Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Morita
Yoshinori Morita 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).
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Publication number: 20240149252Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition and an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, each of which has improved exhaust gas purification performance, and the present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition containing a Ce-based oxide particle, a Ce—Zr-based composite oxide particle, and a noble metal element, wherein the Ce-based oxide particle contains at least one type of additional element selected from Al, Mg, La, Pr, Y, and Nd, and wherein an amount of the at least one type of additional element in terms of oxide in the Ce-based oxide particle is 0.1% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less based on a mass of the Ce-based oxide particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Itaru MORITA, Hiroki TANAKA, Yuki NAGAO, Yoshinori ENDO
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Patent number: 11912157Abstract: In a driving control device that controls a driving system for a vehicle, a voltage monitoring unit determines an abnormality in voltage detection and a current monitoring unit determines that power is supplied to the battery when a battery has a current value on a charge side relative to a predetermined value. When the voltage monitoring unit determines that the voltage detection is abnormal, a running control unit controls a rotating electric machine in such a manner that the vehicle is brought in a fail-safe running state. A power supply control unit controls a power supply source to be in a power supply prohibition state. A switch control unit cuts off a switch, in a case where it is determined that power is supplied to the battery during the power supply prohibition state of the power supply source.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Morita, Shingo Kawahara
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Patent number: 11370408Abstract: A control apparatus is used with a vehicle including an engine, a storage battery, and an electrical load. The control apparatus works as an automatic engine stop and restart system and calculates a SOC lower limit that is a minimum value of state of charge (SOC) of the battery required to continue to stop the engine in an idle stop mode. The control apparatus also calculates an amount of electric power expected to be consumed by the electrical load during the idle stop mode and determines an idle stop enable SOC at which the idle stop mode is entered and which is selected to be the sum of the SOC lower limit and a SOC of the battery which at least compensates for the consumed amount of electric power. This ensures chances to stop the engine in the idle stop mode and improves fuel economy.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori Morita
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Publication number: 20220133290Abstract: A tissue traction device includes a first needle connected to a distal end of a first thread; a second needle connected to a distal end of a second thread; an elongated main body connected to the first thread and extending between the first thread and the second thread, the main body including a first hole; and a tube disposed at a proximal end of the main body, wherein the second thread is inserted through the first hole to be advanceable and retractable at a position between the second needle and a distal end of the tube, and the tube and the second thread are configured to be relatively movable in a longitudinal direction of the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITYInventors: Yoshinori MORITA, Kunihide KAJI, Nobuko MATSUO, Takuya OKUMURA
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Patent number: 11235750Abstract: A control apparatus is used in a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, a rotating electrical machine, and a storage battery. The control apparatus stops the engine when a state of charge (SOC) of the storage battery is higher than a lower limit, and an automatic stop condition is met and also restarts the engine when the SOC of the storage battery is lower than the lower limit, and an automatic restart condition is met. The control apparatus also controls operation of the rotating electrical machine to generate electricity to increase the SOC above a target SOC and also actuates the rotating electrical machine to assist in driving the vehicle when the SOC is higher than a torque assist enable SOC. The target SOC is set higher than the lower limit. The torque assist enable SOC is set higher than the target SOC. This improves the fuel economy.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori Morita
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Patent number: 11225210Abstract: A vehicle power supply system, a controlled unit is connected to a controllee power supply system that is one of a first power supply system and a second power supply system of the vehicle power supply system. A parameter acquiring unit is connected to a controller power supply system that is another one of the first power supply system and the second power supply system and configured to acquire a parameter indicating a sign of voltage change of the controllee power supply system. An operation setting unit is configured to predict the voltage change of the controllee power supply system in response to the sign indicated by the parameter and set a power supply state of the controlled unit indicating at least one of a number of drive pulses per unit time, a duty ratio, and a drive current so as to obtain a constant output from the controlled unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori Morita
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Publication number: 20210354586Abstract: In a driving control device that controls a driving system for a vehicle, a voltage monitoring unit determines an abnormality in voltage detection and a current monitoring unit determines that power is supplied to the battery when a battery has a current value on a charge side relative to a predetermined value. When the voltage monitoring unit determines that the voltage detection is abnormal, a running control unit controls a rotating electric machine in such a manner that the vehicle is brought in a fail-safe running state. A power supply control unit controls a power supply source to be in a power supply prohibition state. A switch control unit cuts off a switch, in a case where it is determined that power is supplied to the battery during the power supply prohibition state of the power supply source.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori MORITA, Shingo KAWAHARA
