Patents by Inventor Hideaki Kawai

Hideaki Kawai 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: 12255213
    Abstract: A highly functional photoelectric conversion element is provided. The photoelectric conversion element includes: a first photoelectric converter that detects light in a first wavelength range and photoelectrically converts the light; a second photoelectric converter that detects light in a second wavelength range and photoelectrically converts the light to obtain distance information of a subject; and an optical filter that is disposed between the first photoelectric converter and the second photoelectric converter, and allows the light in the second wavelength range to pass therethrough more easily than the light in the first wavelength range. The first photoelectric converter includes a stacked structure and an electric charge accumulation electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Togashi, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Nobuhiro Kawai, Koji Sekiguchi, Masahiro Joei, Kenichi Murata, Shintarou Hirata, Yuta Hasegawa, Yoshito Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20250083958
    Abstract: The present invention is a silicon nitride powder having a ?-conversion rate of 80% or more and having a lattice strain of 1.0×10?3 or more. According to the present invention, there can be provided a silicon nitride powder having high sinterability even at a low temperature of about 1800° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KAWAI, Ryuji ISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 12237348
    Abstract: Imaging devices and ranging devices are disclosed. In one example, an imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first pixel array, a second pixel array, and a control unit. In the first pixel array, a first light receiving pixel on the semiconductor substrate has a stacked structure of a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode (80). It photoelectrically converts light in a first wavelength region including the visible light region. In the second pixel array, a second light receiving pixel is provided at a position overlapping the first light receiving pixel in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate. It photoelectrically converts light in a second wavelength region including the infrared light region. The control unit drives and controls the second pixel array based on a signal photoelectrically converted by the first pixel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Togashi, Kaori Takimoto, Masahiro Segami, Kei Nakagawa, Nobuhiro Kawai
  • Publication number: 20250028084
    Abstract: An anti-reflective film-attached transparent substrate includes: a transparent substrate comprising two main surfaces; and a diffusion layer and an anti-reflective film in this order from a transparent substrate side on one main surface of the transparent substrate. When reflection on the other main surface of the transparent substrate is eliminated and a light source is incident on the one main surface at an incident angle of 45°, a* and b* of diffusely reflected lights at angles of ?15°, 15°, 25°, 45°, 75°, and 110° with respect to a specularly reflected light under a D65 light source satisfy formulas (1) ?6?a*?2, (2) ?1?b*?12 (3) b*??2a*+4, and (4) b*??2a*?5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuya TAKEMOTO, Keisuke KAWAI, Teruo FUJIWARA, Hideaki TAKAHOSHI
  • Publication number: 20230357010
    Abstract: The present invention provides a silicon nitride sintered substrate capable of reducing contamination caused by a boron nitride powder or the like used as a releasing agent and problems in bonding strength and dielectric strength at the time of laminating metal layers or the like, where the contamination is caused by a network structure provided by a silicon nitride crystal formed on the surface of the substrate in an unpolished state after sintering a silicon nitride powder. The silicon nitride substrate in an unpolished state after sintering is a silicon nitride sintered substrate where a cumulative volume of pores having a diameter in a range of 1 to 10 ?m is not more than 7.0'10?5 mL/cm2 in a measurement by a mercury porosimetry. Preferably, Ra of the surface is not more than 0.6 ?m and arithmetic mean peak curvature (Spc) of a peak is not more than 4.5 [l/mm].
