Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kakita

Hiroshi Kakita 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: 11440579
    Abstract: A steering column device has an inner column; an outer column combined with the inner column and having a slit extending in the axial direction, the inner column and the outer column configuring a telescopic steering column; a release bracket arranged inside the slit of the outer column and supported by and fixed to the inner column; a support bracket joined to the release bracket so as to be able to detach due to an impact load that is applied to the inner column during a secondary collision; and a telescopic friction plate having a function to increase a holding force for holding the steering column with respect to a vehicle-body-side bracket and supported by the support bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kakita, Kazuki Hara
  • Patent number: 11298107
    Abstract: A plurality of transmission and reception circuits are connected to a plurality of vibration elements. The transmission and reception circuit includes a basic delay circuit and a fine delay circuit. The basic delay circuit delays a transmission signal and a reception signal for sub beamforming. The fine delay circuit is configured to be capable of performing delay finer than that of the basic delay circuit. A quantized delay error is compensated for by the fine delay circuit at the time of transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
    Inventors: Shinta Takano, Kazuhiro Amino, Hiroshi Kakita
  • Publication number: 20220001914
    Abstract: A steering column device has an inner column; an outer column combined with the inner column and having a slit extending in the axial direction, the inner column and the outer column configuring a telescopic steering column; a release bracket arranged inside the slit of the outer column and supported by and fixed to the inner column; a support bracket joined to the release bracket so as to be able to detach due to an impact load that is applied to the inner column during a secondary collision; and a telescopic friction plate having a function to increase a holding force for holding the steering column with respect to a vehicle-body-side bracket and supported by the support bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAKITA, Kazuki HARA
  • Publication number: 20200022677
    Abstract: A plurality of transmission and reception circuits are connected to a plurality of vibration elements. The transmission and reception circuit includes a basic delay circuit and a fine delay circuit. The basic delay circuit delays a transmission signal and a reception signal for sub beamforming. The fine delay circuit is configured to be capable of performing delay finer than that of the basic delay circuit. A quantized delay error is compensated for by the fine delay circuit at the time of transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Shinta TAKANO, Kazuhiro AMINO, Hiroshi KAKITA
  • Patent number: 10035479
    Abstract: A steering apparatus (2, 202) of the invention of the present application is disclosed, which includes an electrifying plate (40, 240) secured to an inner column (11, 211) and received within a guide groove (25, 225) of an outer column (10, 210). The electrifying plate contacts an electrifying cover (15, 215) of the outer column, and configures part of an electrifying path leading to the outer column from the inner column. The invention of the present application enables a new electrifying path to be ensured, which extends from a steering wheel (101) to a car body (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Orihara, Hiroshi Kakita, Osamu Kurihara, Daisuke Terasawa
  • Publication number: 20180001845
    Abstract: A steering apparatus (2, 202) of the invention of the present application is disclosed, which includes an electrifying plate (40, 240) secured to an inner column (11, 211) and received within a guide groove (25, 225) of an outer column (10, 210). The electrifying plate contacts an electrifying cover (15, 215) of the outer column, and configures part of an electrifying path leading to the outer column from the inner column. The invention of the present application enables a new electrifying path to be ensured, which extends from a steering wheel (101) to a car body (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Daiki ORIHARA, Hiroshi KAKITA, Osamu KURIHARA, Daisuke TERASAWA
  • Patent number: 9858181
    Abstract: A memory module having different types of memory mounted together on a double-sided substrate has a first edge and opposite second edge and includes a plurality of memory controllers, a plurality of flash memories, and a plurality of second memories having a higher signal transmission rate than the flash memories. A socket terminal for connecting the double-sided substrate to a motherboard is formed on the front surface and the back surface of the double-sided substrate on the first edge side; the memory controllers are disposed on the second edge side; the second memories are disposed on the second edge side at positions opposite the positions at which the memory controllers are disposed; and the flash memories are disposed on at least the back surface thereof at positions that are closer to the first edge than are the positions at which the memory controllers and the second memories are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Uematsu, Satoshi Muraoka, Hiroshi Kakita, Akio Idei, Yusuke Fukumura, Satoru Watanabe, Takayuki Ono, Taishi Sumikura, Yuichi Fukuda, Takashi Miyagawa, Michinori Naito, Hideki Osaka, Masabumi Shibata, Hitoshi Ueno, Kazunori Nakajima, Yoshihiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 9834245
