Patents by Inventor Keisuke Tashiro

Keisuke Tashiro 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: 20240116719
    Abstract: A transfer robot includes a first arm provided rotatably around a first axis which extends along a vertical direction, a second arm connected to the first arm rotatably around a second axis which extends along the vertical direction, an arm distal end portion which is configured to be connected to a workpiece holder to hold a workpiece and which is connected to the second arm rotatably around a third axis which extends along the vertical direction, and a posture adjuster configured to rotate the workpiece around a first posture adjustment axis which intersects both the third axis and a direction extending toward the arm distal end portion away from the third axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Akihiro TASHIRO, Kyohei TSUCHIYA, Chengbi ZHAO, Ikuro HIRATA, Keisuke YONEHARA
  • Publication number: 20230357938
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hypochlorous acid generating electrode that is substantially free from rhodium, which is comparable in performance to a rhodium-containing electrode and is more durable than the rhodium-containing electrode. The electrode to be used for generating hypochlorous acid by electrolyzing water that contains a chloride ion has excellent hypochlorous acid water generation ability and durability, in which the electrode has an electrode substrate comprising titanium or titanium alloy, and a composite layer that is electrically connected with the electrode substrate and that contains iridium or a compound thereof, tantalum or a compound thereof, and ruthenium or a compound thereof and/or platinum, and does not contain rhodium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Sena SAKAI, Keisuke TASHIRO, Satoru MATSUMOTO, Hiroaki AMEMORI
  • Patent number: 11479958
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device includes a nozzle, a casing, an illuminator, and a controller. The nozzle discharges water toward a private part of a user in a state of the nozzle is advanced into a toilet. The casing includes a nozzle storage part configured to store an entirety of the nozzle in a state of the nozzle is retracted. The illuminator irradiates sterilizing light into the nozzle storage part. The sterilizing light has a sterilizing action. The controller controls the illuminator. The controller includes a first irradiation mode of causing sterilizing light irradiated from the illuminator to be irradiated toward an outer circumferential surface of the nozzle. The controller includes a second irradiation mode of causing sterilizing light irradiated from the same illuminator as the first irradiation mode to be irradiated toward an inner wall of the nozzle storage part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Baba, Toshinari Yaoka, Keisuke Tashiro, Satoru Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210164212
    Abstract: According to the embodiment, a sanitary washing device includes a nozzle, a casing, an illuminator, and a controller. The nozzle discharges water toward a private part of a user in a state of the nozzle is advanced into a toilet. The casing includes a nozzle storage part configured to store an entirety of the nozzle in a state of the nozzle is retracted. The illuminator irradiates sterilizing light into the nozzle storage part. The sterilizing light has a sterilizing action. The controller controls the illuminator. The controller includes a first irradiation mode of causing sterilizing light irradiated from the illuminator to be irradiated toward an outer circumferential surface of the nozzle. The controller includes a second irradiation mode of causing sterilizing light irradiated from the same illuminator as the first irradiation mode to be irradiated toward an inner wall of the nozzle storage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuma BABA, Toshinari YAOKA, Keisuke TASHIRO, Satoru MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210164211
    Abstract: According to the embodiment, a sanitary washing device includes a private part washing nozzle, a casing, a sterilizing water generator, and an illuminator. The private part washing nozzle discharges water toward a private part of a user in a state of the private part washing nozzle is advanced into a toilet. The casing includes a nozzle storage part configured to store an entirety of the private part washing nozzle in a state of the private part washing nozzle is retracted. The sterilizing water generator generates sterilizing water supplied to the private part washing nozzle and the nozzle storage part. The illuminator irradiates sterilizing light into the nozzle storage part. The sterilizing light has a sterilizing action. The illuminator irradiates the sterilizing light toward a residual water occurrence portion at which the sterilizing water supplied into the nozzle storage part remains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Toshinari YAOKA, Kazuma BABA, Satoru MATSUMOTO, Keisuke TASHIRO
  • Patent number: 10907334
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device includes a nozzle, a drive device, a casing, a nozzle lid, and an illuminator. The casing includes a nozzle container. The nozzle lid is provided to be openable and closable with respect to an opening provided at a front end of the nozzle container. The nozzle lid is in a closed state in which the opening is closed when the entirety of the nozzle is stored in the nozzle container. The illuminator irradiates sterilizing light into an interior of the nozzle container. The sterilizing light has a sterilizing effect. At least one of the nozzle lid or a vicinity of the nozzle lid is luminous in a state of being visible to the user when the nozzle lid is in the closed state and the sterilizing light from the illuminator is irradiated into the interior of the nozzle container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinari Yaoka, Minoru Sato, Keisuke Tashiro, Satoru Matsumoto, Shogo Kanda
  • Patent number: 10851533
