Patents by Inventor Toru Yamashita
Toru Yamashita 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: 20170232736Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus configured to discharge liquid, including: a liquid discharging head including a driving element; a driving device configured to drive the driving element; a power unit; a switch configured to perform switching of voltage supply; and a controller. When the power unit is switched on, the controller causes a power supply voltage of the power unit to be raised up to a first voltage while checking the power supply voltage; and the controller controls the switch to start the voltage supply from the power unit to the driving device while the power supply voltage is being raised up to the first voltage; and under a condition that the voltage supply is started while the power supply voltage is being raised up to the first voltage, the controller controls the driving device to apply the voltage to the driving element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventor: Toru YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 9636908Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus configured to discharge liquid, including: a liquid discharging head including a driving element; a driving device configured to drive the driving element; a power unit; a switch configured to perform switching of voltage supply; and a controller. When the power unit is switched on, the controller causes a power supply voltage of the power unit to be raised up to a first voltage while checking the power supply voltage; and the controller controls the switch to start the voltage supply from the power unit to the driving device while the power supply voltage is being raised up to the first voltage; and under a condition that the voltage supply is started while the power supply voltage is being raised up to the first voltage, the controller controls the driving device to apply the voltage to the driving element.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toru Yamashita
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Publication number: 20170087827Abstract: A head drive IC includes: a first waveform input part to which a first waveform signal being used for generation of drive signals is inputted; a second waveform input part to which a second waveform signal different from the first waveform signal and being used for generation of the drive signals is inputted; a switching signal input part to which a switching signal is inputted; and an input switching circuit which performs switching between a state in which both of the input of the first waveform signal and the input of the second waveform signal are allowed, and a state in which the input of the first waveform signal is allowed and the input of the second waveform signal is blocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventor: Toru YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 9552942Abstract: A gas circuit breaker includes contact rings formed of an elastically deformable material, a movable contact that moves reciprocally along an axis line direction between a current supply position where the movable contact bridges the contact rings and a current cutoff position where the movable contact is separated from both the contact rings, holding tools formed in an annular shape and respectively attached to the contact rings, a covering member having electrically insulating property, slidably attached to a distal end portion of the holding tool in the axis line direction, and configured to be brought into contact with the contact ring, and a covering member having electrically insulating property, slidably attached to a distal end portion of the holding tool in the axis line direction, and configured to be brought into contact with the contact ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Yamashita, Daisuke Yoshida, Hirokazu Otani
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Patent number: 9384924Abstract: Provided are: a hermetically-enclosed tank that is filled with insulating gas; a blocking unit that is provided within the hermetically-enclosed tank and is configured with a movable arc contact and a fixed arc contact opposing each other; a plurality of energizing units, within the hermetically-enclosed tank, that are provided around the blocking unit about its axial line as a center and located away from each other; and a fixed-side auxiliary conductor that is provided between a gas space which stores the energizing units and a gas space on the side of the fixed arc contact. A communication hole is formed on the fixed-side auxiliary conductor so as to communicate the gas space provided between the energizing units with the gas space.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Yamashita, Daisuke Yoshida, Hirokazu Otani
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Publication number: 20160169859Abstract: A deterioration determination apparatus includes an oil temperature detector, an oil temperature rate of increase calculator, a threshold calculator, and a deterioration determination device. The oil temperature detector is configured to detect an oil temperature of oil for lubrication of a transmission in a vehicle. The oil temperature rate of increase calculator is configured to calculate a rate of increase in the oil temperature. The threshold calculator is configured to calculate based on a travel condition of the vehicle a first threshold. The deterioration determination device is configured to compare the rate of increase in the oil temperature with the first threshold. The deterioration determination device is configured to determine that the oil is deteriorated when the rate of increase in the oil temperature is equal to or higher than the first threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Toru YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20160089878Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus configured to discharge liquid, including: a liquid discharging head including a driving element; a driving device configured to drive the driving element; a power unit; a switch configured to perform switching of voltage supply; and a controller. When the power unit is switched on, the controller causes a power supply voltage of the power unit to be raised up to a first voltage while checking the power supply voltage; and