Patents by Inventor Takashi Nakano

Takashi Nakano 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: 10998134
    Abstract: This capacitor includes: a capacitor element; a case made of metal and configured to house the capacitor element; and a thermosetting resin that is filled in the case. The case includes a bottom face and a side face, the side face surrounding four sides of the bottom face. The side face has formed therein a plurality of slit parts, the plurality of slit parts extending from an end, of the side face, at an opposite side to the bottom face toward the bottom face side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Takeoka, Takashi Nakano
  • Publication number: 20210006460
    Abstract: There is provided a measurement apparatus and a measurement method capable of easily performing measurement on a DUT by automatically specifying a Bluetooth (registered trademark) core specification version supported by the DUT. A command packet corresponding to the highest Bluetooth core specification version is transmitted to the DUT, in a case where an event including an error response is returned from the DUT, a command packet corresponding to the next lower Bluetooth core specification version than the command packet of the returned event continuously transmitted to the DUT, in a case where an event not including an error response is returned from the DUT, the Bluetooth core specification version of the command packet of the returned event is specified as the Bluetooth core specification version supported by the DUT, and measurement is performed on the DUT by using the command packet corresponding to the specified Bluetooth core specification version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshihide GOTO, Akihisa KUMAKI, Takashi NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20200408257
    Abstract: A bearing device includes a carrier ring, a first bearing portion disposed along an outer periphery of a rotor shaft on a radially inner side of the carrier ring; a second bearing portion disposed along the outer periphery and downstream of the first bearing portion, with respect to a rotational direction of the rotor shaft, on the radially inner side of the carrier ring; a pair of side plates disposed along the outer periphery of the rotor shaft, on both sides of the carrier ring with respect to an axial direction; a first oil guide portion disposed downstream of the first bearing portion and upstream of the second bearing portion, and configured to change a flow direction of oil after passing through a gap between an inner peripheral surface of the first bearing portion and an outer peripheral surface of the rotor shaft to guide the oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakano, Tanehiro Shinohara, Takaaki Kaikogi, Yuichiro Waki, Yutaka Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20200402758
    Abstract: A slow-wave circuit comprises: a waveguide comprising a meander-shaped part that transmits an electromagnetic wave and alternately repeats a first folded part and a second folded part folded onto the opposite side to the first folded part; and a beam hole that transmits an electron beam, extends in a predetermined direction, and penetrates the meander-shaped part, wherein the beam hole penetrates the meander-shaped part so that a part of the beam hole protrudes from the first folded part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: NEC NETWORK AND SENSOR SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi NAKANO
  • Patent number: 10854543
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first wiring layer arranged above the substrate; a first insulating film covering the first wiring layer; a lower oxidation preventing film arranged on the first insulating film; at least one thin-film resistor arranged on the lower oxidation preventing film; an upper oxidation preventing film arranged on the at least one thin-film resistor; a second insulating film covering the lower oxidation preventing film, the at least one thin-film resistor, and the upper oxidation preventing film; a second wiring layer arranged on the second insulating film; and a third insulating film covering the second wiring layer. The first wiring layer overlaps an end portion of the at least one thin-film resistor when viewed in a normal direction of one surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Takizawa, Takashi Nakano
  • Patent number: 10777545
    Abstract: A semiconductor device configures a protection element that protects a protection target element connected between a cathode electrode and an anode electrode when a parasitic transistor configured by a cathode region, a first conductivity type well layer, and a second conductivity type well is turned on and electrical continuity is established between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of body regions in one cell of the protection element, and the plurality of body regions is brought in contact with the cathode electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Yamada, Shinya Sakurai, Takashi Nakano, Yosuke Kondo, Mutsuya Motojima
  • Patent number: 10738822
    Abstract: A journal bearing includes: a carrier ring; a plurality of bearing pads disposed on a radially inner side of a lower half region of the carrier ring; a pair of side plates disposed on both sides of the plurality of bearing pads with respect to an axial direction of the rotor shaft; and at least one oil-supply unit for supplying lubricant oil to the plurality of bearing pads. From among the at least one oil-supply unit, a first oil-supply unit disposed on a downstream side of a most downstream pad positioned most downstream of the plurality of bearing pads is configured to supply the lubricant oil toward a region below a corner portion of the most downstream pad, of a trailing edge surface of the most downstream pad, the corner portion being formed by an intersection between a pad surface of the most downstream pad and the trailing edge surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tanehiro Shinohara, Takaaki Kaikogi, Takashi Nakano, Yuichiro Waki, Yutaka Ozawa, Naoto Tochitani
  • Patent number: 10724573
    Abstract: A journal bearing includes: a carrier ring having a cylindrical shape; at least two bearing pads disposed on a radially inner side of the carrier ring and configured to support a rotor shaft; at least one oil-supply unit disposed on the radially inner side of the carrier ring, for supplying lubricant oil to a gap between the bearing pad and the rotor shaft; a pair of side plates disposed on both end portions of the carrier ring with respect to an axial direction, along an outer periphery of the rotor shaft; and at least one opening configured to bring a bearing interior space surrounded by the at least two bearing pads and the pair of side plates into communication with atmosphere, and discharge the lubricant oil to outside via the bearing interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakano, Tanehiro Shinohara, Takaaki Kaikogi, Yuichiro Waki, Yutaka Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20200222773
    Abstract: A golf club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6, and a grip 8. The club 2 has a forward club flex of greater than or equal to 170 mm. The forward club flex is measured for a golf club in the completed state. The weight of the head is denoted by Wh, and the weight of the club is denoted by Wc. Wh/Wc is greater than or equal to 0.72. With the golf club 2, a force acting on the player's body during a swing can be reduced. The golf club 2 can stabilize swing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naruhiro MIZUTANI, Seiji HAYASE, Kenji TAKASU, Takashi NAKANO, Daisuke KOHNO
  • Patent number: 10632355
    Abstract: A golf club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6, and a grip 8. The club 2 has a forward club flex of greater than or equal to 170 mm. The forward club flex is measured for a golf club in the completed state. The weight of the head is denoted by Wh, and the weight of the club is denoted by Wc. Wh/Wc is greater than or equal to 0.72. With the golf club 2, a force acting on the player's body during a swing can be reduced. The golf club 2 can stabilize swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiro Mizutani, Seiji Hayase, Kenji Takasu, Takashi Nakano, Daisuke Kohno
  • Patent number: 10580342
    Abstract: An image signal processing circuit of a display apparatus includes: a color converter converting first image signals to a first brightness signal, a first color difference signal, and a second color difference signal; a brightness emphasizer outputting a second brightness signal obtained by emphasizing an alternating current component of the first brightness signal; a brightness limiter determining an upper limit value and a lower limit value based on the first color difference signal and the second color difference signal and converting the second brightness signal to a third brightness signal between the upper limit value and the lower limit value; and a color inverse converter converting the third brightness signal, the first color difference signal, and the second color difference signal to second image signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Nakano
  • Publication number: 20200065581
    Abstract: The image processing method includes a luminance value information obtaining step of obtaining effective radiance values from a subject, and an image generating step of generating a picture image as a set of unit regions each of which has a luminance value obtained by at least partially removing a regular reflection light component on a surface of the subject from the effective radiance values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Suguru KAWABATA, Takashi NAKANO, Kazuhiro NATSUAKI, Takahiro TAKIMOTO, Shinobu YAMAZAKI, Daisuke HONDA, Yukio TAMAI
  • Publication number: 20200020999
    Abstract: An invention comprises: a circular waveguide that has a cylindrical section having a circular pipe conduit with a circular shaped cross section, and side wall sections joined to the both sides in an axial direction of the cylindrical section; a first rectangular waveguide that has a first rectangular pipe conduit with a rectangular shaped cross section and that is joined to one of the side wall sections so that the first rectangular pipe conduit communicates with the circular pipe conduit; a second rectangular waveguide that has a second rectangular pipe conduit with a rectangular shaped cross section and that is joined to the other of the side wall sections so that the second rectangular pipe conduit communicates with the circular pipe conduit; and a dielectric plate that is configured as a plate shape, is disposed in the circular pipe conduit, and is airtightly held to the cylindrical section, wherein the circular waveguide has a plastically deformable section that is plastically deformable so that at least
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Network and Sensor Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko KASAHARA, Takashi NAKANO
  • Patent number: 10521660
