Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kobayashi

Hiroshi Kobayashi 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: 12170496
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: a power source device including a DC-output power conversion device having a first mode for outputting first voltage and a second mode for outputting second voltage higher than the first voltage; a power supply device; and a control device, and controls a motor. When a flying object takes off, the control device controls the power conversion device in the second mode. When the control device judges that flight information which is one or both of information of a motor parameter obtained along with control for the motor and information of an environmental factor relevant to the flight altitude satisfies a predetermined condition, or when the control device has received an operation mode signal for which the first mode is selected on the basis of the flight information during control for the motor, the control device controls the power conversion device in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Kenji Fujiwara, Hisatoshi Fukumoto, Tomoki Takegami, Tetsuya Kojima, Akihiko Iwata, Masahiro Sugahara, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Mari Nishiyama, Akira Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20240411844
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a vehicle includes a travel control unit configured to provide a plurality of functions related to traveling of the vehicle, and a management unit configured to manage agreement information about whether a driver of the vehicle agrees to the vehicle using specific personal information acquired by a sensor of the vehicle. The number of functions executable in a case where the driver does not agree to use of the specific personal information out of the plurality of functions is smaller than the number of functions executable in a case where the driver agrees to the use of the specific personal information out of the plurality of functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji OKAMURA, Hidetoshi CHIKAMORI, Kazune HASEGAWA, Tomoya TAKAYAMA, Shota HOSHAKU, Koichiro WADA, Masashi KANESAKA, Akio FUTATSUDERA, Takuma KOBAYASHI, Satoshi SADAMURA, Hiroshi AKIYAMA, Nozomu HIROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20240409345
    Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus configured to convey a sheet includes a casing, a belt unit, an accommodating unit, a moving unit, and a rotary member. The accommodating unit and the belt unit move to a first state, a second state, and a third state. In the first state, the accommodating unit is positioned at a closed position and the belt unit is positioned at a first position to convey the sheet by a conveyance belt. In the second state, the accommodating unit is positioned at an opening position and the belt unit is positioned at the first position to open a sheet conveyance path. In the third state, the accommodating unit is positioned at the opening position and the belt unit is positioned at a second position to allow the conveyance belt to attach to and detach from the belt unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: KOHEI AOKI, TAKAHIRO KOBAYASHI, YOSHIAKI HARA, SHUTARO SAITO, HIROSHI KOKUBO, JUN KAWAKITA, YUSHI SADAMITSU
  • Patent number: 12163235
    Abstract: A device for producing fluorine gas has a first flow path configured to send a fluid from the inside of an electrolytic cell through a mist removal unit configured to remove mist from the fluid to a fluorine gas selection unit and a second flow path configured to send the fluid from the inside of the electrolytic cell to the fluorine gas selection unit without passing through the mist removal unit and has a flow path switching unit configured to switch a flow path through which the fluid flows depending on the average particle size of the mist measured by an average particle size measurement unit. The second flow path has a clogging suppression mechanism configured to suppress clogging of the second flow path by the mist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Mikami, Yohsuke Fukuchi, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240401514
    Abstract: A fastening member includes: a fastening main body section; and a coil spring assembled with the fastening main body section. The fastening main body section includes a threaded section configured to be coupled to a coupling target, a shaft section extending from one end of the threaded section, a head section provided on a side of the shaft section opposite to the threaded section side, the head section having a maximum diameter greater than an inner diameter of the coil spring, a stepped section provided between the shaft section and the head section, and a locking section provided in the stepped section or the head section and configured to lock the coil spring. The coil spring is configured to be inserted into the shaft section and the stepped section, and be locked to the locking section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOPURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Yamamoto, Hiroshi Suzuki, Mayumi Matsuno, Masanari Kobayashi, Takenori Okawa, Kei Endo, Daisuke Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20240400775
    Abstract: A prepreg and a fiber-reinforced resin molded article are provided that have excellent joint strength with other members, appropriately control the resin flow at the time of welding, and show excellent dimensional stability at the time of welding, where the prepreg includes a thermoplastic resin layer containing reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, in which the thermoplastic resin layer is present on at least one surface of the prepreg, and where the thermoplastic resin layer contains 65.0 to 99.5% by mass of a constituting unit of the thermoplastic resin and 0.5 to 35.0% by mass of a total amount of a constituting unit of a thermosetting resin and a constituting unit of a curing agent with respect to 100% by mass of a total amount of the constituting unit of the thermoplastic resin, the constituting unit of the thermosetting resin, and the constituting unit of the curing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Masato Honma, Kotaro Shinohara, Hideki Hanabusa
