Patents by Inventor Koji Kanai

Koji Kanai 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: 20240136880
    Abstract: An insulator attached to a core body in an annular shape and multiple teeth protruding from the core body along a radial direction for insulating the teeth and a coil wound around the teeth includes: a tooth end surface covering part covering an axial end surface of the tooth. The tooth end surface covering part includes: an inclined part provided on a front surface of the tooth end surface covering part on a side opposite to the tooth and inclined such that its height from the axial end surface of the tooth gradually changes along the radial direction; and an inclined part parallel part and a tooth parallel part provided on a back surface of the tooth end surface covering part on the tooth side and concave in a direction away from the axial end surface of the tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: KOJI YONEKAWA, TAKESHI KANAI, RYO OHORI, YUKARI OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 11955844
    Abstract: A rotor is provided with: a rotor core (32); a plurality of permanent magnets (33); a substantially tubular magnet cover (71); and a load reception block (70). The rotor core (32) rotates integrally with a rotary shaft of a motor. The permanent magnets (33) are arranged on the outer peripheral part of the rotor core (32). The magnet cover (71) covers the exterior of the plurality of permanent magnets (33) and the rotor core (32), and has a flange part which is bent radially inward at the end along a rotation axis. The load reception block (70) is disposed between the flange part and the end surface of the rotor core (32) in a direction along the rotation axis, and abuts against the flange part and the rotor core (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Ohori, Koji Yonekawa, Takeshi Kanai
  • Patent number: 10425618
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: displaying a program guide on a display device, the program guide being such that respective program frames for a plurality of programs are arranged in a display area having a time axis of one or more time slots and a channel axis; displaying a cursor on the display device and allowing a user to move the cursor, highlight desired ones of the program frames, and select from among the plurality of programs in the program guide; and displaying detailed program information regarding content of one of the programs of one of the program frames that is highlighted and/or selected by the user via the cursor, where the detailed information is displayed by enlarging the one of the program frames as compared with others of the program frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Yuki Kobayashi, Kensaku Ishizuka, Koji Kanai
  • Publication number: 20150334448
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: displaying a program guide on a display device, the program guide being such that respective program frames for a plurality of programs are arranged in a display area having a time axis of one or more time slots and a channel axis; displaying a cursor on the display device and allowing a user to move the cursor, highlight desired ones of the program frames, and select from among the plurality of programs in the program guide; and displaying detailed program information regarding content of one of the programs of one of the program frames that is highlighted and/or selected by the user via the cursor, where the detailed information is displayed by enlarging the one of the program frames as compared with others of the program frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu NISHIZAWA, Yuki KOBAYASHI, Kensaku ISHIZUKA, Koji KANAI
  • Patent number: 9131116
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a program guide displaying unit configured to display a program guide on a predetermined display, the program guide being such that program information is arranged in an area having a time axis and a channel axis; an indicator acquisition unit configured to acquire an indicator indicative of the number of viewers viewing each of a plurality of programs listed in the program guide in a similar time zone; and a popularity determination unit configured to determine the popularity of the program in accordance with the indicator. The program guide displaying unit displays at least some of the plurality of programs in a mode indicating the popularity of the program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Yuki Kobayashi, Kensaku Ishizuka, Koji Kanai
  • Patent number: 8725757
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a program image displaying unit configured to display an image of a program on a predetermined display device; a search key acquisition unit configured to acquire program related information as a search key from a source of the information; a search execution unit configured to transmit a search request designating the search key to a predetermined search server and acquire a result of the search; and a search result display unit configured to display the result of the search in a part of a display screen on the display device showing the image of the program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Yuki Kobayashi, Kensaku Ishizuka, Masakazu Hayashi, Koji Kanai
  • Publication number: 20120272271
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a program guide displaying unit configured to display a program guide on a predetermined display, the program guide being such that program information is arranged in an area having a time axis and a channel axis; an indicator acquisition unit configured to acquire an indicator indicative of the number of viewers viewing each of a plurality of programs listed in the program guide in a similar time zone; and a popularity determination unit configured to determine the popularity of the program in accordance with the indicator. The program guide displaying unit displays at least some of the plurality of programs in a mode indicating the popularity of the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Yuki Kobayashi, Kensaku Ishizuka, Koji Kanai
  • Publication number: 20110106842
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a program image displaying unit configured to display an image of a program on a predetermined display device; a search key acquisition unit configured to acquire program related information as a search key from a source of the information; a search execution unit configured to transmit a search request designating the search key to a predetermined search server and acquire a result of the search; and a search result display unit configured to display the result of the search in a part of a display screen on the display device showing the image of the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Yuki Kobayashi, Kensaku Ishizuka, Masakazu Hayashi, Koji Kanai