Patents by Inventor Kazuya Kobayashi

Kazuya Kobayashi 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: 11961917
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device in which deterioration of electric characteristics which becomes more noticeable as the semiconductor device is miniaturized can be suppressed. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide film, an oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide film, a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, a second oxide film over the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, a gate insulating film over the second oxide film, and a gate electrode in contact with the gate insulating film. A top end portion of the oxide semiconductor film is curved when seen in a channel width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Hanaoka, Daisuke Matsubayashi, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shunpei Yamazaki, Shinpei Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20240118152
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing an arithmetic apparatus, a facility management method, and a program that make it possible to acquire current tension applied to outdoor structures in a short period of time and make a bearing determination. The arithmetic apparatus according to the present invention calculates the dip degree of a cable and a distance between poles from the 3D model data of the cable according to Math. C1 and calculates the tension of each cable between the poles from the dip degree, the distance between the poles, and the weight of the cable per unit length according to Math. C2 (when no wind blows) or Math. C4 (when wind blows). Further, the arithmetic apparatus according to the present invention calculates a combined load obtained by converting the tension and the load of the accessory of the poles into an arbitrary position on the poles according to Math. C3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gen KOBAYASHI, Kazuya ANDO, Masaki WAKI, Ryoichi KANEKO, Hiroaki TANIOKA
  • Patent number: 11938931
    Abstract: A stop assist system for moving a moving body to a stop position and making the moving body stop at the stop position includes: an external environment recognizing unit that recognizes an external environment of the moving body; and a moving body control unit that executes a driving process to make the moving body travel to the stop position based on a recognition result of the external environment recognizing unit. The moving body control unit suspends the driving process when, while the moving body is traveling to the stop position, the moving body control unit determines, based on the recognition result, that there is an object within a range of a prescribed lateral threshold value on a lateral outside of the moving body and the object extends over a prescribed longitudinal threshold value or more along a travel direction within the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Gaku Shimamoto, Takuma Sekino, Tatsuro Fujiwara, Akiko Nakamura, Kazuya Kobayashi, Masafumi Sagara, Takeshi Sasajima
  • Publication number: 20240079167
    Abstract: A soft magnetic material according to an aspect of the present invention includes a powder-particle substance having a particle size frequency distribution having a plurality of peak tops. The powder-particle substance is an aggregate of composite particles containing a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles and includes a medium powder-particle substance in which the composite particles have a particle size of 45 ?m or more and less than 300 ?m, and the medium powder-particle substance has an average circularity of 0.7 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji YOSHIDA, Seiichi ABIKO, Shigeru KOBAYASHI, Hisato KOSHIBA, Kazuya OMINATO
  • Publication number: 20230395542
    Abstract: A target element to be protected and a protrusion are arranged on a substrate. An insulating film arranged on the substrate covers the target element and at least a side surface of the protrusion. An electrode pad for external connection is arranged on the insulating film. The electrode pad at least partially overlaps the target element and the protrusion as seen in plan view. A maximum distance between the upper surface of the protrusion and the electrode pad in the height direction is shorter than a maximum distance between the upper surface of the target element and the electrode pad in the height direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuya KOBAYASHI, Atsushi KUROKAWA, Hiroaki TOKUYA, Isao OBU, Yuichi SAITO
  • Patent number: 11772639
    Abstract: An in-vehicle controlling apparatus, comprising an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a sense-of-security level a passenger may feel with respect to an object present in a traveling direction of a self-vehicle, and a signal generation unit configured to generate a predetermined signal based on the sense-of-security level, wherein the evaluation unit evaluates the sense-of-security level based on a time headway and a temporal variation component of the time headway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Kobayashi, Ken Amemiya, Soichiro Ueura
  • Publication number: 20230308037
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first to fifth terminals, an amplification circuit including a first input end connectable to the first terminal and the third terminal, a second input end connectable to the second terminal and the fourth terminal, and an output end, and a switching circuit. The switching circuit is configured to switch between a first state in which the first input end is connected to the first terminal and insulated from the third terminal and the second input end is connected to the second terminal and insulated from the fourth terminal, and a second state in which the first input end is connected to the third terminal and insulated from the first terminal and the second input end is connected to the fourth terminal and insulated from the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuya KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi ODAWARA
