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: 20220305756
    Abstract: A material-like decorating sheet that forms a material pattern on a surface of a decoration target component by being attached to the surface of the decoration target component includes a sheet-shaped transparent base film, and a colored layer disposed on a back surface of the base film and forming the material pattern with one or more inks. The base film has, on an outer surface, an uneven portion that provides a texture corresponding to the material pattern. The colored layer has an uncolored pattern including a plurality of uncolored areas that are portions not colored with the one or more inks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Masanori YABUKI, Emi MIYASHITA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220297284
    Abstract: A human body supporting exoskeleton device 10 includes base sections 12, an upper body mounting section 18, leg mounting sections 16, a hip belt 14, actuator containers 38, actuators 20, and wires 48, and the upper body mounting section 18 has an upper body frame 18 that consists of one component located in an upper part of the human body supporting exoskeleton device 10, has the actuator containers 38, and is directly connected to the pair of left and right base sections 12, and a ratio of the weight of the human body supporting exoskeleton device 10 to the urging force in a direction in which the human body P is heaved upright is 6 kgf/kg or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: INNOPHYS Co., LTD
    Inventor: Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220299087
    Abstract: A motor unit having a motor shaft, and a speed reduction mechanism connected to the motor shaft are included. The speed reduction mechanism includes a sun gear unit disposed on the motor shaft, planetary gear units meshing with the sun gear unit and arranged in the circumferential direction, a carrier at least a part of which surrounds the planetary gear units, and an output unit connected to the planetary gear units. The carrier includes a first cylindrical portion disposed outward of and above the sun gear unit and extending in the axial direction. The first cylindrical portion rotatably supports the output unit via a bearing, and the bearing is at least partly disposed radially inward of the radially outer end of the planetary gear unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi OHIRO, Takuya OGAWA, Ryosuke TAKAHASHI, Toshitsugu YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11443707
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a pixel array unit in which pixels including a liquid crystal cell are arranged in a matrix; scan lines; common wiring; and data lines, in which each of the pixels includes a pixel transistor connecting the data line and the pixel electrode, a conductive state/a non-conductive state of the pixel transistor is controlled by a scan signal voltage applied to the scan line, a signal voltage whose polarity is inverted in regular cycles is supplied to the common wiring, and at least one of a pre-charge voltage supplied to the data line prior to writing of a video signal voltage or a scan signal voltage supplied to the scan line when no pixel is selected is supplied so as to vary in accordance with the position at which the pixels are selected row by row in the pixel array unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11433474
    Abstract: In an ultrasonic bonding method, three ultrasonic bonding head units are disposed above a bonding target. At this time, initial heights in the three ultrasonic bonding head units are set to different heights from each other. Thereafter, a batch multiple lowering operation by a lifting-lowering servomotor and ultrasonic vibration operations by the three ultrasonic bonding head units are executed. At this time, a lowering speed V6 of the batch multiple lowering operation, an operation time T6 (min) of the ultrasonic vibration operation, and an adjustment gap length ?g among the initial heights are set to satisfy {T6<?g/V6}.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Yoshihito Yamada, Akihiro Ichinose
  • Publication number: 20220275523
    Abstract: A method for producing fluorine gas including electrolyzing an electrolyte in an electrolytic cell, measuring the water concentration in the electrolyte 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 in which the fluid flows is switched in accordance with the water concentration in the electrolyte measured in the measuring the water concentration, such that the fluid is sent to a first flow path when the water concentration in the electrolyte measured in the measuring the water concentration is not more than a predetermined reference value, or the fluid is sent to a second flow path when the water concentration is more than the predetermined reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Shinya OGURO, Yohsuke FUKUCHI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220271448
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire that includes a conductor, a terminal connected to the conductor, and a shell attached to the terminal. The terminal includes a grip portion that pinches the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion that presses at least a portion of the grip portion toward the conductor. The grip portion and the conductor are joined with an alloy layer. The alloy layer contains a Cu—Sn alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahito JO, Yasushi SAITO, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Keisuke TERAMOTO, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220263261
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire that includes a conductor, a terminal connected to the conductor, and a shell attached to the terminal. The conductor has a nominal cross-sectional area of 0.13 mm2 or less. The terminal includes a grip portion that pinches the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion that presses at least a portion of the grip portion toward the conductor. At least one of the conductor and the grip portion includes a tin layer, and an oxide coating formed on the surface of the tin layer. An adhering portion formed of a portion of tin contained in the tin layer that passes through the oxide coating and pours out onto a surface of the oxide coating. The adhering portion has an area of 0.100 mm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahito JO, Yasushi SAITO, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Keisuke TERAMOTO, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11417505
    Abstract: A CEM and an ion detector of one embodiment have a structure for enabling ion detection with higher sensitivity than the prior art. A channel electron multiplier includes a channel body, an input-side conductive layer, an output-side conductive layer, and an electrode. The channel body includes a channel, and a resistance layer and an electron emission layer formed on the channel's inner wall surface. The input-side conductive layer is provided on the channel body, and a part thereof extends into the tapered opening. The output-side conductive layer is provided on the tapered opening. The electrode has openings through which charged particles pass, and is disposed on an opposite side of the output end face to the input end face. The electrode and the input-side conductive layer are set to the same potential to eliminate the influence of an external electric field in the tapered opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takeshi Endo, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220255245
