Patents by Inventor Shinichi Hiramatsu
Shinichi Hiramatsu 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).
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Publication number: 20190054807Abstract: A sunroof device includes support members, which are attached to a movable panel, sliding members, which are slidable along guide rails, movable members, rotating bodies, two front-side rack gears, and two rear-side rack gears. Each movable member is fixed to one of the sliding members and supported by the corresponding one of the support members to be movable. Front and rear-side rotating bodies are respectively supported by front and rear portions of the movable panel. The front-side rack gears are coupled to the front-side rotating body such that the distances from the center of the movable panel to the front ends of the two movable members are equal. The rear-side rack gears are coupled to the rear-side rotating body such that distances from the center of the movable panel to the rear ends of the two movable members are equal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHISIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinichi HIRAMATSU, Shinji SAKAI
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Publication number: 20190023109Abstract: A roll shade device includes: a fixed shaft fixed to a roof of a vehicle and extending in a vehicle width direction; a flexible rotation shaft into which the fixed shaft is inserted; a light shielding sheet whose first terminal end portion is fixed to the rotation shaft, and which is in an unfolded state where light passing through a light transmitting portion provided to the roof is blocked or is in a winding state where light is allowed to pass; and a torsion spring which is accommodated between the fixed shaft and the rotation shaft, and which biases the rotation shaft in a rotation direction in which the light shielding sheet is wound so that twist of the rotation shaft becomes symmetrical in the vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinichi HIRAMATSU
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Publication number: 20180345775Abstract: A sunroof device includes a sunroof unit, a looped first seal, and a second seal. The sunroof unit supports a panel capable of closing an opening of a roof of a vehicle. The sunroof unit includes a frame provided with two guide rails placed on two edges of the opening in a vehicle widthwise direction and two housings placed on two edges of the opening in a vehicle front-to-rear direction to connect front ends of the two guide rails to each other and rear ends of the two guide rails to each other in the vehicle widthwise direction. The first seal is arranged between an entire periphery of the opening and the frame. The second seal is arranged between opposing surfaces of the guide rails and the housings at portions where the guide rails are coupled to the housings. The second seal is butt against the first seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHISIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinichi HIRAMATSU, Shinji SAKAI
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Patent number: 9849761Abstract: A sunroof panel for a vehicle includes a panel, a reinforcement member including a pair of side frames, a front frame, and a rear frame, and a joint portion joining first distal ends of the side frames to distal ends of the front frame, respectively, the joint portion joining second distal ends of the side frames to distal ends of the rear frame, respectively. At least one of the pair of the side frames, the front frame and the rear frame is made from a material that includes a specific gravity less than a specific gravity of the others of the pair of the side frames, the front frame and the rear frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Hiramatsu, Akinao Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20170087967Abstract: A sunroof panel for a vehicle includes a panel, a reinforcement member including a pair of side frames, a front frame, and a rear frame, and a joint portion joining first distal ends of the side frames to distal ends of the front frame, respectively, the joint portion joining second distal ends of the side frames to distal ends of the rear frame, respectively. At least one of the pair of the side frames, the front frame and the rear frame is made from a material that includes a specific gravity less than a specific gravity of the others of the pair of the side frames, the front frame and the rear frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHISIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinichi HIRAMATSU, Akinao YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20160305007Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ferrous metal component includes: performing an element removal treatment on a workpiece formed of a ferrous metal material; and performing a surface hardening treatment on the workpiece through a carburizing treatment after the element removal treatment. In this method, the element removal treatment is performed under a condition of a higher temperature and a lower pressure than in the carburizing treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinichi HIRAMATSU, Koji INAGAKI, Takaaki KANAZAWA
