Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Shima
Hiroshi Shima 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).
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Publication number: 20240127982Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a converting portion having a plurality of electrical conductors to be arranged in mutual separation and a medium arranged so as to mutually connect the plurality of electrical conductors, wherein the converting portion is the information processing apparatus to convert an input signal to an output signal. The medium includes the electrolyte and is configured to be capable of controlling an electrical conductivity of an electrically conductive path mutually electrically connecting the plurality of electrical conductors, and the medium is selected such that the electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive path changes over time with the input signal not being present.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION, TOYOTA PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY, NAGASE & CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki AKINAGA, Hisashi SHIMA, Yasuhisa NAITOH, Hiroshi SATOU, Dan SATOU, Takuma MATSUO, Kentaro KINOSHITA, Toshiyuki ITOH, Toshiki NOKAMI, Masakazu KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240087807Abstract: A powder magnetic core according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a powder magnetic core in which a magnetic powder is bonded via a binder layer. The powder magnetic core contains 88 volume % or more of magnetic powder, and when a cross-sectional photograph of the powder magnetic core is taken, an area of the cross-sectional photograph having a size of 10000 ?m2 is divided into unit areas, one or more of the unit areas in which the size of a cross-sectional area of a binder accounts for 50% or more of the unit area are extracted as specific unit areas, and the percentage of the number of specific unit areas with respect to the total number of unit areas is equal to or larger than 0.2% but equal to or smaller than 3.0%.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Shun MIKOSHIBA, Hiroshi SHIMA, Kenichiro KOBAYASHI, Akiri URATA, Makoto YAMAKI, Naoto ONISHI
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Publication number: 20240087781Abstract: A powder magnetic core capable of achieving a low loss in a high frequency range is provided. A powder magnetic core according to the present disclosure is a powder magnetic core in which a magnetic powder is bonded via a binder layer. A volume filling percentage of the magnetic powder included in the powder magnetic core is 85 volume % or higher, and a value obtained by dividing a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the powder magnetic core by a specific surface area (m2/g) calculated using outer dimensions of the powder magnetic core is 5000 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Makoto YAMAKI, Naoto ONISHI, Akiri URATA, Kenichiro KOBAYASHI, Yu KANAMORI, Hiroshi SHIMA, Shun MIKOSHIBA
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Publication number: 20230326656Abstract: To provide a dust core with good direct current superimposition characteristics and an inductor using such a dust core. A dust core according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes magnetic powder particles that are bound together through a binder layer, in which when a magnetic permeability in a state where a magnetic flux density generated by a direct current is 0 T is represented by ?B=0 T and a magnetic permeability in a state where the magnetic flux density generated by a direct current is 0.5 T is represented by ?B=0.5 T, a value expressed by ?B=0.5 T/?B=0 T is 0.65 or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Shun MIKOSHIBA, Hiroshi SHIMA, Kenichiro KOBAYASHI, Miho CHIBA, Akiri URATA, Makoto YAMAKI, Naoto ONISHI
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Patent number: 11553603Abstract: A method includes preparing a first substrate member in which a cavity is formed. Moreover, the method includes preparing a magnetic member having a plurality of magnetic pieces. The magnetic member is placed in the cavity, and the second substrate member is placed on the first substrate member to close the cavity. The cavity is defined at least in part by a pair of wall surfaces facing each other in a lateral direction and opens upward in an up-down direction perpendicular to the lateral direction. The magnetic pieces are coupled with each other by positioning members so as to be arranged at regular intervals in a predetermined direction. The placing of the magnetic member in the cavity is carried out so that the predetermined direction coincides with the lateral direction or a front-rear direction perpendicular to both of the lateral direction and the up-down direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: TOKIN CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Shima
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Publication number: 20220293336Abstract: A powder magnetic core capable of achieving a low loss in a high frequency range while reducing the size thereof is provided. A powder magnetic core according to the present disclosure is a powder magnetic core in which a magnetic powder is bonded via a binder layer. The powder magnetic core contains 88 volume % or more of magnetic powder, and the percentage of parts of the binder layer having thicknesses of 20 nm or smaller in the binder layer that is present between particles of the magnetic powder is equal to or smaller than 6% (not including 0%).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Shun MIKOSHIBA, Hiroshi SHIMA, Makoto YAMAKI, Naoto ONISHI, Kenichiro KOBAYASHI, Akiri URATA
