Patents by Inventor Yosuke Nishimura

Yosuke Nishimura 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: 10329111
    Abstract: A joining unit includes: a suction holding member having a suction surface configured to suction an end section of a sheet; a moving mechanism configured to move the suction surface toward an intermediate section of a sheet of a delivery-side original material roll along a path set in advance so that tension is applied to the sheet; and a regulating mechanism that is configured to switch between a regulated state in which a movement of the end section of the sheet with respect to the suction holding member due to the tension is regulated and an allowable state in which the movement of the end section of the sheet with respect to the suction holding member is allowed. The controller switches the regulating mechanism to the regulated state during the movement of the suction surface toward the intermediate section of the sheet of the delivery-side original material roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Yosuke Nishimura, Shinichiro Nagafuchi
  • Publication number: 20190184730
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image erasing apparatus includes a reading unit, an erasing unit, an image forming unit, and a controller. The reading unit reads identification information formed on a sheet conveyed. The erasing unit erases a part or all of a first image formed on the sheet after the identification information is read. The controller obtains image data corresponding to the identification information that is read by the reading unit. The controller controls the image forming unit so as to form a second image, which is indicated by the obtained image data, onto the sheet from which the first image has been erased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Yosuke NISHIMURA, Kazumasa YASUI
  • Patent number: 10287117
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprises a sheet feed cassette, an operation lever, a sliding section, a sheet lifting and lowering tray, and a main body rail section. The sheet feed cassette is housed to be capable of being pulled out from an apparatus main body. The operation lever is arranged at the side of the sheet feed cassette and is rotatable around a shaft positioned at the middle in a longitudinal direction. The sliding section is arranged at the rear side of the shaft of the operation lever. The sheet lifting and lowering tray can place a sheet and adjust an inclination thereof in conjunction with the operation lever. The main body rail section is arranged in the apparatus main body and guides running of the sliding section at the time of pulling out the sheet feed cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yosuke Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10245871
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image erasing apparatus includes a reading unit, an erasing unit, an image forming unit, and a controller. The reading unit reads identification information formed on a sheet conveyed. The erasing unit erases a part or all of a first image formed on the sheet after the identification information is read. The controller obtains image data corresponding to the identification information that is read by the reading unit. The controller controls the image forming unit so as to form a second image, which is indicated by the obtained image data, onto the sheet from which the first image has been erased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishimura, Kazumasa Yasui
  • Publication number: 20190084783
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprises a sheet feed cassette, an operation lever, a sliding section, a sheet lifting and lowering tray, and a main body rail section. The sheet feed cassette is housed to be capable of being pulled out from an apparatus main body. The operation lever is arranged at the side of the sheet feed cassette and is rotatable around a shaft positioned at the middle in a longitudinal direction. The sliding section is arranged at the rear side of the shaft of the operation lever. The sheet lifting and lowering tray can place a sheet and adjust an inclination thereof in conjunction with the operation lever. The main body rail section is arranged in the apparatus main body and guides running of the sliding section at the time of pulling out the sheet feed cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Yosuke Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10233045
    Abstract: A sheet delivery system includes: a joining unit configured to join, to an intermediate section of a sheet being delivered from a delivery-side original material roll, an end section of a sheet of a standby-side original material roll; and an operation robot configured to retrieve the end section of the sheet from the standby-side original material roll and convey the end section of the sheet to the joining unit. The sheet delivery system is configured to set, in advance, a sheet retrieval position at which the sheet is retrieved from each of the original material rolls, for each of the original material rolls. The operation robot is configured to convey the end section of the sheet from each of the sheet retrieval positions to the joining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Yosuke Nishimura, Shinichiro Nagafuchi
  • Publication number: 20190081295
    Abstract: Provided is an energy storage apparatus including: a neighboring member disposed adjacently to an energy storage device; and a terminal member disposed adjacently to the neighboring member on a side opposite to the energy storage device, wherein the terminal member has: a body extending along the neighboring member; and a bolt member having a head portion and a shaft portion extending from the head portion, and mounted on the body in a state where the shaft portion is made to pass through the body from a neighboring member side, the neighboring member has a protruding portion protruding in an axial direction of the shaft portion, and the protruding portion is inserted into the body at a position where at least a portion of the protruding portion overlaps with a projection region of the shaft portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Yosuke NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190081300
