Patents by Inventor Ichiro Hayashi

Ichiro Hayashi 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: 20230365315
    Abstract: A packaging container (1) includes a housing part (21) that houses a content, a flange part (22) provided on an outer circumference of an opening of the housing part (21) integrally with the housing part (21), a sealing ridge (23) provided on a top face of the flange part (22), annularly formed over an entire circumference of the flange part (22) so as to be protruded upward, and having a first protrusion (23a) that protrudes outward in a plane direction of the flange part (22) at a position corresponding to an opening start part, and a second protrusion (24) provided on the top face of the flange part (22) so as to be protruded upward, and forming a gap along an inner face of the first protrusion (23a) on an inner circumferential side of the first protrusion (23a) of the sealing ridge (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hikaru NAKAMOTO, Yoshinari SUGANUMA, Ichiro HAYASHI, Ryuya NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20230288776
    Abstract: An optical actuator is an optical actuator configured to move an optical element by a driving part, and includes a movable-side member configured to hold the optical element, a fixed-side member configured to support the movable-side member such that the movable-side member is movable, and a cushioning member disposed on the movable-side member, in which the cushioning member includes a first cushioning surface and a second cushioning surface that face the fixed-side member at respective different distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro TAKIMOTO, Atsushi KIKUCHI, Ichiro HAYASHI, Yoshihiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230288720
    Abstract: An optical actuator is an optical actuator configured to move an optical element by a driving part, and includes a movable-side member including a base portion configured to hold the optical element, and a fixed-side member configured to support the movable-side member such that the movable-side member is movable, in which the movable-side member includes a cushioning member that is engaged with the base portion to be prevented from coming off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro TAKIMOTO, Atsushi KIKUCHI, Ichiro HAYASHI, Yoshihiro KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11698540
    Abstract: A lens drive device comprises: a fixing part disposed away from the movable part; a cover for covering the movable part in the direction of an optical axis; and suspension wires for supporting the movable part relative to the fixing part, one ends of the suspension wires being secured to the fixing part and the other ends being secured to the movable part. The movable part is configured so as to be provided with: a damper material disposed so as to come in contact with the suspension wires; a stopper protrusion provided near a portion of the light-receiving-side surface where the other ends of the suspension wires are secured, the tip end of the stopper protrusion facing the inner surface of the cover in the direction of the optical axis; and a flow-stopper part stopping a flow of the damper flowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Takimoto, Keiichi Sato, Ichiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230067072
    Abstract: An optical actuator is configured to include: a movable part including a mounting surface for an optical path bending member, and a recessed portion extending toward a center of the mounting surface at a back side of the mounting surface, the movable part being swung by driving of a driving part; and a fixing part including a protruding portion inserted into the recessed portion so as to define a swing center of the movable part as a position near the center of the mounting surface. Thus, an optical actuator capable of reducing the size of a product is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiro HAYASHI, Yoshihiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220380782
    Abstract: An auxin-inducible degron system kit that controls degradation of a target protein in a non-plant-derived eukaryotic cell, the kit containing a first nucleic acid that encodes a mutant TIR1 family protein having a mutation at an auxin-binding site, an auxin analog that has an affinity to the mutant TIR1 family protein and a second nucleic acid that encodes a degradation tag containing at least a part of an Aux/IAA family protein and having an affinity to a complex of the mutant TIR1 family protein and the auxin analog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Masato KANEMAKI, Ken-ichiro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220378024
    Abstract: A genetically modified non-human animal in which an auxin-inducible degron system controls degradation of a target protein in a living body includes: a chromosome containing a first nucleic acid that encodes a mutant TIR1 family protein having a mutation at an auxin-binding site and having affinity to an auxin analog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Masato KANEMAKI, Ken-ichiro HAYASHI, Naomi KITAMOTO, Yumiko SAGA, Rieko AJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220206287
    Abstract: This lens driving device is configured separately from a lens unit including a liquid lens, and is provided with: a fixed part; a movable part; a support part that supports the movable part with respect to the fixed part; a driving unit that is formed from a voice coil motor comprising a coil and a magnet and that moves the movable part in an optical axis direction with respect to the fixed part; and a lens deformation unit that is connected to the movable part and that applies, in association with the movement of the movable part, a force to the liquid lens in the optical axis direction. The movable part has a plurality of movable units, and the driving unit drives the movable units independently so as to change the curvature of the liquid lens or to change the optical axis of the liquid lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Ichiro HAYASHI, Atsushi KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10775639
