Patents by Inventor Shoichi Hara

Shoichi Hara 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: 11955901
    Abstract: A switching device is provided. The apparatus includes a switching circuit and a noise filter. The switching circuit is capable of switching a connection destination of a first power conversion circuit other than a second power conversion circuit among the plurality of power conversion circuits between a phase corresponding to the first power conversion circuit and a certain phase of the external power supply. The second power conversion circuit corresponds to the certain phase of the external power supply. In the noise filter, a capacitor is provided on a side of the multiple-phase AC supply of the switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Hara
  • Publication number: 20240071417
    Abstract: Provided is a hologram recording medium that can achieve suppression of deterioration of the storage stability in an unexposed state. The hologram recording medium includes a base material and a photosensitive layer. The oxygen permeability of the base material measured in an environment at 23° C. and 0% RH is more than 0.1 cm3·(m2·day·atm)?1 and 10000 cm3·(m2·day·atm)?1 or less. The photosensitive layer contains a polymerizable compound, and the polymerizable compound contains a compound represented by a specific general formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: SHOICHI OZAWA, TAKAHIRO OHE, HISAYA HARA, KENSHIRO KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11800885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a meat processed food, into which a gel-like material is locally and quantitatively filled. Provided is a method for producing a meat processed food, having a step of cooling a gelling agent solution prepared by adding a gelling agent into water and then heating and dissolving the gelling agent, so as to prepare a gel-like material having fluidity; and a step of filling the gel-like material into a plurality of predetermined positions inside a meat-containing raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIREI FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Makiko Shiga, Shigetoshi Takasugi, Shoichi Hara, Minoru Mamiya, Toru Iwasa, Yuta Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20230291324
    Abstract: A switching device is provided. The apparatus includes a switching circuit and a noise filter. The switching circuit is capable of switching a connection destination of a first power conversion circuit other than a second power conversion circuit among the plurality of power conversion circuits between a phase corresponding to the first power conversion circuit and a certain phase of the external power supply. The second power conversion circuit corresponds to the certain phase of the external power supply. In the noise filter, a capacitor is provided on a side of the multiple-phase AC supply of the switching circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Shoichi HARA
  • Patent number: 11616452
    Abstract: A switching device is provided. The apparatus includes a switching circuit and a noise filter. The switching circuit is capable of switching a connection destination of a first power conversion circuit other than a second power conversion circuit among the plurality of power conversion circuits between a phase corresponding to the first power conversion circuit and a certain phase of the external power supply. The second power conversion circuit corresponds to the certain phase of the external power supply. In the noise filter, a capacitor is provided on a side of the multiple-phase AC supply of the switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Hara
  • Publication number: 20210288589
    Abstract: A switching device is provided. The apparatus includes a switching circuit and a noise filter. The switching circuit is capable of switching a connection destination of a first power conversion circuit other than a second power conversion circuit among the plurality of power conversion circuits between a phase corresponding to the first power conversion circuit and a certain phase of the external power supply. The second power conversion circuit corresponds to the certain phase of the external power supply. In the noise filter, a capacitor is provided on a side of the multiple-phase AC supply of the switching circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventor: Shoichi HARA
  • Publication number: 20210007379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a meat processed food, into which a gel-like material is locally and quantitatively filled. Provided is a method for producing a meat processed food, having a step of cooling a gelling agent solution prepared by adding a gelling agent into water and then heating and dissolving the gelling agent, so as to prepare a gel-like material having fluidity; and a step of filling the gel-like material into a plurality of predetermined positions inside a meat-containing raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIREI FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Makiko SHIGA, Shigetoshi TAKASUGI, Shoichi HARA, Minoru MAMIYA, Toru IWASA, Yuta KURIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10468960
    Abstract: A code modulator includes: a code-modulation circuit that code-modulates input power with a modulation code to generate code-modulated power which is alternating-current power; and a terminal through which the code-modulated power is transmitted, the terminal being connected to a transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiki Nishimoto, Atsushi Yamamoto, Shoichi Hara, Kohei Masuda, Akira Minegishi
  • Patent number: 10411002
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit includes: first and second input terminals; first and second output terminals; first and third switches connected to the first output terminal; second and fourth switches connected to the second output terminal; first through fourth diodes that are bridge-connected between the first and second switches; fifth through eighth diodes that are bridge-connected between the third and fourth switches; a first bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the second and fourth switches; and a second bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the first and third switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Nishimoto, Atsushi Yamamoto, Shoichi Hara
  • Patent number: 10326470
    Abstract: A converter includes: a terminal that receives code-modulated power that has been generated with a modulation code; and a circuit that intermittently converts the code-modulated power with a conversion code based on the modulation code. The code-modulated power is alternating-current power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichi Hara, Atsushi Yamamoto, Taiki Nishimoto, Kohei Masuda
  • Patent number: 10027248
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit includes: a first leg including first and third switches; a second leg including second and fourth switches; a third leg including fifth and seventh switches; a fourth leg including sixth and eighth switches; a first reactor connected between a first node, in which the first and second legs are connected to each other, and a fifth node, in which the third and fourth legs are connected to each other; a second reactor connected between a second node to which the first and second legs are connected and a sixth node to which the third and fourth legs are connected; a first port terminal connected to the first node; a second port terminal connected to the sixth node; a third port terminal connected to a midpoint of each of the first and third legs; and a fourth port terminal connected to a midpoint of each of the second and fourth legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Hara, Atsushi Yamamoto, Taiki Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 10014855
