Patents by Inventor Shinji Matsubara
Shinji Matsubara 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: 20240105139Abstract: Provided is a display device including gate drive circuits, a signal line connected to the gate drive circuit, a signal line connected to the gate drive circuit, a gate terminal, inspection terminals, and a connection line. The connection line connects the signal line and the signal line. The inspection terminal is disposed on the signal line. The inspection terminal is disposed on the signal line. The inspection terminals are terminals input with an inspection signal at the time of inspection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Satoshi HORIUCHI, Akane SUGISAKA, Seiya KAWAMORITA, Shinji MATSUBARA
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Patent number: 11878731Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body, which is attached to and rotated integrally with an irregularly-shaped steering unit, and a lever unit, which is held pivotally about a switch body. The lever unit includes a lever shaft including a base, which extends in a direction intersecting the steering shaft, and an arm, which is formed integrally with the base and extends in a direction that differs from the direction in which the base extends. The lever unit also includes a lever head at the distal end of the lever shaft, and the lever head extends from the lever shaft in the width direction, which intersects an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Kato, Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Tadashi Usuya, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
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Publication number: 20230406107Abstract: A lever switch includes a lever switch main body configured to be disposed at a front side, in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, relative to a steering wheel that steers the vehicle; and a switching portion that is provided at the lever switch main body and, in response to a touch by a vehicle occupant without the lever switch main body being moved, switches a mode of a light of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Toshihiko KOSUGI, Shinji MATSUBARA
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Patent number: 11673597Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body, which is arranged at the back side of a steering unit, and a lever unit, which is attached to the switch body to allow for switching by a pivotal operation about a first axis, which extends in the axial direction of a steering shaft. The lever unit includes a lever shaft, which extends in a direction intersecting the first axis of the pivotal operation, a lever head, which is arranged at the distal end of the lever shaft and has a larger dimension than the diameter of the lever shaft, and a push operation unit, which allows for switching by a push operation. The push operation unit is arranged so that the operation direction of the push operation is directed toward the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Tadashi Usuya, Akio Nishiyama, Masahiro Kato, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
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Patent number: 11552109Abstract: A circuit substrate includes a substrate portion having a variable-external-shape portion; a circuit portion, having a configuration in which circuit blocks adjacent to each other in a first direction; a plurality of trunk wiring lines bent along the circuit blocks displaced with respect to each other in a second direction; and a plurality of branch wiring lines, wherein the plurality of trunk wiring lines include a first trunk wiring line and a second trunk wiring line, and among the plurality of branch wiring lines, a plurality of branch wiring lines connected to a plurality of unit circuits constituting a center-side circuit block include at least a first branch wiring line connected to the first trunk wiring line and a second branch wiring line connected to the second trunk wiring line and disposed farther than the first branch wiring line from a end-side circuit block in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro Asai, Satoshi Horiuchi, Seiya Kawamorita, Shinji Matsubara, Seijirou Gyouten
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Publication number: 20220396199Abstract: A lever operation device includes an operation lever which rotates integrally with a steering wheel of a vehicle and receives operations at least in upward and downward directions and around which a predetermined region is set so as to prevent the operation lever from contacting with a leg of a user seated in a driver's seat when the steering wheel is rotated to a maximum steering angle, and an operation portion that is arranged on the operation lever so as not to be located out of the region and includes plural operating positions each assigned an executable function.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Yuki SATO, Nobuyuki ISHIGURE, Tadashi USUYA, Akio NISHIYAMA, Masahiro KATO, Shinji HARA, Takayuki AOKI, Ryusuke OHTA, Toshihiko KOSUGI, Shinji MATSUBARA
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Publication number: 20210276606Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body, which is arranged at the back side of a steering unit, and a lever unit, which is attached to the switch body to allow for switching by a pivotal operation about a first axis, which extends in the axial direction of a steering shaft. The lever unit includes a lever shaft, which extends in a direction intersecting the first axis of the pivotal operation, a lever head, which is arranged at the distal end of the lever shaft and has a larger dimension than the diameter of the lever shaft, and a push operation unit, which allows for switching by a push operation. The push operation unit is arranged so that the operation direction of the push operation is directed toward the first axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Tadashi Usuya, Akio Nishiyama, Masahiro Kato, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
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Publication number: 20210276605Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body, which is attached to and rotated integrally with an irregularly-shaped steering unit, and a lever unit, which is held pivotally about a switch body. The lever unit includes a lever shaft including a base, which extends in a direction intersecting the steering shaft, and an arm, which is formed integrally with the base and extends in a direction that differs from the direction in which the base extends. The lever unit also includes a lever head at the distal end of the lever shaft, and the lever head extends from the lever shaft in the width direction, which intersects an axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Tadashi Usuya, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
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Publication number: 20210280380Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body including a switch contact point, a lever unit pivoted about the switch body to switch the switch contact point between different states, and a guard arranged on a lever shaft of the lever unit and shaped to conceal the switch body at the proximal end of the lever shaft. The lever shaft includes a root portion, which is connected to the switch body, and a bent portion, which is bent and extended from the root portion. The guard is shaped so that the distance to a pivotal center of the lever unit is not constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Masaki Tsuda, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
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Publication number: 20210225879Abstract: A circuit substrate includes a substrate portion having a variable-external-shape portion; a circuit portion, having a configuration in which circuit blocks adjacent to each other in a first direction; a plurality of trunk wiring lines bent along the circuit blocks displaced with respect to each other in a second direction; and a plurality of branch wiring lines, wherein the plurality of trunk wiring lines include a first trunk wiring line and a second trunk wiring line, and among the plurality of branch wiring lines, a plurality of branch wiring lines connected to a plurality of unit circuits constituting a center-side circuit block include at least a first branch wiring line connected to the first trunk wiring line and a second branch wiring line connected to the second trunk wiring line and disposed farther than the first branch wiring line from a end-side circuit block in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Yoshihiro ASAI, Satoshi HORIUCHI, Seiya KAWAMORITA, Shinji MATSUBARA, Seijirou GYOUTEN
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Patent number: 7743986Abstract: A slot machine issues a ticket with a ticket ID; a server manages a remaining amount in to the ticket; a ticket liquidating machine liquidates the ticket by exchanging the ticket for cash. A pouch pay terminal is held by a pouch payer and a cashier terminal is set at a cashier counter. Both the pouch pay terminal and the cashier terminal communicate with the server and can acquire remaining amount in a ticket and perform liquidation of tickets obtained form a player. The persons operating the pouch pay terminal and the cashier terminal take the liquidated tickets to the ticket liquidating machine to get cash they have already paid to the players.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Junji Mashimo, Kazumi Yamauchi, Shinji Matsubara, Akihiro Takitani
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Publication number: 20080017707Abstract: A slot machine issues a ticket with a ticket ID; a server manages a remaining amount in to the ticket; a ticket liquidating machine liquidates the ticket by exchanging the ticket for cash. A pouch pay terminal is held by a pouch payer and a cashier terminal is set at a cashier counter. Both the pouch pay terminal and the cashier terminal communicate with the server and can acquire remaining amount in a ticket and perform liquidation of tickets obtained form a player. The persons operating the pouch pay terminal and the cashier terminal take the liquidated tickets to the ticket liquidating machine to get cash they have already paid to the players.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2006Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Junji Mashimo, Kazumi Yamauchi, Shinji Matsubara, Akihiro Takitani