Patents by Inventor Masayuki Yamada
Masayuki Yamada 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).
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Publication number: 20250042225Abstract: A compressor module includes: an evaporator configured to evaporate a refrigerant of a vapor compression refrigeration cycle; a liquid storage configured to store the refrigerant in a liquid phase; a compressor configured to suction and compress the refrigerant; and a flow passage forming member to which the evaporator, the liquid storage and the compressor are installed. The flow passage forming member forms at least a portion of a flow passage of the refrigerant. The compressor is positioned on a lower side of the flow passage forming member, and the flow passage of the refrigerant includes a suction-side refrigerant flow passage, through which the refrigerant in a gas-phase to be suctioned into the compressor flows. The suction-side refrigerant flow passage has a rising portion that rises upward as the rising portion approaches the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Yuki SUGIYAMA, Takahiro MAEDA, Atsushi YAMADA, Satoshi SUZUKI, Masayuki TAKEUCHI, Masaki UCHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20250013477Abstract: In a case where, in a state in which a screen of a first application among a plurality of applications is displayed, an instruction for displaying a screen of a second application different from the first application is accepted, control is performed such that display is switched from the screen of the first application to a screen of the second application. In a case of switching the display from the screen of the second application to the screen of the first application, (a) if the second application is not a predetermined application, the screen of the first application that is initialized is displayed, and (b) if the second application is the predetermined application, the screen of the first application that is not initialized is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventor: MASAYUKI YAMADA
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Publication number: 20240385548Abstract: A transfer unit includes, as transfer rollers, a first roller and a second roller, a first bearing member, a second bearing member, a roller holder, a first urging member, a second urging member, a switching cam, a driving mechanism, a unit frame, and a secured cam. By rotating the roller holder, one of the first and second rollers is arranged opposite an image carrying member and, by rotating the switching cam, the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrying member is arranged selectively either at a reference position or at a released position. The secured cam includes a positioning recessed portion that performs positioning of the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrying member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiro OKAMOTO, Masayuki YAMADA
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Patent number: 12138529Abstract: There are provided a controller apparatus and a control method thereof. The controller apparatus is held by a hand of a user and includes a microphone, a tactile sensation presentation device that presents a tactile sensation to the hand of the user, and a speaker. In addition, during a period in which the user inputs sound from the microphone, the controller apparatus reduces emission of sound of the speaker and causes the tactile sensation presentation device to perform control of tactile sensation presentation.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Hideyuki Uchida, Naoyuki Saito, Tomohito Ito, Eric Bailey, Masayuki Yamada
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Patent number: 12109360Abstract: A tracheal tube can be easily positioned and has no risk of unexpectedly blocking a bronchus. This tracheal tube is inserted through the trachea and a bronchus of a subject, and includes: a tube body which has a through hole formed on the outer peripheral surface; and bronchus cuffs which are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the tube body and which press the inner peripheral surface of the bronchus. The bronchus cuffs are formed spaced apart in the axial direction of the tube body and form a plurality of vent spaces which communicate with each other. The through hole communicates with the vent spaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: DAIKEN MEDICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Masayuki Yamada
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Patent number: 11925854Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that is to be connected to a controller apparatus including a push-button, a force sense presentation section, and the push-button. The push-button moves between a first position and a second position when depressed by a finger of a user. The force sense presentation section presents a force sense to the push-button. The information processing apparatus determines, according to a prescribed force sense setting, the aspect of a force sense to be imparted to the push-button, and controls the force sense presentation section of the controller apparatus, according to the determination. Each time a predefined operation is performed, the information processing apparatus changes the force sense setting from a current force sense setting to a different force sense setting.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Tomohito Ito, Naoyuki Saito, Hideyuki Uchida, Nicolas Doucet, Masayuki Yamada
