Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Hasegawa
Hiroaki Hasegawa 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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Publication number: 20190321000Abstract: Performance of an ultrasonic examination device, which includes an ultrasonic sensor of a capacitance detection type including a cavity between electrodes and vibrating a membrane, is enhanced. A cell which is a capacitive type device provided with a lower electrode, a cavity, and an upper electrode in a membrane, which are stacked in a longitudinal direction, and a condenser provided with the lower electrode and an upper electrode which are stacked in the longitudinal direction, are formed in one semiconductor chip. The cell and the condenser are connected to each other in parallel, and, when ultrasonic waves are transmitted and received using the cell, connection between a DC bias power source and the semiconductor chip is blocked, and a direct current voltage is applied to the cell from the condenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Taiichi TAKEZAKI, Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Shuntaro MACHIDA, Ryo IMAI, Tomohiko TANAKA
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Publication number: 20190310161Abstract: A sensor system that detects a vibration of a rotating part with a high accuracy even in a case in which a sensor is additionally attached is provided. The invention is directed to a sensor system includes a board that is installed in a rotating part of a cut processing machine; a plurality of acceleration sensors mounted on the board, and a signal processing unit (arithmetic operation). The signal processing unit detects a translational acceleration accompanying moving of the rotating part and a centrifugal acceleration accompanying rotation of the rotating part on the basis of acceleration data detected by each of the acceleration sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Keiji WATANABE, Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Hisanori MATSUMOTO, Daisuke RYUZAKI
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Publication number: 20190267197Abstract: An electrochemical device includes an element body, an exterior sheet, a seal part, and a leading terminal. The element body includes a pair of inner electrodes laminated to sandwich a separator sheet. The exterior sheet covers the element body. The seal part seals a peripheral part of the exterior sheet for immersing the element body in an electrolyte. The leading terminal extends outward from the seal part of the exterior sheet. The exterior sheet includes a front sheet and a back sheet. The front sheet includes a front-side metal sheet. The back sheet includes a back-side metal sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Hidetake ITOH, Yoshihiko OHASHI, Yuji YOSHINO, Kazunori YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20190252130Abstract: An electrochemical device excellent in connection reliability is provided. An EDLC 2 includes: an element body 10 in which a pair of inner electrodes 16, 26 are laminated so as to sandwich a separator sheet 11; an exterior sheet 4 covering the element body 10; seal parts 40, 42 sealing peripheral parts of the exterior sheet 4 so that the element body 10 is immersed in an electrolyte; and lead terminals 18, 28 extending outward from the seal parts 40, 42 of the exterior sheet 4. At least one surface of the lead terminals 18, 28 is etched so as to form unevenness 180, 280.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Hidetake ITOH, Yoshihiko OHASHI, Yuji YOSHINO, Kazunori YOSHIKAWA, Kiyonori HINOKI
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Patent number: 10333476Abstract: An electric power converter includes a first capacitor being located between an input terminal and an output terminal, and that connects a first terminal being located between the input terminal and a ground, a reactor that connects through electric contact between the first terminal and the output terminal, a switching element that connects through electric contact between the input terminal and the output terminal, and a control unit that executes a first PWM control process controlling a pulse width of the PWM waveform by on and off of the switching device according to the fluctuation of the output voltage, and that executes a second PWM control process widening a pulse width of the PWM and a duty cycle of a PWM than those of the previous cycle when a pulse width becomes a lower limit.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignees: IKS CO., LTD., JGC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Imai, Hiroaki Hasegawa, Nobuo Kakizaki, Kazutaka Hiraoka, Shinji Takahashi
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Publication number: 20190167229Abstract: An ultrasound imaging probe capable of securing an assembly accuracy of and improving a resolution performance of an obtained image is provided. A photoacoustic catheter includes: a silicon substrate which includes an ultrasonic transducer for detecting an ultrasonic wave formed thereon and a through hole passing through front and rear surfaces; an optical fiber which oscillates a laser; a lens which condenses the laser and is arranged within the through hole; a tubular housing; a glass cover which covers the lens; and a resin which fills a gap between the through hole and the lens. Further, the silicon substrate and the optical fiber are fixed to a part of the housing in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Taiichi TAKEZAKI, Shuntaro MACHIDA, Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Tomohiko TANAKA, Ryo IMAI, Yoshiho SEO, Takahiro MATSUDA, Shinsuke ONOE
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Publication number: 20190118222Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer includes: a hollow portion 110 formed between insulating films 104 and 106 interposed between a lower electrode 103 and an upper electrode 107 above a substrate 101; and a membrane 120 that is configured of insulating films 106, 108, 111, and 112 and the upper electrode 107 above the hollow portion 110 and vibrates at a time of transmission/reception of ultrasonic wave. Also, the hollow portion 110 has a cross-sectional shape according to which a relationship of h1>h2>0 is established when a thickness of a center portion is given as h1 and a thickness of an outer peripheral portion is given as h2.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Shuntaro MACHIDA, Taiichi TAKEZAKI, Daisuke RYUZAKI
