Patents by Inventor Akira Fujimoto

Akira Fujimoto 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: 20240126079
    Abstract: There is provided a head-up display device including an indicator that emits display light, a concave mirror that is rotatable about a rotation shaft and reflects the display light from the indicator to project a display image, a motor that has a shaft portion disposed coaxially with the rotation shaft of the concave mirror and rotates the shaft portion about an axis when energized, a connecting member that connects the shaft portion of the motor and the rotation shaft of the concave mirror and rotates the concave mirror at the same rotation angle as a rotation angle of the rotation shaft, and a control board that controls the motor. The control board controls rotation of the motor by half-step drive or micro-step drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke Fujimoto, Akira Yamanaka, Yuta Miyake
  • Patent number: 11936265
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes an annular coil connection body provided coaxially with a stator. The coil connection body has, in a groove provided on a holder, an overhang portion for restricting an axial-direction movement of a terminal, and a positioning projection for restricting a radial-direction movement of the terminal. The positioning projection positions the terminal such that a part of the terminal overlaps the overhang portion in the axial direction. In this structure, when the terminal moves in a direction from a terminal holding portion toward a groove opening, the terminal comes into contact with a side surface of the overhang portion, whereby lifting and coming-off of the terminal can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Akira Kimishima, Toshihiro Matsunaga, Kengo Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20240082764
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a filter includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a first resin provided with a plurality of holes. The first layer includes a first face. At least a part of the plurality of holes reaches the first face. The second layer includes a second resin. The second resin blocks at least a part of the plurality of holes reaching the first face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira FUJIMOTO, Yosuke AKIMOTO, Hiroaki YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11920818
    Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to realize a fan unit capable of determining occurrence or non-occurrence of a backflow during operation. In a second unit, a second controller calculates front-rear differential pressure by substituting a rotation speed and a volume of air or a wind speed that can be acquired in real time into a relational expression. The relational expression derives, from two values of the rotation speed, the volume of air or the wind speed, and the front-rear differential pressure, the remaining one value. Then, the second controller determines that a backflow occurs if the calculated front-rear differential pressure is within a range that cannot occur under a normal condition. Therefore, the occurrence of a backflow can be detected without using an expensive pressure sensor or a directional wind speed sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Shuuichi Tanaka, Tooru Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11915845
    Abstract: A rare earth sintered magnet is produced by depositing a coating of rare earth-containing particles on the surface of a rare earth magnet body, and heat treating the magnet body for causing absorption and diffusion of rare earth element in the magnet body. The depositing step utilizes a particle impingement phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiga Asai, Akira Fujimoto, Tetsuya Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20240011961
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a housing, a sensor portion, and a film member. The housing includes a first housing member including an opening. The first housing member includes a first inner face, and a first side face inside the opening. The sensor portion includes a sensor member including a hole, and a sensor element. A first gap is provided between the sensor element and the sensor member. The film member is porous. The film member includes an inner region and an outer region around the inner region. The outer region faces the first inner face. The sensor member is located between the sensor element and the inner region. The sensor member faces the inner region. At least a part of the inner region overlaps the first side face in a second direction crossing a first direction from the sensor element to the sensor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yosuke AKIMOTO, Akira FUJIMOTO, Hiroaki YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240011959
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a housing and a sensor portion. The housing includes a first housing member. The first housing member includes an opening. The sensor portion is provided in the housing. The sensor portion includes a sensor member including a hole, and a sensor element. A first space between the sensor element and the sensor member is connected to a second space that is another space in the housing. A detection target gas is configured to flow into the first space through the opening and the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yosuke AKIMOTO, Akira FUJIMOTO, Hiroaki YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230408570
    Abstract: The present embodiment provides a partial discharge measurement apparatus configured to detect partial discharge generated in a rotating electrical machine supplying or receiving power via an insulated conductor, where the apparatus comprises a calibration signal generator, a sensor, a compensation processor, and a signal processor. The calibration signal generator is configured to supply a calibration signal to a surface of an insulating layer of the insulated conductor. The sensor is configured to measure a physical quantity regarding the partial discharge. The compensation processor is configured to use an output signal of the sensor when the calibration signal has been supplied to generate a compensation coefficient. The signal processor is configured to process the output signal of the sensor based on the compensation coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Akira FUJIMOTO, Takashi HARAKAWA, Makoto TAKANEZAWA, Hirotaka TSUBAKIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230349965
