Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Okada

Mitsuhiro Okada 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: 20210234295
    Abstract: A connector pair includes a first connector, and a second connector electrically connected to the first connector. The first connector includes a first electrical contact part provided with a graphene film on a metal base material. The second connector includes a second electrical contact part electrically connected to the first connector via the graphene film. A contact area between the first electrical contact part and the second electrical contact part is smaller than an area of the graphene film coating the metal base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Toshitaka Kubo, Kazuhiko Seki, Mitsuhiro Okada, Kazuto Hatakeyama, Kenji Koga, Tetsuo Shimizu, Nan Ye, Hiroki Kawai
  • Patent number: 11071495
    Abstract: The present invention is provided to notify a person who makes a movement of a part to be improved in the movement. A movement evaluation system includes: a proficiency degree estimating unit generating a proficiency degree score on the basis of movement data obtained by detecting a movement of a user; an improvement point extracting unit specifying a part of the movement of the user as an improvement point on the basis of the movement data; and an information generating unit generating suggestion information to be presented to the user, on the basis of the improvement point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okada, Takehiro Niikura, Katsuyuki Nakamura, Takuto Sato, Hiroki Ohashi, Sheraz Ahmed, Mohammad Osamh Adel Al-Naser
  • Publication number: 20210224752
    Abstract: A highly-reliable work report is prepared while reducing the worker's burdens. A work support system 200 prepares a work report by using information including at least a video collected while conducting work. The work support system 200 includes: a work completion recognition unit 240 that judges a completion of the work from the information collected while conducting the work and recognizes completion time of day of the work; a video extraction unit 250 that extracts a video upon completion of the work from the video, which are collected while conducting the work, with reference to the completion time of day of the work; a work recognition unit 260 that recognizes a work item(s) of the work by using the extracted video upon completion of the work; and a work history generation unit 280 that generates a work history of the work in the work report on the basis of recognition results by the work completion recognition unit 240 and the work recognition unit 260.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OKADA, Takayuki AKIYAMA, Masaaki YAMAMOTO, Kazu GHALAMKARI, Yasuharu NAMBA
  • Publication number: 20210135386
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector including an electrical contact material which contains a metal base material and a conductive coating layer on a surface of the metal base material, in which the conductive coating layer includes: a matrix phase constituted by a metal other than gold; and a second phase that includes: elongated portions that elongate in a depth direction from a surface of the matrix phase; and enlarged diameter portions that, in the surface of the matrix phase, extend from the elongated portions along the surface, in which the second phase is constituted by gold or a non-metal conductive material that is less oxidizable than the metal constituting the matrix phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Toshitaka Kubo, Mitsuhiro Okada, Tetsuo Shimizu, Hiroki Kawai
  • Patent number: 10964923
    Abstract: A prismatic secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive-electrode sheet and a negative-electrode sheet, a prismatic exterior body that accommodates the electrode body, a sealing plate that seals an opening of the prismatic exterior body, and a negative terminal electrically connected to the negative-electrode sheet. The prismatic secondary battery is arranged such that the sealing plate extends in the vertical direction during use of the prismatic secondary battery. The positive-electrode sheet is electrically connected to the sealing plate. The sealing plate has a recessed portion on an outer surface and a terminal insertion hole formed in the recessed portion. The negative terminal is inserted in the terminal insertion hole. An outer insulating member is disposed between the negative terminal and the sealing plate. The sealing plate has a first groove extending to an end of the recessed portion in the longitudinal direction of the sealing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Muroya, Kazuki Takeno, Mitsuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20210090887
    Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a silicon film, which includes: a film forming step of forming the silicon film on a base, the silicon film having a film thickness thicker than a desired film thickness; and an etching step of reducing the film thickness of the silicon film by supplying an etching gas containing bromine or iodine to the silicon film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OKADA, Tatsuya MIYAHARA, Keisuke FUJITA
  • Patent number: 10957883
    Abstract: A prismatic secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive-electrode sheet and a negative-electrode sheet, a prismatic exterior body that accommodates the electrode body, a sealing plate that seals an opening of the prismatic exterior body, and a negative terminal electrically connected to the negative-electrode sheet. The positive-electrode sheet is electrically connected to the sealing plate. The sealing plate has a recessed portion on an outer surface and a terminal insertion hole formed in the recessed portion. The negative terminal is inserted in the terminal insertion hole. An outer insulating member is disposed between the negative terminal and the sealing plate. The sealing plate has a first groove extending to an end of the recessed portion in the longitudinal direction of the sealing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Muroya, Kazuki Takeno, Mitsuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10892162
    Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a silicon film, which includes: a film forming step of forming the silicon film on a base, the silicon film having a film thickness thicker than a desired film thickness; and an etching step of reducing the film thickness of the silicon film by supplying an etching gas containing bromine or iodine to the silicon film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okada, Tatsuya Miyahara, Keisuke Fujita
  • Publication number: 20200392622
    Abstract: A substrate processing method in substrate processing apparatus comprises repeating cycle including: supplying source gas into process container causing the source gas to be adsorbed to substrate; exhausting excess source gas from the process container; supplying reaction gas into the process container causing the reaction gas to react with the source gas; and exhausting excess reaction gas, wherein at least one of a gap width between placement stage and member forming processing space between the member and the stage and degree of opening of pressure adjustment valve in at least one of the supplying the source gas and the supplying the reaction gas is smaller than at least one of a gap width between the stage and the member and the degree of opening of the pressure adjustment valve in at least one of the exhausting the excess source gas and the exhausting the excess reaction gas, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Mitsuhiro OKADA, Yasushi FUJII, Yu NUNOSHIGE, Shinji KAWASAKI, Hirotaka KUWADA, Toshio TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 10756733
    Abstract: A first separator that prevents a pair of electrodes from short-circuiting each other is provided on end parts of the pair of electrodes in a longitudinal direction thereof, a first molded resin part that covers the first separator is provided on an end part of an insulation tube in a longitudinal direction thereof, a part of the first separator) on one side in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction and another part of the first separator on the other side in the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction are each exposed to outside. When the first separator is embedded in the first molded resin part through insert molding, the first separator can be supported by a lower mold and an upper mold, portions of the first separator supported by the pair of molds at this time are portions exposed to outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okada, Hideki Kubota, Minori Shoda, Koji Yamauchi, Yasuhiro Orihara, Takabumi Oikawa
  • Patent number: 10745956
    Abstract: In a touch sensor unit, since a base portion is provided with a hard resin portion for holding a curved state of a sensor portion deformed in conformity to a curved shape of a door frame of a tail gate, even when the base portion is not fixed to the tail gate, it is possible to hold the curved state of the base portion. Therefore, after the curved base portion is fixed to the tail gate with a double-sided adhesive tape, even if the double-sided adhesive tape is degraded with age, a restoring force of the sensor portion does not remove the double-sided adhesive tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10745959
    Abstract: In a touch sensor unit, a bracket body is provided with a first protruding portion which is disposed on a vehicle interior side of a base portion, a gap portion is provided between the first protruding portion and the base portion, the height from the bracket body to the distal end of the first protruding portion is smaller than the height from the bracket body to the sensor portion. Therefore, when the sensor portion and the base portion are elastically deformed by contact with a blockage, the elastically deformed sensor portion and base portion enter the gap portion, thereby preventing the sensor portion and the base portion from being pressed against the corner portion of the bracket without increasing the rigidity of the sensor portion and the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Iino, Mitsuhiro Okada, Kenta Onodera
  • Publication number: 20200253541
    Abstract: The present invention is provided to notify a person who makes a movement of a part to be improved in the movement. A movement evaluation system includes: a proficiency degree estimating unit generating a proficiency degree score on the basis of movement data obtained by detecting a movement of a user; an improvement point extracting unit specifying a part of the movement of the user as an improvement point on the basis of the movement data; and an information generating unit generating suggestion information to be presented to the user, on the basis of the improvement point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OKADA, Takehiro NIIKURA, Katsuyuki NAKAMURA, Takuto SATO, Hiroki OHASHI, Sheraz AHMED, Mohammad Osamh Adel AL-NASER
