Patents by Inventor Hideki Nakagawa

Hideki Nakagawa 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: 20170261093
    Abstract: A lubrication structure of a power transmission apparatus including a case member is provided. The lubrication structure includes a first oil passage, a second oil passage, and an oil passage pipe. The first oil passage is provided in the case member, and includes a first opening that opens at a wall surface of the case member. The second oil passage is provided in the case member, and includes a second opening that opens at the wall surface of the case member. The oil passage pipe is attached to the wall surface, and includes an end portion inserted into the second opening to be connected to the second oil passage. The oil passage pipe includes a through-hole that opens at an outer peripheral surface of the oil passage pipe. The through-hole is provided adjacent to the first opening such that oil is supplied from the through-hole into the first oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo YAMAMOTO, Hideki NAKAGAWA, Hirofumi NAKADA, Yosuke ANAN, Haruki SHIRASAKA
  • Publication number: 20170211681
    Abstract: A transmission case include: a wall portion; a bearing portion having a through-hole penetrating through the wall portion such that a power transmission shaft is inserted into the through-hole, the bearing portion projecting from the wall portion in a cylindrical shape; and a rib projected from the wall portion in the same direction as a projection direction of the bearing portion, the rib having an arc portion. When viewed from a direction along the center line of the bearing portion, the wall portion includes i) a first wall portion in a region surrounded by the bearing portion, the arc portion of the rib and two common tangent lines to the bearing portion and the arc portion of the rib, and ii) a second wall portion in another region; and the first wall portion is offset in the projection direction of the bearing portion relative to the second wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki NAKAGAWA, Kozo YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi NAKADA, Haruki SHIRASAKA
  • Publication number: 20170204960
    Abstract: The transmission case is provided with a bearing portion having a through hole in which a power transmission shaft is inserted, a fitting portion having a mating surface on which another member is superimposed, a plurality of fastening portions provided in the fitting portion, and ribs provided between the bearing portion and the fastening portions, respectively. The ribs are arranged between the bearing portion and the fastening portions, respectively, the fastening portions being other than the fastening portion that is the closest to the bearing portion amongst the plurality of fastening portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki NAKAGAWA, Kozo YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi NAKADA, Takeo MATSUO, Haruki SHIRASAKA
  • Patent number: 9523417
    Abstract: There is a vehicle power transmission device in which a continuously variable transmission and a gear train are provided between an input shaft and an output shaft so as to be able to transmit torque between the input shaft and the output shaft, the gear train has at least one speed ratio that cannot be set by the continuously variable transmission. In the vehicle power transmission device, a forward-reverse switching mechanism is arranged along the same axis as an axis of the input shaft, a first clutch mechanism and a brake mechanism are provided, a second clutch mechanism is provided in a first torque transmission path that is routed from the input shaft to the output shaft via the continuously variable transmission, a third clutch mechanism is provided in a second torque transmission path that is routed from the output element to the output shaft via the gear train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Nakagawa, Michio Yoshida, Hirofumi Nakada, Ryoji Habuchi
  • Publication number: 20160290504
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device is disposed forward of a case housing a speed change mechanism in an on-vehicle state. A detent lever is fixed to the control shaft, has a first end connected to a parking rod, and includes a detent recess with which a detent mechanism is engaged. A swing lever includes a shaft serving as a swing center, a first extension extending from one end of the shaft, and a second extension extending from the other end of the shaft. The first extension is connected to a second end of the detent lever. The second extension is connected to a manual valve. An axial position of the manual valve changes in accordance with a rotation angle of the control shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji IWATSURU, Yuki KADOKURA, Kozo YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi NAKADA, Hideki NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160197370
    Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hisao KAWAZOE, Eiji ENDOH, Hideki NAKAGAWA, Shinji TERAZONO
  • Patent number: 9331354
    Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hisao Kawazoe, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa, Shinji Terazono
  • Publication number: 20160005361
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] To provide substantially the same voltage to a shutter electrode and a pair of control electrodes, and to prevent degradation of the mechanical shutter, during a discharge period in a movable shutter system in an image display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: Pixtronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta Kajiyama, Katsumi Matsumoto, Hideki Nakagawa, Takahide Kuranaga, Takeomi Morita
  • Patent number: 8999434
    Abstract: A process is provided whereby a membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells whereby a high output voltage is obtainable within a wide range of current densities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignees: Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimoda, Hirokazu Wakabayashi, Shinji Kinoshita, Toshihiro Tanuma, Hideki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20150092261
