Patents by Inventor Isao Watanabe

Isao Watanabe 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: 12209614
    Abstract: A first piece (13) includes a first ring portion (13b) and a second ring portion (13c) which are arranged side by side in an axial direction and an inner diameter and an outer diameter of the first ring portion (13b) are respectively larger than an inner diameter and an outer diameter of the second ring portion (13c). A second piece (16) is obtained by pressing the first piece (13) while the first piece (13) is disposed between a first set and a second set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei Mori, Mizuki Watanabe, Isao Shintou, Hiroshi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20250020689
    Abstract: Probes, probe blades, tools for probe blades, blade holders, and probe systems for electrically testing a device under test (DUT). In some examples, the probe blades are configured to provide a Kelvin electrical connection with the DUT. In some examples, the probe blades include an alignment structure configured to engage with a blade holder when the probe blade is received within a blade-receiving region of the blade holder. The blade holders are configured to separably and operatively attach a probe blade to a probe system. In some examples, the blade holders include the probe blade. The probe systems are configured to electrically test the DUT and include the blade holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Choon Beng Sia, Yoichi Funatoko, Isao Kunioka, Masanori Watanabe, Peter Andrews, Ken Dawson
  • Patent number: 12152672
    Abstract: A gasket includes an elastic part containing a rubber having a dynamic-to-static ratio, Kd/Kst, of 2.5 or lower, wherein the dynamic-to-static ratio, Kd/Kst, is a ratio between a dynamic spring constant, Kd, and a static spring constant, Kst. The dynamic spring constant, Kd, represents a constant as measured under conditions of 23±2° C., 100 Hz, and a strain amplitude of 0.1% according to JIS K6394:2007, and the static spring constant, Kst, represents a constant as measured under conditions of 23±2° C. and a strain amplitude of 0.1% according to JIS K6394:2007.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Watanabe, Ryota Shimura, Daiki Takekawa
  • Patent number: 12130618
    Abstract: An in-vehicle system enables retrofitted hardware to be used in cases in which predetermined hardware has been connected to an in-vehicle unit by performing processing to obtain an application corresponding to the predetermined hardware from a server and install the application in the in-vehicle unit. In cases in which the retrofitted hardware has been disconnected from the in-vehicle unit, the in-vehicle system also performs at least one type of processing out of processing to compress or processing to delete the application corresponding to the retrofitted hardware that has been disconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Watanabe, Kanade Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20240319986
    Abstract: A program update system includes a vehicle including a first and second electronic device, and a program transmission device. The program transmission device is configured to communicate with the vehicle and transmit a program for the first electronic device and a program for the second electronic device to the vehicle. The program transmission device transmits an update program for a first electronic device to a second electronic device. The program transmission device transmits a program in a state before the update for backup. The second electronic device updates the program for the first electronic device based on the update program. The second electronic device stores the program in the state before the update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Isao Watanabe, Hiroya Andou
  • Patent number: 12055219
    Abstract: A hydrogenated NBR composition comprising 30 to 200 parts by weight of titanium oxide and 1 to 8 parts by weight of magnesium oxide, based on 100 parts by weight of hydrogenated NBR. By forming a crosslinked rubber layer of the rubber composition on a metal plate, a gasket material with excellent blister resistance, whose roll kneadability is improved without reducing the rubber strength of hydrogenated NBR, is provided. Moreover, the rubber composition is effective as a rubber raw material for use in soft metal or a high hardness hydrogenated NBR material for which kneading processing is difficult.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Watanabe, Daiki Takekawa
  • Patent number: 12032946
    Abstract: A program update system includes a vehicle including a first and second electronic devices, and a program transmission device. The program transmission device is configured to communicate with the vehicle and transmit a program for the first electronic device and a program for the second electronic device to the vehicle. The program transmission device transmits an update program for a first electronic device to a second electronic device. The program transmission device transmits a program in a state before the update for backup. The second electronic device updates the program for the first electronic device based on the update program. The second electronic device stores the program in the state before the update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiro Miyauchi, Isao Watanabe, Hiroya Andou
  • Patent number: 11924726
    Abstract: An in-vehicle control device includes a vehicle-side communication unit installed on a vehicle and communicating with at least an information processing device external to the vehicle, and a first processor. The first processor is configured to: receive an installation request for an application program from the information processing device; in a case in which the installation request has been received, notify the information processing device of a rule defining whether or not a communication frame received at the vehicle-side communication unit is unauthorized and of equipment information related to optional equipment of the vehicle; acquire the application program and a rule that has been updated based on the notified rule and the equipment information from the information processing device; and, in a case in which the updated rule has been acquired, update the rule to the updated rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Watanabe, Kunihiro Miyauchi, Hiroya Andou
  • Patent number: 11780993
    Abstract: An NBR composition for rubber laminated metal having 1 to 3 parts by weight of sulfur and 1 to 15 parts by weight of a disulfide compound such as 4,4?-dithiodimorpholine or dithiodicaprolactam represented by the general formula RN—S—S—NR (wherein RN is a cyclic linking group formed together with the N atom bonded to the S atom), based on 100 parts by weight of NBR. The rubber composition that can improve the protrusion properties of a rubber layer when used for, for example, a gasket or a brake shim material that is a laminated composite metal laminated with another metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Watanabe, Daiki Takekawa
  • Publication number: 20230315436
