Patents by Inventor Yuji Tanaka

Yuji Tanaka 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: 11697362
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat capable of reducing the number of components and reducing swing of a seat cushion while a vehicle is travelling. The conveyance seat is a seat including a cushion lock apparatus turnably coupling a seat cushion to a seat back and configured switchable between a seatable state and a housing state. The cushion lock apparatus includes a lock member attached to a seat cushion side, a lock target member attached to a seat back side and engaging with the lock member to lock turning motion of the seat cushion, and a position holding member holding at least one of the positions of the lock member and the lock target member to hold a state in which a clearance is, in the seatable state, formed between an engagement portion provided at the lock member and an engagement target portion provided at the lock target member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Masao Hayashi, Yuji Ueno, Takamasa Kubo
  • Publication number: 20230174336
    Abstract: A paper sheet storage device includes: a storage that stores a paper sheet inclined with respect to a horizontal direction in a storage space narrower than the paper sheet in width; and a guide portion that guides the paper sheet so as to cause the paper sheet to freely fall in the storage space such that all sides of the paper sheet are inclined at an angle different from the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Mitsutaka NISHIDA, Masato IKEDA, Katsuo TAKAHASHI, Yuji TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230168257
    Abstract: Described is a method for differentiating destructive thyroiditis, including measuring at least one of monoiodotyrosine and diiodotyrosine in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: ASKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Yosuke ONO, Naoya FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20230139195
    Abstract: A decorative material having a design with an excellent tactile and a visual effect. The decorative material has a texture region on a base material, the texture region is composed of: a plurality of projection regions containing a plurality of particles with a particle size of 5 ?m or more and 60 ?m or less and independent of each other; and a gap region between the projection regions, and the average diameter of the circumscribed circles of the projection regions, when the texture region is viewed in plan view, is 100 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi KAIDA, Yuji TANAKA, Yuki AOYAMA, Ryouichi SATOU
  • Publication number: 20230124892
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a first conductive path; a second conductive path that is different from the first conductive path; and an exterior cover that covers the first conductive path and the second conductive path, wherein: the first conductive path includes a conductive first tubular conductor that is tubular in shape, the second conductive path includes a conductive second tubular conductor that is tubular in shape, and a thickness of the first tubular conductor is different from a thickness of the second tubular conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji IWAMA, Yuji TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230084894
    Abstract: A wire harness for routing in a vehicle in which a pipe through which a liquid flows is attached under a floor, the wire harness including: a first wire to be routed alongside the pipe; and a second wire to be routed in between the first wire and the pipe, and fixed to both the first wire and the pipe, wherein the second wire has: a first section extending along the first wire; and a second section extending along the pipe at a position spaced further from the first wire than is the first section in a direction in which the pipe and the first wire are arranged alongside each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Naoki SETO
  • Publication number: 20230083731
    Abstract: A wire harness for routing in a vehicle in which an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas flows is attached under a floor, the wire harness including: a first wire to be routed alongside the exhaust pipe; and a second wire to be routed on an opposite side of the first wire to the exhaust pipe, wherein the first wire has: a conductor and an insulation coating covering an outer periphery of the conductor; and a metal tube housing the conductor and the insulation coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Naoki SETO
  • Publication number: 20230059037
    Abstract: A wire harness for routing in a vehicle in which a pipe through which a liquid flows is attached under a floor, the wire harness including: a first wire to be routed alongside the pipe; and a second wire to be routed in between the first wire and the pipe, wherein the second wire has: a conductor formed by a plurality of conductive wire strands twisted together; a metal tube housing the conductor; a first section extending along the first wire; a second section extending along the pipe at a position spaced further from the first wire than is the first section in a direction in which the pipe and the first wire are arranged alongside each other; and a third section extending between the first section and the second section, and the tube extends to include the third section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Naoki SETO
  • Publication number: 20230055039
    Abstract: A wire harness for routing in a vehicle in which a pipe through which a liquid flows is attached under a floor, the wire harness including: a first wire to be routed alongside the pipe; and a second wire to be routed in between the first wire and the pipe, wherein: the second wire has: a conductor having a rigidity capable of holding a shape thereof; an insulation coating covering an outer periphery of the conductor; a first section extending along the first wire; a second section extending along the pipe at a position spaced further from the first wire than is the first section in a direction in which the pipe and the first wire are arranged alongside each other; and a third section extending between the first section and the second section, and the conductor extends to include the third section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Naoki SETO
  • Publication number: 20220410566
    Abstract: An information processing device for generating data to be used by a recording device, which includes a plurality of discharge portions configured to discharge a liquid to form the object on the medium, includes a communication circuit configured to communicate with the recording device; an identifying unit configured to identify, based on a movement direction of the recording device in formation of the object on the medium, an initial pixel of the object formed by an initial discharge of the liquid by each of the plurality of discharge portions; a data generation unit configured to generate discharge control data for controlling a discharge operation of each of the plurality of discharge portions for the initial pixel identified by the identifying unit; and a transmission control unit configured to control the communication circuit to transmit the discharge control data to the recording device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Tetsuyoshi NAKATA, Hideaki IIJIMA
  • Patent number: 11513263
    Abstract: A light-diffuser includes a transparent resin and transparent particles dispersed in the transparent resin. The transparent resin has a refractive index different from that of the transparent particles, and at least one portion of an outer perimeter of each of the transparent particles, respectively, is made compatible with the transparent resin disposed in the vicinity of the transparent particles, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Suwa, Yoshihiro Yokote, Yuji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220359261
    Abstract: A substrate transfer apparatus includes a base, an arm, an end effector provided at a tip of the arm and having first and second tip portions that are bifurcated, a light emitting unit, a light receiving unit, and a control device controlling an operation of the arm. The control device controls an operation of the arm so that light straightly traveling through a tip of the end effector scans edges of a plurality of substrates accommodated in a front opening unified pod (FOUP), and compares shape patterns of a measured waveform of an output value continuously changed in the light receiving unit with shape patterns of a reference waveform for comparison according to a relative positional relationship between the light and substrate during the operation of the arm and diagnoses at least one of a state of the substrate, the FOUP, and the end effector based on a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KAWASAKI ROBOTICS (USA), INC.
