Patents by Inventor Akihiro Hayashi
Akihiro Hayashi 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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Patent number: 12104228Abstract: The aluminum alloy in the cross-section of the surface layer region of the aluminum alloy plate contains a compound containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of silicon, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, chromium, zinc, zirconium, and titanium, and aluminum. The number of fields of view containing the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 5 ?m or more out of 10 fields of view extracted from the cross-section is 3 or less. In the cross-section, the number density of the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.5 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m is 0.0010 per ?m2 or less, and the area ratio of the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.5 ?m or more is 0.1% or more and less than 1.0%.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryohei Kobayashi, Toru Maeda, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Masashi Fujiki, Akihiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 12083509Abstract: Provided is a beta zeolite satisfying P>76.79Q?29.514 in a range in which Q is less than 0.4011 nm, wherein, P represents an AB value that is an intensity ratio of A to B, A represents a diffraction intensity of a main peak of the beta zeolite observed by X-ray diffraction measurement, B represents a diffraction intensity of the (116) plane of ?-alumina obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement under the same conditions as those for the X-ray diffraction measurement on the beta zeolite, the ?-alumina being the standard substance 674a distributed by the American National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Q represents a lattice interplanar spacing of the main peak of the beta zeolite observed by X-ray diffraction measurement. It is preferable that the formula (1) above is satisfied in a range in which Q is from 0.3940 to 0.4000 nm.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Mitsui Mining &Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Senoo, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Junki Tomita, Takahiro Kogawa, Akihiro Kanno
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Patent number: 12077030Abstract: A control device includes a controller that executes determining a connection between a first unit that has a boarding space which allows a user to board and is provided with a predetermined facility and that is provided with a first path through which a fluid used in the predetermined facility passes and a second unit that is configured to be separated from and connected to the first unit and that has a drive device of a vehicle that is formed by being connected to the first unit, and supplying the fluid in the first path to a second unit side to absorb heat generated from the drive device.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Kuniaki Jinnai, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Akihiro Ito
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Publication number: 20240274870Abstract: A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure is a solid electrolyte material including Li, O, and X, wherein the X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I, and the solid electrolyte material satisfies any one of the following (A) to (C): (A) the solid electrolyte material further includes Si and Al; (B) the solid electrolyte material further includes Mg and Al; and (C) the solid electrolyte material further includes Cr. A battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer includes the solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Yohei HAYASHI, Akihiro SAKAI
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Patent number: 12060623Abstract: A steel sheet including, in mass %, C: 0.05% or more and 0.30% or less, Si: 0.05% or more and 6.00% or less, Mn: 1.50% or more and 10.00% or less, and the balance: Fe and impurities, a steel sheet structure is composed of, in area ratio, 15% or more and 80% or less of ferrite and 20% or more and 85% or less in total of a hard structure composed of any one of bainite, martensite, or retained austenite, or any combination thereof, and to a steel sheet thickness t, an area ratio of a maximum coupled ferrite region in a region from a t/2 position at the steel sheet thickness center to a position at a depth of 3t/8 from a surface is 80% or more in area ratio to a total ferrite area, and a two-dimensional isoperimetric constant of the maximum coupled ferrite region is 0.35 or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Yabu, Koutarou Hayashi, Akihiro Uenishi
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Patent number: 12057654Abstract: A vehicle-side connector 1 includes a plurality of vehicle-side terminals 50, a connector housing 10 for holding the vehicle-side terminals 50 and heat storage materials 60 accommodated in the connector housing 10.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, Mie, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Katsuhiko Aizawa, Akihiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 12043513Abstract: A recording medium conveyance device includes a storage, a conveyer that conveys a conveyed object, an ultrasonic sensor that outputs a value indicating an attenuation amount of an ultrasonic wave caused by the conveyed object, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor executes a type detection process of detecting a type of the conveyed object based on output of the ultrasonic sensor and storing the type in the storage and an overlay detection process of detecting whether the conveyed object is in an overlay state in which a gap is present based on output of the ultrasonic sensor, and switches to either one of the type detection process and the overlay detection process. The hardware processor executes the type detection process when the type is not stored in the storage and executes the overlay detection process when the type is stored in the storage.