Patents by Inventor Kouji Kobayashi

Kouji Kobayashi 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: 20230071592
    Abstract: A laser processing method according to a viewpoint of the present disclosure includes radiating ultraviolet pulse laser light onto a workpiece having a stacked structure in which a conductor layer, an insulating layer, and a sacrificial layer are stacked on each other in the presented order, the pulse laser light radiated from the side facing the sacrificial layer, to change a laser ablation processing mode in the sacrificial layer and form a through hole in the sacrificial layer, radiating the pulse laser light onto the insulating layer through the through hole to form an opening in the insulating layer, and removing the sacrificial layer after the formation of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Akira SUWA, Kouji KAKIZAKI, Masakazu KOBAYASHI, Junichi FUJIMOTO, Yasufumi KAWASUJI
  • Patent number: 11594205
    Abstract: A switch device (4, 5) includes: a cap (7) including, on a top surface (711), a first region (71a) and a second region (71b) corresponding to a position where an internal light (133) is disposed and being thinner than the first region (71a); and a switch (61, 62) to which the cap (7) is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Imamura, Kouji Oshima, Yuuki Nakajima, Mari Nakajima, Ryohei Kobayashi, Shingo Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11499669
    Abstract: A support structure supports a component mounted on a mounting surface of a structure by pressing the component to the mounting surface side and includes a first support tool and a second support tool used so that the component is pressed to the mounting surface side and supported and a fixing portion provided on the structure and fixing the first support tool and the second support tool. The first support tool and the second support tool are fixed to the same fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamaguchi, Kouji Kaneko, Koichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11471835
    Abstract: A management device for a water treatment facility includes: a transmembrane pressure difference prediction unit configured to predict a general trend in a transmembrane pressure difference in a water treatment system based on an operation information, the operation information being related to the water treatment system including a membrane separation device installed therein; a chemical solution cleaning planning unit configured to devise such a chemical solution cleaning plan that chemical solution cleaning is performed before a period when a value of the transmembrane pressure difference predicted reaches a specified value; and a chemical solution order placement information generation unit configured to generate chemical solution order placement information based on the and the cleaning chemical solution stock information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Nobukazu Suzuki, Kouji Miyagawa, Yasuhiro Kaneshina
  • Patent number: 11468026
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store data generated in a manufacturing line where a product is manufactured in a state in which the data is linked to information in a tree structure in which elements related to manufacture of the product assigned as nodes; and a processor configured to: determine, when data of a prototype is stored to the memory, whether information of an element out of the elements corresponding to an uppermost node out of the nodes is linked to the data of the prototype; link, when the information of the element corresponding to the uppermost node is not linked, as the information of the element corresponding to the uppermost node of the data of the prototype, information distinguishable from information of the element corresponding to the uppermost node linked to the data of the product; and store the data of the prototype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouji Uesaka, Taizan Kobayashi, Reizo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220270578
    Abstract: An electronic device, which is an electronic musical instrument as an electronic device, includes: a rotating shaft inclined with respect to a perpendicular line of a panel; and a rotary knob that is attached to the rotating shaft and has a fingering marker portion provided opposite to an inclination direction of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mari NAKAJIMA, Kouji OSHIMA, Yuuki NAKAJIMA, Naoto IMAMURA, Ryohei KOBAYASHI, Shingo FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220270577
    Abstract: A device includes: a frame-shaped support member that is configured to support an internal member; a fixing member that is inside a frame of the support member and is configured to fix the internal member; and a reinforcement member that is connected to the fixing member and with which the fixing member is reinforced. The reinforcement member is not connected to the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mari NAKAJIMA, Ryohei KOBAYASHI, Yuuki NAKAJIMA, Kouji OSHIMA, Naoto IMAMURA, Shingo FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220051271
    Abstract: A receipt processing apparatus (2000) acquires receipt information (10) and target product information (20). The receipt information (10) indicates information relating to a purchased product. The receipt processing apparatus (2000) generates quantity information (30) indicating a purchased quantity or a purchased frequency of the target product indicated in the target product information (20) out of the products indicated in the receipt information (10). The receipt processing apparatus (2000) transmits the quantity information (30) to a predetermined transmission destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kouji KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11247696
    Abstract: An information processing device collects information used for analyzing communication performed in an in-vehicle network by ECUs including an ECU which performs predetermined control related to a function of an ADAS. The information processing device includes a receiver, a determiner, and a processor. The receiver receives a plurality of items of communication data sequentially transmitted over the in-vehicle network. The determiner detects a control end time which is a time at which the predetermined control ends, and determine an analysis target period including the control end time. The processor classifies the plurality of items of communication data received by the receiver into analysis target communication data received within the analysis target period and non-analysis target communication data received outside the analysis target period. The processor further performs predetermined processing for analysis of the analysis target communication data based on the classification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Nakano, Kouji Kobayashi, Tohru Wakabayashi, Kazuya Fujimura, Masato Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10770946
    Abstract: A stator includes a first stator part, a second stator part, and an annular seal member. The annular seal member is provided with a plurality of protrusions extending radially outward. A groove part corresponding to the annular seal member, and a plurality of recessed parts, which correspond to the plurality of protrusions of the annular seal member and which are to be connected to the groove part, are formed in at least one of the first stator part and the second stator part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Kobayashi, Takeshi Tamaki
