Patents by Inventor Naoki Tamai

Naoki Tamai 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: 20210137078
    Abstract: Provided are a livestock sensor device, a livestock astasia inference method, a livestock astasia inference program, and a livestock management system that are capable of preventing damage to stockbreeders. According to an embodiment of the present technology, there is provided a livestock sensor device including a postural-state determination unit, a state inference unit, a transmission unit, and a casing. The postural-state determination unit determines in which of a prostrate state and a non-prostrate state a livestock animal has been on a basis of output values from an acceleration sensor. The state inference unit infers whether or not the livestock animal has developed astasia on a basis of a duration of the prostrate state. The transmission unit transmits, to a server, an astasia-notification data item indicating that an inference that the livestock animal has developed the astasia is made when the inference that the livestock animal has developed the astasia is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: HIDETATSU YAMAMOTO, SEIJI OHISHI, HIDETOSHI ISAWA, KAZUHIKO TSUJI, NAOKI TAMAI, HIDEAKI KAMEI, YOSHINORI USAMI, TAKESHI NEGORO, KOICHI YAMAGUCHI, KAZUYA TERASAKI, OSAMU MIKI, KENJI SASAKI, TOMOYA IMAMURA, MAMI MAMIYA
  • Patent number: 8267454
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed, including a stationary cargo bed part serving as a bottom face and a side face of the cargo bed, a movable cargo bed part serving as the bottom face and the side face of the expanded cargo bed, and a cargo bed support mechanism for supporting the movable cargo bed part at a normal position and an expansion position set on the rear side of the normal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyohito Takano, Satoshi Takaya, Kiyoaki Maeda, Kousei Hokari, Geoffrey Ewing, Junhei Asahi, Naoki Tamai, Kenji Oda
  • Publication number: 20110156419
    Abstract: The present invention is a pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed, including a stationary cargo bed part serving as a bottom face and a side face of the cargo bed, a movable cargo bed part serving as the bottom face and the side face of the expanded cargo bed, and a cargo bed support mechanism for supporting the movable cargo bed part at a normal position and an expansion position set on the rear side of the normal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: KIYOHITO TAKANO, SATOSHI TAKAYA, KIYOAKI MAEDA, KOUSEI HOKARI, GEOFFREY EWING, JUNHEI ASAHI, NAOKI TAMAI, KENJI ODA
  • Patent number: 7802424
    Abstract: An exhaust device for adjusting an exhaust gas cross sectional area of an exhaust passage in a combustion engine includes a valve body arranged in the exhaust passage communicating to an exhaust port of the combustion engine; a valve shaft fixed or integrally formed to the valve body and arranged so as to transverse the exhaust passage, the valve shaft changing the opening of the valve body by turning with the valve body about an axis of the valve shaft; a pair of bearing members for supporting rotatably the valve shaft at both ends thereof in a axial direction of the valve shaft; and a stopper arranged on the valve shaft so as to face an end face on the inward side of the exhaust passage of each bearing member in the axial direction. The stopper is restricted in the axial direction by the end face of each of the bearing members so that the valve body and the valve shaft do not move in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Kanzawa, Kazumasa Wakahara, Naoki Tamai, Yota Katsukawa, Akira Soeda, Hidehiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080168767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust device for adjusting an exhaust gas cross sectional area of an exhaust passage in a combustion engine. The exhaust device includes a valve body arranged in the exhaust passage communicating to an exhaust port of the combustion engine; a valve shaft fixed or integrally formed to the valve body and arranged so as to transverse the exhaust passage, the valve shaft changing the opening of the valve body by turning with the valve body about an axis of the valve shaft; a pair of bearing members for supporting rotatably the valve shaft at both ends thereof in a axial direction of the valve shaft; and a stopper arranged on the valve shaft so as to face an end face on the inward side of the exhaust passage of each bearing member in the axial direction. The stopper is restricted in the axial direction by the end face of each of the bearing members so that the valve body and the valve shaft do not move in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Kanzawa, Kazumasa Wakahara, Naoki Tamai, Yota Katsukawa, Akira Soeda, Hidehiko Yamamoto