Patents by Inventor Takahiro Ando
Takahiro Ando 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: 11199479Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dispensing device that can inhibit a dead volume from occurring and can dispense a liquid of a small quantity with a high degree of accuracy while reducing the variation of dispensing quantities. A dispensing device according to the present invention has a detachable dispensing tip and the dispensing tip has a configuration of arranging a plunger in a hollow part of a metal pipe (refer to FIG. 2).Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Ando, Masaaki Hirano
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Publication number: 20210381954Abstract: A broadband light source device in a biochemical analyzing device, and facilitates maintenance thereof, including an LED substrate that is provided with an LED chip generating a light beam having a first wavelength band and including a fluorescent substance in the light beam having a first wavelength band and that is provided with an LED chip generating a light beam having a second wavelength band, in which the fluorescent substance includes at least alumina and at least one of Fe, Cr, Bi, Tl, Ce, Tb, Eu, and Mn and is produced by calcining a raw material that contains sodium at 6.1 to 15.9 wt. % in the whole raw material. The broadband light source device further includes an optical system including a light pipe that color-mixes the light beam passing through the fluorescent substance of the LED chip and the light beam emitted from the LED chip, and a flat dichroic prism.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Tomoto KAWAMURA, Takahiro ANDO, Shin IMAMURA, Masaaki KOMATSU, Yuya MATSUOKA, Takeshi ISHIDA, Sakuichiro ADACHI
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Publication number: 20210225683Abstract: An electrostatic chuck heater according to the present invention includes an alumina substrate having a wafer placement surface on its upper surface; an electrostatic electrode, a resistance heating element provided for each zone, and a multilayer jumper wire for supplying power to the resistance heating element, which are buried in the alumina substrate in this order from the wafer placement surface side; a heating element coupling via for vertically coupling the resistance heating element to the jumper wire; and a power supply via extending outward for supplying power to the jumper wire. At least the heating element coupling via and the power supply via contain ruthenium metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Kenichiro AIKAWA, Yuji AKATSUKA, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Takahiro ANDO
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Publication number: 20210225669Abstract: The ceramic heater of the present invention includes: an alumina substrate having a wafer placement surface; resistance heating elements disposed in respective zones; multistage jumpers that supply electric power to the resistance heating elements, the resistance heating elements and the jumpers being embedded in the alumina substrate in this order from a wafer placement surface side; heating element connecting vias that vertically connect the resistance heating elements to the jumpers; and power supply vias exposed to the outside in order to supply electric power to the jumpers. The specific resistance of the heating element connecting vias is smaller than that of the resistance heating elements, and the absolute value of the difference between CTE of the heating element connecting vias and CTE of the alumina substrate is smaller than the absolute value of the difference between CTE of the resistance heating elements and CTE of the alumina substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Kenichiro AIKAWA, Yuji AKATSUKA, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Takahiro ANDO
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Patent number: 10960622Abstract: Provided is a tire vulcanization mold which includes a sector mold configured to mold a tread portion; and a pair of upper and lower side plates positioned on an inner diameter side of the sector mold and configured to mold side wall portions, the sector mold and the pair of upper and lower side plates being configured to engage with each other by fitting engagement by way of fitting portions which opposedly face each other in a radial direction. At least either one of the sector mold and the side plate has: a recessed portion extending from each fitting surface in a tire radial direction and indented outward in a tire width direction; and a saw cut groove having a groove shape extending in a tire radial direction along at least one of an edge portion and a corner portion of the recessed portion and communicating with the fitting surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Takahiro Ando
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Publication number: 20210074059Abstract: A rendering device includes at least one memory and at least one processor. The at least one processor acquires information about projection data in a 2D space from information about a region of a 3D model; stores the information about the projection data in association with the information about the region in the at least one memory; and generates the projection data based on the information about the projection data. The associated information includes information associating an identifier given to a part of regions obtained by dividing the 3D model with information about a position where the part of the regions is projected in the 2D space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Preferred Networks, Inc.Inventor: Takahiro ANDO
