Patents by Inventor Takahiro Kawashima

Takahiro Kawashima 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).

  • Publication number: 20250122043
    Abstract: A device and a method for processing a base paper roll and a method for manufacturing a corrugated cardboard sheet include a winding device that winds corrugated cardboard base paper drawn out by rotating a base paper roll, a paper leading edge detection unit that detects a leading edge of the corrugated cardboard base paper wound by the winding device, a taping device that fixes the leading edge of the wound corrugated cardboard base paper to an outer peripheral face of the base paper roll with adhesive tape, and a control unit that controls a rotation speed of the base paper roll based on an arrival direction of the leading edge of the corrugated cardboard base paper with respect to the taping device on the outer peripheral face of the base paper roll when the paper leading edge detection unit detects the leading edge of the corrugated cardboard base paper, and activates the taping device after controlling the rotation speed of the base paper roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Takahiro NAGAO, Hideki MIZUTANI, Tsunehiro KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20250104999
    Abstract: A method of filling trenches on a surface of a substrate is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Alexey Remnev, Takahiro Kawashima, Frank Wilson Amalraj, Tamal Saha
  • Publication number: 20250072848
    Abstract: To present, in advance, information about a movement direction corresponding to a predetermined operation unit of a console, a medical imaging system includes a bed 170 on which a subject is placed; a movement mechanism (bed movement mechanism 174) configured to move a table 158 on the bed 170 on the basis of operation information of a predetermined operation unit; a determining unit 118 configured to determine whether an operator has touched the predetermined operation unit; and a presenting unit (second presenting device 172) configured to present, around the bed 170 or on the table 158 on the bed 170, information about the movement direction corresponding to the predetermined operation unit when the determining unit 118 determines that the operator has touched the predetermined operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: YUKI NIWAMAE, TAKAHIRO YAMAMOTO, SEISHIRO TAKANO, SAKIKO TANIMOTO, SATOSHI SHINATA, TETSUYA SEKINE, SHOSAKU KAWASHIMA, NOBUO OSHIMOTO, MEGUMI MATSUDA, YOSHINORI HIRANO
  • Patent number: 12241252
    Abstract: A handrail includes a first partial handrail including an outer tube having at least one insertion hole on an outer peripheral surface of the outer tube, a second partial handrail including an inner tube having at least one opening hole on an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube, the inner tube being inserted into the outer tube, a cylindrical screw seat disposed inside the inner tube of the second partial handrail so as to be turnable in a circumferential direction and having at least one screw hole on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical screw seat, and at least one connecting bolt that penetrates the insertion hole and the opening hole and is fastened to the screw hole to couple the first partial handrail and the second partial handrail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Kichise, Takahiro Kawashima
  • Patent number: 12237611
    Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a technique for facilitating the insertion of a sealing member-equipped electric wire into a connector housing. The connector housing includes: a housing main body that is provided with a cavity. The cavity includes a first portion that includes one opening portion of the cavity, a second portion that includes the other opening portion of the cavity, and a third portion that is located between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion has a polygonal horizontal cross section, and the third portion has a circular horizontal cross section that is smaller than the horizontal cross section of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ikeda, Kosuke Sone, Takahiro Maruyama, Yasuto Takeda, Tomoyuki Kondo, Naomichi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 12152625
    Abstract: A fixture of the present disclosure includes: a first fitting fixed to a first object; a second fitting fixed to a second object; and a positioning bolt fixing a position of the second fitting relative to the first fitting. The first fitting includes: a cylindrical portion extending in a z direction and including a first elongated hole on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion, the first elongated hole extending in a circumferential direction; a shaft that turns inside the cylindrical portion and includes a screw hole corresponding to the positioning bolt; and a first fixing portion to which the first object is fixed. The second fitting includes: a movable portion including a second elongated hole extending in an x direction and through which the positioning bolt penetrates; and a second fixing portion to which the second object is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ashida, Takahiro Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20230356641
    Abstract: A handrail for a railroad vehicle is disposed in a cabin of a vehicle body of the railroad vehicle. The handrail includes a handrail body whose inside serves as a filling space and a filler having fluidity and filling the filling space. The handrail body includes an opening to be used in supplying the filler to the filling space and a plug that opens and closes the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro KAWASHIMA, Yu YAMAMOTO, Satoru AKIYAMA, Hiroshi ENOMOTO
