Patents by Inventor Yuji Noda

Yuji Noda 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).

  • Publication number: 20240067118
    Abstract: An occupant protection device of a configuration that protects an occupant seated on a seat, in which an airbag is held in a holding body disposed in a periphery of a hip portion of the occupant. The airbag has a bag main body, and a conduit portion that causes an inflating gas discharged from an inflator to flow into the bag main body. The bag main body is held in the holding body in a state of a completely folded body folded using a front-rear reduction folding such that a width dimension in front-rear direction is reduced from a state of a preliminary folded bag. The completely folded body is formed by a lower side rolled region which is formed by a lower side region of the preliminary folded bag being wound from a lower edge side, being stacked on an upper side rolled region which is formed by an upper side region of the preliminary folded bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji MATSUZAKI, Akira YASUDA, Yuto NODA, Motoyuki TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11149884
    Abstract: An eccentric universal joint mechanism, even when there is a lateral displacement between a first pipe and a second pipe, can absorb the displacement and connect the first pipe and the second pipe. The eccentric universal joint mechanism includes: a first sleeve; a second sleeve; and an eccentric universal joint connecting the first sleeve and the second sleeve. The eccentric universal joint includes a first eccentric pipe, and a second eccentric pipe rotatably joined to the first eccentric pipe. A displacement between the center line of the first eccentric pipe and the center line of the second eccentric pipe is determined by the rotational position of the second eccentric pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: THE VICTAULIC COMPANY OF JAPAN LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji Noda, Yoshikuni Itou, Isamu Funakoshi, Masahiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 11092270
    Abstract: An elbow-equipped expansion joint, even when there is an axial and lateral displacement between a first pipe and a second pipe, can absorb the displacement and connect the first pipe and the second pipe. The elbow-equipped expansion joint includes: an expandable joint including a first sleeve and a second sleeve; and a pair of rotatable elbows joined to both ends of the expandable joint. The elbows each include one elbow pipe, and the other elbow pipe rotatably joined to the one elbow pipe. The bend angle of each elbow can be changed by rotating the other elbow pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: THE VICTAULIC COMPANY OF JAPAN LIMITED
    Inventor: Yuji Noda
  • Publication number: 20200063901
    Abstract: An eccentric universal joint mechanism, even when there is a lateral displacement between a first pipe and a second pipe, can absorb the displacement and connect the first pipe and the second pipe. The eccentric universal joint mechanism includes: a first sleeve; a second sleeve; and an eccentric universal joint connecting the first sleeve and the second sleeve. The eccentric universal joint includes a first eccentric pipe, and a second eccentric pipe rotatably joined to the first eccentric pipe. A displacement between the center line of the first eccentric pipe and the center line of the second eccentric pipe is determined by the rotational position of the second eccentric pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: THE VICTAULIC COMPANY OF JAPAN LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji NODA, Yoshikuni ITOU, Isamu FUNAKOSHI, Masahiro UEDA
  • Publication number: 20190338875
    Abstract: An elbow-equipped expansion joint, even when there is an axial and lateral displacement between a first pipe and a second pipe, can absorb the displacement and connect the first pipe and the second pipe. The elbow-equipped expansion joint includes: an expandable joint including a first sleeve and a second sleeve; and a pair of rotatable elbows joined to both ends of the expandable joint. The elbows each include one elbow pipe, and the other elbow pipe rotatably joined to the one elbow pipe. The bend angle of each elbow can be changed by rotating the other elbow pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: THE VICTAULIC COMPANY OF JAPAN LIMITED
    Inventor: Yuji NODA
  • Patent number: 10359267
    Abstract: A behavior inspection apparatus includes: a first measurement tool group including a set of first measurement tools each of which measures a first distance change amount that is a change amount of a distance between a first pipe position in the first pipe and a first reference position of a sleeve of the extensible flexible pipe joint; and a second measurement tool group including a set of second measurement tools each of which measures a second distance change amount that is a change amount of a distance between a second pipe poison in the second pipe and a second reference position of the sleeve. The first and second measurement tools are arranged at different positions in a circumferential direction of the sleeve. Displacement positions of the first and second pipes with respect to the joint are computed based on the measurement data by the first and second measurement tool groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: THE VICTAULIC COMPANY OF JAPAN LIMITED, NIHON SUIDO CONSULTANTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Ikeda, Yuji Noda, Isamu Funakoshi
  • Publication number: 20180045499
