Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kawashima
Hiroshi Kawashima 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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Patent number: 11960224Abstract: A fixing device includes an endless belt, a rotatable pressing member, a pad member inside of the belt, and a sliding member held by the pad member and sliding on an inner circumferential surface of the belt in a nip. The rotatable pressing member nips and feeds a recording material in the nip in cooperation with the belt and fixes a toner image on the recording material by applying heat and pressure. The sliding member includes a base material layer on which a plurality of projections projecting toward the rotatable pressing member are formed on a side sliding with the belt and a sliding layer provided on an outer surface of the plurality of projections. A leading end of the plurality of projections is a plane and an average roughness (Ra) of the plane satisfies 0.13 ?m?Ra?1.67 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akiyoshi Shinagawa, Yasuharu Toratani, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Daigo Matsuura, Hiroki Kawai, Ayano Ogata, Masanobu Tanaka, Asuna Fukamachi, Misa Kawashima
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Publication number: 20240105543Abstract: There is provided a power conversion apparatus including a first power semiconductor module, a second power semiconductor module, a control circuit for driving the first power semiconductor module and the second power semiconductor module, and liquid-cooling type cooling jackets, wherein the second power semiconductor module is disposed closer to an upper surface in the gravity direction than the first power semiconductor module is, the cooling jackets include a refrigerant containing hydrogen molecules and a refrigerant flow path at least between the first power semiconductor module and the second power semiconductor module, and the control circuit performs control such that the operating time period of the second power semiconductor module is shorter than the operating time period of the first power semiconductor module.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kamizuma, Hangxian Gao, Tetsuya Kawashima, Masahiro Seo
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Patent number: 11858475Abstract: A wiper blade having a wiper strip having a wide portion and a lip, and an elongate backing element. The backing element having a top portion, and two opposing legs that descend from the top portion, such that each opposing leg has a claw which extends towards the other opposing leg. A gap formed between the claws that is narrower than a width of the wide portion of the wiper strip. The claws, legs, and top portion define a wiper strip cavity sized to receive the wide portion wiper strip.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: PYLON MANUFACTURING CORP.Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
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Publication number: 20230400863Abstract: A tracking target position estimation unit and a tracking target search unit that searches for a tracking target are included. The tracking target search unit calculates one or more search routes connecting a current position of the mobile device and a position where the tracking target can exist, generates a search route list in which the calculated one or more search routes are arranged from the top in order of proximity to a tracking target estimated position, and selects a search route in order from the top of the generated search route list, and moves the mobile device according to the selected search route to search for the tracking target. It is determined whether or not the tracking target has been detected based on an image captured by a camera mounted on the mobile device, and in a case where the tracking target has been detected, tracking processing is resumed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Xi CHEN, Hiroshi MIYAGAWA, Hiroshi KAWASHIMA
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Patent number: 11780408Abstract: Embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly may include a support structure, a wiper blade connector assembly for connecting the support structure with a wiper arm of a vehicle, a wiper blade cover fittable over the wiper blade connector assembly, and a wiper blade strip secured to the underside of the support structure. The connector assembly may include a wiper blade connector, a wiper blade connector cover connected to the wiper blade connector and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and a wiper blade connector adapter securable between the wiper blade connector and the wiper blade connector cover. The various embodiments of a wiper blade connector assembly permit the embodiments of the wiper blade assembly to be connected with a plurality of wiper arm types.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: PYLON MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew Graham, Will Young, Hiroshi Kawashima
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Patent number: 11752977Abstract: A wiper blade connector including a body member having a first side wall, a second wall, and a top surface extending between the first and second side walls and a connector securing structure, which may include a rivet passage and an arcuate rivet clip, the arcuate rivet clip extending substantially perpendicular to the rivet passage, and a wiper blade incorporating same.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: PYLON MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventors: Vambi Raymundo Tolentino, Robert Peter Peers, Hiroshi Kawashima
