Patents by Inventor Takuya Masuda

Takuya Masuda 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: 20240133331
    Abstract: A catalyst support for induction heating includes: a honeycomb structure including a pillar shaped honeycomb structure portion having: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from an end face on an inlet side to an end face on an outlet side in a gas flow direction to form a flow path; a catalyst supported onto an interior of the partition wall; and at least one magnetic body provided within the honeycomb structure, wherein the catalyst support has a region A where the catalyst is not supported, at least on the end face side of the catalyst support on the inlet side in the gas flow direction, and wherein the magnetic body is arranged at least in the region A in the gas flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio MIYAIRI, Masaaki MASUDA, Shuichi ICHIKAWA, Takuya ISHIHARA, Kai MATSUMOTO, Norihisa FUJIE, Yoichi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240133330
    Abstract: A catalyst support for induction heating includes: a honeycomb structure including a pillar shaped honeycomb structure portion having: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from an end face on an inlet side to an end face on an outlet side in a gas flow direction to form a flow path; a catalyst supported onto an interior of the partition wall; and at least one magnetic body provided within the honeycomb structure, wherein the catalyst support has a region A where the catalyst is not supported, at least on the end face side of the catalyst support on the inlet side in the gas flow direction, and wherein the magnetic body is arranged at least in the region A in the gas flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio MIYAIRI, Masaaki MASUDA, Shuichi ICHIKAWA, Takuya ISHIHARA, Kai MATSUMOTO, Norihisa FUJIE, Yoichi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240108884
    Abstract: An electrical catheter device includes a catheter including a first electrode, a second electrode, a first conductor connected to the first electrode and extending toward a proximal end of a defibrillation catheter, a second conductor connected to the second electrode and extending toward the proximal end, and a connector that integrally accommodates a proximal end portion of the first conductor and a proximal end portion of the second conductor; and a voltage applying device that is connected to the connector and applies different voltages to the proximal end portion of the first conductor and the proximal end portion of the second conductor. In the connector, a creepage distance longer than a spatial distance is provided between the proximal end portion of the first conductor and the proximal end portion of the second conductor. [Selected Drawing] FIG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya MASUDA, Itsuki NAKAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20240107633
    Abstract: A heater element includes: a honeycomb structure including an outer peripheral wall and partition walls disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition walls defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from a first end face to a second end face to form a flow path; a pair of electrode layers provided on the outer peripheral wall and the partition walls on the first end face and the second end face; and terminals capable of electrically connecting the electrode layers to a conducting wire. At least a part of each of the electrode layers has an extending portion extending outwardly from an outer edge of each of the first end face and the second end face. Each of the terminals is connected to the extending portion and disposed to face a side surface of the honeycomb structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio MIYAIRI, Masaaki MASUDA, Takuya NAKASHIMA, Hirofumi YAMAGUCHI, Toru HAYASE, Koji KUZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20240092979
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition having excellent electromagnetic wave shielding properties. A resin composition containing: a thermoplastic resin (A); graphite (B); and two or more kinds of carbon black (C), the two or more kinds of carbon black (C) including a first carbon black (C-1) having a BET specific surface area of 600 m2/g or more and a second carbon black (C-2) having a BET specific surface area of less than 600 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI TECHNO MOLDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke SUENAGA, Ryuuji MATSUMURA, Takuya MASUDA, Nami NAKAJIMA, Takamichi SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 11934145
    Abstract: A developing apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image bearer, a developing sleeve, a case, and an air filter. The case accommodates a two-component developer and the developing sleeve. The air filter is attached to the case. The air filter has a thickness of 2 to 20 mm and has a density gradient with a pressure loss of 2 to 40 Pa at a wind speed of 10 cm/s. The air filter forms an airflow sucked into the case from a gap between the developing sleeve and the case and forms an airflow discharged from the case through the air filter. The two-component developer accommodated in the case contains a magnetic particle a surface of which is coated with a resin layer. The resin layer contains at least one type of chargeable particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Masuda, Tohru Suganuma, Masashi Nagayama, Hiroyuki Kishida, Kento Takeuchi, Kaede Masuko, Tomomi Suzuki, Takuya Suganuma, Kazuki Yogosawa
  • Publication number: 20240084098
