Patents by Inventor Yuki Asano
Yuki Asano 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: 20240113366Abstract: A method for producing a power storage device includes forming a lid, forming a lid assembly, closing, and welding. In forming a lid, there is included forming, by forging, a protruding portion between a peripheral portion and an insertion-hole surrounding portion of the lid to block scattered light of a laser beam from being irradiated to a resin member, with a distance D from an end surface of the peripheral portion to a side surface of the protruding portion falling within 0.5t (D?0.5t) relative to a thickness t of the lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yuki SATO, Yozo UCHIDA, Tsuyoshi EHARA, Syoichi TSUCHIYA, Masataka ASAI, Tsuyoshi ASANO, Masahiro UCHIMURA, Shigeru MATSUMOTO, Yasuaki NAGANO
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Publication number: 20240113367Abstract: A method for producing a power storage device includes placing a lid assembly that includes a lid and a terminal member integrated therewith via a resin member to close an opening portion of a case body with the lid, and laser-welding the opening portion of the case body and the peripheral portion of the lid over an entire circumference. In placing the lid assembly, a peripheral high-level region, in which a peripheral outer surface of the peripheral portion of the lid is located on the outer side relative to an opening end surface of the opening portion of the case body is provided in proximate long-side opening portions, close of the opening portion and proximate long-side peripheral portions of the peripheral portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yuki SATO, Yozo UCHIDA, Tsuyoshi EHARA, Syoichi TSUCHIYA, Masataka ASAI, Tsuyoshi ASANO, Masahiro UCHIMURA, Shigeru MATSUMOTO, Yasuaki NAGANO
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Publication number: 20240113368Abstract: A method for producing a power storage device includes closing an opening portion of a case body with a lid of a lid assembly, and laser-welding the opening portion of the case body and a peripheral portion of the lid over their entire circumference. A resin member has an outer surface including a scattered light-reached surface to which scattered light of a laser beam directly reaches, at least a part of the scattered light-reached surface including a smoothed region having a surface roughness of 0.6 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yuki SATO, Yozo UCHIDA, Tsuyoshi EHARA, Syoichi TSUCHIYA, Masataka ASAI, Tsuyoshi ASANO, Masahiro UCHIMURA, Shigeru MATSUMOTO, Yasuaki NAGANO
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Publication number: 20240096772Abstract: A plurality of first terminal pins are placed side by side in a first direction. A plurality of second terminal pins are placed to extend in parallel with the plurality of first terminal pins. The plurality of first terminal pins and the plurality of second terminal pins include an inside face facing each other, an outside face opposite to the inside face, and side faces connecting the inside face and the outside face. At least one of the side faces includes a first portion having a relatively rough surface, and a second portion having a relatively fine surface and having approximately the same roughness as the inside face and the outside face.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Mitsuo IWATA, Osamu YAMAGUCHI, Yuki ASANO
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Publication number: 20230371219Abstract: A module includes a substrate and a first metal member. The substrate has an upper main surface and a lower main surface arranged in an up-down direction. The first metal member includes a first plate-shaped portion provided on the upper main surface of the substrate, and includes a front main surface and a back main surface arranged in a front-back direction when viewed in an up-down direction. The first metal member further includes a first left support portion. A boundary between the first plate-shaped portion and the first left support portion is defined as a first left boundary. The first left support portion bends with respect to the first plate-shaped portion at the first left boundary so as to be located behind the first plate-shaped portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Shota HAYASHI, Nobuaki OGAWA, Yuki ASANO, Akihiro MURANAKA, Takanori UEJIMA, Hiromichi KITAJIMA
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Publication number: 20230360981Abstract: A module includes a substrate having an upper main surface and a lower main surface arranged in an up-down direction, and a metal member including a plate-shaped portion provided on the upper main surface of the substrate, the plate-shaped portion having a front main surface, a back main surface, and a lower end surface arranged in the front-back direction when viewed in the up-down direction. The lower end surface of the plate-shaped portion includes a straight portion extending in the left-right direction and one or more protruding portions protruding in the forward direction or the backward direction with respect to the straight portion, and the straight portion and the one or more protruding portions are visually recognized when viewed in the upward direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Shota HAYASHI, Nobuaki OGAWA, Yuki ASANO
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Publication number: 20230360983Abstract: In a module, a metal member includes a right support portion, the right support portion has a right support foremost portion located at a foremost in the right support portion and located in front of the plate-shaped portion, the right support portion bends in a forward direction from a right boundary when the right support portion has the right support foremost portion, the right support portion bends in a backward direction and a right direction from the right support foremost portion when the right support portion has the right support foremost portion, and the right support portion is provided with a first lower notch extending in an upward direction from a lower side and overlapping the right support foremost portion when viewed in the up-down direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Shota HAYASHI, Nobuaki OGAWA, Yuki ASANO, Akihiro MURANAKA
