Patents by Inventor Kohei Kato
Kohei Kato 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: 11953351Abstract: A tactile and proximity sensor includes a light source, a light receiver, an elastic structure, and a reflecting mirror. The light source emits light. The light receiver receives light and generates a signal indicating a result of reception of the light. The elastic structure includes an elastic body deformable in response to an external force and includes a reflecting portion to reflect light and transmitting portions to transmit light. The reflecting mirror faces the light source to guide the light from the light source to the reflecting portion and the transmitting portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takatoshi Kato, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kohei Sugahara
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Publication number: 20240094756Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device with a reference voltage circuit including an enhancement type transistor having P-type polycrystalline silicon as a first gate electrode, and a depletion type transistor having N-type polycrystalline silicon as a second gate electrode, in which the enhancement type transistor has an impermeable film that is locally provided to cover the first gate electrode via an interlayer insulating film disposed on the first gate electrode, and a nitride film that has an opening portion which is provided larger than the first gate electrode and smaller than the impermeable film, and is provided to cover a periphery of the impermeable film, and the depletion type transistor has a nitride film that is directly provided on an interlayer insulating film disposed on the second gate electrode and covers the depletion type transistor without a gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: ABLIC INC.Inventors: Takeshi KOYAMA, Hisashi Hasegawa, Shinjiro Kato, Kohei Kawabata
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Patent number: 11933936Abstract: An optical sensor includes a light source, a light receiver, and a convex portion. The light source emits light to an object. The light receiver receives reflected light of the emitted light reflected by an object and generates a signal showing a light reception result. The convex portion has a height higher than a height of the light source and the light receiver. The convex portion is between the light source and the light receiver to block reflected light from the light receiver when light from the light source is reflected within a range of a predetermined distance from the convex portion. The light receiver outputs a signal to show a light reception result of equal to or less than a threshold amount of light indicating that the reflected light is not received in response to proximity of the object being within a range of a predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Kohei Sugahara, Takatoshi Kato
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Patent number: 11933684Abstract: A tactile and proximity sensor includes a light source, a light receiving section, and a cover. The light source emits light. The light receiving section receives light and generates a signal providing a result of the received light. The cover includes an elastic body that deforms under external force and that covers the light source and the light receiving section. The cover includes a reflective section that reflects light between the light source and the light receiving section and a transmission section that allows light to pass through in a first direction from the light source and that allows light to pass through in a second direction from the light receiving section.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takatoshi Kato, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kohei Sugahara, Hironari Yamamoto, Hiraku Kawai
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Publication number: 20240081900Abstract: A catheter includes an elongated body, a distal end side of which is inserted into a body, and an electrode provided around an axis of the elongated body and expandable in a direction intersecting the axis. The electrode in an expanded state includes an intermediate portion at least partially including a portion in which element wires spread like a mesh, a proximal end portion located closer to a proximal end side of the elongated body than the intermediate portion and in which the element wires gather, and a distal end portion located closer to the distal end side than the intermediate portion and in which the element wires gather. The intermediate portion includes a maximum portion where an outer dimension of the electrode is maximized. The maximum portion is located closer to the proximal end side than a center of the electrode in an axial direction of the elongated body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Kohei SAKAKI, Makoto KATO, Ryo ISHIDA
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Patent number: 11923152Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element that includes an anode body that has a porous structure, a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, and a solid electrolyte layer that covers at least a part of the dielectric layer. The anode body contains a first group metal including at least one selected from the group consisting of tantalum, niobium, titanium, aluminum, and zirconium. The dielectric layer contains an oxide of the first group metal and a second group metal including at least one selected from the group consisting of iron, chromium, copper, silicon, molybdenum, sodium, and nickel. A ratio X of a total number of atoms of the second group metal to a total number of atoms of the first group metal in the dielectric layer is equal to or less than 100 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Ueda, Kohei Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki Kato, Takashi Umemoto
