Patents by Inventor Naoki Matsunaga

Naoki Matsunaga 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: 11960925
    Abstract: A program generating device comprising circuitry configured to: display a schedule screen, in which, for each of a plurality of processes executed in a system including a plurality of industrial devices, at least a name of a process is associated with a variable that is at least either referenced or changed in a process program representing an operation of one or more of the plurality of industrial devices and executed in the process, a plurality of names of the plurality of processes obtained from a process database that is stored as process information are included, and an execution order of the plurality of processes can be specified; receive a specification of the execution order on the schedule screen; and generate a system program based on the execution order and the variable of each process included in the execution order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Naoki Mizuno, Yosuke Kamiya, Shinichiro Obata, Aya Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11945526
    Abstract: An electric vehicle that comprises a vehicle main body, a driving apparatus that includes a motor unit which includes a motor and a reduction gear which is attached to the motor unit, and a travel unit configured to drive by a driving force of the driving apparatus. The travel unit includes a plurality of wheels that at least includes a front wheel arranged on the side of a front end portion of the vehicle main body and a rear wheel arranged on the side of a rear end portion of the vehicle main body, and a crawler belt wound around the front wheel and the rear wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Kohigashi, Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Naoki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11837818
    Abstract: The electrical power unit is provided with: a power unit body; an electrical component for driving the power unit body; and a connecting terminal which is disposed at the tip end of an electrically conductive path member extending from the power unit body and connectable to the electrical component. The connecting terminal is provided detachably to an attaching portion of the power unit body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Fumiyoshi Kambara, Yoshitaka Oota, Keisuke Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20230260578
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a non-volatile memory, a monitoring section, a determining section, and a notification processing section. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells driven by word lines and a voltage generating section that generates a read voltage to be applied to the word lines. The monitoring section monitors a change in a threshold distribution of the plurality of memory cells upon performing a read processing to read data from the plurality of memory cells by applying the read voltage to the word lines. The determining section determines a degree of deterioration of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a monitoring result by the monitoring section. The notification processing section notifies a life of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a determining result by the determining section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11631468
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a non-volatile memory, a monitoring section, a determining section, and a notification processing section. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells driven by word lines and a voltage generating section that generates a read voltage to be applied to the word lines. The monitoring section monitors a change in a threshold distribution of the plurality of memory cells upon performing a read processing to read data from the plurality of memory cells by applying the read voltage to the word lines. The determining section determines a degree of deterioration of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a monitoring result by the monitoring section. The notification processing section notifies a life of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a determining result by the determining section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20230034464
    Abstract: An electric power unit includes an electric motor, a battery for driving the electric motor, and a battery tray for supporting the battery. The battery tray is attached to the electric motor via elastic members. The electric power unit is provided with oscillating direction restricting portions, a front side convex portion, and a rear side convex portion for restricting relative movement of the battery tray and the electric motor in at least one direction of an attachment direction of the elastic members and an oscillating direction substantially perpendicular to the attachment direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki MATSUNAGA, Hiroshi MIZUGUCHI, Naohiro AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220294306
    Abstract: An electric power unit includes: a rotary electric machine unit an electrical unit disposed above the rotary electric machine unit; and a cooling unit. The electrical unit includes a protrusion protruding outward from a left end portion of the rotary electric machine housing portion of the rotary electric machine in a left-right direction. The cooling unit includes: a cooling fan configured to generate cooling air by rotating integrally with a rotary shaft of the rotary electric machine; and an air guide unit configured to guide the cooling air. The air guide unit includes cooling air flow paths provided between the cooling fan and the electrical unit. The closer to the protrusion of the electrical unit a cooling air flow path is disposed, the larger opening area of the introduction port the cooling air flow path has.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya MATSUMOTO, Yuko NISHI, Naoki MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11371583
    Abstract: A speed reduction mechanism comprises an output shaft and a plurality of gears. The output shaft is arranged on the same axis as an input shaft. The plurality of gears transmit a driving force input to the input shaft to the output shaft. The plurality of gears include an input gear provided on the input shaft, an output gear provided on the output shaft, and a plurality of transmission gears arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Kenta Kohigashi, Naoki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20220166162
    Abstract: The electrical power unit is provided with: a power unit body; an electrical component for driving the power unit body; and a connecting terminal which is disposed at the tip end of an electrically conductive path member extending from the power unit body and connectable to the electrical component. The connecting terminal is provided detachably to an attaching portion of the power unit body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Naoki MATSUNAGA, Fumiyoshi KAMBARA, Yoshitaka OOTA, Keisuke MURAOKA
  • Patent number: 11306791
    Abstract: A driving apparatus 100 includes a motor 20 that generates drive power and power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 that transmit drive power of the motor 20 to an output shaft 60. The power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 include a clutch mechanism 30 that switches between a state where the motor 20 and the output shaft 60 are connected and a state where the motor 20 and the output shaft 60 are disconnected, and a brake mechanism 40 that brakes rotation of the output shaft 60, and the clutch mechanism 30 is arranged so as to overlap the brake mechanism 40 in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Kenta Kohigashi
