Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Nakashima

Yasuhiro Nakashima 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: 11970237
    Abstract: A driving device is use in a small vehicle including a bicycle. The driving device includes an electric drive mechanism, a transmission, and a switching mechanism. The electric drive mechanism includes an electric motor that is configured to drive a movable member. The transmission is configured to transmit power from an operating portion to the movable member. The switching mechanism is configured to switch a state of the driving device between a first state in which the movable member is driven by power of the electric motor and a second state in which the movable member is driven by power from the operating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11932221
    Abstract: A system and method control an automobile by decelerating the automobile at a first deceleration using a braking mechanism in response to detecting that a parking brake switch is turned on, a second deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to not detecting that the parking brake switch is turned on and determining that the driver is incapacitated, and a third deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to determining that an SOS switch is turned on, detecting that the parking brake switch is changed from on to off, and not determining that the driver is incapacitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hamada, Yuma Nishijo, Kouichi Kojima, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Shinya Kyusaka, Yuta Tsuji, Nobuhiro Nonaka, Daisuke Shimizu, Keigo Fukuda, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Taro Oike
  • Publication number: 20230294790
    Abstract: A brake device is provided to a human-powered vehicle. The brake device includes an input body, a brake, and a power converter. A driving force is input to the input body. The brake is configured to contact a rotational body of the human-powered vehicle. The power converter is configured to convert a rotational force of the input body to a force that moves the brake toward the rotational body. The power converter includes a transmission configured to change a ratio of a movement amount of the brake to an output rotational speed of the input body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NAKASHIMA, Kiichiro NAGATA, Hitoshi TAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230208041
    Abstract: A filter device includes a main body, a first inductor, a second inductor, and a third inductor that are provided in the main body to transfer signals from an antenna terminal to a first terminal. The first inductor is connected to the antenna terminal and the second inductor is connected to the first terminal. The third inductor is connected to a signal transfer path between the first inductor and the second inductor. In a plan view from a normal direction of the main body, the first inductor and the second inductor are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Yasuhiro NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11526699
    Abstract: Provided are a detecting device, a detecting method, a generating method, and a computer-readable storage medium that allow the user to readily obtain information on the degree of wear for a worn portion in the human-powered vehicle. A detecting device includes a control unit that detects a worn portion in a human-powered vehicle as a target worn portion from a first image including at least a part of the human-powered vehicle and outputs wear information related to a degree of wear for the target worn portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Shimazu, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Noriko Masuta
  • Patent number: 11456718
    Abstract: A multilayer triplexer includes a first coil connected between a common terminal and a first filter, a second coil connected between the common terminal and a second filter, and a third coil connected between the common terminal and the third filter. The first coil, the second coil, and the third coil each include a coil conductor pattern between ones of substrate layers of a multilayer body. The coil conductor pattern of the first coil, the coil conductor pattern of the second coil, and the coil conductor pattern of the third coil do not overlap each other when the multilayer body is seen through in a direction in which the substrate layers are stacked on one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20220105908
    Abstract: A system and method control an automobile by decelerating the automobile at a first deceleration using a braking mechanism in response to detecting that a parking brake switch is turned on, a second deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to not detecting that the parking brake switch is turned on and determining that the driver is incapacitated, and a third deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to determining that an SOS switch is turned on, detecting that the parking brake switch is changed from on to off, and not determining that the driver is incapacitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi HAMADA, Yuma NISHIJO, Kouichi KOJIMA, Yoshiyuki YAMASHITA, Shinya KYUSAKA, Yuta TSUJI, Nobuhiro NONAKA, Daisuke SHIMIZU, Keigo FUKUDA, Yasuhiro NAKASHIMA, Taro OIKE
  • Patent number: 11203291
    Abstract: An electronic controller and a control system are provided that allow the rider to comfortably ride a human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller includes at least one processor configured to control a notification device based on environmental information related to a surrounding environment of a human-powered vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Nakakura, Kazuki Koshiyama, Toshihiko Takahashi, Satoshi Shahana, Hitoshi Takayama, Masafumi Tanaka, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Takafumi Nishino, Shingo Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11007987
    Abstract: A brake operating apparatus operates a brake apparatus of a small vehicle including a bicycle. The brake operating apparatus includes a support, an operating member, an electric actuator and an electronic controller. The operating member is provided to the support. The detector is configured to detect information on input to the operating member. The electric actuator is configured to drive the brake apparatus. The electronic controller is configured to control the electric actuator based on a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakashima, Yasuho Hommoto
  • Publication number: 20200394467
    Abstract: Provided are a detecting device, a detecting method, a generating method, and a computer-readable storage medium that allow the user to readily obtain information on the degree of wear for a worn portion in the human-powered vehicle. A detecting device includes a control unit that detects a worn portion in a human-powered vehicle as a target worn portion from a first image including at least a part of the human-powered vehicle and outputs wear information related to a degree of wear for the target worn portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hayato Shimazu, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Noriko Masuta
  • Publication number: 20200394407
    Abstract: Provided are a detecting device, a detecting method, a generating method, and a computer-readable storage medium that allow the user to readily obtain information on an object related to a human-powered vehicle. The detecting device includes a control unit that detects an object related to a human-powered vehicle as a target object from a first image including at least a part of the human-powered vehicle, and outputs related information related to the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hayato Shimazu, Kozo Chikai, Katsuo Nakamura, Kenji Tagawa, Shou Tanaka, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Noriko Masuta, Yasuho Hommoto
