Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Ogawa

Hiroshi Ogawa 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: 20210407652
    Abstract: To effectively support behavior that maintains and promotes the health of a user, and to improve communication between users. A healthy behavior support device includes a processor. The processor is configured to select a plurality of comparison target users satisfying a predetermined condition from a storage unit that stores schedule information of a plurality of users, notify each of the selected plurality of comparison target users of a comparison counterpart user, acquire an index value correlated to state of health of each of the selected plurality of comparison target users, and set the acquired index values to a state of being sharable between the plurality of comparison target users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Miyuki Kimura, Hironori Sato, Atsunori Iwamoto, Takashi Kitamura, Tamio Ueda, Mizuki Furuta
  • Publication number: 20210388907
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a gate valve in which a valve plate can be detached from a valve rod easily and reliably even if the valve rod is tightly inserted in a valve-plate mounting hole. [Solution] In a gate valve in which a valve plate 3 and a valve rod 4 are detachably connected along a rod axis L by screwing a connecting screw 14 in a screw hole 21 formed at an end of a valve rod 4 along the rod axis L through a screw insertion hole 18 formed in a valve plate 3, the valve plate 3 includes a contact portion 25 that is in contact with the connecting screw 14, and when the connecting screw 14 is loosened to detach the valve plate 3 from the valve rod 4, the valve plate 3 is displaced along the rod axis L together with the connecting screw 14 by an impellent force of the connecting screw 14 via the contact portion 25 to move to a valve-plate detaching position at which the connecting screw 14 comes out of the screw hole 21 of the valve rod 4 completely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi OGAWA, Takashi NAGAO
  • Patent number: 11193753
    Abstract: A tomographic imaging device includes a light source, a light pulse generator, a wave shaper, a splitter, a frequency shifter, a light path length changer, an optical detector, filters, a demodulator and an analyzer. The light pulse generator generates an optical pulse train from an output of the light source. The wave shaper modulates the optical pulse train by binary phase shift keying with PN codes. The splitter splits the pulse train into two signals, one is shifted by the frequency shifter, and one has a path length changed by the light path length changer. The optical detector inputs back scattered light from an object and the signal whose length has changed, and generates a difference signal. The filters filter the difference signals, and the demodulator demodulates the filter outputs. The analyzer calculates a reflection site of the measurement object by analyzing the output signal of the demodulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11177715
    Abstract: A motor includes a motor main body including a rotor rotatable about a central axis extending in an up-down direction, a controller to control rotation of the rotor and disposed on an upper side of the motor main body, and a cover surrounding the controller from an outward diameter direction and an upper side of the controller, the controller including a substrate disposed along a direction orthogonal to the central axis and connected with a coil wire extending from the stator, a press fitting pin electrically connected to the substrate and extending along an up-down direction, and a support fitting and contacting a first contact surface facing the upper side of the motor main body and a second contact surface facing a lower side of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Yoshiaki Yamashita, Yoshinobu Arao
  • Patent number: 11174950
    Abstract: A spacer having a wedge-shaped flat plate portion and an engagement protrusion is interposed between a hole end surface of mounting hole of a valve plate and a rod end surface of mounting portion of a valve rod, which thereby forms a wedge-shaped gap between the spacer and the hole end surface so as to open frontward. A fastening force of a valve-plate fixation screw generates a moment M that deforms the valve plate in a direction of narrowing the gap. At the same time, the engagement protrusion of the spacer is pressed into a wedge-shaped space between the inclined surface portion of the rod end surface and the rear hole-wall surface of the mounting hole, which causes the front hole-wall surface of mounting hole of the valve plate to press the rod front surface of mounting portion of the valve rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Shimoda, Hiroshi Ogawa, Takashi Nagao, Tsuyoshi Ochi
  • Patent number: 11149860
    Abstract: A gate valve includes a valve plate that opens and closes a gate opening, a valve shaft that is fixed to the valve plate, an air cylinder that includes a drive rod, and a valve moving mechanism that causes, by expanding and contracting movements of the drive rod, the valve plate to move between a hermetically closed position at which the gate opening is hermetically closed by the valve plate and a full open position at which the gate opening is fully opened. A cylinder housing of the air cylinder is provided with a locking mechanism that locks the valve plate that has moved to the hermetically closed position and a lock detection unit that detects a locked state of the valve plate. The locking mechanism includes a lock piston that is capable of advancing and retreating with respect to the cylinder housing. A cam frame that is fixed to the drive rod has an engagement hole. The lock detection unit detects whether the lock piston is in a state of being engaged in the engagement hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kimori, Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11137211
