Patents by Inventor Takahiro Kobayashi
Takahiro Kobayashi 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: 20220021453Abstract: A powered device of an optical power supply system includes a photoelectric conversion element, a semiconductor laser for feedback and a control device. The photoelectric conversion element converts feed light into electric power, wherein the feed light is from a power sourcing equipment. The semiconductor laser oscillates with a portion of the electric power, thereby outputting feed light to a power supplying side. The control device monitors a power supply amount of the electric power to a load, and according to the power supply amount, controls an electricity-light conversion amount of conversion that is performed by the semiconductor laser.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventor: Takahiro KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11199804Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus includes first and second sheet metal in which the first sheet metal includes a first engaging portion which is provided between first and second plate portions of the first sheet metal and is bent away from the first plate portion in the plate thickness direction of the first plate portion, wherein the first plate portion, the second plate portion, and the first engaging portion are formed integrally with each other. The second sheet metal includes a third plate portion with which the first engaging portion engages and a second engaging portion which is bent away from the third plate portion in a plate thickness direction of the third plate portion and engages with the first plate portion, wherein the second engaging portion is adjacent to the third plate portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiro Tomono, Takahiro Kobayashi, Ryota Yasui, Ken Swysen
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Publication number: 20210356904Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet, comprising: a first support which supports the image forming unit; and a second support which is arranged with an interval from the first support and supports the image forming unit together with the first support; wherein the second support includes: a first sheet metal which includes a first flat surface portion in which a through-hole is formed and a bent and raised portion which is bent and raised from the first flat surface portion at a position adjacent to the through-hole, and a second sheet metal which is supported to the first sheet metal on the first sheet metal and includes a second flat surface portion which is sandwiched between the first flat surface portion and the bent and raised portion and a protruded portion which protrudes from the second flat surface portion in a plate thickness direction of the second flat surface portion at a position overlapping with the through-hole in a verType: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Michinori Nakamura, Takahiro Kobayashi, Ken Swysen
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Patent number: 11165510Abstract: A power over fiber system includes: a first data communication device including a power sourcing equipment device; a second data communication device including a powered device; and an optical fiber cable. The first data communication device and the second data communication device perform optical communication with one another. The first data communication device is capable of controlling low power supply and high power supply that are performed by the power sourcing equipment device. Feed electric power by the high power supply exceeds feed electric power by the low power supply. The first data communication device starts up the second data communication device by the low power supply to the second data communication device, and enables the high power supply after receiving predetermined light from the second data communication device, and disables the high power supply before receiving the predetermined light.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonori Sugime, Takahiro Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20210320670Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter (1) includes an S/H circuit (10) that samples and holds an analog input signal in synchronization with a first sampling clock signal (CLK1), a filter circuit (20) that smooths an output signal of the S/H circuit (10), and an ADC circuit (30) that samples an output signal of the filter circuit (20) in synchronization with a second sampling clock signal (CLK2) different from the first sampling clock signal (CLK1), and outputs a digital signal corresponding to an amplitude of the output signal that is sampled.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Takehiko SUYAMA, Takahiro KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11125697Abstract: A transfer state inspection system including a camera configured to capture a transfer state of a transfer material of any of solder, flux, conductive paste, or adhesive transferred to multiple terminals on a lower surface of an electronic component; an image processing section configured to process an image captured by the camera to recognize the transfer state of the transfer material such that the transfer state inspection system inspects the transfer state of the transfer material based on a recognition result of the image processing section; an inspection target specifying section configured to specify whether inspection is necessary for at least a portion of the terminals among the multiple terminals on the lower surface of the electronic component via an operation from an operator or a production program; and an inspection executing section configured to not inspect the transfer state of the transfer material for terminals specified as unnecessary.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Kobayashi, Hiroshi Oike, Kazuya Kotani
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Patent number: 11129319Abstract: A coordinate data generation device is used in a component mounter configured to perform processing for mounting electronic components on boards of different dimensions by imaging the board that is controlled to be conveyed and stopped at a target position and performing the mounting of the electronic components after correcting for a deviation between a stopping position of the board identified from an image captured by the imaging and a target position, and specifies an imaging region for imaging the board stopped at the stopping position.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Keiichi Ono, Takahiro Kobayashi, Hiroshi Oike, Yuta Yokoi
