Patents by Inventor Hiroki Umeda

Hiroki Umeda 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: 11046190
    Abstract: A pressing member is used for pressing semiconductor modules and cooling pipes which are alternately disposed, and includes a plate and an elastic member. The plate includes a contact plate section that faces an end surface of the fixed unit in the fixed direction and contacts with the end surface of the fixed unit, and plate ribs standing in the fixed direction from an end portion of the contact plate section in a width direction of the contact plate section. The elastic member is disposed in a side of the plate opposite to a side of the plate where the fixed unit is disposed, the elastic member pressing the plate towards a fixed unit side in the fixed direction. The contact plate section has an inner plate surface including a concave surface formed at a portion apart from the plate ribs in a contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Sakamoto, Hideaki Tachibana, Hiroki Umeda
  • Publication number: 20200307387
    Abstract: A pressing member is used for pressing semiconductor modules and cooling pipes which are alternately disposed, and includes a plate and an elastic member. The plate includes a contact plate section that faces an end surface of the fixed unit in the fixed direction and contacts with the end surface of the fixed unit, and plate ribs standing in the fixed direction from an end portion of the contact plate section in a width direction of the contact plate section. The elastic member is disposed in a side of the plate opposite to a side of the plate where the fixed unit is disposed, the elastic member pressing the plate towards a fixed unit side in the fixed direction. The contact plate section has an inner plate surface including a concave surface formed at a portion apart from the plate ribs in a contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki SAKAMOTO, Hideaki TACHIBANA, Hiroki UMEDA
  • Patent number: 10660229
    Abstract: An electrical device is provided. The electrical device includes a case, a first electrical part, a second electrical part, and a connecting portion. The case includes a first case and a second case coupled to the first case. The first electrical part is fixed to the first case. The second electrical part is fixed to the second case. The connecting portion is configured to connect a first conductor extending from the first electrical part and a second conductor extending from the second electrical part each other. Either one of the first case and the second case includes a through hole. The connecting portion is disposed so as to be entirely visible from the through hole as viewed from an outside of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Umeda, Kenshi Yamanaka, Shinichi Miura, Hiromi Yamasaki, Hitoshi Imura, Yutaka Morimoto, Kazuki Hayashi, Hideaki Tachibana, Yoshiki Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 10581339
    Abstract: A power conversion system at least includes a filter capacitor, a DC-DC converter, a smoothing capacitor, a housing and a refrigerant flow channel. The refrigerant flow channel is disposed between the housing and a flow channel cover. The refrigerant flow channel includes a converter facing portion at least partially facing the DC-DC converter. The filter capacitor at least partially overlaps with the DC-DC converter when viewed in a first direction from an opposite side of the refrigerant flow channel to the converter facing portion. The smoothing capacitor does not overlap with the DC-DC converter when viewed in the first direction and partially overlaps with the DC-DC converter when viewed in a second direction. At least two fastening sections fasten the flow channel cover to the housing and do not overlap with the smoothing capacitor when viewed in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kodai Yamaura, Hiroki Umeda
  • Patent number: 10524374
    Abstract: An electric device includes a substrate on which electronic components are mounted, and a metal plate to which the substrate is fixed. The metal plate includes first bosses provided at positions corresponding to four corners of the substrate, a second boss provided inside a rectangle that connects the four first bosses, and a slit that is provided adjacent to the second boss, and extends in non-parallel with any side of the rectangle. The substrate is fixed to each of the four first bosses with a first male screw, such that a rubber washer is sandwiched between the substrate and the first male screw. The substrate is fixed to the second boss with a second male screw, such that no rubber washer is sandwiched between the substrate and the second male screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Tsutsui, Hiroki Umeda, Masatoshi Shinohara, Keisuke Hata, Daisuke Harada
  • Publication number: 20190348907
    Abstract: A power conversion system at least includes a filter capacitor, a DC-DC converter, a smoothing capacitor, a housing and a refrigerant flow channel. The refrigerant flow channel is disposed between the housing and a flow channel cover. The refrigerant flow channel includes a converter facing portion at least partially facing the DC-DC converter. The filter capacitor at least partially overlaps with the DC-DC converter when viewed in a first direction from an opposite side of the refrigerant flow channel to the converter facing portion. The smoothing capacitor does not overlap with the DC-DC converter when viewed in the first direction and partially overlaps with the DC-DC converter when viewed in a second direction. Al least two fastening sections fasten the flow channel cover to the housing and do not overlap with the smoothing capacitor when viewed in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kodai YAMAURA, Hiroki UMEDA
