Patents by Inventor Masahiro Hirano
Masahiro Hirano 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: 12294182Abstract: A connector includes a housing and an outer conductor. The outer conductor includes a first outer conductor and a second outer conductor. The housing includes a fitting hole into which the second outer conductor is fitted. The first outer conductor includes a first lock portion. In the state where the first outer conductor is located at a normal insertion position, the first lock portion is arranged so as to face the back side in the fitting direction of the second outer conductor in the fitting hole. The second outer conductor includes a second lock portion that is locked to the first lock portion in the state where the first outer conductor is located at the normal insertion position. In the state where the second lock portion is locked to the first lock portion, the second outer conductor is retained in the fitting hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Karita, Takahiro Chikusa, Yasuo Imai, Ai Hirano
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Patent number: 12294181Abstract: Technology of the present invention suppresses a decrease in the impedance of an inner conductor. A connector 10 includes an inner conductor 21, an outer conductor 41 that surrounds the inner conductor 21, and a dielectric 61 arranged between the inner conductor 21 and the outer conductor 41. The dielectric 61 includes a cavity 63 that extends in a predetermined direction and a locking hole 64 formed in an inner peripheral face of the cavity 63. The inner conductor 21 includes an inner conductor body 23 arranged in the cavity 63, and a locking portion 24 that bulges from the inner conductor body 23 and can enter and be locked to the locking hole 64. The locking portion 24 extends along the predetermined direction and is shaped as a double-supported beam whose upper and lower end portions are supported by the inner conductor body 23.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Karita, Ai Hirano, Takahiro Chikusa, Yasuo Imai
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Publication number: 20250137970Abstract: To provide an ultrasonic inspection method for performing a wall thickness measurement of a pipe or the like provided with a protective material such as an exterior plate implemented by a metal member, from the outside without removing the exterior plate or the like. The ultrasonic inspection method is implemented by an ultrasonic sensor provided on a surface of an object, a sensor coil connected to the ultrasonic sensor, and a transmission and reception coil provided on an outside of an exterior plate. The exterior plate is provided with an opening having a full width in one direction larger than a diameter of the coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.Inventors: Takaaki Konishi, Masahiro Miki, Akihiko Hirano, Junta Yamada
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Publication number: 20250128586Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seal structure capable of preventing occurrence of warping and a decrease in sound insulating properties caused by a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion raised by adopting an outer panel made of resin. Simplifying a painting process of the outer panel reduces an exhaust amount of carbon dioxide in vehicle manufacturing, and contributes to mitigation of climate change or reduction of influences thereof. For example, the vehicle seal structure includes the inner panel made of metal forming a door supported to be capable of opening and closing an ingress-egress opening opened on a vehicle side surface; the outer panel made of resin arranged above a plate surface of the inner panel closer to a vehicle outer side to be movable along a door surface of the inner panel; and a seal member held between the inner panel and the outer panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Masahiro TANIGAWA, Eiji HIRANO, Makoto ONO, Takeru SATO, Akinari SUZAKI, Shinichi OZAKI, Satoru KUCHIKI
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Publication number: 20250128585Abstract: An automotive door includes: an inner panel made of metal, an outer panel made of resin; and an upper stiffener made of metal and extending along a beltline of the outer panel, wherein the upper stiffener is fixed to the inner panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Eiji HIRANO, Masahiro TANIGAWA, Makoto ONO, Shinichi OZAKI, Takeru SATO, Akinari SUZAKI, Satoru KUCHIKI, Kouya SUGAWARA
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Publication number: 20250128579Abstract: A vehicle door structure includes: an inner panel including a forward portion, lower portion, and a rearward portion; an outer panel disposed on a vehicle outer side of the inner panel; and a reinforcement member installed between the inner panel and the outer panel. The reinforcement member is disposed extending continuously over the forward portion, the lower portion, and the rearward portion of the inner panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Eiji HIRANO, Masahiro TANIGAWA, Takeru SATO
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Patent number: 12265225Abstract: A light guide member (300) includes a boundary surface (304) configured to reflect image light guided to the boundary surface (304) and emit the image light outside the light guide member (300), an opposing surface (306) parallel to the boundary surface (304), the opposing surface (306) facing the boundary surface (304), a first inclined surface (305) having an inclination in which a distance between the first inclined surface (305) and the boundary surface (304) decreases in a guiding direction of the image light, and a second inclined surface (307) between the opposing surface (306) and the first inclined surface (305), the second inclined surface (307) inclined at a different angle with the first inclined surface (305) in the guiding direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Naoki Nakamura, Masahiro Itoh, Susumu Momma, Shigenobu Hirano, Yoshifumi Sudoh, Shun Okazaki, Yasuo Katano, Kenji Kameyama, Norikazu Igarashi, Masamichi Yamada, Aino Hasegawa, Takashi Maki
