Patents by Inventor Masami Takano

Masami Takano 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: 11899437
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a diagnostic system capable of properly identifying the cause of even an error for which multiple factors or multiple compound factors may be accountable. The diagnostic system according to the present disclosure is provided with a learning device for learning at least one of a recipe defining operations of an inspection device, log data describing states of the device, or specimen data describing characteristics of a specimen in association with error types of the device, and estimates the cause of the error by using the learning device (refer to FIG. 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihiro Sasajima, Masami Takano, Kazuhiro Ueda, Masayoshi Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230325413
    Abstract: An error cause estimation device comprising: a data pre-processing unit that uses data to be processed and generates training data that has an appropriate format for input to a machine learning model; and a model tree generation unit that generates error detection models that are training models for detecting errors and uses the training data as inputs therefor, and generates a model tree that expresses the relationship between error detection models by using a tree structure that has the error detection models as node therefor. Thus, it is possible to generate a training model that detects errors for each of a plurality of types of errors that occur, even when there has been no prior annotation of error causes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YOSHIDA, Masayoshi ISHIKAWA, Fumihiro SASAJIMA, Masami TAKANO, Koichi HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230122653
    Abstract: An error cause estimation device comprises a feature value generation unit for using data transmitted from the outside to generate feature values suitable for a machine learning model; a model database having a plurality of error prediction models, for determining whether an error has occurred using the feature values as input data; a model evaluation unit for evaluating the performance of an error prediction model by comparing a prediction result of the error prediction model and an actually measured error; a model selection unit for selecting from the model database an error prediction model for which an evaluation value calculated by the model evaluation unit is greater than or equal to a preset defined value; and an error prediction model generation unit for generating a new error prediction model with respect to the measured error when no corresponding error prediction model has been selected by the model selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YOSHIDA, Masayoshi ISHIKAWA, Kouichi HAYAKAWA, Masami TAKANO, Fumihiro SASAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230095532
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a diagnostic system capable of properly identifying the cause of even an error for which multiple factors or multiple compound factors may be accountable. The diagnostic system according to the present disclosure is provided with a learning device for learning at least one of a recipe defining operations of an inspection device, log data describing states of the device, or specimen data describing characteristics of a specimen in association with error types of the device, and estimates the cause of the error by using the learning device (refer to FIG. 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Fumihiro SASAJIMA, Masami TAKANO, Kazuhiro UEDA, Masayoshi ISHIKAWA, Yasuhiro YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220334172
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a system which can infer the cause of a recipe error and present a correction candidate for the recipe error. A recipe information presentation system or recipe error inference system according to the present invention: causes a learner to learn a correspondence between a recipe and an error originating from the recipe; and acquires from the learner an inference result as to whether the error occurs when a new recipe is used (refer to FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kouichi HAYAKAWA, Masami TAKANO, Kazuhiro UEDA, Masayoshi ISHIKAWA, Yasuhiro YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20100001605
    Abstract: A rotational machine which improves the reliability of the permanent magnets provided between claw poles by preventing shift in an axial direction during operation of the rotational machine. A stator and a rotor supported rotatably on an inner periphery of the stator are provided. The rotor has a pair of claw poles disposed in an alternately opposed orientation and having cylindrical field exciting coils on a central section. A permanent magnet is disposed between the claw poles. A holder retains the permanent magnets to a fixed position. The holder retains the permanent magnets between the claw poles by pressing on a side face of the claw poles as a result of an elastic force acting with respect to the rotational direction of the rotational machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu TAJIMA, Masami TAKANO, Yuichiro BABA
  • Patent number: 7336008
    Abstract: The invention concerns with connection of a lead from an electrical component of an alternator for a vehicle, and provides a terminal shape suitable for TIG welding (arc welding using a gas shielded non-consumable electrode) without being affected by dimensional accuracy of terminals to be connected to each other. Cross-shaped projections having a larger volume than a welded region of the terminal is provided near the welded region, and weld penetration (welding depth) is controlled based on a difference in heat capacity resulting from the volume difference, or melting is suppressed with promotion of heat radiation. Thus, the welding depth is stabilized without being affected by dimensional accuracy of the terminals including relative positions between them, and an alternator for a vehicle can be provided in which a lead from an electrical component has high connection reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wasei Horioka, Shin Onose, Shinji Yamazaki, Mitsuaki Izumi, Masami Takano
