Patents by Inventor Ryo Fujimoto

Ryo Fujimoto 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: 20240117610
    Abstract: A work machine information collection system includes a work machine including an operation hardware assembly and a server communicably connected to each other, and a data collection processor configured or programmed to include an operation data output to output an operation data corresponding to an operation state of the operation hardware assembly, a determiner configured or programmed to determine whether not the operation data satisfies a determination condition to determine whether or not to transmit the operation data output by the operation data output to the server, and a communicator configured or programmed to transmit the operation data to the server when the determiner determines that the operation data satisfies the determination condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi FUJIMOTO, Ryo IKEDA, Keisuke MIURA
  • Patent number: 11950359
    Abstract: A card reader for use with a card may include a card insertion part provided with an insertion port into which the card is inserted, a protruded part which is provided on a front face of the card insertion part and is protruded to a front side with respect to the card insertion part, a breakage detection wiring which is provided in an inside of the protruded part, and a detection part which detects at least one of disconnection and a short circuit of the breakage detection wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Uchiyama, Masaya Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20190195255
    Abstract: The accessory attachment structure for attaching an accessory to a steel plate-reinforced concrete structure, the steel plate-reinforced concrete structure being provided with a steel plate frame, bars fixedly installed on an inner face of an outside steel plate, and concrete, the accessory attachment structure includes an attachment plate in which one face thereof is attached to the outside steel plate and the accessory is attached to the other face thereof. The size of the other face of the attachment plate is larger than that of a whole attachment face to be attached to the attachment plate of the accessory, the size if the one face is equal to or greater than the other face, and the length of the attachment plate in any direction along the one face of the attachment plate is at least two times greater than a mutual interval between the bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Hiromu Okamoto, Katsumi Takagi, Takao Hagishita, Ryo Fujimoto, Hiroyuki Iseki, Hisashi Sekimoto
  • Patent number: 9548140
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor vessel structure includes an inner peripheral tube-shaped steel plate, an outer peripheral tube-shaped steel plate, and an intermediate tube-shaped steel plate disposed between the inner and outer peripheral tube-shaped steel plates, and is configured to support a nuclear reactor vessel on the inner peripheral side of a tube-shaped structure with concrete placed between the steel plates. The nuclear reactor vessel structure includes a support having a tube-shaped plate disposed on the inner peripheral side of the intermediate tube-shaped steel plate, and an annular plate which protrudes to the inner peripheral side of the tube-shaped plate and to which a connection section is affixed. The support is affixed to the concrete, which is placed between the inner peripheral and the intermediate tube-shaped steel plates, by first bar members, and the support is also affixed to the inner peripheral tube-shaped steel plate by second bar members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Ryo Fujimoto, Kentaro Mori, Hiromu Okamoto, Hisashi Sekimoto, Hiroyuki Iseki
  • Patent number: 9051234
    Abstract: Provided by the present invention is a method for producing an alkanediol, such as 1,5-pentanediol, with a high reaction selectivity thereto by reacting a cyclic ether group-containing methanol such as tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol by using a non-chromium catalyst not containing chromium atom. More specifically, the method is to produce an alkanediol having hydroxy groups at both molecular terminals shown by the formula (2), includes reacting a cyclic ether group-containing methanol shown by the formula (1) with hydrogen in the presence of a metal catalyst which contains copper atom, at least one co-existing atom selected from the group consisting of elements of the third to the sixth periods of the II to XIV groups (excluding chromium) in the periodical table and lanthanide elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Yoshida, Kenji Hirotsu, Takashi Doi, Kouichi Kashiwagi, Ryo Fujimoto, Ryousuke Katsura, Satoru Fujitsu
  • Patent number: 8940946
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a method for efficiently producing high-purity 1,5-pentanediol by reacting tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol with hydrogen. This manufacturing method for producing high-purity 1,5-pentanediol comprises: step (I): a step of obtaining a crude reaction product by a hydrogenolysis reaction of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol with hydrogen carried out in the presence of a copper-containing catalyst with reaction temperature of 200 to 350° C. and reaction pressure of 1 to 40 MPa until conversion rate of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol reaches 80% or less; step (II): a step of separating tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol and crude 1,5-pentanediol (A) from the crude reaction product obtained in the step (I), and then, supplying recovered tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol as a raw material for the step (I); and step (III): a step of obtaining the high-purity 1,5-pentanediol by distillation of the crude 1,5-pentanediol (A) obtained in the step (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Yoshida, Kenji Hirotsu, Ryo Fujimoto, Ryousuke Katsura, Satoru Fujitsu, Takashi Doi, Kouichi Kashiwagi
  • Publication number: 20140309461
