Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Inoue

Yoshihiro Inoue 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: 11968861
    Abstract: An organic EL display (1) has a bend (B) where a slit (81) is bored in a base coat film (23), gate insulating film (27), first interlayer insulating film (31) and second interlayer insulating film (35). The bend is provided with a filler layer (83) filling the slit and covering both edges of the slit. The filler layer has a protrusion (85) overlapping each edge in the width direction of the slit. A routed wire (7) routed from the display region (D) and then routed over the filler layer to reach a terminal section (T) extends over the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Shinsuke Saida, Ryosuke Gunji, Hiroki Taniyama, Tohru Okabe, Akira Inoue, Hiroharu Jinmura, Yoshihiro Nakada, Koji Tanimura
  • Patent number: 11967863
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine. This rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor, and the rotor includes: a rotor core having formed therein a magnet insertion hole group; and a permanent magnet group. In the rotor core, a first magnetic slit and a second magnetic slit are formed. In the second magnetic slit, a first magnet magnetic flux guide path connecting a first q-axis magnetic path and a second q-axis magnetic path is arranged. When an angle between a straight line passing through a first intersecting point and a radial center point and a straight line passing through a second intersecting point and the radial center point is set as ?1, the number of pole pairs is set as P, a natural number is set as m1, and n1 is set as a natural number smaller than m1, the following expression: ?1=2?×n1÷{P×(2m1?1)} [rad] is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mitsuda, Yoshihiro Miyama, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Masaya Inoue, Masashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240117393
    Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid such as L-glutamic acid is provided. An L-amino acid is produced by culturing in a culture medium a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae and having an L-amino acid-producing ability, and collecting the L-amino acid from the culture medium and/or cells of the bacterium, wherein the bacterium has been modified to have one or more of the following modifications: (A) modification of reducing the activity of a BudA protein; (B) modification of reducing the activity of a BudB protein; (C) modification of reducing the activity of a BudC protein; (D) modification of reducing the activity of a PAJ_3461 protein; (E) modification of reducing the activity of a PAJ_3462 protein; and (F) modification of reducing the activity of a PAJ_3463 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Chie HAMANO, Yoshihiro ITO, Naoki EBARA, Kota INOUE, Yukiko ONO, Rihito ISHIDA, Fumito ONISHI, Yoshihiko HARA
  • Patent number: 11957014
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of control lines; a plurality of power supply lines; a plurality of data signal lines; an oxide semiconductor layer; a first metal layer; a gate insulation film; a first inorganic insulation film; a second metal layer; a second inorganic insulation film; and a third metal layer. The oxide semiconductor layer, in a plan view, contains therein semiconductor lines formed as isolated regions between a plurality of drivers and a display area. The semiconductor lines cross the plurality of control lines and the plurality of power supply lines, are in contact with the plurality of control lines via an opening in a gate insulation film, are in contact with the plurality of power supply lines via an opening in the first inorganic insulation film, and have a plurality of narrowed portions, such that thicker and thinner regions exist along the same line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Okabe, Shinsuke Saida, Shinji Ichikawa, Hiroki Taniyama, Ryosuke Gunji, Kohji Ariga, Yoshihiro Nakada, Koji Tanimura, Yoshihiro Kohara, Hiroharu Jinmura, Akira Inoue
  • Patent number: 11950462
    Abstract: A first conductive layer in the same layer as that of a first electrode is coupled to a third conductive layer and a second electrode in the same layer as that of a third metal layer through a slit formed in a flattening film of a non-display area. Second conductive layers in the same layer as that of a second metal layer are provided to overlap with the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Okabe, Shinsuke Saida, Shinji Ichikawa, Hiroki Taniyama, Ryosuke Gunji, Kohji Ariga, Yoshihiro Nakada, Koji Tanimura, Yoshihiro Kohara, Akira Inoue, Hiroharu Jinmura, Takeshi Yaneda
  • Patent number: 11929649
    Abstract: The rotating electric machine includes: a rotor; and a stator, wherein the rotor includes: a rotor core having a magnet insertion hole group including a plurality of magnet insertion holes; and a permanent magnet group including a plurality of permanent magnets inserted in the plurality of magnet insertion holes of the magnet insertion hole group, respectively, wherein the plurality of magnet insertion holes are arranged side by side in a shape convex toward a center of the rotor from a radially-outer side surface of the rotor core, wherein the permanent magnet group forms one magnetic pole, wherein, in a part of the rotor core between the radially-outer side surface and the magnet insertion hole group, a magnetic slit is formed to extend in a shape convex toward the center of the rotor from the radially-outer side surface, and wherein the magnet insertion hole group includes three magnet insertion holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mitsuda, Yoshihiro Miyama, Masaya Inoue, Masashi Nakamura, Moriyuki Hazeyama
