Patents by Inventor Daisuke Okamoto

Daisuke Okamoto 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: 20170211662
    Abstract: A gear assembly wherein transmission efficiency is enhanced by a simple treatment is provided. The gear assembly includes a plurality of gears to transmit torque of a prime mover to an output member. Tooth surfaces of a first gear rotated at a highest speed are individually finished into a plateau surface, and a parameter representing a surface roughness of each of the plateau surface is smaller than those of the tooth surfaces of the other gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke OKAMOTO, Naoki MORIGUCHI, Masayuki ISHIBASHI
  • Patent number: 9701262
    Abstract: Provided is a harness bending regulation member to be attached to a flexible harness protective tube, including: a high rigid unbendable portion into which an electric wire is inserted; and a bendable portion projecting in an axial direction of the unbendable portion from a tip end of one side of the unbendable portion, the bendable portion regulating a bending of the harness protective tube in a curved shape. The harness protective tube is routed from an oscillating member on a side close to a fixing structure to another oscillating member closer to a slide structure, the harness bending regulation member is placed inside of a harness holding tube on the side of the fixing structure, and the bendable portion is placed toward the slide structure along an inner surface of the harness protective tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9683636
    Abstract: A Ravigneaux planetary gear device includes a long pinion gear and a short pinion gear. A tooth of each of the long pinion gear and the short pinion gear has an end surface with curvature from an inner circumference side toward an outer circumference side of each of the long pinion gear and the short pinion gear and toward a center in a tooth width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20170110227
    Abstract: Provided is a compressed powder core that can suppress a decrease in the inductance even when a high magnetic field (of greater than or equal to 40 kA/m) is applied to the compressed powder core while suppressing an iron loss and a decrease in the strength of the compressed powder core. The compressed powder core 1A has soft magnetic particles 11A and aluminum nitride layers 12A formed on the surface layers of the respective soft magnetic particles 11A. The compressed powder core 1A has a ratio of the first differential relative permeability ??L to the second differential relative permeability ??H satisfying a relationship of ??L/??H?6, and has a magnetic flux density of greater than or equal to 1.4 T when a magnetic field of 60 kA/m is applied. The soft magnetic particles of the compressed powder core 1A contain Si in the range of 1.0 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke OKAMOTO, Toshimitsu TAKAHASHI, Sinjiro SAIGUSA, Kohei ISHII, Naoki IWATA, Jung Hwan HWANG, Masashi OHTSUBO, Takeshi HATTORI, Masashi HARA
  • Patent number: 9621279
    Abstract: An optical receiver circuit has a function of converting a differential optical signal into a differential current signal. The optical receiver circuit has a pair of light-receiving elements including first and second light-receiving elements operable to convert an optical signal into a current signal and a pair of signal lines. An anode of the first light-receiving element and a cathode of the second light-receiving element are connected to a first signal line of the pair of signal lines via first and second AC coupling capacitors, respectively. A cathode of the first light-receiving element and an anode of the second light-receiving element are connected to a second signal line of the pair of signal lines via third and fourth AC coupling capacitors, respectively. Differential signal currents are generated in the first and second signal lines in response to reception of differential optical signals inputted into the first and second light-receiving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke Okamoto, Junichi Fujikata, Tatsuya Usuki
  • Patent number: 9562657
    Abstract: A line light irradiation device includes a plurality of light source units on which a plurality of light source mounting substrates are juxtaposed on a base in a row, and the plurality of light source units are juxtaposed in a row. The plurality of light source mounting substrates are positioned and fixed to the base at predetermined intervals. Thus, if a light source in a certain light source unit becomes defective, this light source unit can be removed so as to exchange only the light source mounting substrate on which the defective light source is mounted. Therefore, the normal light sources can be left as they are as much as possible, and waste of the light sources can be reduced. Further, the light source mounting substrates are positioned and fixed at predetermined intervals, and thus dimensional errors do not accumulate in the light source mounting substrates at the juxtaposition ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: CCS INC.
