Patents by Inventor Ken Takahashi

Ken Takahashi 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: 10985471
    Abstract: A radar device includes: a housing that includes an aperture in a front direction as a transmitting direction of an electromagnetic wave; a circuit board disposed in the housing such that a board surface extends along the front direction; an antenna unit that includes antenna elements being arrayed along a direction intersecting the front direction in a region on a side in the front direction of the circuit board, and that transmits the electromagnetic wave to the outside of the housing through the aperture and receives a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave; and a dielectric lens that is disposed in the aperture of the housing to extend along a direction in which the antenna elements are arrayed and that has a semi-cylindrical shape or a parabolic-cylindrical shape projecting in the front direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiozaki, Tomohiro Yui, Ken Takahashi, Yuichi Kashino, Kouji Suzuki, Noriaki Saito, Shigeki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210111913
    Abstract: [Problem] To perform path switching quickly and efficiently when path switching is required in a multicast transfer system. [Solution] In a multicast transfer system 10, a multicast group for transmitting the same packet from a sender (transmitting apparatus) 21 to a plurality of receivers (receiving apparatuses) 31, 32 is formed. A transfer apparatus 41 holds transfer destination data DB1 in which a group identifier for identifying a multicast group is associated with copy transfer destination information (multicast segment) for specifying another transfer apparatus to be used as a packet transfer destination when the packet is received. In copy transfer destination information, a plurality of other transfer apparatuses can be registered by adding a priority, and a plurality of group identifiers can be associated with a single piece of copy transfer destination information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ryuma Senoo, Ken Takahashi, Shigemasa Kumagawa
  • Publication number: 20210055492
    Abstract: An optical fiber ribbon in which a plurality of optical fibers are integrated by a common coated layer includes: an intermittent connection portion in which a connection portion formed from the common coated layer and a non-connection portion including no common coated layer are alternately formed in a longitudinal direction between every predetermined number of optical fibers equal to or greater than two; and a continuous connection portion in which a connection portion formed from the common coated layer is continuously formed in a longitudinal direction between optical fibers other than the predetermined number of optical fibers equal to or greater than two. A thickness of the connection portion of the intermittent connection portion is thinner than a thickness of the continuous connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Deva Omalka Vayanthi SUDUWA, Shinji EGAWA, Yohei SUZUKI, Ken TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210041409
    Abstract: An oxygen sensor element made of a ceramic sintered body detects oxygen concentration based on an electric current value measured when a voltage is applied. The ceramic sintered body has a composition formula LnBa2-xSrxCu3O7-? generated by substituting any element selected from group 2 elements in the periodic table, such as strontium (Sr), for a part of a composition formula LnBa2Cu3O7-? (Ln denotes rare earth element and ? is 0 to 1). Sr substitution quantity x should satisfy an inequality constraint 0<x?1.5. This allows provision of an oxygen sensor element that improves durability etc. without losing sensor characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoichiro OKAMOTO, Kenichi IGUCHI, Ken TAKAHASHI, Tetsuro TANAKA, Chika ITO
  • Publication number: 20210018456
    Abstract: An oxygen sensor for detecting gas concentration based on either an electric current value or a resistance value measured when a voltage is applied to a sensor element includes gaps formed between electrodes arranged in an element main body and ridges where surfaces of an element touch each other. These gaps will be escaping parts for expansion and contraction of electrode material that accompany thermal expansion and contraction of a sensor main body, and concentration of thermal stress at edge parts of the element main body may thus be eliminated, thereby alleviating thermal stress on the oxygen sensor. This allows provision of a gas sensor that controls generation of cracks in the element and that is stably usable over a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Chika ITO, Ken TAKAHASHI, Tetsuro TANAKA, Kenichi IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210012760
    Abstract: A keyboard includes a frame and a plurality of mass bodies. The mass bodies are arranged in parallel to each other. Each of the mass bodies is pivotally supported to pivot about a pivot fulcrum with respect to the frame. The mass bodies are at least one of a plurality of keys configured to be directly operated, a plurality of interlocking members configured to pivot in conjunction with a corresponding one of the plurality of keys, embedded members in the plurality of keys or embedded members in the plurality of interlocking members. At least some of the mass bodies include notched portions being arranged in order from a pitch, which is equal to or greater than a lowest pitch, to a highest pitch. The notched portions are different from each other in at least one of size, position, or distance from the pivot fulcrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Shunsuke SAITO, Ken TAKAHASHI, Ichiro OSUGA
  • Publication number: 20210010963
