Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Ando

Tomoaki Ando 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: 11919697
    Abstract: An air cushioning material includes: a first module including a first air cell containing air, a second air cell containing air, and a first belt-like part connecting the first air cell and the second air cell to each other; a second module including a third air cell containing air, a fourth air cell containing air, and a second belt-like part connecting the third air cell and the fourth air cell to each other; a coupling part that couples a part of the second air cell and a part of the fourth air cell in a second direction, where a direction from the second air cell toward the first air cell and a direction from the fourth air cell toward the third air cell are defined as a first direction, and a direction intersecting the first direction is defined as the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ito, Yuichi Ando, Masato Shimokawara, Hiroaki Takada, Tsuyoshi Tamaru, Masato Shinomura
  • Publication number: 20220289005
    Abstract: A wall surface of a reinforcing bracket is provided with engagement holes (engaged portions) on a front side and a rear side, respectively. A lower arm of a front door and a lower arm of a rear door are each provided with an engagement projection (engaging portion) that engages with an engagement hole when the front door and the rear door fully close.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichiro Saiki, Takashi Fukahori, Joji Goto, Tomoaki Ando, Katsuhiro Yoshiyama
  • Patent number: 10971965
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, and a circuit board below the stator. The stator includes an insulator to cover at least a portion of each of an upper surface, a lower surface, and circumferential side surfaces of each of teeth of the stator, coils each of which is defined by a conducting wire wound around a separate one of the teeth with the insulator therebetween, and a drawn-out wire drawn out from the coils and electrically connected to the circuit board. A lower portion of the insulator includes a guide radially outward of the coils and including a wall extending downward from a lower surface of the insulator and a bend extending radially outward from a lower end of the wall. At least a portion of the drawn-out wire extends in a circumferential direction along a radially outer surface of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Yoshino, Tomoaki Ando
  • Patent number: 10562382
    Abstract: A vehicle sliding door, including: an outer panel; an inner panel; a module panel to which devices are fixed; a first reinforcement member for reinforcing a sliding-direction end portion of the inner panel; and a fixation part to which the inner panel, the module panel and the first reinforcement member are fixed is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahito Kobatake, Masato Asakura, Tomoaki Ando, Kenji Kudo, Katsuhiro Yoshiyama
  • Publication number: 20190305627
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, and a circuit board below the stator. The stator includes an insulator to cover at least a portion of each of an upper surface, a lower surface, and circumferential side surfaces of each of teeth of the stator, coils each of which is defined by a conducting wire wound around a separate one of the teeth with the insulator therebetween, and a drawn-out wire drawn out from the coils and electrically connected to the circuit board. A lower portion of the insulator includes a guide radially outward of the coils and including a wall extending downward from a lower surface of the insulator and a bend extending radially outward from a lower end of the wall. At least a portion of the drawn-out wire extends in a circumferential direction along a radially outer surface of the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Shingo YOSHINO, Tomoaki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20190286420
    Abstract: A processor includes a plurality of arithmetic and logic units configured to operate in parallel with one another and a first reduction circuit including a first adder configured to simultaneously add together a plurality of arithmetic results output from the plurality of arithmetic and logic units. Further, an arithmetic processing device includes a plurality of processors each including the plurality of arithmetic and logic units configured to operate in parallel with one another and a first reduction circuit including a first adder configured to simultaneously add together a plurality of arithmetic results output from the plurality of arithmetic and logic units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Tomoaki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20190199171
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotary portion including a shaft having a center on a vertically extending central axis. A bearing portion rotatably supports the shaft. A stationary portion includes a stator. The bearing portion is radially outward of the shaft and includes a sleeve bearing that contains a lubricating oil; and a housing radially outward of the sleeve bearing. The stator includes a stator core that is radially outward of the housing; and an insulator that covers at least part of the stator core. The insulator includes an upper insulating portion that covers an upper face of the stator core; a connecting portion that extends radially inward from the upper insulating portion; and an insulator inclined portion that is inclined in a direction away from the central axis, away from the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Shingo YOSHINO, Tomoaki ANDO, Masashi NOMURA, Shinsuke HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20190199172