  • Patent number: 11268585
    Abstract: A driving apparatus 100 includes a motor 20 that generates drive power and power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 that transmit drive power of the motor 20 to an output shaft 60. The power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 include at least one of a clutch mechanism 30 that switches between a state where the motor 20 and the output shaft 60 are connected and a state where the motor 20 and the output shall 60 are disconnected, in accordance with movement of an operation rod 32, and a brake mechanism 40 that brakes rotation of the output shaft 60 in accordance with movement of an operation rod 43.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Kenta Kohigashi
  • Publication number: 20220014061
    Abstract: An outer rotor type motor includes a rotor in which magnets are arranged on an inner circumferential surface of a cylindrical rotor yoke. The outer rotor type motor comprises: a motor shaft configured to rotatably support the rotor; and a rotor attachment member including a base end extended from an outer periphery of the motor shaft outward in a radial direction and an outer end formed from an outer periphery of the base end outward in the radial direction, wherein the outer end is formed at a position close to the inner circumferential surface of the rotor yoke, as compared with an outer peripheral surface of the motor shaft, and the rotor is attached to the outer end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Hiroshi Mizuguchi
  • Publication number: 20220014073
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motor apparatus having a motor, comprising: a fan that is rotatably supported by a shaft member of the motor, and sends, in a centrifugal direction by rotation, gas taken from an axial direction of the shaft member; and a cover member that covers the fan so as to allow the gas sent in the centrifugal direction from the fan to flow along an outer surface of the motor, wherein the cover member has a blowout port that blows out some of the gas sent in the centrifugal direction from the fan in the centrifugal direction to cool an external mechanism of the motor apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Kazuhisa Fujiwara, Hiroshi Mizuguchi
  • Patent number: 11171540
    Abstract: A driving device includes a motor unit including a motor, and a speed reducer attached to the motor unit. The speed reducer includes a plurality of gears combined to decelerate an output of the motor, and a gear case configured to support the plurality of gears and attached to the motor unit. The gear case is selected from a plurality of types of gear cases. The plurality of types of gear cases are different from one another in an arrangement of the plurality of gears and a position of an output shaft relative to an input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Kohigashi, Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Naoki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20210343348
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a non-volatile memory, a monitoring section, a determining section, and a notification processing section. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells driven by word lines and a voltage generating section that generates a read voltage to be applied to the word lines. The monitoring section monitors a change in a threshold distribution of the plurality of memory cells upon performing a read processing to read data from the plurality of memory cells by applying the read voltage to the word lines. The determining section determines a degree of deterioration of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a monitoring result by the monitoring section. The notification processing section notifies a life of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a determining result by the determining section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11069414
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a non-volatile memory, a monitoring section, a determining section, and a notification processing section. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells driven by word lines and a voltage generating section that generates a read voltage to be applied to the word lines. The monitoring section monitors a change in a threshold distribution of the plurality of memory cells upon performing a read processing to read data from the plurality of memory cells by applying the read voltage to the word lines. The determining section determines a degree of deterioration of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a monitoring result by the monitoring section. The notification processing section notifies a life of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a determining result by the determining section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20210184535
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electric power unit that is mounted on a mounting object, comprising a motor; and electrical equipment for driving the motor, wherein the motor has a first attachment portion that is attached to the mounting object, and a second attachment portion to which the electrical equipment is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUGUCHI, Kazuhisa FUJIWARA, Nobuyuki KANEKO, Naoki MATSUNAGA, Toru YUKI, Shota SHIMOTANI, Ayame MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20200406996
    Abstract: An electric vehicle that comprises a vehicle main body, a driving apparatus that includes a motor unit which includes a motor and a reduction gear which is attached to the motor unit, and a travel unit configured to drive by a driving force of the driving apparatus. The travel unit includes a plurality of wheels that at least includes a front wheel arranged on the side of a front end portion of the vehicle main body and a rear wheel arranged on the side of a rear end portion of the vehicle main body, and a crawler belt wound around the front wheel and the rear wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Kohigashi, Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Naoki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20200393019
    Abstract: A driving apparatus 100 includes a motor 20 that generates drive power and power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 that transmit drive power of the motor 20 to an output shaft 60. The power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 include a brake mechanism 40 that brakes rotation of the output shaft 60 and a deceleration mechanism 50 that converts a torque of the motor 20, and transmits a resultant to the output shaft 60, and the brake mechanism 40 is arranged at a part before the deceleration mechanism 50, and the deceleration mechanism 50 is arranged at a part before the output shaft 60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Kenta Kohigashi
  • Patent number: RE48449
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes a first group of memory chips that includes a first memory chip and a second memory chip, a second group of memory chips that includes at least one memory chip, a first internal wiring system that couples the first memory chip and the second memory chip to a first terminal configured to receive a chip-enable signal, a second internal wiring system that couples the at least one memory chip to a second terminal configured to receive the chip-enable signal. The first memory chip and the second memory chip each include a chip address memory region configured to store an address associated with the memory chip, and an address rewrite module configured to rewrite the address associated with the memory chip and stored in the chip address memory region in response to an external operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Matsunaga