Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Ishii

Tsutomu Ishii 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).

  • Patent number: 11005010
    Abstract: A phosphor has a composition represented by Chemical formula 1: 1.5Y2O3ยท2.5aAl2O3:Ce where a is a number satisfying 1.02<a<1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Funayama, Yumi Kanno, Hirofumi Takemura, Tsutomu Ishii, Yasuhiro Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20210094498
    Abstract: An airbag device includes a steering wheel a rim portion of which has a longer length in a left and right direction than in a front and back direction, and an airbag mounted on a boss section of the steering wheel. An outer shell of the airbag includes a vehicle-side wall that is configured to be supported by an upper surface of the rim portion when deployed, and a driver-side wall a central region of which is configured to deploy generally vertically for receiving the driver. The airbag as deployed includes, in a rear portion of the vehicle-side wall, a locking inflatable portion that protrudes downward from a vicinity of the upper surface of the rim portion of the steering wheel to be locked by a rear surface of the rim portion and prevent a front portion of the airbag from slipping forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Hitomi TAKAHASHI, Koji KAWAMURA, Masashi HOTTA, Tsutomu ISHII, Wataru MIURA
  • Patent number: 10913420
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes: a support member which is inserted into a bag holder of an airbag device; a slider which has a cylindrical shape and covers the support member so as to be slidable in a front-rear direction; a damper holder which has an annular shape and covers at least a part of a region around the slider; an elastic member which has an annular shape and is interposed between the slider and the damper holder, in which the airbag device functions as a damper mass of a dynamic damper and the elastic member functions as a spring of the dynamic damper; and a friction damping unit including: a part provided in a portion between the slider and the elastic member; and a part provided in a portion between the damper holder and the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii, Toshihito Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 10899302
    Abstract: An airbag device for a steering wheel includes: an inflator for supplying an inflation gas to a folded airbag, the inflator including: a main body having a gas discharge portion on an upper portion side; and a flange portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the main body which is the outer peripheral surface located further on a lower side than the gas discharge port; an attachment base holding the inflator by making the flange portion be attached to the attachment base; fastening members arranged at a plurality positions in a lower surface side around the inflator and mounted on the steering wheel main body by the fastening members. Each of the fastening members is disposed such that at least a part of the fastening member is disposed so as to vertically overlap the flange portion in a lower side of the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii, Tadashi Yamada, Yuji Sato, Koji Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10886434
    Abstract: A white LED lamp including: a conductive portion; a light emitting diode chip mounted on the conductive portion, for emitting a primary light having a peak wavelength of 360 nm to 420 nm; a transparent resin layer including a first hardened transparent resin, for sealing the light emitting diode chip; and a phosphor layer covering the transparent resin layer, the phosphor layer being formed by dispersing a phosphor powder into a second hardened transparent resin, and the phosphor powder receiving the primary light and radiating a secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light. An energy of the primary light contained in the radiated secondary light is 0.4 mW/lm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii, Hajime Takeuchi, Yasumasa Ooya, Katsutoshi Nakagawa, Yumi Kanno, Masaki Toyoshima, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Ryo Sakai
  • Publication number: 20200355493
    Abstract: A light emitting element array includes: a light emitting element group that includes plural light emitting elements; and plural lenses that are provided, corresponding to the plural light emitting elements, on a light emitting surface side of the plural light emitting elements, and that deflects light emitted from the plural light emitting elements according to a positional relation with the plural light emitting elements. Distances between central axes of light emission of the plural light emitting elements and central axes of the plural lenses corresponding to the plural light emitting elements increase from a center side of the light emitting element group toward an end side of the light emitting element group, and a degree of change in the distances decreases from the center side of the light emitting element group toward the end side of the light emitting element group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi NAKAMURA, Kenichi OHNO, Michiaki MURATA, Tsutomu ISHII, Jiro MINABE
  • Publication number: 20200307486
    Abstract: An airbag device for a driver's seat adapted to be mounted on a boss of a steering wheel disposed at a center of a rim is disclosed. The airbag device includes an inflatable airbag folded in the form of an airbag package. The airbag includes a vehicle-side wall that includes a gas inlet port and is configured to be supported by the rim when deployed, and a driver-side wall. The airbag, before folded into the airbag package, has a flat initial folded form in which the driver-side wall lies over the vehicle-side wall. The initial folded form includes a folded-in portion in which a front edge portion of the vehicle-side wall is folded inwardly and rearwardly beneath a front edge portion of the driver-side wall, and a folded-back portion in which the front edge portion of the driver-side wall which adjoins the folded-in portion is folded towards the inlet port on the vehicle-side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Tsutomu ISHII, Koji KAWAMURA, Hitoshi IIDA
  • Patent number: 10732623
