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).

  • Publication number: 20210033718
    Abstract: To detect an object present in the vicinity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Taishi KAGIMOTO, Tadataka WAKABISHI, Sadao MATSUSHIMA, Hajime NAMIKI, Jun MIURA, Tomoki KAWAMURA, Noriyuki SHOJI
  • Patent number: 10886810
    Abstract: To provide a brushless motor in which a coil winding can be wound uniformly even when there is a difference in the distance between tooth tips of a plurality of pole teeth disposed in the circumferential direction of an annular part of a stator core so as to project in the radial direction. A guide core in which the distance between adjacent tooth tips of pole teeth is uniform and the tooth tips are symmetric with respect to the shaft lines in the radial direction is laminated integrally with a stator core in which a plurality of pole teeth is disposed in the circumferential direction of an annular part so as to project in the radial direction, and the distance in the circumferential direction between adjacent tooth tips is not uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200411044
    Abstract: To provide a magnetic recording tape that exhibits excellent tape dimension stability even if there are changes in temperature or humidity or even if tension is applied to the magnetic recording tape during tape travelling. The present technology provides a magnetic recording tape, the tape (T1 or T2) having a total thickness of 5.6 ?m or less and including a magnetic layer 1, a non-magnetic layer 2, a base layer 3, and a back layer 4 in the stated order. In one embodiment, a deposition film layer A formed of a metal or an oxide thereof is provided on a lower-layer side of the non-magnetic layer 2. The deposition film layer A may be provided on the back layer 4 and an insulation layer B may also be provided between the deposition film layer A the non-magnetic layer 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuya HASHIMOTO, Takanobu IWAMA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Ryoichi HIRATSUKA, Yoichi KANEMAKI, Hikaru TERUI
  • Publication number: 20200407859
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photocatalyst for water splitting, which can form a water splitting device that is excellent in durability and responsiveness to visible light and excellent in the amount of generated gas, and a water splitting device having the photocatalyst for water splitting. A photocatalyst for water splitting according to the embodiment of the present invention is a photocatalyst for water splitting, which is used for an electrode that generates gas by irradiation with light in a state of being immersed in water, and includes a compound represented by a formula, (Ln)2CuO4. In the formula, Ln represents a lanthanoid, and a part of Ln's may be substituted with an element of Groups II to IV of the periodic table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Masahiro ORITA
  • Patent number: 10872633
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium according to a first technique includes an elongated substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a first reinforcing layer disposed on the first surface, a second reinforcing layer disposed on the second surface, an adhesion suppressing layer disposed on the second reinforcing layer, and a recording layer disposed on the first reinforcing layer or the adhesion suppressing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Nakashio, Yuta Akimoto, Tomoe Sato, Yoichi Kanemaki, Nobuyuki Sasaki, Masaru Terakawa, Kazuya Hashimoto, Katsunori Maeshima, Minoru Yamaga, Hikaru Terui, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10872779
    Abstract: An plasma etching method for etching a film layer includes a plurality of times repeating a step set including a first step of introducing a gas containing hydrogen fluoride into a processing chamber and supplying hydrogen fluoride molecules to the surface of an oxide film, a second step of exhausting the interior of the processing chamber in vacuum to remove the hydrogen fluoride, and a third step of introducing a gas containing hydrogen nitride into the processing chamber and supplying hydrogen nitride to the surface of the oxide film to form a compound layer containing nitrogen, hydrogen, and fluorine on the surface of the film layer, and removing the compound layer formed on the surface of the film layer. Foreign object contamination is prevented by inhibiting mixing of hydrogen fluoride gas and hydrogen nitride gas, and the etching amount is controlled by the number of times of repeating application thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuya Miyoshi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kazunori Shinoda, Kohei Kawamura, Kazumasa Ookuma, Yutaka Kouzuma, Masaru Izawa
  • Publication number: 20200385873
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photocatalytic electrode for water splitting and a water splitting device excellent in the onset potential. The water splitting device of the present invention is a water splitting device which generates gases from a photocatalytic electrode for hydrogen generation and a photocatalytic electrode for oxygen generation by irradiating the photocatalytic electrode for hydrogen generation and the photocatalytic electrode for oxygen generation with light, and includes a bath to be filled with an electrolytic aqueous solution and the photocatalytic electrode for hydrogen generation and the photocatalytic electrode for oxygen generation each disposed in the bath. The photocatalytic electrode for hydrogen generation has a p-type semiconductor layer, an n-type semiconductor layer provided on the p-type semiconductor layer, and a co-catalyst provided on the n-type semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Masahiro ORITA
  • Publication number: 20200376847
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting unit includes: a first chamber; a second chamber; a third chamber; a fourth chamber; a first liquid passage for supplying a first type of liquid to the first chamber and the third chamber; a second liquid passage for supplying a second type of liquid to the second chamber and the fourth chamber, the second type of liquid differing from the first type of liquid; a first fluid passage for supplying fluid to the first chamber and the second chamber; and a second fluid passage for supplying the fluid to the third chamber and the fourth chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA, Hironori MATSUOKA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Takahiro KANEGAE
  • Patent number: 10838655
    Abstract: A memory system includes first, second, third, and fourth nonvolatile memory, a memory controller configured to modulate write data for the first and second memory into a first time slot of a data signal according to an allocation scheme, and modulate write data for the third and fourth memory into a second time slot of the data signal according to the allocation scheme, a first bridge circuit configured according to the allocation scheme to extract first write data from the first time slot, a second bridge circuit configured according to the allocation scheme to extract second write data from the first time slot, a third bridge circuit configured according to the allocation scheme to extract third write data from the second time slot, and a fourth bridge circuit configured according to the allocation scheme to extract fourth write data from the second time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Jun Deguchi, Junji Wadatsumi, Takashi Toi
  • Patent number: 10829843
