Muto

Akio Muto, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150176696	HEAT EXCHANGING DEVICE OF LUBRICATION OIL - A cooling device for cooling lubrication oil which circulates in a vehicle transmission is provided with a first oil circulating circuit through which a clutch oil for lubricating a first and second clutch of the transmission circulates, a second oil circulating circuit through which a gear oil circulates to lubricate mechanisms other than the first and the second clutches, and a cooling water circulating circuit through which a cooling water circulates to cool an engine and a motor. Also provided is a first heat exchanger exchanging heat between the first lubrication oil and the second lubrication oil, and a second heat exchanger exchanging heat between the first lubrication oil and the cooling water.	06-25-2015
20150191174	CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FOR VEHICLE - A sticking condition of a lock-up clutch is judged by an oil temperature of hydraulic oil and a slip ratio of the LC. An intake air amount of an engine is increased while the LC is judged to be in a sticking condition, and the increase of the intake air amount of the engine is terminated when the judgment to be in the sticking condition is canceled. This enables to effectively prevent an rotation speed of the engine from decelerating in a range (timing) where a sticking of the LC occurs, and further prevent the rotation speed of the engine from rapidly accelerating in a range where a sticking of the LC does not occur. Therefore, decelerations of engine rotation speed due to a sticking of the lock-up clutch and rapid accelerations of engine rotation speed after the sticking has been eliminated can both be prevented.	07-09-2015
20150260273	TRANSMISSION LUBRICATION SYSTEM - The system comprises an oil pump driven in conjunction with an output shaft of a transmission, a first oil path for supplying oil discharged from the oil pump to a lubrication system of the transmission, a second oil path arranged in parallel with the first oil path to guide the oil from the oil pump to a heat exchanger, and a valve inserted on an upstream side of the heat exchanger in the second oil path. The valve opens at a first set pressure to conduct the oil from the oil pump to the second oil path. The oil is supplied to the first oil path in a low vehicle speed area below the first set pressure, so that oil supply necessary for the lubrication system can be ensured. The oil is supplied to the second oil path in a high vehicle speed area over the first set pressure.	09-17-2015

Atsushi Muto, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140018209	CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICULAR POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A map is provided that has an unlimited region where a take-off slip-engagement the next time is repeatedly executed indefinitely, a limited region where the take-off slip-engagement the next time is repeatedly executed only once, and a prohibited region where the take-off slip-engagement the next time is prohibited, and has a generated heat amount during the take-off slip-engagement and an elapsed time after the lock-up slip-engagement ends as variables. Therefore, a region in which the take-off slip-engagement the next time had been prohibited because the take-off slip-engagement the next time is unable to be repeatedly executed indefinitely even though it is able to be repeatedly executed only once is made the limited region, so the take-off slip-engagement the next time is allowed to be repeatedly executed only once.	01-16-2014

Atsusi Muto, Toyama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130247276	SKI PANTS - It is an object of the invention to provide ski pants comprising an edge guard that does not hinder movement when the user is gliding on skis. The invention relates to ski pants	09-26-2013

Atsutoshi Muto, Muroran-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120301300	LIGHTNING PROTECTION STRUCTURE OF BLADE FOR WIND POWER GENERATION - To effectively perform lightning protection in a blade for wind power generation and to prevent the blade from being damaged when arresting lightning. The lightning protection structure of the blade for wind power generation includes a conductive lightning receptor	11-29-2012
20130098651	LIGHTNING PROTECTION STRUCTURE OF BLADE FOR WIND POWER GENERATION - A blade for wind power generation includes a lightning receptor configured to form a part of the surface of the blade, and a lightning receiving protrusion that protrudes outward from the surface of the lightning receptor. The lightning receiving protrusion is provided to a surface boundary between the blade and the lightning receptor. The surface boundary configured to protect against the lightning is positioned within a radius of a circle, which is centered on a tip of the lightning receiving protrusion and which has a radius of twice the length of the lightning receiving protrusion. A point where electric field concentration on the surface of the lightning receptor is greatest is moved from the boundary to the tip of the lightning receiving protrusion, so as to significantly reduce a possibility of blade damage associated with lightning striking the boundary when being stroke by the lightning.	04-25-2013

Aya Muto, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130134210	JOINING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A joining method that allows joining processing to be carried out simultaneously at a plurality of portions without being influenced by a supply time restriction on a joining material, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method using the joining method are provided. A chip and a lead frame are tentatively assembled having a solid solder block interposed therebetween. The solder block is provided with protruding parts that protrude in one direction. The protruding parts are inserted into solder supply ports of the lead frame, whereby the chip and the lead frame are tentatively assembled. Subsequently, the chip and the lead frame are fed into a reflow oven, and the solder block is melted and thereafter solidified. Thus, the chip and the lead frame are joined to each other.	05-30-2013
20140217156	JOINING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A joining method that allows joining processing to be carried out simultaneously at a plurality of portions without being influenced by a supply time restriction on a joining material, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method using the joining method are provided. A chip and a lead frame are tentatively assembled having a solid solder block interposed therebetween. The solder block is provided with protruding parts that protrude in one direction. The protruding parts are inserted into solder supply ports of the lead frame, whereby the chip and the lead frame are tentatively assembled. Subsequently, the chip and the lead frame are fed into a reflow oven, and the solder block is melted and thereafter solidified. Thus, the chip and the lead frame are joined to each other.	08-07-2014

Chihiro Muto, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150321590	VEHICLE SEAT - A seating posture is stabilized for the shoulders of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is provided with a seat back configured to support the seated person from the rear. A shoulder support portion of the seat back configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand when air is supplied. When the air cell expands, one end portion of the shoulder support portion on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle seat moves more forward than the other end portion of the shoulder support portion on the inside in the width direction.	11-12-2015

Daisuke Muto, Chichibu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120280254	SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to the present invention, there is provided an SiC epitaxial wafer which reduces triangular defects and stacking faults, which is highly uniform in carrier concentration and film thickness, and which is free of step bunching, and its method of manufacture. The SiC epitaxial wafer of the present invention is an SiC epitaxial wafer in which an SiC epitaxial layer is formed on a 4H—SiC single crystal substrate that is tilted at an off angle of 0.4°-5°, wherein the density of triangular-shaped defects of said SiC epitaxial layer is 1 defect/cm	11-08-2012
20140145214	SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER - A SiC epitaxial wafer manufacturing method of the present invention includes: manufacturing a SiC epitaxial wafer including a SiC epitaxial layer on a surface of a SiC single crystal wafer while supplying a raw material gas into a chamber using a SIC epitaxial wafer manufacturing apparatus; and manufacturing a subsequent SiC epitaxial wafer after measuring a surface density of triangular defects originating from a material piece of an internal member of the chamber on the SiC epitaxial layer of the previously manufactured SiC epitaxial wafer.	05-29-2014
20140175461	SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided are a SiC epitaxial wafer in which the surface density of stacking faults is reduced, and a manufacturing method thereof. The method for manufacturing such a SiC epitaxial wafer comprises a step of determining a ratio of basal plane dislocations (BPD), which causes stacking faults in a SiC epitaxial film of a prescribed thickness which is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate having an off angle, to basal plane dislocations which are present on a growth surface of the SiC single crystal substrate, a step of determining an upper limit of surface density of basal plane dislocations on the growth surface of a SiC single crystal substrate used based on the above ratio, and a step of preparing a SiC single crystal substrate which has surface density equal to or less than the above upper limit, and forming a SiC epitaxial film on the SiC single crystal substrate under the same conditions as the growth conditions of the epitaxial film used in the step of determining the ratio.	06-26-2014
20140190400	EPITAXIAL WAFER MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is an epitaxial wafer manufacturing device (	07-10-2014
20140230722	EPITAXIAL WAFER MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An epitaxial wafer manufacturing device, including a shield (	08-21-2014
20150162187	SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a method of manufacturing a SiC epitaxial wafer including a SiC epitaxial layer on a SiC substrate using a SiC-CVD furnace which is installed in a glove box. The method includes a SiC substrate placement step of placing the SiC substrate in the SiC-CVD furnace while circulating gas in the glove box.	06-11-2015

