Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Okada

Hiroshi Okada 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: 20200376607
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solder material containing Sn or a Sn-containing alloy and 40 to 320 ppm by mass of A, the solder material including an As-enriched layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Kawasaki, Hiroki Sudo, Takahiro Roppongi, Hiroshi Okada, Daisuke Soma, Takashi Akagawa, Hiroshi Takahashi, Hiroshi Kawanago, Satoshi Yokota, Osamu Munekata
  • Patent number: 10825271
    Abstract: To provide a recording device capable of acquiring information on behavior of a moving body with high accuracy by using a simple configuration. Provided is the recording device including: a sensing unit configured to output data obtained through sensing; a reception unit configured to receive a wireless signal from a signal transmission device provided in a moving body; a recording control unit configured to control start and stop of recording of the data output from the sensing unit, in response to the wireless signal received by the reception unit from the signal transmission device; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the data recorded under the control of the recoding control unit, to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Arashima, Hiroshi Okada, Yukihiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10799391
    Abstract: A scrotal sheet includes a paste/water-retaining material layer containing at least moisture and a cooling material that uses vaporization heat resulting from evaporation of the moisture, a surface material layer on a surface of the paste/water-retaining material layer, and a notch configured to from a three-dimensional shape to surround the scrotum when the scrotal sheet is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Product Planning Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Mukai, Nobuaki Miyata, Hiroshi Okada
  • Patent number: 10766431
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus (10) including an imaging optical system (20), an image sensor (31), one or more circuit boards including at least one of the image sensor and an electronic component mounted thereon, a housing (11) including an opening that exposes the imaging optical system to a subject and supporting the imaging optical system, the image sensor, and the one or more circuit boards, a signal terminals (41) that transmit an image signal of the subject image captured by the image sensor to an outside of the housing, and a heat transfer unit (44) having heat conductivity connected to the plurality of terminals, the heat transfer unit that transfers heat generated from at least one of the image sensor and the electronic component to the plurality of terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Koshiba, Hiroshi Okada, Makoto Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200271215
    Abstract: An eccentric oscillating speed reducer includes an input rotor, a first rotor, a second rotor, a planetary rotor, a flow passage, a contact portion and a radial relief groove. The flow passage includes an axial gap located between the planetary rotor and a contact member. The flow passage conducts a lubricant oil that is forced to flow by a centrifugal force. The contact portion is placed in a drive force transmission path from the planetary rotor to the second rotor. The contact portion includes: a planetary rotor end surface of the planetary rotor located on a side where the second rotor is placed; and a second rotor end surface of the second rotor, which is opposed to the planetary rotor end surface. The radial relief groove forms a portion of the flow passage and extends through a radial width of the planetary rotor end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yukihiro HONDA, Hiroshi OKADA
  • Patent number: 10717157
    Abstract: Provided is a solder material having oxidation resistance at the time of melting solder or after melting it, as well as managing a thickness of oxide film at a fixed value or less before melting the solder. A Cu core ball 1A is provided with a Cu ball 2A for keeping a space between a semiconductor package and a printed circuit board and a solder layer 3A that covers the Cu ball 2A. The solder layer 3A is composed of Sn or a solder alloy whose main component is Sn. For the Cu core ball 1A, lightness is equal to or more than 65 in the L*a*b* color space and yellowness is equal to or less than 7.0 in the L*a*b* color space, and more preferably, the lightness is equal to or more than 70 and the yellowness thereof is equal to or less than 5.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Hattori, Hiroyoshi Kawasaki, Hiroshi Okada, Takahiro Roppongi, Daisuke Soma, Isamu Sato
  • Patent number: 10705330
    Abstract: A lens includes a lens body comprising a cylindrical surface along an optical axis direction and a fixed portion radially outwardly protruding from the lens body, comprising a diameter diminishing more and more from an image side toward a subject side along an optical axis of the lens body, and including an inclined surface contiguous to the cylindrical surface of the lens body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okada, Katsumi Tsuji, Yasushi Koshiba, Takatoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 10695830
