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).

  • Patent number: 11505273
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle characterized by comprising: an air guiding plate arranged on a front side of the straddle type vehicle; and a display control unit configured to display information concerning automatic traveling control of the straddle type vehicle, wherein the display control unit displays the information concerning the automatic traveling control on the air guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kihoko Kaita, Masashi Hagimoto, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 11498634
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprising a vehicle body frame including a head pipe and a main frame extending from the head pipe to a rear side, and a headlight unit provided on a front side of the vehicle body frame, and further comprising a support stay fixed to the vehicle body frame to support a predetermined vehicle constituent component on the front side of the vehicle body frame, and a driving support sensor fixed to the support stay on a lower side of the headlight unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Kawamura, Futoshi Koga, Hiroshi Maeda, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Naoto Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20220351987
    Abstract: A bonding system includes a surface modifying apparatus configured to modify a bonding surface of a first substrate and a bonding surface of a second substrate; a surface hydrophilizing apparatus configured to hydrophilize the modified bonding surface of the first substrate and the modified bonding surface of the second substrate; a bonding apparatus configured to perform bonding of the hydrophilized bonding surface of the first substrate and the hydrophilized bonding surface of the second substrate in a state that the bonding surfaces face each other; and a cleaning apparatus configured to clean, before the bonding is performed, a non-bonding surface of, between the first substrate and the second substrate, at least one which is maintained flat when the bonding is performed, the not-bonding surface being opposite to the bonding surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yuji Mimura, Hiroshi Maeda, Satoshi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11480197
    Abstract: When an ejector having a variable nozzle and a variable throttle mechanism are integrated together as an ejector module, a nozzle-side central axis CL1 and a decompression-side driving mechanism have a twisted positional relationship, if the nozzle-side central axis CL1 is defined as a central axis of a nozzle-side driving mechanism in a displacement direction in which the nozzle-side driving mechanism of the ejector having the variable nozzle displaces a needle valve, and the decompression-side central axis CL2 is defined as a central axis of a decompression-side driving mechanism in a displacement direction in which the decompression-side driving mechanism of the variable throttle mechanism displaces a throttle valve. When viewed from the central axis direction of one of the nozzle-side central axis CL1 and the decompression-side central axis CL2, a driving portion corresponding to the one central axis is disposed to overlap with the other central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Kawamoto, Gota Ogata, Hiroshi Oshitani, Ryu Fukushima, Teruyuki Hotta, Tatsuhiro Suzuki, Hang Yuan, Daisuke Sakurai, Masahiro Ito, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 11464866
    Abstract: The present invention provides a formulation having excellent solubility and/or stability of a macromolecular drug, and more specifically, a pharmaceutical composition containing a macromolecular drug, a dissolution-enhancing and/or stabilizing agent, and an aqueous solvent, wherein the dissolution-enhancing and/or stabilizing agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of (1) proteins, (2) synthetic polymers, (3) sugars or sugar alcohols, (4) inorganic salts, (5) amino acids, (6) phospholipids, (7) aliphatic alcohols, (8) medium-chain fatty acids, and (9) mucopolysaccharides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BIODYNAMIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Jun Fang
  • Publication number: 20220315161
    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: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto KATAYAMA, Hiroki TANAKA, Hiroshi MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11424142
    Abstract: A bonding system includes a surface modifying apparatus configured to modify a bonding surface of a first substrate and a bonding surface of a second substrate; a surface hydrophilizing apparatus configured to hydrophilize the modified bonding surface of the first substrate and the modified bonding surface of the second substrate; a bonding apparatus configured to perform bonding of the hydrophilized bonding surface of the first substrate and the hydrophilized bonding surface of the second substrate in a state that the bonding surfaces face each other; and a cleaning apparatus configured to clean, before the bonding is performed, a non-bonding surface of, between the first substrate and the second substrate, at least one which is maintained flat when the bonding is performed, the not-bonding surface being opposite to the bonding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji Mimura, Hiroshi Maeda, Satoshi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11400996
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprises: a detection unit for detecting a condition of front of a vehicle; a cleaning member capable of cleaning the detection unit; and a movable apparatus for changing a position of the cleaning member in relation to the detection unit in a height direction of the vehicle, wherein the cleaning member, by the changing of the position, performs the cleaning by wiping with a portion of the detection unit where the cleaning unit contacts the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Futoshi Koga, Hiroshi Maeda, Naoto Yamashita, Akihito Kawamura, Shohei Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11396262
    Abstract: An invention is a saddle type vehicle comprising a lighting device, and an operator configured to perform a driving operation of a direction indicator, characterized in that the lighting device is configured to irradiate a part of a road surface on a front to lateral side of the saddle type vehicle in accordance with input of an operation of showing an intention of route change to the operator by a driver of the saddle type vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Marika Mochizuki, Hiroaki Uchisasai, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20220218832
