Patents by Inventor Chihiro YAMAGUCHI

Chihiro YAMAGUCHI 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: 11945509
    Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure includes a rear frame and a beam member. The rear frame has: a first inner bead, a first outer bead, a second inner bead, and a second outer bead. The first inner bead and the first outer bead are formed on an inner wall and an outer wall, respectively, in a region close to the beam member. The second inner bead and the second outer bead are formed on the inner wall and the outer wall, respectively, in a region that is separated to a vehicle body frontward direction from the first beads. The first outer bead is formed to have a higher fragility than the first inner bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shungo Chino, Yuya Akaba, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Kyosuke Yamakita, Yusuke Miura, Dai Kamata, Chihiro Sakagami, Kosuke Fushimi, Shohei Ohtsuka, Hitomi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240055175
    Abstract: First and second wires form a wire assembly by being wound around a winding core portion together. The wire assembly includes a twisted wire portion, an inner layer portion, an outer layer portion, a plurality of outward transition portions, and an inward transition portion. The outer layer portion includes a first outer layer portion which is connected to one of the outward transition portions extending from an intermediate position of the inner layer portion and connected to the inward transition portion. The inward transition portion extends to an intermediate position of the inner layer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota HASHIMOTO, Atsuyoshi MAEDA, Chihiro YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki TEI, Kohei KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11830657
    Abstract: First and second wires form a wire assembly by being wound around a winding core portion together. The wire assembly includes a twisted wire portion, an inner layer portion, an outer layer portion, a plurality of outward transition portions, and an inward transition portion. The outer layer portion includes a first outer layer portion which is connected to one of the outward transition portions extending from an intermediate position of the inner layer portion and connected to the inward transition portion. The inward transition portion extends to an intermediate position of the inner layer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Hashimoto, Atsuyoshi Maeda, Chihiro Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Tei, Kohei Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11823830
    Abstract: A coil component comprising a core including a winding core having a shape extending in a constant direction, a first flange disposed at a first end in an extending direction of the winding core, and a second flange disposed at a second end in the extending direction of the winding core; first and second electrodes disposed on the first flange; third and fourth electrodes disposed on the second flange; and a coil including a first wire wound around the winding core and electrically connected to the first and third electrodes, and a second wire electrically connected to the second and fourth electrodes. The first and second flanges each have an inner surface facing the winding core, an outer surface facing toward the side opposite to the inner surface, a lower surface connecting the inner and outer surfaces, and an upper surface facing the side opposite to the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sukegawa, Masashi Miyamoto, Ryota Hashimoto, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Chihiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230099709
    Abstract: A coil component comprising a core including a winding core having a shape extending in a constant direction, a first flange disposed at a first end in an extending direction of the winding core, and a second flange disposed at a second end in the extending direction of the winding core; first and second electrodes disposed on the first flange; third and fourth electrodes disposed on the second flange; and a coil including a first wire wound around the winding core and electrically connected to the first and third electrodes, and a second wire electrically connected to the second and fourth electrodes. The first and second flanges each have an inner surface facing the winding core, an outer surface facing toward the side opposite to the inner surface, a lower surface connecting the inner and outer surfaces, and an upper surface facing the side opposite to the lower surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi SUKEGAWA, Masashi Miyamoto, Ryota Hashimoto, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Chihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11551855
    Abstract: A coil component comprising a core including a winding core having a shape extending in a constant direction, a first flange disposed at a first end in an extending direction of the winding core, and a second flange disposed at a second end in the extending direction of the winding core; first and second electrodes disposed on the first flange; third and fourth electrodes disposed on the second flange; and a coil including a first wire wound around the winding core and electrically connected to the first and third electrodes, and a second wire electrically connected to the second and fourth electrodes. The first and second flanges each have an inner surface facing the winding core, an outer surface facing toward the side opposite to the inner surface, a lower surface connecting the inner and outer surfaces, and an upper surface facing the side opposite to the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sukegawa, Masashi Miyamoto, Ryota Hashimoto, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Chihiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220406511
