Patents by Inventor Shigeru Kobayashi

Shigeru 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).

  • Publication number: 20240079167
    Abstract: A soft magnetic material according to an aspect of the present invention includes a powder-particle substance having a particle size frequency distribution having a plurality of peak tops. The powder-particle substance is an aggregate of composite particles containing a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles and includes a medium powder-particle substance in which the composite particles have a particle size of 45 ?m or more and less than 300 ?m, and the medium powder-particle substance has an average circularity of 0.7 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji YOSHIDA, Seiichi ABIKO, Shigeru KOBAYASHI, Hisato KOSHIBA, Kazuya OMINATO
  • Publication number: 20220240410
    Abstract: To provide an opto-electric module that can be cooled efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeru Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Shiba, Mitsuru Kurihara, Kazuhiko Kurata
  • Publication number: 20220155537
    Abstract: Provided is an optical module having high efficiency in optical coupling to a functional element on a substrate. An optical module includes: a first optical waveguide disposed parallel to a substrate; a condensing mirror configured to reflect and condense light propagated in the first optical waveguide toward the substrate; a second optical waveguide formed in a tapered shape narrowed toward the substrate, the second optical waveguide guiding the light reflected by the condensing mirror to the vicinity of the surface of the substrate; and an optical function unit disposed on the substrate such that the light emitted from the second optical waveguide is incident on the optical function unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeru Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Shiba, Mitsuru Kurihara, Kazuhiko Kurata
  • Patent number: 11322982
    Abstract: A first disclosure is a coil member wherein a lead wire is wound in oval shape, with an oval-shaped cross section being curved along a major-axis direction of the oval-shaped cross section and having a curvature axis in a direction parallel to a minor-axis direction of the oval-shaped cross section. A second disclosure is a contactless-type power transmission device provided with: a coil member as a first coil; a second coil; and a tilting shaft that makes variable, using the curvature axis as a rotating axis, an inclination between a central axis of the first coil, which is a rotational symmetry axis of the first coil, and a central axis of the second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Hidehiko Kuroda, Etsuo Matsumoto, Shigeru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210328460
    Abstract: A first disclosure is a coil member wherein a lead wire is wound in oval shape, with an oval-shaped cross section being curved along a major-axis direction of the oval-shaped cross section and having a curvature axis in a direction parallel to a minor-axis direction of the oval-shaped cross section. A second disclosure is a contactless-type power transmission device provided with: a coil member as a first coil; a second coil; and a tilting shaft that makes variable, using the curvature axis as a rotating axis, an inclination between a central axis of the first coil, which is a rotational symmetry axis of the first coil, and a central axis of the second coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hidehiko KURODA, Etsuo MATSUMOTO, Shigeru KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11052790
    Abstract: A vehicle seat structure includes: a first side frame (11a) extending in a front-rear direction along one side portion of a seat cushion (4); a second side frame (11b) extending in the front-rear direction along the other side portion of the seat cushion (4); posture changing mechanisms (6, 7) mounted on the first side frame (11a) and capable of changing the posture of the seat cushion (4), and reinforcement members (R1, R2) provided at a portion of the second side frame (11b) where the reinforcement members (R1, R2) overlap the posture changing mechanisms (6, 7) in a side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Koji Nonowaki, Shin Sakai, Shigeru Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Iwakura
  • Publication number: 20200384895
    Abstract: A vehicle seat structure includes: a first side frame (11a) extending in a front-rear direction along one side portion of a seat cushion (4); a second side frame (11b) extending in the front-rear direction along the other side portion of the seat cushion (4); posture changing mechanisms (6, 7) mounted on the first side frame (11a) and capable of changing the posture of the seat cushion (4), and reinforcement members (R1, R2) provided at a portion of the second side frame (11b) where the reinforcement members (R1, R2) overlap the posture changing mechanisms (6, 7) in a side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi SUZUKI, Koji NONOWAKI, Shin SAKAI, Shigeru KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki IWAKURA
  • Publication number: 20190271811
    Abstract: An optical-electrical hybrid connector comprises an electrical terminating portion of each of a pair of electrical wires for differential signal transmission and an optical terminating portion of an optical fiber for optical signal transmission. The optical terminating portion is covered with a ferrule made of an electrically conductive material. The optical terminating portion is arranged in a position separated from the electrical terminating portion of each of the electrical wires by a distance producing an impedance matched with an impedance of a portion of each of the electrical wires connected to the electrical terminating portions and extending outside of the optical-electrical hybrid connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Shoji Kawashima, Shigeru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10401799
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes an ending operation detection section for detecting that an operation to stop an audio output of an alarm has been made; and a wake-up determination section for determining, as wake-up timing of the user, timing when the operation has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Kusuda, Nobuhisa Nakagawa, Shigeru Kobayashi, Fumitoshi Tanoue, Tadao Ando
  • Patent number: 10194489
    Abstract: An electric heater 1 comprising a linear heater body 20 accommodated in a heat transfer tube 10, wherein a bent-back part 24 of the heater body 20 is formed inside the heat transfer tube 10 such that a pair of ends 26a and 26b emerge from a first-end side of the heat transfer tube 10, and the heater body 20 comprises a heating part 25 formed so as to extend along a part of the heat transfer tube 10 and a lead part 26 capable of electrically connecting the heating part 25 to the outside of the heat transfer tube 10. The electric heater 1 can be inserted into a narrow space and perform topical heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: YOSHINOGAWA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kobayashi, Kazuo Hira
  • Publication number: 20180367862
    Abstract: Diversity is provided to an output mode of recommendation information. A terminal apparatus (2) includes a recommendation information acquisition unit (208) that selects a layout at which recommendation information is output, from among a plurality of pieces of layout information (114), and a recommendation screen generation unit (208) that output the recommendation information at the selected layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: MIHO HORII, TADAMICHI ATSUMI, MASAYUKI AOYAMA, HIROSHI UCHIKI, TORU UEDA, KATSUYA MARUKI, SHIGERU KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10106958