    Abstract: A steering device includes: an inner column having a first hole opened therein; an outer column having a slit; an outer column bracket clamping the outer column along with a telescopic friction plate; a rod supporting the telescopic friction plate; an inner column bracket supported by the telescopic friction plate and having a second hole opened therein; a shear pin separably connecting the inner column and the inner column bracket to each other at a position across the first hole and the second hole; and a rotation stopper provided at a rear side in relation to the rod and contacting the telescopic friction plate when the telescopic friction plate rotates about the rod in the event of a secondary collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Orihara, Hiroshi Kakita, Osamu Kurihara, Masaya Johta
  • Publication number: 20170297607
    Abstract: A steering device includes: an inner column having a first hole opened therein; an outer column having a slit; an outer column bracket clamping the outer column along with a telescopic friction plate; a rod supporting the telescopic friction plate; an inner column bracket supported by the telescopic friction plate and having a second hole opened therein; a shear pin separably connecting the inner column and the inner column bracket to each other at a position across the first hole and the second hole; and a rotation stopper provided at a rear side in relation to the rod and contacting the telescopic friction plate when the telescopic friction plate rotates about the rod in the event of a secondary collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki ORIHARA, Hiroshi KAKITA, Osamu KURIHARA, Masaya JOHTA
  • Patent number: 9707910
    Abstract: A steering apparatus is disclosed, which includes a steering shaft (3), an outer column (10), an inner column (11) fitted in the outer column, a guide member (31) received in a guide groove (25) formed in the outer column and fitted to the inner column (11), and an electrifying member (40) fitted to the inner column inwardly of the guide groove and getting in contact with the outer column (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kakita, Daiki Orihara, Osamu Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9688222
    Abstract: A steering apparatus has a guide member (31) being received in a guide groove (25) and attached to an inner column (11), metal fittings that have conductivity, is in contact with the inner column to attach the guide member to the inner column, and an electricity-carrying plate (40) that is composed of a metal plate material having conductivity, is fixed to the inner column in contact with the metal fittings, and elastically deforms and in contact with an inside of a pair of guide walls at a predetermined contact pressure, so that a new electricity-carrying passage from a steering wheel to a vehicle body is secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kakita, Daiki Orihara, Osamu Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9669781
    Abstract: A steering apparatus (2) is disclosed, which includes: a steering shaft (3) having a conductive property and transferring a steering force; an outer column (10) having a conductive property and supporting the steering shaft (3) rotatably; an inner column (11) having a conductive property, being fitted in the outer column (10) to enable a relative movement in an axial direction supporting the steering shaft (3) rotatably together with the outer column (10); a bracket (12) having a conductive property, retaining the outer column (10) and being fixed to a vehicle body; and an electrifying lead (17) having a conductive property and configuring a part of an electrifying path leading to the vehicle body from the inner column (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kakita, Daiki Orihara, Osamu Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9658783
    Abstract: In methods connecting a memory module configured from DRAM, which is high-speed memory, and a memory module configured from flash memory which is slower than DRAM but is high-capacity memory, to a CPU memory bus, in the case of sequential reading, the busy rate of the CPU memory bus increases, and performance degradation occurs easily. In the present invention, an information processing device has a CPU, a CPU memory bus, and a primary storage device. The primary storage device has a first memory module and a second memory module. The first memory module has high-speed memory. The second memory module has memory having the same memory interface as that of the high-speed memory, high-capacity memory having a different memory interface from that of the high-speed memory, and a controller that controls same. The first memory module and second memory module are caused to be accessed by the memory interface of the high-speed memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Muraoka, Yutaka Uematsu, Hideki Osaka, Yuusuke Fukumura, Satoru Watanabe, Masabumi Shibata, Hiroshi Kakita, Yuichi Fukuda, Takashi Miyagawa, Michinori Naito, Hitoshi Ueno, Akio Idei, Takayuki Ono, Taishi Sumikura
  • Patent number: 9637161
