Patents by Inventor Kenji Kubo

Kenji Kubo 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: 12163809
    Abstract: A resolver body including a rotor having Nx (Nx is a natural number) salient poles, a stator facing the rotor and having Ns (Ns is an integer equal to or larger than 3) teeth arranged in a circumferential direction, and an excitation winding and two phases of output windings wound on each tooth; and an excitation circuit configured to apply voltage to the excitation winding. The excitation winding and the two phases of output windings wound on each of Nsm (Nsm is an integer equal to or larger than 2) teeth among the Ns teeth are set to be of a main system. The excitation winding and the two phases of output windings wound on each of Ns-Nsm teeth are set to be of a sub-system. The number Nsm of the teeth corresponding to the main system is larger than the number Ns-Nsm of the teeth corresponding to the sub-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko Ikeda, Shohei Fujikura, Tatsuya Mori, Kenji Ikeda, Kenta Kubo, Toshihiro Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 12151262
    Abstract: A vibration generating device includes a housing; a vibration body in the housing; an elastic support member fixed to the housing and supporting the vibration body; and a driver that applies a vibration force to the vibration body. The elastic support member includes a vibration plate configured to support the vibration body; a front fixed plate disposed in front of the vibration plate and fixed to the housing; a rear fixed plate disposed behind the vibration plate and fixed to the housing; a first elastic plate connecting one of a left or right end of the vibration plate to the front fixed plate; and a second elastic plate connecting the other one of the left or right end to the rear fixed plate. The first elastic plate is isolated from the rear fixed plate, and the second elastic plate is isolated from the front fixed plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kubo, Takashi Ogihara, Hideki Ito
  • Patent number: 12152914
    Abstract: To solve a problem that the accuracy of angle detection deteriorates owing to noise voltage generated by eccentricity or variation in shape among rotors according to the number of magnetic poles of a rotor core of a multiple-system rotation sensor, the number S of magnetic poles of a stator core is, with the number R of the magnetic poles of the rotor core and the number N (N is a natural number equal to or larger than 2) of systems for stator windings, in a relationship of S=nRN (n is a natural number), system windings of each system are wound so as to be divided for every R magnetic poles among the S magnetic poles of the stator core, and a winding arrangement of the system windings of each system is made so as to achieve R-times rotational symmetry about a rotor rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Fujikura, Hiroko Ikeda, Tatsuya Mori, Kenji Ikeda, Kenta Kubo, Toshihiro Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 12107129
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonpolar or semipolar GaN substrate having improved size and crystal quality. A self-standing GaN substrate has an angle between the normal of the principal surface and an m-axis of 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less, wherein: the size of the projected image in a c-axis direction when the principal surface is vertically projected on an M-plane is 10 mm or more; and when an a-axis length is measured on an intersection line between the principal surface and an A-plane, a low distortion section with a section length of 6 mm or more and with an a-axis length variation within the section of 10.0×10?5 ? or less is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Nagao, Yusuke Tsukada, Kazunori Kamada, Shuichi Kubo, Hirotaka Ikeda, Kenji Fujito, Hideo Fujisawa, Yutaka Mikawa, Tae Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 12103089
    Abstract: A coated tool includes a base and a coating layer on the base. The coating layer includes a first layer including Al2O3 particles, and a second layer on the first layer. The second layer includes, sequentially from the base, a first film, a second film in contact with the first film, and a third film in contact with the second film. The first to third films individually include Ti. The first film, the second film and the third film individually include at least one kind selected from C and N. The coated tool satisfies a relationship of a first N content>a third N content>a second N content, in which the first N content is an N content in the first film, the second N content is an N content in the second film, and the third N content is an N content in the third film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusaku Sugawa, Hayato Kubo, Kenji Kumai, Hiroyuki Kinjo
  • Publication number: 20240321409
    Abstract: A pyrolysis product library formed from a plurality of groups of predicted mass spectra corresponding to a plurality of resin candidates is created using a prediction model. An information processing unit generates a plurality of measured mass spectra corresponding to a plurality of compounds generated due to pyrolysis of a resin sample. Next, the information processing unit searches through the pyrolysis product library based on the plurality of measured mass spectra, to thereby judge one or a plurality of contained resins contained in the resin sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Ayumi Kubo, Masaaki Ubukata, Kenji Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 12083881
    Abstract: A vehicle driving system to be provided in a vehicle includes a touch sensor and a control unit. The touch sensor is to be provided in the steering operation device and configured to measure a fluctuation in electrostatic capacitance. The control unit determines, based on information from the touch sensor, whether a driver of the vehicle is in a steering-holding state or in a non-steering-holding state. After a detection of a first fluctuation that is a fluctuation in the electrostatic capacitance occurring before a malfunction of the touch sensor, the control unit determines that the driver is in the non-steering-holding state even if the information from the touch sensor to the control unit indicates that the driver is in the steering-holding state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: SUBARU CORPORATION, AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB, PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tsukada, Ryosuke Kubo, Masahito Sekine, Syunsuke Kanagami, Osamu Takahashi, Takateru Sawada, Kenji Makino, Shogo Maenaka
