Patents by Inventor Miki Ito

Miki Ito 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: 11951846
    Abstract: In a structure of a disconnect plug of an electric vehicle, a plug bracket is raised from an inside of a battery unit to an inside of a bulge formed on a floor panel under rear seats for preventing a submarine motion of a passenger. In addition, a disconnect plug is detachably attached to a front face of a plug bracket, and an opening for accessing to the disconnect plug is formed on a front wall of the bulge. Further, a cover for covering the opening capable of being opened and closed is provided on a trim beneath a front face of a seat cushion of the rear seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamoto, Toshitsugu Hirose, Hiroaki Nabuchi, Kentaro Hatta, Koichi Hayashi, Miki Ito
  • Patent number: 11931718
    Abstract: Water-absorbing resin particles have a repulsion rate of 5% or more according to the formula (h3?h2)/h1×100(%) when a cylinder with an inner diameter of 25.4 mm, which has a mesh-like bottom onto which 0.2 g of the water-absorbing resin particles are sprinkled, is placed in a container having ion exchange water in an amount of 30 times a mass of the water-absorbing resin particles, where h1 represents a free swelling height (mm) of the water-absorbing resin particles after 1 minute from initiation of water absorption, h2 represents a height (mm) of the water-absorbing resin particles after a load of 1.3×103 Pa is applied to the water-absorbing resin particles for 1 minute after 1 minute from initiation of the water absorption, and h3 represents a height (mm) of the water-absorbing resin particles after 1 minute from release of the load applied when measuring h2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ito, Miki Sakoda, Mutsumi Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20230158898
    Abstract: In a structure of a disconnect plug of an electric vehicle, a plug bracket is raised from an inside of a battery unit to an inside of a bulge formed on a floor panel under rear seats for preventing a submarine motion of a passenger. In addition, a disconnect plug is detachably attached to a front face of a plug bracket, and an opening for accessing to the disconnect plug is formed on a front wall of the bulge. Further, a cover for covering the opening capable of being opened and closed is provided on a trim beneath a front face of a seat cushion of the rear seats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicants: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamoto, Toshitsugu Hirose, Hiroaki Nabuchi, Kentaro Hatta, Koichi Hayashi, Miki Ito
  • Patent number: 11534105
    Abstract: An estimation method for estimating a parameter related to skin function is provided. The estimation method includes an image acquisition step for acquiring a skin image in which unevenness of a skin surface is captured; an extraction step for extracting a feature vector based on topological information on the skin image from the skin image acquired in the image acquisition step; an estimation step for estimating the parameter related to skin function based on the feature vector extracted in the extraction step, using an estimation model constructed based on past actual measurement data in which feature vectors are associated with the parameter related to skin function; and a presentation step for presenting the parameter related to skin function estimated in the estimation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: KEIO UNIVERSITY, KOSE Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawasaki, Eiryo Kawakami, Keita Koseki, Tamotsu Ebihara, Masayuki Amagai, Eiji Naru, Makoto Mizuno, Miki Ito, Toru Atsugi, Yukako Kimura
  • Patent number: 11390772
    Abstract: This application provides a coating film having excellent durability and wear resistance that, when applied to a mold surface, has excellent releasability (non-adhesiveness) over a long period of time, and a fluoropolymer coating composition that is able to form such a coating film. The fluoropolymer coating composition contains a fluoropolymer and a fluoro oil, where the decomposition temperature of the fluoro oil is higher than the melting point of the fluoropolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: CHEMOURS-MITSUI FLUOROPRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoai-Nam Pham, Takumi Terao, Miki Ito, Yuta Tani
  • Publication number: 20220142561
    Abstract: An estimation method according to the disclosure for estimating a parameter related to skin function, the estimation method includes an image acquisition step for acquiring a skin image in which unevenness of a skin surface is captured; an extraction step for extracting a feature vector based on topological information on the skin image from the skin image acquired in the image acquisition step; an estimation step for estimating the parameter related to skin function based on the feature vector extracted in the extraction step, using an estimation model constructed based on past actual measurement data in which feature vectors are associated with the parameter related to skin function; and a presentation step for presenting the parameter related to skin function estimated in the estimation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: KEIO UNIVERSITY, KOSE Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAWASAKI, Eiryo KAWAKAMI, Keita KOSEKI, Tamotsu EBIHARA, Masayuki AMAGAI, Eiji NARU, Makoto MIZUNO, Miki ITO, Toru ATSUGI, Yukako KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220011568
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a scanning light measuring apparatus includes a support table, a light-emission control circuit, a light-receiving element, a moving mechanism, and a measurement control circuit. An optical unit is placed on the support table. The optical unit has a synchronous detection sensor that forms scanning light and detects the scanning light. The light-emission control circuit controls the light-emission time of the scanning light. The light-receiving element receives the scanning light. The moving mechanism supports the light-receiving element so as to be movable in a main scanning direction and a rotation direction around an axis orthogonal to the main scanning direction and an optical axis direction of the scanning light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Miki Ito
  • Publication number: 20180155569
