Patents by Inventor Naoto Kochi

Naoto Kochi 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: 20230406042
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire for aircraft according to this disclosure has belt layers arranged in the following order from the inside of the tire radial direction: the inner zigzag belt layers, the spiral belt layers, and the outer zigzag belt layers, and among the belt layers, the inner zigzag belt layer has the maximum width in the tire width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji ICHIHARA, Naoto KOCHI, Juntarou TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230391141
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire for aircraft according to this disclosure satisfies the following inequality in the reference state, 0??35/Rc?0.004 and 0.015??90/Rc?0.025.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji ICHIHARA, Naoto KOCHI, Juntarou TAMURA
  • Patent number: 11376948
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle interior, a front room provided in front of the vehicle interior with a dashboard interposed therebetween, a first protection target that is disposed along the dashboard and extends in an upper-lower direction, and a first protector that has a concave sectional shape and covers the first protection target toward the dashboard. The first protection target includes a curved portion curved along a curvature of the dashboard, and the first protector includes a bent portion that covers the curved portion, an upper extension portion that extends upward from the bent portion, and a lower extension portion that extends downward from the bent portion. The upper extension portion includes a first fixing portion that has a bolt insertion hole and is fixed to the dashboard, and the lower extension portion includes a second fixing portion that has a slit opened downward and is fixed to the dashboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Tomita, Naoto Kochi
  • Patent number: 11370371
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle interior, a battery provided below the vehicle interior with a floor panel in between, a front room provided in front of the vehicle interior with a dashboard in between, a charging port disposed in the front room, and a junction box which electrically connects a first power line extending from the charging port and a second power line extending from a power line connection portion of the battery. The junction box is disposed on a virtual line connecting the charging port and the power line connection portion in a side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takizawa, Makoto Hatami, Takanori Suzuki, Naoto Kochi
  • Patent number: 11034226
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle interior; a front room provided in front of the vehicle interior; an electric motor control device provided at a rear side of the vehicle interior and below a floor panel; a battery provided below the vehicle interior and below the floor panel; a cooling device provided in the front room; a first cooling pipe configured to supply a refrigerant from the cooling device to the electric motor control device; and a second cooling pipe configured to discharge the refrigerant from the electric motor control device to the cooling device. The floor panel has a recessed portion recessed upwards, and the first cooling pipe and the second cooling pipe are accommodated in the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Kochi, Tetsuhisa Sakamoto, Ryosaku Izawa
  • Patent number: 10831132
    Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt configured to bear a toner image and rotate, a transferor configured to contact the intermediate transfer belt via a recording medium and form a transfer nip, a guide configured to guide the recording medium conveyed to the transfer nip, and a pressure reducing device. The intermediate transfer belt is shaped as an endless belt. The pressure reducing device is configured to reduce pressure-contact force of the transferor against the intermediate transfer belt as the recording medium advances in the transfer nip. Therefore, a trailing end of the recording medium does not move toward the intermediate transfer belt when the trailing end of the recording medium has passed the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Suzuki, Yuuji Wada, Naoto Kochi, Shinya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10821923
    Abstract: A joint disposed on a power transmission path between an electric motor that drives a vehicle and a battery includes a first connector portion to which a first cable connected to a battery side is connected, a second connector portion to which a second cable connected to an electric motor side is connected, a joint box including the first connector portion and the second connector portion, a positive electrode bus bar provided inside the joint box and connects a positive electrode of the first connector portion and a positive electrode of the second connector portion, and a negative electrode bus bar provided inside the joint box and connects a negative electrode of the first connector portion and a negative electrode of the second connector portion. The positive electrode bus bar and the negative electrode bus bar are disposed to be spaced from each other in an upper-lower direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Naoto Kochi, Ryohei Saiki, Takanori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200247225