  • Publication number: 20240400478
    Abstract: Provided is a method capable of producing (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene at a high yield. The method for producing (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene includes vaporizing 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane and reacting the 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane vaporized in the vaporizing, with chlorine gas and hydrogen fluoride gas in the gas phase in the presence of a solid catalyst to yield (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Motoya YAMAGAMI, Atsushi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 12160062
    Abstract: A terminal that is to be coupled to a mate terminal. The terminal includes a tubular portion and a spring tab. The mate terminal is to be inserted in the tubular portion and the spring tab is within the tubular portion, and includes a spring-side wall, connection wall, a first side wall that is continuous from the connection wall and the spring-side wall, a second side wall that is continuous from the spring-side wall, and an opening limiter portion. The spring tab presses the mate terminal, which is inserted in the tubular portion, from the spring-side wall toward the connection wall. The tubular portion includes a connection portion that connects the spring tab and connection wall. The tubular portion includes the opening limiter portion that contacts the connection portion from an opposite direction from a pressing direction, in which the spring tab presses the mate terminal, toward the connection wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nungna Wi, Masaaki Tabata, Hajime Matsui, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Amakawa
  • Publication number: 20240391242
    Abstract: A liquid container is a liquid container configured to contain ink to be ejected onto a medium by a liquid ejection apparatus, the liquid container including a containing unit configured to contain the ink, a containing unit which is disposed not to communicate with the containing unit, and which is configured to contain same ink as the ink contained in the containing unit, and a coupling portion configured to couple the containing units to each other, wherein the containing units include derivation units configured to derive the ink contained in the containing units, and the containing units are individually sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Takeru OGUCHI, Koki MURAKAMI, Hiroshi SHIOBARA, Tatsuya HOSOKAWA, Shintaro KOMURO, Kazuhiro KOBAYASHI, Yutaro KAJITANI, Chiaki SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20240394428
    Abstract: It is provided an area design proposal system for proposing equipment placement and configuration of a regional energy system comprising: a long-term operation optimization module configured to output an optimum solution for the equipment placement and configuration through use of a long-term operation algorithm with input of parameters including energy equipment information, vehicle equipment information, an energy equipment introduction cost, a vehicle introduction cost, and an initial cost upper limit amount; and a short-term operation optimization module configured to calculate short-term operation evaluation results, which are evaluation results of the equipment placement and configuration, through use of a short-term operation algorithm with input of the output from the long-term operation optimization module and short-term environmental fluctuation factors, and wherein the long-term operation optimization module is configured to optimize the equipment placement and configuration with input of the short
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Mamoru OKAMOTO, Takashi TAKEMOTO, Hiroshi UCHIGAITO, Thantip Sirinabhigupta KRASIENAPIBAL, Atsuyoshi NAKAMURA, Masato KOBAYASHI, Yuta MIZUNO, Hiroshi TERAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12152308
    Abstract: A method for producing fluorine gas including electrolyzing an electrolyte in an electrolytic cell, measuring the average particle size of a mist contained in a fluid generated in the inside of the electrolytic cell in the electrolyzing the electrolyte, and sending the fluid from the inside to the outside of the electrolytic cell through a flow path. The flow path in which the fluid flows is switched in accordance with the average particle size of the mist measured in the measuring the average particle size, such that the fluid is sent to a first flow path when the average particle size of the mist measured in the measuring the average particle size is not more than a predetermined reference value, or the fluid is sent to a second flow path when the average particle size is more than the predetermined reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Mikami, Yohsuke Fukuchi, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240384378
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, has a microstructure including, by area %, residual austenite of less than 3.0%, ferrite of 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite of less than 5.0%, in which an entropy value obtained by analyzing an SEM image of the microstructure using a gray-level co-occurrence matrix method is 10.7 or more, an inverse difference normalized value is 1.020 or more, a cluster shade value is ?8.0×105 to 8.0×105, and a standard deviation of an Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Shunsuke KOBAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Jun ANDO, Toshiki SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 12149036
