Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Hamamoto

Hiroyuki Hamamoto 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).

  • Patent number: 11955772
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting element includes an optical waveguide having a first and second waveguide provided with a width that allows propagation of light in a second-order mode or higher and a multimode optical interference waveguide provided with a wider width than the first and second waveguide and arranged at a position therebetween. The semiconductor light emitting element further includes a first optical loss layer facing the first waveguide in an active-layer crossing direction for causing a loss of light that is propagating in the first waveguide in the second-order mode or higher and a second optical loss layer facing the second waveguide in an active-layer crossing direction for causing a loss of light that is propagating in the second waveguide in the second-order mode or higher, the active-layer crossing direction being orthogonal to a surface of an active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kamata, Koichi Oyama, Hiroyuki Tarumi, Kiichi Hamamoto, Haisong Jiang
  • Patent number: 10578149
    Abstract: A connecting rod includes a rod having the form of a bar, a smaller end part, and a larger end part. The rod is provided with a friction generation portion at which friction is generated due to deformation of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Fukuma, Satoshi Imamura, Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Masayuki Kidokoro
  • Publication number: 20180058497
    Abstract: A connecting rod includes a rod having the form of a bar, a smaller end part, and a larger end part. The rod is provided with a friction generation portion at which friction is generated due to deformation of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki FUKUMA, Satoshi IMAMURA, Hiroyuki HAMAMOTO, Masayuki KIDOKORO
  • Publication number: 20140360900
    Abstract: A package-type carrier, wherein a packaged object that is a biosensor can be easily taken out of the package-type carrier and attached to a measuring device without touching the packaged object. A package-type carrier has an unsealed portion outside a sealed portion and near a connection electrode of a biosensor, and has, at the end of or near the unsealed portion, a leading end processed portion such that a space is provided in a portion between an upper cover and a lower cover of the package-type carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Daiki Mizuoka, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Akihisa Higashihara, Hiroyuki Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 8883087
    Abstract: A biological sample measurement apparatus includes container (10) having an opening in a top surface thereof and right and left accommodation chambers (12) and (13) formed by separating an inner space and the opening in container (10) by partition wall (11a), measurement device (1) accommodated in accommodation chamber (12) of container (10), and a holder accommodated in accommodation chamber (13) of container (10) and holding measurement device (1). Provided are recesses (15, 16) configuring holding means holding measurement device (1) on an outer peripheral wall configuring accommodation chamber (12) or in accommodation chamber (12) in a state where sensor mounting section (4) of measurement device (1) is projected to an outside of accommodation chamber (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Akio Nagao, Masumi Aono
  • Publication number: 20130323124
    Abstract: A biological sample measurement apparatus includes container (10) having an opening in a top surface thereof and right and left accommodation chambers (12) and (13) formed by separating an inner space and the opening in container (10) by partition wall (11a), measurement device (1) accommodated in accommodation chamber (12) of container (10), and a holder accommodated in accommodation chamber (13) of container (10) and holding measurement device (1). Provided are recesses (15, 16) configuring holding means holding measurement device (1) on an outer peripheral wall configuring accommodation chamber (12) or in accommodation chamber (12) in a state where sensor mounting section (4) of measurement device (1) is projected to an outside of accommodation chamber (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Akio Nagao, Masumi Aono
  • Patent number: 7469469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coil component and a method for making the coil component that includes: a coil section having a through hole and composed of a plurality of ring sections formed of a metallic flat plate disposed in a plane, connected to each other at ring connecting sections, having slits formed by cutting part of the ring sections, and bent at the ring connecting sections and placed one on top of another, terminals connected to the coiled section, and a package member covering the coil section and projecting the terminals therefrom. With this structure, the coil component operates in a high-frequency region, ensuring an inductance and infinitesimal direct-current resistance while being adaptable to a large current, and can be miniaturized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakata, Tsunetsugu Imanishi, Hidetoshi Hiwatashi, Hiroyuki Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 7253886
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an analysis device which can reproduce an image of an analysis object more accurately even when an analysis disc is an optical disc having the analysis object therein. A second pickup (106b) is provided for capturing and tracing a track on an analysis disc (201), and a first pickup (106a) is provided which is fixed at a constant distance (L) from the second pickup (106b) on the disc. A signal identical to the tracking signal of the second pickup (106b) is applied to a tracking actuator for driving the optical path of the first pickup (106a) in the radial direction of the analysis disc. A part of an analysis object (110) is traced and read while the position of the second pickup (106b) in the radial direction is controlled at times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsugio Wakita, Hiroyuki Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 7218394