  • Patent number: 11735541
    Abstract: A target element to be protected and a protrusion are arranged on a substrate. An insulating film arranged on the substrate covers the target element and at least a side surface of the protrusion. An electrode pad for external connection is arranged on the insulating film. The electrode pad at least partially overlaps the target element and the protrusion as seen in plan view. A maximum distance between the upper surface of the protrusion and the electrode pad in the height direction is shorter than a maximum distance between the upper surface of the target element and the electrode pad in the height direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Kobayashi, Atsushi Kurokawa, Hiroaki Tokuya, Isao Obu, Yuichi Saito
  • Publication number: 20230246393
    Abstract: An outer conductor includes an outer-conductor-side contact portion that is disposed behind a housing and faces backward in a coupled state with the housing. The housing includes a housing-side contact portion facing forward in the coupled state with the outer conductor. The outer-conductor-side contact portion and the housing-side contact portion contact each other in the coupled state between the outer conductor and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya TAKEUCHI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Kazuya KOBAYASHI, Shinobu WAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230246392
    Abstract: A first outer conductor and a second outer conductor are assembled to each other. At least one of the first outer conductor and the second outer conductor includes a protrusion portion protruding in a direction of assembly between the first outer conductor and the second outer conductor, and another one of the first outer conductor and the second outer conductor includes a groove portion in which the protrusion portion fits in a state where the first outer conductor and the second outer conductor are assembled. At least one of an outer surface of the protrusion portion and an inner surface of the groove portion is formed with a contact rib. The contact rib extends in the direction of assembly and comes into contact with another one of the outer surface and the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Kobayashi, Norihito Hashimoto, Kazuya Takeuchi, Shinobu Wakahara
  • Publication number: 20230246397
    Abstract: First and second outer conductors are each a conductive rigid body. The first outer conductor includes a fitting receiving portion. The second outer conductor includes a fitting portion fit in the fitting receiving portion in a direction of assembly to the first outer conductor. One of an inner surface of the fitting receiving portion and an outer surface of the fitting portion is formed with a recessed portion recessed in a width direction intersecting the assembly direction. Another one of the inner and outer surfaces is formed with a protruding portion protruding in the width direction and fitting in the recessed portion. The inner surface of the recessed portion and the outer surface of the protruding portion include contact surface portions contacting with each other to prevent displacement of the first and second outer conductors in a direction opposite to the assembly direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya TAKEUCHI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Kazuya KOBAYASHI, Shinobu WAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230246398
    Abstract: An inner conductor includes an extension portion extending from a dielectric toward a circuit board. A second outer conductor includes a bottom surface where an opening portion is open, and a back surface facing backward. The extension portion includes a board connection portion protruding from the opening portion to be connected to a conductive portion of the circuit board. A retraction recessed portion is formed in the bottom surface of the second outer conductor. The retraction recessed portion extends backward from back edge portion of the opening portion in the bottom surface of the second outer conductor and is open in the back surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya KOBAYASHI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Kazuya TAKEUCHI, Shinobu WAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230208086
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal fitting and a connector with which the amount of insertion of the terminal fitting into a housing can be easily controlled. A terminal fitting includes: a tubular connection portion (41); a locking protrusion (51) that is provided so as to protrude from an outer circumferential surface side of the tubular connection portion (41), and is configured to be locked to a groove (66) provided in a housing (60); and a contact-stopper protrusion (55) that is provided on the outer circumferential surface side of the tubular connection portion (41) so as to protrude from mating edges (49) that abut against each other in a circumferential direction thereof in the tubular connection portion (41), and is configured to come into contact with the housing (60) and stop in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA, Yusuke ITO, Kazuya KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230129292
    Abstract: Provided are a shielded terminal and a shielded connector that can prevent a short circuit between a connection portion for an electric component and an outer conductor. A shielded terminal includes an outer conductor, a connection portion for an electric component, and an insulator, wherein the outer conductor has a crimping portion that is crimped onto an end portion of a shielded wire, a bottom surface portion in which an opening is formed forward of the crimping portion, and side surface portions provided on both the left and right sides of the bottom surface portion, the connection portion is disposed between the left and right side surface portions and formed by connecting a center conductor of the shielded wire and the electric component to each other, and the insulator has left and right side walls that are located between the connection portion and the respective side surface portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA, Yusuke ITO, Kazuya KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220306090
