Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Yamamoto

Hiroyuki Yamamoto 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).

  • Quartz crystal blank and quartz crystal resonator unit
    Patent number: 10027309
    Abstract: A rectangular quartz crystal blank having long sides substantially parallel to a Z? axis of the quartz crystal blank, and short sides substantially parallel to an X axis of the quartz crystal blank. The quartz crystal blank includes a first center region, a second region and a third region that are adjacent to the first region along a long-side direction, and a fourth region and a fifth region that are adjacent to the first region along a short-side direction. A thickness of the second region and a thickness of the third region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and/or a thickness of the fourth region and a thickness of the fifth region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and 16.18?W/T?16.97, where W is a length of a short side and T is a thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Hiroaki Kaida, Masaru Asai
  • Quartz crystal blank and quartz crystal resonator unit
    Patent number: 9985603
    Abstract: A rectangular quartz crystal blank having long sides substantially parallel to a Z? axis of the quartz crystal blank, and short sides substantially parallel to an X axis of the quartz crystal blank. The quartz crystal blank includes a first center region, a second region and a third region that are adjacent to the first region along a long-side direction, and a fourth region and a fifth region that are adjacent to the first region along a short-side direction. A thickness of the second region and a thickness of the third region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and/or a thickness of the fourth region and a thickness of the fifth region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and 12.26?W/T?13.02, where W is a length of a short side and T is a thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Hiroaki Kaida, Masaru Asai
  • Quartz crystal blank and quartz crystal resonator unit
    Patent number: 9985604
    Abstract: A rectangular quartz crystal blank having long sides substantially parallel to a Z? axis of the quartz crystal blank, and short sides substantially parallel to an X axis of the quartz crystal blank. The quartz crystal blank includes a first center region, a second region and a third region that are adjacent to the first region along a long-side direction, and a fourth region and a fifth region that are adjacent to the first region along a short-side direction. A thickness of the second region and a thickness of the third region are smaller than a thickness of the first region, and/or a thickness of the fourth region and a thickness of the fifth region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and 13.84?W/T?14.33, where W is a length of a short side and T is a thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Hiroshi Ibaragi, Ryuichi Kawai
  • Glass for chemical strengthening and chemical strengthened glass, and manufacturing method of glass for chemical strengthening
    Patent number: 9963378
    Abstract: There is provided a glass for chemical strengthening having a black color tone and excelling in characteristics preferred for the purposes of housing or decoration of an electronic device, that is, defoaming quality, strength, and light transmittance characteristics. A glass for chemical strengthening contains, in mole percentage based on following oxides, 55% to 80% of SiO2, 0.25% to 16% of Al2O3, 0% to 12% of B2O3, 5% to 20% of Na2O, 0% to 15% of K2O, 0% to 15% of MgO, 0% to 15% of CaO, 0% to 25% of ?RO (where R represents Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, or Zn), and 0.1% to 7% of a coloring component (at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of oxides of Co, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Cr, V, and Bi).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yamamoto
  • JOINT MECHANISM AND CONNECTION METHOD FOR STEEL PIPE
    Publication number: 20180119380
    Abstract: Contemplated are simplification and cost reduction in arrangement of connecting a pair of steel pipes to each other. A joint mechanism for a pair of steel pipes 1A, 1B include inner joints 10A, 10B and an outer joint 20 disposed circumferentially across and between the inner joints 10A, 10B. The outer joint 20 incudes inward key portions 23 engageable with outward circumferential grooves 13 of the inner joints 10A, 10B. The outer joint 20 is formed of a plurality of unit members 12 disposed side by side around the inner joints 10A, 10B. A standard unit member 21A includes an engaging projecting portion 24 whereas the inner joints 10A, 10B respective include an engaging sunk portion 14 engageable with the engaging projecting portion for preventing detachment of the standard unit member 21A to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SUZUKI, Shunsuke KIKUCHI, Masashi TOYAMA, Takeshi NAGASHIMA, Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO
  • QUARTZ CRYSTAL RESONATOR AND QUARTZ CRYSTAL RESONATOR UNIT
    Publication number: 20180123560
    Abstract: A quartz crystal resonator that includes an AT-cut quartz crystal blank that is plate-shaped and that is rectangular when viewed in a direction normal to a main surface thereof; and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode disposed on the main surface and arranged in a short-side direction of the main surface. Long sides of the main surface are substantially parallel to a Z? axis of the quartz crystal blank. The short sides of the main surface are substantially parallel to an X axis of the quartz crystal blank. A frequency of a main vibration of the quartz crystal blank is in a range of 20.0 MHz to 60.0 MHz, and 0.050?P??0.0047×F+1.728, where P (mm) is a distance between the first outer electrode and the second outer electrode in the short-side direction, and F (MHz) is the frequency of the main vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kawai, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Hiroaki Kaida