  • Patent number: 6864603
    Abstract: An automotive alternator comprises: a stator provided with a stator coil; a rotor supported for rotation in the stator to apply an alternative magnetic field to the stator; a regulator for regulating output; a rectifier for rectifying generated current; a plurality of housings holding the stator and the rotor; and a coolant path through which a coolant flows through at least one of the plurality of housings to transfer heat generated in the stator coil outside the automotive alternator. Fastening devices formed of a material having good heat conductance fasten the regulator and a heatsink for the regulator together to the housing at a position apart from the housing to transfer heat generated by the regulator to the housing. Thus, the automotive alternator can maintain a stable cooling ability in a hot atmosphere for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Yamazaki, Wasei Horioka, Masami Takano, Susumu Tajima, Susumu Terumoto
  • Publication number: 20030197437
    Abstract: The invention concerns with connection of a lead from an electrical component of an alternator for a vehicle, and provides a terminal shape suitable for TIG welding (arc welding using a gas shielded non-consumable electrode) without being affected by dimensional accuracy of terminals to be connected to each other. Cross-shaped projections having a larger volume than a welded region of the terminal is provided near the welded region, and weld penetration (welding depth) is controlled based on a difference in heat capacity resulting from the volume difference, or melting is suppressed with promotion of heat radiation. Thus, the welding depth is stabilized without being affected by dimensional accuracy of the terminals including relative positions between them, and an alternator for a vehicle can be provided in which a lead from an electrical component has high connection reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wasei Horioka, Shin Onose, Shinji Yamazaki, Mitsuaki Izumi, Masami Takano
  • Patent number: 6633098
    Abstract: An alternator for use in an automobile includes brackets for supporting a rotation shaft at both sides of a rotor, being thermally connected to a stator for supporting the stator, while one side of the rotor is closed by a bracket. A cooling water passage is provided in the bracket, a cooling fan is provided on the closed side of the rotor, and a cooling fin provided opposing to the cooling fan and in vicinity of the cooling water passage, thereby enabling cool down of the stator and the rotor, effectively, with low noises, and thereby obtaining a high power output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Inaba, Hideaki Mori, Keizou Kawamura, Susumu Sasaki, Masami Takano, Susumu Tajima, Susumu Terumoto
  • Patent number: 6621186
    Abstract: An alternator for vehicles, provided with a stator, a rotor, a rectifier and a voltage regulator, and comprising turbulent flow generating members 22 provided on heat transfer surfaces, through which heat generated from a field coil is transferred to a side of a bracket from a rotor, to generate convection of an air and turbulence of flow on downstream regions of recesses and projections, whereby a heat transfer performance from the rotor to the bracket is enhanced with a rotational frequency of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keizou Kawamura, Hideaki Mori, Susumu Sasaki, Susumu Tajima, Masami Takano
  • Publication number: 20030127920
    Abstract: An automotive alternator comprises: a stator provided with a stator coil; a rotor supported for rotation in the stator to apply an alternative magnetic field to the stator; a regulator for regulating output; a rectifier for rectifying generated current; a plurality of housings holding the stator and the rotor; and a coolant path through which a coolant flows through at least one of the plurality of housings to transfer heat generated in the stator coil outside the automotive alternator. Fastening devices formed of a material having good heat conductance fasten the regulator and a heatsink for the regulator together to the housing at a position apart from the housing to transfer heat generated by the regulator to the housing. Thus, the automotive alternator can maintain a stable cooling ability in a hot atmosphere for a long time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: HITACHI LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Yamazaki, Wasei Horioka, Masami Takano, Susumu Tajima, Susumu Terumoto
  • Publication number: 20030042806
    Abstract: In an alternator for use in an automobile, comprising brackets 70 for supporting a rotation shaft 6 at both sides of a rotor 1, being thermally connected to a stator 12 for supporting the stator 12, while one side of the rotor 1 is closed by the bracket 70, cooling water passages 15 provided in the bracket 70, a cooling fan 51 provided on the closed side of the rotor 1, and a cooling fin provided opposing to and in vicinity of the cooling fan 15, thereby enabling cool down of the stator and the rotor, effectively, with low noises, and thereby obtaining a high power output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Toru Inaba, Hideaki Mori, Keizou Kawamura, Susumu Sasaki, Masami Takano, Susumu Tajima, Susumu Terumoto
  • Publication number: 20020117935
