Patents by Inventor Hiroki Kondo

Hiroki Kondo 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: 20220137171
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured, on a basis of one or both of (A) a parameter related to applying one of inversion and flip pulses and (B) an intensity of a slice selecting gradient magnetic field applied together with the one of the pulses in relation to selecting a slice to which the one of the pulses is applied, to determine one or both of (A) a parameter related to applying the other of the inversion and (B) flip pulses; and an intensity of the slice selecting gradient magnetic field applied together with the other of the pulses in relation to selecting a slice to which the other of the pulses is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei TAKAYANAGI, Hiroki KONDO, Masaaki UMEDA, Naoyuki FURUDATE
  • Patent number: 11307279
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging method according to an embodiment is a method for implementing a multi-shot Fast Spin Echo method. The method includes acquiring, for a k-space divided into a plurality of segments with respect to a phase encode direction, one of the segments including a central region of the k-space with one shot, wherein, during the one-shot acquisition for the central region of the k-space, refocus pulses corresponding to a first time period among refocus pulses applied a plurality of times have a flip angle decreasing tendency, and refocus pulses corresponding to a second time period following the first time period among the refocus pulses applied the plurality of times have a flip angle maintaining or increasing tendency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kondo, Masanori Ozaki, Masaaki Umeda
  • Publication number: 20220102022
    Abstract: A shielded electric wire includes an electric wire including a conductor portion and a cover portion covering the conductor portion, a shielded braid formed of a conductive linear material, the shielded braid covering an outer periphery of the cover portion and a sheath formed of an insulating resin, the sheath being provided around the shielded braid. The electric wire and the shielded braid together form an electric wire assembly. A flexible value of the sheath is equal to or smaller than a flexible value of the electric wire assembly, the flexible value being a value of a load required for bending an object for a predetermined extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoko Hongo, Hiroki Kondo
  • Patent number: 11268194
    Abstract: A metal-plated carbon material includes: a carbon material; and a metal layer covering a surface of the carbon material, in which, in the metal layer, crystal grains forming the metal layer have an average crystal grain size of 110 nm or less. A method of manufacturing a metal-plated carbon material, includes: a metal complex fixation step of immersing a carbon material in a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid containing an organometallic complex of a first metal; and a first energization deposition step of energizing the metal-complex-fixed carbon material in an electroless plating solution containing a second metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Handa, Hiroki Kondo, Satoko Hongo, Yusuke Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11261091
    Abstract: A carbon nanosheet, which is a sheet-form carbon nanomaterial having a larger area as compared with that of a similar conventional product and a side length of about 1 ?m, and a method for producing the carbon nanosheet. The carbon nanosheet production method includes a step of mixing a solution of an iron atom-containing compound dispersed in a solvent with an alcohol, to thereby prepare a solution mixture; and a step of irradiating the solution mixture with plasma, to thereby produce a carbon nanosheet. The carbon nanosheet has a side length of 0.5 ?m to 2.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masaru Hori, Hiroki Kondo, Kenji Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220032861
    Abstract: A shielded electric wire includes one metal pipe and one electric wire having a conductor and an insulator. An outer diameter of the conductor at 25° C. is set as a, a coefficient of linear expansion of the conductor is set as ?a, and a temperature difference between a maximum temperature and 25° C. is set as ?t, an outer diameter a? of the conductor after thermal expansion is a?=a+?a×a×?t, and when a wall thickness of the insulator at 25° C. is set as b and a coefficient of linear expansion of the insulator is set as ?b, an insulator wall thickness b? after thermal expansion is b?=b+?b×b×?t, and an inner diameter c of the one metal pipe is set to satisfy c?a?+2b?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuki SHIRAI, Hiroki KONDO, Noriyuki ABE
  • Publication number: 20210376191
    Abstract: A light emitting element includes an n-side nitride semiconductor layer; an active layer disposed on the n-side nitride semiconductor layer and including a plurality of nitride semiconductor well layers and a plurality of nitride semiconductor barrier layers, the active layer being configured to emit ultraviolet light; and a p-side nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer. At least one of the plurality of barrier layers including, successively from the n-side nitride semiconductor layer side, a first barrier layer containing Al and Ga, and a second barrier layer disposed in contact with the first barrier layer, containing Al, Ga, and In, and having a smaller band gap energy than the first barrier layer. At least one of the plurality of well layers is disposed in contact with a second barrier layer and has a smaller band gap energy than the second barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki KONDO