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Publication number: 20190043676Abstract: An electrochemical device, which can be thin enough to be built into a thin electronic device, and a method for manufacturing the same. The electrochemical device has: an element body on which a pair of internal electrodes are laminated so as to sandwich a separator sheet; an outer sheet covering the element body; sealing parts for sealing the peripheral edge of the outer sheet so that the element body is immersed in an electrolyte solution; and lead terminals electrically connected to either one of internal electrodes and leading out from the sealing parts of the outer sheet. At least a portion of a resin tape constituting the sealing parts, from which the lead terminals lead out, is thermally fused to an inside layer made from resin, which is present on the inner face of the outer sheet, in a position that does not overlap with the internal electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Hidetake ITOH, Yuji YOSHINO, Kazunori YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20190013157Abstract: An electrochemical device which includes: an element main body wherein a pair of internal electrodes are laminated so as to sandwich a separator sheet there between; an outer casing sheet that covers the element main body; sealing parts that hermetically seal the peripheral part of the outer casing sheet so that the element main body is immersed in an electrolyte solution; and lead terminals that are electrically connected to the internal electrodes respectively and are led out from the sealing parts of the outer casing sheet to the outside. A resin inner layer that is present in the inner surface of the outer casing sheet is provided with a fusion bonding part for separators, which partially bonds a part of the separator sheet to the inner surface of the outer casing sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Yuji YOSHINO, Kazunori YOSHIKAWA, Hidetake ITOH, Kazuhiro ANAI, Yoshihiko OHASHI
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Publication number: 20180280315Abstract: The present invention provides a star-shaped acrylic block polymer having a star-shaped structure in which at least three chain polymer portions radiate from a mercapto group situated at the center, wherein (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester structural units having 7-17 carbon atoms account for 30-99.9% by mass of whole structural units of the star-shaped acrylic block polymer, and at least one of the chain polymer portions has a copolymer structure of polymerizable monomers containing a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having 7-17 carbon atoms and a weakly basic monomer; and a medical patch containing an adhesive composition containing a salt of a basic drug and the star-shaped acrylic block polymer as an adhesive that exhibits high drug efficacy, that does not cause a decrease in adhesive property of an adhesive base due to an additive, and that causes less skin irritation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicants: TEIKOKU SEIYAKU CO., LTD., NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi KAWAKAMI, Manabu SOGABE, Taiki SHIBATA, Yasushi HORIKAWA, Hiroaki HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20180280866Abstract: Provided is a non-hydrocarbon gas separation device or the like capable of separating a non-hydrocarbon gas from a natural gas containing a heavy hydrocarbon. The non-hydrocarbon gas separation device is configured to separate a non-hydrocarbon gas from a natural gas. The natural gas containing a heavy hydrocarbon, the heavy hydrocarbon having 5 or more carbon atoms, is supplied to a separation module (2). The natural gas having been separated from the non-hydrocarbon gas is allowed to outflow from the separation module (2), and the non-hydrocarbon gas having been separated from the natural gas is discharged from the separation module (2). An inorganic membrane (20), which is housed in the separation module (2), and is made of an inorganic material is configured to allow the non-hydrocarbon gas contained in the natural gas to permeate therethrough to a discharge side, and to allow the natural gas having been separated from the non-hydrocarbon gas to flow to an outflow side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2015Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Hiroshi UMINO, Yasushi FUJIMURA, Aiko MATSUYAMA, Syuichi OGURO, Keiichi NISHIDA, Shinji TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20180279990Abstract: The ultrasonic image pickup apparatus includes a transmission/reception control unit that transmits an ultrasonic wave by applying a DC bias voltage and an AC driving voltage between electrodes of the electrostatic capacity type micro-machined ultrasonic transducer and picks up an image by transmitting and receiving two or more kinds of ultrasonic waveforms which have different signs, amplitudes, or phases from each other for one scanning line. In addition, as the AC driving voltage, the ultrasonic image pickup apparatus uses a voltage waveform that is obtained by adding a high frequency pulse waveform and a low frequency waveform that has a longer cycle than that of the high frequency pulse waveform and has such a voltage amplitude as makes the total voltage of the low frequency waveform and the DC bias voltage is equal or smaller than a pull-in voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Hiroki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20180272272Abstract: Provided are a non-hydrocarbon gas separation device and the like capable of increasing a discharge pressure of a non-hydrocarbon gas to a downstream side while preventing an increase in size of equipment. In the non-hydrocarbon gas separation device, a first separation module (2a) and a second separation module (2b) connected to each other in series are each configured to separate a non-hydrocarbon from a natural gas through use of a separation membrane (20). The non-hydrocarbon gas having been separated from the natural gas is discharged to each of discharge lines (202) and (204). At this time, a pressure of the first separation module (2a) on a discharge line (202) side is higher than a pressure of the second separation module (2b) on a discharge line (204) or (202) side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2015Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Hiroshi UMINO, Yasushi FUJIMURA, Aiko MATSUYAMA, Syuichi OGURO, Keiichi NISHIDA, Shinji TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20180161813Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer element includes a substrate, a lower electrode on a first surface of the substrate, a first insulating film on the lower electrode, a first cavity layer on the first insulating film, a second insulating film on the first cavity layer, an upper electrode on the second insulating film that overlaps the first cavity layer, a third insulating film on the upper electrode, a second cavity layer on the third insulating film, a fourth insulating film on the second cavity layer, a fixing portion formed by the second to fourth insulating films, a movable portion in a membrane insides the second cavity layer, a first connection portion and a second connection portion that are stacked with a gap and the connection portions are configured by the second to fourth insulating films connecting the movable portion and the fixing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Taiichi TAKEZAKI, Shuntaro MACHIDA, Daisuke RYUZAKI
