Patents by Inventor Rei Takahashi

Rei Takahashi 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: 20250073965
    Abstract: An intermediate mold is disposed between a stationary side mold and a movable side mold in a mold unit of an injection molding machine, the intermediate mold includes: a mold section that performs mold opening and closing operations with a facing mold of the stationary side mold and the movable side mold; a rotating frame body that is rotated together with the mold section by a rotary shaft; a support section that supports both sides of the rotating frame body via shaft bodies; and a rotation drive section that transmits a rotational force to the rotating frame body, in which the support section accommodates at least a part of the rotation drive section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Takayuki SATO, Rei TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20250073967
    Abstract: An intermediate mold disposed between a stationary side mold and a movable side mold in a mold unit of an injection molding machine includes: a mold section performing mold opening and closing operations with a facing mold of the stationary side mold and the movable side mold; a rotating frame body rotated together with the mold section by a rotary shaft; a support section supporting both sides of the rotating frame body via shaft bodies; and a rotation drive section transmitting a rotational force to the rotating frame body, in which the mold section and the shaft bodies include a hollow portion that allows a pipe through which a fluid passes or an electrical wire to be disposed, and both end portions of the hollow portion form inlet/outlet ports through which the pipe or the electrical wire can enter and exit in a rotation axis direction of the shaft bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Takayuki SATO, Rei TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20250073966
    Abstract: There is provided an intermediate mold disposed between a stationary-side mold and a movable-side mold in a mold unit of an injection molding machine, the intermediate mold including: a support portion that supports, in an attachable and detachable manner, both sides of a rotary shaft of a mold portion that is rotated; and a connection member that is detachably connected to a top side of the support portion in a top-bottom direction, in which, in a case where the mold portion is attached to and detached from the support portion, the mold portion is attached and detached through a space formed by removing the connection member from the support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Takayuki SATO, Rei TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20250073968
    Abstract: An intermediate mold disposed between a stationary-side mold and a movable-side mold in a mold unit of an injection molding machine, the intermediate mold including: a mold portion that performs a mold opening and closing operation with a facing mold facing one of the stationary-side mold and the movable-side mold; a guide bar that penetrates through the mold portion, and that guides the mold opening and closing operation; and a rotary frame body that includes a rotary shaft, and that rotates together with the guide bar and the mold portion in a state where the rotary frame body is joined to the guide bar. The mold portion is temporarily gripped by a tip part of the guide bar, and is temporarily gripped by the facing mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Rei TAKAHASHI, Takayuki SATO
  • Publication number: 20240399644
    Abstract: An apparatus for taking out molded product in a molding system has an insert portion, abutting portion, recess, and suction port. The insert portion is inserted in a hollow molded product via an opening portion serving as a blow pin extraction port of the hollow molded product. The abutting portion is arranged at the circumference of the insert portion and abuts on an outer circumferential surface of the hollow molded product spaced a predetermined distance from the opening portion serving as the blow pin extraction port. The recess is provided between the insert portion and the abutting portion, accommodates the opening portion in the state where the outer circumferential surface of the hollow molded product abuts on the abutting portion, and forms a stretch of closed space to the inside of the hollow molded product. The suction port is provided in the insert portion and sucks an ambient atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Yuichi Hatano, Kazutaka Ando, Ryosuke Tani, Rei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12120836
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical component housing for housing an electrical component. The electrical component housing includes a resin base portion allowing the electrical component to be mounted, a metal cover portion attached to the base portion and configured to cover the electrical component, a metal plate in contact with a bottom surface of the base portion in a manner of covering the bottom surface of the base portion. The electrical component housing also includes a conductive member provided in a through hole that penetrates the base portion in a thickness direction of the base portion, wherein the conductive member electrically connects a ground terminal of the electrical component and the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., AMPERE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Soichi Ishii, Rei Takahashi, Yasuyuki Kubota, Tadaaki Iiyama
  • Publication number: 20240268048
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical component housing for housing an electrical component. The electrical component housing includes a resin base portion allowing the electrical component to be mounted, a metal cover portion attached to the base portion and configured to cover the electrical component, a metal plate in contact with a bottom surface of the base portion in a manner of covering the bottom surface of the base portion. The electrical component housing also includes a conductive member provided in a through hole that penetrates the base portion in a thickness direction of the base portion, wherein the conductive member electrically connects a ground terminal of the electrical component and the metal plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Soichi ISHII, Rei TAKAHASHI, Yasuyuki KUBOTA, Tadaaki IIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11839068