  • Publication number: 20200366264
    Abstract: A multilayer triplexer includes a first coil connected between a common terminal and a first filter, a second coil connected between the common terminal and a second filter, and a third coil connected between the common terminal and the third filter. The first coil, the second coil, and the third coil each include a coil conductor pattern between ones of substrate layers of a multilayer body. The coil conductor pattern of the first coil, the coil conductor pattern of the second coil, and the coil conductor pattern of the third coil do not overlap each other when the multilayer body is seen through in a direction in which the substrate layers are stacked on one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10836614
    Abstract: An upper turning body mounted on a lower body for a crane includes a turning frame mounted on the lower body to turn freely, and a boom provided to the turning frame to be raised and lowered freely. The turning frame includes a pair of attachment brackets to which a base end section of the boom is attached such that the boom is free to be raised and lowered, and a frame body to which the pair of attachment brackets are provided with an interval in a left-right direction of the upper turning body. The frame body is formed of a plurality of divided frames arranged side by side in the left-right direction of the upper turning body, adjacent divided frames of the plurality of divided frames being separably joined to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: KOBE STEEL, LTD., KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuto Kataoka, Takunori Yamaguchi, Hiromitsu Hamaguchi, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Yoji Hanawa, Hiroki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10710850
    Abstract: Lifting performance of a work machine is increased while suppressing an increase in a vehicle weight. When a slewing frame is seen from a side, a first reinforcement member is provided from a boom foot section to a front side part of a slewing bearing, a second reinforcement member is provided from the boom foot section to a mast foot section, and a third reinforcement member is provided from the mast foot section to a rear side part of the slewing bearing. Furthermore, a fourth reinforcement member is provided from a middle region (M) located at an upper end portion of the slewing frame and above a rear portion of the slewing bearing to the front side part of the slewing bearing, and a fifth reinforcement member is provided from the middle region (M) to the rear side part of the slewing bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kawamoto, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Hiromitsu Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10549962
    Abstract: An upper body includes a bearing seat surface that is fixed by a bearing bolt to the upper surface of a swing bearing, a swing frame that includes an intersecting side plate intersecting the bearing seat surface and is fixed to the bearing seat surface, and a force dispersing member. The force dispersing member includes at least one vertical plate extending in the up-down direction. The at least one vertical plate is fixed to a region of the bearing seat surface other than a force dispersion target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakashima, Shinji Sato, Tomokazu Nakagawa, Yasuto Kataoka, Takanobu Yamagami
  • Publication number: 20200031637
    Abstract: Lifting performance of a work machine is increased while suppressing an increase in a vehicle weight. When a slewing frame (1) is seen from a side, a first reinforcement member (11) is provided from a boom foot section (5) to a front side part of a slewing bearing (22), a second reinforcement member (12) is provided from the boom foot section (5) to a mast foot section (6), and a third reinforcement member (13) is provided from the mast foot section (6) to a rear side part of the slewing bearing (22). Furthermore, a fourth reinforcement member (14) is provided from a middle region (M) located at an upper end portion of the slewing frame (1) and above a rear portion of the slewing bearing (22) to the front side part of the slewing bearing (22), and a fifth reinforcement member (15) is provided from the middle region (M) to the rear side part of the slewing bearing (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyohei KAWAMOTO, Yasuhiro NAKASHIMA, Hiromitsu HAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10507629
    Abstract: A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet wherein the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprises a base steel sheet and a hot-dip galvanized layer, a ferrite phase is, by volume fraction, 40% or more and 97% or less in a range of ? thickness to ? thickness centered at a position of ΒΌ thickness from the surface of the base steel sheet, a hard structure is 3% or more in total, wherein the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has the hot-dip galvanized layer in which Fe is 5.0% or less and Al is 1.0% or less, and columnar grains formed of a ? phase is 20% or more in an entire interface between the plated layer and the base steel sheet on the surface of the base steel sheet in which a ratio of a volume fraction of the hard structure in a surface layer range of 20 ?m depth in a steel sheet direction from an interface between the hot-dip galvanized layer and the base steel sheet is 0.10 times or more to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawata, Takeshi Yasui, Kohei Ueda, Naoki Maruyama, Yuji Yamaguchi, Satoshi Uchida, Ryosuke Komami, Hayato Arai, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Toyomitsu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190359282
    Abstract: A driving device is use in a small vehicle including a bicycle. The driving device includes an electric drive mechanism, a transmission, and a switching mechanism. The electric drive mechanism includes an electric motor that is configured to drive a movable member. The transmission is configured to transmit power from an operating portion to the movable member. The switching mechanism is configured to switch a state of the driving device between a first state in which the movable member is driven by power of the electric motor and a second state in which the movable member is driven by power from the operating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: Yasuhiro NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190359187
    Abstract: A brake operating apparatus operates a brake apparatus of a small vehicle including a bicycle. The brake operating apparatus includes a support, an operating member, an electric actuator and an electronic controller. The operating member is provided to the support. The detector is configured to detect information on input to the operating member. The electric actuator is configured to drive the brake apparatus. The electronic controller is configured to control the electric actuator based on a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NAKASHIMA, Yasuho HOMMOTO
  • Patent number: 10472213
    Abstract: Provided is a lattice boom in which a desired part can be reinforced after the lattice boom has been assembled and in which workability of the reinforcement can be improved. The lattice boom includes a plurality of main pipes, a plurality of lattice pipes, and a reinforcing part. The reinforcing part is provided on at least one of the outer circumferential surface of the main pipe and the outer circumferential surface of the lattice pipe. The reinforcing part is arranged between adjacent connecting parts among a plurality of connecting parts each connecting the main pipe and the lattice pipe. The reinforcing part includes a plurality of reinforcing members arranged along the circumferential direction of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakashima, Shinji Sato