Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Tomita

Hiroshi Tomita 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: 20250111401
    Abstract: The taxi vehicles are electrified vehicle that can be charged from EVSE. When the pickup location for the taxi vehicle is a standby location where EVSE is installed, a discount amount A is set. When the drop-off location from the taxi vehicle is within the predetermined range from EVSE, the discount amount B is set. The discount amount A+B is set when the pickup location is a standby location where EVSE is installed and the drop-off location is within a predetermined range from EVSE. In order to obtain incentives, users are more likely to get in and out of EVSE, so that recharging times can be efficiently secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki TOMITA, Tohru Nakamura, Hirofumi MATSUYAMA, Hiroshi ASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20250046505
    Abstract: An inductor includes a magnetic core obtained by pressure-molding a mixture of a magnetic material powder and a binding agent, and coil elements buried in the magnetic core. The coil elements include two tabular coils that are a first coil element and a second coil element provided overlappingly in stated order from a first side face side to a second side face side. End portions of the coil elements protrude from the bottom face and are bent along the bottom face to configure external electrodes. One of first external electrodes extends toward a first end face and an other one of the first external electrodes extends toward the second end face, and second external electrodes extend toward a second side face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TAKAGI, Yusuke NAKAMURA, Masahiro ENOMOTO, Hiroshi TOMITA, Satoru SHIMOMURA
  • Patent number: 12211633
    Abstract: What is provided is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet having a chemical composition in which, by mass %, C: 0.010% or less, Si: 1.50% to 4.00%, sol. Al: 0.0001% to 1.0%, S: 0.010% or less, N: 0.010% or less and one or a plurality of elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ni, Co, Pt, Pb, Cu and Au: 2.50% to 5.00% in total with a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which a recrystallization rate is 1% to 99% in a metallographic structure, a sheet thickness is 0.50 mm or less, and, in the case of measuring a magnetic flux density B50 after annealing the non-oriented electrical steel sheet at 800° C. for two hours, a magnetic flux density B50 in a 45° direction with respect to a rolling direction is 1.75 T or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tesshu Murakawa, Miho Tomita, Hiroshi Fujimura, Satoshi Kano
  • Publication number: 20250029776
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to achieve a small-sized inductor capable of handling a high current, and having a high coupling coefficient. Inductor includes magnetic core and coil element embedded in magnetic core. Coil element includes at least four flat coils, and first coil element, second coil element, third coil element, and fourth coil element are provided in an overlapping manner. Ends of each coil element protrude from bottom surface, and are bent along bottom surface, to form external electrode. Ends of first coil element and ends of third coil element are bent toward first side surface. Ends of second coil element and ends of fourth coil element are bent toward second side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: KIYOSHI TAKAGI, YUSUKE NAKAMURA, MASAHIRO ENOMOTO, HIROSHI TOMITA, SATORU SHIMOMURA
  • Patent number: 12165858
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a thermionic power generation element includes a cathode, an anode, and an insulating member. The cathode includes an electrically-conductive material. The anode includes an electrically-conductive material. The insulating member is located between the cathode and the anode. The cathode and the anode have a gap between the cathode and the anode. A first through-hole is provided in the anode. The first through-hole extends through the anode in a first direction and communicates with the gap. The first direction is from the cathode toward the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeya Kimura, Masaya Yamamitsu, Hisao Miyazaki, Hisashi Yoshida, Hiroshi Tomita, Souichi Ueno, Takeshi Hoshi, Tomoya Takeda
  • Publication number: 20240355523
    Abstract: An object is to obtain an inductor that has a low inductance and can withstand a large current. Inductor includes magnetic core obtained by mixing a powder magnetic material and a binder and compression-molding a mixture, and flat conductive wire embedded in magnetic core and extending linearly with an end portion protruding from an end surface of magnetic core. When viewed from a top surface, magnetic core includes central portion covering flat conductive wire, side surface portions provided on both sides of central portion, and tapered portions provided between central portion and side surface portions, and a thickness of side surface portions is thinner than a thickness of central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: KIYOSHI TAKAGI, YUSUKE NAKAMURA, MASAHIRO ENOMOTO, HIROSHI TOMITA
  • Publication number: 20240280459
    Abstract: An evaluation apparatus according to an embodiment includes an evaluator including a column being capable of storing a liquid containing defects, the column being transparent, the defects containing a bubble, a first particle containing metal, and a second particle being different from the bubble and the first particle, an irradiator irradiating the liquid in the column with an irradiation light, an imager imaging a scattered light emitted from the defects by the irradiation light, an analyzer obtaining a diffusion coefficient of the defects from the imaged scattered light, a calculator calculating a particle size and a refractive index of the defects, a determiner determining whether the defects contain the bubble or the second particle, or the first particle; a filter filtering the liquid, the filter including an inlet and an outlet; a first pipe connecting the outlet of the filter and the evaluator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke OSHIMA, Toshiyuki MURANAKA, Kyo OTSUBO, Ryutaro OTAHARA, Motonari TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi TOMITA, Kazuki BABA