    Abstract: A program update system includes a vehicle including a first and second electronic devices, and a program transmission device. The program transmission device is configured to communicate with the vehicle and transmit a program for the first electronic device and a program for the second electronic device to the vehicle. The program transmission device transmits an update program for a first electronic device to a second electronic device. The program transmission device transmits a program in a state before the update for backup. The second electronic device updates the program for the first electronic device based on the update program. The second electronic device stores the program in the state before the update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Isao WATANABE, Hiroya ANDOU
  • Publication number: 20230304581
    Abstract: A rubber-metal laminate that includes a metal member; and a rubber layer provided on the metal member, wherein the rubber layer has a 100%-modulus value in accordance with JIS K6251 of 6.0 MPa or more and a thickness of less than 80 µm. The gasket includes the rubber-metal laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao WATANABE, Ryota SHIMURA, Daiki TAKEKAWA
  • Patent number: 11714628
    Abstract: A program update system includes a vehicle including a first and second electronic devices, and a program transmission device. The program transmission device is configured to communicate with the vehicle and transmit a program for the first electronic device and a program for the second electronic device to the vehicle. The program transmission device transmits an update program for a first electronic device to a second electronic device. The program transmission device transmits a program in a state before the update for backup. The second electronic device updates the program for the first electronic device based on the update program. The second electronic device stores the program in the state before the update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiro Miyauchi, Isao Watanabe, Hiroya Andou
  • Publication number: 20230140565
    Abstract: A rubber-metal laminate that includes a metal member; and a rubber layer provided on the metal member, wherein the rubber layer has a 100%-modulus value in accordance with JIS K6251 of 8.5 MPa or more and a thickness of 80 ?m or more. A gasket that includes the rubber-metal laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao WATANABE, Ryota SHIMURA, Daiki TAKEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230073538
    Abstract: A gasket includes an elastic part containing a rubber having a dynamic spring constant of 1.5 g/?m or lower as measured under conditions of 23±2° C., 100 Hz, and a strain amplitude of 0.1% according to JIS K6394:2007.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao WATANABE, Ryota SHIMURA, Daiki TAKEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230072950
    Abstract: A gasket includes an elastic part containing a rubber having a dynamic-to-static ratio, Kd/Kst, of 2.5 or lower, wherein the dynamic-to-static ratio, Kd/Kst, is a ratio between a dynamic spring constant, Kd, and a static spring constant, Kst. The dynamic spring constant, Kd, represents a constant as measured under conditions of 23±2° C., 100 Hz, and a strain amplitude of 0.1% according to JIS K6394:2007, and the static spring constant, Kst, represents a constant as measured under conditions of 23±2° C. and a strain amplitude of 0.1% according to JIS K6394:2007.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao WATANABE, Ryota SHIMURA, Daiki TAKEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230029142
    Abstract: A coating solution comprising an organic solvent solution containing polyol-crosslinkable fluororubber, a polyol vulcanizing agent, and N-phenyl-3-aminopropyltrialkoxysilane, preferably a coating solution further containing an epoxy resin in addition thereto, and a fluororubber metal laminated sheet formed by applying the above coating solution to a metal sheet, followed by vulcanization. The coating solution can not only impart stability over time to the fluororubber paste, but also improve the interlayer adhesion and abrasion resistance of the fluororubber metal laminated sheet. Therefore, when it is used as a cylinder head gasket, it is possible to cope with the reduction in rigidity due to the increase in combustion pressure of the engine, and with weight saving. As a result, it will greatly contribute to the improvement of fuel efficiency of automobiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao WATANABE, Daiki TAKEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230016935
    Abstract: A communication device is installed in a vehicle. The communication device includes: a first communication section communicating with an interior of a vehicle; a second communication section communicating with an exterior of the vehicle; and a controller carrying out control such that communication by the first communication section and communication by the second communication section do not overlap Due thereto, peaks in an amount of power consumed by the communication device can be suppressed, and compactness of a built-in battery that is provided in the communication device can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao WATANABE, Kanade KURIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11466642
    Abstract: A gasket material, in which a crosslinked rubber layer compounding 30 to 200 parts by weight of titanium oxide based on 100 parts by weight of NBR or hydrogenated NBR is formed on a metal plate, improves blister resistance, and thus exhibits an excellent effect of preventing rubber peeling of the gasket in the engine and leading to an improvement of engine malfunction. Further, the use of NBR or hydrogenated NBR results in an advantage of low cost relative to that of fluororubber. Therefore, the gasket material of the present invention is effectively used as a cylinder head gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Takekawa, Isao Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11349685
    Abstract: A relay device connected to an in-vehicle network includes a first determination unit; a second determination unit; and a relay processing unit. The first determination unit is configured to send out a high priority transfer message through a first path that runs from the first determination unit to the relay processing unit without passing through the second determination unit. The relay processing unit is configured to output the high priority transfer message, acquired through the first path, to the second determination unit and the in-vehicle device. The first determination unit is configured to send out a normal priority transfer message to the relay processing unit through a second path that runs from the first determination unit to the relay processing unit via the second determination unit. The relay processing unit is configured to output the normal priority transfer message, acquired through the second path, to the in-vehicle device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Watanabe, Masahide Ozaki, Nobuyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20220136603
    Abstract: A hydrogenated NBR composition comprising 30 to 200 parts by weight of titanium oxide and 1 to 8 parts by weight of magnesium oxide, based on 100 parts by weight of hydrogenated NBR. By forming a crosslinked rubber layer of the rubber composition on a metal plate, a gasket material with excellent blister resistance, whose roll kneadability is improved without reducing the rubber strength of hydrogenated NBR, is provided. Moreover, the rubber composition is effective as a rubber raw material for use in soft metal or a high hardness hydrogenated NBR material for which kneading processing is difficult.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao WATANABE, Daiki TAKEKAWA