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Patent number: 11631623Abstract: A lead member includes a plurality of lead terminals, and the lead terminals extend from the inside to the outside of a mold resin. Each of the lead terminals has a base portion and a tip end portion on the outside of the mold resin. The base portion is disposed on a region side having a semiconductor element and extends in a direction protruding from the mold resin. The tip end portion extends in a direction different from the base portion and is disposed on the opposite side to a region having the semiconductor element as viewed from the base portion. The length by which the base portion extends differs between a pair of lead terminals adjacent to each other, among the lead terminals. At least a surface of the base portion of each of the lead terminals is covered with a coating resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takamasa Iwai, Junji Fujino, Hiroshi Kawashima
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Patent number: 11610727Abstract: A coil component 100 includes a first coil element 111 and a second coil element 112 each formed in an angular-tubular shape and disposed in parallel by winding and laminating a single flat wire 101 in one direction with edgewise-winding between one end portion 101A and another end portion 101B and bending the wound and laminated coil into two, and includes an interconnection part 113 for connecting the both elements. The interconnection part 113 includes a coil element winding end portion side raised part 123A, a coil element winding start portion side raised part 123B, and an intermediate part 123C extended between the two raised parts 123A and 123B.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: SUMIDA CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
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Patent number: 11608033Abstract: A windshield wiper connector is disclosed for connecting a variety of wiper arms with a wiper blade. The connector may include a rotating cap as well as an adapter. The adapter may be inserted into a trapezoidal groove, and the adapter may have a pin passage for receiving a pin from a wiper arm. The groove may receive a trapezoidal roller from a wiper arm. The connector may include a channel, and a bayonet style wiper arm may be secured in the channel as well as by the cap and by a pillar projecting from the channel. Other similar wiper arms may be connected with a wiper blade using the disclosed inventive concepts. A wiper blade assembly having a wiper strip, a force distribution structure, and a connector is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: PYLON MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
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Patent number: 11570748Abstract: In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Noma, Tomoyuki Ono, Hiroshi Kawashima, Kayoko Tanaka, Ryoki Honjo, Shigeru Tajima, Daisuke Yamazaki, Kazumi Sato, Yoshihito Ishibashi
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Patent number: 11554754Abstract: A connector assembly and wiper blade incorporating same having a base connector, having two longitudinal side walls, a first and second end, and a top surface extending therebetween, wherein the top surface has a pair of cantilevered beams, each provided with a locking tab, extending from a central portion towards each respective end of the base connector. The locking tabs are capable of engaging and securing an aperture in cap or wiper arm. The base connector further has a central recessed portion capable of receiving and securing a top wall of a side adapter. The base connector may further include a base support structure capable of securing the base connector to a wiper blade.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: PYLON MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
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Publication number: 20220402461Abstract: Embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly may include a support structure, a wiper blade connector assembly for connecting the support structure with a wiper arm of a vehicle, a wiper blade cover fittable over the wiper blade connector assembly, and a wiper blade strip secured to the underside of the support structure. The connector assembly may include a wiper blade connector, a wiper blade connector cover connected to the wiper blade connector and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and a wiper blade connector adapter securable between the wiper blade connector and the wiper blade connector cover. The various embodiments of a wiper blade connector assembly permit the embodiments of the wiper blade assembly to be connected with a plurality of wiper arm types.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Matthew Graham, Will Young, Hiroshi Kawashima
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Patent number: 11525150Abstract: A method for producing a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) or a lipid containing a PUFA, a microbial cell containing a PUFA, and use of the microbial cell are provided. A method for producing a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) or a lipid containing a PUFA including culture of a microorganism capable of producing arachidonic acid (ARA) and/or dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) is provided, the method including at least one of the following steps: (a) adding an organic acid in an amount of 0.01 to 5 w/v % to a culture medium after the beginning of main culture; (b) increasing the pH of the culture medium to a range effective for culture after the beginning of the main culture; and (c) adding a metal sulfate in an amount of 0.01 to 0.5 w/w % to the main culture medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Kenji Katano, Hiroshi Kawashima