  • Patent number: 11548538
    Abstract: A heating floor panel unit of a railcar includes: a heater-equipped floor panel; a first flange horizontally projecting from one end of the floor panel in a car longitudinal direction and fixed to a carbody by a fastening member; and a second flange horizontally projecting from the other end of the floor panel in the car longitudinal direction and fixed to the carbody by a fastening member. The first flange and the second flange are located at such a height that upper ends of the fastening members are located below an upper surface of the heater-equipped floor panel. The first flange, as viewed from above, is located in such a manner that a position of the first flange in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the first flange projects does not overlap a position of the second flange in the orthogonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Tanigawa, Takahiro Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11544118
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an information processing apparatus effective to execute a parallel job in coordination with other information processing apparatuses. In an example, the information processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store computer readable instructions; and a processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions sored in the memory, the computer readable instructions including: providing an instruction to issue barrier communication of error information; and propagating the error information to each of the other information processing apparatuses based on the instruction for the barrier communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobutaka Ihara, Takahiro Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11492025
    Abstract: A railcar floor structure includes: a plurality of floor panels arranged over an entire length of a passenger room of a railcar in a car longitudinal direction and including respective electric heaters; a wiring duct extending in the car longitudinal direction and arranged between a side bodyshell and car width direction end portions of the floor panels; an electricity supply cable arranged at the wiring duct, electric power being supplied to the electric heaters through the electricity supply cable; and a wire insertion opening formed at a side wall portion of the wiring duct, the side wall portion being located close to the floor panels and extending along the car longitudinal direction, the electricity supply cable passing through the wire insertion opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Tanigawa, Takahiro Kawashima, Yasuo Onitake
  • Patent number: 11479273
    Abstract: A handhold device of a railcar includes: a frame arranged along a side edge of a specific door opening and connected to a car interior side of a side carshell; a turning mechanism provided at the frame and configured to be turnable about a turning axis extending in an upper-lower direction; and a handle including a base portion connected to the frame through the turning mechanism and a holding portion projecting from the base portion in a direction intersecting with the turning axis. The handle is angularly displaceable about the turning axis between a deployed position where the holding portion is exposed to the specific door opening when viewed from a lateral side of the car body and a storage position where the holding portion is hidden by the side carshell when viewed from the lateral side of the car body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miwa Hattori, Takahiro Kawashima, Yu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220228621
    Abstract: A fixture of the present disclosure includes: a first fitting fixed to a first object; a second fitting fixed to a second object; and a positioning bolt fixing a position of the second fitting relative to the first fitting. The first fitting includes: a cylindrical portion extending in a z direction and including a first elongated hole on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion, the first elongated hole extending in a circumferential direction; a shaft that turns inside the cylindrical portion and includes a screw hole corresponding to the positioning bolt; and a first fixing portion to which the first object is fixed. The second fitting includes: a movable portion including a second elongated hole extending in an x direction and through which the positioning bolt penetrates; and a second fixing portion to which the second object is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Ryosuke ASHIDA, Takahiro KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220186503
    Abstract: A handrail of the present disclosure includes: a first partial handrail including an outer tube having at least one insertion hole on an outer peripheral surface of the outer tube; a second partial handrail including an inner tube having at least one opening hole on an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube, the inner tube being inserted into the outer tube; a cylindrical screw seat disposed inside the inner tube of the second partial handrail so as to be turnable in a circumferential direction and having at least one screw hole on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical screw seat; and at least one connecting bolt that penetrates the insertion hole and the opening hole and is fastened to the screw hole to couple the first partial handrail and the second partial handrail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi KICHISE, Takahiro KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210331719