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihira MITSUMURA, Dai KUSANO, Hideaki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20230140491
    Abstract: A silicon nitride powder for sintering which, despite of its fine powdery form, shows a very small increase in the oxygen concentration with time and features excellent storage stability. The silicon nitride powder for sintering has a specific surface area of 5 to 30 m2/g, and is characterized by having a hydrophobicity (M value) of 30 or more and an increase in the oxygen concentration of 0.30% by mass or less after left to stand in the air of a humidity of 90% and 20° C. for 48 hours. The silicon nitride powder for sintering can be obtained by dry-pulverizing aggregated masses of the silicon nitride in an inert atmosphere in the presence of a silane coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KAWAI, Satoru WAKAMATSU
  • Patent number: 10710666
    Abstract: A motorcycle frame includes a head pipe, a pair of front main frames, and a pair of rear main frames. The pair of front main frames separates in a vehicle width direction from the head pipe, extends toward a power engine that is located on a rear side of the head pipe, and includes power-engine fixing parts that are fixed to the power engine at positions that overlap with the power engine as viewed in the vehicle width direction. The pair of rear main frames extends rearward from the power-engine fixing parts of the pair of front main frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minoru Makihara, Hideaki Kawai
  • Patent number: 10322768
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a fuel tank, an engine, an air cleaner box, and an electrical component unit. The fuel tank stores a fuel. The engine is driven by the fuel stored in the fuel tank. The air cleaner box purifies air to be supplied to the engine. The electrical component unit includes two or more types of electrical components driven by electricity. The fuel tank and the engine are arranged vertically one above the other. At least part of the air cleaner box is positioned in a space between the fuel tank and the engine. The longitudinal position of at least part of the electrical component unit is more frontward than the rear end of the fuel tank and more rearward than the air cleaner box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Morotomi, Hideaki Kawai
  • Patent number: 10247083
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle is capable of discharging high-temperature outdoor air having passed through a radiator with high efficiency. A motorcycle 1 includes a radiator, a fan, and a fan shroud. The radiator lowers the temperature of a coolant by heat exchange between outdoor air and the coolant. The fan suctions outdoor air, to make the outdoor air hit the radiator arranged upstream in an outdoor air flow direction. The fan shroud covers at least part of the fan, and discharges high-temperature outdoor air, which is outdoor air suctioned by the fan and having passed through the radiator, to outside. The fan shroud has a discharge opening and an air guide. The discharge opening allows the high-temperature outdoor air to be discharged outside. The air guide guides the high-temperature outdoor air such that it is discharged through the discharge opening in a direction including a laterally outward component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Morotomi, Hideaki Kawai, Tetsuji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190077482
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a fuel tank, an engine, an air cleaner box, and an electrical component unit. The fuel tank stores a fuel. The engine is driven by the fuel stored in the fuel tank. The air cleaner box purifies air to be supplied to the engine. The electrical component unit includes two or more types of electrical components driven by electricity. The fuel tank and the engine are arranged vertically one above the other. At least part of the air cleaner box is positioned in a space between the fuel tank and the engine. The longitudinal position of at least part of the electrical component unit is more frontward than the rear end of the fuel tank and more rearward than the air cleaner box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi MOROTOMI, Hideaki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20190063301
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle is capable of discharging high-temperature outdoor air having passed through a radiator with high efficiency. A motorcycle 1 includes a radiator, a fan, and a fan shroud. The radiator lowers the temperature of a coolant by heat exchange between outdoor air and the coolant. The fan suctions outdoor air, to make the outdoor air hit the radiator arranged upstream in an outdoor air flow direction. The fan shroud covers at least part of the fan, and discharges high-temperature outdoor air, which is outdoor air suctioned by the fan and having passed through the radiator, to outside. The fan shroud has a discharge opening and an air guide. The discharge opening allows the high-temperature outdoor air to be discharged outside. The air guide guides the high-temperature outdoor air such that it is discharged through the discharge opening in a direction including a laterally outward component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi Morotomi, Hideaki Kawai, Tetsuji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180229797
    Abstract: A motorcycle frame includes a head pipe, a pair of front main frames, and a pair of rear main frames. The pair of front main frames separates in a vehicle width direction from the head pipe, extends toward a power engine that is located on a rear side of the head pipe, and includes power-engine fixing parts that are fixed to the power engine at positions that overlap with the power engine as viewed in the vehicle width direction. The pair of rear main frames extends rearward from the power-engine fixing parts of the pair of front main frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Makihara, Hideaki Kawai
  • Patent number: 9694870
