Patents by Inventor Hideki Nishimura
Hideki Nishimura 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: 12229441Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller. The controller acquires, from a host, write data having the same first size as a data write unit of the nonvolatile memory and obtained by dividing write data associated with one write command having a first identifier indicating a first write destination block in a plurality of write destination blocks into a plurality of write data or combining write data associated with two or more write commands having the first identifier. The controller writes the acquired write data having the first size to the first write destination block by a first write operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Kanno, Hideki Yoshida, Naoki Esaka, Hiroshi Nishimura
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Publication number: 20250035715Abstract: A disconnection detection method for detecting disconnection of a plurality of strands constituting a conductor of a cable wired in a device that is caused by motion of the device includes a data acquisition step of acquiring motion information data, which is data showing changes over time in information about motion of the device, and resistance value data, which is data of a resistance value of the conductor that changes in time series due to the motion of the device, an analysis step of analyzing the resistance value data based on the motion information data acquired in the data acquisition step and obtaining an index value to detect strand disconnection, and a disconnection detection step of detecting the strand disconnection based on the index value obtained in the analysis step.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Takahiro SUGIYAMA, Izumi FUKASAKU, Kei NISHIMURA, Hideki NONEN
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Publication number: 20250021224Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller which controls the nonvolatile memory. The controller notifies to an outside an extensive signal which indicates a predetermined state of the nonvolatile memory or the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Shinichi KANNO, Hiroshi NISHIMURA, Hideki YOSHIDA, Hiroshi MURAYAMA
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Patent number: 12155643Abstract: Information processing system includes equipment and server that communicates with equipment. Equipment includes first board that is replaceable and configured to store equipment information unique to equipment, second board that is replaceable and configured to store a digital certificate, and second controller that transmits, to server, equipment information and certificate information that is unique to the digital certificate. Server includes server controller that receives equipment information and certificate information that are transmitted from equipment, and server storage that stores equipment information and certificate information that are received by server controller, in association with each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Hideki Nishimura
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Patent number: 11914913Abstract: A control system includes a terminal device including a first communication unit configured to perform first Bluetooth communication and second Bluetooth communication, and a printing apparatus including a second communication unit that is connected by pairing to the terminal device to perform the second Bluetooth communication with the first communication unit, wherein the terminal device performs the first Bluetooth communication in a state where no pairing connection is made with the printing apparatus, and transmits a notification instruction command to the printing apparatus through the first communication unit, and wherein the printing apparatus performs a notification operation based on the notification instruction command when receiving the notification instruction command through the second communication unit based on the first Bluetooth communication.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takaaki Taniguchi, Hideki Nishimura
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Patent number: 11843307Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a bearing. The stator includes a shaft that extends in a vertical direction. The rotor is rotatable around the shaft. The bearing supports the rotor in a rotatable manner. The rotor includes a magnet, a case, and a tooth groove. The magnet is radially outward of the stator and opposes the stator in a radial direction. The case covers a radially outer end of the magnet. The tooth groove is provided in a radially outer surface of the case.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Nishimura, Tomohiro Hasegawa, Hiroaki Hirano, Yoichi Sekii
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Patent number: 11804753Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a bearing. The stator includes a shaft that extends in a vertical direction. The rotor is rotatable around the shaft. The bearing supports the rotor in a rotatable manner. The rotor includes a magnet, a case, and a tooth groove. The magnet is radially outward of the stator and opposes the stator in a radial direction. The case covers a radially outer end of the magnet. The tooth groove is provided in a radially outer surface of the case.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Nishimura, Tomohiro Hasegawa, Hiroaki Hirano, Yoichi Sekii
