Patents by Inventor Norio Kobayashi

Norio Kobayashi 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: 12233936
    Abstract: A vehicle steering apparatus is configured to apply, to a steered wheel of a vehicle, a driving force for canceling a toe change amount caused by a road irregularity. The vehicle steering apparatus includes a road reaction force detector configured to detect a road reaction force received by a tire of the steered wheel, a toe adjustment actuator coupled to the steered wheel, and a controller configured to control a driving force of the toe adjustment actuator. The controller includes a toe change amount setter configured to set the toe change amount based on the road reaction force detected by the road reaction force detector, an operation amount calculator configured to calculate an actuator operation amount for canceling the toe change amount set by the toe change amount setter, and a driver configured to drive the toe adjustment actuator by the actuator operation amount calculated by the operation amount calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norio Oowada, Hiroomi Kobayashi, Taichi Murai, Yosuke Takebayashi, Takeshi Yoneda, Kaoru Sugano, Akihiro Nabeshima, Minoru Suyama, Tatsuya Takayanagi
  • Publication number: 20250032534
    Abstract: One drug (preparation) of the present invention is a drug for a reproductive disorder containing a silicon fine particle, an aggregate of silicon fine particles or a crystal grain of silicon having a hydrogen-generating ability. Hydrogen generated from the silicon fine particle in the drug can contribute to the prevention and/or treatment of reproductive disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ryoichi IMAMURA, Hikaru KOBAYASHI, Yuki KOBAYASHI, Shinichiro FUKUHARA, Yusuke INAGAKI, Norio NONOMURA
  • Patent number: 12208678
    Abstract: A front-rear wheel driving force distribution device includes a center differential and a limited slip differential. The limited slip differential includes a first clutch, a second clutch, a first piston, a second piston, and a one-way clutch provided between the first clutch and a rear propeller shaft. If the second clutch is engaged by the second piston, the propeller shaft on the rear side rotates at increased speed as compared with a case where the first clutch is engaged by the first piston. The one-way clutch couples the first clutch and the rear propeller shaft if a number of rotations of the first clutch is same as or higher than a number of rotations of the rear propeller shaft, and idles if the number of rotations of the first clutch is lower than the number of rotations of the rear propeller shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norio Oowada, Hiroomi Kobayashi, Taichi Murai, Takeshi Yoneda, Yosuke Takebayashi, Minoru Suyama, Tatsuya Takayanagi, Akihiro Nabeshima, Kaoru Sugano
  • Publication number: 20250026134
    Abstract: A light irradiating apparatus comprises: a light source module which includes a board and a light-emitting element mounted on a first surface of the board; a heat sink which is provided in contact with a second surface of the board; a circuit board or circuit wiring which is electrically connected to the light source module; and a housing which has a first space which houses the heat sink and a second space which houses the circuit board or circuit wiring, wherein the housing is provided with a first opening which connects the first space and an outside of the housing, a second opening which connects the second space and the outside of the housing, and a third opening which connects the first space and the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220259557
    Abstract: A cell derived from a pluripotent stem cell and that is capable of differentiating into a placenta-forming cell, and that is negative for BRDT, and positive for TP63. A method for producing a cell capable of differentiating into a placenta-forming cell, the method including the steps of: (a) culturing a pluripotent stem cell of a mammal with a medium containing bone morphogenetic protein 4; and (b) culturing the cell after the step (a) with a medium containing a growth factor and a ROCK inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro ARIMA, Norio KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki OKAE
  • Patent number: 11009169
    Abstract: A metal pipe including a curved portion produced by bending in which a plurality of non-bending surfaces and a plurality of bent portions at which the non-bending surfaces are connected in a bending manner are provided on a circumferential surface on an inside of a center of a curvature side of the curved portion is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SANOH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Kobayashi, Kazuhiko Nakazato
  • Patent number: 10655817
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a light source, a thin plate-shaped mirror unit which guides light from the light source, and a tension imparting means which imparts tension to the mirror unit. The tension imparting means may have at least any one of a first tension imparting mechanism which imparts tension in a first direction toward the light source along a surface of the mirror unit and a second tension imparting mechanism which imparts tension in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and further, the tension imparting mechanism may have at least any one of a third tension imparting mechanism which imparts tension in a third direction in parallel with the light source along the surface of the mirror unit and a fourth tension imparting mechanism which imparts tension in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10183482
    Abstract: Provided is a light irradiation apparatus. The light irradiation apparatus which irradiates light of a line shape extending in a first direction and having a predetermined line width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources placed on a surface of the substrate side by side at a predetermined interval along the first direction, with a direction of an optic axis being a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, a plurality of heat radiation fins standing erect on an opposite surface of the substrate and arranged in rows in the first direction, and N cooling mechanisms placed side by side along the first direction to cover a plurality of heat radiation fins, in which N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. Each of the cooling mechanisms includes a case and a cooling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180372301
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a light source, a thin plate-shaped mirror unit which guides light from the light source, and a tension imparting means which imparts tension to the mirror unit. The tension imparting means may have at least any one of a first tension imparting mechanism which imparts tension in a first direction toward the light source along a surface of the mirror unit and a second tension imparting mechanism which imparts tension in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and further, the tension imparting mechanism may have at least any one of a third tension imparting mechanism which imparts tension in a third direction in parallel with the light source along the surface of the mirror unit and a fourth tension imparting mechanism which imparts tension in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10139096
    Abstract: The light irradiating device includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting diode elements disposed on a surface of the substrate; a cooling unit which is disposed on a rear surface of the substrate; an inner wall which is disposed to enclose a light passage area through which light of the plurality of light emitting diode elements passes; a housing which accommodates the substrate, the plurality of light emitting diode elements, the cooling unit, and the inner wall and generates a space between the inner wall and the housing; an air inlet which introduces air in the light passage area onto the rear surface of the substrate; a flow channel which passes through the rear surface of the substrate and connects the air inlet and the space; and a circulation port which is provided to discharge the air in the space to the light passage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170370515