  • Patent number: 11158439
    Abstract: A routing structure of a two-core parallel shielded electric wire includes: two insulated electric wires that are arranged in parallel; and a shield layer that is attached around the two insulated electric wires and extends in a longitudinal direction of the two insulated electric wires. In the routing structure, the two-core parallel shielded electric wire is rerouted by bent twisting the two-core parallel shielded electric wire in a short axis direction at a route change point along a long axis direction of the two-core parallel shielded electric wire, and the number of bent twisted points in the short axis direction is 1.43 or less per meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Shimizu, Hiroki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20210316361
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a composite having high strength and high thermal conductivity. The method includes: an alloy preparation step including preparing an alloy which is a solid solution containing ?-Fe as a solvent and at least one type of ?-phase stabilizing element as a solute; a first mixing step including mixing at least one type of ?-phase stabilizing element in powder form and SiC to prepare a first mixture; a second mixing step including mixing the alloy and the first mixture to prepare a second mixture; and a sintering step including sintering the second mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kenjiro SUGIO, Takuya TAKAHASHI, Hitoshi SAWADA, Gen SASAKI, Kazuhiro MATSUGI, Yongbum CHOI, Zhefeng XU, Hajime SUETSUGU, Hiroki KONDO, Hideki MANABE, Kyotaro YAMANE, Kenichi HATAKEYAMA, Keizo KAWASAKI, Tsuyoshi ITAOKA, Shinsaku SENO, Yasushi TAMURA, Ichirou INO, Yoshihide HIRAO
  • Publication number: 20210308756
    Abstract: Provided is a Fe-based sintered body which has both of a high hardness and a high thermal conductivity and which can be more stably produced. The Fe-based sintered body includes: a matrix (1) containing Fe as a main component; and a hard phase (4) dispersed in the matrix (1). The matrix (1) is formed in a network shape and contains ?Fe. The hard phase (4) contains TiC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MATSUGI, Yujiao KE, Zhefeng XU, Kenjiro SUGIO, Yongbum CHOI, Gen SASAKI, Hajime SUETSUGU, Hiroki KONDO, Hideki MANABE, Kyotaro YAMANE, Kenichi HATAKEYAMA, Keizo KAWASAKI, Tsuyoshi ITAOKA, Shinsaku SENO, Yasushi TAMURA, Ichirou INO, Yoshihide HIRAO
  • Publication number: 20210278493
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging method according to an embodiment is a method for implementing a multi-shot Fast Spin Echo method. The method includes acquiring, for a k-space divided into a plurality of segments with respect to a phase encode direction, one of the segments including a central region of the k-space with one shot, wherein, during the one-shot acquisition for the central region of the k-space, refocus pulses corresponding to a first time period among refocus pulses applied a plurality of times have a flip angle decreasing tendency, and refocus pulses corresponding to a second time period following the first time period among the refocus pulses applied the plurality of times have a flip angle maintaining or increasing tendency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki KONDO, Masanori OZAKI, Masaaki UMEDA
  • Publication number: 20210270344
    Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration damping device including a partition having a housing area, and a movable film housed in the housing area while including a central retainer held by the partition and spoke-shaped retainers extending radially outward from the central retainer. A first surface of the movable film is overlapped on a wall inner surface of the housing area. An elastic deformation zone provided circumferentially between the spoke-shaped retainers is allowed to deform in a direction away from the wall inner surface, and includes a cushion ridge projecting from a second surface of the movable film while extending radially outward from the central retainer. A height of the cushion ridge is varied in a direction of extension such that a timing of contact with an opposing wall inner surface in the housing area varies depending on an amount of deformation of the elastic deformation zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki KONDO, Kenji OKI
  • Patent number: 11062820
    Abstract: An extruded flexible flat cable includes conductors arranged side by side in a width direction of the extruded flexible flat cable. The conductors are spaced away from each other at a regular interval and an insulator is provided around the conductors by extrusion molding. A portion of the insulator located between the conductors, the portion having been sampled after the extruded flexible flat cable is subjected to a slide bending test, has a tensile strength being equal to or greater than 47.2 MPa. The portion has a percentage elongation being equal to or greater than 50/(0.5+2R), where R is a bend radius [mm] at which the extruded flexible flat cable is bent in the slide bending test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeyuki Omura, Hiroki Kondo, Yutaka Handa
  • Publication number: 20210156452