    Abstract: A lens driving device including: a fixing part disposed in such a manner that the fixing part is separated from the movable part in the direction of the optical axis; and suspension wires that extend along the direction of the optical axis and support the movable part with respect to the fixing part in such a manner that the movable part is displaceable in the direction orthogonal to the direction of the optical axis, a first end of each suspension wire being fixed to the fixing part, a second end of each suspension wire being fixed to the movable part, in which the fixing part includes a base member and a wire connecting member, the wire connecting member including a main body part and a wire connecting part exposed from the base member, the first end of each suspension wire being fixed to the wire connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Takimoto, Keiichi Sato, Ichiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200241314
    Abstract: A lens drive device comprises: a fixing part disposed away from the movable part; a cover for covering the movable part in the direction of an optical axis; and suspension wires for supporting the movable part relative to the fixing part, one ends of the suspension wires being secured to the fixing part and the other ends being secured to the movable part. The movable part is configured so as to be provided with: a damper material disposed so as to come in contact with the suspension wires; a stopper protrusion provided near a portion of the light-receiving-side surface where the other ends of the suspension wires are secured, the tip end of the stopper protrusion facing the inner surface of the cover in the direction of the optical axis; and a flow-stopper part stopping a flow of the damper flowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro TAKIMOTO, Keiichi SATO, Ichiro HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10527818
    Abstract: Provided is a technology which: has a structure that is advantageous for size reduction and power saving; and, moreover, is useful when automatic focusing using a closed-loop control system. A lens driving device comprising: an autofocus driving unit; a Hall element which separates an autofocus magnet section; a first position detection magnet which is disposed near the Hall element; and a second position detection magnet which has the same configuration as the first position detection magnet and is disposed in a point symmetrical position relating to the first position detection magnet and the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Murakami, Ichiro Hayashi, Shota Kudo
  • Publication number: 20190049691
    Abstract: A lens drive device is provided with: an AF drive unit that has an AF coil unit disposed around a lens unit and an AF magnet unit disposed separately in the radial direction with respect to the AF coil unit and automatically carries out focusing; and an OIS drive unit that has an OIS magnet unit disposed in an AF unit that includes a movable AF unit and a fixed AF unit and an OIS coil unit disposed separately in the direction of the optical axis with respect to the OIS magnet unit and carries out shake correction. The AF drive unit has an elastic support unit that connects the movable AF unit with the fixed AF unit. The movable AF unit is supported movably both ways in the direction of the optical axis by an elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota KUDO, Ichiro HAYASHI, Tomoyuki MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20190033613
    Abstract: A lens driving device including: a fixing part disposed in such a manner that the fixing part is separated from the movable part in the direction of the optical axis; and suspension wires that extend along the direction of the optical axis and support the movable part with respect to the fixing part in such a manner that the movable part is displaceable in the direction orthogonal to the direction of the optical axis, a first end of each suspension wire being fixed to the fixing part, a second end of each suspension wire being fixed to the movable part, in which the fixing part includes a base member and a wire connecting member, the wire connecting member including a main body part and a wire connecting part exposed from the base member, the first end of each suspension wire being fixed to the wire connecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro TAKIMOTO, Keiichi SATO, Ichiro HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10138762
    Abstract: A power generation system in which the combustion heat of hydrocarbon gas is used to heat the steam for power generation; at the same time, the exhaust heat thereof is used to dry and thy-distill low rank coal. The power generation system includes: a dry distillation step for dry-distilling low rank coal of high moisture content; a cooling step for cooling the fixed carbon obtained in the dry distillation step; a combustion step in which hydrocarbon gas obtained in the dry distillation step is used as the main fuel; and a power generation step in which there are provided a power generator moving a steam turbine by main steam generated in the combustion step and a condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Harada, Seiichiro Matsuda, Isao Mochida, Jun-ichiro Hayashi, Yohsuke Matsushita, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10126522
