Patents by Inventor Jun Endo
Jun Endo 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).
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Patent number: 10974636Abstract: An in-cabin cup holder which holds a cup includes a recess with a bottom that is formed on a bottom surface of the cup holder and that supports the cup from below, an opening that is formed on a holder bottom surface around the recess with the bottom, and a lens that covers the opening from above and that emits light from below. An edge of the opening of the holder bottom surface protrudes upward, and a rib-shaped protrusion that surrounds an upper end of the edge from an outer side is formed on a lower surface of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Yumura, Manabu Akita, Kosuke Endo
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Publication number: 20210075253Abstract: A monitoring control system including: at least one transmission monitoring control subsystem that performs monitoring control of a power transmission system; at least one distribution monitoring control subsystem that performs monitoring control of a power distribution system; a calculation server that stores outage plan names related to outages of the power transmission system and outages of the power distribution system; and a network that connects the transmission monitoring control subsystem, the distribution monitoring control subsystem, and the calculation server. The monitoring control system performs monitoring control of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the outage plan name.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2018Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicants: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, IncorporatedInventors: Hiroaki FUJIURA, Masami ONISHI, Hirofumi FUJII, Hiroaki SATO, Koichi TAKEUCHI, Junya YAMAMOTO, Takashi EGUCHI, Tomohiro KUBO, Masanori ENDO, Kenji KITAMI, Takaaki HOSAKA, Jun INOUE
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Publication number: 20210067370Abstract: The present invention comprises: a first control device and a second control device that control the operation of a vehicle; a start signal output unit that outputs a start signal to the first control device and the second control device if the vehicle is in a prescribed state; an input detection unit that detects the input of the start signal to the first control device and the second control device in the state in which the start signal has been output to the first control device and the second control device by the start signal output unit; and pause signal output units that output a pause signal to the first control device and the second control device if the state in which the start signal input has been detected by the input detection unit has continued for at least a prescribed amount of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryosuke ENDO, Takayuki YAMAMOTO, Tomotaka ASANO, Tatsushi KOBAYASHI, Jun NOMURA
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Patent number: 10928858Abstract: An electronic device with pressing input function has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped housing. In the housing, a pressing sensor, a display panel, a protection member, and a computation circuit module are arranged. In the display panel, a polarization plate is arranged on a first side of a liquid crystal panel. In the pressing sensor, electrodes are formed on both planar faces of a piezoelectric film having double refractivity. The pressing sensor is arranged on the operation surface (the display face) side of the housing relative to the front polarization plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Jun Endo, Hideki Kawamura
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Publication number: 20210030157Abstract: An armrest according to the technology described herein includes a bracket, an armrest body, a device connecting port, an armrest-side connector, and a cable. The bracket is fixed to a seat frame. The armrest body is attached to the bracket to be rotatable. The device connecting port is exposed through an outer surface of the armrest body. The armrest-side connector is fixed to the seat frame at a position different from the bracket. The cable includes an end connected to the device connecting port and an end connected to an armrest-side connector. The armrest body includes a cable retaining portion through which the cable is passed and in which the cable is retained. Any one of the bracket and the armrest body includes a hole (an elongated hole) that allows movement of the cable along with rotation of the armrest body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kaho HAYASHI, Hideki OSHIMA, Takahiko ENDO, Keiji MAKINO, Jun JIN, Takemasa OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20210031660Abstract: An armrest includes a cable to be connected to a seat-side cable arranged on a seat, and a body member that is mountable on the seat and includes a routing section therein in which the cable is arranged. The cable includes an arranged portion that is arranged in the routing section and a connecting operation section that extends outside the routing section when being connected to the seat-side cable. The connecting operation section is arranged in the routing section when the body member is mounted on the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kaho HAYASHI, Hideki OSHIMA, Takahiko ENDO, Keiji MAKINO, Jun JIN, Takemasa OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20210003782Abstract: An optical waveguide connection structure connects a Si waveguide and an optical fiber to each other with a bonding layer interposed therebetween. The Si waveguide has a core whose cross-sectional area in the direction perpendicular to the direction of propagation of light decreases toward the optical fiber, and a cladding that covers the core. The optical fiber has a fiber core, a fiber cladding that covers the fiber core, and a recess formed in an end face opposed to the Si waveguide. The bonding layer fills a gap between the end face of the Si waveguide and the end face of the optical fiber and the recess, and the bonding layer has a refractive index greater than the refractive index of the fiber core of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Jun Endo, Atsushi Aratake
