Patents by Inventor Masashi Nakanishi

Masashi Nakanishi 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: 20240067239
    Abstract: A train control device (20) to be installed on a train (10) includes an acquisition unit (21) that obtains first pulses from a velocity sensor (31) for detecting the first pulses generated on a first axle of the train (10) and obtains second pulses from a velocity sensor (32) for detecting the second pulses generated on a second axle of the train (10), a storage unit (22) that stores the first pulses and the second pulses, and a control unit (23) that determines occurrence or non-occurrence of a slip or a slide of the train (10) based on a pulse ratio, where the pulse ratio is a ratio between a number of first pulses detected during a time period in which the train (10) traveled a given distance among the first pulses, and a number of second pulses detected during a time period in which the train (10) traveled the given distance among the second pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi ASUKA, Makoto TOKUMARU, Mototsugu KOZAKI, Akira NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20240067241
    Abstract: A train control device includes: a control unit that calculates a control speed of the train at a current position with respect to a target speed at a target position of the train, by using a travel distance from the current position to the target position of the train, an altitude difference between the current position and the target position, a braking force of a brake device of the train, first potential energy including an influence of an altitude difference based on a gradient of the track in a section from a head position to a tail position of the train at the current position, and second potential energy including an influence of an altitude difference based on a gradient of the track in a section from a head position to a tail position of the train at the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi ASUKA, Makoto TOKUMARU, Mototsugu KOZAKI, Akira NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20230138765
    Abstract: A headrest includes an insert member covering a gate-shaped stay other than both legs of the gate-shaped stay, a pad body covering the insert member other than a lower surface of the insert member, a cover having a bag-shape, covering the pad body, and forming an outer shape of a headrest main body, and a strip-shaped plate member attached to an end edge of the cover between the legs in a state where the cover covers the insert member and the legs protrude outward through a cover opening of the cover. The lower surface of the insert member is provided with an insert opening extending in a headrest width direction and disposed between the legs, and the cover is attached to the insert member in a state where the plate member is inserted into the insert opening with the end edge of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi NAKANISHI, Jun JIN
  • Patent number: 10275411
    Abstract: A management system (A) assigns a priority to each of a plurality of elements matching a predetermined condition based on management information including information representing a relation among elements and information representing a metric of each of the elements, (B) displays a visual representing a visual priority given to each of element based on one or more priorities given in (A), (C) when receiving selection of the elements from the visual displayed in (B), selects a higher or lower level layer of a layer containing a selected element, and selects one or more elements related to the selected element and contained in the selected layer, based on a level relation among a plurality of layers and a correlation between element types and layers, and (D) performs (A) with the one or more elements selected in (C) treated as the one or more elements matching the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kura, Daisuke Nogami, Tsutomu Fujii, Yasufumi Uchiyama, Masahide Ban, Tomoto Washio, Masashi Nakanishi, Chizuko Sasanabe
  • Patent number: 9539917
    Abstract: A vehicle seat: wherein a reinforcing member includes, a first section attached to a back surface of a seat back so as to face the back surface of the seat back when the seat back is in a standing state and configured to follow the seat back when the seat back is tilted from the standing state, a second section disposed so as to face a back surface of a seat cushion when the seat back is in the standing state, and a connection portion connecting the first section and the second section, and wherein the connection portion is configured to allow the first section to bend with respect to the second section in a rearward direction of the seat, and restrict the first section to bend with respect to the second section in a forward direction of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi Toyama, Masashi Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20160371351
    Abstract: A management system (A) assigns a priority to each of a plurality of elements matching a predetermined condition based on management information including information representing a relation among elements and information representing a metric of each of the elements, (B) displays a visual representing a visual priority given to each of element based on one or more priorities given in (A), (C) when receiving selection of the elements from the visual displayed in (B), selects a higher or lower level layer of a layer containing a selected element, and selects one or more elements related to the selected element and contained in the selected layer, based on a level relation among a plurality of layers and a correlation between element types and layers, and (D) performs (A) with the one or more elements selected in (C) treated as the one or more elements matching the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro KURA, Daisuke NOGAMI, Tsutomu FUJII, Yasufumi UCHIYAMA, Masahide BAN, Tomoto WASHIO, Masashi NAKANISHI, Chizuko SASANABE
  • Patent number: 9156388
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a cushion member forming an outside shape of the seat and configured to elastically support an occupant, a frame member configuring a skeleton of the seat, a belt member configured to restrain an occupant, a buckle member configured to lock the belt member, and a storage portion configured to store the buckle member. The storage portion is provided to a cutout portion or a hole portion that is formed on a lateral end portion of the cushion member. A reinforcing member that has a flat plate shape and has strength higher than the cushion member is directly or indirectly fixed to the frame member while covering the storage portion from a lateral side of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Nakanishi, Hiroyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9114742
    Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat structure member including a seat back and a seat cushion; and a support member configured to support the seat structure member and fastened to a vehicle compartment structural body, wherein the support member is a flat plate member which elongates in a longitudinal direction and has a convex bead portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the support member, wherein the bead portion includes a first bead portion and a second bead portion, and a stress concentrating portion of the support member, to which stress is configured to concentrate when vehicle collision occurs, is interposed between the first bead portion and the second bead portion, and wherein the stress concentrating portion of the support member includes a weakened portion configured to promote breakage of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Nakanishi, Masatoshi Toyama, Toshio Murakami, Yuji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9039096
