Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Tanaka

Nobuaki Tanaka 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: 20160194788
    Abstract: An elastic monofilament includes a core-sheath composite structure, wherein a ratio of a core component is 2 to 40% by volume, the core component is a thermoplastic polyester having, in a polymer, 95 to 100% by mass of a thermoplastic polyester unit, and a sheath component is a copolymeric thermoplastic elastomer having a hard segment and a soft segment, and wherein the monofilament has a diameter of 0.1 to 1.0 mm, and a tensile strength of 0.3 to 3.0 cN/dtex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Kota Nakamura, Hidetoshi Sakai, Takuya Ryomoto
  • Publication number: 20160195188
    Abstract: A nitrile rubber-metal laminated gasket material comprising a surface-treating agent layer, an adhesive layer, and a rubber layer, which are sequentially laminated on a metal plate, wherein the surface-treating agent layer is formed using a surface-treating agent that is free from chromium and comprises of (A) a urethane resin or phenolic resin, (B) a silicon-containing compound, and (C) a fluorine-free zirconium compound or fluorine-free titanium compound as essential components. The nitrile rubber-metal laminated gasket material has excellent LLC resistance and oil resistance under high temperature, although it uses a surface-treating agent for metal, which is free from chromium and fluorine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuaki Tanaka, Takeshi Sato, Katsumi Abe
  • Publication number: 20160058588
    Abstract: An artificial blood vessel includes a tubular woven fabric composed of a multifilament yarn A including a first polyester and a multifilament yarn B including a second polyester, and has an inner diameter of 8 mm or less and a layer thickness of 50 ?m or more and 250 ?m or less, wherein the multifilament yarn A has a single fiber fineness of 1.0 dtex or more and a total fineness of 33 dtex or less, the multifilament yarn B has a single fiber fineness of 0.08 dtex or less and a total fineness of 66 dtex or less, and the multifilament yarn B forms loops on an inner wall surface of the tubular woven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Nobuaki Tanaka, Kazuhiro Tanahashi, Yuka Sakaguchi, Masaki Fujita, Koji Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20150336530
    Abstract: An airbag fabric is excellent in slippage amount and strength in a sewn portion. The airbag fabric is made of a synthetic fiber, the fabric having a constant (load of 98 N/30 mm) elongation of 1 to 5% and having a residual strain rate of 0.1 to 1.5%, the residual strain rate being obtained when the fabric is allowed to stand still for 10 minutes from the removal of the 98 N/30 mm load after the retention of the fabric for 10 minutes while the 98 N/30 mm load is applied to the fabric. The strength in the sewn portion is preferably 1200 N or more in each of the warp and the weft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuaki Tanaka, Satoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 9162742
    Abstract: A trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine includes: a cylinder having a cylinder chamber; a piston rod that is telescopically inserted into the cylinder chamber; and a hydraulic oil supply and discharge device that supplies and discharges hydraulic oil to and from the cylinder chamber, the trim and tilt apparatus allowing the marine vessel propulsion machine to perform a trim operation and a tilt operation, and the hydraulic oil supply and discharge device includes: a plurality of discharge units for simultaneously discharging the hydraulic oil; and a switching unit for switching between a case where the cylinder chamber is supplied with the hydraulic oil discharged by a part of the plurality of discharge units, and a case where the cylinder chamber is not supplied with the hydraulic oil discharged by the part of the plurality of discharge units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Tsutsui, Shinya Horie, Nobuaki Tanaka, Takeshi Ueki
  • Publication number: 20150275929
    Abstract: A first case accommodating a first check valve of a switching valve switching a flow of hydraulic fluid to one of a first chamber and a second chamber of a cylinder device, an inside of which is segmented into the first chamber and the second chamber by a piston, and a second case which is stacked on the first case and in which a first actuation valve of the switching valve is accommodated to be displaced in a direction of stacking the first case are provided. A first valve chamber, accommodating the first actuation valve, of the second case has a pressure receiving surface on which pressure of hydraulic fluid that acts on the first valve chamber acts toward the first case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato TSUTSUI, Nobuaki TANAKA, Takeshi UEKI
  • Publication number: 20150210240
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a cloth which, when used as an air bag main body cloth, does not undergo the damage caused by a high-temperature gas generated from an inflater, and therefore has high heat resistance and is suitable for an air bag. The means for solving the problem is a coated cloth for an air bag, which is produced by applying an elastomer resin layer on at least one surface of a three-dimensional woven fabric in an amount of 50 to 500 g/m2 per one surface, said coated cloth being characterized by having void spaces formed therein, wherein the void content in the coated cloth is 15 to 60%. Preferably, the coated cloth is used in applications in which the coated cloth is attached onto the periphery of an inflater connection opening in an air bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Satoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150018094
