Patents by Inventor Hiroki Hara
Hiroki Hara 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).
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Publication number: 20220060260Abstract: A transmission device of the present disclosure is a transmission device that transmits a visible light signal to a receiving device, and includes a laser light source configured to emit visible light, and an optical modulator configured to change intensity of the visible light and generate a visible light signal, in which the optical modulator has an optical waveguide that serves as a transmission path for the visible light, and the optical waveguide is formed of a material containing lithium niobate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki FUKUZAWA, Takashi KIKUKAWA, Masahiro SHINKAI, Hiroki HARA
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Publication number: 20220043262Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member and a prism. The light guide member has: an incident surface on which light is incident; and a first surface and a second surface facing each other. The second surface is a light emergent surface. The prism is provided for the first surface and reflects, toward the second surface, the light passing inside the light guide member. The light guide member includes a direct optical path, along which the light that has entered the light guide member through the incident surface is directly reflected from the prism and allowed to emerge from the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Wahei AGEMIZU, Kazumasa TAKATA, Masaru FUJITA, Tomohisa SAKAGUCHI, Hiroki HARA, Masaki AMIE
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Publication number: 20210360346Abstract: A control circuit includes: a voltage output circuit control unit that controls a voltage output circuit so as to apply a voltage, which corresponds to an output control signal and is to cause an electrostatic transducer to generate vibration, sound, or pressure, between both ends of the electrostatic transducer in a case where a detection control signal is at a first level, and that stops the voltage output circuit in a case where the detection control signal is at a second level; a pulse signal output unit that outputs a pulse signal, which is to cause the electrostatic transducer to detect vibration, sound, or pressure, to a terminal on a high potential side of the electrostatic transducer via a diode; and a voltage clamp unit that outputs a clamp voltage acquired by clamping of a voltage between the terminals of the electrostatic transducer to a predetermined voltage or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicants: Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Riko Company LimitedInventors: Masaaki HAYASHI, Kazuhiko SAITO, Hiroki HARA, Katsuhiko NAKANO, Takanori MURASE
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Patent number: 11086149Abstract: An electro-optic device is provided with a substrate, an optical waveguide formed of a lithium niobate film with a ridge shape on the substrate, and an electrode that applies an electric field to the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide includes a first waveguide section provided at least in an electric field application region applied with the electric field and having a thickness of 1 ?m or larger and a second waveguide section provided in a region other than the electric field application region and having a thickness of 0.3 ?m or larger and less than 1 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignees: TDK CORPORATION, FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITEDInventors: Shinji Iwatsuka, Kenji Sasaki, Hiroki Hara, Yasuhiro Ohmori, Masaharu Doi, Shintaro Takeuchi, Yoshihiko Yoshida, Yoshinobu Kubota
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Patent number: 11078966Abstract: Provided is a clutch friction plate and a clutch device configured so that stiction torque can be reduced and each of in gear, shift feeling, and neutral find can be smoothly performed. A clutch device (100) includes clutch friction plates (101). In the clutch friction plate (101), multiple small-piece-shaped friction members (103) are radially bonded to surfaces of a core bar (102) formed in a flat-plate annular shape through an oil groove (105). Each friction member (103) includes an outer side (104a) facing an outer edge portion of the core bar (102) and an inner side (104b) facing an inner edge portion of the core bar (102) and extending parallel to the outer side (104a), and is formed in a rectangular shape.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.Inventors: Shingo Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Ozawa, Kazuma Matsushita, Hiroki Hara, Hiroyuki Ijima
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Patent number: 11003043Abstract: An optical modulator is provided with a ridge-shaped optical waveguide formed of a dielectric thin film having electro-optic effect, a buffer layer covering the optical waveguide, a signal electrode formed on the buffer layer so as to be opposed to the optical waveguide through the buffer layer; a ground electrode formed on the buffer layer together with the signal electrode, and a dielectric film having a higher dielectric constant than air and covering at least a part of exposed surfaces of the signal electrode and ground electrode and exposed surfaces of the buffer layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Ohmori, Masaharu Doi, Shintaro Takeuchi, Takehito Tanaka, Yoshinobu Kubota, Shinji Iwatsuka, Kenji Endou, Hiroki Hara, Toshinori Matsuura, Takashi Kikukawa
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Patent number: 11003044Abstract: An electro-optic device is provided with a Mach-Zehnder optical waveguide including at least one linear section and at least one curved section and a differential RF signal electrode provided along the Mach-Zehnder optical waveguide. Optical input/output ports of the Mach-Zehnder optical waveguide are provided at one end side in a first direction in which the linear section extends. The differential RF signal electrode is provided in both the linear and curved sections.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignees: TDK CORPORATION, FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITEDInventors: Hiroki Hara, Shinji Iwatsuka, Takashi Kikukawa, Toshinori Matsuura, Yasuhiro Ohmori, Masaharu Doi, Shintaro Takeuchi, Yoshinobu Kubota
