Patents by Inventor Takahiro Kono

Takahiro Kono 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: 20240079491
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor chip having a transistor region and a diode region, and a conductor. The semiconductor chip includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a silicon carbide layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a gate electrode. The first electrode includes a first region in the transistor region and a second region in the diode region. A first contact area between the conductor and the first region is larger than a second contact area between the conductor and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Teruyuki OHASHI, Hiroshi KONO, Shunsuke ASABA, Takahiro OGATA
  • Publication number: 20240079453
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor chip having a transistor region and a diode region, a first conductor, and a second conductor. The semiconductor chip includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a silicon carbide layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a gate electrode. The transistor region is provided with a third electrode spaced apart from the first electrode and close to the diode region. One end of the first conductor is in contact with the first electrode, and one end of the second conductor is in contact with the third electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Teruyuki OHASHI, Hiroshi KONO, Shunsuke ASABA, Takahiro OGATA
  • Publication number: 20240072121
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a transistor region and a diode region. The transistor region includes n-type first SiC region having a first portion contacting a first plane, p-type second SiC region, n-type third SiC region, and a gate electrode. The diode region includes the first SiC region having a second portion contacting the first plane and p-type fourth SiC region. The semiconductor device includes a first electrode contacting the first portion and the second portion and a second electrode contacting a second plane. An occupied area per unit area of the fourth SiC region is larger than an occupied area per unit area of the second SiC region. In addition, a first diode region is provided between a first transistor region and a second transistor region. An inorganic insulating layer is provided between the first electrode and a gate wiring adjacent to the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Teruyuki OHASHI, Tatsuo SHIMIZU, Hiroshi KONO, Shunsuke ASABA, Takahiro OGATA
  • Publication number: 20240072120
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a transistor region and a diode region. The transistor region includes a first silicon carbide region of n-type having a first portion in contact with a first plane, a second silicon carbide region of p-type, a third silicon carbide region of n-type, and a gate electrode. The diode region includes the first silicon carbide region of n-type having a second portion in contact with the first plane and a fourth silicon carbide region of p-type. The semiconductor device includes a gate wiring electrically connected to the gate electrode. A distance between a high-concentration portion included in the fourth silicon carbide region and the gate wiring is larger than a distance between a high-concentration portion included in the second silicon carbide region and the gate wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Teruyuki OHASHI, Hiroshi KONO, Shunsuke ASABA, Takahiro OGATA
  • Patent number: 11773845
    Abstract: A helical gear pump includes a casing including a body (11), a front cover (12), and a rear cover (13), a pair of helical gears (23) and (24) that are housed in a hole portion formed on the body (11) and mesh with each other, and a pair of bearing cases (25) and (26) that sandwich the helical gears (23) and (24) in the hole portion. Of the helical gears (23) and (24), the number of teeth of the helical gear (23) on the driving side is larger than the number of teeth of the helical gear (24) on the driven side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kanatani, Takahiro Kono
  • Publication number: 20220235763
    Abstract: A gear pump is capable of maintaining the pump volumetric efficiency for preferably supplying a hydraulic liquid while adequately securing a sealing area, even if a cross sectional area of a flow-in passage is increased. The cross section of a suction passage has a rectangular shape in a side close to a hollow space in a body, and has a circular shape in the outside of the body. The rectangular shape of the suction passage in the hollow space side in the body has a long side extending in a direction along the tooth width of the spur gears, and a short side extending along a direction perpendicular to the tooth width direction. The suction passage has a shape that smoothly connects the rectangular shape in the hollow space side in the body with the circular shape in the outside of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi KANATANI, Takahiro KONO
  • Patent number: 11378076
    Abstract: A gear pump is capable of maintaining the pump volumetric efficiency for preferably supplying a hydraulic liquid while adequately securing a sealing area, even if a cross sectional area of a flow-in passage is increased. The cross section of a suction passage has a rectangular shape in a side close to a hollow space in a body, and has a circular shape in the outside of the body. The rectangular shape of the suction passage in the hollow space side in the body has a long side extending in a direction along the tooth width of the spur gears, and a short side extending along a direction perpendicular to the tooth width direction. The suction passage has a shape that smoothly connects the rectangular shape in the hollow space side in the body with the circular shape in the outside of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kanatani, Takahiro Kono