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel macromolecular drug, more specifically, a complex comprising a styrene-maleic acid copolymer (SMA) and a boric acid compound, wherein the SMA is bound to the boric acid compound directly or through a linker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: BIODYNAMIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi MAEDA, Waliul ISLAM
  • Publication number: 20220212743
    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: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Kazuki Akami, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20220203963
    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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Kazuki Akami, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20220165160
    Abstract: A saddle-riding type vehicle includes: a front object recognition unit (54) which recognizes an object in front of a host vehicle (M); a side object recognition unit (54) which recognizes an object at the rear side of the host vehicle (M); a display unit (42) which notifies a driver of the existence of an object in the periphery of the host vehicle (M); and a notification control unit (160) which determines the existence of an object in front of the host vehicle (M) and the existence of an object at the rear side of the host vehicle (M) on the basis of the recognition result of the front object recognition unit (54) and the side object recognition unit (54) and controls the display unit (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Hiroshi Tatsumi
  • Publication number: 20220126690
    Abstract: A saddled vehicle includes an information display unit (37) that displays information on a preceding vehicle (B1) which an own vehicle (M) follows when traveling, wherein a positional relationship between the own vehicle (M) and the preceding vehicle (B1) is recognized, and, in a case in which a change occurs in the positional relationship, a display mode of the preceding vehicle (B1) on the information display unit (37) is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Hiroshi Tatsumi, Chikashi Iizuka
  • Patent number: 11315789
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of bonding and/or debonding substrates. In one embodiment, at least one of the surfaces of the substrates to be bonded is comprised of an oxide. In one embodiment, the surfaces of both substrates comprise an oxide. A wet etch may then be utilized to debond the substrates by etching away the layers that have been bonded. In one embodiment, a fusion bonding process is utilized to bond two substrates, at least one substrate having a silicon oxide surface. In one exemplary etch, a dilute hydrofluoric (DHF) etch is utilized to etch the bonded silicon oxide surface, allowing for two bonded substrates to be debonded. In another embodiment, the silicon oxide may be a low density silicon oxide. In one embodiment, both substrates may have a surface layer of the low density silicon oxide which may be fusion bonded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Imai, Hirokazu Aizawa, Hiroshi Maeda, Kaoru Maekawa, Yuji Mimura, Harunobu Suenaga
  • Patent number: 11288966
    Abstract: An information notification apparatus is mounted on a straddle type vehicle and is capable of performing information notification mutually with a vehicle existing on the periphery of the straddle type vehicle. The information notification apparatus comprises: a plurality of detection units, having detection areas of different characteristics, configured to detect relative information representing a relative relationship with the vehicle; and a detection control unit configured to control, based on vehicle speed information of the straddle type vehicle, switching of a detection unit used for the information notification in the plurality of detection units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Uchisasai, Hiroshi Maeda, Marika Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11242052
    Abstract: An object detection system for a saddle-type vehicle is provided. The system comprises an object detection unit configured to detect an object, wherein the object detection unit is provided on a handlebar which is rotatable to a body of the vehicle; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination of a saddle-type vehicle; a steering angle detection unit configured to detect a steering angle of the handlebar to the body; and a position specification unit configure to specify a position of the object detected by the object detection unit, and correcting the position so that the inclination detected by the inclination detection unit is upright and the steering angle of the handlebar detected by the steering angle detection unit is directed straight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kihoko Kaita, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Hiroshi Maeda, Masashi Hagimoto
  • Patent number: 11214325
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle include a headlight unit configured to emit light ahead of a vehicle, and a detecting unit configured to detect a situation on a front side of the vehicle. The headlight unit includes a peripheral wall portion that defines an outer shape thereof. The peripheral wall portion includes a concave portion in which the detecting unit is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Naoto Yamashita, Akihito Kawamura, Futoshi Koga, Yoshiyuki Kuroba
  • Publication number: 20210395701
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to engineered prephenate dehydrogenases and arogenate dehydrogenases and methods of using the same. More specifically, the invention relates in part to compositions including engineered prephenate dehydrogenases (PDH) polypeptides and engineered arogenate dehydrogenase (ADH) polypeptides with altered substrate preferences and tyrosine sensitivities and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hiroshi A. Maeda, Craig Albert Schenck
  • Publication number: 20210380012
    Abstract: A charging assistance system includes a processor configured to execute a generation process of generating charging plan data for a vehicle on the basis of: predicted power consumption of the vehicle calculated on the basis of a future traveling schedule of the vehicle; and a charging condition at each predicted stop place based on the traveling schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TSUDA, Hiroshi MAEDA, Tomoyuki KITADA, Nana AITANI, Shinichi OKANO