    Abstract: A terminal coupled to an end of an electric wire on a front side with respect to an extending direction in which the electric wire extends. The terminal includes a terminal body including a holding section holding the electric wire and a slider slidable relative to the terminal body in the extending direction. The slider includes a pressing portion that presses the holding section toward the electric wire. The terminal body is formed from a folded metal sheet. The holding section includes a holding protrusion that protrudes toward the electric wire and contacts the electric wire. The holding protrusion is formed from a folded metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Masaaki Tabata, Nungna Wi, Hajime Matsui, Teruo Hara, Keisuke Teramoto, Hideki Matsunaga, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Amakawa
  • Publication number: 20240377630
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicular display device including: a display unit configured to emit a display image including display light and projected onto a projection target member provided in a vehicle; a first optical component configured to reflect the display light emitted from the display unit; a first case having a space configured to accommodate the first optical component; and a second case configured to press the first optical component accommodated in the space against the first case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Takahiro Osawa, Tetsuya Suganuma, Yu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240376304
    Abstract: A method for producing a thermoplastic fluororesin tube, the thermoplastic fluroresin tube having tearability in a longitudinal direction, wherein a thermal expansion coefficient in the longitudinal direction upon heating in a gaseous phase at a temperature of 100° C. for 5 minutes is 0% or more, the method including the steps of: subjecting a thermoplastic fluororesin to melt extrusion molding to obtain a raw tube of the thermoplastic fluororesin tube; and expanding an inner diameter of the raw tube while heating the raw tube to a temperature of from 110-135° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kazutaka Sekiya, Hiroshi Ohshima, Daiki Kobayashi, Masashi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20240377631
    Abstract: There are provided a display unit and a vehicular display device. The display unit is mounted on a vehicular display device and emits a display image including display light to be projected onto a projection target member provided outside the vehicular display device. The display unit includes: a display panel configured to display the display image based on light from a light source; a case that supports the display panel; and a heat dissipation member configured to dissipate heat accumulated in the display unit. A shield case of the case and the heat dissipation member are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Tetsuya Suganuma, Yu Kobayashi, Naoto Tsubakihara
  • Patent number: 12143089
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes a winding core part and first and second wires wound in a same direction around the winding core part. The first and second wires constitute a first winding block on one endmost side in an axial direction of the winding core part, a second winding block on other endmost side in the axial direction of the winding core part, and a third winding block positioned between the first and second winding blocks. The second winding block is a winding block at an odd-numbered position counted from the first winding block. The first and second wires cross each other in an area between the first and third winding blocks and in an area between the second and third winding blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Asai, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Daisuke Urabe, Hiroshi Suzuki, Emi Ito, Toshio Tomonari
  • Publication number: 20240366045
    Abstract: An information collection apparatus includes: a sitting sensor detecting that a user of a toilet bowl in a toilet is sitting on a toilet seat placed on the top surface of a rim of the bowl; an information collector collecting information about an excretion in the bowl; and a housing in which the sensor and the collector are placed. The apparatus includes: a bridge component bridging the inside of the rim and the outside of the rim by placing part of the component on the top surface of the rim of the bowl and sandwiching the rim; and a fitting being attached to an end of the component in a direction of the inside of the rim and attaching the housing. The apparatus includes a change mechanism changing the distance from the end to the housing in a direction along an inner wall forming the inside of the rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Junpei Kumagai, Kazutoshi Ohishi, Hiroshi Katayanagi, Keita Yamaguchi, Takeyoshi Obara
  • Patent number: 12136476
    Abstract: The present invention provides prediction information for an effect of taking a medicine on a biometric value. A medication assistance information providing device includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire prescription information related to a medicine that a user plans to take, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire dosing adherence rate information including a dosing adherence rate representing a medication achievement of the user with respect to a dosage specified by the prescription information, a third acquisition unit configured to acquire change prediction information for a biometric value of the user relative to the dosing adherence rate on the basis of the prescription information and the dosing adherence rate information, and a first provision unit configured to provide the change prediction information for the biometric value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Asa Hirasawa, Tamio Ueda, Kensuke Ibata, Tomoya Ishida, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Masaki Yamada, Takanobu Yamauchi, Mizuki Furuta
  • Patent number: D1052061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kobayashi