Patents by Inventor Yusuke
Yusuke 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).
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Publication number: 20140294414Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member; an electrostatic image forming unit; a developing device; an intermediary transfer member; a rotatable transfer member; a constant-voltage element; a power source; a cleaning device; an executing portion capable of executing a toner image collecting mode after jam clearance; and a controller for controlling said power source in the operation in the collecting mode so that a voltage of an identical polarity to a charge polarity of the toner is applied to the rotatable transfer member to transfer, onto the intermediary transfer member, the toner in an upstream-side end region of the toner image carried on the image bearing member with respect to the rotational direction of the image bearing member, and then a voltage of an opposite polarity to the charge polarity of the toner is applied to the rotatable transfer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yusuke MINATO
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Publication number: 20140293634Abstract: Disclosed is a projector-type vehicle lamp. The vehicle lamp includes a mirror member which has an upward reflecting surface that upwardly reflects a part of the light reflected from a reflector. A front edge of the upward reflecting surface passes through a rear focus F of a projection lens. A central portion of a front edge of the upward reflecting surface is formed to extend along a meridional image surface of the projection lens, and left and right end portions of the front edge are formed to be displaced forward from the meridional image surface. Accordingly, a central portion of a cut-off line of a low-beam light distribution pattern is formed to be clear and left and right end portions of the cut-off line become blurred such that light may be irradiated to a space in the upper vicinity of the left end portion and/or the right end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yusuke NAKADA
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Publication number: 20140290196Abstract: Provided is a technique to manufacture a honeycomb structure reducing a width of dimensional difference generated during firing between an end part and a central part and having excellent thermal shock resistance, and the method includes: a honeycomb formed body preparing step of extruding a kneaded material including a cordierite forming raw material A, to prepare a formed body; a plugged honeycomb formed body preparing step of filling cell openings thereof with a plugging material which includes a forming raw material containing a cordierite forming raw material B and resin balloon of 1.0 to 15 mass % and has a difference in firing shrinkage rate of ?1.0 to +2.0% from the formed body, to prepare a plugged formed body; and a honeycomb structure preparing step of firing the prepared plugged formed body, to prepare a honeycomb structure provided with porous plugged portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke TSUCHIYA, Hiroyuki SUENOBU, Masaki HOURA, Yuichi HAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20140292697Abstract: A portable terminal having double-sided touch screens and capable of suppressing an erroneous operation to the portable terminal. The portable terminal has a first touch screen combined with a display and has a second touch screen. Which of horizontal and vertical attitudes the portable terminal is in is detected by a detection unit of the portable terminal, and according to a result of the detection, control is performed by a control unit to invalidate an operation to a partial region of the second touch screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yusuke Morishita
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Publication number: 20140294624Abstract: A motor-driven compressor that includes a compression unit, an electric motor, a housing, a cover, and a motor driving circuit. A metal terminal electrically connects the electric motor to the motor driving circuit. A coupling base is coupled to the housing, and the motor driving circuit is coupled to the coupling base. Each of the coupling base and the housing includes an insertion portion through which the metal terminal is inserted. At least one of the coupling base and the housing includes a protrusion. The protrusion is separated from the insertion portions. At least the other of the coupling base and the housing includes a receiving portion that receives the protrusion. The coupling base is positioned relative to the housing by connection of the insertion portion of the coupling base and the insertion portion of the housing and by engagement of the protrusion and receiving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Ken SUITOU, Yusuke KINOSHITA, Shingo ENAMI, Junya YANO
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Patent number: 8845208Abstract: An optical connector reduced in size and capable of reducing optical coupling losses when optical waveguides are connected to each other, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The optical connector comprises: an optical waveguide including cores for transmitting light, an under cladding layer provided under the cores, and an over cladding layer provided over the cores; and a ferrule section for optical connection provided in each end portion of the optical waveguide. Part of at least one of the over cladding layer and the under cladding layer lying in a location corresponding to each end portion of the optical waveguide is thick-walled to become the ferrule section for optical connection. A thin-walled part of the optical connector lying between the ferrule sections is an optical waveguide section. The optical connector requires no additional component as a ferrule, and is made small in size.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Yuichi Tsujita, Yusuke Shimizu, Ryusuke Naito
