Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Endo

Yasuhiro Endo 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).

  • Patent number: 12195283
    Abstract: A linear conveyance system includes: movable portions including permanent magnets; a fixed portion generating magnetic fields for driving the movable portions, and arranged to form a conveyance path for the movable portions; a stator control unit energizing the coil and detecting positions of the movable portions; and a controller unit generating and outputting current commands for driving the movable portions to the stator control unit based on position information on the positions of the movable portions, wherein the movable portions include an output movable portion on which an output device that outputs energy or data is to be installed and a machining movable portion on which a machining device is to be installed, the machining device being to be used for machining of a workpiece, and being connected to the output device by a cable, and the controller unit controls the output movable portion and the machining movable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Higashino, Yasuhiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20240417182
    Abstract: A linear conveyance system includes: movable portions including permanent magnets; a fixed portion generating magnetic fields for driving the movable portions, and arranged to form a conveyance path for the movable portions; a stator control unit energizing the coil and detecting positions of the movable portions; and a controller unit generating and outputting current commands for driving the movable portions to the stator control unit based on position information on the positions of the movable portions, wherein the movable portions include an output movable portion on which an output device that outputs energy or data is to be installed and a machining movable portion on which a machining device is to be installed, the machining device being to be used for machining of a workpiece, and being connected to the output device by a cable, and the controller unit controls the output movable portion and the machining movable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto HIGASHINO, Yasuhiro ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240339674
    Abstract: A battery string is configured such that a plurality of battery circuit modules can be connected in series. A middle point between a first capacitor and a second capacitor provided on a detection line connecting a positive electrode output line and a negative electrode output line of the battery string to each other is grounded by a ground line through a limiting resistor. During operation of the battery string, an electric leakage detection unit sets a battery circuit module in a pass-through state, and detects electric leakage in the battery string based on a differential voltage that is a difference between a first voltage being the voltage of the first capacitor and a second voltage being the voltage of the second capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ENDO, Junta IZUMI, Hironori MIKI, Kenji KIMURA, Takayuki BAN, Takuya MIZUNO, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Shuji TOMURA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Hiroshi TSUKADA
  • Publication number: 20240308183
    Abstract: A surface-treated copper foil which maintains peel strength against the resin substrate of the surface-treated copper foil and achieves desired low transmission loss even at high frequencies is provided. The surface-treated copper foil of the present invention includes an electrolytic copper foil, at least one roughened layer that covers one surface of the electrolytic copper foil, an anti-rust layer that covers the at least one roughened layer, and a silane coupling agent-treated layer that covers the anti-rust layer, in which a surface of the surface-treated copper foil on a side of the layers (the surface to be bonded to the resin substrate) has a developed interfacial area ratio Sdr of 40% or less, an arithmetic mean peak curvature Spc of 200 mm?1 or less and a root mean square gradient Sdq of 0.30 to 0.90, or particles on the surface to be bonded of the surface-treated copper foil have an average particle size of 0.50 ?m or less and an average particle length of 0.40 to 0.70 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ENDO, Shota MOROE, Sayaka KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 12091766
    Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil having higher electrical conductivity, and a method for producing the same are provided. The electrolytic copper foil has a carbon content of 5 ppm or less, a sulfur content of 3 ppm or less, an oxygen content of 5 ppm or less, and a nitrogen content of 0.5 ppm or less; has a total content of carbon, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen of 15 ppm or less; and has a number of grains of 8.0 to 12.0/?m2, the number of grains changing to 0.6 to 1.0/?m2 by heating the electrolytic copper foil at 150° C. for 1 hour. A method for producing this electrolytic copper foil includes cleaning a copper raw material; dissolving the copper raw material after the cleaning to obtain an electrolytic solution having a total organic carbon of 10 ppm or less; and electrolyzing the electrolytic solution to obtain the electrolytic copper foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON DENKAI, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Kawasaki, Tsuyoshi Onuma, Yasuhiro Endo
  • Patent number: 12078118
    Abstract: A control device and method controls a vehicle having an internal combustion engine connected to an automatic transmission via a torque converter with a lockup device. The torque of the internal combustion engine is limited the by a torque limit value based on a speed difference between an input rotational speed and an output rotational speed of the torque converter during acceleration in a non-lockup state. The torque-limiting of the internal combustion engine is prohibited torque-limiting upon a prescribed condition being met. The prescribed condition is met by a heating request, during hill climbing/towing, during travel at high vehicle speeds, when the accelerator pedal opening angle exceeds or is equal to a prescribed opening angle, when the torque limit value is greater than a target torque, in a range other than a D range, or in a mode other than normal mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Jatco Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nishiyama, Daigo Kishi, Tatsuo Nakano, Seiichirou Takahashi, Koji Saito, Yukiyoshi Inuta, Takao Arimatsu, Yasuhiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20240266860