    Abstract: A remotely operated mobile robot includes a movement controller, a notification unit, and a switching unit. The movement controller is configured to be remotely operated by a terminal device connected to the remotely operated mobile robot through a communication line so as to control movement of the remotely operated mobile robot. The notification unit is configured to notify a terminal device, other than the terminal device connected to the remotely operated mobile robot, of a request for operation of the remotely operated mobile robot, if a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the terminal device notified of the request for operation of the remotely operated mobile robot makes an operation demand, the switching unit switches to a state of the movement controller to a state in which the movement controller is operable by the terminal device that makes the operation demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tsubota, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Tsutomu Ishii, Hideto Nomiyama, Hideki Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20200101928
    Abstract: An airbag includes a mounting portion, a top wall deployable towards a vehicle occupant, and a circumferential wall disposed between the mounting portion and top wall. An airbag base member for forming the airbag includes a top-forming panel for forming the top wall, and at least three circumferential panels that extend generally radially from the top-forming panel and form the circumferential wall by being joined together by adjoining edges thereof. Each of the circumferential panels is formed into a generally band-like contour which has a first and a second curving edges that make the circumferential panel enlarge in width from the leading end towards an intermediate portion and then narrow towards the top-forming panel. When the airbag base member is laid flat, adjoining edges of any two adjoining circumferential panels are generally symmetrical to each other in curving shape with respect to a line disposed there between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tsutomu ISHII, Masashi HOTTA, Koji KAWAMURA, Yuji SATO
  • Publication number: 20190299906
    Abstract: An airbag device for a steering wheel includes: an inflator for supplying an inflation gas to a folded airbag, the inflator including: a main body having a gas discharge portion on an upper portion side; and a flange portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the main body which is the outer peripheral surface located further on a lower side than the gas discharge port; an attachment base holding the inflator by making the flange portion be attached to the attachment base; fastening members arranged at a plurality positions in a lower surface side around the inflator and mounted on the steering wheel main body by the fastening members. Each of the fastening members is disposed such that at least a part of the fastening member is disposed so as to vertically overlap the flange portion in a lower side of the flange portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tsutomu ISHII, Tadashi YAMADA, Yuji SATO, Koji KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 10377335
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes a metal core earthed to a body of a vehicle, an airbag device, an insulator, and a connector. The airbag device includes a bag holder supported by the metal core, wherein the bag holder forms part of a positive electric path connected to a horn device, an airbag coupled to the bag holder by a fastener, and an inflator including a circumferential portion that forms a flange, wherein the flange of the inflator is coupled by the fastener to the bag holder. The insulator insulates the bag holder from at least the flange and the fastener among elements of the airbag device. The connector electrically connects at least the flange, among the flange and the fastener, to the metal core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii, Toshihito Yanagisawa, Yoshiteru Banno, Yoshitomo Kato, Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10351171
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes: a cylindrical slider which is disposed on an outer side of a support member so as to slide in a front-to-rear direction and which is biased to the rear; a cap member which covers at least respective rear end portions of the support member and the slider from the rear; a movable-side contact portion which is provided inside the cap member; an annular damper holder which is mounted inside the cap member; an annular elastic member which is interposed between the slider and the damper holder; a transmitting portion which is provided in an inner circumferential portion of the damper holder; and a movement catch portion which is provided on an outer circumferential portion of the slider so as to be positioned immediately before the transmitting portion and to which a forward movement of the damper holder is transmitted through the transmitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii, Osamu Hirose, Kenji Sasaki, Toshihiko Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 10351089
    Abstract: A support structure for an airbag apparatus includes an airbag apparatus having a bag holder, a pin, a pin holder, a damper holder, an elastic member, a motion transmitting portion, a motion receiving portion, and a noise suppressing portion. The pin includes a shaft portion passed through a mounting hole provided in the bag holder and a flange portion formed at the rear end of the shaft portion. The pin holder slidably covers the shaft portion. The damper holder is mounted to the airbag apparatus while covering the pin holder. The elastic member includes an elastic body portion. A gap is provided inside the motion transmitting portion. The noise suppressing portion is located between the gap and the pin holder, is made of a material softer than the pin holder, and has an inner diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the elastic body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii, Toshihito Yanagisawa, Mikine Hayashi, Yuji Sato, Koji Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10315605
