Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Ono

Yasuhiro Ono 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).

  • Publication number: 20240148058
    Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: a power supply; a first connector to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; a first circuit substrate; a second circuit substrate; a first cable connecting the first circuit substrate and the second circuit substrate; and a second connector which is mounted on the second circuit substrate and to which the first cable is connected. A shortest distance between an edge of the second circuit substrate closest to the second connector and the second connector is longer than a shortest distance between a center of the second circuit substrate and the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA, Yasuhiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20240138487
    Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device, includes: a power supply; a positive electrode-side discharge terminal and a negative electrode-side discharge terminal to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; and a circuit substrate including a first surface on which the positive electrode-side discharge terminal is mounted and a second surface which is a back surface of the first surface and on which the negative electrode-side discharge terminal is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA, Yasuhiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20240138488
    Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: a power supply; a connector to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply, or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; a voltage converter that has an input terminal connected to the power supply and an output terminal connected to the connector; a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected between the output terminal of the voltage converter and the connector; and a circuit substrate on which the voltage converter, the first capacitor, and the second capacitor are mounted. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are not arranged in a line in a length direction or a width direction of the circuit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA, Yasuhiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20240138026
    Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: a power supply; a positive electrode-side connector and a negative electrode-side connector to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply, or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; a first conductive pattern connecting the power supply and the positive electrode-side connector; a second conductive pattern branched from the first conductive pattern; a circuit substrate on which the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are formed; and a first protection component having one end connected to the second conductive pattern and configured to protect an electronic component mounted on the circuit substrate from noise entering through the positive electrode-side connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA, Yasuhiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20240110303
    Abstract: An electrolytic device includes: a humidifier to humidify a cathode gas; a cathode discharge flow path through which a cathode fluid flows; an anode collector to separate an anode fluid into an anode discharge liquid and an anode exhaust gas; a first cooler to cool the anode exhaust gas to condense water vapor in the anode exhaust gas to produce a anode condensed water; a first flow path connecting the anode collector and an anode supply flow path, the first flow path through which the anode solution flows from the anode collector to the anode supply flow path; a second flow path through which the anode condensed water flows from the condensed water collector to the humidifier; and a first heat exchange structure to exchange heat between the anode solution through the first flow path and the anode condensed water through the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akihiko ONO, Yasuhiro KIYOTA, Satoshi MIKOSHIBA, Ryota KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240110136
    Abstract: An object is to provide a novel organ-on-a-chip for forming a blood vessel model. An organ-on-a-chip 100 of the present invention is a chip for reproducing a biological process between a cell mass and a blood vessel. The organ-on-a-chip 100 includes a first channel 10, a second channel 20, and a third channel group. The first channel 10 is an introduction channel for introducing vascular endothelial cells for forming a blood vessel model on the inner wall of the first channel 10 through cell culture. The second channel 20 is an introduction channel for introducing a sample containing a cell mass from an upstream side toward a downstream side, and includes a trap portion 22 for trapping the cell mass and located between the upstream side and the downstream side inside the second channel 20. The third channel group includes a plurality of third channels 30, and the third channels 30 are channels that communicate between the first channel 10 and the second channel 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi ONO, Yasuhiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240091763
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a liquid handling device that comprises a laminate of a first member and a second member. This liquid handling device is provided with a reservoir that is a space for pooling a liquid and disposed between the first and second members, and a plurality of wells that are plurality of first recesses disposed on the surface of the first member facing the second member. The first and/or second members have flexibility. The first and second members are not bonded between the reservoir and the plurality of wells. When a part of the first or second member, said part corresponding to the reservoir, is pressed in the state where a liquid is pooled in the reservoir, the liquid in the reservoir moves between the first and second members toward the plurality of wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi ONO, Yasuhiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240093394
    Abstract: An electrolysis device includes: an electrolysis cell having a cathode flow path, an anode flow path, a cathode, an anode, and a diaphragm; an anode supply flow path; an anode discharge flow path; a cathode supply flow path; a cathode discharge flow path through which a cathode fluid flows; first to third pressure detectors; first and second pressure controllers that control pressures of the cathode and anode flow paths; a first gas/liquid separator that separates a reduction product from the cathode fluid; a gas detector that measures a concentration of the separated reduction product; and an arithmetic device that calculates pressure values of the anode and cathode flow paths based on the measured concentration and pressures, and controls the pressure controllers to adjust the pressures of the anode and cathode flow paths to the calculated pressure values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KIYOTA, Akihiko ONO, Satoshi MIKOSHIBA, Ryota KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230371602
    Abstract: An inhalation device provided with: an AC power generation unit that generates AC power; an accommodation unit capable of accommodating in an inner space thereof a base material containing an aerosol source and a susceptor thermally proximal to the aerosol source; a plurality of electromagnetic induction sources that generate a variable magnetic field in the inner space by using the AC power supplied from the AC power generation unit; a plurality of switches that toggle between whether or not the AC power is supplied to each of the plurality of electromagnetic induction sources; and a control unit that controls each of the plurality of switches such that a total value of voltages respectively applied to the plurality of electromagnetic induction sources is no greater than a first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Kazutoshi SERITA, Reijiro KAWASAKI, Hiroshi TEZUKA