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Patent number: 11821786Abstract: A pyranometer is provided which can measure the precise amount of solar radiation/solar irradiance continuously and stably while suppressing the generation of dew or frost by a simple configuration even in changing external environment. A pyranometer includes: a housing having an opening, and having thermal conductivity; a dome provided at the opening, and having light transmittance; a sensor part provided in an internal space formed by the housing and the dome, and for measuring an intensity of a sunlight made incident through the dome; and a heat generating element provided heat conductably to a part of the housing, opposite to the opening across the internal space.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: EKO INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshikazu Hasegawa, Satoshi Nishikawa, Masayuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20230366731Abstract: A pyranometer is provided which can measure the precise amount of solar radiation/solar irradiance continuously and stably while suppressing the generation of dew or frost by a simple configuration even in changing external environment. A pyranometer includes: a housing having an opening, and having thermal conductivity; a dome provided at the opening, and having light transmittance; a sensor part provided in an internal space formed by the housing and the dome, and for measuring an intensity of a sunlight made incident through the dome; and a heat generating element provided heat conductably to a part of the housing, opposite to the opening across the internal space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: EKO INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshikazu HASEGAWA, Satoshi NISHIKAWA, Masayuki YAMADA
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Patent number: 11701578Abstract: The information processing apparatus is connected to a controller apparatus provided with a push button which moves from a first position to a second position by being pushed by a user's finger. The information processing apparatus acquires the push-in amount of the push button of the controller apparatus, determines whether or not the push-in amount is in a range that excludes the first position and the second position and is configured by two threshold values set between the first position and the second position, and performs predetermined processing on the basis of the result of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Hideyuki Uchida, Naoyuki Saito, Tomohito Ito, Eric Bailey, Masayuki Yamada
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Patent number: 11543763Abstract: A transfer unit includes, as transfer rollers, a first roller and a second roller of which the latter has an elastic layer larger in an axial direction than that of the former, a first bearing member, a second bearing member, a roller holder, a first urging member, a second urging member, a switching cam, a transfer voltage power supply, and a driving mechanism. By rotating the roller holder, one of the first and second rollers is arranged opposite an image carrying member and, by rotating the switching cam, the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrying member is arranged either at a reference position at which, by being kept in pressed contact with the image carrying member, the first or second roller forms a transfer nip or at a released position at which the first or second roller lies away from the image carrying member.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Yuya Shimohora, Masaru Takagi, Takehiro Sato
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Patent number: 11520254Abstract: A transfer unit includes, as transfer rollers, first and second rollers of which the second has an elastic layer larger in an axial direction than the first, first and second bearing members, a roller holder, first and second urging members, a switching cam, a driving mechanism, and a first pre-transfer guide. By rotating the roller holder, the first or second roller is arranged opposite an image carrier and, by rotating the switching cam, the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrier is arranged selectively either at a reference position where the first or second roller is in pressed contact with the image carrier or at a released position where the first or second roller lies away from the image carrier. With the first or second roller arranged at the reference position, the first pre-transfer guide is arranged at a first guide position.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Masaru Takagi, Masayuki Yamada, Yuya Shimohora, Takehiro Sato
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Patent number: 11520256Abstract: A transfer unit includes a first roller, a second roller, a first bearing member, a second bearing member, a roller holder, a first urging member, a second urging member, a first switching cam, a second switching cam, and a driving mechanism. The first and second switching cams have first and second guide holes with which first and second engaging portions formed on the first and second bearing members engage respectively. By rotating the roller holder, one of the first and second rollers is arranged opposite an image carrying member and, by rotating the first and second switching cams to change engaging positions of the first and second engaging portions respectively, the first or second roller is arranged either at a reference position at which it is kept in pressed contact with the image carrying member or at a released position.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Masayuki Yamada
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Patent number: 11520255Abstract: A transfer unit includes first and second rollers of which the second roller has an elastic layer larger in the axial direction than the first roller, a roller holder, and a switching cam. One of the first and second rollers is, by rotating the roller holder, arranged opposite an image carrying member and, by rotating the switching cam, arranged selectively either at a reference position to form a transfer nip or at a released position to lie away from the image carrying member. Let a length of the elastic layer of the first roller in the axial direction, a width of an effective image area on the image carrying member to which a toner image can be transferred, and a width of a recording medium of a maximum size allowing transfer using the first roller be L1, L3, and L4 respectively, L4<L1?L3?5 mm is fulfilled.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Takehiro Sato, Masayuki Yamada, Masaru Takagi, Yuya Shimohora
