Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kikuchi

Hiroshi Kikuchi 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: 10346102
    Abstract: When a PnP ID for a printer driver of an architecture that cannot be used is designated, the printer driver cannot be plug and play installed. Accordingly, a driver different to the driver corresponding to the PnP ID designated by the printer is installed in accordance with the capabilities of the OS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10315869
    Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes: a feeding unit that is provided to be movable in a forward-backward direction to move forward or backward relative to a sheet placing unit on which a sheet is placed, and feeds the sheet; a moving unit that moves the feeding unit in the forward-backward direction; a contact unit that is provided to be movable, with which the sheet placed on the sheet placing unit is brought into contact; a limitation unit that limits movement of the contact unit; and a releasing unit that, when the moving unit moves the feeding unit in a direction away from the sheet placing unit, with the movement of the feeding unit, releases limitation on the movement of the contact unit by the limitation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kikuchi, Kei Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190174035
    Abstract: The present invention provides the following camera. A first camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to detection of a signal change caused by coupling of a camera accessory. A second camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of power for communication with the coupled camera accessory. A third camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of a driving force to an actuator of the camera accessory. The first, second, and third camera-side contact pins are disposed in such a manner that, when a camera-side mount shifts from a first state to a second state, the third camera-side contact pin contacts first and second accessory-side contact surfaces, the second camera-side contact pin contacts the first accessory-side contact surface, and the first camera-side contact pin does not contact the second and third accessory-side contact surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Tokunaga, Takashi Hasegawa, Tetsuya Nishio, Yoshihiko Konno, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Azusa Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20190092588
    Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes: a feeding unit that is provided to be movable in a forward-backward direction to move forward or backward relative to a sheet placing unit on which a sheet is placed, and feeds the sheet; a moving unit that moves the feeding unit in the forward-backward direction; a contact unit that is provided to be movable, with which the sheet placed on the sheet placing unit is brought into contact; a limitation unit that limits movement of the contact unit; and a releasing unit that, when the moving unit moves the feeding unit in a direction away from the sheet placing unit, with the movement of the feeding unit, releases limitation on the movement of the contact unit by the limitation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KIKUCHI, Kei WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10244152
    Abstract: The present invention provides the following camera. A first camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to detection of a signal change caused by coupling of a camera accessory. A second camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of power for communication with the coupled camera accessory. A third camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of a driving force to an actuator of the camera accessory. The first, second, and third camera-side contact pins are disposed in such a manner that, when a camera-side mount shifts from a first state to a second state, the third camera-side contact pin contacts first and second accessory-side contact surfaces, the second camera-side contact pin contacts the first accessory-side contact surface, and the first camera-side contact pin does not contact the second and third accessory-side contact surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Tokunaga, Takashi Hasegawa, Tetsuya Nishio, Yoshihiko Konno, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Azusa Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20180370290
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion including at least one land portion having axially spaced first and second ends. The at least one land portion is provided with lateral grooves extending from the first end to terminal ends terminating within the at least one land portion, first sipes each extending along a tire circumferential direction to connect a pair of lateral grooves arranged adjacently in the tire circumferential direction, second sipes extending from the first end toward the first sipes, and third sipes extending from the second end toward the first sipes. The second sipes and the third sipes are arranged without intersecting the lateral grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisuke HIROSUE, Hiroshi KIKUCHI, Tomohisa KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180373128
    Abstract: The camera accessory is attachable to a camera by relatively rotating from a first state to a second state. Camera side contact pins include a first camera side contact pin making contact with an accessory side contact holding portion in the first state and second camera side contact pins not making contact with the accessory side contact holding portion in the first state. Accessory side contact surfaces include a first accessory side contact surface making contact with the first camera side contact pin in the second state and second accessory side contact surfaces not making contact with the first camera side contact pin in the second state. A pitch between the first and second accessory side contact surfaces adjacent thereto is larger than a pitch between the second accessory side contact surfaces adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nishio, Azusa Sugawara, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Yoshihiko Konno, Tatsuyuki Tokunaga, Takashi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20180274999
    Abstract: To provide a high-performance semiconductor sensor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor sensor device. This semiconductor sensor device has a sensor chip, and a first thin film formed on the sensor chip, said sensor chip being mechanically connected, via the first thin film, to a second thin film formed on a base formed of a polycrystalline material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi KONNO, Hiroshi KIKUCHI, Kentarou MIYAJIMA, Munenori DEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180162723
    Abstract: Provided is an inertia sensor that can be reduced in size. An inertia sensor having layers 1a, 2a in which detection parts 20, 30 are formed, the inertial sensor being a laminated structure obtained by laminating two or more of the layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Munenori DEGAWA, Hiroshi KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 9968583