    Inventor: Daisuke Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9500823
    Abstract: An opto-electric integrated circuit includes an optical waveguide formed using a portion of an insulation layer on a silicon substrate to form a lower clad and using a portion of a semiconductor layer formed on the insulation layer to form a core. The opto-electric integrated circuit also includes an optical device connected to the optical waveguide, an electrical circuit connected to the optical device, a mesa-shaped connection section interconnecting the optical device and the electrical circuit, and an electrically conductive film formed in a region at least containing a flank surface of the connection section. The electrically conductive film is grounded while contacting the silicon substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke Okamoto, Yutaka Urino, Tatsuya Usuki
  • Patent number: 9494191
    Abstract: When an attachment circular-cylinder section coupled to one axial line direction end portion of a mainbody circular-cylinder section of a grommet is inserted into an opening portion in an upper frame, engagement claws formed at an outer periphery of the attachment circular-cylinder section engage with a peripheral edge portion of the opening portion by elastically deforming, enabling the grommet to be attached to the upper frame. When a seatback spring is passed through the grommet, a retaining section formed at an inner peripheral portion of a boundary between the mainbody circular-cylinder section and the attachment circular-cylinder section retains the seatback spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: NIFCO INC., TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Okamoto, Hirofumi Hori, Masato Arashi, Naoya Okada
  • Publication number: 20160290471
    Abstract: A Ravigneaux planetary gear device includes a long pinion gear and a short pinion gear. A tooth of each of the long pinion gear and the short pinion gear has an end surface with curvature from an inner circumference side toward an outer circumference side of each of the long pinion gear and the short pinion gear and toward a center in a tooth width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Daisuke OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9441674
    Abstract: A ball bearing includes an outer ring; an inner ring; a plurality of balls; and a cage that has an annular shape. Oil flows into an area between the outer ring and the inner ring from one side in an axial direction and flows out from the other side in the axial direction. The cage includes an annular portion provided on an oil inflow side, and bar portions extending from the annular portion toward an oil outflow side. An outer peripheral end portion of the annular portion is constituted by a corner portion at which an axial outer end face intersects with an outer peripheral surface. An axial position of a tip end of the corner portion is substantially same as an axial position of a side surface of the outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyuki Suzuki, Daisuke Okamoto, Hiroyuki Ohshima, Atsushi Nagai
  • Publication number: 20160245691
    Abstract: An optical receiving circuit which suppresses a characteristic deterioration due to a wiring between a PD and a TIA and a method for manufacturing the optical receiving circuit are provided. A optical receiving circuit (300) comprises a photodiode (302), and a transimpedance amplifier (308) that supplies an electrical power source to the photodiode (302). The characteristic impedance of a wiring between the anode of the photodiode (302) and the transimpedance amplifier (308) is higher than the characteristic impedance of a wiring between the cathode of the photodiode (302) and the transimpedance amplifier (308).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Photonics Electronics Technology Research Association
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Suzuki, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20160244004
    Abstract: There is provided a power-supplying device and an assembly method thereof. By causing a first-turning member, which locks with an one end of a coil spring by a first-locking section, and a first support, which locks with the other end thereof by a second-locking section, to rotate relative to each other in the direction that is opposite to the biasing direction, and causing an engaging part and an engaged part to be in an engaged state by engaging with each other, thereby, maintaining the state where the initial biasing force is being imparted to the first turning member, is enabled, and the first support and a second support member are easily assembled to each other to make a turning member be supported, and thus, assembly properties can be made enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9416823
    Abstract: A corner is formed at a small-diameter-side end portion of a cage. The cage is disposed such that the axial position of a tip of the corner substantially coincides with the axial position of a large end face of an outer ring. Thus, a cylindrical space formed between an inner periphery cylindrical face of the outer ring and an outer periphery cylindrical face of the cage is filled with an oil low pressure region. As a result, the inflow of the oil into a bearing is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Okamoto, Akiyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160207480