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Publication number: 20220292967Abstract: The present technology relates to a mobile body, an information processing device, and an information processing system capable of specifying a mobile body that has transmitted information. For example, the mobile body such as a vehicle transmits predetermined information by modulation of light emitted by a distance measuring device that emits the light and receives reflected light of the light for performing distance measurement. For example, the information processing device such as a smartphone acquires the predetermined information transmitted by modulation of the light from a light reception signal obtained by reception of the light, and specifies the mobile body including the distance measuring device that has emitted the light including the predetermined information. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an autonomous driving vehicle or the like that performs autonomous driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventor: HIROSHI KAWASHIMA
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Patent number: 11445471Abstract: In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Noma, Tomoyuki Ono, Hiroshi Kawashima, Kayoko Tanaka, Ryoki Honjo, Shigeru Tajima, Daisuke Yamazaki, Kazumi Sato, Yoshihito Ishibashi
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Patent number: 11433857Abstract: Embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly may include a support structure, a wiper blade connector assembly for connecting the support structure with a wiper arm of a vehicle, a wiper blade cover fittable over the wiper blade connector assembly, and a wiper blade strip secured to the underside of the support structure. The connector assembly may include a wiper blade connector, a wiper blade connector cover connected to the wiper blade connector and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and a wiper blade connector adapter securable between the wiper blade connector and the wiper blade connector cover. The various embodiments of a wiper blade connector assembly permit the embodiments of the wiper blade assembly to be connected with a plurality of wiper arm types.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventors: Matthew Graham, Hiroshi Kawashima, Will Young
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Patent number: 11387173Abstract: A first lead terminal, a second lead terminal provided parallel to the first lead terminal, and a tie bar connecting the first lead terminal and the second lead terminal are provided. The tie bar includes a first narrow-width section touching the first lead terminal, a second narrow-width section touching the second lead terminal, and a wide-width section having a larger width than the first narrow-width section and the second narrow-width section and connecting the first narrow-width section and the second narrow-width section. The wide-width section has a through-hole formed between the first narrow-width section and the second narrow-width section.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Ken Sakamoto, Taketoshi Shikano, Hiroshi Kawashima
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Patent number: 11370394Abstract: Embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly may include a support structure, a wiper blade connector assembly for connecting the support structure with a wiper arm of a vehicle, a wiper blade cover fittable over the wiper blade connector assembly, and a wiper blade strip secured to the underside of the support structure. The connector assembly may include a wiper blade connector, a wiper blade connector cover connected to the wiper blade connector and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and a wiper blade connector adapter securable between the wiper blade connector and the wiper blade connector cover. The various embodiments of a wiper blade connector assembly permit the embodiments of the wiper blade assembly to be connected with a plurality of wiper arm types.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Inventors: Matthew Graham, Will Young, Hiroshi Kawashima
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Publication number: 20220194323Abstract: A wiper blade having a wiper strip having a wide portion and a lip, and an elongate backing element. The backing element having a top portion, and two opposing legs that descend from the top portion, such that each opposing leg has a claw which extends towards the other opposing leg. A gap formed between the claws that is narrower than a width of the wide portion of the wiper strip. The claws, legs, and top portion define a wiper strip cavity sized to receive the wide portion wiper strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Pylon Manufacturing CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
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Publication number: 20220169209Abstract: A wiper blade connector including a body member having a first side wall, a second wall, and a top surface extending between the first and second side walls and a connector securing structure, which may include a rivet passage and an arcuate rivet clip, the arcuate rivet clip extending substantially perpendicular to the rivet passage, and a wiper blade incorporating same.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Vambi Raymundo Tolentino, Robert Peter Peers, Hiroshi Kawashima