  • Publication number: 20220112894
    Abstract: A helical gear pump includes a casing including a body (11), a front cover (12), and a rear cover (13), a pair of helical gears (23) and (24) that are housed in a hole portion formed on the body (11) and mesh with each other, and a pair of bearing cases (25) and (26) that sandwich the helical gears (23) and (24) in the hole portion. Of the helical gears (23) and (24), the number of teeth of the helical gear (23) on the driving side is larger than the number of teeth of the helical gear (24) on the driven side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi KANATANI, Takahiro KONO
  • Publication number: 20210302084
    Abstract: The present invention provides a control device for detecting an abnormal operation state of a compressor in a parallel refrigerator. The control device is a control device for a refrigerator that includes a plurality of compressors connected in parallel, and detects occurrence of surging and occurrence of droplet suction on the basis of a deviation between values of currents flowing through electric motors that is configured to drive each of the plurality of compressors, and an operation point indicated by the air volume and the compression ratio of the plurality of compressors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke SUEMITSU, Akimasa YOKOYAMA, Takahiro KONO, Yasushi HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10795535
    Abstract: Provided are a display control method by which the user can cause, with enhanced ease of use, one display device to display multiple screens, and a computer program, a display control device, and an image display system. A working area generation unit generates multiple areas corresponding to multiple display areas displayed on a display screen and positions the generated areas in a working area. When only a display area A (parent screen) is displayed on the display screen (when the PinP function is disabled), a pointer position monitoring unit determines whether the pointer position has moved from an area a to an area b and outputs the determination to a simultaneous display command generation unit. If so determined, the simultaneous display command generation unit outputs a PinP function enable command to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kono, Yoichi Ohoto, Masaki Kita
  • Publication number: 20200173693
    Abstract: To provide a control device of a refrigerating cycle, a heat source device, and a control method therefor which are capable of realizing a stable low-load operation without using a hot gas bypass pipe. A centrifugal chiller includes a compressor compressing a refrigerant; a condenser condensing the refrigerant compressed by the compressor; an expansion valve expanding a liquid refrigerant delivered from the condenser; an evaporator evaporating the refrigerant expanded by the expansion valve; and a control device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akimasa YOKOYAMA, Takahiro KONO
  • Publication number: 20200096243
    Abstract: There is provided a chiller control device (50) of a chiller system (1) that is provided with a centrifugal chiller (11) provided with a compressor (60) rotated by a motor (72), an operation panel (20) which is provided in the centrifugal chiller (11), operates the centrifugal chiller (11), and displays a state of the centrifugal chiller (11), and a starting panel (20) which supplies power to the motor (72) and starts the motor (72). The starting panel (10) begins supplying power to the motor (72) of the compressor (60) in response to a start command from the centrifugal chiller (11) to start the motor (72), and outputs a start answer and a start completion signal to the centrifugal chiller (11), and an abnormal state is output to the operation panel (20) if the start answer and/or the start completion signal continue to be output after the centrifugal chiller (11) has stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro KONO, Yasuhiro IKENO, Takaaki MIURA
  • Publication number: 20190378185
    Abstract: An entertainment quality control device capable of controlling various types of entertainment quality. The entertainment quality control apparatus includes: user evaluation means for evaluating a user; and sales permission determination means for determining whether or not to sell a ticket in accordance with a received purchase request in response to a purchase request of a ticket relating to an entertainment from the user, based on evaluation of the ticket to the user by the user evaluation means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: PLAYGROUND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji ITO, Takahiro KONO
  • Publication number: 20190236852
    Abstract: An electronic ticket system and a program have high convenience. In an electronic ticket system including a user terminal having a display device displaying a ticket face of an electronic ticket, and a deletion device deleting the electronic ticket selected by the user terminal. A program causes the user terminal to realize a function of changing a ticket face of the electronic ticket displayed on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: PLAYGROUND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji ITO, Takahiro KONO