Fumihiro Muto, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130116648	RUBBER STOPPER FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT - This invention is a rubber stopper for medical treatment, which is obtained by molding a resin composition containing a component (A): at least one of a block copolymer having at least two of a polymer block P containing a vinyl aromatic compound as the core and at least one of a polymer block Q containing a conjugated diene as the core and a hydrogenated block copolymer thereof, a component (B): a hydrocarbon-based softening agent for rubbers, and a component (C): a polyolefin-based resin, wherein the resin composition contains a specified amount of the component (C) based on the total amount of the component (A) and the component (B), and the resin composition has a specified molecular weight distribution.	05-09-2013

Gen Muto, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150054484	DC VOLTAGE CONVERSION MODULE, SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, AND METHOD OF MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - A DC voltage conversion module includes a substrate, an input terminal, an output terminal, a ground terminal, a DC voltage conversion control element mounted on the substrate, a coil mounted on the substrate and connected to the DC voltage conversion control element and the output terminal, an input-side capacitor mounted on the substrate and connected to the input terminal and the ground terminal, and an output-side capacitor mounted on the substrate and connected to the output terminal and the ground terminal. The input terminal, the output terminal and the ground terminal project in a predetermined projecting direction parallel to each other. The ground terminal is arranged between the input terminal and the output terminal in a direction perpendicular to the projecting direction.	02-26-2015
20150235931	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a plurality of passive electronic components, a substrate, a main lead, and a sealing resin. The semiconductor chip includes a functional circuit. The plurality of passive electronic components assist a function of the semiconductor chip. The substrate has a principal surface and a reverse surface that face in opposite directions to each other, and the semiconductor chip and the plurality of passive electronic components are mounted on the principal surface. The main lead includes an island portion that is joined to the reverse surface of the substrate, and a terminal portion that is offset in a predetermined direction with respect to the island portion. The sealing resin covers the semiconductor chip, the substrate, and the island portion of the main lead.	08-20-2015

Go Muto, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140030620	FUEL CELL MODULE - A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of fuel cells for generating electricity by electrochemical reactions of a fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas, a reformer for reforming a mixed gas of a raw fuel and water vapor, an evaporator for supplying water vapor to the reformer, a heat exchanger for raising the temperature of the oxygen-containing gas by heat exchange with a combustion gas, an exhaust gas combustor for producing the combustion gas, and a start-up combustor for producing the combustion gas. The exhaust gas combustor is provided integrally in the heat exchanger. The start-up combustor is provided adjacent to one end of the heat exchanger.	01-30-2014

Hideki Muto, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150223319	HIGH FREQUENCY MODULE - A high frequency module includes a multilayer substrate, a power amplifier, thermal vias, and a bandpass filter. The power amplifier is mounted on the multilayer substrate. The thermal vias are provided in the multilayer substrate directly below the power amplifier and configured to dissipate heat of the power amplifier. The bandpass filter is provided in the multilayer substrate and connected to the power amplifier. The thermal via defines an inductor included in the bandpass filter. The bandpass filter overlaps the power amplifier when viewed in a lamination direction of the multilayer substrate.	08-06-2015

Hikaru Muto, Itami-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140168682	CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A terminal device as a control device is provided with a CPU including: an obtaining unit for obtaining screen information from an MFP; a first display unit for displaying an operation screen based on the screen information; a first transmission unit for transmitting, to the MFP, position information based on a user's instruction to the operation screen; a determination unit for determining whether a state change influencing communication with MFP occurs or not; a second display unit for displaying an alternative screen generated based on the screen information; a storage unit for storing a parameter based on a user's instruction to the alternative screen; and a second transmission unit for transmitting the stored parameter to the MFP.	06-19-2014

Hikaru Muto, Kawaguchi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150226923	SLEEVE FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SLEEVE FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION - A sleeve for optical communication and method for manufacture for the sleeve for optical communication, for which withdrawal force for ferrules, which are generally used in the technical field of optical communication, or connection loss between ferrules is a predetermined value, and for which manufacturing steps are reduced so as to allow reduction of manufacturing cost. The invention is made by press-molding ceramic feedstock, which after cold isostatic pressing and sintering are performed thereto, and is made so that an inner circumferential surface, of a through-hole for inserting a ferrule formed on the length-direction of the axis, has a sintered state.	08-13-2015

Hiroshi Muto, Sagamihara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120033382	HEAT SINK, LIQUID COOLING UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A heat sink for absorbing heat which is generated by an electronic module by using a coolant which flows in its internal portion, comprises a housing which is provided with, in its internal portion, a first surface which is located in the vicinity of the electronic module and a second surface which faces the first surface and comprises fins which extend from the first surface toward the second surface, wherein a projecting portion projecting from the second surface toward the first surface is formed at the second surface, between the top edges of the fins on the second surface side and the second surface.	02-09-2012
20120055654	Radiator and electronic apparatus having coolant pathway - A radiator includes a core unit, which includes a flow inlet which coolant enters, a flow outlet from which the coolant exits, a plurality of coolant pathways including at least an outer coolant pathway, an inner coolant pathway, a branching point, and a merging point, the outer coolant pathway being disposed to surround the inner coolant pathway, the coolant being divided at the branching point and merging at the merging point, and a connecting pathway to connect between the merging point of the outer coolant pathway and the branching point of the inner coolant pathway, wherein the flow inlet is in communication with a branching point of an outermost one of the plurality of coolant pathways, and the flow output is in communication with a merging point of an innermost one of the plurality of coolant pathways.	03-08-2012
20120055655	HEAT SINK, LIQUID COOLING UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A heat sink for absorbing heat which is generated by an electronic module by a coolant which flows through its internal portion, provided with a first heat sink part which is contiguous with the electronic module, a second heat sink part which is contiguous with the electronic module, and a heat discharger which is arranged spaced from the first heat sink part and second heat sink part at an opposite side from the electronic module and which is arranged in a flow path between the first heat sink part and second heat sink part.	03-08-2012

Hirotaka Muto, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140290978	INSULATION STRUCTURE OF LEAD WIRE, TRANSFORMER HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR INSULATING LEAD WIRE - A lead wire for a stationary induction apparatus includes a conductor, a covering insulating layer provided on an outer periphery of the conductor, and an insulating sheet provided on the covering insulating layer. The insulating sheet includes base paper having a prescribed width, and insulating spacers disposed to protrude from the base paper at prescribed spacings in a longitudinal direction of the base paper. The insulating sheet is spirally wound continuously from a straight portion to a curved portion such that the insulating spacers come into contact with the covering insulating layer.	10-02-2014
20150247901	INSULATION INSPECTION DEVICE FOR MOTORS AND INSULATION INSPECTION METHOD FOR MOTORS - An insulation inspection device for motors includes an inverter for driving a motor, a partial discharge detecting unit for determining soundness of the motor, and a control circuit for controlling the inverter. The control circuit adjusts a switching interval of a voltage pulse of the inverter so as to be equal to a pulse round-trip propagation time between the inverter and the motor, thereby generating surge voltage higher than driving voltage for the motor, between the motor and ground, and adjusts a switching time for each phase of the inverter, thereby generating surge voltage higher than driving voltage for the motor, between phases, thus performing insulation inspection.	09-03-2015
20150251933	WATER TREATMENT DEVICE AND WATER TREATMENT METHOD - A water treatment device generates a bubble in water to be treated inside a treatment tank, and treats the water to be treated through use of radicals that are generated by bubble electric discharge caused via the bubble. The water treatment device includes main electrodes for forming a main discharge area between a first main electrode and a second main electrode, auxiliary electrodes for forming a preliminary discharge area between a first auxiliary electrode and a second auxiliary electrode, and a bubble generator generating a bubble in water to be treated through use of an externally supplied gas. When a bubble generated by the bubble generator passes through the preliminary discharge area, discharge is caused via the bubble, and, when the bubble in an excited state subsequently passes through the main discharge area, the bubble causes discharge again to generate radicals.	09-10-2015