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Publication number: 20230325136Abstract: A control system includes a terminal device including a first communication unit configured to perform first Bluetooth communication and second Bluetooth communication, and a printing apparatus including a second communication unit that is connected by pairing to the terminal device to perform the second Bluetooth communication with the first communication unit, wherein the terminal device performs the first Bluetooth communication in a state where no pairing connection is made with the printing apparatus, and transmits a notification instruction command to the printing apparatus through the first communication unit, and wherein the printing apparatus performs a notification operation based on the notification instruction command when receiving the notification instruction command through the second communication unit based on the first Bluetooth communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Takaaki TANIGUCHI, Hideki NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20230317953Abstract: Coated negative electrode active material particles for lithium ion batteries in which at least a part of the surface of negative electrode active material particles is covered with a coating layer containing a polymer compound and a compound (A), the polymer compound is a polymer including (meth)acrylic acid as a constituent monomer, the weight proportion of (meth)acrylic acid in the polymer based on the weight of the polymer is 70 to 95 wt %, and the compound (A) is at least one selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrothiophene 1,1-dioxide, ethylene carbonate and vinylene carbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: APB CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki HORIE, Toshiaki YAMAGUCHI, Hideki NISHIMURA, Kenichi KAWAKITA, Kazuya MINAMI
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Patent number: 11704083Abstract: A control system includes a terminal device including a first communication unit configured to perform first Bluetooth communication and second Bluetooth communication, and a printing apparatus including a second communication unit that is connected by pairing to the terminal device to perform the second Bluetooth communication with the first communication unit, wherein the terminal device performs the first Bluetooth communication in a state where no pairing connection is made with the printing apparatus, and transmits a notification instruction command to the printing apparatus through the first communication unit, and wherein the printing apparatus performs a notification operation based on the notification instruction command when receiving the notification instruction command through the second communication unit based on the first Bluetooth communication.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takaaki Taniguchi, Hideki Nishimura
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Patent number: 11670997Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary part, and a movable element which has a magnet and can vibrate in one direction. The stationary part includes a coil which applies a driving force to the magnet due to energization, a housing which houses the movable element and the coil therein, a first lid part which closes an end portion of the housing on one side in the one direction, and a first bearing part. The first bearing part is disposed inside the housing on the other side in the one direction from the first lid part. The first bearing part includes a bearing inner circumferential surface disposed with a gap therebetween with respect to an outer circumferential surface of a portion of the movable element on one side in the one direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsunori Hirata, Tomohiro Hasegawa, Daisuke Adachi, Hiroaki Hirano, Hideki Nishimura
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Patent number: 11664489Abstract: To provide a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that can be produced even without performing a heat treatment at a high temperature such as 2,000° C. or higher and can have the discharge capacity and the cycle characteristics (capacity retention) further increased. The negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the invention has a configuration in which a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode material and a binder is formed on the surface of a current collector. Further, the negative electrode material has a core portion including carbonaceous negative electrode active material particles; and a shell portion including a polyimide and silicon-based negative electrode active material particles and/or tin-based negative electrode active material particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie, Hideki Nishimura
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Publication number: 20230107979Abstract: An electrode for a lithium-ion battery, comprising a resin current collector; and an electrode active material layer formed on the resin current collector, and containing coated electrode active material particles in which at least a part of a surface of an electrode active material particle is coated with a coating layer including a polymer compound, wherein the resin current collector has a recess on a principal surface that comes into contact with the electrode active material layer, the relationship between the maximum depth (D) of the recess and the D50 particle size (R) of the electrode active material particles satisfies 1.0R?D?6.5R, and the relationship between the length (S) of the shortest part of the length passing through the center of gravity of the recess and the D50 particle size (R) of the electrode active material particles satisfies 1.5R?S.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: APB CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki NISHIMURA, Moe KITABA, Yuki NEKOHASHI, Yusuke MIZUNO, Kazuya MINAMI, Hideaki HORIE
