Patents by Inventor Masami Ogura

Masami Ogura 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).

  • Patent number: 11856740
    Abstract: A cooler includes a heat radiating member and a cover member that form a coolant flow path. The heat radiating member has a first surface on which an object to be cooled is disposed. The heat radiating member includes multiple fin members protruding into the coolant flow path from a second surface of the heat radiating member. The second surface of the heat radiating member is a part of a surface of the coolant flow path. The cover member includes a trap part in which multiple recesses are formed in a portion of an inner surface of the cover member being another part of the surface of the coolant flow path outside a protruding direction of the fin members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Honjo, Masami Ogura, Chisato Motoyama
  • Publication number: 20220192059
    Abstract: A cooler includes a heat radiating member and a cover member that form a coolant flow path. The heat radiating member has a first surface on which an object to be cooled is disposed. The heat radiating member includes multiple fin members protruding into the coolant flow path from a second surface of the heat radiating member. The second surface of the heat radiating member is a part of a surface of the coolant flow path. The cover member includes a trap part in which multiple recesses are formed in a portion of an inner surface of the cover member being another part of the surface of the coolant flow path outside a protruding direction of the fin members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya HONJO, Masami OGURA, Chisato MOTOYAMA
  • Patent number: 9788449
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus 2 has a configuration in which a plate-like bus-bar 80, 80? is disposed vertically so that a width direction thereof is set in a vertical direction, electrically connected to positive electric potential of a battery and fixed to a resin case 50 to include a flat plate-like bus-bar body 81, 82, to which positive electric potential of the battery is applied, and a voltage measuring terminal 82 to 85 branched from the bus-bar body 81, 82. The voltage measuring terminal 82 to 85 includes a projecting portion 83 projecting from the bus-bar body 81, 82, an upright portion 84 extending from the projecting portion 83 upward toward a circuit board 100, and a measuring terminal portion 85 that is an upper part of the upright portion 84 and electrically connected to the circuit board 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Nagasawa, Hiroaki Iida, Morifumi Shigemasa, Yasuhiro Maeda, Masami Ogura, Hitoshi Nishio
  • Patent number: 9693476
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus has a configuration in which plate-like bus-bars are laminated via an insulating material to define a pair of bus-bars. A laminated bus-bar, in which the pair of bus-bars is disposed vertically so that a width direction thereof is in a vertical direction, includes a pair of voltage measuring terminals that is correspondingly branched from a part of the pair of bus-bars to extend toward a circuit board. The pair of voltage measuring terminals is arranged symmetrically with respect to the pair of bus-bars to extend upward toward the circuit board, while extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the pair of bus-bars, to be electrically connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Nagasawa, Hiroaki Iida, Morifumi Shigemasa, Yasuhiro Maeda, Masami Ogura, Hitoshi Nishio
  • Patent number: 9482906
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that can suppress generation of defects even when attachment misalignment of substrates is generated, and that is advantageous in providing high definition. The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates, the first substrate including an interlayer insulating film in which multiple openings are formed on the same straight line, the interlayer insulating film including multiple curved portions each provided with a curved upper surface, the curved portions each positioned between two adjacent openings, the second substrate provided with a spacer facing at least one of the curved portions, the spacer being longer in a first direction than in a second direction wherein the first direction is a direction parallel to the straight line, and the second direction is orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Hirato, Nobuhiro Waka, Masayuki Tsuji, Masami Ogura
  • Publication number: 20160079744
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus has a configuration in which plate-like bus-bars are laminated via an insulating material to define a pair of bus-bars. A laminated bus-bar, in which the pair of bus-bars is disposed vertically so that a width direction thereof is in a vertical direction, includes a pair of voltage measuring terminals that is correspondingly branched from a part of the pair of bus-bars to extend toward a circuit board. The pair of voltage measuring terminals is arranged symmetrically with respect to the pair of bus-bars to extend upward toward the circuit board, while extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the pair of bus-bars, to be electrically connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Nagasawa, Hiroaki Iida, Morifumi Shigemasa, Yasuhiro Maeda, Masami Ogura, Hitoshi Nishio
  • Publication number: 20160081233
