Patents by Inventor Shinichi Sawada

Shinichi Sawada 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: 11921081
    Abstract: A smell sensor includes an ion sensor in which a sensing section provided with a sensitive film configured to change a potential in accordance with a state of a measurement target is formed on a semiconductor substrate; a substance adsorption film disposed on the sensitive film and configured to change the state with adsorption of a smell substance; and a reference electrode configured to apply a reference voltage to the substance adsorption film. The reference electrode is disposed to be separated from the sensitive film and not to overlap the sensing section when viewed in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Toshiki Wakamori, Shinichi Nakahigashi, Kazuaki Sawada
  • Patent number: 11404900
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a combination of one power supply module of a plurality of power supply modules having different power supply performances and one controller of a plurality of controllers having different functions, which are selectively combined. Each of the plurality of power supply modules includes a power supply module side connection portion common to the plurality of power supply modules, and each of the plurality of controllers includes a controller side connection portion common to the plurality of controllers and connectable to the power supply module side connection portion, to allow the one power supply module and the one controller are selectively combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, KYOHO MACHINE WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Onishi, Koji Nishi, Shinichi Sawada, Toyoki Sugiyama, Takumi Mio, Yukihiro Komatsubara, Satoshi Shinoda, Masafumi Kawano
  • Patent number: 11345244
    Abstract: An auxiliary power supply device includes an auxiliary power supply; and an auxiliary power supply control unit configured to switch a mode of the auxiliary power supply to an output mode or a non-output mode when electric power is output from a main power supply to a drive motor. The auxiliary power supply control unit is configured to switch the mode to the non-output mode when a required power value required by the drive motor is equal to or smaller than a predetermined power value and to switch the mode to the output mode when the required power value is larger than the predetermined power value, the predetermined power value being set to a value smaller than outputtable electric power that is electric power outputtable from the main power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toyoki Sugiyama, Koji Nishi, Shinichi Sawada, Takumi Mio, Fumihiko Sato, Satoshi Shinoda, Yukihiro Komatsubara
  • Publication number: 20200369164
    Abstract: An auxiliary power supply device includes an auxiliary power supply; and an auxiliary power supply control unit configured to switch a mode of the auxiliary power supply to an output mode or a non-output mode when electric power is output from a main power supply to a drive motor. The auxiliary power supply control unit is configured to switch the mode to the non-output mode when a required power value required by the drive motor is equal to or smaller than a predetermined power value and to switch the mode to the output mode when the required power value is larger than the predetermined power value, the predetermined power value being set to a value smaller than outputtable electric power that is electric power outputtable from the main power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toyoki SUGIYAMA, Koji NISHI, Shinichi SAWADA, Takumi MIO, Fumihiko SATO, Satoshi SHINODA, Yukihiro KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20200266656
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a combination of one power supply module of a plurality of power supply modules having different power supply performances and one controller of a plurality of controllers having different functions, which are selectively combined. Each of the plurality of power supply modules includes a power supply module side connection portion common to the plurality of power supply modules, and each of the plurality of controllers includes a controller side connection portion common to the plurality of controllers and connectable to the power supply module side connection portion, to allow the one power supply module and the one controller are selectively combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, KYOHO MACHINE WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori ONISHI, Koji NISHI, Shinichi SAWADA, Toyoki SUGIYAMA, Takumi MIO, Yukihiro KOMATSUBARA, Satoshi SHINODA, Masafumi KAWANO
  • Patent number: 10506890
    Abstract: A cup holder includes a holder body having a peripheral wall surrounding an accommodation space, a tray provided in the accommodation space and vertically shiftably supported by the peripheral wall, and a height adjuster configured to vertically shift the tray. The height adjuster includes at least one rack gear extending vertically on the peripheral wall, at least one pinion gear rotatably supported by the tray and meshing with the rack gear, and an energizing member provided at the tray and energizing to rotate the pinion gear for upward shift of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sawada, Shinji Kawakami
  • Patent number: 9908450
