Patents by Inventor Kentaro Yoshimura
Kentaro Yoshimura 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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Patent number: 11964416Abstract: A resin part includes a molded main body that has a plate shape with a longitudinal direction and is constituted of an injection-molded product. The resin part has a gate portion that is a vestige of a resin injection gate. The gate portion is located in an end face part of the molded main body to cross a position corresponding to a center of gravity of the molded main body; the end face part extends in the longitudinal direction of the molded main body.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Yoshimura, Takeshi Kusano, Kentaro Fukuda, Mitsuhiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20240025717Abstract: An object of the present invention is to safely and efficiently execute operation such as cargo handling in a cargo vehicle such as an automatic forklift 1. In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a laser scanner 2 that monitors a vehicle safety monitoring range 4 and laser curtains 21 that monitor a safety monitoring area 211 are prepared, and these are caused to function in cooperation with each other according to a status of operation of the automatic forklift 1. As one aspect of this, in the present invention, in a case where the safe state in the safety monitoring area 211 is confirmed using the laser curtains 21 at the time of executing cargo handling, a vehicle safety monitoring invalidation range 41 is set by invalidating the vehicle safety monitoring range 4 by the laser scanner 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Kentaro YOSHIMURA, Natsumi WATANABE, Masaya ITOH, Tatsuya ONO
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Publication number: 20230369648Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes a reactive cyclic carbonic acid ester compound and an anthraquinone compound. The reactive cyclic carbonic acid ester compound includes at least one of an unsaturated cyclic carbonic acid ester, a fluorinated cyclic carbonic acid ester, or a cyanated cyclic carbonic acid ester. The anthraquinone compound is represented by Formula (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventor: Kentaro YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20230313861Abstract: A frictional power transmission belt includes a compression rubber layer having a frictional power transmission surface that is covered with a fabric. The compression rubber layer includes an inner rubber layer in contact with the fabric and an outer rubber layer on an outer peripheral side of the inner rubber layer. The inner rubber layer is formed of a cured product of a rubber composition including a surfactant as a hydrophilic plasticizer, an unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt, and polyolefin particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Kentaro Yoshimura, Masaki Shibata, Hiroki Takechi, Shohei Daiko
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Publication number: 20230246236Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes a solvent, an electrolyte salt, a first unsaturated compound, and a second unsaturated compound. The first unsaturated compound includes at least one of respective compounds represented by Formulae (1) to (4). The second unsaturated compound includes at least one of respective compounds represented by Formulae (5) to (19).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventor: Kentaro YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20230098588Abstract: Updating of a program is realized even with a small-sized temporary storage area. A program update system distributes an update program from an update program distributing unit to a vehicle control device. The update program distributing unit encrypts an update program by a predetermined unit of encryption, and transmits the update program, which has been encrypted, by a predetermined unit of transfer to the vehicle control device to be updated, the vehicle control device decrypts the received update program by the unit of encryption, and stores the update program, which has been decrypted, by a predetermined unit of writing in a program storage unit, and the unit of writing is an integral multiple of the unit of encryption.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke KOGURE, Takaaki NOKAIDO, Kentaro YOSHIMURA
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Patent number: 11487748Abstract: An in-vehicle processing device includes: a signal input unit that generates input data based on an input signal from outside; a processing unit that executes arithmetic processing for calculating output data based on the input data; a signal output unit that generates an output signal based on the output data to output the output signal to the outside; and a storage unit that stores application software for causing the processing unit to execute the arithmetic processing. The application software includes: a data management layer for managing object data which is a collection of data corresponding to a given target element on the storage unit; a data adaptation layer for generating the object data based on the input data to output the generated object data to the data management layer; and a data operation layer for acquiring the object data from the data management layer to calculate the output data based on the acquired object data.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Horita, Kohei Sakurai, Makoto Kudo, Kentaro Yoshimura
