Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Ando

Tomohiro 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).

  • Publication number: 20260058551
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voltage conversion circuit includes a current limit circuit having a first switch, a charge pump circuit having a first stage diode connected to the current limit circuit, and two or more subsequent stage diodes connected in series to each other and to the first stage diode, and a current supply circuit having a rectifier connected to a node between the subsequent stage diodes of the charge pump circuit, wherein a forward direction of the rectifier extends through the rectifier to the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2025
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventor: Tomohiro ANDO
  • Patent number: 12416937
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a first circuit configured to drive a load couplable to a first terminal by supplying a load current to the load; and a third circuit including a second circuit configured to copy the load current based on a first voltage of the first terminal and output a first current obtained by copying the load current, the third circuit being configured to monitor a second current based on the first current. The third circuit further includes a fourth circuit configured to adjust the second current in a case where the load current is not supplied to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Ando
  • Publication number: 20250188581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ferritic stainless steel containing: C?0.03 mass %; Si?0.05 mass %; 0.30 mass %?Mn?1.00 mass %; P?0.05 mass %; S?0.05 mass %; Cu?0.10 mass %; 20.0 mass %?Cr?25.0 mass %; V?0.10 mass %; Co?0.10 mass %; Al?0.10 mass %; 0.01 mass %?Ti?0.30 mass %; N?0.03 mass %; 0.05 mass %?La?0.30 mass %; and Ni?2.00 mass %; and at least one selected from the group consisting of 0.10 mass %?W?2.00 mass % and 0.10 mass %?Mo?2.00 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Ryoga SOEDA, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI, Tomohiro ANDO, Chihiro FURUSHO
  • Publication number: 20250188583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ferritic stainless steel containing: 0 mass %<C?0.03 mass %; Si?0.05 mass %; 0.30 mass %?Mn?1.00 mass %; P?0.05 mass %; S?0.05 mass %; Cu?0.10 mass %; Ni?0.20 mass %; 20.0 mass %?Cr?25.0 mass %; Co?0.10 mass %; Al?0.10 mass %; 0.01 mass %?Ti?0.30 mass %; 0 mass %<N?0.03 mass %; 0.05 mass %?La?0.30 mass %; and at least one element selected from the group consisting of: 0.05 mass %?V?2.00 mass %, 0.05 mass %?Nb?2.00 mass %, 0.05 mass %?Ta?0.30 mass %, and 0.0010 mass %?B?0.0100 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Ryoga SOEDA, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI, Tomohiro ANDO, Chihiro FURUSHO
  • Publication number: 20250101560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an austenitic stainless steel, consisting of: C?0.10 mass %, Si?0.50 mass %, 3.0 mass %?Mn?8.0 mass %, P?0.30 mass %, S?0.30 mass %, 7.0 mass %?Ni?12.0 mass %, 18.0 mass %?Cr ?28.0 mass %, 1.0 mass %?Mo?3.0 mass %, 0.03 mass %?V?0.50 mass %, 0.0003 mass %?B?0.0300 mass %, 0.0001 mass %?Ca?0.0300 mass %, 0.35 mass %?N?0.80 mass %, and 0.001 mass %?Co?1.00 mass %, and optionally, W?2.0 mass %, Zr?0.20 mass %, and Ta?0.50 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a number density of coarse alloy carbonitrides of 3×105 pieces/mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Daisuke KUDO, Tomohiro ANDO, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20250103080
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a first circuit configured to drive a load couplable to a first terminal by supplying a load current to the load; and a third circuit including a second circuit configured to copy the load current based on a first voltage of the first terminal and output a first current obtained by copying the load current, the third circuit being configured to monitor a second current based on the first current. The third circuit further includes a fourth circuit configured to adjust the second current in a case where the load current is not supplied to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro ANDO
  • Patent number: 12188113
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an austenitic stainless steel contains C?0.10 mass %, Si?0.50 mass %, 3.0?Mn?8.0 mass %, P?0.30 mass %, S?0.30 mass %, 7.0?Ni?12.0 mass %, 18.0?Cr?28.0 mass %, 1.0?Mo?3.0 mass %, 0.03?V?0.50 mass %, 0.0003?B?0.0300 mass %, 0.0001?Ca?0.0300 mass %, 0.35?N?0.80 mass %, W?2.0 mass %, Zr?0.20 mass %, Cu?0.5 mass %, Al?0.10 mass %, and O?0.050 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The austenitic stainless steel has a number density of coarse alloy carbonitrides of 3×105 pieces/mm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takahashi, Daisuke Kudo, Tomohiro Ando, Yoshihiko Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20240279764
