Patents by Inventor Yosuke Morimoto
Yosuke Morimoto 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: 20240399883Abstract: The disclosed vehicle drive device (10) includes: motor housings (11,12), a gearbox housing (13), an inverter case (14), and a PN line (9). The motor housings (11,12) form respective exteriors of a left motor (1) and a right motor (2) that drive left and right wheels of a vehicle with electric power of a battery. The gearbox housing (13) incorporates therein a gearbox (3) that amplifies torque of the left and right motors and that transmits the amplified torque to the left and right wheels, is sandwiched between the left and right motor housings (11,12), and is offset in a front-rear direction from the left and right motor housings (11,12). The inverter case (14) incorporates therein a pair of semiconductor modules (6,7) and is arranged above the left and right motor housings (11,12). The PN line (9) connects the battery to the semiconductor modules (6,7) from a lower surface side of the inverter case (14) so as to pass through a first space (41).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Yosuke MORIMOTO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Hiromichi AKIYAMA, Dai OONO
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Publication number: 20240399882Abstract: The disclosed vehicle drive device (10) includes: left and right motors (1,2) that drive left and right wheels of the vehicle; a gearbox (3) that is sandwiched between the left and right motors (1,2); and an inverter (4) that is arranged in a mounting space (S) over the left and right motors (1,2) and the gearbox (3). The gearbox (3) forms, in conjunction with respective motor housings (11,12) of the left and right motors (1,2), a depressed portion (8) depressed downward. The inverter (4) includes a cover (15) that is in a flat-plate shape, is attached to a tray unit (16), and covers the capacitor (5) and a semiconductor module (6) from above the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6). The capacitor (5) is attached to a lower surface of the cover (15) and is arranged in the depressed portion (8). The semiconductor module (6) is attached to the lower surface of the cover (15) and is displaced from each of the capacitor (5) and the rotating shafts (C) of the motors (1,2) when seen from above.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Yosuke MORIMOTO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Hiromichi AKIYAMA, Dai OONO
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Publication number: 20240397679Abstract: A vehicle drive device (10) includes: a motor unit (1) that includes a motor for driving mounted on a vehicle and a gear mechanism that transmits torque of the motor to each of left and right wheels of the vehicle; and an inverter (4) that is arranged over the motor unit (1) and that includes a capacitor (5) smoothing electricity and a semiconductor module (6) including a plurality of switching elements, wherein the inverter (4) includes a tray unit (16) that accommodates the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6), and a cover (15) that is in a flat-plate shape, is attached to the tray unit (16), and covers the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6) from above the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6), the cover(15) is integrated with a cooling unit (20) through which a coolant for cooling the inverter (4) flows, and the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6) are attached to a lower surface (17) of the cover (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Yosuke MORIMOTO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Hiromichi AKIYAMA, Dai OONO
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Patent number: 12066091Abstract: A case for a vehicle drive device includes a first case part having a first support part, a second case part having a first part, and a third case part having a second part. The second case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction first side, the third case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction second side, a first rotating body and a first input member are placed between the first support part and the first part in an axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the first part, and a second rotating body and a second input member are placed between the first support part and the second part in the axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the second part.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Yanagihara, Takayoshi Kato, Isao Fujishima, Naoki Takahashi, Kiminobu Terao, Takuya Ogasawara, Yosuke Morimoto
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Publication number: 20240186859Abstract: A first rotating electric machine and a second rotating electric machine are spaced apart from each other in an axial direction. An inverter unit is disposed between the first rotating electric machine and the second rotating electric machine in the axial direction in such a manner as to overlap the first rotating electric machine and the second rotating electric machine as viewed in the axial direction. A case includes a case body member that has, in an integrated manner: a partition wall section; a section being other than the partition wall section and serving as at least a portion of a first containment chamber; and a second containment chamber section being a section other than the partition wall section and serving as at least a portion of the second containment chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki YANAGIHARA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240181871Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes a rotating electric machine disposed on a first axis, an output gear mechanism and an output member disposed on a second axis, and a case that houses these elements. The second axis is disposed below the first axis, a suction port of an oil pump is disposed below the first axis and the second axis and between the first axis and the second axis in a width direction, an outermost gear is disposed so that a direction of rotation at a lower end portion of the outermost gear during forward movement of a vehicle points toward the suction port, and a part of a peripheral wall section of the case that faces a lower surface of the rotating electric machine is inclined downward toward the suction port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki YANAGIHARA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240175488Abstract: A first transmission system includes at least one gear disposed on a second axis, the at least one gear including a first outer gear disposed on an outermost side in a radial direction, and a second transmission system includes at least one gear disposed on the second axis, the at least one gear including a second outer gear disposed on an outermost side in the radial direction. The first outer gear and the second outer gear are spaced apart from each other in an axial direction. An oil cooler is disposed between the first outer gear and the second outer gear in the axial direction in such a manner as to overlap at least either the first outer gear or the second outer gear as viewed in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki YANAGIHARA, Ryotaro NAKASHIMA, Takeshi TEZUKA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240024773Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable program executed by a computer of a game device, at least one computer being configured to perform operations comprising obtaining data for determining a message to be shown while a game is running and performing conveyance processing for generating and providing a first image including a plurality of messages indicating game information of the game based on the obtained data such that the plurality of messages are sequentially shown. When the conveyance processing is terminated and the game processing is started, the second image further including a plurality of messages indicating the game information of the game based on the obtained data is generated and provided such that the plurality of messages are automatically sequentially shown.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Yoshiteru FUKUDA, Seita INOUE, Yosuke MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230358306Abstract: A case for a vehicle drive device includes a first case part having a first support part, a second case part having a first part, and a third case part having a second part. The second case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction first side, the third case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction second side, a first rotating body and a first input member are placed between the first support part and the first part in an axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the first part, and a second rotating body and a second input member are placed between the first support part and the second part in the axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the second part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki YANAGIHARA, Takayoshi KATO, Isao FUJISHIMA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
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Patent number: 11802614Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided that can suppress the increase in dimension in the radial direction while ensuring a sufficient speed reduction ratio. Two driving force sources are arranged on a first axis, two output members are arranged on a second axis, two counter gear mechanisms are arranged on a third axis. A planetary gear mechanism is configured to transmit rotation from the two counter gear mechanisms to the output members, and is disposed so as to overlap with both of the two counter gear mechanisms as seen in an axial direction along and axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihisa Mizutani, Kenta Kataoka, Taiki Owari, Hiroaki Osanai, Daiki Suyama, Hiroshi Kato, Yuki Yanagihara, Naoki Takahashi, Kiminobu Terao, Takuya Ogasawara, Yosuke Morimoto
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Publication number: 20220290749Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided that can suppress the increase in dimension in the radial direction while ensuring a sufficient speed reduction ratio. Two driving force sources are arranged on a first axis, two output members are arranged on a second axis, two counter gear mechanisms are arranged on a third axis. A planetary gear mechanism is configured to transmit rotation from the two counter gear mechanisms to the output members, and is disposed so as to overlap with both of the two counter gear mechanisms as seen in an axial direction along and axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihisa MIZUTANI, Kenta KATAOKA, Taiki OWARI, Hiroaki OSANAI, Daiki SUYAMA, Hiroshi KATO, Yuki YANAGIHARA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
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Patent number: 11057034Abstract: In a semiconductor relay module, inside a package, one of a pair of input parts of a first semiconductor relay is connected to a first input terminal, the other of the pair of input parts of the first semiconductor relay is connected to a second input terminal, one of a pair of input parts of a second semiconductor relay is connected to the second input terminal, the other of the pair of input parts of the second semiconductor relay is connected to the first input terminal, one of a pair of input parts of a third semiconductor relay is connected to a third input terminal, and the other of the pair of input parts of the third semiconductor relay is connected to the first input terminal or the second input terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Toshinobu Akutagawa, Yosuke Morimoto, Tetsuro Tsurusu
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Publication number: 20200228114Abstract: In a semiconductor relay module, inside a package, one of a pair of input parts of a first semiconductor relay is connected to a first input terminal, the other of the pair of input parts of the first semiconductor relay is connected to a second input terminal, one of a pair of input parts of a second semiconductor relay is connected to the second input terminal, the other of the pair of input parts of the second semiconductor relay is connected to the first input terminal, one of a pair of input parts of a third semiconductor relay is connected to a third input terminal, and the other of the pair of input parts of the third semiconductor relay is connected to the first input terminal or the second input terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Omron CorporationInventors: Toshinobu Akutagawa, Yosuke Morimoto, Tetsuro Tsurusu
