Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Kimura

Kiyoshi Kimura 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).

  • Patent number: 11975600
    Abstract: An electric truck that travels by electric power supplied from a battery includes a ladder frame including a pair of side rails, where the side rails face each other in a vehicle width direction, and a power supply unit including the battery, where the power supply unit is disposed between the side rails and is connected to the side rails. The side rails each have flanges having a predetermined width provided at each edge of a respective web. At least one of the flanges at a location facing a corner of the power supply unit as viewed in the vehicle width direction has a narrowed flange portion having a width smaller than the predetermined width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Daimler Truck AG
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kimura, Shigeru Okonogi
  • Patent number: 11943929
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a large storage capacity per unit area is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator including a first opening, a first conductor that is over the first insulator and includes a second opening, a second insulator that is over the first insulator and includes a third opening, and an oxide penetrating the first opening, the second opening, and the third opening. The oxide includes a first region at least in the first opening, a second region at least in the second opening, and a third region at least in the third opening. The resistances of the first region and the third region are lower than the resistance of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hajime Kimura, Takanori Matsuzaki, Kiyoshi Kato, Satoru Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20230286378
    Abstract: An accelerator device includes a case provided on a floor, a pad arranged outside the case to be stepped on by a driver, a pedal arranged in the case to be rotatable in an accelerator opening direction by a stepping force of the pad, an arm connecting the pad to the pedal, and a biasing member configured to bias the pedal in an accelerator closing direction. One end of the arm is press-fitted into a connecting portion of the pad in a press-fitting direction. At least one of the arm or the pad is provided with a play removing part that is configured to eliminate a play between the one end of the arm and the connecting portion in the press-fitting direction by contacting the one end of the arm and the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Noriyasu KIHARA, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Takehiro SAITO, Yasuhiro OTAKA
  • Publication number: 20230211659
    Abstract: An accelerator device includes a pedal lever, a reaction force adjuster and a controller. The pedal lever operates according to a stepping operation. The reaction force adjuster is driven by an actuator, and is capable of adjusting a reaction force that is a force in a direction of pushing back the pedal lever. The controller includes a target operation amount setting unit and a drive control unit. The target operation amount setting unit sets a target operation amount, which is an operation amount of the pedal lever according to a vehicle speed. The drive control unit controls a drive of the actuator. The controller controls the reaction force according to the target operation amount so that the operation amount of the pedal lever is within a target range when switching from an automatic drive to a manual drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuo HARIU, Takuto KITA, Yuusuke YOSHIDA, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Takehiro SAITO, Soichi KINOUCHI, Etsugo YANAGIDA, Daisuke HOKUTO
  • Publication number: 20230202297
    Abstract: A pedal device comprises a brake pedal, an accelerator pedal, a support member and an adjusting device. The brake pedal is operated to be depressed by a leg of a passenger, and an operation amount of a depressing operation of the brake pedal is transmitted as an electrical signal. The accelerator pedal is operated to be depressed by a leg of the passenger, and an operation amount of a depressing operation of the accelerator pedal is transmitted as an electrical signal. The support member is connected with the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal, respectively, to support the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal in a rotatable manner. The adjusting device adjusts a position or a posture of the pedal unit including the brake pedal, the accelerator pedal, and the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Soichi Kinouchi, Takuto Kita, Kiyoshi Kimura, Tetsuo Hariu, Yuusuke Yoshida, Etsugo Yanagida, Daisuke Hokuto, Takehiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20230001787
    Abstract: An accelerator device includes a pedal lever, at least one drive source, a power transmission mechanism, and a locking mechanism. The pedal lever operates in response to a depressing operation. The drive source is configured to exert a reaction force as a force in a returning direction to the pedal lever. The power transmission mechanism transmits a drive force from the drive source to the pedal lever. The locking mechanism is capable of regulating the operation of the pedal lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuo HARIU, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Takehiro SAITOH, Takuto KITA, Hideyuki MORI, Souichi KINOUCHI, Yuusuke YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230001789