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Patent number: 10989980Abstract: An optical modulator is provided with a substrate, first and second optical waveguides each formed of a ridge-shaped electro-optic material film and disposed so as to be mutually adjacent on the substrate, a buffer layer covering upper surfaces of the first and second optical waveguides, first and second signal electrodes provided above the buffer layer so as to be opposed respectively to the first and second optical waveguides, and a dielectric layer covering at least one of a part of an exposed surface of the first signal electrode and a part of an exposed surface of the second signal electrode, and a part of an upper surface of the buffer layer. Differential signals are applied to the first and second signal electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignees: TDK CORPORATION, FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITEDInventors: Shinji Iwatsuka, Kenji Endou, Hiroki Hara, Toshinori Matsuura, Takashi Kikukawa, Yasuhiro Ohmori, Masaharu Doi, Shintaro Takeuchi, Takehito Tanaka, Yoshinobu Kubota
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Publication number: 20210103165Abstract: An electro-optic device is provided with a substrate, an optical waveguide formed of a lithium niobate film with a ridge shape on the substrate, and an electrode that applies an electric field to the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide includes a modulation waveguide provided in an electric field application region applied with the electric field and having a thickness of 1 ?m or larger and a bent waveguide provided in a region other than the electric field application region and having a curvature radius of 16 ?m or larger and 80 ?m or smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Shinji IWATSUKA, Kenji SASAKI, Hiroki HARA, Yasuhiro OHMORI, Masaharu DOI, Shintaro TAKEUCHI, Yoshihiko YOSHIDA, Yoshinobu KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20210055584Abstract: Provided is a display that includes a liquid-crystal panel, a heat-transfer member, and a light-diffusion member between the liquid-crystal panel and the heat-transfer member. The display includes a liquid-crystal panel, a heat-transfer member, and a light-diffusion structure. The liquid-crystal panel includes a display screen. The heat-transfer member is light-transmissive. The heat-transfer member is on an opposite side of the liquid-crystal panel from the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takato HADA, Takahiro AKIYOSHI, Hiroki HARA, Keiji SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 10921522Abstract: A first disclosure is an optical fiber member equipped with two holding members that hold an optical fiber such that an end surface of the optical fiber is located on one end and a curving portion having a coat of the optical fiber is curved to be extended at another end; the holding members are provided with holding flat portions that sandwich an end portion of the optical fiber where the coat is removed such that the end surface of the optical fiber is located on the one end; at least any of the holding flat portions has an aligning groove to fix a position of the end portion of the optical fiber; the holding member is provided with a curved surface at a position adjacent to the curving portion in the extending direction D1; and the two holding members are equal in thermal expansion coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Hara, Masahiro Shinkai, Takashi Kikukawa, Masami Sasaki, Ryohei Fukuzaki, Motohiro Nakahara, Tetsuo Miya, Shuji Tachi, Koichi Arishima
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Patent number: 10871686Abstract: The display includes a liquid-crystal panel, a heat-transfer member, and a light-diffusion structure. The liquid-crystal panel includes a display screen. The heat-transfer member is light-transmissive. The heat-transfer member is on an opposite side of the liquid-crystal panel from the display screen. The light-diffusion structure is between the liquid-crystal panel and the heat-transfer member.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takato Hada, Takahiro Akiyoshi, Hiroki Hara, Keiji Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20200310216Abstract: An electro-optic device is provided with a substrate, an optical waveguide formed of a lithium niobate film with a ridge shape on the substrate, and an electrode that applies an electric field to the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide includes a first waveguide section provided at least in an electric field application region applied with the electric field and having a thickness of 1 ?m or larger and a second waveguide section provided in a region other than the electric field application region and having a thickness of 0.3 ?m or larger and less than 1 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Shinji IWATSUKA, Kenji SASAKI, Hiroki HARA, Yasuhiro OHMORI, Masaharu DOI, Shintaro TAKEUCHI, Yoshihiko YOSHIDA, Yoshinobu KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20200271963Abstract: An optical modulator is provided with a substrate, first and second optical waveguides each formed of a ridge-shaped electro-optic material film and disposed so as to be mutually adjacent on the substrate, a buffer layer covering upper surfaces of the first and second optical waveguides, first and second signal electrodes provided above the buffer layer so as to be opposed respectively to the first and second optical waveguides, and a dielectric layer covering at least one of a part of an exposed surface of the first signal electrode and a part of an exposed surface of the second signal electrode, and a part of an upper surface of the buffer layer. Differential signals are applied to the first and second signal electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Shinji Iwatsuka, Kenji Endou, Hiroki Hara, Toshinori Matsuura, Takashi Kikukawa, Yasuhiro Ohmori, Masaharu Doi, Shintaro Takeuchi, Takehito Tanaka, Yoshinobu Kubota