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition with which a resin molded article having excellent heat dissipation can be obtained. A resin composition containing: a thermoplastic resin; graphite; and a fibrous body, when the resin composition in a molten state is filled in a mold from a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of a resulting resin molded article 1 and molded to obtain a resin molded article 1 of 100 mm in length×100 mm in width×2 mm in thickness, in a cross-section obtained by cutting the resin molded article 1 along a direction X parallel to a filling direction and a thickness direction Z, among regions 1A to 1E obtained by dividing the cross-section into five equal parts in the thickness direction Z, an average orientation angle (A) with respect to a plane direction of the graphite in at least one of the regions 1A and 1E on outermost layer sides being 15° or less, and an average orientation angle (B) with respect to the plane direction of the graphite in the central region 1C being 35° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI TECHNO MOLDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya MASUDA, Yuusuke SUENAGA, Ryuuji MATSUMURA, Isao HIGUCHI, Takamichi SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 11925930
    Abstract: In an apparatus, a gas containing CH4 and CO2 is supplied from a first supply unit to a synthetic gas production unit which generates a synthetic gas containing CO and H2 while heating a first catalytic structure; the synthetic gas is supplied to a gas production unit which generates a lower olefin-containing gas including propylene while heating a second catalytic structure; and a detection unit detects propylene discharged from the gas production unit. The first catalytic structure includes first supports having a porous structure and a first metal fine particle that is present in first channels of the first supports. The second catalyst structure includes second supports having a porous structure and a second metal fine particle in the second supports. The second supports have a second channels, a portion of which have an average inner diameter of 0.95 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Banba, Kaori Sekine, Yukako Nakai, Mai Nishii, Masayuki Fukushima, Sadahiro Kato, Takao Masuda, Yuta Nakasaka, Takuya Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11837255
    Abstract: A display method includes: acquiring, by a computer, sensing data obtained by sensing a motion of a player by a three-dimension (3D) sensor; specifying predetermined timing of each joint from a change in a degree of bending of each joint of the player based on the sensing data; and displaying the predetermined timing of each joint in a graspable state in association with a slide bar for designating playback timing in a motion model of the player based on the sensing data or a video obtained by capturing the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuya Masuda, Kazuhiro Arima
  • Publication number: 20230201548
    Abstract: A balloon catheter includes a shaft inserted into a body; a balloon attached to the shaft on a distal end side and is expandable by an expansion fluid supplied from a side of a proximal end of the shaft; an elastic band wound around an outer periphery of an intermediate portion between a distal end portion and a proximal end portion of the balloon , and is configured to limit expansion of the balloon at the intermediate portion; and a covering member covering an outer periphery of the elastic band. The balloon is expandable to a maximum expansion diameter from a folded state, in accordance with pressure of the expansion fluid, the elastic band is expandable beyond the secured diameter, by being elastically deformed by the balloon expanding, and the covering member is expandable by being elastically deformed by the balloon or the elastic band expanding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Ryo SEKI, Daisuke YOSHIKAWA, Yasuhiro OKAWA, Reo TAKEDA, Takuya MASUDA
  • Patent number: 11575805
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a processor configured to: authenticate a user designated as a utilizer of a document; enable the authenticated user to instruct a processing apparatus to perform processing of the document, the processing apparatus being different from the information processing apparatus; and disable the authenticated user to access the document from the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shigeki Kamiya, Tetsuo Iyoda, Takuya Masuda
  • Publication number: 20220259385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of an aqueous emulsion composition for producing a film showing slippery properties containing hydrophobically modified cellulose fibers and at the same time improving water resistance and durability of the film. Since the emulsion composition of the present invention is capable of forming a film having slippery properties, which can be utilized on various surfaces, for example, those in the fields of coatings for ships and bridges, cosmetics, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki TAKEUCHI, Yoshinori HASEGAWA, Takuya MASUDA, Kouji OHSAKI
  • Publication number: 20220234684
    Abstract: A master bicycle electric component includes a bicycle mounting part. The master bicycle electric component includes a master two-way wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive update information from an external terminal device that is not mounted to the bicycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Akinori HASHIMOTO, Takuya MASUDA
  • Patent number: 11344240
