Patents by Inventor Masato Niwa
Masato Niwa 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: 11695282Abstract: A battery device includes a battery pack, a circuit substrate which acquires battery information on the battery pack or controls charge and discharge of the battery pack, a switch including a first power element or a second power element, and a heat radiator. The switch is a device controlling input and output of electric power to and from the battery pack, and an exterior part of the switch is arranged away from the circuit substrate. The heat radiator is a member made of a material having thermal conductivity, and is in direct contact with or indirect contact via a heat conductor with the exterior part of the switch so that heat of the switch can be transferred.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Yamamoto, Tatsuki Nishimata, Masato Niwa, Hidehiro Kinoshita, Yoshimitsu Inoue
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Patent number: 11577160Abstract: An example input apparatus includes an elastic member, a base portion and a strain gauge. The elastic member includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and at least a part of the elastic member is elastically deformable. The base portion holds the opposite end portions of the elastic member so that a ring is formed by the base portion and the elastic member. The strain gauge is provided on the base portion and detects a strain generated on the base portion due to deformation of the elastic member in response to an input from the user. Note that instead of the configuration where a ring is formed by the base portion and the elastic member, the input apparatus may be configured so that two elastic members are held by the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Niwa, Tomofumi Ikeda, Yuki Taniguchi, Yoshitaka Tamura
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Patent number: 11569434Abstract: A vibrating plate-bonded body includes a supporting substrate composed of silicon, a vibrating plate composed of a highly rigid ceramics and having a thickness of 100 ?m or smaller, and a bonding layer between the supporting substrate and vibrating plate, contacting a bonding surface of the vibrating plate and composed of ?-Si. The arithmetic average roughness Ra of the bonding surface of the vibrating plate is 0.01 nm or more and 10.0 nm or less, and the pit density of the bonding surface of the vibrating plate is 10 counts or more per 100 ?m2.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yudai Uno, Tomoyoshi Tai, Keiichiro Asai, Masato Niwa
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Publication number: 20220410825Abstract: A low voltage signal line and a high voltage signal line are connected to a power distribution ECU which controls charging and discharging of an assembled battery. A base portion and a shield member are interposed between the low voltage signal line and the high voltage signal line having different applied voltages. These signal lines and the base are connected by a connecting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Masato NIWA
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Publication number: 20220393094Abstract: A vibrating plate-bonded body includes a supporting substrate composed of silicon, a vibrating plate composed of a highly rigid ceramics and having a thickness of 100 ?m or smaller, and a bonding layer between the supporting substrate and vibrating plate, contacting a bonding surface of the vibrating plate and composed of ?-Si. The arithmetic average roughness Ra of the bonding surface of the vibrating plate is 0.01 nm or more and 10.0 nm or less, and the pit density of the bonding surface of the vibrating plate is 10 counts or more per 100 ?m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Yudai UNO, Tomoyoshi TAI, Keiichiro ASAI, Masato NIWA
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Publication number: 20220329230Abstract: A piezoelectric vibrating device includes a piezoelectric layer composed of a bulk piezoelectric material, a lower electrode on a first surface of the piezoelectric layer and a supporting substrate bonded with the lower electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Tomoyoshi TAI, Yudai UNO, Keiichiro ASAI, Ryosuke HATTORI, Masato NIWA, Masahiko NAMERIKAWA
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Patent number: 11411276Abstract: A battery pack includes: an assembled battery having battery cells; a battery case that houses the assembled battery; a wiring case assembled to the battery case; and an elastic member held between the battery cell and the wiring case. A safety valve is formed on one surface of the battery cell. The elastic member has a first end surface that comes in contact with a region in which the safety valve is not formed on the one surface of the battery cell, and a second end surface that comes in contact with a facing surface of the wiring case that faces the one surface. The wiring case has a regulation member that comes in contact with a side surface of the elastic member which connects the first end surface to the second end surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hidehiro Kinoshita, Masato Niwa
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Publication number: 20220227244Abstract: A charging device includes: a relay cable having one end connected to a charging connector; a battery charged by a direct current supplied from the charging connector; a battery cable having one end connected to the battery; a charging connection portion connected to the other end of the relay cable; a battery connection portion connected to the other end of the battery cable; a relay that switches the direct current to be supplied or not relative to the battery; and a housing arranged between the battery and the charging connector so as to house the relay. The charging connection portion is arranged on the housing adjacent to the charging connector, and the battery connection portion is arranged on the housing adjacent to the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Masato NIWA
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Patent number: 11289761Abstract: A battery unit includes a battery module having a plurality of batteries that are lined next to each other, and a case that accommodates the battery module. An intermediate heat releasing member that is configured to release heat from a center position to the case is arranged in a center position, between the plurality of batteries in the battery unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Niwa, Kohei Yamamoto, Hidehiro Kinoshita, Yoshimitsu Inoue
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Publication number: 20220052251Abstract: A vibrating plate-bonded body includes a supporting substrate composed of silicon, a vibrating plate composed of a highly rigid ceramics and having a thickness of 100 ?m or smaller, and a bonding layer between the supporting substrate and vibrating plate, contacting a bonding surface of the vibrating plate and composed of ?-Si. The arithmetic average roughness Ra of the bonding surface of the vibrating plate is 0.01 nm or more and 10.0 nm or less, and the pit density of the bonding surface of the vibrating plate is 10 counts or more per 100 ?m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Yudai UNO, Tomoyoshi TAI, Keiichiro ASAI, Masato NIWA
