Patents by Inventor Takahiro Shimada

Takahiro Shimada 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: 11924985
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first hole and a device housing that is configured such that the display panel is fastened and fixed to the device housing by a screw passed through the first hole and screwed into the screw hole. The display panel includes a display-side positioning part which is configured to fit to a portion of the device housing to perform positioning of the display panel with respect to the device housing and which includes the first hole, and the device housing includes a housing-side positioning part which is configured to fit to the display-side positioning part to perform the positioning and which includes a second hole formed so as to communicate with the first hole when the housing-side positioning part is fitted to the display-side positioning part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Ikumi, Masaaki Sano, Naoki Ueno, Akira Masuda, Takahiro Shimada, Takeshi Iwamoto, Shota Kosuga, Ryuta Suzuki, Satoru Kanazawa, Junnosuke Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11914236
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes an active matrix substrate including a first electrode, a first insulating layer, and second electrodes including a first linear electrode; a color filter substrate including a black matrix, a color filter layer, a third electrode including second linear electrodes, and a fourth electrode which is a floating electrode. The third electrode and the fourth electrode are disposed between the black matrix and the liquid crystal layer. The second linear electrodes extend in a second direction and each overlap a portion of the black matrix extending in the second direction. The fourth electrode is disposed between the second linear electrodes and overlaps the black matrix in a plan view. The control circuit switches between application of driving voltage and application of constant voltage to the third electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Murata, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Shinpei Higashida, Takahiro Sasaki, Takashi Satoh, Shinji Shimada
  • Patent number: 11912036
    Abstract: An ink tank that enables to check whether a cover of an ink tank is normally bonded to the ink tank includes a first chamber having a supply port for supplying ink to a printing head that ejects ink, a second chamber having an external air introduction port capable of introducing external air, a partition wall configured to separate the first chamber and the second chamber, a communication path provided in the partition wall and configured to place the first chamber and the second chamber in communication with each other, a first cover member configured to cover an opening of the first chamber without extending over an opening of the second chamber, and a second cover member configured to cover the opening of the second chamber without extending over the opening of the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki Shimada, Hideaki Matsumura, Masaya Shimmachi, Yukimichi Kimura, Junichi Kubokawa, Takahiro Kiuchi, Yusuke Tanaka, Kyohei Sato
  • Publication number: 20230355446
    Abstract: This wearable article manufacturing method involves: a sheet preparation step in which an elastic sheet for forming a front abdominal part and a back part is prepared; a sheet weakening step in which the elasticity of the elastic sheet is weakened in a front weakening region, and in a rear weakening region; and an absorbent body connection step in which the front part of the absorbent body is connected to the front connection region of the elastic sheet, and the rear part of the absorbent body is connected to the rear connection region of the elastic sheet. The sheet weakening step is carried out simultaneously for the front weakening region and the rear weakening region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Takahiro SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20230338198
    Abstract: An absorbent body production device and an absorbent body production method can suppress scattering of an absorbing substance during spraying of the absorbing substance to a substrate. A substrate is conveyed along a rotating outer circumferential surface of a conveyance drum. A granular absorbing substance is discharged from a spray port of a spray apparatus facing the outer circumferential surface of the conveyance drum, and the absorbing substance is sprayed to the substrate which is conveyed along the outer circumferential surface of the conveyance drum. The spray position at which the absorbing substance is sprayed to the substrate is controlled. For example, the position of the spray port of the spray apparatus, or the angle at which the absorbing substance is discharged from the spray port of the spray apparatus is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Takahiro SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 11750421
    Abstract: A transmission device according to the disclosure includes a driver section that is able to transmit a data signal by using three or more predetermined number of voltage states and set voltages in each of the voltage states; and a control section that sets an emphasis voltage that is based on a transition among the predetermined number of the voltage states, and thereby causes the driver section to perform emphasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hayashi, Hideyuki Suzuki, Takahiro Shimada, Masatsugu Sugano
  • Patent number: 11672707
    Abstract: The method of the present invention includes the steps of: arranging a plurality of non-continuous sheets of a predetermined length intermittently and successively in the conveyance direction on the continuous sheet so that the continuous elastic members are sandwiched between the non-continuous sheets and the continuous sheet; in an overlapping area where the non-continuous sheets overlap with the continuous sheet, attaching the continuous sheet and the non-continuous sheets to each other by welding the sheets to each other in a predetermined pattern, thus producing a continuous laminate; and in a non-overlapping area where the non-continuous sheets do not overlap with the continuous sheet, heating the continuous sheet in the same pattern as said pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Shimada, Daisuke Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20230158700
