Patents by Inventor Toshio Takahashi

Toshio Takahashi 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: 20210165339
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an original illuminator; a reflector for reflecting light reflected by the original; a reading portion for reading the light reflected by the reflector; a holding member holding the reflection member; a first bonding portion connecting the holding member and one end portion of the reflector in a direction along a reflecting surface of the reflection member; and a second bonding portion connecting the holding member and the other end portion of the reflector in the direction along the reflecting surface of the reflection member. The second bonding portion has a hardness less than that of the first bonding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: Toshio TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11022959
    Abstract: A motor controller includes a package configured to interface with a power inverter for motor control; a wireless communication integrated circuit (IC) integrated within the package and configured to receive uplink wireless communication data and to process the uplink wireless communication data, and configured to transmit downlink wireless communication data; a motor controller IC integrated within the package and configured to perform a motor control function, including generating pulse width modulation (PWM) control signals for multi-phase motor control; and an intercommunication interface coupled to the wireless communication IC and the motor controller IC, the intercommunication interface including a plurality of inter-communication wires for information exchange of uplink information and downlink information between the wireless communication IC and the motor controller IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Toshio Takahashi, Wei Wu
  • Publication number: 20210159828
    Abstract: A motor controller includes a current controller configured to generate control signals for driving a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), where the current controller is configured to measure voltage information and current information of the PMSM; a power constant controller configured to receive the voltage information and the current information, and generate a first target speed based on a target power of the PMSM and based on the voltage information and the current information; first signal generator configured to generate a second target speed; a speed constant controller coupled between the power constant controller and the current controller, wherein the speed constant controller is configured to switchably receive the first target speed and the second target speed, and regulate a motor speed of the PMSM based on the received first target speed or the received second target speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Long Fei JIAN, Toshio TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10998008
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an interface connector in a tape embedded drive. The tape embedded drive has two long edges and two short edges. Within the tape embedded drive, there are numerous guide rollers, at least three feedthrough connectors, and two reels. The interface connector is located along one of the short edges and underneath one of the two reels. By placing the interface connector at that location, the tape embedded drive has sufficient real estate for all of the necessary reels, feedthrough connectors, and guide rollers while also ensuring stability of the tape embedded drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kouki Uefune, Hajime Eguchi, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10997998
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a tape embedded drive having the spindles upon which the tape reels are disposed, fixedly coupled at both the bottom and the top to ensure stability of the reels. Furthermore, an additional cover over the spindle can be used to secure the top coupling mechanism and the spindle to the tape embedded drive enclosure to provide additional stability. A sealing cover is then placed over the additional cover to tightly seal the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kouki Uefune, Toshio Takahashi, Takako Hayakawa, Yuichi Arai
  • Patent number: 10916269
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a magnet for use in a motor. The magnet comprises a magnet body. The magnet body comprises a plurality of coated magnetic granules. Each coated magnetic granule of the plurality of coated magnetic granules comprises a magnetic granule and a metallic layer coating the magnetic granule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Takahashi, Kazushi Tsuwako, Masamichi Sakauchi, Takako Hayakawa, Kouki Uefune
  • Patent number: 10848636
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an optical unit through which a light from a document passes, an image sensor configured to receive the light from the document via the optical unit, and a first holding member configured to hold the optical unit and the image sensor. The first holding member has an opening and a second holding member is fitted in the opening. The optical unit is disposed on the second holding member and the second holding member is positioned with respect to the first holding member with a gap between the first holding member and the second holding member and fixed to the first holding member by an adhesive that fills the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200322488
    Abstract: An original reading apparatus includes: a reading unit configured to read an original placed on a platen while moving in a predetermined direction in a housing; a sensor provided in the housing and configured to detect presence of the original in a predetermined position on the platen to identify a size of the original; a holding member movable in the housing and configured to hold the sensor and a cable extending from the sensor; and a cover configured to cover a predetermined space on a rear side of the platen mounted to the housing. A grip portion used by an operator to move the holding member is provided at one end of the holding member extending to the predetermined space through an opening portion in a wall on a rear side of the housing. When the cover is removed, the operator is allowed to grip the grip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Toshio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200265868
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a magnet comprising a magnet body. The magnet body comprises a plurality of coated magnetic granules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Toshio Takahashi, Kazushi Tsuwako, Masamichi Sakauchi, Takako Hayakawa, Kouki Uefune
  • Patent number: 10699730
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dual actuator magnetic storage device that comprises a housing, magnetic disks in the housing, an interface connector located proximate a first corner of the housing formed by a first short side and a first long side, a first voice coil motor proximate a second corner of the first short side and a second long side, a first carriage arm positioned near the first short side to move the first carriage arm relative to the magnetic disks, a second voice coil motor positioned proximate a second short side along the first long side, a second carriage arm positioned near the second short side and coupled to the second voice coil motor to move the second carriage arm. The interface connector is recessed into a base of the housing along the first short side to be near the first long side to provide electrical communication through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kouki Uefune, Toshifumi Kumano, Toshio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200117171