  • Publication number: 20240270799
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a modified photoreceptive chloride channel having excellent photoreactive properties in which the wavelength sensitivity range is narrow, and also both ?on and ?off are short. The solution is a polypeptide obtained by substituting a region from the fourth transmembrane domain to the sixth transmembrane domain counted from the N-terminal side of a Guillardia theta-derived photoreceptive chloride channel-1 (GtACR1) by a corresponding region of a Guillardia theta-derived photoreceptive chloride channel-2 (GtACR2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, IWATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroshi TOMITA, Eriko SUGANO
  • Patent number: 11973158
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element having a photoelectric conversion layer formed between a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, in which the photoelectric conversion layer contains Cu and Ag, which are Group I elements, In and Ga, which are Group III elements, and Se and S, which are Group VI elements. A portion at which a minimum value of a band gap appears in a thickness direction of the photoelectric conversion layer is included in the intermediate region. When a ratio of a mole amount of Ag to a sum of mole amounts of the Group I elements other than Ag, the Group III elements, and the Group VI elements is defined as an Ag concentration, a portion at which a maximum value of the Ag concentration appears in the thickness direction of the photoelectric conversion layer is included in the intermediate region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomita, Hiroki Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11970017
    Abstract: A badge has a print layer and a substrate that is a processed layer. The print layer is printed with a subject image in which a radial center point is defined as a center point of a radial representation. The substrate has a circular brushed surface that is subjected to circular processing. At least one of the print layer and the substrate is light transmissive. The print layer is laminated on the circular brushed surface side of the substrate such that the radial center point of the subject image and a circular processing center point that is a center point of the circular processing coincide with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masami Ikuma, Simon Humphries, Hiroshi Tomita, Daiki Isogai
  • Patent number: 11855579
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power generation element includes a first conductive region including a first surface, a plurality of second conductive regions, and a plurality of insulating structure regions. The second conductive regions are arranged along the first surface. A gap is provided between the second conductive regions and the first surface. One of the structure regions is provided between one of the second conductive regions and the first surface. An other one of the structure regions is provided between an other one of the second conductive regions and the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeya Kimura, Hisashi Yoshida, Hisao Miyazaki, Hiroshi Tomita, Souichi Ueno, Takeshi Hoshi, Tatsuo Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20230406022
    Abstract: A badge has a print layer and a substrate that is a processed layer. The print layer is printed with a subject image in which a radial center point is defined as a center point of a radial representation. The substrate has a circular brushed surface that is subjected to circular processing. At least one of the print layer and the substrate is light transmissive. The print layer is laminated on the circular brushed surface side of the substrate such that the radial center point of the subject image and a circular processing center point that is a center point of the circular processing coincide with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Masami IKUMA, Simon HUMPHRIES, Hiroshi TOMITA, Daiki ISOGAI
  • Publication number: 20230411068
    Abstract: An inductor includes: an exterior member having a bottom surface and a side surface; and an electric conductive member partially covered by the exterior member. The electric conductive member includes a coil portion covered by the exterior member; lead portions connected to both ends of the coil portion, extending toward the bottom surface, and covered by the exterior member; and terminal electrodes connected to the lead portions and exposed from the bottom surface. The side surface includes recesses recessed inward of the exterior member from the side surface and connected to the bottom surface. The terminal electrodes extend along the bottom surface toward the recesses, are bent from the bottom surface toward the recesses, and housed therein. At least a part of each lead portion is opposite to the recess. Each lead portion has a thickness smaller than a diameter or a thickness of a wire of the coil portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TAKAGI, Masahiro ENOMOTO, Hiroshi TOMITA
  • Patent number: 11805698