the controller controls the switch to start the voltage supply from the power unit to the driving device while the power supply voltage is being raised up to the first voltage; and under a condition that the voltage supply is started while the power supply voltage is being raised up to the first voltage, the controller controls the driving device to apply the voltage to the driving element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventor: Toru YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 9299507Abstract: A mechanical-puffer-type arc-extinguishing chamber includes a fixed main contact, a movable main contact that moves on an opening-and-closing axis in a connectable and disconnectable manner to and from the fixed main contact, and a mechanical puffer chamber that is provided in the movable main contact and blows compressed insulation gas to an arc. A thermal-puffer-type arc-extinguishing chamber includes a fixed contact, a movable contact that moves on the opening-and-closing axis in a connectable and disconnectable manner to and from the fixed contact, and a thermal puffer chamber in which compressed insulation gas is blown to the arc. The mechanical-puffer-type arc-extinguishing chamber and the thermal-puffer-type arc-extinguishing chamber are arranged in series on the opening-and-closing axis, and two breaking portions are electrically connected in series.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Yoshitomo, Toru Yamashita, Daisuke Yoshida
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Patent number: 9293682Abstract: There is provided a liquid jetting apparatus including: a first channel structure; a piezoelectric actuator provided on the first channel structure; and a driving device. The piezoelectric actuator includes: a vibration plate; a plurality of piezoelectric elements each including an activator formed of a piezoelectric material; signal input portions which receive drive signals for driving the plurality of piezoelectric elements from the driving device; a reference potential portion; and actuator wires. The piezoelectric elements include a first and second piezoelectric elements, a length of a wire which connects the first piezoelectric element and the driving device is longer than a length of a wire which connects the second piezoelectric element and the driving device, a capacitor is serially connected to the first piezoelectric element, and the capacitor includes an insulator formed of a piezoelectric material same as the piezoelectric material of the activators of the piezoelectric elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toru Yamashita
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Patent number: 9290759Abstract: The invention provides optimized miRNA sequences and their therapeutic use. The invention provides optimized miRNA constructs for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKInventors: Asa Abeliovich, Hervé Rhinn, Toru Yamashita
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Patent number: 9230750Abstract: An outer peripheral wall surrounds a heating chamber that communicates with an arc chamber through an opening that separates fixed contacts from each other in a circumferential direction. The outer peripheral wall includes a heat-resistive cylindrical heat-flow receiving wall portion that is arranged at a position opposed to the opening in a radial direction, and a cylindrical wall portion that is connected to the heat-flow receiving wall portion in a direction of a center axis and also connected to a fixed-side energizing member at its one end on the opposite side to where the wall portion is connected to the heat-flow receiving wall portion, and is made of an insulating material. With this configuration, the outer peripheral wall surrounding the heating chamber can be protected from damage and heat deterioration due to the influence of hot gas.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2011Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Yamashita, Daisuke Yoshida, Hirokazu Otani
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Patent number: 9219354Abstract: There is provided a main circuit switchgear that includes a breaker; a leg part that supports the breaker; a disconnector that is connected to the breaker; a leg part that supports the disconnector; a metal container that accommodates therein the breaker and the disconnector and includes a bottom plate in which an opening is provided at a position corresponding to a position of the leg part, where the leg part is fixed onto the bottom plate, and a support frame that includes a top panel on which the bottom plate is placed and a leg part that supports the top panel, where the leg part is fixed onto the top panel via the opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Kawakami, Toru Yamashita, Hirokazu Otani, Daisuke Yoshida
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Patent number: 9211709Abstract: A liquid droplet jetting apparatus configured to jet liquid droplets, includes: a channel structure; an energy applying device including a plurality of first contact points; a wiring board arranged to face the surface of the energy applying device and connected to the energy applying device. The wiring board includes second contact points electrically connected to the first contact points, respectively and signal wiring lines connected to the second contact points, respectively. Further, the liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a sealing material arranged, between the wiring board and the energy applying device, to surround at least a part of an area in which the first and second contact points are arranged, and a recess-protrusion portion formed in an area, of the wiring board, which is positioned between the sealing material and the second contact points, and which is other than an area in which the second contact points are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toru Yamashita, Tomoyuki Kubo, Yasuhiro Kato