    Abstract: A first connection portion is located on one side of a predetermined flow path member in a plane direction. The predetermined flow path member and another flow path member are bonded by brazing at the first connection portion. A second connection portion is located on the other side of the predetermined flow path member. The predetermined flow path member and another flow path member are bonded by brazing at the second connection portion. A brazing material layer extends over the predetermined flow path member, the first connection portion, and the second connection portion. A hilling portion is a portion of the predetermined flow path member. The hilling portion is curved to protrude toward a side on which the brazing material layer is provided. The hilling portion extends along a direction in which the first connection portion or the second connection portion extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Mitsuharu Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20210270375
    Abstract: A gate valve includes a valve plate that opens and closes a gate opening, a valve shaft that is fixed to the valve plate, an air cylinder that includes a drive rod, and a valve moving mechanism that causes, by expanding and contracting movements of the drive rod, the valve plate to move between a hermetically closed position at which the gate opening is hermetically closed by the valve plate and a full open position at which the gate opening is fully opened. A cylinder housing of the air cylinder is provided with a locking mechanism that locks the valve plate that has moved to the hermetically closed position and a lock detection unit that detects a locked state of the valve plate. The locking mechanism includes a lock piston that is capable of advancing and retreating with respect to the cylinder housing. A cam frame that is fixed to the drive rod has an engagement hole. The lock detection unit detects whether the lock piston is in a state of being engaged in the engagement hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki KIMORI, Hiroshi OGAWA
  • Patent number: 11088586
    Abstract: A motor includes a motor main body including a rotor rotatable about on a central axis extending in an up-down direction, a controller to control the rotation of the rotor, the controller being disposed on an upper side of the motor main body, a cover surrounding the controller from an outward diameter direction, the motor main body including a sealing surface with a groove portion opened upward, the cover including a lower end portion inserted into the groove portion, an outer flange portion located above the lower end portion and extending in an outward diameter direction, and an inner flange portion located above the lower end portion and extending in an inward diameter direction, the outer flange portion faces the sealing surface through a first space, the inner flange portion facing the sealing surface through a second space, and insides of the groove, the first space, and the second space are filled with an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Yoshinobu Arao, Yoshiaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210205899
    Abstract: A drill may include a body extending from a first end toward a second end, and the body may include an outer peripheral surface and a cutting edge. The cutting edge may include a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge. The second cutting edge may be positioned closer to the second end and the outer peripheral surface than the first cutting edge. The second cutting edge may include a first part, a second part and a third part. The second part may be positioned closer to the outer peripheral surface than the first part and may be positioned closer to the second end as close to the first part. The third part may be positioned closer to the first cutting edge than the first part and may be positioned closer to the second end as close to the first part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi OGAWA, Satoshi TETSUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11004275
    Abstract: Provided is a product evaluation result display system. At least a part of a product image representing a three-dimensional shape of a product that is configured by assembly of a plurality of parts is output to an output interface. When an evaluation point of the product is designated by a user through the input interface, in association with a designated part having a relatively high contribution degree with respect to the position precision of the evaluation point on the basis of a reference shape of the product, a contribution degree index image representing the contribution degree is output to the output interface. Therefore, within the plurality of parts constituting the product, the designated part having a relatively high contribution degree with respect to the position precision of the evaluation point designated by the user can be easily recognized by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Ide, Takaya Yamazaki, Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210122661
    Abstract: There is provided a method for heating a thermoplastic plate to be subjected to bending which is horizontally arranged while holding at least part of a peripheral edge portion of the thermoplastic plate, causing a portion inside the peripheral edge portion to sag under a self-weight, and bending the thermoplastic plate to a desired curvature. The method includes applying tension in a planar direction of the thermoplastic plate at the time of holding at least the part of the peripheral edge portion of the thermoplastic plate in a molding frame defining a peripheral edge shape in a shape as a goal for reshaping. Since the thermoplastic plate is pulled in the planar direction during the heating of the thermoplastic plate, moderate tension acts on the thermoplastic plate to prevent breakage. The degree of curvature of the thermoplastic plate can be adjusted by adjusting the mass of each weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: SANKO SEIKOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10876639
    Abstract: When a part of a hole rear wall of a mounting hole formed in a valve plate and a part of a rod rear wall of a mounting portion of a valve rod have formed thereat inclined portions, respectively, that produce a wedge effect by abutting upon each other and when the valve plate and the valve rod are fixed in a direction of an axis by a valve-plate fixing screw, a wedge effect when the inclined portions and abut upon each other causes a rod front wall of the mounting portion and a hole front wall of the mounting hole to come into close contact with each other and the valve plate and the valve rod to be precisely and firmly fixed to each other so as not to rotate relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Shimoda, Takashi Nagao, Tsuyoshi Ochi, Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20200400238
