Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Ito

Tsutomu Ito 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: 20250146928
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a plurality of photodiodes provided on a substrate; a plurality of light emitters arranged so as to face the photodiodes; and a collimating lens that is located between the photodiodes and the light emitters and is configured to emit parallel light toward the photodiodes. At least one of the light emitters is configured to be brought into a lit state and other of the light emitters are configured to be brought into an unlit state. The collimating lens is configured to emit the parallel light at a different emission angle depending on a position of the light emitter in the lit state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ISHIHARA, Akihiko FUJISAWA, Chikyu NAKAOKA, Tsutomu HARADA, Kaoru ITO, Norio MAMBA
  • Patent number: 12286322
    Abstract: A medium placement device configured to stack a plurality of sheets of a medium discharged from a discharge unit of a processing device, the medium placement device including a plurality of support units being provided in a width direction intersecting with a discharge direction of the medium, and being configured to support, on a support surface from below in a gravitational direction, the medium discharged from the discharge unit. The plurality of support units are provided extending in the discharge direction, and are inclined downward in a gravitational direction from upstream to downstream in the discharge direction, and a first support unit and a second support unit arranged at a lower position in the gravitational direction with respect to the first support unit as viewed in the width direction, the first support unit and the second support unit being arranged alternatingly in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Ito, Moe Takeuchi, Keiichi Yato, Tsutomu Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20250109353
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a means capable of sufficiently removing residues remaining on the surface of a polished object to be polished containing a silicon-containing material. The present invention is a post-chemical mechanical polishing cleaning composition containing a nitrogen-containing nonionic polymer and an anionic polymer containing a sulfonic acid group, in which the content of the nitrogen-containing nonionic polymer is more than 0.1% by mass and less than 1.0% by mass with respect to the entire post-chemical mechanical polishing cleaning composition, and the pH is less than 7.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Takahiro ITO, Natsuko OSHIMA, Tsutomu YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 12252365
    Abstract: A medium placement device is configured to stack a plurality of sheets of a medium discharged from a discharge unit of a processing device. The medium placement device includes a plurality of support units being provided in a width direction intersecting with a discharge direction of the medium discharged from the discharge unit, and being configured to support the medium at a support surface from below in a gravitational direction. A first support unit and a second support unit are provided in an alternating manner in the width direction, the second support unit being arranged at a position lower than the first support unit in the gravitational direction when viewed in the width direction. The first support unit is provided with a bridging member configured to couple a lower side of the discharge unit in the gravitational direction and the support surface of the first support unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Moe Takeuchi, Tsutomu Ozaki, Shun Ito, Keiichi Yato
  • Publication number: 20250033544
    Abstract: [TASK] In a reclining seat device, the behavior of the vehicle is accurately conveyed to a seated occupant without regard to the reclining angle of the seat back with respect to the seat cushion. [SOLUTION] The air cells 30 of the seat cushion 22 are vibrated with a higher intensity than those of the seat back 26 when the reclining angle is smaller than a predetermined value, and the air cells 30 of the seat back 26 are vibrated with a higher intensity than those of the seat cushion 22 when the reclining angle is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yuta OSHINO, Jinichi TANABE, Munetaka KOWA, Takayoshi ITO, Yuki YOSHIOKA, Kazuya TAKAHASHI, Tsutomu MATSUZAKI, Hidenori KANAI, Ryosuke TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 12210410
    Abstract: A transfer processing device includes an arithmetic instruction number acquisition circuit, a buffer circuit, a transfer information acquisition circuit, and a software processing unit. The arithmetic instruction number acquisition circuit acquires a transfer instruction number corresponding to transfer information which is information related to the next transfer destination of an arithmetic instruction. The buffer circuit is arranged between the arithmetic instruction number acquisition circuit and the transfer information acquisition circuit, and temporarily stores and relays the arithmetic instruction and the arithmetic instruction number supplied from the arithmetic instruction number acquisition circuit to the transfer information acquisition circuit. The transfer information acquisition circuit acquires transfer information on the basis of the arithmetic instruction number, and gives the acquired transfer information to the arithmetic instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Kenji Tanaka, Yuki Arikawa, Kazuhiko Terada, Tsutomu Takeya, Takeshi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 12157985