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: a main part; a conductive opposedly facing member disposed to opposedly face the main part; and an insulating member disposed between the main part and the opposedly facing member. The opposedly facing member includes an opposedly facing portion a part of which overlaps with the main part. The opposedly facing portion includes an end surface which overlaps with the main part, the end surface facing upwardly. The insulating member includes: a covering portion covering a surface of the opposedly facing portion directed toward a main part; and a seal portion extending from the covering portion toward the main part. The covering portion includes an end portion disposed at a position which agrees with the end surface or at a position outside the end surface in a direction orthogonal to the end surface. The seal portion extends from the end portion toward the main part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishimura, Kenta Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20190044123
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: energy storage devices each including an external terminal, the energy storage devices being arranged in a first direction; a bus bar including a plate-like conductive portion; and a neighboring member disposed between the energy storage devices. The conductive portion includes: a fusible portion where a width size, which is a size in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, is defined by a pair of edges, the width size being smaller than a width size of other portions of the conductive portion; and a pair of enlarged width portions contiguously formed with both sides of the fusible portion in the first direction, a width size of the pair of enlarged width portions increasing in a direction away from the fusible portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yosuke NISHIMURA, Yuta YAMAMOTO, Kentaro YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10116020
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: energy storage devices arranged with a gap which is formed between the energy storage devices for passing a fluid; a case configured to accommodate the energy storage devices; a first duct disposed in an inside of the case and defining a supply flow passage through which the fluid is supplied to the gap; and a second duct disposed in the inside of the case and defining a discharge flow passage through which the fluid which has passed through the gap is discharged, wherein an auxiliary flow passage where the fluid flows along an outer surface of the first duct is formed, and the fluid is made to flow through the supply flow passage and the auxiliary flow passage at a same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishimura, Hiroaki Kakimura
  • Patent number: 10115933
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device and an adjacent member adjacent to the energy storage device, wherein the energy storage device includes a case body for accommodating an electrode assembly, the case body having a body part including an opening at least a first end of the body part in a first direction, and a lid for closing the opening, the body part has a thick-walled part formed at least one of the first end and a second end of the body part in the first direction and a thin-walled part thinner than the thick-walled part, the adjacent member has a pair of sealing parts disposed at an interval in the first direction, and each of the sealing parts is in contact with the thin-walled part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishimura, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Yoshimasa Toshioka
  • Publication number: 20180290563
    Abstract: A seat apparatus includes: a seat on which a passenger of a vehicle sits; an inputter which is operated by the passenger; a fixer which fixes a position of the seat until the inputter is operated by the passenger and allows the position of the seat to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the inputter is operated by the passenger; and a restrictor which restricts the movement of the seat when a predetermined condition related to a traveling state of the vehicle or an external environment of the vehicle is satisfied in comparison with a case in which the predetermined condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Muneatsu Minato, Hajime Ishihara, Kenta Hirayama, Manabu Matsumoto, Yosuke Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180292821
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a seat (310) in which an occupant sits; a first slide mechanism (320) configured to enable movement of the seat in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; a second slide mechanism (322) configured to enable movement of the seat in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle along the first slide mechanism; an automated driving control unit configured to execute automated driving of automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of the vehicle; and a seat control unit configured to enable movement of the seat using the first slide mechanism and the second slide mechanism in a case that the automated driving is being executed by the automated driving control unit and to enable movement of the seat using the first slide mechanism in a case that the automated driving is not being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Muneatsu Minato, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Kenta Hirayama, Yosuke Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10065818
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprises a sheet feed cassette, an operation lever, a sliding section, a sheet lifting and lowering tray, and a main body rail section. The sheet feed cassette is housed to be capable of being pulled out from an apparatus main body. The operation lever is arranged at the side of the sheet feed cassette and is rotatable around a shaft positioned at the middle in a longitudinal direction. The sliding section is arranged at the rear side of the shaft of the operation lever. The sheet lifting and lowering tray can place a sheet and adjust an inclination thereof in conjunction with the operation lever. The main body rail section is arranged in the apparatus main body and guides running of the sliding section at the time of pulling out the sheet feed cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yosuke Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180229636