  • Publication number: 20190281722
    Abstract: An electric device includes a substrate on which electronic components are mounted, and a metal plate to which the substrate is fixed. The metal plate includes first bosses provided at positions corresponding to four corners of the substrate, a second boss provided inside a rectangle that connects the four first bosses, and a slit that is provided adjacent to the second boss, and extends in non-parallel with any side of the rectangle. The substrate is fixed to each of the four first bosses with a first male screw, such that a rubber washer is sandwiched between the substrate and the first male screw. The substrate is fixed to the second boss with a second male screw, such that no rubber washer is sandwiched between the substrate and the second male screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Tsutsui, Hiroki Umeda, Masatoshi Shinohara, Keisuke Hata, Daisuke Harada
  • Patent number: 10374523
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a case including an upper case and a lower case; an inverter that is accommodated in a first partial case and is fixed to the first partial case, the first partial case being one of the upper case and the lower case; and a capacitor that is connected to the inverter by a positive electrode bus bar and a negative electrode bus bar, the capacitor being disposed in an internal space of a second partial case that is another of the upper case and the lower case. The first partial case includes a fastening portion that extends from an internal space of the first partial case to the internal space of the second partial case. In the internal space of the second partial case, the capacitor is fastened to the fastening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Miura, Hiroki Umeda, Kenshi Yamanaka, Yutaka Morimoto, Kazuki Hayashi, Hiromi Yamasaki, Hitoshi Imura, Tomohisa Sano, Daisuke Harada, Hideaki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20190174647
    Abstract: An electrical device is provided. The electrical device includes a case, a first electrical part, a second electrical part, and a connecting portion. The case includes a first case and a second case coupled to the first case. The first electrical part is fixed to the first case. The second electrical part is fixed to the second case. The connecting portion is configured to connect a first conductor extending from the first electrical part and a second conductor extending from the second electrical part each other. Either one of the first case and the second case includes a through hole. The connecting portion is disposed so as to be entirely visible from the through hole as viewed from an outside of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki UMEDA, Kenshi YAMANAKA, Shinichi MIURA, Hiromi YAMASAKI, Hitoshi IMURA, Yutaka MORIMOTO, Kazuki HAYASHI, Hideaki TACHIBANA, Yoshiki KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190173394
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a case including an upper case and a lower case; an inverter that is accommodated in a first partial case and is fixed to the first partial case, the first partial case being one of the upper case and the lower case; and a capacitor that is connected to the inverter by a positive electrode bus bar and a negative electrode bus bar, the capacitor being disposed in an internal space of a second partial case that is another of the upper case and the lower case. The first partial case includes a fastening portion that extends from an internal space of the first partial case to the internal space of the second partial case. In the internal space of the second partial case, the capacitor is fastened to the fastening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi MIURA, Hiroki UMEDA, Kenshi YAMANAKA, Yutaka MORIMOTO, Kazuki HAYASHI, Hiromi YAMASAKI, Hitoshi IMURA, Tomohisa SANO, Daisuke HARADA, Hideaki TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20160209551
    Abstract: A film (6) of a glass laminate (2) is an anti-fogging film obtained by performing a hydrophilic treatment on the surface of a polymer film in which a carbon is substituted in one or more side chains of a glucose ring. The retardation Ro in the planar direction of the film (6) is 40 nm or more and 200 nm or less. Three seconds after exposing the film (6) to 40° C. steam for 120 seconds under conditions of 55% RH at 23° C., the change in haze in comparison to before the exposure to steam is 3% or less, and the change in retardation Ro is 30% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi BEKKU, Ayako INAGAKI, Hiroki UMEDA, Tomohiro YAMAMOTO, Kentaro YANO
  • Patent number: 8273273
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an optical film via a solution casting method on a transparent substrate film comprising the steps of: (i) ejecting a micro-particle dispersion containing micro-particles having a average particle diameter of at least 25-200 nm as liquid droplets by use of an ink-jet head when a residual solvent content in a web is 5-400 weight %, and (ii) depositing the liquid droplets to adhere onto one side surface of a web and to form a micro convex structure, and further to form 1-10,000 points of convex parts per 10,000 ?m2 having a height of the convex parts of the convex structure of 0.01-0.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroki Umeda
  • Patent number: 7880840