    Abstract: An accelerator device includes at least one drive source, a pedal lever, and a power transmission mechanism. The pedal lever is configured to move according to a pedal depressing operation. The power transmission mechanism is configured to transmit force both in the pedal lever's closing direction and opening direction to the pedal lever by driving of the drive source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takuto KITA, Tetsuo HARIU, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Takehiro SAITOH, Hideyuki MORI, Souichi KINOUCHI, Yuusuke YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230001788
    Abstract: An accelerator device includes an inner housing, a pedal lever, an urging member, and an actuator. The inner housing is supported to the outer housing by a support member. The pedal lever is rotatably supported to the inner housing in response to a stepping operation. The urging member urges the pedal lever in a closing direction. The actuator can drive the inner housing in an opening and closing directions of the pedal lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuo HARIU, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Takehiro SAITOH
  • Publication number: 20220388079
    Abstract: A hydraulic actuation device includes a tool, an actuation part having a pressure oil supply mechanism configured to send pressure oil from an oil chamber to the tool and return return oil from the tool to the oil chamber, an operation handle for adjusting oil passages for the pressure oil and the return oil in the pressure oil supply mechanism and configured to be able to be moved from an initial position, and biasing means configured to bias the operation handle toward the initial position when no external force is applied to the operation handle. When the operation handle moves from the initial position, the tool is actuated by the actuation part. When the operation handle is returned to the initial position by the biasing means, operation of the tool by the actuation part is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Ogura & Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220314037
    Abstract: A connected portion 68, 68m is disposed at an end of one of a rotary member 41 (first rotary shaft) of a tool unit 10 and a rotary shaft 62a (second rotary shaft) of a driving unit 60, and a connecting portion 52, 52m which is connected to the connected portion 68, 68m is disposed at an end of the other thereof. The connected portion 68, 68m has a guide shaft 68a that rotates integrally with the rotary member 41 or the rotary shaft 62a, and a plurality of engaged portions 68b, 68p disposed around the guide shaft 68a. The connecting portion 52, 52m has a guide hole 52a into which the guide shaft 68a is inserted, and the engaging portions 52b, 52q with which the engaged portions 68b, 68p are engaged and which are disposed around the guide hole 52a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Kiyoshi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11441676
    Abstract: A rotary actuator used in a shift-by-wire system of a vehicle includes: a motor; an output shaft arranged parallel to a rotation shaft of the motor; and a deceleration mechanism that decelerates rotation of the motor and transmits it to the output shaft. The deceleration mechanism includes a drive gear provided over a rotation axis of the rotation shaft and a driven gear provided over a rotation axis of the output shaft to mesh with the drive gear. The driven gear is a separate member from the output shaft and is loosely fitted to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikine Kume, Kiyoshi Kimura, Hiroyuki Kado
  • Publication number: 20220250458
    Abstract: An electric truck that travels by electric power supplied from a battery includes a ladder frame including a pair of side rails, where the side rails face each other in a vehicle width direction, and a power supply unit including the battery, where the power supply unit is disposed between the side rails and is connected to the side rails. The side rails each have flanges having a predetermined width provided at each edge of a respective web. At least one of the flanges at a location facing a corner of the power supply unit as viewed in the vehicle width direction has a narrowed flange portion having a width smaller than the predetermined width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi KIMURA, Shigeru OKONOGI
  • Publication number: 20220219522
    Abstract: An electric truck frame of an electric truck driven by electric power supplied from a battery includes a pair of side rails supporting a cab that are coupled by a plurality of cross members. The battery is disposed between the pair of side rails at a rear side of the cab. The pair of side rails include a plurality of elastic support sections that elastically support both ends of the battery in an electric truck width direction in a battery region in which the battery is disposed between the pair of side rails. The plurality of cross members are prohibited from being placed in the battery region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi KIMURA, Shigeru OKONOGI
  • Publication number: 20220017221
