Patents by Inventor Hiroki Kobayashi

Hiroki Kobayashi 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: 11186059
    Abstract: A honeycomb sandwich structure in which moisture absorption deformation can be sufficiently suppressed and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The honeycomb sandwich structure includes: a honeycomb core having a recess in a mesh of a carbon fiber fabric; a pair of face plates; a resin layer which fills a part of the recesses; and a water-impermeable film which covers an exposed area including surfaces of the resin layer and the honeycomb core, wherein the recess includes an unfilled part, the unfilled part is a part of the recess that is closer to the opening of the recess, and the unfilled part is not filled with the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazushi Sekine, Masahiro Miyashita, Hiroki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210341533
    Abstract: Provided is an IC socket for a semiconductor capable of preventing adhesion of dust to a photodetection surface provided on an opposite side of a contact surface of an image sensor with no contact with the photodetection surface. The IC socket for a semiconductor includes: a seat (12) that has an attachment surface (12a) to which an image sensor (60) is attached; a base (10) that has a placement surface (10b) on which the seat (12) is placed and a secured surface (10a) located on an opposite side of the placement surface (10b) and secured to an inspection substrate; and a lid member (18) that does not come into contact with the image sensor (60) and that covers a back surface region (80) on a side of a back surface (64) of the image sensor (60) when the image sensor (60) is attached to the seat (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11137589
    Abstract: A stage apparatus that reduces generation of a slight movement of a stage position (observation position) when switching between the automatic mode and the manual mode. The stage apparatus comprises: a first stage; a second stage that moves relatively in a first direction on a surface of the first stage; a first driving unit configured for driving a first driven portion configured to move the second stage relatively in the first direction by a manual driving force; and a second driving unit configured for driving a second driven portion configured to move the second stage relatively in the first direction by an electromotive driving force, wherein the first driven portion and the second driven portion have a common operating axis at least partially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuguhide Sakata, Masahiro Ando, Hiroki Kobayashi, Takuji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20210300039
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head having a channel member which includes an ejection hole surface and a pressurization chamber surface opposite thereto. An actuator substrate overlaps the pressurization chamber surface. The channel member includes a plurality of ejection holes opening in the ejection hole surface, a plurality of pressurization chambers individually communicating with the plurality of ejection holes and arranged in plan view of the pressurization chamber surface, and a plurality of dummy pressurization chambers positioned outside of the predetermined region in plan view of the pressurization chamber surface. The actuator substrate includes a plurality of pressurization portions that individually pressurize the pressurization chambers, and a plurality of dummy pressurization portions that individually pressurize the dummy pressurization chambers. The dummy pressurization chambers communicate with each other via a plurality of communication paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Kenko GEJIMA
  • Patent number: 11091576
    Abstract: An active energy ray-curable composition is provided. The active energy ray-curable composition comprises a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator. The polymerizable compound comprises isobornyl acrylate. The active energy ray-curable composition gives, when centrifuged with a centrifugal force of 8×106 g, a supernatant with an absorbance at a wavelength of 700 nm of 0.02 or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Matsushita, Satoshi Kojima, Takayuki Shimizu, Shin Hasegawa, Hiroki Kobayashi, Yukiko Ishijima
  • Publication number: 20210246321
    Abstract: An active energy curable white ink composition contains a nitrogen atom-containing monofunctional monomer (A), a nitrogen atom-free monofunctional monomer (B) having a glass transition temperature of 15 degrees or higher, a polyfunctional monomer (C), a polymerizable oligomer (D), an acylphosphine oxide-based polymerization initiator (E), and a white pigment (F), wherein the proportion of (D) in the active energy curable white ink composition is 0.2% by mass or less, the proportion of (E) in the active energy curable white ink composition is from 6% to 10% by mass, and the proportion of (F) in the active energy curable white ink composition is from 12% to 17% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210227736
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mounting substrate manufacturing system including: a component mounting system including: a component mounting device; a housing body stocker that stores a housing body; a component supply device that pulls out a carrier tape from the housing body stored in the housing body stocker and transports the carrier tape to the component mounting device; and a replacement device that includes an end effector for holding the housing body, and replaces the housing body stored in the housing body stocker, wherein the housing body stocker includes at least a pair of partition members that partition a storage space for storing the housing body, at least one of the partition members adjacent to each other includes an assist portion that assists a replacement operation of replacing the housing body, and the replacement device recognizes a position for a replacement operation by bringing the end effector or the housing body held thereby into contact with the assist portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Ryouji EGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11063313
    Abstract: The invention provides a packaging material that has high formability and that does not undergo a decrease in the adhesion strength between layers and appearance defects such as lifting between layers even after thermal fusion between portions of the sealant layer performed for sealing battery elements and furthermore after a long-term durability test under high temperature and high humidity. The adhesive for the packaging material including, as essential components, a polyol composition (A) and a polyisocyanate composition (B), wherein the polyol composition (A) includes a polyester polyol made from, as essential materials, a polybasic acid or its derivative and a polyhydric alcohol, the polybasic acid or its derivative material is all an aromatic-ring-containing polybasic acid or its derivative, and the polyester polyol has a number-average molecular weight in a range of 3000 to 100000; a battery packaging material, a battery container, and a battery that use the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Mizuta, Hiroki Kobayashi, Takatoshi Matsuo, Hidemi Nakamura, Takashi Mihara, Tsutomu Kanno, Akio Umino, Hideaki Takei, Tatsuya Kouyama
  • Patent number: 11051438
    Abstract: A method of determining disposition of a component reel, for determining component reel disposition in which the component reel obtained by winding a component accommodating tape is disposed in a holding unit, includes: acquiring component reel information including information for identifying the component reel, holding unit information including information related to a layout that is capable of being selected when the component reel is disposed in the holding unit, disposition information of the component supply device supplying the component accommodating tape drawn out from the component reel disposed in the holding unit, and constraint condition information related to the component supply device and the component accommodating tape to be supplied to the component supply device; and determining the component reel disposition in which one component reel firstly used by the component supply device among a plurality of the component reels and a next component reel used next by the component supply device am
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouji Eguchi, Hiroki Kobayashi, Daisuke Mizokami, Takaaki Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20210154941
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a discharge unit configured to discharge a shaping material; a weight measuring unit configured to measure a weight of the shaping material discharged from the discharge unit; and a control unit configured to control the discharge unit and the weight measuring unit to shape a three-dimensional shaped object by stacking layers of the shaping material in a shaping region of a stage, in which the control unit is configured to control the weight measuring unit to measure the weight of the shaping material discharged from the discharge unit, determine whether a predetermined amount of the shaping material is discharged from the discharge unit based on the weight measured by the weight measuring unit, and when it is determined that the predetermined amount of the shaping material is not discharged, control the discharge unit so that the predetermined amount of the shaping material is discharged from the discharge unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Kazuhide NAKAMURA, Koichi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210126383
    Abstract: A female terminal 12 includes a terminal body 15 and a slider 16. The terminal body 15 includes an upper connecting piece 18A and a lower connecting piece 18B connected to a core wire 13 of an electric wire 11. The slider 16 is movable in a front-rear direction relative to the terminal body 15. The slider 16 includes an upper abutting portion 25A and a lower abutting portion 25B. The upper connecting piece 18A includes an upper protrusion 51A that abuts against the upper abutting portion 25A. The lower connecting piece 18B includes a lower protrusion 51B that abuts against the lower abutting portion 25B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Shunya TAKEUCHI, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi MISAIJI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210114371
    Abstract: A control section controls an ejection operation to eject liquid in each of a first state in which the liquid flows from a supply tank to a liquid ejection head in a supply channel, the liquid flows from the liquid ejection head to a collection tank in a collection channel, and the liquid flows from the collection tank to the supply tank in a feedback channel, and a second state in which the liquid flows from the supply tank to the liquid ejection head in the supply channel and the liquid flows from the supply tank to the liquid ejection head and the liquid flows from the collection tank to the liquid ejection head in the collection channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Takahiro KANEGAE
  • Patent number: 10969764
    Abstract: A design support device includes: a memory; and a processor configured to execute a process, the process including: receiving a precedence restriction, a work time and advisability of a robot work, with respect to a product; calculating, as a first index, a continuous work number in a case where each work which a robot cannot perform is changed to a work which the robot can perform, on a basis of the precedence restriction and the advisability of the robot work; calculating, as a second index, an arrangement freedom in the case on a basis of the precedence restriction, the work time and the advisability of the robot work; associating information according to the first index and the second index with an object work of the first index and the second index; and presenting the information and the object work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Sachio Kobayashi, Hiroki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10960999
