Patents by Inventor Takashi Wada

Takashi Wada 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: 20250112631
    Abstract: To provide a technique enabling stable protection of a switching element at the time of short circuit by suppressing jumping of the voltage Vge between a gate terminal and a reference potential terminal at the time of occurrence of short circuit. A power semiconductor module having at least an upper arm, includes: a Zener diode connected between a gate terminal and a reference potential terminal and provided on the outside of a semiconductor chip of a switching element and provided on an insulating substrate; a casing which houses the insulating substrate; and a plurality of external electrodes provided to the casing and connected to the gate terminal and the reference potential terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Taiga ARAI, Katsuaki SAITO, Daisuke KAWASE, Akira MIMA, Takashi WADA
  • Patent number: 12243675
    Abstract: In a multilayer coil component, a part filled with a resin and a void part not filled with the resin exist between a plurality of metal magnetic particles in an element body, one main surface of the element body is a mounting surface with respect to an external electronic component, and the edge of an external electrode is positioned on the mounting surface. In the element body, a high void region where the porosity caused by the void part is higher than the porosity of the other part in the element body extends from the edge of the external electrode on the mounting surface toward an end surface of the element body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nagai, Takashi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Ebina, Kunihiko Kawasaki, Shinichi Kondo, Keito Yasuda, Ryuichi Wada, Makoto Morita, Takashi Kudo, Kyohei Tonoyama
  • Publication number: 20250060213
    Abstract: The present disclosure is a shape measurement system including: a multi-core optical fiber in which four or more cores are disposed in a part other than the center of a cross section; a strain distribution measurement device configured to measure a strain distribution of each of the cores in a longitudinal direction of the multi-core optical fiber; and an analysis device configured to calculate a shape of the multi-core optical fiber by using the strain distribution of the multi-core optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicants: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Nobutomo HANZAWA, Kazuhide NAKAJIMA, Takashi MATSUI, Hideaki MURAYAMA, Ryota WADA, Makito KOBAYAHSI
  • Patent number: 12220394
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of kidney disease, a kidney inflammation inhibitor, an inflammatory cell death inhibitor for the kidneys, or a food for the prevention or improvement of kidney disease, that include D-alanine or a derivative thereof. In addition, the present invention pertains to the use of D-alanine or a derivative thereof, for the production of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of kidney disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: National University Corporation Kanazawa University, Kagami Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Wada, Kengo Furuichi, Norihiko Sakai, Yasunori Iwata, Akinori Hara, Yusuke Nakade, Kenji Hamase, Masashi Mita
  • Patent number: 12203847
    Abstract: A shape measurement system and method for a three-dimensional shape of a linear object over a long distance with high resolution. The shape measurement system comprises: a multicore optical fiber having a center core positioned in the center of the cross section thereof and three or more outer peripheral cores positioned at equal intervals concentrically with respect to and outside of the center core; a measurement device for measuring the backward Brillouin scattered light distribution in the propagation direction of each core of the multicore optical fiber; and an analysis device for calculating position coordinates, in three-dimensional space, of a linear structure having an unknown three-dimensional shape from the backward Brillouin scattered light distributions of a multicore optical fiber positioned along the linear structure having an unknown three-dimensional shape and a multicore optical fiber positioned along a linear structure having a known three-dimensional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Nobutomo Hanzawa, Kazuhide Nakajima, Takashi Matsui, Hideaki Murayama, Ryota Wada, Makito Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12172864
    Abstract: In a centering mechanism and a paper sheet handling apparatus including the centering mechanism, a centering unit conveys a paper sheet in a pinched state, and centers a position of the paper sheet in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the paper sheet by inclining with respect to the conveyance direction. In addition, the paper sheet is delivered to a downstream side conveyance unit from the centering unit in a state in which the centering unit pinches the paper sheet, and the downstream side conveyance unit conveys the paper sheet while pinching the paper sheet at pinch pressure stronger than pinch pressure at which the centering unit pinches the paper sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Wada, Satoshi Hayashi, Tomoyuki Tamahashi, Atsushi Ando
  • Patent number: 12109294
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an oily moisturizer composed of an esterified product of a component A and a component B, or an esterified product of the component A, the component B and a component C, wherein Component A comprises a polyhydric alcohol that is dipentaerythritol, erythritol or sorbitan, Component B comprises one fatty acid, or two or more fatty acids, selected from among linear saturated fatty acids of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and Component C comprises one fatty acid, or two or more fatty acids, selected from among fatty acids of 6 to 28 carbon atoms (but excluding fatty acids of the component B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Denda, Tadashiro Hirose, Hisanori Kachi, Takashi Wada
