Patents by Inventor Tadashi Yano
Tadashi Yano 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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Patent number: 11956314Abstract: A network of a new configuration is flexibly constructed while maintaining a stable operation in the network. A management device includes: a detection unit that detects addition of a function unit to a network including one or a plurality of on-vehicle function units; an acquisition unit that acquires function unit information of a new function unit that is the function unit the addition of which has been detected by the detection unit and function unit information of each on-vehicle function unit, each piece of function unit information including information regarding network configuration of a layer lower than an application layer; and a generation unit that, based on the pieces of function unit information acquired by the acquisition unit, generates configuration information of a new network that is the network further including the new function unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Yamamoto, Koichi Takayama, Hideyuki Tanaka, Tatsuya Izumi, Junji Yano, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi, Tadashi Matsumoto, Takeshi Hagihara
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Patent number: 11753495Abstract: A method for producing a polyurethane foam includes mixing and reacting a polyurethane foam raw material containing a polyol, an isocyanate, a foaming agent, and a catalyst, wherein the polyurethane foam raw material contains sodium bicarbonate and an organic solid acid such as citric acid or malic acid.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: INOAC CORPORATIONInventors: Masahito Koide, Yosuke Okada, Tadashi Yano
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Publication number: 20210301068Abstract: Provided is, a vehicle cushion pad including a polyurethane foam, in which the polyurethane foam is made of a polyurethane foam composition containing a polyol, an isocyanate, a catalyst, a foaming agent, and an additive, the additive is a dicarboxylic acid ester compound having a weight average molecular weight of 500 to 5000, and an airflow quantity of the polyurethane foam in accordance with JIS K 6400-7: 2012 is 6.0 cc/cm2/s or more, and a vehicle seat cushion including a cushion main body and the vehicle cushion pad placed on the cushion main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: INOAC CORPORATIONInventors: Akiyoshi Okafuji, Tadashi Yano
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Publication number: 20200399417Abstract: A method for producing a polyurethane foam includes mixing and reacting a polyurethane foam raw material containing a polyol, an isocyanate, a foaming agent, and a catalyst, wherein the polyurethane foam raw material contains sodium bicarbonate and an organic solid acid such as citric acid or malic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: INOAC CORPORATIONInventors: Masahito KOIDE, Yosuke OKADA, Tadashi YANO
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Patent number: 8791473Abstract: An illuminating device according to the present invention includes at least a first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and a second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element, in which: the first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and the second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element each include a semiconductor chip; the semiconductor chip includes a nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure 45 formed from an AlxInyGazN (x+y+z=1, x?0, y?0, z?0) semiconductor, and the nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure 20 includes an active layer region 24 having an m-plane as an interface; the first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and the second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element each emit polarized light from the active layer region 24; and, when the polarized light emitted from the first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and the polarized light emitted from the second nitride-based semiconductor lighType: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiya Yokogawa, Akira Inoue, Masaki Fujikane, Mitsuaki Oya, Atsushi Yamada, Tadashi Yano
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Patent number: 8729579Abstract: An illuminating device includes at least first and second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting elements each having a semiconductor chip with an active layer region. The active layer region is at an angle of 1° or more with an m plane, and an angle formed by a normal line of a principal surface in the active layer region and a normal line of the m plane is 1° or more and 5° or less. The first and second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting elements have thicknesses of d1 and d2, respectively, and emit the polarized light having wavelengths ?1 and ?2, respectively, where the inequalities of ?1<?2 and d1<d2 are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiya Yokogawa, Akira Inoue, Masaki Fujikane, Mitsuaki Oya, Atsushi Yamada, Tadashi Yano