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a method for efficiently producing high-purity 1,5-pentanediol by reacting tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol with hydrogen. This manufacturing method for producing high-purity 1,5-pentanediol comprises: step (I): a step of obtaining a crude reaction product by a hydrogenolysis reaction of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol with hydrogen carried out in the presence of a copper-containing catalyst with reaction temperature of 200 to 350° C. and reaction pressure of 1 to 40 MPa until conversion rate of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol reaches 80% or less; step (II): a step of separating tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol and crude 1,5-pentanediol (A) from the crude reaction product obtained in the step (I), and then, supplying recovered tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol as a raw material for the step (I); and step (III): a step of obtaining the high-purity 1,5-pentanediol by distillation of the crude 1,5-pentanediol (A) obtained in the step (II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Yoshida, Kenji Hirotsu, Ryo Fujimoto, Ryousuke Katsura, Satoru Fujitsu, Takashi Doi, Kouichi Kashiwagi
  • Publication number: 20130272485
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor vessel structure includes an inner peripheral tube-shaped steel plate, an outer peripheral tube-shaped steel plate, and an intermediate tube-shaped steel plate disposed between the inner and outer peripheral tube-shaped steel plates, and is configured to support a nuclear reactor vessel on the inner peripheral side of a tube-shaped structure with concrete placed between the steel plates. The nuclear reactor vessel structure includes a support having a tube-shaped plate disposed on the inner peripheral side of the intermediate tube-shaped steel plate, and an annular plate which protrudes to the inner peripheral side of the tube-shaped plate and to which a connection section is affixed. The support is affixed to the concrete, which is placed between the inner peripheral and the intermediate tube-shaped steel plates, by first bar members, and the support is also affixed to the inner peripheral tube-shaped steel plate by second bar members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Ryo Fujimoto, Kentaro Mori, Hiromu Okamoto, Hisashi Sekimoto, Hiroyuki Iseki
  • Publication number: 20040091888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel S-haplotype specific DNA fragments of plants belonging to Brassicaceae, and a method for identifying S-haplotypes of plants belonging to Brassicaceae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishio, Ryo Fujimoto, Toyokazu Akamatsu, Koji Sakamoto, Hideaki Hanzawa, Shunsuke Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20030191746
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image managing apparatus offering an improved retrieving ability. The image managing apparatus manages images stored in a hard disk drive in association with image management information. The image management information includes information specified in object units assigned to objects contained in an image. An object unit consists of divisions in which the position of an object in a screen, a pointer indicating a qualification unit, a general name of the object, a proper noun thereof, and pointers indicating other object units are specified respectively. The pointer indicating a qualification unit indicates a position at which the qualification unit resides. Qualifiers appended to the object are specified in the qualification unit. The pointers indicating other object units indicate other linked object units. The other object units include an internal relationship unit, a state unit, and a relationship unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: RYO FUJIMOTO, TORU FUKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 6588722
    Abstract: Roller receiving step portions (12f) are formed in both sides of a bottom portion of a main body portion (12a) in a lower rail (12). A roller (27) is inserted between the step portions (12f) in the lower rail (12) and an upper wall (13d) in an upper rail (13). Left and right roller portions (27A, 27B) are formed so as to be separated into left and right sections in a substantially center portion of the roller (27). An elastic washer (28) corresponding to an elastic body is inserted to a roller shaft (47c) at the separated position of the roller (27). Taper surfaces (41) are formed in both side portions (27a) of the roller (27) and are mounted on taper surfaces (43) formed in the step portions (12f) in the lower rail (12) and downward inclined toward a center in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Automotive Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Moriyuki Eguchi, Ryo Fujimoto, Tomonori Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6578810
    Abstract: Roller receiving steps (12f) are formed in both sides of a bottom portion of a main body portion (12a) in a long lower rail (12). An upper rail (13) is formed by a main body portion (13a) and a vertical wall (13e) protruding upward from a center of an upper wall (13d) and protruding upward from an opening portion (12e). A roller (27) is inserted to a portion between the step (12f) in the bottom portion of the main body portion (12a) and the upper wall (13d) of the main body portion (13a) in the upper rail (13). Circular arc surfaces (27d) are formed in both side portions (27a) of the roller (27). The circular arc surfaces (27d) in both side portions (27a) of the roller (27) are mounted to circular arc surfaces (28) of the steps (12f).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Automotive Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Moriyuki Eguchi, Ryo Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 6520474
    Abstract: A vehicle seat slide device includes an elongated lower guide rail adapted to be secured to a floor panel of the vehicle body in its longitudinal direction, and an upper slide rail slidably fitted into the lower guide rail. The lower guide rail has a rail body, side walls, slider rest portions and upper guide walls inwardly extending from upper ends of the side walls to define an elongated guide groove. First hook segments are formed on inner edges of the upper guide walls along the elongated guide groove, and second hook segments are formed on the side walls of the lower guide rail, respectively. The upper slide rail includes a slide body, vertical wall, upper slide walls, and lower side walls. In the upper slide rail, slider rest shoulders, first engaging segments, and second engaging segments are also formed. Either one of the slider rest portions may include a rectilinear portion by which one of the sliders is held in point of contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonori Yoshida, Ryo Fujimoto, Moriyuki Eguchi
  • Patent number: 6497397