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Publication number: 20250102940Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner set includes a white toner including white toner particles including a polyester resin and a white colorant; and a colored toner other than a white toner, the colored toner including colored toner particles including a vinyl resin, a polyester resin, and a colored colorant, in which a mass ratio C of the polyester resin included in the colored toner particles to the vinyl resin included in the colored toner particles is 0.7 or more and 10 or less, and when a cross section of the colored toner particles is observed, the polyester resin forms a domain having a maximum diameter of 100 nm or more and 1 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yukiko KAMIJO, Masahiro Takayama, Yuka Ishihara, Masashi Ikeda, Koji Funaba, Reina Murano, Yuko Hirano
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Publication number: 20250102941Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner set includes a white toner including white toner particles including a polyester resin and a white colorant, and a colored toner other than a white toner, the colored toner including colored toner particles including a vinyl resin, a polyester resin, and a colored colorant, in which the mass ratio C of the polyester resin included in the colored toner particles to the vinyl resin included in the colored toner particles is 0.7 or more and 10 or less, and when the cross section of the colored toner particles is observed, the area fraction of the polyester resin present in a surface layer region of the colored toner particles, the surface layer region corresponding to 15% of the area of the cross section of the colored toner particles, is 60% or more and 100% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Reina MURANO, Masahiro TAKAYAMA, Yuka ISHIHARA, Yukiko KAMIJO, Masashi IKEDA, Koji FUNABA, Yuko HIRANO
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Publication number: 20250102938Abstract: A toner set for electrostatic image development includes a white toner including white toner particles containing a polyester resin and a white colorant, and a non-white color toner including color toner particles containing a vinyl resin, a polyester resin, and a color colorant, in which a mass ratio C of the polyester resin to the vinyl resin in the color toner particles is 0.7 or more and 10 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Koji FUNABA, Masahiro TAKAYAMA, Yuka ISHIHARA, Yukiko KAMIJO, Masashi IKEDA, Reina MURANO, Yuko HIRANO
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Patent number: 12240975Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an epoxy resin composition which exhibits a high level of deforming capacity and fracture toughness and from which a resin cured product maintaining heat resistance can be obtained. The epoxy resin composition according to the present invention satisfies condition 1 or condition 2 below, wherein the resin cured product obtained by reacting the epoxy resin composition at 150° C. for 60 minutes has a tensile elongation at break of 7% or more. Condition 1: including all the following components [A], [B], and [C], component [A]: a bifunctional aliphatic epoxy resin having a specific structure, component [B]: a terminal carboxy-modified acrylic rubber, and component [C]: a dicyandiamide.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Daisuke Konishi, Yuichi Yamakita, Hideki Hanabusa, Noriyuki Hirano, Masahiro Tsuzuki
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Patent number: 12215533Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle side structure. The vehicle side structure is for being mounted near a door, and includes: an electric motor disposed inside the door to drive a door glass up and down; a fitting member, fitting the door and a vehicle body; and a connecting member, connecting the fitting member and the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Hirano, Takayuki Soma, Masahiro Tanigawa, Takeshi Abe
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Publication number: 20220018658Abstract: A measuring system configured to measure a position of an object is provided with an imaging apparatus and an information processing apparatus, wherein: the imaging apparatus is a camera having a frame rate of 100 fps or higher, and is configured to image the object included in the angle of view of the camera, as an image; the information processing apparatus is provided with a communication unit, an IPM conversion unit, and a position measuring unit; the communication unit is connected to the imaging apparatus, and is configured to receive the image captured by the imaging apparatus; the IPM conversion unit is configured to set at least a part of the image including the object as a predetermined area, and to perform an inverse perspective projection transportation of the image to generate an IPM image limited to the predetermined area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Masahiro HIRANO, Taku SENOO, Norimasa KISHI, Masatoshi ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10857835Abstract: A pneumatic tire and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. In a step of laminating belt reinforcing layers on an outer circumferential side of a belt layer constituting a green tire, wherein the belt reinforcing layers cover each of a tire width direction left edge portion and right edge portion of the belt layer and are separated from each other in the tire width direction, each of the belt reinforcing layers is formed by inclining strip members constituting each of the reinforcing layers in a same direction with respect to a tire circumferential direction, and winding the strip members in a spiral-like manner at least one time around in the tire circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Inventors: Hidefumi Doi, Masahiro Hirano
