Patents by Inventor Yuji Inada
Yuji Inada 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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Publication number: 20230221030Abstract: According to one embodiment, an air conditioner includes an outdoor unit including a control unit which controls an operation of a compressor, an expansion valve kit, at least one air-handling unit, and a controller. The control unit or the controller adjusts, when a parameter value indicating a change in temperature of air blown out of an indoor fan or a parameter value indicating a change in temperature of air sucked by the indoor fan is not within a range defined by a first threshold and a second threshold smaller than the first threshold, each of an opening degree of an indoor expansion valve and a change period of the opening degree or each of an operation frequency of the compressor and a change period of the operation frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Yuji Inada, Ken Miura
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Patent number: 10330337Abstract: According to one embodiment, an outdoor unit is provided with a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger, and a communication unit. The housing has a ventilation opening and contains the outdoor heat exchanger. The communication unit is disposed within the housing at a position facing the ventilation opening and performs contactless data communication with a nearby information terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Inada, Mitsunobu Maezawa, Takahiko Mukai, Tetsuya Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20190142569Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial trachea comprising: a hollow tubular base material whose cross-section in a direction orthogonal to the central axis of the tube has an approximately circular shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Kyoto UniversityInventors: Tatsuo Nakamura, Yuji Inada, Keiji Shigeno
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Publication number: 20170248329Abstract: According to one embodiment, an outdoor unit is provided with a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger, and a communication unit. The housing has a ventilation opening and contains the outdoor heat exchanger. The communication unit is disposed within the housing at a position facing the ventilation opening and performs contactless data communication with a nearby information terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: Toshiba Carrier CorporationInventors: Yuji Inada, Mitsunobu Maezawa, Takahiko Mukai, Tetsuya Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9683751Abstract: An outdoor unit for a multi-type air conditioner includes a compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, an outdoor expansion valve, a liquid tank, an accumulator, a shutoff valve provided for the refrigerant pipe between a liquid refrigerant inlet/outlet port and the liquid tank in the outdoor unit, and a first bypass circuit provided in the refrigerant pipe for bypassing the shutoff valve through a capillary tube to connect a liquid refrigerant inlet/outlet port side to an upper side of the refrigerant pipe in a gravity direction. The outdoor unit further includes a second bypass circuit for connecting a bottom portion of the liquid tank to an inlet side of the accumulator via an electromagnetic valve.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Inada, Yukio Kiguchi, Kiyotaka Ueno
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Patent number: 9673585Abstract: Movable end portions of cables and are fixed to a movable lead block, and fixed end portions of the cables are fixed to a fixed lead block. The movable lead block is mounted so as to be inserted into a cylindrical portion of a rotary body in a direction along a rotation center line, and the fixed lead block is mounted so as to be inserted into a lead block attachment portion of a lower housing in the direction along the rotation center line. The movable end portions and the fixed end portions of the cables are positioned at the same heights as those of the cables in a wiring space.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo Tsushima, Toshiaki Asakura, Yuji Inada
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Publication number: 20160336704Abstract: Movable end portions of cables and are fixed to a movable lead block, and fixed end portions of the cables are fixed to a fixed lead block. The movable lead block is mounted so as to be inserted into a cylindrical portion of a rotary body in a direction along a rotation center line, and the fixed lead block is mounted so as to be inserted into a lead block attachment portion of a lower housing in the direction along the rotation center line. The movable end portions and the fixed end portions of the cables are positioned at the same heights as those of the cables in a wiring space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Mitsuo TSUSHIMA, Toshiaki ASAKURA, Yuji INADA
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Publication number: 20150267925Abstract: An outdoor unit for a multi-type air conditioner includes a compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, an outdoor expansion valve, a liquid tank, an accumulator, a shutoff valve provided for the refrigerant pipe between a liquid refrigerant inlet/outlet port and the liquid tank in the outdoor unit, and a first bypass circuit provided in the refrigerant pipe for bypassing the shutoff valve through a capillary tube to connect a liquid refrigerant inlet/outlet port side to an upper side of the refrigerant pipe in a gravity direction. The outdoor unit further includes a second bypass circuit for connecting a bottom portion of the liquid tank to an inlet side of the accumulator via an electromagnetic valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Yuji Inada, Yukio Kiguchi, Kiyotaka Ueno
