Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Shimizu
Tatsuya 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).
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Publication number: 20190367031Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a detection section, a control section. The detection section is configured to detect vehicle information including a vehicle speed of a vehicle driven by an electric motor and drive torque of the electric motor. The control section is configured to moderate a rate of increase in the drive torque at the time of acceleration with respect to a rate of increase set in advance on the basis of a detection result of the detection section on condition that the vehicle speed of the vehicle is less than or equal to a predetermined speed and the drive torque is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sumio Tanaka, Yusuke Sasaki, Ryo Shimizu, Tatsuya Tawaki
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Patent number: 10479193Abstract: A grille shutter device includes a decorative surface curved in a convex shape toward a front side of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle front portion and provided with an opening in a part; and a fin provided in the opening and configured to rotate about a shaft so as to open and close the opening. In the open state in which the opening is opened, a tip end on a front portion of the fin in a front-rear direction of the vehicle is in a linear shape as viewed from the front side of the vehicle, and in the closed state in which the opening is closed, an opposing tip end on the opposite side of the fin from the tip end is enlarged in the vehicle width direction to form a curve in a convex shape toward the front side of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tatsuya Shimizu
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Publication number: 20190345745Abstract: A vehicle door latch unlocking device includes: an input section that is provided to a vehicle cabin interior side portion of a vehicle door, the input section being capable of outputting an input signal in response to an input from a hand of an occupant; an electric actuator that is driven based on the input signal, and that is capable of unlocking a lock state of the vehicle door locked by a door latch; and an operation section that is provided at a peripheral edge portion of the input section, the operation section being mechanically connected to the door latch, and being capable of unlocking the locked state as a result of being operated by the hand of the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki MURATA, Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Tadao OKUMURA, Noriyo INAGAKI
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Patent number: 10470980Abstract: The present invention provides polymerizable monomers represented by the following general formula (1) that are useful as dental materials. In the general formula (1), Ra is a divalent C6-9 aromatic hydrocarbon group or a divalent C6-9 optionally bridged cyclic hydrocarbon group, R1 and R2 are each a hydrogen atom or a C1-3 alkyl group, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, R7 and R8 are each a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, m and n are each independently 0 to 4, and Rb and Rc are each independently a C2-6 linear alkylene or C2-6 linear oxyalkylene group optionally substituted with a C1-3 alkyl group or a (meth)acryloyloxymethylene group in place of a hydrogen atom.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., SUN MEDICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshinaga, Yoshimitsu Tanabe, Shinsuke Kinoshita, Takenori Mitamura, Hiroki Murai, Takeshi Yokoyama, Yoshihisa Kamimoto, Tatsuya Ori, Hirohisa Shimizu, Masami Arata, Masuji Tsuchikawa, Sayaka Miyamori, Yoshiaki Katsura
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Patent number: 10439247Abstract: A fuel cell stack comprises a stacked body, an end plate and a case configured such that the stacked body is placed therein. The end plate is arranged to cover an end face of the stacked body in a stacking direction and an end face of the case in the stacking direction and is fastened to the end face of the case. A placement groove is formed in at least one surface out of two surfaces of the end plate and the case opposed to each other, such that a seal member is placed in the placement groove. The end plate includes a resin layer formed to continuously cover an inner circumferential wall surface of the fluid flow path hole, a surface of the end plate opposed to the stacked body, and an outer circumferential side end of the placement groove.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuhiko Shimizu, Hitoshi Hamada, Tatsuya Tokumasu, Tadanobu Ota, Yoshiki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20190289285Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device controlling an output on the basis of displacement information of an object in accordance with a body motion of a user. [Solution] An information processing device includes: a displacement information acquisition unit configured to acquire displacement information corresponding to 3-dimensional displacement of a predetermined portion of an object that a user mounts in accordance with a body motion on the basis of positional information of the predetermined portion; and an output control unit configured to perform control such that an output unit performs a predetermined output on the basis of the acquired displacement information. The object has, for example, a seatback which a user can sit. The displacement information acquisition unit acquires a change in a position in at least one of front and rear directions, right and left directions, or upward and downward directions of a seatback.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: TATSUSHI NASHIDA, MASANORI MIKAMI, TATSUYA YAMAZAKI, NAOMASA TAKAHASHI, YOSUKE SHIMIZU, JUN NISHIKAWA, NAOKO EDAMITSU