  • QUARTZ CRYSTAL BLANK AND QUARTZ CRYSTAL RESONATOR UNIT
    Publication number: 20180097504
    Abstract: A rectangular quartz crystal blank having long sides substantially parallel to a Z? axis of the quartz crystal blank, and short sides substantially parallel to an X axis of the quartz crystal blank. The quartz crystal blank includes a first center region, a second region and a third region that are adjacent to the first region along a long-side direction, and a fourth region and a fifth region that are adjacent to the first region along a short-side direction. A thickness of the second region and a thickness of the third region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and/or a thickness of the fourth region and a thickness of the fifth region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and 12.26?W/T?13.02, where W is a length of a short side and T is a thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Hiroaki Kaida, Masaru Asai
  • QUARTZ CRYSTAL BLANK AND QUARTZ CRYSTAL RESONATOR UNIT
    Publication number: 20180097503
    Abstract: A rectangular quartz crystal blank having long sides substantially parallel to a Z? axis of the quartz crystal blank, and short sides substantially parallel to an X axis of the quartz crystal blank. The quartz crystal blank includes a first center region, a second region and a third region that are adjacent to the first region along a long-side direction, and a fourth region and a fifth region that are adjacent to the first region along a short-side direction. A thickness of the second region and a thickness of the third region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and/or a thickness of the fourth region and a thickness of the fifth region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and 16.18?W/T?16.97, where W is a length of a short side and T is a thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Hiroaki Kaida, Masaru Asai
  • QUARTZ CRYSTAL BLANK AND QUARTZ CRYSTAL RESONATOR UNIT
    Publication number: 20180083594
    Abstract: A rectangular quartz crystal blank having long sides substantially parallel to a Z? axis of the quartz crystal blank, and short sides substantially parallel to an X axis of the quartz crystal blank. The quartz crystal blank includes a first center region, a second region and a third region that are adjacent to the first region along a long-side direction, and a fourth region and a fifth region that are adjacent to the first region along a short-side direction. A thickness of the second region and a thickness of the third region are smaller than a thickness of the first region, and/or a thickness of the fourth region and a thickness of the fifth region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and 19.87?W/T?20.36, where W is a length of a short side and T is a thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi lbaragi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Ryuichi Kawai
  • QUARTZ CRYSTAL BLANK AND QUARTZ CRYSTAL RESONATOR UNIT
    Publication number: 20180083598
    Abstract: A rectangular quartz crystal blank having long sides substantially parallel to a Z? axis of the quartz crystal blank, and short sides substantially parallel to an X axis of the quartz crystal blank. The quartz crystal blank includes a first center region, a second region and a third region that are adjacent to the first region along a long-side direction, and a fourth region and a fifth region that are adjacent to the first region along a short-side direction. A thickness of the second region and a thickness of the third region are smaller than a thickness of the first region, and/or a thickness of the fourth region and a thickness of the fifth region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and 13.84?W/T?14.33, where W is a length of a short side and T is a thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: HIROYUKI YAMAMOTO, HIROSHI IBARAGI, RYUICHI KAWAI
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNESIUM DIBORIDE SUPERCONDUCTING THIN FILM WIRE AND MAGNESIUM DIBORIDE SUPERCONDUCTING THIN FILM WIRE
    Publication number: 20180069165
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an MgB2 thin film wire having an optimum average grain size is done by providing an optimum average grain size range to increase a pinning force and improve Jc with respect to the MgB2 thin film wire. In this method, the MgB2 thin film wire is made of an aggregate of MgB2 grains having a columnar structure which alignment is controlled to be in a direction perpendicular to a surface, a ratio of MgB2 to a total volume of the thin film wire is 90% or more, an average grain size of the grains is 30 nm or more and 200 nm or less by forming the MgB2 thin film having a film thickness of 1000 nm or more and 10000 nm or less in the lateral direction, and the average grain size of the grains is 40 nm or more and 100 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoko SUGANO, Toshiaki KUSUNOKI, Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO
  • Crystal vibration device
    Patent number: 9905747
    Abstract: A crystal vibration device where a crystal unit is supported on a case substrate in a cantilever manner by first and second conductive adhesive layers. The crystal unit has a length direction and is formed using a rectangular-plate-shaped crystal substrate and A>4.30t+0.16, where A (mm) represents a shorter distance among distances between a central axis of the crystal substrate and end portions of the first and second conductive adhesive layers on a central axis side, and t (?m) represents a thickness of the crystal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Masaru Asai
