Patents by Inventor Yu HIRAI

Yu HIRAI 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: 11951737
    Abstract: A distance between the first circuit and the second circuit is a first distance, a distance between the first circuit and the temperature detection circuit is a second distance longer than the first distance, and a distance between the second circuit and the temperature detection circuit is a third distance longer than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichiro Yokoo, Noritaka Ide, Eiju Hirai, Masaki Mori, Yu Shiozawa
  • Publication number: 20240114618
    Abstract: A circuit board unit includes a first circuit board having a first ground layer, a second circuit board having a second ground layer and arranged so as to be opposed to the first circuit board, a connector unit having a first connector attached to the first circuit board, and a second connector attached to the second circuit board and coupled to the first connector, and a metal member arranged between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and configured to electrically couple the first ground layer and the second ground layer to each other. The metal member is arranged so as to be adjacent to the connector unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu MASAGO, Toshiyuki OMORI, Masaaki ITO, Takeshi HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20240066868
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle substrate having a nozzle configured to eject liquid; a pressure chamber substrate having a pressure chamber in which a pressure for ejecting liquid through the nozzle is applied to liquid and an absorption chamber adjacent to an upstream portion of the pressure chamber and configured to absorb vibration of liquid that occurs when a pressure is applied to the liquid in the pressure chamber; a first piezoelectric element associated with the pressure chamber and configured to be driven by voltage application; and a second piezoelectric element associated with the absorption chamber and configured to be driven independently of the first piezoelectric element by voltage application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yu SHIOZAWA, Hitoshi TAKAAI, Takahiro KANEGAE, Eiju HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20240066861
    Abstract: a first compliance portion provided at a position on the first side of a coupling area in the common flow path where the common flow path is coupled to the plurality of individual flow paths; and a second compliance portion, different from the first compliance portion, provided at a position on a second side of the coupling area in the common flow path, the second side being the other side in the second direction and being opposite to the first side, and the first compliance portion and the second compliance portion have an overlapping portion where the first compliance portion and the second compliance portion partially overlap each other as viewed in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yu SHIOZAWA, Hitoshi TAKAAI, Motoki TAKABE, Eiju HIRAI, Takahiro KANEGAE
  • Publication number: 20230179043
    Abstract: A rotor core includes: a bypass barrier which is a nonmagnetic region provided on the q-axis; a first magnet provided in a region of the rotor core that is closer to the d-axis than the q-axis is; and a second magnet at least a portion of which is provided in a region, of the rotor core, on a radially inner side relative to the first magnet. The second magnet is provided in a region of the rotor core that is closer to the q-axis than the first magnet is. An end point of the second magnet that is closest to the q-axis is located on the radially inner side, in the rotor core, relative to a radially innermost surface which is a surface on a radially innermost side of the bypass barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Junji KITAO, Yu HIRAI
  • Patent number: 11215274
    Abstract: A lubrication mechanism for a vehicle drive-force transmitting apparatus including; first and second gears meshing with each other in a meshing region; and a casing storing therein the first and second gears. The lubrication mechanism includes a gutter that extends from an inner wall surface such that oil is received in the gutter and is then dropped from an end of the gutter. The gutter includes a flow-direction changing rib with which the received oil is to be collided whereby a flow direction of the received oil is changed to a direction toward the end of the gutter. The end of the gutter is located on upper side of the meshing region, between first and second vertical planes containing respective first and second axes about which the first and second gears to be rotated, and is located between opposite ends of the meshing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seitaro Nobuyasu, Yu Hirai, Atsushi Kawamoto, Shigetsugu Iwata, Yuki Katayama, Kazuaki Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20200332881
    Abstract: A lubrication mechanism for a vehicle drive-force transmitting apparatus including; first and second gears meshing with each other in a meshing region; and a casing storing therein the first and second gears. The lubrication mechanism includes a gutter that extends from an inner wall surface such that oil is received in the gutter and is then dropped from an end of the gutter. The gutter includes a flow-direction changing rib with which the received oil is to be collided whereby a flow direction of the received oil is changed to a direction toward the end of the gutter. The end of the gutter is located on upper side of the meshing region, between first and second vertical planes containing respective first and second axes about which the first and second gears to be rotated, and is located between opposite ends of the meshing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seitaro Nobuyasu, Yu Hirai, Atsushi Kawamoto, Shigetsugu Iwata, Yuki Katayama, Kazuaki Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20200157983
    Abstract: It is provided an electric oil pump system and a controlling method of an electric oil pump. The electric oil pump system includes an electric oil pump and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to accumulate driving time of the electric oil pump, predict driving time of the electric oil pump that will occur in the future, and determine degradation of the electric oil pump by taking into account an accumulated driving time and a predicted driving time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20200026210
    Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner comprises a binder resin, a metal-containing azo dye, and a quaternary ammonium salt, has an average circularity of from 0.85 to 0.95, and is free of a tin compound having Sn—C bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yu HIRAI, Masayuki Ishii, Hyo Shu, Masayuki Kakimoto, Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Shohta Kobayashi, Shinya Hanatani, Kohtaroh Ogino, Yasuaki Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 9806572
    Abstract: A rotor 14 includes a shaft having a coolant flow passage and a coolant supply port, a rotor core 24 fixed on the shaft and formed of laminated steel plates, and a magnet set 32 provided in the rotor core 24 to extend along an axial direction thereof. The rotor core 24 has a first flow passage 34 provided near the magnet to extend therealong and a second flow passage 36 that connects the coolant supply port 28 of the shaft 22 and the first flow passage 34, thereby constituting a coolant flow path. The second flow passage 36 is formed by overlapping second slits 37 formed in the respective steel plates at an axially intermediate region A of the rotor core 24, the formed position of the second slit 37 being different for each steel plate combined. The first flow passage 34 and the second flow passage 36 join at the axially intermediate region A of the rotor core 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitada Yamagishi, Yu Hirai, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Masashi Matsumoto, Takashi Matsumoto, Shinya Sano, Taketo Takeuchi, Akifumi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20160036276
    Abstract: A rotor 14 includes a shaft having a coolant flow passage and a coolant supply port, a rotor core 24 fixed on the shaft and formed of laminated steel plates, and a magnet set 32 provided in the rotor core 24 to extend along an axial direction thereof. The rotor core 24 has a first flow passage 34 provided near the magnet to extend therealong and a second flow passage 36 that connects the coolant supply port 28 of the shaft 22 and the first flow passage 34, thereby constituting a coolant flow path. The second flow passage 36 is formed by overlapping second slits 37 formed in the respective steel plates at an axially intermediate region A of the rotor core 24, the formed position of the second slit 37 being different for each steel plate combined. The first flow passage 34 and the second flow passage 36 join at the axially intermediate region A of the rotor core 24.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitada YAMAGISHI, Yu HIRAI, Tatsuhiko MIZUTANI, Masashi MATSUMOTO, Takashi MATSUMOTO, Shinya SANO, Taketo TAKEUCHI, Akifumi KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140054986
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a rotary electric machine, which has a rotary element that includes a permanent magnet, includes a magnet temperature acquisition portion, a coolant temperature detection portion and a temperature control portion. The magnet temperature acquisition portion acquires information about temperature of the permanent magnet. The coolant temperature detection portion detects temperature of a coolant that cools at least the rotary element. The temperature control portion performs a temperature raising control of the permanent magnet when the temperature of the permanent magnet is less than or equal to a first threshold temperature and the temperature of the coolant is less than or equal to a second threshold temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu HIRAI, Kazuhide MIYATA