    Abstract: A motor controller includes a package configured to interface with a power inverter for motor control; a wireless communication integrated circuit (IC) integrated within the package and configured to receive uplink wireless communication data and to process the uplink wireless communication data, and configured to transmit downlink wireless communication data; a motor controller IC integrated within the package and configured to perform a motor control function, including generating pulse width modulation (PWM) control signals for multi-phase motor control; and an intercommunication interface coupled to the wireless communication IC and the motor controller IC, the intercommunication interface including a plurality of inter-communication wires for information exchange of uplink information and downlink information between the wireless communication IC and the motor controller IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Toshio TAKAHASHI, Wei WU
  • Publication number: 20200106913
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an optical unit through which a light from a document passes, an image sensor configured to receive the light from the document via the optical unit, and a first holding member configured to hold the optical unit and the image sensor. The first holding member has an opening and a second holding member is fitted in the opening. The optical unit is disposed on the second holding member and the second holding member is positioned with respect to the first holding member with a gap between the first holding member and the second holding member and fixed to the first holding member by an adhesive that fills the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10606045
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises four lens unit, and at the time of zooming, each of a distance between a first positive lens unit and a first negative lens unit and a distance between a second negative lens unit and a second positive lens unit changes, and a distance between the first positive lens unit and the second negative lens unit widens more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first positive lens unit includes an object-side sub-lens unit and an image-side sub-lens unit, and an aperture stop is disposed between the object-side sub-lens unit and the image-side sub-lens unit, and the first negative lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens, and a refracting surface nearest to an image in the first negative lens unit is concave toward the image side, and a refracting surface nearest to an object in the second positive lens unit is concave toward the object side, and a refracting surface nearest to the image in the second positive lens unit is convex toward the image side, and the z
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10438876
    Abstract: According to an exemplary implementation, a power quad flat no-lead (PQFN) package includes a driver integrated circuit (IC) situated on a leadframe. The PQFN package further includes low-side U-phase, low-side V-phase, and low-side W-phase power switches situated on the leadframe. A logic ground of the leadframe is coupled to a support logic circuit of the driver IC. A power stage ground of the leadframe is coupled to sources of the low-side U-phase, low-side V-phase, and low-side W-phase power switches. The power stage ground can further be coupled to gate drivers of the driver IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.
    Inventors: Dean Fernando, Roel Barbosa, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10263251
    Abstract: A battery negative electrode includes a hydrogen storage alloy as a negative electrode active material, wherein the hydrogen storage alloy has a mean volume diameter within a range from 4 ?m to 12 ?m, and is disposed to be capable of being in contact with hydrogen in a hydrogen containing part in which hydrogen is contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD., EXERGY POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ueno, Kazuya Kubo, Hiroshi Kawano, Toshio Takahashi, Kaduo Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 10187541
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a light guide including a light guide portion configured to guide light emitted from a plurality of light sources, a deflection portion configured to deflect and emit light guided by the light guide portion, and a projection portion. The light guide portion includes a first surface and a second surface configured to internally reflect the light from the light sources. At least one of the first surface and the second surface includes a concave portion positioned to cover the projection portion in the arrangement direction. In a plane passing through the concave portion and parallel to the arrangement direction, a distance between the first surface and the second surface in a portion where the concave portion is formed is smaller than a distance between the first surface and the second surface in a portion where the concave portion is not formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10160881
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition for inkjet applied by an inkjet method, that has a long pot life even in the environment in an inkjet device warmed to 50° C. or higher and excellent insulation reliability by the cured product after curing despite containing a compound having a cyclic ether group. The composition for inkjet according to the present invention is applied by an inkjet method, and cures by heat addition, the composition for inkjet according to the present invention contains a compound having a cyclic ether group and a curing agent, and the curing agent is a reaction viscous product obtained by reacting dicyandiamide with a functional group-containing compound having a functional group reactive with the dicyandiamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihisa Ueda, Takashi Watanabe, Shigeru Nakamura, Shuuji Kage, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10122293
    Abstract: According to an exemplary implementation, a power module package includes a multi-phase inverter. The power module package also includes a multi-phase inverter driver configured to drive the multi-phase inverter. The power module package further includes a power factor correction (PFC) circuit where the PFC circuit is configured to regulate a bus voltage of the multi-phase inverter and a PFC driver configured to drive the PFC circuit. The multi-phase inverter, the multi-phase inverter driver, the PFC circuit, and the PFC driver are situated on a package substrate of the power module package. The multi-phase inverter driver and the PFC driver can be in a common driver integrated circuit (IC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICAS CORP.
    Inventors: Zhou Chen, Toshio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20180302526
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus, including: a conveyance unit configured to convey a document along a conveyance path; a transparent plate provided to the conveyance path; a reading unit configured to read an image of the document passing the transparent plate; a detector configured to detect a foreign substance on the transparent plate from image data output from the reading unit; a light source provided to one end side face of the transparent plate; and a controller configured to control lighting-up of the light source based on a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: Toshio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20180224641
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises four lens unit, and at the time of zooming, each of a distance between a first positive lens unit and a first negative lens unit and a distance between a second negative lens unit and a second positive lens unit changes, and a distance between the first positive lens unit and the second negative lens unit widens more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first positive lens unit includes an object-side sub-lens unit and an image-side sub-lens unit, and an aperture stop is disposed between the object-side sub-lens unit and the image-side sub-lens unit, and the first negative lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens, and a refracting surface nearest to an image in the first negative lens unit is concave toward the image side, and a refracting surface nearest to an object in the second positive lens unit is concave toward the object side, and a refracting surface nearest to the image in the second positive lens unit is convex toward the image side, and the z
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuteru Kawamura, Akiko Naito, Keitaro Yokoyama, Toshio Takahashi