Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Nishimura

Yoshihiro Nishimura 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: 11948717
    Abstract: A coil device includes: a drum core having first and second flange portions and a winding core portion therebetween; a coil wound around the core portion; a plate core connected to first and second flange portions first and second flange surfaces at a first direction side; a first electrode terminal on the first flange portion, one coil end portion electrically connected on the first electrode terminal; and a second electrode terminal on the second flange portion, the other coil end portion electrically connected on the second electrode terminal. The plate core has a first and second projecting portions respectively protruding toward the first and second flange surfaces and having first and second flat surfaces facing the first and second flange surfaces. The drum core and the plate core are connected by abutting and bonding the first and second flange surfaces against the first and second flat surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoei Shinohara, Takashi Arasawa, Yoshihiro Kawasaki, Munehito Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11935679
    Abstract: A coil device includes: a core including a winding core part and a flange part at an axial end part of the winding core part, a coil part including a first wire and a second wire wound around the winding core part, a first terminal electrode, formed on a flange part mounting surface and a lead-out part of the first wire is connected, and a second terminal electrode, formed on the mounting surface of the flange part spaced apart from the first terminal electrode and a lead-out part of the second wire is connected, in which the flange part includes a concave part, recessed from the upper surface of the flange part and from an outer end surface of the flange part in order to have bottoms. The coil device is easy to connect a wire and has excellent bonding strength even when the connecting part becomes the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawasaki, Munehito Nishimura, Setu Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20230392919
    Abstract: A calculation method, an image-capturing method, and an image-capturing apparatus are provided which can easily calculate a shear amount produced by a predetermined optical element arranged on an optical path of an interference optical system. A calculation method according to the present disclosure is a calculation method of calculating a shear amount produced by a predetermined optical element which is arranged on an optical path of an image-capturing optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihiro NISHIMURA, Hiroyuki MAEKAWA, Shota FUJIKI
  • Publication number: 20230391196
    Abstract: A high-voltage device used in a vehicle includes a high-voltage device body, a housing that houses the high-voltage device body, an ejection member, and a control device. The ejection member is configured to eject the insulating sealant into the housing in a mist or foam form with a gas flow. The control device is configured to activate the ejection member when a predetermined impact force on the vehicle is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230375816
    Abstract: A calculation method, an image-capturing method, and an image-capturing apparatus are provided which can easily calculate a shear amount produced by an optical element arranged on an optical path of an interference optical system. A calculation method according to the present disclosure is a calculation method of calculating a shear amount produced by a predetermined optical element which is arranged on an optical path of an image-capturing optical system. The calculation method includes a step of capturing an interference contrast image of a quadric surface included in an object surface by the image-capturing optical system, a step of measuring a fringe interval of interference fringes included in the interference contrast image, and a step of calculating the shear amount based on a constant in a formula expressing the quadric surface and the fringe interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihiro NISHIMURA, Shota FUJIKI, Yoshihiro AOKI
  • Patent number: 11764532
    Abstract: The metal graphite grounding brush including silver is made in slide contact with a peripheral surface of an axle and grounds the axle. The mass ratio between silver and carbonaceous components including a volatile component in the brush is silver above 30% and up to 90% and carbonaceous components less than 70% and down to 10%. When the total of silver and carbonaceous components is made 100%, the volatile component is down to 2.0% and up to 15%. The brush grounds the axle reliably so that noise from a car radio is reduced and has a long service life and mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TRIS INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ikeda, Hirotada Kanagawa, Mitsuhiro Hirota, Yoshihiro Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20230006405
    Abstract: The metal graphite grounding brush including silver is made in slide contact with a peripheral surface of an axle and grounds the axle. The mass ratio between silver and carbonaceous components including a volatile component in the brush is silver above 30% and up to 90% and carbonaceous components less than 70% and down to 10%. When the total of silver and carbonaceous components is made 100%, the volatile component is down to 2.0% and up to 15%. The brush grounds the axle reliably so that noise from a car radio is reduced and has a long service life and mechanical strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mitsuo IKEDA, Hirotada KANAGAWA, Mitsuhiro HIROTA, Yoshihiro NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10908322
