Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Endo
Hiroyuki Endo 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: 11964712Abstract: A steering control device is provided with at least one of a first torque correction computing part and a second torque correction computing part; wherein the first torque correction computing part is equipped with a weight computing part which computes an increment of weight based on a magnitude of the driver torque, and accumulates the increment of weight to generate a weight, a clip value computing part which computes an automatic driver torque clip value according to the weight, and a clip processing part which clip processes the automatic driver torque with the automatic driver torque clip value; and the second torque correction computing part is equipped with a gain computing part which computes an increment of gain according to the driver torque, and accumulates the increment of gain to generate a gain, and a gain processing part which outputs an automatic driver torque multiplied by the gain.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenta Tominaga, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Michihiro Ogata, Masaya Endo, Hiroaki Kitano
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Publication number: 20240109041Abstract: The invention provides a semipermeable composite membrane that reduces an environmental load, and a method of producing the semipermeable composite membrane. A semipermeable composite membrane 100 includes, on a porous support 102, a semipermeable membrane 104 containing a crosslinked polyamide 120 and a cellulose nanofiber 110. A method of producing the semipermeable composite membrane includes obtaining a mixed solution containing the cellulose nanofiber 110, water, and an amine component, and obtaining the semipermeable composite membrane 100 by making the mixed solution be in contact with the porous support 102, thereafter, causing a cross-linking reaction of the amine component in the mixed solution, with the amine component adhering to the porous support 102.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicants: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, LIXIL CORPORATIONInventors: Morinobu ENDO, Toru Noguchi, Hiroyuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20240111002Abstract: A magnetic sensor includes: at least one sensitive element including a soft magnetic material and having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and a uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, the at least one sensitive element being configured to sense a magnetic field by a magnetic impedance effect; at least one protruding portion including a soft magnetic material and protruding in the longitudinal direction from a longitudinal end of the at least one sensitive element; and a guiding member disposed opposite the at least one protruding portion and made of a soft magnetic material, the guiding member being configured to guide magnetic field lines toward the at least one protruding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Resonac CorporationInventors: Daizo Endo, Hiroyuki Tomita, Sho Tonegawa
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Publication number: 20240101026Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source unit that outputs light, an elongated light guide including a first end surface on which the light is incident, a second end surface located opposite to the first end surface, an emitting surface, and at least one held portion provided on at least one of the longitudinal side surfaces different from the emitting surface, the light guide guiding the light from the first end surface to the second end surface, and a housing including an attachment portion to which the light source unit is attached, a housing portion that is open at an end portion on the attachment portion side and includes a housing recess to house the light guide and an exposure opening exposing the emitting surface, and a holding portion that holds the light guide in the housing recess by sandwiching the at least one held portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Toshiaki MORI, Yoichi MATSUOKA, Koichiro ENDO, Yukihiko UMEDA, Shota KATSUNO, Hiroyuki ASANO
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Publication number: 20230226826Abstract: Included are a first roller disposed upstream of a peeling unit, a second roller disposed downstream of the peeling unit, a first motor configured to drive the first roller, a second motor configured to drive the second roller, and a control unit. The control unit includes a first-motor control unit configured to adjust a first voltage applied to the first motor on the basis of information about a transport velocity and a transport acceleration of the label sheet, such that a load torque of the first motor is a target torque, and also includes a second-motor control unit configured to perform feedback control of a second voltage applied to the second motor on the basis of information about a transport velocity of a base sheet, such that the transport velocity of the base sheet is a target transport velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventor: Hiroyuki ENDO
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Publication number: 20230158519Abstract: A rectifying member capable of improving a collision force of a jet fluid, and a nozzle. A rectifying member includes rectifying elements each having a tubular casing and a division wall structure formed in the casing; the division wall structure includes partition walls, and has a circumferential division wall group being adjacent in a circumferential direction of an inner wall of the casing and having an extending partition wall, and an inside division wall group in an inside region of the fluid flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: KYORITSU GOKIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki ENDO, Tsuyoshi CHIMOTO, Takeshi SAITO