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Patent number: 9165732Abstract: A gas circuit breaker includes a sealed tank that includes first and second conductor containers with an insulating tube therebetween and is filled with insulating gas; a fixed arcing contact on the first conductor container side; a movable arcing contact that is provided on the second conductor container side and moves to be able to contact and separate from the fixed arcing contact; a fixed conductive contact on the first conductor container side; a movable conductive contact that moves in accordance with contact and separation of the movable arcing contact and contacts and separates from the fixed conductive contact; and a puffer unit that is provided on the second conductor container side and has a mechanical puffer chamber accommodating the movable conductive contact formed therein, wherein the puffer unit is arranged between the insulating tube and the second conductor container and is exposed to the periphery of the sealed tank.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu Otani, Toru Yamashita, Daisuke Yoshida, Haruhiko Koyama
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Publication number: 20150273829Abstract: There is provided a liquid jetting apparatus including: a first channel structure; a piezoelectric actuator provided on the first channel structure; and a driving device. The piezoelectric actuator includes: a vibration plate; a plurality of piezoelectric elements each including an activator formed of a piezoelectric material; signal input portions which receive drive signals for driving the plurality of piezoelectric elements from the driving device; a reference potential portion; and actuator wires. The piezoelectric elements include a first and second piezoelectric elements, a length of a wire which connects the first piezoelectric element and the driving device is longer than a length of a wire which connects the second piezoelectric element and the driving device, a capacitor is serially connected to the first piezoelectric element, and the capacitor includes an insulator formed of a piezoelectric material same as the piezoelectric material of the activators of the piezoelectric elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventor: Toru YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 9111697Abstract: Each outermost part of fixed-side connection conductors, fixed-side fixed contacts, movable-side fixed contacts, and movable-side connection conductors are placed outside of an outermost diameter of a fixed-side conductor and a movable-side conductor, as viewed from an axis line of the fixed-side conductor and the movable-side conductor as a center. This arrangement provides a power switchgear that can diminish mutual effects of currents among conduction parts to suppress decrease in a current-carrying capacity for each of the conduction parts and to increase a current-carrying capacity for a total of the conduction parts, without increasing the size of the switchgear.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu Otani, Toru Yamashita, Daisuke Yoshida
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Patent number: 9053883Abstract: A gas circuit breaker includes: a sealed tank filled with insulation gas; a pair of arc contacts that are arranged to face each other in the sealed tank and connectable and disconnectable with each other; a thermal puffer chamber that is provided on an outer circumferential portion of the pair of arc contacts; a mechanical puffer chamber that is provided on an outer circumference of the thermal puffer chamber and constituted by a cylinder formed in a toric shape centering around an axial line of the arc contacts; and a piston that is formed in a toric shape centering around the axial line and accommodated in the cylinder, and configured to move according to connection and disconnection of the arc contacts.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Yamashita, Daisuke Yoshida, Katsuhiko Horinouchi, Manabu Kawakami
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Patent number: 9030410Abstract: A controller device is used for more information processes. The controller device is capable of wirelessly communicating with an information processing device. The controller device includes a communication unit, a display unit, and a program executing unit. The communication unit transmits, to the information processing device, operation data obtained based on an operation performed on the controller device, and receives, from the information processing device, image data generated in the information processing device through a process performed based on operation data. A display unit displays an image represented by the image data received from the information processing device. When a predetermined operation on the controller device is performed, the program executing unit executes a predetermined program and displays at least the image resulting from the execution of the program on the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuyuki Shimohata, Toru Yamashita, Kuniaki Ito
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Patent number: 9012800Abstract: A gas circuit breaker is provided, avoiding change in the position of a cover member and without weakening of the blow of gas to the arc in an arc discharge cavity even when a surface of the cover member in contact with the arc discharge cavity is damaged. The gas circuit breaker includes a contact ring, a holder attached to the contact ring, and extending to a path of arc-extinguishing gas that extinguishes an arc, and an electrically insulative cover member attached to the holder.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Toru Yamashita, Daisuke Yoshida, Katsuhiko Horinouchi, Tatsuya Hayashi
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Patent number: 8993892Abstract: A wiring board includes: a substrate; first connection electrode portions which are disposed on a surface of the substrate and which are to be connected to individual-electrode connection terminals of an actuator via first bumps; first wires having electrical continuity with the first connection electrode portions; a second connecting electrode portion which is disposed on the surface of the substrate and which is to be connected to the a common-electrode connection terminal of the actuator via a second bump; and a second wire having electrical continuity with the second connection electrode portion. The second connecting electrode portion is located in an edge portion of the substrate. The second wire has a conducive-material absent portion that is located between an edge of the substrate and the second connecting electrode portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toru Yamashita