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Patent number: 11118508Abstract: Provided is a variable capacity turbocharger, including: a drive ring including a main body portion having an annular shape; a first projection portion and a second projection portion, which are formed on the main body portion, and are arranged apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the main body portion so as to sandwich a link plate to which a nozzle vane is mounted; and a cutout portion, which is formed in a portion of the main body portion between the first projection portion and the second projection portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Takao Asakawa, Kenichi Segawa, Takahiro Kobayashi, Ryota Sakisaka, Kazuko Takeuchi, Kenji Bunno
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Patent number: 11105872Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an amplifier, a gradient coil, and adjusting circuitry. The amplifier includes pulse width modulation circuitry modulating a pulse width of a driving signal, which is input to switching elements, in accordance with an input of a control signal corresponding to a waveform of a gradient magnetic field. The gradient coil generates the gradient magnetic field by an electric current supplied in accordance with an output voltage which is output from the amplifier. The adjusting circuitry executes adjustment of a gain of the amplifier, which is included in the control signal, or adjustment of the pulse width of the driving signal, in accordance with a dead time included in a switching cycle of the switching elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Sho Kawajiri, Motohiro Miura, Masashi Hori, Takahiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11099517Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus includes first and second spaced-apart supports which together support an image forming unit of the image forming apparatus. The second support includes first and second metal sheets wherein the first sheet metal includes a first flat surface portion in which a through-hole is formed and a bent and raised portion which is bent and raised from the first flat surface portion at a position adjacent to the through-hole, and wherein the second sheet metal is supported to the first sheet metal and includes a second flat surface portion which is sandwiched between the first flat surface portion and the bent and raised portion, and a protruded portion which protrudes from the second flat surface portion in a plate thickness direction of the second flat surface portion at a position overlapping with the through-hole in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Michinori Nakamura, Takahiro Kobayashi, Ken Swysen
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Patent number: 11059308Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus 1 includes a carriage 2 configured to reciprocate relative to a medium, and a plurality of discharging units 4 attached to the carriage 2 and configured to discharge liquid onto the medium. At a plurality of replacement positions in a reciprocation direction B of the carriage 2, the carriage 2 allows the plurality of discharging units 4 to be replaced. At the plurality of replacement positions for the carriage 2, a discharging unit to be replaced, among the plurality of discharging units, is accessible from downstream in a discharge direction C of the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masahiro Ido, Kenji Kojima, Masaru Jingushi, Seigo Mizutani, Takahiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11064641Abstract: A component mounting machine including a camera configured to capture an image of a component held by a suction nozzle; and an image processing section configured to process the image captured by the camera, recognize the shape of the component, and measure shape data of the component; wherein, when the deviation amount of the measurement value of the shape data of the component exceeds the allowable value, the deviation amount of the measurement value of the shape data of the component is compared to a retry determination that is larger than the allowance value, and if the deviation amount of the measurement value of the shape data of the component exceeds the retry determination value, the component is determined to be abnormal and is discarded to a specified discard location.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Yokoi, Hiroshi Oike, Takahiro Kobayashi, Keiichi Ono
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Publication number: 20210186309Abstract: An enhanced flexible robotic endoscopy apparatus includes a main body and flexible elongate shaft. The main body comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a housing that extends to the proximal end and the housing comprises a plurality of surfaces and a plurality of insertion inlets which reside on at least one of the surface of the housing at the proximal end of the main body, through which a plurality of channels for endoscopy are accessible. Each of the insertion inlets has insertion axis corresponding thereto, along which flexible elongate assemblies are insertable, with the insertion axes of the insertion inlets being parallel to the central axis of the flexible elongate shaft at the proximal end of the flexible elongate shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Tae Zar Lwin, Isaac David Penny, Tomonori Yamamoto, Tsun En Tan, Naoyuki Naito, Takahiro Kobayashi, Makio Oishi
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Patent number: 10991514Abstract: A method for producing an electrolytic capacitor includes: a first step of preparing an anode body, and forming a dielectric layer on a surface of the anode body; a second step of forming a first conductive polymer layer on a surface of the dielectric layer, the first conductive polymer layer including a first conductive polymer and a first silane compound; a third step of bringing the first conductive polymer layer into contact with a first treatment liquid; and a fourth step of providing a second silane compound to the first conductive polymer layer after the third step.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Koji Fukuchi, Koji Okamoto, Tetsuro Iwasa, Takahiro Kobayashi, Yasuo Tanaka, Ryo Morioka