    Abstract: A coil component comprising a core having a winding core part, and a coil wound around the winding core part and including a plurality of wires. The coil includes a twisted wire portion in which the plurality of wires is twisted together. The twisted wire portion includes a bank region including a first layer wound multiple turns continuously around the winding core part and a second layer wound on the first layer continuously from the first layer. The bank region is sparsely wound with the number of turns of the second layer reduced by two or more as compared to the number of turns of the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi SUKEGAWA, Masashi MIYAMOTO, Ryota HASHIMOTO, Chihiro YAMAGUCHI, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11456105
    Abstract: A coil component comprising a core having a winding core part, and a coil wound around the winding core part and including a plurality of wires. The coil includes a twisted wire portion in which the plurality of wires is twisted together. The twisted wire portion includes a bank region including a first layer wound multiple turns continuously around the winding core part and a second layer wound on the first layer continuously from the first layer. The bank region is sparsely wound with the number of turns of the second layer reduced by two or more as compared to the number of turns of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sukegawa, Masashi Miyamoto, Ryota Hashimoto, Chihiro Yamaguchi, Kentaro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11232904
    Abstract: A taping reel with a plurality of coil components packed in the tape reel, comprising a tape including a plurality of pockets arranged along a longitudinal direction and each having one of the coil components stored therein, and a reel around which the tape is wound. The coil components each include a core including a winding core part, and a coil wound around the winding core part and including a plurality of wires. The coil includes a twisted wire portion in which the plurality of wires is twisted together. The plurality of coil components includes first coil components having the twisting direction of the twisted wire portion opposite to the twisting direction of the twisted wire portion of other coil components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sukegawa, Masashi Miyamoto, Ryota Hashimoto, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Chihiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210265101
    Abstract: First and second wires form a wire assembly by being wound around a winding core portion together. The wire assembly includes a twisted wire portion, an inner layer portion, an outer layer portion, a plurality of outward transition portions, and an inward transition portion. The outer layer portion includes a first outer layer portion which is connected to one of the outward transition portions extending from an intermediate position of the inner layer portion and connected to the inward transition portion. The inward transition portion extends to an intermediate position of the inner layer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota HASHIMOTO, Atsuyoshi MAEDA, Chihiro YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki TEI, Kohei KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11037720
    Abstract: First and second wires form a wire assembly by being wound around a winding core portion together. The wire assembly includes a twisted wire portion, an inner layer portion, an outer layer portion, a plurality of outward transition portions, and an inward transition portion. The outer layer portion includes a first outer layer portion which is connected to one of the outward transition portions extending from an intermediate position of the inner layer portion and connected to the inward transition portion. The inward transition portion extends to an intermediate position of the inner layer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Hashimoto, Atsuyoshi Maeda, Chihiro Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Tei, Kohei Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210118608
    Abstract: A winding-type coil component includes a first wire and a second wire having a twisted wire portion where the first wire and the second wire are twisted together. Switching positions of the first wire and the second wire in the twisted wire portion are shifted in a circumferential direction of a winding core portion every turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei KOBAYASHI, Ryota HASHIMOTO, Hiroyuki TEI, Chihiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10910154
    Abstract: A winding apparatus includes a wire position support including first and second wire route hole in which first and second wires, respectively, are inserted, a winding driver that orbitally revolves the wire position support around a core of a coil component such that the first and second wires are wound around the core while twisted, a rotator that rotates the core, and a controller that controls the winding driver and the rotator. The controller performs first control, which orbitally revolves the wire position support in a first direction and rotates the core in an opposite second direction opposite, and second control, which orbitally revolves the wire position support in the second direction and rotates the core in the first direction, and switches between the first and second controls based on a predetermined condition, to prevent a kink of a wire between a wire feeder and a wire position support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10910143
