Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Wada

Ryuichi Wada 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: 20230298787
    Abstract: A soft magnetic metal particle comprises an Fe—Ni based soft magnetic metal. The soft magnetic metal particle includes both an fcc phase and a bcc phase. A magnetic element body includes the soft magnetic metal particle. A coil-type electronic component includes the magnetic element body and a coil conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu SAKURAI, Hidenobu Umeda, Hideyuki Itoh, Ryuichi Wada, Kouichi Kakuda
  • Patent number: 11707968
    Abstract: A thermal request mediating device includes a calculation unit configured to calculate amounts of heat for thermal circuits, a mediation unit configured to determine amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat which are allocated to the thermal circuits based on amounts of heat transferable between the thermal circuits, and a distribution unit configured to distribute amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat to units which are included in each thermal circuit based on the determined amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Wada, Tatsuya Masuhisa
  • Publication number: 20230094799
    Abstract: A heat request arbitration device includes: a first thermal circuit; a second thermal circuit; a third thermal circuit having path patterns that are selectable as a path that is heat exchangeable with each of the first thermal circuit and the second thermal circuit; and heat source units configured to absorb heat or radiate heat via a heat medium circulating in at least one of the thermal circuits; a derivation unit configured to derive requests related to heat flow control of heat absorbed or radiated by each of the heat source units; and a selection unit configured to select a path for at least one of the thermal circuits so as to satisfy at least one of the requests related to the heat flow control based on the requests related to the heat flow control derived by the derivation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki KAWABE, Ryuichi WADA, Makoto IKEGAMI
  • Patent number: 11605483
    Abstract: A composite magnetic body includes soft magnetic metal particles and non-magnetic ceramic particles each having a particle size (D50) smaller than that of the soft magnetic metal particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Wada, Takashi Suzuki, Yusuke Nagai, Kaori Sasaki, Tatsuro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11555636
    Abstract: A heat request arbitration device includes: a first thermal circuit; a second thermal circuit; a third thermal circuit having path patterns that are selectable as a path that is heat exchangeable with each of the first thermal circuit and the second thermal circuit; and heat source units configured to absorb heat or radiate heat via a heat medium circulating in at least one of the thermal circuits; a derivation unit configured to derive requests related to heat flow control of heat absorbed or radiated by each of the heat source units; and a selection unit configured to select a path for at least one of the thermal circuits so as to satisfy at least one of the requests related to the heat flow control based on the requests related to the heat flow control derived by the derivation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawabe, Ryuichi Wada, Makoto Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20220336140
    Abstract: A coil-type electronic component comprises an element including a magnetic element body and a coil conductor. A portion of the magnetic element body in between layers of the coil conductor adjacent to each other in an axis direction of the coil conductor includes first soft magnetic metal particles. A portion of the magnetic element body on an outer side along the axis includes second soft magnetic metal particles. The first soft magnetic metal particles have a saturation magnetization (Ms) higher than that of the second soft magnetic metal particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu SAKURAI, Takashi SUZUKI, Hideyuki ITOH, Kouichi KAKUDA, Ryuichi WADA, Nami ENOMOTO, Yusuke NAGAI, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Yuya ISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220336128
    Abstract: A soft magnetic metal powder or the like from which a soft magnetic metal fired body can be provided has a high magnetic permeability ? and a specific resistance ? and is contained in a coil-type electronic component having sufficiently high inductance L and Q value and unlikely to be plating-extended and short-circuited. A soft magnetic metal powder contains soft magnetic metal particles containing at least Fe and Ni. Said soft magnetic metal powder further contains P, Si, Cr and/or M. M is at least one selected from among B, Co, Mn, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Al, and rare earth elements. The content of each element is within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi SUZUKI, Yu SAKURAI, Hideyuki ITOH, Kouichi KAKUDA, Ryuichi WADA, Nami ENOMOTO, Yusuke NAGAI, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Yuya ISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220238265
    Abstract: A multilayer coil device includes an element formed by laminating a coil conductor and a magnetic element body. The magnetic element body includes soft magnetic particles and an epoxy resin. The soft magnetic particles include soft magnetic metal particles. The epoxy resin has an epoxy value of 150 or less. The epoxy resin is filled in gap spaces between the soft magnetic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi KONDO, Takashi INAGAKI, Ryuichi WADA, Yusuke NAGAI, Takashi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220176771
    Abstract: A thermal request mediating device (1) that is mounted in a vehicle including a first thermal circuit (LT) and a second thermal circuit (RE) configured to exchange heat with the first thermal circuit, the thermal request mediating device includes: a discharged heat amount acquiring unit configured to requested amounts of discharged heat of the first and second thermal circuits; and a mediation unit configured to determine amounts of discharged heat allowable for the first thermal circuit and the second thermal circuit, and increase the amount of discharged heat allowable for the first thermal circuit and decrease the amount of discharged heat allowable for the second thermal circuit as the first requested amount of discharged heat increases when the sum of the amounts of discharged heat of the first and second thermal circuits exceeds the maximum amount of dischargeable heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi WADA, Tatsuya MASUHISA, Nobukazu KURIBAYASHI, Shinsaku ISOMURA
  • Publication number: 20220161629
    Abstract: A heat control device is provided in a vehicle including a first thermal circuit that circulates a coolant and a second thermal circuit that circulates a refrigerant while changing the state of the refrigerant and is able to exchange heat with the first thermal circuit. When there is a heat discharge request from the second thermal circuit, the heat control device includes a determination unit configured to determine an amount of operation of each of a plurality of units which are used to discharge heat such that the heat discharge request is satisfied and the sum of power consumption values of the plurality of units is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi WADA, Tatsuya MASUHISA, Nobukazu KURIBAYASHI, Shinsaku ISOMURA
