Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Wada

Hiroyuki Wada 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: 9589729
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body including an inner layer portion including ceramic dielectric layers and internal electrodes, and outer layer portions including ceramic dielectric layers. External electrodes connected to the internal electrodes are provided on both ends of the laminated body. The main constituent of the inner layer portion is a perovskite-type compound represented by ABO3. The outer layer portions include first outer layers and second outer layers respectively containing oxides that differ from each other in main constituents, and boundary reaction layers are provided between the first outer layers and the second outer layers. First ceramic dielectric layers outside the boundary reaction layers differ in color from second ceramic dielectric layers inside the boundary reaction layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Kohei Shimada, Kenji Takagi, Tomomi Koga, Tomotaka Hirata, Hitoshi Nishimura, Hiroki Awata, Sui Uno
  • Publication number: 20170021887
    Abstract: A front structure for a saddle-riding vehicle includes a meter unit, a meter covering for covering at least an area forwardly of the meter unit, and a windshield disposed forwardly of the meter covering. When viewed from lateral side, the windshield is disposed having been rearwardly upwardly tilted. The windshield has a rear surface is of a curved shape in which a region from its opposite side end portions to an intermediate portion is bulged forwardly. The meter covering has a front wall so shaped as to have a forwardly protruding shape effective to divert sunlight, coming from rear and subsequently reflected from the windshield, away from the focal point of the reflected sunlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Takeshi Kashihara
  • Publication number: 20170008585
    Abstract: A tandem grip unit includes a pair of left and right tandem grips. Each of the tandem grips in turn includes a to-be-supported portion supported by a vehicle frame structure, a grip portion to be grasped by a fellow passenger, a bag fitting portion to which a pannier bag is fitted, and a casing fitting portion to which a top casing is fitted, all of those elements being formed integrally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Takahiro Kokubo, Kaoru Kouchi, Hidefumi Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20160355080
    Abstract: A main frame includes a pair of left and right first frame pieces which extends rearwardly from above an engine, a pair of left and right second frame pieces each extending from a front portion in a direction slantwise downwardly and rearwardly of the associated first frame piece, and a pair of left and right third frame pieces each extending rearwardly from a lower end of the associated second frame piece through laterally of a cylinder block. The first mount section for supporting the front portion of the engine is constituted by a rubber mount in which a pair of left and right support portions, provided at respective joints between the second frame pieces and the third frame pieces, and a pair of first to-be-supported portions are connected together. The support portions are connected together through a connecting member that extends in a leftward and rightward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Takeshi Kashihara, Shunichi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20160347399
    Abstract: A handlebar is supported by an upper bracket of a motorcycle through a handlebar holder. The handlebar holder includes a lower end portion supported by the upper bracket and an upper end portion to support the handlebar. A holder shank is provided in a lower end of the handlebar holder, and has a tip end portion formed with a male thread. A holder shank throughhole is formed in the upper bracket, through which throughhole the holder shank extends. The holder shank throughhole accommodates therein a tubular elastic mount member for suppressing transmission of vibrations. The holder shank is passed through a holder shank insertion hole formed on an inner side of the elastic mount member, and an elastic member is interposed forwardly and rearwardly of the elastic mount member situated between the handlebar holder and the upper bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Masato Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20160347394
    Abstract: A fuel tank disposed between a head pipe and a rider's seat is provided, which includes a pair of grooved portion that are positioned on a top surface in symmetrical relation with respect to a longitudinal center plane. The pair of the grooved portions are positioned rearwardly of a tank top portion, each so formed as to have a transverse sectional shape that is represented by a smooth curved line. The grooved portions are parallel to the longitudinal center plane or inclined to extend with a distance therebetween gradually decreasing towards a rear, the distance being set to be within the range of 0.25 to 0.40 at a front end of each of the grooved portions and within the range of 0.08 to 0.35 at a rear end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Takeshi Kashihara
  • Patent number: 9478357