  • Publication number: 20200258748
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing method including: providing a substrate; forming a seed layer on a surface of the substrate by heating a stage on which the substrate is placed to a first temperature and supplying a first source gas to the substrate; and forming a metal-containing film by heating the stage on which the substrate is placed to a second temperature and supplying a second source gas and a first reducing gas to the substrate on which the seed layer is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OKADA, Yasushi FUJII
  • Patent number: 10725865
    Abstract: A storage unit includes a plurality of storage devices that form a RAID group, that are coupled to the same bus, and that communicate with each other. Each of the plurality of storage devices includes a device controller and a storage medium. The plurality of storage devices store each of data and parities generated on the basis of the data, the data and the parities being included in RAID stripes. A first device controller of a first storage device included in the RAID group transmits, to the plurality of storage devices included in the RAID group other than the first storage device, an instruction to transfer the data and/or the parities included in the RAID stripes and restores the data or the parity corresponding to the first storage device of the RAID stripes on the basis of the transferred data and the transferred parities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okada, Akifumi Suzuki, Satoshi Morishita, Akira Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10711493
    Abstract: The disclosure makes an insulating component and a sensor bracket to be an integrally molded article, simplifies the manufacturing process and cuts down the cost. A sensor holder and a sensor bracket made of a resin are made to be an integrally molded article, wherein the sensor holder inside which a pair of electrodes are arranged, and the sensor bracket made of a resin which holds the sensor holder and is attached to a tailgate. During an operation of filling a molten resin to a cavity, a part of the sensor holder is melted by the molten resin, and thus integrating the sensor holder and the molten resin, therefore, the two components can be structurally and firmly integrated. Accordingly, a touch sensor unit which endures long-term use can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Orihara, Naruhito Ogino, Hideki Kubota, Mitsuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10676820
    Abstract: There is provided a cleaning method of a film forming apparatus in which a process of forming a silicon film, a germanium film or a silicon germanium film on a substrate mounted on a substrate holder in a processing container is performed, comprising: etching away the silicon film, the germanium film or the silicon germanium film adhered to an interior of the processing container including the substrate holder by supplying a halogen-containing gas not containing fluorine into the processing container in a state where the substrate holder, which was stored in a dew point-controlled atmosphere after the film forming process, is accommodated in the processing container with no substrate being mounted thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okada, Yutaka Motoyama
  • Publication number: 20200157351
    Abstract: An asphalt modifier comprising a polyolefin-based copolymer comprising an ethylene-derived monomer unit and a monomer unit having an epoxy group is disclosed. The content of the monomer unit having an epoxy group is 13% by mass or more based on the mass of the polyolefin-based copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Susumu MORI, Yusuke ASAI, Mitsuhiro OKADA
  • Publication number: 20200118824
    Abstract: A film forming method of embedding a metal film in a recess, which is formed in a substrate and has an insulating film formed on a surface of the recess, includes: conformally forming a base film in the recess; etching the base film such that a surface of the insulating film formed on an upper portion of an inner wall of the recess is exposed and the base film remains on a bottom portion in the recess; and selectively growing the metal film on the base film remaining on the bottom portion in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro OKADA
  • Publication number: 20200118280
    Abstract: An image processing device is an image processing device mounted on a vehicle. The image processing device includes: a captured image input part to which a plurality of captured images having different photographing sensitivities are input; a combined image input part to which a combined image with high gradation generated using the plurality of captured images is input; a feature information generation part that generates predetermined feature information using an input image; and a determination part that determines an image to be input to the feature information generation part as one of the combined image and the captured images on a basis of at least one of a state of the vehicle and a state around the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Keisuke INATA, Mitsuhiro OKADA, Shinichi NONAKA