Patents by Inventor Masataka Yoshida

Masataka Yoshida 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: 12142925
    Abstract: A power transmission device that transmits electric power from a PCU to drive modules includes: a power-source-side positive terminal and a power-source-side negative terminal that are connected to the PCU and receive DC power; and load-side positive terminals and load-side negative terminals each connected to corresponding one of the drive modules and output DC power. The load-side positive terminals and the load-side negative terminals are arranged in a line in the order of the load-side positive terminal, the load-side negative terminal, the load-side negative terminal, and the load-side positive terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Masataka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12132349
    Abstract: A power supply circuit of an aircraft includes: a first power transmission path for transmitting electric power from each of a first main power source device and a second main power source device to a first load device and a second load device; a first current sensor; a second current sensor; a third current sensor; and a fourth current sensor, and determines whether an abnormality has occurred based on currents detected by the first current sensor, the second current sensor, the third current sensor and the fourth current sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Sadao Shinohara, Masataka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12081019
    Abstract: An abnormality determining section disconnects both a positive wire and a negative wire between a load module and a second ground circuit, connects one of a positive wire or a negative wire between a main power source apparatus and the second ground circuit, and determines whether there is an abnormality in a second main power source circuit based on an amount of power supplied to the second ground circuit in a state where one of the positive wire or the negative wire of the second main power source circuit is connected to a reference potential by the second ground circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Masataka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12071251
    Abstract: A power supply circuit of an aircraft includes: a first contactor that is provided on a first power transmission path for transmitting electric power from a first power source to a load and switches between a conduction state and an interruption state between the first power source and the load; and a second contactor that is provided on a second power transmission path for transmitting electric power from a second power source to the load and switches between the conduction state and the interruption state between the second power source and the load. The first contactor includes a first fixed contact and a first movable contact, and the second contactor includes a second fixed contact and a second movable contact. The moving direction of the first movable contact intersects with the moving direction of the second movable contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Sadao Shinohara, Masataka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12054269
    Abstract: In a power supply system of an aircraft, when electric power is supplied from a power generation unit to a drive unit, the electric power is supplied from the power generation unit to the drive unit via a first power transmission path, and a voltage is applied to a second power transmission path by a fault detection circuit in a state in which the power generation unit and the drive unit are disconnected from the second power transmission path, and when the power generation unit is started, electric power of the fault detection circuit is supplied to the power generation unit in a state in which the power generation unit is connected to the second power transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Masataka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240248469
    Abstract: An information processing device for controlling a plurality of terminals, the information processing device comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires, from a target terminal that is a terminal existing in a predetermined area among a plurality of terminals, information regarding a cycle of data processing executed in each target terminal; a determination unit that determines a cycle of data transmission shared by each target terminal based on the information regarding the cycle of data processing of each target terminal acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that controls an execution timing of data processing in each target terminal based on the cycle of data transmission determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru YOSHIDA, Masataka OKUDA, Masatoshi KAKUTANI, Toshiki SHINOHARA, Kanade KURIYAMA
  • Patent number: 12023808
    Abstract: A robot system includes two arms, each having a hand at an end thereof, and a controller to control operation of the arms. The hand has an openable and closable holder. The controller includes hand-number determining circuitry to determine the number of hands used to hold a holdable object based on the size of the holdable object, and hold controlling circuitry to control the holder of one of the hands to open so as to hold the holdable object by an inner surface of the holder, when the number of hands to be used is one, and control the holders of the two hands to close so as to hold the holdable object by outer surfaces of the two holders, when the number of hands to be used is two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Azuma, Takayuki Ishizaki, Mitsunobu Oka, Masataka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11995432
    Abstract: A control method for a display device includes, in a state in which first firmware is installed, acquiring version information of second firmware installed in another display device from the other display device, inquiring the other display device about propriety of update of the second firmware to the first firmware when a version of the second firmware is older than a version of the first firmware, receiving the second firmware from the other display device when a notification for denying the update of the second firmware is received from the other display device, and updating the first firmware installed in the display device to the second firmware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Fujimori, Masataka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11958187
    Abstract: A robot includes a base attached to an end of a robotic arm, a conveyor fixed to the base, and a holder to hold a workpiece and place the workpiece on a transferring surface of the conveyor. The holder includes a pivot shaft extending along the conveyor in a transferring direction of the conveyor, and reciprocatable or telescopic in the transferring direction, a pivoting structure attached to the pivot shaft so as to be reciprocatable in the transferring direction, and pivotable centering on the pivot shaft in a plane in which a width direction perpendicular to the transferring direction intersects with a height direction perpendicular to the transferring direction and the width direction, and a holding structure upstream of the pivoting part in the transferring direction to hold the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Azuma, Takayuki Ishizaki, Mitsunobu Oka, Masataka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11961134