    Abstract: A partial discharge measurement system comprising: at least one sensor configured to detect a voltage signal propagating through a conductor connected to a rotating electrical machine in a non-contact manner; a first bandpass filter through which a component of a first frequency included in the voltage signal acquired by the sensor passes; a second bandpass filter through which a component of a second frequency included in the voltage signal acquired by the sensor passes, the second frequency being lower than the first frequency; a phase acquirer configured to acquire a phase waveform of the component of the second frequency having passed through the second bandpass filter; and an output interface configured to output information by which a component of partial discharge of the rotating electrical machine included in the component of the first frequency having passed through the first bandpass filter can be identified based on the phase waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto TAKANEZAWA, Takashi HARAKAWA, Akira FUJIMOTO, Satoshi HIROSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230280306
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrochemical device includes an electrochemical element, and a controller. The electrochemical element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first member provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The controller is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. The controller is configured to supply a first signal between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first signal includes a waveform repeating in a first period. The waveform includes a first duration of a first voltage of a first polarity, and a second duration of a second voltage of the first polarity. An absolute value of the second voltage is smaller than an absolute value of the first voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira FUJIMOTO, Yosuke AKIMOTO, Hiroaki YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230066157
    Abstract: A rare earth sintered magnet is produced by depositing a coating of rare earth-containing particles on the surface of a rare earth magnet body, and heat treating the magnet body for causing absorption and diffusion of rare earth element in the magnet body. The depositing step utilizes a particle impingement phenomenon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiga ASAI, Akira FUJIMOTO, Tetsuya OHASHI
  • Patent number: 11579180
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an insulation diagnostic system comprising: a peak-value acquisition circuit configured to acquire at least one peak value of a section corresponding to local discharge of a voltage signal acquired by at least one sensor that detects the voltage signal in a non-contact manner; a function acquisition circuit configured to acquire a calculation function for calculating charge amount related to the discharge based on at least two peak values acquired from the voltage signal that is detected by the sensor by applying a test voltage to a rotating electrical machine while the rotating electrical machine is stopped; and a charge-amount calculation circuit configured to calculate the charge amount related to partial discharge of the rotating electrical machine based on the calculation function and the peak value obtained from the voltage signal that is detected by the sensor during operation of the rotating electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS COPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Harakawa, Makoto Takanezawa, Akira Fujimoto, Satoshi Hiroshima, Kazunori Shioda
  • Publication number: 20220373546
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of immunologically detecting SARS-CoV-2, the method comprising detecting a SARS-CoV-2 N protein in a specimen taken from a subject by using the following antibodies (1) and (2): (1) a first antibody to a first epitope in a 306th to 339th amino acid region in the SARS-CoV-2 N protein, and (2) a second antibody to a second epitope in a 365th to 419th amino acid region in the SARS-CoV-2 N protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIREBIO INC.
    Inventors: Masayasu IMAIZUMI, Kentaro YAMAKAWA, Tomonori NISHII, Naoyuki TANAKA, Azusa IIZUKA, Akira FUJIMOTO, Nobuyuki ISE, Kazuyoshi MIYAMOTO, Shintaro YAGI, Katsumi AOYAGI
  • Patent number: 11460482
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base body, a first movable structure body, and a first fixed structure body. The first movable structure body includes first movable electrodes. A direction from the base body toward the first movable electrodes is aligned with a first direction. A distance between the base body and the plurality of first movable electrodes is changeable. A direction from one of the first movable electrodes toward an other one of the first movable electrodes is aligned with a second direction crossing the first direction. The first fixed structure body includes first fixed electrodes. One of the first fixed electrodes is between the one of the first movable electrodes and the other one of the first movable electrodes. A first movable electrode length along the first direction is shorter than a first fixed electrode length along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira Fujimoto, Hideyuki Tomizawa, Akiko Yuzawa, Naofumi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220221501