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire that includes a conductor, a terminal connected to the conductor, and a shell attached to the terminal. The terminal includes a grip portion that pinches the conductor. The shell includes a pressing portion that presses at least a portion of the grip portion toward the conductor. The maximum pulling load is 20 N or more when the terminal is fixed and the electric wire is pulled at a pulling speed of 50 mm/minute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahito JO, Yasushi SAITO, Tomoyuki SAKATA, Masaaki TABATA, Teruo HARA, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Keisuke TERAMOTO, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220251716
    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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Katsumi MIKAMI, Yohsuke FUKUCHI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220247109
    Abstract: A female terminal includes a terminal body and a slider displaced relative to the terminal body. The terminal body includes a connecting tab deformable in a pressing direction crossing an inserting direction in which an electric wire is inserted and contactable with the electric wire. The slider is slidable between separated and overlapping positions. The slider includes a narrow portion that protrudes inward and has a less inner dimension in the pressing direction, and a wide portion in front of the narrow portion with respect to the inserting direction and has a greater inner dimension in the pressing direction than the narrow portion. The connecting tab contacts the electric wire when the narrow portion overlaps the connecting tab at the overlapping position. The slider includes a sloped guide surface that is angled at in front of the wide portion to spread further than the wide portion toward the front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruo HARA, Hajime KAWASE, Masaaki TABATA, Hajime MATSUI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220246417
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to an ion detector and the like that can reduce a dark current serving as a noise component. An ion detector having an electron multiplier includes a shield structure confining a potential gradient spreading in all directions starting from an input electrode into a limited space including the input electrode, and an input cable having one end electrically connected to the input electrode. The shield structure has a structure surrounding at least the input electrode, and includes one or more members. Each of the members is comprised of a metal material or an insulating material. Further, a part of the shield structure is constituted by a metal mesh window. An outer peripheral surface of the input cable is covered with an insulating coating in order to block the arrival of unnecessary ions and electrons generated inside and outside the shield structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takeshi ENDO, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11400262
    Abstract: A guide wire includes a core shaft, a coil wound around the core shaft, a distal-end joining region to which a distal end of the core shaft and a distal end of the coil are joined, and a proximal-end joining region to which a proximal end of the core shaft and a proximal end of the coil are joined, and the coil has a sparsely wound portion having a sparser coil pitch than other portions of the coil, the sparsely wound portion being disposed between the distal-end joining region and the proximal-end joining region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tomomi Inoue, Sho Kubota
  • Publication number: 20220239019
    Abstract: A terminal coupled to an electric wire includes a terminal body and a shell. The shell includes a tubular portion and pressing portions 25A and 25B that protrudes from an inner wall of the tubular portion. The tubular portion includes a bottom wall, a first sidewall that projects upward from a first side edge of the bottom wall, a second sidewall that projects upward from a second side edge of the bottom wall, a ceiling that extends from the first sidewall to the second sidewall and is opposite the bottom wall, and a restricting portion that extends from the second sidewall to the first sidewall and overlaps an outer surface of the ceiling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruo HARA, Hajime KAWASE, Masaaki TABATA, Hajime MATSUI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220234890
    Abstract: A method for producing fluorine gas including a fluorination step of obtaining a reaction mixture containing a major fluorinated substance that is a target component generated by fluorination of a raw material compound and by-product hydrogen fluoride, a separation step of separating the reaction mixture to obtain a main product component containing the major fluorinated substance and a by-product component containing the by-product hydrogen fluoride, a purification step of purifying the by-product component to obtain a recovered hydrogen fluoride component in which a concentration of an organic substance is reduced and a concentration of the by-product hydrogen fluoride is increased, an electrolysis step of performing electrolysis using the recovered hydrogen fluoride component as at least a part of an electrolyte to produce fluorine gas, and an introduction step of introducing the fluorine gas obtained in the electrolysis step into a reaction field for fluorination in the fluorination step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Koki FUJIMURA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Yohsuke FUKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220239018
    Abstract: A terminal includes a terminal body and a slider. The terminal body is formed by processing a metal sheet. The terminal body is coupled to a front end of an electric wire with respect to an extending direction in which the electric wire extends. The terminal body holds the electric wire. The slider is slidable in the extending direction relative to the terminal body. The terminal body includes connecting tabs that includes contact surfaces contactable with the electric wire. Each of the connecting tabs has a cantilever shape. The slider includes pressing portions that press the connecting tabs so that the connecting tabs deform and the contact surfaces contact the electric wire when the slider is slid. The connecting tabs include burrs that are produced during processing of the metal sheet. The burrs protrude from the contact surfaces toward the electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunya TAKEUCHI, Masaaki TABATA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi AMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220231434
    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: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicants: 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: 20220228273
    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: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Katsumi MIKAMI, Yohsuke FUKUCHI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220228272
    Abstract: A method for producing fluorine gas including electrolyzing an electrolyte in an electrolytic cell, measuring the current efficiency of fluorine gas production 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. In the sending, the flow path in which the fluid flows is switched in accordance with the current efficiency measured in the measuring the current efficiency, such that the fluid is sent to a first flow path that sends the fluid to a first outside when the current efficiency measured in the measuring the current efficiency is not less than a predetermined reference value, or the fluid is sent to a second flow path that sends the fluid to a second outside when the current efficiency is less than the predetermined reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Katsuaki TO, Yohsuke FUKUCHI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI