Patents by Inventor Tomoo Ikeda
Tomoo Ikeda 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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Publication number: 20250207661Abstract: A power transmission device includes a case that houses a power transmission mechanism, a control valve arranged upright inside the case, and first and second pumps configured to supply oil to the control valve. The case has a first support wall that supports an axis of rotation of the power transmission mechanism, a second support wall that supports the control valve and is arranged aligned with the axis of rotation, a first chamber located on one side of the first support wall, a second chamber adjacent to the first chamber across the second support wall, and a third support wall extending from the second support wall along the axis of rotation to the other side of the first support wall. The first pump is mounted on the first support wall inside the first chamber. The second pump is mounted on the third support wall inside the second chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Katsunori YAMASHITA, Hirohisa YUKAWA, Masahiro KOUYA, Tomoo IKEDA, Kenji KOJIMA, Akira HIGASHIYAMA, Yasuaki YUMOTO, Tsutomu ITOU, Kazuya NUMATA, Junnosuke KAWAHARA, Kazunori AKIYAMA
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Publication number: 20250189033Abstract: A power transmission device includes a case that houses a power transmission mechanism, a control valve configured to control an oil pressure supplied to the power transmission mechanism, and an electric pump configured to supply oil to the control valve. The case has a first chamber that houses the power transmission mechanism, and a second chamber that is arranged adjacent to the first chamber. The control valve and the electric pump are arranged upright in the second chamber. In the case, a first recess that is recessed from above the electric pump toward the electric pump is formed in a region that overlaps the electric pump, as viewed from above along an axis of rotation of the electric pump, and a connector of the electric pump is arranged such that a connection part with a mating connector faces up in the first recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: June 12, 2025Inventors: Katsunori YAMASHITA, Hirohisa YUKAWA, Masahiro KOUYA, Tomoo IKEDA
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Patent number: 12044303Abstract: An apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a power transmission mechanism, a lubricating oil passage that is located downstream of the heat exchanger and guides lubricating oil to the power transmission mechanism, and a drain oil passage that is located downstream of the heat exchanger and drains the lubricating oil.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Kakimi, Tomoo Ikeda
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Patent number: 11852226Abstract: An oil passage structure, includes a first tubular member configured to externally fit on a support wall portion and a second tubular member configured to internally fit in the support wall portion and supports an outer periphery of the shaft. An oil passage along a rotation axis direction of the shaft is provided at at least one of a location between the support wall portion and the first tubular member and a location between the support wall portion and the second tubular member.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoo Ikeda
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Publication number: 20230323940Abstract: An apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a power transmission mechanism, a lubricating oil passage that is located downstream of the heat exchanger and guides lubricating oil to the power transmission mechanism, and a drain oil passage that is located downstream of the heat exchanger and drains the lubricating oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira KAKIMI, Tomoo IKEDA
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Patent number: 11563386Abstract: Provided are an electromechanical transducer including a light movable member that is easy to move and charged portions whose amount of electrostatic charge does not substantially change over time and a method for manufacturing such an electromechanical transducer.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoo Ikeda, Izumi Yamamoto, Takuya Shirai, Yudai Hoshi
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Publication number: 20230009118Abstract: An oil passage structure, includes a first tubular member configured to externally fit on a support wall portion and a second tubular member configured to internally fit in the support wall portion and supports an outer periphery of the shaft. An oil passage along a rotation axis direction of the shaft is provided at at least one of a location between the support wall portion and the first tubular member and a location between the support wall portion and the second tubular member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoo IKEDA
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Publication number: 20210367535Abstract: Provided are an electromechanical transducer including a light movable member that is easy to move and charged portions whose amount of electrostatic charge does not substantially change over time and a method for manufacturing such an electromechanical transducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Tomoo IKEDA, Izumi YAMAMOTO, Takuya SHIRAI, Yudai HOSHI
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Patent number: 11042124Abstract: By configuring a timepiece component to include an intermediate film provided on at least a portion of a surface of a base material formed by using a nonconductive first material as a main component and to include a buffer film stacked on the intermediate film and mainly composed of a second material having a tenacity higher than that of the first material, the timepiece component may be manufactured with high precision, the weight thereof may be reduced, and even when the base material is formed by using a brittle material such as silicon, the timepiece component becomes resistant to breakage and capable of exhibiting high strength when an impact is externally applied.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoo Ikeda
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Patent number: 10840826Abstract: Provided is an electromechanical transducer including a lightweight and impact-resistant movable member. The electromechanical transducer using electrostatic interaction between charged portions and opposing electrodes to convert between electric power and motive power includes: a movable member having first electrodes and first grooves in a first surface thereof and having second grooves in a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a fixed substrate having second electrodes and facing the first surface of the movable member. One of the first electrodes and the second electrodes are charged portions carrying electrostatic charge while the other of the first electrodes and the second electrodes are opposing electrodes facing the charged portions. The first and second electrodes are each disposed at intervals in a moving direction of the movable member.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoo Ikeda
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Patent number: 10370769Abstract: In manufacturing of a first electroformed component and a second electroformed component having portions fitted to each other into close contact, after the first electroformed component is formed, the first electroformed component is used as a portion of an electroforming mold to form the second electroformed component. Using the first electroformed component as a portion of the electroforming mold to form the second electroformed component, the shape of the first electroformed component is transferred to the second electroformed component. As a result, multiple types of components differing in shape may be accurately manufactured concurrently in a series of manufacturing steps.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Abe, Tomoo Ikeda, Ryoichi Shima, Yoshiki Ono, Taku Asami, Yosuke Sasaki
