Patents by Inventor Hideaki Tachibana

Hideaki Tachibana 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: 11888409
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a semiconductor unit, a terminal unit, a capacitor unit, a control board, and a case. The semiconductor unit is arranged at a position facing a plate surface of the control board. The terminal unit and the capacitor unit are arranged side by side in a x direction along the plate surface of the control board on the opposite side of the control board with respect to the semiconductor unit. At least a part of the capacitor unit or the terminal unit is located outside a first end of the semiconductor unit in the x direction. A first recess in which a first electrical wiring is arranged is formed in a portion of the case facing the first end so as to be recessed inside the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Miyazaki, Hideaki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20230011936
    Abstract: In a case where a frequency band in which a wireless network 101 is established by a communication device (102) is switched from a 6 GHz band to another frequency band, the communication device (102) generates a management frame complying with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 series standards including Robust Security Network Element (RSNE) including a value “1” in a Management Frame Protection Capable (MFPC) field and a value “0” in a Management Frame Protection Required (MFPR) field, and transmits the generated management frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Hideaki Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11523304
    Abstract: A communication apparatus acquires information about a station connected to a first access point, determines whether the number of stations connected to the first access point is greater than or equal to a predetermined number based on the acquired information about the station, and controls an operation of the first access point such that in a case where the communication apparatus determines that the number of stations connected to the first access point is greater than or equal to the predetermined number, a frame instructing the station connected to the first access point to transmit uplink data is transmitted to the station connected to the first access point, whereas in a case where the communication apparatus determines that the number of stations connected to the first access point is less than the predetermined number, the frame is not transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideaki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20220022034
    Abstract: Identification information indicates that a communication parameter to be provided in accordance with a Device Provisioning Protocol standard is a communication parameter that allows connection processing compliant with an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11r standard. The identification information is set in an Authentication and Key Management field, and the communication parameter that allows connection processing compliant with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11r standard is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Hideaki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20210399647
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a semiconductor unit, a terminal unit, a capacitor unit, a control board, and a case. The semiconductor unit is arranged at a position facing a plate surface of the control board. The terminal unit and the capacitor unit are arranged side by side in a x direction along the plate surface of the control board on the opposite side of the control board with respect to the semiconductor unit. At least a part of the capacitor unit or the terminal unit is located outside a first end of the semiconductor unit in the x direction. A first recess in which a first electrical wiring is arranged is formed in a portion of the case facing the first end so as to be recessed inside the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru MIYAZAKI, Hideaki TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20210282011
    Abstract: In a case where a predetermined operation is received from a user, if a signal compliant with the DPP standard is received, a communication parameter sharing process is executed by a method compliant with the DPP standard, whereas if a signal compliant with another standard is received, the communication parameter sharing process is executed by a method compliant with the other standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Hideaki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20210243685
    Abstract: A communication apparatus participates in a network that mutually connects base stations that provide a communication service to a terminal, determines, in accordance with whether the apparatus can be connected to a public network in the network without via another apparatus, whether the apparatus operates as a role of a controller that controls the network or as a role of an agent that is managed by another apparatus that operates as the controller, and operates as a function corresponding to the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Hideaki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20210235321
    Abstract: A communication apparatus acquires information about a station connected to a first access point, determines whether the number of stations connected to the first access point is greater than or equal to a predetermined number based on the acquired information about the station, and controls an operation of the first access point such that in a case where the communication apparatus determines that the number of stations connected to the first access point is greater than or equal to the predetermined number, a frame instructing the station connected to the first access point to transmit uplink data is transmitted to the station connected to the first access point, whereas in a case where the communication apparatus determines that the number of stations connected to the first access point is less than the predetermined number, the frame is not transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventor: Hideaki Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11046190
    Abstract: A pressing member is used for pressing semiconductor modules and cooling pipes which are alternately disposed, and includes a plate and an elastic member. The plate includes a contact plate section that faces an end surface of the fixed unit in the fixed direction and contacts with the end surface of the fixed unit, and plate ribs standing in the fixed direction from an end portion of the contact plate section in a width direction of the contact plate section. The elastic member is disposed in a side of the plate opposite to a side of the plate where the fixed unit is disposed, the elastic member pressing the plate towards a fixed unit side in the fixed direction. The contact plate section has an inner plate surface including a concave surface formed at a portion apart from the plate ribs in a contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Sakamoto, Hideaki Tachibana, Hiroki Umeda
  • Patent number: 10849169
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires information regarding another communication apparatus from a captured image; a determining unit that determines, on the basis of the information acquired by the acquiring unit, whether the other communication apparatus requests a connection using an infrastructure mode based on an IEEE 802.11 standard or requests a connection using Wi-Fi Direct; and a providing unit that provides, to the other communication apparatus, a communication parameter used for a connection requested by the other communication apparatus on the basis of a result of determination by the determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideaki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20200307387
