Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kawashima

Hiroshi Kawashima 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: 20190272942
    Abstract: A coil component 100 includes a first coil element 111 and a second coil element 112 each formed in an angular-tubular shape and disposed in parallel by winding and laminating a single flat wire 101 in one direction with edgewise-winding between one end portion 101A and another end portion 101B and bending the wound and laminated coil into two, and includes an interconnection part 113 for connecting the both elements. The interconnection part 113 includes a coil element winding end portion side raised part 123A, a coil element winding start portion side raised part 123B, and an intermediate part 123C extended between the two raised parts 123A and 123B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10386576
    Abstract: An optical waveguide circuit includes a polarization beam splitter connecting to a first input optical waveguide; an optical interference element receiving one of orthogonally polarization-split lights of a first light from the polarization beam splitter, and one of orthogonally-polarized lights from a second light input to a second input optical waveguide, the optical interference element causing interference therebetween; a first connection optical waveguide connecting the polarization beam splitter and the optical interference element; and a second connection optical waveguide connecting the second input optical waveguide and the optical interference element. The first and the second input optical waveguides have a straight-line shape or an S-shape including a first bending portion and a second bending portion to cancel the polarization-rotation of light taking place in the first bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kazutaka Nara, Takashi Inoue, Noritaka Matsubara, Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10371890
    Abstract: An optical waveguide element includes: a cladding portion made of silica-based glass; and a plurality of optical waveguides positioned in the cladding portion and made of silica-based glass in which ZrO2 crystal particles are dispersed. The optical waveguide element is a planar lightwave circuit. The plurality of optical waveguides configure an arrayed waveguide grating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Uchida, Yuuki Taniguchi, Hiroshi Kawashima, Kazutaka Nara, Masanori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10342773
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition, such as a food and pharmaceutical agent, which comprises dihomo-?-linolenic acid, and which has the effect of preventing or treating skin diseases; a composition such as a food and pharmaceutical agent which comprises dihomo-?-linolenic acid and which has the effect of preventing or treating skin diseases; and a composition which comprises dihomo-?-linolenic acid and which has the effect of preventing or treating diseases related to increased mast cell count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Norifumi Tateishi, Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10322699
    Abstract: A wiper blade connector including a body member having a first side wall, a second wall, and a top surface extending between the first and second side walls and a connector securing structure, which may include a rivet passage and an arcuate rivet clip, the arcuate rivet clip extending substantially perpendicular to the rivet passage, and a wiper blade incorporating same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Pylon Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: Vambi Raymundo Tolentino, Robert Peter Peers, Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20190057928
    Abstract: A lead frame (4) includes an inner lead (5), an outer lead (2) connected to the inner lead (5), and a power die pad (7). A power semiconductor device (9) is bonded onto the power die pad (7). A first metal thin line (11) electrically connects the inner lead (5) and the power semiconductor device (9). Sealing resin (1) seals the inner lead (5), the power die pad (7), the power semiconductor device (9), and the first metal thin line (11). The sealing resin (1) includes an insulating section (15) directly beneath the power die pad (7). A thickness of the insulating section (15) is 1 to 4 times a maximum particle diameter of inorganic particles in the sealing resin (1). A first hollow (14) is provided on an upper surface of the sealing resin (1) directly above the power die pad (7) in a region without the first metal thin line (11) and the power semiconductor device (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAWASHIMA, Takamasa IWAI, Taketoshi SHIKANO, Satoshi KONDO, Ken SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10201514
    Abstract: There are provided microorganisms having a property of producing a lipid containing unsaturated fatty acids as constituent fatty acids and extracellularly secreting the produced lipid encapsulated in lipid particles, methods of screening said microorganisms, as well as methods of efficiently producing a fatty acid-containing lipid using said microorganisms. Furthermore, there are provided lipid particles encapsulating a lipid containing unsaturated fatty acids, and foods, cosmetics, and animal feeds comprising said lipid particles added thereto. Artificially treated microorganisms or microorganisms collected from nature are grown on a solid medium, and microbial strains that form lipid particles at the periphery of the colonies and/or microbial strains that, when cultured in a transparent liquid medium, make the culture liquid cloudy are selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kengo Akimoto, Hiroshi Kawashima, Sakayu Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190043788
    Abstract: A leadframe of a semiconductor device includes a die pad, first and second suspension leads, and a frame. The main surfaces of the die pad and the frame are located on different planes, and the die pad and the frame are connected to each other by the first and second suspension leads. A first boundary line between the first suspension lead and the die pad runs on a straight line different from a second boundary line between the second suspension lead and the die pad. A third boundary line between the first suspension lead and the frame runs on a straight line different from a fourth boundary line between the second suspension lead and the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa IWAI, Satoshi KONDO, Hiroshi KAWASHIMA, Junji FUJINO, Ken SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190031153
    Abstract: Embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly may include a support structure, a wiper blade connector assembly for connecting the support structure with a wiper arm of a vehicle, a wiper blade cover fittable over the wiper blade connector assembly, and a wiper blade strip secured to the underside of the support structure. The connector assembly may include a wiper blade connector, a wiper blade connector cover connected to the wiper blade connector and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and a wiper blade connector adapter securable between the wiper blade connector and the wiper blade connector cover. The various embodiments of a wiper blade connector assembly permit the embodiments of the wiper blade assembly to be connected with a plurality of wiper arm types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Graham, Will Young, Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10166951
