Patents by Inventor Shotaro Kudo

Shotaro Kudo 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: 20230311300
    Abstract: A servo motor includes: a driving section including a rotor and stator; an input shaft configured such that a driving force of the driving section is transferred to the input shaft, wherein the input shaft is configured to be integral and rotated with the rotor; a reduction gear configured to output the driving force from the input shaft by reducing a rotational speed of the input shaft; an output shaft configured such that the driving force which has been transferred to the input shaft is transferred to the output shaft via the reduction gear; an input encoder disc attached to the input shaft; an output encoder disc attached to the output shaft; a circuit board including a predetermined circuit pattern; an input sensor mounted on the circuit board, wherein the input sensor is oriented toward the input encoder disc; and an output sensor mounted on the circuit board, wherein the output sensor is oriented toward the output encoder disc; wherein at least one of the input sensor or the output sensor is mounted on
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shotaro KUDO, Toru KONO, Ryosei KURAMOTO, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU, Tomohiro KOMIYAMA, Yuri MIYAMA, Hideki OKU
  • Patent number: 11764318
    Abstract: A Semiconductor device includes an insulating layer, an optical waveguide, a first dummy semiconductor film, a second semiconductor film and a third semiconductor film. The optical waveguide is formed on the insulating layer. The first dummy semiconductor film is formed on the insulating layer and is spaced apart from the optical waveguide. The first dummy semiconductor film is formed on the first semiconductor film. The second semiconductor film is integrally formed with the optical waveguide as a single member on the insulating layer. The third semiconductor film is formed on the second semiconductor film. A material of the first dummy semiconductor film is different from a material of the optical waveguide. In plan view, a distance between the optical waveguide and the first dummy semiconductor film in a first direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the optical waveguide is greater than a thickness of the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro Kudo, Shinichi Watanuki, Takashi Ogura
  • Publication number: 20230282735
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer(IFL) on a semiconductor substrate(SUB), a conductive film (PL) on the insulating layer(IFL), an interlayer insulating film(IL) covering the conductive film(PL), a contact hole(CH1) in the interlayer insulating film(IL), the conductive film(PL) and the insulating layer (IFL), and a plug(PG1) embedded in the contact hole(CH1). A side surface of the interlayer insulating film(IL) is separated from a side surface of the conductive film(PL) to expose a part of an upper surface of the conductive film(PL), and a side surface of the insulating layer(IFL) is separated from the side surface of the conductive film(PL) to expose a part of a lower surface of the conductive film(PL). A distance(L1) from the lower surface of the conductive film(PL) to the bottom of the contact hole(CH1) is longer than a distance(L2) from the side surface of the conductive film(PL) to the side surface of the interlayer insulating film(IL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Shotaro KUDO
  • Patent number: 11707850
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to reduce the downtime which occurs when changing a servo motor device. A servo motor device includes a motor section and a reduction gear configured to output a driving force by reducing a speed of rotation of the motor section, wherein a control device includes a detecting section configured to acquire detected information about operation of the motor section, and a computing section configured to generate an approximate curve based on a behavior for a time sequence of a parameter and to calculate predicted lifetime information of the servo motor device based on the approximate curve thus generated, wherein the parameter has been calculated by means of the detected information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: Futaba Corporation, Chiba Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Shotaro Kudo, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Toru Kono, Ryosei Kuramoto, Hidetoshi Muramatsu, Takayuki Furuta, Masaharu Shimizu, Hideaki Yamato
  • Publication number: 20220158005
    Abstract: A Semiconductor device includes an insulating layer, an optical waveguide, a first dummy semiconductor film, a second semiconductor film and a third semiconductor film. The optical waveguide is formed on the insulating layer. The first dummy semiconductor film is formed on the insulating layer and is spaced apart from the optical waveguide. The first dummy semiconductor film is formed on the first semiconductor film. The second semiconductor film is integrally formed with the optical waveguide as a single member on the insulating layer. The third semiconductor film is formed on the second semiconductor film. A material of the first dummy semiconductor film is different from a material of the optical waveguide. In plan view, a distance between the optical waveguide and the first dummy semiconductor film in a first direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the optical waveguide is greater than a thickness of the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Shotaro KUDO, Shinichi WATANUKI, Takashi OGURA
  • Publication number: 20220024049
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to reduce the downtime which occurs when changing a servo motor device. A servo motor device includes a motor section and a reduction gear configured to output a driving force by reducing a speed of rotation of the motor section, wherein a control device includes a detecting section configured to acquire detected information about operation of the motor section, and a computing section configured to generate an approximate curve based on a behavior for a time sequence of a parameter and to calculate predicted lifetime information of the servo motor device based on the approximate curve thus generated, wherein the parameter has been calculated by means of the detected information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shotaro KUDO, Yasuyuki SUZUKI, Toru KONO, Ryosei KURAMOTO, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU, Takayuki FURUTA, Masaharu SHIMIZU, Hideaki YAMATO
  • Publication number: 20210370498
    Abstract: The present invention provides a main body with a coupling section, wherein the circuit board includes terminals for power supply and for signal, wherein the coupling section has a first positioning section and a second positioning section, and wherein the assembly is configured so that in a state where positioning has been performed by the first positioning section, positioning by the second positioning section is performed and the coupling section is coupled to another coupling section of another main body. Thus, coupling the coupling section is performed in the state where positioning has been performed, wherein connection of the terminals for power supply and for signal to power supply and signal terminal sections is performed in this state, which may enable the operability for coupling a coupling section to be improved while ensuring a mechanically and electrically correct coupled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Shotaro KUDO, Yasuyuki SUZUKI, Toru KONO, Ryosei KURAMOTO, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU, Takayuki FURUTA, Masaharu SHIMIZU, Hideaki YAMATO, Yuu OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 10840790
    Abstract: A vibration power generator includes a coil attached to a frame and a moving body that is supported on the frame through a spring and has a magnet facing the coil, and relatively moves the moving body with respect to the coil to generate electric power. The moving body has the magnet, a yoke material that is attached to the magnet and forms a magnetic circuit, and a weight member. Average specific gravity of the moving body is 8 g/cm3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shotaro Kudo
  • Publication number: 20200284367
    Abstract: To provide a joint block suitable for a fluid control system which, without reducing the supply flow rate of a fluid, is considerably more compact and integrated. The problem is solved by a joint block including a main flow path that includes upstream side and downstream side openings, sub flow paths that includes first and second openings disposed between the upstream side and downstream side openings in a longitudinal direction, and a connecting flow path that is connected to the main flow path at one end part, and includes an opening that opens at an upper surface and opens between the second opening of the sub flow path and the downstream side opening in the longitudinal direction at the other end part. The main flow path is disposed so as to partially overlap with the sub flow paths and the connecting flow path in a top view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shotaro KUDO, Hidehiro DOYA
  • Publication number: 20190199188
    Abstract: A vibration power generator includes a coil attached to a frame and a moving body that is supported on the frame through a spring and has a magnet facing the coil, and relatively moves the moving body with respect to the coil to generate electric power. The moving body has the magnet, a yoke material that is attached to the magnet and forms a magnetic circuit, and a weight member. Average specific gravity of the moving body is 8 g/cm3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Shotaro KUDO
  • Publication number: 20160166630
    Abstract: Provided are food, dietary supplements and/or drug compositions having prebiotic effect and their use in human and animal care.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Sybille Buchwald-Werner, Hajime Fujii, Tomohiro Ito, Shotaro Kudo