Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Maeda
Tsutomu Maeda 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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Patent number: 11939201Abstract: A replaceable component for a dispense head includes a first pipe disposed to pass through an inside of a dispense head, a pressing portion capable of pressing a valve body of a beverage supply valve in a beverage container, and a sealing member. The sealing member includes a first sealing portion capable of coming in contact with a beverage outlet of the beverage container, and a membrane connected to the first sealing portion and inhibiting a beverage from adhering to the dispense head.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomohisa Miyatani, Tsutomu Maeda, Masanori Yamagishi, Motohiro Inagaki
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Publication number: 20230166887Abstract: A replaceable component for a beverage container to be attached to a beverage extraction pipe of the beverage container is provided. The replaceable component for a beverage container includes a tubular member slidable along a longitudinal direction of the beverage extraction pipe and capable of coming in annular contact with an outer circumferential surface of the beverage extraction pipe, and a bag, which is attached to the tubular member, for containing a beverage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Tomohisa MIYATANI, Tsutomu MAEDA, Masanori YAMAGISHI, Motohiro INAGAKI
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Publication number: 20220332561Abstract: A replaceable component for a dispense head includes a first pipe disposed to pass through an inside of a dispense head, a pressing portion capable of pressing a valve body of a beverage supply valve in a beverage container, and a sealing member. The sealing member includes a first sealing portion capable of coming in contact with a beverage outlet of the beverage container, and a membrane connected to the first sealing portion and inhibiting a beverage from adhering to the dispense head.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Tomohisa MIYATANI, Tsutomu MAEDA, Masanori YAMAGISHI, Motohiro INAGAKI
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Patent number: 11177148Abstract: A laser processing apparatus has a control unit including an inspection modified layer former detecting a provisional orientation flat of a bare wafer and applying a laser beam of a predetermined output power level to the bare wafer depending on the direction of the provisional orientation flat thereby to form a modified layer for detecting the crystal orientation closely to an outer edge of the bare wafer, and a crack detector detecting a crack extending from the modified layer toward a Y-axis and an exposed surface of the bare wafer, providing the modified layer extends along an X-axis in an image captured of the modified layer. If the crack detector detects no crack, the control unit determines the modified layer with no crack extending therefrom as extending parallel to the crystal orientation of the bare wafer.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: DISCO CORPORATIONInventor: Tsutomu Maeda
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Patent number: 10580670Abstract: A controller of a laser processing apparatus includes: a storage section that stores processing conditions for forming modified layers along division lines of a wafer; and a processing line calculation section that displays a position at which the modified layer is planned to be formed and which is stored as the processing condition, on a display panel as a processing line. The processing line calculation section displays the processing line on the display panel superimposed on a first division line, in a region in which a start point or end point of the first division line is connected to a second division line. A start point or end point of a first modified layer formed along the first division line is permitted to be re-set on the display panel so as not to interfere with a second modified layer formed along the second division line.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: DISCO CORPORATIONInventor: Tsutomu Maeda
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Publication number: 20190043743Abstract: A laser processing apparatus has a control unit including an inspection modified layer former detecting a provisional orientation flat of a bare wafer and applying a laser beam of a predetermined output power level to the bare wafer depending on the direction of the provisional orientation flat thereby to form a modified layer for detecting the crystal orientation closely to an outer edge of the bare wafer, and a crack detector detecting a crack extending from the modified layer toward a Y-axis and an exposed surface of the bare wafer, providing the modified layer extends along an X-axis in an image captured of the modified layer. If the crack detector detects no crack, the control unit determines the modified layer with no crack extending therefrom as extending parallel to the crystal orientation of the bare wafer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventor: Tsutomu Maeda
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Patent number: 9925618Abstract: A laser processing apparatus is provided wherein a laser beam of a wavelength which passes through a wafer having a surface on which a plurality of devices are disposed is irradiated along a schedule division line to separate the adjacent devices from each other to form a modification layer which continuously extends in a given length in the inside of the wafer. A mark portion is displayed in an overlapping relationship with a picked up image obtained by image pickup of a wafer on a display unit. If the mark portion is moved to a desired position of the picked up image displayed on the display unit, then coordinates which correspond to the desired position of the picked up image are stored as a start point or an end portion of a scheduled division line, along which the modification layer is to be formed, into a storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Disco CorporationInventors: Tsutomu Maeda, Kiyoshi Ohsuga
