Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Yamamoto
Masayoshi Yamamoto 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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Publication number: 20240154274Abstract: A power storage cell comprises an electrode assembly, a cell case, and an external terminal. The cell case has a case body and a lid. The lid has a lid body electrically charged with the same polarity as that of a positive electrode or a negative electrode, an invertible plate capable of short-circuiting between the lid body and the external terminal, and a prevention part connected to the invertible plate. The invertible plate is deformable between a normal shape and an inverted shape. The lid body has a receiving portion that receives the prevention part when the invertible plate is in the inverted shape. The receiving portion allows the prevention part to pass therethrough when the invertible plate is deforming from the normal shape to the inverted shape, and is in contact with the prevention part when the invertible plate is in the inverted shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satomi YAMAMOTO, Masayoshi Haga, Masashi Chihara, Takenori Ikeda, Nana Kurashita
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Publication number: 20240154213Abstract: A power storage cell includes an electrode assembly, a cell case, and an external terminal. The cell case has a case main body and a lid. The lid has a lid main body, and an inversion plate that is able to short-circuit the lid main body and the external terminal. The inversion plate has: a base portion; an inversion portion connected to inside of the base portion, the inversion portion being able to come into contact with the external terminal; and a low-elastic member made of a conductive material having an elastic modulus smaller than an elastic modulus of the inversion portion, the low-elastic member being provided on a surface of the inversion portion facing the external terminal. The low-elastic member is elastically deformed with the low-elastic member being sandwiched between the inversion portion and the external terminal when the inversion portion is inverted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satomi YAMAMOTO, Masayoshi HAGA, Masashi CHIHARA, Takenori IKEDA, Nana KURASHITA
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Publication number: 20240145871Abstract: A power storage cell includes: an electrode assembly; and a cell case that accommodates the electrode assembly. The cell case has a case main body provided with an opening that opens upward, a lid connected to the case main body, and an elastic member disposed between the case main body and the electrode assembly. The elastic member has a center-facing portion facing a central portion of the electrode assembly, and the center-facing portion has a shape curved to protrude in a direction away from the electrode assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satomi YAMAMOTO, Masayoshi HAGA, Masashi CHIHARA, Takenori IKEDA, Nana KURASHITA
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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: 11972359Abstract: A user management method according to the present disclosure includes: storing (S101) appliance use information including: appliance identification information for identifying an appliance; user information for identifying a user of the appliance; and an operating state of the appliance when the appliance was used; analyzing (S102) the appliance use information stored in the storing (S101) to identify, from among a plurality of functions of the appliance, one or more first functions each having a use frequency less than or equal to a threshold value; and providing (S103) the user with a notice which prompts use of the one or more first functions identified in the analyzing (S102).Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Kotaro Sakata, Tomoaki Maruyama, Kenji Kondo, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Masayoshi Tojima
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Publication number: 20240128617Abstract: A power storage cell includes an electrode assembly, a cell case, and an external terminal. The cell case has a case main body and a lid. The lid has a lid main body connected to an opening of the case main body and charged positively or negatively in the electrode assembly, and a short-circuit member connected to the lid main body, the short-circuit member being able to short-circuit the lid main body and the external terminal. The external terminal includes a terminal plate. The short-circuit member includes an elastic portion made of a conductive resin. The elastic portion is separated from the terminal plate when an internal pressure of the cell case is less than a predetermined pressure, and is elastically deformed to come into contact with the terminal plate when the internal pressure of the cell case is equal to or more than the predetermined pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satomi YAMAMOTO, Masayoshi Haga, Masashi Chihara, Takenori Ikeda, Nana Kurashita
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Publication number: 20240128618Abstract: A power storage cell comprises an electrode assembly including a plurality of tabs, a cell case, an external terminal, a connecting member, and an insulating member. The connecting member has a current collector plate connected to the plurality of tabs, and a connecting pin connecting the current collector plate and the external terminal. The insulating member includes an insulator that has a shape surrounding the connecting pin and that insulates the connecting pin from the cell case. The connecting pin has a covered portion covered with the insulator, and the covered portion has a fuse portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satomi YAMAMOTO, Masayoshi Haga, Masashi Chihara, Takenori Ikeda, Nana Kurashita
