Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Maehara

Hiroaki Maehara 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: 11688937
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: multiple H-bridge circuits each of which including a first switch set and a second switch set connected in parallel with one another; a single connection antenna element connected between a point disposed between the two switching elements of the first switch set included in one H-bridge circuit and a point disposed between the two switching elements of the second switch set included in the one H-bridge circuit; and a multiple connection antenna element connected between a point disposed between the two switching elements of the first switch set included in the one H-bridge circuit and a point disposed between the two switching elements of the second switch set included in a different H-bridge circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Saitou, Hiroaki Maehara
  • Patent number: 11256248
    Abstract: A reception range varying system includes a vehicle control device and a portable device. The reception range varying system determines whether a position where the portable device exists is within an execution range which enables execution of vehicle control over the portable device, or within a reception range but outside the execution range, and narrows the reception range so that the portable device is positioned outside the reception range while maintaining the reception range at a size equivalent to or larger than the execution range, on the basis that the position where the portable device exists is within the reception range but outside the execution range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Maehara, Ryusuke Ishikawa, Takayuki Hattori, Tetsuya Miwa, Tatsuhito Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20220013898
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: multiple H-bridge circuits each of which including a first switch set and a second switch set connected in parallel with one another; a single connection antenna element connected between a point disposed between the two switching elements of the first switch set included in one H-bridge circuit and a point disposed between the two switching elements of the second switch set included in the one H-bridge circuit; and a multiple connection antenna element connected between a point disposed between the two switching elements of the first switch set included in the one H-bridge circuit and a point disposed between the two switching elements of the second switch set included in a different H-bridge circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi SAITOU, Hiroaki MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20210344172
    Abstract: There is provided a configuration which includes: a burying layer which has a current narrowing window where portions protruding onto a top part of a ridge stripe are opposed to each other with an interval therebetween narrower than a width of the top part; and a diffraction grating in which a ?/4 phase shifter is placed at an intermediate portion in a light traveling direction; wherein a sectional shape of the current narrowing window varies depending on a position in the light traveling direction so that, at a region where the ?/4 phase shifter is placed, a resistance of a current path from a second cladding layer to a first cladding layer through the current narrowing window is minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki MAEHARA, Ayumi FUCHIDA
  • Patent number: 11084337
    Abstract: A sensor transmitter calculates a tilt angle for attachment of a G sensor to a corresponding one of wheels and estimates whether the sensor transmitter itself is attached to a right wheel or a left wheel based on a calculation quadratic function, a calculation linear function, a measurement quadratic function, and a measurement linear function. Then, a receiver determines whether the sensor transmitter is attached to a front wheel or a rear wheel based on the result of the estimation and an effective tire radius. In this manner, it can be determined which one of the wheels the sensor transmitter is attached to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Maehara
  • Patent number: 10906361
    Abstract: A wheel position detection apparatus is applicable to a vehicle in which four wheels provided with tires are attached to a vehicle body, and is provided with sensor transmitters and a receiver. The sensor transmitters each include an acceleration sensor and a first control portion that detects the position of the corresponding wheel on the basis of the acceleration thereof, and creates and transmits a frame in which data indicating the result of the wheel position detection are stored. The receiver is provided in the vehicle body, and includes: a receiving portion that receives each transmitted frame by means of a receiving antenna; and a second control portion that identifies whether the sensor transmitter that has transmitted each frame is attached to the right wheels or the left wheels, from among the four wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Maehara
  • Publication number: 20200117186
