Patents by Inventor Daisuke Hirano

Daisuke Hirano 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: 11611250
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Akita, Daisuke Ichigozaki, Tatsuhiko Hirano, Kyoko Nakamura, Akira Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20230040316
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a first wiring member, a second wiring member, and a terminal. The semiconductor element includes a first main electrode and a second main electrode on a side opposite from the first main electrode. The first wiring member is connected to the first main electrode. The terminal has a first terminal surface connected to the second main electrode and a second terminal surface. The second terminal has four sides. Two of the four sides are parallel to a first direction intersecting the thickness direction, and other two sides of the four sides are parallel to a second direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and the first direction. The second wiring member is connected to the second terminal surface of the terminal through solder, and has a groove. The groove overlaps one or two of the four sides of the second terminal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: DAISUKE FUKUOKA, HIDEYUKI UEHIGASHI, MASAYOSHI UMEZAWA, MASANORI OOSHIMA, RYOJI UWATAKI, TAKAHIRO HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230006639
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode on the substrate, a cover over the substrate and IDT electrode, and hollow spaces between the IDT electrode and the cover. The hollow spaces are defined by partition supports between the substrate and the cover. The partition supports include a first and second partition supports extending in a first direction without contacting each other. The first and second partition supports each include first and second ends along the first direction. The first and second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first end of the first partition support is closer to an outer periphery of the substrate than is the second end, and the first end of the second partition support is farther away from the outer periphery than is the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HIRANO, Daisuke SEKIYA
  • Publication number: 20220382191
    Abstract: A heating device includes a planar heater, a rotator, a pressure rotator, a heating device frame, a resistor, and a discharger. The pressure rotator has a conductive outer surface and presses the rotator. The heating device frame holds the pressure rotator. The discharger is in contact with the conductive outer surface of the pressure rotator and grounded via the resistor and the heating device frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuusuke FURUICHI, Hiroshi SEO, Tomoya ADACHI, Daisuke HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20220345019
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion and a movable portion vibrable in an axis direction with respect to the stationary portion. The stationary portion includes a coil and a housing. The housing includes a first region expanding in a first direction orthogonal to the axis direction, and a second region disposed on one side in a second direction orthogonal to the axis direction and the first direction relative to the first region and expanding in the first direction. In a cross-section across the axis direction, a distance in the second direction between the second region and the first region is longest at a center in the first direction of the first region. In the cross-section, a shape formed by the first and second regions is asymmetric with respect to an axis extending parallel to the first direction through a center of the housing in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Atsunori HIRATA, Daisuke ADACHI, Hiroaki HIRANO, Tomohiro KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11476831
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an interdigital transducer electrode that is disposed on a main surface of the piezoelectric substrate, a plurality of partition-support layers each of which is arranged in a region of the main surface surrounded by an outer periphery of the main surface, and a cover layer that is disposed above the plurality of partition-support layers and that covers the interdigital transducer electrode. The plurality of partition-support layers include a first partition-support layer and a second partition-support layer that are adjacent to each other, and a portion of the first partition-support layer and a portion of the second partition-support layer do not overlap each other when viewed from a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a first direction in which the plurality of partition-support layers extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Hirano, Daisuke Sekiya
  • Patent number: 11477858
    Abstract: A small diameter sheath heater with improved reliability is provided. The sheath heater according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a metal sheath, a heating wire having a band shape, the heating wire arranged with a gap within the metal sheath so as to rotate with respect to an axis direction of the metal sheath, an insulating material arranged in the gap, and connection terminals arranged at one end of the metal sheath, the connection terminals electrically connected with both ends of the heating wire respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hanamachi, Kenji Sekiya, Daisuke Hashimoto, Satoshi Hirano, Masaru Takimoto, Go Takahara, Yoshihito Araki, Arata Tatsumi, Takashi Kawasaki, Yuki Toyama, Satoshi Anzai
