Patents by Inventor Hironori Matsumoto
Hironori Matsumoto 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: 20240092924Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody that binds to an NTCP, capable of inhibiting infection of human hepatocytes with hepatitis B virus (HBV) particles. The present invention also provides an antibody that binds to an NTCP, capable of inhibiting infection of human hepatocytes with hepatitis B virus (HBV) particles, the antibody having a reduced effect on bile acid transport by NTCP.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Toshitada TAKEMORI, Akiko SUGIMOTO, Michishige HARADA, Mikako SHIROUZU, Takehisa MATSUMOTO, Tomomi SOMEYA, Hiroyuki OSADA, Yushi FUTAMURA, Kunitada SHIMOTOHNO, Hironori NISHITSUJI, Kazuaki CHAYAMA, Daiki MIKI
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Patent number: 11933023Abstract: A plus-side main connection line (27) connects electrical equipment (21), (22) to a plus terminal (26A) of a battery (26). A plus-side isolating switch (28) is provided in the plus-side main connection line (27) to connect or disconnect the electrical equipment (21), (22) and or from the plus terminal (26A) of the battery (26). A plus-side auxiliary connection line (30) connects a urea SCR controller (25) to the plus terminal (26A) of the battery (26) in a position upstream of the plus-side isolating switch (28). A minus-side main connection line (32) connects a minus terminal (26B) of the battery (26) to ground. A minus-side isolating switch (33) is provided in the minus-side main connection line (32) to connect or disconnect the minus terminal (26B) of the battery (26) and or from ground.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Tago, Takenori Hiroki, Tomoya Murazumi, Hironori Itou, Daiki Machida, Junya Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20230354643Abstract: An inexpensive display device with a narrow bezel is provided. The display device includes a first pixel including a light-emitting device, a second pixel including a light-receiving device, and a reading circuit for reading data obtained by the second pixel. The reading circuit includes a first circuit included in a mounted IC chip and a second circuit monolithically formed over a substrate over which a pixel circuit is formed. With this structure, a circuit corresponding to the second circuit can be omitted from the IC chip, so that the IC chip can be downsized.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Manabu SATO, Hironori MATSUMOTO, Masataka NAKADA
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Patent number: 11740739Abstract: An electronic device using a novel optical module is provided. The optical module includes a first light-emitting element, an optical conversion element, and a first light-receiving element. The first light-emitting element includes a plurality of fluorescent substances and a light-emitting diode. The optical conversion element includes a first optical filter. The light-emitting diode emits first light, and the fluorescent substances can emit second light by being excited by the first light. The first optical filter can form third light having a wavelength range longer than 680 nm from the second light. The first light-receiving element has the function of detecting the third light, and the first light-receiving element functions as a sensor detecting the existence of a shielding object on a light path connecting the first light-emitting element and the first light-receiving element. Furthermore, the second light formed by the optical module can function as a light source of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Fukutome, Hidenori Mori, Hironori Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20230125324Abstract: A semiconductor device with high reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a capacitor, and first to fourth wirings. The first transistor includes a first gate and a second gate, and one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is connected to the first wiring and the second gate, and the other of the source and the drain is connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor and one electrode of the capacitor. A gate of the second transistor is connected to the other electrode of the capacitor, and the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring. The first wiring is supplied with a first potential, and the second wiring is supplied with a second potential and a third potential alternately. The third wiring is connected to the first gate and supplied with a first signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Manabu SATO, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Hidenori MORI, Hironori MATSUMOTO, Daisuke KUROSAKI, Masami JINTYOU, Masataka NAKADA
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Publication number: 20220406818Abstract: A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes first to third transistors and a capacitor. In the first transistor, one of a source and a drain is supplied with a first signal, the other of the source and the drain is connected to a gate of the second transistor and one electrode of the capacitor, and a gate is supplied with a second pulse signal. In the second transistor, one of a source and a drain is supplied with a first pulse signal, and the other of the source and the drain is connected to the other electrode of the capacitor and one of a source and a drain of the third transistor. In the third transistor, the other of the source and the drain is supplied with the first potential, and a gate is supplied with a second signal that is an inverted signal of the first signal. The first pulse signal is a clock signal, and the second pulse signal has a duty ratio of 55% or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Manabu SATO, Koji KUSUNOKI, Hidenori MORI, Hironori MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 11049468Abstract: A display device or the like with a novel structure which can ensure a sufficiently long period for writing data signals in pixels is provided. A display device or the like with a novel structure which can display an image of one frame without greatly degrading display quality is provided. The display device includes a gate driver and a pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels. The gate driver is configured to output a first scan signal to a first gate line in a first frame period. The gate driver is configured to output a second scan signal to a second gate line in a second frame period. The second gate line is a gate line next to the first gate line. The pixels are configured to hold data signals, which are written in the pixels in the first frame period, in the first frame period and the second frame period.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Mori, Hironori Matsumoto, Takahiro Fukutome
