Patents by Inventor Hiroki Eto

Hiroki Eto 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: 20260076867
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a care device with improved pleasantness when the care device is brought into contact with and worn on the skin. The care device of the present disclosure is a care device that is brought into contact with or worn on the skin. The care device of the present disclosure includes a skin wearing member containing an elastomer. The skin wearing member has an Asker C hardness of 30 degrees or less and a coefficient of static friction of 3 or less. Here, the coefficient of static friction is a coefficient of static friction for an artificial skin sheet that satisfies the following characteristics (A) and (B). (A) A compressive stress of the artificial skin sheet at a time of being pushed in a thickness direction at a depth of 2 mm is between 0.01 MPa and 0.05 MPa inclusive. (B) Calculated average roughness Ra of a surface of the artificial skin sheet is from 5 ?m to 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: HARUKA KUSUKAME, TOMOKO KAWASHIMA, HIROKI ETO
  • Publication number: 20250171077
    Abstract: An operation amount acquisition device in a rear wheel steering system including a steering rod, an actuator, and a control device configured to control a steering angle of a left rear wheel and/or a right rear wheel based on an operation amount of the actuator, the operation amount acquisition device including: an operation amount detecting device configured to detect the operation amount; an inclination-related value detecting portion configured to detect an inclination-related value related to an inclination of a front-rear direction axis of the vehicle with respect to a traveling direction thereof; and an operation amount correcting portion configured to correct, based on a detected inclination-related value, the operation amount detected in a state in which the steering angle of the left rear wheel and/or the right rear wheel is controlled by the control device based on the operation amount such that the vehicle is in a straight traveling state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yotaro NOMOTO, Shuji FUJITA, Takeo TANABE, Hiroki ETO, Shohei FUNAHAZAMA, Takahiro IWAHARA, Keisuke MATSUKURA
  • Patent number: 11145996
    Abstract: The electrode connection structure includes: a first base material; a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer that are located on the first base material; a second base material; a first fastening member and a second fastening member; and an insulating member, wherein the first fastening member includes: a shaft portion inserted in a first through hole penetrating the first electrode layer and the insulating member; and two clamping portions that clamp a periphery of the first through hole in each of the first electrode layer and the insulating member, and the second fastening member includes: a shaft portion inserted in a second through hole penetrating the second electrode layer and the insulating member; and two clamping portions that clamp a periphery of the second through hole in each of the second electrode layer and the insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamashita, Hiroki Eto, Hidenori Kitamura, Takumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210036438
    Abstract: The electrode connection structure includes: a first base material; a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer that are located on the first base material; a second base material; a first fastening member and a second fastening member; and an insulating member, wherein the first fastening member includes: a shaft portion inserted in a first through hole penetrating the first electrode layer and the insulating member; and two clamping portions that clamp a periphery of the first through hole in each of the first electrode layer and the insulating member, and the second fastening member includes: a shaft portion inserted in a second through hole penetrating the second electrode layer and the insulating member; and two clamping portions that clamp a periphery of the second through hole in each of the second electrode layer and the insulating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAMASHITA, Hiroki ETO, Hidenori KITAMURA, Takumi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20190361537
    Abstract: Provided is an input device including; a capacitance sensor that has an operation panel to which a detection electrode is fixed, and a capacitance detection circuit, to detect contact of a finger with the operation panel and slide operation with the finger; a push switch that is provided on a back face side of the operation panel to detect push operation on the operation panel; and a control circuit that is connected to the capacitance detection circuit and the push switch. The control circuit outputs a signal of causing a window W to perform manual opening and closing operation when the slide operation with the finger is detected, and outputs a signal of causing the window W to perform automatic fully opening and closing operation when contact of the finger with each of upper and lower end portions of the operation panel is detected and push operation on the operation panel is detected within a predetermined period of time after the contact is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: HIROKI ETO, YASUHIRO YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 8017482
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device at low cost in which the gate insulation film having a trench structure is not damaged by arsenic ions when the emitter layer or the like is formed and the insulation breakdown voltage is enhanced. A gate electrode made of polysilicon formed in a trench is thermally oxidized in a high temperature furnace or the like to form a thick polysilicon thermal oxide film on the gate electrode. Impurity ions are then ion-implanted to form an N type semiconductor layer that is to be an emitter layer or the like. At this time, the polysilicon thermal oxide film is formed thicker than the projected range Rp of impurity ions in the silicon oxide film for forming the N type semiconductor layer as the emitter layer or the like by ion implantation. This prevents a gate insulation film between the gate electrode and the N type semiconductor layer from being damaged by the impurity ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignees: SANYO Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Toshikazu Matsui, Yasuyuki Sayama, Hiroki Eto, Takumi Hosoya