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle interior; a front room provided in front of the vehicle interior; an electric motor control device provided at a rear side of the vehicle interior and below a floor panel; a battery provided below the vehicle interior and below the floor panel; a cooling device provided in the front room; a first cooling pipe configured to supply a refrigerant from the cooling device to the electric motor control device; and a second cooling pipe configured to discharge the refrigerant from the electric motor control device to the cooling device. The floor panel has a recessed portion recessed upwards, and the first cooling pipe and the second cooling pipe are accommodated in the recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto KOCHI, Tetsuhisa SAKAMOTO, Ryosaku IZAWA
  • Patent number: 10663493
    Abstract: An electric current sensor of electric equipment includes a detection element, a reference voltage line to which a reference voltage signal is transmitted, an output signal line to which an output signal of the detection element is transmitted, and a ground line connected to a ground potential. The reference voltage line, the output signal line, and the ground line are bundled together by a cylindrical member which does not contain metal, and in this state, the reference voltage line, the output signal line, and the ground line are routed inside a casing containing a reactor, and connected to a control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Okamoto, Masahiro Shimada, Naoto Kochi, Satoshi Hashino, Satoru Fujita
  • Patent number: 10641797
    Abstract: In an electric power device and a method of producing the electric power device, in an axial direction of a reactor, a distance between a detection element of a second electric current sensor and a central position of a winding part is shorter than a distance between a detection element of a first electric current sensor and a central position of a winding part. Further, a gap length of a core of the second electric current sensor is smaller than a gap length of a core of the first electric current sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Okamoto, Masahiro Shimada, Naoto Kochi, Satoshi Hashino, Satoru Fujita
  • Publication number: 20200108784
    Abstract: A joint disposed on a power transmission path between an electric motor that drives a vehicle and a battery includes a first connector portion to which a first cable connected to a battery side is connected, a second connector portion to which a second cable connected to an electric motor side is connected, a joint box including the first connector portion and the second connector portion, a positive electrode bus bar provided inside the joint box and connects a positive electrode of the first connector portion and a positive electrode of the second connector portion, and a negative electrode bus bar provided inside the joint box and connects a negative electrode of the first connector portion and a negative electrode of the second connector portion. The positive electrode bus bar and the negative electrode bus bar are disposed to be spaced from each other in an upper-lower direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto KOCHI, Ryohei SAIKI, Takanori SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200086736
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle interior, a front room provided in front of the vehicle interior with a dashboard interposed therebetween, a first protection target that is disposed along the dashboard and extends in an upper-lower direction, and a first protector that has a concave sectional shape and covers the first protection target toward the dashboard. The first protection target includes a curved portion curved along a curvature of the dashboard, and the first protector includes a bent portion that covers the curved portion, an upper extension portion that extends upward from the bent portion, and a lower extension portion that extends downward from the bent portion. The upper extension portion includes a first fixing portion that has a bolt insertion hole and is fixed to the dashboard, and the lower extension portion includes a second fixing portion that has a slit opened downward and is fixed to the dashboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin TOMITA, Naoto KOCHI
  • Publication number: 20200079305
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle interior, a battery provided below the vehicle interior with a floor panel in between, a front room provided in front of the vehicle interior with a dashboard in between, a charging port disposed in the front room, and a junction box which electrically connects a first power line extending from the charging port and a second power line extending from a power line connection portion of the battery. The junction box is disposed on a virtual line connecting the charging port and the power line connection portion in a side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki TAKIZAWA, Makoto HATAMI, Takanori SUZUKI, Naoto KOCHI
  • Publication number: 20190243288
    Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt configured to bear a toner image and rotate, a transferor configured to contact the intermediate transfer belt via a recording medium and form a transfer nip, a guide configured to guide the recording medium conveyed to the transfer nip, and a pressure reducing device. The intermediate transfer belt is shaped as an endless belt. The pressure reducing device is configured to reduce pressure-contact force of the transferor against the intermediate transfer belt as the recording medium advances in the transfer nip. Therefore, a trailing end of the recording medium does not move toward the intermediate transfer belt when the trailing end of the recording medium has passed the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Yuuji WADA, Naoto KOCHI, Shinya TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10325716