  • Publication number: 20190300011
    Abstract: An information processing device collects information used for analyzing communication performed in an in-vehicle network by ECUs including an ECU which performs predetermined control related to a function of an ADAS. The information processing device includes a receiver, a determiner, and a processor. The receiver receives a plurality of items of communication data sequentially transmitted over the in-vehicle network. The determiner detects a control end time which is a time at which the predetermined control ends, and determine an analysis target period including the control end time. The processor classifies the plurality of items of communication data received by the receiver into analysis target communication data received within the analysis target period and non-analysis target communication data received outside the analysis target period. The processor further performs predetermined processing for analysis of the analysis target communication data based on the classification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: TOSHIHISA NAKANO, KOUJI KOBAYASHI, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, KAZUYA FUJIMURA, MASATO TANABE
  • Patent number: 10411548
    Abstract: To provide a waterproof structure for an electric motor that simultaneously achieves electrical connection between a power connector and a wiring substrate, an earth connection between the power connector and a stator, and sealing between the power connector and the stator. A power connector (6) includes a sealing member (7) that seals between the power connector (6) and a stator (2), a wiring substrate (5) and the power connector (6) include connector connecting parts (53, 63), and the stator (2) and the power connector 6 include earth connecting parts (34, 64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Kobayashi, Takeshi Tamaki, Koutarou Yamada
  • Patent number: 10411554
    Abstract: To provide a motor with a wiring board achieving simplification of work and suitable for automation of the work. A motor provided herein includes a wiring board attached to a stator with multiple wound coils. The wiring board comprises: a wiring settlement member where ends of the multiple coils are housed in their settled positions; and a circuit board with multiple terminals provided at positions corresponding to positions of the wiring settlement member where the coils are housed. The ends of the coils are connected under pressure to the terminals to form connections between the coils and the terminals by attaching the circuit board to the wiring settlement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou Yamada, Takeshi Tamaki, Kouji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10305343
    Abstract: To provide a waterproof structure for an electric motor that can more reliably seal a boundary at which an insert component of a stator and a mold resin join. A sealing member (5) includes a first sealing part (55) arranged more to a side of an insert component (3) than a joint (23), a second sealing part (56) arranged more to a side of a mold resin (4) than the joint (23), and a connecting part (57) that connects the first and second sealing parts (55, 56).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Kobayashi, Takeshi Tamaki
  • Patent number: 10298082
    Abstract: To provide an insulating component of a motor formed of a single component capable of ensuring insulating properties. An insulating component (2) forms a motor that comprises a stator (1), a stator housing (4) attached to the stator (1), multiple windings (14) arranged in the stator (1), and a wiring board (3) arranged at one end of the stator (1) in an axis direction of the stator (1) and used for wiring of the windings (14). The insulating component (2) comprises: a first insulating wall (21) arranged between adjacent ones of the windings (14) of different phases and electrically insulating the adjacent windings (14); and a second insulating wall (22) arranged between the windings (14) and the wiring board (3) and electrically insulating the windings (14) and the wiring board (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Kobayashi, Takeshi Tamaki, Koutarou Yamada
  • Patent number: 10284041
    Abstract: To provide a stator of a motor having an insulating structure achieving insulation easily and reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Tamaki, Kouji Kobayashi, Koutarou Yamada
  • Patent number: 10270310
    Abstract: To provide a motor with a wiring board achieving simplification of work and having low probability of contact failure. In a motor with a wiring board provided herein, the wiring board is attached to a stator with multiple wound coils. The wiring board comprises: a circuit board attached to the stator; and multiple crimp terminals arranged on an end face of the circuit board and allowing crimping of ends of the coils. The wiring board (5) is configured in such a manner that the ends extending along the end face of the circuit board are crimped on the crimp terminals, and the crimped ends can be bent to postures along a surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou Yamada, Takeshi Tamaki, Kouji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180234248
    Abstract: A communication system includes a first electronic device, and a second electronic device that monitors a state of the first electronic device. The first electronic device includes a transmitter that transmits a first frame including a first verification value forming a Hash chain to a bus network. The second electronic device includes a storage unit that stores the first verification value included in the first frame received from the bus network. The transmitter transmits, after transmission of the first frame, a second frame including a second verification value forming the Hash chain to the bus network. The second electronic device further includes a determination unit that determines that the state of the first electronic device is normal when the second verification value included in the second frame received from the bus network and the first verification value stored in the storage unit construct the Hash chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: YOSHIHARU IMAMOTO, JUN ANZAI, KAZUYA FUJIMURA, MASATO TANABE, KOUJI KOBAYASHI, FEIYU CHEN
  • Patent number: 9979251
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate provided with a land to which the tip of a magnetic wire is to be soldered and a resin wall formed around and higher than the land. The resin wall has an inclined surface inclined at an angle greater than 90° with respect to the land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170302123
    Abstract: To provide a waterproof structure for an electric motor that simultaneously achieves electrical connection between a power connector and a wiring substrate, an earth connection between the power connector and a stator, and sealing between the power connector and the stator. A power connector (6) includes a sealing member (7) that seals between the power connector (6) and a stator (2), a wiring substrate (5) and the power connector (6) include connector connecting parts (53, 63), and the stator (2) and the power connector 6 include earth connecting parts (34, 64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji KOBAYASHI, Takeshi TAMAKI, Koutarou YAMADA