Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Matsushita
Hiroyuki Matsushita 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: 20240109445Abstract: An autonomous work system includes a charging station and an autonomous work machine. The charging station includes a power transmitter unit. The autonomous work machine includes a traveling body, a motor, a battery, and a power receiver unit. The battery supplies electric power to the motor. The autonomous work machine performs a predetermined task while autonomously traveling, moves to the charging station to charge the battery by wireless power transfer. The power transmitter unit includes a power-transmitting coil. The power-transmitting coil is arranged parallel to an installation surface on which the charging station is placed. The power receiver unit includes a power-receiving coil. The receiving coil is arranged parallel to the installation surface. The autonomous work machine moves to the charging station so that the power-receiving coil is positioned above the power-transmitting coil, and charges the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Katsumi MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MINO, Atsushi NOMURA
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Patent number: 11945923Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an electrolytic capacitor, the method including the steps of preparing an anode foil that includes a dielectric layer, a cathode foil, and a fiber structure; preparing a conductive polymer dispersion liquid that contains a conductive polymer component and a dispersion medium; producing a separator by applying the conductive polymer dispersion liquid to the fiber structure and then removing at least a portion of the dispersion medium; and producing a capacitor element by sequentially stacking the anode foil, the separator, and the cathode foil. The dispersion medium contains water. The fiber structure contains a synthetic fiber in an amount of 50 mass % or more. The fiber structure has a density of 0.2 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.45 g/cm3.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Kubo, Hiroyuki Arima, Tomoyuki Tashiro, Kazuhiro Takatani, Kenta Chashiro, Shumpei Matsushita
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Patent number: 11938887Abstract: Problem: To more effectively restrict movement of the airbag in an expanded and deployed state in the event of a vehicle collision, and improve the performance of restraining a passenger using an airbag. Resolution Means: A passenger restraining device of the present invention is provided with an airbag and tensile cloth. The tensile cloth is deployed to the outside of a seat by expansion and deployment of the airbag, and pulled from an upper surface of a seat back portion to a seat cushion portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Hiroyuki Saito, Tetsuya Matsushita
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Patent number: 11920967Abstract: A fluid detection sensor includes: an optical sensor including a light emitting element array and a light receiving element array which are arranged on a substrate along a longitudinal direction thereof; a flow path member which includes a tubular body which is transparent and is arranged along the longitudinal direction facing the optical sensor, an inside of the tubular body constituting a flow path through which a plurality of substantially immiscible fluids flow as a slug flow; and a reflecting member placed on a side opposite to the optical sensor with respect to the flow path. The fluid detection sensor detects changes in light which occur in accordance with a movement of the plurality of fluids by the light receiving element array receiving light which is emitted by the light emitting element array toward the slug flow in the flow path and is reflected by the reflecting member.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Katsumi Tsuchida, Hiroyuki Okushiba, Tetsuya Matsushita
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Patent number: 11421772Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a cylindrical member including an opening formed at a first end in an axial direction, and a wall portion formed at a second end in the axial direction; and a planetary gear set received within the cylindrical member; a carrier of the planetary gear set which includes a protruding portion protruding toward an outer circumference side, and the protruding portion being positioned between the wall portion and a ring gear of the planetary gear set, wherein the carrier is integrally formed with a hub portion of a clutch; the hub portion is positioned on a wall portion side of the carrier; and an outermost circumference portion of the protruding portion is positioned radially outside of an outermost circumference portion of the hub portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsushita, Akira Kamiyama
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Patent number: 11408487Abstract: A forward/reverse switching mechanism is provided with a planetary gear set, a reverse brake and a forward clutch. The planetary gear set includes a sun gear which serves as an input part, a carrier which serves as an output part, and a ring gear. The reverse brake is adapted to fix the ring gear. The forward clutch is adapted to connect the ring gear and the sun gear to each other. The ring gear, a drive plate provided on a ring gear side of the reverse brake and a driven plate provided on a ring gear side of the forward clutch are spline-fitted to a clutch drum.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Numata, Hiroyuki Matsushita, Akira Kamiyama, Ryousuke Katsuyama, Tsukasa Shiino
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Patent number: 11408501Abstract: Disclosed is a support structure for a ring gear, which includes: a clutch drum coupled by spline fitting with the ring gear; and first and second snap rings mounted to a circumferential wall of the clutch drum and supporting the ring gear. The first snap ring is positioned so as not to overlap with the ring gear in a radial direction. The second snap ring is positioned so as to overlap with the ring gear in the radial direction. A length of the first snap ring in the radial direction is longer than a length of the second snap ring in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Numata, Hiroyuki Matsushita, Akira Kamiyama, Ryousuke Katsuyama, Tsukasa Shiino