    Abstract: The toilet device includes a toilet 800 and a sanitary washing device 100 mounted on the toilet 800. The sanitary washing device 100 includes a nozzle 473, a casing 400, a toilet seat 200, a toilet lid 300, and an illuminator 700. When the user operates an operation part 500 built into the interior of the casing 400, the nozzle 473 is advanced into the bowl 801 of the toilet 800. The casing 400 includes a nozzle container 480 that can store the entire nozzle 473. The illuminator 700 irradiates sterilizing light which is light having a sterilizing action. The illuminator 700 irradiates the sterilizing light L directly on the front surface 473a of the nozzle 473 and/or the part 480c of the bottom surface part 480b positioned below the front surface 473a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinari Yaoka, Minoru Sato, Keisuke Tashiro, Satoru Matsumoto, Shogo Kanda, Yo Morotomi
  • Patent number: 10736474
    Abstract: A toilet seat device includes a main part, a toilet seat, a load sensor, a controller, and a memory. The toilet seat includes a seating part where a user is seated, and a support leg part supporting a load applied to the seating part. The load sensor is provided in the support leg part and detects the load applied to the support leg part. The controller performs at least a body weight measurement of the user based on a detection result of the load sensor. The controller includes a register mode and a normal-use mode in the body weight measurement. The register mode includes determining an estimated value for estimating the total body weight of the user from the seated load. The normal-use mode includes estimating a load value relating to the total body weight of the user based on the estimated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Takaki, Hiroshi Tsuboi, Hitoaki Higuchi, Koji Sonoda, Keisuke Tashiro, Tomohiro Hara, Yo Morotomi
  • Publication number: 20190368181
    Abstract: According to the embodiment, a sanitary washing device, comprises a private part wash nozzle, a drive device, a casing, and an illuminator; the private part wash nozzle is tilted downward toward a front side and has a water discharge hole discharging washing water toward a private part of a user; the drive device causes the private part wash nozzle to advance and retract; the casing includes a nozzle container that can store an entirety of the private part wash nozzle in a state in which the private part wash nozzle is retracted; the illuminator irradiates sterilizing light which is light having a sterilizing action; and the illuminator irradiates the sterilizing light on at least a front surface of the private part wash nozzle and a part of a bottom surface part of the nozzle container positioned below the front surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Toshinari Yaoka, Minoru Sato, Keisuke Tashiro, Satoru Matsumoto, Shogo Kanda, Yo Morotomi
  • Publication number: 20190368180
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sanitary washing device includes a nozzle, a drive device, a casing, a nozzle lid, and an illuminator. The casing includes a nozzle container. The nozzle lid is provided to be openable and closable with respect to an opening provided at a front end of the nozzle container. The nozzle lid is in a closed state in which the opening is closed when the entirety of the nozzle is stored in the nozzle container. The illuminator irradiates sterilizing light into an interior of the nozzle container. The sterilizing light has a sterilizing effect. At least one of the nozzle lid or a vicinity of the nozzle lid is luminous in a state of being visible to the user when the nozzle lid is in the closed state and the sterilizing light from the illuminator is irradiated into the interior of the nozzle container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Toshinari Yaoka, Minoru Sato, Keisuke Tashiro, Satoru Matsumoto, Shogo Kanda
  • Patent number: 10457160
    Abstract: In a power control device for a vehicle in which an electric motor for driving the vehicle to travel is supplied with power from a battery mounted on the vehicle and a fuel cell, a control unit sets a target charging rate (SOCt) of the battery in such a manner that the target charging rate decreases as a remaining fuel amount (Qf) of the fuel cell decreases after the power generation of the fuel cell is started during high-output/high-speed travelling and controls a power generation output (Pf) of the fuel cell based on a difference between the target charging rate (SOCt) and a current charging rate (SOC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji Kato, Koji Ichikawa, Masashi Takahashi, Kazuyoshi Nakane, Kazuhito Kawashima, Tetsuya Watanabe, Keisuke Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20190290079
    Abstract: A toilet seat device includes a main part, a toilet seat, a load sensor, a controller, and a memory. The toilet seat includes a seating part where a user is seated, and a support leg part supporting a load applied to the seating part. The load sensor is provided in the support leg part and detects the load applied to the support leg part. The controller performs at least a body weight measurement of the user based on a detection result of the load sensor. The controller includes a register mode and a normal-use mode in the body weight measurement. The register mode includes determining an estimated value for estimating the total body weight of the user from the seated load. The normal-use mode includes estimating a load value relating to the total body weight of the user based on the estimated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi Takaki, Hiroshi Tsuboi, Hitoaki Higuchi, Koji Sonoda, Keisuke Tashiro, Tomohiro Hara, Yo Morotomi
  • Patent number: 10150384
    Abstract: Provided is a power control apparatus for a fuel cell vehicle which includes a fuel cell and which is driven by an electric motor that is supplied with electric power from the fuel cell. The power control apparatus includes an accelerator sensor that detects an operation of an accelerator, and a control unit that controls the fuel cell to increase the output power of the fuel cell so as to correspond to an increase in a requested acceleration output based on the detected accelerator opening degree. When the accelerator opening degree is less than a first accelerator determination value that is set in advance, the control unit controls the fuel cell to suppress an increase in the output power thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Hiramitsu, Kazuyoshi Nakane, Chikara Takei, Keisuke Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20180090773