    Abstract: Provided are a method of producing ear loop members for masks and a device for producing ear loop members for masks with which it is possible to inhibit a reduction in the production efficiency of the masks. The method of producing ear loop members (4) for masks includes a conveyance step (S2), a tension adjustment step (S3), and a forming step (S4). In the conveyance step (S2), a sheet (U1) having high stretchability in a high-stretch direction (DH) is conveyed in a conveyance direction (C10) running along the high-stretch direction (DH) while tension is applied in the high-stretch direction (DH) to the sheet (U1). In the tension adjustment step (S3), the tension in the conveyed sheet (U1) is adjusted. In the forming step (S4), ear loop members (4) are formed by cutting the sheet (U1) after the tension adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventor: Takahiro SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20230116821
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which a display screen and an indicator region are two-dimensionally arranged, an indicator substrate which is mounted with a light source component and which is arranged on a back face side of the display panel so as to face the indicator region but not to face the display screen, and a control substrate which is a separate part from the indicator substrate and on which a control circuit for the display screen is formed. The control substrate is arranged on the back face side of the display panel and arranged distant from the display panel than the indicator substrate, and the control substrate is arranged so as not to face at least a portion of each of the display screen and the indicator substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi IKUMI, Masaaki SANO, Naoki UENO, Akira MASUDA, Takahiro SHIMADA, Takeshi IWAMOTO, Shota KOSUGA, Ryuta SUZUKI, Satoru KANAZAWA, Junnosuke NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230112001
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first hole and a device housing that is configured such that the display panel is fastened and fixed to the device housing by a screw passed through the first hole and screwed into the screw hole. The display panel includes a display-side positioning part which is configured to fit to a portion of the device housing to perform positioning of the display panel with respect to the device housing and which includes the first hole, and the device housing includes a housing-side positioning part which is configured to fit to the display-side positioning part to perform the positioning and which includes a second hole formed so as to communicate with the first hole when the housing-side positioning part is fitted to the display-side positioning part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi IKUMI, Masaaki Sano, Naoki Ueno, Akira Masuda, Takahiro Shimada, Takeshi Iwamoto, Shota Kosuga, Ryuta Suzuki, Satoru Kanazawa, Junnosuke Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20230111962
    Abstract: A display device includes a device housing that is configured to be installed such that an occulted portion including a portion of a peripheral wall of the device housing is hidden from an observer of a display screen, and a slide attaching part that is moved to slide in a sliding direction from a non-occulted portion to the occulted portion and attached so as to cover a back side of the device housing. A slide receiving part including the device housing includes a fixed part provided at the occulted portion and an engaged part provided at the non-occulted portion, and the slide attaching part includes a fixing part provided at a portion corresponding to the occulted portion and configured to be fixed to the fixed part, and an engaging part provided at a portion corresponding to the non-occulted portion and configured to be engaged with the engaged part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi IKUMI, Masaaki SANO, Naoki UENO, Akira MASUDA, Takahiro SHIMADA, Takeshi IWAMOTO, Shota KOSUGA, Ryuta SUZUKI, Satoru KANAZAWA, Junnosuke NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230072457
    Abstract: A floating-type base isolation system includes: a liquid storage portion storing liquid; a floating structure floated and arranged on the liquid; and a gas accommodation space formed at a position in contact with the liquid and accommodating gas. A volume of the gas accommodation space is set based on a natural frequency of a system that responds to a seismic wave propagating in fluid including the liquid and the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIMADA, Akihito OTANI, Satoru KAI, Xinglong YAN, Tomohiko YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230037404
    Abstract: The method of the present invention includes the steps of: arranging a plurality of non-continuous sheets of a predetermined length intermittently and successively in the conveyance direction on the continuous sheet so that the continuous elastic members are sandwiched between the non-continuous sheets and the continuous sheet; in an overlapping area where the non-continuous sheets overlap with the continuous sheet, attaching the continuous sheet and the non-continuous sheets to each other by welding the sheets to each other in a predetermined pattern, thus producing a continuous laminate; and in a non-overlapping area where the non-continuous sheets do not overlap with the continuous sheet, heating the continuous sheet in the same pattern as said pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIMADA, Daisuke FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220395405