    Abstract: Novel connectors for coupling wiper blades with arms are described, including those that. A wiper blade connector may include first and second side walls and a bridge defining an upper channel, as well as a passage for receiving a rivet or pin. The connector may also include a reinforcement portion which may be an extension of the side walls, include a portion overhanging into the upper channel, an outward extension projecting in a direction away from the upper channel, or resilient tabs on the inside of the channel. The connector may also include a support element, such as a truss member, which extends the upper channel. A lateral brace may also be provided between side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawashima, Robert Peter Peers
  • Patent number: 10134523
    Abstract: A coil component has a core part 10 composing a closed magnetic path through which a closed loop of a magnetic flux passes, the magnetic flux being generated by two coils 14A, 14B that are arranged in parallel, and generate a magnetic field, and the core part 10 has a pair of I-type base cores 11A, 11B facing each other, and a pair of coupling core parts 11C, 11D. The coupling core parts 11C, 11D are each formed by linearly aligning three unit coupling cores 12A to 12F, and each of these cores 12A to 12F is formed into a configuration in which a column-shaped projection is provided on a core body, and a two-stage gap including a small gap and a large gap is to be formed mutually in a space in the adjacent unit cores 11A, 11B, and 12A to 12F by the configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawashima, Takayuki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180290630
    Abstract: A connector for a windshield wiper, and a wiper blade assembly including same, that accommodates slotted receiving portions of windshield wiper arms. The connector for connecting a windshield wiper assembly to a wiper arm may have a peripheral wall having at least two opposing peripheral side walls and a top surface extending from one of the two opposing peripheral side walls to the other. The opposing peripheral side walls may each have a guide pin aligned with one another and sized to be capable of slidably engaging slots of windshield wiper arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20180193298
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition, such as a food and pharmaceutical agent, which comprises dihomo-?-linolenic acid, and which has the effect of preventing or treating skin diseases; a composition such as a food and pharmaceutical agent which comprises dihomo-?-linolenic acid and which has the effect of preventing or treating skin diseases; and a composition which comprises dihomo-?-linolenic acid and which has the effect of preventing or treating diseases related to increased mast cell count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Norifumi TATEISHI, Hiroshi KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180129236
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: HIDEKI NOMA, TOMOYUKI ONO, HIROSHI KAWASHIMA, KAYOKO TANAKA, RYOKI HONJO, SHIGERU TAJIMA, DAISUKE YAMAZAKI, KAZUMI SATO, YOSHIHITO ISHIBASHI
  • Patent number: 9947613
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a power semiconductor element, a controlling element, a first lead frame and a second lead frame, respectively, a first metal wire electrically connecting the power semiconductor element and the first lead frame, and a sealing body covering these components. The first lead frame includes a first inner lead having a connecting surface to which one end of the first metal wire is connected. Among surfaces of the sealing body, in a side surface, a resin inlet mark is formed in a side surface portion from which the first lead frame and the second lead frame do not project, the resin inlet mark being greater in surface roughness than another area. The resin inlet mark is formed opposite to a side where the first metal wire is positioned on the connecting surface when seen in the direction along the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawashima, Ken Sakamoto, Satoshi Kondo, Taketoshi Shikano, Yoshihiro Takai, Claudio Feliciani
  • Patent number: 9943495
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition, such as a food and pharmaceutical agent, which comprises dihomo-?-linolenic acid, and which has the effect of preventing or treating skin diseases; a composition such as a food and pharmaceutical agent which comprises dihomo-?-linolenic acid and which has the effect of preventing or treating skin diseases; and a composition which comprises dihomo-?-linolenic acid and which has the effect of preventing or treating diseases related to increased mast cell count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Norifumi Tateishi, Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20180079390
    Abstract: A wiper blade connector including a body member having a first side wall, a second wall, and a top surface extending between the first and second side walls and a connector securing structure, which may include a rivet passage and an arcuate rivet clip, the arcuate rivet clip extending substantially perpendicular to the rivet passage, and a wiper blade incorporating same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Vambi Raymundo Tolentino, Robert Peter Peers, Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20170334400
    Abstract: A wiper blade having a wiper strip having a wide portion and a lip, and an elongate backing element. The backing element having a top portion, and two opposing legs that descend from the top portion, such that each opposing leg has a claw which extends towards the other opposing leg. A gap formed between the claws that is narrower than a width of the wide portion of the wiper strip. The claws, legs, and top portion define a wiper strip cavity sized to receive the wide portion wiper strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20170334406
    Abstract: A connector for a windshield wiper, and a wiper blade assembly including same, that accommodates multiple pin-type windshield wiper arms having varying pin lengths and locking mechanisms. The connector for connecting a windshield wiper assembly to a wiper arm may have a peripheral wall having at least two opposing peripheral side walls and a top surface extending from one of the two opposing peripheral side walls to the other. The opposing peripheral side walls may each have one or more retaining pin apertures aligned with one another and sized to be capable of slideably accepting a retaining pin of at least one pin-type and/or pin-plus-locking-arm windshield wiper arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20170334407
    Abstract: A connector for a windshield wiper, and a wiper blade assembly including same, that accommodates slotted receiving portions of windshield wiper arms. The connector for connecting a windshield wiper assembly to a wiper arm may have a peripheral wall having at least two opposing peripheral side walls and a top surface extending from one of the two opposing peripheral side walls to the other. The opposing peripheral side walls may each have a guide pin aligned with one another and sized to be capable of slidably engaging slots of windshield wiper arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima