Patents by Inventor Hideki Kawashima

Hideki Kawashima 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: 20240074030
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first board having a heat generating element, a second board, a support member having a fixing part to which the second board is fixed, and which supports the second board so as to overlap with the first board separated by a distance, and a heat dissipation member on an opposite side of the first board across the second board and the support member, so as to overlap with the second board separated by a distance. The support member includes a heat receiving part thermally connected to the heat generating element, a first heat transfer part which transfers heat received by the heat receiving part to the heat dissipation member, and a second heat transfer part which transfers heat received by the fixing part to the heat dissipation member. The support member has a shape which reduces heat transfer from the heat receiving part to the fixing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Honkai TOMIMOTO, Hideki KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230174064
    Abstract: A drive source controller is configured to control a drive torque of a drive source that drives a vehicle. The drive source controller is configured to prohibit acceptance of drive source required torque from a cruise controller when automatic braking control is activated during cruise control, or not output the drive source required torque to the drive source controller when the automatic braking control is activated during the cruise control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hidemasa KINOTO, Hiroshi ARITA, Hideki KAWASHIMA, Hiroaki KAWAMURA, Yuuya KOGURE, Masahiro IRIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220311920
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a body including an attachment member for attachment, a ring-shaped rotating member rotatable relative to the body, and an imaging unit configured to capture an image. An imaging angle of view as an imaging parameter is changed by rotating the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hideki Kawashima, Hirofumi Ozawa, Kenji Anabuki, Naoko Iwatani, Kaori Yoshida, Keitaro Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11245821
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of efficiently dispersing heat from a circuit board. A heating element is mounted on the circuit board. A heat transfer member made of a material with higher thermal conductivity than that of a chassis is disposed between the circuit board and the chassis in a direction of an optical axis. First connecting units support the circuit board and the heat transfer member in a stacked manner at a plurality of positions including two positions different from each other in a horizontal direction. A second connecting unit supports the heat transfer member. A third connecting unit supports an exterior member of the image pickup apparatus. Both the second connecting unit and the third connecting unit are provided between the two positions of the first connecting units in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Kawashima, Keiji Honda
  • Publication number: 20210337096
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of efficiently dispersing heat from a circuit board. A heating element is mounted on the circuit board. A heat transfer member made of a material with higher thermal conductivity than that of a chassis is disposed between the circuit board and the chassis in a direction of an optical axis. First connecting units support the circuit board and the heat transfer member in a stacked manner at a plurality of positions including two positions different from each other in a horizontal direction. A second connecting unit supports the heat transfer member. A third connecting unit supports an exterior member of the image pickup apparatus. Both the second connecting unit and the third connecting unit are provided between the two positions of the first connecting units in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Hideki Kawashima, Keiji Honda
  • Patent number: 11003047
    Abstract: A lens barrel that is capable of miniaturizing and thinning an image pickup apparatus by enabling to switch manual lens drive and electric lens drive with a simple mechanism. A lens barrel is mounted on an image pickup apparatus that supports an operation member rotatably. A drive barrel engages with a lens holding member to drive it in an optical axis direction. A motor transfers rotation to the drive barrel through a transfer mechanism. A switching mechanism switches between electric lens drive that drives the lens holding member by transferring rotation of the motor to the drive barrel and manual lens drive that drives the lens holding member by transferring rotation of the operation member to the drive barrel via an elastic member that rotates together with the operation member according to a user's operation. The drive barrel engages with the elastic member while shifting to a photographing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Fukai, Hideki Kawashima, Kenichi Katano
  • Patent number: 10727155
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a board on which a heating element is mounted, a fan including a discharge port, a heat-exchange unit configured to receive air discharged from the discharge port of the fan and radiate heat and a heat-conductive unit configured to thermally couple the heating element and the heat-exchange unit. The heating element is placed as an extension of a discharging direction of the air from the fan with respect to the discharge port of the fan. The heat-exchange unit is placed between the heating element and the fan in a direction substantially parallel to the discharging direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Shibata, Keita Iwai, Hideki Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20190385927