    Abstract: A reception range varying system includes a vehicle control device and a portable device. The reception range varying system determines whether a position where the portable device exists is within an execution range which enables execution of vehicle control over the portable device, or within a reception range but outside the execution range, and narrows the reception range so that the portable device is positioned outside the reception range while maintaining the reception range at a size equivalent to or larger than the execution range, on the basis that the position where the portable device exists is within the reception range but outside the execution range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki MAEHARA, Ryusuke ISHIKAWA, Takayuki HATTORI, Tetsuya MIWA, Tatsuhito YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10438942
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor with protection diodes includes: a field-effect transistor; and a two-terminal electrostatic protection circuit connected between a gate and a source of the field-effect transistor, wherein the two-terminal electrostatic protection circuit comprises: a first diode that is positioned on a reverse-biased side when a voltage lower than a potential of the source is applied to the gate and has a reverse withstand voltage lower than a reverse withstand voltage between the gate and the source of the field-effect transistor; a second diode that is positioned on a forward-biased side when a voltage lower than a potential of the source is applied to the gate and is connected in anti-series to the first diode; and a resistor that is connected in series to a diode pair comprising the first diode and the second diode and formed using a same channel layer as that of the field-effect transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Maehara, Miyo Miyashita, Kazuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190299725
    Abstract: A sensor transmitter calculates a tilt angle for attachment of a G sensor to a corresponding one of wheels and estimates whether the sensor transmitter itself is attached to a right wheel or a left wheel based on a calculation quadratic function, a calculation linear function, a measurement quadratic function, and a measurement linear function. Then, a receiver determines whether the sensor transmitter is attached to a front wheel or a rear wheel based on the result of the estimation and an effective tire radius. In this manner, it can be determined which one of the wheels the sensor transmitter is attached to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroaki MAEHARA
  • Patent number: 10355130
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided with one or more gate fingers (20) that are provided in an active region on a semiconductor substrate (1), and a source finger (30) and a drain finger (40) that are provided in the active region and arranged alternately to allow each gate finger to be sandwiched between the source and drain fingers. The semiconductor device includes terminal circuit (60) that has inductive impedance at the frequency of a signal input to an input terminal of the one or more gate fingers, and is directly or indirectly connected to the one or more gate fingers at an area being spaced away from a connecting position of the input terminal (21a) of the one or more gate fingers (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Imai, Kazuhiro Iyomasa, Koji Yamanaka, Hiroaki Maehara, Ko Kanaya, Tetsuo Kunii, Hideaki Katayama
  • Patent number: 10340224
    Abstract: A package includes a conductor base plate having a element fixed to an upper surface thereof, a side wall provided on the conductor base plate to surround the element, the side wall having a conductor portion electrically connected to the conductor base plate, a dielectric cap disposed on the side wall, a front-side metal film provided on an outer surface of the dielectric cap, a first back-side metal film provided on an inner surface of the dielectric cap such that a center of the first back-side metal film approximately coincides with a center of a surface of the dielectric cap which faces the conductor base plate, and a plurality of vias passing through the dielectric cap to achieve electrical connection between the front-side metal film and the first back-side metal film and between the front-side metal film and the conductor portion oldie side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Miyo Miyashita, Kazuya Yamamoto, Hiroaki Maehara
  • Patent number: 10170400
    Abstract: A multi-finger transistor includes a circuit suppressing a variation in voltage current distribution. The circuit connects gate fingers (21) to each other, or source fingers (31) to each other in a region which is located outside an active region (11) and on a side where a drain pad (42) is disposed. The multi-finger transistor is configured to be linearly symmetric with respect to a direction of propagation of a signal from a gate pad (22) at the position of the gate pad (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Imai, Eigo Kuwata, Koji Yamanaka, Hiroaki Maehara, Akira Ohta
  • Publication number: 20180257441
    Abstract: A wheel position detection apparatus is applicable to a vehicle in which four wheels provided with tires are attached to a vehicle body, and is provided with sensor transmitters and a receiver. The sensor transmitters each include an acceleration sensor and a first control portion that detects the position of the corresponding wheel on the basis of the acceleration thereof, and creates and transmits a frame in which data indicating the result of the wheel position detection are stored. The receiver is provided in the vehicle body, and includes: a receiving portion that receives each transmitted frame by means of a receiving antenna; and a second control portion that identifies whether the sensor transmitter that has transmitted each frame is attached to the right wheels or the left wheels, from among the four wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroaki MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20180006152
