Patents by Inventor Noriaki Ito
Noriaki Ito 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: 20120182753Abstract: An illumination device including a light emitting element and a lighting control circuit on a metal base flexible printed circuit board (FPC) that is formed by integrating a flexible metal base with a flexible printed circuit board which is formed by integrating a copper foil pattern (conductive body) with films, wherein end portions of the metal base FPC are formed as thick terminal portions so that the end portions are thicker than the metal base FPC.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki OTSUBO, Takashi MATSUNAGA, Noriaki ITO
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Publication number: 20120130333Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an absorbent article, an absorbent article 1 is manufactured in which backsheets are in continuation, in a state in which the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article 1 corresponds to the conveyance direction MD of a continuous body 120. The method the absorbent article includes: a step of pressing the continuous body 120 in a thickness direction T of the continuous body 120 by a pair of embossing roll mechanisms 520, a step of expanding the continuous body 120 that has been pressed towards outside a widthwise direction CD of the continuous body 120 until it becomes flat, by a pair of expansion roll mechanisms 600, and a step of joining a absorber 30 with the continuous body 120 of the backsheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi Oku, Satoru Sakaguchi, Yoshikazu Ogasawara, Noriaki Ito
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Publication number: 20120111975Abstract: The present invention provides a nozzle assembly adapted to apply adhesives uniformly when forming one or more adhesive lines on upper surface of a fibrous web continuously running.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshikazu Ogasawara, Noriaki Ito
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Publication number: 20120090774Abstract: An apparatus that manufactures an absorbent article includes a rotating member that rotates in a state where the rotating member is opposing one face of a continuous sheet that is moving, the rotating member having an arcuate retaining surface that retains a work, the rotating member causing the work to be moved to a position where the work is nipped between the one face and the arcuate retaining surface by rotating in a state where the work is retained on the arcuate retaining surface; and a pressing member that bonds a continuous sheet and a work together by coming into contact with another face of the continuous sheet when the work reaches the position and pressing the continuous sheet towards the arcuate retaining surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshikazu Ogasawara, Noriaki Ito
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Publication number: 20120065811Abstract: A map data update system includes a first storage portion that stores road network data that describes a road in terms of a connection relationship between a node and a link; an update portion that receives update data and updates the road network data based on the update data; a data obtaining portion that obtains additional data by a means that differs from a means that receives the update data; a second storage portion that stores the additional data including association information that indicates association between the additional data and the link; and a correcting portion that, when update processing of the road network data is executed by the update portion, the association information in the additional data that is associated with the link that is changed by the update processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Nakamura, Masatoshi Takahara, Motoki Kanba, Masaki Yoshida, Takashi Orui, Yousuke Wada, Noriaki Ito, Kiyoshi Tsurumi
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Publication number: 20120024452Abstract: In a case where components such as side flaps and crotch portions are arranged on multiple webs which are being conveyed while being arranged side by side in the width direction of the webs, articles in various sizes can be handled easily by a web conveying step of conveying a front waistline web 11A and a back waistline web 11B the webs being arranged side by side in a width direction of the webs, a flap attaching step of attaching side flaps 30 onto the web 11 of the front waistline web 11A or the back waistline web, a web gap changing step of changing a gap between the front waistline web 11A and the back waistline web 11B by a web gap changing mechanism 500 and a crotch member attaching step of attaching a crotch member 20 between the front waistline web 11A and the back waistline web 11B, wherein the web gap changing step is performed between the flap attaching step and the crotch member attaching step.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Satoru Sakaguchi, Yoshikazu Ogasawara, Tomomi Oku, Noriaki Ito
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Publication number: 20110287918Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite body of a sheet-like member of an absorbent article, the method includes: holding a first sheet-like member on a holding surface of a holding section; and delivering and attaching the first sheet-like member from the holding surface to a second sheet-like member. The first sheet-like member has a section that is to be delivered first, and a section that is to be delivered subsequently during delivery to the second sheet-like member. The first sheet-like member is held on the holding surface with suction air from a plurality of holes that have been formed on the holding surface. The holding section has at least two suction chambers. A first suction chamber is in communication with holes that suck the section that is to be delivered first, and a second suction chamber is in communication with holes that suck the section that is to be delivered subsequently.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshikazu Ogasawara, Noriaki Ito
