Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Kobayashi

Hiroaki Kobayashi 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).

  • FLOATING CONNECTOR WITH MULTIPLE FITTING-SIDE HOUSINGS
    Publication number: 20170264032
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a substrate-side housing, a fitting-side housing, a plurality of terminals having movable springs. The fitting-side housing is formed by a plurality of divided housings. The fitting-side housing is formed by a plurality of divided housings moveable separately in a width direction of the connector. The substrate-side housing includes a receiving chamber that receives the divided housings therein and an abutment receiving portion against which the divided housings displaced inside the receiving chamber abut. The terminals are disposed in each of the divided housings, and have contact portions inside the substrate-side housing and the divided housings, and the contact portions are to be in conductive contact with the connection object. The movable springs support each of the divided housings displaceably relative to the substrate-side housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Iriso Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kayoko Ninomiya, Nobutoshi Hagiwara, Yuki Ide, Hitoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ogura
  • Movable Connector
    Publication number: 20170222346
    Abstract: Connection reliability of terminals in a movable connector is enhanced. The movable connector includes a fixed housing having an abutment receiving portion and a movable housing having an abutment portion. When a pin terminal is fitted and inserted, the abutment portion abuts on the abutment receiving portion. This prevents arcuate curved deformation of the movable housing, and restricts a movable piece of a terminal at a center portion of the movable housing from being slightly stretched from the beginning of fitting and from constantly receiving load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Koji Kuniyoshi, Daichi Shimba
  • IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170219820
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging lens and an Imaging apparatus which includes this imaging lens. The imaging lens consists of, in order from an object side: a front group GF; a diaphragm St; and a rear group GR. The front group GF consists of, in order from the object side: a first lens L1 that is convex toward the object side and has a negative refractive power; a second lens L2 that has a negative refractive power; and a third lens L3 that has a positive refractive power. The rear group GR consists of, in order from the object side: a fourth lens L4 that has a positive refractive power; a fifth lens L5 that has a positive refractive power; a sixth lens L6 that has a negative refractive power; a seventh lens L7 that has a positive refractive power; and an eighth lens L8 that has a negative refractive power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi KAMIYA
  • IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170199354
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging lens that has a small amount of focus shift caused by temperature fluctuation and an imaging apparatus that has this imaging lens. The imaging lens consists of, in order from an object side: a first lens that is convex toward the object side and has a negative refractive power; a second lens that has a negative refractive power; a third lens that has a positive refractive power; a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power; a fifth lens that has a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens that has a negative refractive power. The imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) to (4). ?0.89<f/f12<?0.53 ??(1) ?0.19<f/f1<?0.1 ??(2) ?0.70<f/f2<?0.45 ??(3) 2.4<f1/f2<5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi KAMIYA
  • Connector and substrate interconnection structure
    Patent number: 9698508
    Abstract: A plug connector electrically connected to a socket connector includes a movable housing engaged with the socket connector; a fixed housing secured to a first substrate; and a plug terminal having a plug contact portion in electrical contact with the socket connector engaged with the movable housing, and a movable part configured to support the fixed housing such that the fixed housing can be displaced with respect to the movable housing in engaging and disengaging directions of the socket connector with respect to the movable housing, while maintaining the contact of the plug contact portion with the socket connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Katsumasa Sato, Koji Kuniyoshi
  • Connector
    Publication number: 20170054241
    Abstract: A connector which is provided with connector terminals which include a plurality of terminals that are configured to be in contact with a connection target and achieves reliable contact with the connection target while preventing the plurality of terminals from being in contact with each other when the plurality of terminals come into contact with the connection target and are displaced by the connection target is provided. A connector includes a housing and a connector terminal, and the connector terminal includes a front terminal including a contact portion that comes into contact with a plug connector inserted from an insertion port of the housing and an elastic arm that supports the contact portion in a displaceable manner; and a rear terminal including a contact portion that comes into contact with the plug connector subsequent to the contact portion of the front terminal and an elastic arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumasa Sato, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER HOLDER
    Publication number: 20170044686
    Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a chamber, a reaction-gas inlet, a gas exhaust port, a rotation unit, a semiconductor wafer holder, a heater, and a purge-gas inlet. The wafer holder includes a first hold region to hold the semiconductor wafer and a second hold region held by the rotation unit. The second hold region surrounds the first hold region. The level of the first hold region and the level of the second hold region differ. A plurality of ventholes is provided to the first hold region so that the ventholes are just below a sidewall of the semiconductor wafer held by the first hold region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Shinya Higashi, Shinya Sato, Tomoyuki Sakuma, Akihiko Osawa, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Osamu Yamazaki, Hiroshi Nishimura
  • DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING SHEET-LIKE INSPECTION OBJECT, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INSPECTING SHEET-LIKE INSPECTION OBJECT, AND DEFECT INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING SHEET-LIKE INSPECTION OBJECT
    Publication number: 20170011502
    Abstract: An apparatus divides a photographed image of a sheet-like inspection object into blocks each of which has a size of a predetermined number of pixels by a predetermined number of pixels, calculates a longitudinal variance based on pixel values in a longitudinal direction in each block and a lateral variance based on pixel values in a lateral direction in the block, determines whether the block is a defect candidate using the longitudinal variance and the lateral variance as sheet-like inspection object defect determination evaluation values, and determines, based on one of a length and an area of the blocks determined as the defect candidates, whether the sheet-like inspection object has defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Makoto Hino, Keiichi Miyamoto
  • Resin composition, prepreg, and laminate
    Patent number: 9527979
