Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yamanaka

Hiroshi Yamanaka 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: 20190195521
    Abstract: A radiation receiving sensor includes an infrared receiver including a plurality of infrared receiving devices that receive infrared radiation, a lens that allows infrared radiation to enter the infrared receiver, a rotator that rotates the infrared receiver and the lens about a part of the lens, and a cover member that faces the infrared receiver through the lens and that has translucency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi KUSUKAME, Nawatt SILAWAN, Shinichi SHIKII, Aki YONEDA, Kazuki FUNASE, Takahiro FUKUNISHI, Toshimitsu KODA, Norimasa ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Takanori SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10309670
    Abstract: A radiation receiving sensor includes an infrared receiver including a plurality of infrared receiving devices that receive infrared radiation, a lens that allows infrared radiation to enter the infrared receiver, a rotator that rotates the infrared receiver and the lens about a part of the lens, and a cover member that faces the infrared receiver through the lens and that has translucency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Kusukame, Nawatt Silawan, Shinichi Shikii, Aki Yoneda, Kazuki Funase, Takahiro Fukunishi, Toshimitsu Koda, Norimasa Ishikawa, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Takanori Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10298091
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotating motor includes a boss into which a shaft is inserted, a rotor yoke provided on a side of an outer circumference of the boss and formed of a plurality of pole pieces connected into a circular ring shape, and a coupling member made of resin with which the boss and the rotor yoke are integrally molded. Each of the plurality of pole pieces is provided with an injection hole that is bored in an axial direction and into which the resin is injected in the integral molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Hironori Yabuuchi, Ryo Nabika, Takashi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190089213
    Abstract: A rotor, a rotary electric machine, and a rotor production method that reduce parts count, allow easy fixing, and prevent displacement. The rotor includes a rotor core having a cylindrical shape and a plurality of insertion holes, and a sensor magnet having an annular shape and placed coaxially with the rotor core, in which the sensor magnet has a plurality of protrusions protruding toward the rotor core, the plurality of protrusions are inserted into the plurality of insertion holes, and the rotor core and the sensor magnet are firmly fixed to each other by resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jun TSURUHA, Ryo NABIKA, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180304723
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control apparatus includes a detector that obtains a thermal image of an occupant, a processing unit that estimates the thermal sensation of the occupant from a temperature distribution obtained by the detector, and a control unit that controls an air conditioner according to the estimation result of the thermal sensation. Upon detecting the occupant, the detector captures a thermal image of an area around the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: YOICHI NISHIJIMA, KATSUMI KAKIMOTO, HIROSHI YAMANAKA, SHO SHIMADA, ISAO HATTORI, TAKANORI SUGIYAMA, TAKESHI YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180212483
    Abstract: A motor rotor includes: a shaft; a smaller-radius iron core fixedly attached to an outer peripheral surface of the shaft; a larger-radius iron core disposed spaced apart from the smaller-radius iron core in a radial direction perpendicular to an axis of the shaft, which is formed in a ring shape in cross section by a combination of a plurality of iron core blocks, and disposed to share a common axis with the smaller-radius iron core; and an insulating resin portion used to fix the smaller-radius iron core and the larger-radius iron core. The larger-radius iron core and the smaller-radius iron core are formed of their respective different materials. The material forming the larger-radius iron core has an iron loss less than an iron loss of the material forming the smaller-radius iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko BABA, Koji YABE, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Hironori YABUUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180072133
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control device according to the present disclosure includes: a first temperature sensor which detects the temperature of an occupant; a processing unit which estimates, from the result of detection by the first temperature sensor, the thermal sensation felt by the occupant; and a control unit which controls an air conditioner according to the thermal sensation estimated by the processing unit. The processing unit determines a change in a clothing amount of the occupant from the result of detection by the first temperature sensor, and the control unit controls the output of the air conditioner according to the change in the clothing amount determined by the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: HIROSHI YAMANAKA, TAKANORI SUGIYAMA, ISAO HATTORI, KATSUMI KAKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180061001
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display control device includes an image acquirer that acquires captured image data output from an imager that captures an image of a surrounding of a vehicle, and a display processor that displays an image of the captured image data, the image being transformed so that a corner image is moved to outside of a display region at a ratio greater than that of an image of another part, on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun AOKI, Masanori TORII, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180063447
    Abstract: A vehicle display apparatus includes a display control unit. The display control unit causes a video image to be displayed such that each time two (an LWC switch and an MVC switch) or more of a plurality of switch units (a switch group) successively allow switching to an ON state to generate successive interruption processes, switching between display modes is successively performed in response to the successive interruption processes. When any of the two or more switch units allows switching from the ON state to an OFF state, the display control unit causes a video image displayed just before start of the successive interruption processes to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsugu Tosa, Hiroshi Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 9853520
    Abstract: A molded motor 100 includes a molded stator formed by providing a molding resin to a stator, a rotor inside the molded stator, a pair of bearings supporting a rotor shaft of the rotor, and an insulating bracket fitted in an inner circumferential part of an opening formed at an axial end of the molded stator to surround and support an outer ring of the bearing with a concave part formed at a center, and formed of an insulating resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Naohiro Oketani, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Hironori Yabuuchi
  • Publication number: 20170320457
