Patents by Inventor Hiroki Kawakami

Hiroki Kawakami 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: 20240138183
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a novel display apparatus is provided. The method includes a first step of forming a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first gap over an insulating film, a second step of forming a first film over the second electrode; a third step of forming a first layer overlapping with the first electrode, a fourth step of removing the first film by an etching method to form a first unit overlapping with the first electrode, a fifth step of removing a surface of the second electrode, a sixth step of forming a second film over the first layer and the second electrode, a seventh step of forming a second layer overlapping with the second electrode, and an eighth step of removing the second film by an etching method using the second layer to form a second unit overlapping with the second electrode and a second gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yasutaka NAKAZAWA, Takayuki OHIDE, Naoto GOTO, Hiroki ADACHI, Satoru IDOJIRI, Hayato YAMAWAKI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Sachiko KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11958655
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical storage box to be stored in a pharmaceutical refrigerator so as to be freely movable in and out of the pharmaceutical refrigerator, the pharmaceutical storage box including: a bottom plate on which a pharmaceutical is placed, the pharmaceutical having an attached IC tag; a first side plate having an attached first antenna, the first side plate removably connected to a first end surface of the bottom plate; a second side plate removably connected to a second end surface of the bottom plate; and a back plate removably connected to a third end surface of the bottom plate, wherein the first side plate has a first connection structure connectable to the second end surface, wherein the second side plate has a second connection structure that is connectable to the first end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamaji, Motohiro Kawakami, Hideyuki Morii
  • Publication number: 20240106985
    Abstract: A video distribution server, video distribution method, and recording medium which receives moving images from an originating terminal and distributes these moving images to a viewer terminal implements a questionnaire within the broadcast on the basis of commands from the originating terminal and provides the same questionnaire to a Web server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo KAWAKAMI, Hiroki SHIMOMURA, Takashi KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240006145
    Abstract: An X-ray generation device includes an electron gun emitting an electron beam, an X-ray generation target including a plurality of target parts generating X-rays in response to incidence of the electron beam from the electron gun, and an irradiation area switching unit switching an area of the X-ray generation target irradiated with the electron beam between a first irradiation area and a second irradiation area. The number of target parts included in the first irradiation area is larger than the number of target parts included in the second irradiation area. An area of the target parts included in the first irradiation area is larger than an area of the target parts included in the second irradiation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Hiroki KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230413410
    Abstract: An X-ray generation target includes a plurality of long target parts generating X-rays in response to incidence of an electron beam and a target part holder in which the plurality of target parts are buried to be parallel to each other. The target part holder includes a mark part indicating an arrangement state of the target parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroki FURUKI, Hiroki KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230123985
    Abstract: An X-ray generation device includes: an electron gun that emits an electron beam; a target portion in which a plurality of elongated targets that generate an X-ray because of incidence of the electron beam are disposed parallel to each other; a housing that accommodates the electron gun and the target portion; and an X-ray emission window provided in the housing to emit the X-ray generated in the target portion, to an outside of the housing. The targets are disposed on the target portion to face the electron gun at a predetermined inclination angle with respect to an emission axis of the electron beam. The X-ray emission window is disposed at a position where the X-ray generated in a direction perpendicular to the target portion is transmittable through the X-ray emission window, to face the target portion at a predetermined inclination angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroki KAWAKAMI, Kazumi KAGEYAMA, Yoshito HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 11529754
    Abstract: A skin material-coated foamed particle molded body includes a skin material made of a polypropylene-based resin molded body and a polypropylene-based resin foamed particle molded body coated with the skin material. The skin material has a multilayer structure including an inner layer adhered to the foamed particle molded body and an outer layer outside the inner layer. The outer layer contains a polypropylene-based resin and a reinforcement fiber. The inner layer contains the polypropylene-based resin and a reinforcement fiber in a lower content ratio than a content ratio of the reinforcement fiber contained in the outer layer or contains the polypropylene-based resin and substantially no reinforcement fiber. An average value of the outer layer thickness ratio to a sum of the outer and inner layer thicknesses is 0.20 or more and 0.65 or less, and a coefficient of variation Cv of the ratio is 30% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: JSP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo Tokiwa, Hiroki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11420365