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Publication number: 20170263473Abstract: A controller of a laser processing apparatus includes: a storage section that stores processing conditions for forming modified layers along division lines of a wafer; and a processing line calculation section that displays a position at which the modified layer is planned to be formed and which is stored as the processing condition, on a display panel as a processing line. The processing line calculation section displays the processing line on the display panel superimposed on a first division line, in a region in which a start point or end point of the first division line is connected to a second division line. A start point or end point of a first modified layer formed along the first division line is permitted to be re-set on the display panel so as not to interfere with a second modified layer formed along the second division line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventor: Tsutomu Maeda
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Patent number: 9530695Abstract: A wafer processing method includes a wafer unit forming step of supporting a wafer through an adhesive tape to an annular frame to thereby form a wafer unit, a wafer unit holding step of holding the wafer through the adhesive tape on a holding surface of a chuck table under suction, a processing step of applying a laser beam to the wafer held on the chuck table to thereby form a modified layer inside the wafer, an unloading step of unloading the wafer unit from the chuck table, and a dividing step of dividing the wafer along the modified layer as a division start point. The wafer processing method further includes a close contact canceling step of blowing a fluid from the holding surface against the adhesive tape after performing the processing step to thereby cancel the close contact between the adhesive tape and the holding surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Disco CorporationInventors: Tsutomu Maeda, Satoshi Genda
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Publication number: 20160074959Abstract: A laser processing apparatus is provided wherein a laser beam of a wavelength which passes through a wafer having a surface on which a plurality of devices are disposed is irradiated along a schedule division line to separate the adjacent devices from each other to form a modification layer which continuously extends in a given length in the inside of the wafer. A mark portion is displayed in an overlapping relationship with a picked up image obtained by image pickup of a wafer on a display unit. If the mark portion is moved to a desired position of the picked up image displayed on the display unit, then coordinates which correspond to the desired position of the picked up image are stored as a start point or an end portion of a scheduled division line, along which the modification layer is to be formed, into a storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Tsutomu Maeda, Kiyoshi Ohsuga
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Publication number: 20150096964Abstract: A wafer processing method includes a wafer unit forming step of supporting a wafer through an adhesive tape to an annular frame to thereby form a wafer unit, a wafer unit holding step of holding the wafer through the adhesive tape on a holding surface of a chuck table under suction, a processing step of applying a laser beam to the wafer held on the chuck table to thereby form a modified layer inside the wafer, an unloading step of unloading the wafer unit from the chuck table, and a dividing step of dividing the wafer along the modified layer as a division start point. The wafer processing method further includes a close contact canceling step of blowing a fluid from the holding surface against the adhesive tape after performing the processing step to thereby cancel the close contact between the adhesive tape and the holding surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Tsutomu Maeda, Satoshi Genda
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Patent number: 7893800Abstract: A vehicle switch includes a magnet mounted to an operating unit accommodated in an external packaging such that the operating unit can move linearly. A magnetic detector is placed so as to receive different strength of the magnetism from the magnet in the two cases that the operating unit is at the upper limit position and at the lower limit position. A control circuit coupled to the magnetic detector opens and closes a switching device in response to strength of the detected magnetism.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masaru Shimizu, Kiyotaka Sasanouchi, Hiroyuki Kosaka, Tsutomu Maeda
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Patent number: 7664297Abstract: A method enabling a destroyed part of a joint or joint cartilage to be extracted accurately and at a high speed with a good repeatability and enabling quantitative and simple 3D analysis of the joint and the destroyed part, that is, a method of 3D image processing comprising filling in a medullary cavity region, comprised of a hollow region inside a joint, of a digitalized image of a cross-section of the examined joint using the Expansion and Shrinkage method, performing 3D labeling by a 3D image obtained by stacking digitalized images of cross-sections of the examined joint generated at a step of extracting a contour of the cross-sectional image of the joint or digitalized images of cross-sections of the examined joint not pre-processed, and defining the joint image to be evaluated.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2002Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Yoshifumi Harada, Yoshiaki Azuma, Norihiro Yamada, Tsutomu Maeda
