Patents by Inventor Takayuki Matsuoka
Takayuki Matsuoka 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: 11964383Abstract: A robot hand includes base body defining gripping position of substrate, first contacting part provided to base body at tip-end side and configured to contact first part of edge part of substrate when substrate is gripped, rotary body provided on base-end side of base body and having second contacting part configured to contact second part of edge part of substrate when substrate is gripped, and mobile body having shaft part to be inserted into shaft hole of rotary body, and configured to move toward tip end of base body to move rotary body toward tip end of the base body. An axial-center line of shaft part extends in thickness directions of base and rotary bodies provided so as to have clearance in axial direction of shaft part with respect to shaft part.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Fukushima, Shogo Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20230157558Abstract: To provide a cuff for measuring blood pressure which is excellent in durability and convenient to use. A cuff for measuring blood pressure includes a band enveloping an air bag between an outer cloth and an inner cloth facing the outer cloth; a first opening portion provided in the outer cloth; and a first hook-and-loop fastener welded to the outer cloth in a state where the first opening portion is closed from an inner side of the band and a raised surface is exposed through the first opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Ryosuke DOI, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Takayuki SHIINA, Yo IMAI
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Publication number: 20230148882Abstract: Provided is a convenient blood pressure cuff. A blood pressure cuff includes a band-like body enveloping an air bag between an outer cloth and an inner cloth facing the outer cloth; a ring-like member held at a position near one end edge it in a longitudinal direction of the band-like body and extending in a lateral direction of the band-like body; and an auxiliary member stored inside a terminal region between the end edge it of the band-like body and the ring-like member and extending in the lateral direction. The outer cloth and the inner cloth in the terminal region are welded to each other in a state where the auxiliary member is sandwiched between the outer cloth and the inner cloth.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Ryosuke DOI, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Takayuki SHIINA, Yo IMAI, Kenji OZAWA, Chisato TAWARA
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Patent number: 11612357Abstract: A blood pressure monitor cuff is formed by stacking an outer circumferential layer arranged on a side opposite to that of a measurement site and a fluid bladder arranged on the measurement site side. The outer circumferential layer and the fluid bladder are formed of an elastomer material. Two edge portions in a lengthwise direction of the outer circumferential layer protrude in a thickness direction toward the measurement site. The fluid bladder includes a base layer that opposes the outer circumferential layer and a top layer overlapping with the base layer, and the edge portions of the base layer and the top layer are welded together forming a bladder shape. Additional sheets are welded in the thickness direction to the welded edge portions of the top layer and the base layer. The fluid bladder is arranged between the two edge portions of the outer circumferential layer in the width direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke Doi, Chisato Tawara, Takayuki Matsuoka, Yuichiro Arima, Yoshihide Tokko, Minoru Taniguchi, Yuma Adachi, Masayuki Fukutsuka
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Patent number: 11504920Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a cuff including a first outer layer, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and a second outer layer, the method including disposing each of two non-bridge welded sheet members between the sheet member of the first intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the first outer layer and the sheet member of the first intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the second intermediate layer and between the sheet member of the second intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the first intermediate layer and the sheet member of the second intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the second outer layer, and welding the four sheet members constituting the intermediate layers.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiko Sano, Takayuki Matsuoka, Minoru Taniguchi, Yuichiro Arima
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Publication number: 20220133160Abstract: A blood pressure measurement cuff includes a belt-like body including an outer fabric and an inner fabric facing each other to form a bag shape, the belt-like body housing a fluid bag, an elliptical ring member having one side attached to a region adjacent to one end of the belt-like body, a retaining member provided to a region adjacent to the other end of the belt-like body, and a fixing member provided to a front surface of the outer fabric of the belt-like body. The retaining member includes a projection part that is flexible and projects outward of the belt-like body in a thickness direction Z, and support parts, each being flat plate-like, contiguous with a base of the projection part, and attached along the region adjacent to the other end of the outer fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke DOI, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Takayuki SHIINA, Yo IMAI
