Patents by Inventor Takashi Matsunaga
Takashi Matsunaga 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: 12258498Abstract: An adhesive set includes a main agent containing a decomplexing agent and an initiator containing an organoborane complex. At least one of the main agent and the initiator further contains a compound having a radically polymerizable group. At least one of the main agent and the initiator further contains a compound having a thiocarbonylthio structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Inventors: Toru Tanaka, Takashi Kawamori, Masahiro Matsunaga, Yosuke Fujiyasu
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Patent number: 12240479Abstract: A hardware processor of a mobile object executes the program stored in a storage device to acquire information indicating a road situation in a traveling direction of a mobile object; to recognize whether the mobile object is moving on a roadway or a predetermined region different from the roadway; to recognize presence of a contact portion between the sidewalk and the predetermined region in the traveling direction of the mobile object; to control the speed of the mobile object at least partially, and limit a speed at which the mobile object is moving on the roadway to a first speed and limit a speed at which the mobile object is moving on a sidewalk to a second speed slower than the first speed; and to bring a speed of the mobile object closer to the second speed when the mobile object is moving on the roadway, the contact portion is recognized within a predetermined range from the mobile object, and the road situation is in a predetermined state.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga, Yuji Yasui, Takashi Matsumoto, Gakuyo Fujimoto
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Patent number: 12231015Abstract: The rotating electrical machine disclosed in the present application provides a rotor shafts supported by bearings, a rotor attached to the rotor shaft and rotates with the rotor shaft, a stator that surrounds the rotor through a gap so that the rotor can rotate, a frame that surrounds the rotor and the stator, an outer circumference of the stator is attached to an inner circumference of the frame, and an annular member provided along the inner circumference of the frame to prevent foreign matter existing at the boundary part between the frame and the stator from moving to a region different from the boundary part, it prevents foreign matter generated in the manufacturing process of the rotating electrical machine, such as shavings of a frame, from being scattered inside the rotating electrical machine.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mitoru Yabe, Takayuki Nakao, Toshihiro Matsunaga, Takashi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 12221129Abstract: A control device mounted on a mobile object acquires surrounding situation information indicating a surrounding situation of a mobile object recognized by an object recognition device mounted on the mobile object, detects a predetermined reference object present in a traveling direction of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding situation information, identifies a travelable area of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding situation information, controls traveling of the mobile object such that the mobile object travels in the travelable area, causes the mobile object to move closer to the reference object when the reference object is detected, and detects an accompanying object accompanying the reference object on the basis of the surrounding situation information recognized by the object recognition device after the mobile object moves closer to the reference object, and identifying the travelable area by excluding the reference object and the accompanying object.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Gakuyo Fujimoto, Yuji Yasui, Takashi Matsumoto, Hideki Matsunaga
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Patent number: 12206207Abstract: Provided is a power transmission device with which it is possible to minimize transmission of an excessive external force. This power transmission device has an input lever, an output lever, and a housing that are capable of moving relative to each other and that are mechanically connected to each other so as to be capable of transmitting power therebetween. The power transmission device has: a main spring disposed on a first power transmission path that is for transmitting power between the input lever and the output lever; a return spring disposed on a second power transmission path that is for transmitting power between the input lever and the housing; and a damper disposed on a third power transmission path that is for transmitting power between the output lever and the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Matsunaga, Toshiya Seki, Junji Yasuda, Tsutomu Takahashi, Takashi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 12205314Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including a processor. The processor is configured to: reconstruct, by employing a plurality of time-series images acquired by an endoscope, three-dimensional information of an imaging subject containing relative dimensions; calculate, on the basis of focus information of each of the plurality of images, scale information for converting the relative dimensions of the three-dimensional information to absolute dimensions; convert, by employing the scale information, the relative dimensions to the absolute dimensions; and output three-dimensional information containing the absolute dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Kazuhito Horiuchi, Takuya Matsunaga, Takashi Miyoshi, Munenori Fukunishi
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Publication number: 20240324879Abstract: A toilet device includes a toilet unit including a toilet seat, a biological information measuring part configured to measure biological information of a user, a wireless communication part configured to wirelessly communicate with a personal digital assistant of the user, and a controller configured to transmit the biological information to the personal digital assistant of the user; the controller is configured to switch from a transmission suspension period to a transmission period between a start of the user using the toilet unit and a transmission of the biological information by controlling switching between the transmission period and the transmission suspension period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Yutaro TERADA, Satoshi KAWADA, Takamasa SUZUKI, Junki HAMADA, Takaaki GONDO, Takashi MATSUNAGA
