Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Kato
Hiroaki Kato 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: 20240113472Abstract: Provided is a lock mechanism configured to hold a fitted state between a first connector and a second connector, where the first connector and the second connector as a counterpart are fittable together. The lock mechanism includes: a lock member that includes an engagement part and is provided in the first connector; a biasing part that is connected to the lock member and holds the lock member in a reference state; a pivotal shaft that is disposed parallel to a direction orthogonal to a fitting direction and pivotably supports the lock member; and an engagement-receiving part that is provided in the second connector and is engageable with the engagement part. The lock member is attached to the first connector so as to be pivotable around the pivotal shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Nobukazu KATO, Hiroaki HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240104980Abstract: A vehicle control system includes plural electronic control devices each of which controls an operation of a vehicle and which is mounted in the vehicle, a monitoring control device monitoring an operation of each electronic control device, and an electric connector which selectively sets an electronic connection of a power source line constantly performing a supply of power to a connection state or a non-connection state and which is provided between the power source line and each electronic control device, the monitoring control device includes a recording unit which performs a fault diagnosis of one electronic control device being a monitoring target and which executes a recording operation to store a diagnosis result in a storage device, and a mode setting unit setting the recording unit to a first operation mode executing the recording operation or a second operation mode not executing the recording operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Hiroaki Hakukawa, Noboru Ujigawa, Tomoya Nishino
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Patent number: 11941480Abstract: An information processing system includes an identification unit configured to identify unique information on shoes using at least part of a captured image of the shoes, and a setting unit configured to set an association between an acquisition device configured to acquire the unique information and a module device attached to the shoes based on the unique information.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro Fukushi, Zhenwei Wang, Hiroaki Nakano, Toshinori Takemura, Kentaro Nakahara, Hannah Pokka, Itsumi Kato, Akira Kamei, Chenhui Huang, Hiroshi Kajitani, Koichi Morikawa, Hiroshi Okuda
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Patent number: 11937410Abstract: A package-type fluid machine includes a compressor unit including a compression portion that compresses a fluid, a motor that drives the compression portion, and a cooling fan that is driven by the motor; a machine chamber in which the compressor unit is disposed; an inverter chamber which is adjacent to the machine chamber and in which an inverter is disposed; a partition wall that partitions off the machine chamber from the inverter chamber and has an opening; and an inverter intake port that is disposed in the inverter chamber to take in a cooling gas. The cooling fan is disposed on a side of the machine chamber, the opening being located on the side. The cooling fan is driven to cause the cooling gas to flow from the inverter intake port to the opening to cool the inverter.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuminori Kato, Yoshiyuki Kanemoto, Hiroaki Saito, Daichi Oka, Akihiro Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20240068525Abstract: A torque limiter includes a first side plate, a second side plate, a friction disc, a pressure plate, and a biasing member. The first side plate includes an attachment surface. The attachment surface faces in an axial direction so as to be attached to a flywheel. The second side plate has a smaller outer diameter than the outer diameter of the first side plate. The second side plate is disposed so as to not overlap the attachment surface as seen in an axial direction. The second side plate is attached to the first side plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Hiroshi UEHARA, Hiroaki KATO, Yusuke NAGAOKA
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Publication number: 20240064948Abstract: Tape cassette (22) of the present disclosure configured to house roll body (RT) of a carrier tape includes housing (41) and shutter (42). Housing (41) includes housing space (41S) for housing roll body (RT) and front opening (41K) through which roll body (RT) is allowed to be taken in and out in a front part of housing (41). Shutter (42) can be displaced between a closing position at which movement of roll body (RT) to an outside of housing (41) through front opening (41K) is restricted by blocking at least a part of front opening (41K) and an open position at which the movement of roll body (RT) to the outside of housing (41) through front opening (41K) is allowed. Housing (41) is equipped on a component mounting device with front opening (41K) facing the component mounting device, and supplies roll body (RT) to the component mounting device with shutter (42) positioned at the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Hiroaki KATO, Yoshinori ISOBATA
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Patent number: 11857941Abstract: A microreactor system includes: a microreactor that has two inflow ports into which fluids are introduced and a flow path configured to merge the fluids, and that is configured to mix a first fluid introduced from one of the inflow ports and a second fluid introduced from the other of the inflow ports in the flow path; a first container in which the first fluid is prepared; a second container in which the second fluid is prepared; a first pump configured to feed the first fluid toward the inflow port; a second pump configured to feed the second fluid toward the inflow port; first and second measurement units configured to measure amounts of the first fluid and the second fluid, respectively; and switching units configured to switch at least one of the first fluid and the second fluid to be fed to the microreactor.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: HITACHI PLANT SERVICES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukako Asano, Masashi Tagami, Hiroaki Kato
