Patents by Inventor Hideki Harada
Hideki Harada 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).
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Patent number: 11975392Abstract: A cutting tool includes: a base metal provided with a seat portion; a blade edge member that is a polycrystalline diamond sintered material containing polycrystalline diamond and a binder; and a brazing material that fixes the blade edge member to the seat portion of the base metal. The blade edge member has a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.3 mm. The brazing material is disposed between a blade edge bottom face of the blade edge member and a seat bottom face of the seat portion and is in contact with the blade edge bottom face and the seat bottom face. The flank face is located outside of the base metal with respect to the lateral face of the base metal.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Hideki Tomimoto, Hirotsugu Iwasaki, Satoru Kukino, Takashi Harada, Naoki Watanobe, Mayuka Segawa
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Patent number: 11789495Abstract: An electronic device retaining structure includes: an electronic device having a device body and a display rotatably connected to the device body; a base having a placing surface placed with the electronic device; and at least one pair of retainers mounted on an outer periphery of the base and facing each other. Each of the at least one pair of retainers has a retaining claw protruding from an outer side to an inner side of the placing surface. The retaining claw has, at the upper part, an upward slope sloping upward from the inner side toward the outer side and coming into contact with a side edge of the display when the display is rotated in a direction approaching the placing surface, and below the upward slope, a downward slope sloping downward from the inner side toward the outer side and pressing the device body against the placing surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Fujita, Hideki Harada, Shun Higashihara
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Publication number: 20230171544Abstract: A speaker system is for a vehicle. The speaker system includes a first output system and a second output system. The first output system includes: a first speaker; and a first filter connected to the first speaker, where the first filter is a low-pass filter. The second output system includes: a second speaker disposed above the first speaker, in a state where the first and second speakers are disposed in the vehicle; and a second filter connected to the second speaker. The second filter is a high-pass filter or a bandpass filter. A crossover frequency between a frequency response of the first output system and a frequency response of the second output system is 300 Hz or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventor: Hideki HARADA
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Patent number: 11617540Abstract: A sensor connector apparatus is disclosed to connected between an electroencephalographic spectrum analyzer and a sensor for use in the electroencephalographic spectrum analyzer. The sensor connector apparatus includes sensor connectors. Each of the sensor connectors includes: a connector to be connected to the electroencephalographic spectrum analyzer; a connector lead where the connector is connected to one end of the connector lead; and a conductive connector electrode that is connected to another end of the connector lead, and is connected to a sensor electrode of the sensor. The electroencephalographic spectrum analyzer is a bispectral index (BIS) processor, the sensor is a BIS Quatro sensor to be connected to the BIS processor, and the connector is connected to a sensor electrode of the BIS Quatro sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: KURUME UNIVERSITYInventors: Hideki Harada, Seiya Muta, Misa Ukeda, So Ota, Maiko Hirata
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Publication number: 20230012320Abstract: A signal generating apparatus includes: a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor communicatively connected to the memory and configured to execute the stored instructions to function as: a first generator configured to generate a processed signal by adjusting frequency characteristics of an audio signal representative of a sound from a virtual sound source based on a Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF) corresponding to a target position of the virtual sound source; and a second generator configured to: generate, based on the processed signal generated by the first generator, a plurality of output signals in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of loudspeakers; and perform panning processing to adjust a level of each output signal of the plurality of output signals based on the target position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventor: Hideki HARADA
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Publication number: 20220371063Abstract: A method for separating a laminate structure in which a resin layer is formed on a substrate includes applying a shear load to the laminate structure from a direction intersecting a lamination direction of the resin layer; and pulverizing the substrate, and the resin layer is separated from the substrate at an interface between the substrate and the resin layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: SOLAR FRONTIER K.K.Inventor: Hideki HARADA
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Patent number: 11479090Abstract: Disclosed is a speaker system including a first panel that is an outer plate of a vehicle door, a second panel disposed on a vehicle interior side of the vehicle door, a third panel disposed between the first panel and the second panel, a speaker unit that has a sound emitting surface for emitting a sound toward the vehicle interior and is mounted on the second panel or the third panel, a first coupling mechanism that couples a peripheral portion of the second panel to the third panel, and a second coupling mechanism disposed at a position nearer the center of the second panel than a position of the speaker unit in the plane of the second panel and configured to couple the second panel and the third panel in the plane at a position not overlapping with the speaker unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Hideki Harada
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Patent number: 11445292Abstract: Disclosed is a speaker system that includes a first panel that is an outer plate of a vehicle door, a second panel that is disposed on a vehicle interior side of the vehicle door, a third panel that is disposed between the first panel and the second panel, a speaker unit that has a sound emitting surface for emitting a sound toward a vehicle interior, and spacers that are disposed between the speaker unit and the third panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu Honji, Hideki Harada
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Publication number: 20210354535Abstract: Disclosed is a speaker system including a first panel that is an outer plate of a vehicle door, a second panel disposed on a vehicle interior side of the vehicle door, a third panel disposed between the first panel and the second panel, a speaker unit that has a sound emitting surface for emitting a sound toward the vehicle interior and is mounted on the second panel or the third panel, a first coupling mechanism that couples a peripheral portion of the second panel to the third panel, and a second coupling mechanism disposed at a position nearer the center of the second panel than a position of the speaker unit in the plane of the second panel and configured to couple the second panel and the third panel in the plane at a position not overlapping with the speaker unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventor: Hideki HARADA
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Publication number: 20210285477Abstract: An electronic device retaining structure includes: an electronic device having a device body and a display rotatably connected to the device body; a base having a placing surface placed with the electronic device; and at least one pair of retainers mounted on an outer periphery of the base and facing each other. Each of the at least one pair of retainers has a retaining claw protruding from an outer side to an inner side of the placing surface. The retaining claw has, at the upper part, an upward slope sloping upward from the inner side toward the outer side and coming into contact with a side edge of the display when the display is rotated in a direction approaching the placing surface, and below the upward slope, a downward slope sloping downward from the inner side toward the outer side and pressing the device body against the placing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Shinji FUJITA, Hideki HARADA, Shun HIGASHIHARA
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Publication number: 20210266662Abstract: Disclosed is a speaker system that includes a first panel that is an outer plate of a vehicle door, a second panel that is disposed on a vehicle interior side of the vehicle door, a third panel that is disposed between the first panel and the second panel, a speaker unit that has a sound emitting surface for emitting a sound toward a vehicle interior, and spacers that are disposed between the speaker unit and the third panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: YAMAHA CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu HONJI, Hideki HARADA
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Publication number: 20210162729Abstract: A recycling method is applied to a solar cell module which includes a cover glass, an electric cell layer, and a sealing material which closely adheres the cover glass and the electric cell layer. The recycling method includes heating an interface between the cover glass and the sealing material to a prescribed temperature range; and applying a force from a side surface of the solar cell module to the sealing material with the interface maintained at the prescribed temperature range, to peel off the sealing material and the electric cell layer from the interface thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: SOLAR FRONTIER K.K.Inventors: Noriyuki SAKAI, Hideki HARADA
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Patent number: 10677840Abstract: An electric device capable of suppressing an influence of variation of a consumed current on a superimposed signal is provided. An electric device which transmits a superimposed signal obtained by superimposing a data signal on the operation signal according to a state of an operating element to the outside, includes a current consuming part configured to consume a current, and a current control part configured to control current consumption in a circuit including the current consuming part such that current variation of the superimposed signal following variation of the consumed current in the current consuming part is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporartionInventors: Hideki Harada, Nobuo Kataoka, Seiji Mizutani
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Patent number: 10572408Abstract: An electrical device configured to transmit or receive a signal related to an operation element and transmit a data signal using a small number of wirings is realized. An electrical device includes a first terminal and a second terminal to which a pair of signal lines are connected, an operation element connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a transmission circuit configured to operate using a voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal as a power source. The second terminal transmits an output signal according to a state of the operation element to the outside, and the transmission circuit superimposes a data signal on the output signal and transmits the data signal from the second terminal to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Nobuo Kataoka, Hideki Harada
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Patent number: 10539944Abstract: A power supply circuit in a PLC includes a first node that receives a DC voltage with a first level, a second node that outputs a voltage for driving a control unit, wiring connecting the first and second nodes, a first rectifier on the wiring having a forward direction from the first node to the second node, a charger for charging and discharging, a first converter that converts a discharging voltage from the charger into a DC voltage with a second level lower than the first level and outputs the voltage, and a second rectifier connected between an output of the first converter and the second node to have a forward direction from the first converter to the second node.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Ueda, Hideki Harada, Daisuke Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 10536244Abstract: Provided is a highly convenient communication device capable of detecting a communication error caused by an abnormality of a state of communication. A communication device capable of mutually communicating with an electrical device includes: a superimposed signal receiving unit that periodically receives a data signal related to the electrical device as a signal superimposed on an operation signal; a period determination unit that determines whether or not a communication error of the data signal detected by the superimposed signal receiving unit is able to be regarded as having occurred in a transition period of a value of the operation signal; and a state determination unit that determines a state of communication with the electrical device in accordance with the determination by the period determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Seiji Mizutani, Hideki Harada
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Publication number: 20190313973Abstract: A sensor connector apparatus is disclosed to connected between an electroencephalographic spectrum analyzer and a sensor for use in the electroencephalographic spectrum analyzer. The sensor connector apparatus includes sensor connectors. Each of the sensor connectors includes: a connector to be connected to the electroencephalographic spectrum analyzer; a connector lead where the connector is connected to one end of the connector lead; and a conductive connector electrode that is connected to another end of the connector lead, and is connected to a sensor electrode of the sensor. The electroencephalographic spectrum analyzer is a bispectral index (BIS) processor, the sensor is a BIS Quatro sensor to be connected to the BIS processor, and the connector is connected to a sensor electrode of the BIS Quatro sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Hideki HARADA, Seiya MUTA, Misa UKEDA, So OTA, Maiko HIRATA
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Publication number: 20190004106Abstract: An electric device capable of suppressing an influence of variation of a consumed current on a superimposed signal is provided. An electric device which transmits a superimposed signal obtained by superimposing a data signal on the operation signal according to a state of an operating element to the outside, includes a current consuming part configured to consume a current, and a current control part configured to control current consumption in a circuit including the current consuming part such that current variation of the superimposed signal following variation of the consumed current in the current consuming part is suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hideki HARADA, Nobuo KATAOKA, Seiji MIZUTANI
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Publication number: 20180343092Abstract: Provided is a highly convenient communication device capable of detecting a communication error caused by an abnormality of a state of communication. A communication device capable of mutually communicating with an electrical device includes: a superimposed signal receiving unit that periodically receives a data signal related to the electrical device as a signal superimposed on an operation signal; a period determination unit that determines whether or not a communication error of the data signal detected by the superimposed signal receiving unit is able to be regarded as having occurred in a transition period of a value of the operation signal; and a state determination unit that determines a state of communication with the electrical device in accordance with the determination by the period determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Seiji Mizutani, Hideki Harada
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Publication number: 20180267912Abstract: An electrical device configured to transmit or receive a signal related to an operation element and transmit a data signal using a small number of wirings is realized. An electrical device includes a first terminal and a second terminal to which a pair of signal lines are connected, an operation element connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a transmission circuit configured to operate using a voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal as a power source. The second terminal transmits an output signal according to a state of the operation element to the outside, and the transmission circuit superimposes a data signal on the output signal and transmits the data signal from the second terminal to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Nobuo KATAOKA, Hideki HARADA