Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Noguchi
Yukihiro Noguchi 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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Patent number: 10948243Abstract: Provided is a chemical heat storage apparatus that includes a reactor that exchanges heat with a heating object and includes a reaction material generating heat via chemical reaction with a reaction medium, the reaction medium being desorbed from the reaction material when heat is given, a reservoir storing the reaction medium, a reaction medium flow system allowing the reaction medium to flow between the reactor and the reservoir, a heat generation control unit controlling the reaction medium flow system, and an exhaust gas utilization unit desorbing the reaction medium from the reaction material via heat of exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine and heating the heating object via the heat of the exhaust gas when a temperature of the exhaust gas reaches a predetermined temperature or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Hiroyasu Kawauchi, Kenji Mori, Takafumi Mizuno, Yoshihiro Katagiri, Satoshi Hariu
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Publication number: 20180372422Abstract: Provided is a chemical heat storage apparatus that includes a reactor that exchanges heat with a heating object and includes a reaction material generating heat via chemical reaction with a reaction medium, the reaction medium being desorbed from the reaction material when heat is given, a reservoir storing the reaction medium, a reaction medium flow system allowing the reaction medium to flow between the reactor and the reservoir, a heat generation control unit controlling the reaction medium flow system, and an exhaust gas utilization unit desorbing the reaction medium from the reaction material via heat of exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine and heating the heating object via the heat of the exhaust gas when a temperature of the exhaust gas reaches a predetermined temperature or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yukihiro NOGUCHI, Hiroyasu KAWAUCHI, Kenji MORI, Takafumi MIZUNO, Yoshihiro KATAGIRI, Satoshi HARIU
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Publication number: 20170335739Abstract: A chemical heat storage apparatus includes a reactor including a reaction material that generates heat by chemically reacting with a reaction medium and desorbs the reaction medium by storing heat; a reservoir that stores the reaction medium; a feed pipe connecting the reactor with the reservoir; a valve provided in the feed pipe that opens and closes a flow path of the reaction medium; a pressure sensor that detects pressure in the reservoir; and a leakage determination unit that determines whether the reaction medium is leaking from the reactor. Leakage is determined if the pressure in the reservoir detected by the pressure sensor is lower than an abnormality determination threshold after an abnormality determination time has elapsed after the valve has opened to perform a heat generating reaction in which the reaction medium is fed from the reservoir to the reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yukihiro NOGUCHI, Hiroyasu KAWAUCHI, Kenji MORI, Yasushi SATAKE, Takanori MURASAKI
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Publication number: 20160370121Abstract: A chemical thermal storage device includes a reactor and an adsorber connected to the reactor via a pipe. The reactor has a stack structure body having a plurality of plate-shaped heat generation parts and a plurality of heat exchange parts alternately stacked. The heat generation part has a thermal storage material that generates heat upon chemical reaction with NH3 and desorbs NH3 upon reception of waste heat, and a metal casing that contains the thermal storage material. The heat exchange part is a passage of exhaust gas and is constituted of a metal fin. The metal casings of the heat generation parts and the heat exchange parts are joined to each other by brazing, welding or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yukihiro NOGUCHI, Hiroyasu KAWAUCHI, Kenji MORI, Satoshi HARIU, Takanori MURASAKI
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Publication number: 20160334172Abstract: A chemical thermal storage device includes a reactor that is disposed around a heat exchanger and contains a thermal storage material that generates heat upon chemical reaction with NH3 and desorbs NH3 upon reception of waste heat, an adsorber containing an adsorption material capable of retention and desorption of NH3 through physical adsorption, a solenoid valve that is provided between the reactor and the adsorber and opens and closes a flow channel between both, and a safety valve that is provided in parallel to the solenoid valve between the reactor and the adsorber and mechanically opens when a pressure in the reactor reaches a preset valve-opening setting pressure. The safety valve has a check valve function to shut off a flow of NH3 from the adsorber to the reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2015Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yukihiro NOGUCHI, Hiroyasu KAWAUCHI, Takanori MURASAKI, Kenji MORI, Yasushi SATAKE, Satoshi HARIU, Takafumi YAMASAKI, Satoshi UMEMURA