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Patent number: 9962335Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a soft capsule that is enteric and excellent in formulation properties. An enteric soft capsule is manufactured by the following steps (a) and (b): (a) preparing an enteric capsule shell liquid comprising gelatin and low methoxyl pectin having a degree of amidation of 5 to 25%, and (b) encapsulating capsule fills using the enteric capsule shell liquid prepared in the step (a) by stamping. Preferably, the jelly strength of the gelatin is 160 to 300 Bloom, the degree of esterification of the low methoxy pectin is 20 to 40%, and the enteric capsule shell liquid comprises 30 to 35 parts by mass of the low methoxy pectin per 100 parts by mass of the gelatin.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: FUJI CAPSULE CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Hasegawa, Nahonori Inaba, Yoshiyuki Shimokawa, Kenji Kato
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Publication number: 20170230016Abstract: An electric power converter includes a first capacitor being located between an input terminal and an output terminal, and that connects a first terminal being located between the input terminal and a ground, a reactor that connects through electric contact between the first terminal and the output terminal, a switching element that connects through electric contact between the input terminal and the output terminal, and a control unit that executes a first PWM control process controlling a pulse width of the PWM waveform by on and off of the switching device according to the fluctuation of the output voltage, and that executes a second PWM control process widening a pulse width of the PWM and a duty cycle of a PWM than those of the previous cycle when a pulse width becomes a lower limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Takashi IMAI, Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Nobuo KAKIZAKI, Kazutaka HIRAOKA, Shinji TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20170209384Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a soft capsule that is enteric and excellent in formulation properties. An enteric soft capsule is manufactured by the following steps (a) and (b): (a) preparing an enteric capsule shell liquid comprising gelatin and low methoxyl pectin having a degree of amidation of 5 to 25%, and (b) encapsulating capsule fills using the enteric capsule shell liquid prepared in the step (a) by stamping. Preferably, the jelly strength of the gelatin is 160 to 300 Bloom, the degree of esterification of the low methoxy pectin is 20 to 40%, and the enteric capsule shell liquid comprises 30 to 35 parts by mass of the low methoxy pectin per 100 parts by mass of the gelatin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Kazuhiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Hasegawa, Nahonori Inaba, Yoshiyuki Shimokawa, Kenji Kato
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Patent number: 9641022Abstract: A power supply apparatus that receives electric power from a power generation apparatus having a varying output and supplies electric power to an outside, the apparatus comprising: a power storage device that has a larger amount by which electric power is stored and/or a lower self-discharge rate than a capacitor device used as a passive device and also has higher charge and discharge efficiency and/or higher responsiveness than a secondary battery, the power storage device receiving electric power from the power generation apparatus and discharging electric power to the outside; a current control unit that controls a current supplied from the power storage device to the outside; and a control unit that controls a current and a voltage of the power generation apparatus by charging and discharging the power storage device so as to maximize an amount of power generation by the power generation apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: JGC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonori Nakayama, Masayoshi Ishida, Hiroaki Hasegawa, Kazutaka Hiraoka, Toshiyuki Nagai, Nobuo Kakizaki
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Publication number: 20170063147Abstract: A power source system includes: a power storage device; a switch portion for connecting or disconnecting the power storage device to or from outside; a converter for converting electric power output from a power generation apparatus into external power; and a control unit for controlling a connection or disconnection operation of the switch portion, in which the control unit is for: disconnecting, when an output current of the power generation apparatus is low current, connection between the power storage device and the outside to charge the power storage device with the electric power output from the power generation apparatus; and controlling, when a voltage of the power storage device becomes higher than an operating voltage of the converter as a result of the charging, the connection or disconnection operation of the switch portion so as to connect the power storage device and the converter to output the stored electric power.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: JGC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonori NAKAYAMA, Masayoshi ISHIDA, Masahisa TODA, Shinji TAKAHASHI, Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Kazutaka HIRAOKA, Nobuo KAKIZAKI
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Patent number: 9227441Abstract: A tension fluctuation alleviating device, for use in a fabric printing apparatus including a fabric supplying device, a printing mechanism, a guide between the fabric supplying device and the printing mechanism, and a fabric take-up device, the fabric printing apparatus configured to perform printing on the fabric while intermittently sending the fabric to the printing mechanism, includes a support member provided between the fabric supplying device and the guide device and extending across a width direction of the fabric, and a tension relieving member including an elastically deformable elastic portion supported by the support member and extending from the support member toward the fabric, and a contacting portion closer to the fabric than the elastic portion and contacting with the fabric.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Hasegawa, Yutaka Matsuyama, Koji Yamamura