Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Takahashi
Ryoichi 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).
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Patent number: 10759661Abstract: An ozone generation apparatus includes a cylindrical shaped first electrode, a cylindrical shaped second electrode disposed coaxially with the first electrode and disposed in the first electrode, a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Dry air is supplied between the first electrode and the second electrode as raw material gas. A discharge gap length d formed by the first electrode, the second electrode, and the dielectric is set to be in a range of 0.3 to 0.5 mm. A pd product, which is a product of the discharge gap length d and a gas pressure p of the raw material gas, is in a range of 6 to 16 kPa·cm. And the discharge gap length d and the gas pressure p of the raw material gas are set to satisfy following expression.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takaaki Murata, Yuji Okita, Kiyoyuki Amemori, Kie Kubo, Ryutaro Makise, Kazuhiko Noda, Ryoichi Takahashi
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Patent number: 10421177Abstract: According to an embodiment, an extraction device includes an elastic body, first and second pressing units, and a pulling unit. The elastic body includes a first end facing a first direction, a second end, and a contact face facing a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The elastic body can expand in the second direction. The first and second pressing units press the first and second end. The pulling unit pulls the second pressing unit toward the first direction. The contact face comes into contact with an object when the elastic body compressed by pressing forces of the first pressing unit and the second pressing unit expands in the second direction. The pulling unit pulls the object with friction between the object and the contact face when the pulling unit is pulled in the first direction while the contact face of the elastic body is in contact with the object.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Kazuhiko Noda, Kie Kubo
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Patent number: 10144643Abstract: A cylindrical tank-shaped container including: plural parallel electrode tubes; discharge tubes arranged inside the electrode tubes, each forming a discharge gap; a pair of end plates that penetrate and hold both of end sections of the plural electrode tubes; a cooling space formed by the pair of end plates and the inner surface of the tank-shaped container divided between end plates; a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet formed in opposite end sides of the cooling space; a raw material gas inlet that introduces raw material gas to be sent to the discharge gaps; and an outlet for ozone gas generated from the raw material gas by silent discharge in the discharge gaps, providing an electrode tube in which a discharge tube is not arranged, among the plural electrode tubes, that have surrounding coolant medium that reaches at least a prescribed temperature resulting from the silent discharge.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuhiko Noda, Takaaki Murata, Ryoichi Takahashi, Kie Kubo
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Publication number: 20170121176Abstract: A cylindrical tank-shaped container including: plural parallel electrode tubes; discharge tubes arranged inside the electrode tubes, each forming a discharge gap; a pair of end plates that penetrate and hold both of end sections of the plural electrode tubes; a cooling space formed by the pair of end plates and the inner surface of the tank-shaped container divided between end plates; a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet formed in opposite end sides of the cooling space; a raw material gas inlet that introduces raw material gas to be sent to the discharge gaps; and an outlet for ozone gas generated from the raw material gas by silent discharge in the discharge gaps, providing an electrode tube in which a discharge tube is not arranged, among the plural electrode tubes, that have surrounding coolant medium that reaches at least a prescribed temperature resulting from the silent discharge.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuhiko NODA, Takaaki MURATA, Ryoichi TAKAHASHI, Kie KUBO
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Publication number: 20160236933Abstract: An ozone generation apparatus includes a cylindrical shaped first electrode, a cylindrical shaped second electrode disposed coaxially with the first electrode and disposed in the first electrode, a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Dry air is supplied between the first electrode and the second electrode as raw material gas. A discharge gap length d formed by the first electrode, the second electrode, and the dielectric is set to be in a range of 0.3 to 0.5 mm. A pd product, which is a product of the discharge gap length d and a gas pressure p of the raw material gas, is in a range of 6 to 16 kPa·cm. And the discharge gap length d and the gas pressure p of the raw material gas are set to satisfy following expression. (pd?250d?3.16)2+150d?12.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takaaki MURATA, Yuji Okita, Kiyoyuki Amemori, Kie Kubo, Ryutaro Makise, Kazuhiko Noda, Ryoichi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20160221167Abstract: An extraction device according to an embodiment, includes an elastic body, first and second pressing units, and a pulling unit. The elastic body includes a first end facing a first direction, a second end positioned opposite from the first end, and a contact face facing a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and can expand in the second direction. The first and second pressing units press the first and second ends. The pulling unit can pull the second pressing unit in the first direction. The contact face comes into contact with an object to be extracted, when the elastic body compressed by pressing force expands in the second direction. When the pulling unit is pulled in the first direction, while the contact face is in contact with the object to be extracted, the object to be extracted is pulled by friction between the object and the contact face.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Ryoichi TAKAHASHI, Kazuhiko NODA, Kie KUBO