    Abstract: A lifting container holder includes: a case having an opening of an accommodation space; a cylindrical outer cylinder portion configured to reciprocate in an external direction of the accommodation space from the opening; an inner member portion configured to reciprocate in an internal direction to the accommodation space from the opening; and a lifting unit configured to move the inner member portion and the outer cylinder portion in different directions, the lifting unit including: an outer cylinder lifting unit including an outer cylinder link; an inner member lifting unit including a first inner member link and a second inner member link further in the internal direction of the inner member portion; and a gear unit configured to transmit swinging of the outer cylinder link and swinging of at least one of the first inner member link and the second inner member link of the inner member lifting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Shinichi Sawada, Kunihito Kondo
  • Patent number: 9840179
    Abstract: A liftable container holder of the present invention includes a case part that defines a receiving space therein and has an opening of the receiving space, an outer cylinder part that is disposed in the receiving space and reciprocatingly movable through the opening in an outward direction of the receiving space, an inner cylinder part that is disposed in the receiving space and reciprocatingly movable through the opening in an inward direction of the receiving space, and a lifting part that displaces the inner cylinder part and the outer cylinder part in directions different from each other. The lifting part has a link member including a one-end part connected to the outer cylinder part, an other-end part connected to the inner cylinder part, and a rotating support part rotatably supported in the case part between the one-end part and the other-end part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sawada, Kunihito Kondo, Yoshinori Masatsugu
  • Patent number: 9833407
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nasal vaccine for Streptococcus pneumoniae, and a production method therefor. This nasal vaccine formulation for primates includes a complex of PspA, i.e. the vaccine antigen, and a nanogel in which hydrophobic cholesterol is added, as side chains, to pullulan having amino groups. Furthermore, the present invention provides a production method for the nasal vaccine formulation for primates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Intellectual Property Strategy Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Yuki, Hiroshi Kiyono, Kazunari Akiyoshi, Shinichi Sawada
  • Patent number: 9820227
    Abstract: The power consumption of a mobile station is reduced according to the conditions of use by a user without stopping packet communication necessary for the user. In a program for a base station apparatus, a request for establishing radio connection and information indicating the conditions of use of the mobile station apparatus are acquired from the mobile station apparatus (step S1). When the information indicating the conditions of use indicates the use of the mobile station apparatus, a first timer is set for a relatively long time whereas when the information indicating the conditions of use indicates the non-use of the mobile station apparatus, the first timer is set for a relatively short time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Nobusawa, Shinichi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20170258252
    Abstract: A cup holder includes a holder body having a peripheral wall surrounding an accommodation space, a tray provided in the accommodation space and vertically shiftably supported by the peripheral wall, and a height adjuster configured to vertically shift the tray. The height adjuster includes at least one rack gear extending vertically on the peripheral wall, at least one pinion gear rotatably supported by the tray and meshing with the rack gear, and an energizing member provided at the tray and energizing to rotate the pinion gear for upward shift of the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Shinichi SAWADA, Shinji KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 9750021
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first base station device, a second base station device, a mobile station device configured to communicate with the first base station device using a first component carrier and to communicate with the second base station device using a second component carrier. The first base station device includes a disconnection preparation requesting unit configured to transmit to the second base station device, a disconnection preparation request that requests the second base station device to prepare to disconnect the second component carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shumpei Fuse, Shinichi Sawada, Katsutoshi Ishikura, Shigeto Suzuki, Yuhsuke Takagi
  • Patent number: 9709425
    Abstract: A sensor includes a sensor element; a circuit board having an element attachment surface on which the sensor element is mounted; a casing member for housing the circuit board, the casing member having a measurement chamber which faces the sensor element and communicates with the target atmosphere through a gas inlet; an annular elastic seal member which is interposed between the element attachment surface and the casing member in such a manner that the elastic seal member is in contact with the element attachment surface. The elastic seal member is made of foamed rubber and has an end surface flat portion which faces the casing member and another end surface flat portion which faces the element attachment. The elastic seal member is interposed between the element attachment surface and the casing member such that the elastic seal member is compressed between the flat portions of the end surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Matsui, Shingo Yoshida, Shinichi Sawada
  • Patent number: 9586731