    Abstract: A metal pipe including a curved portion produced by bending in which a plurality of non-bending surfaces and a plurality of bent portions at which the non-bending surfaces are connected in a bending manner are provided on a circumferential surface on an inside being a curvature center side of the curved portion. With this pipe, a good appearance can be maintained, and stagnation and resistance of a flow of a fluid can be reduced on the inner surface side of the pipe where the fluid flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Norio KOBAYASHI, Kazuhiko NAKAZATO
  • Publication number: 20170191650
    Abstract: The light irradiating device includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting diode elements disposed on a surface of the substrate; a cooling unit which is disposed on a rear surface of the substrate; an inner wall which is disposed to enclose a light passage area through which light of the plurality of light emitting diode elements passes; a housing which accommodates the substrate, the plurality of light emitting diode elements, the cooling unit, and the inner wall and generates a space between the inner wall and the housing; an air inlet which introduces air in the light passage area onto the rear surface of the substrate; a flow channel which passes through the rear surface of the substrate and connects the air inlet and the space; and a circulation port which is provided to discharge the air in the space to the light passage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9694602
    Abstract: Provided is an elongated housing which allows easy maintenance without being separated from the device body. The elongated housing, which is accommodated in a device body so that a lengthwise direction thereof becomes a first direction, includes a plurality of first rollers and a plurality of second rollers disposed on a first surface of the elongated housing to be arranged in a row along the first direction; and a plurality of third rollers and a plurality of fourth rollers disposed on a second surface of the elongated housing to be arranged in a row along the first direction, wherein the elongated housing is movably supported between a first state of being accommodated in the device body and a second state of being drawn from the device body in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9662906
    Abstract: A thin-type light illuminating apparatus with a heat radiation member having high heat radiation efficiency. The light illuminating apparatus for illuminating light in line shape extending in a first direction on an illumination surface includes an elongated substrate extending in the first direction, a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) light sources on the substrate, a heat transfer pipe extending in a second direction, and configured to transfer heat generated from the LED light sources in the second direction, a heat radiation sink having a plurality of heat radiation fins protruding in a third direction, an illuminator having a thin box shape and configured to house the substrate, the heat transfer pipe and the heat radiation sink and to form a wind tunnel, and a centrifugal fan in the second direction between the substrate and the heat radiation sink, and configured to draw air from outside into the wind tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160348887
    Abstract: A thin-type light illuminating apparatus with a heat radiation member having high heat radiation efficiency. The light illuminating apparatus for illuminating light in line shape extending in a first direction on an illumination surface includes an elongated substrate extending in the first direction, a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) light sources on the substrate, a heat transfer pipe extending in a second direction, and configured to transfer heat generated from the LED light sources in the second direction, a heat radiation sink having a plurality of heat radiation fins protruding in a third direction, an illuminator having a thin box shape and configured to house the substrate, the heat transfer pipe and the heat radiation sink and to form a wind tunnel, and a centrifugal fan in the second direction between the substrate and the heat radiation sink, and configured to draw air from outside into the wind tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160288532
    Abstract: Provided is an elongated housing which allows easy maintenance without being separated from the device body. The elongated housing, which is accommodated in a device body so that a lengthwise direction thereof becomes a first direction, includes a plurality of first rollers and a plurality of second rollers disposed on a first surface of the elongated housing to be arranged in a row along the first direction; and a plurality of third rollers and a plurality of fourth rollers disposed on a second surface of the elongated housing to be arranged in a row along the first direction, wherein the elongated housing is movably supported between a first state of being accommodated in the device body and a second state of being drawn from the device body in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9348373
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power supply part in the first unit, and has a drive device of a detachable recording media and a second power switch having the same function as that of the first power switch, and a cable for communicating data between the first unit and the second unit and supplying power from the power supply part of the first unit to the second unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Kurosu, Katsunori Kitaru, Takayuki Momose, Akira Inoue, Sumio Otsuka, Masazumi Kaino, Masao Araya, Norio Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160016337
    Abstract: Provided is a light irradiation apparatus. The light irradiation apparatus which irradiates light of a line shape extending in a first direction and having a predetermined line width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources placed on a surface of the substrate side by side at a predetermined interval along the first direction, with a direction of an optic axis being a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, a plurality of heat radiation fins standing erect on an opposite surface of the substrate and arranged in rows in the first direction, and N cooling mechanisms placed side by side along the first direction to cover a plurality of heat radiation fins, in which N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. Each of the cooling mechanisms includes a case and a cooling fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: HOYA CANDEO OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8751706
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power supply part in the first unit, and has a drive device of a detachable recording media and a second power switch having the same function as that of the first power switch, and a cable for communicating data between the first unit and the second unit and supplying power from the power supply part of the first unit to the second unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Kurosu, Katsunori Kitaru, Takayuki Momose, Akira Inoue, Sumio Otsuka, Masazumi Kaino, Masao Araya, Norio Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140118922
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power supply part in the first unit, and has a drive device of a detachable recording media and a second power switch having the same function as that of the first power switch, and a cable for communicating data between the first unit and the second unit and supplying power from the power supply part of the first unit to the second unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru KUROSU, Katsunori Kitaru, Takayuki Momose, Akira Inoue, Sumio Otsuka, Masazumi Kaino, Masao Araya, Norio Kobayashi