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Publication number: 20220407082Abstract: A lithium ion battery current collector which is used in a lithium ion battery in contact with an electrode active material at one principal surface, characterized in that the current collector is provided with a surface layer on the principal surface in contact with the electrode active material, and an uneven structure is provided on a surface in which the surface layer is in contact with the electrode active material, the uneven structure is any of a plurality of recesses composed of closed figures as seen from above, a network structure, or a pattern of recesses and protrusions, which is provided in an outermost layer of the surface layer, and a depth of the recess is 10 to 45 ?m, a length of a shortest portion of lengths passing through a centroid of the recess is 30 to 105 ?m, and a proportion of an area of the recess as seen from above is 19% to 61% with respect to an area of a surface of the current collector provided with the recess as seen from above.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: APB CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki NISHIMURA, Yuki NEKOHASHI, Yusuke MIZUNO, Kazuya MINAMI, Moe KITABA, Hideaki HORIE
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Publication number: 20220308814Abstract: A control system includes a terminal device including a first communication unit configured to perform first Bluetooth communication and second Bluetooth communication, and a printing apparatus including a second communication unit that is connected by pairing to the terminal device to perform the second Bluetooth communication with the first communication unit, wherein the terminal device performs the first Bluetooth communication in a state where no pairing connection is made with the printing apparatus, and transmits a notification instruction command to the printing apparatus through the first communication unit, and wherein the printing apparatus performs a notification operation based on the notification instruction command when receiving the notification instruction command through the second communication unit based on the first Bluetooth communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Takaaki TANIGUCHI, Hideki NISHIMURA
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Patent number: 11231546Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a bracket that is fixed to a side face of a backlight unit and bonded to the rear main surface of a front surface panel by an adhesive portion. The bracket includes: a side wall that is fixed to a the side face of the backlight unit, rises from rear to front along the side face, and extends along a side face of the front surface panel; and a beam portion in front of the side wall. The beam portion has at least a portion that is continuous with the side wall, protrudes to outside the side wall along the rear main surface of the front surface panel, extends along the side face of the front surface panel, and is bonded to the rear main surface of the front surface panel by the adhesive portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Toru Ohki, Hideki Nishimura
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Publication number: 20220014082Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary part, and a movable element which has a magnet and can vibrate in one direction. The stationary part includes a coil which applies a driving force to the magnet due to energization, a housing which houses the movable element and the coil therein, a first lid part which closes an end portion of the housing on one side in the one direction, and a first bearing part. The first bearing part is disposed inside the housing on the other side in the one direction from the first lid part. The first bearing part includes a bearing inner circumferential surface disposed with a gap therebetween with respect to an outer circumferential surface of a portion of the movable element on one side in the one direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsunori HIRATA, Tomohiro HASEGAWA, Daisuke ADACHI, Hiroaki HIRANO, Hideki NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20210376693Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a bearing. The stator includes a shaft that extends in a vertical direction. The rotor is rotatable around the shaft. The bearing supports the rotor in a rotatable manner. The rotor includes a magnet, a case, and a tooth groove. The magnet is radially outward of the stator and opposes the stator in a radial direction. The case covers a radially outer end of the magnet. The tooth groove is provided in a radially outer surface of the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Hideki NISHIMURA, Tomohiro HASEGAWA, Hiroaki HIRANO, Yoichi SEKII
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Patent number: 10908413Abstract: This rotary drive apparatus includes a stationary portion including a stator; and a rotating portion supported through a bearing portion to be rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction with respect to the stationary portion, the rotating portion including a magnet arranged opposite to the stator. The bearing portion includes an upper bearing portion, and a lower bearing portion arranged below the upper bearing portion. A center of gravity of the rotating portion is located below an upper end of the upper bearing portion and above a lower end of the lower bearing portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Nishimura, Yoichi Sekii
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Patent number: 10852572Abstract: A display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, pixel driving electrodes for pixels, the pixel driving electrodes being provided on the first substrate and configured to provide control electric fields to the liquid crystal layer, louver elements, louver element driving electrodes provided on a face facing the first substrate of the second substrate, and an unseparated shield electrode between the louver element driving electrodes and the liquid crystal layer. Each of the louver elements are configured to stand on the second substrate, be sandwiched between one of the louver element driving electrodes and the shield electrode, and change amount of light to be transmitted in accordance with voltage applied across the louver element driving electrode and the shield electrode to change viewing angle.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Hideki Nishimura, Tetsuroh Asakura, Futoshi Nakanishi