Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Watanabe

Hiroaki Watanabe 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: 9884531
    Abstract: An automobile undercarriage component is provided with a web and a rib. The rib is configured so as to comprise a first section that is a section having the widest width and a second section that has a narrower width than the first section, and the second section having a narrower rib width than the first section as a result of an inner wall surface of the second section that is continuously formed from the web being provided so as to be adjacent to a facing outer surface wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Watanabe, Keita Okada, Hiroaki Hosoi
  • Patent number: 9841172
    Abstract: The light irradiating device which irradiates linear light includes: a substrate which is parallel to first and second directions; a plurality of LED light sources which emits light in a third direction intersecting a surface of the substrate; a heat transporting unit which extends in a direction opposite to the third direction from the substrate; a cooling unit which has a heat radiating pin radiating the heat of the heat transporting unit into the air, an LED driver circuit which drives the LED light source; a housing which has an opening sucking and exhausting external air on one surface of the second direction, accommodates the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit, and forms a wind tunnel in an area where the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit are disposed; and a fan which is provided at a side opposite to the third direction of the cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170329273
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus (1) includes an image bearing member (50), a charging section (51), a developing section (52), and a cleaning member (81). The image bearing member (50) contains filler particles (87). The charging section (51) is either in contact with or positioned close to the image bearing member (50) and is configured to electrically charge the image bearing member (50) by generating a proximity discharge between the charging section (51) and the image bearing member (50). The developing section (52) supplies toner to the circumferential surface of the charged image bearing member (50). The cleaning member (81) has a degree of hardness equal to or higher than 65° and a degree of impact resilience equal to or lower than 30%. The cleaning member (81) is brought into pressure contact with the circumferential surface of the image bearing member (50) being rotated, by applying linear pressure equal to or higher than 15 gf/cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka IMANAKA, Hiroaki WATANABE, Masahito ISHINO
  • Publication number: 20170314247
    Abstract: A sanitary apparatus includes: a fan; an air-blowing passage provided on a downstream side from the fan and includes a first air-blowing passage and a second air-blowing passage partitioned from each other; a heater for heating air of the first air-blowing passage; and an ion generating device generating ions to be carried by the air blowing of the second air-blowing passage, in which the ion generating device is installed on a downstream side from the heater so that the generated ions join the air blown from the first air-blowing passage by the air blowing of the second air-blowing passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Toshihiko Komatsu, Hiroaki Watanabe, Yasuyuki Furutani
  • Publication number: 20170300002
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus (1) includes a photosensitive drum (50), a cleaning blade (81), and a drive mechanism (90). The cleaning blade (81) is in pressed contact with a circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum (50). The drive mechanism (90) causes one of the photosensitive drum (50) and the cleaning blade (81) to reciprocate in a rotational axis direction (D) of the photosensitive drum (50). The drive mechanism (90) for example causes the photosensitive drum (50) to reciprocate in the rotational axis direction (D). The photosensitive drum (50) includes a photosensitive layer (85). An outermost layer of the photosensitive layer (85) contains a plurality of particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka IMANAKA, Hiroaki WATANABE, Masahito ISHINO
  • Publication number: 20170284738
    Abstract: Provided is a heat radiating apparatus. The heat radiating apparatus includes a support member in close contact with the heat source, a heat pipe thermally joined with the support member, and a plurality of heat radiating fins placed in a space that faces a second principal surface. The heat pipe includes a first line part thermally joined with the support member, a second line part thermally joined with the heat radiating fins, and a connecting part which connects the first line part to the second line part. A length of the heat pipe is slightly shorter than or equal to the support member. The connecting part has a curved part thermally joined with the support member. When a plurality of heat radiating apparatuses are arranged in the direction in which the first line part extends, the heat radiating apparatuses can be connected such that the first principal surfaces are successive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170284650
    Abstract: Provided is a heat radiating apparatus for radiating heat of a heat source in air. The heat radiating apparatus includes a support member in close contact with the heat source on a first principal surface side, a heat pipe supported by the support member, and a plurality of heat radiating fins in a space that faces a second principal surface to radiate the heat transferred by the heat pipe. The heat pipe has a first line part thermally joined with the support member, a second line part thermally joined with the heat radiating fins, and a connecting part. A plurality of heat radiating apparatuses can be connected such that the first principal surfaces are successive, and each of the plurality of heat radiating apparatuses has a receiving part for receiving the connecting parts of adjacent heat radiating apparatuses in the space that faces the second principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170284642