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Patent number: 11489294Abstract: A connection module includes a first assembly and a second assembly. The first assembly has a rest portion for resting thereon an exposed portion of a covered electrical wire for differential signal transmission. A cable accommodates the covered electrical wire in a jacket. The exposed portion is not covered with the jacket, exposing a covering of the covered electrical wire. The second assembly has a presser portion pressing the exposed portion rested on the rest portion against the rest portion. A position of the exposed portion is determined by combining the first assembly with the second assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G. K.Inventor: Kentaro Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20220294006Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a hydroxycarboxylic acid compound. The hydroxycarboxylic acid compound includes a first hydroxycarboxylic acid compound, a second hydroxycarboxylic acid compound, or both. The electrolyte includes a high-dielectric-constant solvent having a dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 20 in a temperature range of higher than or equal to ?30° C. and lower than 60° C. The high-dielectric-constant solvent includes a lactone. A content of the lactone in the high-dielectric-constant solvent is greater than or equal to 65 wt % and less than or equal to 100 wt %. At least one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, or the electrolyte includes inorganic oxide particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventor: Kentaro YOSHIMURA
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Patent number: 11261649Abstract: A vehicle window control system is provided. The vehicle window control system includes a window switch that generates a first signal, a first computer that reads a state of the window switch and generates a second signal, and a second computer that controls movement of the vehicle window based on either the first signal or the second signal. The second computer receives the second signal from the first computer through serial communication and the first signal from the switch portion through a hardwire.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eric E. Helligrath, David G. Peterson, Kentaro Yoshimura
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Patent number: 11163310Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device in which it is possible to modify the travel trajectory of a vehicle in response to the presence of an obstruction in the vehicle perimeter. In the present invention, the vehicle control device 1 recognizes the surroundings of the vehicle, detects a first branching point in a first route that is preset on a road, and in cases in which a prescribed condition is met by the presence of an obstruction detected from the recognized surroundings when the vehicle is to move along a travel trajectory that is based on at least one second route from among a plurality of second routes that branch from the first branching point, generates a virtual route which branches from the first route at a second branching point differing from the first branching point toward the selected second route, and modifies the travel trajectory on the basis of the generated virtual route.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masato Imai, Takao Kojima, Kentaro Yoshimura, Kiyoshi Yorozuya
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Publication number: 20210242633Abstract: A connection module includes a first assembly and a second assembly. The first assembly has a rest portion for resting thereon an exposed portion of a covered electrical wire for differential signal transmission. A cable accommodates the covered electrical wire in a jacket. The exposed portion is not covered with the jacket, exposing a covering of the covered electrical wire. The second assembly has a presser portion pressing the exposed portion rested on the rest portion against the rest portion. A position of the exposed portion is determined by combining the first assembly with the second assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventor: Kentaro Yoshimura
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Patent number: 11080952Abstract: A system and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door that include determining if a portable device is located within at least one local area polling zone of a vehicle. The system and method also include determining if the portable device is stationary for a predetermined period of time within the at least one local area polling zone of the vehicle and determining if the portable device is located outside of at least one door area zone of the vehicle, wherein the at least one door area zone of the vehicle includes a space that is occupied by the at least one vehicle door. The system and method supplying an amount of power to a motor associated with the at least one vehicle door to open or close the at least one vehicle door.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wesley W. Kim, Brian K. Lickfelt, Douglas R. Reed, Emanuel Ulises Perez Zenteno, Tyler J. Rupp, Kentaro Yoshimura, Chyuan Y. Muh, Spencer A. Kennedy, Tomonori Watanabe
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Publication number: 20210179123Abstract: Fail-safe is performed appropriately when an automatic driving ECU has a failure. Provided is an in-vehicle electronic control system including a recognition device that recognizes a situation outside a vehicle, a track calculation unit that calculates a track on which the vehicle travels, a failure diagnosis unit that diagnoses a failure of the track calculation unit, and an output unit that outputs a control signal used to control the vehicle, in which a control signal generated based on a brake control instruction generated by the recognition device and a control signal generated based on a track control instruction generated by the track calculation unit are input to the output unit, and when the failure diagnosis unit diagnoses that the track calculation unit has a failure, the output unit outputs a control signal generated based on the brake control instruction generated by the recognition device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Tetsuya YAMADA, Kentaro YOSHIMURA, Shouji MURAMATSU, Tsutomu KANEKO, Toshiyuki INNAMI, Koichi YOKOURA
