Patents by Inventor Yosuke Shimizu
Yosuke Shimizu 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: 8579323Abstract: A curtain air bag of a curtain airbag system includes a main chamber stored in a folded condition in a roof side portion that extends rearward from a front pillar, and a front auxiliary chamber formed integrally with the main chamber and stored in a folded condition in the roof side portion together with the main chamber. The main chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto in the event of a side impact of a vehicle and rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed like a curtain downwardly of the vehicle. The front auxiliary chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto at least in the event of rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed in front of the main chamber such that an upper portion of the front auxiliary chamber as seen in a side view overlaps the front pillar, and a lower portion thereof overlaps a front side door.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20130142533Abstract: Provided is a fixing device comprising: a fixing rotating body; a magnetizing coil; a pressing member forming a fixing nip through which a recording sheet passes; a demagnetizing coil unit set including a pile of demagnetizing coil units each including demagnetizing coils of different sizes, and canceling out part of magnetic flux generated by the magnetizing coil in a non-sheet-passing region; a sheet information acquisition unit acquiring sheet information including information relating to a width of the recording sheet; and an operation control unit controlling each demagnetizing coil according to the width, wherein in each demagnetizing coil unit, the demagnetizing coils are arranged such that a smaller demagnetizing coil is surrounded by a larger demagnetizing coil and the demagnetizing coils are in a same plane extending along a surface of the magnetizing coil, and a combination of sizes of the demagnetizing coils differs among the demagnetizing coil units.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Yosuke SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20120256401Abstract: A curtain air bag of a curtain airbag system includes a main chamber stored in a folded condition in a roof side portion that extends rearward from a front pillar, and a front auxiliary chamber formed integrally with the main chamber and stored in a folded condition in the roof side portion together with the main chamber. The main chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto in the event of a side impact of a vehicle and rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed like a curtain downwardly of the vehicle. The front auxiliary chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto at least in the event of rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed in front of the main chamber such that an upper portion of the front auxiliary chamber as seen in a side view overlaps the front pillar, and a lower portion thereof overlaps a front side door.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120256402Abstract: A curtain airbag of a curtain airbag system includes a main chamber stored in a folded condition in a roof side portion that extends rearward from a front pillar, and a front auxiliary chamber formed integrally with the main chamber and stored in a folded condition in a roof header portion. The main chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto in the event of a side impact of a vehicle and rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed like a curtain downwardly of the vehicle. The front auxiliary chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto at least in the event of rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed in front of the main chamber such that a lower portion of the front auxiliary chamber as seen in a side view of the vehicle overlaps a front side door.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120248751Abstract: A curtain air bag system includes a curtain air bag that is housed folded up in an upper edge portion of a door opening, and that includes a first deployment portion that deploys when a vehicle is collided with in a side collision as well as when the vehicle rolls over, and a second deployment portion that deploys at least when the vehicle rolls over, by receiving a supply of gas. The first deployment portion deploys in a cylindrical shape extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, above a belt line such that a rear end side of the first deployment portion overlaps with a center pillar when viewed from a side of the vehicle, and the second deployment portion deploys such that a lower end extends below the belt line, in a position not overlapping with the first deployment portion when viewed from the side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Patent number: 8276936Abstract: An automotive airbag apparatus is able to reduce the shock caused by early deployment of airbag against a passenger not in a position for safe airbag restraint, and further able to deploy quickly and effectively when a passenger is in a position for safe restraint. The airbag apparatus includes an airbag housing in which a folded airbag resides until deployed by the gas from an inflator, an airbag door that opens on a hinge from the pressure applied by the deploying airbag, and a restrictor member extending over the folded airbag beneath the airbag door with a direction from front to rear of the vehicle. The restrictor member has a fixed end at forward part thereof attached to the airbag housing, and a releasable fixed or free end at rearward part thereof, the free end coming into frictional contact with the airbag door in the vicinity of the hinge as the airbag door is pushed out by the early phase of the airbag deployment.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Yosuke Shimizu, Hiroyuki Taguchi, Naoya Fuyuki
