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).

  • 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: 12137288
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: acquire an image by image sensing processing; set a part of the image as a specific region, wherein a position of the specific region can be changed; and detect a motion of an object included in the specific region; and perform control to display an indicator based on the detected motion of the object in a direction corresponding to a movement direction of the electronic device so that the indicator is superimposed and displayed at a position on the image based on the specific region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takeshi Kikkawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Akihiko Sato, Takeshi Nakata
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20240363657
    Abstract: More improvement of sensitivity is achieved by reducing crosstalk between pixels without deteriorating a light collection property. Provided is an imaging device including multiple pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit and planarly arranged in a matrix shape, a color filter provided on the photoelectric conversion unit for each of the pixels, and a wall-shaped structure portion that is formed between the adjoining color filters with an external shape of the wall-shaped structure portion defined by a first wall portion and is configured to separate the color filters from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SAITO, Shigehiro IKEHARA, Yoshiyuki ISHII, Isaya KITAMURA, Koji WADA, Yuuki KOBAYASHI, Masanaga FUKASAWA, Atsushi KAWASHIMA, Kohei FUKUSHIMA, Yoichi NEGORO
  • Patent number: 12119586
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal connected to a front end portion of an electric wire and a housing in which the terminal is arranged. The housing includes a base portion and cover members. The electric wire extending rearward from a portion of the housing that has the terminal therein is disposed on the base portion. The cover members that are movable between a position in which the cover members cover the base portion and a position in which the cover members are away from the base portion. The cover members include a wire pressing portion that presses the electric wire disposed on the base portion toward the base portion when the cover members are in the position in which the cover members cover the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruo Hara, Masaaki Tabata, Hajime Kawase, Hajime Matsui, Hiroki Kobayashi, Kenji Makino, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Amakawa
  • Patent number: 12120274
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a drive source that drives an object; and a hardware processor that detects a fluctuation range of a load applied to the drive source by driving the object, and determines a state of the object on a basis of a detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hayashi, Yuji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Eguchi, Takeshi Tamada
  • Publication number: 20240337221
    Abstract: An electricity generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an engine, an electric generator, a detector, and a control device. The engine has a compressor including a rotating shaft. The electric generator is connected to the rotating shaft and generates electricity with rotational force of the rotating shaft. The detector detects shaft torque of the electric generator. The control device controls an operational status of the engine or the electric generator on the basis of the shaft torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Ryuji IIJIMA, Shunsuke NOGUCHI, Akira NISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 12112932
    Abstract: An ion detector includes: a first electron multiplier for detecting first ions having a first polarity; a second electron multiplier for detecting second ions having a second polarity different from the first polarity; a first anode for capturing electrons emitted from the first electron multiplier; a second anode for capturing electrons emitted from the second electron multiplier; and a switching circuit including a first input terminal electrically connected to the first anode, a second input terminal electrically connected to the second anode, and an output terminal, the switching circuit selectively connecting one of the first input terminal and the second input terminal to the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takeshi Endo, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240324896
    Abstract: A respiratory sensor includes: a light wave circuit including a light projecting unit that emits light toward exhaled air or inhaled air and a light receiving unit that receives the light emitted by the light projecting unit, and formed on a semiconductor wafer; and a detection unit that detects a state of the exhaled air or the inhaled air from the light received by the light receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoi Kobayashi, Akihiro Fujie, Hiroshi Otsuka, Shumpei Kameyama
  • Patent number: 12102905
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program for causing a server to perform functions to control progress of a video game using a virtual space corresponding to map information of a real space and positional information of a user terminal of a user is provided. The functions include: a registering function configured to register objects of a plurality of users; a generating function configured to generate a predetermined event on a basis of positional information of a user terminal of a first user; and a participating function configured to cause an object of a second user different from the first user, for whom the event is generated, among the objects registered by the registering function to participate in the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Shiba, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Jun Waga, Yutaka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12098468
    Abstract: A method for producing fluorine gas including electrolyzing an electrolyte in an electrolytic cell, measuring an intensity of sound generated near an anode in an inside of the electrolytic cell as the electrolyte is electrolyzed in the electrolyzing, and sending a fluid generated in the inside of the electrolytic cell in the electrolyzing the electrolyte, from the inside to the outside of the electrolytic cell through a flow path. The flow path is switched in accordance with the intensity of sound measured, such that the fluid is sent to a first flow path when the intensity of sound measured in the measuring an intensity of sound is not more than a predetermined reference value, or the fluid is sent to a second flow path when the intensity of sound measured in the measuring an intensity of sound is more than the predetermined reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Mikami, Yohsuke Fukuchi, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D1043550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Takamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Juso, Keiji Shimada, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Yuta Matsumoto, Masamichi Kobayashi, Kazuki Ohki
  • Patent number: D1044702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Takamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Juso, Keiji Shimada, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Yuta Matsumoto, Masamichi Kobayashi, Kazuki Ohki
  • Patent number: D1052061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kobayashi