    Abstract: A behavior inspection apparatus includes: a first measurement tool group including a set of first measurement tools each of which measures a first distance change amount that is a change amount of a distance between a first pipe position in the first pipe and a first reference position of a sleeve of the extensible flexible pipe joint; and a second measurement tool group including a set of second measurement tools each of which measures a second distance change amount that is a change amount of a distance between a second pipe poison in the second pipe and a second reference position of the sleeve. The first and second measurement tools are arranged at different positions in a circumferential direction of the sleeve. Displacement positions of the first and second pipes with respect to the joint are computed based on the measurement data by the first and second measurement tool groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicants: THE VICTAULIC COMPANY OF JAPAN LIMITED, NIHON SUIDO CONSULTANTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro IKEDA, Yuji NODA, Isamu FUNAKOSHI
  • Patent number: 9501413
    Abstract: A cache controller controls data input/output of the storage device and causes the semiconductor storage device to function as a cache memory of the storage device. A staging controller performs, when data is staged from the storage device to the cache memory, first staging amount control until a staging amount to the cache memory exceeds a first threshold after the storage apparatus starts up; performs second staging amount control until a variation per unit time of a read amount from the cache memory falls within a predetermined range after the first period; and performs third staging amount control after the second period. With this configuration, the semiconductor apparatus can be efficiently used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Yuji Noda
  • Publication number: 20160196064
    Abstract: A storage control device includes: a processor; a second memory device coupled to a first memory device so as to be capable of communicating with the first memory device, and having a higher data access performance than a data access performance of the first memory device, the processor is configured to: predict, as a first prediction time, a read-out process time for reading out data from the first memory device; predict, as a second prediction time, a read-out process time for reading out data from the second memory device; compare the first prediction time and the second prediction time to each other; and read out, when the first prediction time is equal to or more than the second prediction time data from the second memory device and, when the first prediction time is less than the second prediction time data from the first memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: YUJI NODA
  • Patent number: 9285061
    Abstract: The present invention is to enable a reduction in a fastening work, the confirmation of a fastening completion position where pipes are surely coupled, and the easy installation of a joint at an appropriate position between pipe ends without dissembling a housing at all, thereby making a work of coupling the pipes an extremely simple operation, and in addition, to make it possible to surely couple and fix the pipes even when there is an error in depth of circumferential grooves of the pipes that are to be coupled, regarding a housing-type pipe joint which couples pipes by its arc portions being bent by fastening elements such as bolts and nuts so that their radii of curvature become smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Victaulic Company of Japan
    Inventors: Shintaro Ikeda, Yuji Noda
  • Patent number: 9229584
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of an information input apparatus that can change the projection position of an input image by tracking a target object and can detect an information input to the input image. More specifically, the invention provides an information input apparatus includes a projection unit which projects an input image, a projection position changing unit which changes the projection position of the input image, a detection sensor which detects the position of a detection target, and an information detection unit which causes the projection position changing unit to change the projection position of the input image by tracking the position of the detection target detected by the detection sensor, and which detects an information input to the input image based on data supplied from the detection sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Ide, Masaya Suzuki, Yosuke Abe, Takaaki Nozaki, Akio Yoshinaga, Yuji Noda
  • Patent number: 9152519
    Abstract: With a command delay time measurement unit that issues a first test command while the medium error status generator generates the medium error status, and measures a delay time of a command response for the first test command as a command delay time, and a response interval measurement unit that issues a plurality of second test commands to the storage apparatuses to be examined under a higher load when no error occurs, and measures an interval of each command response for the plurality of second test commands as a response interval, and by calculating, for each of the plurality of types of the storage apparatuses, a reference time for each storage apparatus type by adding the command delay time and the response interval, an error can be detected more efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shun Ando, Yuji Noda
  • Publication number: 20150100865