    Abstract: First hook portions (15) are formed at front end portions in a side of an opening portion (12e) of a main body portion (12a) in a long lower rail (12), and second hook portions (17) are formed in lower portions of both side portions (12b) in the main body portion (12a). First engagement portions (18) engaged with the first hook portions (15) in the long lower rail (12) are formed in upper walls (13d) in an upper rail (13). Projection portions (18a) are formed in the first engagement portions (18) so as to protrude to the side of the first hook portions (15). Second engagement portions (19) engaged with the second hook portions (17) in the long lower rail (12) are formed in front end sides of both side portions (13b) of the main body portion (13a) in the upper rail (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Automotive Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Fujimoto, Tomonori Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20020056799
    Abstract: First hook portions (15) are formed at front end portions in a side of an opening portion (12e) of a main body portion (12a) in a long lower rail (12), and second hook portions (17) are formed in lower portions of both side portions (12b) in the main body portion (12a). First engagement portions (18) engaged with the first hook portions (15) in the long lower rail (12) are formed in upper walls (13d) in an upper rail (13). Projection portions (18a) are formed in the first engagement portions (18) so as to protrude to the side of the first hook portions (15). Second engagement portions (19) engaged with the second hook portions (17) in the long lower rail (12) are formed in front end sides of both side portions (13b) of the main body portion (13a) in the upper rail (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Ryo Fujimoto, Tomonori Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20020056798
    Abstract: Roller receiving step portions (12f) are formed in both sides of a bottom portion of a main body portion (12a) in a lower rail (12). A roller (27) is inserted between the step portions (12f) in the lower rail (12) and an upper wall (13d) in an upper rail (13). Left and right roller portions (27A, 27B) are formed so as to be separated into left and right sections in a substantially center portion of the roller (27). An elastic washer (28) corresponding to an elastic body is inserted to a roller shaft (47c) at the separated position of the roller (27). Taper surfaces (41) are formed in both side portions (27a) of the roller (27) and are mounted on taper surfaces (43) formed in the step portions (12f) in the lower rail (12) and downward inclined toward a center in a width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Moriyuki Eguchi, Ryo Fujimoto, Tomonori Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20020036254
    Abstract: Roller receiving steps (12f) are formed in both sides of a bottom portion of a main body portion (12a) in a long lower rail (12). An upper rail (13) is formed by a main body portion (13a) and a vertical wall (13e) protruding upward from a center of an upper wall (13d) and protruding upward from an opening portion (12e). A roller (27) is inserted to a portion between the step (12f) in the bottom portion of the main body portion (12a) and the upper wall (13d) of the main body portion (13a) in the upper rail (13). Circular arc surfaces (27d) are formed in both side portions (27a) of the roller (27). The circular arc surfaces (27d) in both side portions (27a) of the roller (27) are mounted to circular arc surfaces (28) of the steps (12f).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Moriyuki Eguchi, Ryo Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20010015401
    Abstract: A vehicle seat slide device includes a lower guide rail 12 which has a rail body 12a, side walls 12b, 12b at least one of which has latching apertures 36, and upper guide walls 12d, 12d that define a guide groove 12e, and an upper slide rail 13 which has a vertical wall 13b that extends upwardly through the guide groove 12e. A slide locking mechanism is provided that includes a lock shaft 44 extending through the upper slide rail 13 and pivotally supported thereby, with the lock shaft having a lower end formed with an actuator segment 44a, and a latch element 32 having latching teeth 34 that selectively engage the latching apertures 36. The latch element 32 is coupled to the actuator segment 44a of the lock shaft 44 by a linkage 46, and is urged into a locked position by a spring 50 acting on an upper end of the lock shaft 44.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: Tomonori Yoshida, Ryo Fujimoto, Moriyuki Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20010013570
    Abstract: A vehicle seat slide device is provided for sliding movement of a vehicle seat in fore and aft positions of a vehicle body, and includes a lower guide rail which has a substantially upwardly opening C-channeled rail body, side walls, and upper guide walls that defines an elongated guide groove, and an upper slide rail which has a substantially downwardly opening C-channeled slide body having a vertical wall that extends upwardly through the guide groove, and upper slide walls. The rail body has a plurality of lock holes formed on the side walls. A latch element and an interlocking member laterally extend in the rail body to selectively engage the lock holes to lock the vehicle seat in a desired horizontally-adjusted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Tomonori Yoshida, Ryo Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20010006209
    Abstract: A vehicle seat slide device includes an elongated lower guide rail adapted to be secured to a floor panel of the vehicle body in its longitudinal direction, and an upper slide rail slidably fitted into the lower guide rail. The lower guide rail has a rail body, side walls, slider rest portions and upper guide walls inwardly extending from upper ends of the side walls to define an elongated guide groove. First hook segments are formed on inner edges of the upper guide walls along the elongated guide groove, and second hook segments are formed on the side walls of the lower guide rail, respectively. The upper slide rail includes a slide body, vertical wall, upper slide walls, and lower side walls. In the upper slide rail, slider rest shoulders, first engaging segments, and second engaging segments are also formed. Either one of the slider rest portions may include a rectilinear portion by which one of the sliders is held in point of contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: Tomonori Yoshida, Ryo Fujimoto, Moriyuki Eguchi