Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Watanabe

Shinichiro Watanabe 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: 8696515
    Abstract: An oil pump driven by an engine generates a hydraulic pressure supplied to a frictional engagement element. An accumulator provided at an intermediate position of an oil path supplies the hydraulic pressure generated by the oil pump to the frictional engagement element. A controller stops the engine after a hydraulic pressure reducing condition to reduce the hydraulic pressure supplied to the frictional engagement element holds and the hydraulic pressure supplied to the frictional engagement element is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Naohiro Yamada, Keichi Tatewaki, Shinichiro Watanabe, Noritaka Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20140014236
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hot-rolled steel sheet including, by mass %, C:0.02% to 0.5% of C, and the sum of the content of Si and the content of Al is 1.0% to 4.0%. An average pole density of an orientation group from {100}<011> to {223}<110> is 1.0 to 6.5, and a pole density of a crystal orientation {332}<113> is 1.0 to 5.0. A microstructure includes, by of an area ratio, 2% to 30% of retained austenite, 20% to 50% of ferrite, and 10% to 60% of bainite. rC that is a Lankford value in a direction orthogonal to a rolling direction is 0.70 to 1.10, and r30 that is a Lankford value in a direction forming an angle of 30° with the rolling direction is 0.70 to 1.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Nozaki, Manabu Takahashi, Nobuhiro Fujita, Hiroshi Yoshida, Shinichiro Watanabe, Takeshi Yamamoto, Chisato Wakabayashi, Riki Okamoto, Kohichi Sano
  • Publication number: 20140000765
    Abstract: This is a cold-rolled steel sheet includes, by mass %, C: 0.02% to 0.4%, Si: 0.001% to 2.5%, Mn: 0.001% to 4.0%, and Al: 0.001% to 2.0%. The sum of the Si content and the Al content is 1.0% to 4.5%. An average pole density of an orientation group from {100}<011> to {223}<110> is 1.0 to 6.5, and a pole density of a crystal orientation {332}<113> is 1.0 to 5.0. A microstructure includes, by an area ratio %, 5% to 80% of ferrite, 5% to 80% of bainite, and 2% to 30% of retained austenite. In the microstructure, by an area ratio %, martensite is limited to 20% or less, pearlite is limited to 10% or less, and tempered martensite is limited to 60% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Takayuki Nozaki, Manabu Takahashi, Nobuhiro Fujita, Hiroshi Yoshida, Shinichiro Watanabe, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20130313663
    Abstract: Provided is a capacitive electromechanical transducer manufactured by fusion bonding, which is capable of enhancing the performance by reducing fluctuations in initial deformation among diaphragms caused at positions having difference boundary conditions such as the bonding area. The capacitive electromechanical transducer includes a device, the device including at least one cellular structure including: a silicon substrate; a diaphragm; and a diaphragm supporting portion configured to support the diaphragm so that a gap is formed between one surface of the silicon substrate and the diaphragm. The device has, in its periphery, a groove formed in a layer shared with the diaphragm supporting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayako Kato, Kazutoshi Torashima, Yasuhiro Soeda, Shinichiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8585550
    Abstract: A coast stop vehicle includes a hydraulic pressure supplying unit which supplies a hydraulic pressure to the transmission while the engine is stopped, a coast stop start condition judging unit which judges whether or not a coast stop start condition holds, a coast stop control unit which stops the engine when the coast stop start condition is judged to hold by the coast stop start condition judging unit and starts the engine when receiving an acceleration request from a driver during the coast stop, a transmission control unit which causes a downshift of the transmission when receiving the acceleration request from the driver during the coast stop, and a hydraulic control unit which supplies the hydraulic pressure to an after-shift frictional engagement element which realizes a gear position after the downshift of the transmission during the coast stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Shinichiro Watanabe, Keichi Tatewaki, Naohiro Yamada, Noritaka Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20130302934
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a capacitive electromechanical transducer using fusion bonding, which is capable of reducing fluctuations in initial deformation among diaphragms caused at positions having different boundary conditions such as the bonding area, thereby enhancing the uniformity of the transducer and stabilizing the sensitivity and the like. The method of manufacturing a capacitive electromechanical transducer includes: forming an insulating layer on a first silicon substrate and forming at least one recess; fusion bonding a second silicon substrate onto the insulating layer; and thinning the second silicon substrate and forming a silicon film. The method further includes, before the bonding of the second silicon substrate onto the insulating layer, forming a groove in the insulating layer at the periphery of the at least one recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayako Kato, Kazutoshi Torashima, Yasuhiro Soeda, Shinichiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8560187
