Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Fujii

Nobuaki Fujii 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: 11656753
    Abstract: An information processing device is configured to virtually execute motion of a device including a plurality of apparatuses. The information processing device includes a display portion and a control portion. The control portion is configured to extract an apparatus to be virtually moved, from the apparatuses on a basis of movement ranges of the apparatuses and display the apparatus on the display portion, as a check object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuaki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220388786
    Abstract: A transport system includes: a mover on which a workpiece is mounted and which is movable in a first direction; a stator that has a plurality of coils arranged in the first direction and applies force to the mover by using the plurality of coils, the force transporting the mover in the first direction while floating the mover in a second direction crossing the first direction; a control unit that acquires a position and an attitude of the mover moving in the first direction while floating in the second direction and controls the current applied to the plurality of coils to control operation of the mover based on the acquired position and attitude; and a positioning part that limits the movement of the mover, wherein the positioning part includes a first positioning part that limits the movement of the mover in a direction of external force applied to the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuaki Fujii, Satoshi Nukushina
  • Publication number: 20220224255
    Abstract: A transport system includes a mover, a stator, and a control unit. The mover moves in a first direction. The stator includes a plurality of coils arranged in the first direction and applies force to transport the mover in the first direction while using the plurality of coils, to which current is applied, to levitate the mover in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The control unit controls the current applied to the plurality of coils to control operation of the mover. The control unit controls the current applied to the plurality of coils using machine difference information of the mover to control an attitude of the mover while the mover is being levitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuaki Fujii, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11192255
    Abstract: There is provided a robot hand that grips and positions a work with a certain gripping force, and that rapidly conveys the work to execute assembling after gripping the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Amano, Nobuaki Fujii
  • Patent number: 11154988
    Abstract: There is provided a robot hand that grips and positions a work with a certain gripping force, and that rapidly conveys the work to execute assembling after gripping the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Amano, Nobuaki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20210275982
    Abstract: Heat-expandable microspheres containing a thermoplastic resin shell and a thermally-vaporizable blowing agent encapsulated therein. The thermoplastic resin is a polymer of a polymerizable component containing acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile and acrylate ester and which satisfies specific conditions 1 and 2, where Condition 1: the amount of the acrylonitrile (A)<the amount of the methacrylonitrile (B), and Condition 2: the total amount of the acrylonitrile (A), the methacrylonitrile (B) and the acrylate ester (C) in the polymerizable component ranges from 61 to 100 wt %. Also disclosed are hollow resin particles manufactured by expanding the heat-expandable microspheres, a composition containing a base component and at least one selected from the heat-expandable microspheres and the hollow resin particles, and a formed article manufactured by forming or molding the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: MATSUMOTO YUSHI-SEIYAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki FUJII, Sachiko TOKUMURA, Katsushi MIKI
  • Publication number: 20210240337
    Abstract: An information processing device is configured to virtually execute motion of a device including a plurality of apparatuses. The information processing device includes a display portion and a control portion. The control portion is configured to extract an apparatus to be virtually moved, from the apparatuses on a basis of movement ranges of the apparatuses and display the apparatus on the display portion, as a check object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Nobuaki Fujii
  • Patent number: 10625948
    Abstract: A conveyance system includes a plurality of coils arranged so as to form a row at a predetermined pitch, a carriage configured to move along the row through use of an electromagnetic force received from the plurality of coils as a driving force, a plurality of drivers configured to cause an electric current to flow through coils to be controlled among the plurality of coils to provide the driving force to the carriage, and a controller configured to switch the coils to be controlled, which are assigned to each of the plurality of drivers, among the plurality of coils. As the coils to be controlled, which are assigned to each of the plurality of drivers, among the plurality of coils, coils for each predetermined interval of at least two pitches based on a distance between carriages determined in advance are assigned to each of the plurality of drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuaki Fujii, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190092572
