Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Shibata

Hiroyuki Shibata 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: 12114201
    Abstract: There are included a control unit configured to, when detecting that no high priority traffic frame arrives for a frame interval threshold or longer in the period that allows high priority traffic frames to be transmitted, release the period that allows high priority traffic frames to be transmitted and allocate the released period to the period that allows low priority traffic frames to be transmitted, a frame arrival time information acquisition unit configured to obtain information of frame arrival times of high priority traffic frames, a frame interval calculation unit configured to calculate, in accordance with the information of frame arrival times obtained by the frame arrival time information acquisition unit, frame intervals between frames of the high priority traffic frames input in chronological order, a frame interval threshold calculation unit configured to calculate a new frame interval threshold in accordance with the frame intervals, and a frame interval threshold configuration unit configured
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotaka Shibata, Hiroyuki Uzawa, Yoichi Fukada, Jun Terada
  • Publication number: 20240317038
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a front side frame; a front subframe; a first fixing portion fixing the front subframe and the front side frame with a first bolt; a battery pack; a first bracket coupling the battery pack and the front side frame; a second fixing portion fixing the first bracket to the front side frame with a second bolt; and a third fixing portion fixing the first bracket to the battery pack with a third bolt, wherein the battery pack includes: a bottom wall, and a front wall, the second fixing portion is provided with a contact surface at a position facing the first fixing portion, the third fixing portion is provided at a front end of the bottom wall of the battery pack, and the first bracket includes a first load transmitting portion that is fixed to the second fixing portion and the third fixing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OZAWA, Yuya FURUSAKI, Masaji SAWA, Yasuyuki SHIBATA, Masaki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 12018401
    Abstract: A gallium oxide single crystal particle according to the present invention is an ?-Ga2O3 single crystal particle and has a diameter and a height that exceed 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yoshikawa, Miho Maeda, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20240158430
    Abstract: Provided is a new compound or a salt thereof having improved in vivo efficacy and antitumor activity of a curcumin derivative, and an antitumor activator containing the new compound or the salt thereof as an active ingredient. The compound or a salt thereof is represented by the following general formula. R1 to R4 are substituents selected from a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 lower alkyl group, a hydroxy C1-4 lower alkyl group, a C1-4 lower alkoxy C1-4 lower alkyl group, and a C1-4 lower alkoxy C1-4 lower alkoxy C1-4 lower alkyl group, and R1 to R4 may be the same or different. n is 1 to 6. Sugar is a monosaccharide or a disaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: AKITA UNIVERSITY, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SHIBATA, Yoshiharu IWABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240003043
    Abstract: A composite substrate includes: a base substrate and an ?-Ga2O3 crystal film that is provided on the base substrate, has a thickness of 10 ?m or more, and has at least one alkali metal element content of 1.2×1015 atoms/cm3 or more and 1.0×1018 atoms/cm3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jun YOSHIKAWA, Miho MAEDA, Hiroyuki SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11820133
    Abstract: An image processing method, an apparatus, a program, and an image forming apparatus capable of suppressing an artifact in a boundary part of a threshold value matrix and performing high-quality correction even in a case where defective recording elements are concentrated are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Patent number: 11772477
    Abstract: A drive unit for a hybrid vehicle that is downsized without reducing N.V. performance. The drive unit comprises: a geared transmission that transmits torque between a power split mechanism and a differential unit; and a reduction mechanism that multiplies torque of a second motor to be delivered to the differential unit. In the drive unit, an engine, a first motor, the power split mechanism, and a counter drive gear are arranged around a first rotational axis, the differential unit, the second motor, the reduction mechanism, driveshafts, and a differential ring gear are arranged around a second rotational axis, and a counter driven gear is arranged around a third rotational axis. The reduction mechanism is positioned without overlapping with the engine, the first motor, and the counter drive gear in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shibata, Hiroyuki Hattori, Akira Murakami
  • Publication number: 20230241570
    Abstract: A method of producing a low-odor emulsion includes: charging an aqueous polymer emulsion into a treatment vessel and supplying pressurized water vapor into the vessel through a supply passage, while maintaining the inside of the vessel in a state where water is boiled by bringing temperature of the aqueous polymer emulsion into a range of 50-90° C. and pressure in the vessel into 12 KPa to 57 KPa; and discharging water vapor in a gas phase part in the vessel and a volatile organic compound volatilized from the aqueous polymer emulsion to outside of a system. A ratio of an inner diameter of the vessel to an opening diameter of a supply opening for supplying the pressurized water vapor from the supply passage into the vessel is from 30 to 3000 for the inner diameter of the vessel relative to 1 for the opening diameter of the supply opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shibata, Masaru Terada
  • Publication number: 20230167881
    Abstract: A downsized power transmission unit having engagement devices. A first engagement device comprises a cylindrical first sleeve, and a second engagement device comprises a cylindrical second sleeve to which the first sleeve is inserted at least partially. First spline teeth and first dog teeth are formed on an inner circumferential surface of the first sleeve. Second spline teeth are formed on any one of an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the second sleeve, and second dog teeth are formed on the other one of the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the second sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kensei HATA, Hirotsugu YOSHINO, Hiroyuki SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20230122462
    Abstract: A gallium oxide single crystal particle according to the present invention is an ?-Ga2O3 single crystal particle and has a diameter and a height that exceed 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun YOSHIKAWA, Miho MAEDA, Hiroyuki SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11585352
    Abstract: A seal structure of a drive device is provided which includes a case in which a motor chamber for accommodating an electric motor and a gear chamber for accommodating a gear mechanism are located adjacent to each other, a partition that separates the motor chamber and the gear chamber, a bearing that supports a rotating shaft, a seal part that seals between the rotating shaft and the partition, a lubricating oil that lubricates the gear mechanism, and a coolant that cools the electric motor, and also includes a first bearing on the motor chamber side, a second bearing on the gear chamber side, a first seal part on the motor chamber side, a second seal part on the gear chamber side, and at least the second seal part of the first seal part and the second seal part is provided between the first bearing and the second bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Tominaga, Daisuke Tokozakura, Yuki Iwama, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20220328723