    Abstract: In electric equipment, a switching substrate is provided along winding axes of winding parts. A part of the switching substrate is overlapped with a reactor, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a virtual plane including the winding axes. Further, an electric current sensor is shifted from the reactor in a direction of winding axes, and a sensor substrate is provided in parallel to the virtual plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Okamoto, Masahiro Shimada, Naoto Kochi, Satoshi Hashino, Satoru Fujita
  • Patent number: 10295948
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image bearer, a transfer-bias power source, an environment sensor, and a controller. The controller controls the transfer-bias power source to change the DC component and the AC component, according to the at least one of temperature and humidity detected by the environment sensor and a duty of the transfer bias. The duty is A/(A+B)×100[%] where A denotes an area on a return-directional side to move toner from the recording sheet back to the image bearer, relative to a center value (Voff) of a maximum value and a minimum value of the transfer bias in one cycle of a waveform of the transfer bias, and B denotes an area on a transfer-directional side to move the toner from the image bearer to the recording sheet, relative to the center value (Voff) in the one cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo Nakamura, Hirokazu Ishii, Kenji Sugiura, Takehide Mizutani, Atsushi Nagata, Naoto Kochi, Yuuji Wada, Shinya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10281848
    Abstract: An improved image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a nip forming member, a transfer power source, and a controller. The controller switches a transfer mode between a first mode to transfer the toner image onto a first type sheet having a surface smoothness higher than a surface smoothness of a second type sheet and a second mode to transfer the toner image onto the second type sheet. The controller controls the transfer power source to output the transfer bias having an opposite-peak duty of greater than or equal to 50% that is a duty on the side of the opposite-peak value in the first mode. The controller controls the transfer power source to output the transfer bias having an opposite-peak duty of less than 50%, which is different from the opposite-peak duty of the first mode, in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuji Wada, Naoto Kochi, Hiroki Nakamatsu, Kazuki Yogosawa, Takahiro Suzuki, Shinya Tanaka, Kenji Sugiura, Naohiro Kumagai, Seiichi Kogure, Junpei Fujita, Hirokazu Ishii, Takehide Mizutani, Atsushi Nagata, Keigo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10191415
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing device, an image bearer, a transfer rotator, a blade contacting a surface of the transfer rotator, and a controller to control the developing device, the image bearer, and the transfer rotator. A first toner pattern image is formed on the image bearer, transferred onto the transfer rotator, and passed past the blade at least twice together with rotation of the transfer rotator in at start-up of the image forming apparatus. A second toner pattern image is formed on the image bearer after the start-up and during passage of a non-image area in which toner images are not formed. A range of the first toner pattern image is wider than a range of the second toner pattern image in a width direction perpendicular to a direction of travel of the image bearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehide Mizutani, Naoto Kochi, Katsuhito Haruno, Atsushi Nakamoto, Masakazu Imai, Osamu Ichihashi
  • Patent number: 10185255
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer to bear a toner image, a nip forming member contacting the image bearer to form a transfer nip, and a transfer power source. The transfer bias has a transfer peak value to electrostatically move toner from the image bearer to the recording sheet and an opposite-peak value to electrostatically move less toner from the image bearer to the recording sheet than the transfer peak value. An opposite-peak duty of the transfer bias is less than 50%. The opposite-peak duty is tr/T×100% where T is one cycle of the transfer bias and tr is a time period during which the transfer bias is on a side of the opposite-peak value relative to an offset voltage of the transfer bias in the one cycle T.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Kochi, Hirokazu Ishii, Seiichi Kogure, Naohiro Kumagai, Kenji Sugiura, Shinya Tanaka, Hiroki Nakamatsu, Yuuji Wada, Junpei Fujita, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazuki Yogosawa, Atsushi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20180350515
    Abstract: In electric equipment, a switching substrate is provided along winding axes of winding parts. A part of the switching substrate is overlapped with a reactor, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a virtual plane including the winding axes. Further, an electric current sensor is shifted from the reactor in a direction of winding axes, and a sensor substrate is provided in parallel to the virtual plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Noriaki Okamoto, Masahiro Shimada, Naoto Kochi, Satoshi Hashino, Satoru Fujita