Patents by Inventor Noboru Otomo

Noboru Otomo 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: 20220373270
    Abstract: Provided is a heat exchange promotion member and a heat exchanger that can improve heat transfer performance while holding down an increase in pressure drag of a fluid that exchanges heat with the heat exchange promotion member. A heat dissipation fin 14 of the present invention is a heat exchange promotion member that exchanges heat with a flowing fluid. The heat dissipation fin 14 includes a planar part 12 which is a surface substantially parallel to the fluid flowing direction and a raised part 13 that protrudes from the planar part 12 toward the fluid. The raised part 13 has a portion slanted relative to the direction in which the fluid flows, and there are a plurality of the raised parts 13 formed spaced apart from one another in the fluid flowing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: Atago Manufacturing Co., Ltd., The University of Tokyo, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Otomo, Ken Yamamoto, Kenichi Morimoto, Yuji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7269924
    Abstract: A device and method of notifying operation of a vehicle closure member is disclosed having a door drive motor 9 for driving a vehicle closure member, mounted in a vehicle, between an open position and a closed position, a pulse encoder 6 detecting a closure position of the vehicle closure member, and a notifying unit 7 notifying a user of operation of the vehicle closure member, with control being executed to apply a motor brake on the vehicle closure member at a time instant t1, upon recognition of operation for reverse movement when the closure position detected with the pulse encoder 9 remains in an area-just-prior-to-fully-closed-position between a half-latch position and the open position, whereupon a buzzer is activated at a time instant t2 with the motor brake being terminated when the vehicle closure member remains in the area-just-prior-to-fully-closed-position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Keihin Corporation, Nippon Cable System, Inc.
    Inventors: Noboru Otomo, Hitoshi Kidokoro, Yoichi Koga, Takashi Sanda, Takashi Utsumi
  • Publication number: 20060028159
    Abstract: A device and method of notifying operation of a vehicle closure member is disclosed having a door drive motor 9 for driving a vehicle closure member, mounted in a vehicle, between an open position and a closed position, a pulse encoder 6 detecting a closure position of the vehicle closure member, and a notifying unit 7 notifying a user of operation of the vehicle closure member, with control being executed to apply a motor brake on the vehicle closure member at a time instant t1, upon recognition of operation for reverse movement when the closure position detected with the pulse encoder 9 remains in an area-just-prior-to-fully-closed-position between a half-latch position and the open position, whereupon a buzzer is activated at a time instant t2 with the motor brake being terminated when the vehicle closure member remains in the area-just-prior-to-fully-closed-position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Noboru Otomo, Hitoshi Kidokoro, Yoichi Koga, Takashi Sanda, Takeshi Utsumi
  • Patent number: 6964132
    Abstract: A device and method of notifying operation of a vehicle closure member is disclosed having a door drive motor 9 for driving a vehicle closure member, mounted in a vehicle, between an open position and a closed position, a pulse encoder 6 detecting a closure position of the vehicle closure member, and a notifying unit 7 notifying a user of operation of the vehicle closure member, with control being executed to apply a motor brake on the vehicle closure member at a time instant t1, upon recognition of operation for reverse movement when the closure position detected with the pulse encoder 9 remains in an area-just-prior-to-fully-closed-position between a half-latch position and the open position, whereupon a buzzer is activated at a time instant t2 with the motor brake being terminated when the vehicle closure member remains in the area-just-prior-to-fully-closed-position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Keihin Corporation, Nippon Cable System, Inc.
    Inventors: Noboru Otomo, Hitoshi Kidokoro, Yoichi Koga, Takashi Sanda, Takeshi Utsumi
  • Publication number: 20030140565
    Abstract: A device and method of notifying operation of a vehicle closure member is disclosed having a door drive motor 9 for driving a vehicle closure member, mounted in a vehicle, between an open position and a closed position, a pulse encoder 6 detecting a closure position of the vehicle closure member, and a notifying unit 7 notifying a user of operation of the vehicle closure member, with control being executed to apply a motor brake on the vehicle closure member at a time instant t1, upon recognition of operation for reverse movement when the closure position detected with the pulse encoder 9 remains in an area-just-prior-to-fully-closed-position between a half-latch position and the open position, whereupon a buzzer is activated at a time instant t2 with the motor brake being terminated when the vehicle closure member remains in the area-just-prior-to-fully-closed-position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Otomo, Hitoshi Kidokoro, Yoichi Koga, Takashi Sanda, Takeshi Utsumi