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Patent number: 9440521Abstract: A vehicular deflector device includes an upper frame and a lower frame, a mesh member, two holding projections, and a pivot stopper. The upper and lower frames extend in a vehicle widthwise direction. The mesh member includes two short-side direction terminal portions respectively held by the upper frame and the lower frame. The mesh member is protruded from a plane of the roof together with the upper frame when the upper frame is lifted relative to the lower frame, and the mesh member is stored below an upper surface of the roof together with the upper frame when the upper frame is lowered relative to the lower frame. The two holding projections arranged on two extending direction end portions of the lower frame are respectively inserted into two holding holes formed in a roof member. The pivot stopper restricts pivoting of the lower frame about the holding projections.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsumi Konishi, Kazuki Sawada, Shinichi Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 9296283Abstract: A sunroof device comprising: a drive cable having driving teeth arranged in a longitudinal direction and being driven to move in the vehicle front-rear direction along a guiderail; and a sliding member that controls the posture of a functional bracket together with a movable panel, in conjunction with movement in the vehicle front-rear direction. The sunroof device also comprises: driven teeth formed on the sliding member, that are meshed with the driving teeth and restrict relative movement of the drive cable and the sliding member in the vehicle front-rear direction; and a mounted portion formed on the guiderail. The drive cable and the sliding member, in which the driving teeth are meshed with the driven teeth, are mounted on the mounted portion, and the mounted portion holds these in the vehicle lateral and vertical directions.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoji Nagashima, Yusuke Kokubo, Shinichi Hiramatsu, Yoshitaka Ide, Kazushige Kawamura
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Publication number: 20160052378Abstract: A vehicular deflector device includes an upper frame and a lower frame, a mesh member, two holding projections, and a pivot stopper. The upper and lower frames extend in a vehicle widthwise direction. The mesh member includes two short-side direction terminal portions respectively held by the upper frame and the lower frame. The mesh member is protruded from a plane of the roof together with the upper frame when the upper frame is lifted relative to the lower frame, and the mesh member is stored below an upper surface of the roof together with the upper frame when the upper frame is lowered relative to the lower frame. The two holding projections arranged on two extending direction end portions of the lower frame are respectively inserted into two holding holes formed in a roof member. The pivot stopper restricts pivoting of the lower frame about the holding projections.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsumi KONISHI, Kazuki SAWADA, Shinichi HIRAMATSU
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Patent number: 9248728Abstract: A deflector device for a vehicle includes an upper frame arranged along the front edge of an opening formed in the roof of the vehicle, and a mesh member coupled to the upper frame and fixed at the front edge of the opening. The upper frame is raised and lowered with respect to the roof in accordance with the opening and closing operation of a movable panel, which opens and closes the opening. The mesh member is changed between a deployed state and a stored state in accordance with the raising and lowering of the upper frame. The upper frame includes a front end in the vehicle front-rear direction and a coupling position to which the mesh member is coupled. The upper frame includes a protrusion between the front end and the coupling position.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Hiramatsu, Takanori Yano
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Publication number: 20160024636Abstract: A manufacturing method of steel in which an element of the treatment gas is dissolved and diffused includes heating the steel, making a treatment gas contact a surface of the steel such that an element of the treatment gas dissolves and diffuses from the surface of the steel into a surface layer thereof, and reducing a concentration of the treatment gas near a non-treatment surface that is a portion of the surface of the steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi HIRAMATSU, Koji Inagaki, Takaaki Kanazawa
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Patent number: 9213490Abstract: The present invention continues host access and holds data of a migration source volume as the latest data even when a fault occurs in any of a plurality of access paths. Upon receiving a first write command from a host computer via a first access path, the migration source controller writes first update data to the migration source volume and, upon receiving a second write command from the host computer via a second access path, the migration destination controller transfers second update data to the migration source controller via a storage path and, upon receiving the second update data from the migration destination controller, the migration source controller writes the second update data to the migration source volume.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Kazue Jindo, Hidetoshi Sakaki, Junichi Muto, Shinichi Hiramatsu, Jun Miyashita
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Patent number: 9205729Abstract: A sunshade device is provided with a shading sheet adapted to shade light incident through an opening formed in the vehicle to an interior of a passenger compartment or to permit the passage of the light. The shading sheet moves along a pair of guide rails having guide passages, which slidably support both ends of the shading sheet in the lateral direction of the vehicle. The sunshade device is provided with shielding members extending in the longitudinal direction of the guide rails and shielding the guide passages from the interior of the passenger compartment.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Hiramatsu, Kazuki Sawada
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Publication number: 20150130228Abstract: A deflector device for a vehicle includes an upper frame arranged along the front edge of an opening formed in the roof of the vehicle, and a mesh member coupled to the upper frame and fixed at the front edge of the opening. The upper frame is raised and lowered with respect to the roof in accordance with the opening and closing operation of a movable panel, which opens and closes the opening. The mesh member is changed between a deployed state and a stored state in accordance with the raising and lowering of the upper frame. The upper frame includes a front end in the vehicle front-rear direction and a coupling position to which the mesh member is coupled. The upper frame includes a protrusion between the front end and the coupling position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinichi HIRAMATSU, Takanori Yano
