Patents by Inventor Yuji Murayama

Yuji Murayama 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).

  • Publication number: 20160024828
    Abstract: A door checker includes a stopper provided to a tip portion of a check lever and defining a door opening limit by engaging with stopper surfaces provided to an outer surface of a peripheral edge of a through-hole in a support body. The stopper is formed from paired first stopper portions engageable with paired first stopper surfaces arranged side-by-side with the through-hole therebetween, and paired second stopper portions engageable with paired second stopper surfaces. The first stopper portions are formed from metal-made protrusions integrally projecting from opposite sides of a tip portion of a lever core plate, and projecting from an outer surface of a synthetic resin-made covering portion. The second stopper portions are formed from synthetic resin-made portions of the outer surface located between the first stopper portions and swollen on opposite sides in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the first stopper portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Yuji MURAYAMA, Jun ASAKURA
  • Publication number: 20150299887
    Abstract: There are provided a dielectric and an electrolytic capacitor that have a small amount of leakage current, and have high reliability also in a high temperature environment. A dielectric containing at least zirconium, titanium, and a carbon atom, wherein a concentration of the carbon atom is 100 ppm or more and 10,000 ppm or less, and an atomic ratio of the titanium to a sum of the zirconium and the titanium is 30% or more and 90% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji Murayama, Koji Sakata, Yasuhisa Sugawara
  • Patent number: 9006934
    Abstract: A power feeding apparatus, power receiving apparatus, wireless power feeding system, and method for wireless transfer of power are provided. The power feeding apparatus includes an impedance detector, a controller, a power transmitter, a variable matching circuit, and a signal transmitter. The controller is configured to provide first control information and second control information based on an impedance detected by the impedance detector. The power feeding apparatus' variable matching circuit is configured to change a variable diameter of a power feeding coil according to the first control information. The power receiving apparatus includes a power receiver, a signal receiver, and a variable matching circuit. The power receiving apparatus'variable matching circuit is configured to change a variable diameter of a power feeding coil according to the second control information provided by the power feeding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kozakai, Takashi Miyamoto, Yuji Murayama
  • Patent number: 8860367
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless electrical charging apparatus, including: a power-supply unit configured to generate power to be transferred to a power receiving apparatus; a power transferring device configured to transfer power generated by the power-supply unit to the power receiving apparatus; a power relaying device capable of relaying power transferred by the power transferring device to the power receiving apparatus; and a power-relaying-device moving mechanism section configured to move the power relaying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Murayama
  • Publication number: 20140159503
    Abstract: A detection device includes a coil configured to be electromagnetically coupled with an outside, and a detection section connected to a circuit including the coil. The detection section is configured to measure a Q value of the circuit using an alternating-current signal at a frequency different from a frequency of an alternating-current signal of contactless power feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomichi Murakami, Hiroaki Nakano, Takaaki Hashiguchi, Yoshitaka Yoshino, Shinji Komiyama, Osamu Kozakai, Shinichi Fukuda, Yuji Murayama, Keigo Bunsen
  • Publication number: 20140125287
    Abstract: An energy receiver includes: a power receiver coil configured to wirelessly receive power transmitted from a power transmitter; a detection section configured to detect a foreign object; and a power storage section configured to supply power to the detection section during detection of the foreign object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Shinichi Fukuda, Yuji Murayama, Kenichi Fujimaki, Tomomichi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20130076153
    Abstract: A power receiving unit includes a communication unit, a control unit, a detecting unit that performs metallic foreign matter detection, and a charge storage unit. The control unit is configured to control charging so electric power is stored in the charge storage unit for consumption by the detecting unit during Q-value measurement when the control unit receives a Q-value measurement command from the power transmitting device through the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Murayama, Hiroaki Nakano, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20120007549
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless charging device including: a feeding device capable of feeding power on a wireless basis; and a display device, the feeding device including a power generating section configured to generate the power to be fed, a power transmitting element section configured to transmit the power generated by the power generating section, and a wireless communicating section capable of wireless data transmission and reception, and the display device being capable of displaying at least one of data transferred from a charging object device and received through the wireless communicating section and information on charging conditions, the information on the charging conditions being received as a response to the power transmitted for charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Murayama, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Publication number: 20110248572
    Abstract: A power feeding apparatus, power receiving apparatus, wireless power feeding system, and method for wireless transfer of power are provided. The power feeding apparatus includes an impedance detector, a controller, a power transmitter, a variable matching circuit, and a signal transmitter. The controller is configured to provide first control information and second control information based on an impedance detected by the impedance detector. The power feeding apparatus' variable matching circuit is configured to change a variable diameter of a power feeding coil according to the first control information. The power receiving apparatus includes a power receiver, a signal receiver, and a variable matching circuit. The power receiving apparatus' variable matching circuit is configured to change a variable diameter of a power feeding coil according to the second control information provided by the power feeding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Kozakai, Takashi Miyamoto, Yuji Murayama
  • Publication number: 20110187320
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless electrical charging apparatus, including: a power-supply unit configured to generate power to be transferred to a power receiving apparatus; a power transferring device configured to transfer power generated by the power-supply unit to the power receiving apparatus; a power relaying device capable of relaying power transferred by the power transferring device to the power receiving apparatus; and a power-relaying-device moving mechanism section configured to move the power relaying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Murayama
  • Patent number: 7913354
    Abstract: An automobile door checker includes a case secured to a door, a check plate that runs movably through the case and is pivotably supported on a body, a detent member fitted into and retained by the case and working in cooperation with a detent face of the check plate, and a resilient member that is made of a resilient material and is provided in a compressed state in a housing chamber defined between an outer end face of the detent member and an inner end face of the case, wherein the resilient member is formed so that it substantially fills the housing chamber, the resilient member is provided with a hole portion that allows resilient deformation of the resilient member, the hole portion being sealed by the outer end face and the inner end face, and a half of the resilient member on the outer end face side and a half on the inner end face side are symmetrical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Rikenkaki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuujiro Tashima, Hidetoshi Ijuin, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Yuji Murayama, Yuji Arie