  • Publication number: 20220108835
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes: an element body containing a plurality of metal magnetic particles; a coil disposed in the element body; and an external electrode disposed on a surface of the element body and electrically connected to the coil. At least a part of a void part between the metal magnetic particles in the element body is filled with a first resin, the external electrode has a resin electrode containing a second resin and a conductor powder dispersed in the second resin, and the second resin connected from the resin electrode extends into the element body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Takashi SUZUKI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Yuya ISHIMA, Shinichi SATO, Seiichi NAKAGAWA, Keito YASUDA, Ryuichi WADA
  • Publication number: 20220108836
    Abstract: In a multilayer coil component, a part filled with a resin and a void part not filled with the resin exist between a plurality of metal magnetic particles in an element body, one main surface of the element body is a mounting surface with respect to an external electronic component, and the edge of an external electrode is positioned on the mounting surface. In the element body, a high void region where the porosity caused by the void part is higher than the porosity of the other part in the element body extends from the edge of the external electrode on the mounting surface toward an end surface of the element body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Takashi SUZUKI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Keito YASUDA, Ryuichi WADA, Makoto MORITA, Takashi KUDO, Kyohei TONOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220059264
    Abstract: A composite magnetic body includes soft magnetic metal particles and non-magnetic ceramic particles each having a particle size (D50) smaller than that of the soft magnetic metal particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi WADA, Takashi SUZUKI, Yusuke NAGAI, Kaori SASAKI, Tatsuro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11242872
    Abstract: A cylinder device includes: a first piston (8) inserted in a first cylinder hole (4) so as to be movable in an axial direction, a piston rod (7) being hermetically inserted in the first piston (8), the first piston (8) being fixed to the piston rod (7); a second piston (10, 37) inserted in a second cylinder hole (5) so as to be movable in the axial direction, the piston rod (7) being inserted in the second piston (10, 37); and a partition wall (13) dividing a cylinder hole (6) into the first cylinder hole (4) and the second cylinder hole (5), the partition wall (13) being movable in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: KOSMEK LTD.
    Inventor: Ryuichi Wada
  • Publication number: 20210387504
    Abstract: A thermal request mediating device includes a calculation unit configured to calculate amounts of heat for thermal circuits, a mediation unit configured to determine amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat which are allocated to the thermal circuits based on amounts of heat transferable between the thermal circuits, and a distribution unit configured to distribute amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat to units which are included in each thermal circuit based on the determined amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichi WADA, Tatsuya MASUHISA
  • Patent number: 11135900
    Abstract: A thermal request mediating device includes a calculation unit configured to calculate amounts of heat for thermal circuits, a mediation unit configured to determine amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat which are allocated to the thermal circuits based on amounts of heat transferable between the thermal circuits, and a distribution unit configured to distribute amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat to units which are included in each thermal circuit based on the determined amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Wada, Tatsuya Masuhisa
  • Publication number: 20210285699
    Abstract: A heat request arbitration device includes: a first thermal circuit; a second thermal circuit; a third thermal circuit having path patterns that are selectable as a path that is heat exchangeable with each of the first thermal circuit and the second thermal circuit; and heat source units configured to absorb heat or radiate heat via a heat medium circulating in at least one of the thermal circuits; a derivation unit configured to derive requests related to heat flow control of heat absorbed or radiated by each of the heat source units; and a selection unit configured to select a path for at least one of the thermal circuits so as to satisfy at least one of the requests related to the heat flow control based on the requests related to the heat flow control derived by the derivation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki KAWABE, Ryuichi WADA, Makoto IKEGAMI
  • Publication number: 20210190098
    Abstract: A cylinder device includes: a first piston (8) inserted in a first cylinder hole (4) so as to be movable in an axial direction, a piston rod (7) being hermetically inserted in the first piston (8), the first piston (8) being fixed to the piston rod (7); a second piston (10, 37) inserted in a second cylinder hole (5) so as to be movable in the axial direction, the piston rod (7) being inserted in the second piston (10, 37); and a partition wall (13) dividing a cylinder hole (6) into the first cylinder hole (4) and the second cylinder hole (5), the partition wall (13) being movable in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Ryuichi WADA
  • Patent number: 10894745
    Abstract: A ferrite composition includes a main component and an accessory component. The main component includes 43.0 to 51.0 mol % of iron oxide in terms of Fe2O3, 5.0 to 15.0 mol % of copper oxide in terms of CuO, 1.0 to 24.9 mol % of zinc oxide in terms of ZnO, and a remaining part of nickel oxide. The accessory component includes 0.2 to 3.0 pts. wt. of silicon compound in terms of SiO2, 3.0 to 8.0 pts. wt. of cobalt compound in terms of Co3O4 (excluding 3.0 pts. wt.), and 0.2 to 8.0 pts. wt. of bismuth compound in terms of Bi2O3 with respect to 100 pts. wt. of the main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Kakuda, Ryuichi Wada, Yukio Takahashi, Hiroyuki Tanoue, Tatsuro Suzuki, Takahiro Sato, Takashi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200298661
    Abstract: A thermal request mediating device includes a calculation unit configured to calculate amounts of heat for thermal circuits, a mediation unit configured to determine amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat which are allocated to the thermal circuits based on amounts of heat transferable between the thermal circuits, and a distribution unit configured to distribute amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat to units which are included in each thermal circuit based on the determined amounts of absorbed heat or amounts of discharged heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichi WADA, Tatsuya MASUHISA