Hiroyuki Muto, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130156375	OPTICAL COLLIMATOR AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR USING SAME - In order to fix an optical fiber to a desired position in a holding member easily and tightly, provided is an optical collimator (	06-20-2013

Hiroyuki Muto, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120256619	RELATIVE ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE, ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE, RELATIVE ANGLE DETECTION METHOD, AND ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed is a relative angle detection device for detecting a relative angle between a first rotary shaft and a second rotary shaft, the relative angle detection device being provided with a first magnetic field sensing unit which outputs a value according to a magnetic field of a magnet, a second magnetic field sensing unit which outputs a value according to the magnetic field of the magnet and outputs a value different from the output value of the first magnetic field sensing unit even if being placed in the same magnetic field as that of the first magnetic field sensing unit, a correction unit which corrects one output value out of the output value of the first magnetic field sensing unit and the output value of the second magnetic field sensing unit in accordance with an amplitude ratio between magnetic field components orthogonal to each other in the magnetic field of the magnet, and a computing unit which computes the relative angle between the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft on the basis of the one output value corrected by the correction unit and the other output value different from the one output value. Consequently, a technique capable of detecting the relative rotation angle with high accuracy is provided even if magnitudes of amplitudes of magnetic field components orthogonal to each other in the magnetically sensitive surface of the magnetic field sensing unit are different from each other.	10-11-2012
20130093414	RELATIVE ANGLE SENSING DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF RELATIVE ANGLE SENSING DEVICE - A relative angle sensing device that senses a relative angle between two rotary shafts is provided with: a hard magnetic body that is provided to one rotary shaft out of the two rotary shafts; a soft magnetic body that is provided to the other rotary shaft out of the two rotary shafts to be arranged in a magnetic field formed by the hard magnetic body, and forms a magnetic circuit together with the hard magnetic body; and a sensing unit that senses a magnetic flux density of the magnetic circuit. The soft magnetic body is formed by injection molding by using a material obtained by mixing a magnetic powder and a synthetic resin.	04-18-2013

Hiroyuki Muto, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120326007	OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE AND INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE - An information acquiring device has a light source which emits light of a predetermined wavelength band; a light receiving element which receives reflected light reflected on the target area for outputting a signal; an information acquiring section which searches a corresponding area corresponding to the segment area from an actual measurement pattern of the light received by the light receiving element; and a spreading detecting section which detects a change in a degree of spreading of a light receiving area of the actual measurement pattern. The information acquiring section performs a searching operation of the corresponding area along a searching line in parallel to an alignment direction in which the light source and the light receiving element are aligned, and displaces the searching line with respect to each segment area in a direction perpendicular to the alignment direction in accordance with the change in the degree of spreading.	12-27-2012
20130050710	OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE AND INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE - The information acquiring device includes a projection optical system which projects laser light onto a target area with a predetermined dot pattern; a light receiving optical system which is aligned with the projection optical system away therefrom by a predetermined distance, and has an image pickup element for capturing an image of the target area; a correcting section which divides a captured image obtained by capturing the image of the target area by the image pickup element at a time of actual measurement into a plurality of correction areas, and correcting a pixel value of a pixel in the correction area with use of a minimum pixel value among all pixel values of pixels in the correction area for generating a corrected image; and an information acquiring section which acquires three-dimensional information of an object in the target area, based on the corrected image generated by the correcting section.	02-28-2013

Hiroyuki Muto, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130070357	VEHICLE MIRROR DEVICE - A covering member appropriately covers an opening hole in a accommodating body. In a vehicle door minor device, look of a visor body at the outer periphery of a mirror is enhanced by an upper covering plate and a lower covering plate of an inner cover covering an upper recess portion and a lower recess portion, respectively, in a peripheral wall of the visor body. The upper covering plate and the lower covering plate abut the upper recess portion and the lower recess portion, respectively. The upper covering plate and the lower covering plate can accordingly be positioned in the upper recess portion and the lower recess portion, respectively. The upper covering plate and the lower covering plate can accordingly appropriately cover the upper recess portion and the lower recess portion, respectively.	03-21-2013

Hiroyuki Muto, Toyohashi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130177835	PROTON CONDUCTOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING PROTON CONDUCTOR - By using a composite material that is produced from an acid salt of an oxo acid compound and an azole compound, a proton conductor with good proton conductivity properties under medium temperature, non-humidified conditions may be achieved. The composite material may be produced by mechanical milling of the acid salt of the oxo acid compound and the azole compound using a planetary ball mill The structure of the composite material obtained by the mixing processing may be different from that of a mixture of the acid salt of the oxo acid compound and the azole compound. Therefore, it may be possible to produce the proton conductor that has good proton conductivity properties under medium temperature, non-humidified conditions with a simple method of mechanical mixing.	07-11-2013
20150190840	DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE PARTICLES - A device and process for producing composite particles capable of adding a control agent for controlling a surface charge of particles such as a polymer electrolyte without being in excess or short. The production device includes a reservoir tank holding liquid containing either a first group or a second group of particles; a dispersion state measuring mechanism measuring a dispersion state of the particles in the liquid held in the reservoir tank; a dispersion state storage storing the dispersion state measured by the dispersion state measuring mechanism when a control agent for controlling a surface charge of the particles contained in the liquid in the reservoir tank is added into the reservoir tank; and an information output outputting information indicating that the dispersion state of the particles in the liquid in the reservoir tank is a desired state, based on the dispersion state stored in the dispersion state storage.	07-09-2015

Jun Muto, Toyota-Shi Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140254209	ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM - An electric power conversion system includes: a primary electric power conversion circuit including primary right and left arms; a secondary electric power conversion circuit including secondary right and left arms; and a control circuit controlling transfer of electric power between the primary and secondary electric power conversion circuits by magnetically coupling a primary coil to a secondary coil. The control circuit sets an interphase difference in switching between right and left arm lower transistors in the primary electric power conversion circuit and an interphase difference in switching between right and left arm lower transistors in the secondary electric power conversion circuit on the basis of off times of the primary and secondary electric power conversion circuits such that a phase difference between terminal voltage waveforms of the primary and secondary coils is 0 and duty ratios of the terminal voltage waveforms are equal to each other.	09-11-2014
20140286055	ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM - An electric power conversion system includes: a primary electric power conversion circuit including a primary coil connected to a connection point between a plurality of transistors; a secondary electric power conversion circuit configured similarly to the primary electric power conversion circuit and including a secondary coil corresponding to the primary coil; and a control circuit controlling transfer of electric power between the primary and secondary electric power conversion circuits. The control circuit executes feedforward control for setting one of an on/off ratio of a terminal voltage signal of the primary coil and an on/off ratio of a terminal voltage signal of the secondary coil, in response to at least one of fluctuations in voltage ratio between both waveforms and fluctuations in phase symmetry between both waveforms, when the terminal voltage waveform of the primary coil and the terminal voltage waveform of the secondary coil are different from each other.	09-25-2014
20140347891	POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND POWER CORRECTION METHOD - A power conversion apparatus includes a primary side circuit, a secondary side circuit that is connected to the primary side circuit through a reactor and magnetically coupled thereto through a transformer, and a control unit that adjusts power transmitted between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit by changing a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit. The control unit adjusts the frequency of switching of the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit according to the value of an equivalent inductance of the reactor and the transformer.	11-27-2014
20140347892	POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A power conversion apparatus includes a plurality of power supply circuits each including a primary side circuit, and a secondary side circuit that is magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit via a transformer. Electrical power that changes according to a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit is input and output to and from the power supply circuit. The power conversion apparatus includes a first power supply circuit, a second power supply circuit that uses, as an input side thereof, an output side of the first power supply circuit, and a control unit that adjusts residual power obtained by subtracting input power of the second power supply circuit from output power of the first power supply circuit, by controlling a phase difference of the first power supply circuit and a phase difference of the second power supply circuit.	11-27-2014
20140367154	CAPACITOR ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MOUNTING CAPACITOR - A capacitor arrangement structure includes: a first wiring pattern; a second wiring pattern; a first electrode pattern that protrudes from the first wiring pattern toward the second wiring pattern; a second electrode pattern that protrudes from the second wiring pattern toward the first wiring pattern so as to run in parallel to the first electrode pattern; and a plurality of capacitors that are arranged in parallel between the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern.	12-18-2014
20150295503	POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A power conversion method of a power conversion device including a primary side port disposed in a primary side circuit and a secondary side port disposed in a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit with a transformer, the power conversion device adjusting transmission power transmitted between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit by changing a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit, and changing a voltage of the secondary side port by a DC-DC converter connected to the secondary side port, the power conversion method including: monitoring a voltage ratio of a voltage of the primary side port and the voltage of the secondary side port; and causing the DC-DC converter to operate when the voltage ratio deviates from the reference value by the specified value or more.	10-15-2015