  • Patent number: 12085418
    Abstract: To provide an abnormality detection apparatus for resolver which can determine the abnormality of at least the first system, even if the period of the excitation AC voltage of the first system and the period of the excitation AC voltage of the second system are different periods, and the magnetic interference between systems occurs. An abnormality detection apparatus for resolver applies an AC voltage of a first period to a first system excitation winding; applies an AC voltage of a second period different from the first period to a second system excitation winding; calculates DC values of first system two output signals by performing a DC extraction processing; and determines abnormality of first system based on whether or not the DC values of first system two output signals are within a normal range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Mori, Hiroko Ikeda, Toshihiro Matsunaga, Kenji Ikeda, Kenta Kubo
  • Patent number: 12078905
    Abstract: As an example of an EC element in which vertical color separation is suppressed, the present disclosure provides an EC element including a pair of electrodes, a solvent, an anodic EC compound, and a cathodic EC compound. In the EC element, the difference between a solvation free energy of an oxidized form of the anodic EC compound in water and a solvation free energy of the oxidized form in octanol is 35 kcal/mol or more, and the cathodic EC compound has a substituent containing any one element selected from halogens, sulfur, boron, phosphorus, and silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Wataru Kubo, Kenji Yamada, Satoshi Igawa, Yuto Ito, Isao Kawata
  • Patent number: 12068702
    Abstract: In an electric motor control device which controls rotation of an AC electric motor having two sets of three-phase windings and provided with a resolver having two systems by calculating voltage command values on dq axes, dq conversion of currents of first three-phase windings is performed using a first angle calculated from output of the first system of the resolver, and dq conversion of currents of second three-phase windings is performed using a second angle calculated from output of the second system of the resolver. With both d-axis current command values set at the same value, respective voltage command values on dq axes are calculated and respectively converted into voltage command values for voltage application to the first three-phase windings, using the first angle, and converted into voltage command values for voltage application to the second three-phase windings, using the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Orii, Tatsuya Mori, Hiroko Ikeda, Toshihiro Matsunaga, Kenji Ikeda, Kenta Kubo
  • Publication number: 20240142423
    Abstract: A conversion device converts output information, which is output from a device having a predetermined gas detection function with respect to a predetermined odor molecule, into quantified data of an odorant receptor. The conversion device comprises a conversion unit that uses a prediction model, which has been subjected to machine learning using, as explanatory variables, pieces of output information output from a device having a plurality of gas detection functions with respect to a plurality of respective odor molecules and using, as objective variables, pieces of response information indicating a plurality of responses of the odorant receptor with respect to the plurality of respective odor molecules, to convert the acquired output information into response information indicating a response of the odorant receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji KUBO, Sho SATO, Naoto ASAI
  • Patent number: 11630164
    Abstract: Provided are a reliable high-voltage system and a failure diagnosis method thereof, in which a vibration damping mechanism using an electrorheological fluid as a working fluid is a load, and can prevent electric shock due to leakage current and the influence on surrounding electronic devices. There are provided a first circuit that includes a power source and a ground, a second circuit that is magnetically coupled to the first circuit via a transformer and includes a load connected to the ground, a controller that is connected to the ground, a third circuit that is connected to the second circuit and the ground, a first resistor that is provided between a connection point at a high potential end of the second circuit and the ground, and a second resistor that is provided between a connection point at a low potential end of the second circuit and the ground, and has a resistance value different from a resistance value of the first resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ikarashi, Kenji Kubo, Michihiro Asanuma
  • Publication number: 20230100549
    Abstract: A vibration generating device includes a housing; a vibration body in the housing; an elastic support member fixed to the housing and supporting the vibration body; and a driver that applies a vibration force to the vibration body. The elastic support member includes a vibration plate configured to support the vibration body; a front fixed plate disposed in front of the vibration plate and fixed to the housing; a rear fixed plate disposed behind the vibration plate and fixed to the housing; a first elastic plate connecting one of a left or right end of the vibration plate to the front fixed plate; and a second elastic plate connecting the other one of the left or right end to the rear fixed plate. The first elastic plate is isolated from the rear fixed plate, and the second elastic plate is isolated from the front fixed plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji KUBO, Takashi OGIHARA, Hideki ITO
  • Patent number: 11577487