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Publication number: 20200272020Abstract: An optical modulator is provided with a ridge-shaped optical waveguide formed of a dielectric thin film having electro-optic effect, a buffer layer covering the optical waveguide, a signal electrode formed on the buffer layer so as to be opposed to the optical waveguide through the buffer layer; a ground electrode formed on the buffer layer together with the signal electrode, and a dielectric film having a higher dielectric constant than air and covering at least a part of exposed surfaces of the signal electrode and ground electrode and exposed surfaces of the buffer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Yasuhiro OHMORI, Masaharu DOI, Shintaro TAKEUCHI, Takehito TANAKA, Yoshinobu KUBOTA, Shinji IWATSUKA, Kenji ENDOU, Hiroki HARA, Toshinori MATSUURA, Takashi KIKUKAWA
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Publication number: 20200272021Abstract: An electro-optic device is provided with a Mach-Zehnder optical waveguide including at least one linear section and at least one curved section and a differential RF signal electrode provided along the Mach-Zehnder optical waveguide. Optical input/output ports of the Mach-Zehnder optical waveguide are provided at one end side in a first direction in which the linear section extends. The differential RF signal electrode is provided in both the linear and curved sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITEDInventors: Hiroki HARA, Shinji IWATSUKA, Takashi KIKUKAWA, Toshinori MATSUURA, Yasuhiro OHMORI, Masaharu DOI, Shintaro TAKEUCHI, Yoshinobu KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20200191209Abstract: Provided is a clutch friction plate and a clutch device configured so that stiction torque can be reduced and each of in gear, shift feeling, and neutral find can be smoothly performed. A clutch device (100) includes clutch friction plates (101). In the clutch friction plate (101), multiple small-piece-shaped friction members (103) are radially bonded to surfaces of a core bar (102) formed in a flat-plate annular shape through an oil groove (105). Each friction member (103) includes an outer side (104a) facing an outer edge portion of the core bar (102) and an inner side (104b) facing an inner edge portion of the core bar (102) and extending parallel to the outer side (104a), and is formed in a rectangular shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Shingo YAMAMOTO, Yoshihiko OZAWA, Kazuma MATSUSHITA, Hiroki HARA, Hiroyuki IJIMA
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Patent number: 10634018Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes an intake camshaft, a vacuum pump, an oil pump, and an oil feeding passage serving as an oil supplying path. The vacuum pump includes a rotor and a housing. The vacuum pump is formed with a negative pressure chamber that generates a negative pressure, and an oil path connected to the negative pressure chamber. An atmosphere communication hole for supplying air to the negative pressure chamber through the oil feeding passage and the oil path when the vacuum pump is stopped is arranged in the oil feeding passage. The atmosphere communication hole communicates the negative pressure chamber and the atmosphere before an amount of oil in the housing exceeds an allowable oil amount when the vacuum pump is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroki Hara
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Publication number: 20200056611Abstract: A vane pump including a housing having a peripheral wall portion, a bottom wall portion, and a pump chamber; a rotor disposed in the pump chamber to be rotatable; a vane disposed to be slidable in the radial direction with respect to the rotor and partitioning the pump chamber into working chambers; and a reed valve that opens and closes a discharge hole of the bottom wall portion. A pressure relief groove is disposed in a portion of the bottom wall portion corresponding to the discharge section with a clearance secured between the peripheral wall portion and the pressure relief groove. When the vane overlaps the pressure relief groove, a pair of the working chambers on both sides of the vane in the rotational direction communicates with each other via the pressure relief groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicants: TAIHO KOGYO Co., Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuji SUZUKI, Akihiro UTO, Naoyuki MIYARA, Hiroki HARA, Shinsuke KIYOMIYA, Akira FUJII
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Publication number: 20200049888Abstract: A first disclosure is an optical fiber member equipped with two holding members that hold an optical fiber such that an end surface of the optical fiber is located on one end and a curving portion having a coat of the optical fiber is curved to be extended at another end; the holding members are provided with holding flat portions that sandwich an end portion of the optical fiber where the coat is removed such that the end surface of the optical fiber is located on the one end; at least any of the holding flat portions has an aligning groove to fix a position of the end portion of the optical fiber; the holding member is provided with a curved surface at a position adjacent to the curving portion in the extending direction Dl; and the two holding members are equal in thermal expansion coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Hiroki HARA, Masahiro SHINKAI, Takashi KIKUKAWA, Masami SASAKI, Ryohei FUKUZAKI, Motohiro NAKAHARA, Tetsuo MIYA, Shuji TACHI, Koichi ARISHIMA