    Abstract: A steering device includes an inner column, an outer column, an outer column bracket, an inner column bracket, a shear pin, and a damper. A first hole is formed in the inner column. The outer column has a slit formed by notching one end. The outer column bracket tightens the outer column together with a telescopic friction plate. The inner column bracket is supported by the telescopic friction plate, and has a second hole. The shear pin detachably connects the inner column and the inner column bracket to each other at a position across the first hole and the second hole. The damper faces an internal end portion wall of the slit in an axial direction of the inner column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Orihara, Masaya Johta, Hiroshi Kakita, Osamu Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20170072877
    Abstract: A steering apparatus is disclosed, which includes a steering shaft (3), an outer column (10), an inner column (11) fitted in the outer column, a guide member (31) received in a guide groove (25) formed in the outer column and fitted to the inner column (11), and an electrifying member (40) fitted to the inner column inwardly of the guide groove and getting in contact with the outer column (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAKITA, Daiki ORIHARA, Osamu KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20170057433
    Abstract: A steering apparatus has a guide member (31) being received in a guide groove (25) and attached to an inner column (11), metal fittings that have conductivity, is in contact with the inner column to attach the guide member to the inner column, and an electricity-carrying plate (40) that is composed of a metal plate material having conductivity, is fixed to the inner column in contact with the metal fittings, and elastically deforms and in contact with an inside of a pair of guide walls at a predetermined contact pressure, so that a new electricity-carrying passage from a steering wheel to a vehicle body is secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAKITA, Daiki ORIHARA, Osamu KURIHARA
  • Patent number: 9569144
    Abstract: When DRAMs that are high-speed memories and flash memories that are lower in speed but can be larger in capacity than the DRAM are to be mounted on a DIMM, what matters in maximizing CPU memory bus throughput is the arrangement of the mounted components. The present disclosure provides a memory module (DIMM) that includes memory controllers arranged on the module surface closer to a socket terminal and DRAMs serving as high-speed memories arranged on the back surface. Nonvolatile memories as large-capacity memories are arranged on the side farther from the socket terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Uematsu, Satoshi Muraoka, Hideki Osaka, Masabumi Shibata, Yuusuke Fukumura, Satoru Watanabe, Hiroshi Kakita, Akio Idei, Hitoshi Ueno, Takayuki Ono, Takashi Miyagawa, Michinori Naito, Taishi Sumikura, Yuichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20160355208
    Abstract: A steering device includes an inner column, an outer column, an outer column bracket, an inner column bracket, a shear pin, and a damper. A first hole is formed in the inner column. The outer column has a slit formed by notching one end. The outer column bracket tightens the outer column together with a telescopic friction plate. The inner column bracket is supported by the telescopic friction plate, and has a second hole. The shear pin detachably connects the inner column and the inner column bracket to each other at a position across the first hole and the second hole. The damper faces an internal end portion wall of the slit in an axial direction of the inner column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki ORIHARA, Masaya JOHTA, Hiroshi KAKITA, Osamu KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20160280159
    Abstract: A steering apparatus (2) is disclosed, which includes: a steering shaft (3) having a conductive property and transferring a steering force; an outer column (10) having a conductive property and supporting the steering shaft (3) rotatably; an inner column (11) having a conductive property, being fitted in the outer column (10) to enable a relative movement in an axial direction supporting the steering shaft (3) rotatably together with the outer column (10); a bracket (12) having a conductive property, retaining the outer column (10) and being fixed to a vehicle body; and an electrifying lead (17) having a conductive property and configuring a part of an electrifying path leading to the vehicle body from the inner column (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAKITA, Daiki Orihara, Osamu Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9434403
    Abstract: A steering device which contracts by an impulse load. The steering device includes a cylindrical inner column having a first hole opened therein, an outer column having a cylindrical shape into which at least a part of the inner column is inserted and having a slit at one insertion side end of the inner column, an outer column bracket fixed to a vehicle body side member to support the outer column and to tighten the outer column along with a telescopic friction plate, an inner column bracket having a second hole opened therein and supported by the telescopic friction plate, and a shear pin provided at a position straddling the first hole and the second hole and detachably connecting the inner column and the inner column bracket to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Johta, Hideki Kojima, Wataru Hagiwara, Daiki Orihara, Hiroshi Kakita, Osamu Kurihara