Patents by Inventor Takashi Tsuchiya

Takashi Tsuchiya 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: 20180241138
    Abstract: A grounding terminal fitting (A) includes a base terminal fitting (10) having mounting holes (12, 13) and a base-side locking portion (14, 15), and a combined terminal fitting (20) separate from the base terminal fitting (10) and to be fixed while being overlapped on the base terminal fitting (10) by being locked to the base-side locking portion (14, 15). The combined terminal fitting (20) includes at least one wire connecting terminal fitting (21) formed with a through hole (23) to be aligned with the mounting hole (12, 13) for the passage of a bolt (35). A wire connecting portion (29) for connecting a grounding wire (32) and a combining locking portion (25, 26, 27, 28). When the combining locking portions (25, 26, 27, 28) are locked together, the wire connecting terminal fittings (21) are overlapped and fixed and the through holes (23) are aligned with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji Kitagawa, Takashi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20180133942
    Abstract: A resin molding method for forming a resin molding (24) on a surface of a panel (1) includes: a molding die installation step of installing a molding die (3) formed of an elastic body on the panel (1) in such a manner as to form a cavity (7) by a molding face (10) thereof; a resistance increasing step of increasing resistance to pressure applied from the cavity (7) side with respect to the molding face (10); a resin injection step of injecting resin into the cavity (7); and a resin curing step of curing the injected resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Yosuke Ikadai, Takashi Tsuchiya, Masato Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9810969
    Abstract: To provide a lens driving apparatus that drives a lens in its optical axis-direction without inclining it, and a lens driving apparatus that drives a bobbin in the optical axis-direction smoothly without increasing the frictional force between a ball arranged between the bobbin and a cover, and the bobbin and cover while maintaining high driving power. The lens driving apparatus comprises the polygonal cylindrical bobbin that houses the lens, the box-shaped cover that receives the bobbin, a drive unit that moves the bobbin in the optical axis-direction of the lens, and a support unit that supports the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: EST Co., Ltd., AULA-DIUS LLC.
    Inventors: Takashi Tsuchiya, Yasushi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20170310021
    Abstract: A terminal member assembly 1 has ground terminals (10A, 10B) each including a main body (20) in the form of a flat plate. A coupling (30) extends from the main body (20) and a wire connecting portion (40) is connected to an extending end of the coupling (30). The ground terminals (10A, 10B) are assembled with each other with the main bodies (20) overlapping each other. At least one (10A) of the ground terminals includes an overlap area (30A) to be overlapped with the coupling (30) of the other ground terminal (10B). The overlap area is located on a surface of the coupling (30) facing the adjacent other ground terminal (10B). A contact portion (36) is located in the overlap area (30A) and projects toward the coupling (30) of the other ground terminal (10B) and is configured to contact the coupling (30) of the other ground terminal (10B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Takahiro Tsuchiya, Takashi Tsuchiya, Yuji Kitagawa, Yuichi Goto
  • Patent number: 9698504
    Abstract: A battery terminal 1 includes a terminal main body 2 including an upper plate portion 10 and a lower plate portion 60 provided separately from the upper plate portion 10, the upper plate portion 10 including a upper plate mounting portion 20 having an upper plate mounting hole 21 through which a battery post 140 is to be inserted and an upper plate fastening portion 30 connected to the upper plate mounting portion 20, the lower plate portion 60 including a lower plate mounting portion 70 having a lower plate mounting hole 71 through which the battery post 140 is to be inserted and a lower plate fastening portion 80 connected to the lower plate mounting portion 70, and a bracket 100 configured to deform the upper plate mounting hole 21 and the lower plate mounting hole 71 to reduce them in diameter by being mounted on the terminal main body 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nobukuni, Takashi Tsuchiya, Takamaru Amano, Yuichi Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9627499
    Abstract: A nonvolatile three-terminal element is provided that operates by controlling a bandgap in an electron state of a graphene-based material. An ion conductor (5) having hydrogen ion or oxygen ion conductivity is provided between graphene oxide or graphene (hereinafter, referred to as GO) (6), and a gate electrode (1). In addition, a drain electrode (2) and a source electrode (3) are provided on a GO (6) side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Kazuya Terabe, Takashi Tsuchiya, Masakazu Aono
  • Patent number: 9578208
