Patents by Inventor Masaya Takahashi

Masaya Takahashi 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: 20150061463
    Abstract: An inertial drive actuator includes a displacement unit which generates a minute displacement in a first direction, and in a second direction, a coil which generates a magnetic flux, a movable object which has a surface facing at least one surface of the coil, and a first yoke which converges the magnetic flux generated by the coil, at a predetermined position, a detecting unit which detects an electric signal of the coil, reflecting a change in the magnetic flux near the coil based on a positional relationship of the movable object and the coil, and a judging unit which judges a position of the movable object, and the inertial drive actuator drives the movable object by controlling a frictional force acting on the movable object, by controlling the magnetic flux generated by the coil, and the coil carries out generation of the magnetic flux and detection of the magnetic flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaya TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8970058
    Abstract: For reducing a storage capacity of a storage battery system and an installation cost at a constant-output control type of wind power plant, a wind power generation control device sets as a planned generation power value PT: an average wind generated power value PA, when a current battery charging rate SOC of the storage battery system is within the range of the upper and lower limit values of the targeted battery charging rate range SOCT (S12); a value obtained by multiplying a positive constant greater than 1 to the said PA, when the current battery charging rate SOC is above the upper limit value of the said SOCT (S14): and a value obtained by multiplying a positive constant less than 1 to the said PA, when the current battery charging rate SOC is below the lower limit value of the said SOCT (S15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yugo Hoshihira, Naoki Hoshino, Masaya Takahashi, Shinichi Kondou, Nobuhiro Kusuno
  • Publication number: 20150042032
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes an endless belt configured to convey the sheet by coming in contact with an upper surface of the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion, a shaft extending in a direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction, and a supporting portion rotatably supporting the drive rotating member and supporting the endless belt through the drive rotating member. The supporting portion is configured to be swingable about the shaft and the endless belt is raised and lowered by the supporting portion being swung by a lifting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hideto Abe, Rikiya Takemasa, Masaya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150021145
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sheet bundle conveying apparatus capable of discharging a sheet bundle from a processing tray where a binding process is performed toward the downstream side in right posture to a right position. The present invention comprises a sheet bundle conveying apparatus which conveys sheets stacked at a stack portion to a storing portion at the downstream side including a first conveying member which conveys sheets at the stack portion by a predetermined distance, a second conveying member which performs relay conveyance of the sheets conveyed by the first conveying member by the predetermined distance as being set to have a higher moving speed than that of the first conveying member, and a driving portion which drives the first conveying member and the second conveying member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicants: NISCA CORPORATION, CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Akito SEKIGAWA, Mamoru KUBO, Masaya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150021374
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sheet bundle binding processing apparatus capable of performing a binding process in high productivity as selecting a binding processing unit from a staple binding device arranged in a sheet introducing area of a processing tray and a press binding device arranged outside the introducing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicants: NISCA CORPORATION, CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Mamoru KUBO, Seiji NISHIZAWA, Masaya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150014384
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sheet bundle binding processing apparatus capable of performing a binding process rapidly and efficiently while the binding process can be selected by an operator. The present invention comprises a sheet bundle binding processing apparatus including a processing tray on which sheets are stacked, an insertion portion to which a sheet bundle is inserted, a first binding device which performs a predetermined binding process on a sheet bundle stacked on the processing tray and the predetermined binding process on a sheet bundle inserted to the insertion portion, and a second binding device which performs a binding process being different from the predetermined binding process on a sheet bundle stacked on the processing tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicants: NISCA CORPORATION, CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke OBUCHI, Hideto ABE, Masaya TAKAHASHI, Seiji NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150014913
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a post-processing apparatus capable of performing conveying to and storing at a predetermined stack tray without causing sheet jamming even when a sheet having larger size than a standard size is introduced. The present invention comprises a post-processing apparatus as a processing tray on which sheets conveyed in a predetermined conveyance direction are stacked into a bundle shape, an aligning device which aligns the sheets conveyed to the processing tray, a binding device which performs a binding process on the sheets aligned by the aligning device, and a controller which controls the aligning device so that a sheet is aligned at a position being apart from the binding device by a predetermined distance when the sheet conveyed to the processing tray has a predetermined size or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicants: CANON FINETECH INC., NISCA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke OBUCHI, Masaya TAKAHASHI, Seiji NISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 8927089
