Patents by Inventor Akihiro Chiba

Akihiro Chiba 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: 20150038076
    Abstract: An embodiment of this invention is directed to a technique capable of appropriately performing a charging process for recharging in an apparatus which is wirelessly rechargeable during communication. According to the embodiment, a mobile terminal which operates by a rechargeable battery, includes a recharge unit configured to recharge the rechargeable battery by wireless power supply, and can transmit a job to an information processing apparatus by short distance wireless communication is operated as follows. An inquiry message for inquiring of a user whether to recharge the rechargeable battery by wireless power supply, which is subject to a paid system, is displayed at the time of transmission of the job. At this time, transmission of the job by short distance wireless communication and display of the inquiry message are controlled to be performed at different timings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Taketomo Naruse, Akihiro Chiba
  • Patent number: 8925889
    Abstract: A vehicle seat sliding device includes: a first rail adapted to be fixed to one of a vehicle floor and a seat; a second rail adapted to be fixed to the other one of the vehicle floor and the seat, and coupled to the first rail in a relatively movable manner; an engagement member, which selectively limits and permits the relative movement of the first and the second rails; an operation member configured such that operating force to cancel the restriction of the relative movement in the second rail is transmitted to the engagement member; and a cover mounted on the first end of the second rail to close the first end. The cover has an engagement piece, which engages with a support wall provided in the second rail and restricts the pivoting of the cover when pressed against the operation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mikihito Nagura, Satoshi Masuda, Motoharu Yoshii, Toshihiro Kimura, Tsuneo Ogi, Ryousuke Mizuno, Akihiro Chiba
  • Publication number: 20150001952
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to perform short distance wireless communication and a power reception unit configured to receive wirelessly transmitted power. The information processing apparatus provides a user interface for prompting a user to designate a function which an external apparatus is to be instructed, via the communication unit, to execute, and controls power reception by the power reception unit based on the function designated through the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Akihiro Chiba
  • Publication number: 20140231610
    Abstract: A vehicle seat sliding apparatus includes: a first rail fixed to one of a vehicle floor and a seat and having first vertical wall portions, a first connection wall portion connecting base ends of the first vertical wall portions, and flanges; a second rail fixed to the other one of the vehicle floor and the seat and having second vertical wall portions, a second connection wall portion connecting base ends of the second vertical wall portions, outward extending wall portions, and extending wall portions; balls interposed in a rollable manner between second ball guides provided to the outward extending wall portions in inner portions in the width direction and first ball guides provided to the first connection wall portion; and an attaching portion disposed at a tip end of the first connection wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoaki HOSHIHARA, Akihiro CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20140232157
    Abstract: A vehicle seat sliding apparatus includes: a first rail fixed to one of a vehicle floor and a seat and having first vertical wall portions, a first connection wall portion, and flanges; and a second rail fixed to the other one of the vehicle floor and the seat and having second vertical wall portions, a second connection wall portion, outward extending wall portions, and extending wall portions, wherein locking claws are aligned side by side at tip ends of the flanges of the first rail; the second rail is provided with through-holes; the vehicle seat sliding apparatus further includes, a locking member having locking portions, and a biasing member; and the outward extending wall portions are provided with flat portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoaki HOSHIHARA, Akihiro Chiba, Shun Fujishiro
  • Publication number: 20140203157
    Abstract: A vehicle seat sliding device includes: a first rail adapted to be fixed to one of a vehicle floor and a seat; a second rail adapted to be fixed to the other one of the vehicle floor and the seat, and coupled to the first rail in a relatively movable manner; an engagement member, which selectively limits and permits the relative movement of the first and the second rails; an operation member configured such that operating force to cancel the restriction of the relative movement in the second rail is transmitted to the engagement member; and a cover mounted on the first end of the second rail to close the first end. The cover has an engagement piece, which engages with a support wall provided in the second rail and restricts the pivoting of the cover when pressed against the operation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mikihito Nagura, Satoshi Masuda, Motoharu Yoshii, Toshihiro Kimura, Tsuneo Ogi, Ryousuke Mizuno, Akihiro Chiba
  • Patent number: 7078992
    Abstract: A rotary solenoid for stabilizing performance is provided. A rotary solenoid 10 includes a pair of the first yoke 21 and the second yoke 22 placed oppositely in a rotor 24 providing a pair of magnetic poles by a permanent magnet, a core 23 enclosed by the first yoke 21 and the second yoke 22, and a coil 25 wound around the core 23 and forming a pair of magnetic poles in the first yoke 21 and the second yoke 22 by supplying electricity. These first yoke 21, second yoke 22, core 23, and coil 25 are resin-molded. A projecting portion 26a is provided in an outer surface on the opposite side of enclosing the core 23 by the first yoke 21 and the second yoke 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Tohoku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motonobu Hasegawa, Yasushi Miura, Masahiro Yoshida, Hirosi Tachiki, Norikazu Tochizawa, Akihiro Chiba, Hisashi Hashimoto, Masahiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20040212469
    Abstract: A rotary solenoid for stabilizing performance is provided. A rotary solenoid 10 includes a pair of the first yoke 21 and the second yoke 22 placed oppositely in a rotor 24 providing a pair of magnetic poles by a permanent magnet, a core 23 enclosed by the first yoke 21 and the second yoke 22, and a coil 25 wound around the core 23 and forming a pair of magnetic poles in the first yoke 21 and the second yoke 22 by supplying electricity. These first yoke 21, second yoke 22, core 23, and coil 25 are resin-molded. A projecting portion 26a is provided in an outer surface on the opposite side of enclosing the core 23 by the first yoke 21 and the second yoke 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN TOHOKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motonobu Hasegawa, Yasushi Miura, Masahiro Yoshida, Hirosi Tachiki, Norikazu Tochizawa, Akihiro Chiba, Hisashi Hashimoto, Masahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5944007
    Abstract: Two grooved rolls 11 and 12 among three grooved rolls 11.about.13 engaged by a saw wire 14 are arranged one above the other and the saw wire 14 is made to travel vertically between the grooved rolls 11 and 12. A workpiece 9 is moved horizontally and pushed against the vertically traveling wire 14. It is preferred that the grooved roll 13 be disposed at a height approximately the same as that of the lower grooved roll 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Tokyo Rope Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Miyoshi, Toshiyuki Suzuki, Koyoshi Takahashi, Yasuharu Goto, Akihiro Chiba, Sizuo Wada