Patents by Inventor Akira Yamanaka

Akira Yamanaka 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: 20240126076
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes: an indicator dimmed by duty ratio control and configured to emit display light; a mirror member rotatable about a rotation shaft and configured to reflect the display light from the indicator to project a display image; a control unit configured to control the dimming of the indicator and the rotation of the mirror member; and a temperature sensor configured to output a signal corresponding to an ambient temperature around the indicator. The control unit includes: a temperature prediction unit configured to predict a temperature of the indicator, and a failure avoidance unit configured to execute lowering an upper limit of the duty ratio or rotation control of the mirror member for reducing the amount of sunlight that enters the indicator through the mirror member when the predicted temperature of the indicator is greater than or equal to a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke Sugiura, Akira Yamanaka, Yuta Miyake, Naohisa Murata, Hiroshi Sano
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20240111128
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a housing including an opening, an image display device that outputs display light of an image, and a mirror that includes a main body including a reflective surface that reflects the display light toward the opening and is rotatable around a rotation axis. The mirror includes a first and a second ribs that extend along a first direction, and face each other in a second direction. The first rib is formed as a rib closest to a side of the upper end on the back surface, the second rib is formed as a rib closest to a side of the lower end on the back surface, and a central region between the first and the second ribs on the back surface is formed as a flat curved surface, at least a part of which extends from the first rib to the second rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Tetsuya Suganuma, Hiroshi Sano
  • Publication number: 20240111166
    Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror including a main body portion having a reflection surface that reflects display light, and a rotating shaft protruding from a first side wall of the main body portion, and a driving member that includes a motor including an output shaft arranged parallel to the rotating shaft, and neighboring the rotating shaft in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis line of the rotating shaft, a first gear portion coupled to the output shaft, and a second gear portion engaged with the first gear portion, and coupled to the rotating shaft, and rotates the mirror by transmitting rotation of the output shaft of the motor to the rotating shaft via the first gear portion and the second gear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Tetsuya Suganuma, Masaaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240084883
    Abstract: An internal meshing type gear device includes: an internal gear; and an external gear that meshes with the internal gear, in which, when a straight line passing through an external gear center and an internal gear center is defined as a gear center line, a pitch point between the external gear and the internal gear is positioned radially inside an external tooth tip circle and an internal tooth tip circle, an intersection point between a normal line to a contact point locus between the external gear and the internal gear and the gear center line is positioned between the pitch point and the external gear center, and the contact point locus is positioned in a meshing region between the external and internal tooth tip circles within an angle range in which an angle centered on the pitch point from the gear center line is 0 to ?/2 [rad].
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Teijiro YAMANAKA, Akira YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240015649
    Abstract: Some aspects include apparatuses and methods for implementing a target wake time (TWT) scheme (or technique) for multi-link wireless communication networks. For example, a multi-link device (MILD) includes a first station (STA) associated with a first link of a wireless network and configured to communicate with a second MLD over the first link using a multi-link target wake time (TWT) process. The MLD also includes a second STA associated with a second link of the wireless network and configured to communicate with the second MLD over the second link using the multi-link TWT process. The MLD further includes one or more processors communicatively coupled to the first and second STAs and configured to control the operations of the first and second STAs to perform the multi-link TWT process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jarkko L. KNECKT, Mohamed ABOUELSEOUD, Oren SHANI, Anuj BATRA, Yoel BOGER, Yong LIU, Leonid EPSTEIN, Su Khiong YONG, Qi WANG, Zhou LAN, Tianyu WU, Akira YAMANAKA, Noam GINSBURG
  • Patent number: 11585916
    Abstract: Some embodiments enable secure time of flight (SToF) measurements for wireless communication packets that include secure ranging packets with zero padded random sequence waveforms, including at higher frequency bands (e.g., 60 GHz) and in non-line of sight (NLOS) scenarios. Some embodiments provide a flexible protocol to allow negotiation of one or more security parameters and/or SToF operation parameters. For example, some embodiments employ: phase tracking and signaling to support devices with phase noise constraints to mitigate phase noise at higher frequencies; determining a number of random sequences (RSs) used for SToF to support consistency checks and channel verification; additional rules supporting sub-phases of the SToF operation; and/or determining First Path (FP), Sub-Optimal, and/or Hybrid path AWV modes and the pre-conditioning usage of these modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Su Khiong Yong, Mithat C. Dogan, Mingguang Xu, Anuj Batra, Keangpo R. Ho, Akira Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20230035792
    Abstract: A reserve tank includes a gas-liquid separator, a flow inlet portion, a flow outlet portion, and a projection shaped in a tubular form. The gas-liquid separator is shaped in a bottomed tubular form and is centered on a predetermined axis. The flow inlet portion is configured to conduct coolant into an inside of the gas-liquid separator. The flow outlet portion is configured to discharge the coolant from the inside of the gas-liquid separator. The projection extends along the predetermined axis from a bottom wall at the inside of the gas-liquid separator. An inner space of the projection opens to an inner space of the gas-liquid separator at a distal end portion of the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masashi MIYAGAWA, Osamu HAKAMATA, Akira YAMANAKA, Kenshirou MATSUI, Masaki HARADA
  • Patent number: 11421580
    Abstract: A reserve tank includes a vapor-liquid separator, an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a protrusion. The vapor-liquid separator defines an inner space for separating a vapor phase and a liquid phase of a cooling water. The inlet portion defines a first opening through which the cooling water is supplied into the inner space and the outlet portion defines a second opening through which the cooling water is discharged from the inner space. The protrusion protrudes upward from a bottom surface of the vapor-liquid separator. An inner circumferential surface of the vapor-liquid separator and an outer circumferential surface of the protrusion are coaxially provided to define an annular passage in the inner space. The cooling water introduced from the first opening flows spirally in the annular passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Miyagawa, Akira Yamanaka, Osamu Hakamata
  • Patent number: 11313623
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a duct, a stacked core, and a coupling plate. The duct includes a first plate that is disposed to face at least one of end faces of the stacked core in a core width direction, and a second plate that is disposed to face at least one of the end faces of the stacked core in a tube stacking direction. The second plate includes a second-plate end plate portion disposed to face the end face of the stacked core in the core width direction and brazed to a wall surface of the first plate, a second-plate center plate portion that is disposed to face the end face of the stacked core in the tube stacking direction, and a flange portion that extends in the tube stacking direction and is brazed to a bottom wall surface of a groove portion of the coupling plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Saitou, Akira Yamanaka, Masaki Harada, Kenji Yamada, Kazutaka Suzuki, Taichi Asano, Shota Terachi
  • Publication number: 20220065157
    Abstract: A reserve tank includes a vapor-liquid separator, an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a protrusion. The vapor-liquid separator defines an inner space for separating a vapor phase and a liquid phase of a cooling water. The inlet portion defines a first opening through which the cooling water is supplied into the inner space and the outlet portion defines a second opening through which the cooling water is discharged from the inner space. The protrusion protrudes upward from a bottom surface of the vapor-liquid separator. An inner circumferential surface of the vapor-liquid separator and an outer circumferential surface of the protrusion are coaxially provided to define an annular passage in the inner space. The cooling water introduced from the first opening flows spirally in the annular passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi MIYAGAWA, Akira YAMANAKA, Osamu HAKAMATA
  • Patent number: 10917804
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an electronic device, method, and computer program product for enabling secure time of flight (SToF) measurements for wireless communication packets that include ranging packets with zero padded random sequence waveforms, especially at higher frequency bands (e.g., 60 GHz) and in non-line of sight (NLOS) scenarios. Some embodiments provide a flexible protocol to allow negotiation of various security parameters and SToF operation parameters. For example, some embodiments employ: phase tracking and signaling to support devices with phase noise constraints to mitigate phase noise at higher frequencies; determining a number of random sequences (RSs) used for SToF to support consistency checks and channel verification; additional rules supporting sub-phases of the SToF operation; and/or determining First Path (FP), Sub-Optimal, and/or Hybrid path AWV modes and the pre-conditioning usage of these modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Su Khiong Yong, Mithat C. Dogan, Mingguang Xu, Anuj Batra, Keangpo R. Ho, Akira Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20200408134
    Abstract: A reserve tank device includes a first reserve tank, a second reserve tank, a passage switching member, and a gas-liquid separator. The first reserve tank reserves a cooling water flowing through an engine cooling circuit. The second reserve tank reserves a cooling water flowing through an auxiliary machine cooling circuit. The gas-liquid separator is disposed in the first reserve tank and removes bubbles from the cooling water flowing through the first reserve tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Taichi ASANO, Ryoichi SANADA, Akira YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200165964