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component that has a multilayer portion having an outer layer portion adjacent region including an area in contact with an outer layer portion that forms a thermal-shock absorbing portion that includes curved ceramic layers and inner electrode layers smoothly varying in thickness from point to point. A region to an inside of the thermal-shock absorbing portion forms a normal multilayer portion that includes ceramic layers with less curvature than the ceramic layers in the thermal-shock absorbing portion and inner electrode layers with less variation in thickness from point to point in a direction along a principal surface of the outer layer portion than the inner electrode layers in the thermal-shock absorbing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Yosuke Hirata, Takashi Hiramatsu, Yoshito Saito, Hideaki Tsuji, Hiroyuki Ukai
  • Patent number: 9466426
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated ceramic capacitor which can suppress degradation of the insulation resistance due to the addition of vanadium. Second insulating layers are stacked on both sides in the stacking direction of a first insulating layer group, which has first insulating layers stacked over one another, and internal electrodes are placed on principal surfaces of the first insulating layers. At least one internal electrode is placed between the first and second insulating layers. Both contain, as their main constituent, a perovskite-type compound represented by the formula “ABO3” wherein “A” denotes at least one of Ba, Sr, and Ca, “B” denotes at least one of Ti, Zr, and Hf. V is added to only the first insulating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Shimada, Hiroyuki Wada, Keisuke Araki, Hiroyuki Yoshioka, Masato Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 9460852
    Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor having a laminated body composed of a plurality of ceramic layers for inner layers; a plurality of internal electrodes at the interfaces between the plurality of ceramic layers for inner layers; and a plurality of ceramic layers for outer layers, provided on the top and bottom so as to sandwich the plurality of ceramic layers for inner layers. The ceramic layers for inner layers are composed of a material containing a multiple oxide including an alkaline-earth metal. The ceramic layers for outer layers respectively have TiO2 ceramic layers containing TiO2 as their main constituent for certain layers including the outermost layers, and multiple oxide ceramic layers containing a multiple oxide including an alkaline-earth metal for the other layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Kohei Shimada, Kenji Takagi, Tomomi Koga, Tomotaka Hirata, Hitoshi Nishimura, Hiroki Awata, Sui Uno
  • Patent number: 9270864
    Abstract: To provide a color mixing inspection method, a color mixing inspection apparatus and a print apparatus capable of carrying out a color mixing inspection at low cost for the inspection with high detection ability. To that end, an evaluation pattern is irradiated with light having a color complementary to color mixed into the evaluation pattern to emphasize the color mixing and measure lightness, thereby determining the presence of color mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Tetsuro Yasukawa
  • Patent number: 9264745
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video server apparatus includes a table generator, an acquisition module, and a controller. The table generator generates a management table associating a contents ID with the contents data, and stores the management table in the memory. The acquisition module acquires contents management information from a change request source upon generation of a change request for the contents data. The controller refers to the management table based on the contents ID included in the contents management information, executes change processing for the contents data recorded in the memory based on a reference result of the management table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoko Satoh, Shuichi Yamaguchi, Toshiki Mori, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hiroyuki Wada, Keita Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9236187
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic main body including an inner layer portion including third ceramic layers and a plurality of inner electrodes arranged at interfaces between the third ceramic layers, and first and second outer layer portions respectively including first and second ceramic layers, the first and second ceramic layers being arranged vertically so as to sandwich the inner layer portion. The third ceramic layers and the first and second outer layer portions contain a perovskite-type compound represented by ABO3 where A contains one or more of Ba, Sr, and Ca, B contains one or more of Ti, Zr, and Hf, and O represents oxygen) as a main component. Where a rare-earth element concentration (CR) in the third ceramic layers is compared to a rare-earth element concentration (Cr) in outermost layer portions including at least outermost surfaces of the first and second outer layer portions, CR>Cr (inclusive of Cr=0).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Kohei Shimada, Kenji Takagi, Tomomi Koga, Tomotaka Hirata, Hitoshi Nishimura, Hiroki Awata, Sui Uno
  • Publication number: 20160005543
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body including an inner layer portion including ceramic dielectric layers and internal electrodes, and outer layer portions including ceramic dielectric layers. External electrodes connected to the internal electrodes are provided on both ends of the laminated body. The main constituent of the inner layer portion is a perovskite-type compound represented by ABO3. The outer layer portions include first outer layers and second outer layers respectively containing oxides that differ from each other in main constituents, and boundary reaction layers are provided between the first outer layers and the second outer layers. First ceramic dielectric layers outside the boundary reaction layers differ in color from second ceramic dielectric layers inside the boundary reaction layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki WADA, Kohei SHIMADA, Kenji TAKAGI, Tomomi KOGA, Tomotaka HIRATA, Hitoshi NISHIMURA, Hiroki AWATA, Sui UNO