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Publication number: 20150130229Abstract: A sunroof device comprising: a drive cable having driving teeth arranged in a longitudinal direction and being driven to move in the vehicle front-rear direction along a guiderail; and a sliding member that controls the posture of a functional bracket together with a movable panel, in conjunction with movement in the vehicle front-rear direction. The sunroof device also comprises: driven teeth formed on the sliding member, that are meshed with the driving teeth and restrict relative movement of the drive cable and the sliding member in the vehicle front-rear direction; and a mounted portion formed on the guiderail. The drive cable and the sliding member, in which the driving teeth are meshed with the driven teeth, are mounted on the mounted portion, and the mounted portion holds these in the vehicle lateral and vertical directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoji Nagashima, Yusuke Kokubo, Shinichi Hiramatsu, Yoshitaka Ide, Kazushige Kawamura
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Patent number: 8886843Abstract: A storage apparatus 10 includes a communication control processor 11 that is a processor configured to control communications with a host apparatus 3, and plurality of main processors 12 each configured to perform an I/O process on a storage drive 171 according to an I/O request received from the host apparatus 3. The storage apparatus 10 manages data to be stored or that has been stored in the storage drive 171 in accordance with the CKD format. The storage apparatus 10 distributes the I/O process to the plurality of main processors 12 in units of the data fields on basis of the operation rates of the respective main processors 12, information on a C field, a K field, and a D field that are data fields forming a record of data targeted by the I/O process and managed in CKD format, and an I/O load indicator being a load indicator of the I/O process currently running on each of the main processors.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Tsukada, Shinichi Hiramatsu, Yuya Goto, Jun Miyashita
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Patent number: 8880939Abstract: When a double failure occurs in a storage device storing a mutual conversion table such as a track management information table in thin provisioning, the storage address of the track within the storage subsystem cannot be specified and user data is lost. In order to solve the problem, the present invention provides a storage subsystem capable of recovering data by referring to a track address stored in an accessible track management information table or a user data section, renewing the damaged track management information table to restore the corresponding relationship between track management information tables, and enabling the user data to be accessed again.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Hiramatsu, Kazue Jindo
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Publication number: 20140284969Abstract: A deflector apparatus for a vehicle includes a deflector configured to project above a surface of the roof portion, arm portions extending toward vehicle rear from end portions of the deflector, the arm portions rotatably supported at rear end portions thereof by guide rails, and bending springs positioned between the guide rails and the arm portions. Each bending spring includes a major arc tube portion placed at a protrusion protruding from the arm portion so as to be rotatable thereat and a pair of spring portions respectively extending toward vehicle front from end portions of the major arc tube portion, the end portions spaced apart in a circumferential direction. Distal end portions of the spring portions make pressure contact with the guide rail and the arm portion so as to bias the deflector to project above the surface of the roof portion and to retain the deflector in that state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinichi HIRAMATSU
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Publication number: 20140244934Abstract: [Object] A storage apparatus capable of preventing degradation of processing performance when transferring data of a record format to a main frame is proposed. [Solution] When data designated by a read request from a main frame is stored in a cache memory, a transfer control unit refers to internal control information, identifies the length of a key area and the length of a data area of the data designated by the read request, calculates an address of the data, which is designated by the read request, in the cache memory based on the identified length of the key area, the identified length of the data area, and the length of a count area which is a fixed length, and controls processing for collectively transferring the data, which is stored at the calculated address in the cache memory, from the cache memory to a channel adapter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Akihiro Mori, Takumi Sano, Shinichi Hiramatsu
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Publication number: 20140117724Abstract: A sunshade device is provided with a shading sheet adapted to shade light incident through an opening formed in the vehicle to an interior of a passenger compartment or to permit the passage of the light. The shading sheet moves along a pair of guide rails having guide passages, which slidably support both ends of the shading sheet in the lateral direction of the vehicle. The sunshade device is provided with shielding members extending in the longitudinal direction of the guide rails and shielding the guide passages from the interior of the passenger compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Inventors: Shinichi Hiramatsu, Kazuki Sawada