Patents by Inventor Kenji Yamamoto

Kenji Yamamoto 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: 20240128932
    Abstract: A power amplifier circuit includes external input and output terminals; a first power amplifier with first input and output terminals, the first input terminal being connected to the external input terminal, the first output terminal being connected to the external output terminal; a second power amplifier having second input and output terminals, the second input terminal being connected to the external input terminal, the second output terminal being connected to the external output terminal; a power supply terminal that receives a power supply voltage that is supplied to the first power amplifier and controllably supplied to the second power amplifier; and a switch having first and second terminals, the first terminal being connected to the power supply terminal, the second terminal being connected to the second power amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji TAHARA, Yoshiaki SUKEMORI, Kae YAMAMOTO, Ryo WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240128936
    Abstract: A power amplifier circuit includes an amplifier transistor having a collector terminal, an emitter terminal, and a base terminal, bias circuits, and a current limiter circuit. The bias circuit includes a constant current amplifier transistor that supplies direct-current bias current from an emitter terminal to the base terminal. The current limiter circuit includes a current limiting transistor an emitter terminal of which is connected to the bias circuit, a resistive element connected between the current limiting transistor and a power supply terminal, and a resistive element connected between the current limiting transistor and the constant current amplifier transistor. The bias circuit includes a constant current amplifier transistor that supplies direct-current bias current i3 from an emitter terminal to the base terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji TAHARA, Ryo WAKABAYASHI, Kae YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240119475
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to provide an incentive to a first user who sells or returns a first vehicle in which a part of a first coating film including an easily peelable layer is not peeled off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240120384
    Abstract: An SiC semiconductor device includes an SiC chip that has a main surface, and an n-type drift region that is formed in a surface layer portion of the main surface and has an impurity concentration adjusted by at least two types of pentavalent elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Yuki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240119894
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: YUICHI SATO, KENJI MAEDA, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, FUMITAKA SEKI, MASAFUMI ITO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
  • Publication number: 20240113662
    Abstract: An amplifier module includes an antenna that includes four power feed points, and four power amplifiers. Output ends of the four power amplifiers are connected to the four power feed points in a one-to-one relationship. The four power feed points are arranged rotationally symmetrically around a center of the antenna when a main surface of the antenna is viewed in plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji TAHARA, Kae YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240113668
    Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes amplifiers, transformers, and a transmission line. A first end of an input-side coil is connected to an output terminal of the amplifier, a second end of the input-side coil is connected to an output terminal of the amplifier via the transmission line, a first end of an input-side coil is connected to an output terminal of the amplifier, a second end of the input-side coil is connected to the output terminal of the amplifier via the transmission line, a first end of an output-side coil is connected to an output terminal, a second end of the output-side coil is connected to a ground, a first end of an output-side coil is connected to an output terminal, and a second end of the output-side coil is connected to the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji TAHARA, Kae YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki SUKEMORI
  • Patent number: 11947298
    Abstract: A recording material conveying device includes: a first conveyor that constitutes a conveyance path of a recording material; a second conveyor that branches from the first conveyor and constitutes a conveyance path of the recording material different from the conveyance path of the first conveyor; and a detector that detects recording material characteristics of the recording material, the detector being arranged in the second conveyor on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the recording material with respect to a branch portion where the first conveyor and the second conveyor branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ogata, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kenji Yamamoto, Takashi Nara
  • Patent number: 11938794
    Abstract: A vehicle structure includes: an exterior member for a vehicle; and a strippable coating film formed by applying an easily strippable coating material to the exterior member. The coating film includes a design portion formed to cover an outer surface of the exterior member, and a non-design portion continuous with the design portion, the non-design portion being formed to cover at least a side end portion of the exterior member. A film serving as a starting point from which the coating film is stripped off is provided between the exterior member and the non-design portion such that the film is exposed from an edge of the non-design portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Naganuma, Kenji Yamaguchi, Junya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240097626
    Abstract: A radio frequency circuit includes a carrier amplifier, a peak amplifier, a transformer, and an impedance converting circuit. One end of an input coil is connected to an output of the carrier amplifier, one end of an output coil is connected to an output terminal. The impedance converting circuit includes main and auxiliary lines. One end of the main line is connected to an output of the peak amplifier, and the other end of the main line is connected to the other end of the input coil. One end of the auxiliary line is connected to the one end of the main line, and the other end of the auxiliary line is connected to ground. A first direction from the one end to the other end of the main line, and a second direction from the other end to the one end of the auxiliary line (302) are the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji TAHARA, Ryo WAKABAYASHI, Kae YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki SUKEMORI
  • Publication number: 20240097629