    Abstract: An air cooling device includes a first inlet surge tank, a first heat exchanger to cool air introduced from the first surge tank, a second inlet surge tank, a second heat exchanger to cool air introduced from the second surge tank, and an outlet surge tank. The outlet surge tank receives both of airs introduced from the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger and the airs flows from the outlet surge tank toward an internal combustion engine. The outlet surge tank includes a merging space and a fixing hole. The merging space is where the airs introduced from the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger merge with each other. A fastening member to fasten the outlet surge tank passes through the fixing hole from an outer surface of the outlet surge tank away from the merging space toward the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Shota TERACHI, Akira YAMANAKA, Michiya TAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20200003890
    Abstract: Some embodiments enable secure time of flight (SToF) measurements for wireless communication packets that include secure ranging packets with zero padded random sequence waveforms, including at higher frequency bands (e.g., 60 GHz) and in non-line of sight (NLOS) scenarios. Some embodiments provide a flexible protocol to allow negotiation of one or more security parameters and/or SToF operation parameters. For example, some embodiments employ: phase tracking and signaling to support devices with phase noise constraints to mitigate phase noise at higher frequencies; determining a number of random sequences (RSs) used for SToF to support consistency checks and channel verification; additional rules supporting sub-phases of the SToF operation; and/or determining First Path (FP), Sub-Optimal, and/or Hybrid path AWV modes and the pre-conditioning usage of these modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Su Khiong YONG, Mithat C. Dogan, Mingguang Xu, Anuj Batra, Keangpo R. Ho, Akira Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20190342776
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an electronic device, method, and computer program product for enabling secure time of flight (SToF) measurements for wireless communication packets that include ranging packets with zero padded random sequence waveforms, especially at higher frequency bands (e.g., 60 GHz) and in non-line of sight (NLOS) scenarios. Some embodiments provide a flexible protocol to allow negotiation of various security parameters and SToF operation parameters. For example, some embodiments employ: phase tracking and signaling to support devices with phase noise constraints to mitigate phase noise at higher frequencies; determining a number of random sequences (RSs) used for SToF to support consistency checks and channel verification; additional rules supporting sub-phases of the SToF operation; and/or determining First Path (FP), Sub-Optimal, and/or Hybrid path AWV modes and the pre-conditioning usage of these modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Su Khiong YONG, Mithat C. Dogan, Mingguang Xu, Anuj Batra, Keangpo R. Ho, Akira Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 10209525
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes a housing, a reflecting member, a projection light emitting unit, and a vibration transmitting member. The housing is fixed to a vehicle. The reflecting member is rotatably supported by the housing and is held at a rotation position. The projection light emitting unit projects projection light corresponding to information onto a window of the vehicle through the reflecting member. The vibration transmitting member is provided between the housing and the reflecting member and has elasticity. The vibration transmitting member is fixed to the housing and makes contact with the reflecting member in an elastically compressed state in an entire rotatable range of the reflecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aono, Jun Shihaku, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Tatsuya Saito, Kohji Matsuura, Toshiyuki Tsutsumi, Shin Funaki
  • Patent number: 10060338
    Abstract: An intercooler that cools intake air supercharged into an engine by a supercharger by exchanging heat with a cooling medium includes a heat exchange portion in which heat is exchanged between the cooling medium flowing inside a channel tube and the supercharged intake air flowing outside the channel tube. The cooling medium includes a first cooling medium and a second cooling medium hotter than the first cooling medium. The channel tube includes a first cooling medium channel where the first cooling medium flows and a second cooling medium channel where the second cooling medium flows. The channel tube includes a first U-turn portion forcing a flow of the first cooling medium flowing the first cooling medium channel to make a U-turn, and a second U-turn portion forcing a flow of the second cooling medium flowing the second cooling medium channel to make a U-turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Harada, Akira Yamanaka, Masafumi Saitou, Takashi Yasuda, Taichi Asano
  • Patent number: D883330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Yamanaka, Shota Terachi
  • Patent number: D878422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Yamanaka, Shota Terachi