    Abstract: There is provided a component mounter including: a storage which stores information related to a tape feeder and information related to a carrier tape pitch-fed by the tape feeder; a detector which detects a state where the carrier tape becomes close to a component shortage; a determiner which determines whether to perform predetermined processing with respect to a termination portion of the carrier tape based on information related to the tape feeder and information related to the carrier tape which are stored in the storage, in a case where a state where the carrier tape is close to a component shortage is detected by the detector; and a notifier which notifies an operator of contents of the predetermined processing, in a case where the determiner determines that the predetermined processing is supposed to be performed with respect to the termination portion of the carrier tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouji Eguchi, Yasuo Oku, Kazunori Kanai, Hiroki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10938143
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal, and a housing holding the terminal, the connector being mounted on a substrate with a liquid potting agent applied thereto, wherein: the housing includes a mating recess mating with a counterpart connector, along with a bottom plate part in which a terminal press-in hole with the terminal pressed therein is formed, the terminal includes a contact part contacting a counterpart terminal of the counterpart connector in the mating recess, a substrate connection part which is exposed below the bottom plate part so as to be connected to the substrate, and a holding part housed and held in the terminal press-in hole, and this holding part includes a terminal side first seal part and a terminal side second seal part which respectively configure a first seal part and a second seal part by adhering to the side faces of the terminal press-in hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Naotoshi Ito, Shigeru Akiyama, Tomonari Kaneko, Hiroki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210036460
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal that is to be contacted with a conductive member of a wire, a housing in which the terminal is arranged, and a holding member that is fit in the housing and in contact with the terminal to hold a position of the terminal. At least one of the terminal and the housing includes a pressing portion that presses the conductive member in a direction such that the conductive member comes in contact with the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya MIYAMURA, Masaaki TABATA, Yasuo OMORI, Teruo HARA, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Hisashi KOJIMA, Takeshi MISAIJI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10869419
    Abstract: A component supply management system includes a threshold setting portion, a remaining-amount detection portion, a determination portion, and a notification portion. The threshold setting portion sets a threshold with respect to a remaining amount capable of being supplied by the carrier tape, for each of the tape feeders, depending on types of the tape feeders. The remaining-amount detection portion detects a remaining amount of components capable of being supplied by the carrier tape, for each of the tape feeders. The determination portion determines whether the remaining amount detected by the remaining-amount detection portion is lower than the threshold set in the threshold setting portion, for each of the tape feeders. The notification portion issues a warning for recommending replenishment of a carrier tape for the tape feeder in which the determination portion determines that the remaining amount is lower than the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Daisuke Mizokami, Ryouji Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20200346800
    Abstract: There is provided a component mounting system including: a component mounting device group in which a plurality of component mounting devices that mount components supplied to a board transported in from an upstream side by a tape feeder and transport out the board to a downstream side, and cut a carrier tape after supplying the components by a cutter device and discharge scraps of carrier tape, are installed on a floor surface while being arranged in a direction of conveying the board; a main conveyor that is installed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of component mounting devices in a region on the floor surface under the component mounting device group, and transports the scraps of carrier tape discharged from each of the plurality of component mounting devices; and a scraps storage that is installed outside the region and stores the scraps of carrier tape transported by the main conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: HIROKI KOBAYASHI, NAOKI AZUMA, CHIKARA TAKATA, YUZO ASANO, TORU CHIKUMA, HIROSHI SATOH
  • Publication number: 20200307091
    Abstract: A plasticizing apparatus includes a barrel that is provided with a first through-hole along a first axis, a first screw in which a first groove portion having a spiral shape about a first axis is provided in a surface facing a barrel, a side wall having a cylindrical shape is provided along an outer peripheral edge of a surface facing a side opposite to the barrel, and a second through-hole is provided along the first axis, a second screw of which at least a part is disposed inside the side wall and a second groove portion having a spiral shape about the first axis is provided in a surface facing the barrel with the first screw interposed therebetween, and a drive unit that rotates the first screw and the second screw about the first axis by making angular velocity vectors thereof different from each other with respect to the barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200308529
    Abstract: A control device performs control of a culture condition in production of an organic compound by a fermentation method. The control device executes processing a plurality of times to acquire culture data, to calculate, using the acquired culture data, a plurality of candidates for a culture condition set in advance, and a linear model set in advance that outputs a production amount of an organic compound at a future time, the production amount at the future time for each of the candidates, to determine an optimum candidate out of the candidates using the calculated production amount at the future time for each of the candidates and a target production amount of the organic compound at the future time set in advance, and to change the culture condition to the determined candidate. The linear model and the target production amount are set for each time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiki SHIMODAIRA, Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Takahiro TERAWAKI, Yasuhiro KUSUNOSE