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting diode (LED) substrate. The LED substrate includes a substrate of a rectangular shape having sides in a first direction and a second direction, a plurality of LED devices placed on a surface of the substrate, and a plurality of conducting member which electrically connects the plurality of LED devices on the surface of the substrate and forms 2n circuits independent from each other in the first direction. Each circuit has a first electrode part and a second electrode part. The first electrode part receives input of an electric current from the outside, the second electrode part outputs an electric current to the outside, and the first electrode part and the second electrode part face each other in the second direction, and are alternately placed in the first direction to be point-symmetrical with respect to a center of the substrate as a symmetry point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170247870
    Abstract: Afforded are: a toilet body including a toilet bowl part, a rim conduit 36, and a rim part; and a functional component mounted on an upper surface part of the toilet body, rearward of the toilet bowl part. The upper surface part includes a cut-out part formed such as to be recessed downward from the other part of the upper surface part. The functional component is disposed on the cut-out part such as to be partially positioned downward with respect to an upper surface of the rim part, and such as to be partially stuck out into the toilet bowl part from upon the cut-out part, and, on a bottom surface of the stuck-out part, the functional component is provided with a conduit forming surface serving as an upper surface of the rim conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Akiya SAEKI, Hiroaki WATANABE, Yukihiro INOUE, Tooru HIGASHINO, Masato TAKEDA, Akiya OOHIRA, Takeya ICHIYANAGI, Yasuhiro KONDO, Hironao INOUE, Tetsuo HATA
  • Publication number: 20170205062
    Abstract: The light irradiating device which irradiates linear light includes: a substrate which is parallel to first and second directions; a plurality of LED light sources which emits light in a third direction intersecting a surface of the substrate; a heat transporting unit which extends in a direction opposite to the third direction from the substrate; a cooling unit which has a heat radiating pin radiating the heat of the heat transporting unit into the air, an LED driver circuit which drives the LED light source; a housing which has an opening sucking and exhausting external air on one surface of the second direction, accommodates the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit, and forms a wind tunnel in an area where the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit are disposed; and a fan which is provided at a side opposite to the third direction of the cooling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170162181
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic machine including a speaker unit; a housing; and a rotating device. The rotating device rotates the speaker unit with respect to the housing, wherein the speaker unit is provided with an opening portion and a member which is supported by the housing and extends substantially in parallel to a rotational axis of the speaker unit is adapted to passing through the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki WATANABE, Nobuyuki SATO, Takeru MIKI, Toshiya KOSAKA, Eitaro UNNO, Takahiro KUDO, Yoshihiko TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20170115591
    Abstract: Provided a charging member including an electro-conductive support and a surface layer, the surface layer having in an outer surface thereof, concave portions and holding an elastic particle in each of the concave portions, the elastic particle being exposed at a surface of the charging member to form a convex portion in the surface of the charging member, and a part of a wall of each of the concave portions constituting a part of the surface of the charging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Kenya Terada, Takumi Furukawa, Hiroaki Watanabe, Yuya Tomomizu, Toshiro Suzuki, Kenichi Yazawa, Kazuhiro Gesho
  • Publication number: 20170115590
    Abstract: Provided a charging member comprising an electro-conductive support and an electro-conductive surface layer, the surface layer including on the outer surface thereof, concave portions that are independent of each other, and holding an insulating particle in each of the concave portions, the insulating particle being exposed to the surface of the charging member and forms a convex portion on the surface of the charging member, in an orthogonal projection image of which the concave portions and the insulating particle are projected on a surface of the electro-conductive support, a site in which an outer edge of a projection image derived from the insulating particle and an outer edge of a projection image derived from each of the concave portions are separated, exists, and a part of a wall of each of the concave portions constitutes a part of the surface of the charging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Takumi Furukawa, Hiroaki Watanabe, Kenya Terada, Yuya Tomomizu, Toshiro Suzuki, Kenichi Yazawa, Kazuhiro Gesho
  • Patent number: 9615166
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic machine that is provided with a speaker and that enables a direction of the speaker to be appropriately and arbitrarily changed. The electronic machine includes a speaker unit, housings, and a rotating device. The speaker unit is supported by the housing. The rotating device includes a first rotating device configured to rotate the speaker unit with respect to the housings about a direction intersecting with an axis of the housings serving as a rotational axis, and a second rotating device configured to rotate the speaker unit with respect to the housings about the axis of the housings serving as a rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Watanabe, Nobuyuki Sato, Takeru Miki, Toshiya Kosaka, Eitaro Unno, Takahiro Kudo, Yoshihiko Takeda