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Patent number: 9389392Abstract: An imaging apparatus on which a lens unit having a photographic optical system including a focus lens and capable of controlling driving of the photographic optical system based on information received from the imaging apparatus is mountable includes a filter driving unit configured to insert or retract an optical filter on an optical path of the photographic optical system, a detection unit configured to detect an insertion state of the optical filter, and a control unit configured to calculate, based on a change of the insertion state of the optical filter detected by the detection unit, a movement amount of an image forming position of an object image, and to transmit information on the movement amount of the image forming position of the object image and information indicating the insertion state of the optical filter to the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yosuke Morimoto
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Patent number: 9354487Abstract: An image-pickup apparatus includes an image-pickup element photoelectrically converting an object image, a light-receiving sensor outputting a signal in accordance with a phase difference between a pair of object images, and a controller performing first focus control of controlling drive of a focus adjusting member based on a focus evaluation signal representing a contrast state of a video signal produced with the image-pickup element and second focus control of controlling drive of the focus adjusting member based on the signal in accordance with the phase difference. The controller stops the second focus control or switches focus control from the second focus control to the first focus control in response to a predetermined change found in the focus evaluation signal during the second focus control. The apparatus is capable of achieving an in-focus state smoothly and accurately with a hybrid AF.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yosuke Morimoto
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Publication number: 20160071702Abstract: An arc-plasma film formation device includes a film formation chamber in which a substrate to be treated is stored, a plasma chamber in which at least a part of a target is stored, the plasma chamber being configured to be connected to the film formation chamber, and a plurality of hollow coils configured to generate a continuous line of magnetic force between the target and the film formation chamber and having at least one curved section, the plurality of hollow coils being arrange in the plasma chamber and covered by an outer coat made of a non-magnetic metal. Plasma containing ions derived from the target material and generated in the plasma chamber as a result of arc discharge is transported from the target to the substrate by passing an inside of the plurality of hollow coils.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Masayasu SUZUKI, Yosuke MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20140198229Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device which generates an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion on an optical image via an optical system, an object detector which detects a plurality of object images based on the image signal obtained from the image pickup device, an identification information generator which allocates identification information to each of the object images, a communicator which sends the image signal and the identification information allocated to each of the object images to an outside of the image pickup apparatus, wherein the communicator is capable of receiving identification information of an object image relating to the sent identification information of the object image, and a controller configured to specify a main object image among the object images detected by the object detector based on the received identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yosuke Morimoto
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Patent number: 8755128Abstract: An image pickup lens includes a controller and a manipulator position detector configured to detect a position of a manipulator configured to accept a manipulation used to move the lens. When the manipulation of the manipulator becomes valid and a difference between the position of the manipulator when the manipulation of the manipulator is invalid and the position of the manipulator when the manipulation of the manipulator is valid is equal or smaller than a threshold, the controller controls a movement of the lens from an initial position that is the position of the lens when the manipulation of the manipulator is invalid. When the manipulation of the manipulator becomes valid and the difference is larger than the threshold, the controller controls a movement of the lens from an initial position that is the position of the lens corresponding to the manipulator's position detected by the manipulator position detector.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yosuke Morimoto
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Patent number: 8724233Abstract: It is provided an imaging apparatus including a plurality of motors configured to be driven to move lenses in synchronous with a drive pulse, a position detection unit configured to detect one of positions of the lenses moved by the driving of the plurality of motors, an operation unit configured to perform an output corresponding to an operation in response to the operation by a user, and a controller configured to receive the output from the position detection unit and control the plurality of motors. The controller supplies the number of drive pulses calculated based on a target position for moving the lens calculated based on the output from the operation unit and a lens position detected by the position detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yosuke Morimoto
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Patent number: 8526804Abstract: An image pickup apparatus detects a subject based on an image signal output from an image sensing unit and acquires a size of the detected subject. The image pickup apparatus performs an automatic zooming operation such that a zoom lens is driven so as to increase or decrease the size of the subject so that the size of the subject becomes equal to a reference size of the subject. In a case where the difference between the size of the subject and the reference size has increased beyond a predetermined threshold value and the position of the zoom lens has reached a wide angle end or a telephoto end, the image pickup apparatus resets the reference size to be equal to the current size of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yosuke Morimoto