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an insulation diagnostic system comprising: a peak-value acquisition circuit configured to acquire at least one peak value of a section corresponding to local discharge of a voltage signal acquired by at least one sensor that detects the voltage signal in a non-contact manner; a function acquisition circuit configured to acquire a calculation function for calculating charge amount related to the discharge based on at least two peak values acquired from the voltage signal that is detected by the sensor by applying a test voltage to a rotating electrical machine while the rotating electrical machine is stopped; and a charge-amount calculation circuit configured to calculate the charge amount related to partial discharge of the rotating electrical machine based on the calculation function and the peak value obtained from the voltage signal that is detected by the sensor during operation of the rotating electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi HARAKAWA, Makoto TAKANEZAWA, Akira FUJIMOTO, Satoshi HIROSHIMA, Kazunori SHIODA
  • Patent number: 11299750
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to solve problems in terms of stagnation of research on norovirus by providing a cultured transgenic cell or a transgenic animal in which murine norovirus (MNV) can be grown across the barrier of host specificity in mammalian cells, and providing a screening method that uses the cultured transgenic cell or the transgenic animal. The present inventors have found that MNV infection is determined in a cultured transgenic mammalian cell or a mammal possessing the cultured transgenic mammalian cell as its own cell, the cultured transgenic mammalian cell containing one or more species selected from the entirety or a portion of the murine CD300F gene and/or a CD300 family gene having an extracellular domain nucleotide sequence similar to that of the murine CD300F gene. The present inventors have solved the aforementioned problems by providing, for example, a norovirus-related drug screening method on the basis of this finding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Denka Company Limited, NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY
    Inventors: Kei Haga, Akira Fujimoto, Reiko Todaka, Kazuhiko Katayama, Akira Nakanishi, Motohiro Miki, Sakari Sekine, Hiroshi Otsuka, Shigetaka Mimori
  • Publication number: 20220062315
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an anti-human norovirus agent which can inhibit infection with and proliferation of human norovirus. The present inventors have found that the object can be attained through provision of an anti-human norovirus agent comprising, as an active ingredient, a fucose analog having an inhibitory action on glycosylation by fucosyltransferase (FUT). Examples of the active ingredient include a fucose analog represented by formula (III) or (IV) or a salt thereof. [In the formulas, each of formula (III) and formula (IV) represents an ?-anomer or a ?-anomer; each of R4, R3, and R4 is —OH or -OAc; R2 is a halogen atom, —OH, or -OAc; and R5 is —CH3, —C?CH, —C?CCH3, or —CH2C?CH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicants: KEIO UNIVERSITY, THE KITASATO INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kazuhiko KATAYAMA, Akira FUJIMOTO, Kei HAGA, Reiko TODAKA, Toshiro SATO
  • Patent number: 11205544
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base body, a first structure body, and a second structure body. The first structure body includes a first fixed portion, a first conductive portion, and first electrodes. The first fixed portion is fixed to the base body. The first conductive portion is held by the first fixed portion. The first conductive portion is separated from the base body in a first direction. The first electrodes are held by the first conductive portion. A distance between the base body and the first electrodes is changeable. The second structure body includes a second conductive portion and second electrodes. The second conductive portion is fixed to the base body. The second electrodes are held by the second conductive portion. One of the second electrodes is between the one of the first electrodes and the other one of the first electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira Fujimoto, Hideyuki Tomizawa, Naofumi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210063432
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base body, a first movable structure body, and a first fixed structure body. The first movable structure body includes first movable electrodes. A direction from the base body toward the first movable electrodes is aligned with a first direction. A distance between the base body and the plurality of first movable electrodes is changeable. A direction from one of the first movable electrodes toward an other one of the first movable electrodes is aligned with a second direction crossing the first direction. The first fixed structure body includes first fixed electrodes. One of the first fixed electrodes is between the one of the first movable electrodes and the other one of the first movable electrodes. A first movable electrode length along the first direction is shorter than a first fixed electrode length along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira FUJIMOTO, Hideyuki TOMIZAWA, Akiko YUZAWA, Naofumi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210065990
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base body, a first structure body, and a second structure body. The first structure body includes a first fixed portion, a first conductive portion, and first electrodes. The first fixed portion is fixed to the base body. The first conductive portion is held by the first fixed portion. The first conductive portion is separated from the base body in a first direction. The first electrodes are held by the first conductive portion. A distance between the base body and the first electrodes is changeable. The second structure body includes a second conductive portion and second electrodes. The second conductive portion is fixed to the base body. The second electrodes are held by the second conductive portion. One of the second electrodes is between the one of the first electrodes and the other one of the first electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira FUJIMOTO, Hideyuki TOMIZAWA, Naofumi NAKAMURA