Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Nakano

Hiroaki Nakano 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).

  • Patent number: 10363371
    Abstract: A laminated gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe is provided, which includes a main body (14) made of an elastic material, and a film (15) provided on a surface of the main body (14). The gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) to be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface (16) of a syringe barrel (11) of the syringe. The gasket (13) further includes a projection (22) provided on a surface portion of the film (15) present in the circumferential surface portion (17) as extending circumferentially of the gasket. The projection (22) has a height of not less than 15 ?m and not greater than 55 ?m and a width of not less than 30 ?m and not greater than 75 ?m. With this arrangement, the laminated gasket is excellent in sealability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Yuki Sakashita, Yoshikazu Masuyama
  • Publication number: 20190222066
    Abstract: A power feed device according to the present disclosure includes a power feed section that supplies power wirelessly to a power receiving device having a power receiving coil, a communication section that receives coil information transmitted from the power receiving device and indicating whether or not a coil is provided near the power receiving coil, and a controller that performs, on the basis of the coil information, a first determination as to whether or not to supply power to the power receiving device and controls an operation of the power feed section on the basis of a result of the first determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu KOZAKAI, Hiroaki NAKANO, Takashi MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10326318
    Abstract: A detection device, including: one or a plurality of magnetic coupling elements configured to have one or a plurality of coils; and a detection unit that measures or calculates an effective resistance values of the magnetic coupling elements or an effective resistance value of a circuit including at least the magnetic coupling elements and determines a presence or absence of a foreign substance based on a change in the effective resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Miyamoto, Hiroaki Nakano, Tomomichi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20190181684
    Abstract: A power feed system according to the present disclosure includes a power feed device and a power receiving device. The power receiving device includes a power receiving section that receives power wirelessly from the power feed device with use of a power receiving coil, and a first communication section that transmits, to the power feed device, coil information indicating whether or not a coil is provided near the power receiving coil. The power feed device includes a power feed section that supplies power wirelessly to the power receiving device, a second communication section that receives the coil information, and a controller that performs, on the basis of the coil information, a first determination as to whether or not to supply power to the power receiving device, and controls an operation of the power feed section on the basis of a result of the first determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Osamu Kozakai, Hiroaki Nakano, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20190173700
    Abstract: A communication device according to the disclosure includes: a signal generator that generates, on the basis of the first signal received from a communication partner through a coil, a second signal that synchronizes with the first signal; a first modulator configured to be able to modulate the first signal on the basis of the second signal; a second modulator configured to be able to modulate the first signal; and a communication controller that selects, on the basis of the first signal, whichever modulator is to be operated, from the first modulator and the second modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Uichiro Omae, Hiroaki Fujita, Masayoshi Abe
  • Patent number: 10312741
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: an electricity reception section configured to receive power fed from a power feeding unit using a magnetic field; a voltage detection section configured to detect a received voltage supplied from the electricity reception section; and a control section, wherein while preliminary power feeding at a lower power than main power feeding is performed from the power feeding unit, and when a received voltage detected by the voltage detection section is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold voltage, the control section performs voltage reduction control so as to decrease the received voltage to lower than the threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen
  • Patent number: 10298064
    Abstract: A power receiving unit of the disclosure includes: a power generation section configured to generate direct-current power, based on a power signal supplied wirelessly from a power feeding unit; and a communication section configured to set a load of the power signal in accordance with an output current of the power generation section, and to communicate with the power feeding unit by modulating the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Keigo Bunsen, Osamu Kozakai, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Publication number: 20190148983
    Abstract: A power receiving device according to the present disclosure includes a power receiving section that receives power from a power feed device with use of a power receiving coil; and a communication section that transmits coil information to the power feed device, the coil information indicating whether or not a coil is provided near the power receiving coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Osamu Kozakai, Hiroaki Nakano, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10285905
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a medical rubber stopper that is excellent in chemical resistance and airtightness while having good productivity. The present invention relates to a medical rubber stopper including: a disk-shaped head portion with a flange region; and a cylindrical leg portion protruding from the lower surface of the head portion and having a smaller diameter than the head portion, the lower surface of the flange region and the leg portion being laminated with an inert film, the lower surface of the flange region and/or the outer periphery of the leg portion being provided with an annular groove through which the base rubber is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Masuyama, Hiroaki Nakano
  • Patent number: 10277076
    Abstract: A power receiving unit of the disclosure includes a communicator that communicates with a feed unit, a power receiver that has a first rectifier circuit and a second rectifier circuit that each rectify an electric power signal supplied from the feed unit, and a controller that selects and operates one of the first rectifier circuit and the second rectifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Uichiro Omae
  • Patent number: 10256673
