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).
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Patent number: 10347883Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Takasaki, Tomoaki Aoki
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Patent number: 10245475Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: MIZUNO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki Aoki, Daisuke Hosooka, Kazuhiro Doi
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Publication number: 20190022474Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Tomoaki Aoki, Daisuke Hosooka, Kazuhiro Doi
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Patent number: 9985259Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki Aoki, Satoshi Murakami, Keisuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20160218333Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Hiroshi TAKASAKI, Tomoaki AOKI
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Publication number: 20160141573Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Tomoaki AOKI, Satoshi MURAKAMI, Keisuke SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 9016253Abstract: 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 diType: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kaori Kishimoto, Katsutoshi Nakayama, Hiroyuki Kameda, Tomoaki Aoki
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Patent number: 8423661Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignees: 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
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Publication number: 20120288738Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Shunsuke Yasui, Tomoaki Aoki, Hiroshi Takasaki
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Patent number: 8021246Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Mizuno USA, Inc.Inventors: David Llewellyn, Tetsuya Kanayama, Isamu Toshinari, Kazuhiro Doi, Tomoaki Aoki
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Publication number: 20110096667Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventors: Hiroshi Arita, Yasuhiro Nakatsuka, Yasuwo Watanabe, Kei Ouchi, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Toshinobu Kanai, Masanobu Tanaka, Kenji Furuhashi, Tomoaki Aoki
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Patent number: 7814223Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2008Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignees: 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
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Publication number: 20100160067Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: MIZUNO USA, INCInventors: DAVID LLEWELLYN, Tetsuya Kanayama, Isamu Toshinari, Kazuhiro Doi, Tomoaki Aoki
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Publication number: 20090253531Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicants: Mizuno Corporation, Mizuno Technics CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Takayuki Mine, Masami Oohashi, Tomoaki Aoki
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Publication number: 20090247317Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicants: Mizuno Corporation, Mizuno Technics CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Takayuki Mine, Masami Oohashi, Tomoaki Aoki
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Publication number: 20090092147Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Hiroshi Arita, Yasuhiro Nakatsuka, Tasuwo Watanabe, Kei Ouchi, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Toshinobu Kanai, Masanobu Tanaka, Kenji Furuhashi, Tomoaki Aoki
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Patent number: D600765Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Mizuno USA, Inc.Inventors: David Llewellyn, Richard Delvac, Isamu Toshinari, Tomoaki Aoki
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Patent number: D611554Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2009Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Mizuno USA, Inc.Inventors: David Llewellyn, Tetsuya Kanayama, Tsugunobo Sakamoto, Tomoaki Aoki
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Patent number: D720415Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Mizuno USA, Inc.Inventors: Richard Delvac, Tomoaki Aoki, Kazuhiko Natori
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Patent number: D736874Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Mizuno USA, Inc.Inventors: Tomoaki Aoki, Kazuhiko Natori