    Abstract: The claimed invention provides an antistatic hard coat film that is extremely excellent in white muddiness resistance and antistatic properties and sufficiently prevents an interference fringe pattern. The claimed invention provides an antistatic hard coat film including a triacetyl cellulose substrate and a hard coat layer formed on the triacetyl cellulose substrate, the hard coat layer including an antistatic agent, a (meth)acrylate resin, and a polymer of a (meth)acrylate monomer, the triacetyl cellulose substrate including a permeation layer formed by permeation of the (meth)acrylate monomer from the hard coat layer side of the interface toward the opposite side of the hard coat layer, the antistatic hard coat film satisfying Formulas (1), (2), and (3): 3 ?m?T?18 ?m??Formula (1) 0.3T?t?0.9T??Formula (2) 2 ?m?T?t?11 ?m??Formula (3) where T denotes the total thickness (?m) of the permeation layer and the hard coat layer, and t denotes the thickness (?m) of the permeation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mayu Youki, Tomoyuki Horio, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Mariko Hayashi, Yuya Inomata, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9773652
    Abstract: Disclosed is an MgO target for sputtering, which can accelerate a film formation rate even when MgO is used as a target for sputtering in the formation of an MgO film. The MgO target for sputtering, which includes MgO and an electroconductive material as main components, and in which the electroconductive material is capable of imparting orientation to a MgO film when the MgO film containing the electroconductive material is formed by a DC sputtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: UBE MATERIAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., NIPPON TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Sano, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takayuki Watanabe, Yuuzou Katou, Akira Ueki, Shinzo Mitomi, Masanobu Takasu, Yusuke Hara, Takaaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9755105
    Abstract: A method for producing a light emitting device includes providing a light emitting device array including a collective substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements, a covering member covering a region surrounding the plurality of light emitting elements, in which the plurality of light emitting elements and the covering member are arranged on an upper surface of the collective substrate, the collective substrate including a ceramic base member, and the covering member containing a silicone-based resin as a base material; making a cut into the covering member such that the cut has a depth such that an uncut portion remains in the covering member in a direction of the depth' and push-splitting the collective substrate, and splitting the uncut portion of the covering member after the making the cut into the covering member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9638729
    Abstract: Provided are an analysis apparatus and an analysis method which are capable of recognizing a local state change of an internal structure of a secondary battery. The analysis apparatus includes: an observation cell that houses a secondary battery; a charging and discharging controller that controls charging and discharging of the secondary battery; an image pickup device that captures color images of the secondary battery at a predetermined time interval; and a charging and discharging data detection unit that acquires charging and discharging data on the secondary battery during charging and discharging. Color image signals output from the image pickup device and charging and discharging data signals output from the charging and discharging data detection unit are supplied to a signal processing device. The signal processing device outputs a unit that temporally links time-series color image signals and time-series charging and discharging data signals, and designated analysis data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: LASERTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maekawa, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Seiji Morishita, Hisahiro Yamaoka, Takumi Hirakawa, Makoto Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20160225944
    Abstract: A method for producing a light emitting device includes providing a light emitting device array including a collective substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements, a covering member covering a region surrounding the plurality of light emitting elements, in which the plurality of light emitting elements and the covering member are arranged on an upper surface of the collective substrate, the collective substrate including a ceramic base member, and the covering member containing a silicone-based resin as a base material; making a cut into the covering member such that the cut has a depth such that an uncut portion remains in the covering member in a direction of the depth' and push-splitting the collective substrate, and splitting the uncut portion of the covering member after the making the cut into the covering member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Nichia Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160218578
    Abstract: A bus bar unit is configured to supply power to coils (16) of a plurality of phases, and includes phase bus bars (47U ), (47V), and (47W) which are provided for each phase and are connected to winding start ends of the coils, and a neutral point bus bar (81) which is connected to winding finish ends of the coils, the neutral point bus bar (81) being formed by bending an elongated plate-shaped member such that a width direction of the elongated plate-shaped member and a radial direction of the bus bar unit coincide with each other, and including a plurality of bus bar pieces (82) and a connection portion (83) which connects the bus bar pieces (82) and (82) adjacent to each other, and a width of a deformation portion (85) of the connection portion (83) being narrower than a width of the bus bar piece (82).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Yuichi Yamada, Yutaka Shimbo, Koji Nara, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Toshihiro Takeara, Atsushi Okamoto, Yuta Ozawa, Atsushi Katsuta, Satoshi Nishigori