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Publication number: 20110277921Abstract: A method for manufacturing an absorbent article includes joining, one longitudinal end portion of a main absorbent body base material to a back-side band base material and another longitudinal end portion of the absorbent body base material to the abdominal-side band base material, folding the main absorbent body base material and overlapping the back-side band base material with the abdominal-side band base material, temporarily joining the overlapped back-side band base material and abdominal-side band base material cutting the temporarily joined back-side band base material and abdominal-side band base material and forming a back-side band base material piece and an abdominal-side band base material piece, and transporting the back-side band base material piece, the abdominal-side band base material piece and the main absorbent body base material in a transport direction with the back-side band base material piece and the abdominal-side band base material piece in a temporarily joined state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshikazu Ogasawara, Noriaki Ito
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Patent number: 7905831Abstract: In a washing/disinfecting tank of an endoscope washing/disinfecting device, an endoscope connection portion to be joined to a connector portion of an endoscope body is provided, and receiving-side bases to be connected to each of pipelines of the endoscope body are provided. In washing/disinfecting the endoscope body, the connector portion is opposed to the endoscope connection portion in the predetermined positioned state, and then, a switch is turned on. Then, an electromagnet disposed at the endoscope connection portion is excited so as to attract and fix the connector portion by a generated magnetic force.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Noguchi, Eiri Suzuki, Masanori Gocho, Hisashi Kuroshima, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Satoshi Itoya, Akio Ogawa, Noriaki Ito
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Patent number: 7812859Abstract: To display a print preview to which an operating instruction from an operation panel provided for an external operating apparatus, an interruption event which is transferred from the external operating apparatus 111 to a host computer 101 is detected every instruction of the operation panel provided for the external operating apparatus 111, image data which is read out from a memory card which can be loaded into the external operating apparatus 111 and a print setting which is set are obtained in accordance with the detected interruption event, and a preview display unit 305 controls a print preview display in which the print setting has been reflected to a display device of the host computer 101 and an updating display of the print preview display.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2003Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriaki Ito, Shinichi Yuga, Nobushige Aoki, Yurika Kadoi
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Publication number: 20100238052Abstract: An emergency reporting apparatus including an emergency signal outputting part that outputs an emergency signal when a vehicle is in an emergency status and a logic circuit part that stores an emergency signal output by the emergency signal outputting part with a logic circuit. Furthermore, an emergency reporting apparatus conducts an emergency report with respect to the outside based on the emergency signal output from the emergency signal outputting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2007Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Noriaki Ito, Hiroshi Sakai
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Patent number: 7701144Abstract: A vehicular lamp includes a lamp body; a plurality of LED light sources disposed inside a lamp chamber formed by a front cover positioned in front of the lamp body; and a lighting circuit portion positioned behind the LED light sources. The LED light source is electrically connected to a conductive bus bar, and forms a light-emitting surface at a position opposite the front cover. The lighting circuit portion is formed on the back side of the light-emitting surface of the LED light source with respect to the front cover, and a circuit element thereof is electrically connected to the conductive bus bar. The conductive bus bar to which the LED light source is connected and the conductive bus bar to which the circuit element is connected are conductively connected.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hironori Tsukamoto, Noriaki Ito
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Publication number: 20090209225Abstract: An emergency call system includes an emergency call control portion, a communication device, a change-over switch, and an electric current limit circuit. The emergency call control portion performs an emergency call to a center in an emergency of a vehicle. The communication device communicates with the center, wherein the communication device includes a speaker and a speaker amplifier for driving the speaker. The change-over switch changes a power supply source from a main power source to an auxiliary power source. The electric current limit circuit limits an electric current of the speaker amplifier when the change-over switch changes the power supply source to the auxiliary power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2007Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Sakai, Takashi Shimizu, Noriaki Ito
