Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yamada
Hiroshi Yamada 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).
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Patent number: 11968902Abstract: There are provided a piezoelectric body of ytterbium-doped aluminum nitride, having a greater piezoelectric coefficient d33 or g33 than those not doped with ytterbium, and a MEMS device using the piezoelectric body. The piezoelectric body is represented by a chemical formula Al1-xYbxN where a value of x is more than 0 and less than 0.37 and having a lattice constant ratio c/a in a range of 1.53 or more and less than 1.6. The piezoelectric body with such a configuration has a greater piezoelectric coefficient d33 or g33 than those not doped with ytterbium.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Masato Uehara, Hiroshi Yamada, Morito Akiyama, Sri Ayu Anggraini, Kenji Hirata
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Publication number: 20240128006Abstract: A laminated coil component includes: an element body having a first surface and a second surface facing each other in a first direction; a coil unit formed by laminating a plurality of coil conductors in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction inside the element body; a first lead-out conductor; and a second lead-out conductor. A first coil conductor adjacent to the first lead-out conductor in the second direction includes a first side portion extending along the first surface, on a first surface side. A second coil conductor adjacent to the second lead-out conductor in the second direction includes a second side portion extending along the second surface, on a second surface side. The first side portion has a larger line width than other side portions of the first coil conductor and the second side portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuya OSHIMA, Hiroshi ONO, Ryosuke HORIE, Daiki YAMADA, Yuki AKASAKA, Shuichi WATANABE, Satoshi TAKASU, Makoto YOSHINO, Takahiro YATA
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Publication number: 20240126193Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, an air nozzle, and a pipe. The pipe includes a portion provided in a range overlapping with the first rotatable member and making one reciprocation or more in a case that when a direction crossing a feeding direction of a recording material fed in a nip is a widthwise direction of the first rotatable member, the pipe is viewed in a direction perpendicular to the widthwise direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: YASUHARU TORATANI, SHUTARO SAITO, KEISUKE YOSHIDA, YUYA YAMADA, TAKU ASHIDA, ASUNA FUKAMACHI, SHOHEI TSUZAKI, YUSUKE YAMAGUCHI, HIROSHI MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240126197Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit to receive a job, heating and pressing rotary members to form a nip portion, and a spraying member having a nozzle and a cylinder. The nozzle discharges air to the heating rotary member and a recording material. During a period after the reception unit receives the job and before a leading edge of a first sheet of the recording material reaches the nip portion, the spraying member performs a spraying operation of spraying air in an amount greater than or equal to a predetermined amount. The air that the spraying member sprays on the first sheet of the recording material during the job is higher in temperature than the air that the spraying member sprays during the period after the reception unit receives the job and before the leading edge of the first sheet of the recording material reaches the nip portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: SHOHEI TSUZAKI, ASUNA FUKAMACHI, YUSUKE YAMAGUCHI, HIROSHI MIYAMOTO, YASUHARU TORATANI, KEISUKE YOSHIDA, SHUTARO SAITO, YUYA YAMADA, TAKU ASHIDA
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Publication number: 20240126194Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, an air nozzle, and a pipe. The pipe includes a portion extending along a widthwise direction of the first rotatable member perpendicular to a recording material feeding direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: SHUTARO SAITO, KEISUKE YOSHIDA, YUYA YAMADA, TAKU ASHIDA, ASUNA FUKAMACHI, YUSUKE YAMAGUCHI, SHOHEI TSUZAKI, HIROSHI MIYAMOTO, YASUHARU TORATANI
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Publication number: 20240123734Abstract: There is provided a liquid container having increased usability over conventional art. The liquid container includes a main body including a storage chamber storing liquid and a nozzle projecting from the main body. In the nozzle, first, second, and third flow paths are formed. The first flow path brings the storage chamber into communication with the outside through a first opening formed on an edge face constituting a leading edge of the nozzle. The second and third flow paths bring the storage chamber into communication with the outside through a second opening and a third opening formed on the edge face, respectively. In a case where the edge face is viewed from the perpendicular direction of the edge face, the centroid of the third opening is not located on a line connecting the centers of gravity of the first and second openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: HIROSHI YAMADA
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Patent number: 11960182Abstract: Provided is a light absorption anisotropic film capable of preparing an image display device having excellent display performance and excellent durability, and a laminate and an image display device formed of the light absorption anisotropic film. The light absorption anisotropic film is used for an image display device, which is formed of a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic substance, in which in a signal derived from the dichroic substance detected by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, a relationship between a maximum intensity Imax of the light absorption anisotropic film in a thickness direction and an intensity Isur1 in a surface of the light absorption anisotropic film on a viewing side of the image display device satisfies Expression (I-1) 2.0?Imax/Isur1.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yumi Kato, Naoki Koito, Hiroshi Matsuyama, Akihiro Sugita, Takehiro Kasahara, Naoyoshi Yamada