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Patent number: 10990059Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus comprising: a first support which supports a image forming unit; a second support which is arranged with an interval from the first support and supports the image forming unit; a third support which connects the first support and the second support to each other; a first sheet metal which is provided in the first support and includes a first plate portion in which a first through-hole is formed and an engaged portion which is adjacent to the first through-hole and is bent and raised in a direction vertical to a flat surface of the first plate portion; a second sheet metal which is provided in the second support and includes a second plate portion in which a second through-hole is formed and a protrusion portion which protrudes in a plate thickness direction of the second plate portion; and a third sheet metal which is provided in the third support, has one end portion inserted into the first through-hole, and includes a third plate portion in which a third througType: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoichi Kawasumi, Takahiro Kobayashi, Ken Swysen
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Patent number: 10975886Abstract: Provided is a turbocharger, including: a turbine impeller (impeller); nozzle vanes provided on a radially outer side of the turbine impeller; a nozzle ring to which the nozzle vanes are provided; a heat-shielding member including: an outer contact portion, which is arranged between a back surface of the turbine impeller and a wall portion of a bearing housing (housing), and is brought into contact with the nozzle ring from a side opposite to the nozzle vanes; and an inner contact portion, which is at a position on an inner side in a radial direction of the shaft with respect to the outer contact portion, and is brought into contact with a wall portion of the bearing housing from the turbine impeller side; and a separation portion, which is formed on the wall portion of the bearing housing, and is recessed toward a side of separating from the heat-shielding member with respect to a contact portion to be brought into contact with the inner contact portion of the heat-shielding member.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Takao Asakawa, Kenichi Segawa, Takahiro Kobayashi, Ryota Sakisaka, Kazuko Takeuchi, Kenji Bunno
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Patent number: 10939804Abstract: An enhanced flexible robotic endoscopy apparatus includes a main body and flexible elongate shaft. The main body comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a housing that extends to the proximal end and the housing comprises a plurality of surfaces and a plurality of insertion inlets which reside on at least one of the surface of the housing at the proximal end of the main body, through which a plurality of channels for endoscopy are accessible. Each of the insertion inlets has insertion axis corresponding thereto, along which flexible elongate assemblies are insertable, with the insertion axes of the insertion inlets being parallel to the central axis of the flexible elongate shaft at the proximal end of the flexible elongate shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: ENDOMASTER PTE LTDInventors: Tomonori Yamamoto, Isaac David Penny, Christopher Lee Shih Hao Sam Soon, Hoang-Ha Tran, Tae Zar Lwin, Tsun En Tan, Naoyuki Naito, Takahiro Kobayashi, Makio Oishi
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Publication number: 20210063944Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet, comprising: a first support which supports the image forming unit; and a second support which is arranged with an interval from the first support and supports the image forming unit together with the first support; wherein the second support includes: a first sheet metal which includes a first flat surface portion in which a through-hole is formed and a bent and raised portion which is bent and raised from the first flat surface portion at a position adjacent to the through-hole, and a second sheet metal which is supported to the first sheet metal on the first sheet metal and includes a second flat surface portion which is sandwiched between the first flat surface portion and the bent and raised portion and a protruded portion which protrudes from the second flat surface portion in a plate thickness direction of the second flat surface portion at a position overlapping with the through-hole in a verType: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Michinori Nakamura, Takahiro Kobayashi, Ken Swysen
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Publication number: 20210063943Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus comprising: a first sheet metal; and a second sheet metal which is supported to the first sheet metal on the first sheet metal, wherein the first sheet metal includes: a first plate portion; a second plate portion of which plate thickness direction is the same as that of the first plate portion; and a first engaging portion which is provided between the first plate portion and the second plate portion in a direction orthogonal to a vertical direction and the plate thickness direction of the first plate portion and is bent so as to be away from the first plate portion in the plate thickness direction of the first plate portion, the first plate portion, the second plate portion, and the first engaging portion being formed integrally with each other, wherein the second sheet metal includes: a third plate portion with which the first engaging portion engages; a second engaging portion which is bent so as to be away from the third plate portion in a plate thickness diType: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Toshiro Tomono, Takahiro Kobayashi, Ryota Yasui, Ken Swysen
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Publication number: 20210063945Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus comprising: a first support which supports a image forming unit; a second support which is arranged with an interval from the first support and supports the image forming unit; a third support which connects the first support and the second support to each other; a first sheet metal which is provided in the first support and includes a first plate portion in which a first through-hole is formed and an engaged portion which is adjacent to the first through-hole and is bent and raised in a direction vertical to a flat surface of the first plate portion; a second sheet metal which is provided in the second support and includes a second plate portion in which a second through-hole is formed and a protrusion portion which protrudes in a plate thickness direction of the second plate portion; and a third sheet metal which is provided in the third support, has one end portion inserted into the first through-hole, and includes a third plate portion in which a third througType: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Ryoichi Kawasumi, Takahiro Kobayashi, Ken Swysen