Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Harada

Hiroyuki Harada 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: 20250146638
    Abstract: A headlamp unit includes: two low beam outer lenses that are arranged side by side on left and right at an interval and transmit a low beam forward; and a single high beam outer lens that is disposed on a right side with respect to a left end of one of the two low beam outer lenses that is disposed on a left side and, at a same time, on a left side with respect to a right end of one of the two low beam outer lenses that is disposed on a right side, is disposed above or below the two low beam outer lenses with a space, and transmits a high beam forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Masaya OHTA, Hiroyuki HARADA, Toru KUREBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20250143772
    Abstract: A balloon catheter includes a balloon, a catheter shaft, a heating unit, and an electrode temperature sensor. The catheter shaft has an outer cylinder shaft connected to the proximal end of the balloon, and an inner cylinder shaft extending into the balloon to be connected to the distal end of the balloon. The inner cylinder shaft passes inside the outer cylinder shaft. The gap between the inner cylinder shaft and the outer cylinder shaft defines a liquid flow path leading to the inner space of the balloon. The heating unit includes multiple heating electrodes. The multiple heating electrodes are distributed over the outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder shaft in the balloon. The electrode temperature sensor is provided in the balloon to acquire information on the temperature of the heating electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Kota Tsukamoto, Motoki Takaoka, Akio Tanahashi, Masaomi Miyashita
  • Patent number: 12276562
    Abstract: A pressure sensor layout structure includes: a bumper beam; an absorber disposed at a front of the bumper beam; a pressure tube arranged between the bumper beam and the absorber; a pressure sensor attached to an end of the pressure tube; and a sensor cover fixed to a rear surface of the absorber, wherein the sensor cover is fixed to an end portion in a vehicle width direction of the absorber, at two or more positions which are located variously in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Yabu, Tatsuya Ishizaki, Junya Harada, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Hiroyuki Mae
  • Patent number: 12230287
    Abstract: This quantization scale factor determination device is provided with a correction circuit which corrects an initial value of a quantization scale factor on the basis of whether or not an audio signal spectrum is sparse, and a search circuit which searches for a quantization scale factor on the basis of the initial value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Akira Harada, Hiroyuki Ehara
  • Patent number: 12224407
    Abstract: The present invention maintains compatibility with a power tool having no wireless connection function, and prevents malfunctions due to linked operation. A battery pack that supplies a driving power source to a power tool, said battery pack comprising: a wireless communication unit for communicating wirelessly with an external device; and a control unit that performs a first determination process to determine the state of a wireless communication connection with the external device, wherein when the control unit has determined in the first determination process that wireless communication has been established, the control unit transmits a linking command to the external device, and during a state in which the wireless communication has been established, the control unit can perform a communication connection cancellation process to cancel the wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Hanawa, Tatsuya Ito, Kenta Harada, Hiromi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12211634
    Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy or the like combines high saturated magnetic flux density, low coercive force and high magnetic permeability ??. A soft magnetic alloy having the composition formula (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e))BaSibCcCudMe. X1 is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, N, O and rare earth elements, and M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Ti, Mo, ?? and V. 0.090?a?0.240, 0.030.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Harada, Akito Hasegawa, Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Kenji Horino, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20250022478
    Abstract: An encoding device comprising: a quantization circuit that generates a quantization parameter that includes information about a vector quantization codebook; and a control circuit that sets the number of available bits according to conditions for encoding based on the difference between the number of bits available for encoding of the target sub-vector and the number of bits for the quantization parameter of the target sub-vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Srikanth NAGISETTY, Chong Soon LIM, Hiroyuki EHARA, Akira HARADA
  • Patent number: 12147211
    Abstract: A measurement device measures a frequency response of a servo system, applies predetermined oscillation are associated with each other to the servo system, identifies, from a result of oscillation application, a pair of a first oscillation application signal and a first response signal, and identifies a pair of a second oscillation application signal and a second response signal. Then, a first frequency response that is a frequency response is calculated on the basis of the first oscillation application signal and the first response signal, a second frequency response that is a frequency response is calculated on the basis of the second oscillation application signal and the second response signal, and the first frequency response and the second frequency response are synthesized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru Egi, Takumi Fujioka, Sota Kaida, Hiroyuki Harada
  • Patent number: 12055223
    Abstract: A seal ring of a valve element includes a one-end joint forming portion and an other-end joint forming portion. The one-end joint forming portion includes a one-end first contact portion and a one-end second contact portion located on one side of the one-end first contact portion in an axial direction and extending in a circumferential direction beyond the one-end first contact portion. The other-end joint forming portion includes an other-end first contact portion and an other-end second contact portion located on the other side of the other-end first contact portion in the axial direction and extending in the circumferential direction beyond the other-end first contact portion. An inner diameter of the seal ring when the one-end first contact portion separates from the other-end second contact portion is less than an outer diameter of the valve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Yuushi Tsuduki, Noriyuki Inagaki
  • Patent number: 11805587
    Abstract: A vehicle illumination system provided in a vehicle capable of traveling around a corner by inclining a vehicle body toward a turning direction includes: a headlamp mounted on a front portion of the vehicle; a communication lamp disposed on the vehicle body in a region adjacent to the head lamp so as to be visible from ahead of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured to change a lighting mode of the communication lamp depending on a state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Fujii, Hiroyuki Harada
  • Patent number: 11761552
