Patents by Inventor Satoru Ohashi

Satoru Ohashi 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: 20240111645
    Abstract: An utterance test method for an utterance device, an utterance test server, an utterance test system, and a program perform an utterance test on a test device (20). The utterance test system includes at least one utterance device (20) capable of uttering, a terminal device (30), and an utterance test server (10). The utterance test server (10) receives an utterance test start command from the terminal device (30), sets at least one utterance device (20) to be a test device (20) as a target of an utterance test, sets test content of the utterance test, and causes the test device (20) to utter the test content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki URABE, Kentaro NAKAI, Satoru MATSUNAGA, Yoshiki OHASHI
  • Patent number: 11929651
    Abstract: An inverter integrated gas supply device includes a fluid machine configured to discharge air, an electric motor having a motor casing and configured to drive the fluid machine, an inverter having an inverter casing and configured to supply a drive current to the electric motor, a motor-side connection part attached to the motor casing and configured to receive the drive current, and an inverter-side connection part attached to the inverter casing, connected to the motor-side connection part. The motor-side connection part includes a motor-side connector housing, and a motor connector. The inverter-side connection part includes an inverter-side connector housing, and an inverter connector. A position of the motor connector relative to the motor-side connector housing is fixed; and a position of the inverter connector relative to the inverter-side connector housing is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ikeya, Yuji Sasaki, Masaya Taniguchi, Gen Kuwata, Satoru Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11354265
    Abstract: A wiring aggregation apparatus includes at least one subunit. The subunit includes: an input/output module to output, to a control module, a first serial signal obtained by performing parallel-serial conversion on plural pieces of contact information collected from devices, and to output, to a corresponding device, each of plural pieces of contact information obtained by performing serial-parallel conversion on a second serial signal acquired from the control module; and the control module to generate a transmit frame by arranging the first serial signal acquired from the input/output module at a defined frame position, to transmit the generated transmit frame to another wiring aggregation apparatus, to extract the second serial signal arranged at a defined frame position from a receive frame acquired from the another wiring aggregation apparatus, and to output the extracted second serial signal to the corresponding input/output module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ohata, Satoru Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11285981
    Abstract: A train communication system which performs communication between a vehicle-mounted device and a TCMS includes one or a plurality of the vehicle-mounted devices and the TCMS. The vehicle-mounted device converts a signal to the TCMS into a signal in a network transmission format which is a format used for transmission over a network connectable by a plurality of vehicle-mounted devices and transmits the signal via the network and converts a signal in the network transmission format received from the TCMS via the network into a signal in an original format. The TCMS converts a signal to the vehicle-mounted device into a signal in the network transmission format and transmits the signal via the network, and converts a signal in the network transmission format received from the vehicle-mounted device via the network into a signal in an original format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20220006355
    Abstract: An inverter integrated gas supply device includes an electric motor and an inverter. The electric motor has a motor-side connection part that is configured to receive a drive current. The inverter has an inverter-side connection part that is connected to the motor-side connection part, and configured to supply the drive current to the motor-side connection part. The motor-side connection part includes a motor-side connector housing fixed to a motor case, a motor connector that is configured to receive the drive current, and a sealing member configured to seal a gap between the motor-side connector housing and the motor connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuyuki IKEYA, Yuji SASAKI, Masaya TANIGUCHI, Gen KUWATA, Satoru OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220006366
    Abstract: An inverter integrated gas supply device includes a fluid machine configured to discharge air, an electric motor having a motor casing and configured to drive the fluid machine, an inverter having an inverter casing and configured to supply a drive current to the electric motor, a motor-side connection part attached to the motor casing and configured to receive the drive current, and an inverter-side connection part attached to the inverter casing, connected to the motor-side connection part. The motor-side connection part includes a motor-side connector housing, and a motor connector. The inverter-side connection part includes an inverter-side connector housing, and an inverter connector. A position of the motor connector relative to the motor-side connector housing is fixed; and a position of the inverter connector relative to the inverter-side connector housing is variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuyuki IKEYA, Yuji SASAKI, Masaya TANIGUCHI, Gen KUWATA, Satoru OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210133142
    Abstract: A wiring aggregation apparatus includes at least one subunit. The subunit includes: an input/output module to output, to a control module, a first serial signal obtained by performing parallel-serial conversion on plural pieces of contact information collected from devices, and to output, to a corresponding device, each of plural pieces of contact information obtained by performing serial-parallel conversion on a second serial signal acquired from the control module; and the control module to generate a transmit frame by arranging the first serial signal acquired from the input/output module at a defined frame position, to transmit the generated transmit frame to another wiring aggregation apparatus, to extract the second serial signal arranged at a defined frame position from a receive frame acquired from the another wiring aggregation apparatus, and to output the extracted second serial signal to the corresponding input/output module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OHATA, Satoru OHASHI
  • Patent number: 10689622
    Abstract: A medium which comprises a fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and a sulfated compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a concentration which promotes the growth of a stem cell in the presence of FGF, is useful for culturing stem cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoko Kuriyama, Nao Sugimoto, Manabu Kitazawa, Satoru Okamoto, Sho Senda, Ikue Harata, Satoru Ohashi
  • Patent number: 10673306
