Patents by Inventor Akihiro Yamashita

Akihiro Yamashita 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: 20170175601
    Abstract: An oil separator includes: a collecting member that collects an oil mist included in blow-by gas of an internal combustion engine; and an oil separator portion inside which the collecting member is disposed, in which the collecting member includes a plurality of wire net members stacked along a flow direction of the blow-by gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daigo USA, Kohei HOTTA, Yoshiyuki SUZUKI, Kazuya MATSUSHIMA, Akihiro YAMASHITA, Yoshiyuki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20170088226
    Abstract: In a saddle-ride type vehicle in which a cylinder includes a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover that covers an upper portion of the cylinder head, a vehicle body frame includes a head cover adjoining portion that adjoins the cylinder head cover. At least a part of the cylinder head cover overlaps the head cover adjoining portion as viewed from a direction along a cylinder axis that is a center axis of the cylinder. The head cover adjoining portion extends rearward such that the cylinder head cover is exposed outside in a side view. The foregoing configuration seeks to affect the ease of mounting and dismounting a saddle-ride vehicle having a power unit with a cylinder arranged upward and the vehicle body frame for supporting the power unit by reducing the left-right width of a vehicle body frame while allowing a cylinder head cover to be attachable and detachable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Akihiro YAMASHITA, Yuzuru ISHIKAWA, Toru UKAWA, Daisuke UMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170089308
    Abstract: A resonator structure of a saddle-ride vehicle includes a head box that includes a head pipe defining a handlebar steering axis and that forms an intake passage through which air is guided from a front of the vehicle into an inside of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling, an air cleaner box that is connected to the head box and allows the air guided through the intake passage to be taken into a power unit of the vehicle, and a resonator that forms a resonator chamber configured to reduce an air intake noise. The resonator chamber is formed continuous to the intake passage inside the head box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Akihiro YAMASHITA, Yuzuru ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160327544
    Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic and/or prophylactic medicament for FGFR3 diseases, the medicament comprising a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor as an active ingredient; a method for treating and/or preventing FGFR3 diseases, the method comprising administering a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor; use of a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor in the production of a therapeutic and/or prophylactic medicament for FGFR3 diseases; and a method for screening for a therapeutic and/or prophylactic drug for FGFR3 diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Noriyuki TSUMAKI, Akihiro YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 9347408
    Abstract: A saddle type vehicle including a frame of a monocoque structure having an air cleaner wherein the sealing property can be secured. An air cleaner includes a filter element disposed in a hollow main frame to partition the main frame into a dirty side region and a clean side region. An intake path member connects an engine below the main frame to the clean side region. A communicating opening for communicating with the engine is formed on a lower face side of the clean side region. The communicating opening is covered with a lid member. The lid member includes a first plate member with a communicating hole in which the intake path member to the engine is inserted, a second plate member for surrounding an outer periphery of the first plate member, and an elastic member provided between the first plate member and the second plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kontani, Akihiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20160105568
    Abstract: An image processing unit includes a first memory unit configured to store a first setup value which is set for each of groups including a user and indicates an upper limit of a usage amount, within which the user included in each group can use a function; a second memory unit configured to store a second setup value which is set for each user and indicates the usage amount enabling each user to use the function in addition to the first setup value; a third memory unit configured to store a current value which indicates the usage amount of the function used by each user; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the current value exceeds a predetermined first threshold determined using the first setup value set for the group and the second setup value set for each user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 9266160
    Abstract: A method for forming an undercut portion of a formed article formed by plastically deforming a plate-shaped workpiece and a method for manufacturing a formed article having an undercut portion are provided. In these methods, the undercut portion is formed by press working performed using a punch and a die. These methods make the forming work more economical and more efficient. An outer portion of a plate member 91 (plate-shaped workpiece) located outward of a portion where an inwardly inclined portion 94 (undercut portion) is to be formed is bent by an angle determined such that an undercut surface 94a which constitutes the inwardly inclined portion 94 becomes parallel to the pressing direction of a punch 110. In addition, a peripheral wall portion 93 inclined by an angle corresponding to the bending angle is formed on the outer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA F.C.C.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Nakamura, Akihiro Yamashita, Yuji Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20150274251