    Abstract: A valve device includes a housing, a valve member, a valve seat member, a fixing member for fixing the valve seat member to the housing, and a housing-side seal portion. The housing has a valve chamber, and a housing-space inner wall forming a housing space communicating with the valve chamber. The housing-side seal portion blocks a flow of fluid between the valve seat member and the housing-space inner wall. The valve seat member has a tubular portion and a flange portion connected to the tubular portion. The flange portion is interposed between a facing surface of the housing-space inner wall and the fixing member in an axial direction. The fixing member is fixed to the housing-space inner wall in an airtight state. The housing-side seal portion is made of a rubber material and is interposed between the flange portion and the fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Yuichiro Moritani, Takehiro Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20230141641
    Abstract: A balloon catheter includes a housing; a catheter shaft having a proximal end portion disposed in the housing and forming a liquid feeding path communicating with an inside of a balloon attached to a distal end portion; a supply-discharge line connection portion which has an internal space communicating with the liquid feeding path, and to which a supply-discharge line that supplies and discharges liquid to and from the liquid feeding path through the internal space can be connected; and a stopcock capable of closing the internal space of the supply-discharge line connection portion. A position of the supply-discharge line connection portion with respect to the housing is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Yumi Oka, Kohei Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230140664
    Abstract: The object is to provide a technology for enabling enhancement of the reliability of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a piece of linear wire connected to an upper surface of the semiconductor element; a coating material in contact with the semiconductor element, and the piece of wire in an upper region on the semiconductor element; and a sealant protecting the semiconductor element, the piece of wire, and the coating material, wherein the coating material contains substances with covalent bonds between oxygen and each of silicon and a metal, a silicon oxide, and siloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke KAJI, Hiroyuki HARADA
  • Publication number: 20230084056
    Abstract: A measurement device measures a frequency response of a servo system, applies predetermined oscillation are associated with each other to the servo system, identifies, from a result of oscillation application, a pair of a first oscillation application signal and a first response signal, and identifies a pair of a second oscillation application signal and a second response signal. Then, a first frequency response that is a frequency response is calculated on the basis of the first oscillation application signal and the first response signal, a second frequency response that is a frequency response is calculated on the basis of the second oscillation application signal and the second response signal, and the first frequency response and the second frequency response are synthesized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Mamoru EGI, Takumi FUJIOKA, Sota KAIDA, Hiroyuki HARADA
  • Publication number: 20220378499
    Abstract: An in vivo temperature control system has a monitor for the internal temperature of a biological organ such as the esophagus, and for directly controls the temperature in the organ side depending on the monitoring. The in vivo temperature control system includes: a catheter insertable into a living body; a temperature probe containing a temperature sensor, the probe being insertable into the catheter; a liquid storage section for storing a temperature-controlled liquid; a pump for supplying the liquid from the liquid storage section to the catheter; and a control section for controlling driving of the pump based on a signal detected from the temperature probe; wherein the control section controls the pump when the signal has reached a preset threshold, and the pump is driven such that the liquid in the liquid storage section is released to the outside through the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hajime Sakakibara, Tatsuya Okada, Hiroki Nakajima, Akinori Matsukuma, Hiroyuki Harada
  • Publication number: 20220356949
    Abstract: A seal ring of a valve element includes a one-end joint forming portion and an other-end joint forming portion. The one-end joint forming portion includes a one-end first contact portion and a one-end second contact portion located on one side of the one-end first contact portion in an axial direction and extending in a circumferential direction beyond the one-end first contact portion. The other-end joint forming portion includes an other-end first contact portion and an other-end second contact portion located on the other side of the other-end first contact portion in the axial direction and extending in the circumferential direction beyond the other-end first contact portion. An inner diameter of the seal ring when the one-end first contact portion separates from the other-end second contact portion is less than an outer diameter of the valve element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HARADA, Yuushi TSUDUKI, Noriyuki INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 11482462
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress a crack in a sealing resin and a warpage in a semiconductor device in a power semiconductor device. A power semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a terminal; a chassis; and a sealing resin sealing the semiconductor element and the terminal in the chassis. The sealing resin includes: a first sealing resin covering at least the semiconductor element; and a second sealing resin formed on an upper portion of the first sealing resin, and in an operation temperature of the semiconductor element, the first sealing resin has a smaller linear expansion coefficient than the second sealing resin, and a difference of a linear expansion coefficient between the first sealing resin and the terminal is smaller than a difference of a linear expansion coefficient between the second sealing resin and the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Taishi Sasaki, Yuki Yoshioka, Hiroyuki Harada, Yusuke Kaji
  • Patent number: 11450594
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: semiconductor elements and; a lead frame including a mount having an upper surface over which the semiconductor elements and are mounted; a sealing resin sealing the lead frame and the semiconductor elements and so that outer leads and of the lead frame protrude outwardly; and a resin wall located on an inner lead between the outer lead and the mount of the lead frame. A vertical thickness of the resin wall is greater than a vertical thickness from a lower surface of the sealing resin to a lower end of the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harada, Akira Kosugi, Takamasa Iwai
  • Patent number: 11405515
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part, a main board, a casing and a user interface part. The image forming part forms an image on the sheet. On the main board, which a control circuit for controlling the image forming part is formed. The image forming part and the main board are stored in the casing. The user interface part includes at least one of operation member which receives an operation and a display member which displays a state of the image forming part, and is mounted on a circuit formed surface of the main board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • Publication number: 20220219600
    Abstract: A vehicle illumination system provided in a vehicle capable of traveling around a corner by inclining a vehicle body toward a turning direction includes: a headlamp mounted on a front portion of the vehicle; a communication lamp disposed on the vehicle body in a region adjacent to the head lamp so as to be visible from ahead of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured to change a lighting mode of the communication lamp depending on a state of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Fujii, Hiroyuki Harada