Patents by Inventor Hideaki Kato

Hideaki Kato 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: 20220047989
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new carbon dioxide fixation apparatus. The carbon dioxide fixation apparatus (1) of the present invention includes: a first reaction vessel (10); a carbon dioxide fixing agent feeding unit (110); and a gas-liquid mixing unit. The first reaction vessel (10) can contain a carbon dioxide fixing agent, the carbon dioxide fixing agent feeding unit (110) can feed the carbon dioxide fixing agent into the first reaction vessel (10), and the gas-liquid mixing unit can mix a gas containing carbon dioxide into the carbon dioxide fixing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji SORIMACHI, Hideaki KATO
  • Publication number: 20210368117
    Abstract: A step of forming an on-chip lens of a phase difference pixel is simplified. An imaging element includes a pixel array unit, an individual on-chip lens, a common on-chip lens, and an adjacent on-chip lens. In the pixel array unit, pixels that performs photoelectric conversion according to incident light components, a plurality of phase difference pixels that is included in the pixels, is arranged adjacent to each other, and detects a phase difference, and phase difference pixel adjacent pixels that are included in the pixels and are adjacent to the phase difference pixels are arranged two-dimensionally. The individual on-chip lens is arranged for each of the pixels and individually condenses the incident light components on corresponding one of the pixels. The common on-chip lens is commonly arranged in the plurality of phase difference pixels and commonly condenses the incident light component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: SACHIO NISHI, HIRONOBU FUKAGAWA, HIDEAKI KATO, AKIMITSU SATO
  • Publication number: 20210320556
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary electric machine including a stator including a plurality of stator pieces, a rotor being arranged inside the stator and rotating about a rotation axis, a housing holding the stator and the rotor, a lid member preventing the stator and the rotor from coming out of the housing, and a cylindrical frame forming the stator by containing the plurality of stator pieces and being internally mounted in the housing, in which a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion for fixing the frame to the housing are disposed at both end portions of the frame along an extending direction of the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: HIDEAKI KATO, HIROAKI YUI, SHINPEI FUJII
  • Publication number: 20210305860
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor configured to rotate with a shaft. The rotor includes a plurality of yoke portions and a plurality of holding portions each corresponding to a space portion provided between the adjacent yoke portions and configured to hold therein a magnet. At least one of the plurality of yoke portions includes a tab portion extending towards the holding portion and configured to hold the magnet held in the holding portion. The holding portion includes an insertion space provided between a first end portion of the yoke portion in an axial direction of the shaft and the tab portion. The insertion space allows the magnet to be inserted into the insertion space towards an inner side in a radial direction of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki YUI, Hiroki UME, Hideaki KATO, Takahiro SONODA
  • Publication number: 20200106091
    Abstract: The weight and size of a lead-acid battery is reduced and the energy density per mass by forming base members of components of the lead-acid battery is improved by using aluminum or aluminum alloy and forming multiple plating layers on a surface of each base member. In order to prevent formation of pinholes in the multiple plating layers, the surface of the base member 22 is subjected to flattening processing, a solder plating layer with a film thickness of 10 ?m or more is formed, or many layers of group 4 metals with similar chemical properties are laminated. Moreover, in a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, an active material layer 24 is formed on the outermost lead plating layer by an electrolytic formation treatment to improve the charging and discharging efficiencies of the lead-acid battery and to greatly reduce fall-off the active material layer 24.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicants: TAKASAKI DENKA KOUGYOUSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideaki Kato
  • Patent number: 10536046
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor core fixed at a rotation axis, a stator core arranged facing the rotor core and including a plurality of teeth, a plurality of windings wound at the plurality of teeth of the stator core, a plurality of winding connection terminals connected to respective ends of the plurality of windings, a plurality of bus bars connected to the plurality of winding connection terminals, each of the plurality of bus bars being formed in either an arc form or an annular form, and a bus bar holder holding the plurality of bus bars in a laminated state and including a holder engagement portion engaging with a bus bar engagement portion which is provided at least at one of the plurality of bus bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Teranishi, Hideaki Kato, Takashi Asaga
