Patents by Inventor Akira Ishii

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

  • Publication number: 20240150143
    Abstract: A sheet feeding cassette (21) includes a body part (31), a placement plate (33) disposed on a bottom plate (31a) of the body part (31), a shaft (61) extending along a width direction, a lift plate (35) configured to be turned around the shaft (61) to lift and lower a downstream end portion of the placement plate (33), and a pair of side cursors (37F, 37R). Both end portions of the shaft (61) are rotatably supported by the body part (41), outside in the width direction of the side cursors (37F, 37R) disposed at the most separate position. The side cursors (37F, 37R) each has an abutment wall (71F, 71R) abutting on a side surface of the sheet and a recess (79) externally fitted to the shaft (61) from above, and the recess (79) slides on the shaft (61) when the side cursors (37F, 37R) move in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Akira ISHII
  • Patent number: 11959407
    Abstract: A detection device detecting collapse of PM collected in a filter provided in an exhaust system flow path of an internal combustion engine includes: a differential pressure sensor configured to acquire a differential pressure between an exhaust inlet side and an exhaust outlet side of the filter; a water generation determination unit configured to determine whether water is generated in the exhaust system flow path; and a PM collapse determination unit configured to determine that at least a part of the PM collected in the filter has collapsed when a PM accumulation amount estimated based on the acquired differential pressure has increased by a predetermined amount or more within a predetermined period in a state where the PM accumulation amount estimated based on the acquired differential pressure is equal to or larger than a predetermined first threshold and the water generation determination unit has determined that water is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daiki Ishii, Naofumi Ochi, Takanobu Ogawa, Yuta Kageyama, Akira Matsutani, Hitoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20240118612
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition, a method for manufacturing a resist pattern film, and a method for manufacturing a plated shaped article; the photosensitive resin composition comprises (A) an alkali-soluble resin, (B1) a polymerizable compound having at least two (meth)acryloyl groups and at least two hydroxy groups in one molecule and having a ring structure, (C) a photoradical polymerization initiator, (D) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound (d1) containing two or more nitrogen atoms, a thiol compound (d2), and a polymerization inhibitor (d3), and (F) a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi SATOU, Akira Ishii, Takuya Tomita, Kazuhiko Koumura
  • Publication number: 20240093639
    Abstract: This gas turbine plant is provided with a gas turbine and a fuel supply facility. The fuel supply facility is provided with: a liquid ammonia line; a warm water line through which warm water can flow; a vaporizer which can perform the heat exchange between the warm water coming from the warm water line and liquid ammonia coming from the liquid ammonia line to heat and vaporize the liquid ammonia; a heat exchanger which can perform the heat exchange between the warm water in the warm water line and a medium; a heat exchange amount controller which can control the amount of heat exchange between the warm water and the medium to control the temperature of the warm water flowing into the vaporizer; and a gaseous ammonia line which can introduce gaseous ammonia that is ammonia vaporized by the vaporizer into the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo IKEDA, Hiromi ISHII, Akira HATTORI, Michio SASAKI, Takahiro SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20240074034
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes a plurality of circuit boards that transmit signals to each other and a power supply connector for direct-current power. A ground line connected to a ground terminal of the power supply connector is connected to a ground of one of the plurality of circuit boards by way of a ground of another one of the plurality of circuit boards. In this way, the electronic control device including the plurality of circuit boards needs fewer noise reduction components while enabling easier routing of ground lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira ISHII, Tomio SAKASHITA
  • Patent number: 11911891
    Abstract: An actuator system that picks up workpieces aims to shorten tact time and to reduce damages to workpieces. The actuator system includes an actuator that picks up a workpiece, an external force detection sensor that detects a physical quantity that is correlated with an external force that is applied to the workpiece, a head unit that is connected to the actuator and the external force detection sensor without a communication network, the head unit being configured to control the actuator based on a sensing result from the external force detection sensor when a pickup request signal that is a signal requesting pickup of the workpiece is received, and a control device that is connected to the head unit over the communication network, the control device being configured to transmit the pickup request signal to the head unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Fukushima, Masashi Ishii, Hiroki Niwa, Akira Suzuki, Kazuto Oga, Shogo Wakuta, Satoshi Hara, Tomofumi Mizuno, Shigeki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240010452