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit includes: first through fourth port terminals; a first diode having an anode connected to the first port terminal; a second diode having a cathode connected to the second port terminal; a third diode having a cathode connected to the first port terminal; a fourth diode having an anode connected to the second port terminal; first through fourth switches that are bridge-connected between a cathode of the first diode and an anode of the second diode; fifth through eighth switches that are bridge-connected between an anode of the third diode and a cathode of the fourth diode; a first bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the first through fourth switches; and a second bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the fifth through eighth switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiki Nishimoto, Atsushi Yamamoto, Shoichi Hara
  • Patent number: 9979437
    Abstract: A power receiving apparatus includes: a communication circuit that receives a control signal from a power transmitting apparatus through a wired transmission line; a control circuit that determines a propagation time in which the control signal is propagated from the power transmitting apparatus to the power receiving apparatus through the wired transmission line; and a demodulation circuit that receives modulated power from the power transmitting apparatus through a wired transmission line, and demodulates, based on the determined propagation time, the modulated power in synchronization with a phase of the modulated power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Shoichi Hara, Taiki Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 9923486
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit includes: first through fourth port terminals; first through fourth switches that are connected with each other in a bridge configuration; fifth through eighth switches that are respectively connected in parallel with the first through fourth switches; first through eighth diodes that are respectively connected in series with the first through eighth switches; a first bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the first, second, fourth, and sixth switches; and a second bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the third, fifth, seventh, and eighth switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiki Nishimoto, Atsushi Yamamoto, Shoichi Hara
  • Publication number: 20170358998
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit includes: a first leg including first and third switches; a second leg including second and fourth switches; a third leg including fifth and seventh switches; a fourth leg including sixth and eighth switches; a first reactor connected between a first node, in which the first and second legs are connected to each other, and a fifth node, in which the third and fourth legs are connected to each other; a second reactor connected between a second node to which the first and second legs are connected and a sixth node to which the third and fourth legs are connected; a first port terminal connected to the first node; a second port terminal connected to the sixth node; a third port terminal connected to a midpoint of each of the first and third legs; and a fourth port terminal connected to a midpoint of each of the second and fourth legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: SHOICHI HARA, ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO, TAIKI NISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170346484
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit includes: first through fourth port terminals; a first diode having an anode connected to the first port terminal; a second diode having a cathode connected to the second port terminal; a third diode having a cathode connected to the first port terminal; a fourth diode having an anode connected to the second port terminal; first through fourth switches that are bridge-connected between a cathode of the first diode and an anode of the second diode; fifth through eighth switches that are bridge-connected between an anode of the third diode and a cathode of the fourth diode; a first bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the first through fourth switches; and a second bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the fifth through eighth switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: TAIKI NISHIMOTO, ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO, SHOICHI HARA
  • Publication number: 20170345808
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit includes: first and second input terminals; first and second output terminals; first and third switches connected to the first output terminal; second and fourth switches connected to the second output terminal; first through fourth diodes that are bridge-connected between the first and second switches; fifth through eighth diodes that are bridge-connected between the third and fourth switches; a first bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the second and fourth switches; and a second bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the first and third switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: TAIKI NISHIMOTO, ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO, SHOICHI HARA
  • Publication number: 20170346415
    Abstract: An electric power conversion circuit includes: first through fourth port terminals; first through fourth switches that are connected with each other in a bridge configuration; fifth through eighth switches that are respectively connected in parallel with the first through fourth switches; first through eighth diodes that are respectively connected in series with the first through eighth switches; a first bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the first, second, fourth, and sixth switches; and a second bootstrap circuit that is connected to control terminals of the third, fifth, seventh, and eighth switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: TAIKI NISHIMOTO, ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO, SHOICHI HARA
  • Publication number: 20170317718
    Abstract: A power receiving apparatus includes: a communication circuit that receives a control signal from a power transmitting apparatus through a wired transmission line; a control circuit that determines a propagation time in which the control signal is propagated from the power transmitting apparatus to the power receiving apparatus through the wired transmission line; and a demodulation circuit that receives modulated power from the power transmitting apparatus through a wired transmission line, and demodulates, based on the determined propagation time, the modulated power in synchronization with a phase of the modulated power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO, SHOICHI HARA, TAIKI NISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170222539
    Abstract: A code modulator includes: a code-modulation circuit that code-modulates input power with a modulation code to generate code-modulated power which is alternating-current power; and a terminal through which the code-modulated power is transmitted, the terminal being connected to a transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: TAIKI NISHIMOTO, ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO, SHOICHI HARA, KOHEI MASUDA, AKIRA MINEGISHI