Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Hatano

Hiroshi Hatano 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: 20240154483
    Abstract: A rotary electrical machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a plurality of iron cores that are annularly disposed, windings that are wound to each of the plurality of iron cores, connection terminals to which the windings are connected to, and molded members that partially cover the plurality of iron cores and the windings. The rotor rotates around an axis that coincides with a circular center of the plurality of iron cores. The molded members have resin portions that cover the plurality of iron cores and the windings, and a plurality of exposed terminal portions that expose the connection terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi AIDA, Kengo FUJIMOTO, Shogo HATANO
  • Publication number: 20220002771
    Abstract: A method for producing a secreted ?-galactosidase, characterized by integrating a non-secreted ?-galactosidase gene derived from a basidiomycetous yeast into Aspergillus oryzae to produce a secreted ?-galactosidase, and a method for producing a galactooligosaccharide using a ?-galactosidase produced by the method facilitate the production of a galactooligosaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIKAWA, Masakazu IKEDA, Minako ANBE, Hiroshi HATANO
  • Publication number: 20200008454
    Abstract: To provide a powder emulsifying agent composition having such a low bulk specific gravity that it is suitably stored and transported, having high water dispersibility, and being produced at high efficiency (in particular, drying efficiency), a method for producing a powder emulsifying agent composition, and a food including a powder emulsifying agent composition. A powder emulsifying agent composition includes a saccharide (A), an ester (B) that is at least one of a sucrose fatty acid ester (B1) or a glycerin fatty acid ester (B2), and an inorganic salt (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: DAI-ICHI KOGYO SEIYAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi HATANO, Keisuke KUSUI
  • Patent number: 10221204
    Abstract: A composition which has high 4?-GL purity and can be used as a reference standard for various analyses can be obtained by a more convenient method than one conventionally used. A method for preparing a high-purity 4?-GL composition includes the steps of: (A) subjecting a 4?-GL-containing galacto-oligosaccharide to activated carbon column chromatography, and performing stepwise elution with plural organic solvent aqueous solutions, wherein the organic solvent aqueous solutions are used such that the concentration of the organic solvent in the organic solvent aqueous solution is higher than the concentration of the organic solvent in the immediately preceding organic solvent aqueous solution with respect to a series of elutions; and (B) adding an organic solvent to the final fraction eluted in step (A), and crystallizing the 4?-GL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamada, Hiroshi Hatano, Kazumasa Kimura, Hidetsugu Sotoya, Yoko Mori
  • Patent number: 9993901
    Abstract: A boot band for fixing a boot that is mounted to a constant velocity universal joint is clamped. The boot band and the constant velocity universal joint are aligned in phase with each other in a circumferential direction. An axial position of a clamping portion is thereafter aligned with an axial position of the boot band. Then, the boot band is clamped by the clamping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hatano, Nao Ishiyama, Shinya Inui, Yuuki Ogata
  • Patent number: 9658986
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a computing unit that performs a matrix computation between data streams whose unit data is of a matrix format; a determining unit that for each matrix obtained by the matrix computation by the computing unit, determines based on the value of each element included in the matrix, an exponent value for expressing each element included in the matrix as a floating decimal point value; a converting unit that converts the value of each element into a significand value of the element, according to the exponent value determined by the determining unit; and an output unit that correlates and outputs the exponent value and each matrix after conversion in which the value of each element in the matrix has been converted by the converting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi Ge, Noboru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Hatano, Yasuhiro Oyama
  • Patent number: 9591241
    Abstract: A compound eye optical system forms a plurality of images with different fields of view for connecting the plurality of images with the different fields of view and outputting one composite image. The system includes: a plurality of individual eye optical systems forming the plurality of images with different fields of view on an imaging surface; and an overall optical system forming an image with a field of view incorporating the entire fields of view obtained by the plurality of individual eye optical systems on the imaging surface, wherein the individual eye optical systems and the overall optical system are configured by a lens array plate having a plurality of lenses integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Konno, Motohiro Asano, Jun Takayama, Makoto Jin, Shoji Kogo, Katsuya Yagi, Hiroshi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20170044200