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotary portion including a shaft with a central axis. A bearing portion is radially outward of and rotatably supporting the shaft. A stationary portion includes a stator including a stator core radially outward of the housing; and an insulator at least partially covering the stator core. The bearing portion includes a sleeve bearing containing a lubricating oil; and a housing radially outward of the sleeve bearing. The shaft holds a first member above the sleeve bearing and extending radially outward from the shaft. The housing holds a second member above the sleeve bearing and below the first member and extending radially inward from the housing. The first and second members face each other with a gap therebetween. The second member includes a first hole surrounding the shaft; and at least one second hole radially outward of the first hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Shingo YOSHINO, Tomoaki ANDO, Masashi NOMURA, Shinsuke HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20190001796
    Abstract: A vehicle sliding door, including: an outer panel; an inner panel; a module panel to which devices are fixed; a first reinforcement member for reinforcing a sliding-direction end portion of the inner panel; and a fixation part to which the inner panel, the module panel and the first reinforcement member are fixed is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Takahito KOBATAKE, Masato ASAKURA, Tomoaki ANDO, Kenji KUDO, Katsuhiro YOSHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20080067704
    Abstract: The micro-molding equipment contains a preform molding equipment 10 taking a single-cavity of a preform material 3 corresponding to a small precision optical component to be molded with a runnerless mold, and a precision compression molding equipment 40 for after molding the preform material 3 by primary compression molding in a vacuum state, cooling the preform material to a temperature near a glass transition point, and then re-softening a surface layer of the preform material and molding the same by secondary compression molding to transfer the small precision optical component thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicants: RIKEN, THE NEXSYS CORPORATION, SAN SEIMITSU KAKO LAB., LTD., IKEGAMI MOLD ENGINEERING CO., LTD., ASTOM R&D
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmori, Yoshihiro Uehara, Weimin Lin, Hatsuichi Takeyasu, Masao Washio, Keizo Ikegami, Takeya Shoji, Tomoaki Ando, Yukihiro Shirataki
  • Patent number: 6957370
    Abstract: A DSP comprises pipeline registers, a logical operation circuit, a product-sum circuit, DSP registers and an interface. The DSP registers includes at least a plurality of program control registers and excludes the pipeline registers, the logical operation circuit, the product-sum circuit. The interface is connected to the DSP registers, and causes an external device to be capable of writing and reading out from the DSP registers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Ando
  • Publication number: 20040221212
    Abstract: A DSP comprises pipeline registers, a logical operation circuit, a product-sum circuit, DSP registers and an interface. The DSP registers includes at least a plurality of program control registers and excludes the pipeline registers, the logical operation circuit, the product-sum circuit. The interface is connected to the DSP registers, and causes an external device to be capable of writing and reading out from the DSP registers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Ando
  • Patent number: 6643674
    Abstract: A series of digital data to be filtered is divided into a plurality of frames, and f samples of the digital data of each of the frames are burst-transmitted via a computer bus. In transferring the digital data of any one of the frames, n samples of the digital data belonging to a next frame is transferred, along with the digital data of the one frame, to thereby transfer a time series of the digital data consisting of (f+n) samples that are more than the f samples contained in the one frame. Also, a set of k filter coefficients to be used for filtering arithmetic operations in the frame is burst-transmitted via the computer bus, where n≧k. Filtering arithmetic processor, such as a DSP, connected to the bus carries out filtering arithmetic processing using the transmitted f+n samples of the digital data and k coefficients, to provide filtered data corresponding to at least the number of samples for a single frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Kamiya, Tomoaki Ando
  • Patent number: 6567320