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Publication number: 20220000379Abstract: A cuff unit, a method for manufacturing the cuff unit, and a blood pressure measuring device that allow suppressing a positional deviation in each of a pressing cuff and a sensing cuff with respect to a curler are provided. A cuff unit includes a pressing cuff joined to a curler and including a plurality of air bags that are layered and each inflated by a fluid, and a sensing cuff that includes one air bag inflated by a fluid and a joining margin formed on the air bag and joined to the air bag 81 adjacent to the air bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Masaki HARADA, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Minoru TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210307626Abstract: Provided is a blood pressure measurement device including a curler including a cover portion that fixes a device body to a hand back side of the wrist, a pressing cuff including a first bag-like structure and a first flow path body which is integrally formed with the first bag-like structure by joining two sheet members forming the first bag-like structure facing the curler and is fluidly connecting a pump and the first bag-like structure, a sensing cuff including a second bag-like structure and a second flow path body which is integrally formed with the second bag-like structure by joining two sheet members forming the second bag-like structure and is including one end disposed on the wrist side of the cover portion, and a tensile cuff including a third bag-like structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Takashi ONO, Yoshihiko SANO, Masaki HARADA, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Takanori NISHIOKA
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Publication number: 20210308954Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a cuff including a first outer layer, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and a second outer layer, the method including disposing each of two non-bridge welded sheet members between the sheet member of the first intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the first outer layer and the sheet member of the first intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the second intermediate layer and between the sheet member of the second intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the first intermediate layer and the sheet member of the second intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the second outer layer, and welding the four sheet members constituting the intermediate layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Yoshihiko SANO, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Minoru TANIGUCHI, Yuichiro ARIMA
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Publication number: 20210212580Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a cuff structure formed of a resin material and configured to be inflated with a fluid, and a curler curved in such a manner as to follow along a circumferential direction of a portion of a living body where the blood pressure measurement device is attached, the curler being formed with a first end and a second end spaced apart from each other, the cuff structure being welded to the curler, and a portion of the curler where the cuff structure is welded being formed of a material similar to the resin material forming the cuff structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Tomoyuki NISHIDA, Takashi ONO, Yuichiro ARIMA, Takayuki MATSUOKA
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Patent number: 10347817Abstract: A lead-free piezoelectric ceramic composition including an alkali niobate/tantalate perovskite oxide main phase having piezoelectric properties and a different metal oxide. The mole ratio (Na/K) between Na (sodium) and K (potassium) in the main phase is 0.40<(Na/K)<3.0. The main phase has a crystal structure in which (i) first spots corresponding to a primitive lattice period and (ii) second spots corresponding to the lattice period two times the primitive lattice period and being weaker than the first spots appear in an electron beam diffraction image entering from the <100> direction with the main phase represented as a pseudo-cubic crystal system. Also, the area ratio of a crystal phase reflecting the second spots in the main phase is 33% or less, and the maximum grain size of crystals reflecting the second spots in the main phase is 25 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisashi Kozuka, Hideto Yamada, Takayuki Matsuoka, Kazuaki Kitamura, Masato Yamazaki, Toshiaki Kurahashi, Takashi Kasashima, Yasuyuki Okimura, Kazushige Ohbayashi
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Patent number: 10340441Abstract: A lead-free piezoelectric ceramic composition including an alkali niobate/tantalate perovskite oxide main phase having piezoelectric properties and a different metal oxide subphase. The mole ratio (Na/K) between Na (sodium) and K (potassium) in the main phase assumes a value in a range represented by 0.40<(Na/K)<3.0. The main phase has a crystal structure in which (i) first spots corresponding to a primitive lattice period and (ii) second spots corresponding to the lattice period two times the primitive lattice period and being weaker than the first spots appear in an electron beam diffraction image entering from the <100> direction with the main phase represented as a pseudo-cubic crystal system.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisashi Kozuka, Hideto Yamada, Takayuki Matsuoka, Kazuaki Kitamura, Masato Yamazaki, Toshiaki Kurahashi, Takashi Kasashima, Yasuyuki Okimura, Kazushige Ohbayashi
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Publication number: 20180184926Abstract: A blood pressure monitor cuff is formed by stacking an outer circumferential layer arranged on a side opposite to that of a measurement site and a fluid bladder arranged on the measurement site side. The outer circumferential layer and the fluid bladder are formed of an elastomer material. Two edge portions in a lengthwise direction of the outer circumferential layer protrude in a thickness direction toward the measurement site. The fluid bladder includes a base layer that opposes the outer circumferential layer and a top layer overlapping with the base layer, and the edge portions of the base layer and the top layer are welded together forming a bladder shape. Additional sheets are welded in the thickness direction to the welded edge portions of the top layer and the base layer. The fluid bladder is arranged between the two edge portions of the outer circumferential layer in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke Doi, Chisato Tawara, Takayuki Matsuoka, Yuichiro Arima, Yoshihide Tokko, Minoru Taniguchi, Yuma Adachi, Masayuki Fukutsuka