    Abstract: A rotary machine capable of carrying out efficient cooling without increasing costs or deteriorating performance is provided. A motor 1 serving as the rotary machine has a rotor 20 configured to be rotatable around a rotary shaft 10, a stator 30 having a stator core 31 arranged around the rotor 20 and a coil 32 attached to the stator core 31 so that a coil end part 32a protrudes from each end of the stator core 31, mold members 33a and 33b formed at both ends of the stator core 31, to cover base parts of the coil end parts 32a, and partition parts 42b and 43b attached in contact with the mold members 33a and 33b, to separate a space S1 in which the rotor 20 is arranged from a space S2 in which the coil end parts 32a are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Norihisa Handa, Satoru Ohashi, Masahiro Tanida, Shusaku Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20190241201
    Abstract: A train communication system which performs communication between a vehicle-mounted device and a TCMS includes one or a plurality of the vehicle-mounted devices and the TCMS. The vehicle-mounted device converts a signal to the TCMS into a signal in a network transmission format which is a format used for transmission over a network connectable by a plurality of vehicle-mounted devices and transmits the signal via the network and converts a signal in the network transmission format received from the TCMS via the network into a signal in an original format. The TCMS converts a signal to the vehicle-mounted device into a signal in the network transmission format and transmits the signal via the network, and converts a signal in the network transmission format received from the vehicle-mounted device via the network into a signal in an original format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Satoru OHASHI
  • Patent number: 10367398
    Abstract: A double-stator switched reluctance motor includes an annular rotor, an outer stator disposed outside the rotor, and an inner stator disposed inside the rotor. Phases of the salient poles in a rotational direction of the rotor are different from each other in at least one of a set of first stator salient poles and second stator salient poles and a set of first rotor salient poles and second rotor salient poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Narifumi Tojima, Takehiro Jikumaru, Norihisa Handa, Koshi Ishimoto, Gen Kuwata, Satoru Ohashi, Toshiyuki Hirao
  • Publication number: 20180105798
    Abstract: A medium which comprises a fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and a sulfated compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a concentration which promotes the growth of a stem cell in the presence of FGF, is useful for culturing stem cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoko KURIYAMA, Nao Sugimoto, Manabu Kitazawa, Satoru Okamoto, Sho Senda, Ikue Harata, Satoru Ohashi
  • Patent number: 9890359
    Abstract: A medium which comprises a fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and a sulfated compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a concentration which promotes the growth of a stem cell in the presence of FGF, is useful for culturing stem cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoko Kuriyama, Nao Sugimoto, Manabu Kitazawa, Satoru Okamoto, Sho Senda, Ikue Harata, Satoru Ohashi
  • Patent number: 9786450
    Abstract: A membrane switch in which a first conductive part is formed on a first substrate, a second conductive part is formed on a second substrate, and the substrates are layered via a spacer such that the conductive parts face each other with a space therebetween, and an organic material showing piezoelectricity is filled, or disposed in the space such that an air gap is present, are useful for obtaining an output signal corresponding to an applied pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Wada, Hiroyasu Koto, Yuichi Watanabe, Sei Uemura, Manabu Kitazawa, Satoru Ohashi, Toshihide Kamata
  • Patent number: 9692267
    Abstract: A double stator switched reluctance rotating machine includes an annular rotor, an outer stator that is disposed outside the rotor, and an inner stator that is disposed inside the rotor; and employs a structure in which the rotor is provided with a bolt fastening hole passing through the rotor in an axial direction and the bolt fastening hole is provided at a position depending on magnetic characteristics of the outer and inner stators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Narifumi Tojima, Takehiro Jikumaru, Norihisa Handa, Koshi Ishimoto, Gen Kuwata, Satoru Ohashi, Toshiyuki Hirao
  • Publication number: 20170019005
    Abstract: A double-stator switched reluctance motor includes an annular rotor, an outer stator disposed outside the rotor, and an inner stator disposed inside the rotor. Phases of the salient poles in a rotational direction of the rotor are different from each other in at least one of a set of first stator salient poles and second stator salient poles and a set of first rotor salient poles and second rotor salient poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Narifumi TOJIMA, Takehiro JIKUMARU, Norihisa HANDA, Koshi ISHIMOTO, Gen KUWATA, Satoru OHASHI, Toshiyuki HIRAO
  • Patent number: 9511784
    Abstract: An in-car information display system includes a power storage device including a storage battery charged with direct-current power obtained by converting electric power from an overhead wire, a plurality of display devices that operate by receiving supply of direct-current power from the power storage device and provide a guidance display related to a service of a train to passengers, and a terminal device that operates by receiving the supply of the direct-current power from the power storage device and delivers to the display devices information for guidance display that is information used for the guidance display. The power storage device switches a power supply operation to the display devices according to a residual capacity of the storage battery and reduces a total amount of electric power supplied to each of the display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Oki, Satoru Ohashi, Hideo Sawazaki
  • Patent number: 9464167
    Abstract: Ferroelectric memory elements which contain a poly ?-amino acid which is a copolymer containing a glutamic acid-?-ester unit represented by the formula (I), defined herein, and a glutamic acid-?-ester unit represented by the formula (II), defined herein, in a molar ratio of units of formula (I) to units of formula (II) of 10/90-90/10 are useful as recording elements such as RFID and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Satoru Ohashi, Sei Uemura, Manabu Kitazawa, Toshihide Kamata
  • Patent number: 9450174
    Abstract: Poly(?-amino acid) which contain: (A) a glutamic acid ?-ester unit represented by formula (I): and (B) one or more kinds of units selected from a glutamic acid ?-ester unit represented by formula (II), an alanine unit, a phenylalanine unit and an N?-benzyloxycarbonyllysine unit, represented by formula (III), and a glutamic acid ?-ester unit represented by formula (IV) can be dissolved in various solvents and are useful for preparing piezoelectric elements which exhibit superior piezoelectricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Satoru Ohashi, Sei Uemura, Manabu Kitazawa, Toshihide Kamata, Yoshinori Wada
  • Patent number: 9295624
    Abstract: Compound represented by formula (I): wherein the symbols are as defined in the description, and salts thereof, are useful as skin whitening agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke Amino, Yoshinobu Takino, Satoru Ohashi, Fumie Okura, Megumi Kaneko