Patents by Inventor Nobutaka Tanaka
Nobutaka 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).
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Publication number: 20240152838Abstract: To provide a non-destructive inspection judgment data management device with which the workability of a judge is improved and a burden on a client of a judgment task is reduced, the device includes: a first database registration module which registers image data of a weld point in a first database; a second database registration module which registers judge information on a judge undertaking a judgment task of judging whether a weld defect is present at the weld point based on the image data, in a second database; and an access control module which allows, based on contract information indicating a contract for the judgment task has been established with the judge selected as a contractor of the judgment task among the judges registered in the second database, the contractor to access the image data related to the judgment task in the image data registered in the first database via Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: JGC CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei NAKAMURA, Nobutaka TANAKA, Yuichi HIRATSUKA
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Publication number: 20240097412Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing an electric junction box that includes: a first bus bar and a second bus bar having one shape selected from a plurality of types of shapes; a housing that accommodates the first bus bar and the second bus bar; and a plurality of input and output portions to which a terminal connected to an external power supply is connectable. The manufacturing method includes: a first operation of providing the first bus bar and the second bus bar that have one of predetermined shapes selected based on a specification of the electric junction box; and a second operation of accommodating the first bus bar and the second bus bar provided by the first operation in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yoshiya Miyazaki, Hirotaka Kurita, Nobutaka Kaneko, Ginga Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240097411Abstract: There is provided an electric junction box unit including: an electric junction box having a plurality of stud bolts; a plurality of electric wire with terminals each including a terminal and an electric wire and fastened to a corresponding one of the plurality of stud bolts; and a cover to which at least one of the plurality of electric wire with terminals is assembled. The electric junction box includes an interference portion that interferes with at least a part of the cover when the electric wire with terminals assembled to the cover are disposed at a position different from a normal position where one of the electric wire with terminals is fastened to the corresponding stud bolt.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yoshiya Miyazaki, Hirotaka Kurita, Nobutaka Kaneko, Tomohiro Nagata, Ginga Tanaka
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Publication number: 20220299451Abstract: In a nondestructive inspection of a defect of a welded portion of a pipe or a pipe member, work efficiency of a radiation transmission test is improved by reducing a burden on a worker, and an inspection accuracy is improved. Imaging data is acquired by transmitting radiation through a welded portion of the pipe to be inspected. Processing of associating determination data indicating a result of determining a defect of the welded portion of the pipe to be inspected based on a distribution of a transmission intensity of the radiation obtained from the imaging data with image data showing the distribution of the transmission intensity of the radiation is performed. As a result, through use of the imaging data, image data and determination data associated with the image data can be obtained, and the burden on the worker can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: JGC CORPORATIONInventors: Teruaki SANO, Kiminori SHIGETOMI, Shigeo OTSUKI, Nobutaka TANAKA
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Patent number: 11378830Abstract: A projection-type display device includes a liquid crystal device, a transmittance measuring device configured to measure a transmittance of a liquid crystal panel, and a cooling device. After a result of measurement of the transmittance by the transmittance measuring device changes by 10% relative to a default value, a control unit controls the cooling device to raise temperatures of a liquid crystal layer to be not less than 60° C. and not more than a nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature Tni-20° C. This makes it possible to efficiently sweep impurities from a display region to the outside of the display region without heating the liquid crystal layer more than necessary. In addition, a liquid crystal volume ratio V1/V2 of a liquid crystal device for blue among a plurality of liquid crystal devices is greater than that of the other liquid crystal panels, where V1 is a volume of liquid crystal at the inner side of a seal material, and V2 is a volume of the liquid crystal layer in the display region.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Tomikawa, Nobutaka Tanaka, Satoshi Yatabe
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Publication number: 20210325702Abstract: A projection-type display device includes a liquid crystal device, a transmittance measuring device configured to measure a transmittance of a liquid crystal panel, and a cooling device. After a result of measurement of the transmittance by the transmittance measuring device changes by 10% relative to a default value, a control unit controls the cooling device to raise temperatures of a liquid crystal layer to be not less than 60° C. and not more than a nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature Tni-20° C. This makes it possible to efficiently sweep impurities from a display region to the outside of the display region without heating the liquid crystal layer more than necessary. In addition, a liquid crystal volume ratio V1/V2 of a liquid crystal device for blue among a plurality of liquid crystal devices is greater than that of the other liquid crystal panels, where V1 is a volume of liquid crystal at the inner side of a seal material, and V2 is a volume of the liquid crystal layer in the display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki TOMIKAWA, Nobutaka TANAKA, Satoshi YATABE