  • Publication number: 20090217592
    Abstract: An automobile door checker includes a case secured to a door, a check plate that runs movably through the case and is pivotably supported on a body, a detent member fitted into and retained by the case and working in cooperation with a detent face of the check plate, and a resilient member that is made of a resilient material and is provided in a compressed state in a housing chamber defined between an outer end face of the detent member and an inner end face of the case, wherein the resilient member is formed so that it substantially fills the housing chamber, the resilient member is provided with a hole portion that allows resilient deformation of the resilient member, the hole portion being sealed by the outer end face and the inner end face, and a half of the resilient member on the outer end face side and a half on the inner end face side are symmetrical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Yuujiro Tashima, Hidetoshi Ijuin, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Yuji Murayama, Yuji Arie
  • Patent number: 7506406
    Abstract: A door checker for an automobile includes: a case fixed to one of a body and a door of the automobile; a check lever movably penetrating the case, oscillatably axis-supported by the other of the body and the door, and provided with a rack on one side face; a pinion meshed with the rack and rotatably housed in the case; a movable shoe housed in the case so that the movable shoe can be engaged with and disengaged from a tooth portion of the pinion; and a check spring for biasing the movable shoe in the direction of engagement with the pinion. The door is held at an arbitrary opening degree by an engaging force of the movable shoe with the pinion due to a biasing force of the check spring. Thus, it is possible to easily set a large number of steps in an opening degree for holding the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Murayama, Junichi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 7240399
    Abstract: In a door checker for an automobile, including: a case; a check plate which movably extends through the case and which has on its opposite sides ball guide grooves extending in a lengthwise direction; a pair of ball holders accommodated in the case; a pair of balls which are retained in hemispherical ball housings of the ball holders and which are rollably engaged in the ball guide grooves; and a check spring for biasing the ball holders toward said check plate; and a recess for retaining a grease on an inner surface of each of the ball housings and for accommodating a dust therein is formed in the inner surface of each of the ball housings. Thus, the sticking of the balls due to an entering dust can be prevented, and the smooth rotation and rolling of the balls can be ensured over a long term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignees: Rikenkaki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Murayama, Makiko Honno
  • Patent number: 7204410
    Abstract: A structure of a system using an IC card is simplified. A controller and active antennas are connected to each other through a bus. The controller transmits a command outputted from a host computer and including an ID for discriminating the active antennas to all the active antennas connected to the bus. The respective active antennas judge whether or not the received command is directed to itself by checking the contained ID. In the case where it is judged that the command is directed to itself, transfer of data to the IC card is performed, and the result is transferred to the controller through the active antenna and the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Murayama, Susumu Kusakabe, Katsuyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20060230574
    Abstract: A door checker for an automobile includes: a case fixed to one of a body and a door of the automobile; a check lever movably penetrating the case, oscillatably axis-supported by the other of the body and the door, and provided with a rack on one side face; a pinion meshed with the rack and rotatably housed in the case; a movable shoe housed in the case so that the movable shoe can be engaged with and disengaged from a tooth portion of the pinion; and a check spring for biasing the movable shoe in the direction of engagement with the pinion. The door is held at an arbitrary opening degree by an engaging force of the movable shoe with the pinion due to a biasing force of the check spring. Thus, it is possible to easily set a large number of steps in an opening degree for holding the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicants: RIKENKAKI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Murayama, Junichi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 7076833
    Abstract: An automobile door checker includes a check plate, a shoe holder housed in a case, a shoe that is held by the shoe holder and the shoe slides on the check plate accompanying relative movement between the case and the check plate, and a check spring that resiliently urges the shoe holder toward the check plate in order to press the shoe against the check plate. The shoe is axially supported in the shoe holder so that the shoe can swing from a neutral position to forward and backward swing limits. The shoe is provided with return-to-neutral means for exhibiting a return force that makes the shoe return to the neutral position. The contact area between the shoe and the check plate is arranged so that the frictional force in the contact area becomes the smallest when the shoe reaches the shoe swing limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignees: Rikenkaki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Murayama, Junichi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 6966490
    Abstract: A structure of a system using an IC card is simplified. A controller and active antennas are connected to each other through a bus. The controller transmits a command outputted from a host computer and including an ID for discriminating the active antennas to all the active antennas connected to the bus. The respective active antennas judge whether or not the received command is directed to itself by checking the contained ID. In the case where it is judged that the command is directed to itself, transfer of data to the IC card is performed, and the result is transferred to the controller through the active antenna and the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Murayama, Susumu Kusakabe, Katsuyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20050205659
    Abstract: A structure of a system using an IC card is simplified. A controller and active antennas are connected to each other through a bus. The controller transmits a command outputted from a host computer and including an ID for discriminating the active antennas to all the active antennas connected to the bus. The respective active antennas judge whether or not the received command is directed to itself by checking the contained ID. In the case where it is judged that the command is directed to itself, transfer of data to the IC card is performed, and the result is transferred to the controller through the active antenna and the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Yuji Murayama, Susumu Kusakabe, Katsuyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6886752
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus is disclosed which comprises a detecting element for detecting a high-frequency signal received by an antenna and for outputting the detected signal, a sampling element for sampling the detected signal with regard to a frequency higher than a clock frequency of the detected signal and for outputting sampled results, and a decoding element for decoding data transmitted by the high-frequency signal by use of the signal level distribution of the detected signal derived from the sampled results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Murayama, Shigeru Arisawa