    Abstract: A resin composition of the present invention contains a mixture (A) of at least two of cyanate ester compounds selected from the group consisting of cyanate ester compounds (A1) to (A3) having a specific structural unit, an epoxy resin (B), and an inorganic filler (C). A prepreg of the present invention is obtained by impregnating a base material with the resin composition or applying the resin composition to a base material. Furthermore, a metal foil-clad laminate of the present invention is the laminate comprising the prepreg. Furthermore, a printed wiring board of the present invention contains an insulating layer and a conductor layer formed on a surface of the insulating layer, in which the insulating layer contains the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Crimp terminal, method of manufacturing crimp terminal, electrical wire connection structure, and method of manufacturing electrical wire connection structure
    Patent number: 9525215
    Abstract: A crimp terminal that can maintain excellent water-stop performance over a long term and is enhanced in joint strength between a fitting portion and a covered electrical wire connection portion. The crimp terminal has a fitting portion at a tip thereof and an electrical wire connection portion at a rear end thereof, the electrical wire connection portion is configured in a tubular shape, a tip of the tube is crushed to be superimposed and closed, and a portion between the fitting portion and the electrical wire connection portion is formed by superimposing and bending two or more sheets of a plate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kawamura, Takashi Tonoike, Takuro Yamada, Masakazu Kozawa, Daisuke Takahashi, Masafumi Kawata, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • ELECTROCHROMIC DIMMING DEVICE AND ELECTROCHROMIC DRIVING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160349590
    Abstract: An electrochromic dimming device is provided. The electrochromic dimming device includes an electrochromic element, a color development power source, a color discharge powder source, and a variable resistance. The color development power source supplies electric power to the electrochromic element when the electrochromic element develops color. The color discharge powder source supplies electric power to the electrochromic element when the electrochromic element discharges color. The variable resistance is disposed on a first current path without being disposed on a second current path. The first current path is formed from the color development power source through a ground via the electrochromic element, and the second current path is formed from the color discharge power source to the ground via the electrochromic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi OHSHIMA, Shigenobu Hirano, Keiichiroh Yutani, Takahiko Matsumoto, Hidekazu Yaginuma, Kazuaki Tsuji, Sukchan Kim, Yasuo Katano, Kohji Takeuchi, Shun Goto, Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Electric Connector
    Publication number: 20160294089
    Abstract: At least one of a socket connector and a plug connector includes movable parts configured to elastically deform such that socket contact portions or plug contact portions at normal contact positions can be displaced in mating and unmating directions of the socket connector and the plug connector. A displacement load for displacement of the movable parts in the mating and unmating directions is set smaller than a load for positional displacement of at least the socket contact portions or the plug contact portions from the normal contact positions in the mating and unmating directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Katsumasa Sato, Koji Kuniyoshi
  • Connector and Substrate Interconnection Structure
    Publication number: 20160294111
    Abstract: A plug connector electrically connected to a socket connector includes a movable housing engaged with the socket connector; a fixed housing secured to a first substrate; and a plug terminal having a plug contact portion in electrical contact with the socket connector engaged with the movable housing, and a movable part configured to support the fixed housing such that the fixed housing can be displaced with respect to the movable housing in engaging and disengaging directions of the socket connector with respect to the movable housing, while maintaining the contact of the plug contact portion with the socket connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Katsumasa Sato, Koji Kuniyoshi
  • COATING APPARATUS AND COATING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160271636
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a coating apparatus includes an application head, a first moving device, a second moving device, a feeding device, and a suction device. The application head is opposed to a coating surface of a target with a predetermined distance, and forms a meniscus pillar of a coating material between the application head and the coating surface. The first moving device moves the application head. The second moving device moves the application head. The feeding device feeds the coating material between the application head and the coating surface of the target. The suction device sucks the coating material. A distance between the application head and the coating surface is made greater than the predetermined distance, and the coating material is sucked from the meniscus pillar by the suction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuya SAEKI, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI
  • Connector
    Patent number: 9397432
    Abstract: A connector is provided to sufficiently absorb the displacements of a plurality of connection objects with respect to a substrate even when the plurality of connection objects are connected. Two movable housings are formed by separate members that can move relative to each other, thereby absorbing the displacements of two mating connectors connected to the respective movable housings by each of the respective movable housings. This can sufficiently absorb the displacements of the mating connectors relative to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yukutake, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • MANUFACTURING METHOD OF IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160156817
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an imaging apparatus includes a process of forming, on a same substrate, gate electrodes of multiple MOS transistors forming pixel circuits and gate electrodes of multiple MOS transistors forming peripheral circuits, and a process of forming, on the substrate, an insulating film covering the gate electrodes of the multiple MOS transistors found in the pixel circuits and the gate electrodes of the multiple MOS transistors found in the peripheral circuits. A thickness of the gate electrode of a first MOS transistor in the multiple MOS transistors found in the pixel circuits is 1.2 times or more a thickness of the gate electrode of a second MOS transistor in the multiple MOS transistors found in the peripheral circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Tezuka, Yukihiro Hayakawa, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Connector
    Patent number: D768636
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumasa Sato, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Koji Kuniyoshii
  • Connector
    Patent number: D770983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumasa Sato, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Koji Kuniyoshii
  • Connector
    Patent number: D775084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumasa Sato, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Toshinori Nakayama
  • Connector
    Patent number: D780696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumasa Sato, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Toshinori Nakayama