Patents by Inventor Takashi Shimizu

Takashi Shimizu 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: 20250110141
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sample analyzer configured to image a test strip and analyze an image of the test strip, to analyze a sample, the sample analyzer including: a transport part having a placement part on which the test strip is placed, the transport part being configured to move the placement part to an imaging position for the test strip; a controller programmed to analyze the image of the test strip obtained through imaging; and an imaging part configured to be able to image the placement part, wherein the controller is programmed to analyze an image of the placement part obtained through imaging, to detect dirt on the placement part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicants: SYSMEX CORPORATION, EIKEN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato SHIMIZU, Hisato TAKEHARA, Takashi KUSUHARA
  • Publication number: 20250110146
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor member that can be easily manufactured even with different specifications. A sensor member includes a sensor, a wire member connected to the sensor, a fixing bracket, and a resin molded member molded as a single body with the fixing bracket and covering the sensor and a portion of the wire member drawn out from the sensor. The resin molded member includes a primary molded part covering the sensor and the portion of the wire member drawn out from the sensor, and a secondary molded part molded with the primary molded part and the fixing bracket as insert parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi NISHIGUCHI, Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Moriyuki SHIMIZU, Masaharu NAKAMURA, Koichi KATO
  • Publication number: 20250104538
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus (10) is used when at least one of product registration processing and settlement processing is performed, and includes a first display (150), a second display (140), and an input device (172). The first display (150) is located next to the second display (140). A lower end of the first display (150) is located higher than a lower end of the second display (140). The input device (172) is disposed in a region located below the first display (150).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi SHIMIZU, Hiroshi MORIMITSU, Takahiro AMBE
  • Patent number: 12259432
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor control system including: a motor control device, including a semiconductor integrated circuit having a memory and forming a control loop for a motor so as to control a drive of the motor; and an external debug device, externally connected to the motor control device and accessible to the memory in the motor control device. The external debug device includes a disturbance signal superimposer and a frequency characteristics deriver. The interference signal superimposer generates a disturbance signal for the control loop and superimposes the disturbance signal on a signal generated in the control loop. The frequency characteristics deriver derives frequency characteristics of the control loop based on the signal generated in the control loop by superimposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Usagawa, Takashi Esumi, Tatsuro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12261260
    Abstract: A micro-LED board includes a substrate, wiring, a first insulating layer, a micro-LED, and a light-blocking layer. The wiring, the first insulating layer, and the micro-LED are located on the substrate in an order of the wiring, the first insulating layer, and the micro-LED. The micro-LED overlaps the wiring. The light-blocking layer is located between the first insulating layer and the micro-LED, at least partially crosses a portion of the wiring directly below the micro-LED, and has an area that does not overlap a positive electrode and a negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Hiroaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20250084191
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a fluorine resin refining method. The method includes refining a fluorine resin by bringing the fluorine resin into contact with a fluorinating agent at a temperature of (Tg1?35)° C. or higher, where Tg1 is the glass transition temperature of the fluorine resin, and the fluorine resin includes a first fluorine-containing aliphatic ring structure in a molecular chain. The present invention makes it possible to produce a fluorine resin suitable for use in a plastic optical fiber. The first fluorine-containing aliphatic ring structure may have a dioxolane skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihide KAWAGUCHI, Takashi SHIMIZU, Takeshi SAITO, Akifumi KIDO
  • Publication number: 20250079138
    Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a plasma processing apparatus, a decompression transferrer coupled to the plasma processing apparatus, and control circuitry that controls a transfer robot to load an edge ring into a process chamber and to transfer the edge ring to a lift assembly, controls the lift assembly to lower the edge ring onto a ring support surface, controls an electrostatic chuck to electrostatically clamp the edge ring onto the ring support surface, and controls a plasma generator to generate plasma in the process chamber and stabilize the electrostatically clamping of the edge ring onto the electrostatic chuck before performing plasma processing on a product substrate, the stabilizing includes controlling a power source to apply pulsed direct current voltage to the substrate support, including applying a first bias voltage and applying a second bias voltage higher than the first bias voltage after applying the first bias voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takashi ARAMAKI, Lifu LI, Nobutaka SASAKI, Toshiki AKAMA, Shusei KATO, Gyeong min PARK, Wataru SHIMIZU, Ryota KOITABASHI
