Patents by Inventor Hiroki Fukatsu

Hiroki Fukatsu 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: 11970390
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a microchannel device, which can form a channel that has high hydrophobicity, high solvent resistance as well, and also resistance to heat and damage, on demand with high accuracy, and produces the microchannel device at a low cost, while having high productivity. The method for producing a microchannel device includes: forming a channel pattern from a hydrophobic resin on a porous substrate by an electrophotographic method; melting the channel pattern by heat to allow the channel pattern to permeate into the porous substrate, thereby forming a channel in the inside of the porous substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Jun Miura, Keiji Miyazaki, Hiroki Tanaka, Makoto Fukatsu, Akihisa Matsukawa, Takayuki Kanazawa, Keigo Mizusawa, Masanori Seki, Masanori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230243664
    Abstract: Input of destination information is received from a user. Information on a parking facility to be a candidate when moving to a destination and information on a transportation service for transporting between arbitrary points are acquired. Based on the acquired information, information including a candidate of a composite route combining a first route for moving from a destination to a parking facility by using a vehicle and a second route for moving from the parking facility to the destination by using a transportation service is generated, and the information is output to a user interface. When the input for selecting the composite route is received from the user, the composite route is set as the travel route and the use reservation of the transportation service is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Ryota NAKABAYASHI, Takahiro SUZUKI, Shigeyuki KIDO, Naoya KUWATA, Hiroki FUKATSU
  • Patent number: 9340090
    Abstract: An air conditioning control apparatus mounted on an electric vehicle having a travel battery that supplies an electric power to a travel driving source, a battery charger that charges the travel battery with a power supply, and an air conditioner that conducts air conditioning in a vehicle interior, controls the air conditioner. When pre-air conditioning is implemented in a state where the battery charger is connected to the power supply, an inrush current generated in a short time when an operation of the air conditioner starts is absorbed by both of power feeding from the power supply and power feeding from the travel battery, and after the inrush current has been absorbed, the air conditioner operates by only the power feeding from the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Fukatsu
  • Patent number: 9168834
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a mobile communication device that controls in-vehicle devices remotely, a drive controller that controls drive of the vehicle, a communication controller that controls the wireless communication with the mobile communication device, and an auxiliary battery that activates the communication controller and an in-vehicle-device controller controlling the in-vehicle devices. The communication controller includes a stopper that stops the wireless communication if a correlating temperature is lower than or equal to a predetermined temperature, the correlating temperature correlating with the temperature of the auxiliary battery acquired at a first predetermined time after a stop of the drive controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yashiro, Naoki Kawashima, Hiroki Fukatsu, Masahide Shiba, Takuma Maeda
  • Patent number: 9076324
    Abstract: A remote control system includes an in-vehicle controller that is installed in a vehicle and controls in-vehicle devices installed in the vehicle; a mobile communication device that remotely controls the in-vehicle devices via the in-vehicle controller; and a wireless communication device that is installed in the vehicle and intervenes and establishes wireless communication between the in-vehicle controller and the mobile communication device, wherein the wireless communication device includes a reception-mode switching unit that switches between a reception standby mode with consumption of a standby current to prepare for reception from the mobile communication device and a reception dormant mode without consumption of a standby current in accordance with a time schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yashiro, Naoki Kawashima, Hiroki Fukatsu, Takuma Maeda, Masahide Shiba
  • Patent number: 8854006
    Abstract: A charge control device includes: a communication unit that receives a first instruction for setting a charging wait period, which is a period for waiting the charging operation by the battery charger, and a second instruction for setting a charging period, which is a period for executing the charging operation; a first timing unit that starts first timing operation for calculating a remaining charging wait period, which is a remaining period of the charging wait period, by subtracting an elapsed period from the charging wait period; a charging start unit that allows the battery charger to start the charging operation when the remaining charging wait period becomes zero; a second timing unit that starts second timing operation, together with start of the charging operation, for calculating a remaining charging period, which is a remaining period of the charging period, by subtracting an elapsed period from the charging period; and a charging stop unit that allows the battery charger to stop the charging opera
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroki Fukatsu
  • Publication number: 20140163777
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a mobile communication device that controls in-vehicle devices remotely, a drive controller that controls drive of the vehicle, a communication controller that controls the wireless communication with the mobile communication device, and an auxiliary battery that activates the communication controller and an in-vehicle-device controller controlling the in-vehicle devices. The communication controller includes a stopper that stops the wireless communication if a correlating temperature is lower than or equal to a predetermined temperature, the correlating temperature correlating with the temperature of the auxiliary battery acquired at a first predetermined time after a stop of the drive controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YASHIRO, Naoki KAWASHIMA, Hiroki FUKATSU, Masahide SHIBA, Takuma MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20140088794