  • Publication number: 20220291615
    Abstract: A heating device includes a rotator, a heater, a heater holder, and a first high thermal conduction member. The heater includes a base and a plurality of heat generators being arranged on the base and including neighboring heat generators. The heater has a gap area between the neighboring heat generators. The first high thermal conduction member has a higher thermal conductivity than the base and faces the gap area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeo NANNO, Yasunori ISHIGAYA, Takahiro IMADA, Takumi WAIDA, Daisuke HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11444596
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an IDT electrode and an electrode pad provided on a front surface of the piezoelectric substrate, a support layer provided on the front surface so as to surround the IDT electrode, a first cover layer and a second cover layer provided on the support layer such that the first cover layer, the second cover layer, the support layer, and the piezoelectric substrate seal the IDT electrode in a hollow space, a UBM portion joined to the electrode pad, and a bump joined to the UBM portion. A joint surface of the UBM portion at which the UBM portion is joined to the bump has a spherical shape or substantially spherical shape that is convex towards the bump side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Sekiya, Yasuhiko Hirano
  • Patent number: 11423663
    Abstract: An object detection device comprising a first detecting part detecting types and positions of objects including a road mirror in an image and a presence of a movable object reflected in the road mirror based on image data of a low resolution image and a second detecting part detecting a type of the movable object in the road mirror and a position of the movable object in the road mirror based on high resolution partial image data obtained by extracting the part of the road mirror from the image if there is a movable object reflected in the road mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Hashimoto, Satoshi Takeyasu, Kota Hirano
  • Patent number: 11423772
    Abstract: A center device is used in a probe center that collects information from a plurality of vehicles, and functions as an anomaly detector detecting anomaly of travel environment caused on a road. The center device obtains drive data from a vehicle, and determines a probability of anomaly resolution regarding anomaly in a travel environment caused on the road, based on the obtained drive data. The center device, upon determining that anomaly may possibly be resolvable, obtains image data used for a situation determination of an abnormal area, and also obtains a determination result of anomaly resolution based on the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Takenaka, Hideaki Misawa, Daisuke Hirano
  • Publication number: 20220252453
    Abstract: A coherent light source outputs coherent light including high-order harmonics obtained by irradiating short-pulse laser light to a nonlinear medium. A spectrometer includes a grating that diffracts the coherent light and an image sensor that measures an image of the diffracted light. In a first state, a first double slit having a pair of apertures spaced apart in a first direction is arranged at a predetermined position between coherent light source and an incident slit of spectrometer. In a second state, a second double slit that is a replica of first double slit is arranged at the predetermined position as a replacement of first double slit with a sample held in one aperture. A calculation processing device calculates optical constants of the sample based on interference images measured in the first and second states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke HIRANO, Makoto GONOKAMI, Kosuke YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11401936
    Abstract: A motor-driven Roots pump includes a housing, a drive shaft and a driven shaft that have axial lines parallel with each other, and a gear chamber. The housing includes a first partition that has a first defining surface, a second partition having a second defining surface, and a relief recess. An addendum circle of the drive gear and an addendum circle of the driven gear intersect with each other at a first intersection point. A plane that includes both the axial lines is defined as an imaginary plane. The first intersection point is located on a side of the imaginary plane on which the drive gear and the driven gear start meshing with each other. An opening of the relief recess is opposed to the first intersection point and is arranged in a region on a side of the imaginary plane on which the first intersection point is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya Shinoda, Daisuke Masaki, Takayuki Hirano, Shintaro Kashiwa, Naoki Takani
  • Publication number: 20220223544
