Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Komatsu
Hideyuki Komatsu 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: 20240145698Abstract: An all-solid-state battery (ASSB) cell has an anode comprising lithium metal, a solid electrolyte, and a cathode composite layer comprising cathode active material particles. Each cathode active material particle has a core of a first lithium transition metal oxide and a surface layer of a second lithium transition metal oxide, the second lithium transition metal oxide being different from the first lithium transition metal oxide. The second lithium transition metal oxide has a composition of LiNixMnyCozO2, wherein 0.40?x?0.82, 0.0?y?0.50, and 0.0?z?0.60 and x+y+z=1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicants: Nissan North America, Inc., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Shigemasa Kuwata, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Kazuyuki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 11962238Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable electronic control unit capable of improving responsiveness of an output current of a switching power supply to load current variation and suppressing power supply voltage variation accompanying the load current variation at low cost and with high power efficiency. Provided are: a calculation unit that performs signal processing; a first power supply circuit that supplies a first power supply voltage to the calculation unit; and a second power supply circuit that supplies a second power supply voltage to the first power supply circuit. The calculation unit has a function of outputting a control signal when a change in a consumed current of the calculation unit exceeds a predetermined threshold, and changes any one or both of a control scheme of the first power supply circuit and the second power supply voltage according to the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenobu Komatsu, Hideyuki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 11958355Abstract: An accelerator pedal system includes a pedal lever, a lock mechanism, an actuator, and an ECU. The pedal lever operates according to a step-on operation. The lock mechanism can restrict an operation of the pedal lever. The actuator switches between a locked state in which the operation of the pedal lever is restricted by the lock mechanism and an unlocked state in which the operation of the pedal lever is not restricted. The ECU includes a lock operation determination unit and an actuator control unit. The lock operation determination unit unlocks the pedal lever when an approaching object from behind is detected during a travel of a vehicle in the locked state.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Soichi Kinouchi, Yuusuke Yoshida, Takuto Kita, Hideyuki Mori, Shinji Komatsu
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Patent number: 11941183Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensor electrode group; and a touch integrated circuit coupled to the sensor electrode group for executing touch detection and configured to generate frame data indicative of a detection level of each of two-dimensional positions in the sensor electrode group. The touch integrated circuit is connected to an external processor different from the touch integrated circuit via a first bus. The touch integrated circuit supplies the frame data to the external processor via the first bus. The external processor feeds determination data resulting from performing predetermined processing on the frame data back to the touch integrated circuit. The touch integrated circuit performs an operation based on the determination data.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Shigeyuki Sano
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Patent number: 11938815Abstract: An accelerator pedal system includes a pedal lever configured to perform an operation in accordance with a step-on operation, a lock mechanism configured to restrict the operation of the pedal lever, and an actuator configured to switch between a locked state in which the operation of the pedal lever is restricted by the lock mechanism and an unlocked state in which the operation of the pedal lever is free from restriction by the lock mechanism. In the accelerator pedal system, a controller configured to change an energization amount to the actuator when a disturbance is detected during a vehicle traveling in the locked state. Thus, the lock state can be suitably controlled.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Soichi Kinouchi, Yuusuke Yoshida, Takuto Kita, Hideyuki Mori, Shinji Komatsu
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Publication number: 20240038997Abstract: A lithium metal battery cell has an electrolyte and an anode comprising an anode current collector and a thin film metal layer formed on the anode current collector, the thin film metal layer consisting of a metal that forms a solid solution with lithium metal. The thin film metal layer is configured to promote dense lithium deposition between the thin film metal layer and the electrolyte during charging.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Shigemasa Kuwata, Hideyuki Komatsu, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Maarten Sierhuis, Takuya Mishina, Kazuyuki Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20240006600Abstract: A lithium metal battery cell has an electrolyte and an anode comprising an anode current collector and a composite interlayer formed on the anode current collector between the anode current collector and the electrolyte. The composite interlayer consists of conductive carbon and a metal additive, the composite interlayer configured to promote dense lithium deposition in the anode during charging. The metal additive in the composite interlayer is a metal that forms a solid solution with lithium metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Shigemasa Kuwata, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Maarten Sierhuis, Kazuyuki Sakamoto, Takuya Mishina
