Patents by Inventor Shuichi FUKUHARA

Shuichi FUKUHARA 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).

  • CONTACT PRESSURE SENSOR, KNIT PRODUCT HAVING SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONTACT PRESSURE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20220413610
    Abstract: A contact pressure sensor detects a pressing force applied to a pressed body by a pressing body through a sensor portion disposed between the pressing body and the pressed body, wherein the sensor portion is formed of a knitting yarn including a carbon nanotube yarn, and the sensor portion includes a pressing body contact surface with which the pressing body comes into contact; a pressed body contact surface with which the pressed body comes into contact; knitting yarn intersecting portions formed between the pressing body contact surface and the pressed body contact surface; and void portions formed between the pressing body contact surface and the pressed body contact surface, the void portions being spaces in which the knitting yarn is not disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya Namikawa, Shuichi Fukuhara, Tatsuya Kosui, Takafumi Kamei
  • Yarn manufacturing device
    Patent number: 10472739
    Abstract: A yarn producing apparatus for producing carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn by aggregating CNT fibers. A front roller continuously draws the CNT fibers from at least one CNT forming substrate, a yarn producing unit aggregates the CNT fibers drawn by the front roller, and a status monitors a state of the CNT fibers drawn from the CNT forming substrate, or the CNT yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Machinery Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Yano, Shuichi Fukuhara, Hiroki Takashima
  • Yarn manufacturing device
    Patent number: 10450678
    Abstract: A yarn producing apparatus produces carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn by aggregating CNT fibers, A substrate support supports a CNT forming substrate, a winding unit continuously draws the CNT fibers, a yarn producing unit aggregates the CNT fibers, a status monitor monitors a state of the CNT yarn, and a supply state changing mechanism changes a supply state of the CNT fibers, based on a result of monitoring by the status monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Yano, Hiroki Takashima, Shuichi Fukuhara
  • Yarn manufacturing device
    Patent number: 10179959
    Abstract: A yarn producing apparatus produces carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn by aggregating CNT fibers. A substrate support supports a CNT forming substrate, a winding unit 7 continuously draws the CNT fibers, a yarn producing unit aggregates the CNT fibers, and a substrate replacing mechanism replaces the carbon nanotube forming substrate supported on the substrate support with another carbon nanotube forming substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Yano, Hiroki Takashima, Shuichi Fukuhara
  • Yarn manufacturing apparatus
    Patent number: 9945053
    Abstract: A yarn producing apparatus includes front rollers movable while carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers are running and aggregates the CNT fibers. Each of the front rollers includes a groove provided on an outer circumference thereof to aggregate the CNT fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Yano, Shuichi Fukuhara, Hiroki Takashima
  • YARN MANUFACTURING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160168763
    Abstract: A yarn producing apparatus produces carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn by aggregating CNT fibers. A substrate support supports a CNT forming substrate, a winding unit 7 continuously draws the CNT fibers, a yarn producing unit aggregates the CNT fibers, and a substrate replacing mechanism replaces the carbon nanotube forming substrate supported on the substrate support with another carbon nanotube forming substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki YANO, Hiroki TAKASHIMA, Shuichi FUKUHARA
  • YARN MANUFACTURING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160160398
    Abstract: A yarn producing apparatus for producing carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn by aggregating CNT fibers. A front roller continuously draws the CNT fibers from at least one CNT forming substrate, a yarn producing unit aggregates the CNT fibers drawn by the front roller, and a status monitors a state of the CNT fibers drawn from the CNT forming substrate, or the CNT yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki YANO, Shuichi FUKUHARA, Hiroki TAKASHIMA
  • YARN MANUFACTURING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160160402
    Abstract: A yarn producing apparatus produces carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn by aggregating CNT fibers, A substrate support supports a CNT forming substrate, a winding unit continuously draws the CNT fibers, a yarn producing unit aggregates the CNT fibers, a status monitor monitors a state of the CNT yarn, and a supply state changing mechanism changes a supply state of the CNT fibers, based on a result of monitoring by the status monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki YANO, Hiroki TAKASHIMA, Shuichi FUKUHARA
  • YARN MANUFACTURING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160153124
    Abstract: A yarn producing apparatus includes front rollers movable while carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers are running and aggregates the CNT fibers. Each of the front rollers includes a groove provided on an outer circumference thereof to aggregate the CNT fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Fumiaki YANO, Shuichi FUKUHARA, Hiroki TAKASHIMA