    Abstract: Disclosed is a martensitic stainless steel for a hydrogen gas environment, having a composition consisting of: 0.02 mass %?C?0.30 mass %, Si?1.50 mass %, Mn?1.50 mass %, P?0.150 mass %, S?0.150 mass %, 8.0 mass %?Cr?22.0 mass %, 1.0 mass %?Ni?6.0 mass %, 0.01 mass %?Nb?1.0 mass %, and N?0.12 mass %, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of: Cu?6.00 mass %, Mo?3.00 mass %, V?1.50 mass %, and B?0.0500 mass %, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; having: a crystal grain size number of prior austenite grains of 2.0 or more, an amount of retained austenite of 40 vol % or less, a tensile strength of 1,500 MPa or less, and satisfying DH2(0.7)/Dair?0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Daisuke KUDO, Tomohiro ANDO, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI, Huhei OGAWA, Hisao MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20240247331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an austenitic stainless steel for high-pressure hydrogen gas or liquid hydrogen, having a composition consisting of: C?0.20 mass %, 0.10 mass %? Si?1.00 mass %, 0.10 mass %?Mn?2.0 mass %, P?0.050 mass %, S?0.050 mass %, 2.0 mass %?Cu<4.0 mass %, 8.0 mass %? Ni?11.5 mass %, 17.0 mass %<Cr?22.0 mass %, Mo?0.20 mass %, and N?0.050 mass %, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; having an Ni equivalent Nieq of 24.0 or more; and having a relative reduction in area of 0.8 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke KUDO, Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro ANDO, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20240209468
    Abstract: Disclosed is a martensitic stainless steel material for a hydrogen gas environment, having a composition consisting of: 0.03 mass %?C?1.20 mass %, Si?1.00 mass %, Mn?1.50 mass %, P?0.060 mass %, S?0.250 mass %, Cu?0.50 mass %, 8.0 mass %?Cr?22.0 mass %, Ni?1.00 mass %, and N?0.40 mass %, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of: Mo?3.00 mass %, V?1.50 mass %, Nb?1.00 mass %, Pb?0.30 mass %, and B?0.0500 mass %, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; having: a content of a precipitate of 1.50 mass % or more, a crystal grain size number of prior austenite grains of 2.0 or more, a metal structure including a martensite structure, a tensile strength of 1,800 MPa or less, and satisfying DH2(0.7)/Dair?0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Daisuke KUDO, Tomohiro ANDO, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI, Yuhei OGAWA, Hisao MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230257861
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an austenitic stainless steel contains C?0.10 mass %, Si?0.50 mass %, 3.0?Mn?8.0 mass %, P?0.30 mass %, S?0.30 mass %, 7.0 Ni?12.0 mass %, 18.0?Cr?28.0 mass %, 1.0?Mo?3.0 mass %, 0.03?V?0.50 mass %, 0.0003?B?0.0300 mass %, 0.0001?Ca?0.0300 mass %, 0.35?N?0.80 mass %, W?2.0 mass %, Zr?0.20 mass %, Cu?0.5 mass %, Al?0.10 mass %, and O?0.050 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The austenitic stainless steel has a number density of coarse alloy carbonitrides of 3×105 pieces/mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Daisuke Kudo, Tomohiro Ando, Yoshikiko Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 11378598
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit device has a first switching element that is connected between first and second nodes, a second switching element that is connected between the first node and a third node and outputs a current that is 1/K times as much as an output current of the first switching element, and an amplifier that controls, by a signal provided by amplifying a voltage difference between the third node and a fourth node, a conduction state of a third switching element that is connected between the fourth node and a fifth node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ando, Kazuhiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20210278445
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit device has a first switching element that is connected between first and second nodes, a second switching element that is connected between the first node and a third node and outputs a current that is 1/K times as much as an output current of the first switching element, and an amplifier that controls, by a signal provided by amplifying a voltage difference between the third node and a fourth node, a conduction state of a third switching element that is connected between the fourth node and a fifth node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro ANDO, Kazuhiro TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9977293
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide electronic eyeglass and liquid crystal lens production methods that eliminate the need for forming a liquid crystal injection path in the liquid crystal lens, while making provisions so as to be able to sufficiently maintain a prescribed gap between substrates. The electronic eyeglass and liquid crystal lens production methods includes the steps of placing a sealing agent so as to form a closed planar region on at least one of first and second transparent substrates, dropping a liquid crystal material into an inside space enclosed by the sealing agent, bonding the other of the transparent substrates onto the one transparent substrate on which the liquid crystal material has been dripped, and filling a resin into a space created outside the sealing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ando, Kenji Matsumoto, Ayano Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20160357490