    Inventors: Masaya YOSHIDA, Yuji TANAKA, Hajime NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220340989
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having a high yield ratio and excellent stretch flangeability and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition including, by mass %, C: 0.10 to 0.30%, Si: 0.50 to 2.00%, Mn: 2.5 to 4.0%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Ti: 0.100% or less, and B: 0.0003 to 0.0030%, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. N and Ti satisfy a specified formula, and the total area fraction of martensite and bainite is 95% or more. The number density of bainite grains having an area of 3 ?m2 or more and a carbon concentration of less than 0.7C is 1200 grains/mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Hidekazu MINAMI, Naoki TAKAYAMA, Takako YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11462894
    Abstract: A wire harness, including: a plurality of tubes that each include a tubular shape-retaining conductor having a conductive property and a shape-retaining property, the plurality of tubes being routed in parallel, wherein: a conductive tube, that includes an insulating cover that covers the shape-retaining conductor, is included among the plurality of tubes, and thicknesses of the shape-retaining conductors that are included in at least two tubes among the plurality of tubes are different to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji Iwama, Yuji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11458910
    Abstract: A wire harness unit includes a first electrical cable, a first tubular member that covers the first electrical cable, a rubber member that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the first tubular member, a bracket that includes a first fixing portion supporting the first tubular member with the rubber member in between, and a fastening member that surrounds and fastens the rubber member and the first fixing portion. The first tubular member is made of a metal that contains a first metal as a major component. The bracket is made of a metal that contains a second metal, which is different from the first metal, as a major component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiya Tanji, Yuji Tanaka, Hiroki Yuasa, Isamu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220249572
    Abstract: Provided is a composite comprising a neural retina, a retinal pigment epithelial cell sheet, and a hydrogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: Riken, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Michiko Mandai, Masayo Takahashi, Suguru Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 11407368
    Abstract: A wire protection member includes a pipe and a protector that define a routing pathway of a wire. The protector has a body part and a cover part that are connected to each other in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the pipe and cover an end part of the pipe. A protector-side locking part is provided at at least one of the body part or the cover part. At the pipe, a pipe-side locking part is provided that (i) when the body part and the cover part are connected, fits together with the protector-side locking part from the direction intersecting the axial direction and (ii) restricts positional deviation of the protector in a circumferential direction of the pipe and in the axial direction of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Matsuyama, Yuji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11408058
    Abstract: There is provided a high-strength steel sheet and a method for producing the same. The steel sheet has a specified chemical composition and a microstructure including, in terms of area percentage, 20.0% or more and 60.0% or less ferrite, 40.0% or more and 80.0% or less of a hard phase composed of bainitic ferrite, tempered martensite, fresh martensite, and retained austenite, 35.0% or more and 55.0% or less bainitic ferrite with respect to the entire hard phase, 20.0% or more and 40.0% or less tempered martensite with respect to the entire hard phase, 3.0% or more and 15.0% or less fresh martensite with respect to the entire hard phase, and 5.0% or more and 20.0% or less retained austenite with respect to the entire hard phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Minami, Takashi Kobayashi, Shinjiro Kaneko, Yuji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11408044
    Abstract: There is provided a high-strength steel sheet and a method for producing the same. The high-strength steel sheet has a specified chemical composition and a steel microstructure including, by area fraction, 75.0% or more tempered martensite, 1.0% or more and 20.0% or less fresh martensite, and 5.0% or more and 20.0% or less retained austenite. A hardness ratio of the fresh martensite to the tempered martensite is 1.5 or more and 3.0 or less, the ratio of the maximum KAM value in the tempered martensite in the vicinity of the heterophase interface between the tempered martensite and the fresh martensite to the average KAM value in the tempered martensite is 1.5 or more and 30.0 or less, and the average of ratios of grain sizes of prior austenite grains in the rolling direction to those in the thickness direction is 2.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Minami, Fusae Shiimori, Shinjiro Kaneko, Takashi Kobayashi, Yuji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220195552
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet comprises: a chemical composition containing C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, N, Mo, Cr, Ca, and Sb with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein [% Si], [% Mn], [% P], [% Mo], and [% Cr] satisfy a predetermined relationship; a steel microstructure that contains ferrite, hard phase, and retained austenite and in which a carbon concentration in the retained austenite is 0.55% or more and 1.10% or less, an amount of diffusible hydrogen in the steel sheet is 0.80 mass ppm or less, a surface layer softening thickness is 5 ?m or more and 150 ?m or less, and a corresponding grain boundary frequency in a surface layer of the steel sheet after a high-temperature tensile test is 0.45 or less; and a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu MINAMI, Yuji TANAKA, Takeshi YOKOTA