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Publication number: 20120200069Abstract: A curtain airbag apparatus is provided with a curtain airbag that is embedded, in a folded or rolled state, in an upper edge portion of at least one door opening and deploys into a form of a curtain, the curtain airbag having: a first deployment portion deploying downward by inflating with gas supplied from upon a side collision and rollover of the vehicle; a second deployment portion deploying downward by inflating with gas supplied at least upon a rollover of the vehicle, such that the second deployment portion is located in an area that does not overlap, as viewed laterally, an area in which the first deployment portion is located; and an internal pressure difference creator that makes an internal pressure of the second deployment portion higher than an internal pressure of the first deployment portion at least upon a rollover of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Patent number: 8238770Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing roller, a pressure roller and a soaking roller. Temperature of the soaking roller, which contacts with the pressure roller, is measured by a temperature measurement section. This makes it possible to precisely estimate the temperature distribution of the fixing roller and the pressure roller including a non-paper feed area of paper sheets. Based on the temperature of the soaking roller, fixing operation is controlled by a fixing operation control section. Thereby, optimal control can be implemented to suppress the temperature rise in the non-paper feed area according to the estimated temperature distribution of the fixing roller and the pressure roller.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Yosuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120126517Abstract: A curtain air bag system includes a main deployment portion for an occupant seated in a front seat, that is housed folded up in an upper edge portion of an opening in a vehicle body, and inflates by receiving a supply of gas when the vehicle is in a side collision and when the vehicle rolls over, and deploys in a curtain shape downward with respect to the vehicle; an auxiliary deployment portion that inflates by receiving a supply of gas via a gas passage that is communicated with a portion of the auxiliary deployment portion in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and that deploys such that a lower end side, when viewed from a side, overlaps with a side door forward of the main deployment portion; and a connecting portion that connects a portion on an upper end side of the auxiliary deployment portion to a front pillar.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicants: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu, Yuuki Nakamura, Yutaka Nakajima
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Publication number: 20120098240Abstract: A vehicle air bag system includes a side air bag that is housed folded up in a vehicle seat and that deploys between an occupant seated in the vehicle seat and a front side door by receiving a supply of gas when a side collision occurs, and a curtain air bag that is housed folded up in an upper edge portion of a door opening and that deploys in a curtain shape downward by receiving a supply of gas when a side collision and a rollover occur. The curtain air bag has a delay chamber that deploys later than a main chamber by receiving a supply of gas from the main chamber via a narrowed passage. The delay chamber deploys with a lower end side below a beltline and in an area that overlaps with a deployment area of a side air bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120045240Abstract: A fixing device including a fixing rotational body and fixing images on sheets of various sizes, comprising: a main excitation coil heating the rotational body by electromagnetic induction and having an effective heating length L1 corresponding to a maximum-size sheet; an auxiliary excitation coil having an effective heating length L2 shorter than L1; a high-frequency power source supplying power to the main and auxiliary coils; and a switch selectively connecting the main or auxiliary coils to the power source, wherein the main coil is positioned along an outer circumferential surface of the rotational body, the auxiliary coil is positioned farther from the rotational body than the main coil is and layered on a central portion of the main coil in a longitudinal direction thereof, and L2 satisfies the following relationship: L2?L1ยท?2/?1, where ?1 and ?2 are thermal conversion efficiencies of the main and auxiliary coils, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Yosuke SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20110287112Abstract: A prostate cancer progression inhibitor comprises 4-(4-cyano-2-{[2-(4-fluoro-1-naphthyl)propanoyl]amino}phenyl)butyric acid, a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof. 4-(4-Cyano-2-{[2-(4-fluoro-1-naphthyl)propanoyl]amino}phenyl)butyric acid is useful as a prostate cancer progression inhibitor because this butyric acid has, for example, a growth inhibiting effect and a hormone responsiveness recovering effect on prostate cancer that has acquired hormone resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicants: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Osamu Ogawa, Gozoh Tsujimoto, Eijiro Nakamura, Tomomi Kamba, Yosuke Shimizu, Naoki Terada, Toshiya Kanaji, Takayuki Maruyama
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Publication number: 20110239363Abstract: An automatic hair washing machine including a sink in which a head portion of a user is laid, the sink having an enclosed space that is formed when the head portion is laid in the sink, a nozzle link unit for jetting liquid containing at least one of washing water and cleaning agent liquid, and a mist spraying unit for spraying mist into the enclosed space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO AQUA CORPORATION, TAKARA BELMONT CORPORATIONInventors: Shuhei Nagamatsu, Akira Yamaguchi, Masashi Furusawa, Kazushige Murakami, Masaru Iwasaki, Kazuhide Yamamoto, Mayumi Okazaki, Hiroko Nakayama, Yosuke Shimizu
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Patent number: D662911Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoki Sugiyama, Yusuke Otani, Yosuke Shimizu, Takeshi Miyazaki
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Patent number: D668241Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yosuke Shimizu, Masaaki Ohara
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Patent number: D672752Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yosuke Shimizu, Masaaki Ohara
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Patent number: D673927Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yusuke Otani, Asami Yamagishi, Takeshi Miyazaki, Kiyoshi Oota, Yosuke Shimizu, Daisuke Ishii
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Patent number: D679682Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yosuke Shimizu, Keiko Densho, Naoki Sugiyama, Sohei Kitayama, So Morimoto, Naoto Shimizu, Jun Komiyama
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Patent number: D687024Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yosuke Shimizu, Koichi Sadatsuki
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Patent number: D695705Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yosuke Shimizu, Aleix Ingles Elias