Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kondo
Hiroyuki Kondo 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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Publication number: 20240411315Abstract: A control program for an information processing terminal device causes an information processing terminal device to execute: an identification information reception process for receiving mobile body identification information which has been transmitted from a mobile body, from which the mobile body is identifiable, and which indicates a state of the mobile body; and an identification information transmission process for transmitting the received mobile body identification information to a mobile body management device that manages the mobile body. Thus, it is possible to comprehensively ascertain the operational status of a large number of mobile bodies in various locations in order to accurately manage operation of the mobile bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Daisuke HASHIZUME, Yumi Tanaka, Takahiro Oba, Mitsuyuki Kondo, Hiroaki Yoshida, Iwao Ishida, Hiroyuki Ishii
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Patent number: 12159148Abstract: The present invention includes a memory and a processor configured to store, in a storage, a first digital twin in which at least one model defining at least one function of an entity at a given time, and at least one piece of second data that includes, as a constituent element, first data for realizing the function of the entity due to being input to the model are included, create at least one second digital twin by performing predetermined first computation using, as a computation target, at least one first digital twin stored in the storage, and execute computation for arranging the second digital twin in a sandbox for which a predetermined time axis has been set, and realizing a function of an entity indicated by the second digital twin in the sandbox in accordance with the time axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Iida, Ryutaro Kawamura, Masayuki Hanadate, Koya Mori, Takao Nakamura, Shigekuni Kondo, Yukio Koike, Hiroshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Sakai, Hiroyuki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240365033Abstract: A bracket for a speaker is capable of ensuring strength when the speaker is attached by using an attachment plate, and enhances workability in folding of the attachment plate when the speaker is attached without using the attachment plate. The bracket includes a frame-shaped support portion which supports a speaker, and a mounting member which is used for attaching the speaker supported by the support portion to the outside and is provided in the support portion. A plurality of grooves having different extension directions are continuously formed on a base part of the mounting member, the base part connecting the mounting member and the support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Hayami KONDO, Ryu ITO, Shun SHIRAHATA, Masato TSURUYA, Hiroyuki DOHI
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Patent number: 12129544Abstract: The cleaning method according to an embodiment of the present invention is for cleaning a plasma processing apparatus that performs a plasma processing on a substrate. This cleaning method includes: forming a protective film; and cleaning. The forming the protective film involves forming the protective film in a plasma generation region by generating plasma while supplying a film-forming gas into a processing container in which a processing space including the plasma generation region and a diffusion region is formed. The cleaning involves cleaning an interior of the processing container in which the protective film has been formed by generating plasma while supplying a cleaning gas into the processing container.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Yutaka Fujino, Hiroyuki Ikuta, Hideki Yuasa
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Patent number: 12066018Abstract: A fluid control apparatus includes a valve and a pump. The valve has a valve chamber surrounded by the first main plate, the second main plate, and the side plate. The first main plate has a first aperture, and the second main plate has a second aperture. The valve further includes a valve diaphragm disposed inside the valve chamber. The valve diaphragm is configured to switch between a state in which the first aperture and the second aperture communicate with each other and a state in which the first aperture and the second aperture do not communicate with each other. The pump includes a vibration unit that has a piezoelectric device and a vibrating plate. The pump has a pump chamber that is defined by the vibration unit and the second main plate. The pump chamber communicates with the valve chamber through the second aperture.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhira Tanaka, Daisuke Kondo, Hiroyuki Yokoi
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Patent number: 12060641Abstract: A film forming method includes: placing a substrate on which a pattern, which includes a plurality of convex and concave portions, is formed on a stage disposed inside a chamber; and selectively forming a silicon-containing film on the plurality of convex portions of the pattern by applying a bias power to the stage and introducing microwaves into the chamber while supplying a processing gas containing a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas into the chamber to generate plasma, wherein the selectively forming the silicon-containing film includes a first film formation of forming a silicon-containing film around upper sides of the plurality of convex portions and a second film formation of forming a silicon-containing film on upper portions of the plurality of convex portions.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Hirokazu Ueda, Hideki Yuasa, Yutaka Fujino, Yoshiyuki Kondo, Hiroyuki Ikuta
