Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Matsui

Hiroaki Matsui 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).

  • Publication number: 20250197974
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy for die casting g that has excellent thermally conductive properties contains, by mass, 0.4 to less than 1.4% of Fe, 0.1 to 0.8% of Si, and 0.1 to 1.0% of Mg, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Yasuo OKAMOTO, Mai FUTAZUKA, Hiroaki MATSUI, Takanari YOSHIMURA, Tomoo YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20250138364
    Abstract: An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroaki MATSUI, Takashi IKUTA
  • Publication number: 20250050671
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording layer forming liquid includes an electron-donating compound, an electron-accepting compound, and a solvent. A solubility of the electron-accepting compound to 100% ethanol at 20° C. is 5.0% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Shinji Okada, Shuichiro Abe, Tohru Kitano, Yuhei Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20250028200
    Abstract: An optical device is provided that achieves excellent light emitting performance while including a plurality of light sources disposed at higher density. The light source device includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources, a connecter, and wiring lines. The substrate includes a front surface and a rear surface on an opposite side of the front surface in a thickness direction. The substrate has a through-hole. The plurality of light sources is provided on the front surface of the substrate. The connecter includes a main body inserted in the through-hole of the substrate and a plurality of first terminals provided on the main body. The wiring lines each couple corresponding one of the plurality of light sources and corresponding one of the plurality of first terminals to each other. The wiring lines are provided on the front surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventor: HIROAKI MATSUI
  • Patent number: 12174486
    Abstract: An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Takashi Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20240357944
    Abstract: A raw material solution contains a rare earth element carboxylate having 1 or more and 4 or less carbon atoms, a barium carboxylate having 1 or more and 4 or less carbon atoms, and a copper carboxylate having 1 or more and 4 or less carbon atoms, as solutes, and water, two or more types of alcohols having 1 or more and 4 or less carbon atoms, a carboxylic acid having 1 or more and 4 or less carbon atoms, and a basic organic solvent, as solvents. A method for manufacturing an oxide superconducting material comprises a step of preparing a raw material solution, a step of forming a coating film from the raw material solution, a step of heating the coating film to form a calcined film, and a step of heating the calcined film to form an oxide superconducting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Genki HONDA, Tatsuoki NAGAISHI, Iwao YAMAGUCHI, Takaaki MANABE, Hiroaki MATSUI
  • Patent number: 12096195
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display device and a speaker device capable of outputting sound from the display surface of a non-self-luminous display panel. Provided is a display device including: a display panel unit that includes a non-self-luminous display cell; a light source unit that irradiates the display panel unit with light from a back surface; and an excitation unit that vibrates a constituent member constituting the display panel unit and outputs sound from a display surface of the display cell. The excitation unit provides excitation to an excitation member having a predetermined shape and a predetermined color to vibrate the constituent member that is fixed to the excitation member by a predetermined fixing method. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumasa Okamoto, Tatsuya Sakata, Hiroaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20240126119
    Abstract: An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki MATSUI, Takashi IKUTA
  • Patent number: 11892727
    Abstract: An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Takashi Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20230375875
    Abstract: An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki MATSUI, Takashi IKUTA
  • Publication number: 20230357889
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy extruded material using an aluminum alloy containing 20 to 95% by mass of a recycled aluminum material made by collecting and remelting extruded materials of aluminum alloys that are used or scrap materials generated in a manufacturing process, containing by mass: 6.0 to 8.0% of Zn, 1.0 to 2.0% of Mg, 0.10 to 0.50% of Cu, 0.10 to 0.25% of Zr, and 0.005 to 0.05% of Ti, with 0.30% or less of Si and 0.40% or less of Fe as impurities, and a balance being Al, includes cooling an extruded material at a cooling rate of 50 to 750° C./min from an extruded material temperature of 325 to 550° C. directly after extrusion, and thereafter performing two-stage artificial aging treatment at 90 to 130° C. for 1 to 8 hours and at 130 to 180° C. for 1 to 20 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Karin SHIBATA, Hiroaki MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20230357902