    Abstract: A conveyance system includes a plurality of coils arranged so as to form a row at a predetermined pitch, a carriage configured to move along the row through use of an electromagnetic force received from the plurality of coils as a driving force, a plurality of drivers configured to cause an electric current to flow through coils to be controlled among the plurality of coils to provide the driving force to the carriage, and a controller configured to switch the coils to be controlled, which are assigned to each of the plurality of drivers, among the plurality of coils. As the coils to be controlled, which are assigned to each of the plurality of drivers, among the plurality of coils, coils for each predetermined interval of at least two pitches based on a distance between carriages determined in advance are assigned to each of the plurality of drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuaki Fujii, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180345502
    Abstract: There is provided a robot hand that grips and positions a work with a certain gripping force, and that rapidly conveys the work to execute assembling after gripping the work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Shingo Amano, Nobuaki Fujii
  • Patent number: 8317161
    Abstract: An air balancer has a rotary drum on which a rope member is to be wound and that is supported rotatably by a stationary shaft in a casing, a conversion system that converts pressure of first air supplied into the casing into rotational force of the rotary drum for winding the rope member on the rotary drum, a rotary member that is rotatably supported by the stationary shaft and linked with the rotary drum to integrally rotate therewith, a rotation restriction member to be in contact with the rotary member to restrict rotation thereof, a disengagement mechanism that causes the rotation restriction member to retract by pressure of second air supplied into the casing to thereby disengage the contact between the rotary member and the rotation restriction member, and a control module having an air circuit that supplies the second air into the casing only when the first air is supplied into the casing or when the first air is discharged from the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Endo Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuaki Fujii
  • Patent number: 7967047
    Abstract: A film splicer including a base body on which two films to be spliced are aligned such that splicing ends thereof make contact with each other, an adhesive tape applied to the splicing ends of the films to join them, and a splicer arm that is folded against the base body to bore sprocket holes by punching members and to cut the adhesive tape by cutting members to a length corresponding to the length in the width direction of the films, wherein the cutting members comprise punches capable of punching out both the adhesive tape and excessive edge areas in the width direction of the films and that are formed with tapered portions having an angle relative to a cutting direction that extends in the longer direction of the films, the tapered portions being formed at both end areas in the cutting direction, whereby edge areas in the width direction of the films spliced together are free of steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuaki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20100108965
    Abstract: An air balancer has a rotary drum on which a rope member is to be wound and that is supported rotatably by a stationary shaft in a casing, a conversion system that converts pressure of first air supplied into the casing into rotational force of the rotary drum for winding the rope member on the rotary drum, a rotary member that is rotatably supported by the stationary shaft and linked with the rotary drum to integrally rotate therewith, a rotation restriction member to be in contact with the rotary member to restrict rotation thereof, a disengagement mechanism that causes the rotation restriction member to retract by pressure of second air supplied into the casing to thereby disengage the contact between the rotary member and the rotation restriction member, and a control module having an air circuit that supplies the second air into the casing only when the first air is supplied into the casing or when the first air is discharged from the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Nobuaki FUJII
  • Patent number: 7518065
    Abstract: A printed wiring board for a plasma display, comprising: an insulating film having a folding slit(s) provided at its folding position; a wiring pattern provided on at least one surface of the insulating film; and a flame retardant solder resist layer provided so as for a terminal part to be exposed on the surface of the wiring pattern, the folding slit being provided in a divided form in the longitudinal direction of the slit, a flame retardant solder resist layer being provided on the backside of the folding slit, foams or pinholes in the backside flame retardant solder resist layer formed in the divided slit region having been expelled. Even in a printed wiring board to which high voltage is applied, the separation of the flame retardant solder resist layer can be prevented, and, at the same time, the occurrence of pinholes can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuaki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20080316715
