Patents by Inventor Takayuki Kikuchi

Takayuki Kikuchi 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: 10677199
    Abstract: An anomaly determination device for an evaporated fuel processing device comprises: an evaporated fuel processing device (60) including a canister (61), a purge passage (62) and a purge valve (66); a first pressure sensor (43) and/or a second pressure sensor (45) for acquiring a purge downstream pressure, a third pressure sensor (53) for acquiring a canister internal pressure, and a PCM (70) that calculates a purge flow rate per unit time based on the purge downstream pressure and an opening degree of the purge valve (66), and calculates an integrated purge flow rate by integrating the purge flow rate, so as to perform an anomaly determination for the evaporated fuel processing device (60) based on the canister internal pressure and the integrated purge flow rate. The PCM (70) uses the canister internal pressure when the integrated purge flow rate becomes a predetermined flow rate or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Hashimoto, Daisuke Tanaka, Yusuke Higuchi, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10670401
    Abstract: A gyro sensor includes: a substrate; a fixed portion that is fixed to the substrate; a driving portion that is driven in a first direction oriented along a first axis; a mass portion that is connected to the driving portion and is displaced in the first direction; and an elastic portion that is connected to the mass portion and the fixed portion. The mass portion includes a detection portion that is displaceable in a second direction oriented along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis by a Coriolis force to act. An outer circumference surface of the elastic portion includes a main surface, a side surface, and a connection surface connecting the main surface to the side surface. The connection surface has a curved surface portion with a curved surface shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Teruo Takizawa, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10670428
    Abstract: A circuit device adapted to perform detection of angular velocity observed by a capacitance type angular velocity transducer includes a drive device, a detection device, a vibration frequency controller adapted to variably control at least one of a detection frequency and a drive frequency of the capacitance type angular velocity transducer, and a storage adapted to store a correction parameter group adapted to correct a sensor characteristic of the capacitance type angular velocity transducer due to a variation of at least one of the detection frequency and the drive frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuta Nishizawa, Kei Kanemoto, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10651855
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a container, an oscillation element housed in the container, a heating circuit housed in the container, and adapted to control a temperature of the oscillation element, a temperature detection circuit housed in the container, a temperature control circuit housed in the container, and adapted to control the heating circuit based on an output of the temperature detection circuit, at least one connecting wire housed in the container, and electrically connects a ground of the temperature detection circuit and a ground of the temperature control circuit to each other, and a ground external terminal disposed on an outer surface of the container, and electrically connected to the ground of the temperature detection circuit and the ground of the temperature control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10644704
    Abstract: A package includes a base member and a first projecting portion that projects from one surface of the base member. The first projecting portion contacts a first substrate on which an electronic component is mounted, and has an insulating property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Isohata, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10627234
    Abstract: A gyro sensor includes: a substrate; a first drive section; and a first detection section and a second detection section that detect angular velocity. The first detection section includes a first movable body including a first movable electrode that vibrates by vibration of the first drive section and is displaced in response to the angular velocity, and a first fixed electrode fixed to the substrate and facing the first movable electrode. The second detection section includes a second movable body including a second movable electrode that vibrates by vibration of the first drive section and is displaced in response to the angular velocity, and a second fixed electrode fixed to the substrate and facing the second movable electrode. The first movable body and the second movable body are coupled together by a first coupling section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Kikuchi, Kei Kanemoto
  • Publication number: 20200095957
    Abstract: An anomaly determination device for an evaporated fuel processing device comprises: an evaporated fuel processing device 60 including a canister 61, a purge passage 62 and a purge valve 66; a first pressure sensor 43 and/or a second pressure sensor 45 for acquiring a purge downstream pressure, a third pressure sensor 53 for acquiring a canister internal pressure, and a PCM 70 that calculates a purge flow rate per unit time based on the purge downstream pressure and an opening degree of the purge valve 66, and calculates an integrated purge flow rate by integrating the purge flow rate, so as to perform an anomaly determination for the evaporated fuel processing device 60 based on the canister internal pressure and the integrated purge flow rate. The PCM 70 uses the canister internal pressure when the integrated purge flow rate becomes a predetermined flow rate or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi HASHIMOTO, Daisuke TANAKA, Yusuke HIGUCHI, Takayuki KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10566979
    Abstract: An oscillator includes an oscillation source, multiple temperature control elements, and a controller adapted to perform control to suppress an increase in current consumed in one or more of the temperature control elements during at least part of a period from when operation of the oscillation source initiates to when the oscillation source reaches a specified temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Isohata, Takayuki Kikuchi, Takemi Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 10530299