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170358080
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains, for each of a plurality of subjects, a data set including first shape data which indicates a shape of a subject measured in association with the subject in a first state, and second shape data which indicates a shape of the subject measured in association with the subject in a second state, obtains basis data required to express a deformation from the first state to the second state, based on the data sets for the plurality of subjects, and estimates, based on the generated basis data and data indicating a shape of a target subject measured in association with the target subject in the first state, a deformation from the first state to the second state in association with the target subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ryo Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Yamamoto
  • GLASS LAMINATE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170320294
    Abstract: A glass laminate includes a glass substrate; and an anti-reflection layer laminated on the glass substrate and a minimum of absorbances of the glass laminate in wavelengths of 380 to 780 nm is 0.01 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SAKAGAMI, Tomoharu HASEGAWA, Chika YASUI
  • Viewer interface for broadcast image content
    Patent number: 9787627
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to embodiments includes: a comment acquisition unit for acquiring a comment of a viewer for a program from an external posting site to which a comment, which is feedback on the content of a program, is instantly posted; and a comment displaying unit for displaying the comment acquired by the comment acquisition unit in a live information display area located below an image display screen for displaying an image of the program. The comment displaying unit scroll-displays, in a horizontal direction, a comment acquired by the comment acquisition unit in either a first lane or a second lane of the live information display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Takashi Hayasaka, Kensaku Ishizuka, Hiroyuki Yamamoto
  • Coating film-attached glass, coating film-attached chemically strengthened glass, exterior member, and electronic device
    Patent number: 9776908
    Abstract: Coating film-attached glass includes: glass containing a coloring component; and a colored coating film formed on one major surface of the glass, wherein at least one of an absolute value of a difference between (?a*(D65?F2)) of the glass and (?a*(D65?F2)) of the coating film and an absolute value of a difference between (?a*(A?F2)) of the glass and (?a*(A?F2)) of the coating film is 0.2 or more, where (?a*(D65?F2)) is a difference between a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by a D65 light source and a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by an F2 light source in an L*a*b* color system and (?a*(A?F2)) is a difference between a chromaticity a* value of reflected light by an A light source and the chromaticity a* value of the reflected light by the F2 light source in the L*a*b* color system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Kazuhide Kuno, Makoto Shiratori
  • PERSISTENT CURRENT SWITCH AND SUPERCONDUCTING COIL
    Publication number: 20170278608
    Abstract: Provided is a high-performance persistent current switch that is provided with a superconducting coil in which a decrease of a critical current or a critical magnetic field is suppressed. A means for solving the problem is as follows. A persistent current switch provided with a superconducting coil in a switch unit. A superconducting coil 5 includes a winding portion 53 which is formed using a superconductor thin film formed on an outer circumferential face of a base member 50. The winding portion 53 includes a first winding portion 51 and a second winding portion 52 which are formed in a double helical shape to be parallel to each other. A terminating end portion 51b of the first winding portion 51 and a starting end portion 52a of the second winding portion 52, which are adjacent to each other, are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki KUSUNOKI, Hideki TANAKA, Motomune KODAMA, Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO
  • Image processing apparatus and method, and processing system
    Patent number: 9767549
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains, for each of a plurality of subjects, a data set including first shape data which indicates a shape of a subject measured in association with the subject in a first state, and second shape data which indicates a shape of the subject measured in association with the subject in a second state, obtains basis data required to express a deformation from the first state to the second state, based on the data sets for the plurality of subjects, and estimates, based on the generated basis data and data indicating a shape of a target subject measured in association with the target subject in the first state, a deformation from the first state to the second state in association with the target subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Yamamoto
  • COVER MEMBER
    Publication number: 20170217825
    Abstract: A cover member includes at least a chemically strengthened glass. The chemically strengthened glass has a Young's modulus of 60 GPa or higher. The chemically strengthened glass includes a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface. The chemically strengthened glass has a thickness t of 0.4 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoharu HASEGAWA, Seiki OHARA, Shinichi UNAYAMA, Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO
  • Instrument panel for an automobile
    Patent number: D813127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yamamoto