  • Patent number: 9458776
    Abstract: Abnormality diagnosis device for a variable valve mechanism configured to open an exhaust valve even during an intake stroke and capable of selecting a first mode wherein the exhaust valve only opens during an exhaust stroke, or a second mode wherein the exhaust valve opens during both an exhaust stroke and an intake stroke. The abnormality diagnosis by the device determines the mechanism is abnormal when a difference between an exhaust gas returning amount calculated to recirculate from an exhaust passage into a cylinder in the second mode based on intake air amounts in the first and second modes, and an exhaust gas returning amount estimated to recirculate from an exhaust passage in the second mode based on an exhaust gas pressure, exceeds a diagnosis threshold value. The higher an exhaust gas pressure is, the larger an exhaust gas returning amount is estimated to be.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haehara, Daishi Ikeda, Takahiro Kono
  • Publication number: 20150293663
    Abstract: Provided are a display control method by which the user can cause, with enhanced ease of use, one display device to display multiple screens, and a computer program, a display control device, and an image display system. A working area generation unit generates multiple areas corresponding to multiple display areas displayed on a display screen and positions the generated areas in a working area. When only a display area A (parent screen) is displayed on the display screen (when the PinP function is disabled), a pointer position monitoring unit determines whether the pointer position has moved from an area a to an area b and outputs the determination to a simultaneous display command generation unit. If so determined, the simultaneous display command generation unit outputs a PinP function enable command to a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: EIZO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kono, Yoichi Ohoto, Masaki Kita
  • Patent number: 9123728
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulation film formed above a semiconductor substrate, a conductor containing Cu formed in the insulation film, and a layer film formed between the insulation film and the conductor and formed of a first metal film containing Ti and a second metal film different from the first metal film, a layer containing Ti and Si is formed on the surface of the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Kono, Shinichi Akiyama, Hirofumi Watatani, Tamotsu Owada
  • Publication number: 20150198104
    Abstract: Abnormality diagnosis device for a variable valve mechanism configured to open an exhaust valve even during an intake stroke and capable of selecting a first mode wherein the exhaust valve only opens during an exhaust stroke, or a second mode wherein the exhaust valve opens during both an exhaust stroke and an intake stroke. The abnormality diagnosis by the device determines the mechanism is abnormal when a difference between an exhaust gas returning amount calculated to recirculate from an exhaust passage into a cylinder in the second mode based on intake air amounts in the first and second modes, and an exhaust gas returning amount estimated to recirculate from an exhaust passage in the second mode based on an exhaust gas pressure, exceeds a diagnosis threshold value. The higher an exhaust gas pressure is, the larger an exhaust gas returning amount is estimated to be.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haehara, Daishi Ikeda, Takahiro Kono
  • Patent number: 9035929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device that measures display characteristics (such as luminance or chromaticity) associated with a display panel. The display device of the present invention has a light sensor (5) provided at a position allowing outgoing light from a screen (1a) of a liquid crystal panel (1), which serves as the display panel, and extraneous light reflected on the screen (1a) to enter the light sensor (5). Since the light sensor (5) is provided at the position, it is possible to measure the characteristics of the display panel and also the characteristics of the extraneous ambient light reflected on the screen. Thus, it is possible to accurately adjust the display characteristics based on the measurement results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: EIZO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Kaji, Takahiro Kono
  • Publication number: 20140225880
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device that measures display characteristics (such as luminance or chromaticity) associated with a display panel. The display device of the present invention has a light sensor (5) provided at a position allowing outgoing light from a screen (1a) of a liquid crystal panel (1), which serves as the display panel, and extraneous light reflected on the screen (1a) to enter the light sensor (5). Since the light sensor (5) is provided at the position, it is possible to measure the characteristics of the display panel and also the characteristics of the extraneous ambient light reflected on the screen. Thus, it is possible to accurately adjust the display characteristics based on the measurement results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: EIZO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi KAJI, Takahiro KONO