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Patent number: 8975766Abstract: First and second opposing ends are formed in a magnetic path forming member on which a power generation coil is wound. A rotating body has a permanent magnet, a first magnetization member and a second magnetization member. When an operating force does not act on an operating member, an end surface of the first magnetization member is opposed to the first opposing end via a gap and an end surface of the second magnetization member is opposed to the second opposing end via a gap. When the operating member is pressed, the rotating body rotates and when the force to the operating member is released, the operating member and the rotating body return. Since the rotating body and the magnetic path forming member do not come into contact with each other, the force required to operate the operating member is relatively weak and large electromotive force can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Inada, Katsutoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8709095Abstract: A structure made of collagen for improving promotion of nerve tissue regeneration, curing and regeneration of a defective part of a soft biological tissue and so on without using laminin or nerve growth factor (NGF), and a member for tissue regeneration including the same. The structure made of collagen has a thin film multilocular formation and is therefore a structure different from a colloid form, a gel form, and a fiber form. When the new structure made of collagen is used as a member for tissue regeneration, surprisingly, promotion of regeneration, shortening of a treatment period, functional recovery, or the like of bodily tissue such as nerve tissue, subdermal tissue, submucosal tissue, membranous tissue, fat tissue, muscle tissue, skin tissue, and gingival tissue can be improved. When the structure is used in a patient having neuropathic pain, the member has an effect on the disappearance of the pain.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Kyoto UniversityInventors: Tatsuo Nakamura, Yuji Inada, Keiji Shigeno
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Patent number: 8388692Abstract: A new structure made of collagen for improving promotion of nerve tissue regeneration, curing and regeneration of a defective part of a soft biological tissue and so on without using laminin or nerve growth factor (NGF), and a member for tissue regeneration including the same. The structure made of collagen has a thin film multilocular formation and is therefore a new structure different from a colloid form, a gel form, and a fiber form. When the new structure made of collagen is used as a member for tissue regeneration, surprisingly, promotion of regeneration, shortening of a treatment period, functional recovery, or the like of bodily tissue such as nerve tissue, subdermal tissue, submucosal tissue, membranous tissue, fat tissue, muscle tissue, skin tissue, and gingival tissue can be improved. When the structure is used in a patient having neuropathic pain, the member has an effect on the disappearance of the pain.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Kyoto UniversityInventors: Tatsuo Nakamura, Yuji Inada, Keiji Shigeno
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Publication number: 20130010510Abstract: First and second opposing ends are formed in a magnetic path forming member on which a power generation coil is wound. A rotating body has a permanent magnet, a first magnetization member and a second magnetization member. When an operating force does not act on an operating member, an end surface of the first magnetization member is opposed to the first opposing end via a gap and an end surface of the second magnetization member is opposed to the second opposing end via a gap. When the operating member is pressed, the rotating body rotates and when the force to the operating member is released, the operating member and the rotating body return. Since the rotating body and the magnetic path forming member do not come into contact with each other, the force required to operate the operating member is relatively weak and large electromotive force can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Yuji Inada, Katsutoshi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20090280161Abstract: The present invention provides a new structure made of collagen for improving promotion of nerve tissue regeneration, curing and regeneration of a defective part of a soft biological tissue and so on without using laminin or nerve growth factor (NGF), and a member for tissue regeneration including the same. The structure made of collagen according to the present invention has a thin film multilocular formation and therefore a new structure different from a colloid form, a gel form, and a fiber form. Therefore, when the new structure made of collagen according to the present invention is used as a member for tissue regeneration, surprisingly, promotion of regeneration, shortening of a treatment period, functional recovery, or the like of bodily tissue such as nerve tissue, subdermal tissue, submucosal tissue, membranous tissue, fat tissue, muscle tissue, skin tissue, and gingival tissue can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: November 12, 2009Inventors: Tatsuo Nakamura, Yuji Inada, Keiji Shigeno
