Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kojima

Hiroshi Kojima 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: 20240147866
    Abstract: A mounting structure includes: a first substrate that has a first surface on which a functional element is provided; a wiring portion that is provided at a position, which is different from a position of the functional element on the first surface, and is conductively connected to the functional element; a second substrate that has a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; and a conduction portion that is provided on the second surface, is connected to the wiring portion, and is conductively connected the functional element. The shortest distance between the functional element and the second substrate is longer than the longest distance between the second substrate and a position where the wiring portion is connected to the conduction portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Koji OHASHI, Chikara KOJIMA, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Hironori SUZUKI, Shuichi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11959766
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to select at least one candidate camera from plural cameras based on position information of each of the plural cameras; a reception unit configured to establish communication connection with the candidate camera selected by the selection unit and to start to receive video captured by the candidate camera; and a display control unit configured to display the video received by the reception unit in response to a predetermined display condition being satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Shinichi Shiotsu, Tomoe Ohtsuki, Toshiyuki Moribayashi, Motoki Kojima, Hiroshi Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20240105488
    Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic chuck assembly including: an electrode-embedded ceramic plate; a cooling plate that supports a bottom surface of the ceramic plate and has an internal space of an annular or arcuate shape; an internal fixation member of an annular or arcuate shape accommodated in the internal space so as to be rotatable about a central axis of the cooling plate; female threads in a multiple of n, which is an integer of 2 or more, spaced apart from each other in the internal fixation member; and n insertion holes for insertion of bolts for being fixed to a chamber, the insertion holes each being provided at the bottom of the cooling plate such that one set of n female threads is exposed. Each of the female threads is disposed such that another set of n female threads is exposed in the insertion holes when rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI, Jyunya WAKI, Mitsuru KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240088848
    Abstract: A radio frequency circuit includes: an amplifier circuit configured to amplify a first radio frequency signal using a first power supply voltage, and amplify a second radio frequency signal using a second power supply voltage. The first radio frequency signal is a signal in a first band for Long Term Evolution (LTE), the second radio frequency signal is a signal in a second band for 5th Generation New Radio (5G NR) or a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal, and in a state in which a first predetermined condition regarding the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal is satisfied, a value of the second power supply voltage is greater than a value of the first power supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOJIMA, Reiji NAKAJIMA, Hirotsugu MORI
  • Patent number: 11917922
    Abstract: A mounting structure includes: a first substrate that has a first surface on which a functional element is provided; a wiring portion that is provided at a position, which is different from a position of the functional element on the first surface, and is conductively connected to the functional element; a second substrate that has a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; and a conduction portion that is provided on the second surface, is connected to the wiring portion, and is conductively connected the functional element. The shortest distance between the functional element and the second substrate is longer than the longest distance between the second substrate and a position where the wiring portion is connected to the conduction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ohashi, Chikara Kojima, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hironori Suzuki, Shuichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11855594
    Abstract: A radio frequency circuit includes: an amplifier circuit configured to amplify a first radio frequency signal using a first power supply voltage, and amplify a second radio frequency signal using a second power supply voltage. The first radio frequency signal is a signal in a first band for Long Term Evolution (LTE), the second radio frequency signal is a signal in a second band for 5th Generation New Radio (5G NR) or a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal, and in a state in which a first predetermined condition regarding the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal is satisfied, a value of the second power supply voltage is greater than a value of the first power supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kojima, Reiji Nakajima, Hirotsugu Mori
  • Publication number: 20230375069
