Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Matsuo

Hiroyuki Matsuo 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: 20240127982
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a converting portion having a plurality of electrical conductors to be arranged in mutual separation and a medium arranged so as to mutually connect the plurality of electrical conductors, wherein the converting portion is the information processing apparatus to convert an input signal to an output signal. The medium includes the electrolyte and is configured to be capable of controlling an electrical conductivity of an electrically conductive path mutually electrically connecting the plurality of electrical conductors, and the medium is selected such that the electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive path changes over time with the input signal not being present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION, TOYOTA PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY, NAGASE & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki AKINAGA, Hisashi SHIMA, Yasuhisa NAITOH, Hiroshi SATOU, Dan SATOU, Takuma MATSUO, Kentaro KINOSHITA, Toshiyuki ITOH, Toshiki NOKAMI, Masakazu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11962052
    Abstract: A fuel cell module comprises: at least one cell stack including a plurality of single fuel cells supplied with a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas to generate power; a sealable housing accommodating the at least one cell stack and forming a power generation chamber inside the housing; a pressure vessel accommodating the housing; and an oxidizing gas supply pipe for supplying the oxidizing gas to the cell stack. At least one pressure equalizing opening is formed in the housing to allow communication between inside and outside of the housing. The at least one pressure equalizing opening includes only one pressure equalizing opening, or a plurality of pressure equalizing openings in which a distance between a pressure equalizing opening in the highest position and a pressure equalizing opening in the lowest position is within 0.1H, where H is a height of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Masahiro Mihara, Ryutaro Mori, Takeshi Matsuo, Norihisa Matake
  • Patent number: 11917008
    Abstract: Provided is a relay server capable of reducing network traffic when collecting large amounts of sensor data from a large number of sensor terminals. A relay server that collects sensor data from a plurality of sensor terminals and uploads the sensor data to a central server via a network includes a data collection unit that collects the sensor data from the plurality of sensor terminals, a relay data creation unit that calculates a presence of spatial overlaps between the collected sensor data, removes overlaps between the sensor data, and creates relay data integrating the sensor data, and an upload unit that uploads the relay data to the central server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Matsuo, Masaru Takagi, Ryota Nakada, Koya Mori, Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11911545
    Abstract: A dialysis base unit that is provided separately from a dialysate supply device for delivering dialysate and performs hemodialysis using the dialysate delivered from the dialysate supply device. The dialysis base unit includes a dialysate supply device identifying unit capable of identifying the dialysate supply device connected to the dialysis base unit. A dialysis system includes the dialysate supply device for delivering dialysate and the dialysis base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Nikkiso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sumiaki Matsuo, Fumihiko Ishizaki, Hiroyuki Kawajiri
  • Patent number: 11804736
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a power transmission coil, a magnetically shielded space created by a power transmission-side cancel coil arranged outside the power transmission coil, a moving member configured to move a metal foreign substance, and a moving mechanism configured to move a part or all of an upper surface of the moving member from an area outside the magnetically shielded space into the magnetically shielded space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuo, Keisuke Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20230294529
    Abstract: A power transmitting device includes a power transmitting coil for providing output power to a power receiving coil, a thermal sensor that detects a temperature around the power transmitting coil, and a power transmission control circuit that controls the power transmitting device. The power transmission control circuit causes the power transmitting coil to provide first output power, the power transmitting coil to provide second output power to the power receiving coil for charging a battery connected to the power receiving coil, the thermal sensor to detect the temperature around the power transmitting coil, and, if the detected temperature is equal to or higher than a threshold because of existing a metal foreign object, the power transmitting coil to reduce a level of the output power or stop the output power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HIROYUKI MATSUO, TETSURO SAWAI
  • Patent number: 11697351
    Abstract: A power transmitting device includes a power transmitting coil for providing output power to a power receiving coil, a thermal sensor that detects a temperature around the power transmitting coil, and a power transmission control circuit that controls the power transmitting device. The power transmission control circuit causes the power transmitting coil to provide first output power, the power transmitting coil to provide second output power to the power receiving coil for charging a battery connected to the power receiving coil, the thermal sensor to detect the temperature around the power transmitting coil, and, if the detected temperature is equal to or higher than a threshold because of existing a metal foreign object, the power transmitting coil to reduce a level of the output power or stop the output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuo, Tetsuro Sawai
  • Publication number: 20220239162
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a power transmission coil, a magnetically shielded space created by a power transmission-side cancel coil arranged outside the power transmission coil, a moving member configured to move a metal foreign substance, and a moving mechanism configured to move a part or all of an upper surface of the moving member from an area outside the magnetically shielded space into the magnetically shielded space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MATSUO, Keisuke FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11329520
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a power transmission coil, a magnetically shielded space created by a power transmission-side cancel coil arranged outside the power transmission coil, a moving member configured to move a metal foreign substance, and a moving mechanism configured to move a part or all of an upper surface of the moving member from an area outside the magnetically shielded space into the magnetically shielded space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuo, Keisuke Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11316395
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an armature coil includes steps of arranging a plurality of coil conductors of the armature coil between an end metal die and a back portion metal die on a lower metal die; pressing, with the upper metal die in a pressing direction, the plurality of the coil conductors arranged between the end metal die and the back portion metal die on the lower metal die; and removing coil conductors that become formed in a convex shape and a concave shape from the lower metal die. The upper metal die may be provided with an inclined portion on a lower metal die side of the upper metal die, and the upper metal die may be configured to be pressed such that a space is formed by the dies, the space having a width that gets gradually narrower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Tamura, Shuichi Tamura, Akihiro Yamamura, Issei Doi, Hiroyuki Matsuo, Yasukazu Nishimura, Sachiko Kawasaki, Akihiko Mori
  • Publication number: 20220080843
    Abstract: A power transmitting device includes a power transmitting coil for providing output power to a power receiving coil, a thermal sensor that detects a temperature around the power transmitting coil, and a power transmission control circuit that controls the power transmitting device. The power transmission control circuit causes the power transmitting coil to provide first output power, the power transmitting coil to provide second output power to the power receiving coil for charging a battery connected to the power receiving coil, the thermal sensor to detect the temperature around the power transmitting coil, and, if the detected temperature is equal to or higher than a threshold because of existing a metal foreign object, the power transmitting coil to reduce a level of the output power or stop the output power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: HIROYUKI MATSUO, TETSURO SAWAI
  • Patent number: 11225154
    Abstract: A device includes a power transmitting coil that outputs power to a power receiving coil included in a mobile object, a case that includes the power transmitting coil inside thereof, a mobile member arranged on the case at a position overlapping the power transmitting coil, and a circuit that controls the power transmitting coil and the mobile member. The circuit starts to perform an operation to move the mobile member from a position overlapping the power transmitting coil to a position not overlapping the power transmitting coil before the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil are aligned with each other, and causes the power transmitting coil to output the power to the power receiving coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuo, Tetsuro Sawai
  • Patent number: 11180038
    Abstract: A method for controlling a power transmitting device includes (1) causing a power transmitting coil to output power before a power receiving coil and the power transmitting coil are electromagnetically coupled with each other and a mobile object including the power receiving coil overlaps the power transmitting coil in order for the power receiving coil and the power transmitting coil to be electromagnetically coupled with each other, (2) causing a thermal sensor to measure a surface temperature of the metal foreign object, and (3) causing, if the measured surface temperature of the metal foreign object is equal to or higher than a threshold, the power transmitting coil to reduce the power to be output or stop outputting the power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuo, Tetsuro Sawai
  • Publication number: 20210162876
    Abstract: A device includes a power transmitting coil that outputs power to a power receiving coil included in a mobile object, a case that includes the power transmitting coil inside thereof, a mobile member arranged on the case at a position overlapping the power transmitting coil, and a circuit that controls the power transmitting coil and the mobile member. The circuit starts to perform an operation to move the mobile member from a position overlapping the power transmitting coil to a position not overlapping the power transmitting coil before the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil are aligned with each other, and causes the power transmitting coil to output the power to the power receiving coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: HIROYUKI MATSUO, TETSURO SAWAI
  • Publication number: 20210152032
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a power transmission coil, a magnetically shielded space created by a power transmission-side cancel coil arranged outside the power transmission coil, a moving member configured to move a metal foreign substance, and a moving mechanism configured to move a part or all of an upper surface of the moving member from an area outside the magnetically shielded space into the magnetically shielded space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MATSUO, Keisuke FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10926651
    Abstract: A method for controlling a power transmitting device includes moving, if a mobile member holds a metal foreign object, the metal foreign object from a position overlapping a power transmitting coil to a position not overlapping the power transmitting coil by moving the mobile member from the position overlapping the power transmitting coil to a position not overlapping the power transmitting coil before the power transmitting coil begins to transmit power, causing the power transmitting coil to output the power, and moving, if another metal foreign object comes to a position overlapping the power transmitting coil when the mobile member is located at the position not overlapping the power transmitting coil, the other metal foreign object to a position not overlapping the power transmitting coil by returning the mobile member to the position overlapping the power transmitting coil in the state where the mobile member holds the foreign matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuo, Tetsuro Sawai
  • Patent number: 10787578
    Abstract: A non-phosphorus chemical conversion treatment agent and treatment liquid for plastic working are provided, with reduced environmental impact, which are able to form films that are excellent in lubricity and corrosion resistance after plastic working by achieving large film thicknesses even in a system containing a salt of molybdic acid as its main constituent. An exemplary non-phosphorus chemical conversion treatment agent for plastic working is an agent containing a molybdic acid component (A), an acid component (B), and an aqueous medium (C), which is characterized in that the (B) comprises at least an organic acid component (B1) having at least one group selected from a carboxyl group and a phenolic hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Tatsunori Doda, Hiroyuki Matsuo
  • Patent number: 10644556
    Abstract: Provided is in an armature coil formed by arranging a plurality of coil conductors on a lower metal die having a tapered groove that is narrower toward an inner side. The coils are pressed using an upper metal die having an end portion narrower than the width of the groove. The coils are formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape which gets narrower toward the radially inner side and the cross-sectional areas of the plurality of the coil conductors in the slot are each substantially the same and the circumferential width thereof is formed narrower as the coil conductor is arranged toward the radially inner side; and one coil conductor is formed in a convex shape and another coil conductor is formed in a concave shape along the convex shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Tamura, Shuichi Tamura, Akihiro Yamamura, Issei Doi, Hiroyuki Matsuo, Yasukazu Nishimura, Sachiko Kawasaki, Akihiko Mori
  • Patent number: 10581283
    Abstract: A method for controlling a power transmitting device is a method for detecting a metal foreign object by controlling the power transmitting device including a power transmitting coil that outputs power to a power receiving coil and a thermal sensor that measures a surface temperature of the metal foreign object on the power transmitting coil. The method includes causing the power transmitting coil to output the power before the coils are electromagnetically coupled with each other and a mobile object including the power receiving coil overlaps the power transmitting coil, causing the thermal sensor to measure the surface temperature of the metal foreign object, and transmitting, if the measured surface temperature of the metal foreign object is equal to or higher than a threshold, a signal indicating presence of the metal foreign object to another receiving apparatus, other than the power transmitting device, having a function of receiving the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Sawai, Hiroyuki Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20190337404
    Abstract: A method for controlling a power transmitting device includes moving, if a mobile member holds a metal foreign object, the metal foreign object from a position overlapping a power transmitting coil to a position not overlapping the power transmitting coil by moving the mobile member from the position overlapping the power transmitting coil to a position not overlapping the power transmitting coil before the power transmitting coil begins to transmit power, causing the power transmitting coil to output the power, and moving, if another metal foreign object comes to a position overlapping the power transmitting coil when the mobile member is located at the position not overlapping the power transmitting coil, the other metal foreign object to a position not overlapping the power transmitting coil by returning the mobile member to the position overlapping the power transmitting coil in the state where the mobile member holds the foreign matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: HIROYUKI MATSUO, TETSURO SAWAI