Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Aoki

Tomoaki Aoki 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: 10347883
    Abstract: A battery-affixing frame member includes a body plate section and duct-forming members. The duct-forming members are affixed to one surface side of the body plate section and are combined with the body plate section to form gas discharge ducts. The gas discharge ducts are used to discharge gas discharged from the inside of battery modules. The battery-affixing frame member is used to form a battery-affixing member for integrally affixing the battery modules together, the battery modules being arranged on the other surface side of the body plate section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takasaki, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Patent number: 10245475
    Abstract: A golf club head according to an embodiment includes a face having a ball striking surface and a back surface. The back surface of the face has a thick portion located at a generally center portion thereof in a direction from the toe toward the heel, a thin portion located around the thick portion, and a tapered portion located between the thick portion and the thin portion. The thick portion has a first width which is a width in a heel-toe direction, and a second width which is a width in a sole-top direction and is larger than the first width, and the thick portion also has a first thickness. The thin portion has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The tapered portion has a thickness reduced from the side of the thick portion toward the side of the thin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MIZUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Aoki, Daisuke Hosooka, Kazuhiro Doi
  • Publication number: 20190022474
    Abstract: A golf club head according to an embodiment includes a face having a ball striking surface and a back surface. The back surface of the face has a thick portion located at a generally center portion thereof in a direction from the toe toward the heel, a thin portion located around the thick portion, and a tapered portion located between the thick portion and the thin portion. The thick portion has a first width which is a width in a heel-toe direction, and a second width which is a width in a sole-top direction and is larger than the first width, and the thick portion also has a first thickness. The thin portion has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The tapered portion has a thickness reduced from the side of the thick portion toward the side of the thin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoaki Aoki, Daisuke Hosooka, Kazuhiro Doi
  • Patent number: 9985259
    Abstract: Battery pack includes the following elements: large number of battery cells; lower holding member provided to hold the lower parts of large number of battery cells aligned by battery holding parts, and having lower openings for exposing the negative electrode terminal side of the battery cells; a positive electrode current collecting plate and a negative electrode current collecting plate connected to the corresponding terminals of the battery cells; and holder formed of upper holding member and lower holding member. In holder, upper gas channel for guiding the gas jetted from battery cells to the front side is formed. Inside holder, lower gas channel is formed on the periphery of the large number of battery cells. In holder, exhaust port is formed. In upper holding member, a communication hole for allowing communication between upper gas channel and lower gas channel is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Aoki, Satoshi Murakami, Keisuke Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20160218333
    Abstract: A battery-affixing frame member includes a body plate section and duct-forming members. The duct-forming members are affixed to one surface side of the body plate section and are combined with the body plate section to form gas discharge ducts. The gas discharge ducts are used to discharge gas discharged from the inside of battery modules. The battery-affixing frame member is used to form a battery-affixing member for integrally affixing the battery modules together, the battery modules being arranged on the other surface side of the body plate section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKASAKI, Tomoaki AOKI
  • Publication number: 20160141573
    Abstract: Battery pack includes the following elements: large number of battery cells; lower holding member provided to hold the lower parts of large number of battery cells aligned by battery holding parts, and having lower openings for exposing the negative electrode terminal side of the battery cells; a positive electrode current collecting plate and a negative electrode current collecting plate connected to the corresponding terminals of the battery cells; and holder formed of upper holding member and lower holding member. In holder, upper gas channel for guiding the gas jetted from battery cells to the front side is formed. Inside holder, lower gas channel is formed on the periphery of the large number of battery cells. In holder, exhaust port is formed. In upper holding member, a communication hole for allowing communication between upper gas channel and lower gas channel is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoaki AOKI, Satoshi MURAKAMI, Keisuke SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9016253