  • Publication number: 20230341938
    Abstract: An operation device includes a touch detector and a display unit. The touch detector detects a touch operation performed on an operation surface and outputs a touch detection signal corresponding to the touch operation. The display unit displays an image of a display item for the touch operation in the operation surface. The operation device also includes a covering that covers at least part of the touch detector and the display unit. The covering transmits the image of the display item displayed on the display unit to allow the display item to be viewed on the operation surface. The operation device further includes an organic piezoelectric element that is light-transmissive and allows the image of the display item displayed on the display unit to be transmitted. The organic piezoelectric element is vibrated when the touch operation is performed so that the touch operation can be perceived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Yasuhiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20230302999
    Abstract: A vehicle rearward monitoring system configured to monitor an object located behind and above a truck, the vehicle rearward monitoring system including: an object detection unit installed in the truck and configured to detect the object located behind and above an upper end of a rear end of the truck; an object specifying unit configured to specify a position, a size and a velocity vector with respect to the truck of the object detected by the object detection unit; and a collision possibility determination unit configured to determine a possibility of collision of the truck with the object detected by the object detection unit from the position, the size and the velocity vector of the object specified by the object specifying unit, and make a driver of the truck recognize the possibility of collision when it is determined that there is the possibility of collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Ryuta TSUDA, Yasuhiro ONO
  • Patent number: 11764675
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply; a first DC/DC converter; a second DC/DC converter; and a circuit board. As viewed from a first direction perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board on which the first DC/DC converter and the second DC/DC converter are mounted, at least a portion of the circuit board includes: a connection portion; a first portion extending from the connection portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second portion extending from the connection portion in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The first DC/DC converter is mounted on the first portion, and the second DC/DC converter is mounted on the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ono, Minoru Kitahara, Shujiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230070290
    Abstract: This display device comprises: a control unit which controls the display of an image on a dimming member that is provided so as to divide the projection surface of the image by a projector into a plurality of areas; and an acquisition unit which acquires a switching signal as an image display switching request. Further, the control unit specifies an area on which the image is to be projected, from among a plurality of areas, on the basis of the switching signal. Then, the control unit adjusts the light transmittance of the dimming member and processes the image to be projected on the projection surface such that the image is projected on the projection area specified by the switching signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Masahisa DOKO
  • Publication number: 20230062373
    Abstract: A display device is provided with an input unit for inputting a detection signal from a detection unit capable of detecting the brightness of ambient light around a dimming member. The display device is also provided with a control unit which, on the basis of the detection signal input by the input unit, controls at least one of the optical transmittance of the dimming member and the operation of a projector to adjust an image projected onto the dimming member to a display state corresponding to the brightness of the ambient light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Yasuhiro ONO
  • Patent number: 11577768
    Abstract: A cart includes a frame, a holding portion supported by the frame and in which a product is stored, a lifting unit configured to raise and lower the holding portion, an imaging device directed towards an inside of the holding portion, and a controller. The controller is configured to acquire an image of a product captured by the imaging device, determine whether the product has been continuously imaged by the imaging device over a predetermined time period, and upon determining that the product has been imaged over the predetermined time period, control the lifting unit to lower the holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20230045242
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a step-up system configured to function by a stepped-up voltage supplied from the power supply; a step-down system configured to function by a stepped-down voltage supplied from the power supply; and a direct-coupling system configured to function by a voltage supplied from the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11563334
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a step-up system configured to function by a stepped-up voltage supplied from the power supply; a step-down system configured to function by a stepped-down voltage supplied from the power supply; and a direct-coupling system configured to function by a voltage supplied from the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ono, Minoru Kitahara, Shujiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220400770
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a load that atomizes an aerosol source; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the power supply; a controller; and a circuit board. The circuit board includes: a first surface; a second surface; a power supply layer in which a power supply path is formed; and a ground layer. The power supply layer and the ground layer are provided between the first surface and the second surface. The temperature sensor is mounted on the second surface, and at least one of the power supply path and the ground path is not formed in a region which overlaps the temperature sensor as viewed from a first direction, the first direction being a direction in which the first surface and the second surface are opposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220400766
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a receptacle configured to receive power for charging the power supply from a plug connected to an external power supply; a charger configured to control charging of the power supply by power received by the receptacle; and a controller. The receptacle and the power supply are connected in parallel with the charger, and the charger is configured to supply power from the receptacle and the power supply to the controller via the charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220385183
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply; a first DC/DC converter; a second DC/DC converter; and a circuit board. As viewed from a first direction perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board on which the first DC/DC converter and the second DC/DC converter are mounted, at least a portion of the circuit board includes: a connection portion; a first portion extending from the connection portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second portion extending from the connection portion in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The first DC/DC converter is mounted on the first portion, and the second DC/DC converter is mounted on the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA