Patents by Inventor Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto 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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Patent number: 9678104Abstract: A scanning probe microscope capable of controlling a decrease of the resolution of an objective lens disposed in the scanning probe microscope, and capable of easily carrying out the adjustment of an optical axis of an optical lever using the objective lens. The scanning probe microscope includes: a cantilever having a probe; a light source part radiating beams; a first reflective part reflecting an incident beam (L0) and guiding the incident beam to a reflective surface; a light receiving part receiving the beams; a second reflective part reflecting a reflected beam (L1) and guiding the reflected beam to the light receiving part; and an objective lens disposed to face the cantilever and adopted to observe and capture an area around the cantilever, the objective lens having the number of openings of NA, wherein the first reflective part is disposed at a position between the objective lens and the cantilever.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9551750Abstract: An object is to provide, at low costs, a function for determining whether a monitoring section should execute a self-diagnosis. A monitoring system has a monitoring section for acquiring information on the charge and discharge state of an electric storage device and a determination section for determining the charge and discharge state of the electric storage device on the basis of information acquired by the monitoring section.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20170016136Abstract: A shaped aluminum article has an anodized film formed on a surface, where a coloring pigment is filled in fine pores formed on the anodized film, achieving sufficient coloring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Hiroyoshi YAMAMOTO, Atsushi ITO, Seishiro ITO
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Patent number: 9531046Abstract: A battery pack has a casing, electric fans, battery temperature thermistors and a battery management unit. The casing accommodates the battery cell stacks. The electric fans generate an air circulation in the inside chamber of the casing. The thermistors detect a temperature of the battery cells. At least one of the thermistors is arranged in each of the battery cell stack to detect a temperature of a battery cell arranged at a specific location in a battery cell stacking direction. At least one of the thermistors arranged in one battery cell stack in a pair of the battery cell stacks selected from all of the battery cell stacks detects a temperature of the battery cell arranged at a different location in the battery cell stacking direction from a location of any battery cell arranged in the other battery cell stack in the pair of the battery cell stacks.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshimitsu Inoue, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20160362808Abstract: A shaped aluminum article has an anodized film formed on a surface, where a coloring pigment is filled in fine pores formed on the anodized film, achieving sufficient coloring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Atsushi Ito, Seishiro Ito
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Publication number: 20160289818Abstract: A laminate structure having an indium target with the occurrence of defects being well controlled and excellent in adhesion between the indium target and a backing tube is provided. A laminate structure of an indium target and a backing tube wherein a defect area ratio at an indium-backing tube interface is 5.0% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Yousuke Endo, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20160282383Abstract: A scanning probe microscope capable of controlling a decrease of the resolution of an objective lens disposed in the scanning probe microscope, and capable of easily carrying out the adjustment of an optical axis of an optical lever using the objective lens. The scanning probe microscope includes: a cantilever having a probe; a light source part radiating beams; a first reflective part reflecting an incident beam (L0) and guiding the incident beam to a reflective surface; a light receiving part receiving the beams; a second reflective part reflecting a reflected beam (L1) and guiding the reflected beam to the light receiving part; and an objective lens disposed to face the cantilever and adopted to observe and capture an area around the cantilever, the objective lens having the number of openings of NA, wherein the first reflective part is disposed at a position between the objective lens and the cantilever.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventor: Hiroyoshi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20160181675Abstract: A first fin is formed on a first inside wall surface to protrude therefrom. The first fin exchanges heat between fluid and the first inside wall surface. A first fluid passage is divided between a first region that is a space where the first fin is arranged, and a second region that is a space where the first fin is not arranged. Fluid flows from the second region into the first region. The first fin includes an inflow port through which fluid flows into the first region, and an outflow port through which fluid flows out of the first region. The first fin is formed to extend from the inflow port to the outflow port. An area of the inflow port is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first fluid passage when viewed in a flow direction of fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshimitsu Inoue, Koichi Umeda, Koji Yamashita, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Shota Iguchi