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Publication number: 20240128559Abstract: A method of manufacturing a power storage cell includes: preparing a case main body, a lid main body, and an inversion plate; welding the inversion plate to the lid main body; and connecting the lid main body to an opening of the case main body. The lid main body prepared in the preparing includes a pressure release valve. In the welding, the welding of the inversion plate to the lid main body is started from an opposite portion of the inversion plate that is located opposite to a side of the inversion plate facing the pressure release valve, and after welding a periphery of the inversion plate, the welding of the inversion plate to the lid main body is ended at the opposite portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satomi YAMAMOTO, Masayoshi Haga, Masashi Chihara, Takenori Ikeda, Nana Kurashita
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Patent number: 11949304Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator. The stator has a coil end provided by a plurality of joint portions. The coil end has a leader wire connected to a power terminal. The stator has a coil end provided by a plurality of turn portions. The coil end has a circumferential pair whose top portions are offset in a circumferential direction. The circumferential pair has a height HG21. The coil end has an axial pair whose top portions are offset in an axial direction. The axial pair has a height HG22. The housing has a facing surface facing the coil end. The coil end provides a height distribution which adapts an unevenness of the opposing surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Yamamoto, Mai Goto, Shigenori Yoneda
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Patent number: 11926054Abstract: A determination value calculated based on a distance from a work point of a tip of robot arm (10) to virtual straight line (30) passing through an axis of second joint (J2) and an axis of third joint (J3) is compared with a predetermined threshold. A method of calculating deflection compensation amounts for second joint (J2) and third joint (J3) is changed depending on whether the determination value is larger or smaller than the threshold. Second joint (J2) and third joint (J3) are caused to pivot based on the calculated deflection compensation amounts.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyoshi Ueda, Hiroyuki Nakata, Atsumi Hashimoto, Ryosuke Yamamoto, Masayoshi Iwatani
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Publication number: 20240075623Abstract: A remote control system includes: a recognition unit configured to recognize, based on a shot image objects that can be grasped; an image adjustment unit configured to cause an imaging unit to shoot, when a part of an area of a shot image designated by handwritten information is a predetermined outer peripheral area of the shot image, an image of a second predetermined area including the part of the area of the shot image designated by the handwritten information and an area adjacent to the first predetermined area, and cause the operation terminal to display the shot image of the second predetermined area; and an estimation unit configured to estimate an object to be grasped which has been requested to be grasped and estimate a content of a motion with regard to the object to be grasped which is requested to be performed by the device to be operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka IWANAGA, Takashi Yamamoto, Takemitsu Mori, Masayoshi Tsuchinaga, Shintaro Yoshizawa
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Publication number: 20240075628Abstract: A remote control system includes: a recognition unit configured to recognize, based on a shot image, objects that can be grasped, and movable and immovable areas of a device to be operated; an operation terminal configured to receive handwritten information; and an estimation unit configured to estimate an object to be grasped requested to be grasped and estimate a content of a motion with regard to the object to be grasped which is requested to be performed by the device to be operated, in which the estimation unit estimates, a conveyance route positioned in the movable area of the device to be operated among the conveyance routes as a moving route of the device to be operated and estimates a conveyance route positioned in the immovable area of the device to be operated as a moving route of an end effector that grasps the object to be grasped.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIK! KAISHAInventors: Yuka IWANAGA, Takashi YAMAMOTO, Takemitsu MORI, Masayoshi TSUCHINAGA, Shintaro YOSHIZAWA
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Patent number: 11923659Abstract: A method for controlling a wavelength of an optical module, includes: a laser light source unit emitting a laser beam; a wavelength filter having a periodical transmission characteristic with respect to a wavelength of light; a temperature controller on which the wavelength filter is placed and that adjusting a temperature of the wavelength filter; a heat generating body placed on the temperature controller; and a control device controlling the wavelength of the laser beam emitted from the laser light source unit and control the transmission characteristic of the wavelength filter based on an intensity of the laser beam transmitted through the wavelength filter, the method including changing at least one of a target value of the wavelength control of the laser beam and a target value of the control of the wavelength filter based on a current value of the heat generating body.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayoshi Nishita, Atsushi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11901787Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The stator has a coil end. The coil end has a plurality of lead wires. The plurality of lead wires have an inner lead wire with respect to the radial direction RD and an outer lead wire outside the inner lead wire with respect to the radial direction RD. The rotary electric machine includes a plurality of connection members. The inner lead wire and the outer lead wire are electrically and mechanically connected to the plurality of connection members. The plurality of connection members provide a heat transfer path from the inner lead wire. The inner lead wire and the outer lead wire demonstrate different vibration characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Mai Goto, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Shigenori Yoneda