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Publication number: 20230369437Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating film provided on the semiconductor layer, a first opening being formed in the first insulating film, an ohmic electrode that is in ohmic contact with the semiconductor layer through the first opening, a gate electrode provided on the first insulating film, and a second insulating film covering at least a portion of a side surface of the ohmic electrode, the side surface being closer to the gate electrode, and the second insulating film being continuous with the first insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventor: Hiroaki KATO
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Publication number: 20230258846Abstract: A rod lens array 10a includes a plurality of gradient-index rod lenses 1b arrayed to have optical axes parallel to each other, and forms an erecting equal-magnification image. The gradient-index rod lenses 1b each have a refractive-index distribution in a radial direction thereof. The refractive-index distribution n(r) is approximated by n(r)=n0?{1-(A/2)?r2}, where a refractive index at a center of the gradient-index rod lens 1b is represented by n0, a refractive-index distribution constant of the gradient-index rod lens 1b is represented by \A, and a distance from the center of the gradient-index rod lens 1b is represented by r. The gradient-index rod lens 1b has an aperture angle ? of 3 to 6°, the aperture angle ? represented by ?=sin?1(n0\A?r0), where a radius of the gradient-index rod lens is represented by r0. The rod lens array 10a has an imaging distance of 45 to 75 mm and a depth of field of 1.5 to 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Hiroaki KATO, Satoshi TANIGUCHI, Tokushi KANEKO, Tsuyoshi YAMANE, Kenichi SATO, Tomitaka TAKAGI
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Publication number: 20230200036Abstract: The component mounting device includes a component supply part on which a component supply unit that supplies a component stored in a carrier tape is detachably mounted; a feeder information acquisition part that acquires feeder information including a type of the component supply unit mounted on the component supply part; a component mounting part that mounts the component supplied from the component supply unit onto a substrate; and a unit controller that controls the component supply unit based on the feeder information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Yoshinori ISOBATA, Kunimi TSUZURUGI, Tatsuo YAMAMURA, Kyourei RI, Chikara TAKATA, Atuyuki HORIE, Kazunari MISHIMA, Minoru KITANI, Kazunori KANAI, Yasuo OKU, Hiroaki KATO
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Publication number: 20230160390Abstract: A centrifugal compressor that includes: a rotary shaft; a compressor impeller mounted on the rotary shaft and configured to rotate together with the rotary shaft to compress a fluid; a housing accommodating the rotary shaft and the compressor impeller; and a thrust bearing supporting the rotary shaft in a thrust direction such that the rotary shaft is rotatable. The housing includes: an impeller chamber in which the compressor impeller is accommodated; a thrust bearing accommodation chamber in which the thrust bearing is accommodated; and a partition wall separating the impeller chamber from the thrust bearing accommodation chamber. The partition wall has therein a cooling gas passage through which cooling gas flows to cool the thrust bearing and a cooling water passage through which cooling water flows to cool the partition wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yoshiki ISHIHARA, Hiroaki KATO, Junya SUZUKI, Takayuki HIRANO
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Publication number: 20230117537Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a motor cooling passage through which cooling fluid for cooling an electric motor flows, an air passage through which cooling air for cooling a first air bearing and a second air bearing is supplied to each of the first air bearing and the second air bearing, and a heat exchanger cooling the cooling air. The motor cooling passage includes a plurality of cooling axial passages having a first cooling axial passage through which the cooling fluid is supplied to the heat exchanger and a second cooling axial passage through which the cooling fluid is discharged from the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has a first port communicating with the first cooling axial passage, a second port communicating with the second cooling axial passage, and a third port communicating with an air axial passage extending in an axial direction of a rotary shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Takayuki HIRANO, Hiroaki KATO, Junya SUZUKI, Hidefumi MORI
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Publication number: 20230082190Abstract: A microreactor system includes: a microreactor that has two inflow ports into which fluids are introduced and a flow path configured to merge the fluids, and that is configured to mix a first fluid introduced from one of the inflow ports and a second fluid introduced from the other of the inflow ports in the flow path; a first container in which the first fluid is prepared; a second container in which the second fluid is prepared; a first pump configured to feed the first fluid toward the inflow port; a second pump configured to feed the second fluid toward the inflow port; first and second measurement units configured to measure amounts of the first fluid and the second fluid, respectively; and switching units configured to switch at least one of the first fluid and the second fluid to be fed to the microreactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Yukako ASANO, Masashi TAGAMI, Hiroaki KATO
