Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Kondo

Nobuyuki Kondo 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: 20240361677
    Abstract: There is provided a lens barrel from which stable operation feeling of an operation ring is obtained regardless of part accuracy. A stop ring (6) is provided with a ring-shaped multipolar magnet (12) that is magnetized to have multiple poles at regular angular intervals in a circumferential direction. A stationary frame (7) is provided with a sheet metal part (13). The sheet metal part (13) includes a body portion (24A) and a protrusion portion (13B). The body portion (24A) is disposed on a flange (8) of the stationary frame (7), and the protrusion portion (13B) is disposed on the outer periphery of the stationary frame (7). The stop ring (6) is click-stopped at regular angular intervals by a magnetic attractive force acting between the multipolar magnet (12) and the protrusion portion (13B) of the sheet metal part (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki KONDO
  • Patent number: 12072613
    Abstract: There is provided a lens barrel from which stable operation feeling of an operation ring is obtained regardless of part accuracy. A stop ring (6) is provided with a ring-shaped multipolar magnet (12) that is magnetized to have multiple poles at regular angular intervals in a circumferential direction. A stationary frame (7) is provided with a sheet metal part (13). The sheet metal part (13) includes a body portion (24A) and a protrusion portion (13B). The body portion (24A) is disposed on a flange (8) of the stationary frame (7), and the protrusion portion (13B) is disposed on the outer periphery of the stationary frame (7). The stop ring (6) is click-stopped at regular angular intervals by a magnetic attractive force acting between the multipolar magnet (12) and the protrusion portion (13B) of the sheet metal part (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 12069962
    Abstract: A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a first wiring and a second wiring; a nonmagnetic conductor extending in a first direction; a first magnetic member including a first portion electrically connected to the first wiring and a second portion electrically connected to the second wiring, the first magnetic member extending in the first direction from the first portion to the second portion to surround the nonmagnetic conductor; an insulation portion disposed between the nonmagnetic conductor and the first magnetic member; and a controller electrically connected to the nonmagnetic conductor, the first wiring, and the second wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kondo, Nobuyuki Umetsu, Yasuaki Ootera, Tsutomu Nakanishi, Shigeyuki Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20240270579
    Abstract: A carbon material comprising natural graphite, wherein the carbon material satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2), y?0.23x+3.1??(1) z?0.43??(2) wherein x is d50 (?m) of the carbon material, y is d90/d10 of the carbon material, and z is the tap density (g/cm3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro KATO, Nobuyuki ISHIWATARI, Hisako KONDO, Hirofumi FUKUCHI, Masakazu YOKOMIZO
  • Publication number: 20240274176
    Abstract: A magnetic memory includes a plurality of cylindrical magnetic members each extending along a first direction and having a first end portion and a second end portion; and a magnetoresistive element that includes: a magnetization variable layer with a variable magnetization direction, a magnetization fixed layer with a fixed magnetization direction, and a non-magnetic layer between the magnetization variable layer and the magnetization fixed layer. When viewed in the first direction, the magnetoresistive element overlaps a part of the first end portion of one of the magnetic members. The magnetization direction of the magnetization variable layer intersects with the magnetization direction of the magnetization fixed layer at an angle larger than 0 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Naoharu SHIMOMURA, Tsuyoshi KONDO, Michael ARNAUD QUINSAT, Yasuaki OOTERA, Masaki KADO, Yoshihiro UEDA, Tsutomu NAKANISHI, Nobuyuki UMETSU, Susumu HASHIMOTO, Shiho NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 12057547
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a battery pack of the present disclosure stacks a plurality of battery cells such that one surfaces face the same direction and compresses the battery cells from both sides, inserts the compressed battery cells into the case such that the one surfaces are positioned on an open end side of the case, disposes a plurality of bus bars on the one surfaces of the battery cells so as to overlap the corresponding terminal, moves a pressurizing jig so as to press the bus bars toward a bottom surface of the case from a pressurization start position corresponding to a height position of the terminal of the battery cell farthest from the bottom surface, and bonds each of the plurality of bus bars to the corresponding terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Shintaro Miyata, Yoshinori Shibata, Nobuyuki Yamazaki, Hirotoshi Kondo, Seiichi Sakuramoto
  • Publication number: 20240258834