Jun Muto, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140237280	POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A power supply system includes a plurality of power supply circuits connected to a common output node and a control unit that controls outputs of the plurality of power supply circuits such that an output value at the output node follows an output target value at the output node. The control unit is configured to change the output of part of the plurality of power supply circuits when there is a deviation smaller than or equal to a predetermined value between the output value and the output target value.	08-21-2014
20140347889	POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A power conversion apparatus includes a primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit via a transformer, and converts power between a primary side port of the primary side circuit and a secondary side port of the secondary side circuit, using switching of each of the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit. The power conversion apparatus further includes a control unit that controls a frequency of the switching and a phase difference between the switching of the primary side circuit and the switching of the secondary side circuit such that power conversion efficiency between the primary side port and the secondary side port is increased.	11-27-2014
20150102893	COIL PART - There is to provide a coil part capable of reducing the number of fastening means such as screws and so on required when attaching it to a substrate. A coil part includes a transformer unit and a reactor unit, wherein the transformer unit includes: a primary winding part formed by winding a flat wire around a primary side hollow part; secondary winding parts, the secondary winding part being formed by winding a flat wire around a secondary side hollow part communicating with the primary side hollow part, arranged in pairs in a state of facing one side and another side of the primary winding part respectively; and a first core inserted into the primary side hollow part and the secondary side hollow part, and the reactor unit includes: a reactor winding part formed by extending one terminal side of the flat wire constituting the secondary winding part and winding the flat wire around a reactor side hollow part; and a second core inserted into the reactor side hollow part.	04-16-2015
20150138840	POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND POWER CORRECTION METHOD - The power correction method corrects transmitted power, which is transmitted between a primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit which is connected to the primary side circuit via a reactor and magnetically coupled with the primary side circuit via a transformer and is adjusted according to a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit. The method includes a switching step of turning on first transistor and second transistor; a voltage applying step of applying a predetermined voltage; a switching step of turning on a third transistor and a fourth transistor; a delay time measurement step of measuring delay time; a slope measurement step of measuring slope of the current; and a correction step of correcting the transmitted power.	05-21-2015
20150194256	MAGNETIC COUPLING INDUCTOR AND MULTI-PORT CONVERTER - A magnetic coupling inductor includes a pair of windings that are magnetically coupled. A same phase current and a reverse phase current both flow through the pair of windings, and each winding has a plurality of turns in one layer in the axial direction of the windings. The windings through which the currents of opposite phases flow of the one layer of the pair of windings are oppositely arranged to each other in the axial direction of the windings.	07-09-2015
20150244279	ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT SYSTEM - There is provided an electric power conversion circuit system having a primary side electric power conversion circuit, a secondary side electric power conversion circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit sets at least one of a half-bridge phase difference between a lower-left-arm transistor and a lower-right-arm transistor of the primary side electric power conversion circuit and a half-bridge phase difference of the secondary side electric power conversion circuit based on OFF periods of the primary side and secondary side electric power conversion circuits, dead-times of the primary side and secondary side electric power conversion circuits, and an amount of change of a power supply voltage so that a current in a non-transmission period of electric power is zero between the primary side and secondary side electric power conversion circuits.	08-27-2015
20150263633	POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STARTING UP THE SAME - A power conversion apparatus includes a transformer; a primary side full bridge circuit provided on a primary side of the transformer; a first port connected to the primary side full bridge circuit; a second port connected to a center tap of the primary side of the transformer; a secondary side full bridge circuit provided on a secondary side of the transformer; a third port connected to the secondary side full bridge circuit; and a control unit configured to cause an upper arm of the secondary side full bridge circuit to operate in an active region in a case where a capacitor connected to the third port is charged with a transmitted power transmitted to the secondary side full bridge circuit via the transformer from the primary side full bridge circuit when power of the second port is stepped up and the stepped up power is output to the first port.	09-17-2015
20150280579	POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - There is provided a power supply system including a first power supply and a second power supply. The power supply system includes a power conversion circuit capable of bidirectionally sending and receiving power by bidirectional voltage conversion between the first power supply and the second power supply, converting the first voltage from the first power supply to output a third voltage and a fourth voltage, and converting the second voltage from the second power supply to output the third voltage and the fourth voltage.	10-01-2015
20150295445	ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Assuming that a transformer has a primary to secondary winding turn ratio 1:N, VR denotes a voltage of regenerated power, VCd denotes a discharge final voltage of a first battery connected with a transformer-primary-side center tap, VCc denotes a charge final voltage of the first battery, VBd denotes a discharge final voltage of a second battery connected with a transformer-secondary-side full bridge circuit, VBc denotes a charge final voltage of the second battery and Drain denotes a lower limit of a duty ratio D of a transformer-primary-side full bridge circuit, an apparatus determines upon (VBd/N)≦VR≦(VBc/N) that the first and second batteries may be able to be charged with regenerated power and determines upon VCd≦VR≦(VCc/Dmin) that the first battery may be able to be charged with the regenerated power.	10-15-2015

Jun Muto, Haga-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140291067	EXHAUST SILENCING DEVICE - An exhaust silencing device connected to an exhaust system of an engine is provided in which two outlet pipes that have at an upstream end thereof an opening portion opening within the silencer main body and that discharge exhaust gas within the silencer main body to an outside thereof are disposed within the silencer main body along a bottom thereof so that the distances thereof from the lowest part of the bottom are substantially equal, and the opening portion of one outlet pipe is directed further toward the bottom of the silencer main body than is the opening portion of the other outlet pipe. Such exhaust silencing device efficiently discharges to the outside the condensed water building up within the silencer main body so as not to impair an effect in reducing exhaust resistance by providing two outlet pipes that guide the exhaust gas to the outside.	10-02-2014

Jyoji Muto, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140026570	Solar thermodynamic machine power generation technology - A solar thermodynamic machine power generation method can use the radiant energy of the solar concentrator, and directly convert the internal energy of the working medium molecule with cyclic phase transformation at low boiling point into electric energy for achieving the fuel-free large-scale electric power production. It has the characteristics of long-term continuous operation, green environmental protection, safety and reliability and low cost, and has a great application and social economic value. It makes use of the internal energy exchanging of the working medium molecule. It working process is thermal cycling balance. The present invention can be long-term continuously operated without the external power and does not consume any fuel and water. It is especially suitably applied to the solar tower-type and other light-gathering and thermal storage power generation systems.	01-30-2014

