Patents by Inventor Masayuki Taniguchi

Masayuki Taniguchi 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: 20240052067
    Abstract: Provided is a desulfurized rubber capable of producing a crosslinked rubber having an excellent mechanical strength. The desulfurized rubber contains a solvent-soluble rubber component A having a weight-average molecular weight of more than 260,000 and less than 600,000, and a solvent-insoluble rubber component B, wherein the content ratio of the rubber component B is less than 45% by mass of the total mass of the content a of the rubber component A and the content b of the rubber component B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Masayuki TANIGUCHI, Takumi TODA
  • Publication number: 20230374164
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid hydrocarbon production method for obtaining a liquid hydrocarbon-containing rubber composition, including heating a crosslinked rubber at 300° C. or lower in a reaction solvent that contains an aldehyde having a hydrocarbon group with 2 or more carbon atoms and having a boiling point of 230° C. or lower; as well as a re-crosslinked rubber obtained from the rubber composition produced in the production method, and a tire and a rubber industrial product. According to the liquid hydrocarbon production method, a liquid hydrocarbon having a higher molecular weight can be produced at a high decomposition proportion even under mild conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki TANIGUCHI, Takumi TODA
  • Patent number: 10985621
    Abstract: A molded motor of the present invention includes a rotor, a stator, a pair of shaft bearings, a pair of metal brackets, and a molding resin. The rotor has: a rotary shaft extending in a shaft direction; and a rotary body that has a permanent magnet and is fixed to the rotary shaft. The stator has: a stator core on which a plurality of salient poles are formed; and a plurality of coils each wound on each salient pole via an insulator, where the stator is covered by the molding resin and is disposed to face the rotor. The pair of metal brackets each fix each of the shaft bearings, and the shaft bearings rotatably support the rotor. Further, the rotary body has a dielectric layer formed between the rotary shaft and an outer peripheral surface of the rotary body. A metal member is provided, on an outer peripheral side of a coil end of the coil and on at least a part facing the coil end, in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Yamagata, Akihiko Watanabe, Takanori Amaya, Yasuo Nanbu, Hisaaki Kato, Yasunori Wakamori, Masayuki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10731850
    Abstract: A solid fuel burner is provided with a nozzle that is provided around the central axis of the burner, that includes a straight tube section having an opening opposed to a furnace, and a curved tube section continuous with the straight tube section, and that sprays out, from the opening to the furnace, a fluid mixture which is of a solid fuel and carrier gas of the solid fuel and which is flowing in the curved tube section; a first swirler that gives the fluid mixture a swirl at the burner central axis side of the straight tube section; and a second swirler that gives, at the burner central axis side downstream of the first swirler, the fluid mixture a swirl opposite to that given by the first swirler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Akira Baba, Koji Kuramashi, Shota Ishii
  • Publication number: 20200006991
    Abstract: A molded motor of the present invention includes a rotor, a stator, a pair of shaft bearings, a pair of metal brackets, and a molding resin. The rotor has: a rotary shaft extending in a shaft direction; and a rotary body that has a permanent magnet and is fixed to the rotary shaft. The stator has: a stator core on which a plurality of salient poles are formed; and a plurality of coils each wound on each salient pole via an insulator, where the stator is covered by the molding resin and is disposed to face the rotor. The pair of metal brackets each fix each of the shaft bearings, and the shaft bearings rotatably support the rotor. Further, the rotary body has a dielectric layer formed between the rotary shaft and an outer peripheral surface of the rotary body. A metal member is provided, on an outer peripheral side of a coil end of the coil and on at least a part facing the coil end, in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: YOSHIKAZU YAMAGATA, AKIHIKO WATANABE, TAKANORI AMAYA, YASUO NANBU, HISAAKI KATO, YASUNORI WAKAMORI, MASAYUKI TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180195716
    Abstract: A solid fuel burner is provided with a nozzle that is provided around the central axis of the burner, that includes a straight tube section having an opening opposed to a furnace, and a curved tube section continuous with the straight tube section, and that sprays out, from the opening to the furnace, a fluid mixture which is of a solid fuel and carrier gas of the solid fuel and which is flowing in the curved tube section; a first swirler that gives the fluid mixture a swirl at the burner central axis side of the straight tube section; and a second swirler that gives, at the burner central axis side downstream of the first swirler, the thud mixture a swirl opposite to that given by the first swirler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Akira Baba, Koji Kuramashi, Shota Ishii
  • Patent number: 9044668
    Abstract: An entertainment button device includes: an entertainment button that a player can push; a button-up-and-down mechanism configured to move the entertainment button up and down from a predetermined normal operation position to a protruding position in which the entertainment button protrudes upward from the normal operation position; a stopper plate configured to hold the entertainment button in the protruding position; and a protruding position detector configured to detect the entertainment button being held by the stopper plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9006592