    Abstract: A remote control system includes an in-vehicle controller that is installed in a vehicle and controls in-vehicle devices installed in the vehicle; a mobile communication device that remotely controls the in-vehicle devices via the in-vehicle controller; and a wireless communication device that is installed in the vehicle and intervenes and establishes wireless communication between the in-vehicle controller and the mobile communication device, wherein the wireless communication device includes a reception-mode switching unit that switches between a reception standby mode with consumption of a standby current to prepare for reception from the mobile communication device and a reception dormant mode without consumption of a standby current in accordance with a time schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YASHIRO, Naoki KAWASHIMA, Hiroki FUKATSU, Takuma MAEDA, Masahide SHIBA
  • Publication number: 20140088827
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device controller controlling an in-vehicle device for operating a high-voltage source installed in a vehicle includes a stopping unit stopping control or operation of the in-vehicle device to stop the operation of the high-voltage source when an open/close sensor detects opening of an openable member of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YASHIRO, Naoki KAWASHIMA, Hiroki FUKATSU, Masahide SHIBA, Takuma MAEDA
  • Patent number: 8272879
    Abstract: The present invention provides a planar connector having excellent performances including flatness, warp-deformation resistance, and heat resistance, being capable of responding to shape changes in recent planar connectors. Specifically, the planar connector is composed of a composite resin composition comprises (A) a liquid crystalline polymer containing 55% by mole or less of p-hydroxy benzoic acid residue and having a melting point of 330° C. or higher, (B) a plate-like inorganic filler, and (C) a fibrous filler having a weight average fiber length within a range of 250 to 600 ?m, the amount of (B) component being 25 to 35% by weight to the total composition, the amount of (C) component being 10 to 25% by weight to the total composition, the sum in total of (B) component and (C) component being 40 to 50% by weight to the total composition, wherein the connector has a lattice structure inside an outer frame, and has an opening inside the lattice area, and wherein the pitch interval of the lattice area is 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukatsu, Raita Nishikawa, Hirokazu Ohshiba, Seiji Kayukawa, Kazufumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120047928
    Abstract: An air conditioning control apparatus mounted on an electric vehicle having a travel battery that supplies an electric power to a travel driving source, a battery charger that charges the travel battery with a power supply, and an air conditioner that conducts air conditioning in a vehicle interior, controls the air conditioner. When pre-air conditioning is implemented in a state where the battery charger is connected to the power supply, an inrush current generated in a short time when an operation of the air conditioner starts is absorbed by both of power feeding from the power supply and power feeding from the travel battery, and after the inrush current has been absorbed, the air conditioner operates by only the power feeding from the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventor: Hiroki FUKATSU
  • Publication number: 20120049796
    Abstract: A charge control device includes: a communication unit that receives a first instruction for setting a charging wait period, which is a period for waiting the charging operation by the battery charger, and a second instruction for setting a charging period, which is a period for executing the charging operation; a first timing unit that starts first timing operation for calculating a remaining charging wait period, which is a remaining period of the charging wait period, by subtracting an elapsed period from the charging wait period; a charging start unit that allows the battery charger to start the charging operation when the remaining charging wait period becomes zero; a second timing unit that starts second timing operation, together with start of the charging operation, for calculating a remaining charging period, which is a remaining period of the charging period, by subtracting an elapsed period from the charging period; and a charging stop unit that allows the battery charger to stop the charging opera
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventor: Hiroki FUKATSU
  • Patent number: 7980897
    Abstract: Provided is a material capable of forming a molded product which has good mechanical properties with low warpage while being excellent in any of the performance including heat resistance and flowability, even if the molded product is an asymmetric electronic parts. Specifically, the asymmetric electronic parts is prepared by molding a liquid crystalline polymer composition comprising (A) a fibrous filler having an average fiber diameter within the range of 5 to 30 ?m, having a weight average fiber length within the range of 250 to 350 ?m, excluding 10 ?m or shorter fiber length, and having a content of a fibrous filler being 700 ?m or longer within the range of 5% by weight or less; and (B) a plate-like filler having an average particle size within the range of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukatsu, Seiji Kayukawa, Hirokazu Ohshiba, Raita Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110086968