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, an operation fluid tank mounted on the machine body, a hydraulic device to be operated by an operation fluid supplied from the operation fluid tank. A valve unit includes a plurality of control valves to control the hydraulic device. The control valves are arranged along a horizontal direction. A switch valve is to be connected to the control valves. A first tube member includes a first fluid tube to connect the control valve and the switch valve to each other and supports the switch valve above the control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Matsumiya, Kiyoshi Matsui, Teruo Kunizawa, Fukusui Rin, Shigeru Kobayashi, Koji Nagahama, Yuji Kawano, Tsukasa Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 9969266
    Abstract: In a display control device, in accordance with speed limit information input from an input unit, a control unit senses change in a speed limit of a road where a vehicle travels and after that, in accordance with vehicle information input from the input unit, determines whether or not whether necessity to increase conspicuity of notification of the change in the speed limit. When it is determined that the necessity is high, a display unit is caused to switch display on a display medium from a first presentation image to a second presentation image that indicates a second speed limit by a first switching method. When it is determined that the necessity is not high, the display of the first presentation image is switched to the display of the second presentation image by a second switching method different from the first switching method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Mochizuki, Koichi Emura, Shigeru Kobayashi, Takenori Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20170285582
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to determine wake-up timing of a user with high accuracy. A terminal apparatus (1) includes an ending operation detection section (142) for detecting that an operation to stop an audio output of an alarm has been made; and a wake-up determination section (143) for determining, as wake-up timing of the user, timing when the operation has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Kohji KUSUDA, Nobuhisa NAKAGAWA, Shigeru KOBAYASHI, Fumitoshi TANOUE, Tadao ANDO
  • Patent number: 9639990
    Abstract: In a display control apparatus configured to control image data displayed on a predetermined display medium, an information acquisition unit acquires a first information associated with the predetermined matter at a first time and acquire a second information associated with the predetermined matter at a second time after the first time. A determination unit judges whether there is a predetermined change between the first information and the second information. A control unit controls the image data such that in a case where a predetermined change is detected, at least one of parameters including a location, a size, and a shape of a restricted area, in which the displaying of display information including in the image data is limited, is changed so as to achieve the parameter defined in relation to the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Mochizuki, Shigeru Kobayashi, Koichi Emura
  • Publication number: 20170001522
    Abstract: In a display control device, in accordance with speed limit information input from an input unit, a control unit senses change in a speed limit of a road where a vehicle travels and after that, in accordance with vehicle information input from the input unit, determines whether or not whether necessity to increase conspicuity of notification of the change in the speed limit. When it is determined that the necessity is high, a display unit is caused to switch display on a display medium from a first presentation image to a second presentation image that indicates a second speed limit by a first switching method. When it is determined that the necessity is not high, the display of the first presentation image is switched to the display of the second presentation image by a second switching method different from the first switching method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: MAKOTO MOCHIZUKI, KOICHI EMURA, SHIGERU KOBAYASHI, TAKENORI MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160289924
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, an operation fluid tank mounted on the machine body, a hydraulic device to be operated by an operation fluid supplied from the operation fluid tank. A valve unit includes a plurality of control valves to control the hydraulic device. The control valves are arranged along a horizontal direction. A switch valve is to be connected to the control valves. A first tube member includes a first fluid tube to connect the control valve and the switch valve to each other and supports the switch valve above the control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke MATSUMIYA, Kiyoshi MATSUI, Teruo KUNIZAWA, Fukusui RIN, Shigeru KOBAYASHI, Koji NAGAHAMA, Yuji KAWANO, Tsukasa HARAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160258840
    Abstract: A device for measuring optical properties is disclosed. The measuring device comprises an optical fiber provided with a first end and an opposite second end, and a light source emitting measurement light incident on the first end. The measurement light is of a numerical aperture such that an insertion loss corresponds to an insertion loss according to a steady mode excitation of the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Shigeru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160050719
    Abstract: An electric heater 1 comprising a linear heater body 20 accommodated in a heat transfer tube 10, wherein a bent-back part 24 of the heater body 20 is formed inside the heat transfer tube 10 such that a pair of ends 26a and 26b emerge from a first-end side of the heat transfer tube 10, and the heater body 20 comprises a heating part 25 formed so as to extend along a part of the heat transfer tube 10 and a lead part 26 capable of electrically connecting the heating part 25 to the outside of the heat transfer tube 10. The electric heater 1 can be inserted into a narrow space and perform topical heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeru KOBAYASHI, Kazuo HIRA
  • Publication number: 20150097866
    Abstract: In a display control apparatus configured to control image data displayed on a predetermined display medium, an information acquisition unit acquires a first information associated with the predetermined matter at a first time and acquire a second information associated with the predetermined matter at a second time after the first time. A determination unit judges whether there is a predetermined change between the first information and the second information. A control unit controls the image data such that in a case where a predetermined change is detected, at least one of parameters including a location, a size, and a shape of a restricted area, in which the displaying of display information including in the image data is limited, is changed so as to achieve the parameter defined in relation to the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: MAKOTO MOCHIZUKI, SHIGERU KOBAYASHI, KOICHI EMURA