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Patent number: 10944194Abstract: A coaxial connector includes a cylindrical external conductor including a metal material, a first insulating member arranged in the external conductor, a second insulating member including a front surface plate in which a wire insertion hole is formed and a plurality of elastic pieces which extends from the front surface plate toward a rear surface and of which an end overlaps with a side of a front surface of the first insulating member and is movable in a direction from a front surface toward a rear surface, and a center electrode arranged in a hollow portion in the first and second insulating members and including a terminal led out from a rear surface of the first insulating member to outside and clamping pieces for clamping the wire connected to the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Hiroshige Takakuwa, Takahiro Ando
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Publication number: 20200355585Abstract: A sample separation device to introduce a sample to be separated to an inside of the sample separation device, centrifuge the sample, and collect a desired liquid after separation, includes: a sample introducing portion introducing the sample into the sample separation device; a liquid surface defining portion connected to the sample introducing portion; a first separating portion connected to the liquid surface defining portion; a second separating portion connected to the first separating portion; a third separating portion connected to the second separating portion; and a liquid extracting portion including the third separating portion and connected to the third separating portion, in which a tubular flow path is formed by at least the first separating portion and the second separating portion, in which an opening of the sample introducing portion and an opening of the liquid extracting portion are oriented in the same direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Yu ISHIGE, Sakuichiro ADACHI, Takahiro ANDO
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Patent number: 10821858Abstract: A front seat 31 is foldable such that a seat back 33 is frontwardly collapsed and placed on a seat cushion 32, a rear seat 39 is foldable such that a seat back 41 is frontwardly collapsed and placed on a seat cushion 40, and a trunk floor 53 extending from a front pillar 12 to a rear pillar 14 is formable by laying a trunk board 49 across a gap formed between a rear face of the seat back 33 of the front seat 31 and a rear face of the seat back 41 of the rear seat 39 with the front seat 31 and the rear seat 39 in a folded state.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Maki Yamaguchi, Kazuhisa Nishimura, Yasunobu Kawamoto, Takahiro Ando, Hidenori Watanabe, Susumu Nagayama
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Publication number: 20200328765Abstract: Disclosed is a tuner device including an input terminal, a separator, a first amplifier, a second amplifier, and a tuner. The input terminal receives an input of a reception signal of satellite digital broadcasts. The separator is connected to the input terminal and adapted to frequency-separate a first signal and a second signal. The first signal is in a low-frequency domain of the reception signal, and the second signal is in a high-frequency domain of the reception signal. The first and second amplifiers respectively amplify the first and second signals. The tuner receives an input of output signals from the first and second amplifiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Toshikazu YOSHIDA, Takahiro ANDO, Norihiro MURAYAMA, Hiroshige TAKAKUWA
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Patent number: 10613109Abstract: The objective of this disclosure is to provide a dispensing apparatus that is capable of precisely dispense micro volume liquid samples without physically damaging the nozzle tip or the liquid containers. An example of the present disclosure images a droplet of a liquid sample, and dispenses the liquid sample using an image of the droplet.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventor: Takahiro Ando
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Publication number: 20190360898Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dispensing device that can inhibit a dead volume from occurring and can dispense a liquid of a small quantity with a high degree of accuracy while reducing the variation of dispensing quantities. A dispensing device according to the present invention has a detachable dispensing tip and the dispensing tip has a configuration of arranging a plunger in a hollow part of a metal pipe (refer to FIG. 2).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Takahiro ANDO, Masaaki HIRANO
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Patent number: 10456952Abstract: A tire cure mold has a tread molding face that comes in contact with a tread face of a tire set in a cavity, a protruding portion for forming a groove portion and protruding inward in a tire diametrical direction from the tread molding face, a depression for forming a groove bottom projection and formed by recessing a top face of the protruding portion, a first vent hole open in the tread molding face, a second vent hole open in a bottom face of the depression, and a spring vent mounted in the second vent hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Takahiro Ando