    Abstract: An anti-vibration device (1) includes a covering member (17), arranged between an inner attachment member (11) and an outer cylinder (12), that covers, from outside in the radial direction, the area between a pair of middle elastic bodies (32) adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, and defines a pair of liquid chambers (14a, 14b) between the inner attachment member and the covering member. An orifice passage (19) connecting each liquid chamber is formed between the covering member and the outer cylinder. A first connecting aperture (18) and a second connecting aperture (20) that separately connect each liquid chamber and the orifice passage are formed in the covering member. An injection hole (12a) formed in the outer cylinder and sealed by a sealing material (16) opens toward at least one of the first connecting aperture and the second connecting aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Prospira Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi FURUKORI, Yuzo HATTORI, Hiroshi KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230358292
    Abstract: Included are a tubular bracket configured to be connected to one of a vibration generating portion and a vibration receiving portion and a first attachment member configured to be connected to the other, a tubular second attachment member inserted inside the bracket, and an elastic body connecting the first attachment member and the second attachment member. An inner circumferential surface of one end portion of the bracket including one end in an axial direction along a central axis has formed thereon a first portion against which an outer circumferential surface of the second attachment member is pressed, and a second portion that is positioned farther towards the one end in the axial direction than the first portion, has a larger inner diameter than the first portion, and abuts against or is in proximity with the outer circumferential surface of the second attachment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Prospira Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230358293
    Abstract: A partition member includes a first orifice passage extending from a main liquid chamber to the side of a sub-liquid chamber, and a second orifice passage extending from the sub-liquid chamber to the side of the main liquid chamber and connected to the first orifice passage. The first orifice passage extends from the main liquid chamber to one side in a circumferential direction. The second orifice passage extends from a connection portion with the first orifice passage to the other side in the circumferential direction. In the partition member, a short passage directly connecting the connection portion between the first orifice passage and the second orifice passage and the sub-liquid chamber is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Prospira Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11623220
    Abstract: A container comprising: a first panel; a second panel opposing the first panel; a first side; a second side opposing the first side; a third side; a fourth side opposing the third side; wherein each of the sides joins the first panel and the second panel; a chamber defined by the four sides, the first panel, and the second panel, wherein the chamber is configured to receive a biological specimen; a port defined in the first side; a plug inserted into the port; an opening defined in the second side; and a closure element coupled to the opening, wherein the chamber is leak proof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen M. Hewitt, Robert A. Star, Jeffrey C. Hanson, Hiroshi Kojima, Russell Bandle, Armando Filie
  • Publication number: 20220389986
    Abstract: A vibration-damping device includes a first attachment member (11), a second attachment member (12), an elastic body (13), and a partition member (17), the partition member including a membrane (31) and an orifice (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Prospira Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11448284
    Abstract: A partition member (217) of the present invention includes a membrane (231) which forms a part of a partition wall of a main liquid chamber (215), and a first orifice passage (221) which communicates with the main liquid chamber (215) and opens toward a sub liquid chamber (216), and a flow resistance of a liquid in a portion positioned on the main liquid chamber (215) side and the flow resistance of a liquid in a portion (221a) positioned on the sub liquid chamber (216) side are different from each other in the first orifice passage (221).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Prospira Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 11446999
    Abstract: This vibration-damping device is configured such that an outer mounting member (11), an inner mounting member (12), or a partition member (16) has formed therein: a first restriction passage (23) for providing communication between a fourth liquid chamber (21) and a second liquid chamber (15) or a third liquid chamber (20); and a second restriction passage (24) for providing communication between the second liquid chamber (15) and the third liquid chamber (20). The flow resistance of the first restriction passage (23) and that of the second restriction passage (24) are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Prospira Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 11378151
    Abstract: The vibration-damping device includes a tubular first attachment member; a second attachment member; an elastic body that couples the first attachment member and the second attachment member to each other; and a partition member that partitions a liquid chamber within the first attachment member into a main liquid chamber having the elastic body in a portion of a barrier wall thereof, and an auxiliary liquid chamber. The partition member includes a membrane; a first orifice passage that includes a main liquid chamber-side passage, and an opposite liquid chamber-side passage; and a damping force difference increasing part that restrains any one of swelling deformation of the membrane toward the main liquid chamber side and swelling deformation of the membrane toward the opposite liquid chamber and increases a difference between a damping force generated when a bound load is input and a damping force generated when a rebound load is input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 11362406