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Patent number: 10864837Abstract: An in-cabin cup holder which holds a cup includes an upper holder having a cup opening into which the cup is inserted, and a lower holder placed below the upper holder. The lower holder has a recess with a bottom that is positioned below the cup opening and that supports the inserted cup from below, and a side wall that is provided at a periphery of the recess with the bottom, and that surrounds a space above the recess with the bottom. A discharge port for discharging liquid is formed on the side wall.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun Yumura, Manabu Akita, Kosuke Endo
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Publication number: 20200373857Abstract: A vibration device that includes a flat plate that has a first main surface and a second main surface; a vibrator that is configured to vibrate along a first direction parallel to the first main surface; a connecting member that connects the vibrator to the first main surface of the flat plate; a support member having a cavity or a recess in a portion thereof facing the vibrator; and a cushioning material connecting the first main surface of the flat plate to the support member, the cushioning material being disposed so as to not overlap with the vibrator in a plan view of the vibration device. A combined length of the vibrator and the connecting member in a second direction perpendicular to the first main surface of the flat plate is larger than a length of the cushioning material in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Jun Endo, Junichi Hashimoto, Shozo Otera, Toru Tominaga
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Publication number: 20200343437Abstract: A vibration structure that includes a film having a first electrode on a first main surface thereof, the first electrode defining a first connection region on the first main surface where the first electrode is not present, and the film is constructed to be deformed in a plane direction when a voltage is applied thereto; a frame-shaped member; a vibration portion surrounded by the frame-shaped member; a first connection member that connects the first main surface of the film to the frame-shaped member at the first connection region; a second connection member that connects the film to the vibration portion; and an extended electrode that is connected to the first electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Toru Tominaga, Junichi Hashimoto, Jun Endo, Shozo Otera
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Publication number: 20200343439Abstract: A vibration structure that includes a piezoelectric film constructed to deform in a plane direction as a voltage is applied thereto, a frame-shaped member, a vibration portion surrounded by the frame-shaped member in a plan view of the vibration structure, a support portion connecting the vibration portion and the frame-shaped member, and supporting the vibration portion within the frame-shaped member such that the vibration portion vibrates in the plane direction when the piezoelectric film is deformed in the plane direction, a first connection member that connects the piezoelectric film to the vibration portion, and a second connection member that connects the piezoelectric film to the frame-shaped member. Of the connection members, the first connection member is disposed between the center of gravity of the vibration portion and the second connection member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Junichi Hashimoto, Jun Endo, Toru Tominaga, Shozo Otera
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Publication number: 20200335689Abstract: A piezoelectric device that includes a film that has a first main surface and a second main surface, and has piezoelectricity; a first substrate; and a first connection member that connects the film to the first substrate. The first connection member is a thermosetting resin, and a curing temperature of the first connection member is lower than a temperature at which the film thermally contracts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Jun Endo, Junichi Hashimoto, Toru Tominaga, Shozo Otera
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Publication number: 20200315962Abstract: Provided is an oral pharmaceutical composition characterized by containing a medicinal ingredient (A), a hydrophobic liquid (B), a water-soluble macromolecular substance (C), and an excipient (D), but not containing a surfactant, wherein: the medicinal ingredient (A) is included in the hydrophobic liquid (B); and the hydrophobic liquid (B) is dispersed in a composition including the water-soluble macromolecular substance (C) and the excipient (D). The oral pharmaceutical composition: allows easy dose-adjustment; has excellent dosability and safety; is biologically equivalent to a standard formulation having established profiles regarding efficacy, safety, etc.; and can be easily produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Norimasa Endo, Wataru Hirasawa, Jun Mori, Takayuki Fukasawa
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Publication number: 20200301441Abstract: A service providing system includes a first vehicle, a second vehicle, and a management device. The first vehicle is a vehicle able to perform autonomous traveling, is a shared vehicle to be usable by a plurality of users, and is configured to provide a predetermined service to a user who uses the first vehicle. The second vehicle is a vehicle able to perform autonomous traveling, is a vehicle to be boarded by a specific user among the users, is connectable to the first vehicle, and as being connected to the first vehicle, allows the specific user to receive the predetermined service. The management device transmits traveling information for autonomous traveling to at least one vehicle such that the first vehicle and the second vehicle join with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Murakami, Katsuhiko Sakakibara, Makoto Matsushita, Junya Sato, Kiyonori Yoshida, Tae Sugimura, Takashi Hayashi, Jun Endo
