Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Hiroyuki Kobayashi 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: 11897326
    Abstract: A fuel tank comprises a circular column-shaped fuel tank body, a handle, and a lock mechanism. The circular column-shaped fuel tank body is provided so as to be capable of being detachably attached to a fuel-powered device. The handle is formed on one end side in a length direction of the fuel tank body. The lock mechanism is capable of switching between a locked state in which the fuel tank body cannot be removed from the fuel-powered device, and a lock-released state in which the locked state has been released, due to the fuel tank body being rotated in a circumferential direction in a state of being installed to the fuel-powered device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Zixun Mei, Nobuyuki Tomatsu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240043000
    Abstract: A target trajectory computation device includes: an in-the-same-path determination unit that determines, on the basis of dividing line information and preceding vehicle information, presence or absence of a preceding vehicle traveling on the same path as a vehicle; and a target-trajectory setting unit that, in a case where a dividing-line-information acquisition unit can acquire dividing line information on only one of a left dividing line and a right dividing line, computes a target trajectory on the basis of the acquired dividing line information on the one dividing line when the in-the-same-path determination unit determines that there is a preceding vehicle traveling on the same path, and omits to compute the target trajectory when it is determined that there is no preceding vehicle traveling on the same path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MATSUO, Munenori YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Shunsuke NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11887780
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: an object to be conveyed that has at least one permanent magnet 10; a magnetic pole 25 that has a core 22 comprising a second magnetic body and a winding 21 wound around the outer periphery of the core 22; a drive circuit 50 for supplying a current to the winding 21 of the magnetic pole 25; a current detection unit 30 for detecting the value of the current flowing through the winding 21; and a computation unit 40 for estimating the position of the permanent magnet 10 on the basis of the current value detected by the current detection unit 30 and controlling the value of the current supplied from the drive circuit 50 to the winding 21 on the basis of information about the estimated position of the permanent magnet 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Satoru Kaneko, Takeshi Tamakoshi, Ryosuke Hoshi, Katsuhiro Kambara, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kuniaki Onizawa
  • Patent number: 11881794
    Abstract: An electrostatic adsorption member includes a dielectric member having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and formed with a through-hole penetrating from the first surface to the second surface, and a porous body provided in the through-hole and having a third surface flush with the first surface. The through-hole has a first opening apart from the first surface by a first distance in a first direction perpendicular to the first surface, and a second opening apart from the first surface by a second distance larger than the first distance in the first direction. In a plan view from the first direction, at least a portion of the first opening is inside the second opening, and the porous body has a first portion located inside the first opening, and a second portion connected to the first portion and located outside the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Naoyuki Koizumi, Akihiko Tateiwa
  • Publication number: 20240018021
    Abstract: To appropriately infer changes over time in transmembrane pressure to perform an appropriate membrane filtration operation, without being bound by typical approach regarding the diffused air volume control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Nobukazu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240023452
    Abstract: Regarding the piezoelectric laminate and the piezoelectric element, in the piezoelectric laminate including, on a substrate, a lower electrode layer and a piezoelectric film in this order, a seed layer consisting of a conductive oxide is provided between the lower electrode layer and the piezoelectric film, and the piezoelectric film contains a perovskite-type oxide represented by General Formula I, Pb1-y2+?Ay2{(Ti,Zr)1-x-y1NbxB1y1}O3??General Formula I here, A is an A site element, where it is one or more elements including at least La, B1 is a B site element, which is one or more divalent or trivalent elements, O is an oxygen element, and x, y1, y2, and ? satisfy 0.05<x?0.3, 0.2x?y1±y2?0.5x, 0?y1?0.15, 0?y2?0.15, and 0???0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Seigo NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240023453
    Abstract: The piezoelectric element is a piezoelectric element including, on a substrate in the following order, a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric film containing a perovskite-type oxide as a main component, and an upper electrode layer, in which at least a region of the upper electrode layer closest to a side of the piezoelectric film is composed of an oxide conductive layer containing In, and regarding an interface region between the piezoelectric film and the oxide conductive layer of the upper electrode layer, in an intensity profile of binding energy, which is acquired by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement, a peak intensity ratio ?/? satisfies ?/??0.25, wherein a is a peak intensity of binding energy derived from a 3d5/2 orbital of In bonded to oxygen, and ? is a peak intensity of binding energy derived from a 3d5/2 orbital of In bonded to an OH group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOCHIZUKI, Seigo NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240023454
