Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Maeda

Hiroshi Maeda 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: 20240246476
    Abstract: A vehicle including a lamp body that irradiates surroundings of the vehicle, comprising a control unit configured to control an irradiation range of the lamp body according to a speed of the vehicle, wherein the control unit controls the irradiation range according to the speed to be different when the speed increases and when the speed decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Kazuki Akami, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 12043548
    Abstract: A synthetic graphite material, in which a size L (112) of a crystallite in a c-axis direction as calculated from a (112) diffraction line obtained by an X-ray wide angle diffraction method is in a range of 4 to 30 nm, a surface area based on a volume as calculated by a laser diffraction type particle size distribution measuring device is in a range of 0.22 to 1.70 m2/cm3, an oil absorption is in a range of 67 to 147 mL/100 g, a spectrum derived from carbon appearing in an electron spin resonance method as measured using an X band is in a range of 3200 to 3410 gauss, and ?Hpp, which is a line width of the spectrum as calculated from a first derivative spectrum of the spectrum at a temperature of 4.8K, is in a range of 41 to 69 gauss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Takashi Maeda, Mitsuo Karakane, Takahiro Shirai, Hiroshi Kawachi, Noriyuki Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 12044725
    Abstract: A stage, electric probes, an optical probe, an electric measurement device, an optical measurement device, and a first positioning mechanism are provided. The stage includes a second positioning mechanism that changes relative positional relationship between the electric probes and an electric connection portion of each of the optical elements. The electric probes electrically connect the electric measurement device and each of the optical elements. The optical probe optically connects the optical measurement device and each of the optical elements. The first positioning mechanism changes relative positional relationship between the optical probe and an optical connection portion of each of the optical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Miura, Yoshiho Maeda, Hiroshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 12040639
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a first system connected to a first load; a second system connected to a second load; an inter-system switch configured to connect and disconnect the first system and the second system to and from each other; a controller configured to normally supply power of a first power supply to the first system and the second system and, in response to a fault of the first system being detected, turn off the inter-system switch to supply power of a second power supply to the second system; and a backup circuit which includes a discharge regulation unit configured to regulate discharging of the second power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Daiki Hakushima, Takeshi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Keiichi Yonezaki, Ryuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 12027301
    Abstract: A composite coil device includes a winding shaft portion, a first conductor portion, and a second conductor portion. The winding shaft portion at least partly includes a magnetic body and axially includes a first section and a second section. The first conductor portion is wound continuously in the first section and the second section. The second conductor portion is wound in the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: TDK CORPORATION, TDK XIAMEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yasuda, Hiroshi Maeda, Atsushi Shoji, Shoichi Tani
  • Patent number: 11975796
    Abstract: A driving support system (1) for motorcycles including: an external sensor unit (2) which recognizes a road state ahead of one's own vehicle; a collision risk determination unit (62) which determines a level of collision risk between one's own vehicle and an object ahead of one's own vehicle based on a recognition result of the external sensor unit 2; an automatic braking control unit (61) which executes automatic braking to automatically operate a brake device (83) in response to the determination result by the collision risk determination unit (62); and a departure risk determination unit (64) which determines a level of departure risk of one's own vehicle to outside of one's own vehicle travel lane in a case of executing the automatic braking. The automatic braking control unit (61) ends execution of the automatic braking in a case of being determined that the departure risk is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Katayama, Hiroki Tanaka, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20240128017
    Abstract: A coil device includes a first coil a first coil formed by a first wire wound in a coil shape and a second coil formed by a second wire wound in a coil shape. The first coil includes a first portion provided inside the second coil and a second portion next to the first portion and the second coil along a winding axis of the first portion. A layer number of the first portion in its radial direction is one. A layer number of the second portion in its radial direction is plural.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TDK XIAMEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MAEDA, XiaoBo ZHOU, ZhenSheng LIU, XueSong GUO
  • Patent number: 11952070
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle includes a front cowl configured to cover a front part of the vehicle, a shield arranged above the front cowl, and a detecting unit configured to detect a situation in front of the vehicle. The detecting unit includes at least an image capturing unit that is positioned above a lower end of the front cowl and in a central portion of the straddle type vehicle in a vehicle width direction, and is arranged in a position where the shield does not interfere with an image capturing range. The image capturing unit is arranged behind an upper portion of the front cowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Hiroshi Maeda, Masashi Hagimoto
  • Patent number: 11935308
    Abstract: An object recognition apparatus mounted in a vehicle including a sensor is provided. The apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object present in a same lane as that of the vehicle by using information from the sensor, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information concerning lights which the object turns on by using the information from the sensor, and a determining unit configured to determine a type of the object based on the information concerning the lights. A condition in which the determination unit determines that the type of the object is a two-wheeled vehicle includes a case in which the object includes not less than two lights arrayed in a vertical direction with respect to the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Go Nakamoto, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Hiroshi Maeda, Masashi Hagimoto
  • Patent number: 11926386