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus 2 has a configuration in which a plate-like bus-bar 80, 80? is disposed vertically so that a width direction thereof is set in a vertical direction, electrically connected to positive electric potential of a battery and fixed to a resin case 50 to include a flat plate-like bus-bar body 81, 82, to which positive electric potential of the battery is applied, and a voltage measuring terminal 82 to 85 branched from the bus-bar body 81, 82. The voltage measuring terminal 82 to 85 includes a projecting portion 83 projecting from the bus-bar body 81, 82, an upright portion 84 extending from the projecting portion 83 upward toward a circuit board 100, and a measuring terminal portion 85 that is an upper part of the upright portion 84 and electrically connected to the circuit board 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Nagasawa, Hiroaki Iida, Morifumi Shigemasa, Yasuhiro Maeda, Masami Ogura, Hitoshi Nishio
  • Publication number: 20150316808
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that can suppress generation of defects even when attachment misalignment of substrates is generated, and that is advantageous in providing high definition. The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates, the first substrate including an interlayer insulating film in which multiple openings are formed on the same straight line, the interlayer insulating film including multiple curved portions each provided with a curved upper surface, the curved portions each positioned between two adjacent openings, the second substrate provided with a spacer facing at least one of the curved portions, the spacer being longer in a first direction than in a second direction wherein the first direction is a direction parallel to the straight line, and the second direction is orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi HIRATO, Nobuhiro WAKA, Masayuki TSUJI, Masami OGURA
  • Patent number: 9022505
    Abstract: Provided is a printing method using a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a head that has a nozzle array, in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a black pigment ink is arranged, and a nozzle array in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a color ink is arranged. The printing method includes: a step of acquiring image data of an image to be printed on a medium; a step of ejecting the black pigment ink onto the medium on the basis of the image data; and a step of ejecting the color ink onto the medium on the basis of the image data. A supply capability of the pigment ink supply section is higher than a supply capability of the color ink supply section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Ogura, Naoki Sudo
  • Publication number: 20140055516
    Abstract: Provided is a printing method using a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a head that has a nozzle array, in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a black pigment ink is arranged, and a nozzle array in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a color ink is arranged. The printing method includes: a step of acquiring image data of an image to be printed on a medium; a step of ejecting the black pigment ink onto the medium on the basis of the image data; and a step of ejecting the color ink onto the medium on the basis of the image data. A supply capability of the pigment ink supply section is higher than a supply capability of the color ink supply section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Ogura, Naoki Sudo
  • Patent number: 8659900
    Abstract: A circuit board is provided with a plurality of arms and a heat radiation plate. The insulating substrate of the each of the arms includes: a passive element region to which a passive element is connected; an active element region to which an active element is connected; and a wiring region on which wiring lines of the element group are laid. In the each of the arms, the passive element region, the active element region and the wiring region align in a lengthwise direction of the insulating substrate, and the passive element region and the wiring region are arranged on both sides of the active element region which is located centrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahito Takayanagi, Masami Ogura, Kosuke Kasagi
  • Patent number: 8415801
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including: a circuit board formed by bonding a first and a second metal plates to both surfaces of an insulating substrate respectively, at least one semiconductor element to be bonded to an external surface of the first metal plate through a first solder, and a radiating base plate to be bonded to an external surface of the second metal plate through a second solder, wherein the first and the second solders are constituted by solder materials of the same type, and a ratio of a sum of thicknesses of the first and the second metal plates to a thickness of the insulating substrate is set in a predetermined range to ensure an endurance to a temperature stress of each of the first and the second solders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Ogura, Takahito Takayanagi, Yuko Yamada, Jun Kato, Tsugio Masuda, Tsukasa Aiba, Fumitomo Takano
  • Publication number: 20120120152