    Abstract: A sheet feeder includes: a sheet feed roller holding member that holds a pick-up roller capable of coming into contact with and away from a top surface of a sheet, supports the pick-up roller rotatably, and pivotally moves while urging the pick-up roller toward contact with the top surface of the sheet; a restricting member that restricts pivotal movement of the sheet feed roller holding member, resulting in restriction of movement of the pick-up roller toward the contact with the top surface of the sheet; and a restriction cancelling portion that is provided in a sheet feed cassette and abuts against the restricting member to apply to the restricting member a pressing force from the sheet feed cassette, thus cancelling the restriction of the restricting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Akira ISHII
  • Publication number: 20230307995
    Abstract: A fuse circuit element (32) of a fuse module 22 for fail-safe is mounted on a fuse circuit board (31), and connected to wire terminal portions (36) made of respective wire one ends of stator coils. The fuse circuit board (31) has, as main terminals (33), through holes (33a) and land portions (33b), and the wire terminal portions (36) are soldered or welded with the wire terminal portions (36) inserted into the through holes (33a). The fuse circuit board (31) is supported in a cantilever manner by a pedestal portion (52) , and a space (53) is secured between the fuse circuit board (31) and a surface (51) of a housing (7) around the main terminals (33). With this, soldering or welding can be performed without heat escaping during soldering or welding by the space (53).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao FUJIMOTO, Yuuichi YANAGISAWA, Akira ISHII
  • Publication number: 20230299647
    Abstract: A stator (1B) has stator coils (U1, V1 and W1) of a first system and stator coils (U2, V2 and W2) of a second system, and the coils are supplied with power from inverter modules (21). A fuse module (22) has two fuse circuit elements (32) corresponding to respective systems. Phase lines of U, V and W of each fuse circuit element (32) are connected together at a neutral point (40), and a fuse (38) is interposed between the neutral point (40) and each coil. By supplying power to a heater (39) accommodated in the fuse circuit element (32) from a control terminal (34), the fuse (38) is blown out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao FUJIMOTO, Yuuichi YANAGISAWA, Akira ISHII
  • Publication number: 20230271645
    Abstract: A motor drive device includes a first drive system in which a first power supply circuit and a first central processing unit are arranged in order in a first direction, and a second drive system in which a second power supply circuit and a second central processing unit are arranged in order in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are opposite to each other. Calling a straight line passing between the first power supply circuit and the first central processing unit, perpendicular to the first direction, a first virtual line and calling a straight line passing between the second power supply circuit and the second central processing unit, perpendicular to the second direction, a second virtual line, the first central processing unit and the second central processing unit are disposed within an area sandwiched by the first virtual line and the second virtual line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira ISHII, Keiji HAMADA, Narutoshi YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11715989
    Abstract: An element-side connection terminal (40) extending from a power conversion circuit unit (16) includes a first connection terminal portion (40A) that extends in a direction intersecting a direction of extension of a counterpart-side connection terminal (38); and a second connection terminal portion (40B) that is bent at a point before the first connection terminal portion (40A) reaches the counterpart-side connection terminal (38) in a direction to intersect the direction of extension of the counterpart-side connection terminal (38) such that the second connection terminal portion (40B) is provided with elasticity and is in an elastic contact with the counterpart-side connection terminal (38) at an angle. A tip end side (38T) of the counterpart-side connection terminal (38) and a tip end side (40T) of the second connection terminal portion (40B) are electrically joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Hara, Takuro Kanazawa, Kazuhiko Nakano, Akira Ishii, Tetsuro Tateyama
  • Patent number: 11597898
    Abstract: A number analyzing method, a number analyzing device, and a storage medium for number analysis are disclosed, which enable, with high accuracy, analysis of the number or number distribution of particulate or molecular analytes according to the kinds of the analytes. A computer control program is executed on the basis of a data group of particle-passage detection signals which are detected by a nanopore device in accordance with passage of subject particles through a through-hole. Also, a particle type distribution estimating program is executed, to estimate probability density on the basis of a data group based on feature values indicating feature of the waveforms of pulse signals which correspond to the passage of particles and which are obtained as the particle-passage detection signals. Thus, the number of particles can be derived for each particle type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIPORE INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Washio, Tomoji Kawai, Masateru Taniguchi, Makusu Tsutsui, Kazumichi Yokota, Akira Ishii, Takeshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230011559
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic drive device and an electronic steering device, in each of which: a mounting substrate has one surface as a first surface on which a first heat generating component is mounted and the other surface as a second surface on which a second heat generating component is mounted; a first heat dissipation member is arranged in contact with the second surface at a position corresponding to a mounted position of the first heat generating component such that heat generated by the first heat generating component is dissipated to a motor housing; and a second heat dissipation member is arranged in contact with the first surface at a position corresponding to a mounted position of the second heat generating component such that heat generated by the second heat generating component is dissipated to a cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Narutoshi YAMADA, Takuro KANAZAWA, Kazuhiko NAKANO, Akira ISHII