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a content providing method for a content providing server to provide contents to client terminals via a network. The method includes: obtaining play data indicating progress conditions of a computer game progressing according to user operation on the client terminals; evaluating game plays by each predetermined evaluation item on a basis of the play data; obtaining data of a moving image of a game play extracted according to an evaluation result; and distributing the data of the moving image to the client terminals via the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Watari, Nobuaki Tanaka, Toshiharu Sayano, Toshiya lkenaga
  • Publication number: 20140295719
    Abstract: A trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine includes: a cylinder having a cylinder chamber; a piston rod that is telescopically inserted into the cylinder chamber; and a hydraulic oil supply and discharge device that supplies and discharges hydraulic oil to and from the cylinder chamber, the trim and tilt apparatus allowing the marine vessel propulsion machine to perform a trim operation and a tilt operation, and the hydraulic oil supply and discharge device includes: a plurality of discharge units for simultaneously discharging the hydraulic oil; and a switching unit for switching between a case where the cylinder chamber is supplied with the hydraulic oil discharged by a part of the plurality of discharge units, and a case where the cylinder chamber is not supplied with the hydraulic oil discharged by the part of the plurality of discharge units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato TSUTSUI, Shinya HORIE, Nobuaki TANAKA, Takeshi UEKI
  • Patent number: 8801480
    Abstract: In a trim/tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine, a trim piston is provided with a communication passage which communicates a second tilt chamber with a second trim chamber. The second tilt chamber between the trim piston and a tilt piston can be normally directly communicated with the second trim chamber, and the tilt piston is provided with a shock blow valve which is opened when a working fluid in a first tilt chamber reaches a set pressure, and transfers the working fluid in the first tilt chamber to the second tilt chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Tsutsui, Kazuhiko Sadakata, Shinya Horie, Nobuaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130278097
    Abstract: A motor may include a rotation shaft whose output side includes a feed screw, a permanent magnet fixed to an outer peripheral face on an opposite-to-output side of the rotation shaft, a stator having a drive coil disposed on an outer peripheral side with respect to the permanent magnet, a bearing which supports an end part on the opposite-to-output side of the rotation shaft, a bearing holder which is fixed to the stator and slidably holds the bearing in the axial direction, and an urging member which urges the bearing to an output side. The bearing may be formed with a protruded part which is protruded to an outer side in a radial direction of the rotation shaft, and the protruded part may be disposed between an end face on the opposite-to-output side of the permanent magnet and an end face on the output side of the bearing holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuaki TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8458359
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an Internet connection system which is capable of benefiting from the IPv6 by relatively easy manner and in which manufacturers of client-side devices can create added values for users. IPv6 packets are transmitted by a tunneling connection between a home network and a server on the Internet. Also terminal devices present in the home network can be uniquely recognized and controlled from outside via the server. Since all communications are performed via the server on the Internet regardless of the carrier and the ISP, the terminal device and all connections to the terminal device can be freely configured and controlled by the owner or the manufacturer of the server on the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Freebit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuki Ishida, Nobuaki Tanaka, Takafumi Kusano
  • Publication number: 20130025337
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gasket-oriented steel plate excellent in elasticity and formability, to allow for reduction of a breaking elongation of the steel plate to improve a formability (punchability) and improve a proof stress of the steel plate against a repeated stress from a discharge valve to maintain a higher elasticity of the steel plate and a gasket able to withstand the repeated stress from the discharge valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAO, Nobuaki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20130023052