    Abstract: A communication management device provided in a flight vehicle that communicates with a base station management device that manages a plurality of base stations, includes: a first communication unit that transmits and receives control signals of an airframe of the flight vehicle or flight information of the flight vehicle to and from the base station management device; a second communication unit that provides communications among the plurality of wireless terminals as a base station; an acquisition unit that acquires anomaly information indicating that an anomaly of the first communication unit or an anomaly of a flight state of the flight vehicle has occurred, and an anomaly reporting unit that transmits the anomaly information to the base station management device via the second communication unit when the anomaly information is acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsushi Tsutsui, Jutatsu Sai, Kiyoshi Kimura, Chiaki Inui
  • Patent number: 11214386
    Abstract: Provided is a system comprising a projector; and a control device, wherein the control device includes a projector position information acquisition unit for acquiring projector position information indicative of a position of the projector, a flight vehicle position information acquisition unit for acquiring flight vehicle position information indicative of a position of a flight vehicle on which a solar cell panel is mounted, and an irradiation direction control unit for controlling an irradiation direction of light emitted from the projector, based on the projector position information and the flight vehicle position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HAPSMobile Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko Tajika, Kiyoshi Kimura, Takashi Motohisa, Atsushi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11128245
    Abstract: At least one of a plurality of generators is a first generator configured such that a relationship of a generator output voltage with respect to a generator active power output from the generator to a corresponding first AC wiring portion has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The control device is configured to generate a drive signal for a power conversion device by deciding a target value of a first control element such that a relationship of an AC wiring portion voltage with respect to a power conversion device active power output from the power conversion device to a first AC wiring portion corresponding to a first generator has a predetermined second drooping characteristic and correcting the target value of the first control element according to a DC voltage at a DC wiring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Umezu, Kazushige Sugimoto, Soichiro Bando, Naoki Yamaguchi, Kenichi Sakimoto, Kiyoshi Kimura, Suguru Takayama, Takato Uda
  • Publication number: 20210203258
    Abstract: At least one of a plurality of generators is a first generator configured such that a relationship of a generator output voltage with respect to a generator active power output from the generator to a corresponding first AC wiring portion has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The control device is configured to generate a drive signal for a power conversion device by deciding a target value of a first control element such that a relationship of an AC wiring portion voltage with respect to a power conversion device active power output from the power conversion device to a first AC wiring portion corresponding to a first generator has a predetermined second drooping characteristic and correcting the target value of the first control element according to a DC voltage at a DC wiring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke UMEZU, Kazushige SUGIMOTO, Soichiro BANDO, Naoki YAMAGUCHI, Kenichi SAKIMOTO, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Suguru TAKAYAMA, Takato UDA
  • Publication number: 20210199194
    Abstract: A rotary actuator used in a shift-by-wire system of a vehicle includes: a motor; an output shaft arranged parallel to a rotation shaft of the motor; and a deceleration mechanism that decelerates rotation of the motor and transmits it to the output shaft. The deceleration mechanism includes a drive gear provided over a rotation axis of the rotation shaft and a driven gear provided over a rotation axis of the output shaft to mesh with the drive gear. The driven gear is a separate member from the output shaft and is loosely fitted to the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Mikine KUME, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Hiroyuki KADO
  • Patent number: 10985560
    Abstract: Each of the plurality of generators is configured so a relationship of frequency with respect to a generator active power output by each generator to the corresponding alternating-current wiring unit has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The plurality of power conversion devices is configured to convert alternating-current power input through each alternating-current wiring unit into direct-current power, and to convert direct-current power input through the direct-current wiring unit into alternating-current power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Umezu, Kazushige Sugimoto, Soichiro Bando, Naoki Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kimura, Suguru Takayama, Takato Uda
  • Patent number: D921052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Tatsuno Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ozeki, Kiyoshi Kimura