    Abstract: A composition which has high 4?-GL purity and can be used as a reference standard for various analyses can be obtained by a more convenient method than one conventionally used. A method for preparing a high-purity 4?-GL composition includes the steps of: (A) subjecting a 4?-GL-containing galacto-oligosaccharide to activated carbon column chromatography, and performing stepwise elution with plural organic solvent aqueous solutions, wherein the organic solvent aqueous solutions are used such that the concentration of the organic solvent in the organic solvent aqueous solution is higher than the concentration of the organic solvent in the immediately preceding organic solvent aqueous solution with respect to a series of elutions; and (B) adding an organic solvent to the final fraction eluted in step (A), and crystallizing the 4?-GL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya YAMADA, Hiroshi HATANO, Kazumasa KIMURA, Hidetsugu SOTOYA, Yoko MORI
  • Publication number: 20160325389
    Abstract: A boot band for fixing a boot that is mounted to a constant velocity universal joint is clamped. The boot band and the constant velocity universal joint are aligned in phase with each other in a circumferential direction. An axial position of a clamping portion is thereafter aligned with an axial position of the boot band. Then, the boot band is clamped by the clamping portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi HATANO, Nao ISHIYAMA, Shinya INUI, Yuuki OGATA
  • Patent number: 9427837
    Abstract: A boot band for fixing a boot that is mounted to a constant velocity universal joint is clamped. The boot band and the constant velocity universal joint are aligned in phase with each other in a circumferential direction. An axial position of a clamping portion is thereafter aligned with an axial position of the boot band. Then, the boot band is clamped by the clamping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hatano, Nao Ishiyama, Shinya Inui, Yuuki Ogata
  • Publication number: 20160085557
    Abstract: A processor includes: a plurality of pipelines including a first pipeline and a second pipeline and configured to pipeline-process vector instructions including load instructions with respect to a memory, and when an instruction issuance controller configured to decode a vector instruction read out from an instruction memory and issue instructions to the pipelines issues a first load instruction with respect to a first region of a memory to the first pipeline and a second load instruction with respect to the first region of the memory is being processed in the second pipeline, a processing order in the first load instruction in the first pipeline is changed on the basis of an offset value determined according to a number of cycles that have been processed already in the second load instruction so that an access address of the first load instruction matches an access address of the second load instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: Socionext Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta Suzuki, Hiroshi Hatano, Koichi Suzuki, Takashi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 9262165
    Abstract: A vector processor includes an instruction fetching unit configured to acquire an instruction, a decoding/issuing unit configured to decode the instruction and issuing the instruction, an operation group configured to include a plurality of operation units and a register configured to store the element data column, wherein the plurality of operation units include a first operation unit processes a first type instruction and a second operation unit processes a second type instruction and the first type instruction; and when a plurality of divided instructions, for which the element data of an instruction to be issued has been divided, are processed by the second operation unit, in a case where the second type instruction is not present, the decoding/issuing unit issues the divided instructions, and in a case where the second type instruction is present, the decoding/issuing unit issues the instruction to be issued without performing division.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hatano, Koichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150344915
    Abstract: A process for producing a chemical product comprises a first fermentation step wherein fermentation is conducted by supplying a starting material compound and oxygen to a microorganism-containing liquid, to obtain a first fermentation broth containing a chemical product formed by the fermentation, a second fermentation step wherein the first fermentation broth is taken out and used as a second fermentation broth, and fermentation is conducted by supplying oxygen without supplying a starting material compound, so that the concentration of the starting material compound in the second fermentation broth is adjusted to be a concentration (Y) lower than a concentration (X) of the starting material compound in the first fermentation broth, and a separation step wherein the second fermentation broth is separated to obtain a separated liquid containing the chemical product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi SEKIYA, Hiroshi HATANO, Hiroki TANAKA, Nobuyuki KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150312496