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Publication number: 20240119764Abstract: An information processing device calculates a feature related to driving of a driver. The information processing device includes a processor that calculates the feature, and a transmission unit that transmits the calculated feature to an outside. The processor identifies whether there is a predetermined situation in which a risk occurs when turning right or left in a small radius, and calculates, when the predetermined situation is identified, information on a driving behavior for reducing the risk that is identified from information related to at least one of a steering wheel operation, an accelerator operation, and a brake operation of the driver, as the feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihisa YAMADA, Taro KAWAI, Hiroshi UENO
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Patent number: 11955592Abstract: Provided is an electricity storage device having a high volumetric energy density and high reliability. The electricity storage device includes: an electrode assembly including first and second electrode plates and a separator interposed therebetween; an exterior housing that houses the electrode assembly; a lid that covers an opening of the exterior housing; and electrode terminals that are electrically connected to the electrode assembly and partially protrude from the lid to the outside. The lid has a liquid injection hole for injecting an electrolytic solution into the exterior housing. A tubular member extending from the lid toward the electrode assembly is provided between the outer surface of the lid and the electrode assembly so as to surround an opening of the liquid injection hole. A covering member connected to the tubular member and interposed between the liquid injection hole and the electrode assembly is provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Takabayashi, Hiroyuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20240109546Abstract: An information processing device configured to calculate a feature related to driving of a vehicle includes a first processor configured to receive input information including information on a speed of the vehicle and a second processor configured to calculate the feature by using the input information received during a first period in which predetermined conditions are satisfied. The first period being included in a second period in which the input information is received. The predetermined conditions include a condition that a driving operation is performed before a brief stop of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi UENO, Yoshihisa YAMADA
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Patent number: 11945055Abstract: A flux containing 1 to 10 wt % of an organic sulfonic acid activator, 10 to 40 wt % of a high-molecular-weight nonionic surfactant that is a nonionic surfactant having a mass-average molecular weight Mw of more than 1200 and 5 to 75 wt % of a low-molecular-weight nonionic surfactant that is a nonionic surfactant having a mass-average molecular weight Mw of 1200 or less, in which the content of the low-molecular-weight nonionic surfactant is equal to or larger than the content of the organic sulfonic acid activator. This flux contains no cationic surfactant or contains more than 0 wt % and 5 wt % or less of the cationic surfactant. A solder paste containing this flux and a Sn-based solder metal.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Sugii, Yasuhiro Kajikawa, Yo Yamada
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Publication number: 20240101423Abstract: Provided is a scandium-doped aluminum nitride with nitrogen polarity. The nitride material is represented by the chemical formula ScXMYAl1-X-YN. M is at least one or more elements among C, Si, Ge, and Sn, X is greater than 0 and not greater than 0.4, Y is greater than 0 and not greater than 0.2, and X/Y is less than or equal to 5. The nitride material has piezoelectricity with a polarization direction of nitrogen polarity opposite to the direction of thin film growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Sri Ayu Anggraini, Morito AKIYAMA, Masato UEHARA, Hiroshi YAMADA, Kenji HIRATA
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Publication number: 20240101133Abstract: With reference to a message table associating a plurality of messages to be notified to a driver of a vehicle with a first condition, a second condition, last notification time of the message, and renotification requirement, a notification device selects messages associated with an identified first condition corresponding to a situation of surroundings of a vehicle or a state of a driver, selects, from among the messages associated with the identified first condition, messages associated with an identified second condition corresponding to a state of the driver, specifies, from among the messages associated with the identified second condition, a message without a record of last notification time or a message with a record of last notification time and with a renotification requirement requiring a renotification, and notifies the specified message to the driver through an output device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Takuhiro OMI, Hiroshi MORIMOTO, Kenta YAMADA, Udara Eshan MANAWADU
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Patent number: 11940347Abstract: A pressure sensor has a stem in which a pressure introduction hole into which a pressure medium is introduced and a diaphragm deformable according to the pressure of the pressure medium are formed, and a strain detecting element which is arranged on the diaphragm via an insulating film and being configured to output a detection signal according to the deformation of the diaphragm. The strain detecting element is configured to have a portion made of polysilicon. A low doping layer having a higher electrical resistivity than polysilicon and a higher crystallinity than the insulating film is arranged between the insulating film and the strain detecting element.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NAGANO KEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Kodama, Naoki Yoshida, Kaori Miyashita, Eiji Takeda, Nobuaki Yamada, Yoshihiro Tomomatsu, Yasushi Yanagisawa, Yusuke Midorikawa, Shirou Kamanaru, Kenichi Yokoyama, Inao Toyoda, Hisayuki Takeuchi, Naohisa Niimi, Masao Takahashi, Yasutake Ura, Kouji Asano, Yukihiro Kamada
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Publication number: 20240092337Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes front-wheel and rear-wheel driving systems, and a control system. The front-wheel driving system includes a first travel motor mechanically coupled to a front wheel of a vehicle and a first accumulator electrically coupled to the first travel motor. The rear-wheel driving system includes a second travel motor mechanically coupled to a rear wheel of the vehicle and a second accumulator electrically coupled to the second travel motor. The control system includes one or more processors and one or more memories communicably coupled to the one or more processors, and controls the first and second travel motors. When a difference between an SOC of the first accumulator and an SOC of the second accumulator is greater than a threshold value, the one or more processors change a torque distribution ratio between the first and second travel motors from a reference distribution ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Hiroshi KUSANO, Yoshinobu YAMAZAKI, Masami OGURI, Akihiro NABESHIMA, Yoshiyuki JIN, Takeshi YONEDA, Fumiya SATO, Keigo YAMADA, Takumi ARAKI, Shuntaro MIURA
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Publication number: 20240086846Abstract: An operation management system manages operations carried out by people in charge of operation regarding a common operation target, including: an operation information database storing operation information related to implementation of the operations; a start notification unit that notifies each person of the start of each operation when the start notification unit detects occurrence of a predetermined trigger event in the operation target; an operation flow construction unit that constructs an operation flow indicating the operation to be carried out by each person in relation to the trigger event, on the basis of the operation information database; an information providing unit that provides, to each person, the operation information with content suitable for the person in charge of operation on the basis of the operation flow; and a progress notification unit that notifies each person of progress of the operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Koji AMANO, Kazuma SAWADA, Hiroshi YAMADA, Yudai ZAMA
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Patent number: 11925639Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for treating a tumor, which is used in combination therapy of lenvatinib and (6S,9aS)—N-benzyl-8-({6-[3-(4-ethylpiperazin-1-yl)azetidin-1-yl]pyridin-2-yl}methyl)-6-(2-fluoro-4-hydroxybenzyl)-4,7-dioxo-2-(prop-2-en-1-yl)hexahydro-2H-pyrazino[2,1-c][1,2,4]triazine-1(6H)-carboxamide.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Ozawa, Yusaku Hori, Kazuhiko Yamada, Hiroshi Kamiyama, Masahiro Matsuki
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Publication number: 20240074482Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet having high swelling property for a non-combustion heating type flavor inhaler. The tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating type flavor inhaler includes tobacco powder having a cumulative 90% particle size (D90) of 200 ?m or more in a volume-based particle size distribution measured by a dry laser diffraction method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MATSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO, Manabu YAMADA, Hiroshi SHIBUICHI, Tetsuya MOTODAMARI, Toru SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20240074495Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device, includes a power supply, a heater connector connected to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming power supplied from the power supply, a case which constitutes a surface of the power supply unit, and a sensor which is disposed in the vicinity of the case and is configured to output a value related to a temperature of the case. Protection control for prohibiting one or both of charging of the power supply and discharging from the power supply to the heater is executed based on an output value of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Hiroki NAKAAE, Toru NAGAHAMA, Yuki NISHIMURA, Takashi FUJIKI, Yuki MASUDA, Ryo YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20240077464Abstract: A chemical sensor system includes a first chemical sensor, a second chemical sensor unit, and a first sample atmosphere tank located between the first chemical sensor and the second chemical sensor unit, and includes an air supply mechanism that executes a first operation of supplying a sample atmosphere from the first chemical sensor to the first sample atmosphere tank, a second operation of supplying the sample atmosphere from the first sample atmosphere tank to the second chemical sensor unit, and a third operation of discharging the sample atmosphere in the first sample atmosphere tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshiaki SUGIZAKI, Hiroshi HAMASAKI, Ko YAMADA