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a board on which a heating element is mounted, a fan including a discharge port, a heat-exchange unit configured to receive air discharged from the discharge port of the fan and radiate heat and a heat-conductive unit configured to thermally couple the heating element and the heat-exchange unit. The heating element is placed as an extension of a discharging direction of the air from the fan with respect to the discharge port of the fan. The heat-exchange unit is placed between the heating element and the fan in a direction substantially parallel to the discharging direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Masayoshi Shibata, Keita Iwai, Hideki Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10411229
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus with a lock mechanism for locking a battery in a battery compartment, with high space efficiency, even when the sizes of an apparatus body and the battery are reduced. A digital camera includes a battery compartment member formed with a battery compartment for removably accommodating a battery, a battery lid for opening and closing an insertion opening of the battery compartment, a pivot shaft for pivotally supporting the battery lid, a lock member for engaging the battery to lock the same, and an urging member for urging the battery lid in an opening direction. The lock member can move along an axis of the pivot shaft between a position for engaging the battery and a position for releasing the engagement. The urging member is disposed coaxially with the pivot shaft and urges the lock member toward the position for engaging the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideki Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10232715
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is provided for hybrid vehicles with which it is possible to improve the detection accuracy of an electric leakage. The vehicle control device determines an occurrence of an electric leakage of a strong current system that is routed from a high power battery to a motor. The vehicle control device includes an integrated controller that executes a process that prohibits a mode switch between an HEV mode for traveling by the drive force of the engine and the motor, and an EV mode for traveling by the drive force of only the motor during an electric leakage detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Kawashima, Mitsuru Uehara, Jun Nakanowatari
  • Patent number: 10185206
    Abstract: A lens barrel that is capable of miniaturizing and thinning an image pickup apparatus by enabling to switch manual lens drive and electric lens drive with a simple mechanism. A lens barrel is mounted on an image pickup apparatus that supports an operation member rotatably. A drive barrel engages with a lens holding member to drive it in an optical axis direction. A motor transfers rotation to the drive barrel through a transfer mechanism. A switching mechanism switches between electric lens drive that drives the lens holding member by transferring rotation of the motor to the drive barrel and manual lens drive that drives the lens holding member by transferring rotation of the operation member to the drive barrel via an elastic member that rotates together with the operation member according to a user's operation. The drive barrel engages with the elastic member while shifting to a photographing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yosuke Fukai, Hideki Kawashima, Kenichi Katano
  • Publication number: 20180314134
    Abstract: A lens barrel that is capable of miniaturizing and thinning an image pickup apparatus by enabling to switch manual lens drive and electric lens drive with a simple mechanism. A lens barrel is mounted on an image pickup apparatus that supports an operation member rotatably. A drive barrel engages with a lens holding member to drive it in an optical axis direction. A motor transfers rotation to the drive barrel through a transfer mechanism. A switching mechanism switches between electric lens drive that drives the lens holding member by transferring rotation of the motor to the drive barrel and manual lens drive that drives the lens holding member by transferring rotation of the operation member to the drive barrel via an elastic member that rotates together with the operation member according to a user's operation. The drive barrel engages with the elastic member while shifting to a photographing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yosuke Fukai, Hideki Kawashima, Kenichi Katano
  • Patent number: 10000205
    Abstract: A fail-safe control device is provided for hybrid vehicles which allows a travel distance of a vehicle to be extended in an event of an ON-failure of a second clutch. An integrated controller switches between an HEV mode and an EV mode by controlling a first clutch between an engine and a motor, and a second clutch between the motor and a continuously variable transmission. The integrated controller prohibits the transition from the HEV mode to the EV mode when a clutch failure determination unit detects an ON-failure of the second clutch while the vehicle is traveling in the HEV mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Koshiba, Takeo Aizawa, Hideki Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20180093660
    Abstract: A fail-safe control device is provided for hybrid vehicles which allows a travel distance of a vehicle to be extended in an event of an ON-failure of a second clutch. An integrated controller switches between an HEV mode and an EV mode by controlling a first clutch between an engine and a motor, and a second clutch between the motor and a continuously variable transmission. The integrated controller prohibits the transition from the HEV mode to the EV mode when a clutch failure determination unit detects an ON-failure of the second clutch while the vehicle is traveling in the HEV mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Kenji KOSHIBA, Takeo AIZAWA, Hideki KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180079310