    Abstract: There is provided a printing device for carrying out printing with ink supplied from L ink cartridges in which ink of the same hue is accommodated. The printing device includes a print head with a plurality of nozzle rows spaced apart in a main scanning direction, and includes a first nozzle group of L×a nozzle rows, in which the positions of the nozzles in the sub-scanning direction are mutually the same and which receive a supply of the ink from each of the L cartridges in sets of a rows, and a second nozzle group of L×b nozzle rows, in which the positions of the nozzles in the sub-scanning direction differ from those of the nozzles of the first nozzle row and which receive a supply of the ink from each of the L cartridges in sets of b rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Masami OGURA, Naoki SUDO, Bunji ISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20110267781
    Abstract: A circuit board is provided with a plurality of arms and a heat radiation plate. The insulating substrate of the each of the arms includes: a passive element region to which a passive element is connected; an active element region to which an active element is connected; and a wiring region on which wiring lines of the element group are laid. In the each of the arms, the passive element region, the active element region and the wiring region align in a lengthwise direction of the insulating substrate, and the passive element region and the wiring region are arranged on both sides of the active element region which is located centrally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahito Takayanagi, Masami Ogura, Kosuke Kasagi
  • Publication number: 20100308465
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including: a circuit board formed by bonding a first and a second metal plates to both surfaces of an insulating substrate respectively, at least one semiconductor element to be bonded to an external surface of the first metal plate through a first solder, and a radiating base plate to be bonded to an external surface of the second metal plate through a second solder, wherein the first and the second solders are constituted by solder materials of the same type, and a ratio of a sum of thicknesses of the first and the second metal plates to a thickness of the insulating substrate is set in a predetermined range to ensure an endurance to a temperature stress of each of the first and the second solders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Ogura, Takahito Takayanagi, Yuko Yamada, Jun Kato, Tsugio Masuda, Tsukasa Aiba, Fumitomo Takano
  • Patent number: 6916563
    Abstract: A discharged fuel diluter includes: a retention region with a predetermined volume, into which a fuel discharged from a fuel cell is retained at the time of purging; a dilution region with a predetermined volume, through which air discharged from the fuel cell flows and at which the air is mixed with the fuel from the retention region to dilute the fuel; and a communicating portion, through which the fuel flows from the retention region to the dilution region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Yamamoto, Satoshi Aoyagi, Masami Ogura, Yoshikazu Murakami, Kazunori Fukuma, Takatsugu Koyama
  • Patent number: 6834688
    Abstract: A fuel gas filling system for a vehicle having a supply section and a fuel lid, which includes an opening operation section to which an opening operation for the fuel lid is applied, an operation wire, which is provided between the opening operation section and the fuel lid, for making the fuel lid respond to the opening operation applied to the opening operation section, and a locking device having a movable element, a fixed element, a lock pin, and an actuator. The actuator is adapted to make the lock pin to be engaged with the fixed element and the movable element when the vehicle is not in a stationary state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Ono, Masahiro Kawazu, Masami Ogura, Hiroyuki Abe, Kimiaki Yamada, Ken Kumagai, Katsumi Saito, Masanori Hayashi, Masaru Shibasawa
  • Publication number: 20040094230
    Abstract: A fuel gas filling system for a vehicle having a supply section and a fuel lid, which includes an opening operation section to which an opening operation for the fuel lid is applied, an operation wire, which is provided between the opening operation section and the fuel lid, for making the fuel lid respond to the opening operation applied to the opening operation section, and a locking device having a movable element, a fixed element, a lock pin, and an actuator. The actuator is adapted to make the lock pin to be engaged with the fixed element and the movable element when the vehicle is not in a stationary state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Ono, Masahiro Kawazu, Masami Ogura, Hiroyuki Abe, Kimiaki Yamada, Ken Kumagai, Katsumi Saito, Masanori Hayashi, Masaru Shibasawa
  • Patent number: 6564833
    Abstract: A gas discharge structure for gaseous fuel includes a discharge pipe leading gaseous fuel that has leaked to the outside of a vehicle. A discharge port of the discharge pipe is faced toward a space formed below a gap between a roof and a tailgate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Ono, Yozo Kami, Masami Ogura
  • Publication number: 20030090363
    Abstract: A vehicle sharing system is provided that, in rental places adjacent to various facilities within a leisure facility, enables a user to exchange a plurality of kinds of shared vehicles as required within a short time and without complicated rental processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: MASAMI OGURA, YOSHINORI MITA, MASAO TATSUTA, HIROSHI HAMANO, SHINZOU URUSHIDANI, TOMOHIDE SHIMIZU, NOZOMU SAIBARA, MICHIO FUJINUMA, TAKASHI UEHARA