    Abstract: An entertainment button device includes: an entertainment button that a player can push; and a button-up-and-down mechanism configured to move the entertainment button up and down from a predetermined normal operation position to a protruding position in which the entertainment button protrudes upward from the normal operation position. The button-up-and-down mechanism includes: a bias member configured to bias the entertainment button in a moving-up direction; a shaft member extending in a moving direction of the entertainment button; a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the shaft member; an engagement part configured to move up and down together with the entertainment button; and a spiral guide part formed on an outer periphery of the shaft member in a spiral manner, wherein the engagement part engages with the spiral guide part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8961170
    Abstract: A pulverized coal thermal power generation system that significantly reduces the amount of NOx emissions from a boiler and does not require a denitration unit is provided. When a denitration unit is not used, performance to remove mercury from a boiler waste gas is reduced. A waste gas purification system for a pulverized coal boiler, that compensates for this is provided. A pulverized coal boiler having a furnace for burning pulverized coal, burners for supplying pulverized coal and air used for combustion into the furnace so as to burn the pulverized coal in an insufficient air state and after-air ports provided on the downstream side of the burners for supplying air used for perfect combustion characterized in that, an air ratio in the furnace is 1.05 to 1.14, and the residence time of a combustion gas from the burner disposed on the uppermost stage to a main after-air port is 1.1 to 3.3 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi K.K.
    Inventors: Hisayuki Orita, Masayuki Taniguchi, Akihito Orii, Yuki Kamikawa, Hirofumi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 8853570
    Abstract: An entertainment button device includes: an entertainment button that a player can push; and a button-up-and-down mechanism configured to move the entertainment button up and down from a predetermined normal operation position to a protruding position in which the entertainment button protrudes upward from the normal operation position. The button-up-and-down mechanism includes: a shaft member extending in a moving direction of the entertainment button; a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the shaft member; an engagement part configured to move up and down together with the entertainment button; a convex portion having an inverted trapezoid shape and a concave portion having a traperized shape that are formed on an outer periphery of the shaft member; a spiral guide part formed in a spiral manner on one end of the convex portion in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8822854
    Abstract: An entertainment button device includes: an entertainment button that a player can push; and a button case having a peripheral wall and a bottom wall configured to accommodate the entertainment button to be able to move up and down in the button case. The button case includes outlets to discharge foreign materials between an outer periphery of the entertainment button and the peripheral wall of the button case, to an outside of the button case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8795075
    Abstract: An entertainment button device includes an entertainment button and a button-up-and-down mechanism configured to move the entertainment button up and down from a normal operation position to a protruding position in which the entertainment button protrudes upward from the normal operation position, and including: a shaft member extending in a moving direction of the entertainment button; a rotating mechanism that rotates the shaft member; an engagement part that moves up and down together with the entertainment button; and a spiral guide part formed in a spiral manner on an outer periphery of the shaft member, the engagement part engaging with the spiral guide part. When the rotating mechanism rotates the shaft member in a specific direction, the entertainment button moves to the protruding position, and when the rotating mechanism rotates the shaft member in an opposite direction from the specific direction, the entertainment button moves to the normal operation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Naoyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8795081
    Abstract: A game machine includes: an entertainment button that can move up and down from a normal operation position to a protruding position; a display part that displays characters related to a content of a game; a character determining part configured to determine a character to be displayed on the display; a stopper plate that holds the entertainment button in the protruding position; and a protruding position detecting part that detects the entertainment button being held in the protruding position by the stopper plate. When the protruding position detecting part detects the entertainment button not being held in the protruding position after having detected the entertainment button being held in the protruding position, the character detecting part recognizes that the entertainment button held in the protruding position is pushed down, and therefore determines a predetermined character. When the character determining part determines the character, the display part displays the determined character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Naoyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8785794