    Abstract: A synthetic resin skin material composite, including: a urethane resin skin material including a urethane resin skin layer provided at one surface of a substrate; and a cushion layer that is placed at a surface on an opposite side of the substrate from the surface of the urethane resin skin material at which the urethane resin skin layer is provided; in which the urethane resin skin material has recesses at a side of the urethane resin skin layer, and each of the recesses has a depth in a thickness direction of the synthetic resin skin material composite, such that the recesses extend from the urethane resin skin layer into the cushion layer beyond an interface between the urethane resin skin material and the cushion layer that is present in a region without a recess, as well as a method of producing a synthetic resin skin material composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: KYOWA LEATHER CLOTH CO., LTD., HAYASHI TELEMPU CORPORATION, INOAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ishiyama, Kenji Kubo, Tetsuya Ogawa, Atsuhiko Itakura
  • Patent number: 11491534
    Abstract: A continuous casting method includes, conveying a cast slab from a casting mold, stirring a non-solidified portion in the cast slab with a first electromagnetic stirring device, stirring the non-solidified portion with a second electromagnetic stirring device disposed downstream of the first electromagnetic stirring device in a conveyance direction of the cast slab, and subsequently, rolling the cast slab with a reduction roll, in which, the first electromagnetic stirring device alternately imparts the cast slab with electromagnetic force in one direction to cause the non-solidified portion to flow toward one width direction side of the cast slab at a flow rate of at least 5 cm/s, and with electromagnetic force in another direction to cause the non-solidified portion to flow toward another width direction side of the cast slab at a flow rate of at least 5 cm/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Nagai, Toshiaki Mizoguchi, Kenji Kubo, Makoto Ishii
  • Publication number: 20220255131
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains a salt compound represented by a specific general formula, a solute, and a nonaqueous organic solvent, in which the content of the salt compound with respect to the total amount of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution is 0.003% by mass to 0.1% by mass, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution battery contains the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, so that there is provided a nonaqueous electrolytic solution that can exhibit an effect of improving a capacity retention rate after a long-term cycle at a high temperature and an effect of preventing an increase in resistance at a low temperature after high-temperature storage in a balanced manner, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji KUBO, Wataru KAWABATA, Yuta IKEDA, Takayoshi MORINAKA, Mikihiro TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11378046
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus mounted in a fuel tank has a fuel pump portion for sucking a fuel stored in the fuel tank and then discharging the fuel to the outside. The fuel supply apparatus includes a harness that is connected with an external power source; a power-sending connector portion a power-sending connector portion that is provided in a harness and has power-sending terminals having respective spring portions, a power-receiving connector portion that is provided in a fuel pump portion and has power-receiving terminals to be connected with the power-sending terminals, respectively, when contact pressure based on elastic force of the spring portions, as elastic portions, is provided thereto, and an insulator that covers at least base portions of the power-receiving terminals and at least parts of the spring portions of the power-sending terminals when the power-receiving terminals are connected with the power-sending terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Coporation, YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Tsuda, Minoru Takata, Kenji Kubo, Hideto Arai, Hisashi Machida
  • Patent number: 11309794
    Abstract: There is provided a switching power supply device which has a high voltage control resolution. A switching power supply device according to the present invention includes: a power conversion circuit which includes a switching element; and a control circuit unit which outputs a driving pulse to the switching element based on an output voltage command value and an output voltage value of the power conversion circuit, and the control circuit unit changes a switching cycle and outputs a driving pulse based on a difference between a calculation value of an operation amount based on the output voltage command value and the output voltage value, and a setting value of the operation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Takahashi, Kenji Kubo, Takuma Ono
  • Patent number: 11101739
    Abstract: A switching loss of a power conversion device is sufficiently reduced. A DC-DC converter includes a switching circuit that converts input first DC power into AC power, a transformer that performs voltage conversion of the AC power, and an output circuit that converts the AC power subjected to the voltage conversion by the transformer into second DC power. The control circuit that controls the DC-DC converter calculates a magnetic flux density value B of the transformer and controls a drive frequency of the switching circuit based on the calculated magnetic flux density value B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Tanaka, Kenji Kubo, Takayuki Ouchi, Yuji Sobu, Naoya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210239079
    Abstract: a power-sending connector portion that is provided in a harness and has power-sending terminals having respective spring portions, a power-receiving connector portion that is provided in a fuel pump portion and has power-receiving terminals to be connected with the power-sending terminals, respectively, when contact pressure based on elastic force of the spring portions, as elastic portions, is provided thereto, and an insulator that covers at least base portions of the power-receiving terminals and at least parts of the spring portions of the power-sending terminals when the power-receiving terminals are connected with the power-sending terminals, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi TSUDA, Minoru TAKATA, Kenji KUBO, Hideto ARAI, Hisashi MACHIDA