle and successively a tapered surface spreading in a conical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo Kosaka, Masaru Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Morita, Takayuki Hata, Atsushi Morohoshi, Nobuhiro Sawata
  • Patent number: 9375736
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spray gun, including a gun main body, a coating material nozzle attached to a gun barrel part of the gun main body and formed with at least one groove on a tip end portion having a coating material ejection opening; and an air cap disposed surrounding the coating material ejection opening of the coating material nozzle, introducing air to the at least one groove of the coating material nozzle, and having a side air hole for ejecting air to intersect with coating material ejected from the coating material ejection opening of the coating material nozzle, wherein the coating material nozzle is configured to adjust a position of the at least one groove around a central axis thereof at least at the tip end portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Kaneko, Shozo Kosaka, Nobuhiro Sawata, Hirohide Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9358560
    Abstract: A spray gun including: a body having a gun barrel, a coating material nozzle disposed on a tip end side of the gun barrel; and an air cap disposed on the tip end side of the gun barrel to surround a tip end portion of the coating material nozzle, wherein the tip end portion of the coating material nozzle has on the tip end surface thereof a guide wall spreading and also has on the outer peripheral surface thereof a plurality of air grooves in a V shape channeled in a longitudinal direction, and wherein each of the air grooves has a bottom portion gradually increasing in depth in the longitudinal direction, the bottom portion having a curvature radius of 0.15 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo Kosaka, Masaru Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Morita, Takayuki Hata, Atsushi Morohoshi, Nobuhiro Sawata
  • Patent number: 9358558
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spray gun including: a body having a gun barrel; a coating material nozzle disposed on a tip end side of the gun barrel, and an air cap disposed on the tip end side of the gun barrel to surround a tip end portion of the coating material nozzle, wherein the tip end portion of the coating material nozzle has on the tip end surface thereof a guide wall spreading, and also has on the outer peripheral surface thereof a plurality of air grooves channeled in a longitudinal direction, and wherein each of the air grooves has a bottom portion gradually increasing in depth in the longitudinal direction, the bottom portion being located within a range of the guide wall on the tip end surface of the coating material nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo Kosaka, Masaru Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Morita, Takayuki Hata, Atsushi Morohoshi, Nobuhiro Sawata
  • Patent number: 9358559
    Abstract: A spray gun including: a body having a gun barrel; a coating material nozzle disposed on a tip end side of the gun barrel, and an air cap disposed on the tip end side of the gun barrel to surround a tip end portion of the coating material nozzle, wherein the tip end portion of the coating material nozzle has on the tip end surface thereof a guide wall spreading, and also has on the outer peripheral surface thereof a plurality of V-shaped grooves channeled in a longitudinal direction, and wherein the V-shaped groove has, in a triangle shaped cross section defined by contours crossing the guide wall, a height in the range of 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm and an opening angle of a bottom vertex in the range of 20 degrees to 100 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo Kosaka, Masaru Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Morita, Takayuki Hata, Atsushi Morohoshi, Nobuhiro Sawata
  • Patent number: 9121467
    Abstract: A piston rod is connected to a piston and extends through a seal in the end face of a cylinder. A locking tube which surrounds the cylinder when the piston rod is retracted has a first end section mounted to the free end of the piston rod so that the locking tube is pivotable between a release position, wherein the locking tube is substantially coaxial to the piston rod, and a locking position, wherein the locking tube is inclined toward the piston rod. An opposed second end section has a supporting stop which can be positioned axially against the free end of the cylinder when the piston rod is extended and the locking tube is in the locking position. An actuable retaining device retains the locking tube in the locking position only by manually pivoting the locking tube into the locking position when the piston rod is extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Born, Rolf Mintgen, Dirk Rennecke, Bernd Rosenstein, Yukio Ushida, Masaru Kaneko, Hiroshi Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20140061337
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spray gun including: a body having a gun barrel; a coating material nozzle disposed on a tip end side of the gun barrel; and an air cap disposed on the tip end side of the gun barrel to surround a tip end portion of the coating material nozzle, wherein the tip end portion of the coating material nozzle has on the tip end surface thereof a guide wall spreading, and also has on an outer peripheral surface thereof a plurality of air grooves channeled gradually increasing in depth in a longitudinal direction, and wherein the inner peripheral surface of the air cap has a parallel surface parallel to the outer peripheral surface of the tip end portion of the coating material nozzle and successively a tapered surface spreading in a conical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo KOSAKA, Masaru KANEKO, Nobuyoshi MORITA, Takayuki HATA, Atsushi MOROHOSHI, Nobuhiro SAWATA
  • Patent number: D768262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kaneko, Takayuki Hata