Patents by Inventor Atsushi Hagihara

Atsushi Hagihara 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: 9919701
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid vehicle driving system in which quick response and improvement in fuel economy are compatible. A hybrid vehicle driving system 1 of the invention includes a cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit for determining the necessity of a cylinder deactivated operation of an engine 6 when a required driving force required on a vehicle is smaller than a driving force of the engine 6 that runs in the cylinder deactivated operation. When the cylinder deactivated operation is determined to be unnecessary by the cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit, the vehicle can be driven in an EV driving by disengaging a first clutch 41 and a second clutch 42, whereas when the cylinder deactivated operation is determined to be necessary by the cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit, the engine 6 runs in the cylinder deactivated operation and at least one of the first clutch 42 and the second clutch 42 is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetaka Kuroda, Atsushi Hagihara, Hiroyuki Isegawa
  • Publication number: 20150336561
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid vehicle driving system in which quick response and improvement in fuel economy are compatible. A hybrid vehicle driving system 1 of the invention includes a cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit for determining the necessity of a cylinder deactivated operation of an engine 6 when a required driving force required on a vehicle is smaller than a driving force of the engine 6 that runs in the cylinder deactivated operation. When the cylinder deactivated operation is determined to be unnecessary by the cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit, the vehicle can be driven in an EV driving by disengaging a first clutch 41 and a second clutch 42, whereas when the cylinder deactivated operation is determined to be necessary by the cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit, the engine 6 runs in the cylinder deactivated operation and at least one of the first clutch 42 and the second clutch 42 is engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetaka Kuroda, Atsushi Hagihara, Hiroyuki Isegawa
  • Patent number: 9073546
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle driving system 1 of the invention includes a cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit for determining the necessity of a cylinder deactivated operation of an engine 6 when a required driving force required on a vehicle is smaller than a driving force of the engine 6 that runs in the cylinder deactivated operation. When the cylinder deactivated operation is determined to be unnecessary by the cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit, the vehicle can be driven in an EV driving by disengaging a first clutch 41 and a second clutch 42, whereas when the cylinder deactivated operation is determined to be necessary by the cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit, the engine 6 runs in the cylinder deactivated operation and at least one of the first clutch 42 and the second clutch 42 is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetaka Kuroda, Atsushi Hagihara, Hiroyuki Isegawa
  • Patent number: 8980559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assessing a cancerous state of a mammal-derived specimen, which comprises: (1) a first step of measuring a methylation frequency of Neurofilament3 gene contained in a mammal-derived specimen or an index value having the correlation therewith, and (2) a second step of determining a cancerous state of the specimen based on a difference obtained by comparing the measured methylation frequency or the index value having the correlation therewith, with a control; and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Japan as Represented by President of National Cancer Center
    Inventors: Toshikazu Ushijima, Atsushi Hagihara
  • Publication number: 20130096761
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle driving system 1 of the invention includes a cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit for determining the necessity of a cylinder deactivated operation of an engine 6 when a required driving force required on a vehicle is smaller than a driving force of the engine 6 that runs in the cylinder deactivated operation. When the cylinder deactivated operation is determined to be unnecessary by the cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit, the vehicle can be driven in an EV driving by disengaging a first clutch 41 and a second clutch 42, whereas when the cylinder deactivated operation is determined to be necessary by the cylinder deactivated operation necessity determination unit, the engine 6 runs in the cylinder deactivated operation and at least one of the first clutch 42 and the second clutch 42 is engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigetaka Kuroda, Atsushi Hagihara, Hiroyuki Isegawa
  • Patent number: 7763422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assessing a cancerous state of a mammal-derived specimen, which comprises: (1) a first step of measuring a methylation frequency of Fibrillin2 gene contained in a mammal-derived specimen or an index value having the correlation therewith, and (2) a second step of determining a cancerous state of the specimen based on a difference obtained by comparing the measured methylation frequency or the index value having the correlation therewith, with a control; and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Japan as Represented by President of National Cancer Center
    Inventors: Toshikazu Ushijima, Atsushi Hagihara
  • Publication number: 20070244030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assessing a cancerous state of a mammal-derived specimen, which comprises: (1) a first step of measuring a methylation frequency of Neurofilament3 gene contained in a mammal-derived specimen or an index value having the correlation therewith, and (2) a second step of determining a cancerous state of the specimen based on a difference obtained by comparing the measured methylation frequency or the index value having the correlation therewith, with a control; and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, JAPAN AS REPRESENTED BY PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL CANC
    Inventors: Toshikazu Ushijima, Atsushi Hagihara
  • Publication number: 20070135366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assessing a cancerous state of a mammal-derived specimen, which comprises: (1) a first step of measuring a methylation frequency of FiLbrillin2 gene contained in a mammal-derived specimen or an index value having the correlation therewith, and (2) a second step of determining a cancerous state of the specimen based on a difference obtained by comparing the measured meithylation frequency or the index value having the correlation therewith, with a control; and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED., JAPAN AS REPRESENTED BY PRESICENT OF NATIONAL CANC
    Inventors: Toshikazu Ushijima, Atsushi Hagihara
  • Patent number: 5249662
    Abstract: A parts feeding apparatus includes a parts feeding table detachably supporting parts cassettes. A working area wherein a rail is laid and a standby area are arranged in parallel with each other. A box or frame constituting a table positioning unit is movably supported on the rail. In feeding parts, the table is loaded on the box by a table transport unit provided between the working area and the standby area, and the box is moved on the rail, whereby the table is positioned such that the parts cassette can be brought at a parts taking-out position. The table transport unit unloads the table being laid on the box and transports the table thus unloaded to the standby area, and transports the table from the standby area to a charge station or transports the table from the charge station to the standby area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Nakano, Atsushi Hagihara, Syozo Kawashima, Kuniyoshi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 5218753
    Abstract: An assembling apparatus includes a mounting table on which a printed circuit board is supported by back-up pins held on a base plate. The mounting table is movable in an X direction and a mounting head for mounting electronic parts on the printed circuit board is movable in a Y direction. A back-up pin stocker is provided in the vicinity of the base plate, which stores spare back-up pins being not used. A replacing unit is provided attached to the mounting head to be movable between the base plate and the back-up pin stocker together with the mounting head so that the back-up pins held on the base plate can be replaced with the back-up pins stored in the back-up pin stocker on the basis of data representative of the type of a printed circuit board, etc. by the replacing unit when the printed circuit board to be assembled is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Akihisa Iino, Ken-ichi Komori, Hironobu Nakano, Atsushi Hagihara, Syozo Kawashima