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Publication number: 20210341050Abstract: Disclosed is a support structure for a ring gear (32), which includes: a clutch drum (6) coupled by spline fitting with the ring gear (32); and first and second snap rings (38, 39) mounted to a circumferential wall (62) of the clutch drum (6) and supporting the ring gear (32). The first snap ring (38) is positioned so as not to overlap with the ring gear (32) in a radial direction. The second snap ring (39) is positioned so as to overlap with the ring gear (32) in the radial direction. A length (a1) of the first snap ring (38) in the radial direction is longer than a length (a2) of the second snap ring (39) in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya NUMATA, Hiroyuki MATSUSHITA, Akira KAMIYAMA, Ryousuke KATSUYAMA, Tsukasa SHIINO
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Publication number: 20210341046Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a cylindrical member including an opening formed at a first end in an axial direction, and a wall portion formed at a second end in the axial direction; and a planetary gear set received within the cylindrical member; a carrier of the planetary gear set which includes a protruding portion protruding toward an outer circumference side, and the protruding portion being positioned between the wall portion and a ring gear of the planetary gear set, wherein the carrier is integrally formed with a hub portion of a clutch; the hub portion is positioned on a wall portion side of the carrier; and an outermost circumference portion of the protruding portion is positioned radially outside of an outermost circumference portion of the hub portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki MATSUSHITA, Akira KAMIYAMA
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Publication number: 20210310543Abstract: Disclosed is a forward/reverse switching mechanism (2) with a planetary gear set (3), a reverse brake (5) and a forward clutch (4). The planetary gear set (3) includes a sun gear (31) which serves as an input part, a carrier (34) which serves as an output part, and a ring gear (32). The reverse brake (5) is adapted to fix the ring gear (32). The forward clutch (4) is adapted to connect the ring gear (32) and the sun gear (31) to each other. The ring gear (32), a drive plate (52) provided on a ring gear (32) side of the reverse brake (5) and a driven plate (41) provided on a ring gear (32) side of the forward clutch (4) are spline-fitted to a clutch drum (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya NUMATA, Hiroyuki MATSUSHITA, Akira KAMIYAMA, Ryousuke KATSUYAMA, Tsukasa SHIINO
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Publication number: 20190012622Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a manufacturing-process visualizing program that causes a computer to execute a process including acquiring manufacture data including identification information for a manufacture product, identification information for a manufacturing process, and time information indicating a time captured at a time when the manufacture product has undergone the manufacturing process; determining all manufacturing processes which a specific manufacture product has undergone, and determining an order of each of manufacturing processes based on time information associated with each of the manufacturing processes; and arranging, in the determined order, identification information or symbol information, and generating a graph in which a time when the specific manufacture product undergoes each of the manufacturing processes is, along a predetermined time axis direction, associated with the identification information for each of the manufacturing processes or theType: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takehiko Nishimura, Hiroyuki Matsushita, Yuki Sato, Kazuki Takahashi, Tomohiko Maeda
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Publication number: 20180286140Abstract: An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus configured to calculate a number of in-process products existing between a first process executed by a first device and a second process executed by a second device in a production line, the method includes acquiring, from the first device, an end log of the first process; adding a value to the number of in-process products according to the acquired end log; acquiring, from the second device, a start log of the second process; subtracting a value from the number of in-process products according to the acquired start log; and adjusting the number of in-process products to 0 when it is determined that no start log of the second process has occurred over a period longer than or equal to a threshold value in a state where the number of in-process products is greater than or equal to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takehiko Nishimura, Hiroki Nikai, Hiroyuki Matsushita
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Publication number: 20170330039Abstract: A frame extracting method including specifying, for each of a plurality of first groups acquired by dividing a plurality of frames included in a moving image with a predetermined time interval, one frame for which an index related to clearness of a frame indicates highest clearness among frames included in each of the plurality of first groups, grouping the plurality of specified frames into a plurality of second groups, an amount of change between temporally adjacent frames in each of the plurality of second groups being less than or equal to a predetermined reference, and extracting, for each of the plurality of second groups, a representative frame from the plurality of specified frames included in each of the plurality of second groups, the index of the representative frame indicating the highest clearness among the plurality of specified frames included in each of the plurality of second groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Hiroyuki MATSUSHITA, Yuta SHIOIRI