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Patent number: 10855113Abstract: A keyless entry device and method for powering the keyless entry system, such as a key fob, are disclosed. The keyless entry device has a charging battery, a rechargeable battery, at least one long range function button for a long range function, and at least one short range function button for a short range function. The method includes charging the rechargeable battery using the charging battery, wherein the rechargeable battery has a larger burst current delivery capacity than the charging battery. The method further includes sending a short range transmission from the keyless entry device using at least one of: the charging battery, and the rechargeable battery, when the at least one short range function button is actuated, sending a long range transmission from the keyless entry device at least one of: the charging battery, and the rechargeable battery, when the at least one long range function button is actuated.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., ContinentalInventors: Brian K. Lickfelt, Kentaro Yoshimura, Michael Spannbauer, Dirk Groeger, Ulrich Stetter
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Patent number: 10850649Abstract: A seat position controller performs seat position change processing by performing longitudinal position change processing and at least one of vertical position change processing and tilt angle change processing. When the seat position controller performs the seat position change processing, a change degree setting part sets the degree of speed change in the longitudinal direction of a seat main body during the longitudinal position change processing smaller than the degree of speed change in the vertical direction of the seat main body during the vertical position change processing, and the degree of speed change in a tilt angle direction of a seat back during the tilt angle change processing.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Harutomi Nishide, Kentaro Yoshimura
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Patent number: 10845809Abstract: Achieving safety and natural automatic driving needs a control platform using intelligence (such as learning function and artificial intelligence), but it is difficult to ensure operations suited for the behavior of a vehicle by the output of intelligence. An automatic driving device according to the present invention includes a control program for inputting outside information and vehicle information, and outputting a target control value for a vehicle. The control program has a first program for generating a first target control amount on the basis of a dynamically changing algorithm (which outputs operations based on learning function or artificial intelligence), and a second program for generating a second target control amount on the basis of a prescribed algorithm (which outputs operations according to traffic rules or driving morals).Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Masato Imai, Takao Kojima, Kentaro Yoshimura, Kiyoshi Yorozuya
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Patent number: 10815717Abstract: A system and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door that include determining if a portable device is located within at least one local area polling zone of a vehicle. The system and method also include determining if the portable device is stationary for a predetermined period of time within the at least one local area polling zone of the vehicle. The system and method further include supplying an amount of power to a motor associated with the at least one vehicle door to open or close the at least one vehicle door if it is determined that the portable device is stationary for the predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wesley W. Kim, Brian K. Lickfelt, Douglas R. Reed, Emanuel Ulises Perez Zenteno, Tyler J. Rupp, Kentaro Yoshimura, Chyuan Y. Muh, Spencer A. Kennedy, Tomonori Watanabe
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Patent number: 10740993Abstract: A system and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door that include receiving at least one polling response signal that is sent by a portable device and analyzing the at least one polling response signal to determine a signal strength of the at least one polling response signal. The system and method additionally include determining if the portable device is located within at least one local area polling zone of the vehicle based on a comparison of the signal strength of the at least one polling response signal to at least one local area threshold value that is specifically associated with at least one transceiver of the vehicle that receives the at least one polling response signal with a highest signal strength and determining if the portable device is stationary for a predetermined period of time within the at least one local area polling zone of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wesley W. Kim, Brian K. Lickfelt, Douglas R. Reed, Emanuel Ulises Perez Zenteno, Tyler J. Rupp, Kentaro Yoshimura, Chyuan Y. Muh, Spencer A. Kennedy, Tomonori Watanabe
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Publication number: 20200034354Abstract: An in-vehicle processing device includes: a signal input unit that generates input data based on an input signal from outside; a processing unit that executes arithmetic processing for calculating output data based on the input data; a signal output unit that generates an output signal based on the output data to output the output signal to the outside; and a storage unit that stores application software for causing the processing unit to execute the arithmetic processing. The application software includes: a data management layer for managing object data which is a collection of data corresponding to a given target element on the storage unit; a data adaptation layer for generating the object data based on the input data to output the generated object data to the data management layer; and a data operation layer for acquiring the object data from the data management layer to calculate the output data based on the acquired object data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Yuki HORITA, Kohei SAKURAI, Makoto KUDO, Kentaro YOSHIMURA