    Abstract: The method to produce the vertical alignment type liquid crystal display employs treating an optical film comprising of cellulous ester with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide to prepare an alkali-treated optical film; immersing a polyvinyl alcohol film in an aqueous solution containing iodine and boric acid; stretching the polyvinyl alcohol film to prepare a polarizing film; adhering the alkali-treated optical film onto both surfaces of the polarizing film to prepare a polarizing plate; and providing the polarizing plate on both surfaces of a vertical alignment type liquid crystal cell to providing the vertical alignment type liquid crystal display. At least one of the optical film has a retardation value (Rt value) in the thickness direction of from 60 to 300 nm, Rt=[(nx+ny)/2?nz]×d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Corporation, A Corporation of Japan
    Inventors: Toshiaki Shibue, Makoto Honda, Nobuo Kubo, Noriyasu Kuzuhara, Hiroki Umeda, Sota Kawakami, Takatoshi Yajima
  • Publication number: 20100314035
    Abstract: The method to produce the vertical alignment type liquid crystal display employs treating an optical film comprising of cellulous ester with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide to prepare an alkali-treated optical film; immersing a polyvinyl alcohol film in an aqueous solution containing iodine and boric acid; stretching the polyvinyl alcohol film to prepare a polarizing film; adhering the alkali-treated optical film onto both surfaces of the polarizing film to prepare a polarizing plate; and providing the polarizing plate on both surfaces of a vertical alignment type liquid crystal cell to providing the vertical alignment type liquid crystal display. At least one of the optical film has a retardation value (Rt value) in the thickness direction of from 60 to 300 nm, Rt=[(nx+ny)/2?nz]×d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki SHIBUE, Makoto HONDA, Nobuo KUBO, Noriyasu KUZUHARA, Hiroki UMEDA, Sota KAWAKAMI, Takatoshi YAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20100239789
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an optical film via a solution casting method on a transparent substrate film comprising the steps of: (i) ejecting a micro-particle dispersion containing micro-particles having a average particle diameter of at least 25-200 nm as liquid droplets by use of an ink-jet head when a residual solvent content in a web is 5-400 weight %, and (ii) depositing the liquid droplets to adhere onto one side surface of a web and to form a micro convex structure, and further to form 1-10,000 points of convex parts per 10,000 we having a height of the convex parts of the convex structure of 0.01-0.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroki Umeda
  • Patent number: 7791696
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optically anisotropic film used for a liquid crystal display of a vertical alignment liquid crystal mode comprising a fatty acid cellulose aster film, a retardation value (Rt value) in the thickness direction of the fatty acid cellulose ester film is from 60 to 300 nm, and the number of luminescent points having a size exceeding 50 ?m is zero per 250 mm2, and the number of luminescent points having a size of 5 to 50 ?m is 200 or less per 250 mm2 when the fatty acid cellulose ester film is observed with two polarizing plates being provided on both surfaces of the fatty acid cellulose ester film so as to shield transmission light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Shibue, Makoto Honda, Nobuo Kubo, Noriyasu Kuzuhara, Hiroki Umeda, Sota Kawakami, Takatoshi Yajima
  • Patent number: 7740919
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a cellulose ester film satisfying the relationships, Nx>Ny>Nz, and 0.8?Rt/R0?3.5, the method comprising casting a cellulose ester dope containing a solvent of a good solvent and a poor solvent on a support to form a web; peeling the web from the support; transporting the peeled web (step D0); holding the edges in the transverse direction of the web (step A); stretching the resulting web in the transverse direction while applying a tension; reducing the tension in the transverse direction of the web; and drying the stretched web, wherein the residual solvent content of the web is 5 to 90% by weight at the beginning in the step A, and the residual poor solvent content in the residual solvent content of the web is from 15 to 95% by weight at the terminal point in the Step D0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Tasaka, Hiroki Umeda, Noriyasu Kuzuhara, Takatoshi Yajima
  • Patent number: 7709067
    Abstract: A cellulose ester film comprising a compound represented by Formula (1): Formula (1) B-(G-A)n-G-B, wherein B represents a benzene monocarboxylic acid residue; G represents an alkylene glycol residue having 2-12 carbon atoms, an aryl glycol residue having 6-12 carbon atoms, or an oxyalkylene glycol residue having 4-12 carbon atoms; A represents an alkylene dicarboxylic acid residue having 4-12 carbon atoms or an aryldicarboxylic acid residue having 6-12 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Takagi, Isamu Michihata, Noriyasu Kuzuhara, Koichi Saito, Koji Tasaka, Hiroki Umeda, Minori Tamagawa, Shinji Inagaki
  • Patent number: 7666482
    Abstract: A retardation film manufactured as a long roll film having a slow axis in a lateral direction of the long roll film, wherein an elastic modulus in an in-plane slow axis direction ?s and an elastic modulus in an in-plane fast axis direction ?f meet Condition (1), the in-plane fast axis direction being perpendicular to the in-plane slow axis direction: 1.26??s/?f?2.60??Condition (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Umeda, Noriyasu Kuzuhara
  • Patent number: D604273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Tamura, Masako Takashima, Hiroshi Nashihara, Hajime Harada, Hiroki Umeda