Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Yamazaki
Yasuyuki Yamazaki 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).
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Publication number: 20240120793Abstract: Provided are a stator for a rotary electric machine and the rotary electric machine. The stator includes a stator core, and a stator winding formed in a plurality of phases, the stator winding including a slot conductor and a crossover conductor configured to connect ends of a pair of the slot conductors, the ends placed at a same side of the pair of slot conductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Miku TAKAHASHI, Yuji KOBAYASHI, Yasuyuki SAITO, Noriaki HINO, Shinji YAMAZAKI, Takuya MIYAGI, Keisuke TATENO
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Patent number: 11945962Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition that has both good anti-cissing property and good coating film appearance. This is a cationic electrodeposition coating composition containing a silicone compound (A) having an SP value of more than 10.5 and 15.0 or less, and a film forming resin (B), wherein the silicone compound (A) is contained in an amount of 0.01 parts by mass or more and 4.5 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the resin solid content of the film forming resin (B). For example, the silicone compound (A) is at least one species selected from the group consisting of a polyether modified silicone compound (A-1), a polyester modified silicone compound (A-2), and a polyacrylic modified silicone compound (A-3).Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Kotani, Yuko Hasegawa, Yasuyuki Furuya, Keigo Obata, Keisuke Tsutsui, Hiroki Arai, Hiroyoshi Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20240084164Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition that has both good anti-cissing property and good coating film appearance. This is a cationic electrodeposition coating composition containing a silicone compound (A) having an SP value of more than 10.5 and 15.0 or less, and a film forming resin (B), wherein the silicone compound (A) is contained in an amount of 0.01 parts by mass or more and 4.5 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the resin solid content of the film forming resin (B). For example, the silicone compound (A) is at least one species selected from the group consisting of a polyether modified silicone compound (A-1), a polyester modified silicone compound (A-2), and a polyacrylic modified silicone compound (A-3).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki KOTANI, Yuko HASEGAWA, Yasuyuki FURUYA, Keigo OBATA, Keisuke TSUTSUI, Hiroki ARAI, Hiroyoshi YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230290106Abstract: A captured image is acquired, an instruction with respect to the captured image acquired is received, a likelihood map indicating likelihood of presence of an object in a predetermined region of regions into which the captured image is divided is acquired, a region indicating a position and size of the object in the captured image is estimated, and an object region corresponding to the instruction is determined using the likelihood map and one or more object region candidates selected from the estimated region based on the position indicated by the received instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: YASUYUKI YAMAZAKI, KENSHI SAITO
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Patent number: 10655256Abstract: Provided is a nonwoven fabric structure containing an odd-shaped fiber. The odd-shaped fiber has bubbles inside and has a cross-sectional shape that is an irregular, non-circular cross-section. Further, it is preferable that the cross-sectional shape of the odd-shaped fiber changes in the fiber length direction, the odd-shaped fiber has a crystallinity of 40% or less, and the odd-shaped fiber is made of at least two kinds of thermoplastic resins. It is also preferable that that the nonwoven fabric structure contains a heat fusible fiber, the odd-shaped fiber is present in the form of a net-like fiber sheet, and the odd-shaped fiber is in the form of short fibers. In addition, a method for producing such a nonwoven fabric structure is a method in which a thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent is extruded through a slit die to give an odd-shaped fiber having bubbles inside, followed by three-dimensional shaping.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignees: TEIJIN FRONTIER CO., LTD., UNISEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeya Dei, Atsushi Suzuki, Naruhiko Onishi, Noboru Watanabe, Yasuyuki Yamazaki, Hironori Gouda, Yoshiyuki Tansei