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Publication number: 20240048136Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor including a normally-on transistor with a first source, a first drain, and a first gate and a second transistor including a normally-off transistor with a second source, a second drain electrically connected to the first source, and a second gate. A first gate signal, which turns on later than a second gate signal at the time of turn-on of the device and turns off earlier than the second gate signal at the time of turn-off of the device, is input to the first gate. The second gate signal, which turns on earlier than the first gate signal at the time of the turn-on and turns off later than the first gate signal at the time of the turn-off, is input to the second gate. An amount of delay of each of the first gate signal and the second gate signal is set independently.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Toshihiro IWAKI, Daisuke Arai, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Toshiya Uemura, Hisao Sato, Masao Kamiya
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Patent number: 11876305Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a rectangular or substantially rectangular plate-shaped housing including a first side and a second side which are long sides and a third side and a fourth side which are short sides, and an antenna device. The antenna device includes a first coil including a first coil conductor and a second coil including a second coil conductor. A portion of the first coil overlaps with the second coil opening, a portion of the second coil overlaps with the first coil opening, a straight line connecting a center of gravity of the first coil opening and a center of gravity of the second coil opening intersects with the third side and the fourth side, and the center of gravity of the second coil opening is closer to the third side than the center of gravity of the first coil opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromitsu Ito, Masamichi Tamura, Tsuyoshi Mukai, Masayoshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20220393354Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a rectangular or substantially rectangular plate-shaped housing including a first side and a second side which are long sides and a third side and a fourth side which are short sides, and an antenna device. The antenna device includes a first coil including a first coil conductor and a second coil including a second coil conductor. A portion of the first coil overlaps with the second coil opening, a portion of the second coil overlaps with the first coil opening, a straight line connecting a center of gravity of the first coil opening and a center of gravity of the second coil opening intersects with the third side and the fourth side, and the center of gravity of the second coil opening is closer to the third side than the center of gravity of the first coil opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Hiromitsu ITO, Masamichi TAMURA, Tsuyoshi MUKAI, Masayoshi YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11497114Abstract: An inductor bridge includes a flexible substrate and a coil defined by a conductor pattern provided on or in the flexible substrate, and connects a plurality of circuit portions. The flexible substrate includes a rigid portion and a flexible portion, the rigid portion being wider than the flexible portion. The rigid portion includes the coil and a joining portion connected to another circuit. The coil includes two coil portions located at different positions in plan view, a flexible portion is located adjacent to one side of the rigid portion, and at least two coil portions of the plurality of coil portions are located on the one side when viewed from the joining portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING Co., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Masayoshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20220140681Abstract: In a rotating electric machine, an armature winding includes segmented conductors that include a coil side portion, housed in slots of the armature, and a coil end portion protruding from an armature core on both sides in an axial direction. The coil side portions are housed in the slots so as to form 2N+1 layers in a radial direction. The coil end portion connects two coil side portions respectively housed in the slots that are a predetermined pitch apart in a circumferential direction. The coil end portion includes a first coil end portion connecting the coil side portions of differing layers in the radial direction and a second coil portion connecting the coil side portions of the same layer. On both ends in the axial direction, any of the plurality of coil side portions that are housed in the slots is connected to the second coil end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki UGA, Hiroshi KANEIWA, Akihito KOIKE, Masayoshi YAMAMOTO, Kazuya ENOKIZONO, Hiroshi ENDO
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Patent number: 11266280Abstract: A needle screw fitted to a compressed fluid supply part that is provided on a nozzle main body of a dust removing device adjusts the jet flow rate of a first compressed fluid from a jet nozzle by adjusting the flow path area of a first fluid supply path. Meanwhile, the suction flow rate of a second compressed fluid to be discharged into a discharge flow path is adjusted by adjusting the flow path area of a second fluid supply path by turning a nozzle main body-side adjustment screw that is provided on the nozzle main body and a suction nozzle-side adjustment screw that is provided on a suction nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SMC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshifumi Ohtsu, Toru Nakayama, Shigeyuki Eguchi, Koichi Konno, Junichi Inaba, Akio Saitoh, Koji Sugano, Yosuke Shirai, Masayoshi Yamamoto