  • Publication number: 20220202182
    Abstract: A pair of slide rails supports a unit on inner side surfaces of a housing in a drawable manner. Each of the pair of slide rails includes a fixed rail, an intermediate rail, and a moving rail. The fixed rail is fixed on the inner side surface along a draw-in direction and a draw-out direction. The intermediate rail is engaged with the fixed rail in a slidable manner. The moving rail is fixed on the unit and engaged with the intermediate rail in a slidable manner. The intermediate rail includes a base part and an upper edge part and a lower edge part respectively bent inward from an upper end and a lower end of the base part. The base part has an extended part formed in such a manner that the lower edge part is protruded from a front end portion of the base part in the draw-out direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Akira ISHII
  • Publication number: 20220057714
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compound (C1) represented by formula (C1), compound (C2) represented by formula (C2), and a multimer of the compound (C2). Z each independently represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. R31 each independently represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group or a group obtained by substituting at least one hydrogen atom in the monovalent hydrocarbon group with a mercapto group, and at least one R31 is a group obtained by substituting at least one hydrogen atom in the monovalent hydrocarbon group with a mercapto group when p is 1 and when p is an integer of 2 or more and all of Z is an oxygen atom. R32 and R33 each independently represent a divalent hydrocarbon group, and R34 represents a glycoluril ring structure or an isocyanul ring structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki NISHIGUCHI, Tomoyuki MATSUMOTO, Akira ISHII, Ayako ENDO
  • Publication number: 20220035246
    Abstract: A method for producing a plated formed product includes: a step (1) of forming on a substrate of the substrate having a metal film a resin film of a photosensitive resin composition containing a sulfur-containing compound having at least one selected from a mercapto group, a sulfide bond, and a polysulfide bond; a step (2) of exposing the resin film; a step (3) of developing the exposed resin film to form a resist pattern film; a step (4) of performing plasma treatment of a substrate having the resist pattern film on the metal film with oxygen-containing gas; and a step (5) of performing, after the plasma treatment, plating treatment with the resist pattern film as a mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki NISHIGUCHI, Tomoyuki MATSUMOTO, Akira ISHII, Ayako ENDO
  • Publication number: 20210261187
    Abstract: An electric drive device includes: an electronic control section including a first electronic control section and a second electronic control section which constitute a redundant system, the first electronic control section and the second electronic control section being provided with a first control section side connecter and a second control section side connecter which have an identical configuration, and the first non-control section side connecter being engaged with the first control section side connecter, and the second non-control section side connecter being engaged with the second control section side connecter to correspond to the lengths of the first harness and the second harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira ISHII, Narutoshi YAMADA, Hideyuki HARA, Takuro KANAZAWA
  • Patent number: 11029637
    Abstract: A positioning structure includes a positioning aiding member attached to a horizontal beam of a sheet feeder and having a positioning hole formed at an opposed portion thereof opposed to the horizontal beam. The positioning aiding member has a guide part that, when an image forming apparatus is installed onto a top of the sheet feeder, guides a horizontal beam of the image forming apparatus such that a positioning hole formed in a lower surface of the horizontal beam of the image forming apparatus approaches a first positioning pin coupled with the positioning aiding member as viewed in an extending direction of the horizontal beam of the sheet feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Akira Ishii, Masayuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11011996
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the reliability of a power converter against electromagnetic noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Ishii, Hiroyuki Saito, Yutaka Okubo, Ryuji Kurihara, Yuji Sobu
  • Patent number: 10962921
    Abstract: An electrical connector of an image forming apparatus exposes outward from a bottom surface of the image forming apparatus. An electrical connector of a sheet feeder protrudes from a top surface of the sheet feeder. The sheet feeder has a slider configured to be horizontally movable, while holding the electrical connector of the sheet feeder, between a connecting position at which the electrical connectors of the sheet feeder and image forming apparatus are connected and a disconnecting position at which the electrical connectors are disconnected. A locking member having a locking engaged part is fixed to the image forming apparatus. When the slider is moved to the connecting position, a locking engaging part of the slider engages the locking engaged part of the locking member so that the locking member and the slider are locked such that they cannot be separated vertically from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Akira Ishii, Masayuki Yamada