    Abstract: A charger performs wireless charging on a terminal device that is placed on a tray (placement unit) and includes a power reception coil (power reception unit) configured to receive wirelessly transmitted power. The charger includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to: instruct a power transmission coil (power transmission unit) to transmit power; detect a communication state between the power transmission coil and the power reception coil; acquire a charging frequency to be used for the wireless charging; detect movement of the terminal device; and change setting of the charging frequency when the movement of the terminal device is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsutoshi NARAKI, Nobuyuki KITAMURA, Hiromi HONGOU, Yasuyuki KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240248323
    Abstract: A lens device includes a lens mechanism, a tilt mechanism that tilts the lens mechanism, and a shift mechanism that shifts the lens mechanism, in which the lens mechanism includes a lens holding member that holds a lens and that moves in an optical axis direction, a movement member that moves in the optical axis direction and that is positioned at an end portion of the lens mechanism that is on an object side, and a rotary member that rotates around the optical axis direction, and the rotary member includes a first groove that engages with the lens holding member and a second groove that engages with the movement member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KONDO, Mitsuhiko OKA
  • Publication number: 20240243286
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbon material that achieves both a high capacity retention rate and a low DCR retention rate even after 500 cycles, and a secondary battery using the same. The gist of the present invention is as follows. A carbon material wherein a number of peaks in the particle size distribution obtained from flow type-particle image analysis is 2 or more, a number of particles Ne calculated by the following formula (1) is 700 or more, and a specific surface area is 10 m2/g or less. A secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode comprises a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector, and wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains this carbon material. Ne=No×F??(1) (In formula (1), No is a number of particles of the carbon material obtained from the flow type-particle image analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki YOSHIDA, Satoshi HIRAHARA, Nobuyuki ISHIWATARI, Hisako KONDO, Ryuto YUASA, Masakazu YOKOMIZO
  • Patent number: 12041788
    Abstract: A storage device includes: a memory unit and a first pillar. The first pillar includes: a first region having a third portion between a first and a second portion respectively having a first and a second maximum diameter, and having a first minimum diameter, the first and second portions defining a first distance; a second region having a sixth portion between a fourth and a fifth portion respectively having a third and a fourth maximum diameter, and having a second minimum diameter, the fourth and fifth portions defining a second distance; and a third region between the first and second regions, having a ninth portion between a seventh and an eighth portion respectively having a fifth and a sixth maximum diameter, and having a third minimum diameter, the seventh and eighth portions defining a third distance shorter than each of the first and second distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nakanishi, Yasuaki Ootera, Nobuyuki Umetsu, Michael Arnaud Quinsat, Masaki Kado, Susumu Hashimoto, Shiho Nakamura, Naoharu Shimomura, Tsuyoshi Kondo, Mutsumi Okajima
  • Publication number: 20240128686
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a connector body; and a terminal attached to the connector body, the connector being mated with a counterpart connector, wherein the connector body includes a recessed groove part and a pair of side walls extending in a longitudinal direction of the connector body, arranged in parallel demarcating both sides of the recessed groove part, the terminals are arranged with a plurality along each wall forming a pair of terminal group rows in parallel, where ground terminals included in each terminal group row are arranged in mutually facing positions, at least one ground terminal included in each terminal group row includes a board connecting part positioned to the inside of the connector body in the width direction and a board connecting part positioned to the outside of the connector in the width direction, and the board connecting part positioned on the inside is longer than the board connecting part positioned on the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto Shinyama, Nobuyuki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20240111119
    Abstract: A lens device includes a lens mechanism, a movement mechanism that includes a movement member moving the lens mechanism, and a braking mechanism that generates a braking force with respect to movement of the movement member. The braking mechanism includes a braking member that includes a pressing surface pressing a pressing target surface of the movement member, a support member that supports the braking member, and a pressing member that includes a pressing portion applying a pressing force to a first surface of the braking member. A contact portion between the pressing portion and the first surface is formed at a periphery of a recess portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KONDO, Mitsuhiko OKA, Toshiaki EZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240113477