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Publication number: 20210260471Abstract: An example input apparatus includes an elastic member, a base portion and a strain gauge. The elastic member includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and at least a part of the elastic member is elastically deformable. The base portion holds the opposite end portions of the elastic member so that a ring is formed by the base portion and the elastic member. The strain gauge is provided on the base portion and detects a strain generated on the base portion due to deformation of the elastic member in response to an input from the user. Note that instead of the configuration where a ring is formed by the base portion and the elastic member, the input apparatus may be configured so that two elastic members are held by the base portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Masato NIWA, Tomofumi IKEDA, Yuki TANIGUCHI, Yoshitaka TAMURA
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Patent number: 11033812Abstract: An example input apparatus includes an elastic member, a base portion and a strain gauge. The elastic member includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and at least a part of the elastic member is elastically deformable. The base portion holds the opposite end portions of the elastic member so that a ring is formed by the base portion and the elastic member. The strain gauge is provided on the base portion and detects a strain generated on the base portion due to deformation of the elastic member in response to an input from the user. Note that instead of the configuration where a ring is formed by the base portion and the elastic member, the input apparatus may be configured so that two elastic members are held by the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Niwa, Tomofumi Ikeda, Yuki Taniguchi, Yoshitaka Tamura
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Publication number: 20200398155Abstract: An example input apparatus includes an elastic member, a base portion and a strain gauge. The elastic member includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and at least a part of the elastic member is elastically deformable. The base portion holds the opposite end portions of the elastic member so that a ring is formed by the base portion and the elastic member. The strain gauge is provided on the base portion and detects a strain generated on the base portion due to deformation of the elastic member in response to an input from the user. Note that instead of the configuration where a ring is formed by the base portion and the elastic member, the input apparatus may be configured so that two elastic members are held by the base portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Masato NIWA, Tomofumi IKEDA, Yuki TANIGUCHI, Yoshitaka TAMURA
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Publication number: 20200203688Abstract: A battery pack includes: an assembled battery having battery cells; a battery case that houses the assembled battery; a wiring case assembled to the battery case; and an elastic member held between the battery cell and the wiring case. A safety valve is formed on one surface of the battery cell. The elastic member has a first end surface that comes in contact with a region in which the safety valve is not formed on the one surface of the battery cell, and a second end surface that comes in contact with a facing surface of the wiring case that faces the one surface. The wiring case has a regulation member that comes in contact with a side surface of the elastic member which connects the first end surface to the second end surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hidehiro KINOSHITA, Masato NIWA
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Publication number: 20190237723Abstract: A battery unit includes a battery module having a plurality of batteries that are lined next to each other, and a case that accommodates the battery module. An intermediate heat releasing member that is configured to release heat from a center position to the case is arranged in a center position, between the plurality of batteries in the battery unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masato NIWA, Kohei YAMAMOTO, Hidehiro KINOSHITA, Yoshimitsu INOUE
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Publication number: 20190221906Abstract: A battery device includes a battery pack, a circuit substrate which acquires battery information on the battery pack or controls charge and discharge of the battery pack, a switch including a first power element or a second power element, and a heat radiator. The switch is a device controlling input and output of electric power to and from the battery pack, and an exterior part of the switch is arranged away from the circuit substrate. The heat radiator is a member made of a material having thermal conductivity, and is in direct contact with or indirect contact via a heat conductor with the exterior part of the switch so that heat of the switch can be transferred.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei YAMAMOTO, Tatsuki NISHIMATA, Masato NIWA, Hidehiro KINOSHITA, Yoshimitsu INOUE
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Publication number: 20110122013Abstract: The present invention includes: a transmitter/receiver 20 that transmits an FMCW modulated sweep signal at least twice; an FFT unit 32 that performs Fast Fourier Transform on the at least two sweep signals received in response to the transmission from the transmitter/receiver; and an MRAV processor 35a that calculates ranges and velocities of multiple targets by calculating beat frequencies corresponding to at least two sweeps by the transmitter/receiver based on the at least two sweep signals obtained by the Fourier Transform performed by the FFT unit, calculating velocities based on a frequency difference and a time difference of the calculated beat frequencies, and calculating ranges based on the calculated velocities and beat frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Shinichi Takeya, Kazuaki Kawabata, Kazuki Oosuga, Takuji Yoshida, Tomohiro Yoshida, Masato Niwa, Hideto Goto
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Publication number: 20110109495Abstract: The present invention includes: an antenna 10 including an element 11a for use in both transmission and reception that is divided into a first transmission/reception element and a second transmission/reception element, and an element 12a for reception only that is divided into a first only-reception element and a second only-reception element; a beam shaping unit 34 that divides an angle region to be observed into a plurality of regions, and forms transmission beams by using the respective elements of the antenna so that the divided angle regions are covered by the transmission beams, and in reception, sets aimed beam direction of each element of the antenna to be the same as that of the first transmission/reception element, and that of the second transmission/reception element, forms phase monopulse beam of ? and ? by using the first transmission/reception element and the first only-reception element, and the second transmission/reception element and the second only-reception element to cover each of the pluType: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Shinichi Takeya, Kazuaki Kawabata, Kazuki Oosuga, Takuji Yoshida, Tomohiro Yoshida, Masato Niwa, Hideto Goto
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Patent number: D934959Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumiyoshi Suetake, Yuko Zenri, Yoshitaka Tamura, Masato Niwa, Yuki Taniguchi, Wakana Ohori
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Patent number: D934960Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumiyoshi Suetake, Yuko Zenri, Yoshitaka Tamura, Masato Niwa, Yuki Taniguchi, Wakana Ohori