    Abstract: A dielectric waveguide filter includes at least four dielectric waveguide resonators arranged along a main coupling path for signal propagation, and main coupling portions each of which is provided between the dielectric waveguide resonators that are adjacent to each other along the main coupling path among the at least four dielectric waveguide resonators. The main coupling portions include an inductive coupling portion and a capacitive coupling portion, and the inductive coupling portion and the capacitive coupling portion are alternately and repeatedly arranged along the main coupling path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Nakahori, Hiroshi Kojima, Masayuki Kikuda
  • Publication number: 20220176793
    Abstract: A partition member (17) of an anti-vibration device (1, 2, 3, 4) includes a membrane (31) and an orifice passage (21), the orifice passage includes a main liquid chamber-side passage (21a) and an auxiliary liquid chamber-side passage (21b), the main liquid chamber-side passage and the auxiliary liquid chamber-side passage extend in a circumferential direction and are disposed at mutually different radial positions, a flow direction in the main liquid chamber-side passage and a flow direction in the auxiliary liquid chamber-side passage are opposite to each other when liquid flows through the orifice passage, a channel cross-sectional shape in at least one passage of the main liquid chamber-side passage and the auxiliary liquid chamber-side passage is a laterally long flat shape that is short in an axial direction along a central axis (0) of a first attachment member and long in a radial direction, and a ratio of a radial size to an axial size in the one passage is larger than the ratio in the other passage of
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11315739
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed on a surface of the dielectric layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a conductive polymer and a first compound. The first compound has a naphthalene skeleton, and includes at least one COOM1 group and at least one sulfonate group. The at least one sulfonate group is bonded to the naphthalene skeleton. The at least one COOM1 group is bonded to the naphthalene skeleton, where M1 is a hydrogen atom, a metal atom, or an onium group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTEILECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fukui, Ai Makino, Hiroshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 11255404
    Abstract: The anti-vibration device (1) includes: an inner attachment member (11); an outer cylinder (12) that surrounds the inner attachment member; and elastic bodies (31, 32) that elastically couple the inner attachment member and the outer cylinder. The elastic bodies include: a pair of end elastic bodies (31) fitted in the outer cylinder; and a pair of intermediate elastic bodies (32) separately arranged on both sides of the inner attachment member and between the end elastic bodies. Covering members (17) that form liquid chambers (14a, 14b) between the covering members and the inner attachment member is arranged between the inner attachment member and the outer cylinder. An orifice passage that provides communication between the liquid chambers is formed between the covering members and the outer cylinder. The entire intermediate elastic bodies are formed of rubber material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 11231083
    Abstract: In the present invention, any two of a second liquid chamber (27), a third liquid chamber (28), and a fourth liquid chamber (29) communicate with each other through a first restricted passage (31) formed in an outer attachment member (11), an inner attachment member (12) or a partition member (15), and the remaining one liquid chamber communicates with a fifth liquid chamber (32) formed in the outer attachment member (11), the inner attachment member (12) or the partition member (15), the remaining one liquid chamber is divided in a circumferential direction, and each of the liquid chambers divided in the circumferential direction and the fifth liquid chamber (32) separately communicate with each other through a second restricted passage (33) formed in the outer attachment member (11), the inner attachment member (12) or the partition member (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 11189429
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor includes: preparing an anode body that includes a dielectric layer, and forming a solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer. The forming of the solid electrolyte layer includes: forming a first conductive polymer layer on the dielectric layer, applying a first treatment liquid to the first conductive polymer layer, and forming a second conductive polymer layer after the applying of the first treatment liquid. The first conductive polymer layer includes a first conductive polymer. The first treatment liquid contains a first compound and a solvent. The first compound has a skeleton of naphthalene or anthraquinone, and includes at least one SO3-containing group bonded to the skeleton. The at least one SO3-containing group is at least one selected from a group consisting of a sulfonic acid group and a sulfonate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fukui, Ai Makino, Hiroshi Kojima