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Patent number: 12063464Abstract: Provided is a bracket for a speaker, the bracket being capable of ensuring the strength when the speaker is attached by using an attachment plate, and also enhancing the workability in folding of the attachment plate when the speaker is attached without using the attachment plate. The present invention includes: a frame-shaped support portion 10 which supports a speaker; and a mounting member 20 which is used for attaching the speaker supported by the support portion 10 to the outside and is provided in the support portion 10, wherein a plurality of grooves having different extension directions are continuously formed on a base part of the mounting member 20, the base part connecting the mounting member 20 and the support portion 10.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Hayami Kondo, Ryu Ito, Shun Shirahata, Masato Tsuruya, Hiroyuki Dohi
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Publication number: 20240262231Abstract: A power supply system includes: a drone including a propeller, a motor for driving the propeller, a power control unit for supplying the motor, a battery storing electric power, a generator for generating the power, an engine for driving the generator, a fuel tank storing fuel to be supplied to the engine, and a power suppling device for supplying the power generated by the generator to a power supply target; a control unit for controlling various operations of the drone; and an operation management unit for controlling the operations of the drone. Upon receipt of a power supply request, the operation management unit flies the drone to the location of the target. After the drone arrives at the target, the control unit causes the generator to generate the power based on a command from the operation management unit to supply the power to the target via the power suppling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Arashi KOYANAGI, Minoru AKITA, Noriaki TERASAWA, Tomoki MAEDA, Masanobu OHMI, Masanobu KONDO, Hiroyuki SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20240267815Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Takehiro HAGIWARA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Genta KONDO, Hiromu TAKIZAWA
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Publication number: 20240252975Abstract: A gas composition adjustment apparatus includes an adsorber, a supply pump, and a discharge pump. The gas composition adjustment apparatus performs a pressurization operation in which the supply pump supplies a gas to the adsorber; and a depressurization operation in which the discharge pump discharges a gas from the adsorber. Each of the supply pump and the discharge pump is a positive displacement pump and includes a sealing member. The sealing member of the discharge pump contains a fluororesin and a fibrous carbon material as main components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Makoto IKEMIYA, Noritaka KAMEI, Hiroyuki NAKATANI, Keita KONDO
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Patent number: 12049685Abstract: The manufacturing method of a porous silicon material of the present disclosure includes a particle forming step of melting a raw material containing Al as a first element in an amount of 50% by mass or more and Si in an amount of 50% by mass or less to obtain a silicon alloy, a pore forming step of removing the first element from the silicon alloy to obtain a porous material, and a heat treatment step of heating the porous material to diffuse elements other than Si to a surface of the porous material.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2023Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Kawaura, Yasuhito Kondo, Ryo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nozaki, Jun Yoshida, Tetsuya Waseda, Mitsutoshi Otaki
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Publication number: 20240246247Abstract: A joint structure of a robot according to the present disclosure includes: a first link whose one end of the first link is connected to a first member; a second link; a first pivot connected to an other end of the first link and connected to one end of the second link; and a second pivot connected to an other end of the second link and connected to one end of a second member. The joint structure includes: an actuator that rotates the first pivot; a third link whose one end of the third link is connected to the second pivot and which faces in a direction away from the second link; and a force application part. The force application part applies a force on a line connecting a predetermined position on the first link to an other end of the third link.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki KONDO
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Publication number: 20240246227Abstract: A joint structure of a robot according to the present disclosure includes: a first link whose one end is connected to a first member; a second link in which one end thereof is connected to the first link and an other end thereof is connected to a second member; and a first pivot that connects an other end of the first link to the one end of the second link. The joint structure also includes: a third link whose one end is connected to the first link at a position near the first pivot; and a slide part connected to the second link so as to be slidable. An other end of the third link is connected to the slide part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki KONDO
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Patent number: 12036714Abstract: A molding material including a melt-fabricable fluororesin and having a metal content of 100 ng/1 g or less as measured by an ashing method. Also disclosed is a tube made of the molding material.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Imamura, Hiroyuki Hamada, Eri Mukai, Masahiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20240212662Abstract: A cover includes: divided covers, made of an elastomer; a first locking part, integrally formed on an edge of one divided cover; and a second locking part, integrally formed on an edge of the other divided cover. The first locking part includes a base end piece and a tip piece, and has a locking groove opening on a side opposite to an abutment direction formed between the base end piece and the tip piece. The second locking part includes a notch and a bridge. An insertion hole communicating with the notch is formed inside the bridge. By inserting the tip piece and the base end piece through the insertion hole and locking the bridge to the locking groove, the first locking part is locked to the second locking part while being prevented from coming off.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company LimitedInventors: Takuya TOKUNAGA, Kenichiro ITO, Hiroyuki KONDO
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Patent number: 11925978Abstract: An aluminum component and a method for manufacturing the aluminum component has a forming step and a cutting step. Projections (f) extend in an axial direction and are continuously arranged in a circumferential direction. End portions of the projections (f) are cut along a processing line having a predetermined processing diameter (D) providing splines (S) of predetermined dimensions. Side surfaces (fa) are inclined to be tapered in a direction from a base end to a projecting end. A portion of each side surface (fa) adjacent to the projecting end is an inclined surface (fb) with an inclination angle less than an inclination angle of a portion of the side surface that is adjacent to the base end.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.Inventors: Yoshiharu Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kondo
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Publication number: 20240059855Abstract: A flame-retardant soundproof material for vehicles includes a polyurethane foam obtained by foam-molding a urethane resin composition. The urethane resin composition contains an isocyanate component (A), a polyol component (B), and an expandable graphite (C). The isocyanate component (A) includes a mixture of 2,4?-MDI and 4,4?-MDI, and one or more modified forms selected from carbodiimide modified forms and uretonimine modified forms of at least one of 2,4?-MDI and 4,4?-MDI. The content of the one or more modified forms in the urethane resin composition is 5.0 mass % to 8.8 mass %. The polyol component (B) includes a polyether polyol as a main constituent. The expandable graphite (C) has an expansion initiation temperature of 170° C. to 200° C., an expansion ratio of 10 or more at 250° C., and a content of 8 mass % to 20 mass % in the urethane resin composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicants: TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., Sumitomo Riko Company LimitedInventors: Yasuo Suzuki, Masahito Kanada, Hiroki Taguchi, Masaru Sato, Hiroyuki Kondo, Kenichiro Ito, Junki Owaki
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Patent number: 11714639Abstract: A data processing device has an instruction decoder, a control logic unit, and ALU. The instruction decoder decodes instruction codes of an arithmetic instruction. The control logic unit detects the effective data width of operation data to be processed according to the decode result from the instruction decoder and determines the number of cycles for the instruction execution corresponding to the effective, data width. The ALU executes the instruction with the number of cycles of the instruction execution determined by the control logic unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Sugako Ohtani, Hiroyuki Kondo
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Publication number: 20230199312Abstract: The present disclosure provides an actuator driver for driving an actuator that is configured to position a movable part of an image stabilization mechanism. The actuator driver includes a control unit and a driving unit. The control unit is, in a first mode, configured to generate a control signal according to a position command, and in a second mode, configured to generate the control signal thereby the movable part contacts a mechanical end. The driving unit is configured to drive the actuator according to the control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Jun MAEDE, Kuniyuki KUBO, Hiroyuki KONDO
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Publication number: 20230197462Abstract: A method of inhibiting evaporation of a formable material on a substrate, the method comprising holding the substrate with a substrate chuck, the substrate chuck being positioned within a central opening of a frame such that the frame surrounds at least a portion of the substrate chuck, supplying the formable material or a volatile material different from the formable material to a portion of the frame surrounding the substrate chuck, and dispensing the formable material on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Steven C. Shackleton, Edward Brian Fletcher, Zhengmao Ye, Craig William Cone, Hiroyuki Kondo