    Abstract: There is provided a spark plug for an internal combustion engine, including: a center electrode extending in the direction of an axis of the spark plug and having a core of higher thermal expansion coefficient than that of a front end thereof, the center electrode including a flanged portion radially outwardly protruding on a rear side thereof and a cylindrical portion located closer to a front end of the spark plug than the flanged portion and being smaller in diameter than the flanged portion; an insulator having an axial hole in the direction of the axis to retain the flanged portion in the axial hole with the cylindrical portion held in a loose-fit state in the axial hole; and a metal shell accommodating the insulator, wherein the spark plug satisfies the following condition: Cb<Cf where Cb is a difference between an inner diameter of the axial hole and an outer diameter of the cylindrical portion at an arbitrary axial position B in the direction of the axis; and Cf is a difference between the inner di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Kishimoto, Katsutoshi Nakayama, Hiroyuki Kameda, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Patent number: 8423661
    Abstract: A transmit packet generated by a CPU 1 is held in a buffer 100a (100b). From among packets received from Ethernet 820a (820b), a packet, a destination of which is a communication device 800, is held in the buffer 100a (100b). A packet which should be transmitted is transmitted from a transfer judging circuit 200 to Ethernet 820a or 820b through a MAC unit 300a or 300b. If a transfer judging circuit 200 judges a packet from the Ethernet 820a to be a packet, a destination of which is another communication device, with reference to a destination MAC address, this packet is transferred to the Ethernet 820b through MAC 300b. If a usage rate of a transferring FIFO buffer 130a (130b) exceeds a threshold value in the process of transmitting a packet held in a transmitting FIFO buffer 120a (130b) on a priority basis, the priority order of a transfer packet is made higher than that of a transmit packet so that the transfer packet is transferred to the Ethernet 820a or 820b in preference to the transmit packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Hitachi Information & Control Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arita, Yasuhiro Nakatsuka, Yasuwo Watanabe, Kei Ouchi, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Toshinobu Kanai, Masanobu Tanaka, Kenji Furuhashi, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20120288738
    Abstract: A battery pack 200 includes stacked battery modules 100 each including a case 30 in which a plurality of cells 10 are accommodated, and an outlet 33 which is provided to the case 30 and through which gas released from the cell 10 is released outside the case 30. The battery pack 200 is fixed to a rectangular parallelepiped framework 40 built by frame bodies each having a hollow structure, and the outlet 33 of each battery module 100 is connected to an intake port 61 provided to the framework 40. Gas released through the outlet 33 of the battery module 100 flows through a hollow section of the frame body, and is released through an exhaust port 60 provided to the framework 40 to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yasui, Tomoaki Aoki, Hiroshi Takasaki
  • Patent number: 8021246
    Abstract: Described herein are iron golf club heads and sets of iron golf clubs that have variable weight distribution. Each iron golf club head has a cavity and a y-shaped cavity pad disposed on at least a portion of a back wall of the cavity. The y-shaped cavity pad provide reduced vibrations within the cavity when the iron golf club head strikes a golf ball. The y-shaped cavity pad also provides an enlarged sweet spot to provide increased forgiveness for off-center hits. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Mizuno USA, Inc.
    Inventors: David Llewellyn, Tetsuya Kanayama, Isamu Toshinari, Kazuhiro Doi, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20110096667
    Abstract: A transmit packet generated by a CPU 1 is held in a buffer 100a (100b). From among packets received from Ethernet 820a (820b), a packet, a destination of which is a communication device 800, is held in the buffer 100a (100b). A packet which should be transmitted is transmitted from a transfer judging circuit 200 to Ethernet 820a or 820b through a MAC unit 300a or 300b. If a transfer judging circuit 200 judges a packet from the Ethernet 820a to be a packet, a destination of which is another communication device, with reference to a destination MAC address, this packet is transferred to the Ethernet 820b through MAC 300b. If a usage rate of a transferring FIFO buffer 130a (130b) exceeds a threshold value in the process of transmitting a packet held in a transmitting FIFO buffer 120a (130b) on a priority basis, the priority order of a transfer packet is made higher than that of a transmit packet so that the transfer packet is transferred to the Ethernet 820a or 820b in preference to the transmit packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arita, Yasuhiro Nakatsuka, Yasuwo Watanabe, Kei Ouchi, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Toshinobu Kanai, Masanobu Tanaka, Kenji Furuhashi, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Patent number: 7814223