    Abstract: A saddle type vehicle wherein restrictions in the weight and the layout are reduced for slimmer and lighter vehicle. Pivot plates are provided as separate bodies from seat rails. An upper end of a shock absorber is received by a cross member located between left and right seat rails. The cross member is a separate body from the seat rails. Both ends of the cross member are supported by recesses provided in the left and right seat rails at inner sides of the seat rails so as to face each other. The cross member is fastened to the seat rails by cross member fastening members. The seat rail is attached to a main frame at its one front-side end and to the pivot plate at its other front-side end. The main frame and the seat rail are fastened to each other in the vertical direction by a first fastening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun HARIU, Daisuke UMIKAWA, Akihiro YAMASHITA, Yuzuru ISHIKAWA, Shunichi NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20150275832
    Abstract: A saddle type vehicle including a frame of a monocoque structure having an air cleaner wherein the sealing property can be secured. An air cleaner includes a filter element disposed in a hollow main frame to partition the main frame into a dirty side region and a clean side region. An intake path member connects an engine below the main frame to the clean side region. A communicating opening for communicating with the engine is formed on a lower face side of the clean side region. The communicating opening is covered with a lid member. The lid member includes a first plate member with a communicating hole in which the intake path member to the engine is inserted, a second plate member for surrounding an outer periphery of the first plate member, and an elastic member provided between the first plate member and the second plate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro KONTANI, Akihiro YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20150274254
    Abstract: A saddle type vehicle to improve the workability in fastening a frame and an engine together and thereby to enhance productivity. The saddle type vehicle includes a head pipe, a main frame extending rearwardly from the head pipe, and a seat rail located rearwardly of the main frame for supporting a seat. The main frame is fastened to the engine by fastening members being directed from an outer side toward an inner side in the vehicle widthwise direction. A knock pin is provided between the main frame and the engine, in a position in the vicinity of at least one of the fastening members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro YAMASHITA, Jun HARIU, Takanori ISHII, Shunichi NAKAJIMA, Daisuke UMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 8869034
    Abstract: A network-management device includes a map storing unit and a map state storing unit. The map storing unit stores therein a map created based on information on network devices. The map state storing unit stores therein a creation state indicating that creation of the map is in process or completed in association with the map. When creation of the map is in process, disclosure of the map is prohibited, and all the network devices are notified that creation of the map is in process. When creation of the map is completed, it is checked whether all the network devices are laid out on the map. When all the network devices are laid out on the map, disclosure of the map is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8851523
    Abstract: A frame for a vehicle to accommodate a large-sized accessory, such as a fuel tank, to be mounted downwardly of a rear pipe without having to lower a rear sub-pipe. A large-sized accessory, such as a fuel tank, can be inserted into a space under a rear pipe by removing a second rear sub-pipe from a main frame and the rear pipe. The second rear sub-pipe can be fixed to the main frame and the rear pipe by simply tightening bolts. Similarly, by simply loosening the bolts the second rear sub-pipe can be removed from the main frame and the rear pipe and the large-sized accessory can be removed onto an outside in a vehicle width direction. This facilitates mounting and helps reduce the number of man-hours involved in mounting the accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Shiina, Akihiro Yamashita, Masayuki Hirukawa
  • Patent number: 8847751
    Abstract: A first communication apparatus 100 transmits a pilot signal which was generated by a pilot signal generation section 14, at predetermined timing, and detects an unbalance component of a transmission line 300 at the time of pilot signal transmission in an unbalance component detection section 13, and controls a transmission signal in such a manner that an unbalance component is reduced by a transmission control section 12 on the basis of the detected unbalance component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Fumio Ichihara, Akihiro Yamashita, Hidekazu Matsunobu, Nobutaka Kodama, Masahiro Maki, Tsunehiro Hanada, Yuji Igata, Toshiyuki Wakisaka, Kazuaki Kusune, Mutsuhiko Oishi, Ryota Yukizane
  • Publication number: 20140068447