    Abstract: A handhold device of a railcar includes: a frame arranged along a side edge of a specific door opening and connected to a car interior side of a side carshell; a turning mechanism provided at the frame and configured to be turnable about a turning axis extending in an upper-lower direction; and a handle including a base portion connected to the frame through the turning mechanism and a holding portion projecting from the base portion in a direction intersecting with the turning axis. The handle is angularly displaceable about the turning axis between a deployed position where the holding portion is exposed to the specific door opening when viewed from a lateral side of the car body and a storage position where the holding portion is hidden by the side carshell when viewed from the lateral side of the car body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Miwa HATTORI, Takahiro KAWASHIMA, Yu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210089365
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an information processing apparatus effective to execute a parallel job in coordination with other information processing apparatuses. In an example, the information processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store computer readable instructions; and a processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions sored in the memory, the computer readable instructions including: providing an instruction to issue barrier communication of error information; and propagating the error information to each of the other information processing apparatuses based on the instruction for the barrier communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobutaka IHARA, Takahiro Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20200269884
    Abstract: A railcar floor structure includes: a plurality of floor panels arranged over an entire length of a passenger room of a railcar in a car longitudinal direction and including respective electric heaters; a wiring duct extending in the car longitudinal direction and arranged between a side bodyshell and car width direction end portions of the floor panels; an electricity supply cable arranged at the wiring duct, electric power being supplied to the electric heaters through the electricity supply cable; and a wire insertion opening formed at a side wall portion of the wiring duct, the side wall portion being located close to the floor panels and extending along the car longitudinal direction, the electricity supply cable passing through the wire insertion opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshinobu TANIGAWA, Takahiro KAWASHIMA, Yasuo ONITAKE
  • Publication number: 20200039540
    Abstract: A heating floor panel unit of a railcar includes: a heater-equipped floor panel; a first flange horizontally projecting from one end of the floor panel in a car longitudinal direction and fixed to a carbody by a fastening member; and a second flange horizontally projecting from the other end of the floor panel in the car longitudinal direction and fixed to the carbody by a fastening member. The first flange and the second flange are located at such a height that upper ends of the fastening members are located below an upper surface of the heater-equipped floor panel. The first flange, as viewed from above, is located in such a manner that a position of the first flange in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the first flange projects does not overlap a position of the second flange in the orthogonal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshinobu TANIGAWA, Takahiro KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10530198
    Abstract: An R-T-B based sintered magnet includes a first main surface and a first side surface. The first main surface has a coercivity that is higher than that of the first side surface. ?HcjM?60 kA/m is satisfied, where ?HcjM is a difference in coercivity between a portion having a highest coercivity on the first main surface and a portion having a lowest coercivity on the first main surface. ?HcjG?60 kA/m is satisfied, where ?HcjG is a difference in coercivity between a portion having a highest coercivity on a first cross section and a portion having a lowest coercivity on the first cross section and the first cross section is a cross section parallel to the first main surface and spaced from the first main surface at a predetermined length or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Makoto Iwasaki, Takahiro Kawashima, Chikara Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 10114774
    Abstract: A data transfer method executed by a processor included in a parallel processing device including a first node and a second node, the data transfer method includes transmitting, by a first processor included in the first node, data and information of a size of the data to the second node by remote direct memory access (RDMA); receiving, by a second processor included in the second node, the data and the information of the size of the data from the first node; writing the received data in a memory; and performing prefetch of at least a part of the data, based on information of a position of a memory area of the memory in which the received data has been written and the information of the size of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takahiro Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20180085051
    Abstract: A device control apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives an output signal of a pressure sensor installed in bedding; a determining unit that determines control information corresponding to the output signal from a plurality of sets of control information for device control; and a device control unit that controls a control target device using the control information corresponding to the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Takahiro KAWASHIMA, Morito MORISHIMA