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Publication number: 20190288255Abstract: Provided is electric power equipment that allows a battery to be installed and removed with ease. The electric power equipment (1) includes a main body (2) defining a battery receiving recess (40) having an open upper end, and a battery (20) configured to be received in the battery receiving recess, wherein an upper part of a front end part of the battery is provided with a projection (108) projecting in a forward direction, and a rear end part of the battery is provided with a grip, and wherein an upper edge of the front end part of the battery receiving recess is provided with a supporting surface (36) configured to support a lower surface of the projection at least when the battery is being removed from the battery receiving recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Taichi KUBOTA, Tatsuya YAMAZAKI, Norikazu SHIMIZU, Kunihiko ISHIZUKA, Keisuke MURAOKA, Makoto UCHIMI
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Patent number: 10407268Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sheet post-processing apparatus which facilitates eliminating of a jammed sheet occurring in the path when sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus are stored as being sorted into two directions. The present invention comprises a sheet post-processing apparatus including a first conveying path through which a sheet introduced from a first introducing port is conveyed, a second conveying path through which a sheet introduced from a second introducing port is conveyed, and a stack portion which stacks sheets conveyed through the second conveying path and which is configured to have at least a part of the stack portion be swingable about an axis intersecting with a sheet conveyance direction of a sheet conveyed to the second conveying path between a stack position where sheets are stacked and an open position where the first introducing port of the first conveying path is opened.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.Inventors: Yuki Nishi, Tatsuya Shimizu
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Publication number: 20190273539Abstract: A radio apparatus in a radio communication system that includes the radio apparatus and a signal processing apparatus that function as a base station, includes a channel estimation unit that, on the basis of a radio signal transmitted from a terminal apparatus, measures a reception quality of the radio signal; and a transmission control unit that, on the basis of the reception quality measured by the channel estimation unit, controls transmission, to the signal processing apparatus, of bit data or a log likelihood ratio obtained from the radio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji MIYAMOTO, Jun TERADA, Tatsuya SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 10395683Abstract: A heater power of a heat-assisted magnetic recording head is set based on an initial head-medium clearance estimate in response to the heater power. For a plurality of iterations, an optimum laser power of the recording head is determined and a heater power is set for a next iteration that results in an optimum heater power for the optimum laser power. If differences in the heater and laser powers between two subsequent iterations are below thresholds, the iterations are stopped and the optimum heater power and the optimum laser power for one of the subsequent iterations are used as an operational heater power and an operational laser power.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignees: Seagate Technology LLC, SAE Magnetics (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Tim Rausch, Tatsuya Shimizu, Wai Yuen Lai, Kai Chiu Cheung
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Publication number: 20190256780Abstract: Disclosed is a flame-retardant synthetic resin composition containing: 20 to 50 parts by mass of at least one melamine salt selected from the group consisting of melamine orthophosphate, melamine pyrophosphate, and melamine polyphosphate (component (A)); 50 to 80 parts by mass of at least one piperazine salt selected from the group consisting of piperazine orthophosphate, piperazine pyrophosphate, and piperazine polyphosphate (component (B)), provided that the sum of components (A) and (B) is 100 parts by mass; and 1 to 50 parts by mass of a compound represented by general formula (1) (component (C)): wherein R1 represents an aliphatic or aromatic monocarboxylic acid residue.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Yang NI, Hisashi SAKURAI, Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Yutaka YONEZAWA, Naoko TANJI
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Publication number: 20190241062Abstract: A grille shutter device includes a decorative surface curved in a convex shape toward a front side of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle front portion and provided with an opening in a part; and a fin provided in the opening and configured to rotate about a shaft so as to open and close the opening. In the open state in which the opening is opened, a tip end on a front portion of the fin in a front-rear direction of the vehicle is in a linear shape as viewed from the front side of the vehicle, and in the closed state in which the opening is closed, an opposing tip end on the opposite side of the fin from the tip end is enlarged in the vehicle width direction to form a curve in a convex shape toward the front side of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tatsuya SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20190238372Abstract: A radio communication system includes a radio apparatus and a signal processing apparatus that function as a base station, and the radio apparatus includes a channel estimation unit that, on the basis of a radio signal transmitted from a terminal apparatus, estimates channel information relating to a radio transmission path between the radio apparatus and the terminal apparatus; a demodulation unit that performs soft-decision demodulation of the radio signal on the basis of the channel information estimated by the channel estimation unit; a signal switching unit that, depending on the terminal apparatus that transmitted the