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Publication number: 20160298520Abstract: A chemical heat storage device according to one embodiment is a chemical heat storage device to heat a heating target disposed inside an exhaust pipe connected to an engine, the chemical heat storage device comprising a reactor disposed around the exhaust pipe and including a heat storage material which chemically reacts with a reaction medium to generate heat and a high heat conducting member having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the heat storage material, a storage which stores the reaction medium, and a connection pipe which connects the reactor to the storage to transfer the reaction medium between the reactor and the storage, wherein the high heat conducting member extends from a side of an outer peripheral surface of the reactor to a side of an inner circumferential surface of the reactor in contact with the exhaust pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Satoshi HARIU, Takafumi YAMASAKI, Yukihiro NOGUCHI, Hiroyasu KAWAUCHI, Hideaki SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9376942Abstract: A baffle plate structure includes an oil pan, an oil pump, a baffle plate, and a resin oil strainer. The baffle plate is to separate an interior of the oil pan into a crank case side and a oil chamber side. The resin oil strainer includes an inlet portion and a parallel portion. The inlet portion extends toward a bottom surface of the oil pan. The inlet portion has an inlet port for lubricant at a lower part of the inlet portion. The parallel portion extends from the inlet portion in a direction substantially parallel to the baffle plate to introduce the lubricant from the inlet portion to the oil pump. The baffle plate has an opening corresponding to the parallel portion of the resin oil strainer. The parallel portion of the resin oil strainer is disposed so as to close the opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Shinobu Terauchi
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Patent number: 8941298Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels configured to display a plurality of colors including white. Each of the sub-pixels includes a self-luminous element configured to emit light by receiving supply of electric current, an input unit configured to input a luminance signal for determining luminance of the self-luminous element into the sub-pixel, and a control unit configured to control the supply of electric current to the self-luminous element. An area of light emission in each of the sub-pixels for the white is larger than an area of light emission in each of the sub-pixels for the other colors.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Yoshiyuki Ishizuka, Shinichi Takatsuka
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Patent number: 8373629Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels configured to display a plurality of colors including white. Each of the sub-pixels includes a self-luminous element configured to emit light by receiving supply of electric current, an input unit configured to input a luminance signal for determining luminance of the self-luminous element into the sub-pixel, and a control unit configured to control the supply of electric current to the self-luminous element. An area of light emission in each of the sub-pixels for the white is larger than an area of light emission in each of the sub-pixels for the other colors.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Yoshiyuki Ishizuka, Shinichi Takatsuka
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Publication number: 20120210971Abstract: A baffle plate structure includes an oil pan, an oil pump, a baffle plate, and a resin oil strainer. The baffle plate is to separate an interior of the oil pan into a crank case side and a oil chamber side. The resin oil strainer includes an inlet portion and a parallel portion. The inlet portion extends toward a bottom surface of the oil pan. The inlet portion has an inlet port for lubricant at a lower part of the inlet portion. The parallel portion extends from the inlet portion in a direction substantially parallel to the baffle plate to introduce the lubricant from the inlet portion to the oil pump. The baffle plate has an opening corresponding to the parallel portion of the resin oil strainer. The parallel portion of the resin oil strainer is disposed so as to close the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukihiro NOGUCHI, Shinobu Terauchi
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Patent number: 7913984Abstract: A microbubble generator (20) includes an outer cylinder (201), bulkhead (202) and an inner cylinder (203) extending in the downstream direction from the bulkhead (202). A plurality of liquid passage holes (202a) is formed in the central portion of the bulkhead (202), and a circumferential flange (203a) is formed at the downstream end of the inner cylinder (203). A disk (204) is disposed adjacent to the rear edge of the inner cylinder (203). The disk (204) and circumferential flange (203a) define a restriction passage (17) in conjunction with each other. The circumferential flange (203a) forming one of the wall surfaces of the restriction passage (17) has a recess (206) formed therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Sanyo Facilities Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Shuowei Chuang
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Patent number: 7499121Abstract: A display capable of inhibiting a transistor from an instable operation resulting from fluctuation of the potential of a shielding film and suppressing occurrence of a malfunction is provided. This display comprises a first region including a first transistor, a first shielding film provided on the first region, arranged on a region corresponding to the first transistor and supplied with a first potential, a second region including a second transistor and a second shielding film provided on the second region, arranged on a region corresponding to the second transistor and supplied with a second potential.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Shoichiro Matsumoto, Naoya Sotani, Daisuke Ide, Yasutaka Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ishizuka, Isao Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7215314Abstract: A signal line drive circuit and a scanning line drive circuit are capable of being driven bidirectionally. A display apparatus includes a plurality of signal paths each of which transmit a signal outputted from a final-stage circuit thereof when the signal line circuit and/or the scanning line circuit is driven in a forward or reverse direction, and output paths formed by connecting the plurality of signal paths. There are provided a buffer unit and a switching element in each of the plurality of signal paths, and there is provided a buffer unit in each output path. Each of the switching elements in the plurality of signal paths is turned on according to a drive direction in the signal line drive circuit and/or the scanning line drive circuit, and then a target signal is selected and outputted to the output paths.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2003Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Sanyo Electronic Co., LtdInventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Junka Kaya