    Abstract: A method for producing an aluminum wire that has high strength and high conductivity even when reduced in diameter while having excellent elongation and improved in productivity. A method for producing an aluminum wire includes a solution step of subjecting a heat-treatable aluminum alloy material to a solution treatment, a wire-drawing step of subjecting the solution-treated aluminum alloy material to wire-drawing processing, a softening step of subjecting the wire-drawing processed aluminum alloy material to a softening treatment in a short time within 10 seconds, and an aging step of subjecting the softening-treated aluminum alloy material to an aging treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Imasato, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Tetsuya Kuwahara, Misato Kusakari, Kensuke Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200335354
    Abstract: Provided is a plasma processing method for plasma etching an etching target film formed on a sample. The method includes a protective film forming step of selectively forming a protective film on an upper portion of a pattern formed on the sample and adjusting a width of the formed protective film such that a distribution of the width of the formed protective film in a surface of the sample becomes a desired distribution, and a step of plasma etching the etching target film after the protective film forming step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Miyako Matsui, Kenichi Kuwahara, Tatehito Usui, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200324560
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ejection unit including a nozzle surface configured to eject a liquid droplet, the nozzle surface facing a printing surface of a medium, a transport unit configured to transport the medium in a transport direction, a steam application unit configured to apply steam to the printing surface, the steam application unit being provided upstream of the ejection unit in the transport direction, and a medium compression unit configured to compress the medium, the medium compression unit being provided upstream of the ejection unit in the transport direction and downstream of the steam application unit in the transport direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Seijun HORIE, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Yoshihisa HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200328099
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a stage disposed in a processing chamber for mounting a wafer, a plasma generation chamber disposed above the processing chamber for plasma generation using process gas, a plate member having multiple introduction holes, made of a dielectric material, disposed above the stage and between the processing chamber and the plasma generation chamber, and a lamp disposed around the plate member for heating the wafer. The plasma processing apparatus further includes an external IR light source, an emission fiber arranged in the stage, that outputs IR light from the external IR light source toward a wafer bottom, and a light collection fiber for collecting IR light from the wafer. Data obtained using only IR light from the lamp is subtracted from data obtained also using IR light from the external IR light source during heating of the wafer. Thus, a wafer temperature is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Nobuya MIYOSHI, Kazunori SHINODA, Tatehito USUI, Naoyuki KOFUJI, Yutaka KOUZUMA, Tomoyuki WATANABE, Kenetsu YOKOGAWA, Satoshi SAKAI, Masaru IZAWA
  • Patent number: 10805126
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data generation circuit includes a storing circuit, and first and second selection circuits. The storing circuit is configured to store different data items and output the data items in different phases in response to clock signals. The first selection circuit is configured to select first data items one by one from the data items output from the storing circuit and output a first series of selected data items. The second selection circuit is configured to select second data items one by one, whose phase are different from the selected first data items, from the data items output from the storing circuit and output a second series of selected data items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200321025
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes an elongated substrate, and a reinforcing layer and a carbon thin film disposed on one surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji NAKASHIO, Yuta AKIMOTO, Tomoe SATO, Yoichi KANEMAKI, Nobuyuki SASAKI, Masaru TERAKAWA, Kazuya HASHIMOTO, Katsunori MAESHIMA, Minoru YAMAGA, Hikaru TERUI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200315032
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a multilayer board includes: forming a metal core layer including a main body, an island portion, and four connection portions, the island portion having a substantially rectangle shape and being located in an opening formed in the main body, the opening having a substantially rectangle shape, the four connection portions connecting side surfaces of four corners of the island portion or side surfaces of vicinities of the four corners of the island portion to a side surface of the main body; forming a first insulating layer on the metal core layer and in the opening; and forming, in the first insulating layer, a hole reaching each of the four connection portions and removing at least a part of each of the four connection portions through the hole to electrically separate the main body and the island portion from each other
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi SUGIYAMA, Masashi MIYAZAKI, Yutaka HATA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10787998
    Abstract: A cooling mechanism includes a bottom wall (22) in contact with a combustion chamber, an upper wall (30), and a cooling passage (40) arranged between the bottom wall (22) and the upper wall (30). The cooling passage (40) includes a first passage (50) extending to a first direction, a second passage (60) extending to the first direction, and a connection section (70) connected with the first passage (50) and the second passage (60). The second passage (60) is arranged to have an offset to the first passage (50) in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and along the bottom wall (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Daiki Watanabe, Masaki Adachi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Akihide Kurosu, Hideto Kawashima, Nobuki Negoro
  • Publication number: 20200301006
    Abstract: Provided is a radar device including: a transmission circuit that transmits a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal which have frequencies different from each other; a reception circuit that receives the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal which are reflected by one or a plurality of objects as a first reception signal and a second reception signal, a processor, and a memory that stores a command group executable by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Hajime NAMIKI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Eisuke OTANI
  • Patent number: D900760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Kouzuma, Michiaki Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Hirozane, Kohei Kawamura, Nobuya Miyoshi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D901407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Kouzuma, Michiaki Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Hirozane, Nobuya Miyoshi, Kohei Kawamura, Hiroyuki Kobayashi