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Publication number: 20210354588Abstract: In a driving control device that controls a driving system for a vehicle, a voltage detection unit acquires a voltage value for each of cells of the battery as a cell voltage value, an abnormality determination unit determines an abnormality in voltage detection system for each of the cells based on the cell voltage value, and a rank setting unit sets ranks of the plurality of cells based on a parameter involved in failure in the battery. A fail-safe running unit determines a mode of fail-safe running of the vehicle based on the rank of the cell to be detected by the voltage detection system determined to have an abnormality, and a rotating electric machine control unit controls the rotating electric machine based on the mode of fail-safe running of the vehicle determined by the fail-safe running unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori MORITA
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Publication number: 20210127952Abstract: An endoscope hood having excellent antifogging properties and antifouling properties. The endoscope hood is configured to be mounted on an insertion side end of an endoscope. The endoscope hood comprises a cylindrical exterior portion and a disc portion provided in contact with an inner surface of the exterior portion. The exterior portion and the disc portion are formed integrally or separately. At least the disc portion is made of a hydrogel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: SEED CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori MORITA, Toshihiro TAKAMATSU, Akitoshi OKINO, Hidekazu MIYAHARA, Hiroaki KAWANO, Haruka ITO, Shiori KANEDA, Toru MATSUNAGA, Takao SATO
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Patent number: 10875507Abstract: A vehicle includes: a floor panel; an under cover disposed below the floor panel in the vehicle; a parking lock mechanism, disposed between the floor panel and the under cover, switching, using an actuator, a locked state for constraining rotation of a wheel and an unlocked state for not constraining rotation of the wheel; and a parking lock manual releasing mechanism, disposed between the floor panel and the parking lock mechanism, switching, when the parking lock mechanism is in the locked state, the state of the parking lock mechanism to the unlocked state on a basis of manual operation of an operation portion. Further, the under cover includes a visual recognition hole for viewing the operation portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Kawanishi, Yoshinori Morita, Eiji Ito
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Patent number: 10836262Abstract: An electric power generation control device applied to a system including a generator capable of regenerative electric power generation, an electric power storage device capable of being charged with electric power, and a friction brake device that generates a braking force. The control device includes an operation amount acquisition unit that acquires a brake operation amount by the driver, an electric power generation amount acquisition units that increase a target electric power generation amount for the generator the larger the brake operation amount is, and have plural relationships of which the target electric power generation amounts that correspond to a certain brake amount differ, and acquire the target electric power generation amount according to one of the relationships based on change in the brake operation amount, and an electric power generation amount instruction unit that controls the generator based on the target electric power generation amount.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori Morita
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Patent number: 10792102Abstract: A laser tip, a laser treatment tool, a laser treatment device and a laser treatment system are provided for performing laser treatment surgery and minimizing any bleeding. A laser tip is attachable to a laser radiation opening located at the tip end of a laser transmission tube. The laser tip includes an attaching portion detachable from the laser radiation opening and a contact portion contactable with biological tissue. The contact portion is at the front of the attaching portion in the direction in which the laser light exits the laser radiation opening. An open space is located between the contact portion and the attaching portion, and a coupler couples a part of the contact portion and a part of the attaching portion. The contact portion has a reflective surface at a rear end thereof which reflects the laser light toward the coupler.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: J. Morita Mfg. Corp., National University Corporation Kobe UniversityInventors: Yoshihide Okagami, Akihito Hongo, Yoshiteru Tamura, Katsumi Hiyoshi, Haruhiko Murakami, Takeshi Azuma, Yoshinori Morita
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Publication number: 20200216003Abstract: A vehicle power supply system, a controlled unit is connected to a controllee power supply system that is one of a first power supply system and a second power supply system of the vehicle power supply system. A parameter acquiring unit is connected to a controller power supply system that is another one of the first power supply system and the second power supply system and configured to acquire a parameter indicating a sign of voltage change of the controllee power supply system. An operation setting unit is configured to predict the voltage change of the controllee power supply system in response to the sign indicated by the parameter and set a power supply state of the controlled unit indicating at least one of a number of drive pulses per unit time, a duty ratio, and a drive current so as to obtain a constant output from the controlled unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori MORITA
