Patents by Inventor Yoshifumi Hirata

Yoshifumi Hirata 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: 11936500
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system deployed in a vehicle includes a plurality of first nodes configured to perform an operation relevant to a first function in the vehicle, a second node configured to perform an operation relevant to a second function different from the first function in the vehicle; and a relay device configured to relay communication between the first nodes and the second node. The relay device is configured to start relay of communication between the first nodes earlier than the relay of communication between the first node and the second node at a time of startup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu Ishizuka, Hiroya Ando, Taichi Matsumura, Masashi Amesara, Yutaka Ueda, Toshio Kawamura, Tomomi Kawamura, Yoshifumi Ohmori, Toshio Shimada, Yoshiro Hirata
  • Patent number: 5692293
    Abstract: There is disclosed an automatic electronic part-mounting apparatus in which acceleration, acting on electronic parts, suction-held respectively by mounting heads, is reduced, thereby enabling stable mounting of the electronic parts. Cam levers 10 are pivotally mounted through respective pivot shafts 9 on a rotary member 8 which is rotated at a constant speed by a roller gear cam 19. One end of the cam lever is engaged with a fixed cam 7 whereas the other end thereof is slidably mounted through cam followers on a follower lever 12 slidably mounted on annular rails 11 in a housing 6. One end of the follower lever 12 is slidably engaged with a cam follower, and the other end of the follower lever 12 is mounted on each mounting head 13. With this construction, the acceleration of the mounting head 13 can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneto Igarashi, Shigetoshi Negishi, Kunio Tanaka, Masahiro Morimoto, Kazuaki Kosaka, Yoshifumi Hirata
  • Patent number: 4327346
    Abstract: In an anisotropic polymeric magnet in tubular form, the magnetization orientation is directed in one direction perpendicular to the axial line of the tubular magnet. In a bipolar anisotropic magnet in tubular form, the magnetic poles can be formed only at symmetrical portions of the magnet with respect to the axial line and an imaginary line connecting the magnetic poles with each other is parallel to said one direction.In order to symmetrically distribute the magnetism around a tubular bipolar anisotropic magnet, a weld line(s) formed by injection molding of a mixture of ferromagnetic material powder and polymeric material is located in the portion(s) of the magnet where the magnetic poles are not formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1982
    Assignee: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Tada, Katsuji Honda, Yoshifumi Hirata