Patents by Inventor Koki Ando
Koki Ando 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: 12578104Abstract: A ventilator includes a box having an air inlet on a bottom surface of the box and an air outlet on a side surface different from the bottom surface of the box, a fan case for storing a fan and sending air from the air inlet to the air outlet, and an adapter fixed to the side surface of the box where the air outlet is disposed as a component independent of the box. The fan case includes a temporary fixation for temporarily fixing the adapter to the box.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Kanematsu, Masafumi Tsubouchi, Koki Ando
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Publication number: 20250373416Abstract: According to one embodiment, a user base device A has a cryptographic module a key sharing module. The key sharing module restores and disperses a cryptographic key used to generate the encrypted data. The key sharing module includes a quantum cryptographic communication device applicable to a plurality of front ends. The front ends are used to receive dispersed cryptographic key from different routes, and to output dispersed cryptographic key to different routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2025Publication date: December 4, 2025Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Digital Solutions CorporationInventors: Kazuma Tsuda, Masakatsu Matsuo, Manabu Kobayashi, Koki Ando
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Patent number: 12425199Abstract: According to one embodiment, a first key sharing module outputs a common key, a first cryptographic module encrypts plaintext data and outputs encrypted data. A first transmission system transmits the encrypted data. A second transmission system transmits the common key. A monitor device is disposed in the first transmission system, and receives transmission condition data from a first base and reception condition data from a second base, and performs matching of the transmission condition data and the reception condition data.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2023Date of Patent: September 23, 2025Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Digital Solutions CorporationInventors: Mai Nakazawa, Masakatsu Matsuo, Manabu Kobayashi, Koki Ando
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Patent number: 12381713Abstract: According to one embodiment, an encryption communication system configures a network with a plurality of nodes, and shares the encryption key between a first node that delivers the encryption key to a first user and a second node that delivers the encryption key to a second user. The first node forms n (n>1) systems of paths to the second node over the network, generates n pieces of first data, distributes the n pieces of first data to the n systems of paths and transmits the n pieces of first data to the second node, and generates the encryption key by superimposing the n pieces of first data. The second node receives the n pieces of first data from the first node via the n systems of paths, and generates the encryption key by superimposing the n pieces of first data.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Digital Solutions CorporationInventors: Kazuhisa Kaino, Masakatsu Matsuo, Manabu Kobayashi, Koki Ando
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Publication number: 20250130788Abstract: An update apparatus includes a vehicle detection unit that detects entrance of a vehicle into a specific area which the vehicle can enter, a control unit, a notification unit, and a communication unit that establishes communication between the control unit and the vehicle. The control unit includes at least one processor and at least one memory connected to the processor. The processor performs a process including: performing, in response to detection of entrance of the vehicle into the specific area, certain presentation indicating characteristics of the vehicle after update to update at least part of data and programs concerning control of the vehicle is performed to notify an occupant of the vehicle of the presentation via the notification unit; and transmitting update information indicating content of the update to the vehicle via the communication unit after the presentation is indicated to cause the vehicle to perform the update.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Shinichiro NAKAHIRA, Yasuji YAMAGISHI, Daisuke KATO, Koki ANDO, Naoto MOURI, Kaoru SHIZUNO
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Patent number: 12221588Abstract: There is provided a grease composition which is supplied between a plurality of lips provided in a sealing device that seals between a pair of members that rotate relative to each other, wherein the grease composition comprises a base oil (A), a thickening agent (B) and a rust preventive agent (C); a kinematic viscosity of the base oil (A) at 40° C. is 30 to 80 mm2/s; the thickening agent (B) is a diurea compound represented by Formula (1); and the composition comprises 5 to 15% by mass of the thickening agent (B) and 0.1 to 2.0% by mass of the rust preventive agent (C) based on the total of the grease composition. R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3??(1) wherein R2 is a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, and R1 and R3 are a linear or branched alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms. Thus, a grease composition is provided, which can suppress a torque difference due to a rotation direction and exhibits excellent sealing properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignees: UCHIYAMA MANUFACTURING CORP., KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Shibayama, Koki Ando, Hiroyuki Saito, Michitaka Yoshihara
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Patent number: 12203046Abstract: The present invention relates to a grease composition including: a base oil; a thickener; a rust inhibitor; and an extreme pressure agent, in which the rust inhibitor includes, with respect to a total mass of the grease composition: 0.10 mass % to 10.00 mass % of a calcium sulfonate; 0.20 mass % to 10.00 mass % of a zinc sulfonate; and 0.10 mass % to 10.00 mass % of a zinc carboxylate, and the extreme pressure agent includes, with respect to the total mass of the grease composition, 2.00 mass % to 14.00 mass % of a zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanako Niiya, Kazunori Miyake, Masayuki Murakami, Shota Akimoto, Takahiro Maeda, Kaname Nishi, Michitaka Yoshihara, Kazuki Isa, Koki Ando