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a seatback that supports a back of a person sitting on the seat apparatus and that includes a first support body and a second support body, the first support body being one side of the seatback in a seatback width direction and the second support body being the other side of the seatback in the seatback width direction, one of the first support body and the second support body being a movable support body, and a moving mechanism that displaces the movable support body from a back support position, where the movable support body is placed in order to support the back of the person sitting on the seat, to a retracted position where the movable support body is placed in order to create an open space where the movable support body was placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Muneatsu Minato, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Yosuke Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180229628
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a conversion mechanism that converts a disposition of a seatback between a normal position to a converted position, the normal position being a position at which the seatback is disposed at a rear section of the seat cushion and a sitting direction of an occupant is facing forward, the converted position being a position at which the seatback is disposed at a front section of the seat cushion and a sitting direction of an occupant is facing rearward, and a reclining mechanism that biases the seatback toward a neutral position at which the seatback stands upward and that reclines the seatback forward and rearward from the neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Muneatsu Minato, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Yosuke Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180229638
    Abstract: A vehicle seat control system (1) includes an angle detection unit (308a) that detects an angle of a connection unit (308) that rotatably connects a seat surface portion to a backrest portion (302), a frame body (311) that includes a pair of vertical frames (311a, 311b) and a horizontal frame (311c) connecting the pair of vertical frames to each other and is provided to be stored in the seat surface portion, a leg support portion (312) including a first rotation shaft (Lb) parallel to an extending direction of the horizontal frame and is provided inside the frame body to be rotatable with respect to the frame body, a driving unit (315) that is provided at a proximal end (B1) of at least one of the pair of vertical frames and rotates the frame body taken out from the seat surface portion around a second rotation shaft (La) parallel to the extending direction of the horizontal frame, and a control unit (160) that controls the driving unit on the basis of a detection result of the angle detection unit at least a
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Muneatsu Minato, Hajime Ishihara, Kenta Hirayama, Manabu Matsumoto, Yosuke Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180229740
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a seat on which an occupant of a vehicle is seated, a first operation reception unit and a second operation reception unit configured to be operated by the occupant, and a seat drive unit configured to change a position of the seat on the basis of an operation received by the first operation reception unit, and return the position of the seat to a position before being changed by the first operation reception unit when an operation is received by the second operation reception unit, and the second operation reception unit is provided at a rearward position relative to a place corresponding to a central portion in a travel direction of a seating portion of the seat in a side member provided in a side portion of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Manabu Matsumoto, Hajime Ishihara, Kenta Hirayama, Muneatsu Minato, Yosuke Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180222350
    Abstract: A vehicle seat control system (1) includes a first backrest portion (302) rotatably connected to a seating portion (301) by a first connection unit (308), a second backrest portion (302) rotatably connected to the first backrest portion by a second connection unit (309), a folding adjustment unit (304) that adjusts an angle of the second connection unit, a seat surface adjustment unit (304) that adjusts a height of the seating portion, a first angle detection unit (308a) that detects a first angle that is formed between the first backrest portion and a floor surface, a second angle detection unit (309a) that detects a second angle that is formed between the second backrest portion and the first backrest portion, and a control unit (160) that controls the folding adjustment unit on the basis of the first angle at the time of automatic driving of the vehicle to adjust the second angle, and controls the seat surface adjustment unit to maintain a height of a reference position in the second backrest portion to be
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Kenta Hirayama, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Muneatsu Minato, Yosuke Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180222347
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a seat state acquisition unit (160) that acquires an orientation about a vertical axis of a seat on which an occupant of a vehicle sits, a vehicle state acquisition unit (170) that acquires a current or future acceleration relating to the vehicle, and a seat control unit (180) that deforms at least a part of the seat on the basis of the orientation of the seat acquired by the seat state acquisition unit and the acceleration acquired by the vehicle state acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Kenta Hirayama, Hajime Ishihara, Manabu Matsumoto, Muneatsu Minato, Yosuke Nishimura