    Abstract: A controller controls a continuously variable transmission including a variator with a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, and a power transmission member mounted therebetween. A torque converter is provided with a rotational speed detector detecting the rotational speed of a rotor located closer to drive wheels than the torque converter, a rotational speed change amount calculator calculating a change amount in the rotational speed per unit time, a limit setting unit that sets a higher absolute value of a limiter for the change amount as a rotational speed difference between an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter increases, a final change amount setting unit setting the smaller of the absolute value of the change amount and of the limiter as a final change amount, and a hydraulic controller controlling a hydraulic pressure to the variator based on the final change amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kurahashi, Shinichiro Watanabe, Tomomasa Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8554369
    Abstract: According to the present invention, even during and immediately before a machining operation by a machining apparatus, it is possible to improve positioning control accuracy thereof and, as a result, machining accuracy thereof. A robot 11 equipped with a machining tool 12 performs a moving operation to a target position 41 of a machining target workpiece 2 and a machining operation on the machining target. A robot moving mechanism 14 moves the robot 11 in parallel with the workpiece 2 that is being conveyed by a conveyance carriage 18. A robot control device 17 controls movement of the robot moving mechanism 14 using a detection result of a synchronizing sensor 15 and carries out positioning control of the robot 11 using the detection result of a visual sensor 13 or a synchronizing sensor 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshito Otake, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Gentoku Fujii, Shinichiro Watanabe, Takeshi Nakamura, Ryo Nakajima, Hideari Kamachi
  • Publication number: 20130255389
    Abstract: A probe is provided in which penetration of an acoustic medium into a support layer of an optical reflection member through a pinhole or a scratch on an optical reflection layer is suppressed, occurrence of a solvent crack is suppressed, and noise due to photoacoustic waves that occurs on a receiving surface can be suppressed. The probe includes an element having at least one cell in which a vibration film containing one electrode out of two electrodes that are provided so as to interpose a space therebetween is vibratably supported. The probe further includes a support layer disposed on the vibration film, and an optical reflection layer disposed on the support layer. A protection layer against an acoustic medium is formed on the optical reflection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichiro Watanabe, Atsushi Kandori, Kazutoshi Torashima
  • Patent number: 8432661
    Abstract: A microstructural body includes a substrate such as an electrode substrate, a support portion, one post that fixes the support portion to the substrate, a frame-shaped movable portion provided around outer periphery of the support portion, and an elastic support portion that elastically connects the movable portion and the support portion. The elastic support portion supports the frame-shaped movable portion such that the movable portion is movable relative to the support portion. The elastic support portion includes torsion springs and an elastically deformable connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahisa Kato, Shinichiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8344071
    Abstract: Disclosed is a two-pack fluorine coating composition which comprises a combination of: a base component comprising a fluorinated copolymer having a hydroxyl group which can be dissolved in a low-polar weak solvent even at a low temperature and; a curing agent comprising a polyisocyanate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation, Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shinichiro Watanabe, Isao Kimura
  • Publication number: 20120282487
    Abstract: The high-strength steel sheet includes, by mass %: C: 0.01% to 0.10%; Si: 0.15% or less; Mn: 0.80% to 1.80%; P: 0.10% or less; S: 0.015% or less; Al: 0.10% to 0.80%; Cr: 0.01% to 1.50%; N: 0.0100% or less; and a balance consisting of iron and inevitable impurities, in which a metallic structure is composed of ferrite and a hard second phase, the area fraction of the ferrite is 80% or more, the area fraction of the hard second phase is 1% to 20%, the fraction of unrecrystallized ferrite in the ferrite is less than 10%, the ferrite grain sizes are 5 ?m to 20 ?m, and the fraction of the ferrite crystal grains having an aspect ratio of 1.2 or less in the entire ferrite crystal grains is 60% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Toshio Ogawa, Naoki Matsutani, Koichi Goto, Shinichiro Watanabe, Nobuhiro Fujita, Toshiki Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20120245807
    Abstract: A controller controls a continuously variable transmission including a variator with a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, and a power transmission member mounted therebetween. A torque converter is provided with a rotational speed detector detecting the rotational speed of a rotor located closer to drive wheels than the torque converter, a rotational speed change amount calculator calculating a change amount in the rotational speed per unit time, a limit setting unit that sets a higher absolute value of a limiter for the change amount as a rotational speed difference between an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter increases, a final change amount setting unit setting the smaller of the absolute value of the change amount and of the limiter as a final change amount, and a hydraulic controller controlling a hydraulic pressure to the variator based on the final change amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KURAHASHI, Shinichiro WATANABE, Tomomasa IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20120142494