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Patent number: 10189361Abstract: An electric vehicle (1) provided with a power-feed unit (14) having charging ports (141and 142) and a battery (11) which is charged by means of electric power supplied from an external power supply, by way of the power-feed unit (14), is provided with: a current sensor (15) which detects a charging current quantity or a discharging current quantity flowing to or from the battery (11); a current quantity display unit (143) which comprises a plurality of display bodies (143a to 143d) arranged on the power-feed unit (14), and which displays the magnitude of a current quantity (i) by varying the lighting state of each indicator (143a to 143d); and a current quantity display control unit (16) which controls the lighting state of each of the display bodies (143a to 143d) in accordance with the current quantity detected by the current sensor (15).Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuyuki Yamazaki
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Patent number: 9834101Abstract: While a drive battery (11) is charged, the output voltage of a DC-DC converter (20) is set to a first predetermined voltage (e.g. 14.4 V) at which thermal runaway does not occur even if the temperature of an auxiliary battery (19) is high and at which the auxiliary battery (19) can be charged even if the temperature thereof is low. During warm-up operation of the auxiliary battery (19), the output voltage of the DC-DC converter (20) is set to a second predetermined voltage (e.g. 14.3 V) lower than the first predetermined voltage. While the vehicle (10) is traveling, the output voltage of the DC-DC converter (20) is set to a third predetermined voltage (e.g. 14.2 V) lower than the second predetermined voltage. If lamps (17) are lit, the output voltage of the DC-DC converter (20) is set to a fourth predetermined voltage (e.g. 13.9 V).Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuyuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20170197516Abstract: In order to provide a charging and discharging current quantity display device for an electric vehicle, with which it is possible for a current quantity during charging or discharging of a battery to be easily ascertained in the vicinity of a power-feed unit, an electric vehicle (1) provided with a power-feed unit (14) having charging ports (141 and 142) and a battery (11) which is charged by means of electric power supplied from an external power supply, by way of the power-feed unit (14), is provided with: a current sensor (15) which detects a charging current quantity or a discharging current quantity flowing to or from the battery (11); a current quantity display unit (143) which comprises a plurality of display bodies (143a to 143d) arranged on the power-feed unit (14), and which displays the magnitude of a current quantity (i) by varying the lighting state of each indicator (143a to 143d); and a current quantity display control unit (16) which controls the lighting state of each of the display bodies (1Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuyuki YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 9527390Abstract: A charging system of an electric vehicle includes a drive battery storing electric power for driving a motor of the electric vehicle, a heater heating the drive battery, an electric power supply device converting electric power supplied from outside the electric vehicle and supplying the electric power to the drive battery or the heater, a contactor activating or deactivating a connection between the drive battery and the electric power supply device, temperature detector detecting a temperature of the drive battery, and controller controlling the contactor and the heater based on the temperature. The controller controls the contactor so as to deactivate the connection and conducts electricity to the heater when the temperature is less than a first predetermined temperature, and controls the contactor so as to activate the connection when the temperature is the first predetermined temperature or greater.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuyuki Yamazaki, Ryo Shimizu
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Publication number: 20150345055Abstract: Provided is a nonwoven fabric structure containing an odd-shaped fiber. The odd-shaped fiber has bubbles inside and has a cross-sectional shape that is an irregular, non-circular cross-section. Further, it is preferable that the cross-sectional shape of the odd-shaped fiber changes in the fiber length direction, the odd-shaped fiber has a crystallinity of 40% or less, and the odd-shaped fiber is made of at least two kinds of thermoplastic resins. It is also preferable that that the nonwoven fabric structure contains a heat fusible fiber, the odd-shaped fiber is present in the form of a net-like fiber sheet, and the odd-shaped fiber is in the form of short fibers. In addition, a method for producing such a nonwoven fabric structure is a method in which a thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent is extruded through a slit die to give an odd-shaped fiber having bubbles inside, followed by three-dimensional shaping.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicants: UNISEL CO., LTD., TEIJIN LIMITEDInventors: Takeya DEI, Atsushi SUZUKI, Naruhiko ONISHI, Noboru WATANABE, Yasuyuki YAMAZAKI, Hironori GOUDA, Yoshiyuki TANSEI