  • Publication number: 20250081866
    Abstract: A new variety of apple tree ‘BENITSURUGI’ that has columnar tree type, bearing on spurs only, thick to very thick shoot thickness, short internode length, long leaf blade length, long petiole length, short to medium fruit stalk length, medium size and short to medium height fruit with fully open locules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Sawamura, Shigeki Moriya, Kazuyuki Abe, Kazuma Okada, Taku Shimizu, Hiroshi Iwanami, Nobuhiro Kotoda, Takashi Haji, Sae Takahashi, Yuki Moriya, Hirohisa Nesumi, Ayato Hori, Takashi Baba
  • Publication number: 20250060401
    Abstract: A detection device includes a signal output unit configured to output a 1-bit first digital signal representing a waveform of a predetermined pattern or a signal based on the first digital signal to a transmission line as a measurement signal, a signal reception unit configured to receive a response signal including a signal reflecting the measurement signal from the transmission line and convert the response signal into a 1-bit second digital signal, an operation unit configured to perform a logical operation of the second digital signal converted by the signal reception unit and a 1-bit third digital signal based on the predetermined pattern, and a detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of the transmission line, based on an operation result obtained by the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato IZAWA, Satoru SAKURAZAWA, Isao KATO, Shota SHIMIZU, Takashi MAEHATA
  • Publication number: 20250062053
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a linear transmission member; and a resin molded portion molded with at least a portion of the linear transmission member in a direction in which the linear transmission member extends used as an insert portion, wherein the resin molded portion includes a first positioning portion trace and a second positioning portion trace located apart from each other in the direction in which the linear transmission member extends, the first positioning portion trace is a recess that extends in a direction traversing the linear transmission member, the second positioning portion trace includes a pair of partial recessed portions that extend in a direction in which the first positioning portion trace extends, and the pair of partial recessed portions are formed apart from each other at positions closest to the linear transmission member in a direction in which the pair of partial recessed portions extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinari KOBAYASHI, Moriyuki SHIMIZU, Kosuke UCHIDA, Takashi NISHIGUCHI, Hironobu YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12228878
    Abstract: A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge including a storage medium having an electrical contact surface is detachably attachable; a photosensitive drum; a transfer roller; and a conveying roller. The drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one end portion of the frame in a second direction. The transfer roller is rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction and in contact with the drum. The conveying roller is rotatable about a third axis extending in the first direction and separated from the transfer roller in the second direction. A first opening of the frame is positioned between the transfer roller and the conveying roller in the second direction. The electrical contact surface is exposed to an outside through the first opening in a case where the developing cartridge is attached to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Koji Abe
  • Publication number: 20250049806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of a pharmaceutical composition useful in the treatment of Alport syndrome. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition useful in the treatment of Alport syndrome, comprising a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A is a C6-C10 aryl group or a heteroaryl group, wherein at least one hydrogen atom of the aryl group or the heteroaryl group is optionally replaced with a substituent selected from a predetermined group, R is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, R1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and Y is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a hydroxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Kenichi Komori, Haruka Yamada, Hayato Shimizu, Yasuhiro Aga, Ayumi Ogawa, Toru Hasegawa, Takashi Matsushita, Yasunori Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Onuma
  • Publication number: 20250032392
    Abstract: To provide a hyaluronate skin-penetrating cosmetic that allows a hyaluronate to penetrate into the skin without a complicated step such as composite formation of a hyaluronate. A hyaluronate skin-penetrating cosmetic of the present disclosure contains a hyaluronate and an amphoteric surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Mika YOSHIMURA, Anna OKISHIMA, Takashi OKA, Hiroko SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20250038007
