Patents by Inventor Tohru Nakamura

Tohru Nakamura 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: 20180261667
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor member having a mesa structure in which a second semiconductor layer having one of a p-type conductivity type and an n-type conductivity type is laminated on a first semiconductor layer having the other one of the p-type conductivity type and the n-type conductivity type, so that the second semiconductor layer is exposed on an upper surface of the mesa structure, a pn junction interface is exposed on a side surface of the mesa structure, and the first semiconductor layer is exposed on an outside upper surface of the mesa structure; an insulating film disposed on a side surface of the mesa structure and on an outside upper surface of the mesa structure; a first electrode electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer on the upper surface of the mesa structure, and extends on the side surface of the mesa structure and on the outside upper surface of the mesa structure on the insulating film; and a second electrode electrically connec
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicants: HOSEI UNIVERSITY, SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tohru NAKAMURA, Tomoyoshi MISHIMA, Hiroshi OHTA, Yasuhiro YAMAMOTO, Fumimasa HORIKIRI
  • Patent number: 9899570
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor multilayer structure, including: an n-type GaN layer; and a p-type GaN layer which is formed on the n-type GaN layer and into which Mg is ion-implanted, and generating an electroluminescence emission having a peak at a photon energy of 3.0 eV or more, by applying a voltage to a pn-junction formed by the n-type GaN layer and the p-type GaN layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoki Kaneda, Tomoyoshi Mishima, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9752567
    Abstract: A tubing pump apparatus is provided. In the tubing pump apparatus, bearing members are integrally formed through engagement, whereby a first shaft of a support plate is rotatably supported by a first bearing portion of one bearing member, and a second shaft of the support plate is rotatably supported by a second bearing portion of another bearing member arranged side by side with the bearing member. By further adding a bearing member, the first shaft of the support plate provided adjacent thereto is rotatably supported by the first bearing portion of the bearing member, and the second shaft is rotatably supported by a second bearing portion of the other bearing member. In this construction, it is possible to arrange side by side a plurality of tubing pumps in the axial direction of the support plates so that it is possible to achieve a reduction in the size of the whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9713925
    Abstract: To properly perform deaeration of ink in an ink-jet printer. An ink supply portion includes an ink tank, a deaeration portion, an upstream-side ink flow path and a downstream side ink flow path, in which the deaeration portion includes an ink branching portion, plural deaeration modules arranged in parallel in an ink flow path, plural pumps, and an ink converging portion. Respective plural deaeration modules are arranged between the ink branching portion and the ink converging portion in corresponding branch flow paths, and respective pumps are arranged in series to corresponding deaeration modules in the branch flow paths, allowing ink to flow in corresponding deaeration modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tohru Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170141270
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor multilayer structure, including: an n-type GaN layer; and a p-type GaN layer which is formed on the n-type GaN layer and into which Mg is ion-implanted, and generating an electroluminescence emission having a peak at a photon energy of 3.0 eV or more, by applying a voltage to a pn-junction formed by the n-type GaN layer and the p-type GaN layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoki KANEDA, Tomoyoshi MISHIMA, Tohru NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9597645
    Abstract: A drug container is arranged in a horizontal state where a central axis extends along a horizontal direction, and the drug container is rotated about the central axis. In such a way, a drug solution in the drug container is moved along an inner surface of the drug container, and the drug container is reciprocally vibrated along the central axis in a state where the drug container is rotated, to stir the drug solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Takenaka, Akinobu Okuda, Tsuyoshi Tojo, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9433558
    Abstract: A medicine mixing apparatus transfusing a medicine using a syringe includes a medicine cassette holding a medicine container, a lifting unit moving the medicine cassette upward and downward to a middle position or a lower position of a main body while maintaining a horizontal attitude of the medicine cassette, a first holding portion held by the main body, and a second driving unit which drives a plunger of the syringe held by the first holding portion to transfuse the medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinobu Okuda, Tsuyoshi Tojo, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9414981
    Abstract: A bed includes a first rail, a second rail, a wheelchair having a first armrest mounting unit to and from which the first rail is attached and detached in one side part, and a second armrest mounting unit to and from which the second rail is attached and detached in another side part. A bed main body portion has a first support portion and a second support portion, and the first support portion has a first bed mounting unit to and from which the first rail or the second rail is attached and detached in a front end. The second support portion has a second bed mounting unit to and from which the first rail or the second rail is attached and detached in a front end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Tsukada, Tohru Nakamura, Hideo Kawakami, Yohei Kume, Tomohiro Shimoda
  • Patent number: 9414980