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus accurately compensates a flare component. An image forming apparatus reads images in a first reading condition and a second reading condition in which flare less occurs, and includes: a reflectance assignment unit for assigning a reflectance to the first image in accordance with the distance between the first image and the second image; a color information arithmetic unit for obtaining color information about the first image read in the second reading condition; a flare component derivation unit for deriving a flare component of the second image based on the reflectance and the color information; and a flare component removing unit for removing a flare component of the second image read in the first reading condition, based on the second image read in the first reading condition and the flare component derived by the flare component derivation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20170047670
    Abstract: A battery terminal 1 includes a terminal main body 2 including an upper plate portion 10 and a lower plate portion 60 provided separately from the upper plate portion 10, the upper plate portion 10 including a upper plate mounting portion 20 having an upper plate mounting hole 21 through which a battery post 140 is to be inserted and an upper plate fastening portion 30 connected to the upper plate mounting portion 20, the lower plate portion 60 including a lower plate mounting portion 70 having a lower plate mounting hole 71 through which the battery post 140 is to be inserted and a lower plate fastening portion 80 connected to the lower plate mounting portion 70, and a bracket 100 configured to deform the upper plate mounting hole 21 and the lower plate mounting hole 71 to reduce them in diameter by being mounted on the terminal main body 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Takashi Nobukuni, Takashi Tsuchiya, Takamaru Amano, Yuichi Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9519953
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a representative value calculation unit that selects a designation area from a first image, and that calculates a representative value of each of the color components in the designation area, a class classification unit that performs class classification on the designation area, a coefficient reading unit that reads a coefficient that is stored in advance, a color component conversion unit that sets the pixel value relating to a predetermined pixel within the designation area to be a prediction tap, sets the pixel value of one color component, to be a reference, and converts the pixel value of each color component into a conversion value, and a product and sum calculation unit that sets the conversion value to be a variable and calculates each of the pixel values of a second image, by performing product and sum calculation which uses the coefficient which is read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Okumura, Ichiro Fujisawa, Katsutoshi Ando, Takashi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 9475111
    Abstract: A product including a top surface part, a vertical wall part connected to an end of the top surface part and a corner part interposed between the top surface part and the vertical wall part is manufactured by flowing a material of the corner part toward the top surface part while applying a pressing force on a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tsuchiya, Teruo Kamada, Daisuke Yamamoto, Kaoru Hirotani, Kenji Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20160276453
    Abstract: A nonvolatile three-terminal element is provided that operates by controlling a bandgap in an electron state of a graphene-based material. An ion conductor (5) having hydrogen ion or oxygen ion conductivity is provided between graphene oxide or graphene (hereinafter, referred to as GO) (6), and a gate electrode (1). In addition, a drain electrode (2) and a source electrode (3) are provided on a GO (6) side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuya TERABE, Takashi TSUCHIYA, Masakazu AONO
  • Publication number: 20160252702
    Abstract: To provide a lens driving apparatus that drives a lens in its optical axis-direction without inclining it, and a lens driving apparatus that drives a bobbin in the optical axis-direction smoothly without increasing the frictional force between a ball arranged between the bobbin and a cover, and the bobbin and cover while maintaining high driving power. The lens driving apparatus comprises the polygonal cylindrical bobbin that houses the lens, the box-shaped cover that receives the bobbin, a drive unit that moves the bobbin in the optical axis-direction of the lens, and a support unit that supports the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi TSUCHIYA, Yasushi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160212303
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus accurately compensates a flare component. The image forming apparatus reads images in a first reading condition and a second reading condition in which flare less occurs, and includes: a reflectance assignment unit for assigning a reflectance to the first image in accordance with the distance between the first image and the second image; a color information arithmetic unit for obtaining color information about the first image read in the second reading condition; a flare component derivation unit for deriving a flare component of the second image based on the reflectance and the color information; and a flare component removing unit for removing a flare component of the second image read in the first reading condition, based on the second image read in the first reading condition and the flare component derived by the flare component derivation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 9380276