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack has a stack of cells and separators interposed between the cells. Each cell has an electrolyte membrane, an anode provided on one side of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode provided on another side of the electrolyte membrane. The separators include a metal separator provided on an outer side of the anode and a resin separator provided on an outer side of the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke HIRAMITSU, Keisuke TASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20170365901
    Abstract: Provided is a warm-up apparatus for a fuel cell for an electrically driven vehicle in which a fuel cell and a secondary battery are mounted as power sources of a motor for travelling, and which, when charging of the secondary battery is required, stops operation of the fuel cell and charges the secondary battery with electric power from an external power source by means of a battery charger. The warm-up apparatus includes: a secondary battery cooling circuit that cools the secondary battery; a fuel cell cooling circuit that cools the fuel cell; a connection passage that connects the secondary battery cooling circuit and the fuel cell cooling circuit through a switching valve; and a warm-up control unit that, during charging of the secondary battery, controls the switching valve so that the secondary battery cooling circuit and the fuel cell cooling circuit communicate through the connection passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke HIRAMITSU, Kazuyoshi NAKANE, Keisuke TASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20170361730
    Abstract: Provided is a power control apparatus for a fuel cell vehicle which includes a fuel cell and which is driven by an electric motor that is supplied with electric power from the fuel cell. The power control apparatus includes an accelerator sensor that detects an operation of an accelerator, and a control unit that controls the fuel cell to increase the output power of the fuel cell so as to correspond to an increase in a requested acceleration output based on the detected accelerator opening degree. When the accelerator opening degree is less than a first accelerator determination value that is set in advance, the control unit controls the fuel cell to suppress an increase in the output power thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke HIRAMITSU, Kazuyoshi NAKANE, Chikara TAKEI, Keisuke TASHIRO
  • Patent number: 9837692
    Abstract: A power controlling apparatus includes a secondary battery (2) connected to an electrical device (4), and a fuel cell (3) connected to the electrical device (4) and the secondary battery (2). The fuel cell (3) has two non-generating modes including an idling mode and a halt mode, the fuel cell (3) suspending generation of power while being supplied with fuel in the idling mode, the fuel cell (3) stopping generation of power without fuel supply in the halt mode. The power controlling apparatus further includes a remainder estimator (11) to calculate the remaining number of starts representing the remaining number of available starts of the fuel cell (3), and a controller (16) to control the fuel cell (3) to be one of the two non-generating modes during a non-charging mode of the secondary battery (2), based on the remaining number of starts calculated by the remainder estimator (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kawashima, Keisuke Tashiro, Tetsuya Watanabe, Akihito Miyamoto, Ryoji Kato, Chikara Takei
  • Publication number: 20170203669
    Abstract: In a power control device for a vehicle in which an electric motor for driving the vehicle to travel is supplied with power from a battery mounted on the vehicle and a fuel cell, a control unit sets a target charging rate (SOCt) of the battery in such a manner that the target charging rate decreases as a remaining fuel amount (Qf) of the fuel cell decreases after the power generation of the fuel cell is started during high-output/high-speed travelling and controls a power generation output (Pf) of the fuel cell based on a difference between the target charging rate (SOCt) and a current charging rate (SOC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji KATO, Koji ICHIKAWA, Masashi TAKAHASHI, Kazuyoshi NAKANE, Kazuhito KAWASHIMA, Tetsuya WATANABE, Keisuke TASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20150295293
    Abstract: A power controlling apparatus includes a secondary battery (2) connected to an electrical device (4), and a fuel cell (3) connected to the electrical device (4) and the secondary battery (2). The fuel cell (3) has two non-generating modes including an idling mode and a halt mode, the fuel cell (3) suspending generation of power while being supplied with fuel in the idling mode, the fuel cell (3) stopping generation of power without fuel supply in the halt mode. The power controlling apparatus further includes a remainder estimator (11) to calculate the remaining number of starts representing the remaining number of available starts of the fuel cell (3), and a controller (16) to control the fuel cell (3) to be one of the two non-generating modes during a non-charging mode of the secondary battery (2), based on the remaining number of starts calculated by the remainder estimator (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kawashima, Keisuke Tashiro, Tetsuya Watanabe, Akihito Miyamoto, Ryoji Kato, Chikara Takei
  • Patent number: 7963105
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system includes a catalyst disposed in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine; a fuel pump that supplies fuel to a common rail; an exhaust-side fuel injection valve that is interposed in the exhaust path so as to be located upstream of the catalyst and injects into the exhaust path the fuel supplied from the fuel pump; and estimation section that estimates a clogging degree of an injection port of the exhaust-side fuel injection valve on the basis of fluctuations in pressure of the common rail and those in revolution speed of the internal combustion engine at the time of fuel injection by the exhaust-side fuel injection valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshio Tagawa, Keisuke Tashiro, Seiji Kikuchi, Takehisa Fujita, Mizuki Anai, Kazuhito Kawashima, Masahiro Tsuda, Jian Wang