  • Publication number: 20170072788
    Abstract: A fuel shutoff valve is attached to the upper portion of a fuel tank and shuts off the communication between the inside of the fuel tank and a canister by opening and closing a vapor passage for communicating between the fuel tank and the canister. The fuel shutoff valve is configured with a first valve mechanism having a coil disposed on the inner periphery of a cylindrical valve chamber and a movable core, which enables to communicate between the fuel tank and the canister by lowering the level of the movable core, and a second valve mechanism which enables to communicate between the fuel tank and the outside thereof by shifting the level of the valve body which is disposed inside the movable core due to the pressure from the inside of the fuel tank or the outside thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Ogiwara, Yusuke Sakaguchi, Hiroaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170067240
    Abstract: A method for removing odors produced in a toilet main unit of a toilet is made available. Specifically, a deodorizing unit having an air expulsion port and an air suctioning port is provided in a rear portion of the toilet main unit, and air is circulated by expelling air through the expulsion port such as to laterally swirl the air along an inner surface of the toilet's bowl, and by suctioning swirled returning air via the suctioning port. Deodorization is carried out in the course of circulating the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko KOMATSU, Hiroaki WATANABE, Yasuyuki FURUTANI, Dai GOTO, Takuma UCHIYAMA, Kensaku HIRAOKA, Tomoya SASAKI
  • Patent number: 9583280
    Abstract: An electricity storage device maintains low internal resistance and high electric capacity. The nonaqueous-electrolytic-solution hybrid electricity storage device employs an anode into/from which lithium can be intercalated and deintercalated and a cathode including activated carbon, even after high-temperature storage and/or high-temperature charging/discharging. Specifically, this electricity storage device includes an anode into/from which lithium can be intercalated and deintercalated, a cathode that includes activated carbon, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the electricity storage device employs a nonaqueous electrolytic solution that includes at least one type of compound represented by one of general formulas (1) to (5). Details on the general formulas (1) to (5) are as described in the Description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Taki, Hiroaki Watanabe, Atsuki Shibuya, Akiko Tasaki, Eiji Katsuno
  • Patent number: 9578755
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes: a multilayer core substrate including first and second insulation layers and a double-sided board between the first and second insulation layers. The core substrate has a cylindrical through-hole structure including a cylindrical conductor through the insulation layers and the board, a resin filler filling inside the cylindrical conductor and covering circuits covering the filler at the ends of the cylindrical conductor, respectively. The core substrate includes a conductive layer including a through-hole land around end of the structure such that the land is directly connected to the cylindrical conductor, the land includes a first electroless film, a first electrolytic film, a second electroless film and a second electrolytic film, and the cylindrical conductor includes the second electroless and electrolytic films such that the second electroless film is in contact with the side walls of the first electroless and electrolytic films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Mizutani, Hiroaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9542266
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a combinational circuit to output a state value and a parity value, a first parity check circuit to perform a parity check based on the state value and the parity value stored in a first FF circuit and output a first parity error, a second parity check circuit to perform a parity check based on the state value and the parity value stored in a second FF circuit and output a second parity error, and a selector to, when the first parity error is not output but the second parity error is output, output the state value in the first FF circuit to the combinational circuit, and when the first parity error is output but the second parity error is not output, output the state value in the second FF circuit to the combinational circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Chikahiro Deguchi, Yutaka Sekino, Yoshiki Okumura, Hiroaki Watanabe, Naoki Maezawa, Hideyuki Negi
  • Patent number: 9534565
    Abstract: An evaporated-fuel processing apparatus including: a sealing valve which is arranged in a communication path between the atmosphere and a fuel tank mounted on a vehicle having an internal combustion engine, and shuts an internal space of the fuel tank off from the atmosphere; an open/close member which covers a fuel filling port of the fuel tank; a refueling-intention-information acquisition unit which acquires information indicating an intention of refueling; and a control unit which issues an opening command for opening the sealing valve when the refueling-intention-information acquisition unit acquires the information indicating an intention of refueling, and allows the open/close member to open when a time elapsed from the moment at which the opening command is issued exceeds a first predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayumu Horiba, Hiroshi Kitamura, Masakazu Kitamoto, Koichi Hidano, Mahito Shikama, Hiroaki Watanabe