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Patent number: 9331628Abstract: In some preferred embodiments, a motor control circuit 1 for controlling driving of a plurality of motors 3 and 4 includes a serial communication circuit configured to perform serial communication with an outside, a received data storage 15 configured to store data from the serial communication circuit, a motor mode setting holding circuit 16 configured to store motor mode settings which decide operations of the motors, and a detection circuit 24 configured to detect changes in driving pulse of the motor. Depending on the detected result of the detection circuit 24, the data stored in the received data storage 15 is transferred to the motor mode setting holding circuit 16.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Hiroshi Inoue, Masatoshi Komada
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Patent number: 9309118Abstract: An ozone generating apparatus includes a cylindrical high-voltage electrode and a coaxially arranged cylindrical low-voltage electrode. A predetermined high voltage is applied between the high-voltage and low-voltage electrodes via a dielectric substance to cause discharge generating ozone, the discharge gap length being 0.3 to 0.5 mm. One of the low-voltage and high-voltage electrodes is a metal electrode and the other a dielectric electrode. A projection group including plural done shape projections, arranged on same circumference of the metal electrode, is arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the metal electrode to hold the metal electrode coaxial with the dielectric electrode while keeping the discharge gap length. The projection group is arranged at a center portion in a longitudinal direction of the discharging space positioned away from both ends of the discharging space by a predetermined distance L3 satisfying, 0.0?L3/L?0.1, L being length of the discharging space.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Takaaki Murata, Kazuhiko Noda, Kie Kubo
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Publication number: 20160056751Abstract: In some preferred embodiments, a motor control circuit 1 for controlling driving of a plurality of motors 3 and 4 includes a serial communication circuit configured to perform serial communication with an outside, a received data storage 15 configured to store data from the serial communication circuit, a motor mode setting holding circuit 16 configured to store motor mode settings which decide operations of the motors, and a detection circuit 24 configured to detect changes in driving pulse of the motor. Depending on the detected result of the detection circuit 24, the data stored in the received data storage 15 is transferred to the motor mode setting holding circuit 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Hiroshi Inoue, Masatoshi Komada
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Publication number: 20150239737Abstract: An ozone generating apparatus includes a cylindrical high-voltage electrode and a coaxially arranged cylindrical low-voltage electrode. A predetermined high voltage is applied between the high-voltage and low-voltage electrodes via a dielectric substance to cause discharge generating ozone, the discharge gap length being 0.3 to 0.5 mm. One of the low-voltage and high-voltage electrodes is a metal electrode and the other a dielectric electrode. A projection group including plural done shape projections, arranged on same circumference of the metal electrode, is arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the metal electrode to hold the metal electrode coaxial with the dielectric electrode while keeping the discharge gap length. The projection group is arranged at a center portion in a longitudinal direction of the discharging space positioned away from both ends of the discharging space by a predetermined distance L3 satisfying, 0.0?L3/L?0.1, L being length of the discharging space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Takaaki Murata, Kazuhiko Noda, Kie Kubo
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Publication number: 20140333234Abstract: In some preferred embodiments, a motor control circuit 1 for controlling driving of a plurality of motors 3 and 4 includes a serial communication circuit configured to perform serial communication with an outside, a received data storage 15 configured to store data from the serial communication circuit, a motor mode setting holding circuit 16 configured to store motor mode settings which decide operations of the motors, and a detection circuit 24 configured to detect changes in driving pulse of the motor. Depending on the detected result of the detection circuit 24, the data stored in the received data storage 15 is transferred to the motor mode setting holding circuit 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Hiroshi Inoue, Masatoshi Komada
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Patent number: 8791660Abstract: In some preferred embodiments, a motor control circuit 1 for controlling driving of a plurality of motors 3 and 4 includes a serial communication circuit configured to perform serial communication with an outside, a received data storage 15 configured to store data from the serial communication circuit, a motor mode setting holding circuit 16 configured to store motor mode settings which decide operations of the motors, and a detection circuit 24 configured to detect changes in driving pulse of the motor. Depending on the detected result of the detection circuit 24, the data stored in the received data storage 15 is transferred to the motor mode setting holding circuit 16.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Hiroshi Inoue, Masatoshi Komada
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Patent number: 8755557Abstract: A loudspeaker diaphragm according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a diaphragm portion; and an edge portion, which is molded integrally with the diaphragm portion and made of a material different from a material for the diaphragm portion, wherein: the diaphragm portion includes, at an outer peripheral end thereof, an outer wall portion provided upright in a direction substantially parallel to a vibrating direction of the diaphragm portion; an inner peripheral surface of the edge portion is bonded onto an outer peripheral surface of the outer wall portion; and the outer wall portion has a height larger than a thickness of the diaphragm portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Onkyo CorporationInventors: Takeshi Fujitani, Yushi Ono, Ryoichi Takahashi, Ryosuke Sano
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Patent number: 8582722Abstract: A rotary anode X-ray tube apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a stationary shaft, a cooling bath that is provided in the stationary shaft, a rotary cylinder that is rotatably supported to the stationary shaft, a target that is provided in the rotary cylinder, a cathode that is disposed to face the target, and a vacuum enclosure that stores these components. The stationary shaft has a large-diameter portion provided in a portion thereof and is provided with a flow passage through which a cooling fluid flows. The cooling bath is provided by thinning the wall thickness of the large-diameter portion to increase the flow passage diameter of a portion of the flow passage. The rotary cylinder covers an area of the stationary shaft including the large-diameter portion through a liquid metal and is rotatably supported to the stationary shaft. The target has a hollow circular plate shape that is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the rotary cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., LtdInventors: Chiharu Tadokoro, Yasutaka Ito, Hitoshi Hattori, Ryoichi Takahashi, Tetsuya Yonezawa, Hironori Nakamuta
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Publication number: 20130094949Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power recovery device is used in an apparatus in which firstly pressurized raw water (FPRW) is supplied to a reverse osmosis membrane unit to extract fresh water and condensed and depressurized raw water (HPB) remains. The device recovers the energy of HPB, rises a pressure of raw water (LPF) by using the recovered energy, and adds such secondly pressurized raw water (HPF) to the FPRW. The device accommodates a fixed center shaft and a rotary member on the shaft in a housing. LPF flows into one paired chambers of the housing and radial channels of the member to push and rotate the member, and HPB is introduced into the channels through paired openings of the shaft to push out LPF as HPF from the channels and another paired chambers of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Inventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Koichi Matsui
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Patent number: 8379358Abstract: A motor control circuit 1 for controlling driving of a plurality of motors is provided with a plurality of motor driver circuits 7 and 8 for controlling driving of the plurality of motors 3 and 4, a plurality of excess current detection circuits 39 and 40 each for detecting an excess current flowing through corresponding one of the plurality of motors 3 and 4 to determine which motor driver circuit among the plurality of motor driver circuits 7 and 7 caused the excess current. The motor control circuit further includes a nonvolatile memory 46 configured to receive detection results from the plurality of excess current detection circuits 39 and 40 and store information on which motor driver circuit among the plurality of motor driver circuits 7 and 8 caused the excess current.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC.Inventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Hiroshi Inoue, Masatoshi Komada
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Patent number: 8175974Abstract: In systems which execute transactions with an ATM using an IC card in which plural account information is registered in advance, one or more transaction information and intended use information indicating the intended uses of transactions to be executed by the ATM based on the transaction information are associated with each other and are registered as transaction data in the storage section of the IC card, so as to certainly prevent transactions or selections of accounts which are not intended by the user from being erroneously executed. Prior to the execution of transactions by the ATM, the transaction data is read out for the ATM and the intended use information included in the transaction data are displayed along with said transaction information included in the transaction data, in a transaction selection screen on the ATM.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Ryoichi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20110317869Abstract: A loudspeaker diaphragm according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a diaphragm portion; and an edge portion, which is molded integrally with the diaphragm portion and made of a material different from a material for the diaphragm portion, wherein: the diaphragm portion includes, at an outer peripheral end thereof, an outer wall portion provided upright in a direction substantially parallel to a vibrating direction of the diaphragm portion; an inner peripheral surface of the edge portion is bonded onto an outer peripheral surface of the outer wall portion; and the outer wall portion has a height larger than a thickness of the diaphragm portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicants: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, ONKYO CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi FUJITANI, Yushi ONO, Ryoichi TAKAHASHI, Ryosuke SANO
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Patent number: 8057214Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plate-like structure, the method including a step of transferring concave and convex patterns on a master to a surface of a transferred substrate by sandwiching the master provided with the concave and convex patterns and the transferred substrate, between a press surface of a hollow cylindrical upper and a press surface of a lower mold, and pressurizing central parts of the upper and lower molds to apply pressure to the master and the transferred substrate, wherein a compressive load imposed on inner peripheral portions of the upper and lower molds is blocked and distributed toward outer peripheries of the upper and lower molds.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Masatoshi Sakurai
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Publication number: 20110073203Abstract: A five-port switch valve includes a cylinder having five chambers defined by four partitions, and two actuators. The valve body of one actuator alternately opens and closes a hole formed in the partition and a hole formed in the partition. The valve body of the other actuator alternately opens and closes a hole formed in the partition and a hole formed in the partition. By virtue of this structure, brine fed into the central chamber through a port is alternately fed into two pressure converters through ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Fumihide NAGASHIMA, Ryoichi Takahashi, Koichi Matsui