Patents by Inventor Hiroki Kobayashi

Hiroki Kobayashi 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: 11724842
    Abstract: A component mounting system including: a component mounting device group in which a plurality of component mounting devices that mount components supplied to a board transported in from an upstream side by a tape feeder and transport out the board to a downstream side, and cut a carrier tape after supplying the components by a cutter device and discharge scraps of carrier tape, are installed on a floor surface while being arranged in a direction of conveying the board; a main conveyor that is installed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of component mounting devices in a region on the floor surface under the component mounting device group, and transports the scraps of carrier tape discharged from each of the plurality of component mounting devices; and a scraps storage that is installed outside the region and stores the scraps of carrier tape transported by the main conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Naoki Azuma, Chikara Takata, Yuzo Asano, Toru Chikuma, Hiroshi Satoh
  • Publication number: 20230231340
    Abstract: A wire cover is to be mounted on a rear side in a connecting direction of a connector to be connected to a mating connector. The connector includes a plurality of female terminals disposed apart from each other in a lateral direction and a plurality of wires connected to the respective female terminals and pulled out from the rear side in the connecting direction. The wire cover includes a housing having an insertion opening through which the plurality of wires are inserted and a draw-out opening through which the plurality of wires inserted through the insertion opening are drawn out rightward, and an assisting member for assisting three-dimensional bending of the respective wires inside the housing. The respective wires are three-dimensionally bent inside the housing and drawn out through the draw-out opening by being assisted by the assisting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Teruo HARA, Hajime MATSUI, Nungna WI, Masaaki TABATA
  • Patent number: 11697159
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a discharge unit configured to discharge a shaping material; a weight measuring unit configured to measure a weight of the shaping material discharged from the discharge unit; and a control unit configured to control the discharge unit and the weight measuring unit to shape a three-dimensional shaped object by stacking layers of the shaping material in a shaping region of a stage, in which the control unit is configured to control the weight measuring unit to measure the weight of the shaping material discharged from the discharge unit, determine whether a predetermined amount of the shaping material is discharged from the discharge unit based on the weight measured by the weight measuring unit, and when it is determined that the predetermined amount of the shaping material is not discharged, control the discharge unit so that the predetermined amount of the shaping material is discharged from the discharge unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Kazuhide Nakamura, Koichi Saito
  • Publication number: 20230202185
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle row configured by arranging nozzles ejecting a liquid in a first-direction in a second-direction orthogonal to the first-direction; a drive element; and stacked components defining a common liquid chamber communicating with the nozzle row, in which the stacked components include a filter partitioning the common liquid chamber into an upstream common liquid chamber and a downstream common liquid chamber, a first-case defining a first-common-liquid-chamber-portion as a part of the upstream common liquid chamber and stacked on the filter, and a second-case defining a second-common-liquid-chamber-portion as a part of the upstream common liquid chamber and stacked on the first-case, the second-common liquid-chamber-portion is positioned in a direction opposite to the first-direction from the drive element, and a width of the second-common-liquid-chamber-portion in a third-direction orthogonal to the first-direction and the second-direction is longer than a width of the fir
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Kentaro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiro OKUBO, Takahiro KANEGAE, Haruhisa UEZAWA, Hiroki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230187877
    Abstract: A connector is provided with a first housing, a second housing connectable to and separable from the first housing, a spring member, a first pressing portion and a second pressing portion arranged at positions to accumulate a resilient force in the spring member according to connection of the first housing and the second housing, a first pressure receiving portion and a second pressure receiving portion arranged to receive a resilient restoring force in a direction to connect the first housing and the second housing from the spring member having the resilient force accumulated therein, and a first holding portion and a second holding portion for holding the spring member in a resilient force accumulating state of accumulating the resilient force by the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion only from start to a halfway state of the connection of the first housing and the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya MIYAMURA, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230187867
    Abstract: A connector is provided with first and second housings connectable to each other, a slider to be supported on the first housing, and a biasing member to be arranged between the slider and the first housing. The second housing includes a stopper portion for stopping a connecting operation of the first and second housings by coming into contact with a contact portion of the first housing and a slider lock receiving portion to be locked by a slider lock portion of a slider. The biasing member has a biasing force for pushing the first housing toward a connection position to the second housing when the slider lock receiving portion is locked by the slider lock portion and contact between the stopper portion and the contact portion is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya MIYAMURA, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Teruo HARA