  • Publication number: 20240312282
    Abstract: A guide mechanism including a guide that regulates a position of a paper sheet stacked includes a power transmitter that moves the guide to three or more positions by means of power obtained from a separate mechanism, which is different from the guide mechanism, and a switching drive that switches the power transmitter between a transmission state in which the power of the separate mechanism is transmitted to the guide and a non-transmission state in which the power of the separate mechanism is not transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi WADA, Yuji TANAKA, Hiroshi MIYAZAKI, Atsushi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20240312281
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a first stopper that is in contact with a first partition at a lower limit position of the first partition; and a pressing portion that is fixed to a second partition and raises and lowers the first partition integrally with the second partition using a frictional force generated by pressing a guide. The second partition descends integrally with the first partition, and after the first partition comes into contact with the first stopper, the second partition descends independently of the first partition against the frictional force to a position where the pressing portion faces the recessed portion that cancels the frictional force. The second partition, when ascending from the position where the pressing portion faces the recessed portion to a position where the pressing portion no longer faces the recessed portion, ascends integrally with the first partition due to the frictional force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi WADA, Yuji TANAKA, Satoshi HAYASHI, Hiroshi MIYAZAKI, Mitsutaka NISHIDA, Atsushi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20240253967
    Abstract: Provided is a beer dispensing device not requiring cleaning by using a disposable flexible tube to form a beer passage, and also provided is a device capable of dispensing foam as well as beer, using a single flexible tube. A beverage dispensing device 1 using a combination of tubes 12 having an elastically portion that is elastically deformable as a passage of a beverage 20 comprises a mechanism 32 configured to set the bore of the flexible portion to a first state having a first cross-sectional area or a second state having a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area, selectively, and when the bore of the flexible portion is set to the second state, foam is generated from the beverage flowing through the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicants: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa MIYATANI, Takashi WADA, Kenji KUSUNOKI, Takuya KOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240238236
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for regulating carbohydrate metabolism, the composition containing, as an active ingredient, an agent for controlling the amount of D-amino acid in the living body of a subject. Moreover, the present invention provides a method for assessing carbohydrate metabolism conditions of a subject by monitoring the amount of D-amino acid in the living body of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicants: KAGAMI INC., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takashi WADA, Norihiko SAKAI, Yasunori IWATA, Yusuke NAKADE, Taku KOBAYASHI, Masashi MITA
  • Patent number: 12037217
    Abstract: A paper sheet stacking device includes: a conveyance mechanism that conveys paper sheets; a stacking mechanism including a stacking space in which the paper sheets, which are conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, are stacked, a first space regulating member that moves in a thickness direction of the paper sheets in the stacking space, a support member that extends in the moving direction of the first space regulating member and supports one side of the paper sheets in the stacking space, and a second space regulating member that is provided to face the support member and moves in a direction toward and away from the support member; and a controller that controls the stacking mechanism. The controller controls a position of the second space regulating member in accordance with an outer dimension of the paper sheets that are conveyed into the stacking space by the conveyance mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Wada, Yuji Tanaka, Katsuo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11964839
    Abstract: A conveyance route switching mechanism and a paper sheet handling apparatus that includes the conveyance route switching mechanism include a driving source, a gate, a first gear, and an internal gear. The driving source includes a driving shaft. The gate includes a gate shaft, and a blade that is provided on the gate shaft, and switches conveyance routes of paper sheets. The first gear is provided on the gate shaft. The internal gear meshes with the first gear. According to rotation of the driving shaft, the gate shaft rotates on an axis of the gate shaft, and revolves with the driving shaft as a rotation center while the first gear meshes with the internal gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Wada, Tomoyuki Tamahashi, Satoshi Hayashi, Atsushi Ando, Shohei Koizumi, Shoichi Deguchi, Akira Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240051140
