Patents by Inventor Takafumi Goto

Takafumi Goto 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).

  • Patent number: 11964356
    Abstract: A hand-held tool, such as a disc grinder, is used to perform work at a high work site, a countermeasure is taken to prevent the hand-held tool from falling by using a suspension tool, such as a tether strap. If a coupling part that couples the suspension tool to the hand-held tool is damaged, this fact is notified to a user. Thereby, an original function of the suspension tool can be reliably performed. If a large impact is applied to a coupling member via a suspension tool, the coupling member is displaced to a second position, due to the deformation of a first position retaining member. A conductive portion disengages from contacts to cause a power circuit to be shut off, thereby prohibiting a main body part from being activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Otani, Junya Ishikawa, Takafumi Kotsuji, Satoshi Ninagawa, Ken Goto, Yu Eto
  • Publication number: 20240076548
    Abstract: Provided is a method for enabling recovery of metal element leaching capacity of a deep eutectic solvent used for leaching a metal element from an ore containing the metal element. A method for recycling a hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent disclosed here includes: preparing a hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent used for leaching a metal element from an ore containing the metal element; and bringing the hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent and hydrochloric acid into contact with each other. In the hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent, a hydrogen bond donor is a carboxy group-containing compound, and a hydrogen bond acceptor is chloride salt. The amount of use of the hydrochloric acid is such that hydrogen chloride is 1 mole or more with respect to 1 mole of the hydrogen bond acceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, TOYOTA TSUSHO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji YAMAMOTO, Masahiro GOTO, Takafumi HANADA, Takeru MORIYAMA, Momoko PROCTER
  • Publication number: 20220180707
    Abstract: An information processing system is configured to execute: storing game media possessed by a player; storing, in a preliminary period, first group information for identifying game media corresponding to a first game condition in a first storage area and second group information for identifying game media corresponding to a second game condition in a second storage area; storing, in a post period, the second group information in the first storage area; enabling, in the preliminary period, the execution of games using the first and second group information; enabling, in the post period, the execution of a game using the second group information stored in the first storage area and disabling the execution of a game using the first group information; and storing, in the first storage area in the post period, the second group information stored in the second storage area in the preliminary period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: CYGAMES, INC.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Yuki Okabe, Takashi Ueno, Takafumi Goto, Kensuke Nakata
  • Publication number: 20220080322
    Abstract: A computer realizes: a management function for managing first management information and second management information as information for managing game media having assigned thereto medium identifiers that are common for each same kind, the first management information indicating the medium identifiers and the number of game media possessed by a player, and the second management information indicating the medium identifiers and usage periods of game media having the usage periods set therefor; a determination function for determining game media available to the player based on the first management information and the second management information; and a set creation function for creating a medium set that includes a plurality of game media and that can include a plurality of game media of the same kind, based on an operation performed by the player to select from the game media available to the player, determined by the determination function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: CYGAMES. INC.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Takashi Fujita, Takafumi Goto
  • Patent number: 10965145
    Abstract: A charge control device for controlling charging of a secondary battery by using a current limit function of an external power supply includes: a charge control element arranged to be connected in series between the external power supply and the secondary battery; a constant current control unit configured to control an output current of the charge control element to be constant; a constant voltage control unit configured to control an output voltage of the charge control element to be constant; and an ON state setting unit configured to set the charge control element to an ON state, wherein the charge control element includes a control terminal to which a control signal for controlling the output current and the output voltage is input, and is composed of a single output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Suzuki, Takafumi Goto, Kensuke Kuroda
  • Patent number: 10393188
    Abstract: A cam-type damper 118 includes a drive cam 131 provided on a clutch shaft 114 without capability of relative rotation and a driven cam 132 provided on a main shaft 103 without capability of relative rotation. The clutch shaft 114 contains a shaft end of the main shaft 103 and the main shaft 103 is rotatably supported on the inner circumferential surface of the clutch shaft 114. The driven cam 132 provided on the main shaft 103 is disposed between a front end surface 114g of the clutch shaft 114 and a rear end surface 103h of a main shaft gear 103d provided on the main shaft 103 and the movement of the driven cam 132 in the axial direction is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Fujimoto, Taku Hirayama, Hiroyuki Makita, Takafumi Goto
  • Publication number: 20190252905
    Abstract: A charge control device for controlling charging of a secondary battery by using a current limit function of an external power supply includes: a charge control element arranged to be connected in series between the external power supply and the secondary battery; a constant current control unit configured to control an output current of the charge control element to be constant; a constant voltage control unit configured to control an output voltage of the charge control element to be constant; and an ON state setting unit configured to set the charge control element to an ON state, wherein the charge control element includes a control terminal to which a control signal for controlling the output current and the output voltage is input, and is composed of a single output element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke SUZUKI, Takafumi GOTO, Kensuke KURODA
  • Patent number: 8410821
