Patents by Inventor Kenji Kawano
Kenji Kawano 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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Publication number: 20210375537Abstract: A device includes a first inductor and a second inductor reversely coupled with the first inductor. The first and second inductors have overlapping windings. The device also includes a housing for the first and second inductor. The housing is filled with a magnetic molding compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Dongbin Hou, Sombuddha Chakraborty, Kenji Kawano, Jeffrey Morroni, Yuki Sato
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Publication number: 20210327654Abstract: A solar cell according to the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electron transport layer disposed between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer. At least one electrode selected from the group consisting of the first electrode and the second electrode has a light-transmitting property. The photoelectric conversion layer contains a perovskite compound comprising a monovalent cation, a Sn cation, and a halogen anion. The electron transport layer contains porous TiZnO3.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: YUMI MIYAMOTO, KENJI KAWANO
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Patent number: 11094455Abstract: A device includes a first inductor and a second inductor reversely coupled with the first inductor, wherein the first and second inductors have overlapping windings. The device also includes a housing for the first and second inductor, wherein the housing is filled with a magnetic molding compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Dongbin Hou, Sombuddha Chakraborty, Kenji Kawano, Jeffrey Morroni, Yuki Sato
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Publication number: 20210202192Abstract: A switch device includes a substrate having one surface and another surface; a switch disposed on the one surface of the substrate and configured to be pressed; a first housing; a second housing; and a pin member. An internal space is formed by the first housing and the second housing, and the substrate is disposed in the internal space. The first housing has an opening through which at least a part of the pin member is inserted into the internal space. The second housing includes a support portion that supports the another surface of the substrate. When the pin member is inserted into the internal space through the opening, the pin member presses the support portion against the another surface of the substrate so as to cause the support portion to support the another surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Hajime OSAKO, Kazuma TAKEO, Kenji KAWANO
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Publication number: 20200383610Abstract: The present disclosure accurately identifies a posture of a user whose body is supported by a supporting apparatus. A posture identifying device includes: a model preparing section configured to prepare a three-dimensional model from body data; a body part position information obtaining section configured to obtain body part position information from a camera; a shape information obtaining section configured to obtain shape information from a shape sensor; a model correcting section configured to correct a posture in the three-dimensional model according to (i) a position of a specific part indicated by the body part position information and (ii) a shape of a seat indicated by the shape information; and a posture identifying section configured to identify a posture of a user from the posture in the three-dimensional model thus corrected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki ABE, Kenji KAWANO, Yoshiomi NISHIGAKI
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Patent number: 10793024Abstract: Provided is a seat in which a physical quantity can be controlled according to a physique of an occupant. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a seat including a seat body that supports a body of an occupant, at least one driving device that changes a physical quantity of the seat body, and a controller that controls the at least one driving device. The controller includes a model generator that generates a human body model of the occupant, an analyzer that analyzes a state quantity of the human body model, and an instructing device that drives the at least one driving device based on a result of an analysis by the analyzer.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Kawano, Yoshiomi Nishigaki, Kazumi Inoue
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Publication number: 20200251625Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element adapted to emit blue light, quantum dots that absorb part of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit green light, and at least one of a KSF phosphor adapted to absorb part of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit red light and a MGF phosphor adapted to absorb part of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit red light.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji KAWANO, Atsushi YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 10714664Abstract: A device includes a light emitting device including: a light emitting element adapted to emit a blue light, a sealing resin covering the light emitting element, and a sulfide phosphor-containing layer disposed separate from the sealing resin; and a diffusion plate disposed between the sealing resin and the sulfide phosphor-containing layer, the diffusion plate being spaced apart from the sealing resin.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Kenji Kawano
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Publication number: 20200211767Abstract: A device includes a first inductor and a second inductor reversely coupled with the first inductor, wherein the first and second inductors have overlapping windings. The device also includes a housing for the first and second inductor, wherein the housing is filled with a magnetic molding compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Dongbin HOU, Sombuddha CHAKRABORTY, Kenji KAWANO, Jeffrey MORRONI, Yuki SATO
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Patent number: 10651349Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element adapted to emit blue light, quantum dots that absorb part of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit green light, and at least one of a KSF phosphor adapted to absorb part of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit red light and a MGF phosphor adapted to absorb part of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit red light.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Kawano, Atsushi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10555083Abstract: An acoustic device includes: at least one processor, and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to operate to: acquire data on a mixed sound of a reproduction sound of a first sound data output from a first speaker and a reproduction sound of a second sound data output from a second speaker, the mixed sound being picked up by a sound pickup device directed toward the first speaker, calculate a first similarity degree indicating similarity between the data on the mixed sound and the first sound data and a second similarity degree indicating similarity between the data on the mixed sound and the second sound data, and determine connection states of the first speaker and the second speaker based on the first similarity degree and the second similarity degree.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Usui, Kenji Kawano, Kotaro Nakabayashi, Ryota Sato, Kohei Sekiguchi, Masaya Kano