    Abstract: This application provides a coating film having excellent durability and wear resistance that, when applied to a mold surface, has excellent releasability (non-adhesiveness) over a long period of time, and a fluoropolymer coating composition that is able to form such a coating film. The fluoropolymer coating composition contains a fluoropolymer and a fluoro oil, where the decomposition temperature of the fluoro oil is higher than the melting point of the fluoropolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: HOAI-NAM PHAM, TAKUMI TERAO, MIKI ITO, Yuta Tani
  • Publication number: 20180043282
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to separate a fluorine-containing solvent in a short time and efficiently from a fluorine-containing solvent which contains alcohol. There is provided a method for separating a fluorine-containing solvent by filtering a mixed liquid composition containing the fluorine-containing solvent, alcohol and water with a membrane containing fluorine resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: MIKI ITO, TAKANORI MATSUMOTO, HIDEAKI KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170117164
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a replacement solution for drying a semiconductor pattern and a method for drying a semiconductor pattern, that can prevent breakdown of an intricate semiconductor pattern with a high aspect ratio, when drying after a washing process after edging is completed in a semiconductor manufacturing process. The present invention provides a replacement solution for drying a semiconductor pattern and method, containing a hydrofluoro ether and/or hydrofluorocarbon, that is completely miscible with isopropyl alcohol, has a boiling point of 70° C. or higher, and has surface tension under atmospheric conditions of 10 mN/m or lower when heated to a temperature below the boiling point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: HIDEAKI KIKUCHI, TAKANORI MATSUMOTO, MIKI ITO
  • Patent number: 6659588
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head having plural liquid paths and plural discharge openings is formed by joining an adhesion face of an orifice plate with an adhesion face of a head main body—The liquid paths are formed upon joining an element substrate and a ceiling substrate which comprise the head main body. Apertures of the liquid paths are provided in the adhesion face of the head main body, and a protruding portion is provided in the adhesion face of the orifice plate. The protruding portion has a shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of one of the liquid paths, and one of the discharge openings is provided in the protruding portion. The protruding portion or a part thereof fits into one of the liquid paths, and is inserted into the liquid path for joining the adhesion face of the orifice plate with the adhesion face of the head main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ken Ikegame, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Toshio Kashino, Shuji Koyama, Masashi Miyagawa, Junji Tatsumi, Hiroaki Mihara, Miki Ito
  • Patent number: 6527377
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head having plural liquid paths and plural discharge openings is formed by joining an adhesion face of an orifice plate with an adhesion face of a head main body. The liquid paths are provided in the head main body, and the adhesion face of the head main body has apertures of the liquid paths. The adhesion face of the orifice plate has recessed portions and protruding portions. The protruding portions have a shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the liquid paths, and the discharge openings are provided in the protruding portions. The protruding portions or parts thereof fit into the liquid paths, and are inserted into the liquid paths for joining the adhesion face of the orifice plate with the adhesion face of the head main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ken Ikegame, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Toshio Kashino, Shuji Koyama, Masashi Miyagawa, Junji Tatsumi, Hiroaki Mihara, Miki Ito
  • Publication number: 20030030698
    Abstract: This invention provides a liquid discharge head including an orifice plate having plural discharge openings for discharging liquid droplets, and a head main body provided with plural liquid paths for respectively communicating with the plural discharge openings, a liquid chamber for liquid supply to the plural liquid paths, a supply aperture for liquid supply to the liquid chamber, and plural energy generating elements provided corresponding to the plural liquid paths and adapted to generate energy for discharging the liquid droplet, and formed by adjoining the orifice plate with an adhesion face of the head main body on which formed are the apertures of the liquid paths for communicating with the discharge openings of the orifice plate, wherein the orifice plate comprises a recessed portion and a protruding portion on the adhesion face with the head main body, and the protruding portion has a shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the liquid path and is provided the discharge opening therein, an
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Ken Ikegame, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Toshio Kashino, Shuji Koyama, Masashi Miyagawa, Junji Tatsumi, Hiroaki Mihara, Miki Ito
  • Patent number: 6447984
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head comprises the steps of providing a head main body having liquid flow paths, and an aperture surface having flow path openings communicated with the flow paths; providing a discharge port plate having extrusions each on the circumference of an inside opening communicated with each of the discharge ports, being on the inner face on the side opposite to the discharge port surface provided with discharge ports for discharging liquid, and a base having a substantially flat surface. For this method, the discharge port plate is arranged in a state of these surfaces formed integrally to be in contact; bonding the aperture surface and the inner face to fit the extrusions into the flow path openings by pressing the head main body and the base in the direction of the head main body and the base approaching each other with the discharge port plate between them; and separating the base from other members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junji Tatsumi, Hiroshi Sugitani, Masami Ikeda, Masami Kasamoto, Hiroyuki Ishinaga, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Toshio Kashino, Torachika Osada, Shuji Koyama, Haruhiko Terai, Masashi Miyagawa, Genji Inada, Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Ken Ikegame, Hiroaki Mihara, Miki Ito, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 6397466