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Patent number: 11715827Abstract: An all-solid-state battery comprises a lithium anode, a cathode, solid electrolyte and a protective layer between the solid electrolyte and the lithium anode. The protective layer comprises an ion-conducting material having an electrochemical stability window against lithium of at least 1.0 V, a lowest electrochemical stability being 0.0 V and a highest electrochemical stability being greater than 1.0 V. More particularly, when the solid electrolyte is LiSiCON, the electrochemical stability window is at least 1.5 V, the lowest electrochemical stability is 0.0 V and the highest electrochemical stability is greater than 1.5 V. When the solid electrolyte is sulfide-based, the electrochemical stability window is at least 2.0 V, the lowest electrochemical stability is 0.0 V and the highest electrochemical stability is greater than 2.0 V.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Shigemasa Kuwata, Atsushi Ohma, Maarten Sierhuis, Xin Yang, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Shreyas Honrao, John Lawson, Mohit Rakesh Mehta
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Publication number: 20230093895Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensor electrode group; and a touch integrated circuit coupled to the sensor electrode group for executing touch detection and configured to generate frame data indicative of a detection level of each of two-dimensional positions in the sensor electrode group. The touch integrated circuit is connected to an external processor different from the touch integrated circuit via a first bus. The touch integrated circuit supplies the frame data to the external processor via the first bus. The external processor feeds determination data resulting from performing predetermined processing on the frame data back to the touch integrated circuit. The touch integrated circuit performs an operation based on the determination data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Hideyuki KOMATSU, Kazuhiro MIYOSHI, Shigeyuki SANO
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Publication number: 20230059842Abstract: A method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery cell includes depositing an interlayer directly onto an anode current collector; depositing a solid electrolyte onto the interlayer opposite the anode current collector; forming a cathode on the solid electrolyte opposite the interlayer, wherein the cathode contains one or more lithium-containing compounds; and applying pressure to achieve uniform contact between layers. The manufactured all-solid-state battery cell is anode-free prior to charging. The interlayer is configured such that lithium metal is deposited between the interlayer and the anode current collector during charging, the interlayer prevents contact between the lithium metal and the solid electrolyte, and the interlayer has a greater density than a density of the solid electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Shigemasa Kuwata, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Maarten Sierhuis, Naoki Ueda, Kazuyuki Sakamoto, John Lawson
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Patent number: 11537216Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensor electrode group; and a touch integrated circuit coupled to the sensor electrode group for executing touch detection and configured to generate frame data indicative of a detection level of each of two-dimensional positions in the sensor electrode group. The touch integrated circuit is connected to an external processor different from the touch integrated circuit via a first bus. The touch integrated circuit supplies the frame data to the external processor via the first bus. The external processor feeds determination data resulting from performing predetermined processing on the frame data back to the touch integrated circuit. The touch integrated circuit performs an operation based on the determination data.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Shigeyuki Sano
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Patent number: 11522213Abstract: A lithium battery comprises cathode active material comprising particles of a transition metal oxide, each particle coated in an ion-conducting material that has an electrochemical stability window against lithium of at least 2.2 V, a lowest electrochemical stability being less than 2.0 V and a highest electrochemical stability being greater than 4.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignees: Nissan North America, Inc., United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASAInventors: Shigemasa Kuwata, Hideyuki Komatsu, Maarten Sierhuis, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Shreyas Honrao, John Lawson
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Publication number: 20220263092Abstract: A lithium battery has a composite cathode comprising cathode active material including a transition metal oxide and an ion-conducting material having an electrochemical stability window against lithium of at least 2.2 V, a lowest electrochemical stability being less than 2.0 V and a highest electrochemical stability being greater than 4.2 V, the ion-conducting material selected from one or more of: Cs2LiCl3; Cs3Li2Cl5; Cs3LiCl4; CsLiCl2; Li2B3O4F3; Li3AlF6; Li3ScCl6; Li3ScF6; Li3YF6; Li9Mg3P4O16F3; LiBF4; LiThF5; Na3Li3Al2F12; and NaLi2AlF6.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Shigemasa Kuwata, Hideyuki Komatsu, Maarten Sierhuis, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Shreyas Honrao, John Lawson
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Publication number: 20220255119Abstract: A lithium battery comprises cathode active material comprising particles of a transition metal oxide, each particle coated in an ion-conducting material that has an electrochemical stability window against lithium of at least 2.2 V, a lowest electrochemical stability being less than 2.0 V and a highest electrochemical stability being greater than 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Shigemasa Kuwata, Hideyuki Komatsu, Maarten Sierhuis, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Shreyas Honrao, John Lawson