  • Patent number: 10468390
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the substrate, a transparent resin embedded in a space between the plurality of light emitting elements, and a phosphor containing resin layer formed on the plurality of light emitting elements and the transparent resin. The transparent resin includes no phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Miwa, Daisuke Kato, Shigeo Takeda, Shota Shimonishi, Hideaki Kato
  • Patent number: 10277847
    Abstract: There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a pixel region that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix pattern. Some of the plurality of pixels are configured to be phase difference detection pixels that include a photoelectric conversion section disposed on a semiconductor substrate and a light blocking film disposed above a portion of the photoelectric conversion section. In particular a location of the light blocking film for the phase difference detection pixels varies according to a location of the phase difference detection pixel. For example, the location of the light blocking film for a phase difference detection pixel positioned at a periphery of the pixel region is different than a location of the light blocking film for a phase difference detection pixel positioned in a center portion of the pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Nakata, Koji Takahashi, Yuuji Inoue, Kenji Ikeda, Osamu Oka, Yoshiro Hattori, Shinya Sato, Hideaki Kato, Yasuhiro Chouji, Emi Nishioka, Hiroshi Kawanobe
  • Patent number: 10199552
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a wiring substrate, a light emitting element disposed on a front surface of the wiring substrate, and a conductor pattern formed on a rear surface of the wiring substrate. The conductor pattern includes a slit or a hole that fails to separate the conductor pattern into two parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeo Takeda, Shota Shimonishi, Hideaki Kato, Tomohiro Miwa, Daisuke Kato
  • Patent number: 9967979
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted on a wiring board, and a plurality of wirings that are provided on the wiring board and each connect predetermined ones of the plurality of light-emitting elements in series. A central element-connection wiring has a longest wiring length among the plurality of wirings, and a voltage applied to a central element is a lowest one of voltages applied to the plurality of light-emitting elements. A closest one of the plurality of light-emitting elements to a center of an element mounting region of the wiring board is defined as the central element, and a wiring that connects in series the central element is defined as the central element-connection wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Miwa, Hideaki Kato, Daisuke Kato, Shota Shimonishi
  • Patent number: 9936620
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes a component supply device that intermittently feeds a carrier tape, in which components are stored in a plurality of pockets formed with a uniform pitch, based on a predetermined feed pitch to supply the components stored in the pockets to a component suction position, and picks up the components supplied to the component suction position to mount the components onto a board, an imaging unit that images the pockets, and a control unit that measures a formation pitch of the pockets based on obtained image data, and changes a feed pitch of the carrier tape from the predetermined feed pitch to the formation pitch of the pockets when the measured formation pitch of the pockets and the predetermined feed pitch are different from each other, and the component supply device intermittently feeds the carrier tape based on the changed feed pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke Mori, Kenji Kamakura, Hideaki Kato
  • Publication number: 20180090650
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a wiring substrate, a light emitting element disposed on a front surface of the wiring substrate, and a conductor pattern formed on a rear surface of the wiring substrate. The conductor pattern includes a slit or a hole that fails to separate the conductor pattern into two parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Shigeo TAKEDA, Shota Shimonishi, Hideaki Kato, Tomohiro Miwa, Daisuke Kato
  • Publication number: 20180090470
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the substrate, a transparent resin embedded in a space between the plurality of light emitting elements, and a phosphor containing resin layer formed on the plurality of light emitting elements and the transparent resin. The transparent resin includes no phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Tomohiro MIWA, Daisuke KATO, Shigeo TAKEDA, Shota SHIMONISHI, Hideaki KATO
  • Publication number: 20170150609
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted on a wiring board, and a plurality of wirings that are provided on the wiring board and each connect predetermined ones of the plurality of light-emitting elements in series. A central element-connection wiring has a longest wiring length among the plurality of wirings, and a voltage applied to a central element is a lowest one of voltages applied to the plurality of light-emitting elements. A closest one of the plurality of light-emitting elements to a center of an element mounting region of the wiring board is defined as the central element, and a wiring that connects in series the central element is defined as the central element-connection wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro MIWA, Hideaki KATO, Daisuke KATO, Shota SHIMONISHI