    Abstract: Provided is an electric power converter that includes an inverter which includes plural electric parts, a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth electric power, a housing configured to house the inverter and the smoothing capacitor and a first conductor portion configured to connect the smoothing capacitor and the inverter. The housing includes a base portion made of a resin material and a cover portion attached to the base portion to cover the inverter and the smoothing capacitor. The inverter and the smoothing capacitor are mounted on the base portion. The first conductor portion is placed in the vicinity of or in contact with the base portion of the housing in the middle of connection between the smoothing capacitor and the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimihiro Ono, Susumu Kumakura, Rei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11824460
    Abstract: A power converter includes a power module, a terminal block, a housing that houses the power module and the terminal block, and a bus bar that electrically connects the power module and a conductive member connected to an electric component outside the housing. The terminal block is a member that electrically connects the bus bar and the conductive member, has a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and a connection surface that connects the first surface and the second surface, and includes a fastening member provided on the second surface to be movable with respect to the terminal block. The bus bar is formed between the power module and the conductive member to surround the first surface, the connection surface, and the second surface of the terminal block, and is connected to the conductive member on the second surface via the fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taizo Tanibuchi, Kazuhiro Hayakawa, Rei Takahashi, Hironobu Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20230179109
    Abstract: A power converter includes a power module, a terminal block, a housing that houses the power module and the terminal block, and a bus bar that electrically connects the power module and a conductive member connected to an electric component outside the housing. The terminal block is a member that electrically connects the bus bar and the conductive member, has a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and a connection surface that connects the first surface and the second surface, and includes a fastening member provided on the second surface to be movable with respect to the terminal block. The bus bar is formed between the power module and the conductive member to surround the first surface, the connection surface, and the second surface of the terminal block, and is connected to the conductive member on the second surface via the fastening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taizo TANIBUCHI, Kazuhiro HAYAKAWA, Rei TAKAHASHI, Hironobu SUGIHARA
  • Patent number: 11534359
    Abstract: The present invention provides an actuator-equipped knee ankle foot orthosis in which a control device calculates a thigh phase angle based on an angle-related signal detected by a thigh orientation detecting means at one sampling point, applies the thigh phase angle at that sampling point to an assisting force control data, which is stored in the control device in advance and indicates the relationship between the thigh phase angle and a size of the assisting force to be imparted to a lower leg-side brace, to obtain the size of the assisting force to be imparted to the lower leg-side brace at that sampling point, and executes operational control for an actuator unit such that the assisting force having the size is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: Suncall Corporation, National University Corporation Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Rei Takahashi, Yuichi Sawada, Yoshiyuki Higashi, Tadao Tsuboyama, Noriaki Ichihashi, Koji Ohata, Toshikazu Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11529281
    Abstract: A gait motion assisting apparatus of the present invention includes an actuator unit controlling driver so that assisting force calculated by applying gait motion timing based on detected thigh phase angle to output pattern saved data is imparted to lower leg, and a terminal device capable of wireless-communicating with control device of the actuator unit. The terminal device can receive assisting force setting value including assisting force imparting period during gait cycle and create, based on the assisting force setting value, output pattern setting data indicating a relationship between the gait motion timing and a size of assisting force to be imparted to the lower leg. The control device is configured to overwrite-save the output pattern setting data received from the terminal device as the output pattern saved data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: Suncall Corporation, Kyoto University, National University Corporation Kyoto institute of Technology
    Inventors: Rei Takahashi, Yukinobu Makihara, Tadao Tsuboyama, Koji Ohata, Yuichi Sawada, Yoshiyuki Higashi
  • Patent number: 11504292
    Abstract: The gait motion assisting device according to the present invention replicates movement of user's leg including thigh and lower leg around hip joint by pendulum movement of a rod-like rigid body, estimates hip joint angle and hip joint angular velocity of thigh calculated based on equation of motion of the pendulum movement by a state estimator using angle-related signal received from a thigh orientation detecting means as the observation, calculates the thigh phase angle using the estimated hip joint angle and the estimated hip joint angular velocity, and outputs assisting force having torque value calculated based on the thigh phase angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Suncall Corporation
    Inventors: Rei Takahashi, Yukinobu Makihara, Yuichi Sawada, Yoshiyuki Higashi, Tadao Tsuboyama, Noriaki Ichihashi, Koji Ohata