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Publication number: 20240328136Abstract: A toilet device includes a toilet unit including a toilet seat, a biological information measuring part configured to measure biological information of a user, a wireless communication part configured to wirelessly communicate with a personal digital assistant of the user, and a controller configured to transmit the biological information to the personal digital assistant of the user; the controller is configured to provide the transmission suspension period between a start of the user using the toilet unit and a transmission of the biological information; and the controller is configured to set the transmission period when transmitting the biological information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Yutaro TERADA, Satoshi KAWADA, Takamasa SUZUKI, Junki HAMADA, Takaaki GONDO, Takashi MATSUNAGA
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Publication number: 20240154349Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a connector and a continuity test device. The connector includes a connector housing having a block portion being provided with a terminal accommodating chamber, and a front holder insertion space being adjacent to the block portion for inserting a front holder that detects terminal half-insertion from a front side. The connector housing is formed with a groove for detecting erroneous fitting into a continuity test device. The groove for detecting erroneous fitting is fitted with a projection provided on the front holder when the front holder is inserted into the front holder insertion space. The groove receives a convex portion provided on a fitting port of the continuity test device when the connector housing is fitted into the fitting port of a continuity test device for a connector without the front holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Akira Shinchi, Takashi Matsunaga
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Patent number: 11746375Abstract: A PCR vessel (1) is mainly constituted of a vessel body (11) having a reaction chamber (12) storing and reacting a specimen and a reagent at the time of PCR on a bottom portion (14) thereof, a lid body (6) fittable with the vessel body (11), and a reagent cassette (16) stored in a portion between a lower surface (7) of the lid body (5) and the reaction chamber (12) in the vessel body (11). The reagent cassette (16) has at least one reagent storing portion capable of sealing the reagent with sealing means such as paraffin solid before PCR and melted by heating in PCR. When structuring the PCR vessel in this manner, the sealing means is melted by heating in PCR and the reagent storing portion is opened when storing a specimen necessary for PCR in the vessel body and performing PCR in a state previously storing and sealing the reagent in the reagent storing portion. Then, the specimen and the reagent move to the lower reaction chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: YAMATO-ESULON CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Matsunaga, Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Tetsuji Matsunaga
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Patent number: 11462867Abstract: A structure for fixing a connector to a fixing portion includes the connector and the fixing portion. The fixing portion includes a bracket and a fitting portion. The bracket is erected on the fixing portion. The connector includes a lock portion configured to, when the bracket is inserted into the lock portion by attaching the connector to the fixing portion, lock the bracket. The fitting portion is configured such that a part of the connector is fitted into the fitting portion when the connector is attached to the fixing portion. The bracket may be integrally molded with the fixing portion molded with a resin. The fitting portion may have a hole portion running along a fitting direction in which the connector is attached to the fixing portion, and a slit may be formed in the fitting portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhide Takahashi, Takashi Matsunaga, Eiji Aoki, Takahiro Kubo
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Patent number: 11441767Abstract: A lamp unit includes: a light emitting element; a reflector that reflects light emitted from the light emitting element toward a unit front; and a heat sink that supports the light emitting element and the reflector, in which a power supply attachment for supplying power to the light emitting element is attached to the heat sink, the power supply attachment is fastened to the heat sink at two left and right positions of the power supply attachment, and a connector portion of the power supply attachment is formed inside two left and right fastening positions so as to extend to a unit rear side relative to a rear end position of the reflector.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Matsunaga, Yuji Sugiyama, Yukio Nomura
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Publication number: 20220205625Abstract: A lamp unit includes: a light emitting element; a reflector that reflects light emitted from the light emitting element toward a unit front; and a heat sink that supports the light emitting element and the reflector, in which a power supply attachment for supplying power to the light emitting element is attached to the heat sink, the power supply attachment is fastened to the heat sink at two left and right positions of the power supply attachment, and a connector portion of the power supply attachment is formed inside two left and right fastening positions so as to extend to a unit rear side relative to a rear end position of the reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi MATSUNAGA, Yuji SUGIYAMA, Yukio NOMURA