    Abstract: An entertainment button device includes: an entertainment button; and a button-up-and-down mechanism including: a bias member to bias the entertainment button in a moving-up direction; a shaft member extending in a moving direction of the entertainment button; a rotating mechanism to rotate the shaft member; an engagement part to move up and down with the entertainment button; a convex portion having an inverted trapezoid shape and a concave portion having a trapezoid shape formed on an outer periphery of the shaft member; a spiral guide part on one end of the convex portion in a circumferential direction; a straight part formed on the other end of the convex portion in the circumferential direction. The straight part extends in parallel with a direction of a central axis of the shaft member; and a smoothing guide part extending in a direction orthogonal to the central axis of the shaft member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20140187308
    Abstract: A game machine includes a performance device configured to be able to provide various performances corresponding to a progress of a game. The performance device includes a first object configured to be able to move; a mover configured to move the first object; and a second object configured to be able to hide the first object from a player. The first object can move between a first position where the first object is covered by the second object that is located in a predetermined position and a second position where the first object is not covered by the second object. When a predetermined requirement is met, the mover moves the first object from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Morimoto, Yukinaga Yasuda, Yasutake Suzuki, Yuji Isogimi, Masayuki Taniguchi, Yasunori Higuchi, Tomoshige Kawai, Tatsuya Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Kanemoto, Satoshi Manabe
  • Publication number: 20140187307
    Abstract: A game machine includes an operation device and a lighting control part, the operation device including: a translucent operation part that can be operated by a player; and a plurality of light sources configured to emit light through the operation part, and the lighting control part including: a first lighting control part configured to light the plurality of light sources at a time; and a second lighting control part configured to light the plurality of light sources at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo MORIMOTO, Yukinaga Yasuda, Yasutake Suzuki, Yuji Isogimi, Masayuki Taniguchi, Yasunori Higuchi, Tomoshige Kawai, Tatsuya Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Kanemoto, Satoshi Manabe
  • Publication number: 20140187321
    Abstract: A game machine includes an operation device configured to be operated by a player. The operation device includes: a translucent operation part; a light source board on which a light source is arranged to light up the operation part from an inside of the operation part, the light source board being provided in the operation part; a detection part configured to detect an operation being accepted by the operation part; and a transmission part configured to inform the detection part of that the operation has been accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo MORIMOTO, Yukinaga Yasuda, Yasutake Suzuki, Yuji Isogimi, Masayuki Taniguchi, Yasunori Higuchi, Tomoshige Kawai, Tatsuya Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Kanemoto, Satoshi Manabe
  • Patent number: 8758134
    Abstract: A game machine includes: an entertainment button that can move up and down from a normal operation position to a protruding position; a display part that displays characters associated with a game; a character determining part that determines a character to be displayed on the display part; a stopper plate that holds the entertainment button in the protruding position; a protruding position detecting part that detects the entertainment button being held in the protruding position by the stopper plate; a push operation detecting part that detects the entertainment button being pushed down; and a time interval measuring part that measures, when the protruding position detecting part detects the entertainment button being held in the protruding position, a time interval until the push operation detecting part detects the entertainment button being pushed since the protruding position detecting part no longer has detect the entertainment button being held in the protruding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Naoyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8708339
    Abstract: A game machine includes: an entertainment button that can move up and down from a normal operation position to a protruding position; an assigned object determining part that determines an assigned object; a prize determining part that determines a prize to be given to a player, when the assigned object determining part determines an assigned object; a prize display part that displays a prize symbol corresponding to the prize determined by the prize determining part; a movement determining part that determines whether or not to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position; a drive control part to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position, when the movement determining part determines to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position; and a push operation detecting part that detects the entertainment button being pushed down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Naoyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8708338
    Abstract: A game machine includes: an entertainment button that can move up and down from a normal operation position to a protruding position in which the entertainment button protrudes upward from the normal operation position; an assigned object determining part that determines an assigned object that defines a result of a game; an assigned object display part that displays an assigned object symbol corresponding to the assigned object determined by the assigned object determining part; a movement determining part that determines whether or not to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position; a drive control part to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position, when the movement determining part determines to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position; and a push operation detecting part that detects the entertainment button being pushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Naoyuki Watanabe