    Abstract: Plural control-units each perform a verification process for verifying validity of data. A first storage stores, for each control-unit, an index value indicating a load on the each control-unit activating the verification process, in association with each combination of a rate of a data-amount processed in the verification process executed by the each control-unit and a utilization rate of the each control-unit. A second storage stores, in association with each control-unit, information on a data-amount currently being processed in the verification process activated by the each control-unit and the utilization rate of the each control-unit. A first control-unit determines an index value, for each control-unit, by referring to information in the first storage based on information on a data-amount to be processed in a target verification process and information in the second storage, and determines a second control-unit to activate the target verification process, based on the determined index values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Yuji Noda
  • Publication number: 20150095567
    Abstract: A cache controller controls data input/output of the storage device and causes the semiconductor storage device to function as a cache memory of the storage device. A staging controller performs, when data is staged from the storage device to the cache memory, first staging amount control until a staging amount to the cache memory exceeds a first threshold after the storage apparatus starts up; performs second staging amount control until a variation per unit time of a read amount from the cache memory falls within a predetermined range after the first period; and performs third staging amount control after the second period. With this configuration, the semiconductor apparatus can be efficiently used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Yuji NODA
  • Publication number: 20140334203
    Abstract: A power converter includes a switch element, a snubber capacitor, and a connection conductor configured to connect the switch element and the snubber capacitor to each other, and at least a part of the connection conductor is arranged to be held between the snubber capacitor and an electrode of the switch element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Tomokazu HONDA, Akira SASAKI, Kiyonori KOGUMA, Kunihiro TAKENAKA, Yu UJITA, Yuji NODA
  • Patent number: 8880803
    Abstract: A generation-code storage unit stores therein a generation code in association with identification information for identifying the block datum. A generation-code managing unit assigns a new generation code to a detected consecutive data set and any block datum included in writing data other than the consecutive data set and stores the assigned generation code in the generation-code storage unit. A data writing unit adds the new generation code to the block datum or consecutive data set included in the writing data and writes it to a storage unit. A determining unit determines whether the generation code added to a read block datum or consecutive data set is accordant with the generation code of the read block datum or consecutive data set stored in the generation-code storage unit. A data transmitting unit transmits, when the generation codes are accordant, the read block datum or consecutive data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Yuji Noda
  • Publication number: 20140104163
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of an information input apparatus that can change the projection position of an input image by tracking a target object and can detect an information input to the input image. More specifically, the invention provides an information input apparatus includes a projection unit which projects an input image, a projection position changing unit which changes the projection position of the input image, a detection sensor which detects the position of a detection target, and an information detection unit which causes the projection position changing unit to change the projection position of the input image by tracking the position of the detection target detected by the detection sensor, and which detects an information input to the input image based on data supplied from the detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Ide, Masaya Suzuki, Yosuke Abe, Takaaki Nozaki, Akio Yoshinaga, Yuji Noda
  • Publication number: 20130238941
    Abstract: With a command delay time measurement unit that issues a first test command while the medium error status generator generates the medium error status, and measures a delay time of a command response for the first test command as a command delay time, and a response interval measurement unit that issues a plurality of second test commands to the storage apparatuses to be examined under a higher load when no error occurs, and measures an interval of each command response for the plurality of second test commands as a response interval, and by calculating, for each of the plurality of types of the storage apparatuses, a reference time for each storage apparatus type by adding the command delay time and the response interval, an error can be detected more efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shun ANDO, Yuji Noda
  • Patent number: 8533300
    Abstract: A storage device has a wide link in which any one of addresses that a server has is assigned to a plurality of ports that are connected to the server. A change detecting unit detects a change in the state of any port of the ports. When a change is detected, an address acquiring unit acquires the addresses that are assigned to the ports. An address expecting unit and a physical-address acquiring unit, in accordance with the acquired addresses and with identification information for identifying the ports, manage addresses that the plurality of connection-ports-connected-server can possibly have.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Shun Ando, Yuji Noda
  • Publication number: 20120256416
    Abstract: Provided is a housing type pipe joint to enable the confirmation of an appropriate fastening degree of a joint and reduce a load of a fastening work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Shintaro Ikeda, Yuji Noda