Patents by Inventor Norimasa Yamamoto
Norimasa Yamamoto 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: 20250035287Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources fixed on the substrate and generating individually controllable outputs; a light shielding member disposed between the light sources; a first lens that is disposed above the light sources and on which the light emitted from each of the light sources becomes incident; and a drive unit capable of rotating the substrate. The light sources include a first light source and a second light source. The angle formed by the axis of rotation of the substrate and the optical axis of first light emitted by the first light source and exiting the first lens differs from the angle formed by the axis of rotation and the optical axis of second light emitted by the second light source and exiting the first lens. The second light can irradiate a first circular track having the axis of rotation as its center.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Norimasa YOSHIDA, Tsuyoshi OKAHISA, Saiki YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240105349Abstract: A nuclear fusion system comprises: a muon generation unit to generate negative muons including electron and positron accelerators for generating electron and positron beams; a gas supply unit to supply to circulate gaseous deuterium or gaseous deuterium-tritium mixture as raw material gas; a Laval nozzle to accelerate the raw material gas to supersonic velocity; and a shock wave cone connected to the Laval nozzle to introduce the raw material gas accelerated to supersonic velocity to generate an oblique shock wave, the raw material gas accelerated to supersonic velocity being introduced into the shock wave cone to generate the oblique shock wave, the oblique shock wave being decelerated to create a high-density gas target in an in-flight manner, the muons generated as a result of causing electrons and positrons to collide with each other being introduced into the high-density gas target thereby to cause a muon-catalyzed nuclear fusion reaction to occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: CHUBU UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONInventors: Shinji OKADA, Motoyasu SATO, Atsuo IIYOSHI, Kimitaka ITOH, Takashi MUTOH, Norimasa YAMAMOTO, Yoshiharu TANAHASHI
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Patent number: 11754243Abstract: Multiple light sources are arranged in an array. A light guide member receives light emitted from the multiple light sources on its back face, and outputs the light thus received from its front face. The light guide member has a base portion such that its back face faces the multiple light sources and such that it extends in the array direction of the multiple light sources. Multiple back-face protrusions and multiple front-face protrusions are formed such that they protrude from the back face and the front face of the base portion. The front-face protrusion has multiple continuous faces in the circumferential direction along the front face of the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Norimasa Yamamoto, Hiroya Koizumi
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Publication number: 20220349544Abstract: Multiple light sources are arranged in an array. A light guide member receives light emitted from the multiple light sources on its back face, and outputs the light thus received from its front face. The light guide member has a base portion such that its back face faces the multiple light sources and such that it extends in the array direction of the multiple light sources. Multiple back-face protrusions and multiple front-face protrusions are formed such that they protrude from the back face and the front face of the base portion. The front-face protrusion has multiple continuous faces in the circumferential direction along the front face of the base portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Norimasa YAMAMOTO, Hiroya KOIZUMI
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Patent number: 11333743Abstract: A translucent cover (1012) defines a lamp chamber (1013) together with a housing (1011) while forming a portion of an outer face of a vehicle. A LiDAR sensor (1161) is disposed in the lamp chamber (1013) to detect external information of the vehicle. A half mirror (1162) is disposed in the lamp chamber (1013) so as to cover the LiDAR sensor (1161) from a side where the translucent cover (1162) is disposed. The translucent cover (1012) has a first transparency to visible light. The half mirror (1162) has a second transparency to the visible light that is lower than the first transparency.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Hori, Norimasa Yamamoto, Akitaka Kanamori, Akinori Matsumoto, Teruaki Yamamoto, Minami Katagiri, Yoshiaki Fushimi, Naoki Takii, Yasuyuki Kato
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Patent number: 11262346Abstract: A blood coagulation analyzer and analyzing method perform following: (a) preparing a measurement specimen by dispensing a blood specimen and a reagent into a reaction container; (b) emitting light of a plurality of wavelengths to the measurement specimen in the reaction container, the wavelengths comprising a first wavelength for use in a measurement by a blood coagulation time method, and at least one of a second wavelength for use in a measurement by a synthetic substrate method and a third wavelength for use in a measurement by an immunoturbidimetric method; (c) detecting light of a plurality of wavelengths corresponding to the light emitted in (b), from the measurement specimen, by a light receiving element, and acquiring data corresponding to each wavelength; and (d) conducting an analysis based on the data corresponding to one of the wavelengths among the acquired data, and acquiring a result of the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Norimasa Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Tokunaga