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back connected to the seat cushion and including a storage portion, a belt member configured to restrain an occupant while the belt member is routed from a side of the seat back to a side of the seat cushion, and a rerouter member configured to be taken out from the storage portion of the seat back and connected to the belt member to change a routing position of the belt member at a middle portion thereof. In a state where a portion of the rerouter member is stored in the storage portion, another portion of the rerouter member is exposed from the storage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Nakanishi, Hiroyuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20140117728
    Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat structure member including a seat back and a seat cushion; and a support member configured to support the seat structure member and fastened to a vehicle compartment structural body, wherein the support member is a flat plate member which elongates in a longitudinal direction and has a convex bead portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the support member, wherein the bead portion includes a first bead portion and a second bead portion, and a stress concentrating portion of the support member, to which stress is configured to concentrate when vehicle collision occurs, is interposed between the first bead portion and the second bead portion, and wherein the stress concentrating portion of the support member includes a weakened portion configured to promote breakage of the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi NAKANISHI, Masatoshi TOYAMA, Toshio MURAKAMI, Yuji MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140110987
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back connected to the seat cushion and including a storage portion, a belt member configured to restrain an occupant while the belt member is routed from a side of the seat back to a side of the seat cushion, and a rerouter member configured to be taken out from the storage portion of the seat back and connected to the belt member to change a routing position of the belt member at a middle portion thereof. In a state where a portion of the rerouter member is stored in the storage portion, another portion of the rerouter member is exposed from the storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi NAKANISHI, Hiroyuki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140110988
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a cushion member forming an outside shape of the seat and configured to elastically support an occupant, a frame member configuring a skeleton of the seat, a belt member configured to restrain an occupant, a buckle member configured to lock the belt member, and a storage portion configured to store the buckle member. The storage portion is provided to a cutout portion or a hole portion that is formed on a lateral end portion of the cushion member. A reinforcing member that has a flat plate shape and has strength higher than the cushion member is directly or indirectly fixed to the frame member while covering the storage portion from a lateral side of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi NAKANISHI, Hiroyuki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140103692
    Abstract: A vehicle seat: wherein a reinforcing member includes, a first section attached to a back surface of a seat back so as to face the back surface of the seat back when the seat back is in a standing state and configured to follow the seat back when the seat back is tilted from the standing state, a second section disposed so as to face a back surface of a seat cushion when the seat back is in the standing state, and a connection portion connecting the first section and the second section, and wherein the connection portion is configured to allow the first section to bend with respect to the second section in a rearward direction of the seat, and restrict the first section to bend with respect to the second section in a forward direction of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi TOYAMA, Masashi NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20130149094
    Abstract: A revolving frame is composed of a center frame and a tail frame. The center frame is composed of a front bottom plate and left and right front vertical plates erected on the front bottom plate and having front part sides being left and right bracket portions performing pin-connection between a lower boom of a working mechanism and a boom cylinder. The tail frame is composed of left and right I-section beams and a rear bottom plate connecting each I-section beam to each other. A height dimension (A) between boom pin through holes provided in the bracket portions is set smaller than a height dimension (B) of the front end of an upper flange portion of the I-section beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Nakanishi, Shinya Abe, Yasushi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8010490
    Abstract: A resource status value, which shows the resource status of a resource to be utilized in a remote copy that conforms to a copy mode configured for a copy unit created from a first data volume and a second data volume, is acquired either regularly or irregularly. A determination is made as to whether or not the acquired resource status value exceeds a prescribed threshold, and when it is determined that the acquired resource status value exceeds this prescribed threshold, either the resource to be used for a remote copy conforming to a configured copy mode is increased, or the configured copy mode is changed to a different copy mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20090125691
    Abstract: A resource status value, which shows the resource status of a resource to be utilized in a remote copy that conforms to a copy mode configured for a copy unit created from a first data volume and a second data volume, is acquired either regularly or irregularly. A determination is made as to whether or not the acquired resource status value exceeds a prescribed threshold, and when it is determined that the acquired resource status value exceeds this prescribed threshold, either the resource to be used for a remote copy conforming to a configured copy mode is increased, or the configured copy mode is changed to a different copy mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Masashi Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20080109619
    Abstract: Providing a highly convenient information provision system and an information provision method capable of improving the convenience of the information provision system. In this system, a communication device creates second address information by adding a desired restore point-in-time to first address information which indicates the location of access target information on a network, and sends it to the information providing server via the network. The information providing server restores the target information to its state as of at the designated restore point-in-time based on the received second address information and sends it to the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Masashi Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7320060
    Abstract: Duplicate data obtained by copying and a volume containing it are flexibly managed according to the attribute of the file to be copied by a storage apparatus as is required by a user. When receiving a backup instruction for the file to be backed up, an instruction for a method managing the attribute of the object to be backed up and the duplicate data obtained by the backup of the object to be backed up is also received. In this case, the duplicate data and the volume name to store it are related, thereby managing the specified attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Nakanishi, Naoki Shimada, Masahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 7080105
    Abstract: A backup or restore schedule is determined in an efficient manner. A backup definition creating unit in a management server reads a start time of a service managed by a job schedule unit, and sets a backup start time in a time zone in which the service is not executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Nakanishi, Motoaki Hirabayashi, Naoki Shimada
  • Patent number: D692029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Hiraoka, Masashi Nakanishi, Koji Kawasaki, Tsuyoshi Takayama