    Abstract: A spacer having a wedge-shaped flat plate portion and an engagement protrusion is interposed between a hole end surface of mounting hole of a valve plate and a rod end surface of mounting portion of a valve rod, which thereby forms a wedge-shaped gap between the spacer and the hole end surface so as to open frontward. A fastening force of a valve-plate fixation screw generates a moment M that deforms the valve plate in a direction of narrowing the gap. At the same time, the engagement protrusion of the spacer is pressed into a wedge-shaped space between the inclined surface portion of the rod end surface and the rear hole-wall surface of the mounting hole, which causes the front hole-wall surface of mounting hole of the valve plate to press the rod front surface of mounting portion of the valve rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi SHIMODA, Hiroshi Ogawa, Takashi Nagao, Tsuyoshi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20200384552
    Abstract: A rotary tool may include a body having a first part, a second part, a third part, a first cutting edge located at a first end, a flute extending from the first cutting edge toward a second end, and an outer peripheral surface. The outer peripheral surface in the third part may have a first portion. The third part may have a land face, and a second cutting edge located on a ridge line where a first portion and the land face intersect. The land face may have a first region in which a width increases from a side of the first end toward a side of the second end, and a second region that is located closer to the second end than the first region in which a width decreases from a side of the first end toward the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200339331
    Abstract: In a film packaged body (11) formed by superimposing a pair of film molded articles (1) of the present invention, wherein the film molded article (1) in which a plurality of concave or convex embossed portions (3) disposed apart from each other are formed on a surface (2a) of a film (2), wherein the film (2) is made of a plastic material capable of adding a shape according to plastic deformation, wherein the plurality of embossed portions (3) are disposed on the surface of the film (2) to form an enclosed region (4) surrounded by the plurality of embossed portions (3) and imaginary lines (4a) that connect the plurality of embossed portions (3) is formed, and the plurality of embossed portions (3) are disposed at four areas on the surface (2a) of the film (2) to form the enclosed region (4) with rectangular shape, when an object is packaged by the film molded article (1), the plurality of embossed portions (3) and imaginary lines (4a) forming the enclosed region (4) are freely folded according to a shape or a
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Mitsuhide Nogami, Sumio Nakatake
  • Publication number: 20200285150
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition for a flexographic printing plate, the photosensitive resin composition including at least a hydrophilic copolymer (A), a thermoplastic elastomer (B), a photo-polymerizable monomer (C), a photo-polymerization initiator (D), a plasticizer (E), and an acidic group-containing polymer (F), wherein the photosensitive resin composition for the flexographic printing plate has an acid value of 1 to 100 mgKOH/g, as measured by neutralization titration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi OGAWA, Hideo SAITO, Tohru KIHARA, Kenji OTA
  • Patent number: 10766120
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compressor scroll that appropriately impinges cavitation bubbles on target regions of a scroll. The method includes the step of water jet peening by jetting cavitation bubbles generated underwater by a water jet at a first side of an end plate (13A) of the scroll (13), with a center (P1, P2, P3) of the cavitation bubbles being offset from a center (O) of the spiral shape of a wall portion (13B) on the end plate (13A) and the step portion (13Aa) and the stepped portion (13Ba) positioned at an outer peripheral portion of the cavitation bubbles (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hagita, Takaharu Maeguchi, Masafumi Hamasaki, Yukio Michishita, Yukihiro Kawai, Hiroshi Ogawa, Makoto Takeuchi, Kazuhide Watanabe, Takayuki Kuwahara, Masaki Kawasaki, Katsuhiro Fujita
  • Patent number: 10758685
    Abstract: An ultrasonic nebulizer includes a working tank configured to be detachable with respect to a main body. The working tank includes a rod-shaped tank-side contact electrode that extends in a vertical direction along an outer wall of the working tank. A specific portion that corresponds to a portion in a circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface of the tank-side contact electrode is exposed from the outer wall, and the remaining portion of the outer circumferential surface of the tank-side contact electrode is embedded inside of the outer wall and is connected to an electrode of an ultrasonic vibrator. A main body-side contact electrode comes into contact with the specific portion of the outer circumferential surface of the tank-side contact electrode when the working tank is mounted on the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeo Kinoshita, Takaaki Okanishi, Makoto Tabata, Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20200226846
    Abstract: Provided is a product evaluation result display system. At least a part of a product image representing a three-dimensional shape of a product that is configured by assembly of a plurality of parts is output to an output interface. When an evaluation point of the product is designated by a user through the input interface, in association with a designated part having a relatively high contribution degree with respect to the position precision of the evaluation point on the basis of a reference shape of the product, a contribution degree index image representing the contribution degree is output to the output interface. Therefore, within the plurality of parts constituting the product, the designated part having a relatively high contribution degree with respect to the position precision of the evaluation point designated by the user can be easily recognized by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato IDE, Takaya YAMAZAKI, Hiroshi OGAWA