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Publication number: 20200380932Abstract: A display device or the like with a novel structure which can ensure a sufficiently long period for writing data signals in pixels is provided. A display device or the like with a novel structure which can display an image of one frame without greatly degrading display quality is provided. The display device includes a gate driver and a pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels. The gate driver is configured to output a first scan signal to a first gate line in a first frame period. The gate driver is configured to output a second scan signal to a second gate line in a second frame period. The second gate line is a gate line next to the first gate line. The pixels are configured to hold data signals, which are written in the pixels in the first frame period, in the first frame period and the second frame period.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Hidenori MORI, Hironori MATSUMOTO, Takahiro FUKUTOME
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Patent number: 10685614Abstract: A display device or the like with a novel structure which can ensure a sufficiently long period for writing data signals in pixels is provided. A display device or the like with a novel structure which can display an image of one frame without greatly degrading display quality is provided. The display device includes a gate driver and a pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels. The gate driver is configured to output a first scan signal to a first gate line in a first frame period. The gate driver is configured to output a second scan signal to a second gate line in a second frame period. The second gate line is a gate line next to the first gate line. The pixels are configured to hold data signals, which are written in the pixels in the first frame period, in the first frame period and the second frame period.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Mori, Hironori Matsumoto, Takahiro Fukutome
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Publication number: 20200167015Abstract: An electronic device using a novel optical module is provided. The optical module includes a first light-emitting element, an optical conversion element, and a first light-receiving element. The first light-emitting element includes a plurality of fluorescent substances and a light-emitting diode. The optical conversion element includes a first optical filter. The light-emitting diode emits first light, and the fluorescent substances can emit second light by being excited by the first light. The first optical filter can form third light having a wavelength range longer than 680 nm from the second light. The first light-receiving element has the function of detecting the third light, and the first light-receiving element functions as a sensor detecting the existence of a shielding object on a light path connecting the first light-emitting element and the first light-receiving element. Furthermore, the second light formed by the optical module can function as a light source of the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Takahiro FUKUTOME, Hidenori MORI, Hironori MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20170321092Abstract: A modified ethylene polymer having high fuel barrier property and excellent adhesion and mechanical strength, and also uses thereof are provided. The modified ethylene polymer, in which at least part of the ethylene polymer is graft-modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, has a graft modification of 0.15% by weight to 0.40% by weight, and has an elution amount at 80° C. or lower as determined by cross-fractionation chromatography that is not more than 10% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takahiro MAEDA, Hironori MATSUMOTO, Takashi SAKUMA
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Publication number: 20170270882Abstract: A display device or the like with a novel structure which can ensure a sufficiently long period for writing data signals in pixels is provided. A display device or the like with a novel structure which can display an image of one frame without greatly degrading display quality is provided. The display device includes a gate driver and a pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels. The gate driver is configured to output a first scan signal to a first gate line in a first frame period. The gate driver is configured to output a second scan signal to a second gate line in a second frame period. The second gate line is a gate line next to the first gate line. The pixels are configured to hold data signals, which are written in the pixels in the first frame period, in the first frame period and the second frame period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Hidenori MORI, Hironori MATSUMOTO, Takahiro FUKUTOME
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Patent number: 9501077Abstract: A main rectifying/smoothing circuit is connected to one end of a secondary winding of a transformer and a plurality of rectifying/smoothing circuits are connected to a plurality of central taps of the secondary winding. The rectifying/smoothing circuits are each equipped with a switch. In a preliminary driving period, a DSP, which controls the switches, reads forward drop voltages of first to third diode loads and sets feedback gains corresponding to the forward drop voltages. The DSP controls the switches based on the set feedback gains and begins rated driving.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Asai, Hironori Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9447267Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a modified polypropylene composition for forming laminates, which enables prevention of lowering of interlaminar bond strength even in the case where it is subjected to high-speed molding or subjected to stretch molding, and a laminate using the composition and having excellent interlaminar bond properties. The present invention relates to a modified polypropylene composition comprising a propylene-based polymer (A-1), 0 to 45% by weight of a propylene-based polymer (A-2), an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (B) having a melt flow rate (MFR; ASTM D1238, 230° C., load of 2.16 kg) of 0.01 to 40 g/10 min and a density (ASTM D1505) of not more than 0.900 g/cm3, and a specific amount of modified polypropylene (C) a part or all of which has been graft-modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Hironori Matsumoto, Hirotaka Uosaki, Koji Kitahara, Yuji Sawada