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Publication number: 20220255078Abstract: An all-solid-state battery comprises a lithium anode, a cathode, solid electrolyte and a protective layer between the solid electrolyte and the lithium anode. The protective layer comprises an ion-conducting material having an electrochemical stability window against lithium of at least 1.0 V, a lowest electrochemical stability being 0.0 V and a highest electrochemical stability being greater than 1.0 V. More particularly, when the solid electrolyte is LiSiCON, the electrochemical stability window is at least 1.5 V, the lowest electrochemical stability is 0.0 V and the highest electrochemical stability is greater than 1.5 V. When the solid electrolyte is sulfide-based, the electrochemical stability window is at least 2.0 V, the lowest electrochemical stability is 0.0 V and the highest electrochemical stability is greater than 2.0 V.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Shigemasa Kuwata, Atsushi Ohma, Maarten Sierhuis, Xin Yang, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Shreyas Honrao, John Lawson, Mohit Rakesh Mehta
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Publication number: 20220169640Abstract: Provided is a method for industrially advantageously synthesizing a production intermediate of a quinolinecarboxamide derivative or a salt thereof. The present invention provides a method for producing a quinolinecarboxylic acid derivative of formula (4) or a salt thereof, including reacting an aniline of the following formula (1), in the presence of boron trifluoride-tetrahydrofuran complex or boron trifluoride-diethyl ether complex, with an aldehyde of formula (2) and subsequently reacting the resulting compound with an ?-keto acid of formula (3), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or the like, R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or the like, and R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHAInventors: Takahide SHIGEYAMA, Takuya SUGIMOTO, Hideyuki KOMATSU, Hiroyuki NISHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20220083154Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensor electrode group; and a touch integrated circuit coupled to the sensor electrode group for executing touch detection and configured to generate frame data indicative of a detection level of each of two-dimensional positions in the sensor electrode group. The touch integrated circuit is connected to an external processor different from the touch integrated circuit via a first bus. The touch integrated circuit supplies the frame data to the external processor via the first bus. The external processor feeds determination data resulting from performing predetermined processing on the frame data back to the touch integrated circuit. The touch integrated circuit performs an operation based on the determination data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Hideyuki KOMATSU, Kazuhiro MIYOSHI, Shigeyuki SANO
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Patent number: 11243620Abstract: A sensor controller is provided, to be connected to a sensor electrode group configuring a surface. The sensor controller supplies a determined AC signal to one or more AC signal transmission electrodes that form part of a plurality of sensor electrodes included in the sensor electrode group, and the sensor controller transmits, from cancellation signal transmission electrode(s) different from the AC signal transmission electrodes, a cancellation signal configured to prevent a signal transmitted from the AC signal transmission electrodes from appearing in a ground terminal of a detection circuit of the stylus. The sensor controller thusly configured may facilitate preventing a situation in which the stylus cannot detect an uplink signal and facilitate preventing the uplink signal from affecting the operation of another apparatus such as a display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Kadowaki, Hideyuki Komatsu, Haruhiko Hisano
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Patent number: 11181989Abstract: A method performed by a system is provided, wherein the system includes a touch IC executing touch detection and an external processor, which is different from the touch IC and which may include a touch IC support firmware. The system includes a sensor electrode group connected to the touch IC; and a first bus connecting the touch IC with the external processor. The touch IC generates frame data indicative of a detection level of each of two-dimensional positions in the sensor electrode group, and supplies the frame data to the external processor via the first bus. The external processor feeds determination data resulting from performing predetermined processing on the frame data back to the touch IC, and the touch IC performs an operation based on the determination data. Thus, the touch IC can utilize the processing results of the external processor.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Shigeyuki Sano
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Publication number: 20210149505Abstract: A sensor controller is provided, to be connected to a sensor electrode group configuring a surface. The sensor controller supplies a determined AC signal to one or more AC signal transmission electrodes that form part of a plurality of sensor electrodes included in the sensor electrode group, and the sensor controller transmits, from cancellation signal transmission electrode(s) different from the AC signal transmission electrodes, a cancellation signal configured to prevent a signal transmitted from the AC signal transmission electrodes from appearing in a ground terminal of a detection circuit of the stylus. The sensor controller thusly configured may facilitate preventing a situation in which the stylus cannot detect an uplink signal and facilitate preventing the uplink signal from affecting the operation of another apparatus such as a display apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Jun Kadowaki, Hideyuki Komatsu, Haruhiko Hisano