  • Patent number: 9183986
    Abstract: A laminated body is divided into a large grain region and a small grain region. The large grain region is located outside the small grain region, and a boundary surface between the regions is located inside the outer surface of the laminated body while surrounding a section in which internal electrodes are present in the laminated body. To obtain the laminated body, firing is carried out with a profile in which the average rate of increase from room to the maximum temperature is 40° C./second or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Hirata, Hideaki Tsuji, Nagato Omori, Hiroyuki Wada, Takashi Hiramatsu, Yoshito Saito
  • Publication number: 20150287535
    Abstract: A monolithic ceramic capacitor that contains a perovskite compound including Ba and Ti and at least one type of element selected from Gd, Tb, and Dy, and contains elements selected from Y, Si, Mn, Mg, and Zr. The content a of at least one element selected from Gd, Tb, and Dy satisfies 0.2?a?0.8, the content b of Y satisfies 0.0?b?0.5, the content c of Si satisfies 0.0?c?2.5, the content d of Mn satisfies 0.0?d?0.25, the content e of Mg satisfies 0.0?e?1.2, the content f of Zr satisfies 0.0?f?0.5, and the molar ratio m of the content of Ba/(f+the content of Ti) satisfies 0.99?m?1.01, where the total content of Ti is 100 parts by mole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Toru Nakanishi, Toshihiro Okamatsu, Akihiro Tsuru, Hiroyuki Wada
  • Publication number: 20150278037
    Abstract: A transfer device that performs data transfer between a memory that stores a plurality of data and a processing unit that executes a main process using the data stored in the memory, the transfer device includes: a control unit that carries out control to, separately from the main process, sequentially read the data stored in the memory for each predetermined unit in address order, and to subject the read data to a predetermined process; and a determination unit that determines a digest value for each of the plurality of predetermined units of data using the data read by the control unit or the data subjected to the predetermined process by the control unit, so that it becomes easy to detect pages of the same content, and sharing and using the pages of the same content by a plurality of virtual machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Wada
  • Patent number: 9136058
    Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor including a laminated body having a plurality of stacked ceramic layers and internal electrodes located between the ceramic layers. The internal electrodes have a plurality of ceramic columnar members formed therein, which project into the internal electrodes from interfaces between the ceramic layers and the internal electrodes, but do not penetrate in the thickness direction of the internal electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Yosuke Hirata, Takashi Hiramatsu, Yoshito Saito, Hideaki Tsuji, Hiroyuki Ukai
  • Publication number: 20150162133
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic main body including an inner layer portion including third ceramic layers and a plurality of inner electrodes arranged at interfaces between the third ceramic layers, and first and second outer layer portions respectively including first and second ceramic layers, the first and second ceramic layers being arranged vertically so as to sandwich the inner layer portion. The third ceramic layers and the first and second outer layer portions contain a perovskite-type compound represented by ABO3 where A contains one or more of Ba, Sr, and Ca, B contains one or more of Ti, Zr, and Hf, and O represents oxygen) as a main component. Where a rare-earth element concentration (CR) in the third ceramic layers is compared to a rare-earth element concentration (Cr) in outermost layer portions including at least outermost surfaces of the first and second outer layer portions, CR>Cr (inclusive of Cr=0).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki WADA, Kohei SHIMADA, Kenji TAKAGI, Tomomi KOGA, Tomotaka HIRATA, Hitoshi NISHIMURA, Hiroki AWATA, Sui UNO
  • Patent number: 9042082
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic main body including an inner layer portion including third ceramic layers and a plurality of inner electrodes arranged at interfaces between the third ceramic layers, and first and second outer layer portions respectively including first and second ceramic layers, the first and second ceramic layers being arranged vertically so as to sandwich the inner layer portion. The third ceramic layers and the first and second outer layer portions contain a perovskite-type compound represented by ABO3 where A contains one or more of Ba, Sr, and Ca, B contains one or more of Ti, Zr, and Hf, and O represents oxygen) as a main component. Where a rare-earth element concentration (CR) in the third ceramic layers is compared to a rare-earth element concentration (Cr) in outermost layer portions including at least outermost surfaces of the first and second outer layer portions, CR>Cr (inclusive of Cr=0).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Kohei Shimada, Kenji Takagi, Tomomi Koga, Tomotaka Hirata, Hitoshi Nishimura, Hiroki Awata, Sui Uno
  • Patent number: D785674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Terumitsu Takahata, Yuki Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Wada, Makiko Adachi, Hiroko Okita