Patents by Inventor Minoru Tamura

Minoru Tamura 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: 20240097303
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an isolator includes a first coil, a second coil, a plate-shaped first magnet, and a first insulator. The second coil is aligned with the first coil along a first axis and faces the first coil. The first magnet is provided on a side of the second coil and faces the second coil, the side being opposite to a side where the first coil is located. The first magnet extends along a first plane intersecting the first axis. The first insulator seals the first coil, the second coil, and the first magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Jia LIU, Yusuke IMAIZUMI, Minoru TAKIZAWA, Yoshinari TAMURA, Daijo CHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240087802
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an isolator includes: an isolator module including a first coil and a second coil that are separated with respect to a first direction and face each other; a magnetic member provided on the isolator module in such a manner that the magnetic member overlaps the first coil and the second coil when viewed in the first direction; and an insulating member covering the isolator module and the magnetic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jia LIU, Yusuke IMAIZUMI, Yoshinari TAMURA, Daijo CHIDA, Minoru TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240090120
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an isolator includes: a first semiconductor chip; a second semiconductor chip; a first wiring board including a first surface provided thereon with the first semiconductor chip; a second wiring board including a second surface provided thereon with the second semiconductor chip, the second wiring board being spaced apart from the first wiring board; a third wiring board spaced apart from each of the first and second wiring boards; a first coil on the first surface; a second coil on the second surface; a third coil on a third surface of the third wiring board, the third surface facing the first and second surfaces, the third coil facing the first coil; a fourth coil on the third surface, facing the second coil, and electrically coupled to the third coil; and an insulator provided between the first to fourth coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshinari TAMURA, Yusuke IMAIZUMI, Jia LIU, Daijo CHIDA, Minoru TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11916191
    Abstract: A method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte having an argyrodite-type crystal structure may involve: mixing a raw material containing elemental phosphorus at an integrated power of 0.5 kWh/kg or more, and heat-treating a precursor obtained in the mixing at 350 to 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kambara, Minoru Senga, Katsuhito Kondo, Naoya Masuda, Hironari Kimpara, Futoshi Utsuno, Hiroyuki Tamura
  • Patent number: 11511243
    Abstract: A first solution is mixed and diluted with diluting liquid to make a first dilute solution, a second solution is mixed and diluted with diluting liquid to make a second dilute solution, and the first dilute solution and second dilute solution, both diluted with diluting liquid, are mixed in a sealed tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Minoru Tamura
  • Patent number: 11311821
    Abstract: The degassing apparatus removes liquid from a vacuum tank (1) with a suction pump (6) and supplies that liquid to a storage tank (9), sprays storage tank liquid into the vacuum tank through a convergent nozzle (7), removes gas from liquid in a state of reduced pressure inside the vacuum tank, and stores the degassed liquid in the storage tank. The storage tank is an airtight hermetically sealed tank provided with a reduced pressure retaining valve that discharges gas accumulated inside the storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Minoru Tamura, Yasuaki Tamura
  • Publication number: 20200061551
    Abstract: A first solution is mixed and diluted with diluting liquid to make a first dilute solution, a second solution is mixed and diluted with diluting liquid to make a second dilute solution, and the first dilute solution and second dilute solution, both diluted with diluting liquid, are mixed in a sealed tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Minoru TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190321755
    Abstract: The degassing apparatus removes liquid from a vacuum tank 1 with a suction pump 6 and supplies that liquid to a storage tank 9, sprays storage tank 9 liquid into a vacuum tank 1 through a convergent nozzle 7, removes gas from liquid in a state of reduced pressure inside the vacuum tank 1, and stores the degassed liquid in the storage tank 9. The storage tank 9 is an airtight hermetically sealed tank provided with a reduced pressure retaining valve that discharges gas accumulated inside the storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Minoru TAMURA, Yasuaki TAMURA
  • Patent number: 8810051
    Abstract: In an inverter generator having a winding wound around a generator unit driven by an engine, a converter connected to the winding and adapted to convert an alternating current outputted from the winding to a direct current, an inverter connected to the converter and adapted to invert the direct current outputted from the converter to an alternating current and output it, and a controller adapted to control operations of the converter and the inverter, a battery is connected to the engine, and the winding includes a first winding and a second winding, such that the controller supplies an output of the battery to one of the first winding and the second winding to rotate the generator unit to start the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamura, Minoru Tamura
  • Publication number: 20120292902
    Abstract: In an inverter generator having a winding wound around a generator unit driven by an engine, a converter connected to the winding and adapted to convert an alternating current outputted from the winding to a direct current, an inverter connected to the converter and adapted to invert the direct current outputted from the converter to an alternating current and output it, and a controller adapted to control operations of the converter and the inverter, a battery is connected to the engine, and the winding includes a first winding and a second winding, such that the controller supplies an output of the battery to one of the first winding and the second winding to rotate the generator unit to start the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamura, Minoru Tamura
  • Patent number: 8053932
    Abstract: An apparatus for connecting two generators to run in parallel including a conductive path that connects the generators to an electrical load, a switching circuit that opens/closes the conductive path, a current sensor that detects current flowing the conductive path and an electronic control unit comprising a microcomputer. The control unit functions as a generator model identifier that inputs a signal indicating a model ID from each generator and determines whether the model ID corresponds to data stored in memory, and a switching circuit operator that operates the circuit to close the conductive path to connect the generators to the electrical load when the model ID corresponds to the data, while operates it to open the conductive path when the current is not detected by the current sensor after the conductive path was closed, thereby preventing the outputs of other generators from appearing at the terminals of a disconnected plug and damage to the generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Eguchi, Ryuichi Kimata, Minoru Tamura