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Publication number: 20150255838Abstract: A battery pack has a casing, electric fans, battery temperature thermistors and a battery management unit. The casing accommodates the battery cell stacks. The electric fans generate an air circulation in the inside chamber of the casing. The thermistors detect a temperature of the battery cells. At least one of the thermistors is arranged in each of the battery cell stack to detect a temperature of a battery cell arranged at a specific location in a battery cell stacking direction. At least one of the thermistors arranged in one battery cell stack in a pair of the battery cell stacks selected from all of the battery cell stacks detects a temperature of the battery cell arranged at a different location in the battery cell stacking direction from a location of any battery cell arranged in the other battery cell stack in the pair of the battery cell stacks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Yoshimitsu INOUE, Hiroyoshi YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 9088165Abstract: The contactless method of supplying power magnetically couples a portable device receiving coil with a power supply stand transmitting coil and transmits power by magnetic induction. The portable device sends power adjustment signals to the power supply stand, and the stand adjusts transmitting coil output based on the power adjustment signals. The portable device compares the power received from the stand to the required power, sends an increase-power-request signal if the received power is below the required power, and sends a decrease-power-request signal if the received power is above the required power. Power adjustment signals include increase-power-request weighting values that increase with the size of the request to increase power and/or rate-of-change weighting values that increase with the amount of change in the requested power. Weighting values output with a given period are added and a foreign object is judged to be present when the sum attains a set value.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Ryoji Watanabe, Mikitaka Tamai
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Patent number: 9030167Abstract: A power source apparatus includes first equalizing circuits to control remaining charge capacity variation among a plurality of battery units, and second equalizing circuits to control remaining charge capacity variation among all the series-connected battery packs that make up each battery unit. A first equalizing circuit connects each battery unit with an output line OL through a first series circuit made up of a first limiting resistor and first equalizing switch. Remaining charge capacity variation is equalized among all the battery units by the first equalizing circuits, and remaining charge capacity variation between battery packs in each battery unit is controlled by the second equalizing circuits.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masao Yamaguchi, Mikitaka Tamai, Osamu Kaite, Shinichi Itagaki, Masayuki Kobayashi, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9018900Abstract: A battery pack having a contactless charging circuit (95) that rectifies power received by a receiving coil (1), and a battery pack control section (91) with a connection decision section. The battery pack control section (91) is configured to judge whether or not the battery pack is connected to the body of a battery powered device (101) based on the rectified voltage of the contactless charging circuit (95). This decision utilizes the fact that the charging circuit is in a no-load condition and the rectified voltage is high when the battery pack is not connected to the battery powered device, and allows reliable judgment of whether or not the battery pack (90) is attached to the battery powered device.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Shinichi Itagaki
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Publication number: 20150037632Abstract: A battery cooling system has a case that forms an internal space surrounded by a plurality of walls to accommodate a plurality of battery cells, a blower accommodated in the case that circulates a fluid for cooling the plurality of battery cells inside of the case, and a passage-along-wall forming member. The passage-along-wall forming member forms passage-along-walls along with and between side walls among the plurality of walls that forms the case. The passage-along-wall forming member has an inflow part where the fluid flowing out of the blower before contacting the battery cells passes when flowing into the passage-along-wall, and an outflow part where the fluid flowed in from the inflow part into the passage-along-wall passes when flowing out from the passage-along-wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Hiroyoshi YAMAMOTO, Yoshimitsu INOUE
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Publication number: 20150004459Abstract: In a battery pack, unit cells, an internal cooling fan and a drive motor are arranged in an inside space of a housing. The drive motor drives the internal cooling fan to supply cooling air. The cooling air circulates in the inside space of the housing to cool the unit cells. Radiation fins are formed on at least one specific exterior surface of the housing. The specific exterior surface has a superior radiation capability which is higher than that of each of the other exterior surfaces of the housing. The cooling air is supplied in turn surfaces of the unit cells and interior surface of the housing corresponding to the exterior surface on which the radiation fins are formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Hiroyoshi YAMAMOTO, Yoshimitsu INOUE