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Patent number: 7465918Abstract: A rotation angle detector is provided with a spring to thrust a rotary body against protrusions formed on an inner wall of an opening via a detector body in a manner to keep the rotary body rotatable without any play in a linked motion with a steering shaft. As a result, the detector can detect rotation angles of the steering shaft with high accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2006Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Shimizu, Toru Arakawa, Hideki Tsukaoka, Toshihiro Nomura, Tsutomu Maeda
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Patent number: 7365633Abstract: A vehicle remote control apparatus has: A) a first transmitter for outputting an authentication request signal to a mobile device including a radio terminal assigned with an identification code special to a vehicle and outputting an authentication response signal corresponding to the identification code; B) a second transmitter for outputting an interference wave to cancel the authentication request signal at the same time as the first transmitter transmits the authentication request signal; C) a receiver for receiving the authentication response signal output from the mobile device in response to the authentication request signal, thereby checking authenticity of the authentication response signal; and D) a controller for controlling operation of an on-vehicle equipment based on the result of authentication of the authentication response signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2004Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Inventors: Makoto Inoue, Tsutomu Maeda, Masaaki Ochi
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Publication number: 20070290642Abstract: A vehicle switch includes a magnet mounted to an operating unit accommodated in an external packaging such that the operating unit can move linearly. A magnetic detector is placed so as to receive different strength of the magnetism from the magnet in the two cases that the operating unit is at the upper limit position and at the lower limit position. A control circuit coupled to the magnetic detector opens and closes a switching device in response to strength of the detected magnetism.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Shimizu, Kiyotaka Sasanouchi, Hiroyuki Kosaka, Tsutomu Maeda
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Publication number: 20060208176Abstract: A rotation angle detector provided with a spring to thrust a rotary body against protrusions formed on an inner wall of an opening via a detector body in a manner to keep the rotary body rotatable without any play in a linked motion with a steering shaft. As a result, the detector can detect rotation angles of the steering shaft with high accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Masaru Shimizu, Toru Arakawa, Hideki Tsukaoka, Toshihiro Nomura, Tsutomu Maeda
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Patent number: 7043339Abstract: This invention provides a remote monitoring system for air conditioners installed respectively in a plurality of buildings for concentrically monitoring the operating state of the air conditioners from a distance. The system comprises data collectors 3 installed in the respective buildings, and a remote monitor 4 connected to the data collectors 3 of all the buildings via a communication network. Each of the data collectors 3 collects state data representing the operating state of the air conditioner installed in each building and transmits the collected state data to the remote monitor 4. The remote monitor 4 receives the state data collected by each data collector 3, diagnoses the operating state of the air conditioner installed in each building based on the received state data, and outputs the result of diagnosis. In this way, the air conditioners can be optimally adjusted within a short period of time.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Maeda, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Yoshio Ozawa
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Publication number: 20060006983Abstract: A vehicle remote control apparatus has: A) a first transmitter for outputting an authentication request signal to a mobile device including a radio terminal assigned with an identification code special to a vehicle and outputting an authentication response signal corresponding to the identification code; B) a second transmitter for outputting an interference wave to cancel the authentication request signal at the same time as the first transmitter transmits the authentication request signal; C) a receiver for receiving the authentication response signal output from the mobile device in response to the authentication request signal, thereby checking authenticity of the authentication response signal; and D) a controller for controlling operation of an on-vehicle equipment based on the result of authentication of the authentication response signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2004Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventors: Makoto Inoue, Tsutomu Maeda, Masaaki Ochi
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Patent number: 6965352Abstract: An antenna device for installation on vehicles, which antenna device including a core made of a magnetic material, a holding portion provided by a dielectric film sheet wound around the core, a coil formed with a linear conductor wound around the holding portion, a case made of a dielectric resin material for housing the core, the holding portion and the coil, and a flexible dielectric resin filling the space within the case excluding the core, the holding portion and the coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2004Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Ohara, Akio Miyajima, Tsutomu Maeda, Takefumi Inoue