    Abstract: Acquiring means acquires relevant information (for example, information indicative of an amount of processing that has been performed relative to the content based on a user's operation) relevant to content. Selecting means selects one or more content from among a plurality of content corresponding to a plurality of items of display information displayed on first display means, based on relevant information acquired by acquiring means for each of the plurality of content. Display control means causes second display means to display the one or more content selected by selecting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Satoru KAWAMURA, Takashi OOMIYA, Tomohiro ANDO, Akihiro ICHINOSE, Masami NAGATA
  • Patent number: 8994885
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pre-edging lens and a method for manufacturing an edged lens, wherein provisions are made to be able to maintain the cell gap of a liquid crystal lens structure constant while, in effect, eliminating the need to incorporate any spacers in the edged lens. More specifically, the invention provides a pre-edging lens and a method for manufacturing an edged lens, wherein the pre-edging lens includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a first sealing material which does not contain any spacer, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and sealed by the first seal, and a second seal which contains a spacer and which is disposed in a region provided between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and located outwardly of the first seal, the region being removed during edging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ando, Kenji Matsumoto, Ayano Tanabe
  • Patent number: 8611961
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device of the invention is a mobile terminal device capable of placing and receiving calls by first identification information, and of placing and receiving calls by second identification information, and is characterized by having a mode changing section that changes a mode among a first mode, a second mode and a common mode, and an outgoing call control section which places a call by the first identification information in the first mode, places a call by the second identification information in the second mode, and places a call by either the first identification information or the second identification information in the common mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Akiko Irie, Takayuki Yoshihara, Tetsuya Miyakawa, Yasushi Tachibana, Takayuki Orii, Takeshi Natsuno, Tomohiro Ando
  • Patent number: 8548724
    Abstract: The positioning terminal of the present invention includes a positioning unit 103 configured to perform positioning processing for acquiring position information which indicate a current position of the positioning terminal, a route storage unit 104 configured to store a registered route formed by concatenating location points indicated by position information previously acquired by the positioning unit 103, a route matching determining unit 106 configured to determine whether or not the positioning terminal 10 moves on the registered route, and a continuous positioning control unit 109 configured to change a positioning interval at which the positioning unit 103 performs positioning processing from a time interval TI1 to a time interval TI2 which is longer than the time interval TI1, when it is determined that the positioning terminal moves on the registered route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ando, Makoto Ueda, Takenori Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20130107186
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pre-edging lens and a method for manufacturing an edged lens, wherein provisions are made to be able to maintain the cell gap of a liquid crystal lens structure constant while, in effect, eliminating the need to incorporate any spacers in the edged lens. More specifically, the invention provides a pre-edging lens and a method for manufacturing an edged lens, wherein the pre-edging lens includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a first sealing material which does not contain any spacer, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and sealed by the first seal, and a second seal which contains a spacer and which is disposed in a region provided between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and located outwardly of the first seal, the region being removed during edging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ando, Kenji Matsumoto, Ayano Tanabe
  • Patent number: 8428656
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device of the invention is a mobile terminal device capable of placing and receiving calls by first identification information, and of placing and receiving calls by second identification information, and is characterized by having a mode changing section that changes a mode among a first mode, a second mode and a common mode, and an outgoing call control section which places a call by the first identification information in the first mode, places a call by the second identification information in the second mode, and places a call by either the first identification information or the second identification information in the common mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Akiko Irie, Takayuki Yoshihara, Tetsuya Miyakawa, Yasushi Tachibana, Takayuki Orii, Takeshi Natsuno, Tomohiro Ando