    Abstract: A manipulator system and a manipulation method of a micromanipulation target object, which are capable of automatically executing a variety of operations about a micromanipulation target object such as an ovum that have hitherto required a skilled technique, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventor: Nobuaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8314342
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to provide an insulation coil with high insulation reliability using a dry mica tape, an integral impregnation coil and a mica tape for the electrical rotating machines using these coils, said mica tape having a long shelf life and capable of preventing run-off of the impregnating epoxy resin composition during curing, with the cured product of said epoxy resin composition being high in heat resistance. It is also envisaged to provide a single insulation coil using a mica tape containing epoxy adduct imidazole as an epoxy resin curing catalyst or a mica tape containing a mixture of epoxy adduct imidazole and zinc naphthenate. An integral impregnation coil made by using said insulation coil and an epoxy resin composition, and the electrical rotating machines using such coils are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Ikeda, Hisashi Morooka, Keiji Suzuki, Mitsuru Onoda, Nobuaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120220177
    Abstract: In a trim/tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine, a trim piston is provided with a communication passage which communicates a second tilt chamber with a second trim chamber. The second tilt chamber between the trim piston and a tilt piston can be normally directly communicated with the second trim chamber, and the tilt piston is provided with a shock blow valve which is opened when a working fluid in a first tilt chamber reaches a set pressure, and transfers the working fluid in the first tilt chamber to the second tilt chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato TSUTSUI, Kazuhiko SADAKATA, Shinya HORIE, Nobuaki TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8164828
    Abstract: Disclosed is an observable centrifugal apparatus capable of checking in real time a state of a sample during reaction of separation or synthesization in the form of a stable and high-quality image at a high frame rate. An observable centrifugal apparatus A has a rotary disc 4 rotating about a rotary shaft 2, a reactor 6 disposed on the rotary disc and rotating together with the rotary disc while accommodating a sample, and a microscope 8 for observing a state of the sample within the reactor, in which predetermined substances of the sample are separated or synthesized by applying a centrifugal force to the sample within the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Norifumi Ikeda, Nobuaki Tanaka, Koichi Morita
  • Patent number: 8138980
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antenna device for a radio apparatus in which the amount of energy (SAR) absorbed by a head of a human body can be reduced without lowering the power of radio waves transmitted during a call. There is provided a board 108 serving as a base plate of an antenna element, an antenna element 102 disposed in a longitudinally end portion of the board 108 through a feeding portion 107, a conductor plate 109 disposed substantially in parallel with a main surface of the board 108 and disposed on the opposite side to a surface having a sound hole of a receiver portion, and a plurality of short-circuit conductors 110 disposed on a lower end portion of the conductor plate 109. The conductor plate 109 is short-circuited to a lower end portion of the board 108 through the short-circuit conductors 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Daigo Imano, Mitsuharu Nakasato, Nobuaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120048042
    Abstract: A motor may include a rotation shaft having a male screw part on which a male screw is formed on at least an output side; a nut member which is formed with a female screw that is threadedly engaged with the male screw, the nut member being moved in an axial direction of the rotation shaft with rotation of the rotation shaft; a drive magnet; and a drive coil. The first angle which is an angle of a thread ridge of the male screw and a second angle which is an angle of a thread ridge of the female screw may be different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8117292
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an Internet connection system capable of bi-directional communications between the home network and the Internet by relatively simple means, enabling manufacturers of client-end home network appliances to create added values for users. In order to attain the above objective, there is provided a method for connecting a client device and a server. The method is implemented on an Internet connection system, which has the client device, a relay device, and the server, the server being connected to the Internet and also to the client device through the relay device and the Internet. The method includes the steps of: (a) notifying the relay device of an IP address of the server; (b) enabling the relay device to establish a TCP/IP session by means of a tunneling connection between the relay device and the server by use of the IP address; and (c) enabling the relay device to route communications via the TCP/IP session from the server to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Freebit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuki Ishida, Nobuaki Tanaka, Takafumi Kusano