Patents by Inventor Shintaro Hayashi

Shintaro Hayashi 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: 20240132147
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes a power source control device that executes a process of switching a connection state of a driving circuit to the main power source and an auxiliary power source including; a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a backup state as a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, and a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a normal state as the voltage decrease of the main power source is resolved. After a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, a turning-side control device of a steering control unit sets an output-limited state for a turning-side motor. The output-limited state is canceled upon the power source control device completing switching of the connection state so as to transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuta KAJISAWA, Yuji FUJITA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Kaishi MONOBE, Kenichi ABE, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Kazuaki IIDA, Yasushi HORA, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Hiroki TOMIZAWA, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Hayaki TANABE, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Takeshi IWANA
  • Publication number: 20240125462
    Abstract: A lighting device includes: a plurality of light sources that illuminate in all directions; a first detector that detects an installation orientation of the lighting device; and a controller that changes a light-emission pattern of each of the plurality of light sources according to the installation orientation of the lighting device detected by the first detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shintaro HAYASHI, Kenta WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240088814
    Abstract: When a DC power source fails, the following controls are performed. The normal control is resumed when an inverter input voltage recovers before a standby period elapses after a power failure time. A power source relay is turned off when the standby period elapses without recovery of the voltage. The power source relay is turned on again when a power source relay off period has elapsed from a turn-off time. The normal control is resumed when the inverter input voltage recovers at the turn-on time. The normal control is resumed when the inverter input voltage recovers before the power source relay on period elapses from the turn-on time. The power source relay is turned off, and driving of the actuator is stopped, when the power source relay on period passes without recovery of the voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki TOMIZAWA, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Tomoaki YOSHIMI, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Yuji FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20230393381
    Abstract: A light source device includes a connector, a light source, a lever member, and a detector. The connector allows the light guide member to be detachably connected thereto. The light source emits light to be incident on the light guide member connected to the connector. The lever member is displaced depending on presence or absence of the connection of the light guide member to the connector. The detector detects the displacement of the lever member and outputs a detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro HAYASHI, Takeshi ABE, Shogo MOTEGI, Toshiaki TAKENAKA, Fumiya YAGI, Natsuki KITO
  • Publication number: 20230380675
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an insertion component which includes a base end and a tip end, and is inserted into a subject at least up to the tip end; a light source which emits first light and second light having a hue different from a hue of the first light a light sensor; and a controller, the insertion component includes: a first light guide member which emits the first light and the second light from the tip end as illumination light; and a second light guide member which guides reflected light of the illumination light emitted from the tip end, the light sensor receives the reflected light guided by the second light guide member, and the controller controls the light source based on the intensity of the reflected light received by the light sensor to stop emission of the at least one of the first light or the second light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo MOTEGI, Shintaro HAYASHI, Fumiya YAGI, Toshiaki TAKENAKA, Takeshi ABE, Natsuki KITO
  • Patent number: 11791250
    Abstract: A lead frame includes: a lead portion; a plating layer that is provided on a connected area of the lead portion, the connected area being an area connected with a semiconductor element; a recessed portion that is provided around the plating layer on the lead portion; and an oxidized layer that is provided on a surface including the recessed portion of the lead portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shintaro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230298641
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a storing unit that stores data read out from the memory cell array in storage circuits, an output circuit, and a control circuit. In response to a read request, the control circuit adjusts the value of a read pointer of the storing unit, controls the storing unit to sequentially output to the output circuit first and second data stored in first and second storage circuits of the storing unit, respectively, the read pointer having a first value that references the first storage circuit when the first data is output, and a second value that references the second storage circuit when the second data is output, and controls the output circuit to transmit the first and second data to the memory controller as dummy data, and thereafter to transmit at least third data to the memory controller as read data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shintaro HAYASHI, Mitsuhiro ABE, Naoaki KANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230197580
    Abstract: A lead frame including a die pad having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a lead having a third surface flush with the first surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, and a link portion connecting the die pad and the lead, wherein the link portion includes a first portion that surrounds the die pad between the die pad and the lead in a plan view, wherein the first portion has a fifth surface flush with the first surface and the third surface, and has a sixth surface opposite the fifth surface, wherein the second surface is closer to a plane containing the first surface, the third surface, and the fifth surface than is the fourth surface, and wherein the sixth surface is closer to the plane containing the first surface, the third surface, and the fifth surface than is the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Shintaro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230084496
    Abstract: A lead frame includes a die pad that includes a mounting surface for a semiconductor chip, and a film-like member that is arranged on the mounting surface of the die pad. The die pad includes a through hole that is formed in an area that includes an outer periphery of the film-like member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Shintaro Hayashi, Hajime Koike
  • Patent number: 11479256