  • Publication number: 20170093239
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor core fixed at a rotation axis, a stator core arranged facing the rotor core and including a plurality of teeth, a plurality of windings wound at the plurality of teeth of the stator core, a plurality of winding connection terminals connected to respective ends of the plurality of windings, a plurality of bus bars connected to the plurality of winding connection terminals, each of the plurality of bus bars being formed in either an arc form or an annular form, and a bus bar holder holding the plurality of bus bars in a laminated state and including a holder engagement portion engaging with a bus bar engagement portion which is provided at least at one of the plurality of bus bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki TERANISHI, Hideaki KATO, Takashi ASAGA
  • Patent number: 9491861
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a wiring pattern that is formed on a surface of a conductive board via an insulation layer and an extension part that is extended from the wiring pattern. The extension part is disposed in a portion located immediately below a detachable connector. The detachable connector is connected to a fixed connector mounted on the wiring substrate and connected and fixed to the wiring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Hideaki Kato, Tomohiro Miwa
  • Publication number: 20160088245
    Abstract: There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a pixel region that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix pattern. Some of the plurality of pixels are configured to be phase difference detection pixels that include a photoelectric conversion section disposed on a semiconductor substrate and a light blocking film disposed above a portion of the photoelectric conversion section. In particular a location of the light blocking film for the phase difference detection pixels varies according to a location of the phase difference detection pixel. For example, the location of the light blocking film for a phase difference detection pixel positioned at a periphery of the pixel region is different than a location of the light blocking film for a phase difference detection pixel positioned in a center portion of the pixel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: MASASHI NAKATA, KOJI TAKAHASHI, YUUJI INOUE, KENJI IKEDA, OSAMU OKA, YOSHIRO HATTORI, SHINYA SATO, HIDEAKI KATO, YASUHIRO CHOUJI, EMI NISHIOKA, HIROSHI KAWANOBE
  • Patent number: 9249961
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate having a metal film on a first surface, a light-emitting element mounted on the first surface of the substrate and connected to the metal film, a heat sensitive circuit breaker mounted on the first surface of the substrate and connected to the metal film, a light-proof cover that covers the heat sensitive circuit breaker to block light emitted from the light-emitting element and travelling toward the heat sensitive circuit breaker, and a heat dissipating member formed on a second surface of the substrate to dissipate heat of the substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kato, Shota Shimonishi
  • Publication number: 20160029521
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes a component supply device that intermittently feeds a carrier tape, in which components are stored in a plurality of pockets formed with a uniform pitch, based on a predetermined feed pitch to supply the components stored in the pockets to a component suction position, and picks up the components supplied to the component suction position to mount the components onto a board, an imaging unit that images the pockets, and a control unit that measures a formation pitch of the pockets based on obtained image data, and changes a feed pitch of the carrier tape from the predetermined feed pitch to the formation pitch of the pockets when the measured formation pitch of the pockets and the predetermined feed pitch are different from each other, and the component supply device intermittently feeds the carrier tape based on the changed feed pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Taisuke MORI, Kenji KAMAKURA, Hideaki KATO
  • Patent number: 9232312
    Abstract: A method for processing audio signals can include receiving left and right front audio signals and left and right rear audio signals, where the left and right rear audio signals. In addition, the method can include applying at least one front perspective filter to each of the left and right front audio signals to yield filtered left and right front output signals, where the left and right front output signals each drive a front speaker. Moreover, the method can include applying at least one rear perspective filter to each of the left and right rear audio signals to yield left and right rear output signals, where the left and right rear output signals each drive a rear speaker to simulate a rear surround sound effect when positioned in front of a listener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: DTS LLC
    Inventors: Hideaki Kato, Alan D. Kraemer, Sarah Yang