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Publication number: 20230310181Abstract: A knee joint that is capable of widening a moveable range, and that has good energy efficiency and is small and lightweight is described. Also described is a knee joint that is of an active type, but comparatively inexpensive. A drive section moves a driven member. An elastic member is arranged between the driven member and a linear motion member. The linear motion member elastically moves in at least one direction, in accordance with movement of the driven member, by way of the elastic member. A crank mechanism can realize bending and extension of the knee joint by converting linear motion of the linear motion member to rotational motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Xiaojun Sun, Masayuki Inaba, Kei Okada, Yuki Asano
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Patent number: 11696840Abstract: A knee joint that is capable of widening a moveable range, and that has good energy efficiency and is small and lightweight is described. Also described is a knee joint that is of an active type, but comparatively inexpensive. A drive section moves a driven member. An elastic member is arranged between the driven member and a linear motion member. The linear motion member elastically moves in at least one direction, in accordance with movement of the driven member, by way of the elastic member. A crank mechanism can realize bending and extension of the knee joint by converting linear motion of the linear motion member to rotational motion.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: The University of TokyoInventors: Xiaojun Sun, Masayuki Inaba, Kei Okada, Yuki Asano
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Publication number: 20230209788Abstract: A module includes: a substrate having an upper main surface and a lower main surface arranged in an up-down direction; a metal member provided on the upper main surface of the substrate, the metal member having a plate-shaped portion including a front main surface and a back main surface arranged in a front-back direction; a first electronic component mounted on the upper main surface of the substrate and disposed in front of the metal member; a second electronic component mounted on the upper main surface of the substrate and disposed behind the metal member; and a sealing resin layer provided on the upper main surface of the substrate and covering the first electronic component, the second electronic component, and the metal member. The metal member includes an upper protruding portion extending on one side of the front-back direction from an upper end of the plate-shaped portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Shota HAYASHI, Nobuaki OGAWA, Yuki ASANO, Takanori UEJIMA, Hiromichi KITAJIMA, Takahiro EGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230200032Abstract: A metal member includes a plate-shaped portion provided on an upper main surface of a substrate, and includes a front main surface and a back main surface arranged in a front-back direction when viewed in an up-down direction. A first electronic component is mounted on the upper main surface of the substrate and is disposed in front of the metal member. A second electronic component is mounted on the upper main surface of the substrate and is disposed behind the metal member. A sealing resin layer is provided on the upper main surface of the substrate and covers the metal member and the one or more electronic components. The plate-shaped portion is provided with one or more upper notches extending downward from the upper side. The metal member further includes one or more foot portions extending forward or backward from the lower side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Shota HAYASHI, Nobuaki OGAWA, Yuki ASANO, Takanori UEJIMA, Hiromichi KITAJIMA, Takahiro EGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230199939Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a module substrate having a main surface, circuit components arranged on the main surface, a resin member covering at least a part of the main surface and the circuit components, a metallic shield layer covering at least an upper surface of the resin member, and a metallic shield plate arranged on the main surface and between the circuit component and the circuit component when the main surface is viewed in a plan view. The metallic shield plate is in contact with the metallic shield layer. An engraved mark portion indicating predetermined information is provided on the upper surface of the resin member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Takanori UEJIMA, Hiromichi KITAJIMA, Takahiro EGUCHI, Nobuaki OGAWA, Yuki ASANO, Shota HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230187295Abstract: A metal member includes a plate-shaped portion extending upward from an upper main surface of a substrate, and has a front main surface and a back main surface arranged in the front-back direction when viewed in the up-down direction. A first electronic component is mounted on the upper main surface of the substrate and is disposed in front of the metal member. A second electronic component is mounted on the upper main surface of the substrate and is disposed behind the metal member. A sealing resin layer is provided on the upper main surface of the substrate and covers the metal member and the one or more electronic components. The plate-shaped portion is provided with one or more upper notches extending downward from the upper side. The plate-shaped portion is provided with one or more lower notches extending upward from the lower side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Shota HAYASHI, Nobuaki OGAWA, Yuki ASANO, Takanori UEJIMA, Hiromichi KITAJIMA, Takahiro EGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230187297Abstract: A substrate has an upper main surface and a lower main surface arranged in an up-down direction. A metal member includes a plate-shaped portion provided on an upper main surface of a substrate, the plate-shaped portion having a front main surface and a back main surface arranged in a front-back direction when viewed in an up-down direction. The sealing resin layer is provided on the upper main surface of the substrate, covers the metal member, the first electronic component, and the second electronic component, and has an upper surface. The shield is provided on the upper surface of the sealing resin layer so as to be connected to the upper end of the plate-shaped portion. The plate-shaped portion is inclined with respect to the up-down direction such that an upper end of the plate-shaped portion is located in front of a lower end of the plate-shaped portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Shota HAYASHI, Nobuaki OGAWA, Yuki ASANO, Takanori UEJIMA, Hiromichi KITAJIMA, Takahiro EGUCHI, Kunitoshi HANAOKA