    Abstract: A sensor element has a cross-sectional area that increases either uniformly or gradually from a positive (+) electrode side toward a negative (?) electrode side, thereby leading a hot spot, which attempts to move to the negative electrode side, to a lower resistance side. A position that is at nearly equal distances from paired electrodes formed on either end of the sensor element is set as a hot spot generating position, so as to avoid damage to the electrodes due to heat emitted by the hot spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuro TANAKA, Kenichi IGUCHI, Ken TAKAHASHI, Chika ITO
  • Publication number: 20210006485
    Abstract: [Problem] A route information transfer device that transfers packets advertising route information between routers of different service types is provided. [Solution] The route reflector (route information transfer device) 1 includes: a packet reception unit 11 that receives packets from a PE (router) 2; an information update unit 120 that updates a parameter related to the service type included in the received packet according to the PE 2 and the virtual private network, and stores the updated parameter in the service-type information storage unit 13; an information conversion unit 14 that refers to the service-type information storage unit 13 and converts the parameter related to the service type of the source PE2 of the packet into a parameter related to a service-type of the destination PE 2 in an identical virtual private network; and a packet transmission unit 16 that transmits a packet including the converted parameter to the destination PE 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuto Toyozumi, Ken Takahashi, Shigemasa Kumagawa
  • Patent number: 10885884
    Abstract: A pivot member includes: a first member configured to pivot about a pivot axis; and a second member having a connecting surface, at least a portion of which has a flat surface. The second member is disposed such that the flat surface and the first member are opposed to each other. The second member has at least one surface different from the flat surface. A first identifier and a second identifier are provided on the at least one surface. The first identifier is visually recognizable from a first direction orthogonal to the flat surface. The second identifier is visually recognizable from the first direction and from a second direction in which the first identifier is not visually recognizable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Takahashi, Shunsuke Ichiki
  • Publication number: 20200410965
    Abstract: A keyboard apparatus includes a first key assembly, a second key assembly, and a third key assembly. The first key assembly includes a first key being slidably in contact with a first member at a first position and a second member at a second position. A first minimum distance between the first key assembly and the second key assembly at the rear ends thereof is larger than a second minimum distance between the first key assembly and the second key assembly at the second position within a range of rotation of the first key assembly. A third minimum distance between the first key assembly and the third key assembly at the rear ends thereof being larger than a fourth minimum distance between the first key assembly and the third key assembly at the second position within the range of rotation of the first key assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Ken TAKAHASHI, Kento OGAWA, Hirotsugu SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200382393
    Abstract: A network 50 is hierarchically divided into network devices 501 to 506, areas, and the like to be monitoring targets, and a monitoring device 100 monitors a divided monitoring target. A monitoring device of an N-th layer (here, N?2) that is an upper layer with respect to a first layer monitors information of reachability between user connection points received from a monitoring device of an (N?1)-th layer that is a lower layer and network devices connecting monitoring targets of the (N?1)-th layer making up monitoring targets of the N-th layer and connection statuses between the network devices and areas that are monitoring targets. The monitoring device determines the presence/absence of reachability between user connection points belonging to different monitoring targets of the (N?1)-th layer on the basis of this reachability and the connection statuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakatsukasa, Masatoshi Saito, Ken Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10833338
    Abstract: Bead seal structure includes an outer bead (bead seal) for preventing leakage of fluid, and a first bypass stop protrusion (intersecting element) which intersects with the outer bead. The first bypass stop protrusion includes a root as a rising start point from a base plate and side walls which rise from the base plate. The radius of curvature of connection parts of the roots connected to the outer bead is larger than the radius of curvature of connection parts of the side walls connected to the outer bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Goto, Ken Takahashi, Kazuo Nunokawa
  • Patent number: 10825427
    Abstract: A hammer assembly includes: a weight; and a pivot member including a first weight supporter configured to support the weight in a first direction, a second weight supporter configured to support the weight in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a coupling portion configured to couple the first weight supporter and the second weight supporter to each other. A distance from the first weight supporter to the weight and a distance from the second weight supporter to the weight increase with decrease in distance to the coupling portion in at least a portion of a region of the weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Takahashi, Shunsuke Ichiki
  • Publication number: 20200339032
    Abstract: An in-vehicle light apparatus for a vehicle is provided and includes lamp radar units. The lamp unit includes a light source and a reflector arranged around the light source and outputting light from an opening area of the reflector to a predetermined region including in a first direction. The radar unit is provided on a lower or upper side of the lamp unit and includes a circuit board having a board surface arranged in a substantially horizontal state and an antenna unit that transmits an electromagnetic wave and receives a reflected wave in a second direction. The opening area extends in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction in plan view, and a direction perpendicular to the second direction on the board surface is a direction intersecting the first direction and non-parallel to the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi IWAI, Ryosuke SHIOZAKI, Shuji AKAMATSU, Osamu SHIBATA, Ken TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10804615
    Abstract: A radar device includes: a case having an opening at the front in a forward direction, which is a transmission direction of electromagnetic waves; a circuit board placed in the case, the circuit board having first and second circuit board parts, one component side of the first circuit board part facing in the forward direction, the component sides of the second circuit board part extending along the forward direction; a transmission antenna and reception antenna composed of a plurality of antenna elements placed into an array in a direction crossing the forward direction in an area, facing in the forward direction, on the circuit board; and a dielectric lens having a semi-cylindrical or parabolic cylindrical shape in the forward direction, the dielectric lens being placed in the opening in the case so as to extend along a direction in which the plurality of antenna elements are placed into an array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiozaki, Tomohiro Yui, Ken Takahashi, Yuichi Kashino, Kouji Suzuki, Noriaki Saito, Shigeki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10790582
    Abstract: An antenna device that has a housing formed with a window surface and transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through a cover member facing the window surface, the antenna device having a length in a direction of transmitting and receiving the electromagnetic wave that is greater than a height thereof, comprises: a circuit board that is provided inside the housing; a reflection plate that is provided inside the housing and faces a board surface of the circuit board; a transmitting antenna that is provided inside the housing and transmits the electromagnetic wave to a side of the reflection plate; and a receiving antenna that is provided inside the housing and receives the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiozaki, Ken Takahashi, Tomohiro Yui, Noriaki Saito, Kouji Suzuki, Yuichi Kashino
  • Publication number: 20200292772
    Abstract: Provided is a polyethylene resin for use in a spacer for an optical fiber cable, the polyethylene resin having a density of 0.952 g/cm3 or more, containing a polyethylene having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less in a weight fraction of 22% or more, and containing a polyethylene having a molecular weight of 300,000 or more in a weight fraction of 12% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoei OKA, Fumiaki SATO, Kentaro TAKEDA, Takao HIRAMA, Taro FUJITA, Ken TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10744926
    Abstract: An in-vehicle light apparatus for monitoring a region in a first direction outside a vehicle, including: a lamp unit including a light source and a reflector; a radar unit including a circuit board disposed such that a board surface extends substantially along the horizontal direction on a lower side or an upper side of the lamp unit and a plurality of antenna elements disposed in the hoard surface of the circuit hoard to transmit an electromagnetic wave in the first direction; and the plurality of the antenna elements are arranged in an array on the first direction side relative to the reflector in plan view, and an array direction of the plurality of antenna elements is a direction intersecting the first direction and non-parallel to an extending direction of an end portion on the side of the first direction of the reflector in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwai, Ryosuke Shiozaki, Shuji Akamatsu, Osamu Shibata, Ken Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200130199
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot main body, a sensor that detects a magnitude of an external force applied to the robot main body, a control unit that controls the robot main body, a reference value storage unit that stores a value of an external force detected by the sensor as a reference external force value in an operating state where only the weight of the robot main body and the load handled by the robot main body act on the robot main body, a determination unit that, during operation of the robot main body, determines that an external force other than the weight of the robot main body and the load acts on the robot main body when an absolute value of a difference between a value of an external force detected by the sensor and the stored reference external force value is larger than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro MORIOKA, Munehiro JINUSHI, Akihiro FUKASAWA, Ken TAKAHASHI, Yasuhiro NOZAWA, Hideyuki WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10636394
    Abstract: A hammer assembly includes: a pivot member that pivots about a pivot axis; and a weight supported by the pivot member and including a plate portion. The plate portion has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The plate portion has: a first region with a thickness defined by a length between the first surface and the second surface in a pivot-axis direction at a portion farthest from the pivot axis; and a second region with a thickness greater than that in the first region. In a case where the areas of the first region and the second region on a projected plane when the first region and the second region are viewed in the pivot-axis direction are compared with each other, the area of the first region is less than the area of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken Takahashi