Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Matsuda

Hidekazu Matsuda 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: 12137578
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged two-dimensionally. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a light-emitting layer and an optical member that refracts light from the light-emitting layer. In an orthographic projection of a first optical member included in a first pixel with respect to the light-emitting layer, a position of an apex of the first optical member and a position of a center of the first optical member are separated by a first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yojiro Matsuda, Hidekazu Takahashi, Yoshihito Harada
  • Publication number: 20240359660
    Abstract: A wiper device for a windshield, the device including a wiper arm, and a wiper blade mounted on the wiper arm, wherein the wiper blade includes a blade rubber and a blade stay which supports the blade rubber, the blade rubber includes: a base which is a part of the blade rubber to be mounted on the blade stay; a lip; and a neck which swingably connects the lip to the base, wherein at least a portion of the tip of the lip constitutes a contact part with a windshield, abuts the wiper arm to a glass flat plate and moves the glass flat plate, and in a stop state, the width of the contact part of the blade rubber and the glass flat plate is 1.0 20.0 ?m, and an angle ? between a specific position of the lip and the glass flat plate is 20° to 80°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: TAKEHIKO AOYAMA, HIDEKAZU MATSUDA, KATSUYA KODAMA, NAO HIGUCHI, TAKAYUKI MIZUNUMA
  • Patent number: 12092984
    Abstract: An electrophotographic cleaning blade, which includes the following: an elastic member containing polyurethane; and a support member supporting the elastic member, and cleaning a surface of a member to be cleaned in motion, by contact of part of the elastic member against the surface of the member to be cleaned, wherein the elastic member has, at least on the tip side, a plate shape having a main surface facing the member to be cleaned and a leading end surface that forms a tip side edge together with the main surface, and a coefficient of variation of area ratios of white regions in each of sections of a binarized image created from grayscale phase image obtained from the leading end surface, is 20.00 or less, and a value of HM1-HM2 is larger than 0.10 N/mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidekazu Matsuda, Arihiro Yamamoto, Toshirou Uchida, Kenya Terada
  • Patent number: 11996657
    Abstract: The first connector includes a first inner conductor, a first outer conductor, a first outer conductor cover and a first dielectric. The second connector includes a second inner conductor, a second outer conductor, a second outer conductor cover and a second dielectric. The second outer conductor includes a second outer conductor connecting portion overlapping the first outer conductor in a radial direction. The first outer conductor includes a first outer conductor body portion, a first outer conductor connecting portion for covering the outer periphery of the second outer conductor connecting portion and contacting the second outer conductor connecting portion, and a constricted portion reduced in dimensions from the first outer conductor connecting portion to the first outer conductor body portion. The first outer conductor cover and the second outer conductor cover have the same shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Matsuda, Kazuki Hiramatsu, Taiga Kadoyama, Masanao Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20240170873
    Abstract: A connector system (1) is provided with a cable-side connector (10) to be connected to an end part of a cable (11) and a plurality of types of board-side connectors (110, 210) to be connected to a circuit board. The cable-side connector (10) includes a cable-side inner conductor (12), a cable-side outer conductor (13) and a cable-side connector housing (14). Each of the plurality of types of board-side connectors (110, 210) includes a board-side inner conductor (113, 213), a board-side outer conductor (111, 211) and a board-side connector housing (114, 214). The plurality of types of board-side connectors (110, 210) include mutually different board-side outer conductors (111, 211). One board-side connector selected from the plurality of types of board-side connectors (110, 210) is connected to the cable-side connector (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Masanao YAMASHITA, Toshifumi ICHIO, Hiroaki ITO, Maika IDO, Hidekazu MATSUDA, Kazuki HIRAMATSU, Taiga KADOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11945414
    Abstract: A vehicle windshield wiper blade comprising: a blade support portion; and a lip portion, wherein the lip portion has a tapered portion having a cross section that is taken along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade and that has a width that gradually decreases from a side closer to the blade support portion towards a direction farthest away from the blade support portion, the lip portion has a tip surface and first and second tapered surfaces constituting the tapered portion, and, in a specific observation region of the first and second tapered surfaces, the average value of the elastic modulus measured at a 0.1 ?m pitch is 15-470 MPa and the coefficient of variation of the elastic modulus is at most 17.6%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takehiko Aoyama, Masanori Yokoyama, Syoji Inoue, Arihiro Yamamoto, Hidekazu Matsuda, Shota Segawa
  • Publication number: 20230259062
    Abstract: An electrophotographic cleaning blade comprising: an elastic member containing polyurethane; and a support member supporting the elastic member, and cleaning a surface of a member to be cleaned in motion, by contact of part of the elastic member against the surface of the member to be cleaned, wherein the elastic member has, at least on the tip side, a plate shape having a main surface facing the member to be cleaned and a leading end surface that forms a tip side edge together with the main surface, and a coefficient of variation of area ratios of white regions in each of sections of a binarized image created from grayscale phase image obtained from the leading end surface, is 20.00 or less, and a value of HM1-HM2 is larger than 0.10 N/mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: HIDEKAZU MATSUDA, ARIHIRO YAMAMOTO, TOSHIROU UCHIDA, KENYA TERADA
  • Patent number: 11715901
    Abstract: A board connector A includes a housing 10 to be mounted on a circuit board P, and first and second terminal fittings 21, 31 mounted in the housing. The first and second terminal fittings 21, 31 include first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 projecting from a facing surface 15 of the housing 10 facing the circuit board P and to be surface-mounted on the circuit board P. The first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 extend in a direction intersecting a facing direction of the circuit board P and the facing surface 15. A jig accommodating portion 16 recessed from a region of the facing surface 15 not facing the first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 is formed in a region of the facing surface 15 facing the first and second board connecting portions 22, 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11715906
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes a board-side housing 21 to be installed on a circuit board 100, and mating housings 61A, 61B to be connected to the board-side housing 21. The board-side housing 21 includes front and back walls 26, 27, left and right walls 28, 29 and accommodation chambers 32A, 32B arranged between the front and back walls 26, 27 and between the left and right walls 28, 29 and open upward. The mating housings 61A, 61B include protruding portions 78 exposed above the board-side housing 21 and protruding toward both front and back sides beyond the front and back walls 26, 27 with the mating housings 61A, 61B accommodated in the accommodation chambers 32A, 32B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20230157493
    Abstract: A wiper blade comprising: a hand grip portion; and an elastic portion supported by the hand grip portion and that is pressed against a surface to be cleaned; the elastic portion having, on a tip side, a main surface opposing a member to be cleaned, and a tip surface that forms a tip side edge together with the main surface, and in a specific observation region of the tip surface and the main surface, the average value of elastic modulus values obtained through measurement at a 0.1 ?m pitch being 15 MPa to 470 MPa, and the coefficient of variation of the elastic modulus being 17.6% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: TAKEHIKO AOYAMA, HIDEKAZU MATSUDA, SYOJI INOUE, ARIHIRO YAMAMOTO, MASANORI YOKOYAMA, SHOTA SEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230159001
    Abstract: A vehicle windshield wiper blade comprising: a blade support portion; and a lip portion, wherein the lip portion has a tapered portion having a cross section that is taken along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade and that has a width that gradually decreases from a side closer to the blade support portion towards a direction farthest away from the blade support portion, the lip portion has a tip surface and first and second tapered surfaces constituting the tapered portion, and, in a specific observation region of the first and second tapered surfaces, the average value of the elastic modulus measured at a 0.1 ?m pitch is 15-470 MPa and the coefficient of variation of the elastic modulus is at most 17.6%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: TAKEHIKO AOYAMA, MASANORI YOKOYAMA, SYOJI INOUE, ARIHIRO YAMAMOTO, HIDEKAZU MATSUDA, SHOTA SEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230159692
    Abstract: A vehicle wiper blade comprises a blade support part and a lip part coupled swingably with the blade support part via a neck. The lip part comprises polyurethane. The polyurethane comprises a reactant of a composition including an isocyanate compound which includes diisocyanate and tri- or higher functional polyfunctional isocyanate, and an alcohol which includes tri- or higher functional polyfunctional alcohol. The diisocyanate has an aromatic ring in a molecule. When a molecule of the polyurethane is ionized with a mass spectrometer of a direct sample injection system, then obtained M1, M2 and M3 satisfy the following relation: M2/M1 is 0.001 to 0.028, M3/M1 is 0.020 to 0.110, and M2/M3 is 0.013 to 0.300, and a concentration of the polyfunctional alcohol in the polyurethane is 0.12 mmol/g to 0.65 mmol/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: SHOTA SEGAWA, TAKEHIKO AOYAMA, MASANORI YOKOYAMA, HIDEKAZU MATSUDA, SYOJI INOUE, ARIHIRO YAMAMOTO, YOUHEI IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230157492
    Abstract: A cleaning wiper blade comprises a hand grip part and an elastic part. The elastic part comprises a polyurethane. The polyurethane comprises a reactant of a composition including an isocyanate compound which includes diisocyanate and polyfunctional isocyanate, and an alcohol which includes polyfunctional alcohol. The diisocyanate has an aromatic ring in a molecule. When a molecule of the polyurethane is ionized with a mass spectrometer of a direct sample injection system, then obtained M1, M2 and M3 satisfy the is 0.013 to 0.300, and a concentration of the polyfunctional alcohol in the polyurethane is 0.12 mmol/g to 0.65 mmol/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: SHOTA SEGAWA, TAKEHIKO AOYAMA, MASANORI YOKOYAMA, HIDEKAZU MATSUDA, SYOJI INOUE, ARIHIRO YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11646521
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing including a terminal accommodation chamber, a terminal fitting including a locking hole and to be inserted into the terminal accommodation chamber from behind the housing, and a locking lance for retaining the terminal fitting inserted into the terminal accommodation chamber. The locking lance is cantilevered forward and includes a body portion resiliently displaceable in a direction intersecting an insertion direction of the terminal fitting and a projection projecting from the body portion toward the terminal fitting and configured to enter the locking hole when the terminal fitting is inserted into the terminal accommodation chamber. A width of the projection is smaller than that of the locking hole. A maximum width of the body portion is larger than the width of the projection. A part of the body portion connected to the projection is formed with a guiding portion gradually reduced in width toward the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Yonezu, Hidekazu Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20230059178
    Abstract: A terminal 1 is made of a rectangular wire material, extends in a front-rear direction and is provided with a terminal body 2, a pair of first projections 3 provided to project toward both left and right sides from both side surfaces 2A of the terminal body 22, and a pair of second projections 4 provided to project toward both left and right sides from the both side surfaces 2. A of the terminal body 2 and disposed behind the pair of first projections 3. The pair of second projections 4 are continuously and integrally formed with the pair of first projections 3. A maximum projecting dimension X2max of the second projection 4 from the side surface 2A of the terminal body 2 is larger than a maximum projecting dimension X1max of the first projection 3 from the side surface 2A of the terminal body 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichi NAKANISHI, Hidekazu MATSUDA, Hiroto SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20230035860
    Abstract: A connector is provided with a first connector 10 and a second connector 11 connectable to each other. The first connector 10 includes a UTP module 15. The UTP module 15 includes UTP inner conductors 65 to be connected to wires of a UTP cable 12. The second connector 11 includes an electrically conductive shield member 21 for covering outer peripheries of the UTP inner conductors 65 with the first and second connectors 10, 11 connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Takuma HIBINO, Hidekazu MATSUDA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230033546
    Abstract: A connector 10 is provided with an outer conductor 20, a plurality of dielectrics 19 to be accommodated into the outer conductor 20, inner conductors 18 to be mounted into the respective dielectrics 19, a shield member 25 to be arranged between the dielectrics 19 adjacent in the outer conductor 20, and a locking portion 26 for locking the shield member 25 to the dielectric 19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki HIRAMATSU, Taiga KADOYAMA, Hidekazu MATSUDA, Masanao YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230033745
    Abstract: A connector 10 is provided with a terminal 11, a die-cast member 13 for surrounding an outer periphery of the terminal 11, a dielectric 12 to be arranged between the terminal 11 and the die-cast member 13, and a housing 14 into which the die-cast member 13 is mounted. The die-cast member 13 includes a locking protrusion 37, and the housing 14 includes a locking recess 49 recessed in a mounting direction of the die-cast member 13. The locking protrusion 37 is press-fit into the locking recess 49. A closing portion 53 shut off from outside is formed between a tip part of the locking protrusion 37 in the mounting direction and a back end part of the locking recess 49 in the mounting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki HIRAMATSU, Taiga KADOYAMA, Hidekazu MATSUDA, Toshikazu SUZUKI, Toshifumi ICHIO
  • Publication number: 20230031237
    Abstract: A male connection surface of the male dielectric and a female connection surface of the female dielectric are facing each other and an elongated tab of the male inner conductor projects from the male connection surface and is inserted in the female inner conductor with the male connector and the female connector connected. A thin portion shaped by cutting an outer surface of the male dielectric and configured to surround a base end portion of the tab is formed on an end part of the male dielectric on the side of the male connection surface. The female outer conductor is formed with an impedance adjusting portion configured to proximately cover an outer surface of the thin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hidekazu MATSUDA, Kazuki HIRAMATSU, Taiga KADOYAMA, Masanao YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230034078
    Abstract: A shield connector is provided with a dielectric 40 including a plurality of accommodation chambers 44 defined in a width direction by a separation wall portion 43, and a plurality of inner conductors 21 having a shape elongated in a front-rear direction and individually accommodated in parallel in the plurality of accommodation chambers 44. The separation wall portion 43 is formed with a front opening 53 and a rear opening 60 for interposing air layers between the accommodation chambers 44 adjacent via the separation wall portion 43.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hidekazu MATSUDA, Kazuki HIRAMATSU, Taiga KADOYAMA, Ai HIRANO, Masanao YAMASHITA