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Publication number: 20140356657Abstract: The battery pack includes battery cells, bus bars provided for electrical connection among the battery cells, a fluid device that passes a heat transfer medium for exchanging beat with the bus bars or the battery cells, and a control device that obtains data on the bus bars or the battery cells and controls the fluid device based on the obtained data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyoshi YAMAMOTO, Yoshimitsu INOUE, Takashi KAWASHIMA
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Publication number: 20140333315Abstract: An object is to provide, at low costs, a function for determining whether a monitoring section should execute a self-diagnosis. A monitoring system has a monitoring section for acquiring information on the charge and discharge state of an electric storage device and a determination section for determining the charge and discharge state of the electric storage device on the basis of information acquired by the monitoring section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20130319527Abstract: A Cu—Ga alloy sintered-compact sputtering target having a Ga concentration of 40 to 50 at % and Cu as the balance, wherein the sintered-compact sputtering target is characterized in that the relative density is 80% or higher, and the compositional deviation of the Ga concentration is within ±0.5 at % of the intended composition. A method of producing a Cu—Ga alloy sintered-compact sputtering target having a Ga concentration of 40 to 50 at % and Cu as the balance, wherein the method thereof is characterized in that Cu and Ga raw materials are melted and cooled/pulverized to produce a Cu—Ga alloy raw material powder, and the obtained material powder is further hot-pressed with a retention temperature being between the melting point of the mixed raw material powder and a temperature 15° C. lower than the melting point and with a pressure of 400 kgf/cm2 or more applied to the sintered mixed raw material powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2011Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya Tamura, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Masaru Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20130285620Abstract: The contactless method of supplying power magnetically couples a portable device receiving coil with a power supply stand transmitting coil and transmits power by magnetic induction. The portable device sends power adjustment signals to the power supply stand, and the stand adjusts transmitting coil output based on the power adjustment signals. The portable device compares the power received from the stand to the required power, sends an increase-power-request signal if the received power is below the required power, and sends a decrease-power-request signal if the received power is above the required power. Power adjustment signals include increase-power-request weighting values that increase with the size of the request to increase power and/or rate-of-change weighting values that increase with the amount of change in the requested power. Weighting values output with a given period are added and a foreign object is judged to be present when the sum attains a set value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyoshi YAMAMOTO, Ryoji WATANABE, Mikitaka TAMAI
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Patent number: 8495759Abstract: Provided is an aligning method capable of setting a sample observation unit such as an optical microscope to a probe microscope observation position at high precision. A sample having a known structure is used in advance. A surface of the sample and a shape of a cantilever provided with a probe are observed using the sample observation unit such as the optical microscope. A sample observation position and a probe position which are obtained using the sample observation unit are verified, and a relative positional relationship therebetween is recorded. Then, a first mark indicating a position of the cantilever and a second mark which is displayed in conjunction with the first mark and has the relative positional relationship with the first mark are produced to align the sample relative to the second mark.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: SII NanoTechnology Inc.Inventors: Shigeru Wakiyama, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Yoshiteru Shikakura, Itaru Kitajima
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Publication number: 20130026983Abstract: The battery pack includes a rechargeable battery cell, an energized coil, a temperature detector, a switch, a controller, power supply terminals, and a temperature terminal. The coil can be electromagnetically connected to an energizing coil of a charger. The detector detects the cell temperature. The switch is serially connected to the detector. The controller controls ON/OFF of the switch. The pack can be electrically connected through the terminals to a battery-driven device. The cell can be charged/discharged through the power supply terminals. The temperature terminal is connected to the detector. The controller is connected to the temperature terminal. When the pack is charged by the charger in the non-contact charging manner, the switch is turned OFF so that the pack can communicate with the device through the temperature terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Hiroyoshi YAMAMOTO, Mikitaka TAMAI