    Abstract: A motorcycle comprises a rear wheel; a vehicle body frame including a front frame unit supporting a motor, and a rear frame unit supporting a seat; and a swing arm which is rotatably connected to the front frame unit and supports the rear wheel, wherein the rear frame unit includes: a front section which supports the seat and extends rearward from the front frame unit; a pair of right and left branch sections extending rearward from a rear end portion of the front section to be spaced apart from each other in a rightward and leftward direction; and a pair of rear sections which extend rearward from rear end portions of the pair of right and left branch sections, respectively, and are placed rightward and leftward relative to the rear wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Kawai, Shigeyuki Iwata
  • Patent number: 9598130
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises a fender unit which covers an upper portion of a wheel from above; and a mounting member placed inward in a vehicle width direction relative to the fender unit and including a mounting section by which an accessory component is detachably mounted to a vehicle body, wherein the fender unit includes: a first cover member which has an opening through which the mounting section of the mounting member is exposed, and covers a portion of the mounting member which is other than the mounting section, from outside in the vehicle width direction; and a second cover member which is detachably mounted to the first cover member and covers the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Kawai, Shigeyuki Iwata
  • Patent number: 9493067
    Abstract: In a straddle vehicle such as a motorcycle, a harness in an electric power supply system which is thick, has a great weight, and is not easily mounted can be reduced in length as much as possible so that a weight and cost can be reduced, and assembling work can be made easier. An air cleaner and a fuel tank are disposed at a relatively rearward position such that the air cleaner and the fuel tank are disposed behind and distant from the head pipe to provide an electric component mounting space between the air cleaner and the fuel tank, and the head pipe, and a regulator, a relay box and a fuse box are disposed in the electric component mounting space. The fuel tank is disposed at a relatively rearward position such that its rear end portion is positioned behind and below a rear end of a main frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideaki Kawai
  • Patent number: 9493207
    Abstract: A motorcycle comprises a front wheel; a rear wheel; a seat; a vehicle body frame; a swing arm which supports the rear wheel such that the swing arm is vertically pivotable around a location at which the swing arm is connected to a front frame; and a rear suspension which connects the vehicle body frame to the swing arm via a link mechanism, wherein a seat frame includes a pair of rail sections having rear end portions which are placed to be spaced apart from each other on both sides in a vehicle width direction relative to the rear wheel and located above an axle of the rear wheel, and wherein the rear suspension is placed on one side in the vehicle width direction relative to a vehicle body center line extending in a forward and rearward direction and extends in the forward and rearward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideaki Kawai
  • Publication number: 20160096583
    Abstract: A motorcycle comprises a front wheel; a rear wheel; a seat; a vehicle body frame; a swing arm which supports the rear wheel such that the swing arm is vertically pivotable around a location at which the swing arm is connected to a front frame; and a rear suspension which connects the vehicle body frame to the swing arm via a link mechanism, wherein a seat frame includes a pair of rail sections having rear end portions which are placed to be spaced apart from each other on both sides in a vehicle width direction relative to the rear wheel and located above an axle of the rear wheel, and wherein the rear suspension is placed on one side in the vehicle width direction relative to a vehicle body center line extending in a forward and rearward direction and extends in the forward and rearward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Hideaki Kawai
  • Publication number: 20160096572
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises a fender unit which covers an upper portion of a wheel from above; and a mounting member placed inward in a vehicle width direction relative to the fender unit and including a mounting section by which an accessory component is detachably mounted to a vehicle body, wherein the fender unit includes: a first cover member which has an opening through which the mounting section of the mounting member is exposed, and covers a portion of the mounting member which is other than the mounting section, from outside in the vehicle width direction; and a second cover member which is detachably mounted to the first cover member and covers the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hideaki Kawai, Shigeyuki Iwata
  • Publication number: 20160096582
    Abstract: A motorcycle comprises a rear wheel; a vehicle body frame including a front frame unit supporting a motor, and a rear frame unit supporting a seat; and a swing arm which is rotatably connected to the front frame unit and supports the rear wheel, wherein the rear frame unit includes: a front section which supports the seat and extends rearward from the front frame unit; a pair of right and left branch sections extending rearward from a rear end portion of the front section to be spaced apart from each other in a rightward and leftward direction; and a pair of rear sections which extend rearward from rear end portions of the pair of right and left branch sections, respectively, and are placed rightward and leftward relative to the rear wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hideaki Kawai, Shigeyuki Iwata
  • Publication number: 20140116794
    Abstract: In a straddle vehicle such as a motorcycle, a harness in an electric power supply system which is thick, has a great weight, and is not easily mounted can be reduced in length as much as possible so that a weight and cost can be reduced, and assembling work can be made easier. An air cleaner and a fuel tank are disposed at a relatively rearward position such that the air cleaner and the fuel tank are disposed behind and distant from the head pipe to provide an electric component mounting space between the air cleaner and the fuel tank, and the head pipe, and a regulator, a relay box and a fuse box are disposed in the electric component mounting space. The fuel tank is disposed at a relatively rearward position such that its rear end portion is positioned behind and below a rear end of a main frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideaki Kawai