Patents by Inventor Yuji Taniguchi

Yuji Taniguchi 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: 20240083313
    Abstract: A seat comprises a seat cushion pad (20) including an air flow passage (21), and a blower connected to the air flow passage (21). The seat cushion pad (20) comprises a pad body (100), and a cover member (200) disposed on an upper surface of the pad body (100) to form the air flow passage (21) between the pad body (100) and the cover member (200). The cover member (200) comprises a first cover member (210) disposed on the upper surface of the pad body (100), and a second cover member (220) disposed on an upper surface of the first cover member (210). The first cover member (210) is fixed to the pad body (100), and the second cover member (220) is fixed to the first cover member (210) and to the pad body (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Atsushi OKIMURA, Tatsumi KONNO, Wataru NISHII, Yuji NAKANO, Hiroshi IZAWA, Hiromi TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11929651
    Abstract: An inverter integrated gas supply device includes a fluid machine configured to discharge air, an electric motor having a motor casing and configured to drive the fluid machine, an inverter having an inverter casing and configured to supply a drive current to the electric motor, a motor-side connection part attached to the motor casing and configured to receive the drive current, and an inverter-side connection part attached to the inverter casing, connected to the motor-side connection part. The motor-side connection part includes a motor-side connector housing, and a motor connector. The inverter-side connection part includes an inverter-side connector housing, and an inverter connector. A position of the motor connector relative to the motor-side connector housing is fixed; and a position of the inverter connector relative to the inverter-side connector housing is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ikeya, Yuji Sasaki, Masaya Taniguchi, Gen Kuwata, Satoru Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20230267797
    Abstract: A gaming system including one or more gaming machines provides a game to one or more players. The game includes a primary game and a bonus game with first and second features. In the first feature a plurality of objects are presented to a player. The player is allowed to select one of the objects and an associated award may be awarded. Any unselected objects are added to an escrow meter. In the second feature, the player is allowed to select one or more of the escrow objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Yuji Ohno, Satoshi Suda, Yuji Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11587390
    Abstract: A gaming system including one or more gaming machines provides a game to one or more players. The game includes a primary game and a bonus game with first and second features. In the first feature a plurality of objects are presented to a player. The player is allowed to select one of the objects and an associated award may be awarded. Any unselected objects are added to an escrow meter. In the second feature, the player is allowed to select one or more of the escrow objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Ohno, Satoshi Suda, Yuji Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20220012978
    Abstract: A gaming machine that provides an operation unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The operation unit receives an operation of a player. The display unit displays a rotating selector device including a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a column and a plurality of rows. A reel strip having a plurality of segments is associated with the column. Each segment has a plurality of segment symbol positions. Each segment symbol position having an associated symbol. During a game, the control unit displays and rotates the selector device and establishes a stop segment based on the timing of player input. The control unit select a symbol position of the stop segment to establish an outcome of the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoaki Hirai, Yuji Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11117225
    Abstract: A fixing jig for fixing a steel material includes a nut, a screw shaft screwed to the nut, a handle attached to the screw shaft, and a contact portion relatively rotatably attached to the handle. A plurality of screw holes are formed in an outer peripheral portion of the contact portion. The first extension member includes a long cylindrical portion, an extension side contact portion provided at a tip end portion of the cylindrical portion, and a connecting portion provided at a base end portion of the cylindrical portion and connected to the contact portion. The connecting portion includes a plurality of through holes formed in an outer peripheral portion of the connecting portion, and long engagement holes each extending from each of the plurality of through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Kishikawa, Shigeto Takada, Yuji Taniguchi, Yoshiya Takemura
  • Patent number: 10970958
    Abstract: A gaming machine that provides an operation unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The operation unit receives an operation of a player. The display unit displays a rotating selector device including a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a column and a plurality of rows. A reel strip having a plurality of segments is associated with the column. Each segment has a plurality of segment symbol positions. Each segment symbol position having an associated symbol. During a game, the control unit displays and rotates the selector device and establishes a stop segment based on the timing of player input. The control unit select a symbol position of the stop segment to establish an outcome of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: KONAMI GAMING, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Hirai, Yuji Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20210097804
    Abstract: A gaming system including one or more gaming machines provides a game to one or more players. The game includes a primary game and a bonus game with first and second features. In the first feature a plurality of objects are presented to a player. The player is allowed to select one of the objects and an associated award may be awarded. Any unselected objects are added to an escrow meter. In the second feature, the player is allowed to select one or more of the escrow objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yuji Ohno, Satoshi Suda, Yuji Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10923257
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a powder mixture for powder magnetic core obtained by mixing a lubricant, a solid lubricant, and a soft magnetic powder coated with an insulating coating, wherein a lubricant content is 0.1% by mass or more and 0.8% by mass and a solid lubricant content is 0.01% by mass or more and 0.2% by mass or less; and a powder magnetic core in which the powder mixture is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mitani, Hirofumi Hojo, Yuji Taniguchi, Satomi Sato
  • Patent number: 10706662
    Abstract: A gaming system including one or more gaming machines provides a game to one or more players. The game includes a primary game and a bonus game with first and second features. In the first feature a plurality of objects are presented to a player. The player is allowed to select one of the objects and an associated award may be awarded. Any unselected objects are added to an escrow meter. In the second feature, the player is allowed to select one or more of the escrow objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Ohno, Satoshi Suda, Yuji Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20190375057
    Abstract: A fixing jig for fixing a steel material includes a nut, a screw shaft screwed to the nut, a handle attached to the screw shaft, and a contact portion relatively rotatably attached to the handle. A plurality of screw holes are formed in an outer peripheral portion of the contact portion. The first extension member includes a long cylindrical portion, an extension side contact portion provided at a tip end portion of the cylindrical portion, and a connecting portion provided at a base end portion of the cylindrical portion and connected to the contact portion. The connecting portion includes a plurality of through holes formed in an outer peripheral portion of the connecting portion, and long engagement holes each extending from each of the plurality of through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hirohisa KISHIKAWA, Shigeto TAKADA, Yuji TANIGUCHI, Yoshiya TAKEMURA