    Abstract: A coated copper is provided which inhibits the growth of whiskers and is composed of a copper substrate or a copper alloy substrate, a copper-diffused tin layer formed on the surface of the substrate, and a pure tin layer formed on the surface of the copper-diffused tin layer. The thickness of the copper-diffused tin layer is 55% or more with respect to the total thickness of the copper-diffused tin layer and the pure tin layer. Further, a printed wiring board is provided having a wiring pattern of the copper substrate or the copper alloy substrate, and a semiconductor device. Accordingly, the generation of long whiskers having a length exceeding 15 ?m which cause short circuits can be inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuaki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20080026212
    Abstract: A film splicer including a base body on which two films to be spliced are aligned such that splicing ends thereof make contact with each other, an adhesive tape applied to the splicing ends of the films to join them, and a splicer arm that is folded against the base body to bore sprocket holes by punching members and to cut the adhesive tape by cutting members to a length corresponding to the length in the width direction of the films, wherein the cutting members comprise punches capable of punching out both the adhesive tape and excessive edge areas in the width direction of the films and that are formed with tapered portions having an angle relative to a cutting direction that extends in the longer direction of the films, the tapered portions being formed at both end areas in the cutting direction, whereby edge areas in the width direction of the films spliced together are free of steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuaki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20070264813
    Abstract: A film carrier tape for mounting an electronic part, comprising an insulating film, a wiring pattern formed on a surface of the insulating film and a solder resist layer formed on the wiring pattern except connecting lead portions of the wiring pattern, wherein the solder resist coating thickness at the edge portion of the solder resist layer is continuously decreased toward the tip of the edge portion. The film carrier tape for mounting an electronic part can be produced by applying a solder resist coating solution onto the wiring pattern using a screen in which opening sizes at the edge portion of a coating solution passing zone are reduced stepwise or continuously or by applying a solder resist coating solution onto the wiring pattern while pressing a film carrier against the screen so as to decrease a coating weight of the solder resist coating solution continuously or stepwise toward the tip of the edge portion of the resulting solder resist layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Fujii, Yutaka Iguchi
  • Patent number: 7294381
    Abstract: The film splicer includes a base body on which two films to be spliced are aligned such that splicing ends thereof make contact with each other, an adhesive tape applied to the splicing ends of the films to join them, and a splicer arm that is folded against the base body to bore sprocket holes by punching members and to cut the adhesive tape by cutting members to a length corresponding to the length in the width direction of the films, wherein the cutting members comprise punches that are capable of punching out both the adhesive tape and excessive edge areas in the width direction of the films and that are formed with tapered portions having an angle relative to a cutting direction that extends in the longer direction of the films, the tapered portions being formed at both end areas in the cutting direction, whereby edge areas in the width direction of the films spliced together are free of steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuaki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20060090928
    Abstract: A printed wiring board for a plasma display, comprising: an insulating film having a folding slit(s) provided at its folding position; a wiring pattern provided on at least one surface of the insulating film; and a flame retardant solder resist layer provided so as for a terminal part to be exposed on the surface of the wiring pattern, the folding slit being provided in a divided form in the longitudinal direction of the slit, a flame retardant solder resist layer being provided on the backside of the folding slit, foams or pinholes in the backside flame retardant solder resist layer formed in the divided slit region having been expelled. Even in a printed wiring board to which high voltage is applied, the separation of the flame retardant solder resist layer can be prevented, and, at the same time, the occurrence of pinholes can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuaki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20050186418
    Abstract: The film splicer includes a base body on which two films to be spliced are aligned such that splicing ends thereof make contact with each other, an adhesive tape applied to the splicing ends of the films to join them, and a splicer arm that is folded against the base body to bore sprocket holes by punching members and to cut the adhesive tape by cutting members to a length corresponding to the length in the width direction of the films, wherein the cutting members comprise punches that are capable of punching out both the adhesive tape and excessive edge areas in the width direction of the films and that are formed with tapered portions shaving an angle relative to a cutting direction that extends in the longer direction of the films, the tapered portions being formed at both end areas in the cutting direction, whereby edge areas in the width direction of the films spliced together are free of steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventor: Nobuaki Fujii