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Publication number: 20220218576Abstract: A powder cosmetic comprising 3 to 80% by mass of a colorless interference pigment having a chroma C* of 5.0 or more (A), and 0.001 to 3% by mass of a color pigment (B), wherein a hue difference value ?H* between an appearance color and a coating color is 10 or more is provided. The powder cosmetic may contain a content of 40 to 96% by mass of an inorganic extender pigment (C), a content of 1 o 30% by mass of an organic extender pigment (D), and a content of 1 to 30% by mass of an oily component (E).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: JO Cosmetics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumiya Takahashi, Kiho Gawahara, Ikuo Kondo, Hiroshi Shima
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Patent number: 11383487Abstract: A laminated substrate includes an upper prepreg cured body, a lower prepreg cured body and a magnetic member. The magnetic member is sandwiched between the upper prepreg cured body and the lower prepreg cured body in an up-down direction. The upper prepreg cured body is directly coupled to the lower prepreg cured body all over a predetermined area surrounding the magnetic member in a plane perpendicular to the up-down direction. The magnetic member is formed by binding soft magnetic metal powder using a binder. The soft magnetic metal powder consists of particles each of which has a flat shape. The binder comprises inorganic oxide as a chief ingredient. The magnetic member includes the soft magnetic metal powder of 60 vol. % or more and open pores of 10 vol. % or more and 30 vol. % or less. The magnetic member has a thickness of 0.3 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: TOKIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Shima, Shun Mikoshiba, Kenichi Chatani
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Publication number: 20220022327Abstract: A method includes preparing a first substrate member in which a cavity is formed. Moreover, the method includes preparing a magnetic member having a plurality of magnetic pieces. The magnetic member is placed in the cavity, and the second substrate member is placed on the first substrate member to close the cavity. The cavity is defined at least in part by a pair of wall surfaces facing each other in a lateral direction and opens upward in an up-down direction perpendicular to the lateral direction. The magnetic pieces are coupled with each other by positioning members so as to be arranged at regular intervals in a predetermined direction. The placing of the magnetic member in the cavity is carried out so that the predetermined direction coincides with the lateral direction or a front-rear direction perpendicular to both of the lateral direction and the up-down direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: TOKIN CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi SHIMA
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Publication number: 20200129389Abstract: An oil-in-water eyelash cosmetic containing (A) 1 to 40% by mass based on solid content of a film-forming polymer emulsion (A) containing an emulsion of a copolymer of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer and styrene monomer (a-1), 0.1 to 10% by mass of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 6 to 12 (B); and (C) 1 to 40% by mass of a wax is provided. The oil-in-water eyelash cosmetic can be readily removed with warm water without using a special remover, while having good properties in water resistance, curling effect and curl-retaining effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: JO Cosmetics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daiki YOSHIHARA, Hiroshi SHIMA
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Publication number: 20190224943Abstract: A laminated substrate includes an upper prepreg cured body, a lower prepreg cured body and a magnetic member. The magnetic member is sandwiched between the upper prepreg cured body and the lower prepreg cured body in an up-down direction. The upper prepreg cured body is directly coupled to the lower prepreg cured body all over a predetermined area surrounding the magnetic member in a plane perpendicular to the up-down direction. The magnetic member is formed by binding soft magnetic metal powder using a binder. The soft magnetic metal powder consists of particles each of which has a flat shape. The binder comprises inorganic oxide as a chief ingredient. The magnetic member includes the soft magnetic metal powder of 60 vol. % or more and open pores of 10 vol. % or more and 30 vol. % or less. The magnetic member has a thickness of 0.3 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: TOKIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi SHIMA, Shun MIKOSHIBA, Kenichi CHATANI
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Patent number: 9743166Abstract: In the present invention, a device is provided with a main surface member, a piezoelectric body plate, a first support part, and a housing. The main surface member is used as a vibration plate. The piezoelectric body plate vibrates according to an electric signal. The first support part supports the piezoelectric body plate. The housing has a second support part that supports the main surface member and extends in a prescribed direction that intersects the main surface member. The first support part is secured to the second support so that the second support part vibrates in the prescribed direction according to the vibration of the piezoelectric body plate. The vibration of the piezoelectric body plate is transmitted to the main surface member via the first support part and the second support part, and due to this the main surface member vibrates to generate a sound.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignees: TOKIN CORPORATION, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyuki Abe, Katsunori Kumasaka, Kouichi Shuta, Osamu Yamazaki, Hiroshi Shima, Noriaki Ikezawa
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Patent number: 9544694Abstract: A piezoelectric vibration module includes a piezoelectric element, a wiring member connected to the piezoelectric element and drawn out to the outside, and an elastic plate bonded to one surface of the piezoelectric element, wherein the elastic plate is made of a silicone rubber.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: NEC TOKIN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Abe, Takeshi Mizuno, Hiroshi Shima, Masao Yamaguchi, Noriaki Ikezawa, Katsunori Kumasaka
