Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Yoshihara

Hiroyuki Yoshihara 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: 20240118174
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sensor for tires capable of measuring a physical quantity including a temperature of a tire. An aspect of the present disclosure is a sensor for tires including: a base portion 5 fixed to an inside of a tire T and in contact with the tire T, and a sensor chip 7 including a tire temperature detection unit that detects the temperature of the tire T through the base portion 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Tsukasa TAKAHASHI, Kenji YOSHIHARA, Takeo HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240085253
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a strain amount detection device capable of accurately detecting deformations, in multiple directions, of a tire by one strain measuring element. A strain amount detection device according to the present invention includes a disk-shaped base member that holds a strain measuring element, in which the base member acts as a strain body by transmitting strain of a tire to the strain measuring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji YOSHIHARA, Hiroyuki ABE, Tsukasa TAKAHASHI, Takeo HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230275035
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes: a fin base including a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being a surface opposite to the first surface; an insulating sheet arranged on the first surface; a plurality of frame patterns arranged on the first surface with the insulating sheet interposed therebetween; a semiconductor element arranged on at least one of the plurality of frame patterns; and a plurality of fins swaged onto the second surface so as to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YOSHIHARA, Yusuke ISHIYAMA, Yasuyuki SANDA, Kenichi HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11600546
    Abstract: A power semiconductor apparatus includes a mold portion, a panel that is conductive and in a flat plate shape, and a plurality of fins. The mold portion includes a power semiconductor element and a base plate that are molded. An opening is formed in the panel into which the base plate is inserted. The plurality of fins is fixed in grooves of the base plate. The panel has a plurality of protrusions on side surfaces forming the opening. Each protrusion has a fifth surface a cross section of which has a shape that tapers down toward an end of the protrusion, the cross section being parallel to a plane extending in the Z direction and a direction in which the protrusion protrudes. The base plate has cover portions covering the fifth surfaces, and is plastically deformed to allow the panel to be fitted in the base plate to fill gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Shunji Masumori, Kenichi Hayashi, Masaki Goto
  • Publication number: 20220352049
    Abstract: A power semiconductor apparatus includes a mold portion, a panel that is conductive and in a flat plate shape, and a plurality of fins. The mold portion includes a power semiconductor element and a base plate that are molded. An opening is formed in the panel into which the base plate is inserted. The plurality of fins is fixed in grooves of the base plate. The panel has a plurality of protrusions on side surfaces forming the opening. Each protrusion has a fifth surface a cross section of which has a shape that tapers down toward an end of the protrusion, the cross section being parallel to a plane extending in the Z direction and a direction in which the protrusion protrudes. The base plate has cover portions covering the fifth surfaces, and is plastically deformed to allow the panel to be fitted in the base plate to fill gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YOSHIHARA, Shunji MASUMORI, Kenichi HAYASHI, Masaki GOTO
  • Patent number: 10643909
    Abstract: A method for inspecting the influence of an installation environment upon a processing apparatus includes setting a mark for specifying a relative positional relation between a chuck table and a processing unit, imaging the mark plural times by using an imaging unit when a moving unit is at rest, and detecting the position of the mark from an image and then determining whether or not the influence of the installation environment upon the processing apparatus is present based on whether the change in position of the mark is less than or more than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 10461010
    Abstract: The power module of the invention includes a power element, a metal base for dissipating heat from the power element, a lead frame electrically connected to electrodes of the power element, and a resin enclosure that encapsulates the power element so that one surface of the metal base and a part of the lead frame are exposed from the enclosure. The resin enclosure of the power module includes: a body portion in which the power element and a part of the lead frame are placed, and at a bottom surface of which the one surface of the metal base is exposed; and a rib portion which is placed on the bottom surface of the body portion so as to surround an outer periphery of the metal base, and is formed to protrude from the bottom surface of the body portion in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Dai Nakajima, Masaki Goto, Kiyofumi Kitai
  • Publication number: 20190067154
    Abstract: The power module of the invention includes a power element, a metal base for dissipating heat from the power element, a lead frame electrically connected to electrodes of the power element, and a resin enclosure that encapsulates the power element so that one surface of the metal base and a part of the lead frame are exposed from the enclosure. The resin enclosure of the power module includes: a body portion in which the power element and a part of the lead frame are placed, and at a bottom surface of which the one surface of the metal base is exposed; and a rib portion which is placed on the bottom surface of the body portion so as to surround an outer periphery of the metal base, and is formed to protrude from the bottom surface of the body portion in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Dai Nakajima, Masaki Goto, Kiyofumi Kitai
  • Publication number: 20180303572
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for providing soft and/or flexible barrier materials of various configurations for providing a protective shield between surgical cutting surfaces of a surgical tool and various surrounding tissues, thereby reducing and/or preventing inadvertent and/or unwanted damage to tissues proximate to a surgical site within a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 9892992
    Abstract: A swaged heat includes a fin base having an outer periphery, and formed with a first fin insert groove and a second fin insert groove interposing a swage portion of a bi-forked shape in between, a first fin fixed to the first fin insert groove of the fin base using the swage portion, a second fin fixed to the second fin insert groove of the fin base using the swage portion, a panel having an opening portion, and placed on the outer periphery of the fin base. The thickness of the outer periphery is smaller than that of the fin base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Sanda, Dai Nakajima, Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Kiyofumi Kitai, Kiyoshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20180025953
    Abstract: A method for inspecting the influence of an installation environment upon a processing apparatus includes setting a mark for specifying a relative positional relation between a chuck table and a processing unit, imaging the mark plural times by using an imaging unit when a moving unit is at rest, and detecting the position of the mark from an image and then determining whether or not the influence of the installation environment upon the processing apparatus is present based on whether the change in position of the mark is less than or more than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20160225691
    Abstract: A swaged heat includes a fin base having an outer periphery, and formed with a first fin insert groove and a second fin insert groove interposing a swage portion of a bi-forked shape in between, a first fin fixed to the first fin insert groove of the fin base using the swage portion, a second fin fixed to the second fin insert groove of the fin base using the swage portion, a panel having an opening portion, and placed on the outer periphery of the fin base. The thickness of the outer periphery is smaller than that of the fin base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki SANDA, Dai NAKAJIMA, Hiroyuki YOSHIHARA, Kiyofumi KITAI, Kiyoshi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 9390995
    Abstract: An object is to provide a fin integrated type semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, which are provided with a simple structure and good heat dissipation characteristics. The semiconductor device includes: a base plate on which fins arranged in a standing condition are formed on a first main face; an insulating layer formed on a second main face of the base plate, the second main face being opposite to the first main face of the base plate; a circuit pattern fixed to the insulating layer; and a semiconductor element joined to the circuit pattern. The fins are formed with slits that pass through in the thickness direction of the fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Tada, Hideki Komori, Toru Kimura, Masaki Goto, Hiroyuki Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 9134076
    Abstract: A radiator including: a plurality of radiation fins; and a radiation fin support base having a heater element mounted to one surface thereof and a plurality of parallel fin grooves to which the radiation fins are installed and a projection configured to fix the radiation fin formed to the other surface thereof, wherein a top of the projection pushes one side surface of the radiation fin to push the other side surface of the radiation fin toward a side surface of the fin groove, and wherein the fin groove and the projection are each divided in a plurality of pieces in a longitudinal direction of the fin groove, and each of the divided fin grooves and each of the divided projections have a same length in the longitudinal direction of the fin groove and are paired with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Masaki Goto, Toru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140367702
    Abstract: An object is to provide a fin integrated type semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, which are provided with a simple structure and good heat dissipation characteristics. The semiconductor device includes: a base plate on which fins arranged in a standing condition are formed on a first main face; an insulating layer formed on a second main face of the base plate, the second main face being opposite to the first main face of the base plate; a circuit pattern fixed to the insulating layer; and a semiconductor element joined to the circuit pattern. The fins are formed with slits that pass through in the thickness direction of the fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Tada, Hideki Komori, Toru Kimura, Masaki Goto, Hiroyuki Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 8659147
    Abstract: A power semiconductor circuit device and a method for manufacturing the same, both of which are provided with: a base board on which at least a power semiconductor element is mounted; a resin which molds the base board and the power semiconductor element in a state where partial surfaces of the base board, including a base board surface opposite to a surface on which the power semiconductor element is mounted, are exposed; and a heat dissipating fin joined to the base board by a pressing force. A groove is formed in the base board at a portion to be joined to the heat dissipating fin, and the heat dissipating fin is joined by caulking to the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Mitsui, Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Toru Kimura, Masao Kikuchi, Yoichi Goto
  • Publication number: 20120227952
    Abstract: A radiator including: a plurality of radiation fins; and a radiation fin support base having a heater element mounted to one surface thereof and a plurality of parallel fin grooves to which the radiation fins are installed and a projection configured to fix the radiation fin formed to the other surface thereof, wherein a top of the projection pushes one side surface of the radiation fin to push the other side surface of the radiation fin toward a side surface of the fin groove, and wherein the fin groove and the projection are each divided in a plurality of pieces in a longitudinal direction of the fin groove, and each of the divided fin grooves and each of the divided projections have a same length in the longitudinal direction of the fin groove and are paired with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Masaki Goto, Toru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20110031612
    Abstract: A power semiconductor circuit device and a method for manufacturing the same, both of which are provided with: a base board on which at least a power semiconductor element is mounted; a resin which molds the base board and the power semiconductor element in a state where partial surfaces of the base board, including a base board surface opposite to a surface on which the power semiconductor element is mounted, are exposed; and a heat dissipating fin joined to the base board by a pressing force. A groove is formed in the base board at a portion to be joined to the heat dissipating fin, and the heat dissipating fin is joined by caulking to the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Mitsui, Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Toru Kimura, Masao Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7439696
    Abstract: A control device of a rotating electric machine to which an inverter is integrally assembled is downsized, and manufacturing costs are reduced. An inverter for controlling outputs from the rotating electric machine is integrated with a rotating electric machine, and in which a control device forming an inverter is constructed of a switching element and a heat sink, a drain electrode terminal of the switching element is directly joined to the heat sink, and a source electrode terminal and gate electrode terminal of the switching element are joined to a metal pattern formed at a connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Masao Kikuchi, Masaki Kato, Yoshihito Asao
  • Publication number: 20070139858
    Abstract: A control device of a rotating electric machine to which an inverter is integrally assembled is downsized, and manufacturing costs are reduced. An inverter for controlling outputs from the rotating electric machine is integrated with a rotating electric machine, and in which a control device forming an inverter is constructed of a switching element and a heat sink, a drain electrode terminal of the switching element is directly joined to the heat sink, and a source electrode terminal and gate electrode terminal of the switching element are joined to a metal pattern formed at a connection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Masao Kikuchi, Masaki Kato, Yoshihito Asao