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a module substrate, a carrier amplifier and a peak amplifier, a transformer, and a phase adjustment circuit. The carrier amplifier and the peak amplifier are included in a semiconductor IC. One end of an input-side coil is connected to an output terminal of the carrier amplifier. One end of the output-side coil is connected to a signal output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji TAHARA, Yoshiaki SUKEMORI, Kae YAMAMOTO, Ryo WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240088841
    Abstract: A radio frequency circuit includes carrier amplifiers and peak amplifiers, transformers, a signal output terminal connected to a first end of an output-side coil, an LC series circuit, and a capacitor. An input-side coil is connected, at its first end, to the carrier amplifier, and is connected, at its second end, to the carrier amplifier. An input-side coil is connected, at its first end, to the peak amplifier, and is connected, at its second end, to the peak amplifier. The LC series circuit is connected between the peak amplifier and the ground. The capacitor is connected to a second end of the output-side coil and a first end of an output-side coil. The output-side coil is connected, at its second end, to the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji TAHARA, Yoshiaki SUKEMORI, Kae YAMAMOTO, Ryo WAKABAYASHI, Isao TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20240076927
    Abstract: A window regulator includes: a base assembled to a vehicle; a bracket configured to support window glass; an arm member having one end side rotatably supported by the base and the other end side rotatably supported by the bracket; and a driving member configured to drive, by rotationally driving the arm member, the bracket configured to support the window glass. At least one of a rotation center axis on the one end side of the arm member and a rotation center axis on the other end side of the arm member is inclined in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to a vehicle width direction when viewed from a vehicle upper-lower direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Masanao BABA, Satoshi ISAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240072108
    Abstract: An SiC semiconductor device includes an SiC semiconductor chip that has a main surface, an n-type drift region that is formed in a surface layer portion of the main surface and has an impurity concentration adjusted by at least two types of pentavalent elements, and a p-type impurity region that is formed inside the drift region such as to form a pn-junction portion with the drift region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki NAKANO, Hiroaki SHIRAGA, Kenji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240052176
    Abstract: Provided is a radical-curable sealing member for fuel cells that has excellent product durability and suppresses changes in mechanical properties caused by heat and hydrolysis (such as reduced stretch and increased hardness caused by embrittlement). A sealing member 4 is a crosslinked product of a radical-curable composition that contains components (A)-(E), there being 0.1-10 parts by mass of component (B) per 100 parts by mass of component (A). (A) A polymer for fuel cell sealing members that has a radical-curable functional group and also has at least one of a urethane linkage and an ester linkage in the molecular chain thereof. (B) A carbodiimide compound that has at least one functional group selected from the group that consists of ether groups, aliphatic hydrocarbon groups that have at least 3 carbons, and alicyclic hydrocarbon groups. (C) A monofunctional (meth)acrylic monomer. (D) A polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer. (E) A radical polymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Kentaro IMAI, Yasunori NIMURA, Shota TANIGUCHI, Kenji YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11901568
    Abstract: To provide an electrocatalyst for fuel cells, which is configured to ensure both the initial performance and durability of fuel cells. An electrocatalyst for fuel cells, wherein the electrocatalyst comprises a carbon support including a mesopore and a catalyst alloy supported on the carbon support, and the catalyst alloy is a catalyst alloy of platinum and a transition metal; wherein the mesopore includes at least one throat; wherein an average effective diameter of the at least one throat is 1.8 nm or more and less than 3.2 nm; and wherein a transition metal ratio of the catalyst alloy supported on a deeper-side region than the at least one throat, is lower than the transition metal ratio of the catalyst alloy supported on a nearer-side region than the at least one throat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Shimizu, Kumiko Nomura, Tomohiro Takeshita, Shu Miyasaka, Kenji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240027597
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission antenna, a reception antenna, and a controller. The transmission antenna transmits a transmission wave. The reception antenna receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected. The controller detects an object that reflects the transmission wave, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The controller classifies a predetermined target, based on a probability density distribution calculated from a relative velocity of the object relative to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru SAHARA, Jun KURODA, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Takuya HOMMA, Fangwei TONG
  • Publication number: 20240006619
    Abstract: The present embodiment is a catalyst for a fuel cell including: a catalyst metal; and a carrier that supports the catalyst metal, in which an outer surface area of the carrier to an inner surface area of the carrier, which is a ratio between the inner and outer surface areas of the carrier, is 0.56 to 0.69, and a proportion of the catalyst metal supported on an outer surface of the carrier is 23% to 35%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kumiko NOMURA, Rui IMOTO, Hidetoshi OKADA, Naoki HASEGAWA, Tomohiro TAKESHITA, Kazuhisa YANO, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Yuko MATSUMURA, Yuuki KASAMA
  • Patent number: 11858226
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device in which an electronic component coupled to a lead is covered with a mold cover, includes: a coupling step of coupling the electronic component to the lead, a bending step of bending the lead to adjust a posture of the electronic component, and a molding step of molding the electronic component with a resin material to form the mold cover, and the bending step includes a lead bending step of bending the lead by pressing a pressing member against the lead without pressing the pressing member against the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Kazuno, Kenji Yamamoto, Ryosuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: D1021831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakano, Kenji Yamamoto, Yasunori Kutsuma