  • Patent number: 10500638
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a lubricant to be incorporated into a powder metallurgical mixed powder containing an iron-based powder. The lubricant includes a flaky organic material having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 ?m to less than 3 ?m. Another aspect of the present invention is a powder metallurgical mixed powder which contains an iron-based powder and the lubricant. Yet another aspect of the present invention is a method for producing a sintered compact. The method includes the step of mixing materials to give a powder metallurgical mixed powder containing an iron-based powder and the lubricant. The powder metallurgical mixed powder is compacted using a die to give a powder compact. The powder compact is sintered to give a sintered compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ito, Eiichiro Yoshikawa, Nobuaki Akagi, Yuji Taniguchi, Mitsuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20180286316
    Abstract: The display device of the present invention includes: a display panel having an outer shape that is curved as a whole and is partially provided with multiple linear outer edge portions; and a circuit member including a main part and multiple branches coupled with the main part. Each of the linear outer edge portions is provided with a terminal on the front surface side of the display panel. The main part is provided with a driver. Each of the branches is provided with a conductive line that electrically couples the driver and the terminal. Each of ends of the branches is attached to the corresponding linear outer edge portion and is bent along the corresponding linear outer edge portion from the front surface side toward the back surface of the display panel. The main part is disposed on the back surface side of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ryuzo YUKI, Katsuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Hiromi ENOMOTO, Kazuyoshi MAEDA, Haruhito KAGAWA, Koji MICHIBAYASHI, Yuji TANIGUCHI, Takashi KUBO, Masataka OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180182520
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a powder mixture for powder magnetic core obtained by mixing a lubricant, a solid lubricant, and a soft magnetic powder coated with an insulating coating, wherein a lubricant content is 0.1% by mass or more and 0.8% by mass and a solid lubricant content is 0.01% by mass or more and 0.2% by mass or less; and a powder magnetic core in which the powder mixture is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MITANI, Hirofumi HOJO, Yuji TANIGUCHI, Satomi SATO
  • Publication number: 20180089936
    Abstract: A gaming system including one or more gaming machines provides a game to one or more players. The game includes a primary game and a bonus game with first and second features. In the first feature a plurality of objects are presented to a player. The player is allowed to select one of the objects and an associated award may be awarded. Any unselected objects are added to an escrow meter. In the second feature, the player is allowed to select one or more of the escrow objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji Ohno, Satoshi Suda, Yuji Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9928690
    Abstract: A system providing a community award to player is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of gaming machines and a system controller. Each gaming machine is configured receive a wager from a respective player and responsively initiate a game. The system controller is coupled to each of the gaming machines and includes a database with a community awards list including a plurality of total award amounts, each total award amount associated with a corresponding number of players. The system controller is then configured to detect a triggering condition; responsively determine a number of players playing the plurality of gaming machines; determine a total award as a function of the determined number of players and the community award list; and provide a community award to at least one of the plurality of players as a function of the determined total award.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: KONAMI GAMING, INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko Naito, Michael Ratner, Edward Sepich, Thomas Soukup, Yuji Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20180075692
    Abstract: A gaming machine that provides an operation unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The operation unit receives an operation of a player. The display unit displays a rotating selector device including a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a column and a plurality of rows. A reel strip having a plurality of segments is associated with the column. Each segment has a plurality of segment symbol positions. Each segment symbol position having an associated symbol. During a game, the control unit displays and rotates the selector device and establishes a stop segment based on the timing of player input. The control unit select a symbol position of the stop segment to establish an outcome of the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Tomoaki Hirai, Yuji Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9852585
    Abstract: A system providing a community award to player is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of gaming machines and a system controller. Each gaming machine is configured receive a wager from a respective player and responsively initiate a game. The system controller is coupled to each of the gaming machines and includes a database with a community awards list including a plurality of total award probabilities, each total award probability associated with a corresponding number of players. The system controller is then configured to detect a triggering condition; responsively determine a number of players playing the plurality of gaming machines; determine a total award probability as a function of the determined number of players and the community award list; and provide a community award to at least one of the plurality of players as a function of the determined total award probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: KONAMI GAMING, INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Taniguchi, Michael Ratner, Akihiko Naito, Edward Sepich, Thomas Soukup
  • Publication number: 20170304893
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a lubricant to be incorporated into a powder metallurgical mixed powder containing an iron-based powder. The lubricant includes a flaky organic material having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 ?m to less than 3 ?m. Another aspect of the present invention is a powder metallurgical mixed powder which contains an iron-based powder and the lubricant. Yet another aspect of the present invention is a method for producing a sintered compact. The method includes the step of mixing materials to give a powder metallurgical mixed powder containing an iron-based powder and the lubricant. The powder metallurgical mixed powder is compacted using a die to give a powder compact. The powder compact is sintered to give a sintered compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yoshihiro ITO, Eiichiro Yoshikawa, Nobuaki AKAGI, Yuji TANIGUCHI, Mitsuhiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20170197245
    Abstract: Provided is a mixed powder for powder metallurgy that has a low dust generating property and that forms therefrom a compact with high density and enables easy removal of the compact from a forming die. The mixed powder for powder metallurgy in the present invention is characterized by containing an iron-based powder, an auxiliary raw material, and a lubricant, the lubricant being a liquid lubricant that contains an organic metal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yoshihiro ITO, Eiichiro YOSHIKAWA, Yuji TANIGUCHI, Mitsuhiro SATO