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Publication number: 20230189490Abstract: A metal member includes a plate-shaped portion provided on an upper main surface of a substrate, and includes a front main surface and a back main surface arranged in a front-back direction when viewed in an up-down direction. A first electronic component is mounted on the upper main surface of the substrate and is disposed in front of the metal member. A second electronic component is mounted on the upper main surface of the substrate and is disposed behind the metal member. A sealing resin layer is provided on the upper main surface of the substrate and covers the metal member and the one or more electronic components. The plate-shaped portion is provided with one or more lower notches extending upward from the lower side. The metal member further includes a plurality of foot portions. All of the plurality of foot portions extend backward from the lower side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Shota Hayashi, Nobuaki Ogawa, Yuki Asano, Akihiro Muranaka, Takanori Uejima, Hiromichi Katajima, Takahiro Eguchi
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Publication number: 20230187388Abstract: A substrate has an upper main surface and a lower main surface arranged in an up-down direction. The metal member is provided on the upper main surface of the substrate. The metal member includes a plate-shaped portion and one or more foot portions. The plate-shaped portion has a front main surface and a back main surface arranged in a front-back direction when viewed in the up-down direction. The one or more foot portions extend backward from the lower side by bending the metal member at the lower side of the plate-shaped portion. A line extending in a predetermined direction is provided on the front main surface, the back main surface, the outer surface of the portion where the metal member is bent, and the inner surface of the portion where the metal member is bent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Shota HAYASHI, Nobuaki OGAWA, Yuki ASANO, Takanori UEJIMA, Hiromichi KITAJIMA, Takahiro EGUCHI
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Patent number: 11349449Abstract: Provided is a laminated electronic component in which defective formation is unlikely to cause in a shield conductor layer on a side surface of a laminate. The laminated electronic component includes a laminate 1, in which substrate layers 1a to 1i are laminated, having an outer surface including a first main surface 1B, a second main surface 1T, and a side surface 1S, internal electrodes (a ground electrode 2, coil electrodes 3, capacitor electrodes 4, and wiring electrodes 5), an external electrode 7, and a first plating layer 9 formed on a surface of the external electrode 7.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Issei Yamamoto, Atsunobu Okazaki, Yuki Asano
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Publication number: 20210298922Abstract: A knee joint that is capable of widening a moveable range, and that has good energy efficiency and is small and lightweight is described. Also described is a knee joint that is of an active type, but comparatively inexpensive. A drive section moves a driven member. An elastic member is arranged between the driven member and a linear motion member. The linear motion member elastically moves in at least one direction, in accordance with movement of the driven member, by way of the elastic member. A crank mechanism can realize bending and extension of the knee joint by converting linear motion of the linear motion member to rotational motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Xiaojun Sun, Masayuki Inaba, Kei Okada, Yuki Asano
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Publication number: 20210126608Abstract: Provided is a laminated electronic component in which defective formation is unlikely to cause in a shield conductor layer on a side surface of a laminate. The laminated electronic component includes a laminate 1, in which substrate layers 1a to 1i are laminated, having an outer surface including a first main surface 1B, a second main surface 1T, and a side surface 1S, internal electrodes (a ground electrode 2, coil electrodes 3, capacitor electrodes 4, and wiring electrodes 5), an external electrode 7, and a first plating layer 9 formed on a surface of the external electrode 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Issei YAMAMOTO, Atsunobu OKAZAKI, Yuki ASANO
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Patent number: 9504294Abstract: A female snap is provided with: a first member for at least partially establishing an opening into which a post is inserted; and a second member which is able to restrict expansion of the opening in order to either increase the force needed for engagement/disengagement, or prohibit engagement/disengagement, of the post with respect to the female snap. The extent of expansion of the opening that is permitted by the second member varies depending on the relative positions of a contracting part of the second member and a contacted part of the first member in a peripheral direction going around the direction of insertion of the post into the opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: YKK CorporationInventors: Kenji Hasegawa, Hisanori Kato, Yuki Asano, Hiroki Fukushima, Tomoko Taguchi