Patents by Inventor Hiroki Mori

Hiroki Mori 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: 20220190569
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to keep a wire-shaped transmission member from being exposed to the outside. A connection structure for a housing member and a protective tube, the connection structure includes a wire-shaped transmission member, a housing member for housing a first portion which is a portion of the wire-shaped transmission member, a protective tube for covering a second portion which is another portion of the wire-shaped transmission member and an opposite-side housing member for housing a third portion that is on an opposite side to the first portion with the second portion interposed between the first portion and the third portion. The protective tube is formed to a length that reaches both the housing member and the opposite-side housing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki MORI, Takahiro MURATA
  • Publication number: 20220190488
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna device comprises an antenna panel including a first transmission antenna, a first reception antenna, and a second reception antenna, and a rotation device configured to rotate the antenna panel. A first radio wave is irradiated from the first transmission antenna when a rotation angle of the antenna panel is a first angle and a reflected radio wave of the first radio wave is received by the first reception antenna and the second reception antenna. A second radio wave is irradiated from the first transmission antenna when the rotation angle is a second angle and a reflected radio wave of the second radio wave is received by the first reception antenna and the second reception antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Xu ZHU, Hiroki MORI
  • Patent number: 11355860
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes a first transmission array antenna including transmission antennas of a first number, arranged with a first distance in a first direction, a first reception array antenna including reception antennas of a second number, arranged with a second distance in a first direction or a second direction which is parallel to the first direction, a second transmission array antenna including transmission antennas of a third number, arranged with the first distance in the first direction, and a second reception array antenna including reception antennas of a fourth number, arranged with the second distance in the first direction or the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Hiroki Mori
  • Publication number: 20220163658
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a radar device, a storage device and a controller. The radar device is configured to transmit a first radio wave to an object in a direction of a first angle of the object. The storage device is configured to store first information capable of specifying that a radio wave is transmitted to the first angle of the object by the radar device. The controller is configured to control a direction of a second radio wave to be transmitted by the radar device after the transmission of the first radio wave to a second angle of the object different from the first angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Kazuhiro TSUJIMURA, Hiroki MORI
  • Publication number: 20220153554
    Abstract: Provided is a guide shoe for a passenger conveyor, including: a base portion to be slid across a skirt guard provided along a moving direction of a plurality of steps that are movably provided; and a weight containing a material having a specific gravity larger than a specific gravity of a material of the base portion, which is provided to the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryu OKUDA, Kenta SHIRAI, Takahiro KONDO, Hiroki MORI, Nobuyuki SOWA
  • Publication number: 20220146655
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a radar and a controller. The radar includes at least one first antenna and at least one second antenna. The at least one first antenna transmits a first transmission wave at a first time and transmits a second transmission wave at a second time different from the first time. The at least one second antenna receives reflected waves of the first transmission wave and the second transmission wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yutaka ASANUMA, Hiroki MORI
  • Publication number: 20220137950
    Abstract: To ensure efficiency of software update operations while maintaining reliability of an entire network during the software update operations. A software update management apparatus 1 includes a storage unit 12 adapted to divide a network into one or more blocks and store block management information 100 indicating whether each of network devices belonging to each of the resulting blocks is an active device or a standby device; an update instruction receiving unit 101 adapted to receive software update instructions; a software update information generating unit 102 adapted to generate software update information 200; a software updating unit 103 adapted to perform software update processes after transferring traffic to standby devices in same blocks as respective active devices when it is determined that the network devices are active devices according to the software update information 200 and thereby perform the software update processes for active devices or standby devices in different blocks in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakatsukasa, Masatoshi Saito, Hiroki Mori, Ken Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11317300
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device, includes a receiver configured to receive a first field, receive at least one of a plurality of second fields having been multiplexed and transmitted, and decode the one of the second fields to obtain a frame in a case where first information identifying the wireless communication device is not set in the first field, and a controller configured to suppress access to a wireless medium during a period indicated by a value set in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Adachi, Ryoko Matsuo, Tomoya Tandai, Hiroki Mori, Kentaro Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20220107407
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes first to fourth transmission antennas, a plurality of reception antennas, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire a first signal of radio waves which are transmitted by the first and third transmission antennas in a case where the measurement target is at a first position, acquire a second signal of radio waves which are transmitted by the second and fourth transmission antennas in a case where the measurement target is at a second position, and generate information of the measurement target by using the first and second signals. A first interval between the first and third transmission antennas and a second interval between the second and fourth transmission antennas are the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Xu ZHU, Hiroki MORI
  • Patent number: 11269289
    Abstract: A process unit includes a drum frame supporting a photoconductor drum and a development frame supporting a development roller. The development cartridge is swingably supported by the drum frame at a coupling joint provided at a first side of the development frame and a support portion provided at a second side of the development frame. A center of rotation of the development roller is located in a position shifted from a line segment connecting a center of rotation of the coupling joint and a center of rotation of the photoconductor drum to an upstream side with respect to a direction of rotation of the coupling joint as viewed in an axial direction of the development roller, such that the development roller is pressed against the photoconductor drum by the action of the rotatory force received by the coupling joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi Shiraki, Hiroki Mori
  • Patent number: 11267746