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Publication number: 20190303658Abstract: A motion generating apparatus includes memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The memory is configured to store a learned model. The learned model outputs, when path information is input, motion information of an object which moves according to the path information. The processing circuitry accepts input of parameters regarding a plurality of objects, and generates path information of the plurality of objects based on the parameters according to predetermined rules. The processing circuitry inputs the generated path information of the plurality of objects into the learned model, and causes the learned model to generate motion information with respect to the path information of the plurality of objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Preferred Networks, Inc.Inventors: Takahiro ANDO, Shimpei SAWADA, Toru MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20190299824Abstract: A front seat 31 is foldable such that a seat back 33 is frontwardly collapsed and placed on a seat cushion 32, a rear seat 39 is foldable such that a seat back 41 is frontwardly collapsed and placed on a seat cushion 40, and a trunk floor 53 extending from a front pillar 12 to a rear pillar 14 is formable by laying a trunk board 49 across a gap formed between a rear face of the seat back 33 of the front seat 31 and a rear face of the seat back 41 of the rear seat 39 with the front seat 31 and the rear seat 39 in a folded state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Maki Yamaguchi, Kazuhisa Nishimura, Yasunobu Kawamoto, Takahiro Ando, Hidenori Watanabe, Susumu Nagayama
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Patent number: 10408826Abstract: A chemical analysis apparatus that quantitatively determines an object of detection rapidly with high sensitivity, and a pretreatment apparatus and a chemical analysis method used for the chemical analysis apparatus, are provided. The chemical analysis apparatus includes a pretreatment unit that accommodates a molecularly imprinted polymer capable of capturing a polar group-containing molecule included in a specimen. A quantification unit quantitatively determines a component included in the specimen that has been passed through the pretreatment unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Taniguchi, Takahiro Ando
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Patent number: 10363966Abstract: A front side wall portion and a rear side wall portion extend inwardly in a vehicle width direction from respective edges of an outer wall portion of a pillar outer member in a vehicle front-rear direction. Flange portions extend outwardly in the vehicle front-rear direction from respective edges of the front side wall portion and the rear side wall portion in the vehicle width direction. The outer wall portion is constituted by a flat portion placed in a central part in the vehicle front-rear direction, a front ridge portion placed on a front side relative a the flat portion in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a rear ridge portion placed on a rear side relative to the flat portion in the vehicle front-rear direction. The front side wall portion and the rear side wall portion bend in the middle in the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Ando, Hisashi Misawa
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Publication number: 20190181577Abstract: A coaxial connector includes a cylindrical external conductor including a metal material, a first insulating member arranged in the external conductor, a second insulating member including a front surface plate in which a wire insertion hole is formed and a plurality of elastic pieces which extends from the front surface plate toward a rear surface and of which an end overlaps with a side of a front surface of the first insulating member and is movable in a direction from a front surface toward a rear surface, and a center electrode arranged in a hollow portion in the first and second insulating members and including a terminal led out from a rear surface of the first insulating member to outside and clamping pieces for clamping the wire connected to the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshige TAKAKUWA, Takahiro ANDO
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Publication number: 20190126514Abstract: A tire cure mold has a tread molding face that comes in contact with a tread face of a tire set in a cavity, a protruding portion for foaming a groove portion and protruding inward in a tire diametrical direction from the tread molding face, a depression for foaming a groove bottom projection and formed by recessing a top face of the protruding portion, a first vent hole open in the tread molding face, a second vent hole open in a bottom face of the depression, and a spring vent mounted in the second vent hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Takahiro Ando
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Publication number: 20180348247Abstract: The objective of this disclosure is to provide a dispensing apparatus that is capable of precisely dispense micro volume liquid samples without physically damaging the nozzle tip or the liquid containers. An example of the present disclosure images a droplet of a liquid sample, and dispenses the liquid sample using an image of the droplet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Takahiro ANDO