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Patent number: 11692620Abstract: There is provided a shift device for a straddle-type vehicle that is configured to cause a transmission device to perform a shift change in accordance with rotation of a shift shaft. The shift device includes: a shift lever provided with an operation portion that is configured to receive a shift operation; a shift sensor provided on the shift shaft so as to be integrally rotatable with the shift shaft; and a shift rod that couples the shift lever and the shift sensor. The shift sensor is configured to detect the shift operation on the shift lever in accordance with a movement of the shift rod. The operation portion and the shift sensor are positioned at the same side in a manner of sandwiching the shift rod.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Kato, Takatoshi Maemori, Tatsushi Uchiyama, Hiroyasu Inohara
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Patent number: 11673625Abstract: There is provided a shift device for a straddle-type vehicle that is configured to cause a transmission device to perform a shift change in accordance with rotation of a shift shaft. The shift device includes: a shift lever provided with an operation portion that is configured to receive a shift operation; a shift sensor provided on the shift shaft so as to be integrally rotatable with the shift shaft; and a shift rod that couples the shift lever and the shift sensor. The shift sensor is configured to detect the shift operation on the shift lever in accordance with a movement of the shift rod. The operation portion and the shift sensor are positioned at the same side in a manner of sandwiching the shift rod in a vehicle side view.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Kato, Takatoshi Maemori, Tatsushi Uchiyama, Hiroyasu Inohara
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Publication number: 20220390411Abstract: A carbon dioxide sensor includes: a solid electrolyte layer that is anion conductive; a reference electrode disposed on one surface of the solid electrolyte layer; and a detection electrode disposed on the other surface of the solid electrolyte layer. The detection electrode is made of a mixture containing: (a) one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Os, and Ir; (b) a cation conductive carbonate; and (c) an oxide containing Li and at least one of Ce and Sm. The solid electrolyte layer is preferably oxide ion conductive, and the cation conductive carbonate is preferably lithium ion conductive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Kohei KATO, Shingo IDE, Kengo SHIMANOE, Ken WATANABE, Koichi SUEMATSU, Nan MA
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Patent number: 11442433Abstract: A receiver (131) receives an acquisition request to acquire a value of real resource information associated with a device (20) connected to a network or a value of virtual resource information associated with a calculation result of calculation performed using a value of the real resource information. A real resource information acquirer (1352) acquires the value of the real resource information by causing a collector (140) to collect a value from the device (20) associated with the real resource information. A virtual resource information acquirer (1353) acquires the value of the virtual resource information by causing a calculator (1354) to perform calculation using the value of the real resource information. A responder (136) returns a response including the value of the real resource information or a response including the value of the virtual resource information based on the received acquisition request.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu Nasu, Kohei Kato
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Publication number: 20220274672Abstract: There is provided a shift device for a straddle-type vehicle that is configured to cause a transmission device to perform a shift change in accordance with rotation of a shift shaft. The shift device includes: a shift lever provided with an operation portion that is configured to receive a shift operation; a shift sensor provided on the shift shaft so as to be integrally rotatable with the shift shaft; and a shift rod that couples the shift lever and the shift sensor. The shift sensor is configured to detect the shift operation on the shift lever in accordance with a movement of the shift rod. The operation portion and the shift sensor are positioned at the same side in a manner of sandwiching the shift rod in a vehicle side view.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei KATO, Takatoshi MAEMORI, Tatsushi UCHIYAMA, Hiroyasu INOHARA
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Publication number: 20220275862Abstract: There is provided a shift device for a straddle-type vehicle that is configured to cause a transmission device to perform a shift change in accordance with rotation of a shift shaft. The shift device includes: a shift lever provided with an operation portion that is configured to receive a shift operation; a shift sensor provided on the shift shaft so as to be integrally rotatable with the shift shaft; and a shift rod that couples the shift lever and the shift sensor. The shift sensor is configured to detect the shift operation on the shift lever in accordance with a movement of the shift rod. The operation portion and the shift sensor are positioned at the same side in a manner of sandwiching the shift rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei KATO, Takatoshi MAEMORI, Tatsushi UCHIYAMA, Hiroyasu INOHARA
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Patent number: 11315086Abstract: An API management device includes: a reception unit configured to receive a selection of a charging condition when using an API; a receiver configured to receive a request for the API from the application; a transmitter configured to transmit a response according to the request to the application; and a history storage configured to store a history of the request for the API and the response for each of the applications that use the API. A charging management device includes: a charging condition storage configured to store the charging condition received by the reception unit for each of the applications that use the API when using the API; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on the history from the history storage; and a determination unit configured to determine a charge value for the application that uses the API based on the charging condition and the information on the history.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SoftBank Corp.Inventors: Keita Omori, Kohei Kato, Eijiro Hoshi