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Patent number: 10859880Abstract: In a liquid crystal device, on a first substrate, a first electrode to which a potential higher than a common potential is applied and a second electrode to which a potential lower than the common potential is applied are provided at the outside of a pixel area. The first electrode and the second electrode respectively extend along different portions of the outer edge of the pixel area, and are not parallel to each other. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is provided on all sides of the pixel area. For example, the first electrodes extend across the entirety or substantially entirety of the first side and the second side, and the second electrodes extend across the entirety or substantially entirety of the third side and the fourth side.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Nobutaka Tanaka
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Publication number: 20200117060Abstract: In a liquid crystal device, on a first substrate, a first electrode to which a potential higher than a common potential is applied and a second electrode to which a potential lower than the common potential is applied are provided at the outside of a pixel area. The first electrode and the second electrode respectively extend along different portions of the outer edge of the pixel area, and are not parallel to each other. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is provided on all sides of the pixel area. For example, the first electrodes extend across the entirety or substantially entirety of the first side and the second side, and the second electrodes extend across the entirety or substantially entirety of the third side and the fourth side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Nobutaka TANAKA
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Publication number: 20180267347Abstract: In a liquid crystal device, a peripheral electrode is disposed in a peripheral region of a first substrate between a display region and a sealing member. Application of a proper voltage between the peripheral electrode and a common electrode causes ionic impurities to stay outside the display region. In the display region, an organic silane compound layer is disposed on a surface of a first alignment film, which is formed of an inorganic alignment film, adjacent to a liquid crystal layer, but the first alignment film and the organic silane compound layer are not formed in a region overlapping the peripheral electrode in plan view. Thus, the surface of the first substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer has higher hydrophilicity at the region overlapping the peripheral electrode than at the display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Nobutaka TANAKA
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Publication number: 20160282673Abstract: A manufacturing method for a liquid crystal device having a liquid crystal layer held between a pair of substrates in which an internal carbon concentration of a porous layer is 20% or more based on a surface carbon concentration of the porous layer when an alignment layer containing an organosilane compound and the porous layer disposed on a lower side of the alignment layer are formed on at least one surface, which is opposed to the liquid crystal layer, of the pair of the substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Koichi Takemura, Toshiyuki Noguchi, Nobutaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 8045301Abstract: When an upper arm of U-phase has failed because of short-circuit, lower arms of V-phase and W-phase as the opposite arms are switching-operated. When only the lower arm of V-phase is turned on, a route of motor current passing through an IGBT element from a V-phase coil is formed, and therefore, the motor current returning to the short-circuited phase decreases. Further, by the switching operation of the arm opposite to the short-circuited arm, an AC current is induced in a motor generator. Therefore, it is possible to continuously drive the motor generator while preventing increase in the current passing through the short-circuited phase, without adding a new device structure. This ensures running of the vehicle in the limp mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenjiro Shiba, Takashi Tanaka, Nobutaka Tanaka
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Publication number: 20090251831Abstract: When an upper arm of U-phase has failed because of short-circuit, lower arms of V-phase phase and W-phase as the opposite arms are switching-operated. When only the lower arm of V-phase is turned on, a route of motor current passing through an IGBT element from a V-phase coil is formed, and therefore, the motor current returning to the short-circuited phase decreases. Further, by the switching operation of the arm opposite to the short-circuited arm, an AC current is induced in a motor generator. Therefore, it is possible to continuously drive the motor generator while preventing increase in the current passing through the short-circuited phase, without adding a new device structure. This ensures running of the vehicle in the limp mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2007Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenjiro Shiba, Takashi Tanaka, Nobutaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 6006738Abstract: A method for cutting an ingot with a wire. The method includes the steps of moving a wire in a lengthwise direction and contacting an ingot with the moving wire. The method also includes the step of supplying an abrasive slurry containing cutting oil and abrasive particles having an average diameter of about 13 .mu.m to about 15 .mu.m to the ingot when the ingot and the wire are contacting. This results in the ingot being cut with the wire and abrasive particles.