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is provided for hybrid vehicles with which it is possible to improve the detection accuracy of an electric leakage. The vehicle control device determines an occurrence of an electric leakage of a strong current system that is routed from a high power battery to a motor. The vehicle control device includes an integrated controller that executes a process that prohibits a mode switch between an HEV mode for traveling by the drive force of the engine and the motor, and an EV mode for traveling by the drive force of only the motor during an electric leakage detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki KAWASHIMA, Mitsuru UEHARA, Jun NAKANOWATARI
  • Publication number: 20170317321
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus with a lock mechanism for locking a battery in a battery compartment, with high space efficiency, even when the sizes of an apparatus body and the battery are reduced. A digital camera includes a battery compartment member formed with a battery compartment for removably accommodating a battery, a battery lid for opening and closing an insertion opening of the battery compartment, a pivot shaft for pivotally supporting the battery lid, a lock member for engaging the battery to lock the same, and an urging member for urging the battery lid in an opening direction. The lock member can move along an axis of the pivot shaft between a position for engaging the battery and a position for releasing the engagement. The urging member is disposed coaxially with the pivot shaft and urges the lock member toward the position for engaging the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventor: Hideki Kawashima
  • Patent number: 9741981
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus with a lock mechanism for locking a battery in a battery compartment, with high space efficiency, even when the sizes of an apparatus body and the battery are reduced. A digital camera includes a battery compartment member formed with a battery compartment for removably accommodating a battery, a battery lid for opening and closing an insertion opening of the battery compartment, a pivot shaft for pivotally supporting the battery lid, a lock member for engaging the battery to lock the same, and an urging member for urging the battery lid in an opening direction. The lock member can move along an axis of the pivot shaft between a position for engaging the battery and a position for releasing the engagement. The urging member is disposed coaxially with the pivot shaft and urges the lock member toward the position for engaging the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideki Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20170052351
    Abstract: A lens barrel that is capable of miniaturizing and thinning an image pickup apparatus by enabling to switch manual lens drive and electric lens drive with a simple mechanism. A lens barrel is mounted on an image pickup apparatus that supports an operation member rotatably. A drive barrel engages with a lens holding member to drive it in an optical axis direction. A motor transfers rotation to the drive barrel through a transfer mechanism. A switching mechanism switches between electric lens drive that drives the lens holding member by transferring rotation of the motor to the drive barrel and manual lens drive that drives the lens holding member by transferring rotation of the operation member to the drive barrel via an elastic member that rotates together with the operation member according to a user's operation. The drive barrel engages with the elastic member while shifting to a photographing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Yosuke Fukai, Hideki Kawashima, Kenichi Katano
  • Patent number: 9376167
    Abstract: A inject gas control device that performs, for example, control reflecting variation in vessel velocity over time without adversely affecting the main engine is realized. That is, it is prevented that gas is drawn too much and thereby a gas supply or charged air rate becomes insufficient, efficiency of the main engine is decreased and exhaust gas is deteriorated, and analogous events occur because the gas supply or charged air rate is too much instead. There are provided a main engine 4010 acquiring propelling power for a vessel 1, and a turbocharger 4011 that is driven by exhaust gas from the main engine 4010 and blows pressurized gas to the main engine 4010. A part of the pressurized gas and/or exhaust gas is drawn from between the turbocharger 4011 and the main engine 4010 (5023, 5024 and 5025).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hideki Kawashima, Tetsugo Fukuda, Yoshiaki Kodama, Munehiko Hinatsu, Toshifumi Hori, Masahiko Makino, Kazuyoshi Harumi, Masashi Ohnawa, Haruya Takeshi, Tadanori Takimoto
  • Publication number: 20150249235
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus with a lock mechanism for locking a battery in a battery compartment, with high space efficiency, even when the sizes of an apparatus body and the battery are reduced. A digital camera includes a battery compartment member formed with a battery compartment for removably accommodating a battery, a battery lid for opening and closing an insertion opening of the battery compartment, a pivot shaft for pivotally supporting the battery lid, a lock member for engaging the battery to lock the same, and an urging member for urging the battery lid in an opening direction. The lock member can move along an axis of the pivot shaft between a position for engaging the battery and a position for releasing the engagement. The urging member is disposed coaxially with the pivot shaft and urges the lock member toward the position for engaging the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventor: Hideki Kawashima