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower travelling body; an upper pivot body pivotably mounted to the lower travelling body; an attachment attached to the upper pivot body; a plurality of actuators that include a first actuator and a second actuator, and drive the attachment and the upper pivot body; and a control device that controls an operation of another actuator of the plurality of actuators other than the first actuator in accordance with an operation of the first actuator so that the attachment is along a target trajectory. The control device operates the second actuator so that the attachment is along the target trajectory, when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Ito
  • Patent number: 12104353
    Abstract: An excavator includes a lower traveling body; an upper turning body turnably mounted to the lower traveling body; an actuator configured to change an orientation of the upper turning body; and a control apparatus configured to perform front-face control to operate the actuator such that the upper turning body is caused to front-face a target surface, based on information regarding the target surface and information regarding the orientation of the upper turning body, wherein the control apparatus performs the front-face control such that the upper turning body maintains a state of front-facing the target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Ito
  • Patent number: 12083844
    Abstract: A highly reliable and highly efficient air suspension system for a vehicle is provided by improving the trackability of stroke control with respect to pressure fluctuations applied to a linear compressor, suppressing stroke increase due to pressure drop, preventing piston collision, and increasing a flow rate by reducing dead volume. To realize this, the air suspension system includes an air suspension that supplies and discharges compressed air to adjust a length, a compressor body in which a piston reciprocates in a cylinder to compress air, a linear motor that reciprocates the piston, a tank that is connected to the air suspension or the compressor body and stores compressed air, a solenoid valve that opens and closes the air suspension or the tank, and an inverter that changes power supplied to the linear motor according to an open and closed state of the solenoid valve to perform position control of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Koyama, Kaito Hotta, Wataru Hatsuse, Tsutomu Ito, Yoshinori Kawai, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12060693
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, an attachment attached to the upper turning body, a plurality of actuators including a first actuator and a second actuator and configured to drive the attachment and the upper turning body, and a processor configured to control an operation of the second actuator in accordance with an operation of the first actuator, wherein the processor is configured to, in response to determining that a predetermined condition on the operation of the second actuator is satisfied, control the operation of the first actuator such that the operation of the first actuator corresponds to the operation of the second actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Ito
  • Publication number: 20230345588
    Abstract: An induction heating device is provided. The induction heating device comprises a plurality of induction heating devices disposed at intervals along the circumference of a ring-shaped workpiece, a setting unit for setting induction heating conditions, and a switching control unit. Each of the plurality of induction heating devices comprises heating coils disposed facing areas to be heated of the workpiece, a plurality of transformers connected to the heating coils in parallel, a plurality of matching units connected to any one of the plurality of transformers, an inverter unit having a rectifier unit and an inverter unit, an inverter control unit having a rectification control unit, and a group of switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: NETUREN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakatsu, Masato Yoshioka, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Tsutomu Ito, Kenji Koyanagi, Masaki Sagae, Tatsuya Ishii, Yoshitaka Misaka, Yasuharu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11729868
    Abstract: An induction heating device is provided. The induction heating device comprises a plurality of induction heating devices disposed at intervals along the circumference of a ring-shaped workpiece, a setting unit for setting induction heating conditions, and a switching control unit. Each of the plurality of induction heating devices comprises heating coils disposed facing areas to be heated of the workpiece, a plurality of transformers connected to the heating coils in parallel, a plurality of matching units connected to any one of the plurality of transformers, an inverter unit having a rectifier unit and an inverter unit, an inverter control unit having a rectification control unit, and a group of switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: NETUREN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakatsu, Masato Yoshioka, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Tsutomu Ito, Kenji Koyanagi, Masaki Sagae, Tatsuya Ishii, Yoshitaka Misaka, Yasuharu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11401924
    Abstract: Provided are a linear compressor and a linear compressor control system that do not require a sensor for detecting a position of a mover, and can compute a mover position with high accuracy, in consideration of position dependency of an induced voltage constant. A linear compressor 20 includes a field element 11 having a first end connected to elastic bodies (201a and 201b) and including a permanent magnet 111, an armature 12 having a winding 122 wound around a magnetic pole 121, and a linear motor 10 that causes the field element 11 and the armature 12 to reciprocate relatively in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kaito Hotta, Wataru Hatsuse, Masaki Koyama, Tsutomu Ito, Yoshinori Kawai
