Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Tanabe

Yoshihiro Tanabe 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: 11971978
    Abstract: A vehicle network system employing a controller area network protocol includes a bus, a first electronic control unit, and a second electronic control unit. The first electronic control unit transmits, via the bus, at least one data frame including an identifier relating to data used for a calculation for obtaining a message authentication code indicating authenticity of transmission content. The second electronic control unit receives the at least one data frame transmitted vis the bus and verifies the message authentication code in accordance with the identifier included in the at least one data frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ujiie, Masato Tanabe, Takeshi Kishikawa, Tomoyuki Haga, Hideki Matsushima
  • Publication number: 20240128463
    Abstract: A laminated resin film includes: a resin layer; and a Cu film provided on one surface or both surfaces of the resin layer, in which in the Cu film, a peak intensity y of a (200) plane is 2 to 30 when a peak intensity of a (111) plane in X-ray diffraction measurement is set to 100, and Expression (1) is satisfied. y?2.5×?7.5??Expression (1) (in Expression (1), y is the peak intensity of the (200) plane when the peak intensity of the (111) plane in the X-ray diffraction measurement is set to 100, and x is a peak intensity of a (220) plane when the peak intensity of the (111) plane in the X-ray diffraction measurement is set to 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto ENDO, Mingyu CHEN, Yoshihiro KANBAYASHI, Takasi SATOU, Natsumi KOZAI, Yoshihiko TANABE, Syuji TSUKAMOTO, Miyuki YANAGIDA
  • Publication number: 20240128081
    Abstract: A film forming method includes preparing a substrate having an amorphous silicon film on a surface thereof, diffusing nickel into the amorphous silicon film by supplying a nickel source gas to the amorphous silicon film, and forming a polycrystalline silicon film by heating the amorphous silicon film, and crystallizing the amorphous silicon film by metal-induced lateral crystallization using the nickel diffused in the amorphous silicon film as a nucleus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TAKEZAWA, Toru KANAZAWA, Yosuke WATANABE, Tatsuya MIYAHARA, Yuki TANABE, Daisuke SUZUKI, Masahisa WATANABE, Keisuke SUZUKI, Tuhin Shuvra Basu
  • Patent number: 11943233
    Abstract: An electronic control unit is connected to a network in an in-vehicle network system. The electronic control unit includes a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The first control circuit is connected to the network via the second control circuit. The second control circuit performs a first determination process on a frame to determine conformity of the frame with a first rule. Upon determining that the frame conforms to the first rule, the second control circuit transmits the frame to the first control circuit. The first control circuit performs a second determination process on the frame to determine conformity of the frame with a second rule. The second rule is different from the first rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ujiie, Jun Anzai, Yoshihiko Kitamura, Masato Tanabe, Hideki Matsushima, Tomoyuki Haga, Takeshi Kishikawa, Ryota Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20220001479
    Abstract: Two welding wires whose current values are individually variable are placed along a groove of steel plates, and two operations are repeated, the first operation including: passing substantially the same current through both welding wires; generating a cathode spot in front of a molten pool by one welding wire's arc on a welding-direction forward side; and cleaning the steel plates' surfaces by the arc, and the second operation including: passing a pulse current having a higher value than that of the welding wire through the other welding wire, so that a cathode spot is generated in the molten pool by each welding wire's arc to newly form a molten pool; and advancing both welding wires in the welding direction to move the cathode spot to the newly-formed molten pool, and at the same time performing welding within an area where oxides on the steel plates' surfaces are removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo HYOMA, Yoshihiro TANABE, Yutaka KODAMA, Koutarou INOSE
  • Patent number: 11198798
    Abstract: Self-fusing silicone tapes contain neutral corrosion inhibitors therein such as salts of acids. Such tapes provide protection in an acid gas environment as well as under thermal insulation. The same also allows inspection of protected structure without removing the protection apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Northern Technologies International Corporation
    Inventors: Terry Alan Natale, Ronnie do Amaral Singh, Edwardo Yoshihiro Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20200277516
    Abstract: Self-fusing silicone tapes contain neutral corrosion inhibitors therein such as salts of acids. Such tapes provide protection in an acid gas environment as well as under thermal insulation. The same also allows inspection of protected structure without removing the protection apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Terry Alan NATALE, Ronnie do Amaral SINGH, Edwardo Yoshihiro TANABE
  • Patent number: 10737645
    Abstract: A bumper member at a vehicle frontmost end is joined to side members. The bumper member has a curved shape, a center portion protrudes further to the vehicle front than a tip end portion of the side member, a projecting portion is positioned on the outer side of the tip end portion, and is curved toward the vehicle rear, a protruding part extending toward the side member is provided on an inner side of the projecting portion, a tip end portion on the inner side of the protruding part has a planar portion opposite a side face portion on the outer side of the side member, a protrusion protruding to the inner side from the planar portion and extending in the longitudinal direction is provided in the planar portion, and a slit-shaped opening into which a tip end of the protrusion is inserted is provided in the side face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Hadano, Yoshihiro Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10626881
    Abstract: A compressor-impeller fixing nut has a tubular shape, and includes: a curved-surface shaped portion disposed in a first range from a first end side in an axial direction, the curved-surface shaped portion having an outer diameter which increases toward a second end side in the axial direction and including an outer peripheral surface having a curved shape which protrudes outward in a radial direction in a cross section along the axial direction; and a nut portion disposed in a second range closer to the second end side from the first range in the axial direction, the nut portion having an outer peripheral surface with a nut shape. An expression (D1max?D1min)/2<L is satisfied, where L is a length of the first range in the axial direction, and D1max is a maximum value and D1min is a minimum value of the outer diameter of the curved-surface shaped portion in the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tanabe, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 10494029
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure may include a side member, a bumper member arranged linearly at a vehicle frontmost end, a vehicle rear side of the bumper member being joined to the side member, and a front side member extension attached to a tip end part of the side member. A portion projecting outward and obliquely extending toward the vehicle rear from a curving point on the outer side is provided on both ends of the bumper member, a protrusion extending toward the side member is arranged on the inner side of the projecting portion, a planar portion opposite to a side face part on the vehicle outer side of the side member is provided on a tip end part on the vehicle inner side of the protrusion, and the planar portion and the side member extension are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tanabe, Akihiro Hadano
  • Publication number: 20190024670
    Abstract: A compressor-impeller fixing nut has a tubular shape, and includes: a curved-surface shaped portion disposed in a first range from a first end side in an axial direction, the curved-surface shaped portion having an outer diameter which increases toward a second end side in the axial direction and including an outer peripheral surface having a curved shape which protrudes outward in a radial direction in a cross section along the axial direction; and a nut portion disposed in a second range closer to the second end side from the first range in the axial direction, the nut portion having an outer peripheral surface with a nut shape. An expression (D1max?D1min)/2<L is satisfied, where L is a length of the first range in the axial direction, and D1max is a maximum value and D1min is a minimum value of the outer diameter of the curved-surface shaped portion in the first range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tanabe, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Publication number: 20180361965
    Abstract: A bumper member at a vehicle frontmost end is joined to side members. The bumper member has a curved shape, a center portion protrudes further to the vehicle front than a tip end portion of the side member, a projecting portion is positioned on the outer side of the tip end portion, and is curved toward the vehicle rear, a protruding part extending toward the side member is provided on an inner side of the projecting portion, a tip end portion on the inner side of the protruding part has a planar portion opposite a side face portion on the outer side of the side member, a protrusion protruding to the inner side from the planar portion and extending in the longitudinal direction is provided in the planar portion, and a slit-shaped opening into which a tip end of the protrusion is inserted is provided in the side face portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Hadano, Yoshihiro Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20180304930
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure may include a side member, a bumper member arranged linearly at a vehicle frontmost end, a vehicle rear side of the bumper member being joined to the side member, and a front side member extension attached to a tip end part of the side member. A portion projecting outward and obliquely extending toward the vehicle rear from a curving point on the outer side is provided on both ends of the bumper member, a protrusion extending toward the side member is arranged on the inner side of the projecting portion, a planar portion opposite to a side face part on the vehicle outer side of the side member is provided on a tip end part on the vehicle inner side of the protrusion, and the planar portion and the side member extension are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tanabe, Akihiro Hadano
  • Patent number: 9816712
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a casing having a bottom plate and is configured such that at least a part thereof is made of metal, a compressor provided within the casing to compress a flammable refrigerant, an outdoor heat exchanger provided within the casing to exchange heat between the refrigerant and outside air, and an electric heater provided on an upper surface of the bottom plate. The power consumption of the electric heater is 250 W or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Mochizuki, Yoshihiro Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20160131404
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes at least one of a hexagonal sealing nut and attention attracting means that needs to be operated by an operator when removing a hexagonal sealing nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Tatsuya MOCHIZUKI, Yoshihiro TANABE, Kenta KAWAHARA, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Hiroyuki JINNAI
  • Patent number: 9222464
    Abstract: If blades have been struck by wind that has reached a power reduction start wind speed that is lower than a conventional cut-out wind speed at which torque acting on a main shaft reaches the torque limit, a wind turbine generator performs torque reduction control for causing the change in the torque when wind speed is higher than the power reduction start wind speed to be different from change in the torque when wind speed is lower than the power reduction start wind speed so as to prevent the torque from exceeding the torque limit at the conventional cut-out wind speed. For example, if the wind striking the blades reaches the power reduction start wind speed, the wind turbine generator sets the slope of change in torque lower than that before the power reduction start wind speed is reached. Accordingly, the wind turbine generator can reduce the load acting on a device and suppress a reduction in power even if the blades are struck by strong wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tanabe, Tomohiro Numajiri
  • Publication number: 20150075203
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a casing having a bottom plate and is configured such that at least a part thereof is made of metal, a compressor provided within the casing to compress a flammable refrigerant, an outdoor heat exchanger provided within the casing to exchange heat between the refrigerant and outside air, and an electric heater provided on an upper surface of the bottom plate. The power consumption of the electric heater is 250 W or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuya MOCHIZUKI, Yoshihiro TANABE
  • Patent number: 8683606
    Abstract: At the first data access by a navigation unit to a recording medium that records updating right information necessary for updating map data in a rewritable data area in which map data are recorded, the updating right information is read from the data area and is deleted from the data area, and a map updating due date created based on the read updating right information is written in a memory of the navigation unit together with the medium identification information read from a non-rewritable management area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Masuda, Kensuke Takeuchi, Norihisa Fujikawa, Koichi Iwatsuki, Yoshihiro Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20130111740
    Abstract: An apparatus for aligning a ferromagnetic workpiece is provided. The apparatus includes a rotatable element having a surface, a holding unit and rare-earth magnet. The holding unit holds ferromagnetic workpieces, which are for engaging with the rare earth magnet. An alignment assembly for aligning a ferromagnetic workpiece is also provided. The alignment assembly includes a support member, a first bar and a second bar. The second bar urges the cap closer to the axis relative to the first bar to cause the ferromagnetic workpiece to tilt such that the extension tube is closer to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL CONVEYOR INC.
    Inventors: William Arthur Richard, Yoshihiro Tanabe
  • Patent number: D891586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Sekine, Yoshihiro Tanabe, Taketoshi Shiba