    Abstract: A resonator element includes an SC-cut quartz crystal substrate having a thickness t, and an excitation electrode disposed on a principal surface of the quartz crystal substrate, the principal surface being square or rectangular in shape, a side of which has a length L, 28?L/t?60 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200003969
    Abstract: An optical branch module including a glass block, an input/output gradient index lens, an output gradient index lens, a beam splitter film, a mirror film, an input optical fiber, a first output optical fiber that extracts input light from the input optical fiber reflected by the beam splitter film as first output light, and a second output optical fiber that extracts light passed through the beam splitter film passed through the glass block, reflected by the mirror film, passed through the glass block again, and input from the other end of the output gradient index lens as second output light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yuto YAMASHITA, Takayuki KIKUCHI, Fumiyasu SATOU, Hidetomo NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10519007
    Abstract: A passenger conveyor has a guardrail belt configured to run on a pair of right and left handrails in synchronization with footsteps; a camera provided at a platform of the handrail; and a control device configured to analyze an image obtained by photographing the platform with the camera, detect a passenger getting in from the platform, stop the footsteps or lower a running speed than a normal speed when detecting no passenger for a predetermined time, and move the running speed of the footsteps at the normal speed when detecting the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ELEVATOR KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10418968
    Abstract: An electronic component manufacturing method, in which a notch and a concave portion are formed in a substrate, includes forming an etching mask in which a maximum width of a first mask portion which forms a width between two side surfaces of the concave portion along a longitudinal direction, when the substrate is seen in a plan view from a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate having the concave portion formed therein, is smaller than a width of a second mask portion which forms a minimum width of an opening of the notch, and forming the notch and the concave portion by performing dry etching processing on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsuo, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20190270616
    Abstract: A passenger conveyor has a guardrail belt configured to run on a pair of right and left handrails in synchronization with footsteps; a camera provided at a platform of the handrail; and a control device configured to analyze an image obtained by photographing the platform with the camera, detect a passenger getting in from the platform, stop the footsteps or lower a running speed than a normal speed when detecting no passenger for a predetermined time, and move the running speed of the footsteps at the normal speed when detecting the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ELEVATOR KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takayuki KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190265266
    Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes a substrate, a detector including a movable detection electrode and a fixed detection electrode opposed to the movable detection electrode, and a driver adapted to drive the detector. The movable detection electrode is supported by a first spring that is elongated parallel to a Y axis from a first turned-back part, and a second spring that is elongated parallel to the Y axis from a second turned-back part. The first and second springs are fixed at first and second anchors. The first turned-back part is closer to the second spring than the first anchor. The detector includes a first surface opposed to the first spring, and a second surface disposed closer to the first spring than the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuyuki NAGATA, Takayuki KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190257278
    Abstract: A fluid control device for an internal combustion engine, includes: plural fluid control valves each including a chamber, a first port via which fluid is introduced to the chamber, a second port via which fluid is guided out from the chamber, and a solenoid valve part opening and closing the second port with respect to the chamber; one support member for supporting and fixing the fluid control valves to a vehicle; and a branched passage having plural inlet portions communicating with the second port of the fluid control valves and an outlet portion guiding out the fluid introduced from the inlet portions, the branched passage being formed integrally with an interior of the support member. Thus, due to the branched passage being formed from the support member itself without requiring a joint member having a special shape, it is possible to cut the number of components and save installation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Komatsu, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20190222215
    Abstract: A package includes a base member and a first projecting portion that projects from one surface of the base member. The first projecting portion contacts a first substrate on which an electronic component is mounted, and has an insulating property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku ISOHATA, Takayuki KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10326455
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate, a joining part provided on the substrate and joined to a vibrator, and a plurality of bonding pads provided on the substrate. The joining part includes an insulating protective film that covers a part of a surface of the substrate, and no insulating protective film is provided between the adjacent bonding pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Isohata, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10320396
    Abstract: A package includes a base member and a first projecting portion that projects from one surface of the base member. The first projecting portion contacts a first substrate on which an electronic component is mounted, and has an insulating property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Isohata, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: D879288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kinoshita, Atsushi Ban, Hirotoshi Amano, Mitsunori Kubo, Takayuki Kikuchi, Aya Mori, Miho Naka, Yoshino Nagasuka
  • Patent number: D885572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sekikawa, Mitsunori Kubo, Takayuki Kikuchi, Aya Mori, Miho Naka, Yoshino Nagasuka