Patents by Inventor Hiroki Matsui
Hiroki Matsui 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).
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Publication number: 20240125635Abstract: To enable accurate measurement of a flow rate of a gas flowing in a non-metallic tube. An ultrasonic flowmeter includes a first wedge member having a first angle, a second wedge member having a second angle, and a flow rate measurement unit that measures a flow rate of a gas based on a propagation time difference of a longitudinal wave excited by a tube. The first angle and the second angle are configured such that the tube excites both a longitudinal wave and a shear wave, and a mixing ratio of the shear wave to the longitudinal wave is 10% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Keyence CorporationInventors: Hiroki MATSUI, Daiki MATSUMOTO, Ryuma MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20240125634Abstract: To enable accurate measurement when a flow rate is measured using an ultrasonic signal. An ultrasonic flowmeter includes a first ultrasonic element and a second ultrasonic element, a damping pipe, a first ultrasonic propagator and a second ultrasonic propagator, which are arranged outside the damping pipe, and a flow rate measurement unit that measures a flow rate based on an ultrasonic signal transmitted and received between the first ultrasonic element and the second ultrasonic element. The first ultrasonic element, the first ultrasonic propagator, the damping pipe, the second ultrasonic element, and the second ultrasonic propagator are accommodated in a housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Keyence CorporationInventors: Hiroki MATSUI, Shinichiro OTSU
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Publication number: 20240121637Abstract: A wireless communication monitoring system for monitoring a hardware failure of a wireless communication unit of a wireless communication device using a remote monitoring control device, in which the wireless communication device transmits or receives a predetermined radio signal to or from a monitoring device added or attached to the host device to perform a life and death check for checking an operation, and the remote monitoring control device detects a hardware failure of the wireless communication unit of the wireless communication device on the basis of a result of the life and death check received from the wireless communication device. This makes it possible to detect a failure that cannot be detected from information obtained from a device state request to a wireless communication device of the related art.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Akira MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru NISHINO, Munehiro MATSUI, Masaki SHIMA, Koichi HARADA, Hiroki SHIBAYAMA, Fumihiro YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 11955750Abstract: A joint connector includes the plurality of wires extending in an extending direction, a plurality of terminals to be respectively connected to front end parts of the plurality of wires in the extending direction, a lower housing for accommodating the plurality of terminals, a busbar to be disposed in the lower housing, and an upper cover to be assembled with the lower housing. The busbar includes a plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of terminals includes a tube portion, into which each of the plurality of tabs is inserted, and a wire connecting portion to be connected to each of the plurality of wires. The plurality of wires drawn out rearward in the extending direction from the lower housing include bent portions folded forward in the extending direction. The upper cover includes wire pressing portions for holding the plurality of wires folded forward in the extending direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Hajime Kawase, Masaaki Tabata, Teruo Hara, Hajime Matsui
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Publication number: 20240100022Abstract: The present invention relates to an oral solid dosage form comprising N2-{[1-ethyl-6-(4-methylphenoxy)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]methyl}-L-alaninamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, which has good dissolution and storage-stability. When the oral solid dosage form is a tablet, the tablet can be prepared while inhibiting tableting troubles from low content to high content of the active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicants: SUMITOMO PHARMA CO., LTD., ALPHANAVI PHARMA INC.Inventors: Hiroki IKARI, Yuka KATO, Makoto MATSUOKA, Yasuhiro MATSUI, Megumi MARUYAMA
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Patent number: 11938444Abstract: Provided is a moisture absorbent in liquid form that can effectively inhibit oil bleeding after application. The present invention relates to a moisture absorbent in liquid form, which is a liquid composition including a moisture absorbable particle and a binder, wherein (1) the binder includes a two-liquid component type silicone, and (2) a viscosity (20° C.) as the liquid composition is 10 to 300 Pa·s.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: DYNIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Matsui, Hiroki Ohashi, Nobuo Ose, Kaneto Ohyama
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Patent number: 11942737Abstract: A joint connector for connecting a plurality of wires includes a lower housing, an upper cover assembled with the lower housing, a plurality of terminals respectively connected to front end parts in an extending direction of the plurality of wires, and a busbar connected to the plurality of terminals. The busbar disposed in the lower housing includes a plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of terminals disposed in the lower housing includes a tube portion, each of the plurality of tabs being inserted into the tube portion, sandwiching portions extending along the extending direction and configured to sandwich one of the plurality of wires, and a sliding portion disposed outside the sandwiching portions, movable along the extending direction and including pressurizing portions configured to pressurize the sandwiching portions toward the wire with the one of the plurality of wires sandwiched by the sandwiching portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Hajime Kawase, Masaaki Tabata, Teruo Hara, Hajime Matsui