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprising: a first display unit configured to display speed information of the straddle type vehicle; and a second display unit configured to display information concerning automatic traveling control of the straddle type vehicle, wherein the first display unit and the second display unit are arranged on a front side of the vehicle with respect to a head pipe of the straddle type vehicle, in the first display unit, a display position of the vehicle speed information changes linearly or in a curve in accordance with a change in a speed of the straddle type vehicle, and the second display unit is arranged to be adjacent in an upward direction or a left-and-right direction of the display position of the speed information on a high speed range side of the first display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Hagimoto, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20240079214
    Abstract: A surface modifying method of modifying a bonding surface of a substrate to be bonded to another substrate by plasma of a processing gas includes an adjusting process and a modifying process. In the adjusting process, an amount of moisture in a processing vessel is adjusted by supplying a humidified gas into the processing vessel allowed to accommodate the substrate therein. In the modifying process, the bonding surface of the substrate is modified by forming the plasma of the processing gas in the processing vessel in a state that the amount of moisture in the processing vessel is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji Mimura, Hiroshi Maeda, Takuro Masuzumi, Takashi Terada, Masaru Honda, Ryoichi Sakamoto, Takashi Fuse, Yusuke Kubota
  • Publication number: 20240079222
    Abstract: A surface modifying apparatus is configured to modify a bonding surface of a substrate to be bonded to another substrate by plasma of a processing gas. The surface modifying apparatus includes a processing vessel; a measuring unit; and a controller. The processing vessel is configured to accommodate the substrate therein. The measuring unit is configured to measure a value indicating an amount of moisture in the processing vessel. The controller is configured to determine whether or not bonding strength between the substrate and the another substrate, when it is assumed that the substrate modified in the processing vessel is bonded to the another substrate, is good based on the value indicating the amount of moisture in the processing vessel measured by the measuring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi Terada, Yuji Mimura, Hiroshi Maeda, Takuro Masuzumi, Masaru Honda, Ryoichi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11897566
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle 1 having at least one reflecting portion 30 for reflecting a radar wave transmitted from a radar equipment. The reflecting portion 30 is provided on a cap member 40 mounted on a rear end portion 9b of an exhaust pipe 9, and the reflecting portion 30 is arranged below left and right tail lights 19 when viewed from a rear side of a vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kihoko Kaita, Masashi Hagimoto, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 11885099
    Abstract: To provide a drift-prevention valve device, a blade device, and a working machine capable of operating an actuated unit and preventing the machine body from drifting with a simple configuration. The drift-prevention valve device is provided with a non-return valve 41 that allows the flow of hydraulic oil from a control valve 28 to a head chamber 34h of a blade cylinder 34 and blocks the flow of the hydraulic oil in the reverse direction; and a piston accommodation part 42 separately disposed from an accommodation part 70 of the non-return valve 41, configured to movably accommodate a power piston 43. The power piston 43 defines a first piston chamber 42p1 communicating with a rod chamber of 34r of the blade cylinder 34 and a second piston chamber 42p2 for drain positioned on a poppet 71 side of the non-return valve 41 and communicating with a tank 52.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Shuhei Orimoto, Koichi Kiyasu, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20230407597
    Abstract: Provide a hydraulic circuit that can prevent damage to the oil cooler while suppressing excessive rise in the temperature of the operating oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Isao KONISHI, Hiroshi MAEDA, Hirotaka MINAMIURA, Kazuya MIYAMORI, Yoshitaka KATO
  • Patent number: 11827302
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle has a rear detection unit configured to detect an object in a detection region behind a vehicle, and a notification unit configured to notify a driver when the object is detected by the rear detection unit. The straddle type vehicle comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire travel information of the straddle type vehicle; an identification unit configured to identify a turning direction and a turning radius of the straddle type vehicle on the basis of the travel information; and a change unit configured to change straight-ahead-travel detection region settings for the rear detection unit on the basis of the turning direction and turning radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Kazuki Akami, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 11807332
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle includes a front cover configured to cover a front part of the vehicle, and a detecting unit for detecting a situation in front of the vehicle. The detecting unit is arranged behind a central portion of the front cover in a vehicle width direction. A gap is formed between the detecting unit and the front cover in a vehicle longitudinal direction and a viscoelastic member is installed in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Hiroshi Maeda, Masashi Hagimoto
  • Patent number: 11794840
    Abstract: There is provided with a straddle type vehicle. A grip is gripped by a passenger. A sensing device detects an obstacle around the vehicle by using an ultrasonic wave. An electric harness is connected to the sensing device is arranged in the grip is connected to the sensing device through an interior of the grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Kiyoshi Katagiri, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 11794837
    Abstract: There is provided with a straddle type vehicle. A direction indicator is formed to project outward in a vehicle width direction and shows a traveling direction of the vehicle. A sensing device detects an obstacle around the vehicle using an ultrasonic wave. The sensing device is arranged in a distal end portion of the direction indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Katagiri, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 11794724
    Abstract: A device detects a behavior of a straddle-type vehicle in a yaw direction and in a roll direction, determines whether a traveling state of the straddle-type vehicle is a first state or a second state closer to a straight traveling state than the first state, and estimates a turning radius of the straddle-type vehicle. In a case where it is determined that the traveling state is the first state, a turning radius is estimated by a first method based on a detection result of the behavior in the yaw direction. In a case where it is determined that the traveling state is the second state, the turning radius is estimated by a second method based on a detection result of the behavior in the roll direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Kazuki Akami, Hiroshi Maeda