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Publication number: 20200298889Abstract: A controller of an autonomous traveling vehicle as an information processing apparatus of the disclosure executes acquiring first information relating to a predetermined item and the first information relating to predetermined processing in a processing apparatus mounted on the autonomous traveling vehicle, acquiring second information relating to shipping of the predetermined item, controlling running of the autonomous traveling vehicle based on the second information, and controlling the operation of the processing apparatus based on the first information when the autonomous traveling vehicle is in a running state based on the second information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko SAKAKIBARA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Junya SATO, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Tae SUGIMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Jun ENDO
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Publication number: 20200290645Abstract: A processing device that is provided in a building in which a user stays includes a control unit configured to perform: transmitting a request for a vehicle which the user desires to use to move to the building; detecting that the vehicle reaches a vicinity of the building; inquiring of the user about whether access of the vehicle to the inside of the building is permitted when it is detected that the vehicle reaches the vicinity of the building; and guiding at least a part of the vehicle to the inside of the building when the access is permitted by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko SAKAKIBARA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Junya SATO, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Tae SUGIMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Jun ENDO
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Publication number: 20200278211Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to acquire facility information containing an advertisement or publicity on a facility located along a travel route that a vehicle is scheduled to travel or a facility located within a predetermined range from the travel route, and, while the vehicle is traveling along the travel route, process an image of a first facility associated with the facility information or an image of a second facility present around the first facility based on the facility information and display the image of the first facility or the image of the second facility on a display provided in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko Sakakibara, Makoto Matsushita, Junya Sato, Kiyonori Yoshida, Tae Sugimura, Takashi Hayashi, Jun Endo
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Publication number: 20200273335Abstract: Disclosed is a processing device that is mounted in a vehicle and is able to perform communication with a center server during a normal time. The processing device includes a controller configured to execute searching for one or a plurality of other vehicles with which a host vehicle is able to perform communication, in emergency where a situation of emergency occurs and communication with the center server is disrupted, inquiring the other vehicles searched by the search about whether or not to enable intervention control related to the situation, and deciding a center vehicle giving an instruction related to the intervention control from among the other vehicles replying to enable the intervention control and the host vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko SAKAKIBARA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Junya SATO, Kiyonori YOSHIDA, Tae SUGIMURA, Takashi HAYASHI, Jun ENDO
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Patent number: 10756252Abstract: An electronic device that includes a housing and a piezoelectric sensor. The piezoelectric sensor is disposed in contact with an inner wall surface of the housing while in a bent state. The piezoelectric sensor includes a piezoelectric film, a coverlay, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a substrate having flexibility. The first electrode is disposed on a surface of the substrate. The first electrode includes a wide part and a narrow part. The coverlay covers a boundary between the wide part and the narrow part. The piezoelectric film covers a boundary between a part of the first electrode which is covered with the coverlay and a part of the first electrode which is not covered with the coverlay.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kihara, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Jun Endo
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Publication number: 20200258336Abstract: A processing device includes a control unit configured to perform: identifying a user when the user enters a vehicle and performing a process of guaranteeing a boarded state of the user while the user is in the vehicle; receiving information on a predetermined procedure for performing an authentication process from the user; and transmitting user information which is required for performing the predetermined procedure as information on the user of whom the boarded state in the vehicle is guaranteed to an external device that is installed at a first place for the predetermined procedure in a state in which the boarded state of the user is guaranteed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro MURAKAMI, Katsuhiko Sakakibara, Makoto Matsushita, Junya Sato, Kiyonori Yoshida, Tae Sugimura, Takashi Hayashi, Jun Endo