    Abstract: A detection device, including: one or a plurality of magnetic coupling elements configured to have one or a plurality of coils; and a detection unit that measures or calculates an effective resistance values of the magnetic coupling elements or an effective resistance value of a circuit including at least the magnetic coupling elements and determines a presence or absence of a foreign substance based on a change in the effective resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Miyamoto, Hiroaki Nakano, Tomomichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 10256869
    Abstract: This technology relates to a communication apparatus and a communication method adapted to improve the deterioration of communication performance due to variations in parts, for example. A test signal generating section generates a predetermined test signal. A detecting section detects, given a received test signal obtained by a transmitting and receiving section upon receipt of the test signal, an influence parameter affecting the intensity of an active load modulation signal that combines a transmission carrier with a synchronizing signal synchronized with a received signal obtained upon receipt of the transmission carrier. A controlling section controls the intensity of the active load modulation signal in accordance with the influence parameter. This technology applies to cases where short-range wireless communication is performed using magnetic fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Masayoshi Abe, Hiroaki Fujita, Hiroshi Matsui
  • Patent number: 10243767
    Abstract: A communication device according to the disclosure includes: a signal generator that generates, on the basis of the first signal received from a communication partner through a coil, a second signal that synchronizes with the first signal; a first modulator configured to be able to modulate the first signal on the basis of the second signal; a second modulator configured to be able to modulate the first signal; and a communication controller that selects, on the basis of the first signal, whichever modulator is to be operated, from the first modulator and the second modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Uichiro Omae, Hiroaki Fujita, Masayoshi Abe
  • Patent number: 10211887
    Abstract: A receiver of the disclosure includes: a load modulator that transmits an active load modulation signal generated by active load modulation to a reader writer, in response to a carrier signal transmitted from the reader writer; and a controller that determines whether the active load modulation signal has reached the reader writer, and controls the load modulator to retransmit the active load modulation signal, after changing a phase of the active load modulation signal with respect to the carrier signal, in a case where the controller determines that the active load modulation signal has not reached the reader writer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Uichiro Omae, Hiroaki Fujita, Masayoshi Abe, Ken Matsui
  • Patent number: 10199868
    Abstract: A device configured to receive power (20B), the device comprising a coil (21L) having a resistance, and at least one circuit (30) configured to calculate a target voltage value based on an amount of power received by the device and the resistance of the coil, and control received power voltage based on the calculated target voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Keigo Bunsen, Takaaki Hashiguchi, Osamu Kozakai, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 10173013
    Abstract: Laminated gasket free from liquid drug leakage. A gasket (13) for a medical syringe, with main body (14) made of elastic material, and film (15) provided on a surface of main body (14). Gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) for contact with an inner peripheral surface of a syringe barrel (11) and an annular groove (22) formed circumferentially in a surface portion of the film in the circumferential surface portion thereof. Annular groove (22) has outer edge portions (24) provided along opposite edges (23) thereof as projecting from an unprocessed surface portion of the film. Annular groove (22) has a groove formation start point and a groove formation end point connected to each other in a groove connection region. Outer edge portions (24) provided along the opposite edges of the annular groove have a maximum-to-minimum height difference of ?5 ?m in the groove connection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaneko, Hiroaki Nakano
  • Publication number: 20180369489
    Abstract: A laminated gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe is provided, which includes a main body (14) made of an elastic material, and a film (15) provided on a surface of the main body (14). The gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) to be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface (16) of a syringe barrel (11) of the syringe. The gasket (13) further includes a projection (22) provided on a surface portion of the film (15) present in the circumferential surface portion (17) as extending circumferentially of the gasket. The projection (22) has a height of not less than 15 ?m and not greater than 55 ?m and a width of not less than 30 ?m and not greater than 75 ?m. With this arrangement, the laminated gasket is excellent in sealability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki NAKANO, Yuki SAKASHITA, Yoshikazu MASUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180294679
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting the presence of undesirable foreign matter in a region between a wireless power transmission apparatus and a power reception apparatus are described. First and second detection methods, based on different detection schemes, may be used to detect and distinguish the presence of foreign matter from misalignment during power transfer operation. A first detection method may be used before power is transferred to a load in a power reception apparatus, and a second detection method may be used while power is supplied to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Osamu Kozakai, Shinji Komiyama, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Publication number: 20180289897
    Abstract: Laminated gasket free from liquid drug leakage. Gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe includes main body (14) made of an elastic material and film (15) on a surface of main body (14). Gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) that can contact an inner peripheral surface of syringe barrel (11) of the syringe, and has an annular groove (22) formed circumferentially in a surface portion of the film present in the circumferential surface portion thereof. Annular groove (22) has outer edge portions (24) provided along opposite edges (23) thereof as projecting from an unprocessed surface portion of the film. Annular groove (22) has groove formation start points and end points that are connected to each other in a groove connection region. Outer edge portions (24) along the opposite edges of the annular groove have a maximum-to-minimum height difference of ?5 ?m in the groove connection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KANEKO, Hiroaki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180287428
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda