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).

  • Patent number: 11370394
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Graham, Will Young, Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20220194323
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Pylon Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20220169209
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Vambi Raymundo Tolentino, Robert Peter Peers, Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11273796
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20220048475
    Abstract: A windshield wiper connector is disclosed for connecting a variety of wiper arms with a wiper blade. The connector may include a pivotable cover. The connector may also include a pin passage for receiving a pin-type wiper arm as well as a gaps in the connector positioned around an elevated plateau for receiving a slot-type wiper arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11247641
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Vambi Raymundo Tolentino, Robert Peter Peers, Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20220024418
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11217383
    Abstract: Provided is a coil component 100 including a first coil element 111 and a second coil element 112 each formed in an angular-tubular shape and disposed in parallel, and an interconnection part 113 for connecting the both coil elements 111, 112. The interconnection part 113 is configured with a first connecting part 123A, a second connecting part 123B, an intermediate part 123C, and an inverted part 123D. The first connecting part 123A is configured with a flatwise-bending portion 123A1 and an edgewise-winding portion 123A2. The second connecting part 123B is configured with a flatwise-bending portion 123B1 and an edgewise-winding portion 123B2. The intermediate part 123C is provided to extend over a gap part 115 between the second coil element 112 and the first coil element 111 on a front end-face side without being twisted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20210327777
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa IWAI, Junji FUJINO, Hiroshi KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11125942
    Abstract: An optical waveguide element includes: a cladding portion made of silica-based glass; and a plurality of optical waveguides positioned in the cladding portion and made of silica-based glass in which ZrO2 crystal particles are dispersed. The optical waveguide element is a planar lightwave circuit. The plurality of optical waveguides configure an arrayed waveguide grating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Uchida, Yuuki Taniguchi, Hiroshi Kawashima, Kazutaka Nara, Masanori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11107746
    Abstract: A lead frame (4) includes an inner lead (5), an outer lead (2) connected to the inner lead (5), and a power die pad (7). A power semiconductor device (9) is bonded onto the power die pad (7). A first metal thin line (11) electrically connects the inner lead (5) and the power semiconductor device (9). Sealing resin (1) seals the inner lead (5), the power die pad (7), the power semiconductor device (9), and the first metal thin line (11). The sealing resin (1) includes an insulating section (15) directly beneath the power die pad (7). A thickness of the insulating section (15) is 1 to 4 times a maximum particle diameter of inorganic particles in the sealing resin (1). A first hollow (14) is provided on an upper surface of the sealing resin (1) directly above the power die pad (7) in a region without the first metal thin line (11) and the power semiconductor device (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawashima, Takamasa Iwai, Taketoshi Shikano, Satoshi Kondo, Ken Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210193546
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device including an insulating layer, a conductive layer bonded to one main surface of the insulating layer, a semiconductor element arranged such that the upper surface of the semiconductor element faces a direction same as the one main surface of the insulating layer, an upper electrode provided on the upper surface of the semiconductor element, a wiring member that has one end electrically bonded to the upper electrode of the semiconductor element and has another end electrically bonded to the conductive layer, and has a hollow portion, a first sealing material, and a second sealing material, in which the first sealing material seals at least part of the semiconductor element so as to be in contact with the semiconductor element, and the second sealing material seals the wiring member so as to be in contact with the wiring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soichi SAKAMOTO, Junji FUJINO, Hiroshi KAWASHIMA, Taketoshi MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11040705
    Abstract: A connector for a windshield wiper, and a wiper blade assembly including same, that accommodates slotted receiving portions of windshield wiper arms. The connector for connecting a windshield wiper assembly to a wiper arm may have a peripheral wall having at least two opposing peripheral side walls and a top surface extending from one of the two opposing peripheral side walls to the other. The opposing peripheral side walls may each have a guide pin aligned with one another and sized to be capable of slidably engaging slots of windshield wiper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20210168757
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki NOMA, Tomoyuki ONO, Hiroshi KAWASHIMA, Kayoko TANAKA, Ryoki HONJO, Shigeru TAJIMA, Daisuke YAMAZAKI, Kazumi SATO, Yoshihito ISHIBASHI
  • Patent number: 11004761
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device including an insulating layer, a conductive layer bonded to one main surface of the insulating layer, a semiconductor element arranged such that the upper surface of the semiconductor element faces a direction same as the one main surface of the insulating layer, an upper electrode provided on the upper surface of the semiconductor element, a wiring member that has one end electrically bonded to the upper electrode of the semiconductor element and has another end electrically bonded to the conductive layer, and has a hollow portion, a first sealing material, and a second sealing material, in which the first sealing material seals at least part of the semiconductor element so as to be in contact with the semiconductor element, and the second sealing material seals the wiring member so as to be in contact with the wiring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichi Sakamoto, Junji Fujino, Hiroshi Kawashima, Taketoshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 10932222
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Noma, Tomoyuki Ono, Hiroshi Kawashima, Kayoko Tanaka, Ryoki Honjo, Shigeru Tajima, Daisuke Yamazaki, Kazumi Sato, Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20210001815
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew GRAHAM, Hiroshi KAWASHIMA, Will YOUNG
  • Publication number: 20200361419
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Pylon Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20200361420
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Pylon Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10829092
    Abstract: A wiper blade with a modular mounting base, having a wiper strip and a primary frame. The primary frame may be provided with a recessed portion having a base portion, a proximal end and a distal end, and may further be provided with a projection disposed on the proximal end, and with receiving holes on the base portion. The primary frame is capable of securing a mounting base having a bottom, a proximal end and a distal end such that one or more locking legs descending from the bottom of the mounting base can engage the receiving holes in the bottom portion of the primary frame, and such that the projection on the proximal portion of the recessed portion engages a guiding channel on the proximal end of the mounting base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Peter Peers, Hiroshi Kawashima