Patents by Inventor Wataru Nakayama
Wataru Nakayama 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: 20240205548Abstract: An optical image stabilization apparatus includes a first position detector and a second position detector configured to detect a position of a movable member relative to a base member in directions of first and second detection axes that are not orthogonal, a first driving unit and a second driving unit configured to drive the movable member relative to the base member in directions of first and second drive axes. The first or second detection axis is different from the first and second drive axes. An intersection of the first and second drive axes is closer to a center of gravity of a movable unit including an element fixed to the movable member among an optical element, the movable member, and the first and second driving units, than an intersection of the first and second detection axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventor: Wataru NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20240174955Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage having a good balance of sourness, bitterness, and sweetness, having a reduced fermented soybeans odor, and exhibiting a refreshing aftertaste. The means of solving the problem is a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage containing more than 50 mg/L and less than 250 mg/L of polyphenols, more than 30 mg/L and less than 170 mg/L of acetic acid, and a component derived from a wort fermented liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.Inventors: Wataru NAKAYAMA, Takemasa MATSUSHIMA, Shingo NAKAKAWAJI
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Publication number: 20240172777Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage having a good balance of sourness, bitterness and sweetness, having a beer-like complex taste and robust feeling of drinking, and having a reduced drool odor and a potato odor. The means of solving the problem is a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage containing less than 40 ?g/L of linalool, more than 30 mg/L and less than 170 mg/L of acetic acid, and a component derived from a wort fermented liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.Inventors: Wataru NAKAYAMA, Takemasa MATSUSHIMA, Shingo NAKAKAWAJI
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Publication number: 20240174954Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage having a beer-like complex taste and barley-like sweetness, having a good balance between sourness and sweetness, and exhibiting a refreshing aftertaste. A means for solving the problem is a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage containing more than 100 mg/L and less than 600 mg/L of proline, and more than 25 mg/L and less than 200 mg/L of acetic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.Inventors: Wataru NAKAYAMA, Takemasa MATSUSHIMA, Shingo NAKAKAWAJI
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Publication number: 20240156131Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a non-alcohol beer-taste beverage excellent in robust feeling of drinking and also excellent in foam quality. The means for solving the problems is a non-alcohol beer-taste beverage containing a wort fermented liquid, having a malt use ratio of 50% or more, a real extract concentration of 6 w/v % or more, and a ratio of bitterness value (BU) to real extract concentration (w/v %) (bitterness value/real extract) of 2.0 to 3.8.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.Inventors: Wataru NAKAYAMA, Takemasa MATSUSHIMA, Shingo NAKAKAWAJI
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Publication number: 20240141263Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for suppressing sourness and astringency of a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage, and enhancing an alcohol feeling and a complex taste derived from brewing. The means for solving the problems is a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage containing an aroma composition containing: 0.49 ppm or more of ethyl acetate, 0.83 ppm or more of isobutanol, 0.065 ppm or more of isoamyl acetate, and 4.35 ppm or more of isoamyl alcohol.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.Inventors: Jun KUBOTA, Mari BABA, Wataru NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20240138443Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage having an excellent beer-like flavor at the top, and an enhanced complex taste derived from brewing. The means for solving the problem is a non-alcoholic beer-taste beverage containing an aroma composition containing 0.0475 ppb or more of myrcene, 0.000475 ppb or more of ?-ionone, 5.8125 ppb or more of linalool, 0.7025 ppb or more of citronellol, 0.115 ppb or more of geraniol, and 0.09 ppb or more of ?-eudesmol.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.Inventors: Wataru NAKAYAMA, Takemasa MATSUSHIMA, Shingo NAKAKAWAJI
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Publication number: 20240075828Abstract: A power supply device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a connector connected to a charging and power supply port of a vehicle having a power storage device; a charging path for supplying power from a power supply PS to the vehicle through the connector to charge the power storage device; a power supply path for supplying power from the power storage device to the outside of the vehicle through the connector; a signal line connected to the vehicle through the connector; a resistance circuit having one end connected to a GND potential and having a resistance value R1; a resistance circuit having one end connected to a GND potential and having a resistance value R4; and a changeover switch for switching a state of connecting the signal line and one of the other end of the resistance circuit and the other end of the resistance circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Wataru NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220403565Abstract: To provide an electromagnetic shielding material that has excellent shape following properties and can exhibit high electromagnetic wave shielding properties even in a deformed portion. A flexible magnetic film fabric (100) of one embodiment includes a plurality of first magnetic strips (10) extending in a first direction (11) and arranged substantially in parallel at a first pitch P1 along a second direction (12) orthogonal to the first direction (11); and a plurality of second magnetic strips (20) extending in a third direction (21) different from the first direction (11) and arranged substantially in parallel at a second pitch P2 along a fourth direction (22) orthogonal to the third direction (21). Each of the first magnetic strips (10) has a first average width W1, W1/P1 being from 0.05 to 0.98, and each of the second magnetic strips (20) has a second average width W2, W2/P2 being from 0.05 to 0.98.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Wataru Nakayama, Kazuhiko Mizuno, Kentaro Tamura, Akihiko Mitsui
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Patent number: 10833623Abstract: An electric power control unit configured to control drive power of a three-phase alternating current to be supplied to an electric motor may include: an inverter configured to convert a direct current to the three-phase alternating current; first and second current sensors, each of which is configured to measure a first-phase current in the three-phase alternating current; third and fourth current sensors, each of which is configured to measure a second-phase current in the three-phase alternating current; and a controller configured to control the inverter, and under a condition in which the first current sensor fails, when measured values of the second, the third, and the fourth current sensors do not coincide with each other while the inverter is shut down, the controller may stop to further supply the drive power to the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Denso CorporationInventor: Wataru Nakayama