  • Patent number: 11426299
    Abstract: To provide a joint support unit, etc. capable of being worn on both left and right joints. A joint support unit includes a first link worn on one end side of a joint portion, a second link worn on the other end side of the joint portion, and rotatably coupled to the first link, a driving unit configured to perform rotation driving of the second link, and a rotation regulating unit configured to regulate a rotation direction and a rotation range of the second link. The rotation regulating unit includes an engagement body provided in one of the links, and an engagement part provided in the other one of the links, and engaging with the engagement body, the engagement part includes two guiding paths and that guide the engagement body moving according to the rotation direction of the second link in different directions, and a communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SUNCALL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11357692
    Abstract: To provide a joint support unit, etc. capable of being worn on both left and right joints. A joint support unit 20 includes a first link 21 worn on one end side of a knee joint, a second link 22 worn on the other end side of the knee joint, and a driving unit 30 configured to cause the first link 21 and the second link 22 to perform rotational movement, or to relatively perform rotational movement while moving a rotation center and to perform sliding movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: University of Yamanashi, Kofu City, Suncall Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Terada, Koji Makino, Teppei Ogura, Masahiro Nakamura, Rei Takahashi, Masaru Hoshino, Yukinobu Makihara
  • Publication number: 20220175608
    Abstract: In a gait motion assisting apparatus of the present invention, a thigh phase angle calculating unit calculating a thigh phase angle divides an unnormalized hip joint angle obtained based on a angle-related signal from a thigh orientation detecting unit by a stored hip joint angle normalization coefficient to calculate a normalized hip joint angle, divides an unnormalized hip joint angular velocity obtained by differentiating the unnormalized hip joint angle by a stored hip joint angular velocity normalization coefficient to calculate a normalized hip joint angular velocity, and calculate the thigh phase angle by using the normalized hip joint angle and the normalized hip joint angular velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Rei TAKAHASHI, Yukinobu MAKIHARA, Yuichi SAWADA, Yoshiyuki HIGASHI, Koji OHATA
  • Publication number: 20220168166
    Abstract: A gait motion assisting apparatus is provided, in which a thigh phase angle calculating unit has a latest data transmission process to transmit a thigh phase angle ?(k) at sampling timing S(k) (k is an integer of 1 or more) to a gait motion timing calculating unit and store the same as a reference thigh phase angle ?c. Also, a stored data transmission process transmits, instead of the thigh phase angle ?(k), a currently stored reference thigh phase angle ?c to the gait motion timing calculating unit and performs the stored data transmission process only when conditions are satisfied such that a thigh phase angle at one sampling timing is smaller than the currently stored reference thigh phase angle and an absolute value of a deviation therebetween is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, and performs the latest data transmission process in other cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Rei TAKAHASHI, Yukinobu MAKIHARA, Yuichi SAWADA, Yoshiyuki HIGASHI, Koji OHATA
  • Publication number: 20220142014
    Abstract: Provided is an electric power converter that includes an inverter which includes plural electric parts, a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth electric power, a housing configured to house the inverter and the smoothing capacitor and a first conductor portion configured to connect the smoothing capacitor and the inverter. The housing includes a base portion made of a resin material and a cover portion attached to the base portion to cover the inverter and the smoothing capacitor. The inverter and the smoothing capacitor are mounted on the base portion. The first conductor portion is placed in the vicinity of or in contact with the base portion of the housing in the middle of connection between the smoothing capacitor and the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimihiro ONO, Susumu KUMAKURA, Rei TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210085552
    Abstract: A gait motion assisting apparatus of the present invention includes an actuator unit controlling driver so that assisting force calculated by applying gait motion timing based on detected thigh phase angle to output pattern saved data is imparted to lower leg, and a terminal device capable of wireless-communicating with control device of the actuator unit. The terminal device can receive assisting force setting value including assisting force imparting period during gait cycle and create, based on the assisting force setting value, output pattern setting data indicating a relationship between the gait motion timing and a size of assisting force to be imparted to the lower leg. The control device is configured to overwrite-save the output pattern setting data received from the terminal device as the output pattern saved data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Rei TAKAHASHI, Yukinobu MAKIHARA, Tadao TSUBOYAMA, Koji OHATA, Yuichi SAWADA, Yoshiyuki HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20210069053
    Abstract: To provide a joint support unit, etc. capable of being worn on both left and right joints. A joint support unit 20 includes a first link 21 worn on one end side of a knee joint, a second link 22 worn on the other end side of the knee joint, and a driving unit 30 configured to cause the first link 21 and the second link 22 to perform rotational movement, or to relatively perform rotational movement while moving a rotation center and to perform sliding movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Terada, Koji Makino, Teppei Ogura, Masahiro Nakamura, Rei Takahashi, Masaru Hoshino, Yukinobu Makihara