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Patent number: 10662490Abstract: A hardening apparatus comprises a tracing gauge that is a member having the same axis shape as the axis shape of a bent pipe and being held in an attitude identical to the bent pipe, and a tracing device that is a member which can move in the longitudinal direction of the bent pipe and the tracing gauge and can move in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A guide part engaged with the tracing gauge in a manner slidable along the tracing gauge is held at one end of the tracing device, and a hardening device is held at the other end. A transportation device moves the hardening device in the longitudinal direction by moving the tracing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: SANGO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Morita, Akira Murakami, Tomoyuki Takeda, Fumio Kaneda, Haruo Fukushima
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Publication number: 20200114884Abstract: A vehicle includes: a floor panel; an under cover disposed below the floor panel in the vehicle; a parking lock mechanism, disposed between the floor panel and the under cover, switching, using an actuator, a locked state for constraining rotation of a wheel and an unlocked state for not constraining rotation of the wheel; and a parking lock manual releasing mechanism, disposed between the floor panel and the parking lock mechanism, switching, when the parking lock mechanism is in the locked state, the state of the parking lock mechanism to the unlocked state on a basis of manual operation of an operation portion. Further, the under cover includes a visual recognition hole for viewing the operation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi KAWANISHI, Yoshinori MORITA, Eiji ITO
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Publication number: 20190299968Abstract: A control apparatus is used with a vehicle including an engine, a storage battery, and an electrical load. The control apparatus works as an automatic engine stop and restart system and calculates a SOC lower limit that is a minimum value of state of charge (SOC) of the battery required to continue to stop the engine in an idle stop mode. The control apparatus also calculates an amount of electric power expected to be consumed by the electrical load during the idle stop mode and determines an idle stop enable SOC at which the idle stop mode is entered and which is selected to be the sum of the SOC lower limit and a SOC of the battery which at least compensates for the consumed amount of electric power. This ensures chances to stop the engine in the idle stop mode and improves fuel economy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori MORITA
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Publication number: 20190299973Abstract: A control apparatus is used in a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, a rotating electrical machine, and a storage battery. The control apparatus stops the engine when a state of charge (SOC) of the storage battery is higher than a lower limit, and an automatic stop condition is met and also restarts the engine when the SOC of the storage battery is lower than the lower limit, and an automatic restart condition is met. The control apparatus also controls operation of the rotating electrical machine to generate electricity to increase the SOC above a target SOC and also actuates the rotating electrical machine to assist in driving the vehicle when the SOC is higher than a torque assist enable SOC. The target SOC is set higher than the lower limit. The torque assist enable SOC is set higher than the target SOC. This improves the fuel economy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori MORITA
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Patent number: 10309524Abstract: During the travel of a vehicle, the oil level of lubricating oil is lowered due to the suction by at least a first oil pump and the scraping-up by the rotation of a differential ring gear and so on. In particular, until the oil level becomes equal to or lower than an upper end of a first partition wall, the oil level is lowered due to both the suction by the first oil pump and the scraping-up by the rotation of the differential ring gear and so on, and therefore, a region, that is immersed in the lubricating oil, of the differential device rapidly becomes smaller. Since a suction port of the first oil pump is disposed in a second oil storage portion, the oil level in the second oil storage portion during the travel of the vehicle can be adjusted independently of that in a first oil storage portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki Kiyokami, Yoshinori Morita, Shingo Kato, Yukinobu Nishikawa, Tetsuo Hori, Hakuba Okuno
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Patent number: 10195944Abstract: In a control apparatus mounted in a vehicle and configured to control a power supply system, a power generation controller is configured to operate an alternator such that a charge level of a second rechargeable battery becomes a target charge level. A target charge level setter is configured to variably set the target charge level of the second rechargeable battery based on changes in a state quantity correlated with at least one of a charge state and a discharge state of the second rechargeable battery. A limiter is configured to, if there is a change in the state quantity and if a prescribed permission condition is not met, limit an operation of the alternator.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori Morita
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Publication number: 20180325595Abstract: Provided are a laser tip, a laser treatment tool, a laser treatment device and a laser treatment system safely performing a surgery for a laser treatment and, if bleeding occurs, stopping the bleeding. A laser tip 70 is attachable to a laser radiation opening 63a provided at a tip end of a laser transmission tube 63. From the laser radiation opening 63a, laser light 57a is directed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicants: J. Morita Mfg. Corp., National University Corp. Kobe UniversityInventors: Yoshihide Okagami, Akihito Hongo, Yoshiteru Tamura, Katsumi Hiyoshi, Haruhiko Murakami, Takeshi Azuma, Yoshinori Morita