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Publication number: 20150137594Abstract: While a drive battery (11) is charged, the output voltage of a DC-DC converter (20) is set to a first predetermined voltage (e.g. 14.4 V) at which thermal runaway does not occur even if the temperature of an auxiliary battery (19) is high and at which the auxiliary battery (19) can be charged even if the temperature thereof is low. During warm-up operation of the auxiliary battery (19), the output voltage of the DC-DC converter (20) is set to a second predetermined voltage (e.g. 14.3 V) lower than the first predetermined voltage. While the vehicle (10) is traveling, the output voltage of the DC-DC converter (20) is set to a third predetermined voltage (e.g. 14.2 V) lower than the second predetermined voltage. If lamps (17) are lit, the output voltage of the DC-DC converter (20) is set to a fourth predetermined voltage (e.g. 13.9 V).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuyuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20150061605Abstract: A charging system of an electric vehicle includes a drive battery storing electric power for driving a motor of the electric vehicle, a heater heating the drive battery, an electric power supply device converting electric power supplied from outside the electric vehicle and supplying the electric power to the drive battery or the heater, a contactor activating or deactivating a connection between the drive battery and the electric power supply device, temperature detector detecting a temperature of the drive battery, and controller controlling the contactor and the heater based on the temperature. The controller controls the contactor so as to deactivate the connection and conducts electricity to the heater when the temperature is less than a first predetermined temperature, and controls the contactor so as to activate the connection when the temperature is the first predetermined temperature or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Yasuyuki YAMAZAKI, Ryo SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 7586526Abstract: In an image sensing apparatus which has an image sensing element having a plurality of pixels which generate charges in correspondence with the amount of incoming light, and a transfer unit which transfers charge signals generated by the plurality of pixels, first reading of said transfer unit and a second reading are performed after the image sensing element is exposed for a predetermined period of time and before the charge signals accumulated on the pixels are transferred to the transfer unit, wherein a transfer speed used in the second reading is different from a transfer speed used in the first reading.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Kurokawa, Yasuyuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20090165235Abstract: There is provided a water-disintegratable cleaner which is light in weight because of its being free from water, does not require a fungicide or a bactericide because of no risk of mold, is excellent in cleaning performance, compared to conventional wet disintegratable cleaners, and can be flushed down a toilet or the like. A sheet-like water-disintegratable cleaner having a total basis weight of 10 to 250 g/m2 in which a web layer (ii) having a basis weight of 5 to 200 g/m2 produced by an air-laid process, which comprises 100 to 5% by weight of a powdery organic acid (a) having a hydroxyl group and a melting point of 70 to 160° C. and 0 to 95% by weight of cellulosic pulp (b) (with the proviso that (a)+(b)=100% by weight) as main components, is laminated on water-disintegratable paper (i) having a basis weight of 5 to 25 g/m2 comprising cellulosic pulp as a main component, and the same water-disintegratable paper (iii) as the above (i) is further laminated on the web layer (ii) as needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: KINSEI SEISHI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuji Yasumitsu, Kazuyuki Chikamori, Akira Matsumoto, Yasuyuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20090155556Abstract: There is provided a sheet for food extraction using no chemical such as a chemical binder or a paper-making aid, using an adhesive composite fiber as a raw material, exerting no influence on the global environment, being excellent in safety to the human body and sanitation, and satisfying performance such as bag-making processability, heat stability, uniformity in texture, extraction properties and prevention of powder leakage, by an air-laid sheet for food extraction produced by preparing a fiber web (1), by an air-laid process, which mainly comprises a heat-adhesive composite fiber (A) having a fineness of 1.0 to 4.5 dt wherein a sheath component as a low-melting component of a sheath-core type composite fiber or a low-melting component of a side-by-side type composite fiber has a melting point of 110 to 170° C., and performing interfiber bonding by heating to achieve integration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2005Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: KINSEI SEISHI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuji Yasumitsu, Osamu Sannomiya, Atsuko