    Abstract: A stop assist system for moving a moving body to a stop position and making the moving body stop at the stop position includes: an external environment recognizing unit that recognizes an external environment of the moving body; and a moving body control unit that executes a driving process to make the moving body travel to the stop position based on a recognition result of the external environment recognizing unit. The moving body control unit suspends the driving process when, while the moving body is traveling to the stop position, the moving body control unit determines, based on the recognition result, that there is an object within a range of a prescribed lateral threshold value on a lateral outside of the moving body and the object extends over a prescribed longitudinal threshold value or more along a travel direction within the range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Junpei NOGUCHI, Gaku SHIMAMOTO, Takuma SEKINO, Tatsuro FUJIWARA, Akiko NAKAMURA, Kazuya KOBAYASHI, Masafumi SAGARA, Takeshi SASAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11404357
    Abstract: A dielectric film is disposed on a semiconductor substrate, and a conductor including a bent section is arranged between the semiconductor substrate and the dielectric film. A pad is disposed on the dielectric film. The pad is covered with a protective film. The protective film has an opening through which an upper surface of the pad is exposed. The bent section in the conductor and the pad overlap each other as seen in plan view, and an inside corner and an outside corner in the bent section are chamfered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Hiroaki Tokuya, Kazuya Kobayashi, Yuichi Sano
  • Publication number: 20220231462
    Abstract: A connector includes a female terminal module and a male terminal module that is to be coupled to the female terminal module. The female terminal module includes a female-side inner conductor, a female-side derivative, and a female-side outer conductor. The female-side outer conductor receives therein the female-side inner conductor via the female-side derivative. The male terminal module includes a male-side inner conductor, a male-side derivative, and a male-side outer conductor. The male-side outer conductor receives therein the male-side inner conductor via the male-side derivative and is connected to the female-side outer conductor. The female-side fitting portion of the female-side derivative and the male-side fitting portion of the male-side derivative are fitted to each other with recess-protrusion fitting. The male-side inner conductor includes a male connection portion and the male connection portion is inserted in the female-side fitting portion and connected to the female-side inner conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yorikazu MURABAYASHI, Hiroyuki KODAMA, Kazuya KOBAYASHI, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Toyohisa TAKANO
  • Patent number: 11081573
    Abstract: A semiconductor element includes a semiconductor substrate; a collector layer on the semiconductor substrate; a base layer on the collector layer; an emitter layer on the base layer; emitter wiring electrically coupled to the emitter layer; a top metal layer on the emitter wiring; a first protective film covering the emitter wiring and the top metal layer, the first protective film having a first opening that overlaps at least the collector layer; and a bump including an under-bump metal layer electrically coupled to the emitter wiring via the first opening, the under-bump metal layer being larger than the first opening in plan-view area. The first protective film has an inner edge around the first opening, and the inner edge is on the top metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Kazuya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10950548
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes electrodes which contain Au and which are placed above conductive layers in a region adjacent to stacked insulating films and also includes base layers which are composed of compositionally modulated layers and which are placed between the electrodes and the conductive layers. The base layers include lateral end sections composed of single layers projecting from lateral end sections of the electrodes in the direction of the interlayer interface between the insulating films; sections which are located under the electrodes and of which a major compositional component is Ti or Ti and W; and projecting sections which project from under the electrodes in the direction of the interlayer interface between the insulating films and of which compositional components are compositionally modulated to Ti and O, to Ti, O, and N, or to Ti, W, O, and N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sano, Atsushi Kurokawa, Kazuya Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210039635
    Abstract: An in-vehicle controlling apparatus, comprising an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a sense-of-security level a passenger may feel with respect to an object present in a traveling direction of a self-vehicle, and a signal generation unit configured to generate a predetermined signal based on the sense-of-security level, wherein the evaluation unit evaluates the sense-of-security level based on a time headway and a temporal variation component of the time headway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuya KOBAYASHI, Ken AMEMIYA, Soichiro UEURA