Patents by Inventor Yusuke Endo

Yusuke Endo 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: 20260202187
    Abstract: A height measurement device includes an optical measurement device configured to measure a height of a substrate, an air sensor configured to measure a height of the substrate while discharging air through a pipeline based on a pressure in the pipeline, a member having a reference surface, and a controller configured to correct a result obtained by measuring a height at a second measurement location on the substrate using the optical measurement device based on a first result obtained by measuring a height at a first measurement location on the substrate and a height of the reference surface using the optical measurement device and a second result obtained by measuring a height at the first measurement location on the substrate and a height of the reference surface using the air sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2025
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: NAOKI FUNABASHI, YUSUKE ENDO, MIZUKI NARIMATSU, SHIGEO KOYA, YUICHIRO MORIKUNI, SHINZO UCHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 12662076
    Abstract: A joint includes: a first coupling section configured to be coupled to an end of a first pipe; and a second coupling section configured to be coupled to an end of a second pipe. The first coupling section has: a first sealing portion configured to be continuous with a first sealing surface or a second sealing surface of the first pipe; and a first non-sealing portion configured to be continuous with a first non-sealing surface or a second non-sealing surface of the first pipe. The second coupling section has: a second sealing portion configured to be continuous with a first sealing surface or a second sealing surface of the second pipe; and a second non-sealing portion configured to be continuous with a first non-sealing surface or a second non-sealing surface of the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Endo, Yumi Kushimoto, Yuki Monde
  • Publication number: 20260159003
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a body with a seat arrangement for an occupant to seat on. The seat arrangement includes a seat base and a seat support supporting the seat base. The seat base is swingable about an axis which is located in a front part or a rear part of the seat base and extends in a width direction of the seat base. The seat base is switchable between a use orientation in which a seating face of the seat base faces upward and an inverted orientation in which the seating face of the seat base faces downward, and in the inverted orientation, an upper portion of the seat support is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventor: Yusuke Endo
  • Publication number: 20260081207
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lithium ion secondary battery, in which surface roughness (Ra) of a surface of a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material is less than 1.0×104 ?, and the lithium ion secondary battery includes 5 a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing at least one selected from the group consisting of compounds of Formulas (1) to (10) described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Sho YAMAZAWA, Saori ITABASHI, Yusuke ENDO, Katsutoshi SUZUKI, Kazunari TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 12496900
    Abstract: An in-vehicle fuel tank device includes an engine; a main tank including a top portion, a side portion, and a bottom portion; and a fuel pump configured to supply fuel to the engine. The bottom portion includes a first area and a second area, at least a portion of the first area having an inclined surface, at least a portion of the second area being depressed to serve as a sub tank configured to receive and store fuel having flown along the inclined surface. The fuel pump includes a suction filter inside the sub tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Endo
  • Patent number: 12466489
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a driver section configured to accommodate an occupant and an entrance door including an inner face portion facing the driver section, an outer face portion opposite to the driver section, and an opening extending from the inner face portion through to the outer face portion. The entrance door is configured to expose and block an entrance of the driver section. A lock mechanism is configured to hold the entrance door in a closed state, and a single operation member is disposed at the opening for use to release the entrance door from the lock mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Inoue, Yusuke Endo, Noriyasu Honjo
  • Publication number: 20250313154
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a driving section on which an occupant rides, a hood changeable in position between a closed position where the hood blocks a storage space forward of the driving section and an open position where the storage space is exposed, and a locking section entirely made of an elastic material and capable of keeping the hood at the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventors: Masashi Inoue, Yusuke Endo
  • Publication number: 20250304176
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a driver section configured to accommodate an occupant and an entrance door including an inner face portion facing the driver section, an outer face portion opposite to the driver section, and an opening extending from the inner face portion through to the outer face portion. The entrance door is configured to expose and block an entrance of the driver section. A lock mechanism is configured to hold the entrance door in a closed state, and a single operation member is disposed at the opening for use to release the entrance door from the lock mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Masashi Inoue, Yusuke Endo, Noriyasu Honjo
  • Patent number: 12122224
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a vehicle body; an occupant section disposed in the vehicle body and configured to accommodate an occupant; a door that is disposed at a portion of the vehicle body which portion is lateral to the occupant section and which is openable and closable; a trim that is attached to at least a portion of a first one of an edge portion of the door or a portion of the vehicle body which portion corresponds to the edge portion of the door, and that is configured to be in contact with a second one of the edge portion or the corresponding portion of the vehicle body when the door is in a closed state; and a cover covering the trim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Endo
  • Publication number: 20240343110
    Abstract: An in-vehicle fuel tank device includes a main tank including a top portion, a side portion, and a bottom portion; and a first opening and a second opening each disposed in the top portion and serving as a breather; a first pipe connected to the first opening; a second pipe connected to the second opening; a merge section at which the first pipe and the second pipe merge with each other; a merge pipe connected to the merge section; and a common cutoff valve on the merge pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Yusuke Endo