    Abstract: Provided is a copper powder which can be suitably utilized in applications such as an electrically conductive paste and an electromagnetic wave shield. A copper powder according to the present invention has a dendritic shape having a linearly grown main stem and a plurality of branches separated from the main stem, the main stem and the branches are constituted as flat plate-shaped copper particles having a cross-sectional average thickness of from 0.02 ?m to 5.0 ?m to be determined by scanning electron microscopic SEM observation gather, the average particle diameter D50 of the copper powder is from 1.0 ?m to 100 ?m, and the maximum height in the vertical direction with respect to the flat plate-shaped surface of the copper particles is 1/10 or less with respect to the maximum length in the horizontal direction of the flat plate-shaped surface of the copper particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okada, Yu Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10654101
    Abstract: Provided is a silver-coated copper powder which can be utilized as an electrically conductive paste and an electromagnetic wave shield. A silver-coated copper powder has a dendritic shape having a linearly grown main stem and a plurality of branches separated from the main stem, the main stem and the branches are constituted as flat plate-shaped copper particles having a cross-sectional average thickness of from 0.02 ?m to 5.0 ?m to be determined by scanning electron microscopic (SEM) observation gather, the surface of the copper particles is coated with silver, the average particle diameter (D50) of the silver-coated copper powder 1 is from 1.0 ?m to 100 ?m, and the maximum height in the vertical direction with respect to the flat plate-shaped surface of the copper particles is 1/10 or less with respect to the maximum length in the horizontal direction of the flat plate-shaped surface of the copper particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20200049126
    Abstract: Provided is a wind power generation system including: a wind power generation apparatus that includes at least a duct having a longitudinal cross section formed in a substantial streamline shape, the longitudinal cross section being cut along a central axis, an impeller placed in the duct, and a power generator that generates power by rotation of the impeller; an anemovane installed so as to be able to measure a wind direction and/or wind power in a vicinity of the wind power generation apparatus; a rotating pedestal that supports the wind power generation apparatus so as to be rotatable along a supporting surface; and a control device that controls a rotational angle of the rotating pedestal based on the wind direction and/or the wind power measured by the anemovane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: KSF Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuninori TSUDA, Yoshihisa KOTO, Hiroshi OKADA
  • Patent number: 10557386
    Abstract: A joint includes a rotation transmitting portion and a stopper portion. The rotation transmitting portion abuts on a relative rotating portion in a circumferential direction. The stopper portion is capable of abutting on the relative rotating portion to restrict an axial position of the relative rotating portion. The stopper portion of the joint which rotates at the same speed as the relative rotating portion restricts an axial position of the relative rotating portion, whereby a sliding movement does not occur between the relative rotating portion and the stopper portion. It can be restricted that a power transmission efficiency is decreased and an abrasive wear is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Nemoto, Hiroshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20200025460
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to providing a heat sink that exhibits an excellent cooling performance by preventing occurrence of a hot spot on a heat pipe. A heat sink comprising: a heat receiving plate to which a heating element is thermally connected; and a heat pipe thermally connected to the heat receiving plate, wherein a thermal conductivity of the heat receiving plate is higher than a thermal conductivity of a material of a container of the heat pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi AOKI, Yoshikatsu INAGAKI, Kenya KAWABATA, Hiroshi OKADA, Daiki TAKEMURA
  • Patent number: 10458720
    Abstract: A heat transfer device includes a heat pipe in which working fluid is enclosed, a heat receiving plate provided on one end side of the heat pipe and a heat radiating fin provided on the other end side of the heat pipe, a first wick and a second wick that transfer working fluid provided on an inner wall surface of the heat pipe, a bent section bent between the one end side and the other end side, and a boundary section between the first wick and the second wick disposed in a lower part in the gravity direction of the bent section of the heat pipe or the heat transfer device. The heat transfer device can improve heat transfer characteristics with a simple configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Miura, Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Hiroshi Okada
  • Patent number: 10461541