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Patent number: 11473585Abstract: A transmission includes a transmission housing member, a ring portion, a high speed shaft, a third roller, and a third plate bearing, which rotatably supports the third roller. The transmission housing member includes a first supporting surface, which restricts the third roller to a first position, and a second supporting surface, which restricts the third roller to a second position. The third roller is moved within a movement range from the first position to the second position. The movement range includes a specified range in which the third roller is not supported, in a radial direction of the high speed shaft, by the transmission housing member with the third plate bearing in between, but is supported by being held between the ring portion and the high speed shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Ryosuke Fukuyama, Kaho Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Hiroaki Kato, Satoru Mitsuda, Shogo Ito, Yohei Takase, Daisuke Watanabe, Ryo Umeyama, Noriyuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 11448234Abstract: First and second pressure relief passages extend from an oil pan in a branching manner, and merge with each other to form a merging portion. A pressure relief hole is arranged above the merging portion, and a first pressure relief passage is arranged below the merging portion. The minimum cross-sectional area of the second pressure relief passage is smaller than the minimum cross-sectional area of the first pressure relief passage. The second pressure relief passage includes a bent portion formed by bending the second pressure relief passage. The bent portion is configured to perform gas/liquid separation by crushing bubbles. When reaching the merging portion from the bent portion, oil is returned to the oil pan via the first pressure relief passage. When reaching the merging portion from the bent portion, gas is discharged to the outside of the housing via the pressure relief hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yohei Takase, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Satoru Mitsuda, Hiroaki Kato, Ryosuke Fukuyama, Daisuke Watanabe, Kaho Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11362864Abstract: A communication system includes a first local area network (LAN), a first router that is operatively coupled to the first LAN, a second local area network (LAN), a second router that is operatively coupled to the second LAN, and a communication network that facilitates communication between the first router and the second router. The first router includes a communication control device having at least one processor that transmits first information indicating a connection relation of a first communication relay device to the first communication relay device connected via the Internet. The processor also receives the first information from the first communication relay device. The processor also causes connection information in accordance with the received information indicating the connection relation of the first communication relay device to be displayed on a display unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Kato, Yoshimitsu Nishihara
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Publication number: 20220178378Abstract: A transmission includes a transmission housing member, a ring portion, a high speed shaft, a third roller, and a third plate bearing, which rotatably supports the third roller. The transmission housing member includes a first supporting surface, which restricts the third roller to a first position, and a second supporting surface, which restricts the third roller to a second position. The third roller is moved within a movement range from the first position to the second position. The movement range includes a specified range in which the third roller is not supported, in a radial direction of the high speed shaft, by the transmission housing member with the third plate bearing in between, but is supported by being held between the ring portion and the high speed shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Ryosuke FUKUYAMA, Kaho Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Hiroaki Kato, Satoru Mitsuda, Shogo Ito, Yohei Takase, Daisuke Watanabe, Ryo Umeyama, Noriyuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20210340993Abstract: First and second pressure relief passages extend from an oil pan in a branching manner, and merge with each other to form a merging portion. A pressure relief hole is arranged above the merging portion, and a first pressure relief passage is arranged below the merging portion. The minimum cross-sectional area of the second pressure relief passage is smaller than the minimum cross-sectional area of the first pressure relief passage. The second pressure relief passage includes a bent portion formed by bending the second pressure relief passage. The bent portion is configured to perform gas/liquid separation by crushing bubbles. When reaching the merging portion from the bent portion, oil is returned to the oil pan via the first pressure relief passage. When reaching the merging portion from the bent portion, gas is discharged to the outside of the housing via the pressure relief hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yohei TAKASE, Yoshiyuki NAKANE, Satoru MITSUDA, Hiroaki KATO, Ryosuke FUKUYAMA, Daisuke WATANABE, Kaho TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 10985991Abstract: A relay device acquires network topology data representing a network topology that includes a connection relationship of each relay device and a connection relationship of a terminal device connected to each relay device in a local area network (LAN), and displays, on a display device, an image of a tree structure in which each relay device included in the LAN corresponds to a node, as an image of the network topology represented by the acquired network topology data. The relay device displays, on the display device, the image of the tree structure in which a node corresponding to a relay device designated in advance among the relay devices included in the LAN and nodes of up to directly below the designated node are set as a drawing target.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Kato, Yoshimitsu Nishihara
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Patent number: 10894351Abstract: A clip-type stretching apparatus includes a main link device, a sub-link device, a standard rail, a pitch setting rail, and drive sprockets, the main link device including a first clip support member having a clip, the sub-link device having the clip, the standard rail defining a circulation route of the clip, the pitch setting rail setting a pitch between the first clip support members by a distance from the standard rail, the drive sprockets engaged with a drive roller provided in a first shaft member of the first clip support member and causing the first clip support member to travel.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihisa Ikeda, Michihiko Saito, Yuichi Watanabe, Hiroaki Kato