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Patent number: 12179584Abstract: A mechanism for preventing power generation during towing of an electric vehicle. The mechanism includes: a rod-shaped coupling member receiver into which a rod-shaped coupling member to be used during the towing is configured to be inserted on a front portion or a rear portion of the electric vehicle, and to which the inserted rod-shaped coupling member is configured to be locked; and a switcher that is provided between the axle and the decelerator, and that is configured to bring the axle and the decelerator into a decoupled state in an inserting operation of inserting the rod-shaped coupling member into the rod-shaped coupling member receiver, and to bring the axle and the decelerator into a coupled state in a removing operation of removing the rod-shaped coupling member from the rod-shaped coupling member receiver.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2024Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Horie, Daisuke Kidachi, Koki Ando, Kaoru Sugano, Gentaro Nakaoka
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Publication number: 20240326585Abstract: A mechanism for preventing power generation during towing of an electric vehicle. The mechanism includes: a rod-shaped coupling member receiver into which a rod-shaped coupling member to be used during the towing is configured to be inserted on a front portion or a rear portion of the electric vehicle, and to which the inserted rod-shaped coupling member is configured to be locked; and a switcher that is provided between the axle and the decelerator, and that is configured to bring the axle and the decelerator into a decoupled state in an inserting operation of inserting the rod-shaped coupling member into the rod-shaped coupling member receiver, and to bring the axle and the decelerator into a coupled state in a removing operation of removing the rod-shaped coupling member from the rod-shaped coupling member receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Shinya HORIE, Daisuke KIDACHI, Koki ANDO, Kaoru SUGANO, Gentaro NAKAOKA
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Publication number: 20240166966Abstract: There is provided a grease composition which is supplied between a plurality of lips provided in a sealing device that seals between a pair of members that rotate relative to each other, wherein the grease composition comprises a base oil (A), a thickening agent (B) and a rust preventive agent (C); a kinematic viscosity of the base oil (A) at 40° C. is 30 to 80 mm2/s; the thickening agent (B) is a diurea compound represented by Formula (1); and the composition comprises 5 to 15% by mass of the thickening agent (B) and 0.1 to 2.0% by mass of the rust preventive agent (C) based on the total of the grease composition. R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3??(1) wherein R2 is a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, and R1 and R3 are a linear or branched alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms. Thus, a grease composition is provided, which can suppress a torque difference due to a rotation direction and exhibits excellent sealing properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Masanori SHIBAYAMA, Koki ANDO, Hiroyuki SAITO, Michitaka YOSHIHARA
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Patent number: 11982464Abstract: Provided is an air-conditioning system that air-conditions a house having an upper floor and a lower floor positioned at a lower position than the upper floor. The air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioning apparatus that conditions air in an air-conditioning room provided at the upper floor or at a higher position than the upper floor, a plurality of conveyance fans that conveys the air in the air-conditioning room to a plurality of upper rooms positioned at the higher floor independent of the air condition room, and is provided to correspond to the plurality of upper rooms, coupling fans that couple the upper rooms and lower rooms positioned at lower positions of the upper rooms to blow air from the upper rooms to the lower rooms, and a system controller that controls the air-conditioning apparatus, the conveyance fans, and the coupling fans.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Koki Ando, Naoyuki Funada, Ayumi Konishi
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Patent number: 11976833Abstract: An air conditioning system controller is provided, which performs an air conditioning of a house through an air conditioning controller. The air conditioning system controller includes an in-house power generation amount obtaining section for obtaining a power generation amount generated by a natural energy power generator (for example, a solar power generation panel), an electric power amount obtaining section for obtaining a consumed electric power amount used in the house, a comparing section for comparing the power generation amount obtained by the in-house power generation amount obtaining section with a consumed electric power amount obtained by the electric power amount obtaining section and an air conditioning controlling section for controlling the air conditioning controller according to a comparison result provided by the comparing section.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Kanematsu, Koki Ando, Ayumi Konishi
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Patent number: 11940166Abstract: An air conditioning system is provided, which includes a transfer fan for transferring air to a room as a space in a house from an air-conditioned room, a motion sensor for detecting whether the room is occupied or unoccupied and an air conditioning system controller for controlling the transfer fan. In the air conditioning system, a target air conditioning environment obtaining section obtains at least a target air conditioning environment of the room, an occupied-room air conditioning environment section controls the transfer fan that transfers air to the occupied room to approximate the occupied room to the target air conditioning environment according to information from the motion sensor and an unoccupied-room air conditioning environment section controls the transfer fan that transfers air to the unoccupied room to approximate the unoccupied room to a quasi-target air conditioning environment where an energy burden is lower than that of the occupied room according to information from the motion sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiomi Takada, Naoyuki Funada, Koki Ando, Ayumi Konishi