  • Publication number: 20110198730
    Abstract: A method of synthesizing a hyperbranched polymer by living radical polymerization of a monomer in the presence of a metal catalyst includes at least adding a compound or setting the amount of the monomer in the living radical polymerization. The compound added is at least a compound represented by R1-A or a compound represented by R2—B—R3, where R1 denotes hydrogen, an alkyl group (1-10 carbons), aryl group (1-10 carbons), or aralkyl group (7-10 carbons), A denotes a cyano group, hydroxyl group, or nitro group, R2 and R3 denote hydrogen, alkyl groups (1-10 carbons), aryl groups (6-10 carbons), aralkyl groups (7-10 carbons), or dialkylamino groups (2-10 carbons), and B denotes a carbonyl group or sulfonyl group. Setting of the monomer amount includes setting the amount of monomer to be mixed into a reaction system at one mixing to be less than the total monomer to be mixed with the reaction system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Yuko Tanaka, Akinori Uno, Shinichiro Kabashima, Minoru Tamura, Yoshiyasu Kubo, Yusuke Sasaki, Mineko Horibe, Yukihiro Kaneko, Kaoru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110101503
    Abstract: A hyperbranched polymer synthesizing method employs living radical polymerization of a monomer in the presence of a metal catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: LION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Uno, Yoshiyasu Kubo, Yusuke Sasaki, Mineko Horibe, Yukihiro Kaneko, Minoru Tamura, Shinichiro Kabashima, Yuko Tanaka, Kaoru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090319089
    Abstract: An apparatus for connecting two generators to run in parallel including a conductive path that connects the generators to an electrical load, a switching circuit that opens/closes the conductive path, a current sensor that detects current flowing the conductive path and an electronic control unit comprising a microcomputer. The control unit functions as a generator model identifier that inputs a signal indicating a model ID from each generator and determines whether the model ID corresponds to data stored in memory, and a switching circuit operator that operates the circuit to close the conductive path to connect the generators to the electrical load when the model ID corresponds to the data, while operates it to open the conductive path when the current is not detected by the current sensor after the conductive path was closed, thereby preventing the outputs of other generators from appearing at the terminals of a disconnected plug and damage to the generators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi EGUCHI, Ryuichi KIMATA, Minoru TAMURA
  • Patent number: 7607741
    Abstract: When it is judged that a possible collision of the own vehicle with a preceding vehicle is avoidable by operation of either one of the brake pedal and steering wheel, a first grade braking force is automatically produced. While, when it is judged that the possible collision is unavoidable by operation of either of the brake pedal and steering wheel, a second grade braking force is automatically produced, which is greater than the first grade braking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Seto, Yoshinori Yamamura, Yosuke Kobayashi, Minoru Tamura
  • Patent number: 7493200
    Abstract: An automatic brake system for a vehicle is disclosed. Based on a possibility that a potential collision with an obstacle preceding the vehicle can avoided by braking, and a possibility that the potential collision can be avoided by steering, the system automatically controls a braking operation for collision-avoidance. A condition of starting the automatic braking operation and a characteristics of the operation are determined based on calculation or estimation of a condition of the path where the vehicle is traveling, such as a relative speed, widths of spaces on sides of the obstacle, and steering characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiki Takahashi, Minoru Tamura, Yoshinori Yamamura, Yoji Seto, Masahide Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080202068
    Abstract: A packaging object supplying apparatus for supplying a packaging object to a packaging unit for packaging the packaging object into a predetermined fashion and specifically, a packaging object supplying apparatus comprising a packaging object combining portion for forming a combination of the packaging objects by combining two or more kinds of the packaging objects by a predetermined quantity in a predetermined array and a packaging object introducing portion for introducing the packaging objects combined by the packaging object combining portion to the packaging unit, a boxing apparatus comprising foldable box body supplying means, opening forming means, box body holding means, packaging object loading means, and lid forming means, a box body supplying apparatus for supplying a box body to the boxing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Haruo Ichikawa, Makoto Shimizu, Kazuyuki Kosemura, Akira Wakabayashi, Katsutoshi Nakamura, Masaharu Minagi, Minoru Tamura, Seiichi Yamashita, Toshihide Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20080160449
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hyperbranched polymer that is capable of being used as a polymer material for nanofabrication including lithography, has enhanced dry etching resistance, sensitivity and surface smoothness, has a core shell structure and has an acid degradable repeating unit of tert-butyl vinylbenzoate ester in a shell portion, and a resist composition containing the hyperbranched polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicants: Lion Corporation, Hyogo Prefecture
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kubo, Yukihiro Kaneko, Kaoru Suzuki, Minoru Tamura, Mineko Horibe, Akinori Uno, Hiroo Kinoshita, Takeo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7370456
    Abstract: A packaging object supplying apparatus for supplying a packaging object to a packaging unit for packaging the packaging object into a predetermined fashion and specifically, a packaging object supplying apparatus comprising a packaging object combining portion for forming a combination of the packaging objects by combining two or more kinds of the packaging objects by a predetermined quantity in a predetermined array and a packaging object introducing portion for introducing the packaging objects combined by the packaging object combining portion to the packaging unit, a boxing apparatus comprising foldable box body supplying means, opening forming means, box body holding means, packaging object loading means, and lid forming means, a box body supplying apparatus for supplying a box body to the boxing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Ichikawa, Makoto Shimizu, Kazuyuki Kosemura, Akira Wakabayashi, Katsutoshi Nakamura, Masaharu Minagi, Minoru Tamura, Seiichi Yamashita, Toshihide Sasaki
  • Patent number: D672545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Inventor: Minoru Tamura