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an electrode catheter in which, when a rotational operation portion is operated, the rotational operation portion and an operating wire do not interfere with a lead wire, do not generate noise during the operation, and do not cause damage or breakage of the lead wire even when the operation is repeated. An electrode catheter according to the present invention includes a tube member 10, a handle 20 having a rotational operation portion 23, electrodes 31 attached to the tube member 10, lead wires 41, an electrode connector 50, and operating wires 71 and 72. A proximal end portion 12 of the tube member 10 is inserted from a distal end of the handle 20 to an inside of the handle 20, and extends in the inside of the handle 20 in the proximal end direction beyond the rotational operation portion 23. Side holes 111 and 115 are formed in a pipe wall of the proximal end portion 12 of the tube member 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Masuda
  • Patent number: 11285371
    Abstract: A video reproduction apparatus determines a position of a joint of a performer based on a sensing result by a sensor. The video reproduction apparatus calculates an angle formed by a joint used for scoring an element of an athletic event by using calculation information regarding a calculation formula for calculating the angle and the determined position of the joint of the performer. The video reproduction apparatus displays a performance image of the performer acquired from a camera and a scoring image having the angle displayed on a 3D model image of the performer which is generated according to the sensing result so as to be compared with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazumi Kubota, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Satoshi Shimizu, Hirohisa Naito, Takuya Masuda
  • Publication number: 20210306523
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a processor configured to: authenticate a user designated as a utilizer of a document; enable the authenticated user to instruct a processing apparatus to perform processing of the document, the processing apparatus being different from the information processing apparatus; and disable the authenticated user to access the document from the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shigeki KAMIYA, Tetsuo IYODA, Takuya MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20210108047
    Abstract: Provided is a resin molded body having excellent electromagnetic wave shielding properties in a high-frequency region of 1 GHz or more. The resin molded body containing a thermoplastic resin, plate-like graphite, at least one of carbon black and metal fibers, the content of the plate-like graphite being 50 parts by weight or more and 200 parts by weight or less, relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin, the carbon black having a DBP oil absorption of 100 ml/100 g or more and 600 ml/100 g or less, the metal fibers having a diameter of 5 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less, the metal fibers having a fiber length of 2 mm or more and 12 mm or less, and the content of at least one of the carbon black and the metal fibers being 1 part by weight or more and 50 parts by weight or less, relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ryuuji Matsumura, Yuusuke Suenaga, Takuya Masuda, Takafumi Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20210082473
    Abstract: A display method includes: acquiring, by a computer, sensing data obtained by sensing a motion of a player by a three-dimension (3D) sensor; specifying predetermined timing of each joint from a change in a degree of bending of each joint of the player based on the sensing data; and displaying the predetermined timing of each joint in a graspable state in association with a slide bar for designating playback timing in a motion model of the player based on the sensing data or a video obtained by capturing the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuya Masuda, KAZUHIRO ARIMA
  • Patent number: 10681337
    Abstract: A method for viewpoint selection assistance in free viewpoint video generation includes: executing acquisition processing that includes acquiring three-dimensional information with respect to a subject on a field by using a plurality of cameras placed around the field; executing first identification processing that includes identifying a path of a ball for a predetermined period based on the three-dimensional information; executing second identification processing that includes identifying at least one player located within a predetermined distance from a position of the ball for a predetermined duration of time or longer in the predetermined period; executing setting processing that includes setting, as a video output range, a range containing both of the path of the ball and a path of the at least one player; and executing generation processing that includes generating video for the range set by the setting processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuya Masuda, Kazumi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20200078657
    Abstract: A video reproduction apparatus determines a position of a joint of a performer based on a sensing result by a sensor. The video reproduction apparatus calculates an angle formed by a joint used for scoring an element of an athletic event by using calculation information regarding a calculation formula for calculating the angle and the determined position of the joint of the performer. The video reproduction apparatus displays a performance image of the performer acquired from a camera and a scoring image having the angle displayed on a 3D model image of the performer which is generated according to the sensing result so as to be compared with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazumi Kubota, Tsuyoshi MATSUMOTO, Satoshi SHIMIZU, HIROHISA NAITO, Takuya Masuda