Oishi, Yasuyuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20090011188Abstract: A nonwoven fabric sheet having a cleaning function having a total basis weight of 40 to 1,500 g/m2 in which a web layer (ii) having a basis weight of 10 to 400 g/m2 produced by an air-laid process, which comprises 20 to 100% by weight of heat-adhesive fibers (a) having a fineness of 1 to 4.4 dtex and 80 to 0% by weight of cellulosic pulp (b) (with the proviso that (a)+(b)=100% by weight) as main components, is laminated on a web layer (i) having a basis weight of 10 to 250 g/m2 produced by an air-laid process, which comprises heat-adhesive fibers having a fineness of 1.5 to 50 dtex as a main component; the same web layer (iii) as the above web layer (i) is further laminated on the web layer (ii) as needed to form an integrated sheet as a whole by thermal bonding of these heat-adhesive fibers; and an additive (c) comprising an alkaline inorganic salt powder (c1) having a cleaning function or a hydroxyl group-containing powdery organic acid (c2) having a melting point of 70° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2006Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: KINSEI SEISHI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuji Yasumitsu, Akira Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Chikamori, Yasuyuki Yamazaki
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Patent number: 7306373Abstract: A slider is constituted by a main body made of a metal and a frame member and an end cap made of a synthetic resin. The main body is provided with a rolling groove. The frame member is provided with a return passage and an inner side groove of a direction changing passage. The end cap is provided with an outer side groove of the direction changing passage. A longest outer dimension in a slider width direction between lower end portions of inner legs of the main body is made to be larger than a shortest dimension in the slider width direction between projected portions of the frame member. The frame member is detachably engaged with the main body by putting a side of a leg portion of the main body to and from a side of a frame member horizontal portion by elastically deforming the frame member.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2004Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Yasuyuki Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida
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Publication number: 20060272303Abstract: A thin and uniform nonwoven fabric air filter for an internal combustion engine with a pleated form which comprises an air-laid nonwoven fabric obtained by forming a plurality of layers mainly composed of polyester-based binder fibers having a fiber length of 1 to 10 mm by an air-laid nonwoven fabric production process and performing heat adhesion, wherein an upper layer side (fluid inflow side) comprises large fibers, a lower layer side (fluid outflow side) comprises fine fibers, a final fluid outflow side comprises 100% of the polyester-based binder fibers, the basis weight (METSUKE) is from 100 to 350 g/m2, the apparent density is from 0.04 g/cm3 to 0.3 g/cm3, and the dry-heat shrinkage factor after 300 hours at 100° C. is 3% or less. The air filter induces no environmental pollution, is high in dust collection efficiency, and has long life.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: December 7, 2006Inventors: Kazumaro Fujiwara, Shigemi Uesaka, Shoji Nishigawa, Yasuyuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20060194498Abstract: Disclosed is a dry-process nonwoven pulp fabric composed of united layer structures, which contains heat-bondable synthetic fibers and comprises surface layer portions on both sides in which the synthetic fibers are heat bonded to one another and which has a basis weight of more than 5 g/m2 to 12 g/m2, and an internal layer portion in which heat-bondable synthetic fibers and pulp fibers are mixed at a ratio of 20/80 to 60/40% by weight and the synthetic fibers and/or the synthetic fibers and pulp fibers are heat bonded to one another and which has a basis weight of 8 to 240 g/m2, wherein the front and back surface layers and the internal layer portion are united as a whole by heat bonding of the synthetic fibers to one another, the ratio of a strength in a lengthwise direction to that in a crosswise direction is from 0.8 to 1.2 in both dry and wet states, the ratio of a strength in a dry state to that in a wet state is from 0.6 to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2004Publication date: August 31, 2006Inventors: Yasuji Yasumitsu, Yasuyuki Yamazaki, Shoji Nishigawa
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Publication number: 20060089116Abstract: An automatic adjustment circuit, including: a passive element disposed in an end portion of a circuit board; and an impedance adjustment circuit disposed between the passive element and a ground section of the circuit board to adjust impedance of the passive element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2005Publication date: April 27, 2006Inventor: Yasuyuki Yamazaki