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Patent number: 8848408Abstract: In an electric power conversion system having a discharge control device capable of discharging a voltage charged in a capacitor to a voltage of not more than a predetermined voltage, a linear regulator decreases a voltage of the capacitor and outputs the decreased voltage to a drive unit at a bottom arm in a U phase. A flyback converter for discharging use inputs an output of the linear regulator, and outputs electric power to a drive unit at an upper arm in the U phase. When detecting that own vehicle collides with an obstacle, the discharge control device starts to execute discharge control of the capacitor by turning off a photo coupler and turning on the linear regulator.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yusuke Shindo, Tsuneo Maebara, Koichi Sakata
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Patent number: 8849609Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a number-of-step detection system, a number-of-step detecting method, and a pedometer capable of accurately detecting the number of steps in correspondence with the walking characteristics of an individual. Vibration data acquired with a vibration data acquiring unit of a pedometer is transmitted from the pedometer to a server with a communication unit, and number-of-step decision criterion data suited for measuring the number of steps is calculated with the calculation unit of the server based on the vibration data. The number-of-step decision criterion data calculated in the server is transmitted from the server to the pedometer, and the number-of-step decision criterion data stored in the pedometer is updated to the number-of-step decision criterion data calculated by the server to accurately count the number of steps in correspondence with the walking characteristics of the individual.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yusuke Kawabe
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Patent number: 8849168Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer belt, a pressure receiving roller, a suspension roller, a secondary transfer roller, and an endless support belt. The support belt is stretched over at least one of the pressure receiving roller and the suspension roller. When pressing the transfer belt between the pressure receiving roller and the secondary transfer roller, and nipping paper between the transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller, an angle defined by the portion, upstream from the secondary transfer roller, of the transfer belt and an imaginary line connecting the pressure-receiving-roller axis with the secondary-transfer-roller axis is less than 90 degrees. A part of the support belt is held between the transfer belt and at least one of the two rollers over which the support belt is stretched.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hideo Yamaki, Satoshi Nishida, Yusuke Nishisaka
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Patent number: 8846038Abstract: Methods of detecting synovial sarcoma using differentially expressed genes are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of identifying agents for treating synovial sarcoma. Further, a method for treating or preventing a disease that is associated with Frizzled homologue 10 (FZD10) in a subject is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Oncotherapy Science, Inc.Inventors: Yusuke Nakamura, Toyomasa Katagiri, Chikako Fukukawa, Motoki Kuhara
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Patent number: 8847863Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device of active matrix type. Each pixel electrode (1) includes either a single regional electrode (2) or two or more regional electrodes (2) which are electrically connected to each other. The or each regional electrode is provided with: a first electrode (cross-shaped electrode) (3) which has a pattern dividing a first region into a plurality of second regions (R1, R2, R3, and R4); and a plurality of stripe electrodes (4) which are provided in each of the second regions so as to extend from the first electrode and so as to be separated from each other by a distance. A storage capacitor line (CSL) is provided facing one of pixel electrodes (1) in a film thickness direction to form a storage capacitor. The storage capacitor line (CSL) is provided so as not to extend facing an edge (2e, 2e?) of a first region in the film thickness direction parallelly to the edge (2e, 2e?).Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Iyama, Akira Shibazaki, Yoshito Hashimoto, Masahiro Shimizu, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Yusuke Nishihara, Ken Kuboki
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Patent number: 8847179Abstract: A charged particle beam reduces treatment time in the uniform scanning or in the conformal layer stacking irradiation. In the uniform scanning, an optimum charged particle beam scan path for uniformly irradiating a collimator aperture area is calculated. In the conformal layer stacking irradiation, an optimum charged particle beam scan path for uniformly irradiating a multi-leaf collimator aperture area of each layer for each of the layers obtained by partitioning the target volume is calculated. Alternatively, a minimum irradiation field size that covers the multi-leaf collimator aperture area of each layer is calculated, and a scan path corresponding to the irradiation field size, prestored in a memory of a particle therapy control apparatus, is selected. The charged particle beam scan path is optimally changed in the lateral directions in conformity with the collimator aperture area in the uniform scanning or in each layer in the conformal layer stacking irradiation.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shinichiro Fujitaka, Yusuke Fujii, Rintaro Fujimoto, Kazuo Hiramoto, Hiroshi Akiyama
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Patent number: 8848100Abstract: A game device according to the present embodiment includes a camera as image pick-up means. An inner camera is accommodated in an upper housing. In addition, a microphone hole is provided in an inner surface of the upper housing so as to sense external sound through a microphone.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2008Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Kuwahara, Kazunori Koshiishi, Yui Ehara, Ryo Fukasawa, Masahiro Imaizumi, Yoshihiro Matsushima, Yuki Onozawa, Hiroyuki Kono, Yoshihiro Iwasa, Tomohiro Kawase, Yusuke Akifusa, Tomohisa Saito