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Patent number: 7215304Abstract: A characteristic of a driving transistor which drives a diode is made to differ in terms of current driving capability from that of a switching transistor. The current driving capability of the driving transistor is made lower than that of the switching transistor.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2003Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Yukihiro Noguchi, Shoichiro Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20070095937Abstract: A microbubble generator (20) includes an outer cylinder (201), bulkhead (202) and an inner cylinder (203) extending in the downstream direction from the bulkhead (202). A plurality of liquid passage holes (202a) is formed in the central portion of the bulkhead (202), and a circumferential flange (203a) is formed at the downstream end of the inner cylinder (203). A disk (204) is disposed adjacent to the rear edge of the inner cylinder (203). The disk (204) and circumferential flange (203a) define a restriction passage (17) in conjunction with each other. The circumferential flange (203a) forming one of the wall surfaces of the restriction passage (17) has a recess (206) formed therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicants: SANYO FACILITIES INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Shuowei Chuang
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Patent number: 7170504Abstract: In a display apparatus, a first data control circuit, a second data control circuit, a first selection control circuit and a second selection control circuit, all disposed in the periphery of a display region, and a power supply region are formed in a manner such that at least part of the first data control circuit, second data control circuit, first selection control circuit and second selection control circuit is overlapped with the power supply region. The power supply region and a cathode region are provided over a large area in a layer or layers different from the above-mentioned circuits disposed in the periphery of the display region.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2003Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Akifumi Sasaki, Junka Kaya
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Publication number: 20060250592Abstract: A display capable of inhibiting a transistor from an instable operation resulting from fluctuation of the potential of a shielding film and suppressing occurrence of a malfunction is provided. This display comprises a first region including a first transistor, a first shielding film provided on the first region, arranged on a region corresponding to the first transistor and supplied with a first potential, a second region including a second transistor and a second shielding film provided on the second region, arranged on a region corresponding to the second transistor and supplied with a second potential.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2005Publication date: November 9, 2006Inventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Shoichiro Matsumoto, Naoya Sotani, Daisuke Ide, Yasutaka Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ishizuka, Isao Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20060221092Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels configured to display a plurality of colors including white. Each of the sub-pixels includes a self-luminous element configured to emit light by receiving supply of electric current, an input unit configured to input a luminance signal for determining luminance of the self-luminous element into the sub-pixel, and a control unit configured to control the supply of electric current to the self-luminous element. An area of light emission in each of the sub-pixels for the white is larger than an area of light emission in each of the sub-pixels for the other colors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Yoshiyuki Ishizuka, Shinichi Takatsuka
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Patent number: 7078934Abstract: The source of a p-channel MOSFET of a level conversion unit is connected to a supply terminal which receives supply voltage VDD. The drain is connected to an output node NO and the gate is connected to an input node I2. The source of a n-channel MOSFET is connected to an input node I2, the drain is connected to the output node NO and the gate is connected to the supply terminal which receives the supply voltage VDD. Input signals CLK1 and CLK2 change complementarily and difference of voltage between the high level and low level of the signals is smaller than difference between the supply voltage VDD and the ground voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2004Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Shoichiro Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20050212787Abstract: In an active matrix display apparatus, the drive transistor to drive an OLED self-corrects the operation timing of the drive transistor. A correction transistor controls on and off of the self-correction. The drive circuit self-corrects the operation of the drive transistor by generating a luminance signal which is corrected based on a predetermined signal delivered temporarily and an operation threshold value. The current flowing to the OLED is controlled by gradually changing the voltage of luminance signal from a ramp signal line. After the luminance signal for one frame is inputted to each pixel, the same luminance signal for one frame is inputted to the each pixel in a reversed scanning direction. One frame period is divided into a plurality of subframe periods and the data control circuit inputs respectively the same luminance signal to each pixel in the plurality of subframe periods.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: Yukihiro Noguchi, Satoru Sekine, Kouiti Yamada, Shoichiro Matsumoto