  • Publication number: 20230183508
    Abstract: An active energy ray curing composition contains a polymerizable monomer having a phosphoric acid ester group and a polyester resin having an unsaturated bond and a number average molecular weight of 3,000 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuusuke FUJITA, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroki Kobayashi, Yuuki Matsushita, Hikaru Ishii
  • Patent number: 11673388
    Abstract: A plurality of head chips including: a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles configured to eject a liquid in a first direction, and a case having one or more first flow paths communicating with at least a part of the plurality of nozzles; a holder to which the plurality of head chips are fixed, which includes metal or ceramics, and which has a plurality of second flow paths communicating with at least one of the plurality of first flow paths; and a heater configured to heat the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Shingo Tomimatsu, Katsuhiro Okubo, Hiroki Kobayashi, Takahiro Kanegae
  • Patent number: 11648770
    Abstract: A control section controls an ejection operation to eject liquid in each of a first state in which the liquid flows from a supply tank to a liquid ejection head in a supply channel, the liquid flows from the liquid ejection head to a collection tank in a collection channel, and the liquid flows from the collection tank to the supply tank in a feedback channel, and a second state in which the liquid flows from the supply tank to the liquid ejection head in the supply channel and the liquid flows from the supply tank to the liquid ejection head and the liquid flows from the collection tank to the liquid ejection head in the collection channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Takahiro Kanegae
  • Publication number: 20230146855
    Abstract: A component mounting system including: a component mounting device group in which a plurality of component mounting devices that mount components supplied to a board transported in from an upstream side by a tape feeder and transport out the board to a downstream side, and cut a carrier tape after supplying the components by a cutter device and discharge scraps of carrier tape, are installed on a floor surface while being arranged in a direction of conveying the board; a main conveyor that is installed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of component mounting devices in a region on the floor surface under the component mounting device group, and transports the scraps of carrier tape discharged from each of the plurality of component mounting devices; and a scraps storage that is installed outside the region and stores the scraps of carrier tape transported by the main conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: HIROKI KOBAYASHI, NAOKI AZUMA, CHIKARA TAKATA, YUZO ASANO, TORU CHIKUMA, HIROSHI SATOH
  • Patent number: 11624774
    Abstract: Provided is an IC socket for a semiconductor capable of preventing adhesion of dust to a photodetection surface provided on an opposite side of a contact surface of an image sensor with no contact with the photodetection surface. The IC socket for a semiconductor includes: a seat (12) that has an attachment surface (12a) to which an image sensor (60) is attached; a base (10) that has a placement surface (10b) on which the seat (12) is placed and a secured surface (10a) located on an opposite side of the placement surface (10b) and secured to an inspection substrate; and a lid member (18) that does not come into contact with the image sensor (60) and that covers a back surface region (80) on a side of a back surface (64) of the image sensor (60) when the image sensor (60) is attached to the seat (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230105055
    Abstract: A solar array wing includes an extension mast to be extended from a wound state, and a support member, around which the extension mast is wound, to support the extension mast after the extension mast is extended. The support member is made of a fiber reinforced composite material. A coefficient of linear expansion of the fiber reinforced composite material, a unit of which is for each degree Celsius, in a direction that is orthogonal to an extension direction of the extension mast, is higher than or equal to ?1×10?6 and lower than or equal to 1×10?6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya KOYAMA, Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Kazunori TAKAGAKI, Sohei SAMEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230088754
    Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable composition includes: an adduct of trifunctional urethane acrylate; and a heterocyclic monofunctional monomer. A proportion of the heterocyclic monofunctional monomer in the active-energy-ray-curable composition is 10% by mass or more but 60% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hikaru ISHII, Stoshi Kojima, Yuusuke Fujita, Tatsuki Yamaguchi, Hiroki Kobayashi, Shunsuke Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11611165
    Abstract: It is aimed to reduce a load to fixing portions of a flat cable and terminal fittings. A connector (A) includes a flat cable formed such that a plurality of conductors are arranged in parallel on a flexible insulating sheet, a plurality of terminal fittings held in a housing and individually fixed to front end parts of the plurality of conductors, and a reinforcing plate laminated on and integrated with a region of the insulating sheet including fixing portions of the conductors and the terminal fittings. The reinforcing plate is provided with hooking portions. The housing is formed with stoppers for restricting a rearward displacement of the flat cable with respect to the housing by being brought into contact with the hooking portions. A low-rigidity portion is formed in a region of the reinforcing plate rearward of the fixing portions and forward of the hooking portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Yasuo Omori