    Abstract: In order to provide a small sized, high speed rotation and high output vehicle use AC generation system, a vehicle use AC generator and a vehicle use AC generator use drive force transmission system which enhances output in a broad range from a low speed to a high speed, in a vehicle use AC generation system including a vehicle use AC generator coupled to a crank pulley shaft of an engine via a pulley, the vehicle use AC generator being provided with a rotor having magnetic poles and a field winding for magnetizing the magnetic poles, a stator which is disposed being spaced apart with a predetermined gap with respect to the rotor and has a stator winding for generating an AC voltage through magnetization of the magnetic poles, a first shaft to which the pulley is provided and a second shaft integral with the rotor, wherein the first shaft is disposed within the side face of the vehicle use AC generator and at a equivalent position with respect to the second shaft when seen from the crank pulley shaft or rathe
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kazuo Tahara, Yoshiaki Honda, Masami Takano, Hiromitsu Seino, Naoyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20020047343
    Abstract: An alternator for vehicles, provided with a stator, a rotor, a rectifier and a voltage regulator, and comprising turbulent flow generating members 22 provided on heat transfer surfaces, through which heat generated from a field coil is transferred to a side of a bracket from a rotor, to generate convection of an air and turbulence of flow on downstream regions of recesses and projections, whereby a heat transfer performance from the rotor to the bracket is enhanced with a rotational frequency of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Keizou Kawamura, Hideaki Mori, Susumu Sasaki, Susumu Tajima, Masami Takano
  • Patent number: 6239518
    Abstract: In an AC generator for a vehicle, a housing is formed at one end thereof with an end plate portion, a plurality of axial cooling liquid passages are provided in a body portion of the housing, and a circumferential cooling liquid passage and a radial cooling liquid passage each connecting the axial cooling liquid passages adjacent to each other are provided in an axial end face of the housing and the end plate portion, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Matsubara, Toshiyuki Innami, Masami Takano, Osamu Suzuki, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Yuzo Kadomukai
  • Patent number: 6104118
    Abstract: A rotor 2 comprises of a pair of claw shape magnetic poles 3N and 3S and plural permanent magnets 5. The permanent magnet 5 is arranged between claw portions of the claw shape magnetic poles 3N and 3S. A permanent magnet fly-out prevention member 61 is arranged at an outer periphery of the claw shape magnetic poles 3N and 3S and prevents the fly-out of the permanent magnet 5 when the rotor 2 rotates. A permanent magnet holding member 62 holds the permanent magnet 5 from an inner periphery side. In a construction in which the permanent magnet fly-out prevention member 61 is arranged between the claw portions of the claw shape magnetic poles 3N and 3S, the working operation for arranging the permanent magnet 5 between the claw portions of the claw shape magnetic poles 3N and 3S can be improved, thereby a vehicle use AC generator having an improved electric power generation efficiency can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kazuo Tahara, Yoshiaki Honda, Masami Takano, Masahiro Mita
  • Patent number: 5224393
    Abstract: An electronically controlled transmission in which a shift actuator for driving a sleeve of a roller synchro mechanism and a throttle actuator for an engine are electronically controlled. The shift actuator is comprised of a drum type actuator of a simple structure comprising a shift drum and a shift fork. The use of the roller synchro mechanism ensures that only a small driving force for the shift drum is required, which makes it possible to provide a reduction in size of the shift actuator. In addition, a shift lever for operating a shift switch for producing the shifting instruction signal is mounted on either left or right side of the steering wheel. This ensures that the shifting-up and shifting-down signals can be produced by one of the driver's hands, leading to an improvement in operability of the shift lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Ashikawa, Masami Takano, Akihito Ohhashi, Toyoshi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 5181893
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission of the type having a main shaft and a parallel counter shaft with a plurality of selectable gear trains therebetween. The axis of the engine crankshaft is disposed perpendicular to intermediate portions of the main shaft and the counter shaft, with the low speed gear trains and high speed gear trains positioned on opposite lateral sides of the crankshaft. This results not only in a reduced size of the transmission in the axial direction of the crankshaft but also in a reduced lateral size of the transmission, as compared with a transmission in which the crankshaft is connected in series to the transmission main shaft. A synchro mechanism is mounted on the counter shaft and a shift drum for operating the synchro mechanism is positioned parallel to the counter shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Ashikawa, Bunsho Yaguchi, Toyoshi Yasuda, Masami Takano, Akihito Ohhashi, Hiroyuki Shimada, Masahiro Akioka
  • Patent number: 5178250
    Abstract: A retainer retaining a plurality of rollers therein so as to permit their slight movement in a radial direction is disposed between cam grooves provided on the outer periphery of an inner cam secured to a rotary shaft and a roller abutment surface formed on the inner periphery of a gear relatively rotatably carried on the rotary shaft, and a dowel-admission groove is defined in a side of the retainer. A dowel provided in a sleeve can enter the dowel-admission groove. The groove is defined between the adjacent rollers retained in the retainer, or at least part of the inner cam, the rollers and the retainer are disposed in a recess made in the gear, thereby achieving a reduction in axial dimension of a roller synchro mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Ashikawa, Akihito Ohhashi, Masami Takano, Ken Mizokawa, Tetuya Komori, Naohisa Shibata