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Publication number: 20200395133Abstract: A nuclear fusion system includes: a muon generation unit for generating negative muons; a gas supply unit for circulating and supplying gaseous deuterium or gaseous deuterium-tritium mixture as raw material gas for a nuclear fusion reaction; and a Laval nozzle for accelerating the raw material gas to supersonic velocity including a flow regulation portion in which the muons are decelerated and a reaction portion in which the nuclear fusion reaction occurs, wherein an oblique shockwave, which is generated as a result of collision of a shock wave generator arranged inside the reaction portion and the raw material gas accelerated to supersonic velocity, converges on a center axis of the Laval nozzle, and thereby a high-density gas target is retained in a gas phase, and wherein the muons are introduced into the high-density gas target, and thereby the nuclear fusion reaction is caused to occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: CHUBU UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONInventors: Motoyasu SATO, Atsuo IIYOSHI, Yasushi KINO, Takashi MUTOH, Yoshiharu TANAHASHI, Norimasa YAMAMOTO, Hirohisa TAKANO, Yukihiko HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 10837415Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle comprises a supercharging device which compresses intake-air to be sent to a combustion chamber of an engine; a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage through which an exhaust gas emitted from the engine flows; and a control section which controls the engine, wherein the control section performs an increase suppressing control for suppressing an increase in an exhaust gas temperature, in a case where the control section estimates that the exhaust gas temperature has exceeded an increase suppressing temperature set to be equal to or lower than a catalyst permissible temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norimasa Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kato, Naoto Yoshida
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Publication number: 20200174100Abstract: A translucent cover (1012) defines a lamp chamber (1013) together with a housing (1011) while forming a portion of an outer face of a vehicle. A LiDAR sensor (1161) is disposed in the lamp chamber (1013) to detect external information of the vehicle. A half mirror (1162) is disposed in the lamp chamber (1013) so as to cover the LiDAR sensor (1161) from a side where the translucent cover (1162) is disposed. The translucent cover (1012) has a first transparency to visible light. The half mirror (1162) has a second transparency to the visible light that is lower than the first transparency.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi HORI, Norimasa YAMAMOTO, Akitaka KANAMORI, Akinori MATSUMOTO, Teruaki YAMAMOTO, Minami KATAGIRI, Yoshiaki FUSHIMI, Naoki TAKII, Yasuyuki KATO
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Patent number: 10261016Abstract: A specimen analyzing method and a specimen analyzing apparatus capable of measuring interference substances before analyzing a specimen. The method comprises a step for sucking the specimen stored in a specimen container (150) and sampling it in a first container (153), a step for optically measuring the specimen in the first container, a step for sampling the specimen in a second container (154) and preparing a specimen for measurement by mixing the specimen with a reagent in the second container, and a step for analyzing the specimen for measurement according to the results of the optical measurement of the specimen.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Norimasa Yamamoto, Takashi Yamato, Naohiko Matsuo, Satoshi Iguchi
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Publication number: 20190033289Abstract: A blood coagulation analyzer and analyzing method perform following: (a) preparing a measurement specimen by dispensing a blood specimen and a reagent into a reaction container; (b) emitting light of a plurality of wavelengths to the measurement specimen in the reaction container, the wavelengths comprising a first wavelength for use in a measurement by a blood coagulation time method, and at least one of a second wavelength for use in a measurement by a synthetic substrate method and a third wavelength for use in a measurement by an immunoturbidimetric method; (c) detecting light of a plurality of wavelengths corresponding to the light emitted in (b), from the measurement specimen, by a light receiving element, and acquiring data corresponding to each wavelength; and (d) conducting an analysis based on the data corresponding to one of the wavelengths among the acquired data, and acquiring a result of the analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Norimasa YAMAMOTO, Kazutoshi TOKUNAGA
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Patent number: 10073078Abstract: A blood coagulation analyzer and analyzing method perform following: (a) preparing a measurement specimen by dispensing a blood specimen and a reagent into a reaction container; (b) emitting light of a plurality of wavelengths to the measurement specimen in the reaction container, the wavelengths comprising a first wavelength for use in a measurement by a blood coagulation time method, and at least one of a second wavelength for use in a measurement by a synthetic substrate method and a third wavelength for use in a measurement by an immunoturbidimetric method; (c) detecting light of a plurality of wavelengths corresponding to the light emitted in (b), from the measurement specimen, by a light receiving element, and acquiring data corresponding to each wavelength; and (d) conducting an analysis based on the data corresponding to one of the wavelengths among the acquired data, and acquiring a result of the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2007Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Norimasa Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Tokunaga