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a semiconductor element has a front electrode and a back electrode. The back electrode is connected to a wiring member through a bonding member. Wire pieces are disposed in the bonding member, and bonded to a bonding surface of the wiring member to protrude toward the semiconductor element. The bonding member has, in a plan view, a central region that overlaps with a central portion of the semiconductor element including an element center, and an outer peripheral region that includes a portion overlapping with an outer peripheral portion of the semiconductor element surrounding the central portion and surrounds the central region. At least four wire pieces are disposed in the outer peripheral region at positions corresponding to at least four respective corners of the semiconductor element. At least one wire piece is disposed to extend toward the element center in the plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke FUKUOKA, Tomomi OKUMURA, Yuuji OOTANI, Wataru KOBAYASHI, Takumi NOMURA, Tomoaki MITSUNAGA, Takahiro HIRANO, Takamichi SAKAI, Kengo OKA
  • Publication number: 20220206580
    Abstract: An input device includes a contact body to contact an object, a pressure sensor to detect pressure of contact of the contact body with the object, a vibrator to generate a vibration to provide a tactile sensation, and a vibration controller. The vibration of the vibrator when the pressure detected based on the output of the pressure sensor is large is larger than that when the pressure detected based on the output of the pressure sensor is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Atsunori HIRATA, Tomohiro HASEGAWA, Daisuke ADACHI, Hiroaki HIRANO, Tomohiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220155712
    Abstract: A heating device includes a heating rotator, a pressure rotator, a planar heater, and a holder. The pressure rotator is configured to press against the fixing rotator to form a nip through which the recording medium is conveyed. The planar heater includes a plurality of heat generators arranged side by side and at least one separation region between the plurality of heat generators. The holder holds the planar heater and contacts the planar heater in a pressure direction in which the pressure rotator presses the heating rotator. The holder includes at least one clearance structure configured to cause a contact area between the planar heater and a portion of the holder corresponding to the at least one separation region to be smaller than a contact area between the planar heater and a portion of the holder not corresponding to the at least one separation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro IMADA, Yasunori ISHIGAYA, Shigeo NANNO, Takumi WAIDA, Daisuke HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20210284197
    Abstract: In an accident pattern determination apparatus including a storage storing attributes assigned to respective ones of a plurality of predefined traffic situations, an acquirer acquires, for each of vehicle-related accident cases, an accident pattern that is a combination of traffic situations in the accident case, from the plurality of predefined traffic situations. A determiner determines, for each accident pattern acquired by the acquirer, whether the accident pattern is an accident pattern of high accident risk or an accident pattern of low accident risk for specific vehicles, based on the accident patterns acquired for the respective accident cases and the attributes assigned to respective ones of the plurality of predefined traffic situations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Masataka MORI, Kenji MUTO, Kazuhito TAKENAKA, Daisuke HIRANO, Suguru YAMAZAKI, Yoshinori TAKEUCHI, Shun SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20200226920
    Abstract: A center device is used in a probe center that collects information from a plurality of vehicles, and functions as an anomaly detector detecting anomaly of travel environment caused on a road. The center device obtains drive data from a vehicle, and determines a probability of anomaly resolution regarding anomaly in a travel environment caused on the road, based on the obtained drive data. The center device, upon determining that anomaly may possibly be resolvable, obtains image data used for a situation determination of an abnormal area, and also obtains a determination result of anomaly resolution based on the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhito TAKENAKA, Hideaki MISAWA, Daisuke HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20200033752
    Abstract: A powder amount detector is configured to detect an amount of powder in a powder container. The powder amount detector includes a pair of electrodes configured to detect capacitance between the pair of electrodes to detect the amount of powder. The pair of electrodes is flat plate electrodes disposed outside and across the powder container in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubo, Junichi Matsumoto, Hiroaki Okamoto, Shuntaroh Tamaki, Masashi Hommi, Daisuke Hirano
  • Patent number: 9987278
    Abstract: Provided are a pharmaceutical composition for treating an FLT3 mutation-positive cancer; a mutant FLT3 inhibitor; and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Naoe, Hitoshi Kiyoi, Shinji Hagiwara, Masaru Takasaki, Daisuke Hirano, Toshiyuki Nakatani, Takeshi Yamaura