    Abstract: An AlN monocrystal plate disclosed herein may include: a first surface in a thickness direction; and a second surface opposing the first surface. A metal component containing region may be disposed substantially parallel to the first surface in an intermediate portion between the first surface and the second surface. In the metal component containing region, a plurality of metal components may be introduced and distributed. A type of the metal components may be Ga.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa OGAWA, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI, Kazuki IIDA, Hiroyuki SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11383981
    Abstract: An aluminum nitride plate satisfies a “c1>97.5%”, a “c2>97.0%”, a “w1<2.5 degrees”, and a “w1/w2<0.995” where c1 is a c-plane degree of orientation that is defined as a ratio of a diffraction intensity of (002) plane when a surface layer of the aluminum nitride plate is subjected to an X-ray diffraction measurement, and c2 is a c-plane degree of orientation that is defined as a ratio of the diffraction intensity of (002) plane when a portion other than the surface layer of the aluminum nitride plate is subjected to the X-ray diffraction measurement, wherein w1 is a half-value width in an X-ray rocking curve profile of (102) plane of the surface layer and w2 is a half-value width in the X-ray rocking curve profile of (102) plane of the portion other than the surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Hiroharu Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20220153118
    Abstract: A drive unit for a hybrid vehicle that is downsized without reducing N.V. performance. The drive unit comprises: a geared transmission that transmits torque between a power split mechanism and a differential unit; and a reduction mechanism that multiplies torque of a second motor to be delivered to the differential unit. In the drive unit, an engine, a first motor, the power split mechanism, and a counter drive gear are arranged around a first rotational axis, the differential unit, the second motor, the reduction mechanism, driveshafts, and a differential ring gear are arranged around a second rotational axis, and a counter driven gear is arranged around a third rotational axis. The reduction mechanism is positioned without overlapping with the engine, the first motor, and the counter drive gear in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SHIBATA, Hiroyuki HATTORI, Akira MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11247483
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus and a method, an abnormal nozzle detection method, and a printed matter manufacturing method that can suppress the consumption of an extra medium and can efficiently specify an abnormal nozzle. The image forming apparatus (10) includes a print head (16) that has a plurality of nozzles, an association unit (40) that associates the nozzle with a partial region in a user image, a first correction unit that performs a first correction assuming that the associated nozzle is abnormal in at least one of the partial regions, a streak detection unit (44) that detects streak information from a print result of the user image including the partial region subjected to the first correction, and a nozzle state estimation unit (46) that estimates a state of the nozzle on the basis of the streak information of two or more partial regions in a single user image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20220018354
    Abstract: A seal structure of a drive device is provided which includes a case in which a motor chamber for accommodating an electric motor and a gear chamber for accommodating a gear mechanism are located adjacent to each other, a partition that separates the motor chamber and the gear chamber, a bearing that supports a rotating shaft, a seal part that seals between the rotating shaft and the partition, a lubricating oil that lubricates the gear mechanism, and a coolant that cools the electric motor, and also includes a first bearing on the motor chamber side, a second bearing on the gear chamber side, a first seal part on the motor chamber side, a second seal part on the gear chamber side, and at least the second seal part of the first seal part and the second seal part is provided between the first bearing and the second bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi TOMINAGA, Daisuke TOKOZAKURA, Yuki IWAMA, Hiroyuki SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11195980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent sealing member and an optical component. This transparent sealing member (10) is used in a package (20) for accommodating at least one optical element (14), and is bonded to a mounting substrate (16) having the optical element (14) mounted thereto, by a resin adhesive (50). The transparent sealing member (10) is provided with a plurality of particles (32) which are affixed to a surface (30a) to be bonded to the mounting substrate (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20210339522
    Abstract: An image processing method, an apparatus, a program, and an image forming apparatus capable of suppressing an artifact in a boundary part of a threshold value matrix and performing high-quality correction even in a case where defective recording elements are concentrated are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Patent number: 11121296
    Abstract: A first transparent sealing member is used in a package accommodating at least one optical element, and is attached to a mounting substrate having a mounting surface for the optical element. In the first transparent sealing member, at least one corner part among a plurality of corner parts configured by a surface facing the mounting substrate and a surface along the mounting surface of the mounting substrate has a curved shape, and punctiform minute recessed parts are formed on the surface of the curved shape. The average presence frequency of the minute recessed parts is 100,000 to 3,000,000 inclusive per 1 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Patent number: 11067137
    Abstract: A selectable one-way clutch includes: a pocket plate including pockets provided along a circumferential direction on one surface; a notch plate that is rotatable with respect to the pocket plate, the notch plate including notches provided along a circumferential direction on a surface facing the one surface; struts that are plate-shaped and housed in the respective pockets; and a selector plate disposed between the pocket plate and the notch plate, and configured to switch, by rotating coaxially with the pocket plate, between: a state in which the struts have risen toward the notch plate; and a state in which the struts are housed in the respective pockets. The notch plate includes flat portions between the notches that are adjacent in the circumferential direction, and each flat portion includes a first recess at a position where the corresponding strut having risen toward the notch plate is brought into contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Means Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shotaro Kato, Hiroyuki Shioiri, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Hiroyuki Shibata, Mitsuaki Tomita, Yuki Kurosaki, Joshua D. Hand