    Abstract: An output current detecting circuit includes: a current detecting transistor having a size smaller than that of an output transistor and a control terminal, to which a voltage same as a control voltage of the output transistor is applied; a sensing resistor connected to the current detecting transistor in a serial mode; a comparison circuit comparing a voltage converted by the sensing resistor and a reference voltage to judge a magnitude of a current flowing through the output transistor; and a reference voltage generating circuit, wherein the reference voltage generating circuit includes a constant current circuit flowing a constant current and a resistance element having one terminal connected to a power source voltage terminal, the reference voltage generating circuit generating the reference voltage based on a power source voltage by the conversion of the constant current into a voltage by flowing the constant current through the resistance element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomitsu Ohara, Takafumi Goto
  • Patent number: 8314650
    Abstract: Disclosed is a reference voltage generating circuit including a constant current circuit which comprises: a first resistive element and a bipolar transistor connected in series between a supply voltage terminal and a constant potential point; a first MOS transistor having a gate connected to a node connecting the first resistive element with the bipolar transistor; a second resistive element connected in series between a source of the first MOS transistor and the constant potential point; a second MOS transistor connected between a drain of the first MOS transistor and the supply voltage terminal; and a third MOS transistor forming a current mirror in conjunction with the second MOS transistor, wherein a constant current generated by the constant current circuit or a current proportional to the generated constant current is converted to a voltage as a reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Goto, Tomomitsu Ohara
  • Publication number: 20120099031
    Abstract: A projector includes a plurality of reflective liquid crystal panels (for example, a red liquid crystal panel, a green liquid crystal panel, and a blue liquid crystal panel). The film thickness of an ITO film that forms a common electrode of the blue liquid crystal panel is smaller than the film thickness of an ITO film that forms a common electrode of any one of the red liquid crystal panel and the green liquid crystal panel. The film thicknesses of the ITO films that form the common electrodes of the red liquid crystal panel and the green liquid crystal panel are the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Kinoe, Takafumi Goto
  • Publication number: 20110115528
    Abstract: Disclosed is a reference voltage generating circuit including a constant current circuit which comprises: a first resistive element and a bipolar transistor connected in series between a supply voltage terminal and a constant potential point; a first MOS transistor having a gate connected to a node connecting the first resistive element with the bipolar transistor; a second resistive element connected in series between a source of the first MOS transistor and the constant potential point; a second MOS transistor connected between a drain of the first MOS transistor and the supply voltage terminal; and a third MOS transistor forming a current mirror in conjunction with the second MOS transistor, wherein a constant current generated by the constant current circuit or a current proportional to the generated constant current is converted to a voltage as a reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi GOTO, Tomomitsu OHARA
  • Publication number: 20110115530
    Abstract: An output current detecting circuit includes: a current detecting transistor having a size smaller than that of an output transistor and a control terminal, to which a voltage same as a control voltage of the output transistor is applied; a sensing resistor connected to the current detecting transistor in a serial mode; a comparison circuit comparing a voltage converted by the sensing resistor and a reference voltage to judge a magnitude of a current flowing through the output transistor; and a reference voltage generating circuit, wherein the reference voltage generating circuit includes a constant current circuit flowing a constant current and a resistance element having one terminal connected to a power source voltage terminal, the reference voltage generating circuit generating the reference voltage based on a power source voltage by the conversion of the constant current into a voltage by flowing the constant current through the resistance element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomitsu OHARA, Takafumi Goto
  • Patent number: 7635975
    Abstract: Magnetic field detection elements and detect a magnetic material member formed at a rotary disc. An A pulse generation portion and a B pulse generation portion generate an A pulse a and a B pulse b which phases differ by 90 degrees to each other. The B pulse generation portion is supplied with the power from a backup power supply for a predetermined time period necessary for detecting the level of the B pulse from a time point of the edge of the A pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Koji Uemura, Shirou Yoshidomi, Takafumi Goto
  • Publication number: 20080272834
    Abstract: To reduce the consumption current of the backup power supply of an absolute multi-revolution encoder thereby to elongate the life time of the backup power supply. Magnetic field detection elements (310) and (320) detect a magnetic material member (11) formed at a rotary disc (1). An A pulse generation portion (31) and a B pulse generation portion (32) generate an A pulse a and a B pulse b which phases differ by 90 degrees to each other. The B pulse generation portion (32) is supplied with the power from a backup power supply for a predetermined time period necessary for detecting the level of the B pulse from a time point of the edge of the A pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Koji Uemura, Shirou Yoshidomi, Takafumi Goto
  • Patent number: 7097306
    Abstract: A projection device includes on a chassis a liquid crystal panel for irradiation with light from a light source, a polarizing plate opposing the liquid crystal panel, and an optical compensation sheet provided between the liquid crystal panel and the polarizing plate, for compensating a twist angle of polarized light. The optical compensation sheet is attached to a rotational adjusting mechanism provided on the chassis so that it can be rotatively adjusted within a plane perpendicular to an optical axis L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Furuta, Mitsuhiro Nishiguchi, Takafumi Goto
  • Publication number: 20050134802
    Abstract: A projection device includes on a chassis a liquid crystal panel for irradiation with light from a light source, a polarizing plate opposing the liquid crystal panel, and an optical compensation sheet provided between the liquid crystal panel and the polarizing plate, for compensating a twist angle of polarized light. The optical compensation sheet is attached to a rotational adjusting mechanism provided on the chassis so that it can be rotatively adjusted within a plane perpendicular to an optical axis L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Furuta, Mitsuhiro Nishiguchi, Takafumi Goto