    Abstract: A detection device is used with a vehicle including a cabin, a ceiling, pillars, a driver seat, and a passenger seat. The detection device includes a detector disposed on the ceiling or the pillars of the vehicle and detecting an object in the cabin while not contacting the object, and a scanning unit that moves the detector for scan. The detection device can detect a temperature of the object accurately, and control air-conditioning comfortably to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KATSUMI KAKIMOTO, HIROSHI YAMANAKA, TAKANORI SUGIYAMA, ISAO HATTORI, YUICHI HIGUCHI, HIDEYUKI ARAI, YOSUKE HAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20170317550
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator around which an aluminum wire having a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the aluminum wire is wound; and a rotator arranged on an inner side of the stator to be rotatable, the aluminum wire comprising a terminal wire including an aluminum exposed portion, from which the resin coating layer is peeled off to expose an aluminum core wire, the stator comprising a terminal with which the aluminum exposed portion and a power supply wire for use in supplying electric power for rotating the rotator are connected, the terminal electrically conducting the aluminum exposed portion and the power supply wire, and a first solder layer formed on the terminal, covering an entire surface of the aluminum exposed portion, and joining the aluminum exposed portion and the terminal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuki FUJIMOTO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Hironori YABUUCHI, Ryo NABIKA, Yukie YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170201153
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotating motor includes a boss into which a shaft is inserted, a rotor yoke provided on a side of an outer circumference of the boss and formed of a plurality of pole pieces connected into a circular ring shape, and a coupling member made of resin with which the boss and the rotor yoke are integrally molded. Each of the plurality of pole pieces is provided with an injection hole that is bored in an axial direction and into which the resin is injected in the integral molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Hironori YABUUCHI, Ryo NABIKA, Takashi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9702571
    Abstract: To provide an air conditioner outdoor unit including a casing having an air inlet on a side surface and an air outlet on an upper surface, a heat exchanger that covers the air inlet and is provided inside the casing, a fan that sucks in air from the air inlet and discharges air from the air outlet, and a fan motor provided on a lower side of the fan. The fan motor is set such that an outer diameter D1 thereof is larger than an outer diameter D2 of a fan boss, and an outer periphery thereof is positioned on a center side of the fan motor than a straight line c passing an upper side of a center (for example, a predetermined position a) of the heat exchanger and a side (for example, a predetermined position b) of the fan boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Naohiro Oketani, Kazuhiko Baba, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Hironori Yabuuchi
  • Publication number: 20170160141
    Abstract: A temperature sensor includes a first infrared measuring means, a second infrared measuring means, and a calculating unit. The first infrared measuring means measures infrared rays emitted from an object and outputs a first voltage. The second infrared measuring means measures infrared rays emitted from around the object and outputs a second voltage. The calculating unit calculates the output temperature of the object from the first voltage, calculates the ambient temperature of the object from the second voltage, and corrects the output temperature based on the ambient temperature to calculate the temperature of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: HIROSHI YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 9546093
    Abstract: [Task to be Solved] One of the principal objects of the invention is to collect minute diamond particles of D50 of 20 nm and smaller, by MICROTRAC UPA 150, in high precision and high definition. [Means for Solving the Task] The minute diamond particles of the invention are recovered by a method comprising: (1) joining or combining a hydrophilic functional group with a surface of diamond powder that comprises particles of a primary particle size of 50 nm or less, so as to impart hydrophilic nature on the surface, (2) placing the hydrophilic diamond particles to hold in suspension in water to form a slurry, (3) subjecting said slurry to a hyper-centrifugal process at a centrifugal force of 4×103 G and at the same time a centrifugal load product of 200×103 G·min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventors: Youichi Morita, Tatsuya Takimoto, Naoki Komatsu, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Hisao Shirasawa, Hiroshi Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20160346256
    Abstract: A compound of formula [I-W]: wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Takaki Maeba, Katsuya Maeda, Masayuki Kotoku, Kazuyuki Hirata, Noriyoshi Seki, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Takayuki Sakai, Shintaro Hirashima, Shingo Obika, Makoto Shiozaki, Masahiro Yokota
  • Publication number: 20160341603
    Abstract: A radiation receiving sensor includes an infrared receiver including a plurality of infrared receiving devices that receive infrared radiation, a lens that allows infrared radiation to enter the infrared receiver, a rotator that rotates the infrared receiver and the lens about a part of the lens, and a cover member that faces the infrared receiver through the lens and that has translucency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: KOICHI KUSUKAME, NAWATT SILAWAN, SHINICHI SHIKII, AKI YONEDA, KAZUKI FUNASE, TAKAHIRO FUKUNISHI, TOSHIMITSU KODA, NORIMASA ISHIKAWA, HIROSHI YAMANAKA, TAKANORI SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9478682
    Abstract: The infrared sensor includes: an infrared sensor chip in which a plurality of pixel portions each including a temperature-sensitive portion formed of a thermopile is disposed in an array on one surface side of a semiconductor substrate; and an IC chip that processes an output signal of the infrared sensor chip. A package includes a package main body on which the infrared sensor chip and the IC chip are mounted to be arranged side-by-side, and a package cover that has a lens transmitting infrared rays and is hermetically bonded to the package main body. The package is provided therein with a cover member that includes a window hole through which infrared rays pass into the infrared sensor chip and equalizes amounts of temperature change of hot junctions and cold junctions among the pixel portions, the temperature change resulting from heating of the IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Kirihara, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yoshiharu Sanagawa, Takanori Aketa, Yushi Nakamura, Mitsuhiko Ueda
  • Patent number: 9467011
    Abstract: A mold stator is configured to include a stator core and a mold resin that covers the stator core. A divided-core part includes a yoke part that is arranged coaxially with a rotor that is provided in the stator core, a teeth part that extends from the yoke part in a radially-inward direction, and a teeth distal-end part that is formed at a radially-inward end part of the teeth part. An outer-circumferential flat-surface part is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the yoke part and an outer-circumferential flat-surface part is formed at a position on an outer circumferential surface of the mold stator opposing the flat-surface part of the yoke part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Naohiro Oketani, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Hironori Yabuuchi, Takayuki Onihashi