Kei Muto, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140275549	METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHENYL-SUBSTITUTED HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE - The present invention is a method for producing a phenyl-substituted heterocyclic derivative represented by general formula (1), which has a step wherein a heteroaromatic compound represented by general formula (2) is reacted with a phenol derivative represented by general formula (3) in the presence of a nickel compound, 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane, and a base.	09-18-2014

Keisuke Muto, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150124490	ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A switching circuit is configured to switch on/off a current that flows through a resonance circuit constituted by a primary winding of a transformer, a capacitance element, and an inductor that are connected in series. Electric power that is induced in a secondary winding of the transformer is rectified by a rectifier circuit. A switch is connected in parallel with the capacitance element. A control unit is configured to control the switching circuit and the switch. The control unit is configured to select a first operation in which an operation frequency of the switching circuit is controlled by switching off the switch, and select a second operation in which a period during which a current flows from the switching circuit to the primary winding of the transformer is controlled by switching on the switch.	05-07-2015

Keisuke Muto, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150041458	MICROWAVE TREATMENT DEVICE - A microwave processing apparatus is provided with an oscillator, a power amplifier, a heating chamber that accommodates an object to be heated, a power feeder which is disposed on a wall surface of the heating chamber, which receives an output transmitted from a microwave generator and which radiatively feeds the microwave into the heating chamber, and a power detector that detects the power reflected from the power feeder to the power amplifier. The microwave processing apparatus determines a plurality of points of heating frequencies by using top several points of minimum point frequencies of the reflected power, and performs frequency hopping heating within a predetermined unit time.	02-12-2015

Kenichi Muto, Fukushima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130206893	MULTIPLE WINDING APPARATUS AND MULTIPLE WINDING METHOD FOR COIL - The multiple winding apparatus for coil includes a winding core, a spindle shaft on a tip end of which the winding core is removably mounted and which rotates together with the winding core, a wire rod feeding flyer which feeds a wire rod while rotating around the winding core mounted on the spindle shaft, a winding core removal mechanism which removes the winding core from the spindle shaft by moving the winding core in an axial direction, a supporting member which faces the spindle shaft and supports a plurality of the winding cores removed by the winding core removal mechanism at desired intervals in the axial direction, and a support member moving mechanism which moves the supporting member supporting the winding cores from a position facing the spindle shaft in a direction away from the spindle shaft.	08-15-2013
20150183614	WINDING APPARATUS AND WINDING METHOD - A winding apparatus includes a nozzle that is adapted to rotate about a core along a locus that is inclined relative to a center line of the core, wire material winding members that are adapted to guide a wire material wound via the nozzle to the core, and a core rotating mechanism that is adapted to rotate the core relative to the wire material winding members. The wire material winding members are disposed on either side of the core so as to sandwich a plane that includes both a rotary center of the nozzle and the center line of the core, whereby the wire material winding members extend in a tangential direction to the core such that respective tip ends thereof are oriented in a rotation direction of the core. The wire material is successively wound diagonally around the core.	07-02-2015
20150270063	COIL WINDING DEVICE AND WINDING METHOD THEREOF - The coil winding device includes a nozzle configured to feed a wire to wind the wire around the winding core to form a coil, a plurality of hook rods disposed in predetermined intervals around an end part of the winding core, the wire drawn out from an edge of the coil being configured to be hooked to each of the plurality of hook rods during a forming process of the coil, a winding core rotating mechanism configured to rotate the winding core together with the plurality of hook rods, a hook rod rotating mechanism configured to rotate the plurality of the hook rods, and a wire drawing-out mechanism configured to draw out the wire from the edge of the coil and hook the wire on the hook rods during the forming process of the coil.	09-24-2015
20150273553	COIL SHAPING DEVICE AND COIL SHAPING METHOD - A coil shaping device includes a plurality of rollers having an outer circumference formed with a concave groove having an arc-shaped cross section, a roller moving mechanism making the rollers move between a gripping position, at the gripping position the plurality of rollers grips the coil from surroundings of the coil, and a separating position, at the separating position the plurality of rollers is separated from the coil, and a rolling movement mechanism making the plurality of rollers positioned in the gripping position move, by the plurality of rollers being rolled in a longitudinal direction of the coil.	10-01-2015

Kenji Muto, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140129087	MOBILE VEHICLE - In a mobile vehicle	05-08-2014
20150321723	MOBILE VEHICLE - In a mobile vehicle	11-12-2015

Kenji Muto, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140324312	VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A vehicle identification apparatus mounted in a vehicle provided with a detection unit configured to detect a speed of a first other vehicle and a communication unit configured to receive information indicative of a speed of a second other vehicle from the second other vehicle. In the apparatus, a calculation unit calculates an indicator value indicative of a likelihood that the first and second other vehicles are the same, where the indicator value is defined as a function of the speed of the first other vehicle detected by the detection unit and the speed of the second other vehicle indicated by the information received by the communication unit. A determination unit determines whether or not the first and second other vehicles are the same on the basis of the indicator value calculated by the calculation unit.	10-30-2014

Kenji Muto, Kariya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120140077	IMAGE SERVER, IMAGE DELIVER BASED ON IMAGE INFORMATION AND CONDITION, AND IMAGE DISPLAY TERMINAL - Images are efficiently collected or delivered so that uncomfortable feeling given to users who view picked images picked up at vehicles and delivered by an image server is lessened. An image server is so constructed that the following operation is performed: the picked image of the surroundings of a vehicle, picked up with a camera mounted on the vehicle, and the image pickup information of the picked image, including information about the image pickup point, are stored on a storing medium; and picked images stored on the storing medium are delivered to users who view received picked images. One is selected from among picked images inputted from a vehicle with respect to each of areas to which the image pickup points of those picked images belong based on the image pickup information and a predetermined selection condition. The selected picked image is stored on the storing medium.	06-07-2012
20120176500	IMAGE SERVER, IMAGE DELIVER BASED ON IMAGE INFORMATION AND CONDITION, AND IMAGE DISPLAY TERMINAL - Images are efficiently collected or delivered so that uncomfortable feeling given to users who view picked images picked up at vehicles and delivered by an image server is lessened. An image server is so constructed that the following operation is performed: the picked image of the surroundings of a vehicle, picked up with a camera mounted on the vehicle, and the image pickup information of the picked image, including information about the image pickup point, are stored on a storing medium; and picked images stored on the storing medium are delivered to users who view received picked images. One is selected from among picked images inputted from a vehicle with respect to each of areas to which the image pickup points of those picked images belong based on the image pickup information and a predetermined selection condition. The selected picked image is stored on the storing medium.	07-12-2012
20150334535	WIRELESS POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A wireless position detection apparatus specifies, on a road, a target point corresponding to a current position correspondence point of a moving object and calculates a positioning coordinate of the target point as current position information of the moving object based on (i) position information of the current position correspondence point of the moving object on the coverage map, (ii) the position information of the auxiliary points positioned immediately prior to and immediately posterior to the current position correspondence point on the coverage, and (iii) the position data of the map objects corresponding to the auxiliary points positioned immediately prior to and immediately posterior to the current position correspondence point on the coverage map.	11-19-2015