    Abstract: A bed is composed of combining a wheelchair and a bed main body portion. The wheelchair has a seating bottom portion composed of bendably coupling a plurality of divided members, a chair bottom support member supporting the seating bottom portion, a chair base portion for fixing the chair bottom support member, and traveling wheels supporting the chair base portion. The bed main body portion has a bed bottom portion composed of bendably coupling a plurality of divided members, a bed bottom support member supporting the bed bottom portion, and a bed base portion for fixing the bed bottom support member. In a case where the wheelchair and the bed main body portion are combined, a support member supporting the seating bottom portion is switched from the chair bottom support member to the bed bottom support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Kume, Toshihide Ueda, Shohei Tsukada, Hideo Kawakami, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9386833
    Abstract: A head care apparatus includes a unit base having independently rotatable first and second rotating shafts, a first link fixed on the first rotating shaft, a second link pivotally connected to the fist link, a third link fixed to the second rotating shaft, a fourth link pivotally connected to the third link, a support shaft pivotally connecting between the second and fourth links, an actuator supported by the support shaft, and an adjustment mechanism adjusting a posture of the actuator relative to person's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Hirose, Osamu Mizuno, Soichiro Fujioka, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9320333
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic head care device that can reliably care a person's rear head. The automatic head care device includes a rear-head care unit, the rear-head care unit including contact units, each unit having a rotation gear rotating a plurality of contacts around a central axis of the rotation gear, a third arm rotatably holding the contact units, a cylindrical rack held between the contact units to be movable in an axial direction of the cylindrical rack, the cylindrical rack moving in the axial direction to rotate the rotation gears in opposite directions, and a motor for oscillating the contacts of the contact units by moving the cylindrical rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Mizuno, Soichiro Fujioka, Tohru Nakamura, Toshinori Hirose
  • Patent number: 9254243
    Abstract: A drug transferring needle includes a needle base portion, a first needle portion having therein an air passage, and a second needle portion longer than the first needle portion and arranged parallel to the first needle portion. In the first needle portion, a first air vent being one end of the air passage is provided on a distal end side of the second needle portion from a second air vent being the other end of the air passage. In the second needle portion, one end of a liquid passage is connected to the inside of the needle base portion, and the other end thereof is a liquid pass opening of the second needle portion. The second needle portion has a distal end having the liquid pass opening, a base portion connected to the needle base portion, and an intermediate portion connecting the distal end and the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Higuchi, Akinobu Okuda, Akihiro Ohta, Yuki Takenaka, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9210981
    Abstract: An automatic head care device includes independently rotated first rotational driving shaft and second rotational driving shaft, a first link having one end fixed to the first rotational driving shaft, a second link having one end rotatably connected to another end of the first link, a third link having one end fixed to the second rotational driving shaft, a fourth link having one end rotatably connected to another end of the third link, a working shaft rotatably connecting another end of the second link to another end of the fourth link, a working body caring the person's head, the working body being rotatably supported by the working shaft, and a control unit controlling rotation of the first rotational driving shaft and the second rotational driving shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Mizuno, Tohru Nakamura, Soichiro Fujioka, Toshinori Hirose
  • Patent number: 9180060
    Abstract: An omni-directional electric vehicle includes: a body having a chair portion; an operation detection unit which detects an operation direction and an operation amount of an operation input; a travel control information generation unit which generates, based on the operation direction and the operation amount, travel control information including (i) a target straight-movement speed for moving the body in a forward/backward direction and (ii) a target rotation speed for rotating the body about a rotation center; and a control unit which drives a movement mechanism of the body according to the travel control information. The travel control information generation unit-changes, based on the target straight-movement speed, the rotation center for the target rotation speed from a reference position which is set virtually and fixedly to the body in the forward/backward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Kume, Tomohiro Shimoda, Akihiro Ohta, Shohei Tsukada, Hideo Kawakami, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9089195
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic hair washing apparatus for washing person's hair in a safe and effective manner without applying a straining force on person's neck. An automatic hair washing apparatus 100 comprises a bowl 101 having a head support 11; washing units 12L and 12R arranged with the head support 11 interposed therebetween, the support shafts thereof being attached to the bowl 101; a driving section for rotating the washing units 12L and 12R about the respective support shafts 104L and 104R; and a control section for controlling the driving of the driving section; wherein each of the washing units 12L and 12R comprises a plurality of contacts 109 on a surface opposite to the surface supported by the support shaft 104L and 104R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Mizuno, Soichiro Fujioka, Tohru Nakamura, Akinobu Okuda, Tsuyoshi Tojo
  • Patent number: D801049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Mutoh, Satoshi Tanigawa, Yukio Uno, Takayuki Okawa, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: D804184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Mutoh, Satoshi Tanigawa, Yukio Uno, Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: D804185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Mutoh, Satoshi Tanigawa, Yukio Uno, Takayuki Okawa, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: D818715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Mutoh, Satoshi Tanigawa, Yukio Uno, Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: D826559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Mutoh, Satoshi Tanigawa, Yukio Uno, Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Tohru Nakamura