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Patent number: 7594656Abstract: A paper feed mechanism is provided. The paper feed mechanism includes a pair of paper feed rollers at the upstream side and the downstream side of a printing device in a direction in which a recording paper is fed during printing, and press contact rollers in press contact therewith. The back surface of the recording paper receives a pushing force from projections formed on the pair of paper feed rollers by a predetermined depth such that the recording paper is fed during printing by the printing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2006Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahito Maruyama, Yuji Inada, Masaki Saito, Yoshibumi Abe, Takefumi Osaka, Zenko Motoki
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Patent number: 7370418Abstract: Projections 4-formed on a circumferential surface of a roller portion of the sheet feed roller comprise straight grain projections whose projecting direction faces to the rotation direction of the roller portion, and reverse grain projections that are formed in a direction opposite to the surfaces of the straight grain projections. The straight grain projections are formed so as to be adjacent to each other in the axial direction of the roller portion, that is, in the direction of arrow B and are also formed in two or more rows in the circumferential direction of the roller portion, that is, in the direction of arrow A. The reverse grain projections are formed so as to be adjacent to each other in the axial direction of the straight grain projections and are also formed in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Ueda, Hisashi Takahashi, Hideshi Takahashi, Yuji Inada
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Publication number: 20070018386Abstract: A paper feed mechanism is provided. The paper feed mechanism includes a pair of paper feed rollers at the upstream side and the downstream side of a printing device in a direction in which a recording paper is fed during printing, and press contact rollers in press contact therewith. The back surface of the recording paper receives a pushing force from projections formed on the pair of paper feed rollers by a predetermined depth such that the recording paper is fed during printing by the printing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Inventors: Takahito Maruyama, Yuji Inada, Masaki Saito, Yoshibumi Abe, Takefumi Osaka, Zenko Motoki
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Publication number: 20040259706Abstract: Projections formed on a circumferential surface of a roller portion of the sheet feed roller comprise straight grain projections whose projecting direction faces to the rotation direction of the roller portion, and reverse grain projections that are formed in a direction opposite to the surfaces of the straight grain projections. The straight grain projections are formed so as to be adjacent to each other in the axial direction of the roller portion, that is, in the direction of arrow B and are also formed in two or more rows in the circumferential direction of the roller portion, that is, in the direction of arrow A. The reverse grain projections are formed so as to be adjacent to each other in the axial direction of the straight grain projections and are also formed in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Ueda, Hisashi Takahashi, Hideshi Takahashi, Yuji Inada
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Patent number: 6600246Abstract: A vibration-generating device having a weight that is formed semicircular in section and has a recess near an insertion hole of a shaft. The weight, after being inserted onto the shaft, is supported in an inclined position by a support member. A pressing member applies a pressure to the recess. Preferably, the pressure is offset from the rotational axis of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Furudate, Yuji Inada, Shinichi Hosobuchi
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Publication number: 20020047328Abstract: A vibration-generating device having a weight that is formed semicircular in section and has a recess near an insertion hole of a shaft. The weight, after being inserted onto the shaft, is supported in an inclined position by a support member. A pressing member applies a pressure to the recess. Preferably, the pressure is offset from the rotational axis of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2001Publication date: April 25, 2002Inventors: Toshio Furudate, Yuji Inada, Shinichi Hosobuchi
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Patent number: 6288459Abstract: A vibration generating device having a weight which is formed semicircular in section and provided with a recess in the vicinity of an insertion hole of a shaft. The weight, after insertion on the shaft, is supported in an inclined position on a support block. Then, a tapered pressing member is moved downwardly to apply the pressure to the recess. In this case, the direction of pressure application of the pressing member is deviated from the axis of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1999Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Furudate, Yuji Inada, Shinichi Hosobuchi