    Abstract: The battery string is configured so that a plurality of battery circuit modules can be connected in series. The drive circuit SU5 from the drive circuit SU0 of the battery circuit module transmits a gate signal for ON/OFF of the switch to the downstream drive circuit SU while delaying the gate signal by a predetermined delay time Td. When a particular battery circuit module (drive circuit SU4 in FIG. 4) is passed through, the delay time is switched from the delay time Td to the delay time Tds. The delay time Tds is longer than the delay time Td. As a result, the period of the gate signal, which is the “delay time×the number of battery circuit modules to be operated”, can be suppressed from becoming short (the increase in frequency can be suppressed), and an increase in loss can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Endo, Junta Izumi, Hironori Miki, Kenji Kimura, Takayuki Ban, Takuya Mizuno, Shuji Tomura, Naoki Yanagizawa, Kazuo Ootsuka, Hiroshi Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20240266839
    Abstract: A power source system includes a first battery string, a second battery string, and a third battery string. Each of the battery strings includes a plurality of batteries capable of outputting direct-current power. The battery strings are Y-connected so as to output three-phase alternating-current power to three-phase output terminals (alternating-current output terminals) as well as connected to a neutral line. On the neutral line, a neutral line capacitor for blocking a direct current, a neutral line switch disposed in series to the neutral line capacitor, and an electric resistance element disposed in parallel to the neutral line switch are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ENDO, Junta IZUMI, Hironori MIKI, Kenji KIMURA, Takayuki BAN, Takuya MIZUNO, Shuji TOMURA, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Hiroshi TSUKADA
  • Publication number: 20240258800
    Abstract: The alternating current sweep unit outputs alternating current power from three battery strings that are Y-connected. The offset voltage command Vst_offset is calculated by adding the offset component V*abc_off of the string voltage obtained from the string voltage command V*abc, the amplitude Vamp of the command voltage calculated using dq shaft voltage command values v*d and v*q, and the margin voltage Vmrg. By determining the on-time ton of the gate signal by using the string voltage command V*abc and the offset voltage command Vst_offset and performing duty control on the gate signal, it is possible to set an offset voltage corresponding to the command voltage, and thus it is possible to suppress an increase in battery loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ENDO, Junta IZUMI, Hironori MIKI, Kenji KIMURA, Takayuki BAN, Takuya MIZUNO, Shuji TOMURA, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Hiroshi TSUKADA
  • Patent number: 11952675
    Abstract: Provided is a surface-treated copper foil in which in order to avoid failures of electronic parts by corrosion, a high bond strength between an electrolytic copper foil and a resin base material can be maintained even when the surface-treated copper foil is exposed to corrosive gases and microparticles, and a method for manufacturing the same. The surface-treated copper foil of the present invention comprises an electrolytic copper foil, a roughened layer covering at least one surface side of the electrolytic copper foil, and a rust preventive layer further covering the roughened layer, wherein the rust preventive layer is at least one surface of the surface-treated copper foil; the rust preventive layer comprises at least a nickel layer; and the thickness of the nickel layer is 0.8 to 4.4 g/m2 in terms of mass per unit area of nickel; and the noncontact roughness Spd of the rust preventive layer is 1.4 to 2.6 peaks/?m2 and the surface roughness RzJIS of the rust preventive layer is 1.0 to 2.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON DENKAI, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20240084753
    Abstract: A control device and method controls a vehicle having an internal combustion engine connected to an automatic transmission via a torque converter with a lockup device. The torque of the internal combustion engine is limited the by a torque limit value based on a speed difference between an input rotational speed and an output rotational speed of the torque converter during acceleration in a non-lockup state. The torque-limiting of the internal combustion engine is prohibited torque-limiting upon a prescribed condition being met. The prescribed condition is met by a heating request, during hill climbing/towing, during travel at high vehicle speeds, when the accelerator pedal opening angle exceeds or is equal to a prescribed opening angle, when the torque limit value is greater than a target torque, in a range other than a D range, or in a mode other than normal mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIYAMA, Daigo KISHI, Tatsuo NAKANO, Seiichirou TAKAHASHI, Koji SAITO, Yukiyoshi INUTA, Takao ARIMATSU, Yasuhiro ENDO
  • Patent number: 11765283
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: when receiving an image forming instruction issued to an image forming apparatus, transmit image data and processing information to a server, the processing information including access information regarding access to the information processing apparatus and information for forming an image represented by the image data, and store the image data into the information processing apparatus; and perform control for transmitting the image data to the image forming apparatus in response to transmission of the image data being requested from the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20230291848
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: when receiving an image forming instruction issued to an image forming apparatus, transmit image data and processing information to a server, the processing information including access information regarding access to the information processing apparatus and information for forming an image represented by the image data, and store the image data into the information processing apparatus; when there is a change in the access information, acquire the changed access information and transmits the acquired changed access information to the server; and perform control for transmitting the image data to the image forming apparatus in response to a request from the image forming apparatus for transmission of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro ENDO
  • Publication number: 20230291212