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Publication number: 20090122788Abstract: A disclosed wireless communication system for realizing a packet switching communication and a circuit switching communication between a mobile station and a fixed station is provided. In this system, said fixed station is configured to, when the packet switching communication is established between said mobile station and said fixed station and the line quality of that packet switching communication deteriorates to a level equal to a predetermined level or less, attempt to establish the circuit switching communication with said mobile station; and said mobile station is configured to, when the packet switching communication is established between said mobile station and said fixed station and said mobile station receives a call from the fixed station on the circuit switching communication, establish the circuit switching communication with the fixed station by responding to that call and then disconnect the packet switching communication with the fixed station.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2007Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noriaki Ito
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Patent number: 7483166Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus for implementing a print preview display of print data that is to be printed, the apparatus including an acquisition unit for acquiring amount of offset of a page in a print preview, a preview image generating unit for generating a print preview image of the print data, and a preview display control unit for causing the preview image display, which is generated by the preview image generating unit, to be offset and displayed for every sheet of paper in a case where the print data is to be printed on a plurality of sheets of paper, based upon amount of offset acquired by the acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2004Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yurika Kadoi, Shinichi Yuga, Nobushige Aoki, Noriaki Ito
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Patent number: 7464336Abstract: This invention prevents ballooning of the amount of comment information while being applied to an operation environment of the user, and provides comment information associated with an intuitively plain operation in a way that is particularly easy for a user. To this end, upon launching of an application, a window including processing buttons and a message area is displayed. Immediately after display, bitmap data of that window is acquired (self-captured), and the acquired bitmap data is displayed in a reference image display area of the window after being scaled down. Arrow lines which specify correspondence between comments in a message area and the buttons in the reference image display area are displayed.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2005Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Nakamoto, Noriaki Ito, Nobushige Aoki, Yurika Kadoi, Akira Nozaki
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Publication number: 20080129204Abstract: A vehicular lamp includes a lamp body; a plurality of LED light sources disposed inside a lamp chamber formed by a front cover positioned in front of the lamp body; and a lighting circuit portion positioned behind the LED light sources. The LED light source is electrically connected to a conductive bus bar, and forms a light-emitting surface at a position opposite the front cover. The lighting circuit portion is formed on the back side of the light-emitting surface of the LED light source with respect to the front cover, and a circuit element thereof is electrically connected to the conductive bus bar. The conductive bus bar to which the LED light source is connected and the conductive bus bar to which the circuit element is connected are conductively connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hironori Tsukamoto, Noriaki Ito
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Publication number: 20070185385Abstract: In a washing/disinfecting tank of an endoscope washing/disinfecting device, an endoscope connection portion to be joined to a connector portion of an endoscope body is provided, and receiving-side bases to be connected to each of pipelines of the endoscope body are provided. In washing/disinfecting the endoscope body, the connector portion is opposed to the endoscope connection portion in the predetermined positioned state, and then, a switch is turned on. Then, an electromagnet disposed at the endoscope connection portion is excited so as to attract and fix the connector portion by a generated magnetic force.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2006Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Noguchi, Eiri Suzuki, Masanori Gocho, Hasashi Kuroshima, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Satoshi Itoya, Akio Ogawa, Noriaki Ito
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Publication number: 20070149852Abstract: An endoscope is provided which has good operability, such as ease of varying the rigidity of an insertion portion, as well as a lighter-weight bending mechanism for changing the shape of a bending portion. The endoscope according to the present invention comprises an insertion portion to be inserted into a subject, an electroconductive expanding/contracting member which can expand/contract the insertion portion in the lengthwise direction and which is for expanding/contracting according to the state of voltage application, and electrodes for applying the voltage supplied from a power source to the electroconductive expanding/contracting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2007Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Toshiaki NOGUCHI, Sumihiro UCHIMURA, Tatsuya FURUKAWA, Masahiro KAWAUCHI, Fumiyuki ONODA, Hiroki MORIYAMA, Ryuichi TOYAMA, Hiroshi NIWA, Hisashi KUROSHIMA, Hitoshi HASEGAWA, Eiri SUZUKI, Akio OGAWA, Masanori GOCHO, Noriaki ITO, Satoshi ITOYA
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Patent number: D627855Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: SMC CorporationInventor: Noriaki Ito