Patents by Inventor Masahiro Noguchi

Masahiro Noguchi 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: 20190255914
    Abstract: A cooling device for a vehicle includes a mechanical fan configured to be driven by a driving force of the engine, an engine cooling heat exchanger disposed forward of the mechanical fan in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger that are disposed forward of the engine cooling heat exchanger in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, a first electric fan that includes a first motor and cools the first heat exchanger, and a second electric fan that includes a second motor and cools the second heat exchanger. The first motor and the second motor are disposed forward of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, respectively, in the front-rear direction of the vehicle such that the first motor and the second motor do not overlap the coupling when viewed in a front direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya IKEDA, Kouji NORISADA, Masahiro NOGUCHI, Masataka MINAMIGAWA, Masashi SHIBATA, Junichi SUEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190162131
    Abstract: A wastegate opens and closes the flow path of a bypass passage that bypasses the turbine of a forced-induction device. A processor changes the drive current for the electric actuator in a stepwise manner from a state where the wastegate is stationary in a given standstill position. The amount of change in the drive current that is made until the wastegate is determined to be moved is learned as a learning value. A requested drive current for moving the wastegate to a target opening degree is corrected based on the learning value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanao IDOGAWA, Isao NAKAJIMA, Masahiro NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190157967
    Abstract: In order to achieve small noise and small vibration, as well as a small size and a low cost in a power converter including a capacitor module, there is provided a power converter including a power module and a capacitor module. The capacitor module includes: a plurality of capacitor elements each having a flat wound surface; an exterior case; a resin filler; and a restraint point. The exterior case has arranged therein an inclusion serving as a beam in a direction orthogonal to a flat wound surface of at least one capacitor element of the plurality of capacitor elements, and the at least one capacitor element, and the restraint point is arranged substantially in front of the flat wound surface via the inclusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo NISHIMURA, Satoshi ISHIBASHI, Masahiro NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180258547
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electroplating conductor roll with excellent high temperature abrasion resistance and corrosion resistance and excellent high temperature hardness. In an electroplating conductor roll, a composite carbide cermet-based thermally sprayed coating, which includes a composite carbide of WC and Cr3C2, and a ternary intermetallic compound binder metal of Cr, Ni and W, is formed on the surface of a metal roll. When the thermally sprayed coating is 100 mass %, the content of the composite carbide is 55-93 mass % and the content of the ternary intermetallic compound is 7-45 mass %. When the composite carbide is 100 mass %, the content of WC is 64-85 mass % and the content of Cr3C2 is 15-36 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Yu LI, Kentarou TSUDA, Masahiro NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9422617
    Abstract: A cermet thermal spray powder generates a dense sprayed coating with superior wear resistance, superior toughness, superior resistance to molten metal, and superior resistance to thermal shock. The cermet thermal spray powder is sprayed onto a surface of a roller for a molten metal plating bath, wherein the powder includes: a first boride including W; a second boride including Cr; binder alloy particles including at least W, Cr, and Co; and unavoidable impurities; the content of B being 4.5% by mass to 8.5% by mass and the content of W being 50% by mass to 85% by mass with respect to 100% by mass of the cermet thermal spray powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN HARDFACING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Li, Masahiro Noguchi, Tatsuhiro Shigemitsu
  • Patent number: 9287762
    Abstract: An inverter switches input voltage Vin to flow an excitation current to excitation winding Np of a transformer and output to a discharger an alternating voltage Vout from the output winding Ns. In an output circuit flowing a current to the discharger, a voltage-responsive connector is connected in series with the winding Ns to interrupt or connect the output circuit according to a voltage applied to between opposed electrodes. The voltage-responsive connector has characteristics of keeping the electrodes in an insulated state until an instantaneous value of the alternating voltage reaches a predetermined value, and holding the electrodes in a conduction state while the instantaneous value of the alternating voltage has reached the predetermined value and continues to exceed the predetermined value, and quickly returning the electrodes to the insulated state when the instantaneous value of the alternating voltage has fallen below the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kamata, Eiki Hirama, Masahiro Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20150322558
    Abstract: A cermet thermal spray powder generates a dense sprayed coating with superior wear resistance, superior toughness, superior resistance to molten metal, and superior resistance to thermal shock. The cermet thermal spray powder is sprayed onto a surface of a roller for a molten metal plating bath, wherein the powder includes: a first boride including W; a second boride including Cr; binder alloy particles including at least W, Cr, and Co; and unavoidable impurities; the content of B being 4.5% by mass to 8.5% by mass and the content of W being 50% by mass to 85% by mass with respect to 100% by mass of the cermet thermal spray powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN HARDFACING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu LI, Masahiro NOGUCHI, Tatsuhiro SHIGEMITSU
  • Patent number: 8917548
    Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory device according to embodiments has a memory cell array and a reading circuit, and, in a reading sequence, the reading circuit executes a prereading operation of supplying a first reading voltage to an adjacent word line and supplying a first reading pass voltage to a selected word line, and after executing the prereading operation, executes a main reading operation of supplying a fixed second reading voltage to the selected word line and supplying a fixed second reading pass voltage to the adjacent word line while sensing a plurality of electrical physical amounts of a target memory cell with different reading conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiaki Edahiro, Masahiro Noguchi, Koki Ueno