  • Patent number: 11584552
    Abstract: A component mounting system including: a component mounting device group in which a plurality of component mounting devices that mount components supplied to a board transported in from an upstream side by a tape feeder and transport out the board to a downstream side, and cut a carrier tape after supplying the components by a cutter device and discharge scraps of carrier tape, are installed on a floor surface while being arranged in a direction of conveying the board; a main conveyor that is installed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of component mounting devices in a region on the floor surface under the component mounting device group, and transports the scraps of carrier tape discharged from each of the plurality of component mounting devices; and a scraps storage that is installed outside the region and stores the scraps of carrier tape transported by the main conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Naoki Azuma, Chikara Takata, Yuzo Asano, Toru Chikuma, Hiroshi Satoh
  • Publication number: 20230046897
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a laminate for a gasket of a fuel cell, the laminate including a heat seal layer, having excellent moisture and heat resistance, and being suitable for a gasket of a fuel cell; a gasket; a membrane electrode junction including the gasket; and a fuel cell. A laminate includes a base material and a heat seal layer arranged on the base material. The heat seal layer is a reaction product of a heat sealant containing an amorphous polyester polyol (A), an epoxy resin (B), and an isocyanate compound (C). The amorphous polyester polyol (A) is a reaction product of a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol. An amount of aromatic polyvalent carboxylic acid in the polyvalent carboxylic acid is 95% by mass or more. A glass transition temperature of the amorphous polyester polyol (A) is ?20° C. or more and 40° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Kouyama
  • Publication number: 20220410456
    Abstract: A material delivery device includes: a plasticization unit having a screw and configured to plasticize a material by rotation of the screw to produce a plasticized material; a flow path through which the plasticized material flows; a nozzle having a nozzle opening that communicates with the flow path and delivers the plasticized material to an outside; a cylinder coupled to the flow path; a rod inserted into the cylinder; and a first pressure detection unit configured to detect a pressure of the plasticized material in the flow path via the rod. In a longitudinal direction of the rod, the rod has a rod end surface facing the flow path and a transmission unit at an opposite side of the rod end surface, and transmits a force due to the pressure received at the rod end surface to the first pressure detection unit via the transmission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220376420
    Abstract: A terminal connected to the end of an electrical wire, including: a main body portion connected to a core wire of the electrical wire and a contacting portion connected to the front end of the main body portion having a portion with a U-shaped cross-section that connects to a mating terminal, wherein the contacting portion includes: an upper plate portion connected to the main body portion, a lower plate portion that is parallel with the upper plate portion, a side plate portion that connects one of either the left or right edges of the upper plate portion and the lower plate portion, a tip mating recessed portion demarcated on three sides by the upper plate portion, the lower plate portion, and the side plate portion, an inclined protruding piece that extends diagonally downward from the back end of the lower plate portion, and a middle plate portion that extends between the inclined protruding piece and the upper plate portion in the width direction of the contacting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Ayako MATSUMOTO, Kensuke YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220376428
    Abstract: A joint connector 10 is provided with connecting members 21 each including a plurality of terminals 12 and a conductive member, and a plurality of housings. The plurality of housings are stacked along a stacking direction. At least one housing constituting the plurality of housings includes a placing portion, on which the connecting member 21 is placed, and a lid portion for at least partially covering the connecting member 21 placed on the placing portion to hold the connecting member 21 in the housing. A first housing 71 and a second housing 171 are stacked on each other. A first lid portion relating to the first housing 71 and a second lid portion relating to the second housing 171 are provided with a stacked state holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220373580
    Abstract: A measurement device configured to measure a state of a target device that is capable of switching at least one transmission direction of a channel among transmission directions of electric power transmitted through a plurality of channels. The measurement device retains information indicating whether a reference transmission direction of the electric power transmitted to each of the channels is an input direction in which the electric power is input to the target device or an output direction in which the electric power is output from the target device, acquires a signal indicating a direction and intensity of the electric power, and computes at least one of an input electric power and an output electric power of the target device on the basis of the sign indicating the direction of the above-described signal with respect to the reference transmission direction of the electric power of each of the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Shinya Takiguchi