    Abstract: The present invention provides a planar connector having excellent performances including flatness, warp-deformation resistance, and heat resistance, being capable of responding to shape changes in recent planar connectors. Specifically, the planar connector is composed of a composite resin composition comprises (A) a liquid crystalline polymer containing 55% by mole or less of p-hydroxy benzoic acid residue and having a melting point of 330° C. or higher, (B) a plate-like inorganic filler, and (C) a fibrous filler having a weight average fiber length within a range of 250 to 600 ?m, the amount of (B) component being 25 to 35% by weight to the total composition, the amount of (C) component being 10 to 25% by weight to the total composition, the sum in total of (B) component and (C) component being 40 to 50% by weight to the total composition, wherein the connector has a lattice structure inside an outer frame, and has an opening inside the lattice area, and wherein the pitch interval of the lattice area is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukatsu, Raita Nishikawa, Hirokazu Ohshiba, Seiji Kayukawa, Kazufumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7897083
    Abstract: The object is to provide a method for manufacturing liquid crystalline resin composition having a hollow filler and a fibrous filler using a common melting-kneading extruder to maintain well-balanced relation between the residual percentages of hollow filler and the fiber length, which balance could not be attained in the prior art. A liquid crystalline resin composition having 5 to 30% by weight of hollow filler and 5 to 30% by weight of fibrous filler is manufactured using a melting-kneading extruder provided with a screw. (1) The liquid crystalline resin is fed from a main feed port located at upstream side in the extruding direction, while a hollow filler and a fibrous filler are fed from a side feed port located at downstream side in the extruding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukatsu, Masayuki Sakai, Kazufumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7789670
    Abstract: The present invention provides a very thin planar connector having 2 mm or smaller pitch interval at the lattice area and 0.5 mm or smaller thickness of the lattice area, giving excellent performance in the whole performances such as moldability, flatness, warp-deformation, and heat resistance. A planar connector having a lattice structure within an outer frame is molded by using (C) a resin composition prepared by compounding (A) a liquid-crystalline polymer with (B) a fibrous filler, while the relation between the compounding quantity and the weight-average length of (B) the fibrous filler is controlled to a specified range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukatsu, Kazufumi Watanabe, Toshio Shiwaku, Hirokazu Ohshiba
  • Patent number: 7704408
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin-molded component for signal reader, which is light in weight and is able to improve the vibration damping property and to increase the resonance frequency, and which is excellent in heat dissipation. Specifically, it provides a resin-molded component for signal reader structured by 55 to 75% by weight of liquid crystalline polymer (A) composed of structural units expressed by general formulae (I) through (IV): —O—Ar1—CO—??(I) —CO—Ar2—CO—??(II) —O—Ar3—O—??(III) —O—Ar4—CO—??(IV) (where, Ar1 is 2,6-naphthalene group, Ar2 is selected from 1,2-phenylene group, 1,3-phenylene group, and, 1,4-phenylene group, Ar3 is selected from 1,3-phenylene group, 1,4-phenylene group, and p,p?-polyphenylene group, and Ar4 is 1,4-phenylene group); 20 to 10% by weight of inorganic hollow sphere (B1); and 25 to 15% by weight of fibrous inorganic filler (B2), and has 1.4 or smaller specific gravity d, 0.5 W/m·K or larger thermal conductivity ?, and 10 GPa or larger flexural modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki Fukatsu
  • Publication number: 20090197471
    Abstract: Provided is a material capable of forming a molded product which has good mechanical properties with low warpage while being excellent in any of the performance including heat resistance and flowability, even if the molded product is an asymmetric electronic parts. Specifically, the asymmetric electronic parts is prepared by molding a liquid crystalline polymer composition comprising (A) a fibrous filler having an average fiber diameter within the range of 5 to 30 ?m, having a weight average fiber length within the range of 250 to 350 ?m, excluding 10 ?m or shorter fiber length, and having a content of a fibrous filler being 700 ?m or longer within the range of 5% by weight or less; and (B) a plate-like filler having an average particle size within the range of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukatsu, Seiji Kayukawa, Hirokazu Ohshiba, Raita Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20070197706
    Abstract: The present invention provides a very thin planar connector having 2 mm or smaller pitch interval at the lattice area and 0.5 mm or smaller thickness of the lattice area, giving excellent performance in the whole performances such as moldability, flatness, warp-deformation, and heat resistance. A planar connector having a lattice structure within an outer frame is molded by using (C) a resin composition prepared by compounding (A) a liquid-crystalline polymer with (B) a fibrous filler, while the relation between the compounding quantity and the weight-average length of (B) the fibrous filler is controlled to a specified range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukatsu, Kazufumi Watanabe, Toshio Shiwaku, Hirokazu Ohshiba
  • Publication number: 20060113391
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin-molded component for signal reader, which is light in weight and is able to improve the vibration damping property and to increase the resonance frequency, and which is excellent in heat dissipation. Specifically, it provides a resin-molded component for signal reader structured by 55 to 75% by weight of liquid crystalline polymer (A) composed of structural units expressed by general formulae (I) through (IV): —O—Ar1—CO—??(I) —CO—Ar2—CO—??(II) —O—Ar3—O—??(III) —O—Ar4—CO—??(IV) (where, Ar1 is 2,6-naphthalene group, Ar2 is selected from 1,2-phenylene group, 1,3-phenylene group, and, 1,4-phenylene group, Ar3 is selected from 1,3-phenylene group, 1,4-phenylene group, and p,p?-polyphenylene group, and Ar4 is 1,4-phenylene group); 20 to 10% by weight of inorganic hollow sphere (B1); and 25 to 15% by weight of fibrous inorganic filler (B2), and has 1.4 or smaller specific gravity d, 0.5 W/m·K or larger thermal conductivity ?, and 10 GPa or larger flexural modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.,
    Inventor: Hiroki Fukatsu