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Publication number: 20200020820Abstract: Provided is a solar cell including a first electrode, a second electrode, a light-absorbing layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an intermediate layer located between the light-absorbing layer and at least one electrode selected from the group consisting of the first electrode and the second electrode. The light-absorbing layer contains a perovskite compound represented by a chemical formula ASnX3 (where A is a monovalent cation and X is a halogen anion). The intermediate layer is in contact with the light-absorbing layer. The at least one electrode selected from the group consisting of the first electrode and the second electrode has light-transmissive property. The intermediate layer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of (4-(1?,5?-dihydro-1?-methyl-2?H-[5,6]fullereno-C60-lh-[1,9-c]pyrrol-2?-yl)benzoic acid) and fullerene C60.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: TOMOYASU YOKOYAMA, KENJI KAWANO, YUMI MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190389353Abstract: A vehicle seat attachable to a vehicle body, the vehicle seat including: a seat back; and a headrest configured to support a head of a seated occupant, the headrest including: a base portion fixed to the seat back; a slide portion slidable in a left-right direction in a state where the head is supported to the base portion; and an electric mechanism configured to slide the slide portion in the left-right direction, and in which the slide portion is configured to be moved by the electric mechanism in a moving direction in which the head moves in the left-right direction due to acceleration in the left-right direction applied when a vehicle moves, the electric mechanism being operated by a control device disposed in the vehicle body in response to a signal from a sensor disposed in the vehicle body, the sensor being configured to detect the moving direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Komei YANO, Kenji KAWANO, Hidetaka NAGAYASU, Makoto ASANO, Osamu KANEKO, Hikaru SATOU
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Patent number: 10490711Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element adapted to emit a blue light, a sealing resin covering the light emitting element, and a sulfide phosphor-containing layer disposed at an outer side of a sealing resin. The sealing resin contains at least one of a KSF phosphor adapted to absorb a portion of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit red light and a MGF phosphor adapted to absorb a portion of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit red light. The sulfide phosphor-containing layer includes a sulfide phosphor adapted to absorb a portion of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit red light and a MGF phosphor adapted to absorb a portion of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit green light.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Kenji Kawano
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Publication number: 20190348580Abstract: A device includes a light emitting device including: a light emitting element adapted to emit a blue light, a sealing resin covering the light emitting element, and a sulfide phosphor-containing layer disposed separate from the sealing resin; and a diffusion plate disposed between the sealing resin and the sulfide phosphor-containing layer, the diffusion plate being spaced apart from the sealing resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Kenji KAWANO
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Publication number: 20190281388Abstract: An acoustic device includes: at least one processor, and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to operate to: acquire data on a mixed sound of a reproduction sound of a first sound data output from a first speaker and a reproduction sound of a second sound data output from a second speaker, the mixed sound being picked up by a sound pickup device directed toward the first speaker, calculate a first similarity degree indicating similarity between the data on the mixed sound and the first sound data and a second similarity degree indicating similarity between the data on the mixed sound and the second sound data, and determine connection states of the first speaker and the second speaker based on the first similarity degree and the second similarity degree.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Atsushi USUI, Kenji KAWANO, Kotaro NAKABAYASHI, Ryota SATO, Kohei SEKIGUCHI, Masaya KANO
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Publication number: 20190154113Abstract: A transfer belt wound between a primary pulley and a secondary pulley of a continuously variable transmission, the transfer belt including: a plurality of elements, each of which has a body that includes a saddle surface and a pair of pillars that extend toward a radially outer side of the transfer belt from both sides of the saddle surface in a width direction; and a bind ring that binds the plurality of elements annularly with an inner peripheral surface of the bind ring contacting the saddle surface of each of the plurality of elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki SATO, Kenji KAWANO, Akira OCHI, Ryo NAKAMURA, Takayuki MIYAKE, Junichi TOKUNAGA, Masashi HATTORI
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Publication number: 20190154114Abstract: A power transfer belt, where a peripheral length difference between an inner peripheral length of the retainer ring and an outer peripheral length of the outermost ring material is larger than a peripheral length difference between an outer peripheral length of the ring material on an inner side, of two of the ring materials which overlap each other, and an inner peripheral length of the ring material on an outer side,Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira OCHI, Yuki SATO, Ryo NAKAMURA, Kenji KAWANO, Masashi HATTORI, Junichi TOKUNAGA
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Publication number: 20190154112Abstract: A power transfer belt that includes a plurality of elements; and a ring that binds the plurality of elements annularly, wherein: the power transfer belt is wound in V grooves of a pair of pulleys of a continuously variable transmission to transfer power, the elements each have a saddle surface that contacts the ring, a pair of pillars that extend from both sides of the saddle surface in a width direction in a direction from an inner peripheral side toward an outer peripheral side of the ring, and a pair of side surfaces formed so as to extend away from each other from the inner peripheral side toward the outer peripheral side of the ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2016Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira OCHI, Kenji KAWANO, Yuki SATO, Ryo NAKAMURA, Junichi TOKUNAGA, Masashi HATTORI
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Publication number: 20190118673Abstract: Provided is a seat in which a physical quantity can be controlled according to a physique of an occupant. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a seat including a seat body that supports a body of an occupant, at least one driving device that changes a physical quantity of the seat body, and a controller that controls the at least one driving device. The controller includes a model generator that generates a human body model of the occupant, an analyzer that analyzes a state quantity of the human body model, and an instructing device that drives the at least one driving device based on a result of an analysis by the analyzer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji KAWANO, Yoshiomi NISHIGAKI, Kazumi INOUE