Patents by Inventor Yuji Matsuo

Yuji Matsuo 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: 11944281
    Abstract: An endoscopic treatment method includes: inserting an endoscope into a digestive tract; forming a damaged area in at least a portion of the digestive tract along a circumferential direction by performing cauterizing while keeping a mucosal layer by observing with the endoscope; and forming an incomplete stenosis in the digestive tract, while restoring the damaged area, wherein the damaged area is formed by causing damage to a mucosal base layer, the mucosal base layer having an interface that contacts a submucosal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruhiro Inoue, Kunihide Kaji, Yuji Kishimoto, Nobuko Matsuo, Yoshie Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20230314800
    Abstract: A head-up display (HUD) system is described that makes it less possible that coloring is visually recognized on a windshield even with sunglasses worn, wherein the head-up display system includes an image projector configured to project an image; and a resin film configured such that the image from the image projector is projected on the resin film, wherein the resin film is a reflective plane, and is disposed in such a manner that the incidence plane where the maximum of the absolute value of a* and the maximum of the absolute value of b* satisfy the following formulae (1) and (2) is at 90±10° to a horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin Hirose, Takayuki Uto, Yuji Matsuo, Shohei Yoshida, Miyu Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 11383498
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate film and a display member including the laminate film, which are excellent in visibility of external information such as scenery and displayability of information from a projection member, and are also excellent in color tone reproducibility. The laminate film includes a laminate of 50 or more alternately arranged layers of a plurality of different thermoplastic resins, the laminate film having a transmittance of light incident perpendicularly to a film surface of 50% or more, the laminate film satisfying a relationship of R20?R40<R70, wherein R20, R40, and R70 are reflectances of a P-wave incident at angles of 20°, 40°, and 70°, respectively, to the normal to the film surface, the reflectance of R70 being 30% or more, reflected light of the P-wave incident at 70° to the normal to the film surface having a saturation of 20 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Uto, Wataru Gouda, Takahito Sakai, Hiroji Kojima, Yuji Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20220155514
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical material having a visual confirmation effect due to higher directivity of light reflection than a conventional optical material. The present invention provides a laminate having a multilayer laminated film in which 11 or more layers of a plurality of different thermoplastic resins are alternately laminated, wherein, with respect to light in a wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm and that is perpendicularly incident on an outer surface of the multilayer laminated film, the laminate has an average transmittance in the above wavelength range of 50% or more, and when average reflectances in a wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm with respect to S-wave light in the wavelength range, incident at angles of 20° and 70° with respect to the normal line of the outer surface of the film at azimuths ?n (n: 1 to 5), are given as Rs20(?n) and Rs70(?n), respectively, the laminate satisfies, at at least one azimuth ?n: Rs70(?n)?Rs20(?n)?50(%).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Matsuo, Takayuki Uto, Miyu Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 11319875
    Abstract: In a main flow passage, a first heat exchanger, a first heat storage unit, a second heat exchanger, and a second heat storage unit are connected by a heating medium flow passage. The main flow passage allows a heating medium to be circulated. A sub flow passage includes a shortened flow passage which is a part of the heating medium flow passage and branches from the heating medium flow passage between the second heat exchanger and the second heat storage unit and extends to the first heat storage unit. The sub flow passage allows circulation of the heating medium between the first heat storage unit and the second heat exchanger. A first heating means in a middle of the shortened flow passage, the first heating means heating a passing heat medium, and a switching means conducting switching between the main flow passage and the sub flow passage are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Kubo, Masaki Matsukuma, Yuji Matsuo, Takashi Sato, Ryo Nakamichi
  • Publication number: 20210405439
    Abstract: Provided are a light source unit, a display device, and a film. The light source unit has a light source and a film, the light source has a light-emitting band in the 450-650 nm wavelength range, the film has a mean transmittance of 70% or higher for light in the 450-650 nm wavelength range from the light source and incident at an angle of 0° to the normal to the film surface, the film satisfies the relationship Rp20?Rp40<Rp70 with Rp70 being 30% or greater when Rp20, Rp40, and Rp70 represent the mean reflectance (%) for P waves in the 450-650 nm wavelength range for light from the light source incident at angles of 20°, 40°, and 70° to the normal to the film surface, and the light source and the film satisfy specific relationships. Lb(0°)/La(0°)?0.8??(1) Lb(70°)/La(70°)<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Matsuo, Takayuki Uto, Miyu Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20210341659
    Abstract: The laminate film is a laminate including 51 or more layers in which an A layer mainly composed of a thermoplastic resin A and a B layer mainly composed of a thermoplastic resin B, which is different from the thermoplastic resin A, are alternately laminated. A transmission spectrum X is obtained by exposing the film to linear polarized light (X wave) that oscillates in the alignment direction of the film over a range of wavelengths from 300 to 900 nm. A transmission spectrum Y is obtained by exposing the film to linear polarized light (Y wave) that oscillates in the direction perpendicular to the alignment direction of the film over a range of wavelengths from 300 to 900 nm. The area Amax (nm·%) of the largest region among regions enclosed by the transmission spectrum X and the transmission spectrum Y is 150 to 1500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hisato MATSUI, Yuji MATSUO, Wataru GOUDA
  • Patent number: 11085704
    Abstract: A CAES power generation device includes a plurality of compression/expansion/combined machines, a pressure accumulation unit for storing compressed air, a plurality of heat exchangers, a heat storage unit for storing a heating medium, and a plurality of first containers 10 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape for accommodating the plurality of compression/expansion/combined machines and the plurality of heat exchangers. The plurality of first containers are arranged side by side so that long side surfaces face each other. The long side surface of the first container is provided with at least one vent being an outlet of a pipe for communicating the compression/expansion/combined machine with the outside of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Matsukuma, Hiroki Saruta, Yuji Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20210138772
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate film and a display member including the laminate film, which are excellent in visibility of external information such as scenery and displayability of information from a projection member, and are also excellent in color tone reproducibility. The laminate film includes a laminate of 50 or more alternately arranged layers of a plurality of different thermoplastic resins, the laminate film having a transmittance of light incident perpendicularly to a film surface of 50% or more, the laminate film satisfying a relationship of R20?R40<R70, wherein R20, R40, and R70 are reflectances of a P-wave incident at angles of 20°, 40°, and 70°, respectively, to the normal to the film surface, the reflectance of R70 being 30% or more, reflected light of the P-wave incident at 70° to the normal to the film surface having a saturation of 20 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Uto, Wataru Gouda, Takahito Sakai, Hiroji Kojima, Yuji Matsuo
  • Patent number: 10907542
    Abstract: A compressor, a first heat exchanger, a first heat storage unit, a pressure accumulation unit, a second heat exchanger, and a second heat storage unit are provided. The first heat storage unit and the second heat storage unit are connected by a first flow passage and a second flow passage. The first and second flow passages are connected by a third flow passage. A first on-off means is provided in a first region of the first flow passage and a second on-off means is provided in a second region. A third on-off means is provided in a third region of the second flow passage, and a fourth on-off means is provided in a fourth region. A driving means and a heating means are provided in the third flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Kubo, Masaki Matsukuma, Yuji Matsuo, Takashi Sato, Ryo Nakamichi
  • Publication number: 20200408469
    Abstract: A CAES power generation device includes a plurality of compression/expansion/combined machines, a pressure accumulation unit for storing compressed air, a plurality of heat exchangers, a heat storage unit for storing a heating medium, and a plurality of first containers 10 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape for accommodating the plurality of compression/expansion/combined machines and the plurality of heat exchangers. The plurality of first containers are arranged side by side so that long side surfaces face each other. The long side surface of the first container is provided with at least one vent being an outlet of a pipe for communicating the compression/expansion/combined machine with the outside of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Masaki MATSUKUMA, Hiroki SARUTA, Yuji MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20200374613
    Abstract: A loudspeaker including: a magnetic circuit, a voice coil, a vibration plate, a housing, and a magnetic fluid disposed between a plate and the voice coil in a magnetic gap. The magnetic circuit includes a first flow path which passes from a vibration plate side to a rear surface. The housing includes a second flow path which extends the first flow path, and a third flow path which passes through from the vibration plate side to the second flow path. A proportion of a second area to a first area matches with a proportion of an outer area to an inner area, which is an area of the vibration plate corresponding to an inner side with respect to the voice coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Saiki, Yuji Matsuo, Kazuyuki Kosuda, Yuichi Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Makino
  • Publication number: 20200366996
    Abstract: A sound output device includes a loudspeaker including a diaphragm, a loudspeaker back space located behind the loudspeaker on a side opposite to a diaphragm, and a cable which is electrically connected to the loudspeaker and extends from the inside of the loudspeaker back space to the outside. The loudspeaker includes a diaphragm back space located in the back of the diaphragm on a side opposite to the sound radiating direction, and a sound hole having a first opening opened to the diaphragm back space and a second opening opened to the loudspeaker back space. When viewed from the first opening toward the second opening, the cable inside the loudspeaker back space is disposed outside the region of the sound hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kosuda, Yuji Matsuo, Yuichi Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Makino
  • Publication number: 20200340399
    Abstract: In a main flow passage, a first heat exchanger, a first heat storage unit, a second heat exchanger, and a second heat storage unit are connected by a heating medium flow passage. The main flow passage allows a heating medium to be circulated. A sub flow passage includes a shortened flow passage which is a part of the heating medium flow passage and branches from the heating medium flow passage between the second heat exchanger and the second heat storage unit and extends to the first heat storage unit. The sub flow passage allows circulation of the heating medium between the first heat storage unit and the second heat exchanger. A first heating means in a middle of the shortened flow passage, the first heating means heating a passing heat medium, and a switching means conducting switching between the main flow passage and the sub flow passage are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Yohei KUBO, Masaki MATSUKUMA, Yuji MATSUO, Takashi SATO, Ryo NAKAMICHI