    Abstract: A diagnostic system acquires operating condition information capable of identifying an operating condition of a robot arm. The diagnostic system acquires detection results of a plurality of sensor apparatuses installed in the robot arm. The diagnostic system estimates, by inputting the operating condition information acquired at a first point of time and the detection results of the plurality of sensor apparatuses acquired at the first point of time to a simulation model, the detection result of a particular sensor apparatus of the plurality of sensor apparatuses at the second point of time. The diagnostic system estimates a state of the particular sensor apparatus by comparing the detection result of the particular sensor apparatus at the second point of time, which is estimated, with the detection result of the particular sensor apparatus acquired at the second point of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi WADA, Kiyoshi ANDOH, Takuya SHIRATA
  • Patent number: 11852504
    Abstract: A sensor device is attached to, for example, a mechanical component. The sensor device includes a sensor unit, an output unit, and an energy harvesting unit. The sensor unit measures a condition related to the mechanical component. The output unit outputs information that is based on the measurement result from the sensor unit to the outside. The energy harvesting unit converts energy that exists in an external environment into electric power and supplies an electric power for operating at least one of the sensor unit and the output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Andoh, Takashi Wada, Hiroyuki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230365394
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid supply system with which it is possible to perform quality control of a liquid provided by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki YAMASHITA, Junichi KITANO, Takashi WADA, Kenji KUSUNOKI, Takashi NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20230368598
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a partition portion that forms an insertion space into which a paper sheet is inserted from an insertion port with a first opposing portion, and forms a taking-out space from which the paper sheet is taken out from the insertion port with a second opposing portion; and a conveyor that conveys the paper sheet left in the taking-out space in a state of protruding toward the taking-out space from a first opening portion of the first opposing portion and a second opening portion of the partition portion. The partition portion includes a second shutter that openably closes the second opening portion, and a second shutter opening/closing unit that opens the second opening portion by opening the second shutter in conjunction with an operation in which the partition portion moves to the remaining banknote conveyance position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Akira YAMADA, Tomoyuki TAMAHASHI, Takashi WADA, Atsushi ANDO, Shohei KOIZUMI, Satoshi HAYASHI, Yasuhiro MOTOHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230331538
    Abstract: There are provided a liquid supply system and a liquid loss reduction method capable of reducing a liquid loss caused when a liquid storage container is replaced. A liquid supply system (101) that transfers a liquid in a storage container (10) through a supply pipe (30), and dispenses the liquid from a dispensing outlet in a dispensing device (50). The liquid supply system includes a spout prevention unit (110) that is installed in the supply pipe, has a predetermined internal volume, and prevents a pressurized gas from being spouted from the dispensing outlet, a liquid-absence detection device (120) that is installed between the storage container and the spout prevention unit, and detects absence of the liquid in the storage container, and a control device (130) that is electrically connected to the liquid-absence detection device, and gives instructions for closing a flow path in the dispensing device in response to the detection of the absence of the liquid in the storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki YAMASHITA, Junichi KITANO, Takashi WADA, Kenji KUSUNOKI, Takashi NISHIO
  • Patent number: 11718515
    Abstract: A liquid sales management device is to be added to a liquid supply system supplying a liquid within a storage container to a dispensing device through a supply pipe with the liquid pressurized in order to cool the liquid in the dispensing device, and dispensing the cooled liquid to a drinking container. The liquid sales management device includes an actual flow rate determining unit that determines an actual measured flow rate of the liquid dispensed into the drinking container from the dispensing device, a cleaning mode detection unit that detects a cleaning mode in the liquid supply system, and a consumption flow rate acquisition unit that determines an actual consumption of the liquid based on the number of cycles of the cleaning mode, a known liquid amount consumed in one cycle of the cleaning mode in the liquid supply system, and the actual measured flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Yamashita, Junichi Kitano, Takashi Wada, Kenji Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 11685998
    Abstract: Examples of a substrate processing apparatus includes a device for subjecting a substrate to processing, and a controller for modifying a control parameter predetermined to control the device with a first modification value and a second modification value that vary over time, thereby calculating a modified parameter, and controlling the device based on the modified parameter, wherein the first modification value has a shorter term for modifying the control parameter than the second modification value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Takashi Wada, Satoru Noguchi, Wataru Adachi, Daisuke Muramatsu