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Patent number: 8845924Abstract: The present invention provides a water absorbing agent, including: water absorbent resin particles; and a modified cationic polymer compound containing a primary amino group and/or a secondary amino group, the modified cationic polymer compound being obtained by reacting, with a modifying agent, a cationic polymer compound containing the primary amino group and/or the secondary amino group, and the modifying agent containing two or more carbon atoms continuously linked, and one reactive group which reacts with the primary amino group and/or the secondary amino group. The present invention further provides a method for producing a water absorbing agent including water absorbent resin particles, the method including the step (i) of mixing the water absorbent resin particles with a modified cationic polymer compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshifumi Adachi, Kazushi Torii, Yusuke Watanabe, Taishi Kobayashi, Toshimasa Kitayama, Seiichi Suzuki, Atsuro Yoneda
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Patent number: 8847278Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active section for a main current flow and a breakdown withstanding section for breakdown voltage. An external peripheral portion surrounds the active section on one major surface of an n-type semiconductor substrate. The breakdown withstanding section has a ring-shaped semiconductor protrusion, with a rectangular planar pattern including a curved section in each of four corners thereof, as a guard ring. The ring-shaped semiconductor protrusion has a p-type region therein, is sandwiched between a plurality of concavities deeper than the p-type region, and has an electrically conductive film across an insulator film on the surface thereof. Because of this, it is possible to manufacture at low cost a breakdown withstanding structure with which a high breakdown voltage is obtained in a narrow width, wherein there is little drop in breakdown voltage, even when there are variations in a patterning process of a field oxide film.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Takei, Yusuke Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8848076Abstract: A solid-state image capturing apparatus including: a pixel array unit including two-dimensionally arranged pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, a transfer transistor that transfers charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit, and a charge discharging transistor that selectively discharges the charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit; and a driving unit that performs driving for reading signals from each pixel of the pixel array unit, and drives the charge discharging transistor by using a signal for the driving.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Yusuke Oike
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Patent number: 8849953Abstract: A terminal device can connect to a first network whose communication speed is high or whose communication fee charged according to an amount of communication is low and a second network whose communication speed is lower than that of the first network or whose communication fee charged according to an amount of communication is higher than that of the first network. The terminal device first data with a large amount of data through the first network and stores the first data. Also, the terminal device second data with an amount of data smaller than that of the first data through the second network and stores the second data. The terminal device determines a connection state of the network and a storage state of data and controls reception of data used to output contents on the basis of the determination result.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventors: Yasuko Fukuda, Ryohei Takuma, Yusuke Sasamori
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Patent number: 8844290Abstract: A steam engine and an electric motor are arranged, which respectively drives an air compressor. The compressed air from the air compressor is supplied to a compressed air using device through a common air tank. The steam is supplied to the steam engine through a steam supply path, and the steam used in the steam engine is supplied to a steam using device through a steam exhaust path. The steam pressure is monitored by a pressure sensor arranged in a steam header ahead of the steam exhaust path. The air pressure is monitored by a pressure sensor arranged in an air tank. A steam supply valve is controlled based on the steam pressure and the air pressure, and the electric motor is controlled based on the air pressure. The steam engine is preferentially driven over the electric motor by shifting the target value of the air pressure.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2008Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Miura Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yoshinari, Yasuo Ochi, Hideo Furukawa, Yasukuni Tanaka, Yusuke Okamoto, Kazutaka Baba
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Patent number: 8847374Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a power semiconductor element formed with a plurality of control electrodes on one main surface, a first conductor plate bonded by way of a first solder material to one of the main surfaces of the power semiconductor element, and a second conductor plate bonded by way of a second solder material on the other main surface of the power semiconductor element. A first protrusion section protruding from the base section of the applicable first conductor plate and including a first protrusion surface formed over the upper side, is formed over the first conductor plate. A second protrusion section including a second protrusion surface formed facing opposite one of the main surfaces of the power semiconductor element. The first solder material is interposed between the power semiconductor element and the first conductor plate while avoiding the plural control electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Eiichi Ide, Shinji Hiramitsu, Hiroshi Hozoji, Nobutake Tsuyuno, Kinya Nakatsu, Takeshi Tokuyama, Akira Matsushita, Yusuke Takagi
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Patent number: D714254Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Miyazaki, Yosuke Shimizu, Yusuke Otani, Naoki Sugiyama, Asami Yamagishi