  • Publication number: 20200267475
    Abstract: A loudspeaker (100) includes a magnetic circuit (110) having a magnetic gap (111); a voice coil body (120) disposed in the magnetic gap (111) in an inserted state; a diaphragm (130) to which the voice coil body (120) is attached; a frame (140) to which the outer circumferential, portion of the diaphragm (130) and the magnetic circuit (110) are attached; a vibration preventing member (150) including a viscoelastic body attached to the outer circumferential, portion of the diaphragm (130) in an annular shape; and a holding member (160) having an annular shape and sandwiching the outer circumferential portion of the diaphragm (130) and the vibration preventing member (150) between the frame (140) and the holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kosuda, Yuji Matsuo, Yuichi Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Makino
  • Publication number: 20200213785
    Abstract: Included are a yoke, a magnet fixed to the yoke, a plate fixed to an end surface of the magnet opposite to an end surface to which the yoke is fixed, a voice coil disposed inside a magnetic gap formed by facing portions disposed in the yoke and the plate, respectively, to face each other, a vibration plate fixed to the voice coil, a holding member which holds the yoke and the vibration plate, and a magnetic fluid disposed between the facing portion of the plate and the voice coil. A coating containing a fluorine resin is formed on a surface of a portion contacting the magnetic fluid in at least one of the plate and the voice coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Matsuo, Kazuyuki Kosuda, Yuichi Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Makino
  • Publication number: 20200153275
    Abstract: A compressed air storage power generation device 1 is provided with: a motor 11 which is driven using input electric power; a compressor 10 which is mechanically connected with the motor and compresses air; a plurality of accumulator tank groups 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D which are in fluid connection with the compressor and in which compressed air obtained by the compressor is stored; a plurality of pressure sensors 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D which are provided in the accumulator tank groups and which measure pressures of the accumulator tank groups; an expander 30 which is in fluid connection with the accumulator tank groups and driven by means of compressed air supplied from the accumulator tank groups; a generator 31 which is mechanically connected with the expander; and a control unit 40 which, on the basis of the pressures of the respective accumulator tank groups measured by means of the pressure sensors, determines the order of the accumulator tank groups in which to store compressed air for charging, and determines
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Masaki MATSUKUMA, Hiroki SARUTA, Yuji MATSUO, Kanami SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200088095
    Abstract: A compressor, a first heat exchanger, a first heat storage unit, a pressure accumulation unit, a second heat exchanger, and a second heat storage unit are provided. The first heat storage unit and the second heat storage unit are connected by a first flow passage and a second flow passage. The first and second flow passages are connected by a third flow passage. A first on-off means is provided in a first region of the first flow passage and a second on-off means is provided in a second region. A third on-off means is provided in a third region of the second flow passage, and a fourth on-off means is provided in a fourth region. A driving means and a heating means are provided in the third flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Yohei KUBO, Masaki MATSUKUMA, Yuji MATSUO, Takashi SATO, Ryo NAKAMICHI
  • Patent number: 9933053
    Abstract: A belt-type continuously variable transmission capable of continuously changing a speed reduction ratio of a driven pulley to a drive pulley, has a speed reduction ratio regulation mechanism that regulates a minimum speed reduction ratio of the driven pulley to the drive pulley. The driven pulley includes a fixed sheave, a movable sheave displaceable in an axial direction with respect to the fixed sheave, and a coil spring that urges the movable sheave toward the fixed sheave. The speed reduction ratio regulation mechanism has a swing arm that adjusts an allowable range in which moving away in an axial direction of the movable sheave with respect to the fixed sheave is possible, and a regulation drive section that drives the swing distal end portion of the swing arm to swing continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD, KABUSHIKI KAISHA F.C.C.
    Inventors: Hajime Yoshimura, Yuji Matsuo, Tomoaki Ishikawa, Makoto Kataoka, Shigeki Kawashima, Norihiko Yokoyama, Naoyuki Miwa
  • Publication number: 20170114875
    Abstract: A belt-type continuously variable transmission capable of continuously changing a speed reduction ratio of a driven pulley to a drive pulley, has a speed reduction ratio regulation mechanism that regulates a minimum speed reduction ratio of the driven pulley to the drive pulley. The driven pulley includes a fixed sheave, a movable sheave displaceable in an axial direction with respect to the fixed sheave, and a coil spring that urges the movable sheave toward the fixed sheave. The speed reduction ratio regulation mechanism has a swing arm that adjusts an allowable range in which moving away in an axial direction of the movable sheave with respect to the fixed sheave is possible, and a regulation drive section that drives the swing distal end portion of the swing arm to swing continuously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hajime Yoshimura, Yuji Matsuo, Tomoaki Ishikawa, Makoto Kataoka, Shigeki Kawashima, Norihiko Yokoyama, Naoyuki Miwa