    Abstract: An absorbent body in which a larger amount of a granular absorbent substance penetrates into the inside of a fiber sheet is produced. A fiber sheet having napped one main surface is supplied to a conveying device and conveyed while the other main surface of the fiber sheet is being sucked through a conveyance surface. A granular absorbent substance is sprayed onto the napped one main surface of the fiber sheet to cause the substance to penetrate into the inside of the fiber sheet in a suction section. A pressure difference increasing device is provided that faces the one main surface of the fiber sheet sprayed with the absorbent substance and being conveyed in the suction section, and that suppresses air from flowing through the fiber sheet inward from the conveyance surface to increase the pressure difference between the conveyance surface side and the opposite side of the fiber sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIMADA, Daisuke FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220378626
    Abstract: A base sheet having one main surface applied with an adhesive is supplied to a conveyance device and the base sheet is conveyed while the other main surface of the base sheet is suctioned. A first laminate is formed by overlapping the one main surface of the base sheet with the other main sheet of a fiber sheet having one main surface nap-raised; then, a granular absorbent material is scattered on the one main surface of the fiber sheet; the scattered absorbent material is infiltrated into the fiber sheet when the other main surface of the base sheet is suctioned; then, a second laminate is formed by overlapping the one main surface of the fiber sheet with the one main surface of a cover sheet applied with an adhesive; and then the resultant sheet is compressed in the thickness direction by means of a compression means and the applied adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIMADA, Daisuke FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220370263
    Abstract: The present invention aims to achieve both a function of diffusing excretions or the like in a longitudinal direction of an absorber and maintenance of adhesion to a wearer in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. The absorber includes a top sheet (21), a back sheet (22) opposed to the top sheet (21), and an absorbent core (23) extending in a predetermined longitudinal direction between the top sheet (21), and the back sheet (22) and configured to absorb excretions or the like of the wearer. The absorbent core (23) has a plurality of opening portions (23a) each having a shape that opens toward the top sheet (21) and extends in the longitudinal direction and each arranged in the longitudinal direction. An interval (G1) in the longitudinal direction between two opening portions (23a) adjacent to each other among the plurality of opening portions (23a) is set to a dimension equal to or larger than a dimension (D1) in the longitudinal direction of each of the two adjacent opening portions (23a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke FURUKAWA, Takahiro SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20220265483
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for an absorbent body including: a first conveyor that conveys an air-permeable first sheet while sucking the first sheet along a flat first slope surface; a second conveyor that conveys an air-permeable second sheet while sucking the second sheet along a flat second slope surface having a slope opposite to the first slope surface; a first distribution device that forms a first absorbent layer in the first sheet by distributing absorbent powder on an upper surface of the first sheet being conveyed along the first slope surface; a second distribution device that forms a second absorbent layer in the second sheet by distributing absorbent powder on an upper surface of the second sheet being conveyed along the second slope surface; and a stacking part that stacks the first sheet conveyed by the first conveyor and the second sheet conveyed by the second conveyor in such a manner as to cause the first absorbent layer of the first sheet and the second absorbent layer of the second sheet to
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIMADA, Kazuma NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220265484
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an underpants-type wearable article where a joining defect of an elastic stretchable member can be easily checked. The method includes: a rubber-thread-sandwiching-step; a continuous-body-forming-step of forming continuous bodies of front and backside waist members; a side-fusing-step of joining both side portions of the front and back members to each other by side fusing using a pair of side fusing portions; a rubber-thread-cutting-step of cutting the rubber threads of the respective continuous bodies of the front and back members at a protruding portion of a boundary region which becomes a boundary of individual wearable article; a joining-state-inspection-step of inspecting a joining state of the rubber threads to a pair of nonwoven fabric; and a continuous-body-cutting-step of obtaining individual wearable articles by cutting the respective continuous bodies of the front and back member at the protruding portion of the boundary region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIMADA, Daisuke FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220191068
    Abstract: A transmission device according to the disclosure includes a driver section that is able to transmit a data signal by using three or more predetermined number of voltage states and set voltages in each of the voltage states; and a control section that sets an emphasis voltage that is based on a transition among the predetermined number of the voltage states, and thereby causes the driver section to perform emphasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hayashi, Hideyuki Suzuki, Takahiro Shimada, Masatsugu Sugano
  • Patent number: 11218344
    Abstract: A transmission device according to the disclosure includes a driver section that is able to transmit a data signal by using three or more predetermined number of voltage states and set voltages in each of the voltage states; and a control section that sets an emphasis voltage that is based on a transition among the predetermined number of the voltage states, and thereby causes the driver section to perform emphasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hayashi, Hideyuki Suzuki, Takahiro Shimada, Masatsugu Sugano