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of conductive layers that are stacked in plurality in a first direction via an inter-layer insulating layer, that extend in a second direction which intersects the first direction, and that are disposed in plurality in a third direction which intersects the first direction and the second direction. In addition, the same nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises: a semiconductor layer that has the first direction as a longitudinal direction; a tunnel insulating layer that contacts a side surface of the semiconductor layer; a charge accumulation layer that contacts a side surface of the tunnel insulating layer; and a block insulating layer that contacts a side surface of the charge accumulation layer. Furthermore, in the same nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, an end in the third direction of the plurality of conductive layers is rounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi SONEHARA, Takahiro HIRAI, Masaaki HIGUCHI, Takashi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 12204275
    Abstract: A developing cartridge includes a developing electrode and a supply electrode. The developing electrode includes a first electrical contact in contact with a developing roller shaft, and a second electrical contact positioned closer to the developing roller shaft than a second agitator gear is to the developing roller shaft. The second electrical contact is positioned farther from the developing roller shaft than the first electrical contact is from the developing roller shaft. The supply electrode includes a first electrical contact in contact with the supply roller shaft, and a second electrical contact positioned closer to the developing roller shaft than the second agitator gear is to the developing roller shaft. The second electrical contact of the supply electrode is positioned farther from the developing roller shaft than the second electrical contact of the developing electrode is from the developing roller shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita Shimizu, Tomoya Ichikawa, Takashi Shimizu, Kazuna Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20250006891
    Abstract: A negative electrode includes a negative active material layer containing a silicon-based negative active material, a rubber-based binder, and a carbon nanotube, wherein a content of the silicon-based negative active material in the negative active material layer is 68 mass % or more, a content of the rubber-based binder in the negative active material layer is 3.0 mass % or more, and a content of the carbon nanotube in the negative active material layer is 0.4×(n2+4n)/(2n+3) mass % or less where n is the number of layers of graphene forming the carbon nanotube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke ICHIKAWA, Nobuhiro NAKAJIMA, Takashi SHIMIZU, Akihito TANOI, Heisuke NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 12165452
    Abstract: An electronic key terminal includes a first case and a second case, an elastic member including a planar portion and a wall portion protruding from at least a part of a periphery of the planar portion in a direction from the first case toward the second case, and an electronic board housed in a space defined by the first case and the second case. The wall portion includes protruding portions protruding from opposing sides of the wall portion. The electronic board is partially disposed between the third planar portion and the protruding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Yuichi Suehiro, Koichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240396135
    Abstract: The sealing film seals a gap between an electrode lead wire and a housing vessel. The electrode lead wire is electrically connected to a battery body. The housing vessel houses the battery body. The sealing film includes one or a plurality of thermoplastic resin layers. At least one of the thermoplastic resin layers includes a hydrogen-bonding resin having a structure allowing hydrogen bonding between molecules thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Shunsuke Takeyama, Takanori Sakuragi, Atsufumi Meguro, Takashi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240377576
    Abstract: A plastic optical fiber suitable for reducing interfacial delamination between a clad and a coating layer. The plastic optical fiber includes: a core; a clad disposed on an outer circumference of the core and including a fluorine-containing resin; and a coating layer disposed on an outer circumference of the clad, the coating layer consisting of a material. The material has an elongation, as measured by a given test, of 0.05% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi OHMURA, Takashi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 12142486
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of conductive layers that are stacked in plurality in a first direction via an inter-layer insulating layer, that extend in a second direction which intersects the first direction, and that are disposed in plurality in a third direction which intersects the first direction and the second direction. In addition, the same nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises: a semiconductor layer that has the first direction as a longitudinal direction; a tunnel insulating layer that contacts a side surface of the semiconductor layer; a charge accumulation layer that contacts a side surface of the tunnel insulating layer; and a block insulating layer that contacts a side surface of the charge accumulation layer. Furthermore, in the same nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, an end in the third direction of the plurality of conductive layers is rounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Sonehara, Takahiro Hirai, Masaaki Higuchi, Takashi Shimizu