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid specimen analysis disk assembly, which prevents a liquid specimen from adhering onto a surface of a disk and leaking out of the disk, and is easy to handle during injection of the specimen. The disk assembly includes a guide member detachably provided on the disk and having a guide hole for guiding a distal portion of a specimen injector toward a specimen injection port, so that the specimen is injected into a specimen spreading cavity or an internal channel from the specimen injection port and rotated about an axis of the disk, and the specimen spread in the channel following the rotation is optically scanned for analyzing. The distal portion of the specimen injector is inserted into the guide hole and assuredly guided to the center of the specimen injection port, thus preventing the specimen from adhering onto the disk surface around the injection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Murakami, Masakazu Mori, Hiroyuki Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 7015783
    Abstract: A coil component includes a coil 2 having a through-hole 1, a magnetic core encapsulating the coil, and a terminal 4. The magnetic core includes a top portion 11 disposed at an upper part of the coil, a bottom portion 12 disposed at a lower part of the coil, and a middle portion 13. An outer layer thickness of the middle portion (W1) is less than a diameter of the through-hole, while the top portion and the bottom portion are higher in density than the middle portion. The configuration of the present invention provides a small size coil component with less occurrence of magnetic saturation to prevent lowering of inductance even with thin top 11 and bottom portions 11, 12. The coil component further has improved reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakata, Tsunetsugu Imanishi, Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Hidetoshi Hiwatashi, Tomokazu Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20060049908
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coil component includes: a coil section having a through hole and composed of a plurality of ring sections formed of a metallic flat plate disposed in a plane, connected to each other at ring connecting sections, having slits formed by cutting part of the ring sections, and bent at the ring connecting sections and placed one on top of another, terminals connected to the coil section, and a package member covering the coil section and projecting the terminals therefrom. With this structure, the coil component operates in a high-frequency region, ensuring an inductance and infinitesimal direct-current resistance while being adaptable to a large current, and can be miniaturized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Elec. Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakata, Tsunetsugu Imanishi, Hidetoshi Hiwatashi, Hiroyuki Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20060039002
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an analysis device which can reproduce an image of an analysis object more accurately even when an analysis disc is an optical disc having the analysis object therein. A second pickup (106b) is provided for capturing and tracing a track on an analysis disc (201), and a first pickup (106a) is provided which is fixed at a constant distance (L) from the second pickup (106b) on the disc. A signal identical to the tracking signal of the second pickup (106b) is applied to a tracking actuator for driving the optical path of the first pickup (106a) in the radial direction of the analysis disc. A part of an analysis object (110) is traced and read while the position of the second pickup (106b) in the radial direction is controlled at times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsugio Wakita, Hiroyuki Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20060023208
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid specimen analysis disk assembly, which prevents a liquid specimen from adhering onto a surface of a disk and leaking out of the disk, and is easy to handle during injection of the specimen. The disk assembly includes a guide member detachably provided on the disk and having a guide hole for guiding a distal portion of a specimen injector toward a specimen injection port, so that the specimen is injected into a specimen spreading cavity or an internal channel from the specimen injection port and rotated about an axis of the disk, andthe specimenspread in the channel following the rotation is optically scanned for analyzing. The distal portion of the specimen injector is inserted into the guide hole and assuredly guided to the center of the specimen injection port, thus preventing the specimen from adhering onto the disk surface around the injection port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELEC. IND. CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Murakami, Masakazu Mori, Hiroyuki Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 6985062
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coil component includes: a coil section having a through hole and composed of a plurality of ring sections formed of a metallic flat plate disposed in a plane, connected to each other at ring connecting sections, having slits formed by cutting part of the ring sections, and bent at the ring connecting sections and placed one on top of another, terminals connected to the coil section, and a package member covering the coil section and projecting the terminals therefrom. With this structure, the coil component operates in a high-frequency region, ensuring an inductance and infinitesimal direct-current resistance while being adaptable to a large current, and can be miniaturized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakata, Tsunetsugu Imanishi, Hidetoshi Hiwatashi, Hiroyuki Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20040051621
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coil component includes: a coil section having a through hole and composed of a plurality of ring sections formed of a metallic flat plate disposed in a plane, connected to each other at ring connecting sections, having slits formed by cutting part of the ring sections, and bent at the ring connecting sections and placed one on top of another, terminals connected to the coil section, and a package member covering the coil section and projecting the terminals therefrom. With this structure, the coil component operates in a high-frequency region, ensuring an inductance and infinitesimal direct-current resistance while being adaptable to a large current, and can be miniaturized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Elec. Ind. Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakata, Tsunetsugu Imanishi, Hidetoshi Hiwatashi, Hiroyuki Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20040046626
    Abstract: A coil component comprising; a coil 2 having a through-hole 1, a magnetic core including the coil, and a terminal 4, wherein magnetic core comprises a top portion 11 disposed at an upper part of the coil, a bottom portion 12 disposed at a lower part of the coil, and a middle portion 13. An outer layer thickness of the middle portion (W1) is less than a diameter of the through-hole, while the top portion and the bottom portion are higher in density than the middle portion. The configuration of the present invention provides a small size coil component with less occurrence of magnetic saturation to prevent lowering of inductance even with thin top portion 11 and bottom portion 12. The coil component further has improved reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakata, Tsunetsugu Imanishi, Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Hidetoshi Hiwatashi, Tomokazu Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 6684128
    Abstract: A robot capable of being operated at a high-speed by the full use of a power of a servo-motor, including a motor and a speed reducer, wherein the motor drives the robot through the speed reducer, and the speed reducer is a variable speed reducer capable of varying a reduction ration thereof while the robot is operating reproducibly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Shuichi Tounai, Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Koichi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 5887430
    Abstract: A hydraulic source(20) comprises a hydraulic pump(62) driven by a motor(61), which operates based on the power and control data from a non-contact power feeding apparatus(30); a hydraulic tank(63); a solenoid valve(64); a relief valve(65); a hydraulic pressure gauge(66); a pilot check valve(67) for clamping and a pilot check valve(68) for unlocking that are interposed between the solenoid valve(64) and hydraulic cylinders(41a to 41d); a pressure switch(69) for clamping which is inserted into a piping for connecting the pilot valve(67) and the hydraulic cylinders(41a to 41d); and an pressure switch(70) for unclamping which is inserted into a piping for connecting the pilot check valve(68) and the hydraudic cylinders(41a to 41d). This hydraulic source is combined with a hydraulic machine for applications where jig or jigs move freely to promote automation of machining, assembly and inspection of workpieces on a moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Junji Hirai, Yoshio Aoyama, Yoshiji Hiraga, Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Kenji Hirose, Tatsuhiko Koba, Hideaki Wakao
  • Patent number: 5818188
    Abstract: A noncontacting power transfer apparatus, a noncontacting signal transfer apparatus, to be referred to below as a power coupler and a signal coupler, respectively, and a separate machine apparatus that uses these couplers are disclosed. The power coupler is composed of a primary side and a secondary side that are fixed to a static unit and rotatable unit of the machine apparatus, respectively, such that its output does not vary with arbitrary rotation by the rotatable unit. The signal coupler is composed of receiving side portion having a electric-to-light conversion device that converts an electric signal to an optical signal of rotational symmetry relative to the axis of rotation of the rotatable unit and a photoelectric conversion device that converts an optical signal to an electric signal. Accordingly, the rotatable unit can be supplied with power from the static unit even while rotating, and moreover, can communicate with the static unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Junji Hirai, Yoshiji Hiraga, Kenji Hirose, Yuji Nitta, Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Kenji Nomura
  • Patent number: 5798622
    Abstract: A noncontacting power transfer apparatus, a noncontacting signal transfer apparatus and a separate machine apparatus that uses these couplers are disclosed. The power coupler is composed of a primary side and a secondary side that are fixed to a static unit and rotatable unit of the machine apparatus, respectively, such that its output does not vary with arbitrary rotation by the rotatable unit. The signal coupler is composed of receiving side portion having a electric-to-light conversion device that converts an electric signal to an optical signal of rotational symmetry relative to the axis of rotation of the rotatable unit and a photoelectric conversion device that converts an optical signal to an electric signal. Accordingly, the rotatable unit can be supplied with power from the static unit even while rotating, and moreover, can communicate with the static unit. Further, the rotatable unit can be easily attached to the static unit and can be removed from the static unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Junji Hirai, Yoshiji Hiraga, Kenji Hirose, Yuji Nitta, Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Kenji Nomura