    Abstract: A method for producing a foamed particle molded article provided with a skin, includes: forming a hollow molded article; filling a hollow part of the hollow molded article with polypropylene-based resin foamed particles; and heating and fusing the particles to each other. A melt elongation at 190° C. of the polypropylene-based resin forming the hollow molded article is 100 m/min or more. A half-crystallization time at 100° C. of the polypropylene-based resin is between 25 to 80 seconds. In heat flux differential scanning calorimetry, a melting peak temperature of the polypropylene-based resin is between 130 to 155° C., a partial heat of fusion at 140° C. or more of the polypropylene-based resin is between 20 to 50 J/g, and a ratio of the partial heat of fusion of the polypropylene-based resin to the total (partial heat of fusion/total heat of fusion) is between 0.2 to 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: JSP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kawakami, Tomoo Tokiwa
  • Patent number: 11109828
    Abstract: A metal grid includes: a valve metal plate which includes a curved principal surface; an anodic oxide film which is formed on the principal surface of the valve metal plate; and a lattice structure which has an uneven shape periodically formed on the anodic oxide film. Further, a production method for a metal grid includes: a step of bending a principal surface of a valve metal plate including the principal surface; a step of forming an anodic oxide film on the principal surface of the valve metal plate; and a step of forming a lattice structure with a periodic uneven shape on the anodic oxide film by forming an etching mask with a periodic opening on a surface of the anodic oxide film and etching the anodic oxide film through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kotani, Hiroki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11101051
    Abstract: A metal grid includes: a member which includes a curved principal surface; an anodic oxide film which is formed on the principal surface of the member, and a lattice structure which has an uneven shape periodically formed on the anodic oxide film. A production method for a metal grid includes: a step of forming a valve metal film on a principal surface of a member, a step of forming an anodic oxide film by performing an anodic oxidation treatment on the valve metal film while the principal surface is curved; and a step of forming a lattice structure with a periodic uneven shape on the anodic oxide film by forming an etching mask with a periodic opening on a surface of the anodic oxide film and etching the anodic oxide film through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kotani, Hiroki Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20210093273
    Abstract: A metal grid includes: a valve metal plate which includes a curved principal surface; an anodic oxide film which is formed on the principal surface of the valve metal plate; and a lattice structure which has an uneven shape periodically formed on the anodic oxide film. Further, a production method for a metal grid includes: a step of bending a principal surface of a valve metal plate including the principal surface; a step of forming an anodic oxide film on the principal surface of the valve metal plate; and a step of forming a lattice structure with a periodic uneven shape on the anodic oxide film by forming an etching mask with a periodic opening on a surface of the anodic oxide film and etching the anodic oxide film through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masahiro KOTANI, Hiroki KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 10926719
    Abstract: A power supply trunk line routing structure for a vehicle includes a first power supply trunk line extending in a vehicle front and rear direction along a right-side part of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction, a second power supply trunk line extending in the vehicle front and rear direction at a left-side part of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction, and a third power supply trunk line connected to a predetermined power supply device and connecting the first power supply trunk line and the second power supply trunk line at a front part of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jiro Ito, Hiroki Kawakami, Shinji Oshita
  • Patent number: 10878978
    Abstract: A wire includes a metal wire which has a flat shape, and which is formed of a rigid body. The metal wire has a bending portion that is bendable at any position in a longitudinal direction of the metal wire. A vehicle includes the wire, the wire is disposed along a rocker panel inside the vehicle in a state of being extended in a straight line without being bent at the bending portion, and the bending portion is disposed at a connecting portion at which the rocker panel and a center pillar are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunori Takata, Hiroki Kawakami, Shinji Oshita, Taku Furuta
  • Publication number: 20200284736