    Abstract: A network-management device includes a map storing unit and a map state storing unit. The map storing unit stores therein a map created based on information on network devices. The map state storing unit stores therein a creation state indicating that creation of the map is in process or completed in association with the map. When creation of the map is in process, disclosure of the map is prohibited, and all the network devices are notified that creation of the map is in process. When creation of the map is completed, it is checked whether all the network devices are laid out on the map. When all the network devices are laid out on the map, disclosure of the map is permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Akihiro YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 8621361
    Abstract: A network-management device includes a map storing unit and a map state storing unit. The map storing unit stores therein a map created based on information on network devices. The map state storing unit stores therein a creation state indicating that creation of the map is in process or completed in association with the map. When creation of the map is in process, disclosure of the map is prohibited, and all the network devices are notified that creation of the map is in process. When creation of the map is completed, it is checked whether all the network devices are laid out on the map. When all the network devices are laid out on the map, disclosure of the map is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Akihiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20130268860
    Abstract: A network-management device includes a map storing unit and a map state storing unit. The map storing unit stores therein a map created based on information on network devices. The map state storing unit stores therein a creation state indicating that creation of the map is in process or completed in association with the map. When creation of the map is in process, disclosure of the map is prohibited, and all the network devices are notified that creation of the map is in process. When creation of the map is completed, it is checked whether all the network devices are laid out on the map. When all the network devices are laid out on the map, disclosure of the map is permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Akihiro YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20130228001
    Abstract: A method for forming an undercut portion of a formed article formed by plastically deforming a plate-shaped workpiece and a method for manufacturing a formed article having an undercut portion are provided. In these methods, the undercut portion is formed by press working performed using a punch and a die. These methods make the forming work more economical and more efficient. An outer portion of a plate member 91 (plate-shaped workpiece) located outward of a portion where an inwardly inclined portion 94 (undercut portion) is to be formed is bent by an angle determined such that an undercut surface 94a which constitutes the inwardly inclined portion 94 becomes parallel to the pressing direction of a punch 110. In addition, a peripheral wall portion 93 inclined by an angle corresponding to the bending angle is formed on the outer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Nakamura, Akihiro Yamashita, Yuji Otsuka
  • Patent number: 8484565
    Abstract: A network-management device includes a map storing unit and a map state storing unit. The map storing unit stores therein a map created based on information on network devices. The map state storing unit stores therein a creation state indicating that creation of the map is in process or completed in association with the map. When creation of the map is in process, disclosure of the map is prohibited, and all the network devices are notified that creation of the map is in process. When creation of the map is completed, it is checked whether all the network devices are laid out on the map. When all the network devices are laid out on the map, disclosure of the map is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Akihiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8439148
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, an engine attached to the vehicle body frame, and a power transmission unit for transmitting output from the engine to a wheel of the vehicle. The vehicle body frame includes a plate-shaped suspension-supporting bracket which is integrally connected to front end portions of main frame sections extending in a forward/rearward direction of a vehicle at a lower portion of the vehicle body frame, and also is integrally connected to lower end sides of front frame sections vertically extending at a front portion of the vehicle body frame. The plate-shaped suspension-supporting bracket includes suspension arm-supporting portions formed integrally therewith. The lightweight vehicle body frame reduces total weight of the vehicle and, at the same time, enhances assembling accuracy thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Shiina, Akihiro Yamashita, Hajime Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 8413758
    Abstract: The vehicle body frame is configured in a manner that an upper tension pipe is removed from a first cross portion and a second cross portion. When mounting the engine in the vehicle body frame, the vehicle mounted component that is relatively heavy can be lowered into the vehicle body frame from above by removing the upper tension pipe. The vehicle body frame simplifies the removal and installation of the vehicle-mounted components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Shiina, Akihiro Yamashita, Hajime Uchiyama, Tatsuya Shiokawa, Yukinori Kurakawa, Masayuki Hirukawa