Kenji Muto, Amagasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120202686	HEAT-SENSITIVE RECORDING MATERIAL - The present invention provides a heat-sensitive recording material that suffers no defective coating and is superior in color-exhibiting sensitivity, image quality, and chemical resistance. The heat-sensitive recording material successively comprising, on a support, an undercoat layer, a heat-sensitive recording layer containing a leuco dye and a developer, and a protective layer, wherein the heat-sensitive recording layer contains, as a main pigment, kaolin having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 0.4 μm measured by a sedimentation method in an amount of 4 to 60 mass % based on a total solids content of the heat-sensitive recording layer, and wherein the heat-sensitive recording layer and the protective layer are formed by applying a heat-sensitive recording layer coating composition and a protective layer coating composition by a simultaneous multilayer curtain coating method, and drying resulting coatings.	08-09-2012

Kiichi Muto, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130013825	USB DEVICE CONTROLLER AND POWER CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A device controller, a peripheral device, and a power control method that enable buffers to be used efficiently and that enable power control to be performed on the basis of data amounts accumulated in the buffers are provided. A novel device controller includes an input buffer for accumulating data output from a host device, an output buffer for accumulating data output to the host device, a data communication section for transferring data between the input and output buffers and the host device, and a data buffer control section for modifying buffer allocation amounts to the input and output buffers on the basis of the data amount accumulated in at least one of the input and output buffers. The data buffer control section causes the data communication section to transition from a normal power consumption mode to a low power consumption mode when the data amount reaches a predetermined value.	01-10-2013

Koji Muto, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120199686	WEBBING WINDING DEVICE - In a webbing-winding device, a tension acting on a webbing is smaller when a pretensioner-mechanism is actuated than when a force-limiter mechanism is actuated, thus, projection dimensions of a first claw and a second claw can be made smaller than projection dimensions of second contact portions. A total of contact areas of first contact portions and the second contact portions with a body portion is larger than a total of contact areas of the first claw and the second claw with the body portion. Accordingly, the first claw and the second claw are caused to insert through an insertion hole from the lower side of a stay to attach. Since the projection dimensions can be made smaller, an amount of deflection of the protector can be made smaller. Therefore, the protector can be held on the stay reliably to allow the protector to be attached to the stay easily.	08-09-2012

Kuniaki Muto, Mitoyo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130164478	DOUBLE-FACED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET, DOUBLE-FACED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET WITH RELEASE SHEET, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND TRANSPARENT LAMINATE - A double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, including a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on one side of the aforementioned first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein a primary component of the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is a two-part acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive (I), and a weight average molecular weight of the pertinent two-part acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive (I) is 150,000-800,000, and wherein a primary component of the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is a two-part acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive (II), and a weight average molecular weight of the pertinent two-part acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive (II) is 900,000-2,000,000.	06-27-2013

Mario Muto, Naples IT

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090209901	APPARATUS FOR ADMINSTERING A THERAPEUTIC AGENT INTO TISSUE - An apparatus for administering a therapeutic agent is provided. The apparatus, in an embodiment, includes an ozone generator connected to a scavenger and an ozone administrator via network of tubing and valves. When activated and the valves placed in the proper position, the ozone generator will fill the ozone administrator with ozone. The ozone generator can then be turned off and the valves moved so that the administrator can be disconnected from the remainder of the apparatus. The administrator is typically in the form of a syringe and needle. Once the syringe and needle is filled with ozone, the needle can be inserted into a tissue and the ozone expressed therefrom into the tissue. Various other apparatuses and methods are also contemplated.	08-20-2009
20090209902	KIT FOR ADMINSTERING A THERAPEUTIC AGENT INTO TISSUE - An apparatus for administering a therapeutic agent is provided. The apparatus, in an embodiment, includes an ozone generator connected to a scavenger and an ozone administrator via network of tubing and valves. When activated and the valves placed in the proper position, the ozone generator will fill the ozone administrator with ozone. The ozone generator can then be turned off and the valves moved so that the administrator can be disconnected from the remainder of the apparatus. The administrator is typically in the form of a syringe and needle. Once the syringe and needle is filled with ozone, the needle can be inserted into a tissue and the ozone expressed therefrom into the tissue. Various other apparatuses and methods are also contemplated.	08-20-2009
20090254021	KIT FOR ADMINISTERING A THERAPEUTIC AGENT INTO TISSUE - An apparatus for administering a therapeutic agent is provided. The apparatus, in an embodiment, includes an ozone generator connected to a scavenger and an ozone administrator via network of tubing and valves. When activated and the valves placed in the proper position, the ozone generator will fill the ozone administrator with ozone. The ozone generator can then be turned off and the valves moved so that the administrator can be disconnected from the remainder of the apparatus. The administrator is typically in the form of a syringe and needle. Once the syringe and needle is filled with ozone, the needle can be inserted into a tissue and the ozone expressed therefrom into the tissue. Various other apparatuses and methods are also contemplated.	10-08-2009

Masamichi Muto, Zama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120244571	MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR VIABLE CELL COUNT, AND CULTURE MEDIUM - There are provided a method of identifying a microorganism belonging to	09-27-2012

Masataka Muto, Takasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130264605	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: a step of etching a Si (111) substrate along a (111) plane of the Si (111) substrate to separate a Si (111) thin-film device having a separated surface along the (111) plane.	10-10-2013

Masimichi Muto, Zama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120149054	MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR VIABLE CELL COUNT, AND CULTURE MEDIUM - There are provided a method of identifying the	06-14-2012

Mika Muto, Tachikawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120163659	IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that generates a pair of pieces of image data mutually having a parallax by capturing a subject, an image processing unit that performs special effect processing, which is capable of producing a visual effect by combining a plurality of pieces of image processing, on a pair of images corresponding to the pair of pieces of image data, and a region setting unit that sets a region where the image processing unit performs the special effect processing on the pair of images.	06-28-2012

Mitsutaka Muto, Nagoya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120200135	HEADREST SUPPORT DEVICE - The disclosed headrest support device is formed with a synthetic thermoplastic resin material as a base, in an effort to reduce overall weight. The headrest support device is provided to the top of the seatback of a seat for a vehicle, holds a headrest that supports the head of a seat occupant, and is such that the height in the vertical direction of the headrest can be adjusted. The headrest support device is caused to comprise two stay guides (	08-09-2012

Motoharu Muto, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130193881	RECHARGEABLE ELECTRIC TOOL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RECHARGEABLE ELECTRIC TOOL - The electric tool is powered by a secondary battery as a power source, and includes: an output section configured to be transmitted thereto a rotation of a motor directly or through a decelerator; a voltage measurement section that measures a battery voltage; a storage means that stores, as a reference voltage, a voltage value of the battery voltage measured preliminarily when a motor-lock is occurring; and a control means that controls a driving of the motor. The control means is configured to decide that the motor is being locked and then stop or decelerate the motor upon detecting that the battery voltage measured through the voltage measurement section is maintained lower than or equal to the reference voltage stored in the storage means for a predetermined period of time during the driving of the motor.	08-01-2013
20130229151	BATTERY PACK - The battery pack includes: a charging terminal receiving power from a charger while connected to the charger; a battery connected to the charging terminal and recharged by power from the charger via the charging terminal; a protective circuit performing a protective operation of detecting an overcharge of the battery by using power from the battery while receiving a driving signal, and terminating the protective operation when receiving no driving signal; an activation terminal receiving an activation signal from the charger while connected to the charger; an activation circuit connected to the activation terminal and configured to output the driving signal to the protective circuit while receiving the activation signal from the charger via the activation terminal; and an auxiliary activation circuit connected to the charging terminal and configured to provide the driving signal to the protective circuit while the battery receives power from the charger via the charging terminal.	09-05-2013