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass includes a conveying step of moving a conveyance sheet material that contacts a lower surface of a glass film, to thereby convey the glass film. The conveyance sheet material includes a first contact portion that contacts the lower surface of the glass film on an upstream side in a manufacture-related process step, a second contact portion that contacts the lower surface of the glass film on a downstream side in the manufacture-related process step, and a non-contact portion that is prevented from contacting the lower surface of the glass film. In this method, the manufacture-related process step includes subjecting the glass film to a predetermined process at a position corresponding to the non-contact portion between the first and second contact portions while simultaneously moving the first, second, and non-contact portions of the conveyance sheet material through the conveying step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Mori, Yohei Kirihata
  • Patent number: 11269287
    Abstract: A developing cartridge may include a housing configured to hold toner. The cartridge may further include a developing roller including a developing roller shaft, a supply roller including a supply roller shaft, a developing electrode and a supply electrode. The developing electrode and supply electrode may be configured to guide an electrical contact of an image forming apparatus in one or more directions. In some examples, the developing electrode and supply electrode may have angled surfaces that extend toward one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeyuki Takagi, Hiroki Mori
  • Patent number: 11226580
    Abstract: A photosensitive drum rotates about a first axis extending in a first direction. A photosensitive drum is located at one end portion of a housing in a second direction. A cleaning roller cleans a surface of the photosensitive drum. The cleaning roller rotates about a second axis extending in the first direction. A cleaning electrode is electrically connected to the cleaning roller. The cleaning electrode is located at an outer surface of the housing in the first direction. The cleaning electrode is located at a tip end of the one end portion of the housing in the second direction. The cleaning electrode includes a contact surface and a guide surface. The contact surface contacts an electrical contact to which a voltage is supplied. The contact surface is perpendicular to the first direction. The guide surface guides the electrical contact to the contact surface when the drum cartridge is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukaya, Hiroki Mori, Nao Itabashi, Tsubasa Kiriyama
  • Patent number: 11192743
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a glass roll includes cutting a glass ribbon along a longitudinal direction thereof in a cutting region on a conveyance path while conveying the glass ribbon, and taking up the cut glass ribbon around a roll core at a downstream end of the conveyance path. A conveyance-mode changeable region is provided between the cutting region and the downstream end of the conveyance path. The conveyance-mode changeable region enables a change in conveyance mode between a first mode of conveying the glass ribbon in a tensioned state and a second mode of conveying the glass ribbon in a loosened state. After the leading end portion of the glass ribbon is wound around the roll core in the first conveyance mode, the conveyance mode is shifted from the first conveyance mode to the second conveyance mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Mori, Yohei Kirihata, Koji Ishichi
  • Publication number: 20210364946
    Abstract: A toner cartridge includes a casing, a developing roller, a holder, a toner memory, an electrical contact and a wiring. The holder is positioned at an outer surface of one side in a first direction of the casing. The electric contact surface is positioned at an outer surface of one side in a second direction of the holder. The second direction crosses the electric contact surface. The electrical contact is positioned on an outer surface of another side in the second direction of the holder. The wiring electrically connects the electrical contact and the electric contact surface. The electric contact surface includes a first electric contact surface and a second electric contact surface. The first electric contact surface electrically is connected to the electrical contact through the wiring. The second electric contact surface electrically is connected to the toner memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsubasa KIRIYAMA, Hiroki MORI, Nao ITABASHI, Atsushi FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20210339559
    Abstract: A positioning jig includes a holding portion, a contact portion, and an operating portion. The holding portion holds the cartridge. A portion of the contact portion contacts a writing portion of the pen when the cartridge is held in the holding portion and the pen is held in the accommodating portion. The contact portion is able to rotate with a direction in which an axis of the pen extends as a first rotational axis. The operating portion performs an operation to rotate the contact portion. The contact portion restricts rotation of the pen about the first rotational axis with respect to the contact portion by contacting the writing portion of the pen and positions the pen in a rotational direction about the first rotational axis with respect to the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroki MORI
  • Publication number: 20210339419
    Abstract: A processing device includes a mounting portion, a holding member configured to hold the target object, a first mover configured to move a mounting portion, a second mover configured to move the mounting portion and the holding member, a processor, and a memory. The processing device performs processing on a target object by penetrating the target object using a processing tool mounted to the mounting portion. The processor acquires processing data representing control conditions of the first mover and the second mover for causing the processing tool to penetrate the target object and perform processing on the target object. The processor controls the first mover and the second mover, on the basis of the acquired processing data, in a state in which the target object is held by the first holder, to cause the processing tool to penetrate the target object and perform the processing on the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki MORI, Daisuke ABE
  • Publication number: 20210324808
    Abstract: Provided is a status monitoring device for a speed reducer, including: at least one signal transmission unit for monitoring a status of at least one crankshaft of a speed reducer and transmitting a status signal; and a determination unit for determining a status of the speed reducer based on the status signal from the at least one signal transmission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Masakazu KURITA, Hiroki MORI, Koji NAKAMURA, Kazuhiko SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20210311430
    Abstract: A drum cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum; a drum frame; a drum coupling; and an electrical contact surface. The photosensitive drum is rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction. The drum frame has one end portion in a second direction at which the photosensitive drum is positioned. The drum coupling is rotatable together with the photosensitive drum. The drum coupling is positioned at an outer surface of one side in the first direction of the drum frame. The electrical contact surface is positioned closer to another side in the second direction of the drum frame than the drum coupling is to the another side in the second direction of the drum frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki MORI, Atsushi FUKAYA, Tsubasa KIRIYAMA, Nao ITABASHI
  • Publication number: 20210296782
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes a first transmission array antenna including transmission antennas of a first number, arranged with a first distance in a first direction, a first reception array antenna including reception antennas of a second number, arranged with a second distance in a first direction or a second direction which is parallel to the first direction, a second transmission array antenna including transmission antennas of a third number, arranged with the first distance in the first direction, and a second reception array antenna including reception antennas of a fourth number, arranged with the second distance in the first direction or the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Hiroki MORI