    Abstract: In a piezoelectric element including, on a substrate in the following order, a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric film, and an upper electrode layer, the upper electrode layer includes an oxide conductive layer, has an interface layer containing a constituent element of the oxide conductive layer and an OH group, between the piezoelectric film and the oxide conductive layer of the upper electrode layer, where the interface layer has an amorphous structure and has a thickness of 1 nm or more and 5 nm or less, and in a case where a peak intensity of binding energy derived from a 1s orbital of oxygen bonded to a metal is denoted as ?, and a peak intensity of binding energy derived from a 1s orbital of oxygen constituting the OH group is denoted as ?, a peak intensity ratio ?/? is 0.35 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Seigo NAKAMURA, Fumihiko MOCHIZUKI, Hideaki TANAKA, Kenichiro INOUE, Yasushi TOYOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11869793
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck is configured to adsorb and retain an object thereon. The electrostatic chuck includes: a base body on which the object is mounted; an electrostatic electrode that is provided in the base body; a plurality of heating elements that are provided in the base body; a plurality of current control elements that are provided in the base body, and each of which is connected in series with a corresponding one of the heating elements; and a control circuit that is provided in the base body, and that is connected to the current control elements and configured to control operations of the current control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Akihiro Kuribayashi
  • Patent number: 11865849
    Abstract: A first ink storage unit, a second ink storage unit, a discharging head configured to discharge the ink, a carriage configured to move the discharging head and the second ink storage unit in a first direction and a second direction, a tube that couples the first ink storage unit and the second ink storage unit, and a case provided with a first opening portion located vertically above a home position and a second opening portion located vertically above a first printing position, and including a beam located between the first opening portion and the second opening portion, are provided. The beam is an edge of the second opening portion, and when the carriage is located at the home position, the first ink storage unit and the second ink storage unit are located in the same direction with respect to the beam and the tube is supported by the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koki Fukasawa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Tomosuke Gomi
  • Publication number: 20240002425
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which has a TLR4 activating effect and can be used as an immunostimulant or an adjuvant in vaccines or allergen immunotherapy. The present invention provides a compound represented by the general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In this context, X, Y, Z and n in the formula (I) are each as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Oka, Yoshiko Fukuyama
  • Publication number: 20230416108
    Abstract: The piezoelectric film is a piezoelectric film containing a perovskite-type oxide as a main component, in which a current-voltage profile showing a relationship between a voltage and a current that flows in a case where the voltage is applied has two maximal values, where the current-voltage profile is acquired in a case where the voltage is sweep-applied from ?40 V to +40 V at a first change rate of 10 kV/cm·sec while the piezoelectric film is sandwiched between a pair of electrode layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Seigo NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11851282
    Abstract: The invention provides a conveying device having a conveying performance higher than that of the related art, a sample analysis system and sample pretreatment device with the conveying device and a method for conveying a conveyance object. A conveying device 1 includes a permanent magnet 10 which is provided on a sample rack 111 side, magnetic poles 25 each of which includes a core 22 made of a second magnetic body and a winding 21 wound around an outer periphery of the core 22, drive circuits 50 each of which supplies a current to the winding 21 of the magnetic pole 25, and current command calculation units 55 each of which controls a value of the current to be supplied to the winding 21 from the drive circuit 50. The current command calculation unit 55 makes the currents to be supplied to the windings 21 vary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Ryosuke Hoshi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Satoru Kaneko, Takeshi Tamakoshi, Hiroshi Watanabe, Katsuhiro Kambara, Kuniaki Onizawa
  • Patent number: 11830638
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a plurality of copper alloy wires composed of a copper alloy and twisted together, and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, and one or more elements selected from Ni, Al, Cr and Co in an amount of 0.01% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less in total, with a balance being Cu and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yusuke Oshima, Minoru Nakamoto, Kazuhiro Nanjo, Taichiro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Nakai, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Fumitoshi Imasato, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230365354