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Patent number: 11602944Abstract: A cleaning roller to be brought into contact with a medium includes a rotary shaft having a first end portion and a second end portion, and a sticky roller attached to the rotary shaft. A cleaning roller holder includes a first bearing portion configured to restrict a movement range of the first end portion and a second bearing portion configured to restrict a movement range of the second end portion. In a state where the first end portion is disposed at the first bearing portion and the second end portion is disposed at the second bearing portion, the cleaning roller holder positions the cleaning roller in a detachable manner. The center of gravity of the cleaning roller is shifted from the center of the cleaning roller in the longitudinal direction toward the first end portion, and is in a range where the sticky roller exists in the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yusuke Kanno, Norio Nagata, Hiroyuki Endo
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Publication number: 20230022825Abstract: A secret key sharing system includes a transceiver in a first layer, a plurality of transceivers in a second layer, and a plurality of transceivers in a third layer. The transceivers in the second layer receive a first random number from the transceiver in the first layer via a directional carrier wave. The transceivers in the third layer receive a second random number from one of the transceivers in the second layer via the carrier wave. The transceiver in the first layer and the transceivers in the second layer share a first secret key based on the first random number, and the one of the transceivers in the second layer and the plurality of transceivers in the third layer share a second secret key based on the second random number.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hiroyuki ENDO, Masahide SASAKI
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Patent number: 11428852Abstract: A dielectric layer comprising an embossed surface and a flat surface which is located at a side opposite to the embossed surface is provided. The plane that approximates the flat surface is the X-Y plane, and the normal direction to the X-Y plane is the Z direction. The embossed surface has inclined surfaces that are inclined with respect to the Z direction, and the inclined surfaces reflect incident light incident on the dielectric layer and emerge reflected light. The elevation angle, which is an angle between the inclined surface and the X-Y plane, is ?. The refractive index of the dielectric layer is n. These values satisfy Formula (1): sin ??(1/n)<sin 2?.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Endo, Toshiki Toda
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Publication number: 20220232761Abstract: A handheld driving apparatus is provided for mowing or cutting an object. The driving apparatus comprises: a container, an action unit and a controller. The container is configured to extend from a rear side where a user is located toward a front side where the object is located. An action unit is provided on the front side of the container and configured to drive in such a manner that a mechanical action for mowing or cutting the object can be applied to the object. A controller is configured to execute a program so as to: in a driving step, drive the action unit by controlling a drive output of the action unit to a target value, in a monitoring step, monitor a state or a behavior of the drive output with respect to the target value during the control in the driving step, and in an adjusting step, adjust the target value based on the state or the behavior during the monitoring.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: YAMABIKO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi MOMIYAMA, Hiroyuki ENDO, Yoichi MIYAHARA, Akira TAKEKOSHI
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Patent number: 11325401Abstract: A printer for printing on rolled paper includes an air pressure sensor that detects air pressure, a platen that has a suction hole and is installed on a transport path of the rolled paper, a suction fan that sucks the rolled paper via the suction hole, and a control section that performs control for changing a rotation speed of the suction fan according to a detection result of the air pressure sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yusuke Kanno, Hiroyuki Endo
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Publication number: 20220118759Abstract: A cleaning roller to be brought into contact with a medium includes a rotary shaft having a first end portion and a second end portion, and a sticky roller attached to the rotary shaft. A cleaning roller holder includes a first bearing portion configured to restrict a movement range of the first end portion and a second bearing portion configured to restrict a movement range of the second end portion. In a state where the first end portion is disposed at the first bearing portion and the second end portion is disposed at the second bearing portion, the cleaning roller holder positions the cleaning roller in a detachable manner. The center of gravity of the cleaning roller is shifted from the center of the cleaning roller in the longitudinal direction toward the first end portion, and is in a range where the sticky roller exists in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Yusuke KANNO, Norio NAGATA, Hiroyuki ENDO
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Patent number: 11294108Abstract: Each protrusion surface has a shape of a strip extending in an extension direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction. Each protrusion surface tapers toward a top section in a thickness direction of an uneven structure. Each depression surface has a shape of a strip extending in the extension direction. Each depression surface tapers toward a bottom section in the thickness direction of the uneven structure. The protrusion surfaces and the depression surfaces are arranged at a period that limits reflection of light that is incident on the uneven surface in a front-view direction of the uneven surface and diffracts the light incident on the uneven surface to emit diffracted light in an oblique view direction of the uneven surface. The uneven structure has a property of absorbing light incident on the uneven structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Endo, Akira Nagano
