Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Yamamoto

Kazuhiro 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).

  • Publication number: 20170028521
    Abstract: A machine learning device for learning the fastening operation of a screw by a screwdriver includes a state observation unit for observing state variables consisting of at least one of a rotational speed of the screwdriver, a rotational direction of the screwdriver, a position of the screwdriver and an inclination of the screwdriver and at least one of a fastening quality of the screw fastened by the screwdriver and a fastening time for which the screw is fastened by the screwdriver, and a learning unit for learning at least one of the rotational speed, the rotational direction, the position and the inclination, observed by the state observation unit and at least one of a change of the fastening quality and a change of the fastening time, observed by the state observation unit in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170031330
    Abstract: Disclosed is an injection molding system including: a state observation section observing, when injection molding is performed, physical-amounts relating to the injection molding that is being performed; a physical-amount data storage section storing the physical-amount data; a reward-conditions setting section setting reward conditions for machine learning; a reward calculation section calculating a reward based on the physical-amount data and the reward conditions; an operating-conditions adjustment learning section performing machine learning of adjusting operating conditions based on the reward calculated by the reward calculation section, the operating conditions, and the physical-amount data; a learning-result storage section storing a learning result of the machine learning by the operating-conditions adjustment learning section; and an operating-conditions adjustment-amount output section determining and outputting an operating condition to be adjusted and an adjustment amount based on the machine lea
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Wataru SHIRAISHI, Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170023956
    Abstract: A motor driving device capable of reliably detecting a malfunction in the performance of a heatsink. The motor driving device includes a heat generating element, a heatsink, an electric power detecting part for detecting a consumed power of the heat generating element, a temperature detecting part for detecting a temperature of the motor driving device, a temperature change calculating part for calculating, as a detected valuation, an amount of change in the temperature within a predetermined time, a reference determination part for determining a reference amount of change in the temperature based on the temperature and the consumed power, and a temperature change judging part for comparing the reference amount of change with the detected amount of change, and judges whether the detected change is different from the reference change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genzo Naito, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170017377
    Abstract: A mobile phone includes a generation unit for generating a user interface for instructing an execution unit to execute a predetermined function based on an application program, a memory unit for storing a definition file including information defining an object of the user interface, and a selection screen generation unit for generating a screen to receive selection of the object. The selection screen generation unit generates the selection screen based on object definition information of a plurality of user interfaces instructed. The generation unit generates a definition file including definition information of selected objects and also generates a compound user interface based on the definition file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta KINOSHITA, Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170013743
    Abstract: In a motor drive device of the present invention, a motor control unit is disposed on a first surface of an attaching unit, and a heat sink is disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface. A first duct connects the second surface and the heat sink with each other. A second duct is disposed on the first surface, and a fan motor is disposed in the second duct. A space inside the first duct in communication with only a second opening of the attaching unit, and a space inside the second duct is in communication with both a first opening and the second opening of the attaching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genzo Naito, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9545036
    Abstract: Provided is a motor driver including: a housing; an electronic component that is disposed inside the housing, and that drives or controls a motor; and a fan motor that is disposed below a top plate of the housing, and that causes air to pass from an opening in a bottom plate of the housing to an opening in the top plate. In the motor driver, an outer surface of the top plate is an inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Makoto Takeshita
  • Publication number: 20160351041
    Abstract: A motor drive device detects the malfunction of a flow path in a heat sink based on the temperature of the device. The motor drive device includes: a temperature detection part which detects the temperature of the motor drive device; a temperature change calculating part which calculates the degree of change of the temperature with respect to time when the rotation number of a fan is controlled to a lower rotation number than a regular rotation number; an malfunction determination part which determines whether or not the degree of the change is different from a predetermined standard; and an malfunction signal generation part which generates a signal indicating that malfunction occurs in fluid flow when it is determined that the degree of the change is different from the standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Okuaki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9497313