    Abstract: The image processing method includes a luminance value information obtaining step of obtaining effective radiance values from a subject, and an image generating step of generating a picture image as a set of unit regions each of which has a luminance value obtained by at least partially removing a regular reflection light component on a surface of the subject from the effective radiance values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Suguru Kawabata, Takashi Nakano, Kazuhiro Natsuaki, Takahiro Takimoto, Shinobu Yamazaki, Daisuke Honda, Yukio Tamai
  • Patent number: 10514058
    Abstract: A bearing device includes: a carrier ring; a first bearing portion disposed along an outer periphery of a rotor shaft on a radially inner side of the carrier ring; a second bearing portion disposed along the outer periphery of the rotor shaft and downstream of the first bearing portion, with respect to a rotational direction of the rotor shaft, on the radially inner side of the carrier ring; and a pair of side plates disposed along the outer periphery of the rotor shaft, on both sides of the carrier ring with respect to an axial direction. In a carrier-ring side region of an inner peripheral surface of each of the side plates, a groove extending in a circumferential direction along a side surface of the first bearing portion is formed at least in a part of an extending range of the first bearing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakano, Tanehiro Shinohara, Takaaki Kaikogi, Yuichiro Waki, Yutaka Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10514062
    Abstract: A journal bearing includes: a carrier ring having an annular shape; a first bearing pad disposed on a radially inner side of a lower half region of the carrier ring and configured to support a rotor shaft from below; a first oil-supply unit disposed immediately before and upstream of the first bearing pad; a pair of side plates disposed on both end portions of the carrier ring with respect to an axial direction, along an outer periphery of the rotor shaft, Each of the side plates includes: a first region; and a second region which is positioned above the first region, and in which a gap between an inner peripheral surface of the side plate and an outer peripheral surface of the rotor shaft is narrower than that in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakano, Tanehiro Shinohara, Takaaki Kaikogi, Yuichiro Waki, Yutaka Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10508565
    Abstract: A journal bearing includes: a carrier ring; a plurality of bearing pads disposed on a radially inner side of a lower half region of the carrier ring and configured to support a rotor shaft from below; a pair of side plates disposed on both sides of the plurality of bearing pads, with respect to an axial direction of the rotor shaft; and a dam disposed on a radially inner side of the carrier ring, in a downstream section of an upper half region of the carrier ring, and configured to suppress a downstream flow of carried-over oil. A gap is provided between inner peripheral surfaces of the respective side plates and an outer peripheral surface of the rotor shaft, for bringing into communication an outside and a bearing interior space surrounded by the pair of side plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tanehiro Shinohara, Takaaki Kaikogi, Takashi Nakano, Yuichiro Waki, Yutaka Ozawa, Naoto Tochitani
  • Patent number: 10490382
    Abstract: A slow-wave circuit is provided with a folded waveguide and a beam hole. The beam hole is arranged between an edge and a center in the direction of width of the folded waveguide. The beam hole is preferably arranged at an edge in the direction of width of the folded waveguide, at a position that does not protrude beyond the folded waveguide. The beam hole is preferably arranged at a position separated by a prescribed distance from the edge in the direction of width of the folded waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: NEC NETWORK AND SENSOR SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Nakano
  • Patent number: 10481313
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus that includes a polarizing filter of a slit type in which polarization characteristics are improved is realized. A polarizing unit (10) of an image capturing apparatus (100) includes a first polarizer layer (120a) and a second polarizer layer (120b) that hold a dielectric layer (14) therebetween, and a plurality of slits (13) that are arranged at regular intervals in a predetermined direction are formed in each of the first polarizer layer (120a) and the second polarizer layer (120b). A forming material of each of the first polarizer layer (120a) and the second polarizer layer (120b) and a forming material of a wiring layer that controls an operation of a light receiving unit (11) are selected from Al, Si, Cu, Au, Ag, Pt, W, Ti, Sn, In, Ga, Zn, and a compound or alloy that contains at least one of the foregoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Honda, Takashi Nakano, Suguru Kawabata, Takahiro Takimoto, Kazuhiro Natsuaki, Masayo Uchida, Masaaki Uchihashi
  • Patent number: 10483075
    Abstract: Provided are a slow wave circuit and a traveling wave tube suitable for an increase in fineness with regard to processing beam holes, and suitable for higher frequencies. A slow wave circuit (10) includes a meandering waveguide (1) and a beam hole (2) that pierces the meandering waveguide (1), and the cross-section of the beam hole (2) in the direction orthogonal to the long direction is in the shape of a polygon having a larger number of sides than a quadrilateral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NEC NETWORK AND SENSOR SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Masuda, Takashi Nakano