    Abstract: A sheet material (1) includes a stiffness-increasing concave-convex part (20). A first reference plane (K1), an intermediate reference plane (K3), and a second reference plane (K2) serve as a reference system. First reference areas (213), which have a specific shape, and second reference areas (223), which are all areas other than the first reference areas (213), are disposed in the intermediate reference plane (K3). The concave-convex part (20) is formed of first areas (21) as well as second areas (22) and/or plane areas (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Uacj Corporation
    Inventor: Masaya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8920908
    Abstract: A sheet material (1) includes a stiffness-increasing concave-convex part (20). A first reference plane (K1), an intermediate reference plane (K3), and a second reference plane (K2) serve as a reference system. First unit areas (241) and second unit areas (242) are defined in the intermediate reference plane (K3). Each of the first unit areas (241) and the second unit areas (242) contains first virtual squares (243) and second virtual squares (244). Icosagonal areas that contain only adjacent first virtual squares (243) are designated as first reference areas (213), and icosagonal areas that contain only adjacent second virtual squares (244) are designated as second reference areas (223). The concave-convex part (20) contains first areas (21), which are formed based on the first reference areas (213), as well as second areas (22) and/or plane areas (23), which are formed based on the second reference areas (223).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: UACJ Corporation
    Inventor: Masaya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140367999
    Abstract: A front floor panel for an automotive body as a lightweight sheet can be reliably press-formed without a press forming loads becoming excessively large, can have desired stiffness, and noise and vibration characteristics for all directions since there is little stiffness anisotropy. The front floor panel includes a floor tunnel formed in a center in an automotive width direction to be oriented to a longitudinal direction, upright flanges disposed left and right formed at a left and right end portions in the automotive width direction to be joined to side sills, and a left and right plane portions formed between the upright flanges disposed left and right and a left and right longitudinal wall portions of the floor tunnel. In loop-shaped areas including outer edge portions of the plane portions, convex-concave parts in specific shapes are formed, and remaining areas excluding the loop-shaped areas are formed into flat sheet shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Toru Yonebayashi, Toshiya Suzuki, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Masaya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140239746
    Abstract: An inertial drive actuator includes a displacement unit, a vibration substrate, a first magnetic field generator which generates a magnetic field, a movable body disposed on a flat surface of the vibration substrate, and which includes a first yoke that concentrates a magnetic flux of an N-pole and an S-pole generated by the first magnetic field generator, at a predetermined position, and a second yoke which is disposed on a side of the vibration substrate, opposite to a direction facing the movable body. A movement in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which, the movable body is driven is regulated mechanically by end portions of the second yoke facing end portions of the first yoke at an outer side of the vibration substrate, and a frictional force is controlled by controlling the magnetic field, and the movable body is driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20140239747
    Abstract: An inertial drive actuator includes a displacement unit, a vibration substrate, a movable body, a first magnetic field generator which generates a magnetic field so that, a magnetic attractive force or a magnetic repulsive force acts in a direction opposite to the movable body, a first yoke, and which induces a magnetic flux generated by the first magnetic field generator such that, the flux generated by the first magnetic field generator is concentrated on a surface of the movable body, opposite to the vibration substrate, and second yokes and on a side of the vibration substrate, opposite to a direction facing the movable body, and the second yokes and control a frictional force acting between the movable body and the vibration substrate by controlling the magnetic field generated by the first magnetic field generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaya TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8800284
    Abstract: A shape memory alloy actuator includes a wire portion which is inserted through a first tube member, a shape memory alloy wire portion which is inserted through a second tube member, a movable body which is movable in a direction in which, a length of the shape memory alloy wire portion changes, an elastic member which exerts an external force in a direction in which, the shape memory alloy wire portion elongates, and a fixing member to which, one end of the second tube member and one end of the shape memory alloy wire portion are fixed, and one end of the wire portion is connected to the movable body, and one end of the shape memory alloy wire portion and one end of the wire portion are joined to a joining portion, and the joining portion includes a plurality of crimp terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Masaya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140183982