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Patent number: 8405307Abstract: An LED lamp 100 includes: an LED chip 10; a phosphor resin portion 12 that covers the LED chip 10; and a light-transmissive member 20 that covers the phosphor resin portion 12. The phosphor resin portion 12 includes: a phosphor for converting the emission of the LED chip 10 into light that has a longer wavelength than the emission; and a resin in which the phosphor is dispersed. The surface of the light-transmissive member 20 includes an upper surface portion 22 located over the LED chip 10 and a side surface portion 24 located around and below the upper surface portion 22. At least a part (low-transmittance part 26) of the side surface portion 24 of the light-transmissive member 20 has lower transmittance than the upper surface portion 22.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tadashi Yano, Masanori Shimizu, Kiyoshi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20120182495Abstract: An illuminating device includes at least first and second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting elements each having a semiconductor chip with an active layer region. The active layer region is at an angle of 1° or more with an m plane, and an angle formed by a normal line of a principal surface in the active layer region and a normal line of the m plane is 1° or more and 5° or less. The first and second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting elements have thicnknesses of d1 and d2, respectively, and emit the polarized light having wavelengths ?1 and ?2, respectively, where the inequarities of ?1<?2 and d1<d2 are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiya YOKOGAWA, Akira INOUE, Masaki FUJIKANE, Mitsuaki OYA, Atsushi YAMADA, Tadashi YANO
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Patent number: 8138235Abstract: A polyurethane foam is obtained by reacting, foaming, and curing raw material that includes a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a blowing agent, a catalyst, and an inorganic compound hydrate. The raw material includes, as the polyol, a polymeric polyol obtained by graft polymerization of a vinyl monomer onto a polyether polyol and a polyether polyol obtained by addition polymerization of an alkylene oxide to a polyhydric alcohol and having a mass average molecular weight of 400 to 1,000. The blending quantity of the inorganic compound hydrate is 10 to 80 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyol. Preferably, the raw material further includes, as the polyol, a polyether polyol obtained by addition polymerization of an alkylene oxide to a polyhydric alcohol and has a molecular weight of 2,000 to 4,000.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: INOAC CorporationInventors: Tadashi Yano, Satoshi Iwase
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Publication number: 20120002134Abstract: An illuminating device according to the present invention includes at least a first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and a second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element, in which: the first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and the second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element each include a semiconductor chip; the semiconductor chip includes a nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure 45 formed from an AlxInyGazN (x+y+z=1, x?0, y?0, z?0) semiconductor, and the nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure 20 includes an active layer region 24 having an m-plane as an interface; the first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and the second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element each emit polarized light from the active layer region 24; and, when the polarized light emitted from the first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and the polarized light emitted from the second nitride-based semiconductor lighType: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiya Yokogawa, Akira Inoue, Masaki Fujikane, Mitsuaki Oya, Atsushi Yamada, Tadashi Yano
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Patent number: 7986067Abstract: A brushless motor is smaller, flatter, and lighter but is easy to assemble and has reduced motor vibration. An attachment base is integrally molded by two-color extrusion molding using a first resin material that forms a base main portion and a second resin material that forms a support portion and is softer than the first resin material.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadashi Yano, Akihito Fukuzawa
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Publication number: 20110006673Abstract: An LED lamp 100 includes: an LED chip 10; a phosphor resin portion 12 that covers the LED chip 10; and a light-transmissive member 20 that covers the phosphor resin portion 12. The phosphor resin portion 12 includes: a phosphor for converting the emission of the LED chip 10 into light that has a longer wavelength than the emission; and a resin in which the phosphor is dispersed. The surface of the light-transmissive member 20 includes an upper surface portion 22 located over the LED chip 10 and a side surface portion 24 located around and below the upper surface portion 22. At least a part (low-transmittance part 26) of the side surface portion 24 of the light-transmissive member 20 has lower transmittance than the upper surface portion 22.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tadashi YANO, Masanori Shimizu, Kiyoshi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20100245713Abstract: A light source device 11 includes a plurality of tube-shaped light sources 17 arranged with an interval provided therebetween, so that an axis line L extends in the same direction; and a reflection plate 18 disposed on the backside of each light source 17 viewed from a light extracting direction. The reflection plate 18 includes a flat portion 28 opposed to the light source 17 and a concave shaped portion 27 recessed from the flat portion 28 in a direction spaced from the light source 17, with an opening edge 29 formed in a circular shape or an oval shape. A plurality of concave shaped portions 27 are arranged along at least the axis line L of the light source viewed from the light extracting direction. Light distribution characteristics not dependent on an arrangement direction of the light sources 17 can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2007Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Tadashi Yano, Kazuaki Ohkubo
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Patent number: 7791274Abstract: An LED lamp 100 includes: an LED chip 10; a phosphor resin portion 12 that covers the LED chip 10; and a light-transmissive member 20 that covers the phosphor resin portion 12. The phosphor resin portion 12 includes: a phosphor for converting the emission of the LED chip 10 into light that has a longer wavelength than the emission; and a resin in which the phosphor is dispersed. The surface of the light-transmissive member 20 includes an upper surface portion 22 located over the LED chip 10 and a side surface portion 24 located around and below the upper surface portion 22. At least a part (low-transmittance part 26) of the side surface portion 24 of the light-transmissive member 20 has lower transmittance than the upper surface portion 22.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2004Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tadashi Yano, Masanori Shimizu, Kiyoshi Takahashi
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Patent number: 7737192Abstract: A flexible polyurethane foam is produced by blending a polyurethane raw material containing a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a blowing agent, and a catalyst with an inorganic compound hydrate having a specific gravity of 1.5 to 4.0 and reacting the above polyurethane raw material to effect foaming and curing. The inorganic compound hydrate is preferably an iron sulfate hydrate, a calcium sulfate hydrate, or a magnesium sulfate hydrate. The above inorganic compound hydrate preferably has decomposition temperature of from 100 to 170° C. Then, an increase in exothermic temperature owing to the above foaming and curing is diminished by evaporation of water formed through decomposition of the above inorganic compound hydrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: INOAC CorporationInventor: Tadashi Yano
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Patent number: 7728476Abstract: An inner rotor brushless motor is miniaturized, flattened and made lighter without reducing motor performance. A rotor and a stator are enclosed inside a sealed case (i.e., a sealed space) assembled by covering an attachment base with a cup-shaped bracket. A motor substrate on which a motor driving circuit is formed is provided in a gap formed in an axial direction between (i) the rotor and the stator and (ii) a base portion inside a bracket opening of the bracket.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadashi Yano, Nobuchika Maruyama
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Publication number: 20100096938Abstract: A blower motor can efficiently remove heat generated by all substrate-mounted components. A rotor and a stator are housed inside a motor case. A motor substrate on which a motor driving circuit is formed is disposed in a space formed in the axial direction between (i) the rotor and the stator and (ii) an opening bottom portion of a bracket. A heat-generating component mounted on the motor substrate contacts the opening bottom portion of the bracket via a heat-dissipating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventors: Tadashi YANO, Akihito Fukuzawa
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Publication number: 20100090547Abstract: A brushless motor is smaller, flatter, and lighter but is easy to assemble and has reduced motor vibration. An attachment base is integrally molded by two-color extrusion molding using a first resin material that forms a base main portion and a second resin material that forms a support portion and is softer than the first resin material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventors: Tadashi YANO, Akihito FUKUZAWA
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Publication number: 20100090554Abstract: An outer-rotor brushless motor is smaller, flatter, and lighter but has no drop in motor performance. A motor substrate on which a motor driving circuit is formed is fixed to a bracket in a space formed in the axial direction between (i) a rotor and a stator and (ii) an opening bottom portion of the bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventors: Tadashi YANO, Akihito FUKUZAWA
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Publication number: 20090253821Abstract: A polyurethane foam is obtained by reacting raw materials containing a polyisocyanate, a polyol, a water-absorbency-imparting agent, a catalyst, and a blowing agent, foaming the reaction mixture, and curing the foamed product. The polyol is a polyester polyol. The water-absorbency-imparting agent is a polyoxyalkylene compound having a molecular weight of 100 to 1000 and having a hydroxy group at an end of the molecular chain, or an alcohol with 1 to 8 carbon atoms. The amount of the water-absorbency-imparting agent is from 0.5 to 8 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyester polyol. The polyisocyanate is an aliphatic polyisocyanate, an alicyclic polyisocyanate, or an aromatic polyisocyanate in which the isocyanate groups are not directly attached to an aromatic ring. The foam has a water absorption ratio of 10 to 30 and a color difference ?YI of 7 or less. The time required until water dropped onto a surface of the foam is completely absorbed into the foam is 20 seconds or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2008Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: INOAC CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Iwase, Tadashi Yano, Nobuyuki Makihara