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Publication number: 20190222142Abstract: Provided is an electromechanical transducer including a lightweight and impact-resistant movable member. The electromechanical transducer using electrostatic interaction between charged portions and opposing electrodes to convert between electric power and motive power includes: a movable member having first electrodes and first grooves in a first surface thereof and having second grooves in a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a fixed substrate having second electrodes and facing the first surface of the movable member. One of the first electrodes and the second electrodes are charged portions carrying electrostatic charge while the other of the first electrodes and the second electrodes are opposing electrodes facing the charged portions. The first and second electrodes are each disposed at intervals in a moving direction of the movable member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventor: Tomoo IKEDA
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Patent number: 10304457Abstract: According to one embodiment, a transcription support system supports transcription work to convert voice data to text. The system includes a first storage unit configured to store therein the voice data; a playback unit configured to play back the voice data; a second storage unit configured to store therein voice indices, each of which associates a character string obtained from a voice recognition process with voice positional information, for which the voice positional information is indicative of a temporal position in the voice data and corresponds to the character string; a text creating unit that creates the text in response to an operation input of a user; and an estimation unit configured to estimate already-transcribed voice positional information indicative of a position at which the creation of the text is completed in the voice data based on the voice indices.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hirokazu Suzuki, Nobuhiro Shimogori, Tomoo Ikeda, Kouji Ueno, Osamu Nishiyama, Manabu Nagao
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Patent number: 10274897Abstract: A governor includes a balance spring including a base member made of silicon, for example, and a balance wheel. The balance spring includes a coating film of DLC that is applied to a surface of the silicon base member to improve the strength of the balance spring. A spring constant of the balance spring changes in accordance with the temperature change. A moment of inertia of the balance wheel changes in accordance with the temperature change. A change in an oscillation period due to the temperature change is suppressed by the change in the spring constant of the balance spring and by the change in the moment of inertia of the balance wheel.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoo Ikeda, Yusaku Niida, Yosuke Abe
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Publication number: 20180150030Abstract: A governor includes a balance spring including a base member made of silicon, for example, and a balance wheel. The balance spring includes a coating film of DLC that is applied to a surface of the silicon base member to improve the strength of the balance spring. A spring constant of the balance spring changes in accordance with the temperature change. A moment of inertia of the balance wheel changes in accordance with the temperature change. A change in an oscillation period due to the temperature change is suppressed by the change in the spring constant of the balance spring and by the change in the moment of inertia of the balance wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Tomoo Ikeda, Yusaku Niida, Yosuke Abe
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Publication number: 20170371300Abstract: By configuring a timepiece component to include an intermediate film provided on at least a portion of a surface of a base material formed by using a nonconductive first material as a main component and to include a buffer film stacked on the intermediate film and mainly composed of a second material having a tenacity higher than that of the first material, the timepiece component may be manufactured with high precision, the weight thereof may be reduced, and even when the base material is formed by using a brittle material such as silicon, the timepiece component becomes resistant to breakage and capable of exhibiting high strength when an impact is externally applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoo IKEDA
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Publication number: 20170362728Abstract: In manufacturing of a first electroformed component and a second electroformed component having portions fitted to each other into close contact, after the first electroformed component is formed, the first electroformed component is used as a portion of an electroforming mold to form the second electroformed component. Using the first electroformed component as a portion of the electroforming mold to form the second electroformed component, the shape of the first electroformed component is transferred to the second electroformed component. As a result, multiple types of components differing in shape may be accurately manufactured concurrently in a series of manufacturing steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke ABE, Tomoo IKEDA, Ryoichi SHIMA, yoshiki ONO, Taku ASAMI, Yosuke SASAKI
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Patent number: 9798804Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a detector, an acquisition unit, and a search unit. The storage unit configured to store therein voice indices, each of which associates a character string included in voice text data obtained from a voice recognition process with voice positional information, the voice positional information indicating a temporal position in the voice data and corresponding to the character string. The acquisition unit acquires reading information being at least a part of a character string representing a reading of a phrase to be transcribed from the voice data played back. The search unit specifies, as search targets, character strings whose associated voice positional information is included in the played-back section information among the character strings included in the voice indices, and retrieves a character string including the reading represented by the reading information from among the specified character strings.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Nobuhiro Shimogori, Tomoo Ikeda, Kouji Ueno, Osamu Nishiyama, Hirokazu Suzuki, Manabu Nagao
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Patent number: 9489946Abstract: In an embodiment, a transcription support system includes: a first storage, a playback unit, a second storage, a text generating unit, an estimating unit, and a setting unit. The first storage stores the voice data therein; a playback unit plays back the voice data; and a second storage stores voice indices, each of which associates a character string obtained from a voice recognition process with voice positional information, for which the voice positional information is indicative of a temporal position in the voice data and corresponds to the character string. The text creating unit creates text; the estimating unit estimates already-transcribed voice positional information based on the voice indices; and the setting unit sets a playback starting position that indicates a position at which playback is started in the voice data based on the already-transcribed voice positional information.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kouji Ueno, Nobuhiro Shimogori, Tomoo Ikeda, Osamu Nisiyama, Hirokazu Suzuki, Manabu Nagao
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Patent number: 9460718Abstract: According to an embodiment, a text generator includes a recognizer, a selector, and a generation unit. The recognizer is configured to recognize an acquired sound and obtain recognized character strings in recognition units and confidence levels of the recognized character strings. The selector is configured to select at least one of the recognized character strings used for a transcribed sentence on the basis of at least one of a parameter about transcription accuracy and a parameter about a workload needed for transcription. The generation unit is configured to generate the transcribed sentence using the selected recognized character strings.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Taira Ashikawa, Osamu Nishiyama, Tomoo Ikeda, Koji Ueno, Kouta Nakata