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a class tap selection unit that selects pixel values related to pixels corresponding to a plurality of color components as a class tap, from a first image formed by image signals which are output from a single-plate type pixel portion, a class sorting unit that sorts out target pixels of second images as any one of a plurality of classes on the basis of a feature amount of the class tap, a prediction tap selection unit that selects pixel values related to pixels corresponding to a first color component of the plurality of color components as a prediction tap from the first image, and a product-sum operation unit that uses the pixel values of the first color component of the prediction tap as variables, and operates pixel values of the second images through a product-sum operation using the read coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Fujisawa, Akihiro Okumura, Katsutoshi Ando, Takashi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 9362665
    Abstract: A joint connector (10) for electrically connecting a plurality of terminal fittings (20) mounted on ends of a plurality of ground wires (W) of a vehicle includes a pair of terminal holding portions (49A, 49A) for holding a pair of the terminal fittings (20, 20). A pair of locking lances (43, 43) deflectable with respect to each other and configured to suppress the withdrawal of the pair of terminal fittings (20, 20) by locking the pair of terminal fittings (20, 20) are arranged back to back with each other via a deflection permitting space (44) between the pair of terminal holding portions (49A, 49A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Hidefumi Horiuchi, Takamaru Amano, Yuji Kitagawa, Takashi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20160143871
    Abstract: Agents containing (A) cystine or a derivative thereof and (B) theanine, in combination, are useful for reducing side effects of cancer chemotherapy, can reduce various side effects of cancer chemotherapy, and can improve the treatment completion rate of cancer chemotherapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shigekazu KURIHARA, Takashi TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 9321091
    Abstract: A side panel including a first member and a second member having a higher strength is manufactured by arranging a corner portion of the second member in a recessed portion of the first member, and by simultaneously press-working the first member and the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tsuchiya, Teruo Kamada, Daisuke Yamamoto, Kaoru Hirotani, Kenji Matsutani
  • Patent number: 9300093
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a ground connection fitting capable of enhancing the reliability of connection of a ground wire to ground sections and a ground connection device using the same. A first ground connection fitting (1) connects a ground wire (E1) to a first bolt (B1) and a second bolt (B2), which a plurality of ground sections provided on a wall surface of a vehicle. The first ground connection fitting (1) includes a wire connecting portion formed by a wire-side terminal portion (4) to be mounted on an end of the ground wire (E1), and a ground-side terminal portion (5) formed with a first bolt connection hole (6) connectable to the first bolt (B1) and a second bolt connection hole (7) connectable to the second bolt (B2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Omori, Hiroki Hirai, Masaaki Tabata, Takamaru Amano, Takashi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 9275444
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a prediction tap selection unit which selects a pixel which is a prediction tap used for prediction operation for acquiring a pixel value of a target pixel which is a target from a second image obtained by converting a first image, from the first image; a classification unit which classifies the target pixel to any class from a plurality of classes; a tap coefficient output unit which outputs a tap coefficient of a class of the target pixel from tap coefficients, acquired by learning to minimize an error between a result of the prediction operation using a student image corresponding to the first image and a teacher image corresponding to the second image; and an operation unit which acquires a pixel value of the target pixel by performing the prediction operation using the tap coefficient and the prediction tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Tsuchiya, Akihiro Okumura, Ichiro Fujisawa, Katsutoshi Ando
  • Patent number: 9256923
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a representative value calculation unit that selects a designation area from a first image, and that calculates a representative value of each of the color components in the designation area, a class classification unit that performs class classification on the designation area, a coefficient reading unit that reads a coefficient that is stored in advance, a color component conversion unit that sets the pixel value relating to a predetermined pixel within the designation area to be a prediction tap, sets the pixel value of one color component, to be a reference, and converts the pixel value of each color component into a conversion value, and a product and sum calculation unit that sets the conversion value to be a variable and calculates each of the pixel values of a second image, by performing product and sum calculation which uses the coefficient which is read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Okumura, Ichiro Fujisawa, Katsutoshi Ando, Takashi Tsuchiya