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Patent number: 10473127Abstract: A fan drive system includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor that rotates a fan on the basis of hydraulic oil supplied from the hydraulic pump, a data acquisition unit that acquires an actual fan speed of the fan, a target amount determination unit that determines a target fan speed of the fan on the basis of a state of an object to be cooled of the fan, and an estimating unit that estimates a state of the hydraulic pump or a state of the hydraulic motor on the basis of a change of a feedback amount that indicates a difference between the target fan speed and the actual fan speed.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Komatsu LTD.Inventors: Mitsuru Ohshiro, Kenichi Ogasawara, Masahiro Hirano
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Patent number: 10265945Abstract: Correction values (??1-??n) according to image area ratios in ranges of a printing plate of a preceding print job corresponding to ink fountain keys (4-1-4-n) are obtained. Opening amounts (?1b-?nb) of the ink fountain keys (4-1-4-n) corresponding to the image of the printing plate (7?) of a next print job are corrected by correction values (??1-??n) to obtain corrected opening amounts (?1b?-?nb?). In a state in which ink in an ink roller group (6) has been decreased by scraping and removing it by an ink scraper blade (15) and in a state in which the opening amounts of the ink fountain keys (4-1-4-n ) have been set to the corrected opening amounts (?1b?-?nb?), an ink film thickness distribution corresponding to the image of the printing plate of the next print job is formed on the ink roller group (6).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventor: Masahiro Hirano
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Publication number: 20190093684Abstract: A fan drive system includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor that rotates a fan on the basis of hydraulic oil supplied from the hydraulic pump, a data acquisition unit that acquires an actual fan speed of the fan, a target amount determination unit that determines a target fan speed of the fan on the basis of a state of an object to be cooled of the fan, and an estimating unit that estimates a state of the hydraulic pump or a state of the hydraulic motor on the basis of a change of a feedback amount that indicates a difference between the target fan speed and the actual fan speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Mitsuru Ohshiro, Kenichi Ogasawara, Masahiro Hirano
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Publication number: 20180323313Abstract: A switching element of LCDs or organic EL displays which uses a thin film transistor device, includes: a drain electrode, a source electrode, a channel layer contacting the drain electrode and the source electrode, wherein the channel layer comprises indium-gallium-zinc oxide having a transparent, amorphous state of a composition equivalent to InGaO3(ZnO)m (wherein m is a natural number less than 6) in a crystallized state, and the channel layer has a semi-insulating property represented by an electron mobility of more than 1 cm2/(V·sec) and an electron carrier concentration is less than 1018/cm3, a gate electrode, and a gate insulating film positioned between the gate electrode and the channel layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Hideo HOSONO, Masahiro HIRANO, Hiromichi OTA, Toshio KAMIYA, Kenji NOMURA
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Patent number: 10032931Abstract: A switching element of LCDs or organic EL displays which uses a thin film transistor device, includes: a drain electrode, a source electrode, a channel layer contacting the drain electrode and the source electrode, wherein the channel layer comprises indium-gallium-zinc oxide having a transparent, amorphous state of a composition equivalent to InGaO3(ZnO)m (wherein m is a natural number less than 6) in a crystallized state, and the channel layer has a semi-insulating property represented by an electron mobility of more than 1 cm2/(V·sec) and an electron carrier concentration is less than 1018/cm3, a gate electrode, and a gate insulating film positioned between the gate electrode and the channel layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignees: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Masahiro Hirano, Hiromichi Ota, Toshio Kamiya, Kenji Nomura
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Patent number: 10032930Abstract: The present invention relates to an amorphous oxide and a thin film transistor using the amorphous oxide. In particular, the present invention provides an amorphous oxide having an electron carrier concentration less than 1018/cm3, and a thin film transistor using such an amorphous oxide. In a thin film transistor having a source electrode 6, a drain electrode 5, a gate electrode 4, a gate insulating film 3, and a channel layer 2, an amorphous oxide having an electron carrier concentration less than 1018/cm3 is used in the channel layer 2.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignees: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Masahiro Hirano, Hiromichi Ota, Toshio Kamiya, Kenji Nomura