Patents by Inventor Akira Yamashita

Akira 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: 20220131433
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electrical machine capable of obtaining a higher torque while minimizing the amount of permanent magnets used. A rotor core includes a plurality of first insertion holes each having an auxiliary magnet embedded therein, the auxiliary magnet being embedded so as to surround a rotation axis of a rotor in a cross-section orthogonal to the rotation axis. The rotor core includes a plurality of second insertion holes each having a main magnet embedded therein, the main magnet being embedded so as to extend from the auxiliary magnet toward an outer circumferential direction of the rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of magnetic poles formed around the rotation axis, the magnetic poles each having the auxiliary magnet and the plurality of main magnets. The auxiliary magnet is arranged disproportionately on one side of the first insertion hole in the circumferential direction of the rotor so as to form a clearance on the other side of the first insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Hirano, Kyoko Nakamura, Mitsutoshi Akita, Daisuke Ichigozaki, Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11309777
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine capable of obtaining a higher torque while limiting the amount of permanent magnets used. A magnetic pole of a rotor includes an auxiliary magnet embedded in a rotor core and at least one main magnet arranged on an outer circumferential side than the auxiliary magnet of the rotor. In each magnetic pole, the distance from an end of the main magnet, the end facing the auxiliary magnet, to the auxiliary magnet facing the main magnet is shorter than the length of the main magnet in the radial direction. In a cross-section orthogonal to the rotation axis of the rotating electrical machine, the main magnets of each magnetic pole are arranged so as to be asymmetrical about a virtual line passing the rotation axis and axisymmetrically dividing the auxiliary magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu Kanada, Daisuke Ichigozaki, Kazuaki Haga, Motoki Hiraoka, Daichi Maruyama, Hisamitsu Toshida, Kyoko Nakamura, Akira Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20220052326
    Abstract: Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery excellent in reliability and productivity, a method for manufacturing the same, and a system including the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode mixture layer in which a lithium-containing composite oxide is used as a positive electrode active material. In a charged state, the negative electrode includes an aluminum foil or an aluminum alloy foil and a Li—Al alloy formed by reaction with Li ions deintercaleted from the positive electrode. The Li—Al alloy has a Li content of 7 to 29 atomic % with respect to 100 atomic % of a total of Li and Al at the end of charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Maxell Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira YAMASHITA, Haruki KAMIZORI, Atsushi HATAKEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220035360
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle inspection management system that can improve convenience for a person engaged in periodic vehicle inspection by reflecting, in an inspection management table, failure prediction results of vehicle components. This vehicle inspection management system is provided with: a management table output unit that outputs an inspection management table on which the expiry of periodic vehicle inspection is recorded for each vehicle so as to be displayed on a display unit in response to an input instruction; a prediction unit that acquires vehicle control information and predicts failure or degradation of vehicle components; and an additional recording unit that, when the failure or the degradation of the vehicle components is predicted by the prediction unit, additionally records a special inspection recommendation item to a field where the periodic inspection expiry has been recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventor: Akira YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11177725
    Abstract: Provided is an IPM motor that is strong and has high output. An IPM motor has a rotor that includes a rotor core as a laminate of a plurality of metal foil pieces made of a soft magnetic material that are stacked in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotor. The rotor core has a plurality of through-holes that penetrates through the rotor core in the direction of the rotation axis, the plurality of through-holes including through-holes embedding magnets. The rotor core includes inner bridges and outer bridges. At least one of the inner bridges and the outer bridges of the rotor core is made of an amorphous soft magnetic material, and other parts are made of a nanocrystal soft magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumitaka Yoshinaga, Akira Yamashita, Airi Kamimura, Kazuaki Haga, Kensuke Komori
  • Publication number: 20210312105
    Abstract: A construction management document creation device includes: a first input processing unit configured to repeat a process of assigning a unique pipe number and a unique joint number in association with pipe attribute information, and thereby generate pipe connection information from which connection relationship between laying pipes is identifiable based on the pipe number and the joint number, and pipe laying information from which a type and a laying position of each laying pipe are identifiable based on the pipe attribute information; a second input processing unit configured to generate assembled condition management information based on assembling procedure confirmation information and assembled condition evaluation information input for each pipe assembling section identified by the joint number; and a document generation processing unit configured to generate a construction management document including a daily construction report based on the pipe connection information, the pipe laying information, a
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo KISHI, Yuito KOMARU, Kazuma HARADA, Akira YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11118717
    Abstract: A male coupling member detachably couplable to a female coupling member includes an outer coupling body having a first end inserted and fitted into the female coupling member, a second end opposite to the first end, and a passage extending from the first end to the second end. The male coupling member further includes an inner coupling body disposed coaxially with the outer coupling body at a position closer to the first end, and a filtration member detachably attached to the inner coupling body. The inner coupling body is attachable to and detachable from the outer coupling body from the first end. The filtration member is held in the passage when the inner coupling body is attached to the outer coupling body. The filtration member is detachable when the inner coupling body is detached from the outer coupling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Nishio, Hidetoshi Nohara, Hirofumi Onishi, Masaaki Kondo, Akira Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210281153
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine capable of obtaining a higher torque while limiting the amount of permanent magnets used. A magnetic pole of a rotor includes an auxiliary magnet embedded in a rotor core and at least one main magnet arranged on an outer circumferential side than the auxiliary magnet of the rotor. In each magnetic pole, the distance from an end of the main magnet, the end facing the auxiliary magnet, to the auxiliary magnet facing the main magnet is shorter than the length of the main magnet in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu KANADA, Daisuke ICHIGOZAKI, Kazuaki HAGA, Motoki HIRAOKA, Daichi MARUYAMA, Hisamitsu TOSHIDA, Kyoko NAKAMURA, Akira YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20210281132
    Abstract: A plurality of auxiliary magnets is embedded in a rotor core so as to surround the rotation axis of the rotating electrical machine in the cross-section orthogonal to the rotation axis. A plurality of main magnets is embedded in the rotor core so as to extend from the auxiliary magnet in the outer circumferential direction of the rotor. A plurality of magnetic poles of the rotor is formed around the rotation axis, the magnetic poles each having the auxiliary magnet and the plurality of main magnets arranged at a distance from each other in the circumferential direction of the rotor, and the plurality of main magnets of each magnetic pole is arranged asymmetrically about a virtual line passing the rotation axis and axisymmetrically dividing the auxiliary magnet of each magnetic pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi AKITA, Daisuke ICHIGOZAKI, Tatsuhiko HIRANO, Kyoko NAKAMURA, Akira YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11098812
    Abstract: A pressure reducing valve includes: a housing having an input port, an input channel connected to the input port, a pressure reducing chamber connected to the input channel, a delivery channel connected to the pressure reducing chamber, an output channel and an auxiliary channel branched off from the delivery channel, an output port connected to the output channel, and an auxiliary port connected to the auxiliary channel; and a valve mechanism which is provided inside the pressure reducing chamber connected to the delivery channel and of which the amount of opening is changed to regulate the pressure inside the pressure reducing chamber. Centerlines of the delivery channel, the output channel, and the auxiliary channel are arranged in the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Kubo, Akira Nakano, Yuya Kihara, Yutaka Hotta, Akira Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210215294
    Abstract: A high pressure tank includes: a container body including dome parts; a reinforcement layer provided on an outer surface of the container body and including fiber-reinforced resin; and a protective member provided on an outer surface of the reinforcement layer, wherein the protective member includes a first layer disposed at the outer surface of the reinforcement layer that covers at least a part of the dome parts, and a second layer disposed outward of the first layer. The first layer is more deformable due to the same load applied from the outside than the second layer is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto KOJIMA, Akira YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10996691
    Abstract: A pressure reducing valve device includes a first body; a second body; a valve mechanism accommodated in the first body, and including a valve seat and a valve element; and a piston that is accommodated in the second body, defines a pressure reducing chamber, and is configured to move in accordance with a pressure in the pressure reducing chamber so as to move the valve element. The first body is connected to an inner portion of a connection portion having a bottomed cylindrical shape. The connection portion is provided in the second body to protrude outward. The valve seat is held between the first body and the second body in a direction in which the first body and the second body are attached to each other such that the valve seat is fixed in a flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Nakano, Toshikatsu Kubo, Shota Yamamato, Akira Yamashita, Yutaka Hotta, Eiji Okawachi
  • Publication number: 20210083535
    Abstract: An magnet embedded type motor capable of reducing a counter electromotive voltage while suppressing reduction of a torque is provided. The magnet embedded type motor of the present disclosure includes a stator and a rotor rotatably disposed inside the stator. The rotor includes a rotor core and a plurality of magnet groups embedded in the rotor core along a circumferential direction, the rotor core includes a plurality of laminated metal foils. The rotor core has a pair of radially arranged magnet holes, a center side magnetic flux leakage prevention hole, and center side bridge portions for each magnetic pole. A pair of radially arranged magnets are embedded in the radially arranged magnet holes. In the rotor core, the center side bridge portion, a center portion, and an inter-magnetic pole portion are made of a nanocrystalline soft magnetic material, and another portion is made of an amorphous soft magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumitaka YOSHINAGA, Akira YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10937473
    Abstract: Drivers for read and write operations of memory arrays are described. In one aspect, a memory device can include an input/output (I/O) circuit to facilitate read and write operations with the memory device. One driver can generate clock signals for the command circuit to aid with the performance of the write operations. Another driver can generate clock signals for the I/O circuit to aid with the performance of the read operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kitagawa, Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10860160
    Abstract: A display control device including: an acquiring unit configured to acquire location information items representing locations of each of a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of status information items representing statuses of each of the plurality of vehicles, the plurality of vehicles being registered in advance in association with a user using a user terminal; a setting receiving unit configured to receive a display condition set by the user; and a display control unit configured to display a map image on the user terminal such that an icon image representing a vehicle whose status information item satisfies the display condition is positioned at the center of the map image and a position of the icon image of the vehicle in the map image corresponds to the location of the vehicle represented by the location information item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Yamashita, Keisuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200343041
    Abstract: Provided is a motor capable of having an improved output while keeping the mechanical strength of the stator core. A motor includes: a stator including a stator core including an annular yoke having an outer part and an inner part and teeth extending inwardly from the inner part of the yoke, and a coil wound around the teeth; and a rotor rotatably disposed inside of the stator. The stator core includes the lamination of sheet members made of a soft magnetic material. Each sheet member has a binding part to bind the sheet members in the lamination at a first part corresponding to the outer part of the yoke. At least the binding part of the first part is made of an amorphous soft magnetic material. The sheet member has a second part other than the first part, and the second part is made of a nanocrystal soft magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumitaka Yoshinaga, Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10803923
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for providing clocks in a semiconductor device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a clock generating circuit configured to generate an output clock signal based on one of rising and trailing edges of first, second, third and fourth clock signals in a first mode, phases of the first, second, third and fourth clock signals being shifted to each other. The clock generating circuit is further configured to generate the output clock signal based on both of rising and trailing edges of fifth and sixth clock signals in a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kitagawa, Kazuhiro Kurihara, Kohei Nakamura, Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10734046
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for providing voltages to conductive lines between which clock signal lines are disposed are disclosed. Voltages provided to the conductive lines may provide voltage conditions for clock signals on the clock signal lines that are relatively the same for at least some of the clock edges of the clock signals. Having the same voltage conditions may mitigate variations in timing/phase between the clock signals due to different voltage influences when a clock signal transitions from a low clock level to a high clock level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kitagawa, Akira Yamashita, Shuichi Murai, Kohei Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10734060
    Abstract: Apparatuses for receiving an input data signal are described. An example apparatus includes: a plurality of data input circuits and an internal data strobe generator. Each data input circuit of the plurality of data input circuits includes: an amplifier that receives data from a data terminal, and latches the data in an enable state and refrains from latching data in a disable state; and a voltage control circuit coupled to a tail node of the amplifier and provides a first voltage to the tail node during the enable state, and further provides a second voltage different from the first voltage to the tail node in a first mode and to sets the tail node in a floating state in a second mode during the disable state. The internal data strobe signal generator provides a plurality of internal data strobe signals to the plurality of corresponding data input circuits respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10712000
    Abstract: An ash discharge system has a conveyor device which transports clinker ash out of a region that is below a furnace bottom of a boiler furnace; and a separation device provided at a passage of the clinker ash from the furnace bottom to the conveyor device, the separation device including a separator which permits the clinker ash with a predetermined size or less to pass through the separator, and inhibits a large-mass clinker from passing through the separator, the large-mass clinker being the clinker ash with a size larger than the predetermined size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasutaka Ozeki, Yoshihiko Takemura, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Kei Takakura, Hiroshi Ito, Keiichi Mashio, Hiroshi Aoyagi, Takeshi Kawana, Akira Yamashita, Ryutaro Okada, Keita Tsunemori