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Publication number: 20240078173Abstract: A training operation may be performed by a memory controller to provide a system clock signal and a data clock signal having a desired temporal (e.g., phase) relationship to one another. The system clock and data clock signals may be provided to a memory. In some examples, the memory controller may provide a command to the memory to put the memory in a training mode. Once in the training mode, the memory controller may provide a write command and toggle the data clock signal a number of times. If the memory provides one output, the memory controller may adjust the relationship between the data clock and system clock signals. If the memory provides another output, the memory controller may maintain the relationship between the data clock and system clock signals and exit the training mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: OSAMU NAGASHIMA, YOSHINORI MATSUI, KEUN SOO SONG, HIROKI TAKAHASHI, SHUNICHI SAITO
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Patent number: 11692280Abstract: An electrodeposition coating method includes a degreasing/cleaning step, a chemical conversion step, and an electrodeposition coating layer formation step. The degreasing/cleaning step includes a degreasing step of ultrasonically vibrating a degreasing solution in which a target object is immersed, using an ultrasonic vibrator. The electrodeposition coating layer formation step includes: a first electrodeposition step; a first rinsing step; a rinse water removal/reduction step of removing or reducing rinse water on a rinse water stagnating surface of the target object; a thermal flow step of allowing the first electrodeposition coating film to thermally flow so that the first electrodeposition coating film formed on a portion of the target object near a first counter electrode has a higher electrical resistance than the first electrodeposition coating film formed on a portion of the target object far from the first counter electrode; and a second electrodeposition step.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masafumi Shinoda, Hiroki Matsui
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Patent number: 11644514Abstract: A deterioration amount estimation device includes a calculation unit (CPU33) that calculates a deterioration amount of an energy storage device and an estimation unit (CPU33) that estimates a transient deterioration amount based on a deterioration amount calculated by the calculation unit and a continuous deterioration amount that does not decrease with time and continues. The transient deterioration amount is estimated, and the input/output of the energy storage device is limited to suppress an increase in the continuous deterioration amount.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Furukawa, Hiroki Matsui
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Publication number: 20220271550Abstract: The present invention comprises a voltage detection circuit for measuring the voltage of an assembled battery 20 in which power storage elements 100 are serially connected, a current detection resistor for detecting the current in the assembled battery 20, and a CPU 33 for calculating, inter alia, the amount of energization electricity from continuous charging or continuous discharging of the assembled battery 20. The CPU 33 controls input/output for when the assembled battery 20 is charged/discharged so that ?SOC, which is the value obtained by dividing the amount of energization electricity by the actual capacity of the assembled battery 20, does not exceed an upper limit ?SOC.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Hiroki MATSUI, Yuta KASHIWA, Seijiro OCHIAI
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Publication number: 20220243823Abstract: A sealing device seals a gap between a housing and a rotating body disposed in a hole of the housing and separates an internal space of the housing from an atmosphere side. The sealing device includes a stationary sealing member and a rotational sealing member. The rotational sealing member includes a hollow cylindrical portion into which a cylindrical portion of the rotating body is to be interference fitted, and a flange portion disposed closer to an internal space side than the hollow cylindrical portion. The stationary sealing member includes a mounted hollow cylindrical portion that is to be mounted to the housing, and a seal lip being to be brought into slidable contact with an outer peripheral surface of the hollow cylindrical portion of the rotational sealing member. The rotational sealing member further includes an auxiliary lip mounted to the flange portion, the auxiliary lip being to be brought into slidable contact with an inner peripheral surface of the mounted hollow cylindrical portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Hiroki MATSUI, Kenichi KIKUCHI, Yuto MANAKA, Saki ITO
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Publication number: 20220129647Abstract: An information processing system includes an information bearing medium and an information reading unit. The information bearing medium has a two-dimensional array of unit data zones. Marks are provided on some of the unit data zones so as to form a digital code. Mark patterns of any two Y-directional adjacent unit data zone strings based on the arrangement of marks in an X-direction differ from each other. The information reading unit generates a data string on the basis of a unit signal formed from a plurality of signals output from a group of detection units that detect the marks in synchronization and recognizes the digital code of the information bearing medium on the basis of a group of the data strings sequentially obtained from the array of the unit data zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Hiroki Matsui, Shinnosuke Terai, Hirotaka Hatayama, Haruhisa Saito
