Patents by Inventor Osamu Hirose

Osamu Hirose 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: 11935700
    Abstract: A laminated electronic component includes an element body formed by laminating an insulating layer and having a bottom surface used as a mounting surface, and a bottom surface electrode formed on the bottom surface of the element body and containing glass and a sintered metal. The bottom surface electrode includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer formed on the element body side from the first electrode layer, an edge portion of the second electrode layer is covered with an overcoat layer which is a part of the element body, the first electrode layer is laminated on the second electrode layer with the overcoat layer interposed therebetween, and a content of glass in the first electrode layer is larger than a content of glass in the second electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Saito, Osamu Hirose, Toru Yoshida, Yoshinori Sato, Akira Suda, Akira Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230243764
    Abstract: An X-ray inspection device includes a transport unit, an X-ray irradiation unit configured to irradiate an article with X-rays, an X-ray detection unit configured to detect the X-rays in each of a plurality of energy bands, an X-ray transmission image generation unit configured to generate a plurality of X-ray transmission images on the basis of the X-rays in each of the plurality of energy bands, and an inspection unit configured to inspect whether or not a foreign matter is present or absent in the article on the basis of a difference image between the plurality of generated X-ray transmission images. The inspection unit detects a first foreign matter having a higher specific gravity than the article using a first threshold value and detects a second foreign matter having a lower specific gravity than the article using a second threshold value different from the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Ken IWAKAWA, Osamu HIROSE
  • Patent number: 11642621
    Abstract: An acidic gas separation membrane sheet causes an acidic gas to selectively permeate therethrough. The acidic gas separation membrane sheet includes a first porous layer, a hydrophilic resin composition layer, and a second porous layer in this order. A second peel strength between the second porous layer and the hydrophilic resin composition layer is less than a first peel strength between the first porous layer and the hydrophilic resin composition layer. An average value of the second peel strength is within a range of greater than or equal to 5 N/m and less than or equal to 500 N/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hironori Takemoto, Kohei Yamamoto, Shohei Kasahara, Osamu Hirose
  • Publication number: 20220319777
    Abstract: A laminated electronic component includes an element body formed by laminating an insulating layer and having a bottom surface used as a mounting surface, and a bottom surface electrode formed on the bottom surface of the element body and containing glass and a sintered metal, wherein the bottom surface electrode includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer formed on the element body side from the first electrode layer, an edge portion of the second electrode layer is covered with an overcoat layer which is a part of the element body, the first electrode layer is laminated on the second electrode layer with the overcoat layer interposed therebetween, and a content of glass in the first electrode layer is larger than a content of glass in the second electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki SAITO, Osamu HIROSE, Toru YOSHIDA, Yoshinori SATO, Akira SUDA, Akira NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11443904
    Abstract: A steering wheel, in which an airbag device is attached to a core metal, including a through hole for attachment of the airbag device, via a horn switch mechanism, the horn switch mechanism including: a metal pin member whose tip end portion is locked to the core metal via an engagement member to be engaged with the tip end portion in a state where the tip end portion is inserted into the through hole and which forms a part of an electrical circuit configured to operate the horn device; and a resin cap which is interposed between an inner surface of the through hole and an outer surface of the pin member, the steering wheel includes a plurality of connection paths configured to normally connect the pin member and the core metal in a manner of forming a part of the electrical circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., MATSUO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Nonoyama, Osamu Hirose, Ryosuke Jinnai, Chihiro Kanetake, Kazuomi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11118076
    Abstract: Provided is a more versatile black marker composition which achieves excellent adhesion between a mark and an electronic component element body and excellent contrast of a mark regardless of the composition of the electronic component element body, the black marker composition containing borosilicate glass and a black oxide, in which a crystallization temperature of the borosilicate glass is less than 910° C., and an amount of Zn in terms of ZnO is 0.05% by mass or less based on 100% by mass of an inorganic solid content in terms of an oxide contained in the black marker composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Fukui, Osamu Hirose, Masanori Abe, Kazunari Kimura, Hisashi Kobuke
  • Publication number: 20210035726
    Abstract: A magnetic core excellent in productivity, having stable magnetic characteristics, and easy to handle for a coil device including a conductor and is formed by stacking a plurality of soft magnetic thin ribbons divided into small pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao NAKAHATA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Osamu HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20210001280
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an acidic gas separation membrane sheet includes: a step of preparing a hydrophilic resin composition liquid for forming a hydrophilic resin composition layer; a step of removing bubbles contained in the hydrophilic resin composition liquid; a step of applying the hydrophilic resin composition liquid onto a first porous layer to form an applied layer on the first porous layer; and a step of laminating a second porous layer on the applied layer to form a laminated body. The step of removing bubbles includes: a step of applying a shear to the hydrophilic resin composition liquid; and a step of leaving the hydrophilic resin composition liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuya INAMOTO, Taichi SHIMIZU, Osamu HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20200308429
    Abstract: Provided is a more versatile black marker composition which achieves excellent adhesion between a mark and an electronic component element body and excellent contrast of a mark regardless of the composition of the electronic component element body, the black marker composition containing borosilicate glass and a black oxide, in which a crystallization temperature of the borosilicate glass is less than 910° C., and an amount of Zn in terms of ZnO is 0.05% by mass or less based on 100% by mass of an inorganic solid content in terms of an oxide contained in the black marker composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi FUKUI, Osamu HIROSE, Masanori ABE, Kazunari KIMURA, Hisashi KOBUKE
  • Patent number: 10788436
    Abstract: Ad. X-ray inspection apparatus includes a conveyance unit, an X-ray radiation unit, an X-ray detection, unit, and an image processing unit. The X-ray detection unit has a plurality of direct conversion-type X-ray detection element arrays disposed, side-by-side in rows along a direction intersecting both a conveyance direction in which an object is conveyed by the conveyance unit and a radiation direction in which X-rays are radiated by the X-ray radiation unit The image processing unit has an edge detection unit configured to carry out edge detection processing on an X-ray transmission image to generate an edge detected image, a horizontal direction gradation unit configured to carry out horizontal direction gradation processing on the edge detected image to generate a horizontal direction gradation linage, and a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the X-ray transmission image and the horizontal direction gradation image to generate a post-processing X-ray transmission image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tarumoto, Kazuhiro Suhara, Osamu Hirose, Atsushi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20200151511
    Abstract: [Problem] To enable overlapping products to be distinguished. [Solution] A method of generating training data 40 is a method of generating training data 40 used to generate a computing unit X for a product identification apparatus 10 that computes, from a group image in which there are one or more types of products G, the quantities of each of the products G included in the group image. The training data 40 includes plural learning group images 41 and labels 42 assigned to each of the plural learning group images 41. The method of generating the training data 40 includes a first step of acquiring individual images 43a1 to 43a6, 43b1 to 43b6, 43c1 to 43c6 in each of which there is one product G of one type and a second step of generating the plural learning group images 41 including one or more of the products G by randomly arranging the individual images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori TSUTSUMI, Osamu HIROSE, Yoshinori TARUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10596990
    Abstract: A head-protecting airbag device includes: an airbag loaded in a vehicle as a completely folded body folded to be storable in the storage portion; and a regulation member, to be arranged near a bent portion in the completely folded body at a time of conveyance. The regulation member is formed of a belt-shaped body having flexibility, and capable of regulating a twist of the completely folded body at the bent portion when the completely folded body is assembled into the vehicle. In a state where a protrusion part is engaged with a periphery of an assembly hole, both front and rear sides of the protrusion part are wrapped together with the completely folded body by a wrapping material. A length dimension of a portion between the assembly holes is set to be a length dimension which disenables one turn of twist in a circumferential direction of the completely folded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Osamu Hirose, Ryosuke Jinnai
  • Publication number: 20200061530
    Abstract: An acidic gas separation membrane sheet causes an acidic gas to selectively permeate therethrough. The acidic gas separation membrane sheet includes a first porous layer, a hydrophilic resin composition layer, and a second porous layer in this order. A second peel strength between the second porous layer and the hydrophilic resin composition layer is less than a first peel strength between the first porous layer and the hydrophilic resin composition layer. An average value of the second peel strength is within a range of greater than or equal to 5 N/m and less than or equal to 500 N/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hironori TAKEMOTO, Kohei YAMAMOTO, Shohei KASAHARA, Osamu HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20200043679
    Abstract: A steering wheel, in which an airbag device is attached to a core metal, including a through hole for attachment of the airbag device, via a horn switch mechanism, the horn switch mechanism including: a metal pin member whose tip end portion is locked to the core metal via an engagement member to be engaged with the tip end portion in a state where the tip end portion is inserted into the through hole and which forms a part of an electrical circuit configured to operate the horn device; and a resin cap which is interposed between an inner surface of the through hole and an outer surface of the pin member, the steering wheel includes a plurality of connection paths configured to normally connect the pin member and the core metal in a manner of forming a part of the electrical circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki NONOYAMA, Osamu HIROSE, Ryosuke JINNAI, Chihiro KANETAKE, Kazuomi TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 10531549