  • Patent number: 9332102
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes: a telephone communication speaker and a control module. The telephone communication speaker includes: a first speaker which releases sound waves corresponding to sounds to be output and vibration waves generated by vibrations of one surface of a housing according to vibrations corresponding to the sounds to be output, thereby to transfer the sounds to a user; and a second speaker which releases sound waves corresponding to sounds to be output. In case of execution of a function to output sounds from the telephone communication speaker, when a predetermined trigger action is not made, the control module executes first control in which the first speaker outputs sounds but the second speaker does not output sounds, and when the trigger action is made, the control module executes second control in which at least the second speaker outputs sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9046645
    Abstract: The claimed invention provides an antireflection film including a light-transmitting substrate, a hard coat layer, and a low-refractive-index layer, the hard coat layer and the low-refractive-index layer being formed on the light-transmitting substrate, the low-refractive-index layer including a (meth)acrylic resin, hollow silica particles, reactive silica particles, and two kinds of antifouling agents, the hollow silica particles having an average particle size of 40 to 80 nm and a blending ratio to the (meth)acrylic resin, represented by a ratio: Amount of hollow silica particles/Amount of (meth)acrylic resin, of 0.9 to 1.4, the amount of the reactive silica particles being 5 to 60 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the (meth) acrylic resin, the antifouling agents including an antifouling agent that contains a fluorine compound and an antifouling agent that contains a fluoro-silicone compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mariko Hayashi, Tomoyuki Horio, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Yuya Inomata, Hiroshi Nakamura, Mayu Youki
  • Patent number: 8999463
    Abstract: An anti-dazzling laminate made of an optical laminate including a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer having a concavoconvex shape provided on the material. The laminate simultaneously satisfies formulae: 0?G100?15 (I), 0.1?Hs?5.0 (II), 0.3?Rz?1.8 (III) wherein G100 represents a scintillation value which is a standard deviation of a variation in brightness distribution at a resolution of 100 ppi measured on the surface of the laminate; Hs represents the surface haze value of the laminate; and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvex shape of the anti-dazzling layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Mikami, Yukimitsu Iwata, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20150080049
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes: a telephone communication speaker and a control module. The telephone communication speaker includes: a first speaker which releases sound waves corresponding to sounds to be output and vibration waves generated by vibrations of one surface of a housing according to vibrations corresponding to the sounds to be output, thereby to transfer the sounds to a user; and a second speaker which releases sound waves corresponding to sounds to be output. In case of execution of a function to output sounds from the telephone communication speaker, when a predetermined trigger action is not made, the control module executes first control in which the first speaker outputs sounds but the second speaker does not output sounds, and when the trigger action is made, the control module executes second control in which at least the second speaker outputs sounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Yoshihiro NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 8877104
    Abstract: An optical laminate produced by a process for producing an anti-dazzling laminate comprising a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The process includes providing the light transparent base material and forming the anti-dazzling layer having a concavoconvex shape on the light transparent base material, wherein the concavoconvex shape of the anti-dazzling layer satisfies the following requirements: Sm is not less than 100 ?m and not more than 600 ?m, ?a is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 ?m and not more than 1 ?m, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes or profile irregularities in the anti-dazzling layer; ?a represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities; and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Iwata, Koichi Mikami, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Patent number: 8868127
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes: a telephone communication speaker and a control module. The telephone communication speaker includes: a first speaker which releases sound waves corresponding to sounds to be output and vibration waves generated by vibrations of one surface of a housing according to vibrations corresponding to the sounds to be output, thereby to transfer the sounds to a user; and a second speaker which releases sound waves corresponding to sounds to be output. In case of execution of a function to output sounds from the telephone communication speaker, when a predetermined trigger action is not made, the control module executes first control in which the first speaker outputs sounds but the second speaker does not output sounds, and when the trigger action is made, the control module executes second control in which at least the second speaker outputs sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: D1026046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kushita, Masayuki Nishimura, Hiroyuki Sakai