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided with one or more gate fingers (20) that are provided in an active region on a semiconductor substrate (1), and a source finger (30) and a drain finger (40) that are provided in the active region and arranged alternately to allow each gate finger to be sandwiched between the source and drain fingers. The semiconductor device includes terminal circuit (60) that has inductive impedance at the frequency of a signal input to an input terminal of the one or more gate fingers, and is directly or indirectly connected to the one or more gate fingers at an area being spaced away from a connecting position of the input terminal (21a) of the one or more gate fingers (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei IMAI, Kazuhiro IYOMASA, Koji YAMANAKA, Hiroaki MAEHARA, Ko KANAYA, Tetsuo KUNII, Hideaki KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170317012
    Abstract: A multi-finger transistor includes a circuit suppressing a variation in voltage current distribution. The circuit connects gate fingers (21) to each other, or source fingers (31) to each other in a region which is located outside an active region (11) and on a side where a drain pad (42) is disposed. The multi-finger transistor is configured to be linearly symmetric with respect to a direction of propagation of a signal from a gate pad (22) at the position of the gate pad (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei IMAI, Eigo KUWATA, Koji YAMANAKA, Hiroaki MAEHARA, Akira OHTA
  • Patent number: 9806039
    Abstract: In the present invention, in addition to arranging a plurality of amplifying elements in a staggered manner, signal path lengths from an input-side divider to gate pads of the plurality of amplifying elements are equalized, and signal path lengths from drain pads of the plurality of amplifying elements to an output-side combiner are equalized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kosaka, Hiroaki Maehara, Ko Kanaya, Miyo Miyashita, Kazuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170229445
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor with protection diodes includes: a field-effect transistor; and a two-terminal electrostatic protection circuit connected between a gate and a source of the field-effect transistor, wherein the two-terminal electrostatic protection circuit comprises: a first diode that is positioned on a reverse-biased side when a voltage lower than a potential of the source is applied to the gate and has a reverse withstand voltage lower than a reverse withstand voltage between the gate and the source of the field-effect transistor; a second diode that is positioned on a forward-biased side when a voltage lower than a potential of the source is applied to the gate and is connected in anti-series to the first diode; and a resistor that is connected in series to a diode pair comprising the first diode and the second diode and formed using a same channel layer as that of the field-effect transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki MAEHARA, Miyo MIYASHITA, Kazuya YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170141047
    Abstract: A package includes a conductor base plate having a element fixed to an upper surface thereof, a side wall provided on the conductor base plate to surround the element, the side wall having a conductor portion electrically connected to the conductor base plate, a dielectric cap disposed on the side wall, a front-side metal film provided on an outer surface of the dielectric cap, a first back-side metal film provided on an inner surface of the dielectric cap such that a center of the first back-side metal film approximately coincides with a center of a surface of the dielectric cap which faces the conductor base plate, and a plurality of vias passing through the dielectric cap to achieve electrical connection between the front-side metal film and the first back-side metal film and between the front-side metal film and the conductor portion oldie side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Miyo MIYASHITA, Kazuya YAMAMOTO, Hiroaki MAEHARA
  • Patent number: 9602068
    Abstract: A configuration is provided with: a tuned line 13 that is connected between a branch terminal 3 and a branch terminal of branch lines 2 and 4; and a tuned line 14 that is connected between a combining terminal 7 and a combining terminal 9 of combining lines 10 and 11. This enables reduction of a non-uniform voltage distribution occurring due to a difference in characteristics between two amplifier elements 6 and 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Imai, Hiroshi Otsuka, Koji Yamanaka, Hiroaki Maehara, Motoyoshi Koyanagi, Akira Ota
  • Publication number: 20160308499
    Abstract: In the present invention, in addition to arranging a plurality of amplifying elements in a staggered manner, signal path lengths from an input-side divider to gate pads of the plurality of amplifying elements are equalized, and signal path lengths from drain pads of the plurality of amplifying elements to an output-side combiner are equalized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki KOSAKA, Hiroaki MAEHARA, Ko KANAYA, Miyo MIYASHITA, Kazuya YAMAMOTO