    Abstract: A coast stop vehicle which executes coast stop control for stopping an engine during the travel of a vehicle, is provided with a frictional engagement element provided between the engine and a driving wheel, a first deceleration calculating unit which calculates first deceleration, which is rotation deceleration of a rotation shaft on the driving wheel side of the frictional engagement element, and an engagement-state control unit which controls an engagement state of the frictional engagement element so that decrease of the engine rotation speed is suppressed on the basis of the first deceleration while the coast stop control is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Naohiro Yamada, Keichi Tatewaki, Shinichiro Watanabe, Noritaka Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20120135840
    Abstract: A coast stop vehicle, includes an engine, a transmission arranged between the engine and drive wheels and having a plurality of gear positions, a coast stop starting unit which automatically stops the engine when a coast stop start condition holds during travel, a coast stop releasing unit which automatically starts the engine when a coast stop release condition holds during a coast stop, and a downshifting unit which starts engagement of a frictional engagement element, which realizes a lower gear position than the one when the coast stop release condition holds, before complete explosion of the engine and causes a downshift of the transmission when the coast stop release condition holds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Keichi Tatewaki, Naohiro Yamada, Shinichiro Watanabe, Noritaka Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20120135839
    Abstract: A controller of a vehicle, provided with a coast stop control unit which automatically stops an engine during the travel of a vehicle if coast stop conditions are met during the travel of the vehicle, and the coast stop control unit automatically stops the engine at least if a change amount of acceleration of the vehicle caused by the automatic stop of the engine is predetermined acceleration or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Shinichiro WATANABE, Keichi TATEWAKI, Naohiro YAMADA, Hideshi WAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120135841
    Abstract: A coast stop vehicle includes a hydraulic pressure supplying unit which supplies a hydraulic pressure to the transmission while the engine is stopped, a coast stop start condition judging unit which judges whether or not a coast stop start condition holds, a coast stop control unit which stops the engine when the coast stop start condition is judged to hold by the coast stop start condition judging unit and starts the engine when receiving an acceleration request from a driver during the coast stop, a transmission control unit which causes a downshift of the transmission when receiving the acceleration request from the driver during the coast stop, and a hydraulic control unit which supplies the hydraulic pressure to an after-shift frictional engagement element which realizes a gear position after the downshift of the transmission during the coast stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Shinichiro WATANABE, Keichi TATEWAKI, Naohiro YAMADA, Noritaka AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120088629
    Abstract: A coast stop vehicle includes a variator which continuously changes a speed ratio by changing a winding diameter of a belt mounted on pulleys, a sub-transmission mechanism connected in series with the variator and shifting discrete gear positions by changing engaged states of a plurality of frictional engagement elements, and a coast stop unit which stops the rotation of the drive power source and releases the engaged frictional engagement element when the coast stop condition holds during travel. The coast stop unit includes a coast stop prohibiting unit which prohibits the coast stop regardless of the coast stop condition when it is predicted at the time of determining whether or not the coast stop condition holds that a belt tightening force of the pulley falls below an engaging force of the frictional engagement element in the engaged state by the execution of the coast stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Noritaka AOYAMA, Naohiro Yamada, Keichi Tatewaki, Shinichiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120083388
    Abstract: A coast stop vehicle which stops an engine during the travel of the vehicle is provided with a variator including a pair of pulleys and a belt mounted between the pulleys and capable of continuously changing a speed ratio. A controller judges whether or not coast stop conditions to stop the engine during the travel of the vehicle hold, stops the engine when the coast stop conditions hold, and prevents the speed ratio from being upshifted to a higher side than a speed ratio at the time of starting the coast stop control during the coast stop control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Shinichiro Watanabe, Keichi Tatewaki, Naohiro Yamada, Noritaka Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20120060485
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device includes an oil pump for generating a hydraulic pressure by being rotated by power of a driving force source, a driving force source stopping unit that stops rotation of the driving force source when a predetermined condition holds, and a cut-off unit that cuts off transmission of the power from the driving force source to the oil pump when the driving force source rotates in a reverse direction as the rotation of the driving force source is stopped by the driving force source stopping unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Naohiro YAMADA, Keichi Tatewaki, Shinichiro Watanabe, Noritaka Aoyama