    Abstract: Provided is an X-ray apparatus and a method of controlling an X-ray apparatus capable of detecting a sign of breakage of a filament. A method of controlling an X-ray apparatus for performing control involving controlling a filament current flowing through a filament of a cathode part to maintain constant a tube current flowing between the cathode part and an anode part with a target, includes: monitoring the current value of at least one of the filament current and the tube current; detecting the mode of change in the current value; determining the presence or absence of a sign of breakage of the filament based on the mode of change in the current value; and issuing a warning based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: Job Corporation, Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Obata, Shigeru Hanamatsu, Osamu Hirose, Takashi Kabumoto
  • Patent number: 10351171
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes: a cylindrical slider which is disposed on an outer side of a support member so as to slide in a front-to-rear direction and which is biased to the rear; a cap member which covers at least respective rear end portions of the support member and the slider from the rear; a movable-side contact portion which is provided inside the cap member; an annular damper holder which is mounted inside the cap member; an annular elastic member which is interposed between the slider and the damper holder; a transmitting portion which is provided in an inner circumferential portion of the damper holder; and a movement catch portion which is provided on an outer circumferential portion of the slider so as to be positioned immediately before the transmitting portion and to which a forward movement of the damper holder is transmitted through the transmitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii, Osamu Hirose, Kenji Sasaki, Toshihiko Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20190001912
    Abstract: A head-protecting airbag device includes: an airbag loaded in a vehicle as a completely folded body folded to be storable in the storage portion; and a regulation member, to be arranged near a bent portion in the completely folded body at a time of conveyance, formed of a belt-shaped body having flexibility, and capable of regulating a twist of the completely folded body at the bent portion when the completely folded body is assembled into the vehicle, wherein: in a state where a protrusion part is engaged with a periphery of an assembly hole, both front and rear sides of the protrusion part are wrapped together with the completely folded body by a wrapping material; and a length dimension of a portion between the assembly holes is set to be a length dimension which disenables one turn of twist in a circumferential direction of the completely folded body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Jun SATO, Osamu HIROSE, Ryosuke JINNAI
  • Patent number: 10151622
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a combination weighing device in which supply of articles at an article conveyance part is controlled with good precision. A combination weighing device (100) is provided with article conveyance parts (10, 20) having loading parts (11, 21) of articles and driving parts (12, 22) for driving the loading parts, the article conveyance parts (10, 20) driving the driving parts and thereby causing the articles to be conveyed to hoppers (30) arranged downstream in a conveyance direction, a sensing part (60) for sensing, in non-contact manner, a state of the articles on the loading parts, and a supply control part (82c) for controlling supply of the articles by controlling driving of the article conveyance parts based on a sensing result of the sensing part. The sensing part sense, for a plurality of regions along the conveyance direction, the state of the articles for each of the regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Hirose, Toshiharu Kageyama, Takuyu Kubo, Yoshito Inazumi, Shinya Ikeda, Satoshi Konishi
  • Publication number: 20180321167
    Abstract: Ad. X-ray inspection apparatus includes a conveyance unit, an X-ray radiation unit, an X-ray detection, unit, and an image processing unit. The X-ray detection unit has a plurality of direct conversion-type X-ray detection element arrays disposed, side-by-side in rows along a direction intersecting both a conveyance direction in which an object is conveyed by the conveyance unit and a radiation direction in which X-rays are radiated by the X-ray radiation unit The image processing unit has an edge detection unit configured to carry out edge detection processing on an X-ray transmission image to generate an edge detected image, a horizontal direction gradation unit configured to carry out horizontal direction gradation processing on the edge detected image to generate a horizontal direction gradation linage, and a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the X-ray transmission image and the horizontal direction gradation image to generate a post-processing X-ray transmission image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshinori TARUMOTO, Kazuhiro SUHARA, Osamu HIROSE, Atsushi IWAI
  • Patent number: RE47687
    Abstract: A damping system includes: a fixed member; an airbag device including a back holder and disposed on a rear side of the fixed member; an elastic member mounted in a mounting hole of the back holder; and a horn switch mechanism including a support member supported on the fixed member on a front side of the back holder, and a slider disposed between the support member and the elastic member. The airbag device functions as a damper mass of a dynamic damper, and the elastic member functions as a spring thereof. The horn switch mechanism includes an extended portion extending forwards. An engaged portion is formed at a circumferential edge portion of the mounting hole to extend rearwards. The elastic member includes an engaging portion opened in a front surface thereof. The elastic member is sandwiched by the engaged portion fitted in the engaging portion and the extended portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Umemura, Tsutomu Ishii, Kosuke Shigeta, Osamu Hirose