    Abstract: A pressing member is used for pressing semiconductor modules and cooling pipes which are alternately disposed, and includes a plate and an elastic member. The plate includes a contact plate section that faces an end surface of the fixed unit in the fixed direction and contacts with the end surface of the fixed unit, and plate ribs standing in the fixed direction from an end portion of the contact plate section in a width direction of the contact plate section. The elastic member is disposed in a side of the plate opposite to a side of the plate where the fixed unit is disposed, the elastic member pressing the plate towards a fixed unit side in the fixed direction. The contact plate section has an inner plate surface including a concave surface formed at a portion apart from the plate ribs in a contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki SAKAMOTO, Hideaki TACHIBANA, Hiroki UMEDA
  • Patent number: 10660229
    Abstract: An electrical device is provided. The electrical device includes a case, a first electrical part, a second electrical part, and a connecting portion. The case includes a first case and a second case coupled to the first case. The first electrical part is fixed to the first case. The second electrical part is fixed to the second case. The connecting portion is configured to connect a first conductor extending from the first electrical part and a second conductor extending from the second electrical part each other. Either one of the first case and the second case includes a through hole. The connecting portion is disposed so as to be entirely visible from the through hole as viewed from an outside of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Umeda, Kenshi Yamanaka, Shinichi Miura, Hiromi Yamasaki, Hitoshi Imura, Yutaka Morimoto, Kazuki Hayashi, Hideaki Tachibana, Yoshiki Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 10434884
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a motor housing accommodating motors for driving wheels, and a power control unit fixed on the motor housing. The power control unit includes: a stacked unit in which multiple power modules accommodating power semiconductor elements for electric power conversion and multiple coolers are stacked; and reactors. The stacked unit is disposed in the case of the power control unit such that the stacking direction of the power modules and the coolers is directed toward the vehicle-longitudinal direction. The reactors are disposed in the case so as not to overlap with the stacked unit as viewed from the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Sawazaki, Kenshi Yamanaka, Ryusuke Baba, Hiromi Yamasaki, Hitoshi Imura, Hideaki Tachibana
  • Patent number: 10374523
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a case including an upper case and a lower case; an inverter that is accommodated in a first partial case and is fixed to the first partial case, the first partial case being one of the upper case and the lower case; and a capacitor that is connected to the inverter by a positive electrode bus bar and a negative electrode bus bar, the capacitor being disposed in an internal space of a second partial case that is another of the upper case and the lower case. The first partial case includes a fastening portion that extends from an internal space of the first partial case to the internal space of the second partial case. In the internal space of the second partial case, the capacitor is fastened to the fastening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Miura, Hiroki Umeda, Kenshi Yamanaka, Yutaka Morimoto, Kazuki Hayashi, Hiromi Yamasaki, Hitoshi Imura, Tomohisa Sano, Daisuke Harada, Hideaki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20190174647
    Abstract: An electrical device is provided. The electrical device includes a case, a first electrical part, a second electrical part, and a connecting portion. The case includes a first case and a second case coupled to the first case. The first electrical part is fixed to the first case. The second electrical part is fixed to the second case. The connecting portion is configured to connect a first conductor extending from the first electrical part and a second conductor extending from the second electrical part each other. Either one of the first case and the second case includes a through hole. The connecting portion is disposed so as to be entirely visible from the through hole as viewed from an outside of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki UMEDA, Kenshi YAMANAKA, Shinichi MIURA, Hiromi YAMASAKI, Hitoshi IMURA, Yutaka MORIMOTO, Kazuki HAYASHI, Hideaki TACHIBANA, Yoshiki KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190173394
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a case including an upper case and a lower case; an inverter that is accommodated in a first partial case and is fixed to the first partial case, the first partial case being one of the upper case and the lower case; and a capacitor that is connected to the inverter by a positive electrode bus bar and a negative electrode bus bar, the capacitor being disposed in an internal space of a second partial case that is another of the upper case and the lower case. The first partial case includes a fastening portion that extends from an internal space of the first partial case to the internal space of the second partial case. In the internal space of the second partial case, the capacitor is fastened to the fastening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi MIURA, Hiroki UMEDA, Kenshi YAMANAKA, Yutaka MORIMOTO, Kazuki HAYASHI, Hiromi YAMASAKI, Hitoshi IMURA, Tomohisa SANO, Daisuke HARADA, Hideaki TACHIBANA
  • Patent number: 10182348
    Abstract: A communication device transmits a communication parameter to connect to a wireless network established by an access point to another communication device using information obtained from a captured image and stores the information obtained from the captured image. When the communication parameter is changed, the changed communication parameter is transmitted to the another communication device by reusing the stored information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideaki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20180281605
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a motor housing accommodating motors for driving wheels, and a power control unit fixed on the motor housing. The power control unit includes: a stacked unit in which multiple power modules accommodating power semiconductor elements for electric power conversion and multiple coolers are stacked; and reactors. The stacked unit is disposed in the case of the power control unit such that the stacking direction of the power modules and the coolers is directed toward the vehicle-longitudinal direction. The reactors are disposed in the case so as not to overlap with the stacked unit as viewed from the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke SAWAZAKI, Kenshi YAMANAKA, Ryusuke BABA, Hiromi YAMASAKI, Hitoshi IMURA, Hideaki TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20180213578
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires information regarding another communication apparatus from a captured image; a determining unit that determines, on the basis of the information acquired by the acquiring unit, whether the other communication apparatus requests a connection using an infrastructure mode based on an IEEE 802.11 standard or requests a connection using Wi-Fi Direct; and a providing unit that provides, to the other communication apparatus, a communication parameter used for a connection requested by the other communication apparatus on the basis of a result of determination by the determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideaki Tachibana
  • Patent number: 9936616
    Abstract: An electric power converter includes a stacked semiconductor unit formed by stacking semiconductor modules and cooling tubes, and a case. The case has a rear wall portion, a front wall portion, and a pair of side wall portions. The rear wall portion has an opening hole formed in a shape that an outer profile of the cooler fits inside. The stacked semiconductor unit has a closing member joined to a rear-most cooling pipe that is disposed on a rear side to close the opening hole, a refrigerant introducing pipe extended rearward from the closing member, and a refrigerant discharging pipe extended rearward from the closing member. The refrigerant introducing pipe and the refrigerant discharging pipe, and the closing member are connected in close contact with each other, and the closing member and the case are in close contact by a seal section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki Tachibana