Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Fujii

Kiyoshi Fujii 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: 10998838
    Abstract: A rotor position judging unit detects a rotor position by utilizing induced voltages generated at respective phases of an armature winding. While a field current flowing through a field winding rises toward a target value (while the field current temporally changes), induced voltages are generated at the respective phases of the armature winding by temporal differentiation of a magnetic flux which interlinks with the armature winding. The rotor position judging unit detects the rotor position (d-axis of a rotor) on a basis of a table containing combination of amplitude ratios and polarities of the induced voltages generated at the respective phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Nakaoka, Kiyoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 10858314
    Abstract: The present invention provides a urea compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof that has a formyl peptide receptor like 1 (hereinafter may be abbreviated as FPRL1) agonist effect, a pharmaceutical composition containing the urea compound or the pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutical use thereof. It has been found that a urea derivative represented by the general formula (I) below or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof has a superior FPRL1 agonist effect. Compound (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof is highly useful for treatment, prevention, or suppression of inflammatory diseases, chronic airway diseases, cancers, septicemia, allergic symptoms, HIV retrovirus infection, circulatory disorders, neuroinflammation, nervous disorders, pains, prion diseases, amyloidosis, immune disorders and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Kiyoshi Fujii, Mitsuhito Shibasaki, Mikako Kawashima, Megumi Kamiya, Kohei Ohata
  • Patent number: 10525058
    Abstract: The present invention provides a urea derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof that has a formyl peptide receptor like 1 (hereinafter may be abbreviated as FPRL1) agonist effect, a pharmaceutical composition containing the urea derivative or the pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical use thereof. It has been found that a urea derivative represented by the general formula (I) below or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof has a superior FPRL1 agonist effect. Compound (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof is highly useful for treatment, prevention, or suppression of inflammatory diseases, chronic airway diseases, cancers, septicemia, allergic symptoms, HIV retrovirus infection, circulatory disorders, neuroinflammation, nervous disorders, pains, prion diseases, amyloidosis, immune disorders and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KYORIN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Fujii, Kentaro Umei, Hiroyasu Takahashi, Mitsuhito Shibasaki, Kohei Ohata
  • Publication number: 20190229667
    Abstract: A rotor position judging unit detects a rotor position by utilizing induced voltages generated at respective phases of an armature winding. While a field current flowing through a field winding rises toward a target value (while the field current temporally changes), induced voltages are generated at the respective phases of the armature winding by temporal differentiation of a magnetic flux which interlinks with the armature winding. The rotor position judging unit detects the rotor position (d-axis of a rotor) on a basis of a table containing combination of amplitude ratios and polarities of the induced voltages generated at the respective phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro NAKAOKA, Kiyoshi FUJII
  • Publication number: 20190015071
    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes: a piezoelectric element that transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave; a housing that accommodates the piezoelectric element; and an acoustic medium liquid that contains an aryl group-containing siloxane compound, has an attenuation factor of ultrasonic waves of 5 MHz of less than 1.5 dB/cm, and fills a space between the piezoelectric element and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: KIYOSHI FUJII, TOSHIHARU SATO, KOJI OURA
  • Patent number: 10103671
    Abstract: In a control apparatus for a rotary electric machine, a first manipulation unit manipulates, as control for a predetermined first region with respect to the controlled variable, a voltage phase of a voltage vector applied to an armature winding while controlling a field current to cause a deviation between an amplitude of an induced voltage and an amplitude of a predetermined voltage to be equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, the induced voltage being generated in the armature winding based on rotation of the rotor, the predetermined voltage being applied to the armature winding; A second manipulation unit that manipulates, as control for a second region that is larger than the first region, the field current such that the controlled variable is controlled to the target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180208552
    Abstract: The present invention provides a urea compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof that has a formyl peptide receptor like 1 (hereinafter may be abbreviated as FPRL1) agonist effect, a pharmaceutical composition containing the urea compound or the pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical use thereof. It has been found that a urea derivative represented by the general formula (I) below or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof has a superior FPRL1 agonist effect. Compound (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof is highly useful for treatment, prevention, or suppression of inflammatory diseases, chronic airway diseases, cancers, septicemia, allergic symptoms, HIV retrovirus infection, circulatory disorders, neuroinflammation, nervous disorders, pains, prion diseases, amyloidosis, immune disorders and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: KYORIN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Kiyoshi FUJII, Mitsuhito SHIBASAKI, Mikako KAWASHIMA, Megumi KAMIYA, Kohei OHATA