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a forcible disconnecting unit configured to forcibly disconnect a battery in a battery module from series regardless of a gate drive signal. The power supply system obtains the number of batteries included in the battery modules which can be forcibly disconnected from the series according to the maximum voltage of the batteries that can be connected in the series and a voltage command value indicating a voltage to be output, and forcibly disconnects the obtained number of the batteries from the series by the forcible disconnecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya MIZUNO, Shuji TOMURA, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Hiroshi TSUKADA, Junta IZUMI, Masakazu HABU, Kenji KIMURA, Hironori MIKI, Yasuhiro ENDO, Takayuki BAN
  • Publication number: 20230043755
    Abstract: Provided is a surface-treated copper foil in which in order to avoid failures of electronic parts by corrosion, a high bond strength between an electrolytic copper foil and a resin base material can be maintained even when the surface-treated copper foil is exposed to corrosive gases and microparticles, and a method for manufacturing the same. The surface-treated copper foil of the present invention comprises an electrolytic copper foil, a roughened layer covering at least one surface side of the electrolytic copper foil, and a rust preventive layer further covering the roughened layer, wherein the rust preventive layer is at least one surface of the surface-treated copper foil; the rust preventive layer comprises at least a nickel layer; and the thickness of the nickel layer is 0.8 to 4.4 g/m2 in terms of mass per unit area of nickel; and the noncontact roughness Spd of the rust preventive layer is 1.4 to 2.6 peaks/?m2 and the surface roughness RzJIS of the rust preventive layer is 1.0 to 2.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Toshio KAWASAKI, Yasuhiro ENDO
  • Publication number: 20220182500
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: when receiving an image forming instruction issued to an image forming apparatus, transmit image data and processing information to a server, the processing information including access information regarding access to the information processing apparatus and information for forming an image represented by the image data, and store the image data into the information processing apparatus; and perform control for transmitting the image data to the image forming apparatus in response to transmission of the image data being requested from the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro ENDO
  • Publication number: 20220112618
    Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil having higher electrical conductivity, and a method for producing the same are provided. The electrolytic copper foil according the present invention has a carbon content of 5 ppm or less, a sulfur content of 3 ppm or less, an oxygen content of 5 ppm or less, and a nitrogen content of 0.5 ppm or less; has a total content of carbon, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen of 15 ppm or less; and has a number of grains of 8.0 to 12.0/?m2, the number of grains changing to 0.6 to 1.0/?m2 by heating the electrolytic copper foil at 150° C. for 1 hour. A method for producing this electrolytic copper foil includes cleaning a copper raw material; dissolving the copper raw material after the cleaning to obtain an electrolytic solution having a total organic carbon (TOC) of 10 ppm or less; and electrolyzing the electrolytic solution to obtain the electrolytic copper foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Toshio KAWASAKI, Tsuyoshi ONUMA, Yasuhiro ENDO
  • Patent number: 11149845
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission (2) has a torque convertor (3) having a lock-up clutch (30) and a continuously variable transmission mechanism (5). A control unit (10) has a shift control unit (10C) configured to be able to perform a pseudo stepwise up-shift control that varies a transmission ratio of the continuously variable transmission mechanism (5) stepwise, a lock-up control unit (10A) configured to control an engagement state of the lock-up clutch (30), and a torque control command unit (10D) configured to perform a torque-down control of a driving source (1). When the engagement control of the lock-up clutch (30) and the pseudo stepwise up-shift control are performed at the same time, the torque control command unit (10D) configured to perform the torque-down control with a greater torque reduction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Endo, Akihiro Tanabe, Takahiro Yamada, Shohei Imaji, Masayuki Mannen
  • Patent number: 11086435
    Abstract: A drive control device being configured to provide a signal to an electronic device, the electronic device including a top panel having an operation surface, and a position detection circuit configured to detect a position of an operational input performed on the operation surface, and a vibrating element configured to generate vibration in the operation surface, the drive control device comprising: processor circuitry configured to execute a drive control processing that includes driving the vibrating element of the electronic device with a drive signal, the drive signal being configured to cause the vibrating element to generate natural vibration in the operation surface and being obtained by modulating a waveform signal of a first frequency in an ultrasonic band with a modulation signal of a second frequency having a difference from the first frequency, the difference being able to be sensed by a tactile receptor of a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Taninaka, Akinori Miyamoto, Sachihiro Youoku, Yuichi Kamata, Yasuhiro Endo
  • Patent number: 11077852
    Abstract: A shift control device for a vehicle includes: an engine; a shift mechanism disposed between the engine and driving wheels; a shift control section configured to control a transmission gear ratio of the shift mechanism; and a fuel cut control section configured to stop a fuel supply to the engine, at least when an accelerator pedal is in a release state, and when an engine speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined rotation speed, the shift control section being configured to perform a minimum rotation speed restriction control to control the transmission gear ratio of the shift mechanism so that the minimum rotation speed of the engine is equal to or greater than the predetermined rotation speed regardless of a vehicle front condition and an accelerator operation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Araki, Tomoaki Honma, Yasuhiro Endo, Hiroshi Kuroiwa