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Patent number: 11191225Abstract: A power-driven working device including: a working tool; a drive unit configured to drive the working tool; a control unit configured to control an output power of the drive unit; and an operating unit including a first switch and a second switch, is provided. The control unit includes a cruise control unit configured to execute cruise control to maintain the output power of the drive unit constant when a cruise switch is activated, and an output power adjustment unit configured to increase the output power of the drive unit and to continue the cruise control when the first switch is activated during the cruise control, and to decrease the output power of the drive unit and to continue the cruise control when the second switch is activated during the cruise control.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Hiroyuki Endo
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Patent number: 11077680Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport roller configured to transport a print medium in a transport direction, a print head configured to print on the print medium, a platen having first suction arrays each including at least a first suction hole having a first diameter and second suction arrays each including at least a second suction hole having a second diameter that is different from the first diameter, the first suction arrays and the second suction arrays being alternately arranged in a direction intersecting the transport direction, a suction fan configured to suck the print medium through frame portions each having one first suction array and one second suction array, and a shutter mechanism configured to open or close the frame portions stepwise.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yusuke Kanno, Hiroyuki Endo
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Publication number: 20210059129Abstract: A power-driven working device including: a working tool; a drive unit configured to drive the working tool; a control unit configured to control an output power of the drive unit; and an operating unit including a first switch and a second switch, is provided. The control unit includes a cruise control unit configured to execute cruise control to maintain the output power of the drive unit constant when a cruise switch is activated, and an output power adjustment unit configured to increase the output power of the drive unit and to continue the cruise control when the first switch is activated during the cruise control, and to decrease the output power of the drive unit and to continue the cruise control when the second switch is activated during the cruise control.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Kenji SUZUKI, Hiroyuki ENDO
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Publication number: 20200384782Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport roller configured to transport a print medium in a transport direction, a print head configured to print on the print medium, a platen having first suction arrays each including at least a first suction hole having a first diameter and second suction arrays each including at least a second suction hole having a second diameter that is different from the first diameter, the first suction arrays and the second suction arrays being alternately arranged in a direction intersecting the transport direction, a suction fan configured to suck the print medium through frame portions each having one first suction array and one second suction array, and a shutter mechanism configured to open or close the frame portions stepwise.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Yusuke KANNO, Hiroyuki ENDO
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Publication number: 20200376859Abstract: A printer for printing on rolled paper includes an air pressure sensor that detects air pressure, a platen that has a suction hole and is installed on a transport path of the rolled paper, a suction fan that sucks the rolled paper via the suction hole, and a control section that performs control for changing a rotation speed of the suction fan according to a detection result of the air pressure sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Yusuke KANNO, Hiroyuki ENDO
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Patent number: 10837373Abstract: A precombustion chamber gas engine including a precombustion chamber communicating with a main combustion chamber includes: a precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line through which a precombustion chamber fuel flows; a precombustion-chamber-fuel supply valve connected to the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line and controlling supply of the precombustion chamber fuel to the precombustion chamber, the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply valve being configured to open when a precombustion chamber fuel line pressure, which is a pressure of the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line, is larger than a precombustion chamber pressure, which is a pressure of the precombustion chamber; a precombustion-chamber-fuel-line-pressure adjustment valve disposed on the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line and capable of adjusting the precombustion chamber fuel line pressure; an exhaust-precombustion-chamber-pressure acquisition unit capable of obtaining an exhaust precombustion chamber pressure which is a pressure related to tType: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Takemoto, Akihiro Yuuki, Yuuta Furukawa, Kazuo Ogura, Hiroyuki Endo
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Publication number: 20200158923Abstract: A dielectric layer comprising an embossed surface and a flat surface which is located at a side opposite to the embossed surface is provided. The plane that approximates the flat surface is the X-Y plane, and the normal direction to the X-Y plane is the Z direction. The embossed surface has inclined surfaces that are inclined with respect to the Z direction, and the inclined surfaces reflect incident light incident on the dielectric layer and emerge reflected light. The elevation angle, which is an angle between the inclined surface and the X-Y plane, is ?. The refractive index of the dielectric layer is n. These values satisfy Formula (1): sin ??(1/n)<sin 2?.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki ENDO, Toshiki TODA