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Katsuyuki Ikuta, Hiroaki Takatsu, Takeshi Tamada, Takahiro Tsujimoto, Akihiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 12038008Abstract: A sheet-shaped check valve which opens and closes the injection passage is placed in the check valve chamber, an injection discharge passage portion connected to the compression chamber of the injection passage and the check valve chamber open from an outer surface of the fixed scroll, a lid body is attached to openings of the injection discharge passage and the check valve chamber such that the check valve is sandwiched between the openings and the lid body, and the injection discharge passage and the check valve chamber are hermetically closed, thereby forming the injection passage. According to this, it is possible to provide a reliable, efficient and inexpensive compressor with an injection mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Watanabe, Akinori Fukuda, Akihiro Hayashi, Hideto Oka, Keisuke Noba
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Patent number: 12037779Abstract: A flush water tank apparatus has a reservoir tank, a discharge valve, a discharge valve hydraulic drive portion configured to drive the discharge valve, and a discharge/vacuum break valve device configured to supply the water supplied from the upstream side to the discharge valve hydraulic drive portion on a downstream side. The discharge valve hydraulic drive portion includes a cylinder, and a piston configured to be moved by a pressure of the water flowing into the cylinder to move the discharge valve. The discharge/vacuum break valve device includes a valve body that operates to discharge the water flowing backward from the discharge valve hydraulic drive portion while opening the upstream side to an atmosphere when the supply of the water from the upstream side is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Shimuta, Hidekazu Kitaura, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Masahiro Kuroishi, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Koki Shinohara, Kenji Hatama, Takashi Yoshioka
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Publication number: 20240173692Abstract: A porous adsorption material is used to adsorb and remove an impurity from a solution containing a raw biopharmaceutical compound while suppressing clogging and is high in separation selectivity. The porous adsorption material used to adsorb and remove an impurity from a solution containing a raw biopharmaceutical compound includes a layer containing a nonionic polymer on at least one surface of the porous adsorption material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Yuka Sakaguchi, Akihiro Hayashi, Aishan Han, Hirokazu Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20240084425Abstract: The aluminum alloy in the cross-section of the surface layer region of the aluminum alloy plate contains a compound containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of silicon, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, chromium, zinc, zirconium, and titanium, and aluminum. The number of fields of view containing the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 5 ?m or more out of 10 fields of view extracted from the cross-section is 3 or less. In the cross-section, the number density of the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.5 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m is 0.0010 per ?m2 or less, and the area ratio of the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.5 ?m or more is 0.1% or more and less than 1.0%.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Ryohei KOBAYASHI, Toru MAEDA, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Masashi FUJIKI, Akihiro HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11926485Abstract: A processing system includes a conveyance path including a plurality of conveyance modules configured to convey a carriage, the plurality of conveyance modules being disposed to convey the carriage to a plurality of positions, a processing apparatus configured to perform processing on a work mounted on the carriage, and a control unit configured to control the plurality of conveyance modules and the processing apparatus, wherein the control unit is configured to, in performing the processing on the work at the plurality of positions by the processing apparatus, move the work to the plurality of positions by moving the carriage using the conveyance modules.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryota Okazaki, Satoshi Shioda, Akihiro Hayashi, Takeshi Akehi
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Publication number: 20240056532Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a drive source that drives an object; and a hardware processor that detects a fluctuation range of a load applied to the drive source by driving the object, and determines a state of the object on a basis of a detection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: AKIHIRO HAYASHI, YUJI KOBAYASHI, HIROSHI EGUCHI, TAKESHI TAMADA