  • Publication number: 20110159651
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device at low cost in which the gate insulation film having a trench structure is not damaged by arsenic ions when the emitter layer or the like is formed and the insulation breakdown voltage is enhanced. A gate electrode made of polysilicon formed in a trench is thermally oxidized in a high temperature furnace or the like to form a thick polysilicon thermal oxide film on the gate electrode. Impurity ions are then ion-implanted to form an N type semiconductor layer that is to be an emitter layer or the like. At this time, the polysilicon thermal oxide film is formed thicker than the projected range Rp of impurity ions in the silicon oxide film for forming the N type semiconductor layer as the emitter layer or the like by ion implantation. This prevents a gate insulation film between the gate electrode and the N type semiconductor layer from being damaged by the impurity ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TOSHIKAZU MATSUI, YASUYUKI SAYAMA, HIROKI ETO, TAKUMI HOSOYA
  • Patent number: 6920295
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying information that the user wants to obtain in a visually easy-to-recognize manner. In a compound image forming apparatus provided with: one of original reading means for reading image information from an original, image receiving means for receiving image information from a terminal connected to a network and a line image receiving means for receiving image information from a telephone line; image forming means for forming an image based on the image information obtained by the means; and a display portion for displaying the condition of the apparatus, a display condition control portion is provided that changes the display condition of the display portion to a visually easy-to-recognize condition when the condition of the compound image forming apparatus is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sohichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Eto, Kouichi Eto, Michiyuki Suzuki, Takashi Ide, Koji Tsukamoto, Kenji Tani, Hirohito Morioka, Kimiko Watanabe, Kazuya Masuda, Yoshinori Nakahira, Masaaki Kawakami, Takashi Sugitoh, Yoshikazu Kondoh, Mariko Arai, Takahiro Kawakami, Toshinori Tsujii
  • Publication number: 20040013441
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying information that the user wants to obtain in a visually easy-to-recognize manner. In a compound image forming apparatus provided with: one of original reading means for reading image information from an original, image receiving means for receiving image information from a terminal connected to a network and a line image receiving means for receiving image information from a telephone line; image forming means for forming an image based on the image information obtained by the means; and a display portion for displaying the condition of the apparatus, a display condition control portion is provided that changes the display condition of the display portion to a visually easy-to-recognize condition when the condition of the compound image forming apparatus is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Sohichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Eto, Kouichi Eto, Michiyuki Suzuki, Takashi Ide, Koji Tsukamoto, Kenji Tani, Hirohito Morioka, Kimiko Watanabe, Kazuya Masuda, Yoshinori Nakahira, Masaaki Kawakami, Takashi Sugitoh, Yoshikazu Kondoh, Mariko Arai, Takahiro Kawakami, Toshinori Tsujii
  • Patent number: 6603937
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying information that the user wants to obtain in a visually easy-to-recognize manner. In a complex image forming apparatus provided with: one of original reading means for reading image information from an original, image receiving means for receiving image information from a terminal connected to a network and a line image receiving means for receiving image information from a telephone line; image forming means for forming an image based on the image information obtained by the means; and a display portion for displaying the condition of the apparatus, a display condition control portion is provided that changes the display condition of the display portion to a visually easy-to-recognize condition when the condition of the complex image forming apparatus is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sohichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Eto, Kouichi Eto, Michiyuki Suzuki, Takashi Ide, Koji Tsukamoto, Kenji Tani, Hirohito Morioka, Kimiko Watanabe, Kazuya Masuda, Yoshinori Nakahira, Masaaki Kawakami, Takashi Sugitoh, Yoshikazu Kondoh, Mariko Arai, Takahiro Kawakami, Toshinori Tsujii
  • Publication number: 20020159786
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying information that the user wants to obtain in a visually easy-to-recognize manner. In a complex image forming apparatus provided with: one of original reading means for reading image information from an original, image receiving means for receiving image information from a terminal connected to a network and a line image receiving means for receiving image information from a telephone line; image forming means for forming an image based on the image information obtained by the means; and a display portion for displaying the condition of the apparatus, a display condition control portion is provided that changes the display condition of the display portion to a visually easy-to-recognize condition when the condition of the complex image forming apparatus is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Sohichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Eto, Kouichi Eto, Michiyuki Suzuki, Takashi Ide, Koji Tsukamoto, Kenji Tani, Hirohito Morioka, Kimiko Watanabe, Kazuya Masuda, Yoshinori Nakahira, Masaaki Kawakami, Takashi Sugitoh, Yoshikazu Kondoh, Mariko Arai, Takahiro Kawakami, Toshinori Tsujii