  • Patent number: 11813740
    Abstract: A camera and a robot system are provided. The camera includes a camera body attached to a tip of a robot arm and a camera unit housed in the camera body. The camera unit has a plurality camera devices that are different in optical characteristics for imaging a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mizusawa, Hiroyuki Ishihara, Yoshihiro Inoue, Shinichi Tsukahara, Tatsuo Kamei, Yuki Yoshikuni
  • Patent number: 11761775
    Abstract: A travel route selection system for an electric truck includes a map information acquisition unit that acquires map information including transport route information on transport routes. An electric power consumption map storage unit is adapted to pre-store a stop-time electric power consumption map used to estimate electric power consumption during the stoppage time during which the electric truck stops for a predetermined period with high-voltage equipment kept in operating state. A stoppage time estimation unit estimates stoppage time on each transportation route. An electric power consumption estimation unit estimates the electric power consumption on each of the transportation routes based on the stoppage time estimated by the stoppage time estimation unit as well as on the stop-time electric power consumption map. An optimal route selection unit selects an optimal route based on fundamental information including information on the amount of electric power consumption of each of the transport routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inoue, Masayoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230125112
    Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion cosmetic material containing the following component (A) to (C): Component (A): a hydrophobized fine-particulate metal oxide having an average primary particle diameter of less than 100 nm, Component (B): an aqueous phase thickener containing a structure derived from 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid, Component (C): an amphoteric surfactant, wherein the content of the component (A) is 7% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230096251
    Abstract: A storage box seal structure includes a recess, a seal member provided in the recess, and a projection that comes into contact with the seal member for sealing, and has, at an opening, a centering structure for guiding opening and closing of a lid member. The centering structure includes a first rib and a second rib projecting from opposite edges of the recess, and a guide portion that guides at least one of the first rib and the second rib at opening and closing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inoue, Tsuyoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11430991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium-nickel composite oxide, wherein the lithium-nickel composite oxide is represented by a following general formula: Li1+uNixCoyAsBtO2+?, wherein u, x, y, s, t and ? in the formula satisfy 0?u<0.3, 0.03?x?0.93, 0.03?y?0.50, 0.04?s?0.6, 0?t<0.1, 0??<0.3 and x+y+s+t=1, wherein an element A is at least one selected from Mn and Al, and an element B is at least one selected from Mg, Ca, Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Sr and W, and wherein a content of Fe is less than 10 ppb, and a content of Cr is less than 10 ppb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220203457
    Abstract: A clamping member in a non-limiting aspect of the present disclosure may have a columnar shape extended from a first end to a second end. The clamping member may include an upper jaw, a lower jaw and a pocket. The upper jaw and the lower jaw may be located away from each other. The pocket may be located between the upper jaw and the lower jaw. The upper jaw may include a first member and a second member. The second member may be located closer to the first end than the first member. Hardness of the first member may be first hardness, and hardness of the second member may be second hardness. The first hardness may be different from the second hardness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Toru MURANISHI, Yoshihiro INOUE
  • Patent number: 11050941
    Abstract: A camera device is equipped with at least one imaging unit for imaging a subject, a rotary motor for rotating the imaging unit at a prescribed rotation speed, an output unit for outputting images taken by the imaging unit, and a body which incorporates the imaging unit, the rotary motor, and the output unit. The output unit outputs at least one image, among the images, taken at an imaging position where the imaging unit and the subject are approximately parallel with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato Wachi, Haruo Kogane, Yuki Yoshikuni, Tetsuya Mizusawa, Hiroyuki Ishihara, Yoshihiro Inoue, Tatsuo Kamei, Seiji Higashiyama, Shinichi Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 11033225
    Abstract: This brain activity feedback system includes a brain activity measurement device to optically measure brain activity; a data processor to calculate, on the basis of measurement data from the brain activity measurement device, a statistic that indicates the statistical significance of changes in the measurement data; and a display device to display, in real time, a brain activity index corresponding to the statistic. The data processor calculates the statistic for the measurement data from the brain activity measurement device by correcting the scalp blood flow component of the measurement data in real time on the basis of scalp blood flow data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Miyai, Masahito Mihara, Akihiro Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210072038
    Abstract: A travel route selection system for an electric truck includes a map information acquisition unit that acquires map information including transport route information on transport routes. An electric power consumption map storage unit is adapted to pre-store a stop-time electric power consumption map used to estimate electric power consumption during the stoppage time during which the electric truck stops for a predetermined period with high-voltage equipment kept in operating state. A stoppage time estimation unit estimates stoppage time on each transportation route. An electric power consumption estimation unit estimates the electric power consumption on each of the transportation routes based on the stoppage time estimated by the stoppage time estimation unit as well as on the stop-time electric power consumption map. An optimal route selection unit selects an optimal route based on fundamental information including information on the amount of electric power consumption of each of the transport routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Yoshihiro INOUE, Masayoshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210013510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium-nickel composite oxide, wherein the lithium-nickel composite oxide is represented by a following general formula: Li1+uNixCoyAsBtO2+?, wherein u, x, y, s, t and ? in the formula satisfy 0?u<0.3, 0.03?x?0.93, 0.03?y?0.50, 0.04?s?0.6, 0?t<0.1, 0??<0.3 and x+y+s+t=1, wherein an element A is at least one selected from Mn and Al, and an element B is at least one selected from Mg, Ca, Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Sr and W, and wherein a content of Fe is less than 10 ppb, and a content of Cr is less than 10 ppb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshihiro INOUE
  • Patent number: 10876849
    Abstract: A travel route selection system includes a map information acquisition unit for acquiring map information including transportation route information about a plurality of transportation routes; an electric power consumption map storage unit adapted to prestore a drive-time electric power consumption map used to estimate electric power consumption of an electric truck running on a predetermined route at a predetermined average vehicle speed; an average vehicle speed estimation unit for estimating an average vehicle speed during running on each of the plurality of transportation routes; an electric power consumption estimation unit for estimating electric power consumption on each of the plurality of transportation routes based on the average vehicle speed and on the electric power consumption map; and an optimal route selection unit for selecting an optimal route based on fundamental information including information about the electric power consumption on each of the plurality of transportation routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inoue, Masayoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200382711
    Abstract: A camera device is equipped with at least one imaging unit for imaging a subject, a rotary motor for rotating the imaging unit at a prescribed rotation speed, an output unit for outputting images taken by the imaging unit, and a body which incorporates the imaging unit, the rotary motor, and the output unit. The output unit outputs at least one image, among the images, taken at an imaging position where the imaging unit and the subject are approximately parallel with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato WACHI, Haruo KOGANE, Yuki YOSHIKUNI, Tetsuya MIZUSAWA, Hiroyuki ISHIHARA, Yoshihiro INOUE, Tatsuo KAMEI, Seiji HIGASHIYAMA, Shinichi TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20200376690
    Abstract: A camera and a robot system are provided. The camera includes a camera body attached to a tip of a robot arm and a camera unit housed in the camera body. The camera unit has a plurality camera devices that are different in optical characteristics for imaging a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya MIZUSAWA, Hiroyuki ISHIHARA, Yoshihiro INOUE, Shinichi TSUKAHARA, Tatsuo KAMEI, Yuki YOSHIKUNI
  • Patent number: 10677313
    Abstract: A rotary inertia mass damper of a damper device is configured to include a planetary gear that includes a driven member with outer teeth, first and second input plate member as a carrier which rotatably supports a plurality of pinion gears, and a ring gear that meshes with the plurality of pinion gears and works as the mass body. The outer teeth of the driven member are arranged to be disposed outside first and second springs in a radial direction of the damper device. The driven member, the plurality of pinion gears and the ring gear are arranged to at least partially overlap with the first and second springs as viewed in the radial direction. A motion of the ring gear in the axial direction is restricted by the plurality of pinion gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshikawa, Aki Ogawa, Akiyoshi Kato, Ryosuke Otsuka, Yoshihiro Inoue, Yoshihiro Takikawa, Hiroki Nagai, Masaki Wajima, Takao Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Itou