radio signal, switches an output destination of a log likelihood ratio obtained by the soft-decision modulation between either a first path passing through a decoding unit that decodes the log likelihood ratio or a second path not passing through the decoding unit; and a transmission unit that transmits a signal output from the first path or the second path to the signal processing apparatType: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicants: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji MIYAMOTO, Jun TERADA, Tatsuya SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20190236928Abstract: A lighting apparatus with an image-projecting function that is convenient for a user can be provided. The lighting apparatus includes: an illuminating unit that emits illumination light; and a projection-type image display unit that projects an image. The projection-type image display unit is configured so that a setting menu screen settable about an image displayed by the projection-type image display unit can be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Takuya SHIMIZU, Katsuyuki WATANABE, Hiroyuki URATA, Tatsuya ISHIKAWA, Nobuo MASUOKA
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Patent number: 10365264Abstract: A measuring apparatus relates to a contractile ability of a spontaneously pulsating myocardial tissue. The measuring apparatus includes a measurement table and a pressure sensor. The measurement table includes a storage section having an opening and configured to hold liquid inside the storage section, and an attaching portion on which the myocardial tissue is attached around the opening. The pressure sensor is disposed inside the storage section.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Hirotsugu Kubo, Tatsuya Shimizu, Tetsutaro Kikuchi
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Patent number: 10336181Abstract: A grille shutter device includes a fin unit including slat members inside an opening provided at a part of a decorative side of a vehicle front. The fin unit is configured to selectively assume a closed state and an open state, and the closed state is a state where the slat members are each disposed so as to close the opening in a vehicle front view. The open state is a state where the slat members have been moved from respective positions in the closed state to a vehicle rear side of the opening and arrayed in a row substantially along a vehicle front-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaya Kubo, Hitoshi Aoyama, Tatsuya Shimizu, Soichiro Matsui
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Publication number: 20190176504Abstract: A sheet binding processing apparatus includes a binding device which performs a binding process on a sheet bundle stacked on a stacking unit and a sheet bundle set at a manual setting portion, the stacking unit stacking introduced sheets, a sheet bundle being set to the manual setting portion from an outside; a moving portion which moves the binding device to a first binding position for performing the binding process on a sheet bundle stacked on the stacking unit and a second binding position for performing the binding process on a sheet bundle set at the manual setting portion; and a controller which causes the binding device, in a case that the binding process is not performed on a sheet bundle stacked on the stacking unit, to wait due to the moving portion at a position different from the first binding position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.Inventors: Eiichi KUBO, Shin TSUGANE, Tatsuya SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20190160939Abstract: A grille shutter device includes a fin unit including slat members inside an opening provided at a part of a decorative side of a vehicle front. The fin unit is configured to selectively assume a closed state and an open state, and the closed state is a state where the slat members are each disposed so as to close the opening in a vehicle front view. The open state is a state where the slat members have been moved from respective positions in the closed state to a vehicle rear side of the opening and arrayed in a row substantially along a vehicle front-rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaya KUBO, Hitoshi AOYAMA, Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Soichiro MATSUI
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Patent number: 10279852Abstract: Provided is a vehicle spoiler including a front spoiler provided on a vehicle lower side of a front bumper, an air bag, which is connected with a bottom part of the front bumper and the front spoiler, causes the front spoiler to be in a deployed state by expanding, and causes the front spoiler to be in a stored state by contracting, and a relief valve that reduces inner pressure of the air bag when inner pressure of the air bag increases due to interference of an obstacle on a road with the front spoiler.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Takato, Tatsuya Shimizu
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Publication number: 20190120742Abstract: A device for measuring a tension of a sheet-like tissue containing cardiomyocytes includes a first gel adapter holder having a frame member and a first gel holding member protruding toward a part of an inside face of the frame member for fixing one end of a film-like gel; and a second gel adapter holder having a second gel holding member for fixing the other end of the gel and a connection member connected to the second gel holding member. A kit includes the tension measuring device; a substrate having a pair of gel molding protruding members fitted along the inside face of the frame member; and a gel forming lid body having a face parallel to a gel contact face of the substrate so as to form an upper face of the gel. Further, a system for measuring the tension includes the tension measuring device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicants: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Hirotsugu KUBO, Takahiro SHIOYAMA, Yuki KAGAWA, Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Daisuke SASAKI