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes: a support member inserted into a bag holder of an air bag device; a cylindrical slider; an annular damper holder configured to cover a part of the cylindrical slider; and an elastic member including an annular elastic main body interposed between the cylindrical slider and the annular damper holder, wherein: the air bag device configured to act as a damper mass of a dynamic damper; the annular elastic main body configured to act as a spring of the dynamic damper; an annular gap is formed with the elastic member at a portion shifted in the axial direction from the annular elastic main body; and the elastic member further includes elastic restriction portions configured to fill the annular gap to restrict the elastic deformation of the elastic member at the multiple portions of the annular gap spaced from each other in the peripheral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii, Toshihito Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20190092263
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes: a support member which is inserted into a bag holder of an airbag device; a slider which has a cylindrical shape and covers the support member so as to be slidable in a front-rear direction; a damper holder which has an annular shape and covers at least a part of a region around the slider; an elastic member which has an annular shape and is interposed between the slider and the damper holder, in which the airbag device functions as a damper mass of a dynamic damper and the elastic member functions as a spring of the dynamic damper; and a friction damping unit including: a part provided in a portion between the slider and the elastic member; and a part provided in a portion between the damper holder and the elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tsutomu ISHII, Toshihito YANAGISAWA
  • Publication number: 20180373852
    Abstract: A robot control system includes a remotely operated robot, a receiver, and an authority granting unit. The remotely operated robot have plural functions. The permission unit is configured to only permit a user having an operation authority for a specific function to remotely operate the specific function, among plural users who remotely operate the remotely operated robot. The receiver is configured to receive a permission request for remotely operating the specific function from a user who does not have the operation authority for the specific function, among the users who remotely operate the remotely operated robot. The authority granting unit is configured to grant the operation authority for the specific function to the user who has made the permission request, if a predetermined condition is satisfied upon receiving the permission request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu TSUBOTA, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Tsutomu ISHII, Hideto NOMIYAMA, Hideki FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180373239
    Abstract: A remotely operated mobile robot includes a movement controller, a notification unit, and a switching unit. The movement controller is configured to be remotely operated by a terminal device connected to the remotely operated mobile robot through a communication line so as to control movement of the remotely operated mobile robot. The notification unit is configured to notify a terminal device, other than the terminal device connected to the remotely operated mobile robot, of a request for operation of the remotely operated mobile robot, if a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the terminal device notified of the request for operation of the remotely operated mobile robot makes an operation demand, the switching unit switches to a state of the movement controller to a state in which the movement controller is operable by the terminal device that makes the operation demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu TSUBOTA, Kunitoshi YAMAMOTO, Tsutomu ISHII, Hideto NOMIYAMA, Hideki FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10152010
    Abstract: A signal transmitting apparatus includes a first line that is provided in one of plural layers of a board and transmits a signal by superimposing the signal on an electric power line that supplies electric power; a coupling section in which the electric power line is coupled to the first line and the first line is branched; plural second lines that branch off in the coupling section and are provided in another layer different from the one layer; and a conductive layer that is provided between the one layer and the other layer. The conductive layer has an opening that encompasses the coupling section in plan view, and the coupling section has a coupling line that has a larger width than the first line and plural through-holes that connect the coupling line and the plural second lines through the opening of the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tsubota, Tsutomu Ishii, Tsutomu Hamada
  • Publication number: 20180134243
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes a metal core earthed to a body of a vehicle, an airbag device, an insulator, and a connector. The airbag device includes a bag holder supported by the metal core, wherein the bag holder forms part of a positive electric path connected to a horn device, an airbag coupled to the bag holder by a fastener, and an inflator including a circumferential portion that forms a flange, wherein the flange of the inflator is coupled by the fastener to the bag holder. The insulator insulates the bag holder from at least the flange and the fastener among elements of the airbag device. The connector electrically connects at least the flange, among the flange and the fastener, to the metal core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Tsutomu ISHII, Toshihito YANAGISAWA, Yoshiteru BANNO, Yoshitomo KATO, Akira YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: RE47687
    Abstract: A damping system includes: a fixed member; an airbag device including a back holder and disposed on a rear side of the fixed member; an elastic member mounted in a mounting hole of the back holder; and a horn switch mechanism including a support member supported on the fixed member on a front side of the back holder, and a slider disposed between the support member and the elastic member. The airbag device functions as a damper mass of a dynamic damper, and the elastic member functions as a spring thereof. The horn switch mechanism includes an extended portion extending forwards. An engaged portion is formed at a circumferential edge portion of the mounting hole to extend rearwards. The elastic member includes an engaging portion opened in a front surface thereof. The elastic member is sandwiched by the engaged portion fitted in the engaging portion and the extended portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Umemura, Tsutomu Ishii, Kosuke Shigeta, Osamu Hirose