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Patent number: 11198343Abstract: To enlarge a collapsible flap and store the collapsible flap appropriately. In an amphibious vehicle (1) in which a flap (13) which receives lift from water in water navigation is provided to be deployable and storable at a front side in a travel direction of a vehicle body (11), the flap (13) includes a lower flap (21) which is stored to come close to a front surface (11a) of the vehicle body (11) and an upper flap (22) which is stored to come close to an upper surface (11b) of the vehicle body (11), and at least one of the lower flap (21) and the upper flap (22) includes a first flap member (31) and a second flap member (32) and is configured such that a flap length (L13) in a direction orthogonal to a vehicle width direction is variable.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Tetsuya Miyamoto, Takashi Matsunaga, Katsuhiko Nakajo, Taichi Omura, Yuta Shimizu, Takenori Kawana, Takashi Mizumoto
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Patent number: 11187681Abstract: Provided is a member state evaluation method that makes more highly accurate instantaneous understanding of various states of a member to be tested possible without reliance on the shape of the member, the testing environment, or the skill level of the tester.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: NUCLEAR FUEL INDUSTRIES, LIMITEDInventors: Takashi Matsunaga, Ryota Ogawa, Mitsuyuki Sagisaka, Yoshihiro Isobe
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Patent number: 11179988Abstract: This cooling device for an amphibious vehicle includes: a heat exchanger mounted in the amphibious vehicle; a coolant introduction passage through which cooling air or cooling water can be introduced from the outside to the heat exchanger as a coolant; a cooling air discharge passage through which the cooling air having passed through the heat exchanger can be discharged to a cooling air discharge portion communicating with the outside; and a cooling water discharge passage through which the cooling water having passed through the heat exchanger can be discharged to a cooling water discharge portion communicating with the outside. The cooling air discharge passage and the cooling water discharge passage are formed such that at least the cooling air discharge portion and the cooling water discharge portion are independent of each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Tetsuya Miyamoto, Katsuhiko Nakajo, Takashi Matsunaga, Taichi Omura, Yuta Shimizu, Takenori Kawana, Takashi Mizumoto, Shinichi Sato
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Publication number: 20210288456Abstract: A structure for fixing a connector to a fixing portion includes the connector and the fixing portion. The fixing portion includes a bracket and a fitting portion. The bracket is erected on the fixing portion. The connector includes a lock portion configured to, when the bracket is inserted into the lock portion by attaching the connector to the fixing portion, lock the bracket. The fitting portion is configured such that a part of the connector is fitted into the fitting portion when the connector is attached to the fixing portion. The bracket may be integrally molded with the fixing portion molded with a resin. The fitting portion may have a hole portion running along a fitting direction in which the connector is attached to the fixing portion, and a slit may be formed in the fitting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Kazuhide TAKAHASHI, Takashi MATSUNAGA, Eiji AOKI, Takahiro KUBO
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Publication number: 20210122203Abstract: This cooling device for an amphibious vehicle includes: a heat exchanger mounted in the amphibious vehicle; a coolant introduction passage through which cooling air or cooling water can be introduced from the outside to the heat exchanger as a coolant; a cooling air discharge passage through which the cooling air having passed through the heat exchanger can be discharged to a cooling air discharge portion communicating with the outside; and a cooling water discharge passage through which the cooling water having passed through the heat exchanger can be discharged to a cooling water discharge portion communicating with the outside. The cooling air discharge passage and the cooling water discharge passage are formed such that at least the cooling air discharge portion and the cooling water discharge portion are independent of each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2017Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi IKEDA, Tetsuya MIYAMOTO, Katsuhiko NAKAJO, Takashi MATSUNAGA, Taichi OMURA, Yuta SHIMIZU, Takenori KAWANA, Takashi MIZUMOTO, Shinichi SATO
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Patent number: 10882368Abstract: This amphibious vehicle is provided with a body (11), a traveling device (12) that causes the body (11) to travel on land, a sailing device (13) that causes the body (11) to sail on water, a front flap (31) of which the distal end is inclined upward and the proximal end is rotatably supported by a horizontal shaft (34) on the front end of the body (11), a hydraulic damper (32) serving as a damping member that damps displacement of the front flap (31) relative to the body (11), and a compression coil spring (33) serving as a restoring member that restores the position of the front flap (31) relative to the body (11).Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshito Ando, Satoru Ishikawa, Tadashi Sugimura, Takashi Matsunaga, Shinichi Sato, Tetsuya Miyamoto
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Patent number: 10882367Abstract: An amphibious vehicle includes a vehicle body, a prime mover, a drive wheel, a water propulsion device, a drive wheel transmission, and a propulsion transmission. The drive wheel is disposed on a front side of the prime mover. The water propulsion device is disposed on a rear side of the prime mover. The drive wheel transmission is disposed on the front side of the prime mover and transmits power from the prime mover to the drive wheel. The propulsion transmission is disposed on the rear side of the prime mover and transmits the power from the prime mover to the water propulsion device.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Mitsuo Onoue, Tetsuya Miyamoto, Takashi Matsunaga, Katsuhiko Nakajo, Taichi Omura, Yuta Shimizu