    Abstract: A transmit packet generated by a CPU 1 is held in a buffer 100a (100b). From among packets received from Ethernet 820a (820b), a packet, a destination of which is a communication device 800, is held in the buffer 100a (100b). A packet which should be transmitted is transmitted from a transfer judging circuit 200 to Ethernet 820a or 820b through a MAC unit 300a or 300b. If a transfer judging circuit 200 judges a packet from the Ethernet 820a to be a packet, a destination of which is another communication device, with reference to a destination MAC address, this packet is transferred to the Ethernet 820b through MAC 300b. If a usage rate of a transferring FIFO buffer 130a (130b) exceeds a threshold value in the process of transmitting a packet held in a transmitting FIFO buffer 120a (130b) on a priority basis, the priority order of a transfer packet is made higher than that of a transmit packet so that the transfer packet is transferred to the Ethernet 820a or 820b in preference to the transmit packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corporation, Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi Information & Control Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arita, Yasuhiro Nakatsuka, Yasuwo Watanabe, Kei Ouchi, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Toshinobu Kanai, Masanobu Tanaka, Kenji Furuhashi, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20100160067
    Abstract: Described herein are iron golf club heads and sets of iron golf clubs that have variable weight distribution. Each iron golf club head has a cavity and a y-shaped cavity pad disposed on at least a portion of a back wall of the cavity. The y-shaped cavity pad provide reduced vibrations within the cavity when the iron golf club head strikes a golf ball. The y-shaped cavity pad also provides an enlarged sweet spot to provide increased forgiveness for off-center hits. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: MIZUNO USA, INC
    Inventors: DAVID LLEWELLYN, Tetsuya Kanayama, Isamu Toshinari, Kazuhiro Doi, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20090253531
    Abstract: A golf club attaining good hitting feeling is provided by realizing uniform distribution of grain flows in a face portion. The golf club includes a golf head including a face portion with a ball hitting surface and a neck portion connecting the face portion to a shaft. Grain flows are formed in the golf head, and density of grain flows inside the golf head is made comparable to density of grain flows at a surface layer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicants: Mizuno Corporation, Mizuno Technics Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Takayuki Mine, Masami Oohashi, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20090247317
    Abstract: A golf club that reduces discomfort feeling of a player when he/she hits a ball at a portion other than the sweet spot is provided. The golf club includes a head body including a face body with a ball hitting surface and a neck body connecting the face body to a shaft. The head body includes grain flows extending from the neck body to a toe portion of the face body, and the grain flows are formed in the head body and on a surface of the head body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicants: Mizuno Corporation, Mizuno Technics Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Takayuki Mine, Masami Oohashi, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20090092147
    Abstract: A transmit packet generated by a CPU 1 is held in a buffer 100a (100b). From among packets received from Ethernet 820a (820b), a packet, a destination of which is a communication device 800, is held in the buffer 100a (100b). A packet which should be transmitted is transmitted from a transfer judging circuit 200 to Ethernet 820a or 820b through a MAC unit 300a or 300b. If a transfer judging circuit 200 judges a packet from the Ethernet 820a to be a packet, a destination of which is another communication device, with reference to a destination MAC address, this packet is transferred to the Ethernet 820b through MAC 300b. If a usage rate of a transferring FIFO buffer 130a (130b) exceeds a threshold value in the process of transmitting a packet held in a transmitting FIFO buffer 120a (130b) on a priority basis, the priority order of a transfer packet is made higher than that of a transmit packet so that the transfer packet is transferred to the Ethernet 820a or 820b in preference to the transmit packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arita, Yasuhiro Nakatsuka, Tasuwo Watanabe, Kei Ouchi, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Toshinobu Kanai, Masanobu Tanaka, Kenji Furuhashi, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Patent number: D600765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Mizuno USA, Inc.
    Inventors: David Llewellyn, Richard Delvac, Isamu Toshinari, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Patent number: D611554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Mizuno USA, Inc.
    Inventors: David Llewellyn, Tetsuya Kanayama, Tsugunobo Sakamoto, Tomoaki Aoki
  • Patent number: D720415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mizuno USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Delvac, Tomoaki Aoki, Kazuhiko Natori
  • Patent number: D736874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Mizuno USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Aoki, Kazuhiko Natori