Patents by Inventor Shinobu Kato

Shinobu Kato 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: 20200331349
    Abstract: The present disclosure is a vehicle operation input apparatus that performs an input on a vehicle-mounted device that achieves a predetermined function at a plurality of levels. The apparatus obtains, as input content, display content displayed in the first position corresponding to a user input, in which a level setting is displayed, and determines a change amount based on the number of contact points corresponding to the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi YAMASHITA, Shinobu KATO, Yuri KATO, Juntaro MATSUO, Eri FUJIMURA, Hado MOROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200331321
    Abstract: A vehicle operation input apparatus that detects whether a vehicle is stopped, and controls a display to display a level setting display representing a setting of levels of a device installed in the vehicle in the first position on the display surface in mutually different display aspects depending on whether the vehicle is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi YAMASHITA, Shinobu KATO, Yuri KATO, Juntaro MATSUO, Eri FUJIMURA, Hado MOROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200286678
    Abstract: A planar transformer includes a coil substrate including a flexible substrate and multiple coils formed on the flexible substrate. The coil substrate is formed to have coil parts and coilless parts such that the coil parts have the coils and that the coilless parts do not have the coils, and the coil substrate is folded such that at least one of the coilless parts is sandwiched between two of the coil parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko MORITA, Hitoshi MIWA, Shinobu KATO, Toshihiko YOKOMAKU, Hisashi KATO, Takahisa HIRASAWA, Tetsuya MURAKI, Takayuki FURUNO
  • Publication number: 20200287452
    Abstract: A motor coil substrate includes a coil substrate including a flexible substrate and multiple coils formed on the flexible substrate such that the coils are extending from a first end toward a second end on the opposite side with respect to the first end. The flexible substrate includes inner peripheral and outer peripheral flexible substrates such that the coils include outer peripheral coils formed on the outer peripheral flexible substrate and inner peripheral coils formed on the inner peripheral flexible substrate, that a number of the outer peripheral coils and a number of the inner peripheral coils are L, that an m-th outer peripheral coil of the outer peripheral coils is positioned on a m-th inner peripheral coil of the inner peripheral coils, and that the m-th outer peripheral coil and the m-th inner peripheral coil are connected to each other in parallel, where L and m are natural numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko MORITA, Hitoshi MIWA, Shinobu KATO, Toshihiko YOKOMAKU, Hisashi KATO, Takahisa HIRASAWA, Tetsuya MURAKI, Takayuki FURUNO
  • Patent number: 10756589
    Abstract: A motor coil includes a magnet structure, and a laminated coil substrate formed on the magnet structure and including coil substrates and adhesive layers alternately laminated. The coil substrates are formed by folding a printed wiring board including a resin substrate, a first conductor layer formed on a first surface of the resin substrate and forming coils, and a second conductor layer formed on a second surface on the opposite side with respect to the first surface and forming coils, and the adhesive layers include an adhesive layer including a magnetic sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Morita, Shinobu Kato, Hitoshi Miwa, Hisashi Kato, Toshihiko Yokomaku
  • Publication number: 20200161919
    Abstract: A coil substrate includes a flexible substrate, and a coil including a wiring and formed on the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate has a cut penetrating through the flexible substrate such that the cut is formed to extend along a portion of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko MORITA, Hitoshi Miwa, Shinobu Kato, Toshihiko Yokomaku, Hisashi Kato, Takahisa Hirasawa, Tetsuya Muraki, Takayuki Furuno
  • Publication number: 20200083769
    Abstract: A coil substrate for a motor includes a flexible substrate, and multiple coils formed on a surface of the flexible substrate. Each of the coils has a wiring having first wiring portions and second wiring portions extending from the first wirings respectively and is formed such that the first wiring portions extend parallel with respect to each other and that the second wiring portions extend not parallel to the first wirings, and the flexible substrate is formed to be formed around a magnet of a motor such that the first wiring portions form an angle that is substantially perpendicular to a rotation direction of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko MORITA, Hitoshi MIWA, Shinobu KATO, Toshihiko YOKOMAKU, Hisashi KATO, Takahisa HIRASWA, Tetsuya MURAKI, Takayuki FURUNO