  • Publication number: 20180207153
    Abstract: The present invention provides a urea derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof that has a formyl peptide receptor like 1 (hereinafter may be abbreviated as FPRL1) agonist effect, a pharmaceutical composition containing the urea derivative or the pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical use thereof. It has been found that a urea derivative N represented by the general formula (I) below or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof has a superior FPRL1 agonist effect. Compound (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof is highly useful for treatment, prevention, or suppression of inflammatory diseases, chronic airway diseases, cancers, septicemia, allergic symptoms, HIV retrovirus infection, circulatory disorders, neuroinflammation, nervous disorders, pains, prion diseases, amyloidosis, immune disorders and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: KYORIN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi FUJII, Kentaro UMEI, Hiroyasu TAKAHASHI, Mitsuhito SHIBASAKI, Kohei OHATA
  • Patent number: 9948220
    Abstract: A rotation angle estimation apparatus includes: a high-frequency voltage setting unit that sets high-frequency voltages; a circuit operating unit that operates an electric power conversion circuit to apply each of the high-frequency voltages to a corresponding one of winding groups of a rotating electric machine; and a rotation angle estimating unit that estimates a rotation angle of the rotating electric machine based on at least one of high-frequency currents that flow in the winding groups upon application of the high-frequency voltages to the winding groups. Moreover, the high-frequency voltage setting unit sets the high-frequency voltages based on the spatial phase difference between the winding groups so that in a fixed coordinate system of the rotating electric machine, the magnitude of a resultant vector of a plurality of high-frequency voltage vectors, which are respectively applied to the winding groups, becomes smaller than the magnitude of each of the high-frequency voltage vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Fujii, Atsuyuki Hiruma
  • Publication number: 20180026559
    Abstract: A rotation angle estimation apparatus includes: a high-frequency voltage setting unit that sets high-frequency voltages; a circuit operating unit that operates an electric power conversion circuit to apply each of the high-frequency voltages to a corresponding one of winding groups of a rotating electric machine; and a rotation angle estimating unit that estimates a rotation angle of the rotating electric machine based on at least one of high-frequency currents that flow in the winding groups upon application of the high-frequency voltages to the winding groups. Moreover, the high-frequency voltage setting unit sets the high-frequency voltages based on the spatial phase difference between the winding groups so that in a fixed coordinate system of the rotating electric machine, the magnitude of a resultant vector of a plurality of high-frequency voltage vectors, which are respectively applied to the winding groups, becomes smaller than the magnitude of each of the high-frequency voltage vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi FUJII, Atsuyuki HIRUMA
  • Patent number: 9874461
    Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling a rotary electric machine, a voltage applier applies a high-frequency voltage to one of the field winding and the armature winding. One of a field winding and an armature winding is defined as an input winding, and the other thereof is defined as an output winding. A current detector detects a high-frequency current flowing through the output winding based on the applied high-frequency voltage. The high-frequency current includes therein information associated with the rotational position of a target magnetic pole of the rotor as a predetermined one of the magnetic poles. An estimator estimates the rotational position of the target magnetic pole of the rotor according to the high-frequency current detected by the current detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Ishida, Kiyoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180013369
    Abstract: In a control apparatus for a rotary electric machine, a first manipulation unit manipulates, as control for a predetermined first region with respect to the controlled variable, a voltage phase of a voltage vector applied to an armature winding while controlling a field current to cause a deviation between an amplitude of an induced voltage and an amplitude of a predetermined voltage to be equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, the induced voltage being generated in the armature winding based on rotation of the rotor, the predetermined voltage being applied to the armature winding; A second manipulation unit that manipulates, as control for a second region that is larger than the first region, the field current such that the controlled variable is controlled to the target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyoshi FUJII
  • Patent number: 9847744
    Abstract: A control unit applied to a motor that includes a rotor having a field winding and a rotor having armature winding groups to control a field current passed through the field winding. Each of the armature winding groups is applied with a prescribed voltage. The field current is controlled so as to be a minimum field current value If_min with which a deviation between an amplitude of an induced voltage generated in the armature winding groups by rotation of the rotor, and an amplitude of the voltage applied to the armature winding groups becomes equal to or smaller than a prescribed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Fujii, Hideaki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9808223