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1997Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: MEMC Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Kunio Itoh, Nobutaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 5928175Abstract: A medical corset according to the present invention includes a hip band portion composed of an elastic material for covering both the sacroiliac region and the hip joint region and a pair of femoral region holding portions coupled below the buttock portion of this hip band portion to be fixed on the thighs. When this corset is put on a body, the sacroiliac region and the hip joint region are compressed and protected by the hip band portion and a lame hip due to a trouble of these joints is lightened.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1996Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Tanaka Planning CorporationInventor: Nobutaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 5893871Abstract: A wrist band according to the present invention includes a band body which is fitted on the body in a freely fitted and removable manner to surround part of the body, and a projection provided on the surface of the band body on the side facing the body. When the wrist band is fitted around the wrist, the projection, formed like a lattice on its inner surface, abuts on the hand joint region. Then, the band body surrounds the entire wrist and the projection is pressed against the hand joint region by the elastic force of the band body. Thus, the projection pressed against the hand joint region provides an acupressure effect.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1996Date of Patent: April 13, 1999Assignee: Tanaka Planning CorporationInventor: Nobutaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 5792093Abstract: A foot supporter body is formed into a cylindrical shape using cloth having excellent elasticity and it has an approximately X-shaped acupressure projection on its inner side including first to fourth linear ribs extending in four directions from the center. The acupressure projection is formed in a symmetrical shape on the right and left sides of the center. When this foot supporter is fitted on the foot in the region somewhat back from the base region of the toes, the acupressure projection stimulates the surface of the foot to produce the effect of treating hallux valgus and the like and reducing the pain in the sole of foot caused by the this problem.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1997Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Tanaka Planning CorporationInventor: Nobutaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 5635117Abstract: An injection molded product including a plurality of internal cavities is produced by, after having injected a molten resin material into the molding cavity, injecting an inert gas with a gas pressure gradually increasing into the resin material through gas injection nozzles, which are in contact with the resin material to form the respective internal cavities inside the molten resin material. After removing the gas injection nozzles from the resin material for discharging of the inert gas directly from the resin material, any one of the gas injection nozzles, whose temperature during injection of the inert gas was lower than a predetermined temperature level, is judged to be clogged and the gas injection nozzle is cleaned by being blown out with high pressure gas.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1994Date of Patent: June 3, 1997Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu Fujioka, Nobutaka Tanaka, Yasuyuki Kan
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Patent number: 5174933Abstract: A cavity pressure is sequentially changed, by relatively displacing two mold dies forming a mold cavity, to a molding presure at which a product is molded in the mold cavity, a coating pressure lower than the molding pressure at which fluidized thermosetting plastic material is injected to form a coating layer, a curing pressure between the coating pressure and molding pressure at which the coating layer is cured, and a finishing pressure between the coating pressure and curing pressure at which the coating layer thermosets. The changing of the cavity pressure to the coating pressure is initiated a predetermined time later than a termination of a drop in pressure from the molding pressure due to shrinkage of the product. The changing of the cavity pressure to the curing pressure is initiated at a peak of an increase in relative displacement between the two mold dies caused by injecting a fluidized thermosetting plastic material in the mold cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1990Date of Patent: December 29, 1992Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kazuhisa Toh, Shinji Sasaki, Takami Nakamura, Nobutaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 4831710Abstract: The vehicle door construction contains an inner door panel and an outer door panel with a skeleton juxtaposed by the inner and outer door panels and mounted with interior door parts.The vehicle door construction is assembled with the vehicle body by mounting the interior door parts on the skeleton and then mounting the inner door panel on the skeleton.This vehicle door construction permits a less laborious assembly of the side door and enhances serviceability.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1987Date of Patent: May 23, 1989Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hideyuki Katoh, Nobutaka Tanaka, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takeshi Konishi, Morio Umeda