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a conveyance device that can increase inductance variation while suppressing the lowering of thrust. A conveyance device 1 conveys an article 110 to be conveyed. The article 110 to be conveyed can be conveyed by a magnetic force. The conveyance device 1 comprises a plurality of electromagnets 25a and 25b. Each electromagnet 25a, 25b comprises: teeth 22, 22a, 22b, 22c and 22e including a magnetic body; and windings 21, 21a and 21b wound around the teeth 22, 22a, 22b, 22c and 22e. The conveyance device 1 comprises a yoke 26 for magnetically coupling the electromagnets 25a and 25b, and driving circuits 50a and 50b for supplying current to the windings 21, 21a and 21b. The teeth 22, 22a, 22b, 22c and 22e have a cavity 27 extending in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke HOSHI, Yasuaki AOYAMA, Satoru KANEKO, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Shinji AZUMA, Kuniaki ONIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230347942
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a position of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control one or both of acceleration/deceleration and steering of the vehicle and to cause the vehicle to travel in one of a plurality of driving modes in which tasks imposed on an occupant of the vehicle are different, and a mode determiner configured to determine a driving mode which is to be performed by the driving controller. The recognizer recognizes first road information including road marking objects near the vehicle with respect to a position of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result from an external sensor, recognizes second road information including road marking objects near the vehicle from map information on the basis of position information of the vehicle, and performs a process of recognizing the position of the vehicle through matching between the first road information and the second road information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Koichiro Wada, Yudai Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20230333131
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance device capable of reducing the weight of a conveyance device while preventing magnetic saturation. A conveyance device according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a conveyance path (65) in which a conveyed object is moved, an electromagnet provided on the surface of the conveyance path (65) opposite to the surface on which the conveyed object moves, and a drive circuit for supplying a current to the electromagnet, the electromagnet including teeth (22a, 22b) formed from a magnetic body, and windings (21a, 21b) wound onto the surface of the teeth (22a, 22b), a yoke (26) is provided that supports the teeth (22a, 22b), and the relationship between the minimum cross-sectional area Sy of the yoke (26) and the minimum cross-sectional area St of the part of the teeth (22a, 22b) where the windings (21a, 21b) are provided is Sy<St.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke HOSHI, Yasuaki AOYAMA, Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Satoru KANEKO, Takeshi TAMAKOSHI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Kuniaki ONIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230313488
    Abstract: The work vehicle 1 includes a main controller 100 that controls a travel driving force and a work driving force. The main controller 100 includes a travel remaining time calculating unit 111 that calculates a remaining time until a target rise/run distance is reached as a travel remaining time tC, a work remaining time calculating unit 112 that calculates a remaining time until a target arm angle is reached as a work remaining time t1, a rise/run determining unit 113 that determines whether rise/run is being performed or not, a correction rate setting unit 114 that sets a travel correction rate ?C that adjusts a travel driving torque and a work correction rate ?I that adjusts a work driving torque based on the travel remaining time tC, the work remaining time t1, and the rise/run determination flag, and an engine torque distribution calculating unit 115 that calculates a travel driving torque command and a work driving torque command based on the travel correction rate ?C and the work correction rate ?I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Masatoshi YOSHIMURA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Satoru KANEKO, Noritaka ITOU, Satoshi SEKINO
  • Patent number: 11772911
    Abstract: Provided is a transport device in which reliability is increased by suppressing deterioration of the transport surface and transport efficiency is increased by suppressing electrical current loss. A transport device 1 comprising a transported body having either a permanent magnet 10 or a magnetic body, and an electromagnet unit in which coils 21 are wound around teeth 25 comprising magnetic bodies, and having recesses on surfaces of the teeth 25 facing the transported body. Specifically, the surfaces of the teeth 25 facing the transported body have at least two surfaces (first facing surface 22, second facing surface 23, etc.) which have different distances to the transported body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Ryosuke Hoshi, Satoru Kaneko, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Takeshi Tamakoshi, Katsuhiro Kambara, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kuniaki Onizawa
  • Patent number: D1003718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHOFU
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Naoya Kitada, Rei Nishimura, Kenji Nakane