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Patent number: 10809137Abstract: A method of estimating a temperature of a reactor provided in a boost converter disclosed herein, a temperature of a bus bar connected with the reactor and a current flowing in the bus bar are measured; when an absolute value of a DC component ILdc of the measured current exceeds a current threshold Ith, an estimated value of the temperature of the reactor is calculated by adding a first correction value, which depends on the DC component ILdc, to the measured temperature TL and is outputted as an estimated temperature TR; and when the absolute value of the DC component is lower than the current threshold Ith, the estimated value of the temperature of the reactor is calculated by adding a second correction value, which does not depend on the measured current, to the measured temperature and is outputted as the estimated temperature TR.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru Nakayama
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Patent number: 10393774Abstract: A bus bar module equipped with a current sensor includes a first bus bar, a second bus bar, a substrate, and a first magnetoelectric transducer. The first bus bar has a first notch. The second bus bar has a second notch and is placed in parallel to the first bus bar. The second notch is provided at a position different from the first notch in an extending direction of the first bus bar. The substrate is fitted to both the first notch and the second notch. Further, the substrate is sandwiched between those side surfaces of the first bus bar and the second bus bar which are opposed to each other. The first magnetoelectric transducer is placed inside the first notch and fixed to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Wataru Nakayama, Kenji Goto
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Publication number: 20190190432Abstract: An electric power control unit configured to control drive power of a three-phase alternating current to be supplied to an electric motor may include: an inverter configured to convert a direct current to the three-phase alternating current; first and second current sensors, each of which is configured to measure a first-phase current in the three-phase alternating current; third and fourth current sensors, each of which is configured to measure a second-phase current in the three-phase alternating current; and a controller configured to control the inverter, and under a condition in which the first current sensor fails, when measured values of the second, the third, and the fourth current sensors do not coincide with each other while the inverter is shut down, the controller may stop to further supply the drive power to the electric motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventor: Wataru Nakayama
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Patent number: 10295571Abstract: A bus bar module includes a first bus bar, a second bus bar, and a first magnetoelectric transducer. The second bus bar is placed in parallel to the first bus bar. The first magnetoelectric transducer is placed so as to be opposed to a side surface of the first bus bar. A sectional area of the first bus bar is smaller than a sectional area of the second bus bar in a first section. The first section is a section passing through the first magnetoelectric transducer and perpendicular to an extending direction of the first and second bus bars.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Wataru Nakayama, Kenji Goto
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Publication number: 20190078943Abstract: A method of estimating a temperature of a reactor provided in a boost converter disclosed herein, a temperature of a bus bar connected with the reactor and a current flowing in the bus bar are measured; when an absolute value of a DC component ILdc of the measured current exceeds a current threshold Ith, an estimated value of the temperature of the reactor is calculated by adding a first correction value, which depends on the DC component ILdc, to the measured temperature TL and is outputted as an estimated temperature TR; and when the absolute value of the DC component is lower than the current threshold Ith, the estimated value of the temperature of the reactor is calculated by adding a second correction value, which does not depend on the measured current, to the measured temperature and is outputted as the estimated temperature TR.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Wataru NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 10184960Abstract: A current sensor is configured to measure current flowing in two bus bars aligned in an X direction and extending parallel in a Y direction. A sensing element is arranged such that its magnetism sensing direction is oriented in the X direction on a line passing through the bus bar in a Z direction. A pair of shield plates sandwiches the bus bar and the sensing element therebetween in the Z direction. The bus bar is located between the sensing element and the lower shield plate. The sensing element is located closer to the upper shield plate than to the lower shield plate. At least one of a thickness and a magnetic permeability of the magnetism shield plates is greater in the upper shield plate than in the lower shield plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Wataru Nakayama
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Patent number: 10153720Abstract: A power supply system for an electric vehicle includes a battery, an inverter configured to supply alternating-current electric power to a motor for traveling, a first voltage converter connected between the battery and the inverter, a second voltage converter connected in parallel with the first voltage converter, a temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of the first voltage converter, a current acquisition unit configured to acquire magnitude of a current flowing in the second voltage converter, and a controller. Each of the first voltage converter and the second voltage converter includes two switching elements, two diodes, and a reactor.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Wataru Nakayama
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Publication number: 20180175774Abstract: A power supply system for an electric vehicle includes a battery, an inverter configured to supply alternating-current electric power to a motor for traveling, a first voltage converter connected between the battery and the inverter, a second voltage converter connected in parallel with the first voltage converter, a temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of the first voltage converter, a current acquisition unit configured to acquire magnitude of a current flowing in the second voltage converter, and a controller. Each of the first voltage converter and the second voltage converter includes two switching elements, two diodes, and a reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Wataru NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20180120358Abstract: Two sensor chips house respective magnetoelectric transducers. The two sensor chips are disposed in the gap. The two sensor chips are disposed such that a magnetic induction direction of each of the two sensor chips is the same as a normal direction of end faces of the magnetism-collecting core, the end faces facing the gap, and the two sensor chips are disposed in an axially symmetric manner to a straight line passing through a center of the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Wataru NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20180031613Abstract: A current sensor is configured to measure current flowing in two bus bars aligned in an X direction and extending parallel in a Y direction. A sensing element is arranged such that its magnetism sensing direction is oriented in the X direction on a line passing through the bus bar in a Z direction. A pair of shield plates sandwiches the bus bar and the sensing element therebetween in the Z direction. The bus bar is located between the sensing element and the lower shield plate. The sensing element is located closer to the upper shield plate than to the lower shield plate. At least one of a thickness and a magnetic permeability of the magnetism shield plates is greater in the upper shield plate than in the lower shield plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Wataru NAKAYAMA