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Publication number: 20230400200Abstract: A ventilator includes a box having an air inlet on a bottom surface of the box and an air outlet on a side surface different from the bottom surface of the box, a fan case for storing a fan and sending air from the air inlet to the air outlet, and an adapter fixed to the side surface of the box where the air outlet is disposed as a component independent of the box. The fan case includes a temporary fixation for temporarily fixing the adapter to the box.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke KANEMATSU, Masafumi TSUBOUCHI, Koki ANDO
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Publication number: 20230388105Abstract: According to one embodiment, an encryption communication system configures a network with a plurality of nodes, and shares the encryption key between a first node that delivers the encryption key to a first user and a second node that delivers the encryption key to a second user. The first node forms n (n>1) systems of paths to the second node over the network, generates n pieces of first data, distributes the n pieces of first data to the n systems of paths and transmits the n pieces of first data to the second node, and generates the encryption key by superimposing the n pieces of first data. The second node receives the n pieces of first data from the first node via the n systems of paths, and generates the encryption key by superimposing the n pieces of first data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhisa Kaino, Masakatsu Matsuo, Koki Ando, Manabu Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20230336335Abstract: According to one embodiment, a user base device A has a cryptographic module a key sharing module. The key sharing module restores and disperses a cryptographic key used to generate the encrypted data. The key sharing module includes a quantum cryptographic communication device applicable to a plurality of front ends. The front ends are used to receive dispersed cryptographic key from different routes, and to output dispersed cryptographic key to different routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuma TSUDA, Masakatsu Matsuo, Manabu Kobayashi, Koki Ando
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Publication number: 20230336330Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an encryption communication system, a first device and a second device that execute encryption communication via a first network share an encryption key used for the encryption communication via a second network including a plurality of nodes. The first device generates n pieces of first data used for generating the encryption key, transmits the n pieces of first data to the second device by distributing the n pieces of first data to n nodes among the nodes and sending the n pieces of first data to the second network, and generates the encryption key by using the n pieces of first data. The second device receives the n pieces of first data from n nodes among the nodes, and generates the encryption key by using the n pieces of first data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kyouhei Ozaki, Masakatsu Matsuo, Manabu Kobayashi, Koki Ando
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Publication number: 20230318816Abstract: According to one embodiment, a first key sharing module outputs a common key, a first cryptographic module encrypts plaintext data and outputs encrypted data. A first transmission system transmits the encrypted data. A second transmission system transmits the common key. A monitor device is disposed in the first transmission system, and receives transmission condition data from a first base and reception condition data from a second base, and performs matching of the transmission condition data and the reception condition data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Mai Nakazawa, Masakatsu Matsuo, Manabu Kobayashi, Koki Ando
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Publication number: 20230272299Abstract: The present invention relates to a grease composition including: a base oil; a thickener; a rust inhibitor; and an extreme pressure agent, in which the rust inhibitor includes, with respect to a total mass of the grease composition: 0.10 mass % to 10.00 mass % of a calcium sulfonate; 0.20 mass % to 10.00 mass % of a zinc sulfonate; and 0.10 mass % to 10.00 mass % of a zinc carboxylate, and the extreme pressure agent includes, with respect to the total mass of the grease composition, 2.00 mass % to 14.00 mass % of a zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanako NIIYA, Kazunori MIYAKE, Masayuki MURAKAMI, Shota AKIMOTO, Takahiro MAEDA, Kaname NISHI, Michitaka YOSHIHARA, Kazuki ISA, Koki ANDO
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Publication number: 20230105512Abstract: An air conditioning system is provided, which includes a transfer fan for transferring air to a room as a space in a house from an air-conditioned room, a motion sensor for detecting whether the room is occupied or unoccupied and an air conditioning system controller for controlling the transfer fan. In the air conditioning system, a target air conditioning environment obtaining section obtains at least a target air conditioning environment of the room, an occupied-room air conditioning environment section controls the transfer fan that transfers air to the occupied room to approximate the occupied room to the target air conditioning environment according to information from the motion sensor and an unoccupied-room air conditioning environment section controls the transfer fan that transfers air to the unoccupied room to approximate the unoccupied room to a quasi-target air conditioning environment where an energy burden is lower than that of the occupied room according to information from the motion sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Yoshiomi TAKADA, Naoyuki FUNADA, Koki ANDO, Ayumi KONISHI