    Abstract: A control device that may be a control device of a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle including an engine; an electric generator configured to generate electric power by operation of the engine; a battery configured to store the electric power; a traction motor configured to operate by the electric power stored in the battery; and a throttle valve configured to adjust an amount of air to be supplied to the engine. The control device is configured to estimate torque of the engine based on an output current value of the electric generator. The control device is configured to estimate an actual aperture of the throttle valve based on the estimated torque and revolution speed of the engine. The control device is configured to perform feedback control so that the aperture of the throttle valve is adjusted to the target aperture based on the estimated actual aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shintaro Hayashi, Kazunori Ito
  • Patent number: 11480317
    Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of light sources; a condensing optical member; a fluorescent unit that converts at least a portion of the light from the light sources and condensed by the optical member into light including converted light and light from the light sources; and a sensor that detects an anomaly in the fluorescent unit, such sensor disposed within a circular area circumscribed by the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takenaka, Shintaro Hayashi, Shogo Motegi, Yudai Shibata, Fumiya Yagi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 11402078
    Abstract: A device includes a light source; a first lens for condensing light emitted by the light source; a member for converting at least a portion of the condensed light; a sensor for detecting light traveling from the member back towards the light source; and a second lens for directing light traveling back toward the light source to the sensor. The first lens includes a curved first face facing the light source, and a flat second face opposite the first face; the second lens has a curved third face facing away from the first lens and with a curvature different from a curvature of the first face of the first lens, and a flat fourth face facing the second face of the first lens. The second lens is provided between the first lens and the wavelength converting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Hayashi, Fumiya Yagi, Takeshi Abe, Toshiaki Takenaka, Shogo Motegi
  • Publication number: 20220208664
    Abstract: A lead frame includes a first area, situated on a first surface of the lead frame, for mounting a semiconductor chip, and a second area, situated on the first surface of the lead frame, around the first area, wherein the second area includes a roughened area and a less-rough area situated between the roughened area and the first area, the less-rough area having a higher flatness than the roughened area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Shintaro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220106917
    Abstract: A control device may be configured to control an aperture of a throttle valve. The control device may include a pressure detector configured to detect a pressure in an intake pipe of a throttle; a flow rate detector configured to detect an amount of air flowing in the intake pipe; a current value detector configured to detect a current value of a throttle motor operating the throttle valve; a torque estimator configured to estimate torque of an engine based on the detected current value; a first aperture estimator configured to estimate the aperture of the throttle valve based on the detected pressure; a second aperture estimator configured to estimate the aperture of the throttle valve based on the detected amount of air; and a third aperture estimator configured to estimate the aperture of the throttle valve based on the estimated torque and a revolution speed of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventor: Shintaro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220099274
    Abstract: A light source device, includes: a plurality of excitation light sources that emit primary light; an optical member that condenses the primary light; a fluorescent unit that emits secondary light including the primary light and wavelength converted light which is at least some of the primary light on which wavelength conversion is performed; and a sensor that detects an anomaly in the fluorescent unit. In addition, when seen along an optical axis of the primary light emitted by the plurality of excitation light sources, the sensor circumscribes, among the plurality of excitation light sources, a first excitation light source and a second excitation light source different from the first excitation light source, and is disposed inside an imaginary circle having, as a diameter, a line segment connecting the first excitation light source and the second excitation light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki TAKENAKA, Shintaro HAYASHI, Shogo MOTEGI, Yudai SHIBATA, Fumiya YAGI, Takeshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20220099272
    Abstract: A light source device includes: an excitation light source that emits primary light; a first lens that condenses the primary light; a wavelength converting member that emits secondary light including the primary light and wavelength converted light; a sensor that detects an anomaly in the wavelength converting member; and a second lens that causes light which travels back toward the excitation light source to be incident on the sensor. The sensor detects the light via the second lens. The first lens includes (i) a first face through which the primary light enters, and (ii) a second face opposite the first face from which the primary light that has entered from the first face and transmitted through an inside of the first lens exits. The third face of the second lens has a curvature different from a curvature of the first face and the second face of the first lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro HAYASHI, Fumiya YAGI, Takeshi ABE, Toshiaki TAKENAKA, Shogo MOTEGI
  • Patent number: 11280949
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a laser light source that radiates blue-based light as primary light; a wavelength converting member that emits secondary light, the secondary light including wavelength-converted light, the wavelength-converted light being the primary light converted into light having more long-wavelength components than the primary light; a first light-guiding member that transmits the secondary light emitted by the wavelength converting member; and a second light-guiding member which includes a resin material, and transmits the secondary light transmitted by the first light-guiding member, and the first light-guiding member and the second light-guiding member are connected by a connector, the connector including a numerical aperture (NA) converting member that optically connects a transmission path in the first light-guiding member and a transmission path in the second light-guiding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yudai Shibata, Takeshi Abe, Shogo Motegi, Shintaro Hayashi
  • Patent number: D990411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Sahashi, Shintaro Hayashi
  • Patent number: D997850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Sahashi, Shintaro Hayashi
  • Patent number: D1022864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Saito, Shintaro Hayashi