  • Publication number: 20200075223
    Abstract: A planar transformer includes a flexible insulating substrate having a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side with respect to the first surface, and multiple coils formed side by side on the first surface and the second surface of the flexible insulating substrate such that each of the coils includes a spiral-shaped wiring. The flexible insulating substrate has bending portions formed such that the flexible insulating substrate is folded at the bending portions and stack the coils one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko MORITA, Hitoshi MIWA, Shinobu KATO, Toshihiko YOKOMAKU, Hisashi KATO, Takahisa HIRASAWA, Tetsuya MURAKI, Takayuki FURUNO
  • Publication number: 20200075224
    Abstract: A planar transfoinier includes a flexible insulating substrate having a pair of short sides, a pair of long sides, a first surface, and a second surface on an opposite side with respect to the first surface, multiple coils formed side by side on the first surface and second surface of the flexible insulating substrate such that each of the coils has a spiral-shaped wiring, and multiple terminals formed on the flexible insulating substrate and connected to the coils respectively such that the terminals are positioned in a center portion of the flexible insulating substrate formed close to a center of the long sides of the flexible insulating substrate. The flexible insulating substrate has multiple bending portions formed such that the flexible insulating substrate is folded at the bending portions and stacks the coils one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko MORITA, Hitoshi MIWA, Shinobu KATO, Toshihiko YOKOMAKU, Hisashi KATO, Takahisa HIRASAWA, Tetsuya MURAKI, Takayuki FURUNO
  • Publication number: 20200076263
    Abstract: A motor coil substrate includes a flexible substrate, and multiple coils formed on the flexible substrate such that each of the coils has a spiral shape. The flexible substrate has multiple folding lines formed and the multiple coils positioned such that the flexible substrate is folded at the folding lines and wound around a magnet and that an m-th coil and an (m+1)-th coil of the coils partially overlap one another when folded at the folding lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko MORITA, Hitoshi MIWA, Shinobu KATO, Toshihiko YOKOMAKU, Hisashi KATO, Takahisa HIRASAWA, Tetsuya MURAKI, Takayuki FURUNO
  • Publication number: 20190245401
    Abstract: A motor coil substrate includes a flexible insulating substrate having a cylindrical shape, wirings formed on a first surface of the flexible insulating substrate and a second surface of the flexible insulating substrate on the opposite side with respect to the first surface, and via conductors including copper plating penetrating through the flexible insulating substrate such that the via conductors are connecting the wirings formed on the first surface and the wirings formed on the second surface. The wirings and the via conductors form coils formed in spiral shapes, and the flexible insulating substrate is wound more than one turn in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical shape such that the first surface on an inner side of the cylindrical shape and the second surface on an outer side of the cylindrical shape oppose each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Morita, Shinobu Kato, Hitoshi Miwa, Hisashi Kato, Toshihiko Yokomaku
  • Publication number: 20190115130
    Abstract: A laminated coil substrate includes a printed wiring board including a resin substrate, a first conductor layer on first surface of the substrate and including coils, and a second conductor layer formed on second surface of the substrate on the opposite side and including coils. The printed wiring board includes first, second and third coil substrates that are folded such that the second surface of the substrate in the first and second coil substrates oppose each other and that the first surface of the substrate in the second and third coil substrates oppose each other, the second conductor layer of the printed wiring board includes connection wire on the second surface of the substrate and connecting the first and second coil substrates, and the first conductor layer of the printed wiring board includes connection wire on the first surface of the substrate and connecting the second and third coil substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Morita, Shinobu Kato, Hitoshi Miwa, Hisashi Kato, Toshihiko Yokomaku
  • Publication number: 20190074745
    Abstract: A motor coil includes a magnet structure, and a laminated coil substrate formed on the magnet structure and including coil substrates and adhesive layers alternately laminated. The coil substrates are formed by folding a printed wiring board including a resin substrate, a first conductor layer formed on a first surface of the resin substrate and forming coils, and a second conductor layer formed on a second surface on the opposite side with respect to the first surface and forming coils, and the adhesive layers include an adhesive layer including a magnetic sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO. , LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko MORITA, Shinobu KATO, Hitoshi MIWA, Hisashi KATO, Toshihiko YOKOMAKU
  • Publication number: 20180374630
    Abstract: A coil includes a resin substrate, a first coil structure formed on a first surface of the resin substrate, a second coil structure formed on a second surface of the resin substrate on the opposite side with respect to the first surface such that the second coil structure is formed at a position corresponding to the first coil structure, a third coil structure formed on the second surface such that the third coil structure is positioned adjacent to the second coil structure, and a fourth coil structure formed on the first surface such that the fourth coil structure is formed at a position corresponding to the third coil structure. The resin substrate is folded such that the second coil structure and the third coil structure oppose each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko MORITA, Shinobu Kato, Hitoshi Miwa, Hisashi Kato, Toshihiko Yokomaku
  • Patent number: 9975398
    Abstract: A front-seat air conditioner and a rear-seat air conditioner, which are independent from each other, are provided. An engine is automatically stopped under preset stop conditions. When the engine is automatically stopped in a case in which the number of passengers is a specified preset number (five, for example) or larger during heating, the operation of the rear-seat air conditioner is stopped (reduction of power consumption) and the operation of the front-seat air conditioner is continued (prevention of windshield glass from being fogged). Thereby, the windshield glass can be prevented from being fogged during the engine's automatic stop, reducing the power consumption of air conditioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Miyagawa, Shinobu Kato, Naoki Takata
  • Patent number: 9883592
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a substrate which has multiple opening portions and one or more boundary portions separating the opening portions, multiple electronic devices positioned in the opening portions of the substrate, respectively, a conductive pattern formed on a surface of the boundary portion, and an insulation layer formed on the substrate and the conductive pattern on the boundary portion of the substrate such that the insulation layer covers the electronic devices in the opening portions of the substrate. The boundary portion has a width which is in a range of approximately 0.05 to approximately 2.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Furutani, Yukinobu Mikado, Toyotaka Shimabe, Shinobu Kato
  • Patent number: 9661741
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes conductive layers, resin insulation layers, a through-hole conductor penetrating through one or more insulation layers and having a first-surface-side and second-surface-side lands, a first-surface-side signal line formed on one of the insulation layers and connecting the first-surface-side land and a conductive layer on the insulation layer, and a second-surface-side signal line formed on one of the insulation layers and connecting the second-surface-side land and a conductive layer on the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Morita, Shinobu Kato
  • Patent number: 9610826
    Abstract: A blower fan is driven, and conditioning air flows down through an evaporator and then is supplied into a vehicle compartment. An idling-stop condition in a roof-open state is set to make an idling stop to be relatively easily attained, compared to a roof-closed state, so that a fuel economy can be improved. When an outside-air temperature is a specified temperature or higher or a solar-radiation intensity is a specified degree or greater at an engine's automatic stop, the blower fan is driven, so that the conditioning air is supplied toward a passenger in a manner of an electric fan. The evaporator through which the conditioning air flows down is sufficiently cool at the timing right after the automatic stop of the engine. Accordingly, it is preferable to configure such that the sufficiently-cooled conditioning air is supplied for a properly-long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Takata, Kazuhiro Miyagawa, Shinobu Kato, Shinshi Kajimoto
  • Patent number: D794640
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Shigeno, Manabu Ikarashi, Asako Chiba, Shinobu Kato, Tatsuya Nishi
  • Patent number: D845951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Shigeno, Manabu Ikarashi, Shinobu Kato, Takashi Machida, Tatsuya Nishi