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Publication number: 20160249120Abstract: In the present invention, a device is provided with a main surface member, a piezoelectric body plate, a first support part, and a housing. The main surface member is used as a vibration plate. The piezoelectric body plate vibrates according to an electric signal. The first support part supports the piezoelectric body plate. The housing has a second support part that supports the main surface member and extends in a prescribed direction that intersects the main surface member. The first support part is secured to the second support so that the second support part vibrates in the prescribed direction according to the vibration of the piezoelectric body plate. The vibration of the piezoelectric body plate is transmitted to the main surface member via the first support part and the second support part, and due to this the main surface member vibrates to generate a sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicants: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyuki ABE, Katsunori KUMASAKA, Kouichi SHUTA, Osamu YAMAZAKI, Hiroshi SHIMA, Noriaki IKEZAWA
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Publication number: 20150163598Abstract: A piezoelectric vibration module includes a piezoelectric element, a wiring member connected to the piezoelectric element and drawn out to the outside, and an elastic plate bonded to one surface of the piezoelectric element, wherein the elastic plate is made of a silicone rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Abe, Takeshi Mizuno, Hiroshi Shima, Masao Yamaguchi, Noriaki Ikezawa, Katsunori Kumasaka
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Patent number: 9002687Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for predicting a deformation behavior of a rubber material capable of accurately analyzing a deformation behavior of a rubber material even in a micro level, and more specifically, to a method for predicting a deformation behavior of a rubber material, including: generating a three-dimensional model of the rubber material formed by adding a filler to a rubber; applying a configuration condition specifying a relationship between a stress and a strain on the basis of thickness information and temperature information obtained on the basis of a molecular dynamics approach to a rubber layer portion constituting the three-dimensional model; and, analyzing the deformation behavior of the rubber material.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Satoshi Hamatani, Keizo Akutagawa, Hiroshi Shima
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Patent number: 8717150Abstract: The alarming device of the present invention includes a battery power supply; a sensor section that outputs an anomaly detection signal in the case of detecting an anomaly; a alert section that outputs an anomaly alarm based on the anomaly detection signal; a reception circuit section that receives an event signal from another alarming device; a transmission circuit section that transmits an event signal to the other alarming device; an anomaly monitoring section that, when the sensor section has detected an anomaly, causes the alert section to output the anomaly alarm based on the anomaly detection signal and causes the transmission circuit section to transmit an event signal according to the anomaly of the alarming device to the other alarming device, and on the other hand, when the reception circuit section has received an event signal according to an anomaly of the other alarming device from the other alarming device, causes the alert section to output the anomaly alarm; and a communication control sectioType: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Hochiki CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Egawa, Hiroshi Shima
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Patent number: 8432277Abstract: An alarm device includes: a detection device which detects an occurrence of an abnormal condition within a monitoring area; a transmission device which transmits an alarm signal when the detection device detects the abnormal condition; and an output device which, after the transmission device has transmitted the alarm signal, outputs an alarm after a lapse of a predetermined time after the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2008Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Hochiki CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Egawa, Isao Asano, Hiroshi Shima
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Publication number: 20120218099Abstract: The relay method for an alarm system of the present invention includes: a third process in which a reception intensity of the acknowledgement signal is measured when the source alarm device receives the acknowledgement signal, and in which, if there are one or more destination alarm devices that have not transmitted the acknowledgement signal among all of the destination alarm devices registered in advance, a destination alarm device that has the lowest reception intensity of the acknowledgement signal is assigned as a relay destination alarm device; and a fourth process in which an abnormality signal is relay-transmitted from the source alarm device, through the relay destination alarm device, to the destination alarm devices that are interconnected with the relay destination alarm device, and then, from the destination alarm device that has received the abnormality signal, a signal indicating that a sender thereof is the destination alarm device is outputted, and also an acknowledgement signal is transmitteType: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Hochiki CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Egawa, Hiroshi Shima
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Patent number: D971842Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: TOKIN CorporationInventors: Shun Mikoshiba, Hiroshi Shima, Kenichiro Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Saito