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Publication number: 20160319975Abstract: A header pipe joint for fluid transportation includes at least one branch portion provided on a side wall of a tubular main pipe portion, an insertion port provided on one end side of the main pipe portion, a receiving port which is provided on the other end side of the main pipe portion and which is configured so that an insertion port can be joined to the receiving port, and an angle adjustment mechanism for the branch portion. The angle adjustment mechanism is provided at the receiving port and the insertion port. The angle adjustment mechanism includes at least one cutout portion and at least one projecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Takashi NASU, Hiroyuki MATSUSHITA
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Patent number: 8835595Abstract: A polyamide compound containing: from 25 to 50 mol % of a diamine unit, which contains an aromatic diamine unit represented by the following formula (I), in an amount of 50 mol % or more; from 25 to 50 mol % of a dicarboxylic acid unit, which contains a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit represented by the following formula (II-1) and/or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit represented by the following formula (II-2), in an amount in total of 50 mol % or more; and from 0.1 to 50 mol % of a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (III): wherein n represents an integer of from 2 to 18, Ar represents an arylene group, and R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Oda, Ryoji Otaki, Shota Arakawa, Tsuneaki Masuda, Hiroyuki Matsushita, Ryuji Hasemi
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Patent number: 8740180Abstract: A conventional rotary valve in which is provided with a locking mechanism for fixing the degree of aperture so as to prevent misoperation and reduce accidents caused thereby, and even a previously installed valve can be converted to a valve having a locking mechanism, simply by replacing the handle alone. In a rotary valve wherein a valve element that is engaged with a stem is turned by turning the stem, which is connected to a handle, so as to open and close the valve, and having a top flange that is provided on a neck of a valve body that supports the stem, a notch is formed at the peripheral edge of the top flange, and a locking member, having a protrusion that can be latched in the notch in the top flange by way of a torsion spring, is pivotably supported at the center of the handle or on a grip portion thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Asahi Organic Chemicals Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsushita, Tomoki Matsui
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Publication number: 20120302723Abstract: A polyamide compound containing: from 25 to 50 mol % of a diamine unit, which contains an aromatic diamine unit represented by the following formula (I), in an amount of 50 mol % or more; from 25 to 50 mol % of a dicarboxylic acid unit, which contains a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit represented by the following formula (II-1) and/or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit represented by the following formula (II-2), in an amount in total of 50 mol % or more; and from 0.1 to 50 mol % of a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (III): wherein n represents an integer of from 2 to 18, Ar represents an arylene group, and R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Takafumi Oda, Ryoji Otaki, Shota Arakawa, Tsuneaki Masuda, Hiroyuki Matsushita, Ryuji Hasemi
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Patent number: 8082607Abstract: A sanitary cleansing apparatus includes: a main body incorporating a water discharge nozzle that squirts water from a water discharge port; a toilet seat rotatably and pivotally supported at a relatively anterior position of the main body; a toilet lid rotatably and pivotally supported at a relatively posterior position of the main body and generally entirely covering an upper face of the toilet seat and the main body in a closed state; a transmissive window provided at a rear of the toilet lid and formed from a material different from that of the toilet lid; and a human body detection sensor provided in the upper face of the main body and being capable of detecting a human body through the transmissive window in the closed state of the toilet lid.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Toto LtdInventors: Hiroyuki Matsushita, Hiroki Fujimura, Saki Nakao, Tatsuya Fukuda
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Publication number: 20090261280Abstract: A conventional rotary valve in which is provided with a locking mechanism for fixing the degree of aperture so as to prevent misoperation and reduce accidents caused thereby, and even a previously installed valve can be converted to a valve having a locking mechanism, simply by replacing the handle alone. In a rotary valve wherein a valve element that is engaged with a stem is turned by turning the stem, which is connected to a handle, so as to open and close the valve, and having a top flange that is provided on a neck of a valve body that supports the stem, a notch is formed at the peripheral edge of the top flange, and a locking member, having a protrusion that can be latched in the notch in the top flange by way of a torsion spring, is pivotably supported at the center of the handle or on a grip portion thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2007Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsushita, Tomoki Matsui
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Publication number: 20090217447Abstract: A sanitary cleansing apparatus includes: a main body incorporating a water discharge nozzle that squirts water from a water discharge port; a toilet seat rotatably and pivotally supported at a relatively anterior position of the main body; a toilet lid rotatably and pivotally supported at a relatively posterior position of the main body and generally entirely covering an upper face of the toilet seat and the main body in a closed state; a transmissive window provided at a rear of the toilet lid and formed from a material different from that of the toilet lid; and a human body detection sensor provided in the upper face of the main body and being capable of detecting a human body through the transmissive window in the closed state of the toilet lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: TOTO LTDInventors: Hiroyuki Matsushita, Hiroki Fujimura, Saki Nakao, Tatsuya Fukuda