    Abstract: A lens drive device is provided with: an AF drive unit that has an AF coil unit disposed around a lens unit and an AF magnet unit disposed separately in the radial direction with respect to the AF coil unit and automatically carries out focusing; and an OIS drive unit that has an OIS magnet unit disposed in an AF unit that includes a movable AF unit and a fixed AF unit and an OIS coil unit disposed separately in the direction of the optical axis with respect to the OIS magnet unit and carries out shake correction. The AF drive unit has an elastic support unit that connects the movable AF unit with the fixed AF unit. The movable AF unit is supported movably both ways in the direction of the optical axis by an elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Kudo, Ichiro Hayashi, Tomoyuki Murakami
  • Patent number: 10073236
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes: a lens holder including an auto-focusing first coil; a lens holder moving section; driving magnets disposed at four corners of the lens holder moving section; a camera-shake correction second coil; a plurality of suspension wires; an elastic member; and at least one damper compound, wherein the elastic member comprises first and second leaf springs mounted to first and second ends of the lens holder moving section, respectively, the second leaf spring is arranged apart from the fixed member compared to the first leaf spring, the fixed member is disposed at a position in the vicinity of the first leaf spring, the plurality of suspension wires extend along the first direction, are fixed to the fixed member and the second leaf spring, and the damper compound is disposed at a position in the vicinity of the second leaf spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Hayashi, Yohei Enta
  • Patent number: 9963639
    Abstract: A fixed carbon production device is provided with: a quench chamber for collecting fixed carbon; a dry distillation furnace which is erected and fixed in the quench chamber and into which raw material coal is fed; a dry distillation unit which is polygonal in horizontal cross-section and is partitioned by a separating wall which partitions the inside of the dry distillation furnace in the vertical direction; a dry distillation mini-furnace which is polygonal in horizontal cross-section and which is partitioned by a partition which partitions the inside of the dry distillation unit in the vertical direction; a pipe heating means which is arranged on the separating wall of the dry distillation unit and the partition of the dry distillation mini-furnace and which dry-distills the raw material coal; and a collection path for collecting fixed carbon collected in the quench chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Harada, Seiichiro Matsuda, Isao Mochida, Jun-ichiro Hayashi, Yohsuke Matsushita, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180120532
    Abstract: Provided is a technology which: has a structure that is advantageous for size reduction and power saving; and, moreover, is useful when automatic focusing using a closed-loop control system. A lens driving device comprising: an autofocus driving unit; a Hall element which separates an autofocus magnet section; a first position detection magnet which is disposed near the Hall element; and a second position detection magnet which has the same configuration as the first position detection magnet and is disposed in a point symmetrical position relating to the first position detection magnet and the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MURAKAMI, Ichiro HAYASHI, Shota KUDO
  • Patent number: 9915802
    Abstract: Provided is a technology which: has a structure that is advantageous for size reduction and power saving; and, moreover, is useful when automatic focusing using a closed-loop control system. A lens driving device comprising: an autofocus driving unit; a Hall element which separates an autofocus magnet section in the optical axis direction and is disposed in a position corresponding to one opposing corner section of the autofocus magnet section and in a manner such that the detection direction matches the optical axis direction; a first position detection magnet which is disposed near the Hall element and in a manner such that the magnetisation direction matches the optical axis direction; and a second position detection magnet which has the same configuration as the first position detection magnet and is disposed in a point symmetrical position relating to the first position detection magnet and the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Murakami, Ichiro Hayashi, Shota Kudo
  • Publication number: 20180011283
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes: a lens holder including an auto-focusing first coil; a lens holder moving section; driving magnets disposed at four corners of the lens holder moving section; a camera-shake correction second coil; a plurality of suspension wires; an elastic member; and at least one damper compound, wherein the elastic member comprises first and second leaf springs mounted to first and second ends of the lens holder moving section, respectively, the second leaf spring is arranged apart from the fixed member compared to the first leaf spring, the fixed member is disposed at a position in the vicinity of the first leaf spring, the plurality of suspension wires extend along the first direction, are fixed to the fixed member and the second leaf spring, and the damper compound is disposed at a position in the vicinity of the second leaf spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro HAYASHI, Yohei ENTA