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power generation element, includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a crystal member. A direction from the second conductive layer toward the first conductive layer is along a first direction. The crystal member is provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive member. The crystal member includes a crystal pair. The crystal pair includes a first crystal part and a second crystal part. A second direction from the first crystal part toward the second crystal part crosses the first direction. A gap is provided between the first crystal part and the second crystal part. The first conductive layer is electrically connected to the first crystal part. The second conductive layer is electrically connected to the second crystal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Yoshida, Hisao Miyazaki, Shigeya Kimura, Hiroshi Tomita, Souichi Ueno, Takeshi Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20230331790
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a modified channelrhodopsin having high ion permeability (photoreactivity). The solution is to substitute the third extracellular domain counted from the N-terminal side of three extracellular domains included in a Volvox carteri-derived channelrhodopsin by a corresponding extracellular domain of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channelrhodopsin-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, IWATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroshi TOMITA, Eriko SUGANO
  • Publication number: 20230330720
    Abstract: A washing device includes a temperature adjuster that is configured to at least one of: heat a first fluid for washing a container for storing a substrate; or cool a second fluid for washing the container, so as to supply the first fluid having a first temperature and the second fluid having a second temperature lower than the first temperature; and a washer that is configured to: supply the first fluid to a first surface of the container to heat and wash the container; and supply the second fluid to a second surface of the container to cool and wash the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki KANDA, Hiroshi TOMITA, Tooru MIKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230333531
    Abstract: This method includes: a step of imaging, by an imaging apparatus in a substrate treatment system, a reference substrate which is a reference for condition setting and acquiring a captured image of the reference substrate; a step of imaging, by the imaging apparatus, a treated substrate on which the predetermined treatment has been performed under a current treatment condition and acquiring a captured image of the treated substrate; a step of calculating a deviation amount in color information between the captured image of the treated substrate and the captured image of the reference substrate; a step of calculating a correction amount of the treatment condition based on a correlation model acquired in advance and on the deviation amount in the color information; and a step of setting the treatment condition based on the correction amount, wherein steps other than the step of acquiring a captured image of the reference substrate are performed for each of the treatment apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya MORI, Tadashi NISHIYAMA, Akiko KIYOTOMI, Hiroshi TOMITA
  • Patent number: 11774340
    Abstract: For an easy calibration using calibration particles, provided is a measuring device to capture images of target objects. An image analyzer acquires multiple images obtained at a predetermined time interval, (a) specifies the mean-square displacement of a bright point of a calibration particle based on the displacement of the bright point of the calibration particle in the multiple images in a calibration mode, and (b) specifies the mean-square displacement of a bright point of the target particle based on the displacement of the bright point of the target particle in the multiple images in a measurement mode. A particle size analyzer (c) derives the particle size of the target particle from the mean-square displacement of the bright point of the target particle based on the mean-square displacement of the bright point of the calibration particle and the particle size of the calibration particle in an analysis mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, RION Co., Ltd., Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhisa Kato, Yusuke Matsuura, Ayako Nakamura, Kaoru Kondo, Takuya Tabuchi, Hiroshi Tomita, Hidekazu Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230274953
    Abstract: A substrate treatment device includes an EFEM unit, a cleaning and drying unit, and at least one load port unit, and the cleaning and drying unit includes a wafer holding mechanism, a transfer arm, a cleaning liquid supply nozzle, and a gas supply nozzle. The EFEM unit includes a transfer robot and a transfer arm capable of transferring a wafer between a load port unit of the at least one load port unit and the cleaning and drying unit, and the cleaning and drying unit is coupled to the EFEM unit in series with the load port unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru MIKAMI, Naoki KANDA, Hiroshi TOMITA
  • Patent number: 11726438
    Abstract: This method includes a step of imaging, by an imaging apparatus in a substrate treatment system, a reference substrate which is a reference for condition setting and acquiring a captured image of the reference substrate; and a step of imaging, by the imaging apparatus, a treated substrate on which the predetermined treatment has been performed under a current treatment condition and acquiring a captured image of the treated substrate. A deviation amount in color information between the captured image of the treated substrate and the captured image of the reference substrate is calculated. A correction amount of the treatment condition is calculated based on a correlation model acquired in advance and on the deviation amount in the color information. Also included is a step of setting the treatment condition based on the correction amount and performing the treatment on a target substrate based on the set treatment condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takuya Mori, Tadashi Nishiyama, Akiko Kiyotomi, Hiroshi Tomita