    Abstract: A vibration isolation device with bracket includes a first attachment member and a second attachment member coupled by a main body rubber elastomer. The second attachment member has a frame shape with a through hole. The main body rubber elastomer is fastened to an upper surface side of the second attachment member. The main body rubber elastomer penetrates to a lower surface side of the second attachment member through the through hole. A holding rubber is formed integrally with the main body rubber elastomer on a lower surface of fitting portions of the second attachment member. A fixed surface is arranged on an upper surface of the fitting portions. The fixed surface is exposed by the main body rubber elastomer, directly superimposed on an inner surface of the fitting grooves, and pressed and fixed by static friction to the inner surface of the fitting grooves by the holding rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki KONDO, Kenji OKI
  • Patent number: 11018480
    Abstract: A bus bar electric wire includes a flat conductor which is formed of aluminum and inevitable impurities, and which has a cross-section of a substantially rectangular shape. An area of the cross-section is 15 mm2 or more and 240 mm2 or less. The flat conductor includes a bent portion having a predetermined bending R in a plane direction of the flat conductor, and a conductor part that is an outermost side of a bend in the bent portion has a plate width being set within a range satisfying uniform bending of the conductor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Abe, Hiroki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20210065928
    Abstract: An extruded flexible flat cable includes conductors arranged side by side in a width direction of the extruded flexible flat cable, the conductors being spaced away from each other at a regular interval and an insulator provided around the conductors by extrusion molding. A portion of the insulator located between the conductors, the portion having been sampled after the extruded flexible flat cable is subjected to a slide bending test, has a tensile strength being equal to or greater than 47.2 MPa. The portion has a percentage elongation being equal to or greater than 50/(0.5+2R), R being a bend radius [mm] at which the extruded flexible flat cable is bent in the slide bending test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takeyuki Omura, Hiroki Kondo, Yutaka Handa
  • Publication number: 20210053830
    Abstract: A carbon nanosheet, which is a sheet-form carbon nanomaterial having a larger area as compared with that of a similar conventional product and a side length of about 1 ?m, and a method for producing the carbon nanosheet. The carbon nanosheet production method includes a step of mixing a solution of an iron atom-containing compound dispersed in a solvent with an alcohol, to thereby prepare a solution mixture; and a step of irradiating the solution mixture with plasma, to thereby produce a carbon nanosheet. The carbon nanosheet has a side length of 0.5 ?m to 2.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM
    Inventors: Masaru HORI, Hiroki KONDO, Kenji ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210048086
    Abstract: In an anti-vibration apparatus having a bracket where an anti-vibration apparatus body in which a first mounting member and the second mounting member are connected by a body rubber elastic body is horizontally mounted to the bracket by fitting parts disposed on two sides of a width direction of the second mounting member in the anti-vibration apparatus body to fitting grooves disposed on opposite inner surfaces on two sides of a width direction of the bracket, a locking hole is provided on a deep wall part located on a deep side in a mounting direction of the second mounting member in the bracket, and a locking part is disposed at a tip portion in the mounting direction of the second mounting member to the bracket, and prevents return in a direction opposite to the mounting direction by inserting and locking the locking part to the locking hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki KONDO, Kenji OKI
  • Patent number: 10910783
    Abstract: An inner conductor of a coaxial cable is electrically connected to a circuit body of a circuit board by means of solder. An outer conductor is electrically connected to a ground body by means of the solder. The inner conductor has a connecting portion connected to the circuit body and a non-exposed portion inside a sheath. A thickness of the connecting portion is equal to or less than 35% of a thickness of the non-exposed portion, and the cross-sectional area of the connecting portion is the same as the cross-sectional area of the non-exposed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mizuki Shirai, Toshiharu Shimizu, Hiroki Kondo
  • Patent number: 10897043
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a first electrode; a first active material fluid which is electrically connected to the first electrode, contains a first active material and a supporting salt, and is flowable; and a second electrode including a structure which is formed by containing a second active material, the structure either being immersed in the first active material fluid or holding the first active material fluid, and a separating membrane disposed between the first active material fluid and the structure, the separating membrane having ion conducting properties and insulating properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Chikaaki Okuda, Hiroki Kondo, Tsuyoshi Sasaki