Nanami Muto, Chiba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120122791	SUBSTRATE FOR CARTILAGE CULTIVATION USING ARTIFICIAL COLLAGEN, AND METHOD FOR CARTILAGE REGENERATION TREATMENT USING THE SUBSTRATE - Provided are a substrate for cartilage cultivation, which exhibits high safety and has a growth promoting effect on cartilage cells, and a method for cartilage regeneration treatment. The substrate for cartilage cultivation containing artificial collagen, in particular, an artificial collagen aqueous solution has a growth promoting effect on cartilage cells. A cartilage regeneration effect is obtained by the intraarticular injection of the substrate in and around a cartilage defect site.	05-17-2012

Nobuharu Muto, Kitakatsushika-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150285394	FUEL VAPOR CONTROL DEVICE - A fuel vapor control device has a flow control valve which regulates a flow amount of fuel vapor from a fuel tank to a canister. The flow control valve has a movable element accommodated in a case. The movable valve element has a central cylindrical part, an outer cylindrical part, and a disc part which connects the central cylindrical part and the outer cylindrical part. The central cylindrical part provides a central channel. The central channel provides a main channel which communicates an inlet and an outlet. A sub channel defined and formed between the movable element and the case is opened and closed by a valve formed by the case and the outer cylindrical part. The central channel makes easy setting of flow amount in regulated condition. Since turbulence is reduced, it is possible to perform stable regulation.	10-08-2015

Nobuo Muto, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150161911	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device includes: a user information acquisition unit which acquires first information, second information, and third information about a user; a correlation information acquisition unit which acquires correlation information representing a relation between the first information, the second information, and the third information; an initial value setting unit which sets an initial value of the first information, the second information, and the third information; a fixing designation unit which designate fixing of the first information; a change designation unit which designates change of the second information; and an update unit which updates the third information on the basis of the correlation information.	06-11-2015

Sadayoshi Muto, Komaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150332828	ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR - An electromagnetic coil includes a conductor winding	11-19-2015

Satoru Muto, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140284133	POWER STEERING APPARATUS AND REDUCTION MECHANISM FOR POWER STEERING - A fixation member is circularly formed to surround a wheel turning shaft and includes an abutment surface in abutment with an end surface of a bearing on one axial side. The fixation member fixes the bearing to a housing by being fixed in the housing with the abutment surface in abutment with the end surface of the bearing. When being mounted, the fixation member is provided by being moved from an opposite axial end side to one axial end side of the nut. The abutment surface of the fixation member is formed on at least a radially inner side of the fixation member. The fixation member includes a cutout portion provided on the radially inner side of the fixation member and formed to prevent interference with a circulation member when the fixation member is inserted in the housing.	09-25-2014

Satoru Muto, Kudamatsu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140302682	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLASMA PROCESSING - The present invention provides a plasma processing method that uses a plasma processing apparatus including a plasma processing chamber in which a sample is plasma processed, a first radio-frequency power supply that supplies a first radio-frequency power for generating plasma, and a second radio-frequency power supply that supplies a second radio-frequency power to a sample stage on which the sample is mounted, wherein the plasma processing method includes the steps of modulating the first radio-frequency power by a first pulse; and controlling a plasma dissociation state to create a desired dissociation state by gradually controlling a duty ratio of the first pulse as a plasma processing time elapses.	10-09-2014

Satoshi Muto, Kurokawa-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120230757	BOLT-LOCKING APPARATUS, MOUNTING METHOD THEREOF AND MOUNTING JIG - A bolt-locking apparatus includes a plurality of fitting members	09-13-2012
20150233412	BOLT-LOCKING APPARATUS, MOUNTING METHOD THEREOF AND MOUNTING JIG - A bolt-locking apparatus includes a plurality of fitting members	08-20-2015

Satoshi Muto, Tokyo-To JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130321352	MODIFYING INFORMATION ON A HAND WRITABLE PHYSICAL MEDIUM WITH A DIGITAL PEN - One embodiment provides a method for modifying information stored in storage by modifying information on a hand writable physical medium with a digital pen, wherein the hand writable physical medium includes a predetermined field including one or more item field name and one or more first region for information entry associated with the one or more item field name. The information stored in the storage includes attribute values corresponding to each of the one or more item field name of the physical medium, and attribute values corresponding to information entered into each of the one or more first region. The method for modifying includes an apparatus communicable with the digital pen detecting that a modification symbol is added, by using the digital pen, to information which has been entered into any of the one or more first region in the predetermined field.	12-05-2013
20150074520	DOCUMENT DIVIDING AND MERGING - Embodiments of the present invention relate to dividing and merging documents on a touch panel. A method includes dividing a document displayed on a touch panel having a display function using an information processing device connected to the touch panel. Positions of two different points on the touch panel are identified in response to a user indicating the two different points in the document. The document is divided, by a computer processor, based on a line segment extending from a starting point to an end point of a traced line traced by the user. The line segment is used as a dividing line in response to the user tracing the traced line on the touch panel so as to traverse the two different points.	03-12-2015

Satoshi Muto, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140085752	CARTRIDGE DRIVE APPARATUS - A cartridge drive apparatus includes a hole detection lever and a hole detector. The hole detection lever is provided with a projection corresponding to an identification hole position of a first shell of a cartridge at an insertion completion position of the cartridge. The projection is supported with respect to the identification hole to be movable in an insertion direction. The movement of the projection in the insertion direction is limited depending on a position of a second shell separated from the first shell. The hole detector is configured to detect whether or not an identification hole is formed at an identification hole position depending on the amount of movement of the projection in the insertion direction.	03-27-2014
20140089951	CARTRIDGE DRIVE APPARATUS - A cartridge drive apparatus includes a holder, a lock plate, and a drive unit. The holder is configured to hold a cartridge inserted therein. The lock plate is attached with respect to the holder to be movable in one of an insertion direction and a discharge direction of the cartridge and includes a locking mechanism configured to lock the cartridge. The drive unit is configured to drive the holder and the lock plate in one of the insertion direction and the discharge direction of the cartridge.	03-27-2014

Shinichiro Muto, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140087329	DRIVE MOTOR OF DENTAL HANDPIECE - A drive motor of a dental handpiece for driving a cutting tool of the handpiece is provided that is connected to the dental handpiece on its front end side and includes a cylindrical casing; a rotor unit, which is rotatably supported inside the casing and outputs a driving force; a stator unit provided around the rotor unit inside the casing; and an air path which causes cooling air supplied from the rear end side of the drive motor to pass through an airtight cooling room circumferentially extending between the stator unit and the casing, and to be discharged from the rear end side.	03-27-2014

Shinya Muto, Miyagi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130068598	SLIDE SWITCH DEVICE - In a slide switch device in which a tactile-feel generation portion generates a tactile feel when a slider is operated to slide via an operation knob, the tactile-feel generation portion includes cam portions formed at a back surface of a flat plate portion of the slider, coil springs held at a guide base, and driving bodies that are elastically urged to the coil springs and are pressed to the cam portions. Elastic arms that elastically contact a guide flat surface of the guide base are provided at the flat plate portion of the slider. The elastic arms and the cam portions are arranged by the same number at positions separated from a shaft portion of the slider.	03-21-2013