  • Publication number: 20140265911
    Abstract: An inverter switches input voltage Vin to flow an excitation current to excitation winding Np of a transformer and output to a discharger an alternating voltage Vout from the output winding Ns. In an output circuit flowing a current to the discharger, a voltage-responsive connector is connected in series with the winding Ns to interrupt or connect the output circuit according to a voltage applied to between opposed electrodes. The voltage-responsive connector has characteristics of keeping the electrodes in an insulated state until an instantaneous value of the alternating voltage reaches a predetermined value, and holding the electrodes in a conduction state while the instantaneous value of the alternating voltage has reached the predetermined value and continues to exceed the predetermined value, and quickly returning the electrodes to the insulated state when the instantaneous value of the alternating voltage has fallen below the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Hisahiro KAMATA, Eiki HIRAMA, Masahiro NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8496845
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerant composition that is nonflammable, and ensures low LCCP and less burden on the environment. More specifically, the present invention relates a refrigerant composition containing difluoromethane (HFC32), pentafluoroethane (HFC125), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO1234yf), the ratio of HFC32/HFC125/HFO1234yf being in a range surrounded by points (0/21/79 mass %), (16.6/25.3/58.1 mass %), and (0/28.4/71.6 mass %) in a ternary diagram of a refrigerant composition containing HFC32, HFC125, and HFO1234yf, and the composition essentially containing HFC32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Katsuki Fujiwara, Masahiro Noguchi, Yasufu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20130003454
    Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory device according to embodiments has a memory cell array and a reading circuit, and, in a reading sequence, the reading circuit executes a prereading operation of supplying a first reading voltage to an adjacent word line and supplying a first reading pass voltage to a selected word line, and after executing the prereading operation, executes a main reading operation of supplying a fixed second reading voltage to the selected word line and supplying a fixed second reading pass voltage to the adjacent word line while sensing a plurality of electrical physical amounts of a target memory cell with different reading conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Edahiro, Masahiro Noguchi, Koki Ueno
  • Patent number: 8151242
    Abstract: With use of a relationship analyzing section for analyzing the relationship between constituent elements of a requisition sheet model described, for example, in the form of use case, and a relationship output section for outputting the analysis result to, for example, a display unit, an operator can check the presence/absence of an omission, contradiction, and the like in the displayed relationship between constituent elements, thereby easily checking whether the requisition sheet is accurately described. In addition, with use of a use case executing section for sequentially executing use cases included in a requisition sheet and a log recording section for recording a log by recording the process of executing each use case, the process of executing each use case included in the requisition sheet is recorded as a log, thereby allowing a scenario representing the operation of a system to be easily created by only sequentially executing use cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: NS Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Takayanagi, Katsunobu Shibata, Masahiro Noguchi, Yoshitaka Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20120002420
    Abstract: An LED module includes an electrical insulation material including a first surface having a total reflectivity of not less than 80% with respect to light with a wavelength of 450 nm, a via hole penetrating through the electrical insulation material, a wiring pattern on a second surface of the electrical insulation material, a metal filler formed in the via hole and electrically connected to the wiring pattern, and an LED chip bonded to a surface of the metal filler on the first surface of the electrical insulation material, and sealed with a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Imai, Masahiro Noguchi, Fumiya Isaka, Akiji Shibata, Yuzuru Ashidate, Aki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110108756
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerant composition that is nonflammable, and ensures low LCCP and less burden on the environment. More specifically, the present invention relates a refrigerant composition containing difluoromethane (HFC32), pentafluoroethane (HFC125), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO1234yf), the ratio of HFC32/HFC125/HFO1234yf being in a range surrounded by points (0/21/79 mass %), (16.6/25.3/58.1 mass %), and (0/28.4/71.6 mass %) in a ternary diagram of a refrigerant composition containing HFC32, HFC125, and HFO1234yf, and the composition essentially containing HFC32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Katsuki Fujiwara, Masahiro Noguchi, Yasufu Yamada
  • Patent number: 7890728
    Abstract: A memory interface device has a write detection section that detects the write of a predetermined unit amount of data by a memory write unit into a memory. A signal generation section generates a signal to notify the memory write unit that readout of data from the memory by a memory readout unit has been completed. A data storage amount measurement device measures an amount of data stored in the memory during the memory write procedures. A memory readout control section generates an interrupt signal with respect to the memory readout unit when the stored data amount in the memory reaches a predetermined readout start storage amount. A timer counts a period in which writing of the predetermined unit amount of the data into the memory by the memory write unit is discontinued and outputs a timeout signal to the memory readout control section when a value of the period count reaches a predetermined timer period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignees: Seiko Instruments Inc., Vodafone K.K.