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Patent number: 9862301Abstract: A vehicular rear panel with a new configuration is provided. The vehicular rear panel according to an aspect of the present disclosure is made of a resin material and disposed on a rear vehicle body part. The vehicular rear panel includes a light guiding unit configured to guide light from the light source along an extending direction of the vehicular rear panel and a light emitting unit configured to emit light in the light guiding unit to a rear side of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Yamada, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Koji Uchino, Manabu Maeda, Noriaki Ito, Norimasa Yamamoto, Asami Nakada, Yuji Sakurai, Hiroya Koizumi, Tsukasa Tokida, Takao Muramatsu, Tomoaki Otani, Motohiro Komatsu, Akihiro Matsumoto, Takashi Terayama, Hiroki Ishibashi
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Publication number: 20170276103Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle comprises a supercharging device which compresses intake-air to be sent to a combustion chamber of an engine; a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage through which an exhaust gas emitted from the engine flows; and a control section which controls the engine, wherein the control section performs an increase suppressing control for suppressing an increase in an exhaust gas temperature, in a case where the control section estimates that the exhaust gas temperature has exceeded an increase suppressing temperature set to be equal to or lower than a catalyst permissible temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Norimasa Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kato, Naoto Yoshida
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Publication number: 20170226971Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle comprises a supercharging device which compresses intake-air, an air-intake chamber which is disposed downstream of the supercharging device, a pressure rising suppressing valve which is actuated by a pressure and connected to an inner space of the air-intake chamber, the pressure rising suppressing valve being configured to open the inner space of the air-intake chamber to a relief passage, in a case where a difference between a preset pressure in a pilot space and a pressure in the air-intake chamber reaches a predetermined value or more, a control valve which is electrically actuated and is capable of performing switching of a space to be in communication with the pilot space, between a high-pressure space and a low-pressure space; and a valve controller which provides to the control valve an operation command for controlling the control valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Norimasa Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kato, Naoto Yoshida
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Patent number: 9695783Abstract: A fuel evaporative gas treatment device for a fuel tank is used in a motorcycle including a combustion engine with a supercharger. The fuel evaporative gas treatment device includes a canister which contains an adsorbent for adsorbing fuel evaporative gas from the fuel tank, a communication passage which communicates between an air intake passage for the combustion engine and the canister, and a check valve provided on the communication passage. The check valve blocks fluid flow from the air intake passage to the canister and permits fluid flow from the canister to the air intake passage.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Tsubone, Norimasa Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kato, Naoto Yoshida
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Patent number: 9592873Abstract: A fuel tank is disposed between a head pipe and a rider's seat of a motorcycle. A combustion engine is disposed below the fuel tank, and a canister is disposed between the head pipe and the fuel tank. A check valve is disposed on a communication pipe unit which connects the canister and an air intake passage. Both ends of the first communication pipe are supported by the combustion engine through a throttle body and the check valve, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Tsubone, Norimasa Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kato, Naoto Yoshida, Tomo Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20160195560Abstract: A specimen analyzing method and a specimen analyzing apparatus capable of measuring interference substances before analyzing a specimen. The method comprises a step for sucking the specimen stored in a specimen container (150) and sampling it in a first container (153), a step for optically measuring the specimen in the first container, a step for sampling the specimen in a second container (154) and preparing a specimen for measurement by mixing the specimen with a reagent in the second container, and a step for analyzing the specimen for measurement according to the results of the optical measurement of the specimen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Norimasa YAMAMOTO, Takashi YAMATO, Naohiko MATSUO, Satoshi IGUCHI
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Patent number: 9316583Abstract: A specimen analyzing method and a specimen analyzing apparatus capable of measuring interference substances before analyzing a specimen. The method comprises a step for sucking the specimen stored in a specimen container (150) and sampling it in a first container (153), a step for optically measuring the specimen in the first container, a step for sampling the specimen in a second container (154) and preparing a specimen for measurement by mixing the specimen with a reagent in the second container, and a step for analyzing the specimen for measurement according to the results of the optical measurement of the specimen.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Norimasa Yamamoto, Takashi Yamato, Naohiko Matsuo, Satoshi Iguchi
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Publication number: 20160009329Abstract: A fuel tank is disposed between a head pipe and a rider's seat of a motorcycle. A combustion engine is disposed below the fuel tank, and a canister is disposed between the head pipe and the fuel tank. A check valve is disposed on a communication pipe unit which connects the canister and an air intake passage. Both ends of the first communication pipe are supported by the combustion engine through a throttle body and the check valve, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsubone, Norimasa Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kato, Naoto Yoshida, Tomo Yamamoto