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Patent number: 11287042Abstract: A sealing apparatus which seals an annular gap of a hole into which a shaft is to be inserted, includes a sealing apparatus body to be fitted into the hole, and a slinger to be attached to the shaft. The sealing apparatus body includes a reinforcing ring annular around an axis line, and an elastic body portion attached to the reinforcing ring and annular around the axis line. The slinger includes a flange portion extending toward an outer periphery side and annular around the axis line. The elastic body portion includes an end-face lip extending on one side in an axis line direction, contacting the flange portion from another side in the axis line direction, and annular around the axis line.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuya Sakano, Hiroki Matsui, Kokichi Hamamoto, Takehiro Nakagawa, Hisato Yonai, Masahiko Inoue
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Patent number: 11262127Abstract: Air is taken out from a drying oven 1 for drying a coating film of a work piece 2, and the air is cooled such that each of at least part of moisture and at least part of a VOC which are contained in the air is condensed to be removed from the air. The air after the cooling is heated, and is returned into the drying oven 1. A heat pump 3 whose heat absorption source is the air taken out from the drying oven 1 and whose heat radiation source is the air after the cooling is provided. By using the heat pump 3, cooling and heating of the air are performed.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hidekazu Kato, Hiroki Matsui, Toshihiro Yoshida, Naoto Waku
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Patent number: 11250223Abstract: An information processing system includes an information bearing medium and an information reading unit. The information bearing medium has a two-dimensional array of unit data zones. Marks are provided on some of the unit data zones so as to form a digital code. Mark patterns of any two Y-directional adjacent unit data zone strings based on the arrangement of marks in an X-direction differ from each other. The information reading unit generates a data string on the basis of a unit signal formed from a plurality of signals output from a group of detection units that detect the marks in synchronization and recognizes the digital code of the information bearing medium on the basis of a group of the data strings sequentially obtained from the array of the unit data zones.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Matsui, Shinnosuke Terai, Hirotaka Hatayama, Haruhisa Saito
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Publication number: 20220004348Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes a display and a display controller executing a content display process to display, on the display, a content indicating an operation time of a vehicle. The display controller stops executing of the content display process in response to the vehicle being not operated at the operation time indicated by the displayed content.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Masato UTSUNOMIYA, Jinhae CHOI, Shohei SATO, Hiroki MATSUI
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Patent number: 11193757Abstract: An image measurement apparatus, which functions as a non-contact profile-measuring device, includes: an image sensor as an image pick-up device; a variable focal length lens (liquid lens unit) disposed on an optical axis extending from a workpiece to the image sensor; and a controller (image-pickup lens controller and image measurement processor) configured to control the variable focal length lens and process a detected image by the image sensor. The image measurement apparatus, which also functions as a non-contact displacement-detecting device, includes: an image sensor; a variable focal length lens (liquid lens unit) disposed on an optical axis extending from the workpiece to the image sensor; and a controller (displacement-detection lens controller and profile measurement processor) configured to control the variable focal length lens and a detected image by the image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventors: Satoru Yoshida, Tatsuya Nagahama, Masafumi Yamanaka, Hitoshi Isobe, Naoto Oita, Koji Kubo, Yuko Shishido, Nobuo Ohba, Takahisa Ootake, Hiroki Matsui, Masanori Arai, Shiro Igasaki, Yuki Kurahashi, Hiroshi Sakai, Yutaka Watanabe
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Patent number: 11099042Abstract: A clamp-on type ultrasonic flowmeter which is detachably attached to an outer wall of cylindrical piping is provided. An ultrasonic signal is transmitted to the piping from one of the first and the second ultrasonic devices, a plate wave corresponding to the ultrasonic signal is generated, and an ultrasonic signal corresponding to the plate wave is received by the other ultrasonic device. A pipe wall thickness of the piping and a frequency of the ultrasonic signal are in a state in which a plate wave of a low order asymmetric mode is significantly excited in the piping. A flow rate is calculated corresponding to phase velocity characteristics of the low order asymmetric mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Keyence CorporationInventors: Hiroki Matsui, Masaki Wada
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Patent number: 11035714Abstract: Provided is a flow meter capable of logging data more reliably. In this operation, a detection element repeatedly detects a physical quantity related to a flow rate of a fluid flowing in a pipe in a predetermined sampling cycle. Based on physical quantities, a calculation part sequentially calculates the flow rate of the fluid in the pipe. Further, a time measurement part calculates the time. A control storage part is caused to store a logging target, a logging cycle, and logging start definition information. Based on the logging start definition information, a control part automatically starts logging of the logging target in response to startup of the flow meter, and causes a log storage part to store the time measured by the time measurement part and a numerical value of the logging target in association with each other in every logging cycle.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Hashimoto, Satoru Tomoshi, Hiroki Matsui