Patents by Inventor Akihiko Ohba

Akihiko Ohba has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11932102
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a tank having a cylindrical tank main unit, and a neck provided at a first end in an axial direction of the tank main unit, a bracket that fixes the tank main unit to a vehicle body of the vehicle by neck mounting, using the neck, and a fixing device. The fixing device has a covering portion that grips and holds, at a second end in the axial direction of the tank main unit, the tank main unit so as to surround an outer circumferential face of the tank main unit, and a fixing portion that is integrally provided with the covering portion and that is fixed to the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Katano, Akihiko Ohba
  • Publication number: 20230392755
    Abstract: The discharge direction when the gas in the high-pressure tank is released by the opening of the plug, the high-pressure tank is arranged so as not to overlap with the position of the plug of the other adjacent high-pressure tank, or one end side of the band for fixing the high-pressure tank to the frame is a first connecting portion fixed to the frame via an elastic body, in the adjacent high-pressure tank, the first connecting portions are arranged so as to face each other, the first connecting portions arranged so as to face each other are arranged so as to be aligned in a direction parallel to the axis of the high-pressure tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko OHBA, Shinnosuke SAKO, Shusuke INAGI
  • Publication number: 20230392754
    Abstract: A tank mounting structure for holding a tank includes two first frames that hold both ends of the tank and surround the tank, and a second frame disposed between the two first frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko OHBA, Shinnosuke SAKO, Shusuke INAGI
  • Publication number: 20220009347
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a tank having a cylindrical tank main unit, and a neck provided at a first end in an axial direction of the tank main unit, a bracket that fixes the tank main unit to a vehicle body of the vehicle by neck mounting, using the neck, and a fixing device. The fixing device has a covering portion that grips and holds, at a second end in the axial direction of the tank main unit, the tank main unit so as to surround an outer circumferential face of the tank main unit, and a fixing portion that is integrally provided with the covering portion and that is fixed to the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji KATANO, Akihiko OHBA
  • Patent number: 6334022
    Abstract: The video information recording and reproducing apparatus includes an inputting information part for receiving video information, a storing information part, an outputting information part for producing video information, an automatic indexing information part for automatically adding indexes to the inputted video information, a filtering video information part for automatically selecting video information to be stored from the inputting information part, and a controlling part for controlling the above elements, thereby actualizing the free time-shift viewing function, intelligent search function, and automatic video data base generation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ohba, Toru Matsushita, Masahiro Kageyama, Hiroshi Yoshigi, Taizo Kinoshita, Tatsundo Suzuki, Yukio Kumagai, Hisao Tanabe
  • Patent number: 5745771
    Abstract: A plurality of disc units, an array control unit, and a host controller connecting mechanism for connecting them to a host controller through a system interface are mounted on the same circuit board. The order of interrupts of requests for connecting of disc units is detected, and the disc units are connected to a common bus selectively. Cables for interconnecting constituent elements of the disc array device and supporting mechanisms for the disc units can be dispensed with, and consequently the cost can be reduced. Useless rotation waiting is avoided, improving the data transfer rate. The disc array device can be built in the host device and connected directly to the system bus. Therefore the ease of operation can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ohyama, Yoshihisa Kamo, Akihiko Ohba, Hitoshi Kakuta, Toyohiko Kagimasa, Hiroki Kanai