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe includes: a first arm that swings along with rotation of a motor and includes a protrusion; a second arm that rotates along with rotation of a second gear engaged with a first gear attached to a first rotational shaft; a third arm attached to the second arm such that the third arm is rotatable with respect to the second arm; and an ultrasound device connected with the third arm. The protrusion of the first arm is connected with the third arm such that the protrusion is slidable on the third arm along the longitudinal direction of the third arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20170290565
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe of the present invention includes: a piezoelectric element configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic wave; a casing that houses the piezoelectric element; and an acoustic medium liquid that fills a space between the piezoelectric element and the casing, and contains an aromatic compound or a substituted derivative thereof
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kiyoshi FUJII, Toshiharu SATO
  • Patent number: 9774092
    Abstract: A deployable antenna reflector includes a surface cable network formed of a plurality of cables coupled to each other in a mesh pattern. The surface cable network includes at least one rigid rod member that reduces a maximum tensile force caused in the surface cable network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Space Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Fujii, Minoru Tabata, Kyoji Shintate
  • Patent number: 9762156
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine is applied to a multilayer winding-type rotating electric machine including a stator and a rotor. The stator includes an armature winding. The rotor includes at least one of a field winding and a permanent magnet for generating a magnetic field that have characteristics of magnetic flux of a non-sinusoidal waveform in relation to a rotation angle of the rotor. The armature winding has winding groups. Each of the winding groups has coils that are connected to an actual neutral point provided for each winding group, and has a first winding group and a second winding group that have a phase difference. A control apparatus detects a rotation angle based on a voltage at the actual neutral point of the first winding group and a voltage at the actual neutral point of the second winding group, and controls the rotating electric machine based on the rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Fujii, Ryosuke Utaka
  • Patent number: 9748883
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine has a rotor having a field winding and a stator having an armature winding. A control device adjusts a field current flowing in the field winding and an armature current flowing in the armature winding. The armature current flowing in the armature winding is expressed by using a current vector having a d-axis current and a q-axis current in a d-q coordinate system. In a case in which the control device increases the d-axis current to generate a magnetic flux in a direction which is opposite to a direction to generate a magnetic flux by a field current, the control device gradually reduces the d-axis current during a predetermined period of time after increasing the d-axis current in the direction opposite to the direction to generate the magnetic flux by the field current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Shiomi, Hideaki Nakayama, Kiyoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 9719968
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe which is connected to an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an acoustic element for converting an electric signal and an ultrasound to each other, an electric signal processing circuit electrically connected to the acoustic element, a case for storing the acoustic element and the electric signal processing circuit, an acoustic element board for electrically connecting the acoustic element to the electric signal processing circuit, and a partition part which is arranged to contact with the case and separates the acoustic element and the electric signal processing circuit. A space on the side of the acoustic element in the case separated by the partition part is filled with a first material having lower thermal conductivity than that of a material for forming an inner wall surface of the case. Accordingly, the heat generated by a circuit unit such as the electric signal processing circuit can be more efficiently dissipated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Fujii, Manabu Migita, Takehiko Suginouchi
  • Publication number: 20170117834
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine is applied to a multilayer winding-type rotating electric machine including a stator and a rotor. The stator includes an armature winding. The rotor includes at least one of a field winding and a permanent magnet for generating a magnetic field that have characteristics of magnetic flux of a non-sinusoidal waveform in relation to a rotation angle of the rotor. The armature winding has winding groups. Each of the winding groups has coils that are connected to an actual neutral point provided for each winding group, and has a first winding group and a second winding group that have a phase difference. A control apparatus detects a rotation angle based on a voltage at the actual neutral point of the first winding group and a voltage at the actual neutral point of the second winding group, and controls the rotating electric machine based on the rotation angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi FUJII, Ryosuke UTAKA