    Abstract: A mobile phone includes a generation unit for generating a user interface for instructing an execution unit to execute a predetermined function based on an application program, a memory unit for storing a definition file including information defining an object of the user interface, and a selection screen generation unit for generating a screen to receive selection of the object. The selection screen generation unit generates the selection screen based on object definition information of a plurality of user interfaces instructed. The generation unit generates a definition file including definition information of selected objects and also generates a compound user interface based on the definition file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Kinoshita, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160329737
    Abstract: A power storage system includes: a power generation element that performs environmental power generation; a storage battery that is supplied with power generated by the power generation element; a DC/DC converter that converts an output voltage from the power generation element into a predetermined voltage; a first switch unit that switches whether directly supply the output voltage from the power generation element to the storage battery or to supply thereto via the DC/DC converter; and a first changeover unit that compares a voltage of the storage battery with a first threshold voltage, and controls the first switch unit according to a comparison result, in a case where a voltage of the voltage or higher of the storage battery bringing the DC/DC converter into a main boost mode is the first threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO, Ryoji YANAGIMOTO, Yuji YAMADA, Kenjiro YANO, Kenichi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20160322859
    Abstract: A power storage system includes: a first storage battery that is configured to be supplied with power generated by a power generation element performing environmental power generation and to supply power to an external load apparatus; a second storage battery that is configured to have a capacity larger than a capacity of the first storage battery, and to supply power to the external load apparatus; a first switch unit that performs switching between an electrical connection state and disconnection state between the first storage battery and the second storage battery; and a first changeover unit that compares a voltage of the first storage battery with a first threshold voltage which is equal to or higher than a voltage causing the external load apparatus to be operated, and controls the first switch unit according to a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO, Ryoji YANAGIMOTO, Yuji YAMADA, Kenjiro YANO, Kenichi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20160313072
    Abstract: A heat sink according to the present invention includes a heat receiving member which receives heat of heat generating components, a plurality of heat radiation fins arranged on the heat receiving member; and a cover member, which covers the plurality of heat radiation fins. Flow passages in which a fluid flows are formed between the adjacent heat radiation fins. The cover member is provided on the heat receiving member and opens both ends of the flow passages. The cover member is provided with at least one hole through which a fluid outside of the cover member is introduced into the fluid flowing in the flow passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Okuaki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160264699
    Abstract: To provide an industrially useful ?-olefin•((meth)acrylic acid)-based olefin copolymer having both a high molecular weight and a high comonomer content, a catalyst component capable of realizing a production of two different kinds of ?-olefin•((meth)acrylic acid)-based olefin copolymers, and a production process using the catalyst. An ?-olefin•((meth)acrylic acid)-based olefin copolymer is produced by using a metal complex complexed with a ligand represented by the following formula (Y is phosphorus or arsenic) for a catalyst composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicants: Japan Polyethylene Corporation, Japan Polypropylene Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru KOBAYASHI, Hideshi UCHINO, Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO, Toshiaki EGASHIRA, Hiroyuki SHIMIZU, Tetsuya MORIOKA
  • Patent number: 9426879
    Abstract: For providing an electric connection box including a metal core board, which can limit increase of a size thereof and be prevented from bending along the slit, the electric connection box 10 includes a metal core board 1, in which a plurality of core metal plates 21, 22 is laminated and insulation resin is filled between each of the plurality of core metal plates 21, 22. The plurality of core metal plates 21, 22 are provide with slits 3A, 3B to divide the core metal plates 21, 22 to a plurality of separate plates 21a, 21b, 22a, 22b and be filled with insulation resin. The slits 3A, 3B is formed not to overlap each other on the same one line when viewing in a vertical direction about the metal core board 1. The electric connection box 10 distributes electric power inputted from a plurality of power systems to each separate plates 21a, 21b, 22a, 22b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Ooishi, Maki Sugiura, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Kenji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9391349