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsui, Toshimasa Ike, Masahiro Noguchi, Fukuzo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7758178
    Abstract: To provide a highly human- and environment-friendly ink fixing method that is excellent in energy efficiency, operability and ink-fixing property and has a simple process, an ink fixing apparatus that is excellent in energy efficiency, operability and ink-fixing property and is a highly human- and environment-friendly, simple and compact apparatus, and a printer that is equipped with the ink fixing apparatus and can provide high-quality images at low cost. The ink fixing apparatus of the present invention includes at least fixing a print ink to a base material using a discharge generated between electrodes under pressure close to atmospheric pressure, wherein the print ink includes at least a non-volatile organic compound bearing a carboxylic group and includes no photopolymerization initiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruki Saitoh, Hijiri Ogata, Masahiro Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7660603
    Abstract: A card type electronic device system has an adapter including a self-identification function compliant with a preselected recognition procedure for identifying the adapter. A card type electronic device is provided for selective connection to one of a first card slot of a host device without the adapter and to a second card slot of the host device via the adapter that has a maximum supply current standard value greater than that of the first card slot. The card type electronic device includes a recognition function via which the adapter is recognized in accordance with the preselected recognition procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignees: Seiko Instruments Inc., Vodafone K.K.
    Inventors: Masahiro Noguchi, Toshimasa Ike, Takayuki Matsui, Fukuzo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20080160942
    Abstract: In a mobile communication terminal device 1: a storage means 23 has first through fifth registration regions; a business with which communication can be established extraction means 21a analyzes information carried by a radio wave which is received at the current position and extracts communication businesses with which communication can be established; and a communication business selection means 21b selects a communication business to be employed based upon the results of extraction by the business with which communication can be established extraction means 21a and upon the contents registered in the first through the fifth registration regions. As a result, during roaming, this mobile communication terminal device is enabled to select, among a plurality of communication businesses with which communication can be established, a communication business for which the cost of connection is cheap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicants: VODAFONE K.K., SII MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Koyama, Masahiro Noguchi, Haruo Kanaya, Takaaki Haruna, Masao Kudo
  • Publication number: 20070249233
    Abstract: There is realized a card type electronic device system in which when a combination of a CF card and an exclusive-use adapter is attached to a PC card slot, a function or a performance equivalent to that of a PC card is realized. On the other hand, when an only CF card is attached to the CF card slot, it is possible to realize a function or a performance matched with a maximum supply current standard value of the CF card slot. During use, and after start of an operation, the CF card recognizes an exclusive-use adapter in accordance with a predetermined recognition procedure (steps S101, S102), and selects predetermined operation conditions which meet the maximum supply current standard value of the CF card slot, in a case where any exclusive-use adapter is not recognized (step S104). On the other hand, in a case where the exclusive-use adapter is recognized, the CF card selects the predetermined operation conditions which meet the maximum supply current standard value of the PC card slot (step S103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicants: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC., VODAFONE K.K.
    Inventors: Masahiro Noguchi, Toshimasa Ike, Takayuki Matsui, Fukuzo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7271421
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode array comprising a conductive layer formed on a substrate, pluralities of separate light-emitting portions formed on the conductive layer, a first groove formed in the conductive layer to divide the light-emitting portions to blocks, a first electrodes formed on at least part of an upper surface of each light-emitting portion, a second electrode formed directly on the conductive layer in each block, switching common wirings separately connecting the first electrodes and first bonding pads each connected to each common wiring, first bonding pads each connected to each common wiring, and second bonding pads each connected to each second electrode, the first bonding pads and the second bonding pads being arranged longitudinally in a row, and a ratio of the number of the first bonding pads to the number of the second bonding pads being 1:n (n?3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomihisa Yukimoto, Eiichi Kunitake, Satoshi Sugiyama, Toshimitsu Sukegawa, Masahiro Noguchi