Patents by Inventor Naohiro Taniguchi

Naohiro 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: 20240151860
    Abstract: Reliability of a scintillator structure is improved. The scintillator structure includes a plurality of cells and a reflective layer covering the plurality of cells. Here, each of the plurality of cells includes a resin and a phosphor, and the resin has a decrease rate of a total light transmittance that is less than 8% with respect to light having a wavelength of 542 nm after X-ray irradiation of a dose of 100 kGy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Masanobu NAKAHASHI, Naohiro TANIGUCHI, Tamotsu KIBE, Hikaru CHIYO, Ryota OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240150644
    Abstract: Reliability of a scintillator structure is improved. The scintillator structure includes a plurality of cells and a reflective layer covering the plurality of cells. Here, each of the plurality of cells includes a resin and a phosphor, and the resin includes a main agent including bi-7-oxabicyclo[4. 1. 0] heptane and a curing agent. Alternatively, each of the plurality of cells includes a resin and a phosphor, and the resin includes a main agent and a curing agent. The main agent includes: 3,4-epoxy cyclohexyl-methyl-(3,4-epoxy) cyclohexane carboxylate; and 1, 2-epoxy-4-(2-oxiranyl) cyclohexane adduct of 2, 2-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1-butanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Masanobu NAKAHASHI, Naohiro TANIGUCHI, Tamotsu KIBE, Hikaru CHIYO, Ryota OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 6070469
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a body, a pressure inlet tube housed in the body and having a pressure inlet opening defined therein for introducing oil pressure, and a pressure sensor unit affixed to a proximal end surface of the pressure inlet tube covering the pressure inlet opening to convert the oil pressure to an electrical signal. An oil flow decelerating structure is disposed to a distal end side of the pressure inlet tube for reducing the flow rate of oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Taniguchi, Shuichi Katayama, Masami Hori
  • Patent number: 5866818
    Abstract: An acceleration sensor element constitutes a piezoresistance type acceleration sensor in which an acceleration sensor chip including a cantilever structure of mass and beam parts and a piezoresistor formed on the beam part is mounted on a main lead which is slanted for positioning the piezoresistor and the center of gravity of the mass part substantially on the same horizontal plane in a mounted state of the sensor. The element thereby improves the reliability and assures such property as other-axis sensitivity of the sensor at the time of shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadayuki Sumi, Shigenari Takami, Fumihiro Kasano, Naohiro Taniguchi, Kazuya Nohara
  • Patent number: 5485749
    Abstract: In an acceleration detector for detecting three-dimensional components of acceleration applied thereto independently with respect to three axes X, Y and Z of an orthogonal coordinate system, a plurality of resistance elements having a piezo resistance effect are formed in a thin-sheet resilient member with an unique arrangement thereof for improving the sensitivity of the detector. Electric resistance of the resistance elements is varied in response to strain of the resistance elements accompanied with an elastic deformation of the resilient member. The resilient member is fixed at its periphery on a frame of the detector. A weight is connected with a center portion of the resilient member such that the elastic deformation is caused when the weight is displaced by receiving acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nohara, Naohiro Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 5160041
    Abstract: A coagulation reaction tank comprises a cylindrical tank provided in the central part thereof with a rotary stirring mechanism furnished with stirring vanes and a filtration tank for introducing the liquid from within the cylindrical tank in the form of filtrate and discharging the filtrate out of the cylindrical tank. This coagulation reaction tank is characterized by the fact that the filtration tank provided in the bottom thereof with slits is disposed in the cylindrical tank above the stirring vanes or the cylindrical tank provided in the upper part of the wall thereof with slits and the filtration tank is disposed outside the slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignees: Japan Sewage Works Agency, Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Taniguchi, Syuzo Koike, Yasuhiko Watanabe, Tadao Takeuchi, Noboru Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 5069784
    Abstract: A coagulation reaction tank comprises a cylindrical tank provided in the central part thereof with a rotary stirring mechanism furnished with stirring vanes and a filtration tank for introducing the liquid from within the cylindrical tank in the form of filtrate and discharging the filtrate out of the cylindrical tank. This coagulation reaction tank is characterized by the fact that the filtration tank provided in the bottom thereof with slits is disposed in the cylindrical tank above the stirring vanes or the cylindrical tank provided in the upper part of the wall thereof with slits and the filtration tank is disposed outside the slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignees: Japan Sewage Works Agency, Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Taniguchi, Syuzo Koike, Yasuhiko Watanabe, Tadao Takeuchi, Noboru Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 5000692
    Abstract: An I/O relay interface module for mounting a plurality of relays which are adapted to be connected to individual external I/O devices to be controlled or monitored by a central controller. The I/O module comprises a plurality of relay sockets for detachably receiving the relays, respectively, and a terminal section including wire terminals internally connected to the relays through the sockets for connection between the relays and the external devices. An I/O connector is provided on the I/O module for connection with the central controller to receive therefrom control signals for energizing the relays for control of the associated devices or transmit to the central controller monitor signals from the relays as indicative of the operation of the associated devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Taniguchi, Hiromi Nishimura, Fumihiro Kasano, Yutaka Sato
  • Patent number: 4704567
    Abstract: A brushless D.C. motor wherein one of projected stator poles positioned to be mutually equally spaced in mechanical angle is made sufficiently smaller than the other as partly cut off at circumferentially expanding pole tooth part, the stator poles being respectively polarized depending on controllably varied direction of direct current to coils on the poles by means of a rotor position detecting Hall element which detects the polarity at a predetermined position of the rotor, for allowing the rotor to self-start constantly in one direction with a remarkably increased starting torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1987
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Suzuki, Tetsuo Kawamoto, Ryo Motohashi, Masato Nagai, Katsumi Takegawa, Naohiro Taniguchi