    Abstract: An inertial drive actuator includes a shift unit that generates a shift in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a base plate that moves with the shift of the shift unit, and a mover disposed on a surface of the base plate and having a magnetic field generating unit. The mover has a first yoke that guides magnetic flux generated by the magnetic field generating unit such that the magnetic flux concentrates on a surface of the mover facing the base plate with respect to both S and N poles. Also included is a second yoke provided on a side of the base plate facing away from the mover. The frictional force acting between the mover and the base plate is controlled by controlling a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating unit to drive the mover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20140179606
    Abstract: An agent for treating heart failure, which improves left ventricular diastolic function itself without depending on the diuretic effect or vasodilation effect; controls the pathological condition of diastolic functional failure; and prevents the recurrence, and can prevent dyspnea and death from the pathological condition, is provided. By directly acting on a heart, 4-[(2-{(2R)-2-[(1E,3S)-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-hydroxy-1-buten-1-yl]-5-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl}ethyl)thio]butanoic acid improves left ventricular diastolic function, and can effectively treat diastolic functional failure among heart failure types. Accordingly, by present invention, a new agent for treating heart failure that can relieve diastolic functional failure, for which no effective therapeutic method has been established, can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Kanaji, Kazuhiro Fuchibe, Masaya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8714631
    Abstract: A raised and recessed sheet material having extremely high stiffness, and useful vehicle panel and laminated structure using the same. The surface of the sheet is formed by a plurality of squares arranged in two mutually perpendicular directions, and has a raised and recessed pattern. A basic configuration A, where first regions M and a Z-shaped second region N are formed in the square, and basic configurations B to D derived from the basic configuration A are butted together at their peripheral edges such that first regions M having those peripheral edges are butted together and the second regions N having those peripheral edges are butted together. The raised and recessed pattern is formed by upwardly raising the first regions M and downwardly recessing the second regions N, or upwardly raising or downwardly recessing either one or both of the first and second regions M and N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140117813
    Abstract: An inertial drive actuator includes a shift unit that generates a small shift, a vibration base plate that moves to and fro with the small shift of the shift unit, a mover having a first magnetic field generating unit, a first yoke, and a second yoke. The first yoke and an end portion of the second yoke are opposed to each other at a position outside the vibration base plate, thereby restricting movement of the mover with respect to the direction perpendicular to the driving direction. The frictional force acting between the mover and the vibration base plate is controlled by controlling a magnetic field generated by the first magnetic field generating unit to drive the mover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaya TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8706954
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus including a non-volatile memory for which writing is performed in units of blocks; and a control unit configured to perform a first method of managing bad blocks in the non-volatile memory with respect to blocks corresponding to an information management table in a file system of the non-volatile memory, and to perform a second method of managing bad blocks in the non-volatile memory with respect to blocks corresponding to user data in the file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Katsumi Aoyagi, Rutger Ljungqvist, Hans Wachtmeister, Haekan Palm, Kenji Takao, Masaya Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Hama, Yimin Li, Toshihisa Sanbommatsu, Tomohiro Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20140042747
    Abstract: For reducing a storage capacity of a storage battery system and an installation cost at a constant-output control type of wind power plant, a wind power generation control device sets as a planned generation power value PT: an average wind generated power value PA, when a current battery charging rate SOC of the storage battery system is within the range of the upper and lower limit values of the targeted battery charging rate range SOCT (S12); a value obtained by multiplying a positive constant greater than 1 to the said PA, when the current battery charging rate SOC is above the upper limit value of the said SOCT (S14): and a value obtained by multiplying a positive constant less than 1 to the said PA, when the current battery charging rate SOC is below the lower limit value of the said SOCT (S15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yugo HOSHIHIRA, Naoki HOSHINO, Masaya TAKAHASHI, Shinichi KONDOU, Nobuhiro KUSUNO
  • Publication number: 20130295405
    Abstract: A sheet material (1) includes a stiffness-increasing concave-convex part (20). A first reference plane (K1), an intermediate reference plane (K3), and a second reference plane (K2) serve as a reference system. First unit areas (241) and second unit areas (242) are defined in the intermediate reference plane (K3). Each of the first unit areas (241) and the second unit areas (242) contains first virtual squares (243) and second virtual squares (244). Icosagonal areas that contain only adjacent first virtual squares (243) are designated as first reference areas (213), and icosagonal areas that contain only adjacent second virtual squares (244) are designated as second reference areas (223). The concave-convex part (20) contains first areas (21), which are formed based on the first reference areas (213), as well as second areas (22) and/or plane areas (23), which are formed based on the second reference areas (223).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO LIGHT METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masaya Takahashi