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Patent number: 9938197Abstract: A lead-free piezoelectric ceramic composition includes a first crystal phase made of an alkali niobate/tantalate type perovskite oxide having piezoelectric properties, and a second crystal phase made of an M-Ti—O spinel compound (where the element M is a monovalent to quadrivalent element).Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Yamazaki, Takayuki Matsuoka, Kazuaki Kitamura, Hisashi Kozuka, Hideto Yamada, Toshiaki Kurahashi, Yasuyuki Okimura, Kazushige Ohbayashi, Takashi Kasashima
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Patent number: 9871187Abstract: A lead-free piezo-electric porcelain composition which contains a main phase having voids and which is formed of a first crystal phase composed of an alkali niobate/tantalate-based perovskite oxide having piezo-electric characteristics; and a sub-phase containing a second crystal phase composed of an A2B6O13-based compound (where the element A is a monovalent element and the element B is one or more divalent to hexavalent elements). The sub-phase fills voids present in the main phase.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Yamazaki, Takayuki Matsuoka, Yoshiteru Honda, Kazuaki Kitamura, Hisashi Kozuka, Toshiaki Kurahashi, Yasuyuki Okimura, Hideto Yamada, Kazushige Ohbayashi
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Patent number: 9828296Abstract: A lead-free piezoelectric ceramic composition mainly includes a first crystal phase (KNN phase) and a second crystal phase (NTK phase). In the first crystal phase (KNN phase), a plurality of crystal grains formed of an alkali niobate/tantalate perovskite oxide having piezoelectric characteristics is bound to each other in a deposited state. The second crystal phase (NTK phase) is formed of a compound containing titanium (Ti) and fills spaces between the crystal grains in the first crystal phase.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2012Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Yamazaki, Takayuki Matsuoka, Kazuaki Kitamura, Hideto Yamada, Toshiaki Kurahashi, Katsuya Yamagiwa, Kazushige Ohbayashi
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Publication number: 20170141292Abstract: A lead-free piezoelectric ceramic composition including an alkali niobate/tantalate perovskite oxide main phase having piezoelectric properties and a different metal oxide subphase. The mole ratio (Na/K) between Na (sodium) and K (potassium) in the main phase assumes a value in a range represented by 0.40<(Na/K)<3.0. The main phase has a crystal structure in which (i) first spots corresponding to a primitive lattice period and (ii) second spots corresponding to the lattice period two times the primitive lattice period and being weaker than the first spots appear in an electron beam diffraction image entering from the <100> direction with the main phase represented as a pseudo-cubic crystal system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisashi KOZUKA, Hideto YAMADA, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Kazuaki KITAMURA, Masato YAMAZAKI, Toshiaki KURAHASHI, Takashi KASASHIMA, Yasuyuki OKIMURA, Kazushige OHBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170141293Abstract: A lead-free piezoelectric ceramic composition including an alkali niobate/tantalate perovskite oxide main phase having piezoelectric properties and a different metal oxide. The mole ratio (Na/K) between Na (sodium) and K (potassium) in the main phase is 0.40<(Na/K)<3.0. The main phase has a crystal structure in which (i) first spots corresponding to a primitive lattice period and (ii) second spots corresponding to the lattice period two times the primitive lattice period and being weaker than the first spots appear in an electron beam diffraction image entering from the <100> direction with the main phase represented as a pseudo-cubic crystal system. Also, the area ratio of a crystal phase reflecting the second spots in the main phase is 33% or less, and the maximum grain size of crystals reflecting the second spots in the main phase is 25 nm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisashi KOZUKA, Hideto YAMADA, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Kazuaki KITAMURA, Masato YAMAZAKI, Toshiaki KURAHASHI, Takashi KASASHIMA, Yasuyuki OKIMURA, Kazushige OHBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9496742Abstract: A control device of a secondary battery has a current detection unit (103) that detects a charge current to the secondary battery (101) and a discharge current from the secondary battery (101); a calculation unit (107) that calculates, from the charge current and the discharge current, a charge-discharge efficiency and a discharge-charge efficiency when performing a charge operation and a discharge operation; a deterioration judgment unit (107) that judges a deterioration state of the secondary battery (101) from a temporal change rate of the charge-discharge efficiency and a temporal change rate of the discharge-charge efficiency; and a control unit (107) that sets a charge termination voltage of the secondary battery (101) in accordance with the deterioration state.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Sohei Suga, Tamaki Miura, Yosuke Suzuki, Shinsaku Ehara, Yoshiaki Nitta, Masanori Aoyagi, Takayuki Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20160052826Abstract: A lead-free piezoelectric ceramic composition includes a first crystal phase made of an alkali niobate/tantalate type perovskite oxide having piezoelectric properties, and a second crystal phase made of an M-Ti—O spinel compound (where the element M is a monovalent to quadrivalent element).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato YAMAZAKI, Takayuki MATSUOKA, Kazuaki KITAMURA, Hisashi KOZUKA, Hideto YAMADA, Toshiaki KURAHASHI, Yasuyuki OKIMURA, Kazushige OHBAYASHI, Takashi KASASHIMA