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Patent number: 11516366Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an original, a transmission unit configured to transmit image data to an external apparatus, a printing unit configured to print an image, a display unit configured to display the image, and a control unit configured to suspend a job executed by the printing unit in response to a selection of a key for suspending a currently executed job, display a list of jobs on the display unit, and cancel a job selected by a user from the displayed list of the jobs. The control unit displays a list of transmission jobs for the transmission unit to transmit the image data generated when the reading unit reads the original in response to the selection of the key during display of a main menu screen for accepting a selection of a function to be used.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masayuki Yamada
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Patent number: 11488238Abstract: An arrangement system of a vehicle that permits a user to perform a trial use or a trial fitting of a product in a vehicle interior includes a display unit configured to display products that are candidates for purchase, an operation unit configured to be operated by the user to select a desired product from the products displayed on the display unit, and a vehicle arrangement unit configured to arrange the vehicle on which the product selected through an operation performed on the operation unit is loaded.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohito Matsuoka, Seiichi Tsunoda, Jiro Goto, Masayuki Yamada, Yasutaka Eto, Keima Fukunaga, Kinya Tagawa, Yasuhiro Sasaki, Sho Tanaka, Yuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 11474457Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, an image input portion, a transfer unit, a transfer voltage power supply, and a control portion. The transfer unit includes a transfer roller having a metal shaft and an elastic layer laid around an outer circumferential face of the metal shaft to form a transfer nip by keeping the elastic layer in pressed contact with an image carrying member, and transfers a toner image formed on the image carrying member to a recording medium as it passes through the transfer nip. The transfer unit includes, as the transfer roller, a first roller, and a second roller having a larger axial-size elastic layer compared to the first roller. The control portion arranges the first or second roller opposite the image carrying member according to width-direction sizes of the recording medium and image data fed to the image input portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Yuya Shimohora, Masayuki Yamada, Masaru Takagi, Takehiro Sato
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Publication number: 20220269195Abstract: The transfer unit includes a first roller, a second roller, a first bearing member, a second bearing member, a roller holder, a first urging member, a second urging member, a first switching cam, a second switching cam, and a driving mechanism. The first and second switching cams have first and second guide holes with which first and second engaging portions formed on the first and second bearing members engage respectively. By rotating the roller holder, one of the first and second rollers is arranged opposite the image carrying member and, by rotating the first and second switching cams to change the engaging positions of the first and second engaging portions respectively, the first or second roller is arranged either at a reference position at which it is kept in pressed contact with the image carrying member or at a released position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Masayuki YAMADA
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Publication number: 20220236667Abstract: A transfer unit includes, as transfer rollers, first and second rollers of which the second has an elastic layer larger in the axial direction than the first, first and second bearing members, a roller holder, first and second urging members, a switching cam, a driving mechanism, and a first pre-transfer guide. By rotating the roller holder, the first or second roller is arranged opposite an image carrier and, by rotating the switching cam, the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrier is arranged selectively either at a reference position where the first or second roller is in pressed contact with the image carrier or at a released position where the first or second roller lies away from the image carrier. With the first or second roller arranged at the reference position, the first pre-transfer guide is arranged at a first guide position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Masaru TAKAGI, Masayuki YAMADA, Yuya SHIMOHORA, Takehiro SATO
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Publication number: 20220236670Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, an image input portion, a transfer unit, a transfer voltage power supply, and a control portion. The transfer unit includes a transfer roller having a metal shaft and an elastic layer laid around the outer circumferential face of the metal shaft to form a transfer nip by keeping the elastic layer in pressed contact with an image carrying member, and transfers a toner image formed on the image carrying member to a recording medium as it passes through the transfer nip. The transfer unit includes, as the transfer roller, a first roller, and a second roller having a larger axial-size elastic layer compared to the first roller. The control portion arranges first or second roller opposite the image carrying member according to width-direction sizes of the recording medium and the image data fed to the image input portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yuya SHIMOHORA, Masayuki YAMADA, Masaru TAKAGI, Takehiro SATO
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Patent number: RE49407Abstract: A lithium secondary battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other and a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; a PTC element; and a protection circuit including a field effect transistor. The lithium secondary battery has an energy density per volume of 450 Wh/L or more, the lithium secondary battery has a current density of 3.0 mA/cm2 or less, and a relational expression (1) and a relational expression (2) below are established where A (m?) is an impedance of the lithium secondary battery and B (m?) is an impedance of the entire circuit unit of the lithium secondary battery pack excepting the impedance A (m?) of the lithium secondary battery: A?50 m???(1) B/A?1??(2).Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Haruki Kamizori, Masayuki Yamada, Fusaji Kita