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacture of a liposome composition including a step in which: a liposome dispersion liquid containing a liposome, and further containing cyclodextrin in the liposome internal phase is provided and a step in which an active compound is introduced into said liposome internal phase, and the liposome composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: EISAI R & D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kikuchi, Kenji Hyodo, Hiroshi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 9899245
    Abstract: Provided is a method of conveying a storage container from a placing table to a conveyance place using a conveying mechanism in a substrate processing apparatus. The storage container hermetically stores a substrate and includes a flange portion formed on the top thereof. The conveying mechanism includes a hand portion provided with a flange insertion portion. The substrate processing apparatus is provided with at least two placing tables arranged side by side in a first horizontal direction. The method includes moving the placing table to the conveyance place in the second horizontal direction by a predetermined distance; sliding the hand portion from a side of a placing table neighboring to the placing table in the first horizontal direction such that the flange portion is inserted into the flange inserting portion; and conveying the storage container from the placing table to the conveyance place through the hand portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kikuchi, Eiki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180002164
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve the pressure resistance of a cavity in a semiconductor sensor device employing a resin package, and to do so without adversely affecting the embeddability of an electrically conductive member. The semiconductor sensor device has a gap 1a sealed in an airtight manner inside a laminate structure of a plurality of laminated substrates 1, 4, and 5, and has a structure in which the outside of the laminate structure is covered by a resin, wherein a platy component 2 having at least one side that is greater in length than the length of one side of the gap 1a along this side is arranged to the outside of an upper wall 1b of the gap 1, the upper wall 1b of the gap being mechanically suspended by the platy component 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Munenori DEGAWA, Hiroshi KIKUCHI, Akihiro OKAMOTO, Masashi YURA, Masahide HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9857124
    Abstract: The clamp apparatus of the present disclosure includes a clamp member configured to contact a substrate accommodating container from an upper side and fix the substrate accommodating container to a predetermined position when a cover provided on a front surface of the substrate accommodating container is opened/closed, a driving mechanism configured to drive the clamp member; a casing configured to cover the driving mechanism, a suction port configured to communicate with the casing, an exhaust chamber provided near the casing, and a fan provided inside the exhaust chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuru Obara, Hisashi Inoue, Keishi Shionaga, Masahiro Kobayashi, Norio Baba, Hiroshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9803924
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vertical heat treatment apparatus. The apparatus includes: a heat treatment furnace provided with a furnace inlet at a lower end thereof; a cover unit disposed on the furnace inlet of the heat treatment furnace; a cover unit opening/closing mechanism configured to support the cover unit in a cantilever manner from a bottom side of the cover unit; and an auxiliary mechanism configured to press the cover unit from the bottom side of the cover unit when the cover unit is disposed on the furnace inlet. The auxiliary mechanism is provided with a toggle mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kikuchi, Tsutomu Wakamori
  • Patent number: 9803926
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a support mechanism for supporting a cover that performs sealing of a furnace opening of a heat treatment furnace or release the sealing by being moved up or down by an elevating unit. The support mechanism includes a first elastic body having a first elastic modulus; and a second elastic body having a second elastic modulus larger than the first elastic modulus. A reaction force in relation to the first elastic body is applied to the cover when the cover abuts on the furnace opening by being moved up by the elevating unit, and a reaction force in relation to the first elastic body and the second elastic body is applied to the cover after the cover abuts on the furnace opening by being moved up by the elevating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kikuchi, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170289415
    Abstract: The present invention provides the following camera. A first camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to detection of a signal change caused by coupling of a camera accessory. A second camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of power for communication with the coupled camera accessory. A third camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of a driving force to an actuator of the camera accessory. The first, second, and third camera-side contact pins are disposed in such a manner that, when a camera-side mount shifts from a first state to a second state, the third camera-side contact pin contacts first and second accessory-side contact surfaces, the second camera-side contact pin contacts the first accessory-side contact surface, and the first camera-side contact pin does not contact the second and third accessory-side contact surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Tokunaga, Takashi Hasegawa, Tetsuya Nishio, Yoshihiko Konno, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Azusa Sugawara
  • Patent number: 9779976
    Abstract: Provided is a thermal type airflow volume meter improving measurement accuracy, a method for manufacturing the same, and an adhesive sheet for use therein, the adhesive sheet divided into at least two or more per adherend and having a thickness of approximately 0.1 mm or less is divided to correspond to a shape of the adherend and generates or increases adhesion or stickiness by external energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ikeo, Toshifumi Sagawa, Ryosuke Doi, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Hideki Mukuno
  • Patent number: 9729769
    Abstract: The present invention provides the following camera. A first camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to detection of a signal change caused by coupling of a camera accessory. A second camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of power for communication with the coupled camera accessory. A third camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of a driving force to an actuator of the camera accessory. The first, second, and third camera-side contact pins are disposed in such a manner that, when a camera-side mount shifts from a first state to a second state, the third camera-side contact pin contacts first and second accessory-side contact surfaces, the second camera-side contact pin contacts the first accessory-side contact surface, and the first camera-side contact pin does not contact the second and third accessory-side contact surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Tokunaga, Takashi Hasegawa, Tetsuya Nishio, Yoshihiko Konno, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Azusa Sugawara
  • Patent number: D817258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: D822584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kikuchi