    Abstract: A first connector body and a first terminal mounted to said first connector body; the first connector body having a first recessed part, a first side wall part that extends in the longitudinal direction and demarcates both sides of the first recessed part, an islet extending in the longitudinal direction inside the first recessed part, and a first recessed groove part formed between the islet and the first side wall part; a plurality of the first terminals are arranged along each of the first recessed groove parts and form a pair of terminal group rows in parallel, where each terminal group row includes at least a part of a first ground member, and the first ground member is exposed on the mounting surface of the first connector body and connected to reference potential wiring by soldering to the center in the width direction and the outer part in the width direction of the first connector body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto Shinyama, Nobuyuki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20240111123
    Abstract: A lens mechanism includes a lens holding member that holds a lens, a movement member that is connected to the lens holding member, a fixation member that supports the movement member to be movable in an optical axis direction, a sensor that detects a position of the movement member, and an adjustment mechanism of the lens holding member. The sensor and the adjustment mechanism are disposed on an inside of the fixation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KONDO, Mitsuhiko OKA, Toshiaki EZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240111122
    Abstract: A lens device includes a fixation portion fixed to a lens mechanism and a rotational movement portion that is connected to the fixation portion to be rotationally movable. One of the fixation portion and the rotational movement portion includes a detection member and the other of the fixation portion and the rotational movement portion includes a detection target member and a substrate. The detection target member includes a body portion including an indicator of rotational movement and a plurality of extending portions extending from the body portion. The plurality of extending portions are connected to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KONDO, Mitsuhiko OKA, Toshiaki EZAWA, Keito KAMIO
  • Publication number: 20240111124
    Abstract: A lens mechanism includes a lens holding member that holds a lens, a movement member that is connected to the lens holding member and that moves in an optical axis direction, and a guide shaft that guides movement of the movement member. The movement member includes a bearing portion into which the guide shaft is inserted. The bearing portion includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comes into contact with the guide shaft. The guide shaft is movably inserted into the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KONDO, Mitsuhiko OKA, Toshiaki EZAWA
  • Patent number: 11906880
    Abstract: There are provided a cam follower of which the amount of elastic deformation can be appropriately restricted with simple configuration and which can be easily manufactured and a lens barrel. A cam follower (100) includes a hollow cam follower body (110) of which a distal end is open, a first slit (130) that is cut toward a proximal end from the distal end of the cam follower body (110), and a second slit (140) that is cut toward an inner peripheral portion from an outer peripheral portion of the cam follower body (110) in a direction orthogonal to an axis. Protruding portions (150) are provided on both inner wall surfaces of the first slit (130) at a distal end portion of the first slit. The protruding portions (150) restrict deformation of the cam follower body (110) equal to or larger than a defined amount of deformation in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 11899341
    Abstract: A lens barrel and an exterior housing have a highly dignified appearance while maintaining excellent strength. The lens barrel has a fixation frame with an opening portion and a switch pedestal cover member that covers the opening portion. A fitted portion is provided on an inner surface side of the cover member and fitted into the opening portion to position the cover member with respect to the fixation frame when the opening portion is covered with the cover member. A fixation portion is provided on an inner surface side of the cover member and disposed inside the fixation frame when the opening portion is covered with the cover member. A spring member engages with the fixation portion and an inner wall surface portion of the fixation frame to bias the cover member towards an inside of the fixation frame. The exterior housing has features similar to the lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kondo, Kazuyoshi Azegami
  • Publication number: 20230393365
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a lens barrel main body that holds an imaging optical system, a first operation member that is provided around the lens barrel main body and adjusts an optical function of the imaging optical system, and a second operation member that is provided around the lens barrel main body and varies a degree of adjustment of the optical function by the first operation member. The second operation member is provided near the first operation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki KONDO
  • Publication number: 20230140724
    Abstract: A lens device includes a lens barrel, a first operation ring that is provided on an outer periphery of the lens barrel and that is rotationally operated along a circumferential direction of the lens barrel, and a structure that generates, with respect to the first operation ring, a force in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first operation ring is operated, in which the first operation ring and the structure are disposed closer to an image side than a position of a stop disposed in the lens barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki KONDO