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium-air secondary battery that is capable of effectively preventing deterioration of an alkaline electrolytic solution, air electrode, and negative electrode and has a long life and high long-term reliability. The lithium-air secondary battery comprises an air electrode 12 functioning as a positive electrode, an anion exchanger 14 provided in close contact with one side of the air electrode and composed of a hydroxide-ion conductive inorganic solid electrolyte, a separator 16 provided away from the anion exchanger and composed of a lithium-ion conductive inorganic solid electrolyte, a negative electrode 18 provided so as to be capable of supplying and receiving lithium ions to and from the separator and comprising lithium, and an alkaline electrolytic solution 20 filled between the anion exchanger and the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohito Yamada, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Kenshin Kitoh
  • Patent number: 9385512
    Abstract: An electrical junction box for distributing electric power in a vehicle includes a metal core substrate provided with a core metal assembly having two core metal plates arranged with a gap, an insulating layer embedded in the gap and covering surfaces of the core metal plates to integrate the core metal plates, and electronic components. Electric power from a battery is inputted into the core metal plate, and electric power from an alternator is inputted into the core metal plate. The electronic components are provided with a plurality of attaching portions soldered or screwed to the metal core substrate. At least one of the attaching portions is attached to the core metal plate, and at least one of the attaching portions is attached to the core metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Ooishi, Maki Sugiura, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Kenji Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20160190895
    Abstract: A motor includes a motor housing, a motor body, and a damping member. The motor body includes a drive shaft. The motor body is housed in the motor housing. The damping member is disposed on an outer surface of the motor housing. The damping member includes a damping layer and a constraining layer. The damping layer is made of an organic polymeric material, and bonded to the outer surface of the motor housing. The constraining layer is made of at least one of a resin mixed with an inorganic compound and an elastomer mixed with an inorganic compound. The constraining layer is disposed on the damping layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, BRIDGESTONE KBG CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tetsuya MURASHIMA, Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO, Takanori KATO, Masayuki SEKINE, Kazuyoshi IIDA, Koji SAKATA
  • Patent number: 9376459
    Abstract: To provide an industrially useful ?-olefin.((meth)acrylic acid)-based olefin copolymer having both a high molecular weight and a high comonomer content, a catalyst component capable of realizing a production of two different kinds of ?-olefin.((meth)acrylic acid)-based olefin copolymers, and a production process using the catalyst. An ?-olefin.((meth)acrylic acid)-based olefin copolymer is produced by using a metal complex complexed with a ligand represented by the following formula (Y is phosphorus or arsenic) for a catalyst composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Polyethylene Corporation, Japan Polypropylene Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Kobayashi, Hideshi Uchino, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9330854
    Abstract: A method for producing a dye-sensitized solar cell includes: preparing a first electrode comprising a transparent substrate and a transparent conductive film, and a second electrode comprising a metal substrate that is formed of a metal capable of forming a passivation film; forming an oxide semiconductor layer on the first electrode; supporting a photosensitized dye on the oxide semiconductor layer; disposing an electrolyte on the oxide semiconductor layer; facing the first electrode and the second electrode, and sealing the electrolyte by a sealing section; and fixing a connection member formed of a metal having lower resistance than the metal substrate, onto the surface of the metal substrate, with the surface being on the opposite side of the first electrode, in which method in fixing the connection member, the connection member is bonded to the metal substrate by resistance welding, and thereby the connection member is fixed onto the metal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Isobe, Hiroshi Matsui, Kenichi Okada, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9322317
    Abstract: A motorcycle is equipped with a V-type engine in which front and rear cylinders are arranged in a V-shape along a vehicle front and rear direction. An exhaust device includes: a catalyst device disposed on an exhaust downstream side of a collection part of an exhaust pipe of the front cylinder and an exhaust pipe of the rear cylinder; and a connecting pipe via which the exhaust pipe of the front cylinder and the exhaust pipe of the rear cylinder communicate with each other, and the connecting pipe passes through a space between the exhaust pipe of the rear cylinder and the catalyst device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Sasaki, Yoshisato Inayama, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9292307
    Abstract: A user interface generation apparatus 1 has a memory unit 50 for storing an application program and a control unit 10 for controlling to display a stand-alone user interface object group when instructed to generate a single user interface and for controlling to perform compound processing on user interface objects extracted from the stand-alone user interface object groups and to display a compound user interface object group. The control unit 10, when instructed to generate the plurality of user interfaces, displays a user interface object for switching to display of a stand-alone user interface object group displayed when instructed to generate each of the plurality of user interfaces alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yamamoto