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a rotation retainer including an inlet horizontally guiding the electrical wire one end of which is connected to the vehicle, and an outlet communicating with the inlet and to draw out upwardly the other end of the electrical wire, the rotation retainer being arranged horizontally pivotally in the slide door to retain the electrical wire movably, a biasing member configured to bias the rotation retainer in a predetermined rotational direction, wherein the electrical wire includes a bending portion to be bent in an L-shape between the inlet and the outlet, and a guide portion to be wired nearer the outlet than the bending portion, and wherein the guide portion is arranged in a natural state in which the guide portion is not twisted, or a twisted state in which restoring force is generated in a same direction as a biasing direction of the biasing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20160185308
    Abstract: Provided is a harness bending regulation member to be attached to a flexible harness protective tube, including: a high rigid unbendable portion into which an electric wire is inserted; and a bendable portion projecting in an axial direction of the unbendable portion from a tip end of one side of the unbendable portion, the bendable portion regulating a bending of the harness protective tube in a curved shape. The harness protective tube is routed from an oscillating member on a side close to a fixing structure to another oscillating member closer to a slide structure, the harness bending regulation member is placed inside of a harness holding tube on the side of the fixing structure, and the bendable portion is placed toward the slide structure along an inner surface of the harness protective tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20160169417
    Abstract: In a clip, first and second attachment portions are coupled by a coupling portion in an open state in which a seatback spring is able to pass between the first and second attachment portions in the radial direction of the seatback spring. The first and second attachment portions swing in mutually engaging directions. The first attachment portion is formed with a first placement portion, and the second attachment portion is formed with a second placement portion. The seatback spring can accordingly be placed between the coupling portion and either the first placement portion or the second placement portion. In this placed state, the seatback spring is retained in the clip by engaging an engagement claw of the first attachment portion with a peripheral edge portion of an engagement hole of the second attachment portion, enabling fixing to an attachment portion of a lower frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Daisuke OKAMOTO, Masato ARASHI, Shunsuke TANAKA, Masahiro SANO
  • Publication number: 20160169279
    Abstract: When an attachment circular-cylinder section coupled to one axial line direction end portion of a mainbody circular-cylinder section of a grommet is inserted into an opening portion in an upper frame, engagement claws formed at an outer periphery of the attachment circular-cylinder section engage with a peripheral edge portion of the opening portion by elastically deforming, enabling the grommet to be attached to the upper frame. When a seatback spring is passed through the grommet, a retaining section formed at an inner peripheral portion of a boundary between the mainbody circular-cylinder section and the attachment circular-cylinder section retains the seatback spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Daisuke OKAMOTO, Hirofumi HORI, Masato ARASHI, Naoya OKADA
  • Patent number: 9321415
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a power-supplying system that can restrain an increase in size thereof with a spring equipped therewith. A first end of a rolling spring projects inwardly, and a first locking section is formed on a primary shaft of a turning member, the primary shaft being disposed inside the rolling spring so that the turning member can engage with the rolling spring at the inside of the rolling spring, thereby restraining an increase in size thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20160071636
    Abstract: A dust core includes soft magnetic particles, a first coating layer, a second coating layer, and a third coating layer. The first coating layer is made of aluminum oxide with which at least a part of surfaces of the soft magnetic particles are coated. The second coating layer is made of aluminum nitride with which at least a part of a surface of the first coating layer is coated. The third coating layer is made of low-melting-point glass with which at least a part of a surface of the second coating layer is coated. The low-melting-point glass has a softening point lower than an annealing temperature of the soft magnetic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi OHTSUBO, Masaaki Tani, Takeshi Hattori, Junghwan Hwang, Masashi Hara, Shin Tajima, Shinjiro Saigusa, Kohei Ishii, Daisuke Okamoto, Toshimitsu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160056900
    Abstract: An optical receiver circuit has a function of converting a differential optical signal into a differential current signal. The optical receiver circuit has a pair of light-receiving elements including first and second light-receiving elements operable to convert an optical signal into a current signal and a pair of signal lines. An anode of the first light-receiving element and a cathode of the second light-receiving element are connected to a first signal line of the pair of signal lines via first and second AC coupling capacitors, respectively. A cathode of the first light-receiving element and an anode of the second light-receiving element are connected to a second signal line of the pair of signal lines via third and fourth AC coupling capacitors, respectively. Differential signal currents are generated in the first and second signal lines in response to reception of differential optical signals inputted into the first and second light-receiving elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Daisuke OKAMOTO, Junichi FUJIKATA, Tatsuya USUKI