Shuhei Muto, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140141190	METHOD OF REPAIRING COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A method of repairing a composite material is provided in which a frustum-shaped portion of a composite material is removed, and the composite material and a repair material are bonded with each other while evacuating. The repair method includes step S	05-22-2014
20140290831	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING HONEYCOMB CORE SANDWICH PANEL - To reduce a time required for repairing a honeycomb core sandwich panel. A repair method according to the present invention is a repair method, in which a repair patch	10-02-2014
20140290832	REPAIR METHOD OF REPAIR TARGET PORTION, AND REPAIR APPARATUS - The present invention sufficiently heats a repairing material while preventing change in quality of a base material provided with the repairing material so as to securely bond the repairing material to a repair target portion. The repair method of the present invention, in order to repair a repair target portion	10-02-2014
20140290851	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING HONEYCOMB CORE SANDWICH PANEL - A repair method according to the present invention is a method for repairing a honeycomb core sandwich panel	10-02-2014
20140295123	METHOD FOR REPAIRING HONEYCOMB CORE SANDWICH STRUCTURAL BODY AND REPAIRED PRODUCT - A method for repairing a honeycomb core sandwich structural body according to the present invention is a method in which a damaged portion that is formed in a honeycomb core sandwich structural body where a honeycomb structured core is held between a first outer skin and a second outer skin and that reaches the core through the first outer skin is repaired, the method including: a repair material mounting step of mounting a repair material on the damaged portion, the repair material including a patch that covers an opening of the damaged portion, and one or a plurality of braces that support the patch; a patch bonding step of bonding the patch to the first outer skin; and a brace bonding step of bonding the brace to the second outer skin or the core.	10-02-2014
20140295124	REPAIR METHOD OF REPAIR TARGET PORTION, AND REPAIRED PRODUCT OBTAINED FROM REPAIRING - The present invention relates to a repair method using a pre-cured repairing patch, and a repaired product obtained from repairing using the repairing patch, and the present invention securely bonds a repairing patch, where an out-of-plane stiffness is required, to a repair target. In order to cover a repair target portion	10-02-2014
20140295125	REPAIR METHOD OF REPAIR TARGET PORTION, REPAIRED PRODUCT, AND REPAIR APPARATUS - The present invention sufficiently heats a repairing material while preventing change in quality of a base material provided with the repairing material so as to securely bond the repairing material to a repair target portion. The repair method of the present invention, in order to repair a repair target portion	10-02-2014
20150217523	HEAT DISPERSION DEVICE AND REPAIR AND JOINING METHODS - The present invention provides a device which can uniformize heat distribution by using an existing heater mat for repairing or joining members. A heat dispersion device includes a bag with a fluid sealed inside, and is disposed on a second surface of a heater mat which has a first surface to be directed toward an object to be heated and the second surface opposite to the first surface. The fluid inside the bag is preferably heated with a heat source.	08-06-2015

Takahiro Muto, Fukushima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150191857	MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF TAMPON AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TAMPON - A manufacturing apparatus of a tampon that has an absorber that absorbs bodily fluids and a removal string to remove the absorber from inside a vagina, the manufacturing apparatus of a tampon includes: a sewing machine that sews the absorber and the removal string together; and a defective sewing detecting portion that detects defective sewing between the absorber and the removal string.	07-09-2015

Takaya Muto, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140063747	COOLING STRUCTURE FOR A SHUNT RESISTOR AND INVERTER APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A cooling structure for a shunt resistor has a semiconductor switching element mounted on a component side of a circuit board, a shunt resistor surface-mounted a solder side of the circuit board, a radiator for releasing heat generated from the semiconductor switching element and the shunt resistor, and an insulating material interposed between the shunt resistor and the radiator and having a high thermal conductivity.	03-06-2014

Takeshi Muto, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150244127	VEHICLE USB PORT - There is provided a vehicle USB port including: a base body attached to a vehicle-body-side member; a hook main body that is provided with a hinge portion rotatably attached to the base body and a hook portion to anchor an anchored member, and that is rotatable between an in-use position in which the hook portion is usable and a stowed position in which the hook portion is not used; a hook main body retaining portion that is formed at the base body and that retains the hook main body moved to the stowed position; a port opening that is formed at the hook main body retaining portion and that is covered by the hook main body moved to the stowed position; and a USB port that is provided in a position facing the port opening, and to which a USB cable can be coupled through the port opening.	08-27-2015

Tomonori Muto, Chuo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140290871	SUNLIGHT-SHIELDING DEVICE - A sunlight-shielding device includes two one-way clutches characterized by a short overall length, compact size, simple structure, and fewer parts for a sunlight-shielding device in which two shielding materials suspended from a head box can be switched using a single-loop up/down operation cord. Each one-way clutch includes has an input disk, input plate, top plate, and output drum provided on a center pin in a rotatable manner such that when the input plate rotates in a specified direction due to the rotation from the input disk, an engagement part of the top plate projects along a guide groove and engages with an engagement projection strip of the output drum, to transmit the rotation from the input disk to the output drum.	10-02-2014

Toru Muto, Hitachi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120043863	Electrical Machinery and Apparatus - In an electrical machinery and apparatus, a storage space is formed along an extension direction of a strand, and a temperature sensor is installed in the storage space of the strand, so that temperature of the strand can be immediately measured, and no pressure is applied to the temperature sensor in the process of forming a ground wall insulation thereby the temperature of the strand can be accurately measured.	02-23-2012

Tsuyoshi Muto, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120259111	SEVEN-MEMBERED RING COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREFOR - A compound having a 7-membered nitrogen-containing ring skeleton represented by the formula (I), which is useful for the prevention or treatment of diseases, in which chymase is involved	10-11-2012

Yasuharu Muto, Kitaibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150221418	NOISE SUPPRESSION CABLE - A noise suppression cable includes a plurality of twisted pair wires, an inclusion that includes an insulating material and a magnetic powder and separates the plurality of twisted pair wires, and a sheath that includes an insulating material and covers a periphery of the plurality of twisted pair wires and the inclusion.	08-06-2015
20150228377	Shielded Cable - A shielded cable includes an insulated wire including a conductor wire and an insulation formed around the conductor wire, and a shield layer formed around the insulated wire and including a shield wire. The shield wire includes a tubular member including a conductive material and defining a gap therein, and a magnetic powder is filled in the gap.	08-13-2015
20150235738	Noise Suppression Cable, Core Assembly, And Electrical Device - A noise suppression cable includes an electrical wire, a first magnetic material including a pair of first surfaces formed along an axis direction of the electrical wire and a convex portion projecting from the first surfaces, and a second magnetic material including a pair of second surfaces disposed on a periphery of the electrical wire, the pair of the second surfaces contacting the pair of the first surfaces such that a tubular shape is formed by the first and second magnetic materials. The first magnetic material and the second magnetic material are configured to generate a compression stress in the convex portion of the first magnetic material by receiving an external force so as to reduce a relative permeability of the convex portion.	08-20-2015
20150235741	Noise Suppression Cable - A noise suppression cable includes a conductor wire, and a magnetic insulation layer that is formed around the conductor wire and includes an insulating material and a flat-shaped magnetic powder. A flatness direction of the magnetic powder is oriented in a circumferential direction of the magnetic insulation layer.	08-20-2015

Yuta Muto, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120127888	BASE STATION, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS RESOURCE ALLOCATING METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATING METHOD - In a wireless communication system, when data communication is performed between a relay device and a terminal (in a second path), the same amount of data is required to be transferred between a base station and the relay device (in a third path). An amount of wireless communication resources required is obtained by adding an amount inversely proportional to a capacity of each of the second and third wireless transmission-paths. Therefore, the amount inversely proportional to the capacity of the third path is consumed in excess. Based on a channel quality of a first wireless channel between the base station and the terminal, a channel quality of a second wireless channel between the terminal and the relay station, and a channel quality of a third wireless channel between the base station and the relay station, it is determined whether data communication between the base station and the terminal is relayed.	05-24-2012
20120243460	ROUTE SELECTING DEVICE AND MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile radio communication system having one or more relay stations and base stations, a gateway, an external device having a route selection function, and a policy control device which selects a main route and a sub route on the basis of residual resources in a radio communication device. The mobile station connected to one radio communication device can select another radio communication device having a large amount of residual resources as a new access point when the one radio communication device cannot be used, to prevent shortage of the radio resources. Also, it is possible to enable a process of selecting the radio communication device as a new access point to be omitted when switching one route to another by determining a sub route as the new access point when a main route is disconnected in advance, to shorten a service disconnection time.	09-27-2012