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Publication number: 20240043031Abstract: An HCU, which controls information presentation to a driver of a vehicle with autonomous driving function, is configured to: determine a switch between a monitoring unnecessary state and a monitoring necessary state, the monitoring unnecessary state being a state in which stoppage of periphery monitoring by the driver during execution of the autonomous driving being permitted, the monitoring necessary state being a state in which the stoppage of the periphery monitoring by the driver during execution of the autonomous driving being prohibited; determine whether stoppage of steering wheel grip by the driver is permittable in the monitoring necessary state; and permit, when the monitoring unnecessary state is switched to the monitoring necessary state in which the stoppage of steering wheel grip is permittable, the stoppage of steering wheel grip in the monitoring necessary state after executing a grip request, which requests the driver to grip the steering wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Kahori OKADA, Kazuki IZUMI, Shiori MANEYAMA, Akihiro HAYASHI, Takuya KUME
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Patent number: 11862888Abstract: A vehicle-side connector 1 includes a connector housing 10, a plurality of vehicle-side terminals 50 and heat storage bodies 70. The heat storage body 70 includes a case 71 accommodated in the connector housing 10 and heat storage materials 76 accommodated in the case 71.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Katsuhiko Aizawa, Akihiro Hayashi
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Publication number: 20230422412Abstract: A multilayer wiring board includes two or more layers laminated together, each layer includes an insulating resin layer having a first surface and a second surface, and a conductor layer. The insulating resin layer includes a first recess that is open to the first surface, a groove section that is open to the first surface, and a second recess that is open to the second surface and communicates with one or more of the first recesses. Each insulating resin layer is integrally formed in a thickness direction thereof. The conductor layer includes a land portion and a wiring portion filling the first recess and the groove section, and a via portion protruding from the first surface at a position of the land portion. The via portion protruding from the first surface of the insulating resin layer fills a recess of another insulating resin layer adjacent to the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: TOPPAN INC.Inventors: Akihiro HAYASHI, Masahito TANABE, Tetsuyuki TSUCHIDA
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Patent number: 11824313Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connection terminal and a connector capable of suppressing a temperature increase during energization. A vehicle-side connector 10 includes a vehicle-side terminal 50 made of metal and a heat storage body 60 held in the vehicle-side terminal 50. The vehicle-side terminal 50 includes a terminal connecting portion 51 to be electrically connected to a charger-side terminal 82, a wire connecting portion 54 to be electrically connected to a wire 70 and a holding portion 56 integrally formed to the terminal connecting portion 51 and the wire connecting portion 54. The heat storage body 60 is held in the holding portion 56.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Katsuhiko Aizawa, Akihiro Hayashi
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Publication number: 20230286138Abstract: A link actuation device includes a proximal link hub, a distal link hub, link mechanisms that couple the link hubs, an actuator, and a control device. The actuator includes motors provided for link mechanisms, respectively. The control device stores a map in which drive command values for each of the motors corresponding to a plurality of discrete positions within a movable range of the distal link hub are stored. Upon receipt of a command value for movement to a position that coincides with none of the plurality of positions within the movable range, the control device determines a drive command value for each of the motors by interpolating a region surrounded by four points at the plurality of positions on the map using a polynomial curved surface formula.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Akihiro HAYASHI, Hirofumi FUKUMARU, Toshiki TAKAKI
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Patent number: 11752939Abstract: An information presentation apparatus includes an out-of-vehicle risk detection section that is configured to detect an out-of-vehicle risk object, a gaze detection section that is configured to detect a gaze direction of a driver of the vehicle, a recognition determination section that is configured to determine whether the out-of-vehicle risk object is recognized by the driver based on a detection result by the out-of-vehicle risk detection section and a detection result by the gaze detection section, and an information presentation section that is configured to present, to the driver, out-of-vehicle risk information regarding the out-of-vehicle risk object in a presentation mode. The information presentation section is further configured to change the presentation mode depending on whether the out-of-vehicle risk object is recognized by the driver based on a determination result by the recognition determination section.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Hayashi, Kunihiko Chiba, Takeshi Hatoh, Yasushi Sakuma, Iichirou Terao
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Patent number: 11691276Abstract: A link actuation apparatus that actuates a parallel link mechanism where a spherical drive mechanism is constructed includes a controller configured to calculate, based on spherical trigonometry, an attitude of a second link hub from angles ?A1 and ?A2 that represent the attitude of a first end link member with respect to a first link hub in two of at least three link mechanisms. The link actuation apparatus capable of performing forward transformation in real time is thus provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignees: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Hayashi, Hirofumi Fukumaru, Toshiki Takagi, Kenzou Nose, Hideki Matsuzawa