    Abstract: A lid opening/closing mechanism includes an arm, an arc-shaped gear, a first fixed gear, a damper, a second fixed gear, and a tension spring. The arm is disposed integrally to project from the lid to swing about a swing center as the lid opens and closes. The arc-shaped gear is formed in the arm. The first fixed gear is disposed in the body, and meshes with the arc-shaped gear. The damper is disposed in the arm, and includes a damper gear. The second fixed gear is disposed in the body, is formed along a movement locus of the damper moving as the lid moves to open and close, and meshes with the damper gear. The tension spring is disposed between the body and the arc-shaped gear to urge the lid in an opening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sawada, Nobuhiko Yokota, Kunihito Kondo
  • Patent number: 9585086
    Abstract: A detection threshold changing unit changes a detection threshold used for detecting a reception wave from a base station apparatus, on the basis of use environment information that represents a use environment of a mobile station apparatus. A channel selecting unit selects a channel having a reception level higher than the detection threshold from among channels that constitute the reception wave. A synchronization processing unit performs a synchronization process on a reception wave of the channel selected by the channel selecting unit. In this way, the processing time and power consumption related to a cell search is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichi Sawada
  • Patent number: 9561745
    Abstract: There is provided a cup holder including a holder body, an opening formed in a side wall of the holder body, a support supported on the side wall so as to advance into or retreat from a storage space through the opening, and a leaf spring disposed between the support and the side wall and biasing the support in a direction in which the support advances into the storage space. The support has a turning shaft serving as a center of swinging of the support and a swinging portion swinging around the turning shaft by turning of the turning shaft. On a peripheral edge of the opening formed in the side wall, a nipped portion protrudes to the outside of the side wall and swingably holds the support by being nipped between the turning shaft and the swinging portion while the support advances or retreats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sawada, Nobuhiko Yokota, Tomoyuki Nakayama, Kunihito Kondo
  • Publication number: 20170014338
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nasal vaccine for Streptococcus pneumoniae, and a production method therefor. This nasal vaccine formulation for primates includes a complex of PspA, i.e. the vaccine antigen, and a nanogel in which hydrophobic cholesterol is added, as side chains, to pullulan having amino groups. Furthermore, the present invention provides a production method for the nasal vaccine formulation for primates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshikazu YUKI, Hiroshi KIYONO, Kazunari AKIYOSHI, Shinichi SAWADA
  • Patent number: 9510249
    Abstract: A wireless communication system allows a handover operation to a base station communicating through a plurality of frequency bands. The mobile terminal includes a communication unit adapted to perform communication with any of the base stations through a plurality of frequency bands. The communication unit of the base station notifies, when communication through a plurality of frequency bands is possible, a mobile terminal about information directed to identifying a main frequency band from relevant frequency bands in a manner allowing discrimination from one or more frequency bands other than the main frequency band. The communication unit of the mobile terminal determines that, upon receiving information directed to identifying a main frequency band from the second base station during having communication connection with the first base station, that the frequency band identified by the relevant information is a subject of handover towards the second base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouki Suzuki, Shinichi Sawada, Tadashi Shimonabe, Shigeto Suzuki, Mitsuru Sakamoto, Yuhsuke Takagi, Akio Yoshihara, Shumpei Fuse
  • Publication number: 20160331165
    Abstract: A lifting container holder includes: a case having an opening of an accommodation space; a cylindrical outer cylinder portion configured to reciprocate in an external direction of the accommodation space from the opening; an inner member portion configured to reciprocate in an internal direction to the accommodation space from the opening; and a lifting unit configured to move the inner member portion and the outer cylinder portion in different directions, the lifting unit including: an outer cylinder lifting unit including an outer cylinder link; an inner member lifting unit including a first inner member link and a second inner member link further in the internal direction of the inner member portion; and a gear unit configured to transmit swinging of the outer cylinder link and swinging of at least one of the first inner member link and the second inner member link of the inner member lifting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Shinichi SAWADA, Kunihito KONDO
  • Publication number: 20160286486
    Abstract: The power consumption of a mobile station is reduced according to the conditions of use by a user without stopping packet communication necessary for the user. In a program for a base station apparatus, a request for establishing radio connection and information indicating the conditions of use of the mobile station apparatus are acquired from the mobile station apparatus (step S1). When the information indicating the conditions of use indicates the use of the mobile station apparatus, a first timer is set for a relatively long time whereas when the information indicating the conditions of use indicates the non-use of the mobile station apparatus, the first timer is set for a relatively short time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yuichi NOBUSAWA, Shinichi SAWADA