Patents by Inventor Kunio OHARA

Kunio OHARA 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: 20220405086
    Abstract: A server device includes a learning circuitry configured to determine constraint information that is used when a control program for taking measures against a failure of a system that includes devices is selected, on the basis of first system configuration information that includes version information of a current control program of each of the devices included in the system and device identification information for identifying each of the devices, and failure information of the system, and an update control program output circuitry configured to output a control program for controlling a device whose current control program is to be updated among the devices included in the system, on the basis of the constraint information, which is used when a control program for taking measures against a failure of the system is selected, and, which is determined by the learning circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Kunio OHARA
  • Patent number: 11320176
    Abstract: A thermoacoustic device includes a loop tube in which a working gas is sealed; a stack in which a temperature gradient is generated in a tube axis direction of the loop tube, the stack being provided in the loop tube; and a diaphragm structure including a diaphragm provided in the loop tube and an operation unit, the diaphragm having a surface extending in a direction intersecting the tube axis direction and being configured to vibrate with a component of vibration in the tube axis direction, and the operation unit being configured to apply a physical quantity that is required, to the diaphragm to change a rigidity of the diaphragm in the tube axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA
    Inventors: Tatsuma Kouchi, Tomoyuki Takei, Kunio Ohara, Hiroki Tanaka, Osamu Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200355408
    Abstract: A thermoacoustic device includes a loop tube in which a working gas is sealed; a stack in which a temperature gradient is generated in a tube axis direction of the loop tube, the stack being provided in the loop tube; and a diaphragm structure including a diaphragm provided in the loop tube and an operating unit, the diaphragm having a surface extending in a direction intersecting the tube axis direction and being configured to vibrate with a component of vibration in the tube axis direction, and the operation unit being configured to apply a physical quantity that is required, to the diaphragm to change a rigidity of the diaphragm in the tube axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, University Public Corporation Osaka
    Inventors: Tatsuma KOUCHI, Tomoyuki TAKEI, Kunio OHARA, Hiroki TANAKA, Osamu ISHIKAWA