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus utilizing flexures in a display. In some implementations, an electromechanical systems (EMS) device can include flexures that have low stiffness along the axis of motion of a light modulator, and high stiffness in other directions. The flexures may include one or more beams mechanically coupling a MEMS structure to an anchor. The beams may be coupled to a hinge portion, the hinge portion being configured to suppress out of plane motion by the MEMS structure and the flexures. The flexures also may suppress out-of-plane motion using a stiffened portion. The stiffened portion can be mechanically coupled to the hinge portion or at least one beam of the flexure. By varying the cross-section geometry of the stiffened portion, the stiffness of the stiffened portion may be controlled to increase the force required to move the flexure in an out-of-plane direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Tyler Dunn, Mark Andersson, Andrew William Sparks, Joyce Wu, Hideki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20150087463
    Abstract: There is a vehicle power transmission device in which a continuously variable transmission and a gear train are provided between an input shaft and an output shaft so as to be able to transmit torque between the input shaft and the output shaft, the gear train has at least one speed ratio that cannot be set by the continuously variable transmission. In the vehicle power transmission device, a forward-reverse switching mechanism is arranged along the same axis as an axis of the input shaft, a first clutch mechanism and a brake mechanism are provided, a second clutch mechanism is provided in a first torque transmission path that is routed from the input shaft to the output shaft via the continuously variable transmission, a third clutch mechanism is provided in a second torque transmission path that is routed from the output element to the output shaft via the gear train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hideki Nakagawa, Michio Yoshida, Hirofumi Nakada, Ryoji Habuchi
  • Patent number: 8941909
    Abstract: Provided is a display device, including: a pair of substrates arranged at an interval; oil filled between the pair of substrates; a shutter arranged in the oil; a drive portion, which is arranged in the oil, for driving the shutter in a predetermined direction; and a wall portion provided in the oil and on one of the pair of substrates. The wall portion is positioned adjacent to the shutter in one of the predetermined direction of the shutter and a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction. The wall portion has a height exceeding a height of the shutter in a thickness direction of the shutter. The wall portion has at least a part positioned lateral to the shutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeomi Morita, Takahiko Muneyoshi, Hideki Nakagawa, Toshio Miyazawa, Katsumi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130309596
    Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hisao KAWAZOE, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa, Shinji Terazono
  • Patent number: 8546004
    Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hisao Kawazoe, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa, Shinji Terazono
  • Patent number: 8519320
    Abstract: Each optical sensor element includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode, and a light dependent variable resistance element formed of amorphous silicon. Each optical sensor pixel includes: a capacitive element between the lower electrode and a reference voltage line; a first transistor inputting a first power source voltage to a second electrode, connecting a first electrode to the lower electrode, and inputting a second clock to a control electrode; a second transistor inputting a second power source voltage to a second electrode, and connecting a control electrode to the lower electrode; and a third transistor connecting a second electrode to a first electrode of the second transistor, connecting a first electrode to the output line, and inputting a first clock to a control electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Miyazawa, Hideki Nakagawa, Kozo Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8284144
    Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display device that decreases a sticking of the display image. The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode and a counter electrode. A polarity of the signal supplied to the pixel electrode is periodically inverted at the first period and the second period. The length of the first period is different from that of the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Misonou, Toshio Maeda, Katsumi Matsumoto, Hideki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8222645
    Abstract: A display device having a photosensor which exhibits excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency is provided. In a display device which forms photosensors on a substrate thereof, the photosensor is formed by sequentially stacking a gate electrode, a gate insulation film and a semiconductor layer in such an order or in an opposite order from a substrate side, and electrodes are connected to both sides of the semiconductor layer respectively, the semiconductor layer is formed of a stacked body consisting of a crystalline semiconductor layer and an amorphous semiconductor layer, and the crystalline semiconductor layer is arranged on the gate insulation film side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Matsumoto, Hideki Nakagawa, Yoshiharu Owaku, Terunori Saitou, Toshio Miyazawa, Takahiro Kamo, Takuo Kaitoh
  • Patent number: 8168978
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device where thin film transistors are formed on a substrate on which an image display portion is formed, wherein the thin film transistors comprise: a gate electrode; a gate insulating film formed so as to cover the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer in island form which is formed on the gate insulating film so as to overlap with the gate electrode; and a pair of electrodes formed on the semiconductor layer so as to face each other, and the semiconductor layer is provided within a region where the gate electrode is formed as viewed in a plane, and formed of a crystal semiconductor layer and an amorphous semiconductor layer, which are layered in sequence on the gate electrode side, characterized in that the gate electrode is formed so as to have such a film thickness that the light transmittance is 0.3% or less at least in the region facing the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: D698253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Toagosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nakagawa, Takashi Nakaya, Hiroyuki Terai, Tomoya Sugiki
  • Patent number: D774923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ohashi, Hideki Nakagawa, Tadashi Yoshinaga