    Abstract: The method includes casting a billet of an aluminum alloy composition including, by mass: 6.0 to 8.0% of Zn, 1.5 to 3.0% of Mg, 0.20 to 1.50% of Cu, 0.10 to 0.25% of Zr, 0.005 to 0.05% of Ti, 0.15 to 0.35% of Mn, 0.25% or less of Sr, and 0.25 to 0.50% of a total of [Mn+Zr+Sr], and a balance including Al and unavoidable impurities, cooling the billet at a rate equal to or higher than a cooling rate of 50° C./hr after homogenization treatment at 480 to 520° C. for 1 to 14 hours, extruding an extruded material by using the billet subjected to the homogenization treatment so that a temperature of the extruded material directly after extruding becomes 325 to 550° C., cooling the extruded material at a rate of a cooling rate of 50 to 750° C./min directly after extruding, and applying two-stage artificial aging treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Karin SHIBATA, Hiroaki MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20230261679
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first terminal connected to an antenna; a second terminal connected to an input terminal of a receiving circuitry; a third terminal connected to an output terminal of a transmitting circuitry; a first inductor arranged in a signal path extending from the first terminal to the second terminal; and a second inductor arranged in a signal path extending from the first terminal to the third terminal, and the first inductor and the second inductor are formed so as to have at least a partial overlapping portion in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kyoya Takegawa, Kenichi Shibata, Hiroaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20230234084
    Abstract: Provided is a film forming apparatus capable of stably supplying a large amount of ceramic raw material powder for a long time and forming a homogeneous and dense film. A film forming apparatus 1 for forming a film on a base material K includes an aerosol transport path 10 for ejecting an aerosol obtained by dispersing a ceramic raw material powder in a gas, from an ejection end 10a toward the base material K, in which a flow path cross-section at an ejection end 10a of the aerosol transport path 10 has a substantially circular shape with an area of 10 mm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kyohei Manabe, Katsuki Higaki, Hisao Ohnishi, Mitsuaki Echigo, Tadayuki Sogi, Jun Akedo, Rintaro Aoyagi, Hiroaki Matsui, Kentaro Shinoda, Hiroki Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11707774
    Abstract: A workpiece material is fed between rollers to bend the workpiece material while rolling, wherein the workpiece has a first thickness portion and a second thickness portion connected to each other with a setting angle of 90 degrees. The first thickness portion increases from an inner side toward an outer side, and a thickness on an outer peripheral side of the first thickness portion is M, and a thickness of a cross section of the second thickness portion is N. The workpiece material is rolled in such that at a completion of bending, a thickness of a cross section of a first thickness portion is m, an outer radius of the first thickness portion is R, an inner radius of the first thickness portion is r, and a thickness of a cross section of a second thickness portion is n, and M equals to m(R/r), and N equals to n(R/r).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., AISIN KEIKINZOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Tachibana, Jin Shinmura, Arata Yoshida, Hiroaki Matsui
  • Patent number: 11668974
    Abstract: An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Takashi Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20230039852
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display device and a speaker device capable of outputting sound from the display surface of a non-self-luminous display panel. Provided is a display device including: a display panel unit that includes a non-self-luminous display cell; a light source unit that irradiates the display panel unit with light from a back surface; and an excitation unit that vibrates a constituent member constituting the display panel unit and outputs sound from a display surface of the display cell. The excitation unit provides excitation to an excitation member having a predetermined shape and a predetermined color to vibrate the constituent member that is fixed to the excitation member by a predetermined fixing method. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumasa Okamoto, Tatsuya Sakata, Hiroaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20220057675
    Abstract: An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Takashi Ikuta
  • Patent number: 11227953
    Abstract: A tunneling field effect transistor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first semiconductor layer having a first conductive type; a second semiconductor layer having a second conductive type and realizing a heterojunction with respect to the first semiconductor layer in a first region; a gate insulating layer over the second semiconductor layer in the first region; a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer; a first electrode layer electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer; a second electrode layer electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer; and a first insulating layer interposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer in a second region adjacent to the first region toward the second electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Kimihiko Kato, Shinichi Takagi, Mitsuru Takenaka, Hitoshi Tabata, Hiroaki Matsui
  • Patent number: 11194192
    Abstract: An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Takashi Ikuta