    Abstract: A compound eye optical system forms a plurality of images with different fields of view for connecting the plurality of images with the different fields of view and outputting one composite image. The system includes: a plurality of individual eye optical systems forming the plurality of images with different fields of view on an imaging surface; and an overall optical system forming an image with a field of view incorporating the entire fields of view obtained by the plurality of individual eye optical systems on the imaging surface, wherein the individual eye optical systems and the overall optical system are configured by a lens array plate having a plurality of lenses integrally formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Kenji KONNO, Motohiro ASANO, Jun TAKAYAMA, Makoto JIN, Shoji KOGO, Katsuya YAGI, Hiroshi HATANO
  • Patent number: 9069716
    Abstract: A matrix calculation unit may include a matrix operation unit and a converting unit. The matrix operation unit may include functions to perform a matrix operation of a first size with respect to data stored in a memory, and to perform a matrix operation of a second size with respect to the data stored in the memory, where the second size is enlarged from the first size. The converting unit may convert in at least one direction in the memory between a data array suited for the matrix operation of the first size and a data array suited for the matrix operation of the second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: FUJITSU LIMITED, SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Yi Ge, Hiroshi Hatano, Kazuo Horio
  • Publication number: 20150081987
    Abstract: An data supply circuit includes a buffer configured to store a plurality of data items each having a first width, a memory access unit configured to read source data stored in memory and to store the source data as one or more data items each having the first width in the buffer, and a selection control unit configured to repeat multiple times an operation of reading a data item having a second width shorter than or equal to the first width to read a plurality of data items each having the second width contiguously and sequentially from the buffer and configured to continue to read from a head end of the source data upon a read portion reaching a tail end of the source data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi GE, Kazuo HORIO, Hiroshi HATANO
  • Patent number: 8979464
    Abstract: Provided is a production facility which allows a worker to perform manual works such as restoration, setting change, and manufacturing, without entering an action area of a robot. The production facility includes a casing, a swaging as a dedicated device housed in the casing, for performing swaging using a boot band, and an internal transfer device. A human work area on the front side of the production facility and an action area of a transfer robot on the back side of the production facility are separated by the swaging device and the casing. The worker positioned on the front side of the production facility operates swaging device without entering the action area of the transfer robot so that the transfer robot need not be stopped when the work is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Machida, Shigeki Matsushita, Shinya Inui, Hiroshi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20140289491
    Abstract: A data processing device has: a shift circuit that makes data with a certain bit length to be input therein for each cycle, and shifts the data to delete first invalid data in the data; and a gate circuit that cuts, when data as a result of combining pieces of the shifted data for each cycle has the certain bit length or more, first data with the certain bit length to output the data to an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuo Horio, Hiroshi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20140237010
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a computing unit that performs a matrix computation between data streams whose unit data is of a matrix format; a determining unit that for each matrix obtained by the matrix computation by the computing unit, determines based on the value of each element included in the matrix, an exponent value for expressing each element included in the matrix as a floating decimal point value; a converting unit that converts the value of each element into a significand value of the element, according to the exponent value determined by the determining unit; and an output unit that correlates and outputs the exponent value and each matrix after conversion in which the value of each element in the matrix has been converted by the converting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi Ge, Noboru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Hatano, Yasuhiro Oyama
  • Patent number: 8795859
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes, in a main surface of a glass substrate on which a magnetic recording layer is formed, a plurality of annular first thermally-conductive regions having a larger thermal conductivity than the glass substrate that are provided concentrically with the glass substrate. The first thermally-conductive regions are each provided so that it extends across a plurality of tracks. The first thermally-conductive region has a radial width larger than a depth, from the main surface, of the first thermally-conductive region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Fukumoto, Hiroshi Hatano