  • Publication number: 20240343109
    Abstract: An in-vehicle fuel tank device includes an engine; a main tank including a top portion, a side portion, and a bottom portion; and a fuel pump configured to supply fuel to the engine. The bottom portion includes a first area and a second area, at least a portion of the first area having an inclined surface, at least a portion of the second area being depressed to serve as a sub tank configured to receive and store fuel having flown along the inclined surface. The fuel pump includes a suction filter inside the sub tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Yusuke Endo
  • Patent number: 11951876
    Abstract: A multipurpose work vehicle according to one or more embodiments of the present invention includes a driver's seat at the center of a vehicle body in the left-right direction of the vehicle body; and an occupant's seat to the left or right of the driver's seat in the left-right direction of the vehicle body, wherein the occupant's seat is offset rearwardly relative to the driver's seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Okabe, Kohta Nakao, Yusuke Endo
  • Publication number: 20230339769
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium iodide nonaqueous solution containing: a nonaqueous solvent; and lithium iodide, the lithium iodide nonaqueous solution having a water content per unit of lithium iodide (Y/X) of 7 or lower and an acid-derived component content of 4000 ppm or lower, the water content per unit of lithium iodide (Y/X) being determined as a ratio of a water content Y (ppm) of the lithium iodide nonaqueous solution to a lithium iodide concentration X (% by weight) of the lithium iodide nonaqueous solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Arata TAKAHASHI, Rei TSUKAZAKI, Saori ITABASHI, Yusuke ENDO
  • Patent number: 11724586
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine (11); a traveling device (1, 2) capable of traveling on the ground; a power transmission device (13) that transmits driving power of the engine (11) to the traveling device (1, 2) with a work oil; a cooling device (15) for cooling the engine (11) with a cooling fluid; a storage unit (17) having a first storage space (17A) for storing the work oil and a second storage space (17B) for storing the cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Okabe, Kohta Nakao, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Yusuke Endo, Toshifumi Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20230099990
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a vehicle body; an occupant section disposed in the vehicle body and configured to accommodate an occupant; a door that is disposed at a portion of the vehicle body which portion is lateral to the occupant section and which is openable and closable; a trim that is attached to at least a portion of a first one of an edge portion of the door or a portion of the vehicle body which portion corresponds to the edge portion of the door, and that is configured to be in contact with a second one of the edge portion or the corresponding portion of the vehicle body when the door is in a closed state; and a cover covering the trim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Yusuke Endo
  • Publication number: 20230091826
    Abstract: A joint includes: a first coupling section configured to be coupled to an end of a first pipe; and a second coupling section configured to be coupled to an end of a second pipe. The first coupling section has: a first sealing portion configured to be continuous with a first sealing surface or a second sealing surface of the first pipe; and a first non-sealing portion configured to be continuous with a first non-sealing surface or a second non-sealing surface of the first pipe. The second coupling section has: a second sealing portion configured to be continuous with a first sealing surface or a second sealing surface of the second pipe; and a second non-sealing portion configured to be continuous with a first non-sealing surface or a second non-sealing surface of the second pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke Endo, Yumi Kushimoto, Yuki Monde
  • Publication number: 20220105794
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine (11); a traveling device (1, 2) capable of traveling on the ground; a power transmission device (13) that transmits driving power of the engine (11) to the traveling device (1, 2) with a work oil; a cooling device (15) for cooling the engine (11) with a cooling fluid; a storage unit (17) having a first storage space (17A) for storing the work oil and a second storage space (17B) for storing the cooling fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kensuke Okabe, Kohta Nakao, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Yusuke Endo, Toshifumi Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20210078449
    Abstract: A multipurpose work vehicle according to one or more embodiments of the present invention includes a driver's seat at the center of a vehicle body in the left-right direction of the vehicle body; and an occupant's seat to the left or right of the driver's seat in the left-right direction of the vehicle body, wherein the occupant's seat is offset rearwardly relative to the driver's seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Kensuke Okabe, Kohta Nakao, Yusuke Endo
  • Publication number: 20190084595
    Abstract: A leveling valve includes: a piston configured to axially move along with the rotation of a lever; a stem joined to one axial end portion of the piston; a supply/exhaust valve configured to allow for communication between an air spring and a compressor as the stem moves in one direction from a neutral position, and the supply/exhaust valve allowing for communication between the air spring and an exhaust passage as the stem moves in another direction from the neutral position; a guide rod axially joined to another axial end portion of the piston; and a guide hole provided in a first cap member, and the guide hole being configured to support the guide rod in such a manner that the guide rod is slidable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: KYB Corporation, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu SUZUKI, Yusuke ENDO
  • Patent number: 10060542
    Abstract: A leveling valve includes: a seat portion configured to define a flow passage, the flow passage communicating with the air cushion and a compressed air source or communicating with the air cushion and a drain; a valve configured to move in an axial direction in accordance with a relative displacement of the vehicle body with respect to the truck; a spring configured to bias the valve toward a closing side, the valve being in contact with the seat portion in the closing side; a valve guide configured to support one end of the spring, the valve guide being slidably inserted with respect to a housing inner wall surface; and a communication port opened to the housing inner wall surface. A moving region in which the valve guide moves is set to a position offset from the communication port in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Suzuki, Yusuke Endo