    Abstract: A metal grid includes: a member which includes a curved principal surface; an anodic oxide film which is formed on the principal surface of the member, and a lattice structure which has an uneven shape periodically formed on the anodic oxide film. A production method for a metal grid includes: a step of forming a valve metal film on a principal surface of a member, a step of forming an anodic oxide film by performing an anodic oxidation treatment on the valve metal film while the principal surface is curved; and a step of forming a lattice structure with a periodic uneven shape on the anodic oxide film by forming an etching mask with a periodic opening on a surface of the anodic oxide film and etching the anodic oxide film through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masahiro KOTANI, Hiroki KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 10734796
    Abstract: A flat wiring structure is including a plurality of layers, and includes a power supply layer, and a first ground layer and a second ground layer laminated with the power supply layer sandwiched therebetween. In a plan view of the flat wiring structure when viewed from a direction along a lamination direction of the first ground layer, the power supply layer, and the second ground layer, the power supply layer has a width in a short direction smaller than those of the first ground layer and the second ground layer, and the power supply layer is provided at a position covered with the first ground layer and the second ground layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Katagai, Hidehiko Matsui, Shinji Oshita, Atsuyuki Wakamatsu, Hiroki Kawakami, Kazunori Takata, Shin Umehara, Taku Furuta
  • Patent number: 10723290
    Abstract: There is provided a routing structure of a circuit body in a rocker formed on a vehicle body. The circuit body routing structure has a recessed housing groove formed along an extending direction of the rocker on a side surface of the rocker at a vehicle interior side, a circuit body that is formed of a long flat conductor having a conductor portion of a flat cross-sectional shape and that is housed in the housing groove and routed on the rocker, and an interior material that is mounted on the rocker so as to cover an upper surface and the side surface of the rocker, and that holds the circuit body in the housing groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yamashita, Noriaki Sasaki, Shinji Oshita, Hiroki Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20200156567
    Abstract: A power supply trunk line routing structure for a vehicle includes a first power supply trunk line extending in a vehicle front and rear direction along a right-side part of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction, a second power supply trunk line extending in the vehicle front and rear direction at a left-side part of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction, and a third power supply trunk line connected to a predetermined power supply device and connecting the first power supply trunk line and the second power supply trunk line at a front part of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jiro ITO, Hiroki KAWAKAMI, Shinji OSHITA
  • Patent number: 10644488
    Abstract: A wire assembly that is provided in a vehicle or the like includes a flexible wire, and a rigid wire. The rigid wire is made of a rigid material and has a recess portion extending along a longitudinal direction of the rigid wire. The flexible wire is disposed in the recess portion of the rigid wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20200130239
    Abstract: A skin material-coated foamed particle molded body includes a skin material made of a polypropylene-based resin molded body and a polypropylene-based resin foamed particle molded body coated with the skin material. The skin material has a multilayer structure including an inner layer adhered to the foamed particle molded body and an outer layer outside the inner layer. The outer layer contains a polypropylene-based resin and a reinforcement fiber. The inner layer contains the polypropylene-based resin and a reinforcement fiber in a lower content ratio than a content ratio of the reinforcement fiber contained in the outer layer or contains the polypropylene-based resin and substantially no reinforcement fiber. An average value of the outer layer thickness ratio to a sum of of the outer and inner layer thicknesses is 0.20 or more and 0.65 or less, and a coefficient of variation Cv of the ratio is 30% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: JSP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo TOKIWA, Hiroki KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 10636545
    Abstract: A wiring harness includes an electromagnetic shield and a high-voltage electric wire. The electromagnetic shield includes a metal pipe and a braided member, which is continuous with the metal pipe and includes metal strands. The high-voltage electric wire extends through the metal pipe and the braided member of the electromagnetic shield. The high-voltage electric wire is electrically connected to an automotive high-voltage battery and includes an insulative coating. The high-voltage electric wire includes a braided protector and a resin protection tube. The braided protector is formed by a braid of insulative reinforced fibers and surrounds the insulative coating. The braided protector of the high-voltage electric wire extends from a portion located inside the metal pipe to a portion surrounded by the braided member. The protection tube of the high-voltage electric wire surrounds a portion of the braided protector located inside the braided member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Hagi, Yasushi Atsumi, Satoshi Sasaki, Masaharu Suetani, Satoshi Murao, Kazuya Fujioka, Hiroki Kawakami