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Publication number: 20220043429Abstract: A receiver (131) receives an acquisition request to acquire a value of real resource information associated with a device (20) connected to a network or a value of virtual resource information associated with a calculation result of calculation performed using a value of the real resource information. A real resource information acquirer (1352) acquires the value of the real resource information by causing a collector (140) to collect a value from the device (20) associated with the real resource information. A virtual resource information acquirer (1353) acquires the value of the virtual resource information by causing a calculator (1354) to perform calculation using the value of the real resource information. A responder (136) returns a response including the value of the real resource information or a response including the value of the virtual resource information based on the received acquisition request.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Osamu NASU, Kohei KATO
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Publication number: 20210379668Abstract: There is provided an additive manufacturing device including a control device of controlling a relative posture of a heat retaining light beam irradiation device to a melting light beam irradiation device, in a state where a heat retaining light irradiation range of a heat retaining light beam larger than a melting light irradiation range of a melting light beam is overlapped with the melting light irradiation range, and such that a size of the heat retaining light irradiation range is changeable with respect to a size of the melting light irradiation range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Mizoguchi, Takaya Nagahama, Koichi Shiiba, Makoto Tano, Kohei Kato, Sho Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20210213565Abstract: An additive manufacturing device includes: an inner light beam radiation device of radiating an inner light beam; an outer light beam radiation device of radiating an outer light beam; and a control device. when a molten pool is irradiated with the outer light beam, the control device controls a power density of the outer light beam representing an output per unit area such that a cooling rate of the molten pool representing a temperature drop per unit time is 540° C./s or less at a freezing point of a carbide binder included in the molten pool, the molten pool being formed by irradiating a material including a hard material and a carbide binder with the inner light beam to melt the material. According to the present disclosure, the additive manufacturing device can prevent cracking and additively manufacture a high-quality shaped object with a simple configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto TANO, Takaya NAGAHAMA, Koichi SHIIBA, Takashi MIZOGUCHI, Kohei KATO, Sho HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 11058310Abstract: A pulse wave sensor unit includes a pressure sensor, and an adhesive tape to attach the pressure sensor to a measurement portion to be measured. The pressure sensor includes a diaphragm part, and an annular support part which supports the diaphragm part and has an aperture for allowing the diaphragm part to face the measurement portion, and a closed space is able to be formed between the diaphragm part and the measurement portion by attaching the pressure sensor to the measurement portion using the adhesive tape.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: ADVANTEST CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu Sanpei, Kohei Kato
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Publication number: 20200380478Abstract: An API management device includes: a reception unit configured to receive a selection of a charging condition when using an API; a receiver configured to receive a request for the API from the application; a transmitter configured to transmit a response according to the request to the application; and a history storage configured to store a history of the request for the API and the response for each of the applications that use the API. A charging management device includes: a charging condition storage configured to store the charging condition received by the reception unit for each of the applications that use the API when using the API; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on the history from the history storage; and a determination unit configured to determine a charge value for the application that uses the API based on the charging condition and the information on the history.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Keita Omori, Kohei Kato, Eijiro Hoshi
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Patent number: 10132691Abstract: A sensor sheet has a planer shape to be disposed on a surface of a vehicle seat. The sensor sheet includes: a pliable planar main body capable of being disposed along the surface of the vehicle seat; a plurality of detecting portions provided in the main body; and a wiring line that is configured to supply power to each of the detecting portions, wherein each of the plurality of detecting portions is configured to transmit information detected from the surface of the vehicle seat to a controller through a wired or wireless communication, wherein the main body has an air permeability to enable circulation of air in a thickness direction, and wherein the plurality of detecting portions are arranged at a suitable interval in a surface direction of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohei Kato, Masami Kataoka, Fumitoshi Akaike
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Publication number: 20170281028Abstract: A pulse wave sensor unit includes a pressure sensor, and an adhesive tape to attach the pressure sensor to a measurement portion to be measured. The pressure sensor includes a diaphragm part, and an annular support part which supports the diaphragm part and has an aperture for allowing the diaphragm part to face the measurement portion, and a closed space is able to be formed between the diaphragm part and the measurement portion by attaching the pressure sensor to the measurement portion using the adhesive tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: ADVANTEST CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu SANPEI, Kohei KATO