    Abstract: In the proposal system, sales performance information that is related to a device is acquired and information that is related to a usage situation of a device is accepted from a customer. A device to be a purchase target is inferred by a learned model based on the information that is related to the usage situation of the device and the sales performance information, and then a proposal information is outputted as a result of that inference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masataka Yoshida, Misato Furuya
  • Patent number: 11845621
    Abstract: A robot is provided, which includes a base, a first robot fixed to the base at a base end thereof, and a second robot fixed to the base at a base end thereof. The first robot has a first robotic arm and a first robot hand attached to a tip end of the first robotic arm. The second robot has a second robotic arm and a second robot hand attached to a tip end of the second robotic arm. The first robot hand includes a conveyor, and the second robot hand includes a holding part configured to hold a workpiece. The second robot places the workpiece held by the holding part on a transferring surface of the conveyor of the first robot and releases the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Azuma, Takayuki Ishizaki, Mitsunobu Oka, Masataka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230388464
    Abstract: A control method includes displaying a display image including an adjustment image constituted by a plurality of control points, displaying a first enlarged image including a first enlarged adjustment image obtained by enlarging a part of the adjustment image, and receiving an operation input configured to select the control point using a pointing image configured to point any of the plurality of control points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Masataka YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230327432
    Abstract: An abnormality determining section disconnects both a positive wire and a negative wire between a load module and a second ground circuit, connects one of a positive wire or a negative wire between a main power source apparatus and the second ground circuit, and determines whether there is an abnormality in a second main power source circuit based on an amount of power supplied to the second ground circuit in a state where one of the positive wire or the negative wire of the second main power source circuit is connected to a reference potential by the second ground circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Masataka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230318337
    Abstract: A power supply system includes: a main power source device for supplying electric power to a load device; an auxiliary power source device for supplying electric power to the load device; current sensors for detecting current flowing through a main power source circuit; a current sensor for detecting current flowing through an auxiliary power source circuit; and a load current sensor for detecting current flowing through a load circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Masataka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230318303
    Abstract: A power transmission device that transmits electric power from a PCU to drive modules includes: a power-source-side positive terminal and a power-source-side negative terminal that are connected to the PCU and receive DC power; and load-side positive terminals and load-side negative terminals each connected to corresponding one of the drive modules and output DC power. The load-side positive terminals and the load-side negative terminals are arranged in a line in the order of the load-side positive terminal, the load-side negative terminal, the load-side negative terminal, and the load-side positive terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Masataka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230271711
    Abstract: In a power supply system of an aircraft, when electric power is supplied from a power generation unit to a drive unit, the electric power is supplied from the power generation unit to the drive unit via a first power transmission path, and a voltage is applied to a second power transmission path by a fault detection circuit in a state in which the power generation unit and the drive unit are disconnected from the second power transmission path, and when the power generation unit is started, electric power of the fault detection circuit is supplied to the power generation unit in a state in which the power generation unit is connected to the second power transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Masataka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230271518
    Abstract: A power supply circuit of an aircraft includes: a first power transmission path and a second power transmission path each configured to supply electric power from power generation units to one or more drive modules; and a third power transmission path configured to supply electric power from a charging device to the first power transmission path. When one or more batteries are charged with the electric power supplied from the charging device, the electric power is supplied from the charging device to the batteries via the first power transmission path, and the electric power is supplied from the charging device to the batteries via the second power transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Sadao Shinohara, Masataka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230257129
    Abstract: A power supply circuit of an aircraft includes: a first contactor that is provided on a first power transmission path for transmitting electric power from a first power source to a load and switches between a conduction state and an interruption state between the first power source and the load; and a second contactor that is provided on a second power transmission path for transmitting electric power from a second power source to the load and switches between the conduction state and the interruption state between the second power source and the load. The first contactor includes a first fixed contact and a first movable contact, and the second contactor includes a second fixed contact and a second movable contact. The moving direction of the first movable contact intersects with the moving direction of the second movable contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Sadao Shinohara, Masataka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230253820
    Abstract: A power supply circuit of an aircraft includes: a first power transmission path for transmitting electric power from each of a first main power source device and a second main power source device to a first load device and a second load device; a first current sensor; a second current sensor; a third current sensor; and a fourth current sensor, and determines whether an abnormality has occurred based on currents detected by the first current sensor, the second current sensor, the third current sensor and the fourth current sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu Mitani, Sadao Shinohara, Masataka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230223637
    Abstract: A battery frame includes a pair of flat spring plates, a pair of pressing plates, and connecting members connecting the pair of flat spring plates. Each of the flat spring plates includes first regions and a second region. The second region is located inward of the first regions in the stacking direction of a battery cell stack. The connecting members are attached to the flat spring plates via the first regions, and the pressing plates are attached to the flat spring plates via the second regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yuya Ishihara, Kenta Kishii, Hiromitsu Sato, Tadahiro Fukushima, Masataka Yoshida, Seiji Kosaka