    Abstract: In a solar power generation control device, a memory stores an output voltage at which maximum power is obtained, for each illuminance on a panel surface of a solar panel, acquisition circuitry acquires a vehicle speed, a present illuminance on the panel surface, and first information indicating an illuminance in a prescribed area ahead of a vehicle, and calculation circuitry calculates a predicted illuminance on the panel surface, which is an illuminance after a lapse of a prescribed length of time, based on the first information and the vehicle speed. When determining that an absolute value of a difference between first and second output voltages, at which maximum powers are obtained respectively at the present and predicted illuminances, exceeds a prescribed threshold, control circuitry makes correction such that an output voltage of the solar panel coincides with the second output voltage upon the lapse of the prescribed length of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Kodama, Hiroshi Okada
  • Patent number: 10408547
    Abstract: The invention provides a flattened heat pipe whose vapor flowing passage is not clogged and which has an excellent capillary force. The flattened heat pipe has a closed container formed by flattening a tubular container, a plurality of wick structures arrayed within the container in a longitudinal direction so as to form an acute-angled portion where a capillary force is large at least partially within the container, a hollow portion formed of an outer peripheral surface of the wick structure and an inner wall surface of the container and a working fluid sealed into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kameoka, Masanobu Sugimura, Tatsuro Miura, Yasumi Sasaki, Hiroshi Okada, Shinichi Furumoto, Masaaki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190248270
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile object including an imaging unit configured to capture a perimeter of the mobile object, a speaker configured to be capable of controlling directivity, a determination unit configured to determine whether the mobile object is in a driving mode, and a speaker control unit configured to control the speaker in the driving mode in a manner that predetermined audio is output toward a warning target that is recognized based on a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and to control the speaker in a non-driving mode in a manner that the predetermined audio is output in a non-directional way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, HIROSHI OKADA, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, HIROFUMI YUCHI, KOHEI ASADA
  • Patent number: 10308164
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile object including an imaging unit configured to capture a perimeter of the mobile object, a speaker configured to be capable of controlling directivity, a determination unit configured to determine whether the mobile object is in a driving mode, and a speaker control unit configured to control the speaker in the driving mode in a manner that predetermined audio is output toward a warning target that is recognized based on a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and to control the speaker in a non-driving mode in a manner that the predetermined audio is output in a non-directional way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Hiroshi Okada, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Hirofumi Yuchi, Kohei Asada
  • Patent number: 10295711
    Abstract: A prototype aluminum mold for stampers that is used to manufacture stampers having a fine irregular surface structure on the surface thereof and containing aluminum and magnesium, wherein the content of magnesium is 0.1% by mass to 3% by mass, the content of silicon is 100 ppm by mass or less, the total content of elements other than aluminum and magnesium is 500 ppm by mass or less, and the number of magnesium silicide particles having an equivalent diameter of 10 nm or more on the surface of the prototype aluminum mold for stampers is 10/1000 ?m2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kojima, Hiroshi Onomoto, Hiroaki Kita, Kota Shirai, Hiroshi Okada, Kazume Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20190120092
    Abstract: A joint includes a rotation transmitting portion and a stopper portion. The rotation transmitting portion abuts on a relative rotating portion in a circumferential direction. The stopper portion is capable of abutting on the relative rotating portion to restrict an axial position of the relative rotating portion. The stopper portion of the joint which rotates at the same speed as the relative rotating portion restricts an axial position of the relative rotating portion, whereby a sliding movement does not occur between the relative rotating portion and the stopper portion. It can be restricted that a power transmission efficiency is decreased and an abrasive wear is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuaki NEMOTO, Hiroshi OKADA
  • Patent number: 10220826
    Abstract: A drive control apparatus includes a motor control unit and a gear shift control unit, and controls a power transmission system including first and second motors and a gear shift mechanism. When the gear shift mechanism is changed from a first gear stage to a second gear stage during deceleration of the vehicle, the motor control unit controls the first motor to be at a target rotation speed determined based on a gear ratio of a second power transmission gear and a rotation speed of an output shaft, and controls a second motor such that required brake torque is generated by the second motor. The gear shift control unit controls the gear shift mechanism so as to be in a neutral state in which power is not transmitted between an input shaft and the output shaft, until a rotation speed of the first motor becomes the target rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Saito, Hiroshi Okada, Yukihiro Jo, Kazutoshi Nishinakamura