    Abstract: A winding-type coil component includes a first wire and a second wire having a twisted wire portion where the first wire and the second wire are twisted together. Switching positions of the first wire and the second wire in the twisted wire portion are shifted in a circumferential direction of a winding core portion every turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Kobayashi, Ryota Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Tei, Chihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10832865
    Abstract: A winding apparatus for a coil component in which wires are wound around a core. The winding apparatus includes a wire position support including wire route holes in which the wires are inserted, a wire feeder that feeds the wires to the wire position support such that tension is applied to the wires, a winding driver that orbitally revolves the wire position support around the core such that the wires are wound around the core while twisted, a rotator that rotates the core, and a controller that controls the winding driver and the rotator. The controller controls a rotation direction of the core with regard to an orbital revolution direction of the wire position support and an orbital revolution speed of the wire position support to prevent generation of a kink of a wire between a wire feeder and the wire position support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200335278
    Abstract: A taping reel with a plurality of coil components packed in the tape reel, comprising a tape including a plurality of pockets arranged along a longitudinal direction and each having one of the coil components stored therein, and a reel around which the tape is wound. The coil components each include a core including a winding core part, and a coil wound around the winding core part and including a plurality of wires. The coil includes a twisted wire portion in which the plurality of wires is twisted together. The plurality of coil components includes first coil components having the twisting direction of the twisted wire portion opposite to the twisting direction of the twisted wire portion of other coil components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi SUKEGAWA, Masashi MIYAMOTO, Ryota HASHIMOTO, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI, Chihiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10763040
    Abstract: A taping reel with a plurality of coil components packed in the tape reel, comprising a tape including a plurality of pockets arranged along a longitudinal direction and each having one of the coil components stored therein, and a reel around which the tape is wound. The coil components each include a core including a winding core part, and a coil wound around the winding core part and including a plurality of wires. The coil includes a twisted wire portion in which the plurality of wires is twisted together. The plurality of coil components includes first coil components having the twisting direction of the twisted wire portion opposite to the twisting direction of the twisted wire portion of other coil components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sukegawa, Masashi Miyamoto, Ryota Hashimoto, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Chihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10755853
    Abstract: A winding apparatus includes a wire position support including a first feeder including a first wire route hole in which a first wire is inserted and a second feeder including a second wire route hole in which a second wire is inserted, and a winding driver that orbitally revolves the wire position support around a core. The wire position support includes a regulator that regulates movement of the first wire and the second wire such that, when the wire position support revolves orbitally around the core, such that the first wire passes on an opening end surface from which the second wire is fed in the second wire route hole while the second wire passes on an opening end surface from which the first wire is fed in the first wire route hole. Accordingly, the wires are prevented from being entangled in the wire position support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10755852
    Abstract: A winding apparatus includes a first rotation body, and a wire position support, inserted in an insertion hole outside a center axis of the first rotation body, and including first and second wire route holes in which first and second wires are inserted, respectively. The winding apparatus further includes a second rotation body having a center axis and separated from the first rotation body, a shaft body outside the center axis, a synchronous rotation component coupling the wire position support and the shaft body while unrotatably fixed to the wire position support, a winding driver that synchronously rotates the first and second rotation bodies, and inner bearings disposed between the wire position support in the insertion hole and the first rotation body, in which the wire position support is journaled with respect to the first rotation body. Thus, the wire position support revolves orbitally about a core without rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10755858
    Abstract: A taping electronic component array includes a tape including a long carrier tape, in which recesses are provided along a longitudinal direction, and a cover tape that is provided on the carrier tape to cover the recesses; and a first coil component and a second coil component, which are disposed in each of the recesses. The first coil component includes a first core and a first coil in which a first wire and a second wire are wound around the first core in a predetermined winding direction while twisted in a predetermined twist direction, and the second coil component includes a second core and a second coil in which the first wire and the second wire are wound around the second core in the predetermined winding direction while twisted in an opposite direction to the predetermined twist direction. Thus, degradation of manufacturing capacity is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Yamaguchi