    Abstract: A data write circuit is interposed between a CPU and memory, both of which operate based on the same number of bits (e.g., thirty-two bits). The CPU produces address data for designating a specific address in the memory, and access mode designation data for designating one of a byte access mode, half-word access mode, and word access mode. The data write circuit comprises a decoder for decoding the access mode designation data, a logic circuit for generating selection signals, and four selectors, each of which deals with 8-bit data consisting of eight prescribed bits of the original thirty-two bits. Each selector selects either first data read from the memory or second data output from the CPU. Therefore, each selector is capable of selecting the second data, which are substituted for the first data in the memory. Thus, it is possible to perform write operations in desired units in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Ando
  • Publication number: 20030035323
    Abstract: A data write circuit is interposed between a CPU and memory, both of which operate based on the same number of bits (e.g., thirty-two bits). The CPU produces address data for designating a specific address in the memory, and access mode designation data for designating one of a byte access mode, half-word access mode, and word access mode. The data write circuit comprises a decoder for decoding the access mode designation data, a logic circuit for generating selection signals, and four selectors, each of which deals with 8-bit data consisting of eight prescribed bits of the original thirty-two bits. Each selector selects either first data read from the memory or second data output from the CPU. Therefore, each selector is capable of selecting the second data, which are substituted for the first data in the memory. Thus, it is possible to perform write operations in desired units in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventor: Tomoaki Ando
  • Publication number: 20030023649
    Abstract: A series of digital data to be filtered is divided into a plurality of frames, and f samples of the digital data of each of the frames are burst-transmitted via a computer bus. In transferring the digital data of any one of the frames, n samples of the digital data belonging to a next frame is transferred, along with the digital data of the one frame, to thereby transfer a time series of the digital data consisting of (f+n) samples that are more than the f samples contained in the one frame. Also, a set of k filter coefficients to be used for filtering arithmetic operations in the frame is burst-transmitted via the computer bus, where n≧k. Filtering arithmetic processor, such as a DSP, connected to the bus carries out filtering arithmetic processing using the transmitted f+n samples of the digital data and k coefficients, to provide filtered data corresponding to at least the number of samples for a single frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Kamiya, Tomoaki Ando
  • Patent number: 6487572
    Abstract: A series of digital data to be filtered is divided into a plurality of frames, and f samples of the digital data of each of the frames are burst-transmitted via a computer bus. In transferring the digital data of any one of the frames, n samples of the digital data belonging to a next frame is transferred, along with the digital data of the one frame, to thereby transfer a time series of the digital data consisting of (f+n) samples that are more than the f samples contained in the one frame. Also, a set of k filter coefficients to be used for filtering arithmetic operations in the frame is burst-transmitted via the computer bus, where n≧k. Filtering arithmetic processor, such as a DSP, connected to the bus carries out filtering arithmetic processing using the transmitted f+n samples of the digital data and k coefficients, to provide filtered data corresponding to at least the number of samples for a single frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Yahama Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Kamiya, Tomoaki Ando
  • Publication number: 20020161808
    Abstract: A series of digital data to be filtered is divided into a plurality of frames, and f samples of the digital data of each of the frames are burst-transmitted via a computer bus. In transferring the digital data of any one of the frames, n samples of the digital data belonging to a next frame is transferred, along with the digital data of the one frame, to thereby transfer a time series of the digital data consisting of (f+n) samples that are more than the f samples contained in the one frame. Also, a set of k filter coefficients to be used for filtering arithmetic operations in the frame is burst-transmitted via the computer bus, where n≧k. Filtering arithmetic processor, such as a DSP, connected to the bus carries out filtering arithmetic processing using the transmitted f+n samples of the digital data and k coefficients, to provide filtered data corresponding to at least the number of samples for a single frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 1998
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: RYO KAMIYA, TOMOAKI ANDO
  • Patent number: 6266746
    Abstract: A control apparatus controls writing and reading of data with respect to a memory which is randomly accessible. An address producing device produces an address by a method according to a predetermined rule, in response to a request to access the memory by the method according to the predetermined rule. A switching device selects one of an address with which the memory is randomly accessed and the address produced by the address producing device. Data is written into and read from the memory, at a location that corresponds to the address that is selected by the switching device and supplied to the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Ando