Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Kobayashi
Masayoshi Kobayashi 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: 11971479Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor is provided with an ultrasonic element that converts between an electrical signal and an ultrasonic vibration and an element accommodating case having a bottomed cylindrical shape and accommodating the ultrasonic element inside thereof. The element accommodating case includes a side plate portion formed in a cylindrical shape that surrounds a directional center axis, and a bottom plate portion that closes one end side of the side plate portion in an axial direction which is parallel to the directional center axis. The ultrasonic element is attached to the bottom plate portion. The bottom plate portion includes at least one protrusion. The protrusions vibrate together with the bottom plate portion when the bottom plate portion vibrates as an ultrasonic vibration.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Satake, Youhei Suzuki, Kensuke Kobayashi, Dai Kondo, Syoya Ishida, Yudai Yamamoto, Kenji Fukabori
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Patent number: 11900509Abstract: A technique capable of providing a user with information obtained by OCT imaging in a useful way, particularly for assisting in assessment of an embryo effectively. The image processing method includes acquiring original signal data indicating an intensity distribution of signal light from each position in three-dimensional space including a cultured embryo obtained by optical coherence tomography imaging, generating spherical coordinate data based on the original signal data, the spherical coordinate data indicating a relationship between each position in the three-dimensional space represented using spherical coordinates having an origin set inside the embryo and the intensity of the signal light from the position, and outputting the intensity distribution of the signal light as a two-dimensional map based on the spherical coordinate data using two deflection angles of the spherical coordinates as coordinate axes.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITYInventors: Yasushi Kuromi, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Ohbayashi, Takuya Aida
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Patent number: 11889668Abstract: A DC/DC converter includes a metal case, a power converter accommodated in the case, a substrate, and a temperature sensor mounted on a surface of the substrate. The case includes a bottom wall, a side wall extending from the bottom wall, a boss, and a coupling portion. The coupling portion couples the side wall to the boss. The coupling portion extends from the bottom wall along an axis of the boss and along a surface of the side wall. The temperature sensor is arranged to face the coupling portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Ryoto Tsuchiya, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Tatsuya Goto, Kazuji Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11873992Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Takeo Oda, Takeo Nishiura, Tomoko Tsuru, Takaya Hamamoto, Takeshi Takagi, Osamu Hisamatsu, Hirotaka Kurashima
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Patent number: 11710237Abstract: A data processing method that is suitable for obtaining quantitative information from data obtained by OCT imaging. The image processing method includes acquiring original image data corresponding to a three-dimensional image of a cultured embryo obtained by optical coherence tomography imaging of the embryo and executing a region segmentation the three-dimensional image into a plurality of regions on the basis of the original image data. In the region segmentation, a local thickness calculation is performed on the three-dimensional image to determine an index value indicating a size of an object included in the three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional image is segmented into a region indicated by the index value greater than a predetermined first threshold and a region indicated by the index value less than the first threshold, and each of the regions resulting from the segmentation is further segmented by the watershed algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventors: Yasushi Kuromi, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Ohbayashi, Takuya Aida
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Publication number: 20230093427Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Takeo ODA, Takeo NISHIURA, Tomoko TSURU, Takaya HAMAMOTO, Takeshi TAKAGI, HISAMATSU, Hirotaka KURASHIMA
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Patent number: 11557980Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes: a semiconductor module including a built-in switching element; and a pair of bus bars connected to a power terminal of the semiconductor module. The pair of bus bars has body plate parts that are arranged so as to at least partially face each other in a thickness direction, and pluralities of terminal connection parts that are branched from the body plate parts and to which the power terminal is connected. At least one of the pair of bus bars has a plurality of annular parts that are annularly formed so as to include the plurality of terminal connection parts.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Masayoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11543132Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Takeo Oda, Takeo Nishiura, Tomoko Tsuru, Takaya Hamamoto, Takeshi Takagi, Osamu Hisamatsu, Hirotaka Kurashima
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Patent number: 11369270Abstract: It is provided a technique capable of noninvasively and quantitatively evaluating the state of cultured three-dimensional cell-based structure. A method of evaluating a three-dimensional cell-based structure according to the present invention comprises: performing tomography of the cultured three-dimensional cell-based structure (step S103); generating stereoscopic data indicating the three-dimensional shape of the three-dimensional cell-based structure based on image data acquired by the tomography (step S104); and counting the number of structures isolated from each other in the three-dimensional cell-based structure based on the stereoscopic data (step S105).Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITYInventors: Tetsuya Ohbayashi, Yasushi Kuromi, Masayoshi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220061193Abstract: A DC/DC converter includes a metal case, a power converter accommodated in the case, a substrate, and a temperature sensor mounted on a surface of the substrate. The case includes a bottom wall, a side wall extending from the bottom wall, a boss, and a coupling portion. The coupling portion couples the side wall to the boss. The coupling portion extends from the bottom wall along an axis of the boss and along a surface of the side wall. The temperature sensor is arranged to face the coupling portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Ryoto TSUCHIYA, Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Tatsuya GOTO, Kazuji YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20210159806Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes: a semiconductor module including a built-in switching element; and a pair of bus bars connected to a power terminal of the semiconductor module. The pair of bus bars has body plate parts that are arranged so as to at least partially face each other in a thickness direction, and pluralities of terminal connection parts that are branched from the body plate parts and to which the power terminal is connected. At least one of the pair of bus bars has a plurality of annular parts that are annularly formed so as to include the plurality of terminal connection parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Masayoshi KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20210056704Abstract: A data processing method that is suitable for obtaining quantitative information from data obtained by OCT imaging. The image processing method includes acquiring original image data corresponding to a three-dimensional image of a cultured embryo obtained by optical coherence tomography imaging of the embryo and executing a region segmentation the three-dimensional image into a plurality of regions on the basis of the original image data. In the region segmentation, a local thickness calculation is performed on the three-dimensional image to determine an index value indicating a size of an object included in the three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional image is segmented into a region indicated by the index value greater than a predetermined first threshold and a region indicated by the index value less than the first threshold, and each of the regions resulting from the segmentation is further segmented by the watershed algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Yasushi KUROMI, Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya OHBAYASHI, Takuya AIDA
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Publication number: 20210042968Abstract: A technique capable of providing a user with information obtained by OCT imaging in a useful way, particularly for assisting in assessment of an embryo effectively. The image processing method includes acquiring original signal data indicating an intensity distribution of signal light from each position in three-dimensional space including a cultured embryo obtained by optical coherence tomography imaging, generating spherical coordinate data based on the original signal data, the spherical coordinate data indicating a relationship between each position in the three-dimensional space represented using spherical coordinates having an origin set inside the embryo and the intensity of the signal light from the position, and outputting the intensity distribution of the signal light as a two-dimensional map based on the spherical coordinate data using two deflection angles of the spherical coordinates as coordinate axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Yasushi KUROMI, Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya OHBAYASHI, Takuya AIDA
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Patent number: D912520Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Toshihiko Yorozuya, Yasuyuki Ota
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Patent number: D913095Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Ota, Yoshimichi Kutsuna
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Patent number: D913096Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Yoshimichi Kutsuna
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Patent number: D913104Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Yoshimichi Kutsuna
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Patent number: D915208Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Toshihiko Yorozuya, Yasuyuki Ota
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Patent number: D915209Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Toshihiko Yorozuya
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Patent number: D980075Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Tetsuro Ogawa, Masayoshi Kobayashi