Patents by Inventor Chiemi KUBOTA

Chiemi KUBOTA 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).

  • Patent number: 11418686
    Abstract: An imaging module includes: a substrate on which an imaging element is mounted and in which a through-hole is formed; a holding section that has a support pin inserted into the through-hole in such a manner that the support pin penetrates the through-hole and that holds an optical system forming a subject image on the imaging element; and an adhesive that is provided in the through-hole and that fixes the substrate to the support pin, and at least a tip end portion of the support pin has a tapered shape from a root side of the support pin toward a tip end of the support pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamura, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Chiemi Kubota, Hidenori Shinohara, Kenichi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20210227108
    Abstract: An imaging module includes: a substrate on which an imaging element is mounted and in which a through-hole is formed; a holding section that has a support pin inserted into the through-hole in such a manner that the support pin penetrates the through-hole and that holds an optical system forming a subject image on the imaging element; and an adhesive that is provided in the through-hole and that fixes the substrate to the support pin, and at least a tip end portion of the support pin has a tapered shape from a root side of the support pin toward a tip end of the support pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki OKAMURA, Akihiro YAMAGUCHI, Chiemi KUBOTA, Hidenori SHINOHARA, Kenichi TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 10850681
    Abstract: To provide a technique of eliminating condensation adhering to a vehicle inner side of the glass to improve the reliability of a vehicle-mounted optical device. A vehicle-mounted optical device includes: an imaging unit that captures an outside of a vehicle through glass mounted to the vehicle to obtain an image; a condensation detection unit that detects condensation of the glass by determining whether an image in a predetermined range of a part of the image is in a predetermined state; and a condensation removal device control processing unit that actuates a condensation removal device which removes condensation of the glass when the condensation detection unit detects the condensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Chiemi Kubota, Masayuki Okamura, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Hidenori Shinohara, Kenichi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20190202373
    Abstract: To provide a technique of eliminating condensation adhering to a vehicle inner side of the glass to improve the reliability of a vehicle-mounted optical device. A vehicle-mounted optical device includes: an imaging unit that captures an outside of a vehicle through glass mounted to the vehicle to obtain an image; a condensation detection unit that detects condensation of the glass by determining whether an image in a predetermined range of a part of the image is in a predetermined state; and a condensation removal device control processing unit that actuates a condensation removal device which removes condensation of the glass when the condensation detection unit detects the condensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Chiemi KUBOTA, Masayuki OKAMURA, Akihiro YAMAGUCHI, Hidenori SHINOHARA, Kenichi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170288116
    Abstract: To provide a stress relaxation structure that can achieve both high thermal conductivity and high thermal stress relaxation ability and has excellent vibration durability, and a thermoelectric conversion module having such a stress relaxation structure. The stress relaxation structure includes a rolled-up body having a first thermal conductor and a second thermal conductor that are alternately rolled up. The first thermal conductor is metal foil, and the second thermal conductor is porous metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke YASUDA, Akinori NISHIDE, Akihiro MIYAUCHI, Chiemi KUBOTA, Shinichi FUJIWARA, Takeshi SHIMADA, Hideki YAMAURA, Naoto FUKATANI