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an orifice plate with a plate material having a through hole arranged to become an orifice for discharging liquid comprises the steps of arranging a resin layer in a position corresponding to the through hole on the surface of a conductive substrate in a configuration corresponding to the through hole in a thickness corresponding at least to the lenght of the through hole, forming a metallic layer by means of electro-forming on the exposed surface of a portion of the conductive substrated corresponding to the plate material in a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the plate material in order to obtain the metallic layer in a state where the resin layer is filled in the through hole portion, applying water repellent resin to the surface of the metallic layer having the resin layer filled therein, peeling off the metallic layer from the conductive substrate together with the resin layer to obtain the plate material in a state where the through hole portion is filled with the r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Koyama, Junji Tatsumi, Ken Ikegame, Hiroaki Mihara, Miki Ito
  • Patent number: 6254215
    Abstract: An ink jet printing head in which nozzles and a liquid chamber are formed by adhering a first substrate on which plural walls are formed and a second substrate in mutually opposed manner. The plural walls formed on the first substrate and to be adhered to the second substrate are arranged by the combination of walls of a substantially same width, and the walls are provided with an adhesive layer on the adhering faces thereof and integrally adhered to the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hiroki, Miki Ito, Toshio Kashino
  • Patent number: 6225032
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing liquid jet recording heads, each provided with discharge ports to discharge liquid, a discharge port plate having the discharge ports arranged therefor, and performing ablation processing of holes becoming the discharge ports by use of a mask for projecting the image of the mask onto the discharge port plate with coherent laser beam as light source, comprises the following steps of forming water-repellent layer on the surface of the discharge port plate on the liquid discharge side; and of performing the ablation processing by irradiating the laser beam from the reverse side of the surface of discharge port plate having the water-repellent layer formed thereon in a state of such surface being arranged to be under the atmosphere containing fluorine atom, and forming the discharge ports, at the same time, enabling the substance containing the fluorine atom excited by the laser beam to adhere to the surface having the water-repellent layer formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori Hasegawa, Masaki Inaba, Akio Saitoh, Akira Goto, Masao Furukawa, Shin Ishimatsu, Miki Ito
  • Patent number: 6071677
    Abstract: A laser working method which can easily and accurately work a fine and complicated shape by irradiation of a laser beam is provided. When a plurality of channel grooves are laser worked on a second board constituting a liquid jet recording head and projections are laser worked on the joint surface of groove walls between the channel grooves and the like, the projections are first worked and formed by irradiating the laser beam through a first mask pattern of a high space frequency arranged by transmitting portions to work the projections and light shielding portions. After that, the channel grooves are worked and formed by irradiating the laser beam through a second mask pattern of a low space frequency arranged by transmitting portions to work the channel grooves and light shielding portions. The formation of a secondary product due to the laser working can be reduced. Even when the laser working secondary product exists, the influence by the secondary product can be reduced and the working can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Ishimatsu, Masaki Inaba, Akio Saito, Akira Goto, Masao Furukawa, Toshinori Hasegawa, Miki Ito
  • Patent number: 6048049
    Abstract: A laser processing method comprises at least one of a laser light source, a beam shaping optical system for shaping laser beams, a mask having specific patterns corresponding to the processing configuration of a work, an illumination optical system for illuminating the mask, and a projection optical system for focusing the pattern images of the mask on the processing surface of the work by a specific magnification. This mask is provided with an extinct portion smaller than the quotient of the resolution and specific magnification of the projection optical system. With the method thus arranged, a work can be processed to provide complicated three-dimensional grooves having irregularities in the direction of laser irradiation by one-time processing. Also, the extinct portions make it possible to easily and finely adjust the extinction so that the precision of work processing is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Ishimatsu, Masaki Inaba, Tsutomu Abe, Akira Goto, Masao Furukawa, Kouichi Omata, Toshinori Hasegawa, Miki Ito
  • Patent number: 5572600
    Abstract: An image data generating circuit of a color image processing apparatus generates multivalued image data for each color in accordance with density of each color of magenta (M), cyan (C) and yellow (Y). An M-screen threshold value generating circuit outputs a plurality of first threshold values, a C-screen threshold value generating circuit outputs a plurality of second threshold values, and a Y-screen threshold value generating circuit for outputting a plurality of third threshold values. A comparing circuit compares the multivalued image data outputted from the image data generating circuit with the first to third threshold values outputted from the M-, C- and Y- screen generating circuits for each color to output a comparison result in the form of a binary signal. The first and second threshold values is assigned to each pixel of an M multi-cell and a C multi-cell constituted by square matrixes having screen angles of .+-.tan.sup.-1 (q/p) and each side of .beta..multidot.p.multidot.q, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Joji Tajima, Mitsuo Kaji, Miki Ito, Akira Ito, Youichi Sato