  • Patent number: 11353014
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes a cylinder including a cylindrical cylinder portion and a cylinder head portion provided on one side of the cylinder portion, and a piston mechanism reciprocably fittedly inserted on an inner peripheral side of the cylinder portion and including a piston defining a compression chamber and a non-compression chamber. A bottomed hole-shaped valve body housing portion is formed at the cylinder head portion. The valve body housing portion is opened to a piston side facing the piston in an axial direction of the cylinder portion. Further, a discharge valve unit and a valve holding member are provided in the valve body housing portion. The discharge valve unit is inserted in the valve body housing portion. The valve holding member holds the discharge valve unit in the valve body housing portion, and includes a communication hole establishing communication between the valve body housing portion and the compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ito, Takafumi Maruta
  • Patent number: 11319943
    Abstract: Provided is a compressor capable of achieving a reduction in overall size and an improvement in vehicle mountability by using a linear motor. The compressor 1 comprises a linear motor 2 having a reciprocating mover 6, a compression unit 9 having a piston 11 connected to the mover 6 at one end side of the linear motor 2 so as to reciprocate and a cylinder 10 slidably accommodating the piston 11 to form a compression chamber 10B, and an air dryer 17 connected to a cylinder head 14 of the compression chamber 10B of the compression unit 9 and filled therein with a desiccant 17C. The air dryer 17 is disposed along the axis in the movement direction of the mover 6 the piston 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kawai, Tsutomu Ito, Kan Kobayashi, Hiroshi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210262196
    Abstract: An excavator includes a lower traveling body; an upper turning body turnably mounted to the lower traveling body; an actuator configured to change an orientation of the upper turning body; and a control apparatus configured to perform front-face control to operate the actuator such that the upper turning body is caused to front-face a target surface, based on information regarding the target surface and information regarding the orientation of the upper turning body, wherein the control apparatus performs the front-face control such that the upper turning body maintains a state of front-facing the target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Tsutomu ITO
  • Publication number: 20210262190
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower travelling body; an upper pivot body pivotably mounted to the lower travelling body; an attachment attached to the upper pivot body; a plurality of actuators that include a first actuator and a second actuator, and drive the attachment and the upper pivot body; and a control device that controls an operation of another actuator of the plurality of actuators other than the first actuator in accordance with an operation of the first actuator so that the attachment is along a target trajectory. The control device operates the second actuator so that the attachment is along the target trajectory, when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Tsutomu ITO
  • Publication number: 20210262191
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, an attachment attached to the upper turning body, a plurality of actuators including a first actuator and a second actuator and configured to drive the attachment and the upper turning body, and a processor configured to control an operation of the second actuator in accordance with an operation of the first actuator, wherein the processor is configured to, in response to determining that a predetermined condition on the operation of the second actuator is satisfied, control the operation of the first actuator such that the operation of the first actuator corresponds to the operation of the second actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Tsutomu ITO
  • Patent number: 11015593
    Abstract: An in-vehicle compression device includes: a compressor including a cylinder and a piston that is slidably provided inside the cylinder and defines a compression chamber; a linear motor including a movable element reciprocatably connected to the piston; and a controller configured to control driving of the linear motor. The in-vehicle compression device is configured to supply a working fluid compressed in the compression chamber to a pressure device provided in a vehicle. The controller is configured to variably adjust a stroke of the piston according to a state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ito, Yoshinori Kawai, Kan Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210120637
    Abstract: An induction heating device is provided. The induction heating device comprises a plurality of induction heating devices disposed at intervals along the circumference of a ring-shaped workpiece, a setting unit for setting induction heating conditions, and a switching control unit. Each of the plurality of induction heating devices comprises heating coils disposed facing areas to be heated of the workpiece, a plurality of transformers connected to the heating coils in parallel, a plurality of matching units connected to any one of the plurality of transformers, an inverter unit having a rectifier unit and an inverter unit, an inverter control unit having a rectification control unit, and a group of switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: NETUREN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakatsu, Masato Yoshioka, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Tsutomu Ito, Kenji Koyanagi, Masaki Sagae, Tatsuya Ishii, Yoshitaka Misaka, Yasuharu Ogawa