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Publication number: 20160268866Abstract: An axial gap type rotating electrical machine includes: a rotor that is fixed to a rotation shaft; a stator that is arranged to face the rotor along an axial direction of the rotation shaft; a housing that contains the rotor and the stator; and a resin member for holding the stator to an inner wall of the housing; wherein: the stator comprises a plurality of cores that are arranged in a circumferential direction around the rotation shaft, an insulating bobbin that holds each of the cores, a coil that is wound upon the bobbin, and a first conductive member for shielding electrostatic coupling between the coil and the rotor; the bobbin is formed with an opening portion for housing the core and a flange portion that surrounds the opening portion; and the flange portion is formed with a groove portion in which the first conductive member is housed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2013Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventor: Hironori MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 9190914Abstract: In a switching power supply apparatus, a main switching control circuit performs switching control of a low-side switch device and a high-side switch device based on a feedback signal corresponding to a main output voltage output from a secondary winding of a transformer, and applies and stops applying a voltage to a primary winding of the transformer. A digital signal processor, in accordance with the load status of the main load, changes set target values, performs switching control of switch devices of the sub-rectifying and smoothing circuits, and drives sub-loads.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Asai, Hironori Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20150303745Abstract: To provide an axial gap motor with higher reliability that may prevent displacement of iron core pieces at temperature rise and may be easily manufactured to be lighter. An axial gap motor 100 includes a rotor 30, a stator 20 in which a plurality of iron core pieces 1 wound with coils 9 are arranged in a circumferential direction, a case 3 housing the rotor 30 and the stator 20. The stator 20 and the rotor 30 are coaxially provided with an air gap G in between. The stator 20 has a conducting material 2 provided to be in contact with end parts of the iron core pieces 1 in an axis direction and fixed to the case 3. The stator 20 is integrally molded using a resin material 4 to contain the coils 9, the iron core pieces 1, and the conducting material 2 inside, and thereby, fixed to the case 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventor: Hironori MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 9143025Abstract: A magnetic gear mechanism including a simplified assembly of a magnetic flux modulating section in the magnetic gear mechanism which improves the strength thereof. In the magnetic flux modulating section of the magnetic gear mechanism, the magnetic flux modulating section being formed of a magnetic member and a non-magnetic member, a piece of the magnetic member and a piece of the non-magnetic member are separately produced. The piece of the magnetic member is sandwiched between circumferential projections provided in pieces of the non-magnetic member, and the magnetic member and the non-magnetic member and bearing holding sections form a structure in which the magnetic member and the non-magnetic member are fitted into the bearing holding sections by using recessed portions provided in the bearing holding sections and axial projections provided in the pieces of the non-magnetic member. This structure simplifies production and improves strength.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Norihisa Iwasaki, Yuji Enomoto, Junnosuke Nakatsugawa, Masashi Kitamura, Kinya Kobayashi, Hironori Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9137888Abstract: The present invention is a power distribution mounting component operable at high voltages. More specifically, the power distribution mounting component includes: an insulating layer; current-carrying first conductor layers sandwiching the insulating layer; and a second conductor layer (thinner than the first conductor layers) interposed between the insulating layer and at least one of the first conductor layers. Each the second conductor layer between the insulating layer and the overlying current-carrying first conductor layer is sufficiently thinner than the first conductor layer and is therefore formed in close adhesion to the insulating layer, thereby increasing the partial discharge inception voltage of the power distribution mounting component and therefore its insulation reliability.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Junpei Kusukawa, Hironori Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20150130516Abstract: A main rectifying/smoothing circuit is connected to one end of a secondary winding of a transformer and a plurality of rectifying/smoothing circuits are connected to a plurality of central taps of the secondary winding. The rectifying/smoothing circuits are each equipped with a switch. In a preliminary driving period, a DSP, which controls the switches, reads forward drop voltages of first to third diode loads and sets feedback gains corresponding to the forward drop voltages. The DSP controls the switches based on the set feedback gains and begins rated driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2015Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Hirotsugu ASAI, Hironori MATSUMOTO